Chapter Summaries

Ye Tian and the group searched Demon territory for scouts but discovered a Shadow Demon had approached unseen. They waited for the Demon Race to investigate its disappearance, and as enemies emerged from underground at dawn, Ye Tian buffed the party for battle.

• Lin Jialu used Eagle Eye Technique as the group cautiously crossed the plain, but they found no Demon soldiers before nightfall.
• Ye Tian killed an invisible Shadow Demon that had crept close and explained that Shadow Demons could evade Eagle Eye Technique.
• Ye Tian suggested waiting for the Demon Race to investigate the missing scout, and Lin Jialu agreed with the group.
• At dawn, Lin Jialu and Long Haochen sensed enemies underground, and Ye Tian cast three fourth-tier skills to strengthen the party.

Ye Tian and the others defeated a group of Rook Race demons, then survived a sudden ambush by Dike Race Infiltrators. As they prepared to leave, Lin Jialu sensed eight Zelin Twin Blade Demons approaching, including an emerald-green one.

• Ye Tian enhanced the team, and Lin Jialu’s Ice Cone Technique killed many Rook Race demons before the group closed in and defeated the survivors.
• Dike Race Infiltrators ambushed Lin Jialu and Chen Chen, but Ye Tian blocked two attacks while Long Haochen shielded Chen Chen and drew another attacker away.
• Li Xin and Lin Jialu helped kill the final Dike Race Infiltrator, and Chen Chen thanked Long Haochen for saving his life.
• Lin Jialu warned the group that eight Zelin Twin Blade Demons were approaching, including an emerald-green Twin-Blade Demon.

The team confronted an Emerald Twin-Blade Demon and its ordinary Zelin Twin Blade Demon followers, with Long Haochen drawing the elite enemy’s attacks while the others supported him. After Chen Chen eliminated the ordinary demons, the group continued surrounding the Emerald Twin-Blade Demon.

• Lin Jialu assigned the team their roles, with Long Haochen and Chen Si defending, Li Xin and Lin Jialu attacking from the air, and Chen Chen handling the ordinary demons.
• The Emerald Twin-Blade Demon charged the team, and Long Haochen used the Sacred Pull Spiritual Furnace to draw its attention.
• Chen Si interrupted the demon’s attack with Shield Block Charge, allowing Li Xin to strike it with Sun Slash.
• Ye Tian cast Angel's Blessing to strengthen the team’s attacks and defenses against the Demon Race.
• Chen Chen killed the ordinary Twin-Blade Demons and joined the others in surrounding the Emerald Twin-Blade Demon.

Long Haochen and his companions killed the Emerald Twin-Blade Demon and retreated toward the Holy Temple Alliance garrison. As they neared safety, Ye Tian sensed a powerful Bear Demon pursuing them.

• Long Haochen blocked the Emerald Twin-Blade Demon's attacks while Chen Si and Li Xin helped wound it, and Lin Jialu killed it with an Ice Nether Needle.
• Ye Tian healed Long Haochen with Great Recovery Technique, and the group discussed Ye Tian's skills and their hopes of learning stronger techniques.
• Haoyue ate the Emerald Twin-Blade Demon's demon crystal, and Ye Tian stored its corpse before the six companions withdrew toward the garrison.
• A newcomer found the dead demons, identified the Emerald Twin-Blade Demon as the Zelin Tribe's king, and pursued the group.
• As the companions neared the garrison, Ye Tian sensed an enemy behind them, and Lin Jialu spotted a Bear Demon.

A sixth-order Bear Demon cornered Ye Tian and the others, and the inspector failed to stop it with his wind spells. Ye Tian summoned Ling'er, whose immense dragon aura revealed a powerful trump card and left the inspector wondering whether the competition could remain fair.

• Li Xin and Lin Jialu judged that the group could not outrun the Bear Demon, while Chen Si suggested calling for help and surrendering their competition qualification.
• The inspector arrived and urged everyone to flee, but Ye Tian refused to abandon the competition over the Bear Demon.
• The inspector used Wind Bind, Spear of Wind, and Wind Elemental Shield against the Bear Demon, but its strength overwhelmed his spells.
• Ye Tian summoned Ling'er, whose dragon form and powerful aura shocked the group and reassured the inspector.
• The inspector recognized Ling'er as a potentially Eighth Order Magic Beast and wondered how the other contestants could compete against Ye Tian.

