Chapter Summaries

Ye Tian passed the Knight Attendant assessment with thirty spiritual power and continued to support Long Haochen, who had barely passed by relying on his own cultivation. After the boys entered the forest to gather wild vegetables for Bai Yue, a little girl stumbled out of the trees and fell before them.

• Long Haochen passed the assessment with eleven spiritual power, and Ye Tian passed with thirty.
• A mysterious middle-aged man decided to teach Long Haochen and recommend Ye Tian to the Haoyue City Knight Branch.
• Ye Tian congratulated Long Haochen and praised him for saving his Essence Cultivation Liquid for Bai Yue.
• Ye Tian and Long Haochen entered the forest together to gather wild vegetables for Bai Yue.
• Ye Tian heard rustling in the forest, and a little girl emerged and collapsed before the boys.

Ye Tian and Long Haochen rescued Sheng Cai'er from pursuing Wolf Demons, but a White-robed Man from the Assassin Temple knocked them unconscious. He enhanced both boys with his Spirit Furnace, then left with Sheng Cai'er after she placed the Blue Ring on Ye Tian's finger.

• Ye Tian recognized the injured Sheng Cai'er, who wrote that bad people were chasing her, and he picked her up as he and Long Haochen tried to flee.
• Wolf Demons caught up with them, and Ye Tian killed one while Long Haochen struggled against another.
• A White-robed Man appeared and killed the remaining Wolf Demons, then subdued Sheng Cai'er when she attacked him.
• Ye Tian and Long Haochen tried to intervene, but the White-robed Man knocked them unconscious and used his Spirit Furnace to clear their Twelve Meridians and improve their potential.
• Sheng Cai'er placed the Blue Ring on Ye Tian's finger, then left with the White-robed Man.

Ye Tian woke after the Thousand Strikes Spirit Furnace’s baptism and discovered that he had grown stronger through the feedback from Long Haochen’s improvement. He and Long Haochen returned home, where Ye Tian reassured Liu Mei that they had passed their assessment and promised to become a powerful knight.

• Ye Tian woke beside Long Haochen, found a blue ring on his finger, and saw that his strength and aptitude had increased after receiving double feedback from Long Haochen’s baptism.
• Long Haochen woke confused, and Ye Tian told him the encounter with the Assassin Temple girl and the White-robed Man had been real and assured him they were safe.
• Ye Tian and Long Haochen returned to town, where Ye Tian went into his home and Long Haochen headed to his own nearby home in his torn clothes.
• Liu Mei welcomed Ye Tian and asked about the assessment; Ye Tian said he and Long Haochen had passed and promised to make her life better after becoming an Official Knight.

Ye Tian and Long Haochen discovered that their spiritual energy had increased after the previous day's encounter, and Long Xingyu arrived to investigate before taking Haochen as his student. Ye Tian was offered a recommendation to study in Haoyue City and planned to discuss it with his mother before leaving.

• Long Haochen tested his strength at the Odin Sub-temple and discovered his spiritual energy had risen to twenty-five points.
• Long Xingyu questioned Ye Tian and Long Haochen, then explained that a Spirit Furnace had cleared and changed their bodies.
• Balza introduced Long Xingyu as Long Haochen's instructor for the next three years, while explaining that Ye Tian would follow a different path.
• Long Xingyu took Long Haochen away, and Ye Tian accepted Balza's offer to study at the Haoyue City Knight Branch after speaking with his mother.

Ye Tian rescued Bai Yue from three thugs and killed them, then insisted on taking her home after she sprained her ankle. The chapter ended with him carrying her toward home while planning to report the incident to Instructor Balza.

• Ye Tian heard Bai Yue being harassed by three thugs and caught her as she fell.
• Ye Tian attacked the men with his wooden sword, killed all three, and explained that he had acted in self-defense.
• Ye Tian told Bai Yue he would inform Instructor Balza and urged her to rest at home instead of going to work.
• Bai Yue aggravated her sprained ankle, so Ye Tian carried her home.

Ye Tian helped Bai Yue after she sprained her ankle, then told Liu Mei he had been offered a chance to study at the Haoyue City Knight Branch. With Liu Mei's approval, he left with Instructor Balza, while Liu Mei went to care for Bai Yue.

