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Ever since meeting Protector Wu and Parasite Yun Shan, Amon had been trying to get Worms of Spirit to infiltrate Soul Hall as prey.
This included handing over Gu He's soul, which had been Parasitized, to Protector Wu, and Protector Meng diligently working to submit souls.
Although these Worms of Spirit were indeed sent to Soul Hall, they only went to sub-halls. What Amon truly wanted was to infiltrate any of the three Sky Palaces—Heaven, Earth, or Human—where a sufficient quantity of Soul Origin was stored.
Souls from the sub-halls would be sent to the Sky Palace, but the time interval seemed a bit long. At least, neither Protector Wu nor Protector Xiao showed any signs of sending souls there in a short period.
The Xiao Family incident presented Amon with an opportunity. After Protector Wu harvested the souls of Amon's avatars disguised as Xiao Clan members, he handled the matter specially, submitting them level by level at the fastest speed. They, along with Xiao Zhan, were sent to the Heaven Palace of the Sky Palace, into Soul Destruction Life's hands!
In a grand hall filled with an eerie and sinister aura, massive black pillars stood erect, connected by countless chains.
The chains bound numerous slightly ethereal soul light clusters, and specks of light were extracted from the souls, converging into the black pillars. Then, along thicker chains at the base of the black pillars, they were transmitted into a room made of special material in the center of Soul Hall.
Bound to one of the pillars was not a soul body, but a living person! He was Amon disguised as Xiao Zhan.
On the several pillars in front of him were the souls of other Amons, disguised as Xiao Clan members, that had been hooked away.
A calm voice, devoid of any emotion, echoed through the hall:
"Xiao Zhan, have you thought it through? These chains are made of special materials. They will continuously extract the Soul Origin of your clansmen. With their weak souls, I'm afraid it won't be long before they dissipate. Tell this Seat the whereabouts of the Tuo She Ancient Emperor Jade, and I will spare your Xiao Family."
Xiao Zhan Amon's expression was calm: "I don't believe your Soul Clan will spare us if I reveal the ancient jade's whereabouts. Heh... don't worry, the ancient jade is in a very safe place, you won't find it."
The indifferent voice sounded again: "As expected of Xiao Xuan's descendant, to remain so calm in this situation. I've asked your clansmen, and they don't even know what the Xiao Clan is or what the ancient jade is.
"I thought you had forgotten the history of the past, but it seems that is not the case. You still seem to retain something, at least you, the patriarch, know some things."
Xiao Zhan Amon smiled: "Yes, if such a large clan, even its descendants have forgotten history, wouldn't that be too sad? In our Xiao Clan, this is a secret passed down from generation to generation only by the patriarch."
He paused, then asked: "Is the Soul Clan still controlled by Soul Emperor?"
"Of course, the patriarch has governed our clan for thousands of years, and it is still prosperous."
"Take me to see him. I want to talk to him, as the Xiao Clan's patriarch," Xiao Zhan Amon said.
The voice conversing with Xiao Zhan fell silent for a moment, and after a long time, only one word was uttered: "Good."
An ordinary-looking person, dressed in a black robe with slightly rough hands, suddenly appeared before Xiao Zhan Amon. His appearance was so abrupt, as if he had been there all along.
"You are Soul Destruction Life?" Xiao Zhan Amon asked.
"It's me. When you meet the patriarch later, it's best to be respectful and obediently tell us the whereabouts of the ancient jade." There was no ripple in Soul Destruction Life's eyes.
He glanced at Xiao Zhan, and the chains on the latter automatically unfastened with a clatter.
Soul Destruction Life grabbed Xiao Zhan Amon's shoulder.
Xiao Zhan Amon felt a dizzying sensation, countless vivid light and shadows flashed before his eyes, followed by a void and dead silence.
...
After Xiao Zhan Amon and Soul Destruction Life departed, a Worm of Spirit emerged from Amon's soul body disguised as Klein. It silently transformed into a starlight, tracing the specks of light drawn from the soul body, moving through the chains, and finally arriving within the massive Soul Origin light cluster in the center of the Heaven Palace.
While Soul Destruction Life was still present, he worried about being discovered and had remained motionless. Now, taking advantage of Xiao Zhan's departure with him, he seized the opportunity to act.
The other powerhouses of Soul Hall did not possess Soul Destruction Life's terrifying perception at the Great Perfection of the Heavenly Realm, and their attention was drawn by the conversation between Xiao Zhan and Soul Destruction Life, as well as the commotion of their departure, making it difficult to detect such subtle changes.
This Worm of Spirit felt like a drop of water merging into a vast lake.
As the most important of the three Sky Palaces, the Heaven Palace, personally guarded by Soul Hall Master Soul Destruction Life, naturally gathered a far greater number of souls than the Human Palace could compare to.
At the same time, Amon's main body in the Northern Continent chuckled, "It worked."
He issued the command to "split" to all Amons.
The Amons, whose original volume was one-tenth of the main body, all split into ten, becoming one-hundredth.
The Worm of Spirit that entered the Soul Origin light cluster activated its "Soul Devouring" talent, increasing its volume to one-tenth of the main body.