Ye Tian and Ling'er defeated the sixth-tier Bear Demon, allowing the group to escape Demon territory and return safely to the Holy Temple Alliance garrison. Inspector Feng Yangmu announced that they had earned the qualifications for the Demon Hunter Squad selection competition and introduced himself as their teacher for it.

• Ling'er killed the Bear Demon at Ye Tian's command, and Ye Tian stored its body.
• Feng Yangmu apologized to Ye Tian and praised him for having a Sacred Dragon companion.
• Ye Tian and the others crossed the border safely, and Chen Si and Chen Chen thanked Ye Tian for helping them survive.
• The exhausted group rested and ate at the garrison before Feng Yangmu arrived to announce their results.
• Feng Yangmu told the group they had qualified for the Demon Hunter Squad selection competition and introduced himself as Teacher Feng.

Feng Yangmu explained the Demon Hunter Squad selection and its rewards, urging the six young cultivators to seize their chance. After traveling for ten days, Ye Tian and the others reached Aimei City, where Li Xin came to Ye Tian’s room after his bath.

• Feng Yangmu described the selection rounds, how Demon Hunter Squads would be formed, and the rewards available, including a Spirit Furnace for the final round’s top three.
• Feng Yangmu told the six to rest before departing for the Holy Temple Alliance the next day, and Ye Tian gained spiritual power from Long Haochen and Lin Jialu’s cultivation.
• The group thanked the garrison troops, mounted their horses, and set off toward the Alliance’s core region with Feng Yangmu following invisibly.
• After ten days of travel, Ye Tian and the others arrived in Aimei City and checked into an inn.
• Li Xin knocked on Ye Tian’s door after he had finished bathing and released Xiao Rou.

Ye Tian explained how Li Xin and Lin Jialu could join his Demon Hunter Squad as his Retainer Knight and Magic Attendant without entering the final round. Both girls decided to withdraw so they could join him, though Ye Tian advised them to show their strength in the Preliminary Round before withdrawing.

• Lin Jialu told Ye Tian that Li Xin could not join his Demon Hunter Squad through the competition because only the top ten from each temple's Preliminary Round advanced to the final round.
• Ye Tian explained that Li Xin could join his squad as his Retainer Knight without competing in the final round, and Li Xin agreed to give up the chance to win a Spirit Furnace.
• Lin Jialu also decided to withdraw so she could join Ye Tian's squad as his Magic Attendant, and Ye Tian promised to find her a suitable Spirit Furnace.
• Ye Tian advised Li Xin and Lin Jialu to demonstrate their strength in the Preliminary Round before withdrawing, so they would not disappoint Hall Master Bai and Hall Master Nalan.
• Ye Tian wondered whether the Knight Holy Temple and Mage Holy Temple would be furious when two fifth-rank participants withdrew during the Preliminary Round.

Ye Tian, Li Xin, Lin Jialu, and Long Haochen visited Aimei City's Holy Alliance Auction House to sell two demon corpses. They sold them directly to Lin Xin, who introduced himself as a mage and Potion Master competing in the Demon Hunter Squad selection.

• Li Xin and Lin Jialu invited Ye Tian to visit the auction house, and Long Haochen joined them.
• Ye Tian offered an Emerald Twin-Blade Demon and a Bear Demon corpse for appraisal.
• Lin Xin interrupted the appraisal and offered to buy both corpses directly.
• Lin Xin showed a black card that earned him the auction house staff's respect.
• Ye Tian agreed to sell the corpses to Lin Xin for seven thousand gold coins, and Lin Xin introduced himself.

Ye Tian and his companions joined Lin Xin at an auction, where Lin Xin tried to recruit Ye Tian for the Demon Hunter Squad selection competition. Ye Tian refused Lin Xin’s offer, saying he already had someone in mind.

• Lin Xin invited Ye Tian, Long Haochen, Li Xin, and Lin Jialu to the auction and offered to help them buy items.
• Ye Tian told his companions Lin Xin was likely trying to invest in strong candidates, and they followed him into a private room.
• At the auction, Lin Xin offered them four Jade Body Protection Pills and asked whether Ye Tian had killed the Emerald Twin-Blade Demon and the Bear Demon.
• Lin Xin asked Ye Tian to promise to choose him as a teammate if they both reached the final round and Ye Tian placed in the top three.
• Ye Tian refused Lin Xin’s offer, saying he already had someone in mind.

Lin Xin failed to recruit Ye Tian and turned to Long Haochen, but Haoyue’s sudden appearance drew Long Haochen’s attention to a mysterious stone sphere at auction. Lin Xin bought it for ten thousand gold coins, and it was delivered to their private room.