• Ye Tian carried Bai Yue home, treated her sprained ankle, and comforted her as she cried.
• Ye Tian told Bai Yue that Instructor Balza had offered to recommend him to the Haoyue City Knight Branch.
• Liu Mei agreed that Ye Tian should go to Haoyue City but chose to stay behind and look after their home.
• The next morning, Ye Tian said goodbye to Liu Mei and left with Instructor Balza.
• Liu Mei visited Bai Yue to help care for her, and the two women worried over Ye Tian's departure.

Ye Tian and Instructor Balza traveled from Odin Town to Haoyue City so Ye Tian could enter the Knight Branch Hall. After an assessment revealed his External Spiritual Power was 65 points at age nine, the Branch Hall accepted him for study and promised Balza a reward.

• Balza advised Ye Tian during their journey to Haoyue City and warned him to observe, make allies, and show his abilities at the Branch Hall.
• Ye Tian and Balza arrived in Haoyue City and presented themselves at the Haoyue City Knight Branch Hall.
• A middle-aged knight explained that recommended children needed at least 30 points of External Spiritual Power and took Ye Tian to the Trial Hall for an assessment.
• Ye Tian struck the Black Stone Pillar with his wooden sword, registering 65 points of External Spiritual Power.
• The middle-aged knight accepted Ye Tian for study at the Branch Hall and told him to wait while staff arranged his accommodations.
• The middle-aged knight praised Balza for finding Ye Tian and promised him a reward.

Ye Tian parted ways with Balza, who promised to investigate the killings and protect Ye Tian and Haochen’s families. At the Haoyue Branch Hall, Li Xin welcomed Ye Tian, showed him around, and helped him settle into an empty dormitory as his studies were about to begin.

• Balza praised Ye Tian’s sudden rise in spiritual power and assumed he had hidden his ability during the assessment.
• Ye Tian told Balza about killing three people, and Balza agreed to handle the matter and arrange protection for Ye Tian and Haochen’s mothers.
• Ye Tian returned to the Haoyue Branch Hall and met Li Xin, who had been asked by Uncle Zhao to take him to the dormitory.
• Li Xin explained how the branch hall trained and assessed its knights, and she reacted with amazement to Ye Tian’s sixty-five points of spiritual power at nine years old.
• Li Xin showed Ye Tian his empty dormitory, helped him clean it, and told him about his Quasi-Knight classes before leaving.

Ye Tian joined the newest Quasi-Knight class at Haoyue Branch Hall and endured its demanding training, quickly earning the others’ respect. Half a month later, he defeated Wang Shi in a spar and mastered Pure White Blade, while feedback from Long Haochen’s progress raised Ye Tian to Level 7 Knight Attendant with 77 points of External Spiritual Power.

• Ye Tian arrived at Knight Plaza, where Instructor Zhao led the Quasi-Knights and noticed Ye Tian’s calm demeanor.
• Ye Tian completed heavy-armor conditioning and a full morning of strength, endurance, swordsmanship, and practical training, impressing his classmates with his determination.
• After half a month of training, Ye Tian faced Wang Shi in a sparring match and used Pure White Blade to disarm and defeat him.
• Ye Tian’s system reported that Long Haochen had learned Pure White Blade and advanced to Level 3 Knight Attendant, granting Ye Tian double feedback and raising him to Level 7 Knight Attendant with 77 points of External Spiritual Power.

A year after beginning his training, Ye Tian went out with Li Xin and hid how far his spiritual power had advanced. At Haoyue Branch Hall, they helped Long Haochen deliver a letter to Nalan Shu, whose arrival interrupted them in his office.

• Li Xin invited Ye Tian to spend Rest Day shopping and eating, and he concealed his extraordinary spiritual power from her.
• Ye Tian reflected on his rapid progress and the skills he had gained through feedback from Long Haochen.
• Ye Tian and Li Xin met Long Haochen at the entrance to Haoyue Branch Hall, where guards had stopped him from entering with a letter for Nalan Shu.
• Li Xin escorted Long Haochen inside, mistook him for a girl, and learned from Ye Tian that he was a boy from Odin Town.
• Li Xin brought Ye Tian and Long Haochen to Nalan Shu's office, and Nalan Shu arrived and asked what Li Xin was doing there.

Nalan Shu assessed Long Haochen after receiving a letter from his teacher, Xingyu, and discovered the boy’s remarkable talent and skill. Long Haochen left the assessment with his abilities impressing both Nalan Shu and Li Xin.

