Chapter Summaries

Green and Roman watched Prince Justin arrive in Mars City, where the Royal Clan appeared to be courting Green through Justin’s daughter, Taylor. Green dismissed the possibility of a marriage alliance and focused on his plan to use the Fusion Method and the Chip to develop a new path for his Avatar; after the ceremony, Roman expected Justin to visit them.

• Roman asked Green whether he would use the Fusion Method or gamble by absorbing souls directly, and Green chose the Fusion Method while concealing his plans to modify foreign souls with the Chip.
• A caravan carrying Prince Justin and his daughter, Justin Trises Taylor, arrived in Mars City to a grand welcome ceremony.
• Roman suggested that Justin had brought Taylor to win Green over, possibly through a marriage alliance, but Green said he cared only about advancing Alchemy.
• Roman agreed that Green should not waste his energy on romance or managing his Lineage and said Justin would soon come to see them.
• After the caravan entered the city’s central building and the ceremony ended, Roman took Green toward his room to await Justin.

Green met Prince Justin and Taylor at Roman’s villa, where Roman approved Justin’s cautious Mist World development plan and tested Green with World Force from a silver staff. Green passed the inspection without exposing his disguise and realized the Chip could help him infiltrate other worlds using a captured soul.

• Green scanned Taylor when he greeted Justin and discovered that her Soul Fusion was in progress.
• Justin presented his Mist World development regulations, and Roman approved the plan while warning that Green’s Potion could accelerate it.
• Justin gave Roman a silver staff whose gemstone held World Force, and Roman used it to inspect Green.
• Green allowed the World Force to examine his disguised body and soul, and it found no discrepancy before returning to the staff.
• Roman told Justin to bring the requested books to the Library, and Justin and Taylor hurried away after suffering under Roman’s killing intent.
• Green returned to his villa and concluded that the Chip could let him infiltrate other worlds if he obtained a soul.

After Roman's display of power, Justin sent Taylor to deliver books and supplies to Green. As Green studied the books, he deduced that an unknown world had used language to distort the Soul Hunter World and keep it trapped as bait, and he planned to investigate the world while developing his Avatar.

• Justin told Taylor that Roman's strength far exceeded his own and asked her to deliver the requested items to Green the next day.
• Taylor arrived at Green's villa with armored guards and a dozen metal boxes, which Green had them carry inside.
• Green opened the boxes, and his Chip scanned the books for tracking devices, interference, and harmful information before recording their contents.
• Green connected the Soul Hunter World's language to the unknown world's influence and deduced that language had been used to distort the world and prevent it from escaping their control.
• Green concluded that other high-grade worlds might use the Soul Hunter World to fish in reverse, and he resolved to grow his Avatar and investigate the world behind the scheme.

Green reviewed information on high-purity soul crystals before the books pulled him into a hostile unknown world, where he fought a monstrous eye using power borrowed from his main body. He returned to the Soul Hunter World and sealed the books, planning to hand them to Roman.

• Green had the chip filter and send useful information from the books to his main body, then studied techniques for making high-purity soul crystals.
• Green realized the books had drawn him into an unknown world, where a monster eye grew stronger as his spacetime phase fell.
• Green borrowed his main body's power and attacked the monster eye with seven-colored lightning, scorching rays, and Sunfire, causing a massive explosion.
• Green returned to the Soul Hunter World and noticed that only a short time there had corresponded to several hours in the unknown world.
• Green sealed the books in rune-bound metal boxes and decided to give them to Roman.

After escaping the Unknown World, Green reviewed the incident and concluded that the world’s power made future visits dangerous, so he resolved to strengthen both his Avatar and main body. Meanwhile, the Sunfire he unleashed continued to evolve into an intelligent Fire Disaster that consumed the forest and its fleeing creatures.

• Green regretted destroying the Monster Eye without collecting a specimen, but decided that escaping the Unknown World had been the right choice.
• Green’s main body watched the Avatar’s transmitted memories and suspected the Unknown World’s powerful language came from the world itself, prompting him to plan to strengthen his Avatar and Soul Power.
• In the Unknown World, a giant spider called Venom Throat trapped and began devouring a Monster Eye.
• Green’s golden-red Sunfire spread through the forest, burning away the spider’s webs and forcing Venom Throat, Black Smoke, Modo, and countless other creatures to flee.
• Venom Throat saw the Flame swell into a vast Fire Disaster and realized that it hunted creatures across the ground and sky.
• Green’s Sunfire absorbed energy and fused with powers from his bloodlines and the world, gradually developing intelligence.

