Chapter Summaries

Amon and Walter escaped Sea Witch by hiding inside a whale puppet, while Amon’s main body broke through to Soul King and his Avatars advanced with him. Sea Witch killed one more Avatar, realized the danger Amon posed, and returned to Mermaid Village to report to Bo Saixi.

• Sea Witch recovered the Sea Pearl and her sister’s corpse, then unleashed her fury after Amon and his companions escaped.
• Walter and Amon traveled underwater inside a whale puppet while an Avatar piloted the speedboat and sent out decoys.
• Amon’s main body and Avatars broke through to Soul King and Soul Ancestor, but Sea Witch found and destroyed the Avatar piloting the speedboat.
• Sea Witch recognized that Amon’s independent, self-aware Avatars could grow stronger and disappear when killed, then took her sister’s corpse and the Sea Pearl back to Mermaid Village to report to Bo Saixi.
• Amon inferred that his breakthrough had drawn Sea Witch to the Avatars and planned to use low-level Worms of Time to conceal future breakthroughs.

After breaking through to Soul King, Amon assessed the power of his new Dream Thief skill and withdrew his avatars from Vast Sea City. Meanwhile, the black-clad young man told Cardinal Pierce that he was interested in Sea Soul Masters and chose the name Klein, leaving Adam behind.

• Walter praised Amon's control over Soul Power, and Amon thanked him for his help with the breakthrough.
• Amon gained the Dream Thief soul skill, which let him read and steal thoughts, and his avatars rose to level forty-one with access to their Fourth Soul Skill.
• Amon concluded that an aggregate of his avatars could overwhelm most Soul Emperors and Soul Saints, then began withdrawing them from Vast Sea City.
• Amon avatars said farewell to people in the city, and several stole money pouches from the guards at the gate.
• Cardinal Pierce told the black-clad young man that everything had been arranged, and the young man said Adam was dead and instructed him to call him Klein.

Amon agreed to arrange practice matches for the Northland Academy team after Sun Boyuan worried about their lack of preparation, and Sun discovered that Amon had reached Level 56. When the academy struggled to find a suitable opponent, the Great Soul Arena issued a continent-wide mission, which Flender and the others in Heaven Dou City considered before noticing it demanded a Ruby Rank team.

• Sun Boyuan criticized the team's lax preparations, and Amon agreed to arrange matches at the Northland Great Soul Arena.
• Amon told Sun Boyuan he was Level 56, and his soul skill's influence led Sun to accept the claim before realizing how extraordinary it was.
• Sun Boyuan reported that finding a Level 50-plus Ruby Rank opponent was difficult, so Northland Academy asked the Great Soul Arena to assemble one.
• The Great Soul Arena circulated a mission offering generous rewards for a suitable team, with Northland Academy covering the cost.
• Flender regretted that the mission was in the Northland, while Yu Xiaogang warned him that a Level 50 Ruby Rank team would be a formidable opponent.
• Flender noticed that the mission called for a Ruby Rank team, though he and the others did not know it would face Northland Academy.

Northland Academy’s team dominated two Soul Arena battles, largely through Yan Jin’s overwhelming strength. Before the team faced the formidable Soul Hunting Team, Amon recognized Walter among the spectators and hinted that he could fight Cardinal Vargas.

• Four Ruby Grade teams gathered at the Northland Great Soul Arena, and the Northland Team received its first battle invitation on the fifth day.
• Yan Jin knocked out a hooked-nosed Soul King with Great Eruption, and her teammates defeated the rest of the independent team to win decisively.
• The Northland Team won its next battle after Yan Jin again defeated her opponent first, leaving Sun Boyuan doubtful that the matches had provided useful coordination training.
• Amon recognized a familiar aura from the Soul Hunting Team and spotted Walter watching from the stands.
• When Vargas questioned why Amon was not fighting, Amon said he could fight Vargas but had no need to.

Amon’s confidence in facing a Soul Saint puzzled Vargas as Yan Jin’s team took on Spirit Hall’s Soul Hunting Team. The match ended with Yan Jin’s side winning after the enemy’s short, thin Soul King deliberately held back because he suspected she was connected to an important figure in Spirit Hall.

• Vargas reasoned that Amon might have a powerful trump-card Soul Skill and turned his attention to the Central Arena.
• Yan Jin recognized the Soul Hunting Team’s dangerous, coordinated fighting style, and the team quickly put Aria, Vidal, and Brady at a disadvantage.
• Yan Jin split the battlefield with Great Eruption, trapped the one-eyed captain and a Soul King behind lava walls, and sent Lei Yin to assist her teammates.
• The short, thin Soul King recognized Yan Jin’s Teostra-derived Soul Ring and suspected she was secretly supported by someone important in Spirit Hall, so he weakened his attacks.
• Lei Yin helped Vidal and the others defeat their opponents, and the one-eyed captain jumped from the arena before demanding an explanation from his uncooperative teammate.

