Back in the Soul Refining School. On top of a large mountain with black clouds swirling around its top.

A single stone room several meters large in area was constructed at the mountain-top. There were no decorations in this room, but a single person sat inside it.

This person wore robes that were a grayish-black, but not something that was ultimately unordinary. The owner, a man who looked like he was in his forties, had sideburns that were shaved to have an edge as sharp as a blade and eyebrows equally sharp. His facial appearance was staunch, and his calm seated posture gave one the feeling as if he was seated in the center of the world. The only way someone could tell that he was alive was from how he breathed in like he was trying to take in all the air in the room.

At some point during one of his breathing cycles, his eyebrows suddenly shot up on his forehead. As if he was twitching, a strange expression took place on his face. Outside the mountain, the black mist around it started to flow erratically!

The expression on this man’s face only deepened as time went on. He looked like he was in pain. Soon, the twitches that had been apparent on his face had disseminated to the rest of his body before a wave of energy exploded out from his body!

“Ahhh!!!”

A scream followed suit. Eyes flying wide open at last, the man’s bright eyes could finally be seen. This man was…furious!

“Boom!!!”

The wave of energy quaked the earth and cause parts of the mountain to fall apart like when a volcano erupted. A cloud of dust and stone was kicked up high into the air as the mountain began to crumble!

A black beam shot up from the ruined mountain up into the sky like a shooting star to fly further and further away and out of sight!

The total destruction of the mountain led to all those who were in the vicinity of it to immediately make their way over. Three figures shot up into the air to stand on the same level as where the mountain-top and stared on in shock.

“What happened?! What’s going on?! Where…why has the headmaster stopped his training?!”

“He can’t have! The ‘Thousand Day Refinement’ requires exactly a thousand days of training! There was only just a few dozen weeks left, why…why would the headmaster give up after...