• Nalan Shu welcomed Ye Tian and read a letter Long Haochen delivered from his teacher, Xingyu.
• Nalan Shu tested Long Haochen’s spiritual power for the Quasi-Knight assessment, and Long Haochen scored 107.
• Nalan Shu explained that Long Haochen also had to withstand a knight’s attacks for fifteen minutes, so Li Xin volunteered to fight him.
• Long Haochen used his combat instincts and Divine Guard Block to knock Li Xin back.
• Nalan Shu recognized Divine Guard Block and explained that Long Haochen would need special permission to learn the skill.

Long Haochen passed his assessment and sparred with Ye Tian, who showed why he was the stronger fighter. Nalan Shu then tested Ye Tian’s spiritual energy, revealing a score of 170.

• Nalan Shu confirmed Long Haochen had passed and went to fetch the item Long Xingyu had instructed him to give Haochen.
• Long Haochen asked Ye Tian to spar, and Ye Tian agreed after Li Xin urged him on.
• Ye Tian and Long Haochen exchanged attacks until Long Haochen used Divine Guard Block to repel Ye Tian’s strike, after which Ye Tian ended the spar.
• Nalan Shu asked Ye Tian to test his spiritual energy, and Ye Tian scored 170 on the Black Stone Pillar.

Ye Tian revealed that his spiritual power had reached 170 points, then accompanied Long Haochen and Li Xin back to Odin Town. He reunited with his mother, Liu Mei, and introduced Li Xin to her.

• Nalan Shu praised Ye Tian's spiritual power and gave Long Haochen the Awakening Stone, but Long Haochen declined a tour and prepared to leave for Odin Town.
• Ye Tian asked to take leave and join Long Haochen, while Li Xin decided to accompany them.
• The three completed a Level 2 mission and Ye Tian earned money hunting magical beasts before they traveled to Odin Town.
• Long Haochen went to see Bai Yue, and Ye Tian brought Li Xin to his family's courtyard.
• Liu Mei warmly welcomed Ye Tian home, and Ye Tian introduced Li Xin, who nervously greeted her.

Liu Mei welcomed Li Xin enthusiastically as Ye Tian brought her home, then took her shopping the next morning. When Long Haochen underwent Sacred Awakening and became a knight, Ye Tian received the doubled awakening feedback and gained an extra binding slot.

• Liu Mei pulled Li Xin into the wooden house and questioned her warmly while Ye Tian watched helplessly.
• The next morning, Liu Mei took Li Xin into town, and Ye Tian waited at home for Long Haochen’s Sacred Awakening.
• Long Haochen underwent Sacred Awakening, reached 97 points of Innate Internal Spiritual Energy, and officially became a knight.
• Ye Tian’s system awakened his Internal Spiritual Energy to 210 points, and he learned to conceal his golden eyes and aura.
• The system granted Ye Tian an extra binding slot, giving him the chance to gain abilities from other professions.

Ye Tian chose a mage as his second binding target but left the candidate undecided. He persuaded Liu Mei to move with him and Li Xin to Haoyue City, getting her out of danger before Odin Town’s future demon attack.

• Ye Tian ruled out knights, warriors, and priests for his second binding target and decided that a mage would best complement his abilities, though he had few candidates nearby.
• Ye Tian shared dinner with Liu Mei and Li Xin, and the three enjoyed a warm evening together.
• Ye Tian persuaded Liu Mei to move to Haoyue City, with Li Xin helping convince her.
• Five days later, Ye Tian, Liu Mei, and Li Xin packed up and left Odin Town after bidding Bai Yue farewell.
• Ye Tian felt relieved that Liu Mei had escaped the danger of Odin Town’s future demon attack and resolved to grow strong enough to protect his family.

Ye Tian hunted magical beasts in Haoyue Marsh and defeated a Tier 4 Blue Eagle before deciding to seek knight certification. After proving he had reached Tier 3, he earned permission to apply to visit the Knight Holy Mountain and choose a mount.

