Chapter Summaries

After Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu left Devil Expulsion Pass under the terms of his agreement with Lin Feng, Lin Feng restored the shattered wall and the city celebrated its survival. Exhausted, Lin Feng left with Dong Ya and the others to check on the unconscious Cai'er, while Chen Zidian and Saint Moon examined the seemingly indestructible new wall.

• Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu fulfilled his agreement and departed, allowing the oppressive atmosphere over Devil Expulsion Pass to fade.
• Lin Feng raised Stone Steles to rebuild the shattered section of the wall, and the Geo Element dragon merged with it as the Throne of the God of Protection and Mercy dimmed and cracked.
• Chen Zidian thanked Lin Feng and repeatedly tried to heal him, while Lin Feng explained that he had only exhausted his spiritual energy and then flew away.
• Saint Moon told Chen Zidian that Lin Feng was betrothed to Cai'er and would join the Assassin Temple.
• Chen Zidian and Saint Moon discovered that the new wall had an Artifact Spirit and resisted Saint Moon's epic-grade blade without taking a scratch.
• Lin Feng took Dong Ya and the others to explain Cai'er's situation to Lan Yanyu, then left to check on the still-unconscious Cai'er.

After returning to the barracks, Lin Feng reunited Cai'er with the group and introduced them to Focalors, who healed Cai'er and blessed the others. Her blessing advanced Lin Jialu and Lin Xiaoxiao to the Fifth Stage and greatly increased Lin Jialu's potential, before Long Haochen called Lin Feng outside with questions.

• Lin Feng brought Dong Ya and the others to the barracks, where Focalors restored the missing Cai'er and said her old injuries had been treated.
• Lin Feng introduced Focalors to Dong Ya and the others, who nervously greeted the Water God they had admired since she defeated Anluoxian.
• Focalors blessed the four girls with Water Element, advancing Lin Jialu and Lin Xiaoxiao to the Fifth Stage and raising Lin Jialu's Innate Inner Spiritual Power to eighty points.
• Lin Xiaoxiao congratulated Lin Jialu, while Dong Ya teased her and joked that Lin Feng's overwhelming strength made the rest of the team feel left behind.
• Long Haochen called to Lin Feng from outside, and Lin Feng said he would come out to hear what Long Haochen wanted to ask.

Lin Feng reassured Long Haochen about his bond with Haoyue, then warned him that a Holy War would inevitably come because of Austin Griffin. Lin Feng left to see Cai'er and resolved to grow stronger before the coming conflict.

• Lin Feng found Long Haochen outside the Barracks and asked whether he was troubled by Haoyue's identity.
• Long Haochen asked if Haoyue was a Demon God who had destroyed a world, but when Lin Feng took Haoyue from him, Long Haochen snatched him back, realizing he could not bear to lose him.
• Lin Feng told Long Haochen to prepare for an inevitable Holy War, explaining that the Demon God Emperor's promise not to interfere depended on Austin Griffin not descending into the world.
• Lin Feng heard that Cai'er had awakened and went back to the Barracks, urging Long Haochen to raise his strength.
• Lin Feng reflected that he needed his own Divine Throne and more than one hundred thousand spiritual energy, while his current spiritual energy was 8,900.

After Cai'er woke, Lin Feng comforted her and learned she wanted to thank Focalors for saving her. The next evening, Lin Feng brought Cai'er to the Command Division, where Chen Zidian was waiting to meet him.

• Lin Feng returned to Cai'er, and Focalors and Dong Ya’s group left them alone together.
• Cai'er leaned against Lin Feng and asked about the person who had saved her; Lin Feng told her it was Focalors.
• Dong Ya and the others secretly watched Lin Feng and Cai'er before a female knight invited Lin Feng to the Command Division on behalf of Xia and Commander Chen.
• The following evening, Lin Feng and Cai'er arrived at the Command Division and met the Soul Temple Summoner, who led them to Chen Zidian and Saint Moon.

Chen Zidian praised Lin Feng for his role in defending Devil Expulsion Pass and urged him to lead his squad toward destroying the Demon God Pillars. Lin Feng accepted the goal and received the Epic Soul Chains, a powerful relic whose shared-life bond could also cause the entire team to die if one member fell.

• Chen Zidian gave Lin Feng high-grade pills and praised his contribution to the battle at Devil Expulsion Pass.
• Chen Zidian urged Lin Feng to set a goal for Demon Hunt Squad One, proposing that they destroy the Demon God Pillars.
• Lin Feng vowed that his teammates would continue the unfinished efforts of those before them and pursue that goal.
• Chen Zidian gave Lin Feng the Epic Soul Chains and explained that it linked up to seven lives, sharing both injuries and death.
• Lin Feng accepted the relic, and Chen Zidian told him that his squad represented the Holy Alliance's future.

