Chapter Summaries

After Long Haochen survived the battlefield, Saint Moon and a Radiant Angels Knight commander defended his actions, while Saint Moon explained the severe backlash Sheng Lingxin suffered from using the Rejuvenation Spiritual Stove. Long Haochen left the treatment area and reunited with Cai'er and his companions, who had come searching for him.

• Saint Moon persuaded Gao Yingjie to settle Long Haochen's violation with a deduction of Merit Points, then explained that Sheng Lingxin was unconscious from the Rejuvenation Spiritual Stove's backlash.
• A Radiant Angels Knight commander praised Long Haochen's contribution against the Di Mian Tribe Invisibility Users and argued that he deserved a reward.
• Long Haochen declined a reward and asked to continue the trials with his Demon Hunt Squad, while Saint Moon explained that Sheng Lingxin would need more than forty days to recover.
• Saint Moon told Long Haochen to learn Grafting Flowers and Connecting Trees and teach the skill to Cai'er.
• Long Haochen found Haoyue vigorous, left the treatment area, and met Cai'er and his companions after soldiers stopped them from climbing the wall.
• Cai'er checked Long Haochen for injuries, held his hand, and asked him to return with her.

After the battle, Saint Moon reprimanded Lan Yanyu for nearly provoking a conflict over Long Haochen and Cai'er, while the demons debated a frightening sighting and sent Anluoxian to consult the Demon God Emperor. The Soldier Grade One Demon Hunt Squad then received a special breakfast in recognition of its performance on the city wall.

• Saint Moon explained to Lan Yanyu that Long Haochen was worthy of Cai'er and warned that her and Sheng Lingxin's actions could have caused a major conflict between the temples.
• Lan Yanyu admitted that she had wanted to protect Cai'er as her mother, and Saint Moon told her to care for the unconscious Sheng Lingxin.
• Long Haochen returned to the temporary home, held Cai'er, and fell asleep after the battle.
• Anluoxian, Saigong, and Xi'er discussed a potentially dangerous being they believed had appeared; Anluoxian ordered the other two to command the army while he went to consult the Demon God Emperor.
• The Soldier Grade One Demon Hunt Squad received breakfast prepared to priest standards as a reward for its performance on the city wall.

After Long Haochen recounted his battlefield experience and shared his Merit Points with the team, he tested everyone’s spiritual power and read the skill book Sheng Lingxin had given him. The chapter left Long Haochen considering how Grafting Flowers and Connecting Trees could strengthen him in battle while Cai'er continued to avoid visiting her unconscious father.

• Long Haochen told the team that he had fought alongside Sheng Lingxin, who was now unconscious, and divided his battlefield Merit Points evenly among the seven companions.
• Long Haochen measured the team’s spiritual power, revealing Cai'er had the highest Inner Spiritual Power and Wang Yuanyuan had the highest External Spiritual Power.
• The team began cultivating while Lin Xin set out to make medicine from the demon corpses he had obtained.
• Cai'er declined to visit Sheng Lingxin and began cultivating beside Long Haochen.
• Long Haochen studied Sheng Lingxin’s book and learned that Grafting Flowers and Connecting Trees could store a suitable skill for instant release within one shichen.

After the newly promoted Demon Hunt Squads impressed the commanders at Demon Expelling Pass, military headquarters assigned them a mission to sabotage a demon supply convoy. Long Haochen led the sixty-one young elites out under cover of night, and they raced toward the rear of the Demon Camp.

• The commanders changed the new squads’ training arrangements after their strong performance defending the walls and Long Haochen’s rescue of Sheng Lingxin drew attention.
• General Gu Jin thanked the ten squads and announced that they would receive military missions.
• Long Haochen became temporary captain of the joint unit, with Yang Wenzhao and Duan Yi as vice-captains, and was tasked with destroying a demon grain convoy.
• The sixty-one squad members slipped out of Demon Expelling Pass and circled around the Demon Camp under cover of darkness.
• After scouts confirmed the route was clear, the knights summoned mounts and the unit sped toward the demon army’s rear, with Long Haochen’s team riding Haoyue.

