Chapter Summaries

Ye Tian comforted Cai'er, received the Light Shadow Spiritual Furnace through Long Haochen’s growth, and decided to give it to Li Xin. At the Governing Hall, the newly promoted Demon Hunter Squads gathered to hear a military announcement after their first battle.

• Cai'er fell asleep in Ye Tian’s arms, and Xiao Rou joined them while Li Xin and Lin Jialu meditated.
• Ye Tian received the Light Shadow Spiritual Furnace as feedback from Long Haochen’s acquisition of the Light Clone Spiritual Furnace and decided to give it to Li Xin.
• The military summoned the newly promoted Demon Hunter Squads, and Ye Tian led Rank E, Squad 1 to the Governing Hall.
• Ye Tian asked Lin Xin about making potions, and Lin Xin gave him two scrolls containing potion knowledge and his own notes.
• The ten newly promoted Demon Hunter Squads assembled, and Brigadier General Gu Jin thanked them for reducing casualties at Demon Extermination Pass and saluted them.

Gu Jin assigned Ye Tian and the Demon Hunter Squads a dangerous raid on a Demon food convoy, and the team prepared to enter Demon Race territory. Before departure, Ye Tian brought Li Xin to his Different Dimension and gave her the Light Shadow Spiritual Furnace to absorb.

• Gu Jin ordered the Demon Hunter Squads to destroy a Demon food transport team before it reached the Demon camp at dawn.
• The girls grew nervous about leaving Demon Extermination Pass, and Ye Tian reassured them that he would bring them back safely.
• Ye Tian took Li Xin to the Different Dimension connected to his Void Spiritual Furnace and offered her the Light Shadow Spiritual Furnace.
• Li Xin initially refused, but Ye Tian persuaded her that the furnace suited her and fulfilled his promise to give her a Spirit Furnace.
• Li Xin thanked Ye Tian, then sat down to absorb the Light Shadow Spiritual Furnace before the mission.

Ye Tian prepared Rank E, Squad 1 Demon Hunter Squad for a night mission and led ten Demon Hunter Squads behind enemy lines to ambush a Demon food transport team. After the captains discussed splitting their attack, Lu Xi raised the risk of a squad being surrounded.

• Ye Tian confirmed Li Xin was absorbing the Light Shadow Spiritual Furnace, then briefed his squad on their roles and urged them to prioritize speed and safety.
• The Demon Hunter Squads slipped out of Demon Extermination Pass and traveled through the night, avoiding or quietly dealing with Demon scouts.
• Ye Tian's group reached the ambush site three hundred li from the Demon camp, where the captains studied the route and proposed scouting with flying magic beasts.
• Ye Tian proposed that the ten squads attack the convoy separately, and Lu Xi asked what they would do if one squad faced a powerful enemy and became surrounded.

Ye Tian arranged ten Demon Hunter Squads to ambush a demon food transport team, then ordered an attack once the convoy entered their encirclement. The demons were caught off guard, and both sides prepared to clash.

• Ye Tian persuaded the squad leaders to let their Demon Hunter Squads fight without relying on the Mithril Base Knights, and he assigned the squads their positions.
• Bai Xiaomo detected the approaching convoy, and Gao Yingjie agreed to protect Meina and the others.
• Li Xin emerged from the Void Spiritual Furnace and joined the battle preparations.
• Lin Jialu identified a heavily guarded food cart, and Ye Tian ordered his group to target it first.
• Ye Tian gave the attack signal after the convoy entered the encirclement, and the Demon Hunter Squads charged as the demons scrambled to respond.

Ye Tian’s Rank E, Squad 1 Demon Hunter Squad cut through the demon formation and destroyed its elite defenders on the way to the grain transport cart. Li Xin and Wang Yuanyuan were badly wounded by the Golden-Patterned Twin-Blade Demon Lord, but sudden surges of light and spiritual energy transformed the fight as the chapter ended.

