Chapter Summaries

Long Haochen’s group ambushed a weakened Demon Race party inside Glorious Cave and captured its commander. Above the mountains, Long Fan tricked Xi Di into taking a pill that overloaded her spiritual power, killing her as he escaped by teleportation.

• Long Haochen recognized Glorious Cave as a likely relic of the Glorious Era and hid his group when demons approached.
• Caier, Xing Xuan, Han Yu, Long Haochen, Wang YuanYuan, and Si Ma Xian defeated the weakened demons, while Caier kept the commander alive for questioning.
• Long Fan approached the injured Xi Di, offered her a pill, and gained her trust while Sa Lang watched in fury.
• Long Fan stabbed Xi Di through the heart and teleported away as the pill’s effects made her spiritual power surge uncontrollably.
• Xi Di’s body exploded from the excess spiritual power, leaving blood and energy erupting across the scene.

Long Fan killed Xi Di with a sabotaged pill, then defeated Ji Ya and battled Sa Lang while Ma Erliya prepared an escape spell. The fight left Sa Lang facing Long Fan alone after his allies slipped away.

• Long Fan killed Xi Di with a Berserk Spirit Recovery Pill and seized his Angel Demon Crown of Inheritance.
• Long Fan used spatial teleportation to ambush Ji Ya and killed him with a Spear of Light.
• Sa Lang activated Demon God Disintegration Art to hold Long Fan off while Ma Erliya chanted his innate spell.
• Long Fan transformed and upgraded Spear of Light, overpowering Sa Lang and wounding him.
• Ma Erliya used Hell Reincarnation to escape, and the bear demon fled toward the mountain foot.

Long Fan killed Sa Lang and used the Eternal Tower to absorb the Death Spirit restriction protecting Sa Lang’s corpse and Crown of Inheritance. Samykyna sensed the restriction’s destruction and sent two Demon Kings to investigate before deciding to go himself.

• Long Fan pierced Sa Lang with Light Blocking Thrust and killed him with Light’s Revenge.
• A Death Spirit restriction erupted from Sa Lang’s body and began pulling the Crown of Inheritance and corpse into a spatial rift.
• Long Fan used Void Silver Crystal to transfer the Crown of Inheritance into the Eternal Tower.
• Long Fan activated the Eternal Melody, and the Eternal Tower’s golden light devoured the Death Spirit Domain while he stored Sa Lang’s corpse.
• Samykyna sensed the restriction’s destruction and severed bloodline connection, then ordered two Demon Kings to investigate Death Spirit Canyon.
• Samykyna decided to go to Death Spirit Canyon himself to destroy the unknown power threatening his Death Spirit Domain.

The Demon Hunter Squads explored the Glorious Cave until Caier found a palace deep in a fissure and entered it with Long Fan. They began the Silent Church’s first trial as the Death Spirit Demon God and two Demon Kings arrived outside Death Spirit Canyon.

• Long Haochen led the two Demon Hunter Squads through the shrieking cave passage until a deep fissure blocked their way.
• Caier descended alone, discovered a palace, and found its exterior protected by powerful sonic waves.
• Long Fan appeared beside Caier, protected them with spells, and led her through the barrier into the palace.
• Long Fan and Caier encountered two enormous skeleton knights, who charged at them as the first trial began.
• The Death Spirit Demon God and his two Demon Kings arrived outside Death Spirit Canyon.

Long Fan and Caier defeated two golden skeletons and obtained combat-skill memories, while Long Haochen led the Demon Hunter Squads down the passage after Hao Yue sensed a powerful demon god approaching. Samykyna arrived at Glorious Cave and widened the passage, then noticed a trace of purple energy that unsettled him.

