Chapter Summaries

Long Haochen led the two Demon Hunt Squads through a demon assault toward Moon Night’s carriage, while they defended themselves from attacks in the air and on the ground. The caravan’s formation was collapsing under the Bird Demons, and the squads continued their charge toward the central carriage.

• The Two-Headed Demon Vultures attacked from above as Cai'er used Deceptive Thrust to protect Long Haochen’s squad and Yi Jun shielded Soldier Grade Demon Hunt Squad Number Four with spatial magic.
• Lu Xi and Dian Yan abandoned their earlier misgivings and cooperated with Long Haochen, realizing that staying near Moon Night would help them survive her possible Forbidden Spell and give them a chance to escape afterward.
• Long Haochen, Li Xin, and the other Demon Hunt Squad members fought off diving Bird Demons while Bai Xiaomo’s plants restrained enemies and Yi Jun’s spatial attacks tore them apart.
• Long Haochen ordered the squads to charge toward Moon Night’s carriage as Han Yu’s halos and Lin Xin’s fire shields supported their advance.
• The Bird Demons overwhelmed the caravan’s ordinary attendants and drivers, while Long Haochen’s squad pushed forward with Cai'er guarding against aerial attacks.

Long Haochen and his companions reached Moon Night’s carriage as elite Great Vulture Demons attacked its roof. After Leng Xiao’s spell grounded the fliers, Long Haochen joined the defense and used Yating’s support to drive the demons back, leaving the battle underway.

• Twelve Sixth Rank Great Vulture Demons attacked Leng Xiao and Moon Night, but Leng Xiao unleashed Sky Restriction and sent the flying demons crashing down.
• Long Haochen reached the carriage with Cai’er, told the others to protect themselves, and leaped onto the roof alone.
• Leng Fa attacked Long Haochen, but he blocked her blood-red orb with Sunburst Slash and struck at two pouncing Great Vulture Demons.
• Long Haochen summoned Yating, whose support strengthened his attacks and accelerated his skill use.
• Long Haochen used the Saint Origin Spiritual Stove to pull two Great Vulture Demons away from Moon Night and blasted them back with a flaming Light Slash Sword.

Long Haochen and his allies fought to protect Moon Night while she completed her spell amid the demons’ assault on the caravan. After Haoyue and Cai'er helped Long Haochen and Leng Xiao defeat the Great Vulture Demons on the carriage roof, Long Haochen returned to the ground to aid the Demon Hunt Squads, with Moon Night still needing about five minutes to finish.

• Long Haochen restrained the Great Vulture Demons attacking the carriage roof, giving Leng Xiao room to defend Moon Night as the caravan’s guards were overwhelmed by the demon army.
• As twelve Great Vulture Demons launched a combined attack, Long Haochen summoned Haoyue, whose Chaotic Element Stripping crippled them.
• Cai'er, Long Haochen, and Leng Xiao killed the Great Vulture Demons while Lin Xin collected their corpses.
• Long Haochen learned that Moon Night needed about five more minutes to finish her spell, then jumped down with Cai'er and used a Spirit Gathering Halo to support all thirteen members of the two Demon Hunt Squads.

Long Haochen took command of both Demon Hunt Squads and shifted into a defensive role to preserve their strength while they fought through the demons. As Moon Night continued her ritual on the carriage, a Golden Avian Demon attacked Leng Kuai.

• Long Haochen stopped Bai Xiaomo from exhausting herself, struck her down when she refused to obey, and ordered both teams to tighten their formation.
• Long Haochen used Holy Sword Slashes and Sun Fire to break the demons' assault, then assigned the members of both squads specific defensive roles.
• Long Haochen used the Holy Spirit Barrier and Spirit Gathering Halo while holding the front line, giving his companions time to recover.
• Cai'er recognized Long Haochen's command ability, while Leng Kuai wondered about his strength and Haoyue's apparent bloodline pressure.
• Moon Night continued chanting as the purple moon darkened, and a bolt of golden lightning struck toward her.
• Leng Kuai shielded Moon Night from the lightning but was weakened; a Golden Avian Demon then swooped down and attacked her.