• Ye Tian empowered the squad with Guardian Knight support skills as Li Xin and Wang Yuanyuan led their charge toward the grain transport cart.
• Lin Jialu, Shui Juqing, and Bai Xiaomo cleared the path through the Twin-Blade Demons while Meina shielded the squad from the Demon Eye Sorcerers’ Magic Light Bullets.
• Wang Yuanyuan and Li Xin defeated four Emerald Twin-Blade Demons with their attacks, and Xiao Rou reflected the six elite Demon Eye Sorcerers’ spheres back at them, killing them.
• The Golden-Patterned Twin-Blade Demon Lord charged the squad, and Li Xin and Wang Yuanyuan stepped forward to face it.
• The demon lord sent Li Xin and Wang Yuanyuan flying and wounded them, but golden and white light surrounded them as their spiritual energy surged, with Li Xin briefly reaching the sixth rank and Wang Yuanyuan surpassing the fifth rank, fifth level.

Li Xin and Wang Yuanyuan activated the Power of Bonds, dramatically boosting their strength and transforming their appearances. They renewed their attack on the Golden-Patterned Twin-Blade Demon Lord and gained the upper hand.

• Xiao Rou explained that Li Xin and Wang Yuanyuan had triggered the Power of Bonds, which strengthened both of them.
• Ye Tian learned that deeper feelings and greater understanding could make the bond effect stronger, while Xiao Rou kept secret what she had given Lin Jialu and Juqing.
• Li Xin and Wang Yuanyuan recovered from their transformations and charged the Golden-Patterned Twin-Blade Demon Lord again.
• Li Xin and Wang Yuanyuan worked together to stagger the demon, and Li Xin cracked its chest shell with a charge.
• Li Xin followed with a Sun Slash at the demon's neck, forcing it to raise its forelimbs to block.

Wang Yuanyuan and Li Xin killed the Golden-Patterned Twin-Blade Demon Lord with their combined attacks, while Ye Tian swiftly slew a Bloodthirsty Beta Flying Demon. Ye Tian retrieved the box chained to the demon’s neck, suspecting it held a rare Light Element Spiritual Furnace.

• Wang Yuanyuan smashed the Golden-Patterned Twin-Blade Demon Lord into the ground with the Giant Spirit God's Shield.
• Li Xin unleashed Blade Storm, killing the wounded demon lord and nearby demons.
• A Bloodthirsty Beta Flying Demon burst from a grain cart and tried to escape with a box chained to its neck.
• Ye Tian cut off the Bloodthirsty Beta’s wings, blocked its attack, and killed it with Light's Vengeance.
• Ye Tian took the box from the demon’s corpse and suspected it contained a Light Element Spiritual Furnace.

Ye Tian led the Demon Hunter Squads in destroying the demon food transport and withdrawing safely to Demon Extermination Pass. After the military awarded each squad 200 Merit Points, Ye Tian dismissed the reward as meager scraps and returned to his companions.

• Ye Tian kept the Light Element Spiritual Furnace and stored the demon corpses and their intact demon crystals.
• Ye Tian ordered the squads to burn the provisions and retreat by another route into the Demon Suppressing Mountain Range.
• The ten Demon Hunter Squads returned safely to Demon Extermination Pass, where Gao Yingjie reported that they had destroyed the transport team.
• Gu Jin awarded each Demon Hunter Squad 200 Merit Points for the mission.
• Gao Yingjie questioned Ye Tian about receiving the same reward as the other squads, and Ye Tian said their spoils made the points insignificant.

After the Demon Hunter Squad returned from its mission, Ye Tian distributed their Merit Points and explained how the Power of Bonds had strengthened Li Xin and Wang Yuanyuan in battle. He began preparing to distribute the mission spoils, but first told everyone to change locations.