• Long Fan fought a golden skeleton, broke its shield and weapon, and destroyed it with Holy Fire Ripple: Rising Dragon Strike, obtaining the Asura Slash memory.
• Long Fan restrained a second golden skeleton while Caier attacked from behind and killed it with Overlord Thrust, obtaining the Shadow Flash Thrust memory.
• Hao Yue sensed a powerful demon god approaching, and Long Haochen led the two Demon Hunter Squads down the passage with the help of Levitation Spell and Liao Yu's giant eagle.
• Samykyna arrived at Glorious Cave with two Demon Kings and annihilated the murals with bloody light.
• The two Demon Kings widened the narrow passage, while Samykyna noticed a faint trace of purple energy and feared it was connected to the demon god bloodline's trembling inheritance.

Long Haochen, Long Fan, and the Demon Hunter Squads entered the palace after Hao Yue's roar disrupted Samykyna's attack. Inside, the six-pointed-star formation separated the group and began testing them through illusions, leaving Long Fan and Caier facing an alluring vision and Lin Xin confronted with the Magic Temple's treasure vault.

• Long Fan used the Void Silver Crystal to teleport the Demon Hunter Squads into the palace, but Samykyna and two Demon Kings arrived before he could send Long Haochen inside.
• Hao Yue's purple three-headed roar broke Samykyna's spatial seal, allowing Long Fan, Long Haochen, and Hao Yue to teleport through the palace barrier.
• Samykyna sent Tuo Lei and Ma Erliya into the palace and ordered them to kill the human knight they encountered.
• Long Fan, Caier, and the other squad members followed golden arrows to a six-pointed-star altar, where the formation transported them into separate trials.
• Long Fan and Caier appeared in a springlike illusion where visions of Moon Night and Long Fan stirred their desires.
• Lin Xin found himself in Fa Ling Valley, the Magic Temple's treasure vault, surrounded by radiant treasures.

Long Haochen and Han Yu found an Ancient Spirit Gathering Array and took turns using its core, but a mysterious voice tried to make Long Haochen attack Han Yu. After resisting the Trial of Envy, Long Haochen met an old man in white who entered his chest and raised his Innate Inner Spiritual Power from ninety-seven to ninety-nine.

• Chen Loli and Maidou woke in a flower-filled wilderness and happily lounged on a soft waterbed, forgetting their group.
• Long Haochen and Han Yu discovered that the mountain range’s pale golden mist was concentrated liquid Light Element surrounding an Ancient Spirit Gathering Array.
• Han Yu began cultivating at the array’s core while Long Haochen guarded him with a Holy Light Barrier.
• A mysterious voice urged Long Haochen to attack Han Yu and promised him power, but Balza’s teachings of the Knight Tenets restored his clarity.
• The old man in white appeared, praised Long Haochen, and declared him worthy as his chosen successor before entering his chest.
• Long Haochen’s Innate Inner Spiritual Power rose from ninety-seven to ninety-nine.

The Trial of Emotional Fury tempted Long Fan’s companions with food, pride, vengeance, and desire, while Long Fan resisted the illusion and searched for its core. After Tuo Lei was eliminated, he rampaged through the palace and accidentally punched Samykyna through the barrier.

• Xing Xuan and Liao Yu faced a banquet that tempted them to abandon their Demon Hunter Squad missions and stay forever.
• Lin Jialu, Bai Yue, Wang YuanYuan, Erin, and Si Ma Xian confronted illusions that preyed on their pride, ambitions, and desire for vengeance.
• Long Fan slapped himself awake from the illusion’s lustful influence, then summoned Ya Ting to help find its core while Caier remained entranced.
• Tuo Lei emerged from the Trial of Emotional Fury in a rage and smashed his way through the palace.
• Tuo Lei charged at Samykyna and accidentally landed an Iron Bear Uppercut through the barrier, knocking out one of Samykyna’s front teeth.

Long Fan found and claimed a powerful God Spiritual Furnace in the Secret Realm of Se, breaking its illusion and freeing Caier before returning to the hall. In the Secret Realm of Envy, Long Haochen learned the history of the first Holy War from the former Pope, Telas Peno, who welcomed him as a grandson.