In the Unknown World, Nidok extinguished Green’s Sunfire, but the surviving flames hid in the trees and became a weak Blood Descendant. Green sensed the soul connection, identified how his power had created the Semi-Life, and sent Faith Force through the link to help it recover.

• Nidok battled the Sunfire, overwhelmed the fire Giant with black rain, and extinguished the forest blaze.
• Nidok fed on fleeing creatures as green flames rekindled within a tree trunk.
• Green sensed an unknown connection in his soul and discovered it led to the Unknown World.
• Green traced the connection to the Sunfire and realized that his power and the world’s distorted essence had created a Semi-Life Blood Descendant.
• Green sent purified Faith Force through the connection to help the injured consciousness recover.

Green stabilized his connection with the recovering Blood Descendant and assigned his main body and Soul Hunter World Avatar separate goals. In Mars City, he began preparing large-scale soul experiments by acquiring monster corpses and arranging further purchases with potion sales.

• Green sent the Blood Descendant instructions to recover safely and grow stronger, and it replied by calling him Father.
• Green decided to improve the High-Purity Soul Crystal Crafting Technique with his main body and have his Soul Hunter World Avatar focus on strength.
• Green told Emily to bring ordinary, Fairy, and ice slaves to his laboratory for human experiments.
• Krosos delivered five Thousand-Eared Monster corpses to Green's villa for Soul Fusion experiments.
• Green gave Krosos a box of Soul Energy Recovery Potions and asked him to sell them and use the proceeds to buy Soul-Storing Stones containing other monsters' souls.
• Green sensed Faith Force from Krosos and recognized that it came from Boer.

Green used a Soul-Infusion Potion and Sunfire to purify a Thousand-Eared Monster’s soul, then fused it with his own. The successful fusion enhanced his senses and strength while transforming his body into a pale, muscular giant.

• Green moved five Thousand-Eared Monster corpses into his hidden basement and prepared his Soul laboratory.
• Green extracted a corpse’s soul and used the Soul-Infusion Potion, Soul Power, and resonant vibrations to reshape it into a compatible Soul Core.
• Green purified the altered soul with Faith Force and Sunfire until the Chip confirmed it was pure enough to fuse.
• Green allowed the Thousand-Eared Monster soul to merge with his seven-colored Soul Core, triggering a powerful evolution.
• Green absorbed elemental energy as his senses and strength increased, and his body grew pale, muscular, and much larger.

Green tested the improved Soul Path by absorbing Thousand-Eared Monster souls, gaining major physical and mental boosts along with two Soul Talents. The Chip estimated he could absorb up to 100 souls, and Green left to develop potions so he could afford more intact corpses.

• Green examined his new body and learned that absorbing a Thousand-Eared Monster soul had raised his stats and granted Hearing Enhancement and Resistance Enhancement.
• Green burned the corpse, then brought out another Thousand-Eared Monster and prepared to continue testing his soul-fusion method.
• Over three days, Green absorbed the remaining Thousand-Eared Monster souls and made Soul-Infusion Potions; his stats rose to Strength 7, Speed 5, Constitution 7, Mental Power 3010, and Soul Power 301.
• Green concluded that the Soul Path worked especially well with creatures whose power came from their bodies and souls, while acquired abilities were not inherited.
• Green asked the Chip to estimate his limits, and it projected a maximum of 100 souls, with physical stats peaking after 12 souls and Mental Power and Soul Power potentially reaching 9999 and 999.
• Green decided to develop new potions to raise funds for more Thousand-Eared Monster corpses with their souls intact.

Three months after Green’s Life Potion transformed Mars City, a warning from the Mist Forest prompted Prince Justin and Roman to summon him to the palace. Green secured his stored resources and hurried there as the city prepared for a possible war.

• Green’s Life Potion became a sensation, bringing him wealth and making him a renowned alchemy instructor, while Roman’s researchers struggled to master potion-making.
• After absorbing a hundred Thousand-Eared Monsters, Green found he had gained complete resistance to them and prepared to begin studying other creatures’ souls.
• Roman’s emergency signal activated as ominous clouds and a warning from the world pointed Green toward the Mist Forest.
• A guard delivered Justin and Roman’s summons, and Green used a rune-covered Crystal Orb to collect the contents of his storage rooms before leaving.
• Green raced across Mars City’s rooftops and presented his token at the palace, where the guards escorted him to Justin.