• Ye Tian told Meina and the squad that demon kills had earned them far more Merit Points than the Demon Extermination Pass’s 200-point reward.
• After the squad rested, Ye Tian distributed 290 Merit Points to each member and praised their teamwork.
• Wang Yuanyuan asked how she and Li Xin had suddenly grown stronger, and Ye Tian explained the Power of Bonds.
• Ye Tian urged the women to build their feelings and mutual understanding over the next three months so they could use the Power of Bonds.
• Ye Tian announced that he would distribute the mission spoils, then asked everyone to hold hands in a circle so they could change locations.

Ye Tian brought his squad into the Different Dimension and revealed that the box from Bloodthirsty Beta contained a weakened Light Element Spirit. After Li Xin gave up her chance, Ye Tian let the Spirit choose freely, and it appeared drawn to him as he offered it safety or release.

• Ye Tian brought the nine girls into the Different Dimension connected to his Void Spiritual Furnace and revealed the spoils from the mission.
• The box contained a frail Light Element Spirit, which was especially suited to Meina, Li Xin, and Ye Tian.
• Li Xin declined to claim the Spirit because she already had a Spirit Furnace and did not want to force it into a contract.
• Meina released her Light Element Aura and invited the Spirit to approach, but it flew away from her.
• Ye Tian caught the Spirit, explained that it could choose a partnership, freedom, or refuge in the Different Dimension, and waited for its decision.

Ye Tian formed a contract with the Light Element Spirit, but Xiao Rou rejected the spirit’s attempt to stand on equal footing with her, and the fusion triggered the Holy Light Flame. Seven days later, Ye Tian remained unconscious while his companions waited in the Different Dimension and worried about his condition and their absence from Demon Extermination Pass.

• The Light Element Spirit accepted Ye Tian and drank the pure liquid Light Element he produced before agreeing to form a contract.
• Ye Tian and the Light Element Spirit began the contract ritual with the Sacred Star Spiritual Furnace, and the resulting dense Light Element allowed Meina and Li Xin to cultivate.
• Xiao Rou repelled the Golden Runes when they approached Ye Tian’s brow, so the Light Element Spirit retreated into the Sacred Star Spiritual Furnace.
• The Holy Light Flame engulfed Ye Tian, burned away his clothes, and formed the faint outline of an angel behind him as the fusion continued.
• Seven days passed, Meina broke through to the fifth rank, and Ye Tian’s companions worried because he still had not awakened and they could not leave the Different Dimension.

After nearly twenty days of fusing with the Light Element Spirit, Ye Tian awakened with greatly increased Internal Spiritual Energy and returned with his squad to Demon Extermination Pass. Gao Yingjie warned them to make up for lost time in the trials, and Ye Tian prepared to lead the team back into action.

• Ye Tian dispersed the Holy Light Flame, woke to find he had been asleep for nearly twenty days, and learned the Light Element Spirit had evolved and was resting inside his Sacred Star Spiritual Furnace.
• Ye Tian checked his status and found his Internal Spiritual Energy had increased by fifteen hundred points, then reassured his curious companions about his gains.
• Ye Tian used a flash of purple light to return with Cai'er and Xiao Rou and the others to the barracks at Demon Extermination Pass.
• Gao Yingjie questioned Ye Tian about the team's absence, inferred that they had absorbed the treasure from the grain transport mission, and warned them not to lose their lead in the trials.
• Ye Tian told the squad to resume missions, and the team agreed to prepare for several nearby assignments once Gao Yingjie brought them back.

Ye Tian's squad accepted a mission to investigate why two Scout Teams had vanished and traveled deep into Demon territory. They reached the outskirts of a Demon camp, where Ye Tian decided to wait for a chance to capture a guard and question it rather than risk entering the camp.