Long Haochen and the two Demon Hunt Squads fought off the demon army while he held a Seventh Rank Crimson Blood Berserk Demon at bay. Meanwhile, the Golden Avian Demon hurled its spear at Moon Night just as she neared completion of the scroll’s activation, leaving Leng Xiao unable to stop it.

• Long Haochen used the Saint Origin Spiritual Stove and Suppression Dragon Step to block the Crimson Blood Berserk Demon, while Lin Xin and Lu Xi reinforced his defense.
• Han Yu protected the front of the carriage with his shield, Light Slash Sword, and Evil Eye’s Spiritual Shock, holding back the Berserk Demons.
• The Golden Avian Demon blasted Leng Xiao onto the carriage roof, then turned its attention to Moon Night as her scroll nearly finished unfolding.
• The Golden Avian Demon hurled its Golden Lightning Spear at Moon Night, and Leng Xiao, still numb from the attack, realized she could not save her.

Long Haochen risked his life to divert the Golden Avian Demon and kill the Crimson Blood Berserk Demon, buying Moon Night time to complete her spell. As the Golden Avian Demon reached for Moon Night, Cai'er attacked it and the Saint Origin Spiritual Stove pulled its attention again.

• Long Haochen used the Saint Origin Spiritual Stove to draw the Golden Avian Demon's attack away from Moon Night, then combined Haoyue's fusion, Yating's enhancement, and Sacrifice to survive the strike.
• Long Haochen used Desperate Gambit and Blue Rain, Hibiscus of Light to kill the Crimson Blood Berserk Demon, while Soul Chains shared some of his injuries with his companions.
• Long Haochen unleashed a sweeping attack that annihilated dozens of berserk demons and avian demons before collapsing from his exertion.
• Cai'er leaped onto the carriage roof and used Overlord's Thrust, a Shadow Clone, and the Thousand Strike Spiritual Stove to attack the Golden Avian Demon as it descended toward Moon Night.
• The Golden Avian Demon ignored Cai'er's attacks and reached for Moon Night, but the Saint Origin Spiritual Stove appeared again and drew its attention.

Long Haochen and Cai'er helped Moon Night complete her Forbidden Spell, which summoned a devastating projection of Moon Demon God Agares's Demon God Pillar. The spell annihilated the demon army beyond its sealed inner radius, and the Demon Hunt Squads finished off the trapped enemies as Long Haochen began recovering.

• Long Haochen used his remaining strength to pull the Golden Avian Demon off course, allowing Cai'er to stab it while Leng Xiao knocked it away from Moon Night.
• Lu Xi and Han Yu healed Long Haochen and the others as Moon Night's Forbidden Spell transformed the purple moon into a vast Demon God Pillar projection.
• Moon Night appeared as an enormous figure and unleashed moonlight that melted demons and corpses outside the hundred-meter radius around the carriage.
• Cai'er and the others attacked the demons sealed within the radius, while Long Haochen ordered them to conserve spiritual energy and entered meditation.
• The two Demon Hunt Squads and the remaining mages killed every trapped demon, and Cai'er gave the Golden Avian Demon's corpse to Lin Xin.

After Moon Night used the Forbidden Spell to devastate the demon army, Long Haochen’s group prepared to break through while the survivors were still in disarray. As they neared the enemy, Chen Yinger prepared a summon, and a black dragon suddenly charged toward the demons.

• Moon Night ordered Leng Xiao to drive the carriage while Long Haochen organized the Demon Hunters to protect it and lead the escape.
• Lu Xi healed Long Haochen and Haoyue as Leng Xiao drove the carriage toward the panicked demon army.
• Long Haochen called on Chen Yinger, who fed McDull a fifth-rank magical beast crystal and began channeling silver starlight.
• A black dragon roared and lunged at the demon army, drawing the survivors’ attention.
• The chapter described the Heaven Defying Demon Dragon Clan and identified its powerful members as black dragons.

