Chapter Summaries

After the battle left the Demon Hunter Squads exhausted and badly wounded, Long Fan refined healing medicine for his companions. He then freed Ya Ting, a Light Elemental Spirit, and invited her to become his companion.

• The battle’s aftermath left Soldier-Rank Number Ten Demon Hunter Squad with two dead and four wounded, while the surviving members of Long Haochen’s squad struggled with injuries and exhaustion.
• Long Fan used the Ten Thousand Beasts Cauldron and his Magical Pharmacist abilities to make Blood Coagulation Powder, then shared it with his squad.
• Long Fan took the inheritance crown and a small box from the Bloodthirsty Beta corpse Caier had collected.
• Long Fan opened the box, releasing Ya Ting, a weakened Light Elemental Spirit who tried and failed to fly away.
• Long Fan invited Ya Ting to become his companion, and she flew into his palm.

Long Fan nourished a captured Light Elemental Spirit, then let her choose whether to return to nature or stay with him. She returned to his hand, accepted the name Long Ya Ting, and began trying to form a contract with him.

• Long Fan used sixteen Free Attribute Point Light Orbs to restore the Light Elemental Spirit’s vitality and offered to let her return to nature.
• The Light Elemental Spirit flew into the sunlight, then turned back and chose to return to Long Fan.
• Long Fan named her Long Ya Ting and gave her pure liquid Light Element, which she eagerly drank and shared with him.
• Long Fan infused Long Ya Ting with more Attribute Points, and she happily clung to his finger.
• Long Ya Ting bit Long Fan’s finger to draw blood for a contract, but his powerful Outer Spiritual Power prevented her from piercing his skin, so he offered to help.

Long Fan completed a blood contract with Long Yating and merged her into the Saint Attraction Spiritual Furnace, causing a surge of Light Elements throughout the barracks. As the furnace settled into his body, his companions cultivated nearby while Caier guarded him.

• Long Yating eagerly agreed to a blood contract with Long Fan, and the Saint Attraction Spiritual Furnace emerged to aid the bonding.
• Long Yating and the furnace formed a contract with Long Fan, while Xiao Na guided Long Yating's rune into the secondary contract position in his chest.
• Long Yating leapt into the furnace, transforming it into a Light Attribute Spiritual Furnace filled with golden Liquid Inner Spiritual Power.
• Long Fan contained the furnace's sudden flames with a Spiritual Light Barrier as the dense Light Elements awakened everyone in the tent.
• Han Yu urged Chen Loli to cultivate, and both began meditating while Caier guarded Long Fan and Wang YuanYuan and Lin Xin exchanged teasing remarks.

Long Fan took Caier to visit her parents and help her resolve the hurt she had carried since childhood. Caier agreed to go home with Lan YanYu, and the three returned to the Assassin Temple courtyard where she had grown up.

• Long Fan confirmed that Long Yating was still evolving in the Spiritual Furnace, while Chen Loli broke through to become a fifth-step Beast Controller.
• Long Fan and Caier decided to pursue deeper military missions and went to the council hall to accept one.
• Long Fan brought Caier to Lan YanYu, who tearfully asked to go home with her, and Caier agreed.
• Caier led Lan YanYu and Long Fan through the city to the Assassin Temple courtyard, then removed her veil and looked at her childhood home.

Long Fan and Caier departed on the Brilliant Ruins Exploration Mission after Saint Spirit Heart and Lan YanYu reconciled with Caier and entrusted her safety to Long Fan. During the journey, Long Fan's cultivation caused Long Yating to evolve, leaving his Sun Fire transformed into Radiant Holy Fire and her spirit form newly distinct.

• Long Fan bowed farewell to Saint Spirit Heart and Lan YanYu, and promised to bring Caier home safely.
• Lan YanYu asked Caier for a hug, and Caier agreed as her mother embraced her and apologized; Saint Spirit Heart also broke down in tears.
• The Twilight of the Gods and Radiant Dawn Demon Hunter Squads departed Demon Expelling Pass for the Brilliant Ruins Exploration Mission.
• Long Fan activated the Scouting Gem, then cultivated in the moving carriage while Radiant Dawn's members watched his Sun Fire begin to take the shape of a fire angel.
• Long Yating's evolution filled the carriage with sacred golden light and helped the other Demon Hunter Squad members cultivate.
• By the second day, Long Fan's Sun Fire had become Radiant Holy Fire, and Long Yating's spirit form had grown clear and distinct.