• Gao Yingjie explained the two available missions and warned that the intelligence mission near the Demon camp was dangerous.
• Ye Tian's squad chose the intelligence-gathering mission, and Gao Yingjie revealed that he had already accepted it for them.
• Ye Tian led the squad across the Demon Suppressing Mountain Range and into Demon territory.
• With Meina's True Sight helping them avoid patrols, the squad reached the outskirts of the Demon camp and spotted a guard patrol led by an Emerald Twin-Blade Demon.
• Ye Tian reassured Gao Yingjie that he would prioritize the squad's safety and proposed waiting for a chance to capture a demon guard for questioning.

Ye Tian ambushed two Gold-Patterned Twin-Blade Demons and brought them to the Different Dimension so his companions could capture them for questioning. The women’s bond states helped them defeat the demons, and Ye Tian stopped Lin Jialu from killing the frozen captives.

• Ye Tian and the others watched two Gold-Patterned Twin-Blade Demons kill and eat a patrol squad, then Ye Tian decided to capture them as tongues.
• Ye Tian sent Meina, Bai Xiaomo, Shui Juqing, Li Xin, Wang Yuanyuan, and Lin Jialu into the Different Dimension before teleporting the two demons there.
• Li Xin and Wang Yuanyuan entered the bond state and fought one demon while Lin Jialu and Shui Juqing also entered the bond state and supported them with magic.
• Cai’er pierced one demon’s heart, and Lin Jialu used Ice Storm to freeze the other demon and its companion.
• Ye Tian stopped Lin Jialu from killing the captives and shattered the ice around the two demons so they could be questioned.

Ye Tian learned that the Demon Race had captured two human Scout Teams and infiltrated the Demon camp to search for survivors. He found the surviving Scout Team members hanging in a gorge, but suspected they were being used as bait and had not yet decided how to rescue them.

• Xiao Rou made the Gold-Patterned Twin-Blade Demons answer Ye Tian's questions, revealing that two human groups had been captured and that Lords Xier and Saigon were in the camp.
• Ye Tian killed the demons, then convinced Gao Yingjie to let him infiltrate the camp alone using his concealed aura and Different Dimension to investigate the Scout Team's fate.
• Ye Tian entered the camp unseen while a patrol found the demon corpses and ate them, mistaking the scene for demons attacking their own kind.
• Ye Tian reached a gorge and found dozens of Scout Team members suspended in midair, most of them dead, including an assassin he recognized from Odin Town.
• Ye Tian suspected the survivors were being used as bait to draw in human rescuers and judged that attempting a rescue could expose his presence.

Ye Tian launched a rescue mission to save Hidden Hero One and the surviving assassins from the Demon camp, despite the risk of facing multiple Demon Gods. After the three Demon Gods surrounded him, Ye Tian prepared to reveal that he had not come alone.

• Ye Tian told the group in the Different Dimension that the Scout Team had survivors but was trapped and likely being used as bait, then assigned roles for a rescue operation.
• Ye Tian rescued Hidden Hero One and the surviving assassins with Sea of Stars · Rose, alerting Flame Lion Demon Anluoxian.
• Azure Demon Rider Xier, Winged Bull Berserker Saigong, and Anluoxian surrounded Ye Tian as Hidden Hero One urged him to flee.
• Ye Tian knocked Hidden Hero One unconscious and sent him into the Different Dimension, then faced the three Demon Gods.
• Xier recognized Ye Tian and charged at him, but Ye Tian hinted that he had brought help as a petite figure appeared from purple light.

Ye Tian and Xiao Rou ambushed Azure Demon Rider Xier, but Flame Lion Demon Anluoxian blocked most of the lightning and refused to negotiate. Ye Tian fought Xier with help from Gao Yingjie and Ling'er, but Xier unleashed his Demon God Transformation just as Ye Tian seemed close to killing him.

