Chapter Summaries

Protector Xiao learned from Honored Elder Mu how Soul Hall Protectors exploited their Soul Envoys, then used his own Contribution Points to buy Soul Envoy Meng a secret technique. Afterward, he found Amon collecting souls near Black Seal City and saw that Amon had gained three more Dou Huang souls.

• Protector Xiao delivered a Soul Bag to Honored Elder Mu, who explained that most Protectors took far more than their share of Soul Envoys’ Contribution Points.
• Honored Elder Mu warned Protector Xiao that a soul-devouring secret technique would limit its user’s future advancement, and Protector Xiao said Soul Envoy Meng had insisted on using one.
• Protector Xiao exchanged Contribution Points from his Iron and copper Tokens to buy Soul Envoy Meng a mid-grade secret technique and left the branch hall.
• Near Black Seal City, Amon killed a Dou Wang and several lesser fighters, then collected their souls.
• Protector Xiao arrived, gave Amon the secret technique scroll, and saw that Amon had collected three more Dou Huang souls.

Amon continued attacking Mo Clan branch tribes, collecting their souls and Fusion Technique scrolls while the Mo Clan struggled to identify the culprit. The chapter left Mo Yanzhong discussing the clan’s unfinished plan to create a powerful Beast Spirit body.

• A Centaur clan leader and a tentacle-fingered man killed the other members of their tribe, then fatally stabbed each other.
• Amon collected the dead tribe members’ souls, retrieved a Fusion Technique scroll from the clan leader’s storage ring, and set off for another tribe.
• Mo Li arrived with the Mo Punishment Army, found no survivors, and led his group toward the nearby Mo Hand Tribe.
• Mo Yanzhong discussed the attacks with the clan elders and said he would personally act once Mo Li identified the culprit.
• Mo Yanzhong heard that the Heavenly Demon Phoenix had killed a member of the Savage Phoenix Tribe and forced it to pay compensation, then discussed the Mo Clan’s unfinished Beast Spirit body secret art.

Amon attacked the Mo Hand Tribe, killed Mo Shou, and drew Mo Yanzhong into a fight while Soul Hall-clad attackers ravaged the city. Mo Yanzhong eventually realized Amon had escaped, then returned to find the Mo Clan’s ancestral grounds devastated by another explosion.

• Mo Li and the Mo Punishment Army arrived at the Mo Hand Tribe to warn Mo Shou that the attacker who had massacred several small tribes might target them next.
• Amon disguised himself as a tribesman and killed Mo Shou with a powerful explosion when Mo Shou came to his aid.
• Mo Yanzhong emerged from a spatial crack as Amon revealed himself, while black-robed attackers marked with the character "Soul" began slaughtering people across the city.
• Amon split into silver flames to mislead Mo Yanzhong, who destroyed the visible flames and the attackers but failed to find Amon’s main body.
• After sensing that a Jade Slip at the ancestral grounds had been activated, Mo Yanzhong traveled there and found much of the city destroyed; a burned elder said they had not seen the enemy.

Amon obtained the original Dragon Fusion Technique and tested how it worked on himself, the Lightning Turtle, and other bodies. After learning its limits, he gathered his avatars and prepared to exploit a Bug, while Xiao Meng continued waiting for Xiao Yan.

• Main Body Amon received the Dragon Fusion Technique and the Mo Clan's research from his avatar at the Dragon Burial Basin.
• Amon used the technique to fuse an avatar with the Lightning Turtle, producing five identical Amons who had entered the Dou Huang realm.
• Amon experimented with Mo Shou's corpse and other bodies, establishing rules for fusion, parasitism, and the mass limit.
• Protector Meng arrived through a Spatial Passage and delivered another secret technique to Amon.
• Amon summoned his scattered avatars through the Flame of Fate and announced that he was ready to exploit a Bug.
• Xiao Meng put away Xiao Yan's portrait and said she would wait for him until the Inner Court assessment.

Amon infiltrated the Soul Hall’s Heaven Hall and took control of its vast store of Soul Origin, raising his soul realm to the late Heaven Realm. He sent a newly aggregated Dou Zun avatar to retrieve the Xiao Clan’s Ancient Jade and approach the Fallen Heart Flame in Jianan Academy, leaving the avatar poised above the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower.

