Chapter Summaries

Li Xin and her companions visited Aimei City’s Holy Alliance Auction House, where Li Xin consigned an Emerald Dual Saber Demon she had killed. A green-haired young man arrived and reacted with shock to the demon’s mangled condition.

• Li Xin marveled at Aimei City, and Wang Yuanyuan suggested visiting its Holy Alliance Auction House.
• The group reached the auction house, where Li Xin proposed selling something and headed to the appraisal counter.
• Li Xin presented an Emerald Dual Saber Demon for auction, startling the appraiser with its battered condition.
• The appraiser valued the demon at about fifteen hundred Gold Coins and offered a twelve-hundred-Gold-Coin starting bid, which Li Xin accepted.
• A green-haired young man rushed over, saw the corpse, and exclaimed that the Emerald Dual Saber Demon had been slaughtered cruelly.

Ye Ling rejected Lin Xin’s offer for the Emerald Dual Saber Demon and revealed a Brilliant Grade staff for auction instead. The appraiser valued it at around eighty thousand Gold Coins, with a starting bid of fifty thousand.

• Lin Xin interrupted Li Xin’s sale and asked whether she had killed the Emerald Dual Saber Demon, then was stunned by Ye Ling’s appearance.
• Lin Xin offered Ye Ling twenty-five hundred Gold Coins for the demon, but Ye Ling refused because he did not need the money.
• Ye Ling produced a staff from his System Space and asked the appraiser to assess it for auction.
• The appraiser identified the staff as top-quality Brilliant Grade equipment and estimated its value at eighty thousand Gold Coins, with a starting bid of fifty thousand.
• Lin Xin was stunned by the staff’s enormous value and wondered how much medicine he would need to sell to earn that much.

Ye Ling sold Brilliant Grade Equipment at the auction house and received a private room token, while Lin Xin began considering him and his companions as a way to achieve his goal. Ye Ling gained the Infernal Delicate Apricot and an alchemist inheritance through his sign-in, then prepared to meet Lin Xin.

• Ye Ling sold Brilliant Grade Equipment for an appraisal of eighty thousand Gold Coins and received an auction token and private room access.
• Lin Xin accepted that he could not buy the Emerald Dual Saber Demon and decided Ye Ling’s group might help him achieve his goal.
• Lin Jialu asked Li Xin why she had refused to sell the demon, and Li Xin said she would understand once the auction began.
• Ye Ling’s sign-in with Lin Xin granted him the Infernal Delicate Apricot and the Glorious Era Ultimate Alchemist inheritance.
• Lin Xin knocked at Ye Ling’s private room, and Ye Ling recognized that he had come seeking more than the Emerald Dual Saber Demon.

At the Aimei City Holy Alliance Auction House, Lin Xin tried to impress Ye Ling and the others with rare wine while considering Ye Ling as a potential companion. As the auction began, Ye Ling praised his sister’s beauty over auctioneer Xing Xuan’s, prompting Li Xin and Wang Yuanyuan to bicker.

• Lin Xin visited Ye Ling carrying two bottles of Ganlu Red Devil, and the group sampled the expensive wine without being impressed.
• Auctioneer Xing Xuan opened the proceedings at the Aimei City Holy Alliance Auction House.
• Lin Xin admired Xing Xuan and asked Ye Ling what he thought of her.
• Ye Ling said Xing Xuan was not as pretty as his sister, sparking a playful argument between Li Xin and Wang Yuanyuan.
• Li Xin challenged Wang Yuanyuan to settle their dispute in the Arena, and the auction began amid their bickering.

Lin Xin’s pills sold at auction, but they failed to attract Ye Ling or the others. Haoyue reacted urgently to a stone sphere, which Long Haochen bought for ten thousand gold coins, while Lin Xin asked to join their Demon Hunting Group team.

• Xing Xuan auctioned Lin Xin’s pills, and they all sold, though Lin Xin was disappointed that Ye Ling and the others showed no interest in them.
• Haoyue appeared beside Long Haochen and Ye Ling, then urgently urged them toward the stone sphere on the auction stage.
• Long Haochen bid ten thousand gold coins for the stone sphere and placed it in his storage space for Haoyue.
• Ye Ling asked Lin Xin why he had come, and Lin Xin said he hoped one of them would choose him as a teammate for the Demon Hunting Group selection.

Lin Xin learned the group’s cultivation levels and eagerly tried to join forces with Ye Ling, who challenged him about refusing to learn offensive magic. Lin Xin was left speechless as Ye Ling asked whether he would risk his teammates’ lives on the battlefield.