Green attended a meeting in Mars City where its leaders confirmed that Monsters were gathering near the Mist World and a major battle was likely. He agreed to support the defense by making Potions in exchange for ingredients and the corpses of any new Monsters, while the city organized its first line of defense.

• Green arrived at the palace and met Martin, Manla, and Hila, whom Justin introduced as leaders of Mars City's Hunter Guild, City Guard, and Blazing Hunters.
• Justin reported that Monsters were gathering near the Mist World, while Martin and Hila confirmed that Monster encounters and hunter casualties had increased.
• Roman agreed to intervene only if the situation became critical, warning that his full power could devastate Mars City.
• Justin asked Martin to recruit hunters and offered Hila's Blazing Hunters a royal token for each member if they defended part of the border; Hila accepted.
• Green declined to fight on the battlefield and offered to make Potions in return for ingredients and the corpses of any newly encountered Monsters with souls.

A Black Thousand-Eared Monster broke free from its stone shell, awakened others, and led them toward the border between the Mist Forest and the Soul Hunter World. Green refused Roman’s offer to leave Mars City and prepared to grow stronger while supporting the defense.

• A Black Thousand-Eared Monster emerged from its stone casing as the other Thousand-Eared Monsters’ cries accelerated its awakening.
• The Black Thousand-Eared Monster and the others repelled the white fog, transformed, and charged toward the borderlands between the Mist Forest and the Soul Hunter World.
• Roman urged Green to leave for the imperial capital, but Green argued that nowhere would be safe if Roman could not stop the invasion.
• Green gave Roman a Life Potion formula, then returned toward his villa intending to absorb souls and strengthen himself.
• Green reflected that his 999 Soul Power and 9,999 Mental Power made him comparable to a third-level wizard, though the Soul Hunter World lacked clear power rankings.

Green judged the Soul Hunter World's power system crude and difficult to standardize. At the front line, the Thousand-Eared Monsters launched an invasion, and Justin ordered every Soul Hunter in Mars City to support the defenders.

• Green concluded that foreign souls made a universal Soul Power system impractical and hurried back toward his villa.
• City Guard soldiers built a wall at the front line, and Chuck explained its suppressive field and underground defenses to the Soul Hunters.
• A wounded hunter fled from the Mist Forest and warned that the Monster was coming.
• Manla and the defenders saw enhanced-looking Thousand-Eared Monsters emerge in vast numbers from the forest.
• Manla broke a yellow warning crystal, and Justin ordered all Soul Hunters in Mars City to report to the front line.

As the Thousand-Eared Monsters gathered at the border and the city prepared for war, Justin departed for the front while Green made Potions and absorbed souls. The World Will began watching Green, and he wondered whether he had become a candidate for Savior.

• The Thousand-Eared Monsters formed a silent, orderly line at the border, while Chuck warned that an unknown force might be behind them.
• Guards and Soul Hunters gathered in Mars City and rushed toward the front line as the city braced for war.
• Justin told Roman that reinforcements were coming, entrusted Taylor to his care, and led the Wind Wolf Knights toward the Borderlands.
• Green used the Chip to produce Potions and absorb a werewolf soul, gaining abilities and increasing his Soul Power.
• Green continued supplying Potions to the guards as the standoff intensified, then learned that the World Will was watching him.
• Green saw the World Will’s attention growing stronger and wondered if he had become a candidate for Savior.

Green realized Mist World had selected a Savior, suggesting it could threaten Soul Hunter World, and examined the strange lack of species in Mist World. He ordered the Chip to develop a curse targeting Thousand-Eared Monsters, beginning work on a sorcery designed to disintegrate their flesh and souls.

• Green concluded that Mist World had begun selecting a Savior and considered the danger it posed to Soul Hunter World.
• Green questioned why Mist World seemed to contain only Thousand-Eared Monsters despite their ears appearing to come from other creatures.
• Green decided to test a Flesh Curse on the Thousand-Eared Monsters and summoned a corpse to his laboratory table.
• Green ordered the Chip to create a species-specific curse using the monster's physical and soul data.
• The Chip analyzed the monster and began developing a flesh-and-soul disintegration sorcery.

Justin and Manla used a Soul-powered interference device to disrupt the New-Type Thousand-Eared Monsters’ force field, driving them into a charge toward the city. The City Guard’s Gravity Suppression killed hundreds of thousands and slowed the attack, leaving the defenders preparing for frontal combat.