Long Fan completed a sixty-four-hour spirit fusion with Ya Ting, whose third evolution transformed her into a more powerful Sacred Elemental Spirit. At Star Seeking City, he prepared his two Demon Hunter Squads to enter Demon Race territory disguised as merchants and continue toward Death Grand Canyon.

• Ya Ting completed her evolution through her fusion with Long Fan, while the squad members cultivated during their journey.
• Long Fan and his companions reached the southeastern border and arrived at Star Seeking City, where they planned to rest before crossing into Demon Race territory.
• Long Fan explained that they would enter the Demon Race by joining a Free-Floating Merchants’ trade convoy instead of trying to force their way through the border.
• Long Fan ordered everyone to conceal their identities, choose codenames, and dress plainly while he contacted the merchants.
• Long Fan noticed Sima Jinlun’s lingering loneliness over the ambush by the Three Sons of the Demon God and encouraged him with a joke about killing demons.

Long Fan took Twilight of the Gods to an auction house in Star Seeking City and spent their Merit Points on a gear overhaul. He and Caier bought several pieces of equipment to strengthen her offense and defense before running into Lin Xin, who was selling pills.

• Long Fan brought his masked team to the auction house and told them to buy equipment with their Merit Points.
• Twilight of the Gods split up on the second floor to find upgrades suited to each member.
• Long Fan browsed equipment with Caier and bought her all three suitable Glorious Rank inner armors after they disagreed over whether to prioritize defense or offense.
• Long Fan bought Caier a silver Heart of Space necklace, a green Thorns bracelet, and a pink anklet after they disagreed over another accessory.
• Long Fan and Caier encountered Lin Xin, who was selling pills in the trading center.

Long Fan’s squad spent their merit on Glorious Rank equipment and supplies, choosing gear to strengthen each member’s combat role. After Long Fan spent several hundred thousand merit points, he led them to an auction hosted by Star Seeking City’s three major merchant groups, hoping to find treasures.

• Long Fan praised Long Fan’s teammates as they showed off their new scrolls, armor, shields, and summoning crystal ball.
• Bai Yue revealed the Light Punishment sword and Radiant Power armor, choosing to strengthen her close-combat abilities.
• Long Fan told the squad to turn their merit into immediate combat power and spent several hundred thousand merit points.
• Long Fan led the squad to an auction attended by the Saint Radiance Merchant Guild, Moon Night Merchant Association, and Blood Wolf Merchant Guild.

Long Fan brought Caier and their teammates to the Saint Alliance Grand Auction House, where they settled into a VIP room and watched Ye Weiyang open the auction. The first item, a rare Void Silver Crystal, caught Long Fan’s interest, and he prepared to bid for it.

• Long Fan passed Gui Wu, who had arrived at the Auction House with two Charm Demon twins, and led his teammates onward without confronting him.
• Long Fan’s group entered Private Room Six, where he used a Black Envoy VIP Card to order Nectar Red Devil for everyone.
• Ye Weiyang opened the auction, and Han Yu was captivated by her presence.
• Ye Weiyang presented a large Void Silver Crystal, and Long Fan decided he wanted to win it.

Long Fan waited until the bidding on the Void Silver Crystal had stalled, then bought it for 1.8 million Gold Coins. The auction continued, with Lin Xin bidding on rare herbs and practical magic crystals for pill refining.

• Ye Weiyang opened bidding on the Void Silver Crystal at 1.8 million Gold Coins, but the venue stayed silent as guests weighed its price and usefulness.
• Long Fan concealed his interest in the crystal while Caier wondered whether she should buy it for him.
• As Ye Weiyang prepared to declare the crystal unsold, Long Fan bid 1.8 million Gold Coins, framing the purchase as a favor to her.
• No one bid higher, and Ye Weiyang sold the Void Silver Crystal to Long Fan at its starting price.
• The auction continued, and Lin Xin bid on rare herbs and practical magic crystals to use as pill-refining materials.

At the Star-Seeking Auction House, rival organizations bid fiercely for a mysterious jade box, which the Star Seeking Adventure Group won for twenty million Gold Coins. Later, Long Fan used the Void Silver Crystal to sneak into the group's adventurers' guild, intending to stir up trouble over the prize.