• Lin Jialu, Li Xin, Wang Yuanyuan, and Long Haochen revealed their cultivation levels, and Long Haochen said Ye Ling was stronger than he was.
• Lin Xin excitedly urged Ye Ling to choose him as a teammate, believing their strength and his potion-making would improve their survival chances.
• Ye Ling questioned whether Lin Xin lacked offensive magic or had deliberately refused to learn it, pointing to his fire talent.
• Lin Xin admitted he had avoided offensive magic for personal reasons.
• Ye Ling pressed Lin Xin on how he would fulfill a mage’s battlefield role and whether his choice would endanger his teammates, leaving Lin Xin unable to answer.

Ye Ling challenged Lin Xin to reconsider his reluctance to learn offensive magic, and Lin Xin left to think over whether he could change. At the auction, Ye Ling’s versatile Brilliant-grade staff sold for 120,000 gold coins, and Ye Ling, Li Xin, Lin Jialu, and the Chen Brothers set off for the Holy City.

• Ye Ling questioned Lin Xin about how his passive abilities could protect his teammates, and Lin Xin realized that no one had to die if everyone could survive together.
• Lin Xin thanked Ye Ling for his guidance, left to consider what he wanted, and said he would not join a Demon Hunting Group if he could not overcome his hesitation.
• Xing Xuan announced a versatile, peak Brilliant-grade magic staff, and the crowd drove its bids far above the 50,000-gold starting price.
• Ye Ling told Li Xin that he had made the staff from Thousand-Tempered Jade Silver, and it sold for 120,000 gold coins.
• Ye Ling and his companions collected the gold card, found the Chen Brothers, and departed for the Holy City.

Ye Ling, Li Xin, and Long Haochen arrived in Holy City to register for the Demon Hunting Group competition, while Ye Ling concealed most of his strength. Afterward, Ye Ling went to the Assassin Temple to find Cai'er, who greeted him warmly.

• Ye Ling and his companions entered Holy City and registered for the competition, with Ye Ling masking his spiritual power and qualifying to skip the preliminaries as a first-level Earth Knight.
• Yehua met Ye Ling, Li Xin, and Long Haochen at the Knight Temple station and helped them complete their information, assigning them Knight Numbers Six, Five, and Four respectively.
• Ye Ling told Yehua he would visit Cai'er at the Assassin Temple, and Yehua approved.
• Cai'er's assassin guards discussed their role in protecting her and said only her brother-in-law could approach her.
• Ye Ling arrived at the Assassin Temple, and Cai'er recognized him and greeted him with a sweet smile.

Ye Ling reunited with Cai'er in the Holy City, where she eagerly threw herself into his arms after months apart. He promised they would stay together after the Demon Hunting Group selection, then took her out to explore while Shengyue watched them leave helplessly.

• Cai'er recognized Ye Ling and rushed into his arms, delighting the young assassins who had never seen her act so affectionately.
• Ye Ling comforted Cai'er and promised they could stay together if one of them placed in the top three at the upcoming Demon Hunting Group selection.
• Ye Ling put Gu Yuena into Cai'er's arms, and Cai'er happily cuddled her.
• Ye Ling took Cai'er out to enjoy the Holy City while Shengyue watched them depart, lamenting that Cai'er was being taken away again.

Ye Ling consumed the Infernal Delicate Apricot to strengthen his fire power, while Gu Yuena protected the room. The fire poison triggered his Golden Dragon King bloodline, shattered its Ninth and Tenth Layer Seals, and sent his aura surging across the Holy City.

• Ye Ling brought Gu Yuena to his room and prepared to refine the Infernal Delicate Apricot.
• Ye Ling asked Gu Yuena to use her Elemental Power to protect the room from the herb’s flames and the Golden Dragon King’s sealed power.
• Ye Ling consumed the Infernal Delicate Apricot, and its fire poison drove his body temperature and aura to extreme levels.
• Ye Ling’s Golden Dragon King bloodline resisted the poison as his fire power rose to match his light power.
• Ye Ling broke through the Ninth and Tenth Layer Seals, and his aura burst across the Holy City.

A terrifying dragon-like bloodline aura spread through Holy City, prompting powerful figures to investigate and recognize it as Ye Ling’s. At the Assassin Temple, Cai'er arrived looking for Ye Ling, and Shengyue realized the aura had come from him.