Long Haochen organized ten Demon Hunt Squads into a dispersed ambush for a demon grain convoy, arguing that they needed to strike quickly and earn merit. As the convoy arrived at dawn, Lin Xin spotted a heavily guarded cart that might carry something important, leaving Long Haochen to decide how to handle it.

• Lin Xin and the others traveled with the Demon Hunt Squads to a road near the Demon Camp where intelligence said the grain convoy would pass.
• Long Haochen rejected Lu Xi’s plan for a coordinated group assault and proposed that each squad attack independently to cut apart the convoy and set fires before demon air forces arrived.
• Yang Wenzhao, Duan Yi, Lu Xi, and the other captains approved Long Haochen’s plan, and the ten squads took positions along a two-mile stretch of hills.
• The squads received word that a convoy of roughly three thousand demons was approaching, then saw it arrive at dawn with about two hundred carts and a little over a thousand guards.
• Lin Xin noticed that one cart near the front left unusually shallow tracks and was guarded by six powerful Magic Eye Warlocks and four Emerald Twin Blade Demons; Sima Xian urged an attack while Wang Yuanyuan waited for Long Haochen’s decision.

Long Haochen led the Soldier Grade One Demon Hunt Squad and the other squads in an ambush on a demon grain convoy, targeting a carriage guarded by powerful demons. They broke through the convoy’s defenses and began fighting the carriage guards.

• Long Haochen ordered the squads to attack the convoy guards and told Lin Xin and Han Yu to prepare defenses and support.
• Haoyue led Long Haochen’s group into the assault as the other nine Demon Hunt Squads charged and began casting spells.
• Wang Yuanyuan swept away dozens of Twin Blade Demons with her Giant Spirit God Shield, while Han Yu shielded the group from Magic Light Bullets.
• Sima Xian and Wang Yuanyuan led the charge toward the guarded carriage, where four Emerald Twin Blade Demons confronted them.
• Wang Yuanyuan struck one Emerald Twin Blade Demon with her Space Splitting Cannon, and Sima Xian knocked another flying with his staff.

Long Haochen's group defeated the Emerald Twin Blade Demons and used Haoyue's strange three-colored magic to devastate the demons surrounding a grain cart. A Bloodthirsty Beta emerged from the cart with a mysterious box around its neck, and Haoyue's attack tore apart its wing, leaving the seventh-rank demon grounded.

• Long Haochen and Cai'er killed two Emerald Twin Blade Demons through coordinated attacks, while Wang Yuanyuan destroyed another and Sima Xian and Lin Xin held off a fourth.
• Haoyue's three-colored halo absorbed six Magic Light Bullets, then became a pillar of light that burned ordinary Twin Blade Demons to ashes and weakened the Emerald Twin Blade Demon attacking Sima Xian.
• Cai'er killed Magic Eye Warlocks weakened by Haoyue's magic, while Sima Xian finished off the Emerald Twin Blade Demon.
• A Bloodthirsty Beta burst out of the grain cart with a small box tied around its neck, and Long Haochen used the Saint Origin Spiritual Stove to attack it with Sun Fire.
• Haoyue condensed the pillar of light into a beam that tore apart the Bloodthirsty Beta's left wing as it tried to fly away.

Long Haochen's squad fought the Seventh Rank Bloodthirsty Beta after Haoyue's Chaotic Element Stripping devastated the surrounding demons. Long Haochen held off its attack while his teammates counterattacked, but Bloodthirsty Beta remained largely unharmed as the other Demon Hunt Squads routed the convoy.

• Haoyue used Chaotic Element Stripping to destroy or cripple the nearby demons, then collapsed from exhaustion.
• Chen Yinger formed a protective barrier while Han Yu joined Long Haochen at the front.
• Bloodthirsty Beta attacked Long Haochen with a powerful wind-and-darkness strike, but Long Haochen blocked it with Divine Obstruction and Vengeance of Light.
• Wang Yuanyuan and Sima Xian struck Bloodthirsty Beta's legs, while Sima Xian was thrown back and charged again using Berserk.
• Cai'er struck at Bloodthirsty Beta's neck, but its fur and scales deflected her dagger and sent her flying.
• The other Demon Hunt Squads scattered the convoy and killed many demons, while Long Haochen's squad continued facing Bloodthirsty Beta.