After Northland Academy's team reflected on its narrow victory, the students arrived at the Great Soul Arena to find their final opponents were their own teachers. Amon returned as captain and led the team into the match, which began with Romier conjuring him a chair.

• Sun Boyuan praised Yan Jin and criticized Vidal, Aria, and Brady for their poor performance in the third match, and they admitted their mistakes.
• After a day of rest, the team found the Great Soul Arena empty and learned that the Northland Academy teachers, led by Soul Emperor Yu Xinxue, would be their final opponents.
• Zhu Youzhi announced that he had also recently become a Soul Emperor, leaving the students intimidated by the teachers' strength.
• Amon returned and selected Yan Jin, Lei Yin, Romier, Vidal, Aria, and Bing Lan to face the teachers.
• Zhong Yuming started the match, and Romier created a chair behind Amon and told him to sit.

Amon demonstrated how his support empowered the student team, overwhelming the Academy’s teachers in a practice match. The teachers conceded, convinced the strengthened students could win the championship.

• Amon accepted Romier’s invitation to sit and told the teachers that his support could greatly strengthen his teammates.
• Amon empowered Yan Jin, Lei Yin, Romier, Bing Lan, and Aria, who transformed and displayed powerful attacks across the arena.
• Yan Jin summoned a massive Magma Colossus, leaving the teachers and the students stunned by the power of Amon’s support.
• Vidal asked Amon why he had not supported him, and Amon explained that Vidal’s martial soul and Soul Skills were unsuitable for such enhancement.
• Yan Jin prepared to strike with the Magma Colossus, but Yu Xinxue stopped the match and conceded.

Northland Academy arrived in Heaven Dou City for the Soul Master Tournament and stayed at an estate arranged by Yan Jin. Amon met Dennis, a Crown Prince supporter, who explained his plans to reform Spirit Hall and secured Amon’s willingness to support the cause.

• Yan Jin led the Northland Academy group to a luxurious estate where Dennis’s butler welcomed them.
• Dennis took Amon aside and said the Crown Prince had arranged their lodging and was interested in talented people.
• Dennis described how Spirit Hall had helped him as a child and explained the Crown Prince’s goal of restoring it as a civilian organization.
• Amon questioned Dennis about Walter’s role, then agreed that following the Crown Prince was a good choice.
• Dennis told Amon the Crown Prince would watch his performance in the tournament and said it would affect his status.

Sun Boyuan briefed Northland Academy on the tournament rules, and Amon promised to help the team win while ensuring every member had a chance to shine. Shrek Academy prepared for the tournament in humiliating uniforms, while Amon considered Tang San’s missing Immortal Herbs and Yan Jin decided to honor her promise to wear an outfit from the Ice Thorn Chamber of Commerce.

• Sun Boyuan reviewed the tournament rules and preliminaries, warning Yan Jin not to kill opponents and explaining that Northland Academy needed to place in the top five.
• Amon assured Northland Academy that he would arrange tactics to showcase the team and said he would support the reserve members as well.
• Tang San rallied Shrek Academy to aim for the championship, but Flender’s shit-green uniforms embarrassed the team until they negotiated for one-third of the GG revenue and match prize money.
• Amon received information about Tang San’s missing Immortal Herbs and wondered whether to send them to him or visit the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well himself.
• Yan Jin chose to wear an Ice Thorn Chamber of Commerce outfit to repay Ma Wen’s past kindness, and Amon directed her to the butler to arrange a custom set in time.

The Elite Tournament began as Shrek Academy and Northland Academy’s teams gathered in the arena’s contestants’ area and traded insults. Tang San confronted Amon over his past agreement with Dugu Bo, while tensions between their teams nearly erupted into a fight.

• Shrek Academy’s students endured ridicule over their uniforms, and Yan Jin and Romier mocked them in turn.
• Tang San recognized Amon as the person connected to Dugu Bo’s Immortal Herb and warned him that Dugu Bo was now Shrek Academy’s Guest Elder.
• Amon said he had cured the poison himself and remained unafraid of meeting Dugu Bo again.
• Tang San told Dai Mubai that Amon could expose their Immortal Herb theft, and Dai Mubai quietly showed killing intent toward him.
• Yan Jin learned Amon had been poisoned, summoned magma, and nearly fought Dai Mubai before Flender intervened.