Long Haochen led the fleeing teams through the demon army after Chen Yinger’s Mirror Treasure Divine Pig simulated a giant black dragon and terrified their pursuers. After reaching a forest to rest, the group mourned their losses and Lu Xi offered to make Soldier Grade Demon Hunt Squad Number Four Long Haochen’s subordinates.

• Chen Yinger’s Mirror Treasure Divine Pig simulated a huge black dragon, frightening the demon army and allowing Long Haochen’s group to break through.
• After ten minutes, the illusion vanished and the exhausted Mirror Treasure Divine Pig began recovering as Chen Yinger rested.
• Long Haochen led the group in a two-hour escape before bringing them into a forest to rest for one hour.
• Long Haochen offered Dian Yan his condolences for the loss of his uncle, Dian Xuan, and Sima Xian comforted him.
• Lu Xi told Long Haochen that Soldier Grade Demon Hunt Squad Number Four would join General Grade Twenty-First and forfeit its rewards and lent merit points.

After Long Haochen led the two Demon Hunt Squads through a dangerous battle, he asserted his command and guided their plans for crossing demon territory. He confronted Moon Night about her identity and possible reinforcements, and she revealed her connection to the Moon Demon Clan.

• Long Haochen reminded the team to obey orders in battle and asked whether they should continue toward their mission or return to the Temple Alliance.
• Lu Xi and most of the others supported continuing through demon territory, and Long Haochen turned their attention to the awakened Moon Night.
• Moon Night introduced herself as head of the Moon Night Merchant Association and asked Long Haochen what he wanted in return for saving her.
• As Leng Xiao stepped between Moon Night and Long Haochen, someone struck her unconscious, and Moon Night agreed to talk with them.
• Long Haochen deduced that Moon Night had powerful Moon Demon Clan reinforcements on the way and said they could not risk letting their identities be exposed.
• Moon Night praised Long Haochen and warned that he could become a threat to the demons, prompting him to identify her as a member of the Moon Demon Clan.

Moon Night revealed that she was half-human and offered to help Long Haochen’s Demon Hunt Squads infiltrate demon territory. Cai’er placed a deadly restriction on Moon Night before Long Haochen accepted her assistance, and Moon Night asked for one more favor as the mission began.

• Moon Night showed her red blood and revealed that she was the half-human daughter of the Moon Demon God, then offered her help in exchange for her life and Leng Fa’s.
• Long Haochen weighed the risks and benefits of trusting Moon Night, while Cai’er asked to speak with her alone.
• Cai’er struck Moon Night with a killing-intent ability and planted a spiritual restriction near her heart that only Cai’er could remove.
• Long Haochen agreed to spare Moon Night and Leng Kuai, and Moon Night gave the group disguise items and tokens for traveling through demon territory.
• Moon Night asked Long Haochen and Cai’er for one more favor before they left.

Long Haochen’s group left Moon Night after accepting her equipment and disguises, while Moon Night revealed her interest in Long Haochen and silenced witnesses left behind. The group rested near dawn, disguised themselves as Moon Demons, and chose to avoid cities as they continued toward the Fearful Howling Cave.

• Long Haochen took ten Iron Mane Horses and rode away with both Demon Hunt Squads, leaving Moon Night and her subordinates behind.
• Moon Night reflected on her admiration and competitive feelings toward Long Haochen, then killed her subordinates with an explosive scroll and used her memory-erasing ability on Leng Huo.
• Long Haochen’s group traveled nearly two hundred li, rested in a secluded place, and changed into purple robes with violet eyes and Moon Demon identity tokens.
• Long Haochen rejected Moon Night’s suggestion to enter a demon city and chose the cautious route toward the Fearful Howling Cave, avoiding cities.
• Long Haochen proposed pooling merits among his own squad before distributing them, while the group’s demon kills and collected corpses promised substantial rewards.