As Bloodthirsty Beta launched a deadly attack on Long Haochen, Haoyue merged into him and transformed his body and aura. The chapter left Long Haochen and Cai'er erupting with contrasting powers as Bloodthirsty Beta faltered between them.

• Bloodthirsty Beta charged Long Haochen with a full-power strike, while his companions rushed to defend him.
• Haoyue roared, halted Bloodthirsty Beta with a purple aura, and merged into Long Haochen.
• Long Haochen grew into a towering young man with purple hair, a purple eye, and crystalline wings, while his weapons shifted to Blue Rain, Hibiscus of Light.
• Chen Yinger's summoning produced a terrified little pig, and Cai'er sensed that Long Haochen's changed aura had provoked the Reincarnation Spiritual Stove and Sword.
• Cai'er unleashed her Reincarnation Spiritual Stove, surrounding herself in black killing intent as Long Haochen's purple power faced Bloodthirsty Beta.

Long Haochen and Cai'er combined their powers to kill the Seventh Rank Bloodthirsty Beta, but both collapsed from exhaustion. The Demon Hunt Squads completed their mission and safely returned to Demon Expelling Pass, where Gao Yingjie concealed the captains’ intervention and every squad received Merit Points.

• Long Haochen and Cai'er killed the fleeing Bloodthirsty Beta with their combined attack, then fell unconscious from exceeding their limits.
• Gao Yingjie signaled the Mithril Base Knights to join the fight, and the ten squads wiped out the remaining demons.
• The Demon Hunt Squads burned the enemy provisions and retreated into the Demon Subduing Mountain Range, carrying Long Haochen and Haoyue.
• Cai'er awoke during the retreat and stayed beside Long Haochen as Yang Wenzhao carried them toward Demon Expelling Pass.
• Gao Yingjie concealed the captains’ intervention in his report, and every Demon Hunt Squad received two hundred Merit Points.

After the mission, Long Haochen woke and insisted that his squad turn over a mysterious box that might be tied to the demons’ attack plans, while keeping the hard-won demon corpses. The squad accepted his decision, and the chapter ended with Cai’er reassuring him that the Reincarnation Spiritual Stove had temporarily taken away her sense of smell.

• Cai'er collected the squad’s merits while Gao Yingjie explained that their valuable demon spoils and the Bloodthirsty Beta’s magic crystal already earned them substantial rewards.
• Gao Yingjie warned the squad to keep a low profile during the team competition and advised Lin Xin to give Long Haochen the guarded box.
• Long Haochen awoke and ordered Lin Xin to hand the box to Gao Yingjie, arguing that it might be connected to the demons’ plans and belonged with the military.
• Wang Yuanyuan and the rest of the squad supported Long Haochen, and Gao Yingjie took the box to deliver to Demon Expelling Pass.
• Long Haochen asked Gao Yingjie to leave the demon corpses with the squad, then returned to rest and worried about Cai’er’s use of the Reincarnation Spiritual Stove.
• Cai'er told Long Haochen that she had temporarily lost her sense of smell, which she expected to recover within half a month.

Gu Sheng prepared to leave for a dangerous battlefield after obtaining powerful Divine Thrones, and his ancestor Gu Mu appeared with unusual gifts before departing. Cai'er, San Shui, and Ruo Shui insisted on accompanying Gu Sheng, while Cai'er planned to create an independent avatar to continue the story with Long Haochen.