• Hun Miesheng freed Xiao Zhan Amon from the Soul Hall’s chains and took him to meet Hun Tiandi, while a Spirit Worm followed the extracted Soul Origin into the Heaven Hall’s central cluster.
• Amon’s Main Body commanded his avatars to split, then killed himself so his consciousness could awaken inside the Spirit Worm in the Heaven Hall.
• The new Main Body devoured the Soul Origin, reached the late Heaven Realm, and disguised himself as a soul cluster while Amon’s avatars used Protector Meng’s secret art to grow stronger.
• A group of Dou Zong Amons aggregated into a four-star Dou Zun avatar, which collected the Xiao Clan’s Ancient Jade from Wu Meng and left Protector Meng in the Black-Corner Region.
• Dou Zun Amon checked with Zhou Mingrui about the woman in Jianan Academy, then appeared above the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower as Fallen Heart Flame Amon looked up from below.

Dou Zun Amon entered the magma world and reached Tuoshe Ancient God's Abode, using Zhu Kun’s Jade Slip to pass the Fire Lizardmen and the Xiao Tribe’s piece of Ancient Jade to breach the abode’s seal. He left Zhu Kun distracted by a false account of Zi Yan’s anger and vanished through the Stone Gate into the abode.

• Dou Zun Amon disguised herself as Xiao Meng, possessed a Fire Lizardman, and used Zhu Kun’s attack-bearing Jade Slip to convince the lizardmen to let her pass.
• Amon reached the Ancient God's Abode and met Zhu Kun, who questioned her sudden Dou Zun strength and asked about Zi Yan’s progress with his inheritance.
• Amon falsely told Zhu Kun that Zi Yan was sulking and refusing his inheritance, leaving him distraught while Amon examined the abode’s Stone Gate.
• Amon found a weakness in the seal but could not pass through it without a key, so she used the Xiao Tribe’s Tuoshe Ancient God Jade to open a passage.
• Amon entered Tuoshe Ancient God's Abode, and Zhu Kun realized what she had done in disbelief.

Amon entered the Ancient God Cave Mansion, collected many weakened Heavenly Flames, and confronted the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill. He struck a bargain for the cave’s treasures and the Emperor Pill’s escape, then left with a cultivation method and two Dou Skills, intending to return with the Ancient Jade Key.

• Amon crossed the mist-shrouded land and collected the surviving Heavenly Flames from the stone pillars, though the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame and Void Devouring Flame were absent.
• The Tuoshe Ancient God Statue appeared, and the Emperor Grade Embryonic Pill offered Amon cultivation methods and Dou Skills in exchange for help escaping.
• Amon refused to free the Emperor Pill immediately, then threatened that killing him would strand an Ancient Jade fragment inside the cave and doom the Pill to remain trapped.
• Amon proposed trading the cave’s treasures for help escaping, explaining that his Burning Mantra cultivation gave them a shared interest in Tuoshe Ancient God’s inheritance.
• The Emperor Pill agreed to the bargain and to help Amon kill a rival; Amon selected the Formless Mantra, a movement Dou Skill, and a soul-defense Dou Skill before departing.

Amon used a loophole in the Stone Gate to bring Zhu Kun’s soul into the Ancient God Cave Mansion, then betrayed him and had the Emperor Pill kill him. The Emperor Pill gave Amon Zhu Kun’s Soul Origin but grew more wary of him.

• Amon returned from the Ancient God Cave Mansion and explained that he might be able to exploit a loophole in Zhu Kun’s restriction to help him escape.
• Zhu Kun separated his soul from his body and entered Amon’s storage ring, and Amon carried him through the Stone Gate into the cave mansion.
• Amon and Zhu Kun traveled to Heavenly Flame Plaza, where Amon urged the Emperor Pill to kill Zhu Kun.
• The Emperor Pill struck Zhu Kun’s soul down and returned with his Soul Origin for Amon.
• Amon claimed Zhu Kun had been a rival for the inheritance and explained why he could not yet take the Emperor Pill out, making the Emperor Pill wary as he handed over the Soul Origin.