Long Haochen led the two Demon Hunt Squads through Demon territory toward their mission destination, recovering from battle and hiding their identities along the way. Near the mountain, they encountered a Greater Demon Cavalry unit, learned it was heading to Roaring Cave, and launched a surprise attack.

• Long Haochen collapsed from exhaustion after leading the squads out of Narik Province, so they sheltered in a hillside cave and rested for three days.
• Long Haochen recovered and discovered that his Inner Spiritual Power had risen rapidly, then led the group onward toward Demon Central Province.
• The squads abandoned their Iron Mane Horses and traveled on foot, avoiding Demons as Long Haochen guided them toward the cave near their destination.
• A fifty-rider Greater Demon Cavalry unit approached, and Long Haochen used his Moon Demon Viscount token to make its commander treat him as a noble.
• Long Haochen learned the cavalry was reinforcing an exploration team at Roaring Cave and signaled his companions to prepare for battle.
• After about a third of the cavalry passed, Long Haochen shouted for the squads to attack and leave none alive.

Long Haochen and the Demon Hunters launched a surprise attack on fifty Greater Demon Cavalrymen in Demon Central Province, using Haoyue’s Chaotic Element Stripping to cripple the enemy formation. As the squads cut down the trapped cavalry, Long Haochen and Cai'er pursued the fleeing Demon Commander and engaged it directly.

• Long Haochen had Haoyue unleash Chaotic Element Stripping, which stripped the Greater Demons’ dark elements and blasted many riders from their mounts.
• Wang Yuanyuan, Sima Xian, and Long Haochen led the Demon Hunters’ attack, killing or severely wounding cavalrymen in a rapid assault.
• Long Haochen called Cai'er and used the Saint Origin Spiritual Stove, Haoyue’s Levitation Spell, and their coordination to pursue the escaping Demon Commander.
• Cai'er shot through two Greater Demon Cavalrymen and their mounts, while Long Haochen followed and struck the Demon Commander with Twin Sun Slash.
• The Demon Commander blocked Long Haochen’s twin swords with its lance, but the impact forced its Nightmare Demon Horse backward.

Long Haochen and the two Demon Hunt Squads defeated the Greater Demon Cavalry after Haoyue’s Chaotic Element Stripping weakened their enemies. Li Xin claimed the Demon Commander’s merit with her finishing blow, and the squads gathered their spoils before preparing to leave.

• Long Haochen’s Fighting Kill Revolving Sword broke the Demon Commander’s spear and wounded him, but the demon used his Nightmare Demon Horse as a shield and fled after the attack tore the mount apart.
• Long Haochen struck the fleeing Demon Commander with Light Rain Hibiscus Thrust, shattering his arms, while the demon sent a beam of black light into the sky.
• Li Xin intercepted the signal and killed the Demon Commander with a flaming strike before he could escape.
• Long Haochen told Li Xin she was his real big sister, and she embraced him tearfully; Cai’er reassured Li Xin that she did not misunderstand their bond.
• The squads collected demon corpses for merit and materials, while Lin Xin packed away as many Greater Demon and Nightmare Demon Horse remains as he could.

Long Haochen led the two Demon Hunt Squads toward Fearful Howling Cave after they defeated the demon reinforcements, and the group encountered the cave’s terrifying sound waves. They found weakened demons fleeing the cave and prepared to investigate further, but the howling remained a major obstacle.

• Long Haochen ordered the team to collect magic crystals from the battlefield and burn the demon corpses before setting off for the mountain.
• Long Haochen studied the map at the summit and concluded that the danger inside Fearful Howling Cave posed their greatest threat.
• A powerful howl echoed through the mountains, and Yi Jun and Chen Yinger explained that their abilities could block the sound only briefly.
• Long Haochen led the team toward the cave, where a second howl overwhelmed their senses and drained their spiritual energy.
• A Greater Demon, two demon sorcerers, and several Lesser Demons fled from behind a boulder, and Han Daosi charged them as Lu Xi cast Calm Mind Spell.
• The demons were quickly dealt with, and the thirteen Demon Hunt Squad members endured the howl until it faded.