• Gu Sheng left Cai'er briefly, and his Divine Thrones upgraded into the Void Chaos Divine Throne and several other powerful thrones.
• Gu Mu visited Gu Sheng, praised his cultivation, gave him Nine Dragons Pulling Coffins and a 44 Pulling Coffin, then vanished through a passage.
• The System returned after upgrading and detected another transmigrator, while Gu Sheng explained that Gu Mu was his ancestor.
• Cai'er told Gu Sheng that she had surpassed the ninth rank after defeating Mo Yi and wanted to help him, but Gu Sheng warned her about the battlefield and Long Haochen.
• San Shui and Ruo Shui arrived and insisted on joining Gu Sheng, saying they were at the peak of the ninth rank and could protect themselves.
• Cai'er revealed she disliked Long Haochen and would create an independent avatar to accompany him, while she joined Gu Sheng for the coming battle.

Saint Moon revealed that the recovered box held a Light Elemental Spiritual Stove and decided to let it choose a suitable owner. Back at the barracks, Chen Yinger discovered that a little white pig had become her Lifebound Summoned Beast, and Cai'er urged her not to judge it by its appearance.

• Saint Moon identified the box's contents as a Light Elemental Spiritual Stove and said it would choose its own companion rather than be awarded directly to Long Haochen's team.
• Long Haochen and the others returned to the barracks exhausted and slept until Chen Yinger's scream woke them.
• Wang Yuanyuan opened Chen Yinger's bed curtains and revealed a small, glowing white pig in her arms.
• Chen Yinger explained that she had summoned the pig during the battle and found it had formed a soul contract with her instead of disappearing after three hours.
• Cai'er told Chen Yinger that an ordinary pig could not have formed the contract unnoticed and warned her not to judge it by appearances.

Chen Yinger discovered that her Lifebound Summoned Beast, the Mirror Treasure Divine Pig, could imitate magical beasts and hunt for treasures, giving her a new role in the team. After resting, Long Haochen and the other Demon Hunt Squads received orders to assemble at the training ground, while Haoyue remained asleep.

• Cai'er suggested that Chen Yinger's little pig might be more than it appeared, and it used spiritual transmission to reveal its abilities to her.
• Chen Yinger learned that the Mirror Treasure Divine Pig could imitate magical beasts and use their abilities by eating their magic crystals, then named it McDull.
• Chen Yinger explained that McDull could also sniff out heavenly treasures and sense danger, prompting Long Haochen to recognize how valuable it could be to the team.
• The squad ate the food delivered to their barracks and rested while Chen Yinger communicated with McDull.
• The military summoned the newly promoted Demon Hunt Squads to the training ground, while Cai'er stayed behind and Long Haochen worried that Haoyue had not awakened.

After the Soldier Grade One Demon Hunt Squad completed its mission, the Assassin Temple rewarded Long Haochen with merit points for turning in a sealed box. When Rogue Number Nineteen opened it and revealed a Light Elemental Spirit, the others regretted surrendering it, while Long Haochen felt pity and a stronger heat within his body.

• Gao Yingjie told the Demon Hunt Squads they had three days to rest after their successful mission, and Long Haochen reported that Cai'er needed time to recover.
• Adjutant Gu Jin arrived with three Rogue Hall assassins and thanked the squads for destroying the demons' supplies.
• Rogue Number Nineteen awarded Long Haochen five hundred merit points for handing over the box his squad had seized.
• Rogue Number Nineteen opened the box and revealed a Light Elemental Spirit, prompting the squads to regret giving it up.
• Long Haochen felt pity for the Light Elemental Spirit as the heat inside his body intensified.

Long Haochen won the Light Elemental Spiritual Stove when the weakened spirit chose him over the other Light-attribute cultivators. He returned to the Barracks with his squad, while the chapter ended by teasing their first official mission and the appearance of a divine artifact.

• Rogue Number Nineteen explained that the Assassin Temple would award the Light Elemental Spiritual Stove to one of the Light-attribute cultivators from the ten Demon Hunt Squads.
• The cultivators released their Light Element auras, but Long Haochen quietly addressed the spirit instead of competing for it.
• The Light Elemental Spirit flew to Long Haochen and landed in his palm, astonishing Lu Xi and the other candidates.
• Rogue Number Nineteen congratulated Long Haochen, and Gao Yingjie escorted him and his companions back to the Barracks.
• Sima Xian celebrated with Soldier Grade One Demon Hunt Squad, while Duan Yi and Yang Wenzhao reflected on the widening gap between them and Long Haochen.
• The chapter teased the squad's first official mission and hinted that a divine artifact would appear during it.