• Ye Weiyang unveiled a jade box said to be connected to the ancient Brilliant Ruins, and the Star Seeking Adventure Group placed the first advance bid without seeing its contents.
• Moon Night and the Holy Radiance and Blood Wolf Merchant Groups joined the bidding, but Moon Night withdrew as the price climbed.
• The Star Seeking Adventure Group outbid its rivals and won the box for twenty million Gold Coins.
• Long Fan returned to the Windham Hotel with Caier, then teleported her into the Eternal Tower and left in his Concealed Assassin form.
• Long Fan infiltrated the brightly lit Star Seeking Adventurer Guild, planning to muddy the waters over the auction item.

Long Fan infiltrated the Star Seeking Adventurer Guild and found Ye Weiyang confronting Mi Lai, who tried to force himself on her and trapped everyone inside with alchemical mechanisms. Mi Lai’s armor and arrays overwhelmed the Assassin sisters’ attacks, while Long Fan stayed hidden and watched as the sisters charged again.

• Long Fan discovered Mi Lai making improper advances toward Ye Weiyang as he delivered the Jade Box.
• Mi Lai sealed the hall with an alchemical barrier, and Long Fan used the Void Silver Crystal to teleport inside.
• The Assassin sisters attacked Mi Lai, but Mithril Armor emerged from his belt and blocked their daggers.
• Mi Lai activated an Alchemy Array that disrupted the sisters’ invisibility and weakened their attacks.
• Mi Lai triggered the hall’s moving walls, exposing Long Fan and forcing the sisters out of concealment before they charged him again.

Mi Lai attacked Ye Weiyang with his alchemical armor, but Long Fan intervened, stole the Jade Box, and disabled Mi Lai’s steel wings. After Long Fan blasted Mi Lai into a wall, Mi Lai summoned a powerful Mithril Puppet called Mi Duoduo.

• Mi Lai used his armored flight and Silver Storm to overwhelm the assassin sisters and attack Ye Weiyang.
• Long Fan secretly took the Jade Box, then appeared and cut off Mi Lai’s steel wings with his Holy Sword.
• Long Fan struck Mi Lai with Sacred Fire Rising Dragon Strike, breaking through his armor and hurling him into a wall.
• Mi Lai threw out a metal ball and summoned Mi Duoduo, a Mithril Puppet with the strength of a peak sixth-tier warrior.

Long Fan fought Mi Lai and his metal puppet, Mi Duoduo, while Ya Ting empowered him and trapped Mi Lai with earth magic. As Mi Lai was battered and defeated, he unleashed a strange egg that split into six, leaving its purpose unknown.

• Mi Lai and Mi Duoduo attacked Long Fan, but he teleported past them and shattered Mi Lai's mithril armor with a sword strike.
• Ya Ting gave Long Fan three buffs, and Mi Lai tried to negotiate by offering money, equipment, and the Jade Box.
• Long Fan refused to spare Mi Lai, then used the Dou Sha Xuan Yuan Sword to melt Mi Duoduo's weapons and body.
• Ya Ting's Earth Wave Technique interrupted Mi Lai's attempt to unlock the Alchemy Array and repeatedly hurled him through the air.
• Mi Lai warned Long Fan that killing him would have consequences, then threw out a large egg that split into six while making clucking sounds.

Long Fan survived the Mithril Bomb Eggs, killed Mi Lai, and gained the Alchemist profession. He and Caier opened the Cold Jade Treasure Box, revealing a map and a key that Ya Ting identified as connected to the Sea God Temple.

• Long Fan used the Void Silver Crystal to teleport Ye Weiyang and the assassin sisters to safety, then hid in folded space as the Mithril Bomb Eggs exploded and killed Mi Lai.
• Long Fan collected the Attribute Light Orbs and left a Saint Radiance Merchant Guild infiltrator in the ruined hall before returning to Windham Hotel.
• Long Fan gained the Alchemist Profession Book and used it to absorb the profession’s knowledge.
• Long Fan met Caier in the Eternal Tower, and they opened the Jade Box to find a blue parchment map and a miniature Deep Blue trident-shaped key.
• Long Fan summoned Ya Ting, who examined the parchment and identified an inscription as “Sea God Temple.”

After the Star Seeking City factions erupted into conflict over Mi Lai’s death and the missing treasure, Long Fan led his Demon Hunter Squads out of the city disguised as caravan workers. While traveling toward the Demon Race’s Central Province, he opened his Summoner’s sixth-rank spiritual aperture and received a golden-legend Natal Summon Beast, whose appearance left him stunned.

