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Solaris
I think this version of the Soul Burial works out better:
Soul Burial (Su): A Shinigami who is adjacent to an undead or a creature with the Spirit subtype may attempt, as a full-round action, to release the spirit to the heavens. The Shinigami must make a diplomacy check against a DC equal to 10 + the creature's HD + the creature's Wisdom modifier. Hostile creatures receive a +8 bonus on this check, unfriendly creatures receive a +4 bonus on this check, and indifferent creatures receive a +2 bonus on this check. Mindless undead do not get this check; they are simply destroyed, their spirit released to the heavens.
An undead destroyed in this manner can be raised as though it were never undead, provided the spirit is willing.