• Samykyna killed Tuo Lei, consumed his soul, and placed a newly formed eighth-rank soul in his corpse before sending him back into the barrier as Tuo Lei Number Two.
• Long Fan followed the Eternal Melody through the sea of flowers and found an eight-colored God Spiritual Furnace hidden in a tree hollow.
• Long Fan used the Eternal Melody to draw the furnace into the Eternal Tower, causing the illusion to collapse and restoring Caier's awareness.
• Long Fan, Ya Ting, and Caier returned to the great hall as Tuo Lei Number Two charged at them.
• In the Secret Realm of Envy, Long Haochen witnessed memories of the first Holy War and learned how the Necromancers' defeat weakened humanity before the Demon Gods invaded.
• Long Haochen spoke with the former Pope, who introduced himself as Telas Peno and invited Long Haochen to call him Grandpa Peno.

Long Fan and Caier defeated the undead possessing Tuo Lei’s Bear Demon body, while Lin Xin, Chen Loli, and Long Haochen each faced choices and challenges in their respective secret realms. The chapter ended with Long Haochen continuing his revised cultivation method and steadily increasing his spiritual power.

• Long Fan switched to his Earth Warrior class and synthesized an eighth-rank Light Asura Fist, then struck Tuo Lei hard enough to weaken and dislodge the undead soul.
• Caier used her Light King Thrust to stab the exposed soul body, dispersing its white energy and defeating the undead.
• Lin Xin resisted taking more than the fire-element attack magic he could use, then resolved to pursue his own path in magic.
• Chen Loli resisted the Sloth Secret Realm’s temptation to rest and vowed to become strong enough to protect herself without relying on Yang Wenzhao.
• Long Haochen cultivated in the Jealousy Secret Realm using the white-robed elder’s revised method and focused on steady progress.

Long Haochen entered a hidden cavern and merged its Light Spiritual Furnace with the Water Elf Spiritual Furnace, creating the Hibiscus of Light Blue Rain. The trial ended with Long Haochen and Han Yu returning to the Silent Palace, where the other Demon Hunter Squad members had also completed their trials.

• Long Haochen followed a Light Gate into a crystal cavern and found a Light Spiritual Furnace above a crystal coffin.
• The golden Spiritual Furnace welcomed Long Haochen, and its light let him achieve a Radiant Body despite being at the fifth step.
• Long Haochen brought out the Water Elf and merged its Spiritual Furnace with the Light Spiritual Furnace, forming the Hibiscus of Light Blue Rain.
• Long Haochen returned to the fork, where the mysterious voice announced that the trial had ended and that Han Yu had obtained the Saint Attraction Spiritual Furnace of Light.
• Long Haochen and Han Yu left the secret realm and reunited with the other Demon Hunter Squad members at the Silent Palace.
• Si Ma Xian, Wang YuanYuan, and Erin improved their mastery of rage and berserk transformation, while Chen Loli advanced in strength and boosted Maidou's bloodline.

Ma Erliya provoked Samykyna until the Death Spirit Demon God unleashed his Death Spirit Domain and battered the palace barrier. As Samykyna broke through and cornered Long Fan and Long Haochen, three members of Peerless Nine Heavens appeared to challenge him.

• Ma Erliya attacked Samykyna from beyond the barrier and mocked him, driving his anger out of control.
• Samykyna unleashed his Death Spirit Domain and ordered Sami and Ji Lun to join him in destroying the barrier.
• Long Fan realized Long Haochen's new spiritual stove was draining the Light Elements that replenished the barrier, and he prepared to evacuate the team with Eternal Melody.
• Samykyna broke through the barrier and rushed toward Long Fan and Long Haochen as Long Haochen activated Hao Yue's teleportation.
• Three members of Peerless Nine Heavens appeared and confronted Samykyna, who challenged them to fight.