• Lin Xin offered Ye Tian a place on his team, but Ye Tian declined and accepted the Jade Body Protection Pill as a gift.
• Lin Xin tried to recruit Long Haochen, who hesitated because the mage’s skill at making magical medicine could benefit their group.
• A purple-gold rune appeared between Long Haochen’s brows, and Haoyue suddenly appeared and urged him toward the auction stage.
• The host presented a mysterious stone sphere that concealed something with spiritual energy, and Long Haochen struggled over its ten-thousand-gold-coin starting price.
• Ling'er told Ye Tian that the Dragon Egg inside the sphere had lost its life force and could no longer hatch, so Ye Tian decided not to bid.
• Lin Xin bid ten thousand gold coins and won the sphere, which an attendant then delivered to their private room.

Lin Xin gave Long Haochen a stone sphere and three bottles of pills in exchange for his promise to choose Lin Xin as a teammate if he placed in the top three. Ye Tian and the others reached Holy City, where they found a group confronting a muscular bald priest and Long Haochen recognized a knight from an earlier conflict.

• Haoyue reacted eagerly to the stone sphere, and Lin Xin bought it for Long Haochen while asking him to choose Lin Xin if he reached the top three.
• After Ye Tian and Haoyue vouched for Lin Xin, Long Haochen accepted the gift and promised to choose him if he qualified; Lin Xin also gave him three bottles of pills to help him prepare.
• Ye Tian, Li Xin, and Lin Jialu left the auction early, while Long Haochen returned to the hotel with Haoyue; the next morning, Ye Tian's group departed for Holy City.
• After two days of travel, Ye Tian's group neared Holy City and saw two groups arguing on the roadside; Long Haochen recognized a knight riding a Red Armored Earth Dragon from a previous conflict.
• Li Xin and Lin Jialu wondered why the imposing bald man carried a long pole, and Ye Tian suggested that the priest might want to deal damage as well as heal.

Long Haochen and the others watched Sima Xian, a priest, defeat a knight and his companions with overwhelming physical strength. After Long Haochen helped him, Sima Xian explained the feud behind the fight and hurried to report it before leaving for the Holy City.

• Li Xin questioned whether a priest could serve as a damage dealer as Long Haochen and the others witnessed five people attack Sima Xian.
• Sima Xian used Sacred Light and Holy Light Blast, then battered the knight and his Red Armored Earth Dragon with his staff.
• Long Haochen charged in to block the mages' attacks, and Sima Xian entered a berserk state and sent the warrior and assassin flying.
• Sima Xian knocked the knight and the Red Armored Earth Dragon unconscious while Long Haochen kept the mages from intervening.
• Sima Xian thanked Long Haochen, said Gui Wu had been harassing him over his father's bid to become Xiu City's governor, and left to inform his teacher.

Ye Tian, Long Haochen, and their companions arrived in Holy City and registered for the Demon Hunter Squad selection competition. At the Knight Trial Ground, the Preliminary Round began, and Long Haochen drew an unexpected bye.

• Feng Yangmu brought the group to register at the Holy Temple Alliance Grand Trial Ground, and the six companions split up to report to their temples.
• Ye Hua warned Long Haochen, Li Xin, and Ye Tian that the Preliminary Round would be fiercely contested, with three Earth Knights among the entrants.
• Ye Tian and Li Xin explored Holy City with Lin Jialu during their day of rest before the competition.
• Ye Hua brought the three contestants to the Knight Trial Ground, where officials announced the rules and began the elimination tournament.
• The draw awarded contestant number ninety-seven, Long Haochen, a bye, and Ye Hua urged him to study the other contestants.

Ye Tian and Li Xin left the Elimination Match early, and Ye Tian unexpectedly reunited with Cai'er, the blind girl he and Long Haochen had encountered five years earlier. Cai'er had also come to Holy City for the Demon Hunter Squad selection competition, and Ye Tian warned Li Xin not to underestimate her.

• Ye Tian grew bored watching the Elimination Match and left the Knight Trial Ground with Li Xin.
• On their way back to the hotel, Ye Tian and Li Xin met a blind girl with purple hair.
• Ye Tian reminded the girl of their encounter with Wolf Demons five years earlier and showed her the Forget-Me-Not Ring, allowing her to recognize him.
• The girl introduced herself as Cai'er, and Ye Tian introduced her to Li Xin.
• Cai'er confirmed that she had come to Holy City for the Demon Hunter Squad selection competition, and Ye Tian told Li Xin that Cai'er might be stronger than her.

