Amo

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Life with Xiaohe

Amo lived on an unnamed, developing planet at the edge of the Garden of Existence’s home system. He and Xiaohe were childhood sweethearts and lovers, presented as orphans with only each other to rely on. Their small two-story house was the result of their shared efforts 25.

Xiaohe gave him a smooth blue pebble, claiming to have found it in the woods. During a subsequent stargazing outing, his memories of her briefly blurred, frightening him into embracing her to confirm she was still there. Xiaohe knocked him unconscious before speaking privately with Ayinai about her identity and her choice to remain with him. By the following morning, Amo wore the pebble—the Heart of Nihility—around his neck 26 27.

Joining the Alliance Army

When the Garden’s modified soldiers purged settlements on his planet, Amo fought them with Xiaohe’s assistance. Her concealment allowed him to ambush the soldiers despite lacking a Path of his own. After returning to their settlement, the pair received a visit from “Qingxin,” who shared a meal with them 33 34.

Amo and Xiaohe later entered the Alliance camp, where his curiosity about the Four Existences Atop Nihility initially caused suspicion. They explained that they wanted to help fight the Garden’s traitors. The generals also revealed that their acquaintance Qingxin was Ayinai in disguise, leaving Amo astonished that he had addressed his goddess as “Sister Qingxin” 37 38.

As an Alliance assassin, Amo established a perfect mission record. During the agricultural-planet offensive, he cleared the main walkway and killed the Garden’s commander and officers, allowing Alliance troops to find the command room already secured 43 45.

Capture of Bountiful Nation

When Bountiful Nation’s defenders used civilians as human shields, Amo rejected an allied commander’s willingness to sacrifice the hostages. He went to Elder Ge and requested fifty elite Guard Corps soldiers, pledging his life on the mission’s success 44 45.

Under cover of darkness, Amo cut through the city’s barrier with a Nihility saber. He divided his force among the city lord’s residence, communications station, barracks, granary, and the defenders’ gathering place. At the manor, he killed the city lord and ordered the assembled nobles executed and their property confiscated to fund the army 45 46.

All fifty guards returned without casualties. Elder Ge praised Amo’s calm, decisive conduct and considered him an ideal candidate for the new chief judge. Shortly before the final battle, Ge and three hundred Guard Corps members proclaimed their support for Amo as the next Garden head; Amo accepted 46 48 49.

Final Battle and Elder Ge’s Betrayal

Amo led the Guard Corps against the Garden’s Heavy Armor Corps, opening a breach through its shields with Nihility. He subsequently supported Xiahou Chan against the monstrous fighter posing as Dong Tian. Xiaohe absorbed a heavy blow meant for Amo, and Qi Tianque’s music prevented Amo’s increasingly uncontrolled Nihility from overwhelming him 53 56 57.

After the impostor’s defeat, Elder Ge revealed the imprisoned real Dong Tian and offered Amo a share in ruling the Ayinai System. Amo refused to cooperate with a traitor, declaring that he followed the goddess rather than the Garden itself 58 59.

Ge then stole power from the seal containing Oroboros, the Aeon of Voracity. Following the Aynais’s sacrificial collision with him, Xiaohe unleashed her full power and raised Amo to Emanator level. Amo joined Qingzhu against Ge, and the revived Dong Tian later helped them break his divine-power barrier and defeat him 59 60 61 65.

Afterward, Amo participated in reinforcing Voracity’s seal. Xiaohe’s Heart of Nihility was placed inside Dong Tian’s Broodmother device to regulate the power supplied to the damaged seal 67.

Garden Master

Dong Tian chose to leave the Garden rather than let his own reputation undermine Amo’s succession. Ayinai formally appointed Amo as the new head, telling him that she had witnessed his experiences and that he deserved the position 68 72.

After Dong Tian departed aboard the Astral Express, Xiaohe fastened the Garden head’s armband to Amo’s sleeve. Amo returned to the council hall to oversee reconstruction, including the destruction of modified humans who had not yet been awakened and deployed. Two hundred years after the war, he announced that the Garden would rejoin the forces of Existence 73.

Appearance

• Hair: Short, silvery-white hair 25 33.
• Eyes: Azure 33.
• Combat attire: A black shadow garment or cloak formed by Xiaohe; it can extend into a mask covering his lower face 33 53 56.
• Identifying accessories: Wears the Heart of Nihility around his neck and later the Garden head’s armband on his sleeve 27 73.

Personality

Away from missions, Amo is a quiet young man whose gentleness is especially evident around Xiaohe. He indulges her wishes within his means, notices changes in her mood, and treats her with considerable care. His trust in her also allows him to remain calm when more experienced companions are wary 25 27 30 39 51.

The Garden’s campaign transforms him from a purely kindhearted boy into a cold, steady killer who reserves mercy for those he considers deserving. This ruthlessness does not extend to treating civilians as expendable: he strikes an allied commander for suggesting that hostages be sacrificed for victory. The Guard Corps approves of him as someone who is kind without being indiscriminate and ruthless without being cruel 34 44 48.