• Han Qian, Sanshui, and Lin Chen sensed the aura and debated whether it came from a true dragon and powerful fire magic.
• Ren Wokuang recognized the aura from the battlefield two years earlier and hurried to the Warrior Holy Temple, while Ying Suifeng rushed to the Assassin Temple.
• Lin Chen told Holy City’s managers to stay alert, then left to teach offensive magic.
• Ren Wokuang showed Wang Yuanyuan the aura, and she identified it as Ye Ling’s Bloodline Power, which suppressed her Giant Spirit God Bloodline.
• Ying Suifeng showed Ye Ling’s aura to Shengyue, and Cai'er rushed in asking whether Ye Ling had come.
• Shengyue sensed the aura’s immense pressure and asked Ying Suifeng if it truly came from Ye Ling.

After Ye Ling's aura erupted above Holy City, Shengyue and the Knight Temple leaders recognized the power it revealed and discussed his potential. Ye Ling stabilized his breakthrough, examined his strengthened martial soul and Golden Dragon King bloodline, and discovered that both the Ninth and Tenth Layer Seals had broken.

• Cai'er confirmed that the terrifying aura above Holy City belonged to Ye Ling, and Shengyue regretted not recruiting him while deciding he would become Cai'er's husband.
• Yang Haohan ordered Han Qian to investigate the aura, then learned that the Knight Temple had seven Fifth Tier Earth Knights, including three from Haoyue Branch Temple.
• Ye Ling's aura stabilized as golden light and fiery radiance surrounded him, and Gu Yuena perched on his hair to watch.
• Ye Ling inspected his Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul and realized it had gained a second pair of wings through its light and fire powers.
• Ye Ling examined his Golden Dragon King bloodline and discovered that the Infernal Delicate Apricot had broken both the Ninth and Tenth Layer Seals.

Ye Ling stabilized the power from his Golden Dragon King bloodline with Gu Yuena’s help, then went with Li Xin and Long Haochen to the Holy City Grand Arena for the Demon Hunting Group Competition. As the Fifth-rank knights prepared for their later matches, Long Haochen and Ye Ling agreed they would fight at full strength if they faced each other.

• Ye Ling examined the remaining Golden Dragon King seals, sensed the violent force and consciousness within them, then withdrew and began stabilizing his power.
• Gu Yuena guided nearby Elemental Power around Ye Ling to help him control his aura.
• The next day, Ye Ling joined Li Xin and Long Haochen at the Holy City Grand Arena, where they had no matches yet because they were Fifth Rank and had received a bye.
• Yang Wenzhao noticed the three competitors from the same city, while Long Haochen explained that Fifth-rank Knights could face elimination under the revised competition format.
• Li Xin worried about competing against Ye Ling or Long Haochen, and they said they would fight without holding back if they faced each other.
• Ye Ling revealed that his Spirit Armor had upgraded to two words, leaving Long Haochen speechless.

Yang Wenzhao wondered about Ye Ling’s Spirit Armor as the Demon Hunting Group Competition began, while Ye Ling explained the vast gap between ranks to Li Xin. After the first round, Ye Ling stayed behind to meet Sheng Cai'er, who arrived to keep their promise.

• Yang Wenzhao overheard Ye Ling, Long Haochen, and Li Xin discussing Spirit Armor and wondered how it could overcome a large difference in strength.
• Ye Ling’s group watched the competition begin, and Knight Number Twenty-Nine defeated Knight Number Ninety-Seven.
• Li Xin questioned why the contestants seemed weak, and Ye Ling explained how Liquid Spiritual Power made Fifth-rank fighters vastly stronger than Fourth-rank fighters.
• Li Xin asked whether Ye Ling had also considered her weak, and Ye Ling joked that he still did.
• After the first round ended, Ye Ling waited for Sheng Cai'er, who arrived carrying her green bamboo cane to meet him as promised.

Cai'er reunited with Ye Ling, while Li Xin prepared for her first Fifth Rank match in the Demon Hunting Group Grand Competition. She faced Han Yu in the opening bout, and their first clash made him realize how formidable she was.

• Cai'er approached Ye Ling, called him Brother Ye Ling, and left with him and the others; Yang Wenzhao recognized her and wondered about her connection to Ye Ling.
• Cai'er told Li Xin that she was the Assassin Temple's Number One Assassin because no one else there had reached Fifth Rank.
• After two days of cultivation and watching the competitions, Ye Ling, Li Xin, and the others returned to the Arena as their byes ended.
• The referee called Number Five Knight Li Xin and Number Three Knight Han Yu to fight, and Ye Ling's earlier jinx came true.
• Li Xin and Han Yu began their match, and Han Yu realized Li Xin's strength when their swords collided.