• Blood Wolf, Saint Radiance, and the Star Seeking Adventure Group fought over the death of Mi Lai and the missing treasure, while Moon Night stayed out of the conflict.
• Long Fan arranged for his two Demon Hunter Squads to join Dian Wei’s caravan as workers and guards.
• The large Moon Night caravan departed Star Seeking City, passed through Southeast Fortress, and entered Demon Race territory.
• During the night journey, Long Fan cultivated while holding Caier and opened his Summoner’s sixth-rank spiritual aperture.
• The system awarded Long Fan a God-tier Natal Summon Beast blind box, and its golden-legend summon appeared as a round, soft ball-like creature.

Moon Night warned Leng Xiao that their caravan could be attacked by hungry demons despite the precautions and reinforcements she arranged. Elsewhere, Long Fan contracted a Golden Slime he named Xiao Huang, then sensed danger approaching and ordered the team to prepare.

• Moon Night told Leng Xiao that the caravan faced a risk of being robbed in Demon Race territory because of food shortages, but said she had upgraded the convoy and summoned help from the Moon Demon Clan.
• Long Fan scanned the level-zero Golden Slime, discovered its unusual abilities and traits, and decided to accept it despite its harmless appearance.
• Long Fan named the slime Xiao Huang, formed a soul contract with it, and sent it to rest in the contract space.
• Long Fan sensed an approaching threat, and he and Caier left the carriage as the other team members armed themselves.

Long Fan and the two teams prepared to defend a merchant caravan as a huge Demon Army approached. Moon Night organized the caravan’s defenses and unleashed a devastating volley of magical arrows, leaving the charging vanguard under heavy fire.

• Long Fan ordered Twilight of the Gods to form up, while Long Xiaogua led Radiant Dawn into battle positions.
• The caravan fired an alchemy smoke bomb, formed a circular defensive perimeter, and revealed its guards’ powerful equipment.
• Moon Night used an Eye of Exploration to assess the tens of thousands of approaching demons as Long Fan scouted them with Earth Escape and Eyes of Reconnaissance.
• Moon Night raised the red signal flag, and the caravan’s concealed weapons launched thousands of magical arrows at the demon vanguard.
• The arrows struck the dual-blade demons and Emerald Double Blade demons from long range, killing many before they reached the formation.

Moon Night’s carriage formation slaughtered the demon vanguard while Long Fan trapped the underground Luke Clan and summoned an Earth Dragon to attack them. Moon Night sensed the chaos beneath the convoy and cast a spell that illuminated the ground before ordering her forces to plant something.

• Moon Night directed the enchanted carriages as their magical arrows and javelins wiped out the Dual Blade vanguard and devastated the flying and Berserk demons.
• Long Fan pursued the Luke Clan underground and sealed a large area with an Earth Wall Technique.
• Long Fan and Pai Xiaoxing jointly summoned a seventh-tier Earth Dragon, which attacked the trapped Luke Clan.
• Moon Night sensed the Luke Clan’s underground battle and spread a white scroll’s light across the convoy and into the ground.
• Moon Night pointed her red command flag downward and ordered her forces to plant them.

Long Fan and Moon Night’s forces wiped out the first Demon Race assault using underground attacks, defensive magic, and the convoy’s weapons. The remaining enemies launched a broader attack, and Long Fan’s earth-wave spell swept tens of thousands into range, but the chapter ended with two other major tribes’ attacks still looming.

• Long Fan helped Moon Night shield the convoy from Luke Clan Stalkers, and Han Yu’s squad and the others stabbed the trapped enemies for Merit Points.
• Long Fan rode beneath the battlefield with Pai Xiaoxing, while the convoy destroyed the ground forces and most of the flying Demon Race soldiers.
• Moon Night halted the convoy’s fire when the remaining enemies stayed beyond the magic arrows’ range.
• Long Fan and Pai Xiaoxing cast a seventh-tier Super Earth Wave Technique that drove the Demon Race soldiers into the convoy’s firing range, where Moon Night’s forces slaughtered tens of thousands.
• Long Fan replenished his spiritual power with Pai Xiaoxing’s help, while he and the others faced the prospect of attacks by two more major tribes in Narik Province.