Lin Fei tried to uncover the Black Demon Sword’s secrets and suspected it might be a variant of the Blood Demon Sword, while his cultivation remained stalled at the final move of the Tracing Shadow Sword Art. He left the sword’s nature unconfirmed and considered how mastering the last move could raise his combat power to the peak of C-rank.

• Jiang Nan told Lin Fei she did not want to return to school, but Lin Fei insisted she continue her education and resolved to visit City Seventh High School to check on her.
• Lin Fei examined the Black Demon Sword and asked Lu Jun to find information about the Shi Family of Jiangnan City.
• After noticing a report linking the Shi Family to missing-person cases, Lin Fei reconsidered Shi Yin Song’s attack on a mother and her daughters and suspected it had served a purpose.
• Lin Fei reasoned that the Black Demon Sword might be a variant of the Blood Demon Sword that used lives as its power source, but he found no confirmation in the Shi Family documents.
• Lin Fei reviewed his stalled Tracing Shadow Sword Art cultivation and concluded that its final move could greatly boost his sword-drawing speed even though his movement speed had reached its practical limit.

Long Haochen began forming a contract with the Light Elemental Spirit, but Haoyue’s blood contract resisted its attempt to claim the highest priority. Haoyue’s backlash subsided, and the spirit retreated into the Saint Origin Spiritual Stove.

• The Light Elemental Spirit chose to stay with Long Haochen, and he cut his finger so it could form a contract with him.
• The spirit and the Saint Origin Spiritual Stove created matching runes that fused as the stove’s power surrounded Long Haochen.
• Cai'er guarded Long Haochen while the awakened squad members cultivated in the dense light elements.
• Haoyue rose and its purple contract runes clashed with the golden rune, injuring Long Haochen and frightening the Light Elemental Spirit.
• Haoyue restrained its aura, and the Light Elemental Spirit abandoned its attempt to claim priority and entered the Saint Origin Spiritual Stove.

Long Haochen endured a prolonged, fiery fusion with the Light Elemental Spiritual Stove while his companions waited anxiously. Cai'er visited her parents and met Sheng Lingxin, who had awakened with only his childhood memories.

• The Sun Fire surrounding Long Haochen intensified after the Light Elemental Spirit merged into him, and Gao Yingjie kept the squad in the Barracks to wait.
• Sima Xian broke through to the Fifth Rank on the seventh day, but Long Haochen remained enveloped in Sun Fire on the tenth.
• Cai'er left to see Lan Yanyu, using her killing intent to summon the Assassin Temple's agents when soldiers tried to stop her.
• Lan Yanyu told Cai'er that Sheng Lingxin had awakened but was regaining his memories slowly, and Cai'er agreed to visit him.
• Cai'er met Sheng Lingxin, who remembered only being five or six and asked her to play with him, and she let him hold her hand.

Cai'er visited her parents, found some peace through Long Haochen's words about forgiveness, and returned to see that the Light Elemental Spirit had evolved during its fusion with Long Haochen. After forty-nine days, Long Haochen awakened with the spirit, whom he named Ya Feng, while his teammates had gained from the abundant Light Element.

• Cai'er comforted Sheng Lingxin and Lan Yanyu, then left feeling that her resentment toward her parents had eased.
• Cai'er returned to the Barracks and found Long Haochen surrounded by Sun Fire as the Light Elemental Spirit evolved during their fusion.
• The Light Elemental Spirit evolved a second time, and the team's cultivation benefited from the dense Light Element while Long Haochen remained in fusion.
• On the forty-ninth day, Long Haochen absorbed the Light Holy Fire and awakened beside the transformed spirit.
• Long Haochen named the spirit Ya Feng, while Sima Xian celebrated reaching the Fifth Rank and Chen Yinger lamented that she had not broken through.