• Xiao Rou struck Azure Demon Rider Xier with lightning, but Flame Lion Demon Anluoxian blocked most of the second strike, leaving Xier injured.
• Flame Lion Demon Anluoxian rejected Ye Tian's offer to settle peacefully, so Ye Tian summoned Gao Yingjie to hold Winged Bull Berserker Saigong back.
• Xiao Rou transformed into Arceus and attacked Flame Lion Demon Anluoxian while Gao Yingjie donned Mithril Base Battle Armor to face Saigong.
• Ye Tian summoned Sacred Dragon Ling'er, whose blessing raised him to the eighth rank, and attacked the wounded Xier with Sea of Stars · Rose.
• Ling'er slowed Xier with a golden halo, allowing Ye Tian to wound him with Sacred · Cross Slash and thrust toward his head.
• Xier released the power of his Demon God Pillar, shattering Ye Tian's attack and activating his Demon God Transformation.

Ye Tian and Cai'er fought Azure Demon Rider Xier while Gao Yingjie and the others tried to hold off Winged Bull Berserker Saigong. As Ye Tian and Cai'er synchronized their attacks, their powers merged and transformed Ye Tian, leaving the outcome of the battle uncertain.

• Azure Demon Rider Xier absorbed power from his Demon God Pillar and completed his transformation, raising his aura to the Ninth Order.
• Gao Yingjie was badly injured by Winged Bull Berserker Saigong, so Ye Tian summoned Li Xin and the others and had Ling'er strengthen Gao Yingjie.
• Li Xin, Wang Yuanyuan, Lin Jialu, and Shui Juqing entered their bond state while Cai'er joined Ye Tian against Xier.
• Ye Tian used the Sacred Star Spiritual Furnace and the Void Spiritual Furnace's phasing ability to keep Xier occupied while he and Cai'er wounded him.
• Ye Tian and Cai'er became perfectly synchronized, merged their golden and purple beams, and triggered a transformation that changed Ye Tian's appearance and strengthened his body.

Ye Tian and Cai'er bonded their powers and killed Azure Demon Rider Xier with a devastating sword strike, then Ye Tian captured the Demon God's Crown. They headed to support their companions, finding Gao Yingjie and Rank E, Squad 1 Demon Hunter Squad battered but still holding their ground.

• Ye Tian and Cai'er entered a bonded state, sharply increasing their strength and control over Cai'er's Reincarnation Spiritual Furnace.
• Ye Tian unleashed Falling Cherry Moonflower while Cai'er followed with the Reincarnation Spiritual Furnace, killing Azure Demon Rider Xier and cleaving a huge chasm through the land.
• Ye Tian intercepted and captured the Demon God's Crown before it could reunite with the Demon God Pillar.
• Ye Tian checked that Cai'er had suffered no side effects, then took her to the other battlefields.
• Ye Tian and Cai'er arrived as Xiao Rou suppressed Flame Lion Demon Anluoxian and Gao Yingjie and Rank E, Squad 1 Demon Hunter Squad struggled against Winged Bull Berserker Saigong.
• Ye Tian went to Gao Yingjie, whose armor was wrecked and whose injuries had left him weakened.

Ye Tian rescued Gao Yingjie and led the group out of the Demon camp after defeating Azure Demon Rider Xier, while Winged Bull Berserker Saigong chose not to fight him. The team reached the Demon Suppressing Mountain Range safely, where they learned that Xier’s death could earn them hundreds of thousands of Merit Points.

• Ye Tian healed Gao Yingjie, then faced Winged Bull Berserker Saigong and warned that Flame Lion Demon Anluoxian’s defeat could leave them outnumbered.
• Ye Tian gathered the group into the Different Dimension and left the Demon camp while Saigong watched; Anluoxian then joined Saigong and ordered him back to the Demon Capital.
• Ye Tian flew toward Demon Extermination Pass with Ling’er, defeated attacking aerial troops with Ling’er’s dragon breath, and withdrew from the bond state.
• Ye Tian descended into the Demon Suppressing Mountain Range, released the others, and confirmed that he and Cai’er had killed Azure Demon Rider Xier.
• Gao Yingjie estimated that Xier’s death would earn the squad around five hundred thousand to five hundred and fifty thousand Merit Points.