Long Haochen explored Fearful Howling Cave and endured its powerful sonic howl, gaining a new insight before teleporting back to his companions. He told them the howl’s strength and spiritual cost, leaving the team to prepare for their descent into the fissure.

• Long Haochen ordered the team to make a stone shelter and entered the cave alone to test the howling.
• He found a deep fissure filled with jagged rocks and sensed an evil presence below, then waited for the next howl rather than descending recklessly.
• The howl shattered Long Haochen’s Holy Light Shields, but he held onto a sudden inspiration and turned it into a new comprehension.
• Long Haochen used his blood contract with Haoyue to teleport back to the shelter and explained the ability to his companions.
• He reported that one round of howling consumed about twenty percent of his spiritual power and might cost the others up to around forty percent.

Long Haochen entered the Fearful Howling Cave alone to investigate the fissure and developed a new technique, Ripples of Light, by matching his spiritual energy to the cave’s howling sound waves. He began descending into the abyss, where the deathly aura and scarce Light Elements made progress increasingly difficult.

• Long Haochen returned to the cave fissure alone, relying on Haoyue’s teleportation and recording his scouting with the Scouting Gem.
• By resonating his Holy Light Shield with the howling sound waves, Long Haochen created Ripples of Light, greatly increasing the shield’s defense and his sword’s power.
• Long Haochen demonstrated that Ripples of Light let his Holy Spirit Sword pierce stone easily, while Yating recognized the technique’s potential.
• After the howls faded, Long Haochen recorded his descent and jumped into the fissure with Blue Rain, Hibiscus of Light, and Yating.
• Long Haochen descended for half an hour past Greater Demon corpses as the deathly aura grew stronger, then stopped to rest when his spiritual energy recovery could no longer keep pace with its use.

Long Haochen endured the deep cavern’s piercing howls and discovered that the Saint Origin Spiritual Stove could convert energy from other attributes into Light energy, giving him a glimpse of a Spiritual Aperture’s ability. After two hours of meditation, he left the rare cultivation opportunity behind because his companions were waiting above.

• Long Haochen observed that the howls grew stronger and faster with depth, and learned that increasing the Holy Light Shield’s vibration frequency strengthened Ripples of Light at a greater spiritual energy cost.
• Long Haochen rested and cultivated in the cavern, where the Saint Origin Spiritual Stove began rotating as he struggled to recover without ambient Light Elements.
• Long Haochen realized the Spiritual Stove was converting energy from other attributes into Light energy and recognized this as a form of the Spiritual Aperture’s transformation ability.
• Long Haochen spent two hours meditating as the Spiritual Stove’s changes benefited him, Blue Rain, Hibiscus of Light, and Yating.
• Long Haochen ended his meditation, contacted Haoyue to confirm he was safe, and prepared to return to his waiting companions.

Long Haochen discovered a massive, ancient seven-story tower deep inside Fearful Howling Cave, where powerful soul howls and resentful spirits threatened him. Haoyue protected him from the spirits and urged him to enter the tower’s first floor.

• Long Haochen descended to the bottom of the cave and found a huge cavern containing a gray, seven-story tower surrounded by soul energy.
• The souls unleashed deafening shrieks that repeatedly shattered Long Haochen’s shields and drained more than half his spiritual energy.
• Long Haochen judged that his companions could not survive the cave and decided to investigate the tower alone.
• When Long Haochen entered the cavern, resentful spirits attacked, broke his shield, and nearly seized his body.
• Haoyue appeared and drove the spirits away with its purple soul power, then told Long Haochen that he could safely enter the tower’s first floor.