The Elite Tournament of Advanced Soul Master Academies opened, and the first-round matches were drawn. Shrek Academy defeated the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Reserve Team brutally, while Amon gave Yan Jin permission to fight just as fiercely.

• The academies entered the venue, where Xue Ye, Ning Fengzhi, and Salas opened the tournament and Salas announced Spirit Hall's offer to finalists.
• Salas drew the first-round matches, pairing Shrek Academy with the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Reserve Team.
• Tang San noticed Amon's dangerous aura and considered assassinating him, then stunned the spectators by revealing a ten-thousand-year fourth Spirit Ring.
• Lei Yin startled a Canghui Academy student and Shi Nian by appearing behind the student in a flash of silver light.
• Tang San's group overwhelmed the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Reserve Team, and the referees declared Shrek Academy the winner after the opposing teacher conceded.
• Yan Jin asked whether such a beating was allowed, and Amon told her she could do as she pleased as long as she killed no one.

After Shrek Academy’s victory, Amon met Dugu Bo in Heaven Dou City and swallowed a new poison, while his Main Body decided to kill Dugu Bo after the Soul Master Tournament. Meanwhile, “Xue Qinghe” arranged to meet Tang San the next day.

• Ma Wen reunited with Yan Jin and Mo Lei, and the group discussed how Lu Wencong had become Frostleaf City’s City Lord.
• Amon spread Time Clones through Heaven Dou City and used an aggregate clone to meet Dugu Bo, who forced him to swallow a poisoned pill.
• Amon connected with his clones and Main Body, which decided that Dugu Bo would be killed after the Soul Master Tournament.
• In Sunset Forest, the poison in one Amon finally flared up, and another clone gave him a temporary antidote.
• Ning Fengzhi told “Xue Qinghe” how Xue Beng and Xue Xing had driven Shrek Academy away, then recommended meeting Tang San.
• “Xue Qinghe” agreed to meet Tang San the next day.

Amon’s Northland Academy faced Purple Star Academy, and Yan Jin revealed her immense power by ending the match with a controlled eruption of magma. The arena was left stunned by the fifteen-year-old Soul King’s strength as Northland Academy advanced.

• Amon led Northland Academy into the arena, where the team prepared to face Purple Star Academy.
• Romier conjured a chair for Amon at the start of the match, and Amon calmly sat down as Purple Star Academy took offense.
• Yan Jin revealed five Soul Rings, including two ten-thousand-year rings, shocking the spectators and Purple Star Academy.
• Yan Jin unleashed her fifth soul skill, Great Eruption, flooding the arena with magma and forcing Purple Star Academy to retreat.
• Yan Jin retrieved the defense-type student from the magma unharmed, and the referee declared Northland Academy the winner.

Yan Jin's overwhelming victory left the Shrek students assessing how they might counter her, while Amon's team drew attention from powerful figures. Amon left the tournament undecided about joining any faction, and Gu Rong watched him with growing suspicion.

• Yan Jin's victory amazed the spectators, and Yu Xiaogang explained that her magma attack relied mainly on impact force, while Flender warned Shrek that Northland Academy's captain and other members could be even more dangerous.
• Amon returned to the competitors' stands with his team, where Aria and the others praised Yan Jin and assumed Amon had supported her performance.
• Amon met Dennis in the audience, then accepted Xue Ye's invitation to the VIP area, where Salas and Ning Fengzhi both invited him to join their organizations.
• Amon declined to choose a future path before the tournament ended and told Xue Ye that he was staying with Dennis.
• Gu Rong asked Amon to show mercy to Ning Rongrong if they met in the tournament, then sensed that Amon might pose a threat.

Aria Fekris led Northland Academy to another one-person victory, drawing Emperor Xue Ye’s attention to her claim to the Marquis Fekris title. After the match, Amon met Walter and planned to wait until the tournament finals before negotiating with the Crown Prince.

• Aria stepped forward for Northland Academy and used her Soul Skill to defeat every opponent in a single barrage.
• Tang San and the Shrek team reacted to Aria’s victory, while Ma Hongjun realized their chances against Northland Academy seemed slim.
• Xue Qinghe suggested Aria as a candidate for the Marquis Fekris title, but Xue Ye postponed deciding until after the preliminary rounds.
• Amon left the arena and met Walter, who advised him not to overreact to Salas’s hostility and goodwill.
• Amon told Walter he would meet the Crown Prince after the tournament and reveal more of his abilities during the finals.

Northland Academy overwhelmed its opponents in the tournament, with Bing Lan defeating Skywater Academy’s Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu after their Martial Soul Fusion Skill transformed into an ice Phoenix. Shrek Academy feared Northland’s captain Amon might be a Soul Saint, but Yu Xiaogang claimed the team was not as powerful as it appeared.