• Ye Tian settled his mother in Haoyue City with Li Xin's help, then spent two months studying and hunting beasts in Haoyue Marsh.
• Ye Tian killed a Tier 4 Blue Eagle and earned one hundred and fifty gold coins for completing a guild mission.
• Ye Tian told Nalan Shu that he had reached Tier 3 and explained that a knight he had met in the marsh had performed Sacred Awakening for him.
• Ye Tian scored 241 points in the Spiritual Power Test, and Nalan Shu certified him for Knight Class study and training.
• Ye Tian asked to visit the Knight Holy Mountain to choose a mount, and Nalan Shu agreed to help him obtain his certificate.
• Li Xin learned that Ye Tian had undergone Sacred Awakening and reached Tier 3, then scolded him for keeping it from her.

Ye Tian and Li Xin traveled toward Knight Holy Mountain so Ye Tian could choose a mount, and he revealed that a Retainer Contract might raise Li Xin’s Innate Internal Spiritual Energy. Li Xin agreed to the contract because she trusted him, and they planned to ask Nalan Shu for help obtaining the method.

• Nalan Shu gave Ye Tian the Haoyue Branch Hall credential needed to enter Knight Holy Mountain, and Li Xin offered to take him there on her Rose Unicorn.
• Li Xin rode the Rose Unicorn out of Haoyue City with Ye Tian and discussed how his talent might soon surpass hers.
• Ye Tian told Li Xin that Talent Suppression Sharing through a Retainer Contract could increase her Innate Internal Spiritual Energy.
• Li Xin agreed to become Ye Tian’s Retainer Knight, trusting that he would not deceive her.
• Ye Tian said they would need Nalan Shu’s help to obtain the contract method, and Li Xin resolved to return to the branch hall with him.

Ye Tian and Li Xin reached Knight Holy Mountain, where Ye Tian learned he was a Great Knight despite being under eleven and entered the mountain to seek a mount. After several days of searching, he found a herd of Starshine Unicorns by a lake.

• Li Xin and Ye Tian arrived at Knight Holy Mountain after traveling for more than half a month.
• The old guardian checked Ye Tian’s bone age, discovered he was an under-eleven Great Knight, and offered him Temple training, but Ye Tian declined because he already had a master and planned to join the Demon Hunter Squad selection.
• The guardian explained the token’s warning colors, the thirty-day limit, and the option for Great Knights to use the grand teleportation formation, then let Ye Tian enter the mountain.
• Li Xin realized Ye Tian’s strength and talent were far greater than she had believed and grew more interested in the Retainer Knight Contract.
• Ye Tian searched the forest for several days, rejected the magical beasts he encountered, and found more than a dozen Starshine Unicorns beside a lake.

Ye Tian failed to find a magical beast willing to partner with him in Knight Holy Mountain and returned after thirty days. He entered a Teleportation Array to search for a compatible aura, and the chapter ended as he focused on the vast ocean of life within it.

• Ye Tian asked the Starshine Unicorn leader to become his partner, but it refused because it believed its kin were unworthy of him.
• The Starshine Unicorn guided Ye Tian to ninth-order magical beasts, but they rejected his invitation or shared the same doubts about their worthiness.
• After thirty days, Ye Tian returned alone, thanked the Starshine Unicorn, and told Li Xin and the One-Armed Elder he wanted to try the Teleportation Array.
• The One-Armed Elder brought Ye Tian and Li Xin to a cave and activated the grand array, telling Ye Tian to find the closest aura and use the Equal Contract.
• Ye Tian sank his mind into the vast ocean of life as the array's golden light enveloped him.

Ye Tian formed an Equal Contract with a mysterious, sacred egg through the Teleportation Array on Knight Holy Mountain. After returning to Haoyue City, he reunited with Liu Mei and sensed that the egg shared his anticipation of fighting together once it hatched.

• Ye Tian searched the Teleportation Array's countless auras and formed an Equal Contract with a compatible presence.
• The array revealed a half-person-tall white egg with golden patterns, whose vigorous life force and sacred aura astonished Ye Tian and the One-Armed Elder.
• Ye Tian and Li Xin descended Knight Holy Mountain, and the Rose Unicorn showed reverence toward the egg.
• On the journey to Haoyue City, Li Xin questioned Ye Tian about his strength and said she would ask Uncle Nalan about a Retainer Contract.
• After more than half a month, Ye Tian returned home, reunited with Liu Mei, and told her about his recent experiences.
• That night, Ye Tian sensed the egg's growing life force, and it trembled in response to his wish to fight alongside it.