Long Aotian and the veteran Demon Hunter Squad Peerless Nine Heavens confronted Samykyna and forced him to retreat rather than risk a battle. Long Aotian then praised Long Fan and Long Haochen, gave Long Haochen a gift of insight into light and water, and urged the young hunters to build their own Title Demon Hunt Squad.

• Long Aotian arrived in the cave and dispelled Samykyna's undead pressure, then faced him alongside the revealed Peerless Nine Heavens.
• Samykyna summoned the Twelve Wraith Kings and demanded that Long Fan and Long Haochen surrender what they had found, but Long Aotian challenged him to fight.
• After weighing the risks of a battle and the threat posed by rival Demon Gods, Samykyna withdrew with the two Demon Kings and threatened Peerless Nine Heavens and Godslaying Xiaoyao.
• Long Aotian praised Long Haochen and criticized Long Xingyu's limitations as a team leader, then passed Long Haochen his understanding of light and water.
• Long Aotian recognized Long Fan's unusual abilities and urged both young hunters to forge their own Title Demon Hunt Squad before departing with Peerless Nine Heavens.

Long Fan and the two Demon Hunter Squads returned victorious from Demon Race territory, and the Holy Alliance gathered to recognize the trial teams and announce their rankings. Number Zero won the team competition by a vast margin, and the squads prepared to return to Holy City and begin their journeys.

• Long Fan used Eternal Melody to teleport both Demon Hunter Squads back near Demon Expelling Pass, spending all the Necromantic Energy he had stored.
• Long Fan and his companions entered Exorcism City and joined the other trial squads at the final gathering in the Demon Expelling Pass Military Conference Hall.
• Saint Spirit Heart delivered an address, and Gao Yingjie announced that all ten Demon Hunter Squads had completed their trials.
• Gao Yingjie revealed that Number Zero had won first place with 666,666 Merit Points, while Number One ranked second and Number Two ranked third.
• Han Qian announced that the squads would rest, pack, and return to Holy City to begin their Demon Hunter journeys.

Long Fan and Caier said farewell to her parents before Number Zero settled into its new home in Holy City and prepared to upgrade its rank and buy equipment. At the Trade Center, Lao Wu and his companions plotted to trick the newcomers out of Merit Points, and Lao Wu went to carry out their plan.

• Long Fan and Caier embraced Saint Spirit Heart and Lan YanYu before the Demon Hunter Squads departed Demon Expelling Pass.
• Number Zero arrived at its luxurious shared home, where Long Fan proposed spending Merit Points to upgrade the squad and improve its equipment.
• Long Fan led the excited squad to the Demon Hunter Squad Trade Center to pursue a General-Rank upgrade and better gear.
• Lao San, Lao Er, Fourth Sister, and the others persuaded Lao Wu to target the newly promoted squads for Merit Points.
• After Fourth Sister whispered a plan to him, Lao Wu agreed to approach the newcomers.

Lao Wu of the veteran Rank Eight Demon Hunter Squad challenged Long Fan’s newly promoted squad to an individual match and a squad battle, wagering ten times the merit if they won both. The chapter ended as Han Yu faced Lao Wu in the first match, with Long Fan confident in Han Yu and ready to handle the squad battle himself.

• Lao Wu offered Long Fan’s squad an internal mission with an individual challenge and a squad battle, promising ten times their merit if they won both.
• Long Fan accepted and wagered twenty thousand merit, then led his team into the Demon Hunter Trial Field.
• Fourth Sister revealed an Alchemy Statue, and Lao Wu and his teammates believed it would secure their victory in the squad battle.
• Long Fan chose Han Yu for the individual match, and Lin Xin summoned a seventh-tier Saint Hall Knight to referee.
• Han Yu entered the arena in Holy Spirit Armor, while Long Fan told Li Xin and Lin Jialu that he was ninety percent confident Han Yu would win and would make a move in the squad battle.

Lin Xin gathered bets for Number Zero Demon Hunter Squad’s match, and veteran Demon Hunters heavily backed Lao Wu against Han Yu. Han Yu defeated Lao Wu, giving the newcomers a windfall and setting up the next match.