• Lei Yin’s Thunder Dragon defeated the Elephant Armor Sect team with one attack, then knocked Huyan Li down when he charged at Amon.
• Romier’s Purple Warrior dominated Northland Academy’s fourth-round opponents while they tried to prolong the fight.
• Bing Lan froze Romier after he teased her about joining Skywater Academy, then made an ice chair for Amon as Yan Jin replaced it with a lava-made chair.
• Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu fused and sent a blizzard against Northland Academy, while Bing Lan protected her teammates and transformed into a giant eagle.
• Bing Lan’s giant eagle defeated the ice Phoenix and gently carried Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu down, prompting Shui Yue'er to surrender.
• Flender and Liu Erlong wondered if Amon was a Soul Saint, but Yu Xiaogang told them Northland Academy was not as powerful as it seemed.

Yu Xiaogang deduced that Northland Academy’s strength came from a Martial Soul Fusion Skill coordinated by Amon, while Shi Nian used that theory as a reason to target Amon. Shi Nian trapped Amon in an illusion and announced his intent to kill him, but Amon remained calm.

• Yu Xiaogang told Shrek Academy that Northland Academy likely sent out one fighter at a time because Amon could coordinate a Martial Soul Fusion Skill and share its power consumption.
• Shrek Academy members vowed to defeat Northland Academy, while Shi Nian overheard their analysis and began considering an attack on Amon.
• Amon wandered through the city gathering information, then followed a strange, repeating street scene into a secluded area.
• Shi Nian appeared before Amon and admitted he planned to kill him so Canghui Academy could improve its chances of reaching the finals.
• Shi Nian changed the surroundings into a desolate wilderness and claimed no one could rescue Amon, who answered with an amused smile.

Amon used his resilience and stolen skills to overcome Shi Nian’s Nightmare and turn the fight against him. After killing Shi Nian and taking his glowing bone, Amon glanced toward someone hiding nearby and headed back to the city.

• Shi Nian trapped Amon in a Nightmare illusion, but Amon’s greatest fear was Mysterious Amon’s Main Body rather than the Evernight Goddess.
• Amon used Mind Reading and Skill Theft to locate Shi Nian and steal his first six Spirit Rings, then manipulated Shi Nian’s thoughts to keep him fighting.
• Shi Nian attacked Amon with Illusion Space and charged at him, but Amon adapted, rose into the air, and struck him with a Void Refining Bullet.
• Amon manipulated Shi Nian into abandoning escape and attacking again, then killed him with a Soul Power sword and an Air Bullet.
• Amon collected Shi Nian’s glowing bone, glanced toward a concealed observer, and walked toward the city.

Tang San tried to report Amon to Spirit Hall, but Amon altered the accusation to implicate Tang San. Salas brought the accusation to Shrek Academy and began questioning Tang San, leaving him to face suspicion over Shi Nian’s death.

• Tang San secretly watched Amon kill Shi Nian, then wrote an anonymous accusation intended to turn Spirit Hall against Amon.
• Amon arranged for a disguised clone to alter the letter, replacing his name with Tang San’s, and later discussed Yan Jin’s future with Walter.
• Salas read the altered accusation and ordered an investigation into Shi Nian’s and Tang San’s movements.
• Salas arrived at Shrek Academy with Canghui Academy’s students, Temple Knights, and Ning Fengzhi, and demanded to question Tang San.
• Tang San denied he could have killed the Soul Saint, but Salas presented the accusation letter as the reason he had summoned him.

Tang San’s altered report letter led Spirit Hall to suspect him in Shi Nian’s murder, but Yu Xiaogang used the Pope’s Order to prevent Salas from taking him away. Tang San admitted he had witnessed Amon kill Shi Nian, and Shrek Academy’s leaders decided to avoid Northland Academy until the finals if possible.

• Ning Fengzhi and Flender challenged the altered report letter, while Salas pointed out that its handwriting matched Tang San’s registration form.
• Salas pressed Tang San to identify the person originally named in the report, then tried to take him to Spirit Hall for questioning.
• Ning Fengzhi’s guards and Salas’s Temple Knights fought over custody of Tang San until Yu Xiaogang presented the Pope’s Order and stopped the knights.
• After the committee left, Tang San admitted that he had written the letter to report Amon for killing Shi Nian, and explained that he had witnessed the murder.
• Yu Xiaogang warned Tang San to remain inside the academy, then advised Flender and Liu Erlong to concede if Shrek Academy met Northland Academy before the finals.