Amon absorbed Zhu Kun’s vast Soul Origin, raising his soul to the Emperor Realm, then fused with Zhu Kun’s corpse and gained mid-stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng strength. After using the Xiao Tribe’s Ancient Jade to escape the Stone Gate’s restraint, he reached the Fire Lizardmen’s domain, where two leaders confronted him.

• Amon revived through a pure Spirit Worm, causing many avatars to lose cultivation or perish when their combined mass exceeded the limit.
• Amon absorbed all of Zhu Kun’s Soul Origin and advanced his soul to the Emperor Realm, promising the Emperor Pill he would help it leave within fifty years.
• Amon fused with Zhu Kun’s corpse using the Dragon Fusion Technique and became a Taixu Ancient Dragon before returning to human form with mid-stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng strength.
• Amon used the Xiao Tribe’s Ancient Jade to exploit a Bug and escape the restraint binding him to the space beyond the Stone Gate.
• Amon reached the Fire Lizardmen’s domain, where two leaders surrounded him and demanded to know how he had appeared there.

Amon explained how the Amons had prepared a path to becoming Dou Emperors and told Xiao Meng to keep supporting Xiao Yan while he consolidated his power. Meanwhile, Xiao Zhan Amon met Hun Tiandi in the Soul Realm, where the Soul Clan leader recognized him as the Xiao Tribe's clan leader.

• Amon intimidated the Fire Lizardmen, then turned the essence of Heavenly Flames into young flames with the Burning Mantra and Spirit Worms.
• Amon joined Xiao Meng and Zhou Mingrui, described the plans and preparations behind his rise, and revealed that avatars had replaced the Xiao Clan during the Soul Hall's attack while the real Xiao Zhan remained safe.
• Amon told Xiao Meng that the road to becoming Dou Emperors was clear, asked her to continue playing her role and left to consolidate his power.
• In the Soul Realm, Xiao Zhan Amon waited with Hun Miesheng until Hun Tiandi summoned them and asked to speak with Xiao Zhan alone.
• Hun Tiandi greeted Xiao Zhan Amon and affirmed that he could still be considered the Xiao Tribe's clan leader because Xiao Tribe blood and a fragment of the Ancient Jade remained.

Xiao Zhan Amon explained to Hun Tiandi that the Dou Emperors had left the Dou Qi Plane for the Great Thousand World and offered to trade the Xiao Tribe’s Ancient Jade and knowledge for his clan’s protection. After Xiao Zhan Amon returned to the Soul Hall, Hun Miesheng discovered that a terrifying will had contaminated the stored Soul Origin and suspected the Xiao Tribe was responsible.

• Xiao Zhan Amon told Hun Tiandi that the Xiao Tribe’s identity rested on shared history and beliefs, not merely bloodline, then proposed revealing what he knew about the Great Thousand World.
• Xiao Zhan Amon offered the Xiao Tribe’s Ancient Jade and information about the Great Thousand World in exchange for Hun Tiandi taking the Xiao Tribe’s people there after becoming a Dou Emperor.
• Hun Tiandi made Xiao Zhan Amon an honored guest of the Soul Clan but barred him from leaving Soul Emperor City.
• A Protector reported that the Soul Origin had gone wrong, and Hun Miesheng found it contaminated by a powerful, bloodthirsty will.
• Hun Miesheng ordered the Soul Origin Extraction Array stopped and the Xiao Tribe members released from the chains and imprisoned separately, while the disguised Amons mocked Saint Guyou.

Hun Miesheng reported corrupted Soul Origins to Hun Tiandi, who discovered a terrifying Mental Mark tied to an ancient force. After Xiao Zhan Amon described the Xiao Tribe’s bloodline Whispers and named their supposed source as Xiao Men, Hun Tiandi ordered Hun Qiu to guard Xiao Zhan and keep him inside Soul Emperor City.