His loyalty belongs to Ayinai rather than any institution. He rejects Elder Ge’s offer of supreme political power and accepts entering Nihility because he believes that walking another Path need not change his devotion to the goddess. Even when angered by Xiaohe’s injury, he remains calculating in combat 57 59 61.

Abilities & Skills

Nihility Manipulation

Amo initially channels Nihility through Xiaohe and the Heart of Nihility, later entering the Path himself when she releases her full power 39 61.

• Forms long blades and projects cutting waves of Nihility 45 53.
• Cuts through Bountiful Nation’s barrier and splits a Heavy Armor Corps soldier together with his shield 45 53.
• Wounds the Emanator-level Dong Tian impostor, whose caution toward Nihility makes Amo a significant threat despite his initially mortal body 56 57.
• Can suffer mental disorientation, fatigue, pain, and loss of control when drawing too heavily on the power. Qi Tianque’s music steadies both Amo and the flow of Nihility 53 57.
• Remains vulnerable to divine power even after reaching Emanator level; the aftermath of Elder Ge’s attack injures his internal organs 62.

Concealment and Xiaohe’s Protection

Xiaohe can envelop Amo in a garment made from the Heart of Nihility’s power, entering it herself to help control it 33.

• Greatly conceals his movements and can hide him completely within shadows 33.
• Enhances his physical capabilities and protects him against the pressure exerted by stronger opponents 56 59.
• Absorbs damage on his behalf, though doing so can injure Xiaohe 57.
• Forms a face covering that blocks the monstrous impostor’s debilitating stench 56.

Assassination and Swordsmanship

Amo’s agility, composure around bloodshed, and partnership with Xiaohe make him an effective assassin even before he becomes a Pathstrider 33 40.

• Maintains a one-hundred-percent assassination success rate during his early Alliance service 45.
• Uses ambushes, concealment, and isolated targets to defeat armed opponents 33 34.
• Times supporting attacks around Xiahou Chan’s strikes to exploit openings against the Dong Tian impostor 56 57.
• Before his advancement, his physical toughness remains far below an Emanator’s; Xiaohe’s protection is essential against direct hits 57.

Tactical Command

Amo progresses from individual assassination missions to leading elite troops in coordinated assaults 45 53.

• Captures Bountiful Nation by dividing fifty guards among five strategic targets, returning without casualties 45 46.
• Leads three hundred Guard Corps soldiers in breaking the Heavy Armor Corps’ formation 53.
• Uses concentrated fire to weaken charging modified warriors before committing his elite soldiers to close combat 54.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Heart of Nihility — Xiaohe’s true body, first presented as a blue pebble and subsequently worn as a pendant. It contains the immense Nihility power she channels through Amo 26 27 39.
• Dagger — Used to assassinate modified soldiers on his home planet 33 34.
• Nihility blade — A power-formed weapon described as a saber or longsword, used for barrier-breaking, close combat, and ranged slashes 45 53.
• Shadow garment / black cloak — Xiaohe’s wearable combat form, providing concealment and protection 33 53 57.
• Garden head’s armband — The office’s traditional symbol, fastened to his sleeve by Xiaohe when he assumes leadership 73.

Relationships

• Xiaohe — Childhood sweetheart, lover, and combat partner. She chooses him as her host and inheritor of her power; Amo eventually deduces her identity as the Heart of Nihility before she openly confirms it 25 26 39 59.
• Ayinai / Qingxin — His goddess and a visitor he initially knows as Sister Qingxin. She observes his development and personally confirms his appointment as Garden Master 27 34 38 72.
• Xiahou Chan — An admired general who recognizes Amo’s potential as an assassin and later fights alongside him against the Dong Tian impostor 38 40 56 57.
• Wanmeng — An allied general and diviner who supports his battlefield operations. Dong Tian later asks Amo to coordinate the Garden’s postwar plan with her 48 54 71.
• Qi Tianque — An allied musician whose restorative and stabilizing music helps Amo safely wield Nihility during the final battle 53 57.
• Elder Ge — Initially a patron who tests Amo, entrusts troops to him, and backs his succession. Their relationship ends when Amo refuses to join Ge’s betrayal 45 48 49 59.
• Qingzhu — Fellow combatant against the empowered Elder Ge; they coordinate attacks against his defenses 61 65.
• Dong Tian — Former Garden Master who supports Amo’s succession and leaves to prevent his own standing from overshadowing the new leader 68 73.

Notable Quotes

“Everyone has the right to exist in this world. You have no right to make that decision for anyone else.” 44

“Because I don't associate with traitors! I follow the goddess, not the Garden! And certainly not a betrayer like you!” 59

“Rest assured, my lady. I will never disappoint you! I will devote my life to the Garden!” 72

Trivia

• Amo records television reports about the Four Existences Atop Nihility and is embarrassed when Xiaohe reveals that he is their fan 38.
• His cooking helps him and Xiaohe bond with the visiting Qingxin 34.
• He has a low alcohol tolerance and falls asleep during the Alliance Army’s celebration, prompting Xiahou Chan to tease him 42.