User blog comment:Jarcellon/Soul Farming Locations/@comment-11923066-20130402180121

For souls the best place in my opinion is definitely in the Painted World of Ariamis in a place full of Phalanx it is close to the bonfire (once the shortcut is opened) and gives roughly 10,000 souls, also, if you have the Covetous Silver Serpent Ring you will receive a larger amount of souls from every enemy you kill, including the bosses.