• With Long Fan’s approval, Lin Xin solicited bets and spread odds of one to twenty for Number Zero Demon Hunter Squad.
• Long Haochen and Yang Wenzhao discussed the wagers with Long Fan, and Long Haochen revealed his squad had bet twelve thousand Merit Points on Number Zero.
• Yang Wenzhao doubted Han Yu could beat Lao Wu, while Chen Loli defended Long Haochen’s wager and mocked Yang Wenzhao for betting only three hundred Merit Points.
• Han Yu used his dual Spiritual Furnaces to defend against Lao Wu’s twin-axe attack, then countered with Whirlwind Thrust of Light.
• The Saint Hall Knight declared Han Yu the winner, and the newly promoted Demon Hunters celebrated their winnings as Long Fan anticipated the next match.

Long Fan opened bets on a team match and challenged all five members of Rank Eight to fight him alone. After weighing the risks, Rank Eight accepted, and both sides entered the Trial Field for the match.

• Long Fan opened the team-match betting pool, while the defeated Rank Eight squad debated whether to negotiate or risk another fight.
• Long Fan announced that he would face Rank Eight alone, and Yang Wenzhao and Duan Yi hedged their bets on both sides.
• Lin Xin stirred up the crowd by urging Demon Hunters to bet on Rank Eight, and the pool quickly passed a million merit points.
• Long Fan revealed that he was a sixth-tier mage and offered to end the betting early, but Lao Wu and his teammates chose to accept his challenge.
• Long Fan exchanged encouragement with Caier and his companions, then entered the Trial Field as Rank Eight formed a battle formation against him.

Long Fan fought General Rank Number Eight alone, quickly incapacitating Lao Wu before the rest of the team’s abilities forced him to reveal more of his strength. As Lao Wu recovered, activated Berserk, and donned an alchemical armor set, he launched a powerful Crescent Whirlwind Slash at Long Fan.

• Long Fan revealed his twin swords and charged General Rank Number Eight, using Divine Guard Block and Super Lightning Thrust to overwhelm Lao Wu and knock him out of the fight.
• Yang Wenzhao and Lu Xi realized Long Haochen’s large bets on Long Fan signaled confidence in him, but Lin Xin refused to let them place additional bets after the pool closed.
• Saint Hall Alliance leaders secretly opened a betting pool, with several betting heavily on General Rank Number Eight while the battle continued on a crystal display.
• Fourth Sister’s summons and Old Three Magician’s attacks surrounded Long Fan as Old Two Assassin attacked from behind, but Long Fan spread his Spirit Wings and teleported out of danger.
• After Sixth Sister healed him, Lao Wu activated Berserk and Old Three Magician equipped him with an Alchemy Set, raising his combat strength to the sixth tier.
• Lao Wu rose into the air and used Crescent Whirlwind Slash, whose pulling force threatened Long Fan as the chapter ended.

Long Fan fought Lao Wu and the other four members of the opposing team while collecting attribute orbs and letting them reveal their strongest attacks. He unleashed Blade Storm of Light and disabled Lao Wu’s gear, leaving the rest of the team facing him without their strongest fighter.

• Long Fan met Lao Wu’s Crescent Whirlwind Slash head-on with Rising Dragon Strike and collected the attribute orbs produced by their clashes.
• Fourth Sister’s water serpents and Old Three Magician’s Extreme Cold Ice Thorns joined the attack, while Sixth Sister healed Lao Wu and Lao Er waited for an opening.
• Long Fan ignited Sun Holy Fire, continued collecting skill orbs, and forced the opponents to unleash their trump cards.
• Fourth Sister summoned a peak level-seven water dragon as Old Three Magician boosted his allies and gave Lao Er Wings of Wind for an ambush.
• Long Fan activated Blade Storm of Light and pierced Lao Wu’s whirlwind with sword intent, wrecking his equipment and eliminating him first.