• Hun Miesheng told Hun Tiandi that the Soul Origins in Heaven Hall had been corrupted after Xiao Zhan came to the clan.
• Hun Tiandi touched a Soul Origin cluster, felt a vast and bloodthirsty will connected to an Emperor, and nearly lost control before Hun Miesheng called him back to his senses.
• Hun Tiandi summoned Xiao Zhan Amon and asked whether he had tampered with the souls in Heaven Hall.
• Xiao Zhan Amon described the Xiao Tribe’s inherited Mental Mark, the contradictory Whispers heard by affected clansmen, and the ancient figure Xiao Men.
• Hun Tiandi suspected Xiao Zhan might be connected to the Mental Mark and later ordered Hun Qiu to guard him, provide what he needed, and prevent him from leaving Soul Emperor City.

Xiao Yan returned to Jianan City after the Wind-Splitting Eagle died and learned that the Inner Court selection would be a fifty-person free-for-all. As he prepared for the tournament, Amon emerged from the Eagle’s grave and continued expanding his avatars.

• Xiao Zhan Amon taunted Hun Qiu and left to scout the area, with Hun Qiu following him.
• Xiao Yan buried the dying Wind-Splitting Eagle, took its Magic Core, and returned to Jianan City after searching in vain for a Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Yan nearly confessed his feelings to Xun'er before Xiao Yu and Xiao Ning interrupted them and explained that the Inner Court selection would be a free-for-all, with the last five standing qualifying.
• Xiao Ning revealed that he had bet his entire fortune on Xiao Yan making the top five, and Xiao Yan promised not to let him down.
• Amon emerged from the Eagle’s grave and said that his scattered avatars were covertly multiplying by making use of corpses and souls.

Xiao Yan arrived at Jianan Academy’s Internal Selection Tournament after breaking through to Nine-Star Da Dou Shi, then used a secret technique to overwhelm his opponents in the grand melee. He eliminated Bai Shan and joined Xun'er, while Wu Hao and Hu Jia chose not to challenge him.

• Xiao Yu and Xun'er waited anxiously for Xiao Yan as the tournament crowd gathered, and Hu Gan announced that the selection would be decided in a single grand melee.
• Xiao Yan descended onto the platform with purple wings and revealed that he had reached Nine-Star Da Dou Shi, then teamed up with Xun'er as the contestants targeted them.
• Xiao Yan activated the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Changes and rapidly defeated the students who tried to stop him.
• Xiao Yan charged at Bai Shan, whose fellow contestants refused to protect him, and knocked him off the platform with Eight Extremities Collapse.
• Wu Hao backed down, Hu Jia retreated, and Xiao Yan joined Xun'er while the remaining contestants avoided attacking them.

After the selection competition ended, Xiao Ding and Xiao Li escorted Yun Meng toward the Black-Corner Region under cover of a merchant caravan. During a Black Windstorm, Yun Meng secretly received Three Thousand Lightning Movement from Protector Meng, then learned that the Xiao Clan had suffered a devastating incident.

• The selection competition ended with Xiao Yan and Xun'er among the final factions, while Xiao Ning celebrated winning his bet and Old Man Fire and Hu Gan discussed Bai Shan's bad luck.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li traveled with Yun Meng and three trusted subordinates, posing as a small mercenary group escorting a merchant caravan into the Black-Corner Region.
• When a Black Windstorm approached, the caravan took shelter in a fissure, and Yun Meng disappeared from the group during the storm.
• Yun Meng met Protector Meng inside the storm and received the Three Thousand Lightning Movement scroll, revealing that the escort mission had been his plan and that his original scroll had been a decoy.
• After the storm, Yun Meng returned to the caravan and received a letter reporting that something terrible had happened to the Xiao Clan, leaving Xiao Ding and Xiao Li in shock.

Xiao Ding and Xiao Li learned that the Xiao Clan had been destroyed, while Amon rose to Dou Zong and accompanied Protector Xiao to the Soul Hall to meet Honored Elder Mu. The chapter ended with Protector Xiao presenting Amon as the newly qualified Protector Meng.

• Xiao Li wanted to return for revenge after learning the Xiao Clan had been wiped out, but Xiao Ding and Yun Meng persuaded him to deliver the items first.
• Protector Xiao collected souls in the Black Windstorm and encountered Amon, who gave her a Soul Bag containing a Dou Zong's soul.
• Amon revealed that he had become a Dou Zong and asked Protector Xiao to introduce him to an Honored Elder so he could officially become a Protector.
• Protector Xiao accepted Amon's Contribution Points for the soul and led him to the Soul Hall in the Black-Corner Region.
• Protector Xiao introduced Amon to Honored Elder Mu as Soul Envoy Meng, who should now be called Protector Meng.