• Manla reported that the New-Type Thousand-Eared Monsters were stronger than before and numbered about three million, while Justin worried about the force controlling them.
• Justin ordered Soul Hunters to power an interference device that disrupted the monsters’ wuwuwu sounds and the force field affecting the White Fog.
• The monsters’ commander roared with force powerful enough to blast a vast ravine across the grassland, then the horde charged the city wall.
• Manla released Gravity Suppression, creating pits that crushed hundreds of thousands of monsters and forced the rest to funnel through narrow gaps.
• Justin ordered the defenders to prepare for frontal combat and use group tactics to reduce casualties.

The defenders held the Thousand-Eared Monsters back from the Borderlands city walls while Justin and Manla assessed the battle. With Potions running low, they focused on charging the concealed Soul Annihilation Device, which was nearing seventy percent stored energy.

• A Rock Giant wielded a stone greatsword to knock back swarms of Thousand-Eared Monsters, while ranged attacks from the city walls finished off wounded enemies.
• Justin asked Manla about the battle in other sectors, and Manla reported that the defenders were holding but their supply of Potions was nearly exhausted.
• Justin explained that making Potions consumed substantial energy, then asked about the Soul collection and the Soul Annihilation Device’s stored energy.
• Manla reported that the device was nearing seventy percent charged and that backup energy storage had arrived from Mars City.
• Justin warned Manla that the force controlling the Thousand-Eared Monsters might be more intelligent than the monsters, and Manla assured him that the device had been disguised.

Green dissected a New-Type Thousand-Eared Monster and used its altered genes and soul to revise Curse Sorcery, while deducing that the Mist World was evolving in response to the Soul Hunters’ attacks. After seeing signs that the World Will might unleash increasingly powerful primitive monsters, he chose not to warn Roman and hoped the conflict would remain contained until reinforcements arrived.

• Green examined a New-Type Thousand-Eared Monster corpse that Krosos had brought back and found that its nerves, camouflage, and physical form had changed.
• Green ordered the Chip to analyze the creature’s genes and soul, prompting him to revise the completed Curse Sorcery model.
• Krosos used Green’s Observation Crystal to relay a view of the battlefield and then returned to Mars City.
• Green concluded that the Mist World’s White Fog restrained the Thousand-Eared Monsters and that the world was evolving in response to the Soul Hunters’ slaughter.
• Green watched the battlefield through the Observation Crystal and feared that continued losses could awaken Primordial Thousand-Eared Monsters powerful enough to threaten Mars City.
• Green decided not to reveal his deductions to Roman and hoped the White Fog would keep the conflict from escalating until reinforcements arrived.

Green used the Observation Crystal Ball to monitor the battle and deliberately controlled Potion supplies to keep the fighting balanced. After reinforcements and war machines strengthened humanity’s side, Justin handed command to Manla, while Soul Hunters below wondered who was controlling the Crystal Orb.

• Green saw that the Mist Forest’s White Fog continued to frighten the Thousand-Eared Monsters, but he noticed the human Hunters growing exhausted and decided to ration Potions.
• For ten days, Green adjusted Potion supplies to keep neither side from gaining a decisive advantage, while the Thousand-Eared Monsters continued attacking the city walls.
• Reinforcements and war machines arrived from surrounding provinces, giving humanity a growing advantage without pushing the battle into the Mist World.
• Justin withdrew to the rear and handed command of the front lines to Manla before conferring with the generals from the provinces.
• Soul Hunters in Mars City discussed the Blue Crystal Orb circling over the battlefield and learned that its operator served the master who developed the Soul Energy Recovery Potion and Life Potion.

Green saw a Third-Level Giant Thousand-Eared Monster arrive at the front line and decided to go there to study it and seek its soul. He reached the city wall, where Manla greeted him with concern.

• Green scanned the Mist World's World Will and watched a Giant Thousand-Eared Monster land on the battlefield, killing many Soul Hunters and Thousand-Eared Monsters with the shockwave.
• The Giant Thousand-Eared Monster suppressed the Soul Hunters with its malice, but a silver-armored commander struck it into the Mist Forest and it quickly recovered.
• Green learned that the Chip could not scan the monster, then left his laboratory and used his Soul Power to signal Roman as he hurried to the front line.
• Roman sensed Green's Soul Power but, unaware of the latest developments, decided that visiting the front line should be safe.
• Green passed a supply convoy, reached the city wall, and joined Manla, who asked why he had come.