Saint Moon offered to add a priest to Lin Feng and Cai’er's Demon Hunt Squad, but Lin Feng said he already had Furina in mind. As the squad returned to the Holy City after the tournament, Lin Feng gathered his teammates to discuss two matters.

• Saint Moon told Lin Feng that the Holy Alliance had approved adding a priest to the squad, but Lin Feng declined and said he had already chosen a candidate.
• Saint Moon announced that the tournament had ended early and its results would be revealed at the next day's assembly; Lin Feng decided not to attend.
• Three days later, Yue Ye left Devil Expulsion Pass with Leng Xiao, Cai'er and Lan Yanyu grew closer, and Xia Ying One awoke with his strength reduced after losing his Thousand Strike Spiritual Furnace.
• Lin Feng and Cai'er returned to the Holy City by Airship with their teammates, and Lin Feng called everyone over to discuss two matters.

Lin Feng introduced the Soul Chain and revealed that Furina would join the Demon Hunt Squad as its seventh member. Furina explained that she was not Focalors but an ordinary person cursed to live for five hundred years, and Dong Ya asked her to request the same curse for the others.

• Lin Feng explained the Soul Chain’s powerful effects and dangerous drawbacks, and Cai'er, Ming Qiu, Lin Jialu, Lin Xiaoxiao, and Dong Ya agreed to use it.
• Lin Feng said he had chosen a seventh teammate and summoned Furina through a Water Element Teleportation Gate.
• Dong Ya and the others mistook Furina for Focalors and excitedly welcomed the prospect of the Water God joining their squad.
• Furina admitted that she was not Focalors but an ordinary person cursed to live for five hundred years.
• Dong Ya asked Furina to request that Focalors give them the same curse, and Furina agreed to ask.

Lin Feng registered Furina as a Priest and led Soldier Rank One Demon Hunt Squad through its advancement to General Rank. The squad became the Temple Alliance’s twenty-first General Rank Demon Hunt Squad, while Lin Feng considered how to distribute its secret-technique opportunities.

• Advanced Guiding Spirit 007 gave Lin Feng Furina’s token, which listed her as a fourteen-year-old Priest affiliated with Soldier Rank One Demon Hunt Squad.
• Lin Feng recalled that he had accepted nominal positions in all Six Great Temples but refused Yang Haohan’s offer to inherit the Throne of the God of Protection and Mercy.
• Lin Feng learned from 007 that squad members could gift their secret-technique opportunities to other squad members, and considered who needed them most.
• Ming Qiu arrived excitedly, and Lin Feng gathered the squad to advance its rank after Furina completed her registration.
• Lin Feng and the squad used 007’s help to advance to General Rank Twenty-First Demon Hunt Squad, and their token was upgraded to contain five percent mithril.

After his Demon Hunt Squad advanced to General Rank, Lin Feng searched the Demon Hunt Tower for a mission to explore Wailing Cave and accepted it despite its unknown danger and a previous squad’s disappearance. He planned to take Long Haochen and the team deep into Demon territory to strengthen them for the coming crisis.

• Lin Feng led his squad to the Demon Hunt Tower’s second floor and assigned Jia Lu and Xiao Xiao to choose secret techniques while Cai'er took the others to look for equipment.
• Lin Feng searched the Exploration Missions for a cave-related assignment and found the mission to explore Terror Wailing Cave, worth twenty thousand Merit Points.
• Advanced Guiding Spirit 007 warned Lin Feng that a squad had accepted the mission a month earlier and had not returned.
• A staff member showed Lin Feng the mission details, explaining that the cave lay twenty-three hundred li inside Demon territory and that gems found there could earn additional Merit Points.
• Lin Feng accepted the mission despite its unknown danger and resolved to bring Long Haochen and the others to train in the Demon hinterland.

Long Haochen’s squad searched for missions to earn enough Merit Points to advance to General Rank, but Lin Feng offered them a chance to join a dangerous expedition into the Demon Race Hinterland. The chapter ended with Long Haochen accepting Lin Feng’s invitation to explore Terror Howling Cave.

• Long Haochen’s squad found that the remaining Soldier-level missions offered too few Merit Points to help them reach the ten thousand needed to advance.
• Lin Feng approached the group and offered to team up on a mission with an estimated reward of two hundred thousand Merit Points.
• Lin Feng explained that the mission required traveling deep into the Demon Race Hinterland, where they might encounter Demon Gods, but said he had already mapped a suitable route.
• Long Haochen hesitated over whether his squad’s participation would reduce Lin Feng’s team’s earnings, while Lin Xin and the others urged him to accept.
• Long Haochen agreed to join Lin Feng’s expedition.