Ye Tian and Li Xin escorted Cai'er to her inn, where Cai'er hinted that she would explain her situation after the competition. Ye Tian teased Li Xin about his feelings for Cai'er, then the first elimination round ended and the group prepared to watch Long Haochen compete in the second round.

• Ye Tian and Li Xin walked Cai'er to her inn, and Cai'er said she would tell Ye Tian everything after the competition was over.
• Cai'er stayed outside the inn, thinking about Ye Tian and wondering what relationship he had with Li Xin.
• Li Xin questioned Ye Tian about Cai'er, and Ye Tian teased her before assuring her he would not let her go; Li Xin told him to prove himself.
• The first elimination round ended, and Chen Si and Chen Chen were eliminated from the Demon Hunter Squad selection competition.
• The next morning, Ye Tian and Li Xin went to watch Long Haochen's second-round match, while both of them had byes.

At the second round of the Elimination Match, Ye Tian caught Yang Wenzhao’s interest after the knight learned Ye Tian had earned a Sacred Dragon’s acknowledgment. Long Haochen then entered the arena to face Gui Wu, revealing a secret knight skill that drew the podium’s attention.

• Ye Tian recognized Yang Wenzhao, who silently resolved to test the strength of the Sacred Dragon acknowledged by Ye Tian.
• Ye Tian realized the Knight Holy Temple had learned about the Sacred Dragon, while the trial officials warned contestants against carelessness and granted contestant number fifty-eight a bye.
• Ye Tian, Li Xin, and Ye Hua watched as Long Haochen’s match against Gui Wu began.
• Long Haochen used Power Accumulation, prompting a figure on the podium to identify it as a secret skill and send someone to investigate his background.

Long Haochen defeated Gui Wu in the Elimination Match, drawing the Knight Holy Temple’s attention and prompting its leaders to seal his information. After leaving the arena, Ye Tian encountered Cai’er and stopped to accompany her.

• Long Haochen blocked Gui Wu and the Red Armored Earth Dragon, then defeated Gui Wu with a powerful sword strike and won the match.
• Ye Hua praised Long Haochen, and Long Haochen left the trial grounds with Ye Tian and Li Xin to cultivate at the hotel.
• The Holy Knight Commander ordered Long Haochen’s information sealed and his age listed as eighteen, recognizing him as an exceptional talent from Haoyue City.
• Ye Tian, Li Xin, and Long Haochen encountered Cai’er on the way back, and Ye Tian stayed behind to see her back.

Ye Tian asked Cai'er to join his future Demon Hunter Squad, and she agreed, while Lin Jialu and Li Xin teased him about her. On the third day of the Elimination Match, the contestants gathered for the matches that would decide the top twenty, with fifth-rank Earth Knights entering the competition.

• Ye Tian walked Cai'er home, invited her to join his Demon Hunter Squad, and promised to take first place so he could choose her as his teammate; Cai'er agreed.
• Ye Tian returned to find Lin Jialu and Li Xin waiting, and Lin Jialu questioned him about Cai'er before they planned to eat together.
• The chapter explained that forty contestants remained, including six fifth-rank Earth Knights, as the competition advanced toward choosing the top twenty.
• Ye Hua warned Long Haochen about the fifth-rank opponents, while Long Haochen said he would defeat any opponent except Ye Tian or Li Xin.
• Ye Tian and the others arrived at the Knight Trial Ground, where contestants watched Ye Tian and Li Xin warily and Ye Tian saw the other three fifth-rank Earth Knights for the first time.

The temple trials continued as Lin Jialu and Li Xin won their matches, while Cai'er stunned the Assassin Temple contestants with her strength. Long Haochen was matched against a fifth-tier knight, but despite his teachers' and Li Xin's worry, Ye Tian confidently predicted that Haochen would win.

• Lin Jialu defeated a fourth-tier Wind Mage by freezing the arena and stopping her Ice Cones just short of him.
• Cai'er knocked out an assassin with a Shadow Clone, causing the remaining contestants to recognize her as a fifth-tier fighter.
• Li Xin easily defeated a Guardian Knight with her two swords.
• The Knight Holy Temple sphere matched Long Haochen against Number Four, a fifth-tier opponent, and Ye Hua encouraged Haochen to fight without losing confidence.
• Ye Tian reassured Li Xin that Long Haochen would win, saying someone would hand it to him.