Li Xin defeated Han Yu’s attack with the Legendary Xin Ling Sword, shocking the other knights and revealing that Ye Ling had given it to her. Han Yu summoned his Evil Eye Lord, but Li Xin answered by revealing her Spirit Armor, Xin, as their fight continued.

• Li Xin and Han Yu tested each other’s strength, then clashed with Sun Slash and Ascending Dragon Strike.
• Li Xin’s Xin Ling Sword broke Han Yu’s sword, and she confirmed it was Legendary grade equipment gifted by Ye Ling.
• Han Yu and the other contestants protested Li Xin’s use of a Legendary Sword, while Yang Wenzhao began to suspect Ye Ling’s abilities.
• Han Yu summoned his Level 6 Demon Beast Partner, the Evil Eye Lord, after Li Xin said her Magic Beast Rose was asleep.
• Li Xin revealed her Spirit Armor, Xin, as the first appearance of Spirit Armor in human history.

Li Xin used Ye Ling’s Spirit Armor to overwhelm Han Yu and defeat him in the Demon Hunting Group Grand Competition. She returned to Ye Ling, delighted by his praise, while the knights around them wondered at the armor’s power.

• Li Xin manifested her Spirit Armor, and Han Yu charged her with his Evil Eye Lord.
• Li Xin’s Spirit Armor raised her combat power to the Sixth Order, astonishing Han Yu, the referee, and the watching knights.
• Li Xin used Golden Starfall Rain to disable the Evil Eye Lord, and Han Yu sent his companion away for treatment before continuing the match.
• Li Xin broke Han Yu’s second sword and blasted him off the Arena platform with Light Blade, winning the match.
• Li Xin returned to Ye Ling and happily asked for his opinion, then beamed when he praised her strength and appearance.

The Knight Temple’s higher-ups learned that Ye Ling had created the Spirit Armor and a new forging method, and they recognized his potential to transform humanity’s equipment and future. As the next match paired Number Four Knight against Number Six Knight, Ye Ling realized he would face Long Haochen and saw Long Haochen’s fierce battle intent.

• Li Xin’s Spirit Armor astonished the higher-ups, who questioned Han Qian about its origin.
• Ying Suifeng revealed that the Assassin Temple’s young lady also possessed Spirit Armor, and Han Qian connected it to the knight close to Shengyue’s great-granddaughter.
• Ren Wokuang told the Vice Hall Masters that Ye Ling had created the Spirit Armor’s forging method, prompting them to recognize his extraordinary value.
• Han Qian urged the other Vice Hall Masters to keep Ye Ling’s abilities secret and resolved to protect and support him.
• The referee announced Number Four Knight versus Number Six Knight, and Ye Ling and Long Haochen exchanged looks as Long Haochen showed his battle intent.

Long Haochen challenged Ye Ling in the Demon Hunting Group competition, while the observers discovered that Long Haochen was a Son of Light and learned he was Long Xingyu’s son. The fight began with both brothers revealing powerful light abilities, and Ye Ling ended the chapter by announcing his Martial Soul Awaken.

• Long Haochen told Ye Ling he wanted to settle the rivalry between them, and the two headed to the arena.
• Li Xin worried that Long Haochen might get hurt, while the other knights expected Ye Ling to lose because of the gap in their spiritual power.
• The referee started the match, and Long Haochen unleashed Light Holy Fire, astonishing the spectators on the elevated platform.
• Han Qian identified Long Haochen as a Son of Light, and Long Tianyin revealed that he was Long Xingyu’s son.
• Long Haochen charged at Ye Ling, who summoned a Goddess Statue image and declared, “Martial Soul Awaken!”

Ye Ling revealed his Sixth Order Origin Power and fought Long Haochen in the tournament, overwhelming him in their exchanges. After Ye Ling encouraged him to use his Spirit Armor, Long Haochen donned his One-Word Spirit Armor and became Haolong Haochen.

• Ye Ling manifested an angel with two pairs of wings and six golden rings, suppressing most contestants with his aura.
• Long Haochen charged Ye Ling, but Ye Ling’s greater spiritual power won their first sword clash and forced Long Haochen back three steps.
• Long Haochen used Divine Defense Assault, but Ye Ling countered with Angel Assault and drove him close to the arena’s edge.
• Ye Ling urged Long Haochen to use his Spirit Armor, and Long Haochen donned his One-Word Spirit Armor, becoming Haolong Haochen.