Li Jing learned that the Wailing Cave mission was far more dangerous than reported, but the General Rank Demon Hunt Squad had already departed. Meanwhile, Lin Feng's group reached Star Seeking City and prepared to enter Demon Race territory by joining a Wandering Merchant caravan.

• Li Jing asked the Demon Hunt Tower to upgrade the Wailing Cave mission to King Rank and raise its reward after learning that powerful magical beasts, Demon Race experts, and a possible treasure were inside.
• The middle-aged staff member told Li Jing that Lin Feng's General Rank Demon Hunt Squad had accepted the mission and left five days earlier, so Li Jing decided to wait for them to return and offered them ten thousand points.
• After four days of travel, Lin Feng's group arrived in Star Seeking City, where he told Long Haochen to buy supplies and arranged for everyone to meet at the Windsor Hotel.
• Lin Feng explained that the group could not approach Southeast Fortress directly and warned everyone to stay alert before entering Demon Race territory.
• Lin Feng said his Wandering Merchant friend could help the group cross between human and demon lands, while Wang Yuanyuan realized she had misunderstood his warning.
• On the way to buy supplies, Han Yu and the others compared Furina to the Water God, and Wang Yuanyuan insisted that Furina's goofy, cute personality was unlike Focalors's calm demeanor.

Lin Feng left with Cai'er to meet Yue Ye in Star Seeking City, while Dong Ya learned that Furina knew more about Lin Feng than she had expected. Yue Ye and Leng Xiao prepared to help Lin Feng enter the Demon Race Hinterland to search for something.

• Lin Feng asked Cai'er to shop with Dong Ya, but Cai'er insisted on accompanying him to meet Yue Ye.
• Dong Ya asked Furina what she thought of Lin Feng, and Furina praised him while accidentally revealing that Zhongli and Ei also knew him.
• Yue Ye teased Leng Xiao about wanting to see Lin Feng, and Leng Xiao admitted she wanted to fight him over his promised favor.
• Yue Ye told Leng Xiao that Lin Feng had asked her to take him into the Demon Race Hinterland, and Leng Xiao agreed not to expose him as a human.
• Yue Ye explained that Lin Feng was only searching for something and expected him to arrive in Star Seeking City soon.

Lin Feng visited Yue Ye with Cai'er to arrange support for their trip to the Demon Race's Central Province, where fourteen people planned to explore an undeveloped ruin. Yue Ye agreed to help, while provoking Cai'er and assigning Leng Xiao to accompany her on another task.

• Yue Ye learned that Lin Feng had arrived with a woman and invited them into her room without changing her revealing gauze dress.
• Yue Ye teased Cai'er by calling Lin Feng Master and recalling that he had seen her dressed that way before, until Lin Feng asked her to change.
• Lin Feng told Yue Ye that fourteen people would travel to the Central Province for about half a month to explore an undeveloped ruin, and Yue Ye agreed to arrange their stay.
• Leng Xiao offered to help with the ruin search, but Yue Ye told her to accompany her on a separate task in the Central Province.

Yue Ye warned Lin Feng that the food shipment through Demon Race territory could attract attacks, and he agreed to travel with her caravan. After Lin Feng rejected her offer of special services, Cai'er grew furious over the maid's assignment and pulled him into their room.

• Yue Ye explained that the autumn food shortage made her caravan's shipment a target for Demon Race tribes.
• Lin Feng agreed to depart with Yue Ye's caravan the day after tomorrow and gave her Earth Core Amber Jade as thanks.
• Yue Ye arranged rooms and offered Lin Feng special services, but he declined and left with Cai'er.
• The maid said Yue Ye had instructed her to serve Lin Feng, and Cai'er ordered her to leave.
• Cai'er took the room key from Lin Feng, opened the door, and dragged him inside before it slammed shut.

After Lin Feng reassured Cai'er about Yue Ye and Leng Xiao, the two grew closer. Three days later, Lin Feng's group joined the Yue Ye Merchant Group on its journey into Demon Race territory, and Paimon woke up and reunited with Cai'er.

• Cai'er questioned Lin Feng about Yue Ye and Leng Xiao, then asked him to stay with her that night.
• Lin Feng and Cai'er spent the night together.
• Three days later, Lin Feng's group left Star Seeking City with the Yue Ye Merchant Group and passed through the Southeast Fortress toward Demon Race territory.
• Lin Feng explained to Wang Yuanyuan that trade continued between humans and the Demon Race because both sides pursued profit.
• Paimon woke from her long sleep, appeared before the group, and happily greeted Cai'er.