Amon became Honored Elder Mu’s direct Soul Hall subordinate, while Hun Xiao learned of a coming battle in the Soul Realm. In Soul Emperor City, Xiao Zhan Amon met Hun Zhang and unexpectedly asked him to become his son, leaving Hun Zhang considering the offer.

• Honored Elder Mu gave Amon a Protector Token and transferred him from Protector Xiao’s service to his own, explaining that the Soul Hall had orders to accelerate soul collection.
• Hun Xiao told Honored Elder Mu that she had left the Soul Realm while her brother was in seclusion, and he revealed that Hun Zhang planned to challenge Hun Jing.
• Xiao Zhan Amon explored Soul Emperor City with Hun Qiu, who explained the Soul Clan’s protections for ordinary descendants and its harsh competition among cultivators.
• Hun Zhang met Hun Qiu and Xiao Zhan Amon, then said he intended to challenge Hun Jing with a new heaven-tier Dou Technique.
• Xiao Zhan Amon asked Hun Zhang if he wanted to be his son, and Hun Zhang began to consider the proposal.

Hun Zhang pretended to become Xiao Zhan’s godson to probe him for secrets and possible benefits, while Hun Qiu remained wary of the Xiao Tribe. The chapter ended with Hun Qiu exposing and destroying a strange Spirit Worm Amon and warning Xiao Zhan not to make trouble.

• Hun Zhang wondered why Hun Qiu had been assigned to watch Xiao Zhan and speculated that the Xiao Tribe concealed an important secret.
• Hun Zhang loudly called Xiao Zhan his godfather, asked him for help advancing his cultivation, and promised to support Xiao Yan and the Xiao Tribe.
• Hun Qiu pulled Hun Zhang away, challenged his reckless behavior, and heard him explain that pretending to be Xiao Zhan’s son might yield useful information.
• Xiao Zhan revealed that Hun Zhang’s choice had been wise and asked whether Hun Qiu would reconsider, but Hun Qiu ignored the offer.
• Hun Qiu found and destroyed the twelve-ringed Spirit Worm Amon, then warned Xiao Zhan that he would recommend restricting his movements.

Xiao Yan and the other Selection Competition finalists visited Jianan Academy's Library Pavilion, then traveled to the Inner Court. After arriving, they met First Elder Su Qian and received Fire Crystal Cards, whose significance Xiao Yan began to suspect.

• Xiao Yan and Xun'er visited the Library Pavilion with Hu Jia, Wu Hao, and an Outer Court student, where Xiao Yan chose a sonic-wave Dou Technique.
• Hu Gan led fifty freshmen on Gryphons toward the Inner Court and explained that a beast hunter had killed or driven away the nearby sixth-tier magical beasts.
• Hu Gan opened a Space Lock gate, and the group passed through it into the Inner Court.
• Su Qian and the elders welcomed the freshmen, while the Inner Court students recognized Xiao Yan and focused their attention on him.
• Elder Qing distributed Fire Crystal Cards, and Xiao Yan received the card marked with the red number five as the older students watched excitedly.

Su Qian explained the Fire Energy Hunting Competition, in which old students hunted new students for their fire energy, and Xiao Yan’s group decided to turn the tables. They learned that an anonymous bounty offered five hundred days of fire energy for beating Xiao Yan, and he swiftly defeated the old students who confronted them.

• Su Qian announced that new students had fifteen minutes to hide before old students began hunting them in the forest.
• Xiao Yan, Xun'er, Hu Jia, and Wu Hao joined forces and planned to use Wu Hao as bait to ambush an old-student team.
• Lin Ge’s team surrounded Wu Hao, and Xiao Yan, Xun'er, and Hu Jia emerged from hiding to encircle them.
• Lin Ge revealed that an anonymous bounty offered five hundred days of fire energy for beating Xiao Yan, and said the bounty had been approved and posted on the Inner Court Mission Board.
• Xiao Yan fought the old students and defeated them almost instantly, leaving Green bruised and staring blankly at the sky.