The advantage of "Soul Devouring" over normal absorption is that it doesn't require refining time and has an extremely high conversion rate, almost lossless absorption.
Then, Amon's main body took out a small knife and cut his own throat.
He committed suicide!
After the main body dies, the main body's will will awaken in a certain clone, and this clone will become the new main body.
Amon's will chose to awaken in the Worm of Spirit located at the Soul Origin light cluster in the Heaven Palace.
This Worm of Spirit became the new main body!
Due to prior preparations, the avatars would not suffer losses due to changes in the main body's volume. His current main body's volume was one-tenth of the original, while the largest clone's volume was one-hundredth of the original, a ten-fold difference.
He activated his "Soul Devouring" talent, instantly refining the massive Soul Origin.
To prevent accidents and to stop those below from secretly using them, Soul Hall had tampered with these Soul Origins, and wisps of black mist entered Amon's soul.
However, Amon didn't care about that. He now had only one goal: to expand the volume of his main body in the shortest possible time.
His soul realm continuously climbed, quickly reaching the late Heavenly Realm!
Amon disguised himself as a Soul Origin light cluster, which could temporarily deceive the people of Soul Hall, preventing them from detecting any abnormality.
After all, those powerhouses of Soul Hall wouldn't be so idle as to frequently and meticulously inspect the light cluster's condition. They would only occasionally glance at it to check the growth of the Soul Origin's quantity.
Even if it was just a soul body, a soul at the late Heavenly Realm was slightly equivalent in volume to a normal high-star Dou Venerate.
Among Dou Zuns, the gap between each star was enormous. Although the maximum a clone could reach was one-tenth of the main body, it was still at the Dou Venerate level.
The Amon avatars in the Northern Continent took out the souls collected from the previous massacre of barbarian tribes, activated the "Soul Swallowing" secret technique brought to them by Protector Meng, and began to improve their strength.
These Amon avatars had the same aptitude as the main body. Without damaging their foundation, with normal cultivation, each of them could grow to a Dou Saint!
Therefore, by using secret techniques to sacrifice potential for strength, they could also grow to a considerable height.
Half a day later, more than a dozen Dou Ancestor Amons were born. They lost the potential for further advancement and consumed the collected souls in exchange for their current strength.
Although they lost potential, their "Convergence" ability did not disappear!
These dozen Dou Ancestor Amons aggregated into a Dou Venerate Amon avatar with strength reaching Four-star. This clone also had no possibility of further advancement through normal cultivation, but Amon was not concerned with "potential" now.
Silver-white flames emerged from the Dou Venerate Amon's right hand. With a gentle swipe, he tore open space, constructing a spatial wormhole leading to the Jia Ma Empire.
...
In the Jia Ma Empire, Monster Mountain Range, next to the temple behind the Xiao Family's ancestral land, Wu Meng and Amon, whose eyes were as pure as an infant's, turned their gaze aside as if sensing something.
In that empty space, a spatial rift suddenly appeared. The rift expanded, forming a passage wide enough for a person to pass through.
Dou Venerate Amon and Protector Meng walked out.
"Hello, newly born Amon." Amon, whose eyes were as pure as an infant's, greeted politely.
The Dou Venerate clone nodded to him, then looked at Wu Meng: "Give me the ancient jade."
Wu Meng, wearing Xiao Yuanshan's appearance, chuckled and did not refuse, handing him the Xiao Family's ancient jade: "I look forward to your performance, it should be very interesting."
Dou Venerate Amon tore through space again and arrived at the Black-Corner Region.
He left Protector Meng in a random city he found and said:
"The main body can't be hidden for long. It might be discovered, caught, and killed by Soul Hall in a few days. You should quickly go and create another Dou Venerate clone.
"My current action is very dangerous. If I'm not careful, I might fall. After all, in front of the existences I'm about to face, a Dou Venerate is just a slightly larger ant..."
"I understand." Protector Meng nodded. He adjusted his monocle and whispered, "Good luck."
Dou Venerate Amon left, silently arriving at the Inner Courtyard of Jia Nan Academy, before Zhou Mingrui.
He turned his head, looked at a pavilion nearby, and asked: "How is she doing now? Has she made any abnormal moves?"
Zhou Mingrui smiled: "Very stable, hasn't done anything... The main body's fall and rebirth, and the significant increase in our clone's volume limit, should not be hidden from her.
"However, she seems to only care about her Young Master Xiao Yan now, and doesn't react much to our actions."
"Just don't let her mess around." After leaving that sentence, Dou Venerate Amon took a step and disappeared from Zhou Mingrui's sight.
Within a few breaths, his figure appeared above the Heavenly Burning Training Qi Tower in the Inner Courtyard.
Below, the students of Jia Nan Academy moved in and out, and the on-duty instructors looked relaxed, completely unaware of the black-robed figure above.
Dou Venerate Amon looked at the black tall tower, his gaze seemingly penetrating layers of obstruction, passing through the strong Seal, and seeing the Magma World below.
Within the Seal, Fallen Heart Flame Amon raised his head, playing with a jade slip, a smile on his face.
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