Lin Feng learned that the Three Great Tribes of Narik Province might attack the merchant caravan as it left the province, and Yue Ye offered to help him face them. The group continued toward Garo Province, with Lin Feng considering the threat a chance to test Paimon's new ability.

• Lin Feng and Long Haochen planned to leave the caravan in Garo Province and travel west toward Wailing Cave.
• Leng Xiao brought Lin Feng to Yue Ye, who discussed the Gray Nether Needle Cai'er had planted in her heart.
• Yue Ye explained that the Three Great Tribes usually intercepted the caravan in Narik Province, but had not yet appeared this year.
• Lin Feng reasoned that the tribes might join forces and attack the caravan near Narik Province's border.
• Yue Ye offered to help Lin Feng if the tribes attacked, and Lin Feng considered using the encounter to test Paimon's new ability.

Lin Feng’s group prepared for an expected ambush as the Moon Night Merchant Guild caravan reached the gorge, but tens of thousands of demons surrounded them. Yue Ye’s magical crossbows devastated the vanguard, yet she revealed they could fire only twice and brought out a Demon God scroll.

• Lin Feng obtained a detailed map of Yak Province from Yue Ye and left her carriage.
• Yue Ye warned Leng Xiao to be careful during the expected battle that night.
• Lin Feng alerted the caravan to the ambush, and the guards formed a defensive circle as Yue Ye raised the guild’s crescent-moon emblem.
• At least fifty thousand demons surrounded the caravan, but Yue Ye’s magical crossbows tore through their vanguard.
• Yue Ye told Leng Xiao to buy her fifteen minutes and produced a purple-glowing scroll, whose Demon God aura Paimon recognized.

Yue Ye began preparing a Forbidden Spell to defend the surrounded Yue Ye Merchant Group, while Leng Xiao agreed to protect her during the casting. As the Demon Race Army charged, Lin Feng instructed the others to fight their way toward Yue Ye’s carriage and keep her safe.

• Yue Ye revealed a purple scroll and asked Leng Xiao to buy her fifteen minutes so she could prepare it.
• Yue Ye used a high-grade magic crystal in her Spiritual Furnace, and a purple moon appeared as she began chanting.
• Long Haochen and the others realized Yue Ye might be casting a Forbidden Spell, and Lin Xin suspected the crystal was from a Tenth-Rank Magical Beast.
• The Demon Race Army surged toward the merchant group after spotting the purple moon, and Lin Feng told everyone to protect Yue Ye and move toward her carriage.
• As the demons approached within five hundred meters, powerful fire magic erupted from the carriage formation and rained fireballs across the battlefield.

The Moon Night Merchant Guild’s caravan used powerful scrolls to repel the first wave of demons and raise a Holy Light Spirit Array, while Yue Ye continued casting a dark Forbidden Spell within it. The three great tribes of Narik Province joined the assault, and the barrier began to fail.

• Thirty Fifth Stage mages unleashed two waves of Meteor Fire Rain, wiping out the Double Blade Demons in the surrounding area and injuring many stronger demons.
• The mages used golden scrolls to create a Holy Light Spirit Array, then collapsed from the spell’s drain on their spiritual energy.
• Long Haochen recognized the formation as a Seventh Rank light spell and wondered how Yue Ye’s dark Forbidden Spell could pass through it and why Lin Feng was close to high-ranking demons.
• The Demon Race Army pressed on as Magic Eye Warlocks attacked the barrier and five thousand Berserker Demons charged it from the ground.
• Two-Headed Demonic Vultures and Ku Li avian demons joined the attack as the three great tribes of Narik Province advanced, leaving the Holy Light Spirit Array flickering near collapse.

As the Holy Light Spirit Array collapsed, Lin Feng led his squad into the battle and defended against the first wave of Avian Demon Race attackers. The fighters joined the melee, and the chapter ended as Lin Xiaoxiao used Stand Out to leap beside Ming Qiu.

• Lin Feng led Long Haochen and the others toward Yue Ye's carriage as the Demon Race's attacks threatened the Holy Light Spirit Array.
• Leng Xiao took up her staff, and a Magic Eye Warlock's attack shattered the array, allowing the Demon Race Army to charge the caravan.
• Lin Feng blocked incoming attacks with a Geo Element wall while Lin Jialu and the others killed the first Avian Demon Race attackers.
• Lin Feng lowered the wall and let the next attackers approach, and Dong Ya charged with her epic-grade scythe.
• Sima Xian joined Dong Ya in fighting and challenged her to a demon-killing contest, while Long Haochen called them warriors wearing priest skins.
• Wang Yuanyuan invited Lin Xiaoxiao to compete, but Lin Xiaoxiao used Stand Out to leap beside Ming Qiu.