Chapter Summaries

Lin Feng got Agares drunk at the Moon Pool and answered his questions about Yue Ye and Human-Demon Hybrids. Agares then offered Yue Ye’s help and told Lin Feng to have children with her, leaving Lin Feng shocked.

• Lin Feng drank Moon in a Cup with Agares and coaxed him into drinking until he was muddled.
• Agares asked Lin Feng what he thought of Yue Ye and whether he accepted Human-Demon Hybrids.
• Lin Feng said bloodline did not determine whether someone was good or evil and argued that hybrids should be accepted if they followed human laws.
• Agares asked whether Lin Feng would accept Human-Demon Hybrids if he became Temple Alliance Master, and Lin Feng agreed.
• Agares said Yue Ye could help Lin Feng and told him to marry her and have children, shocking Lin Feng.

Agares proposed that Lin Feng marry Yue Ye and explained the Demon God Emperor's plan to seize the godhood in Dreamlike Paradise. Lin Feng left the Moon Demon Palace with Yue Ye's feelings unsettled, then meditated on his way to the Yue Ye Merchant Group as the wine strengthened him.

• Agares warned Lin Feng that refusing to be with Yue Ye would destroy their trust, and Lin Feng agreed to consider having children later while promising to protect her in Dreamlike Paradise.
• Agares told Lin Feng that the Demon God Emperor planned to seize Dreamlike Paradise's godhood and urged him to gain its recognition before A'Bao.
• Agares sent Yue Ye to escort Lin Feng, privately recognizing that she liked him and hoping he could help her.
• Lin Feng joked to Yue Ye about having a child, then told her he had agreed to be with her because Agares threatened to hand him over to the Demon God Emperor.
• Yue Ye was left confused and pleased by Lin Feng's words, but worried that her engagement to A'Bao could cause trouble.
• On the carriage ride to the Yue Ye Merchant Group, Lin Feng meditated as the Moon in a Cup increased his spiritual energy by more than two thousand points and tempered his body.

Lin Feng and the two Demon Hunt Squads returned to the Holy City after their mission, where he decided to explain his ability to control Demonic Qi to the Alliance Leader himself. Long Haochen remained distracted and distant from Lin Feng, while a Demon Hunt Tower supervisor dismissed concerns about the squad’s safety.

• Lin Feng and his companions traveled from Star Seeking City to the Holy City after a smooth return journey, and Lin Feng estimated that the mission would earn them about three hundred thousand Merit Points.
• Dong Ya, Ming Qiu, Wang Yuanyuan, and the others urged Lin Feng not to reveal his Demonic Qi to the Holy Alliance yet, but Lin Feng said he would explain the matter to the Alliance Leader himself.
• Long Haochen arrived at the Holy City distracted and stiff, agreed that he trusted Lin Feng, and continued to keep his distance from him.
• At the Demon Hunt Tower, a staff member worried that General Rank Twenty-First Demon Hunt Squad had been missing for half a month, but Li Jing Supervisor refused to report their disappearance.

Lin Feng and his squad returned to the Demon Hunt Tower and claimed they had completed the King Rank Exploration Mission, but Li Jing Supervisor refused to believe them and offered only twenty thousand Merit Points. Lin Feng and Lin Xin fought back against the supervisor, and the story left off as the temple masters arrived and embraced members of the squad.

• Li Jing Supervisor mocked Lin Feng's squad when they returned and accused them of trying to swindle Merit Points by claiming to have completed the Terror Howling Cave mission.
• Lin Xin confronted Li Jing after he dismissed their danger and offered only twenty thousand Merit Points, while Lin Feng demanded that he check the mission token.
• Lin Feng used Spiritual Pressure to slam Li Jing into the counter and then blast him into a wall, and Lin Xin beat him after he threatened to revoke their registrations.
• Li Jing pressed the alarm, bringing Holy City guards led by Gao Yingjie to surround Lin Feng and the others.
• Several temple masters rushed in, and Lin Xin and the others greeted them as family before the temple masters warmly embraced them.

Lin Feng and his team returned from a dangerous mission, and the Temple Alliance punished Supervisor Li Jing for concealing information that had put Cai'er at risk. After the team received their rewards, Lin Feng and Long Haochen met with Yang Haohan, who approved Long Haochen inheriting Iliex's legacy and began telling them about Dreamlike Paradise.

• Chen Ying'er and the others complained to their elders, while Li Jing blamed Lin Feng for his injuries.
• Lin Feng explained that Cai'er had been injured using Six Paths of Reincarnation, and Han Qian stripped Li Jing of his position and sentenced him to ten years in prison.
• Han Qian offered Lin Feng compensation, then learned the team had completed the King Rank Mission and awarded them the mission rewards and compensation.
• The Temple Masters learned that fourteen-year-old Lin Feng had reached the Seventh Rank, and Han Qian summoned Lin Feng and Long Haochen to meet Yang Haohan.
• Lin Feng divided the Merit Points among the thirteen team members, setting aside Cai'er's share.
• Lin Feng and Long Haochen told Yang Haohan about the Undead Saint Law God, and Yang Haohan approved Long Haochen inheriting Iliex's legacy before raising the subject of Dreamlike Paradise.

Yang Haohan told Long Haochen and Lin Feng that the Demon God Emperor had demanded half the entry slots to Dreamlike Paradise, threatening Holy War if refused. After Lin Feng revealed his Seventh Rank strength and ability to wield demonic and elemental power, Yang Haohan sent the group to prepare for the journey and promised to address Lin Feng’s eligibility.

• Yang Haohan explained that Dreamlike Paradise opened once every hundred years and that the Demon God Emperor had demanded half its entry slots, threatening Holy War if humanity refused.
• Yang Haohan said humanity had accepted the demand because twenty Demon Gods were deployed outside Zhennan Pass, and he asked Lin Feng and Long Haochen to compete against the Demon Race’s younger generation.
• Lin Feng revealed that he had already reached the Seventh Rank and demonstrated dark-red Demonic Qi, prompting Han Qian to question whether he belonged to the Demon Race.
• Ying Suifeng defended Lin Feng, and Lin Feng explained that his Beast Companion had swallowed a Demon God Pillar Fragment, allowing him to convert spiritual energy into magic power.
• Yang Haohan told Lin Feng and the others to rest for two days, then travel to Zhennan Pass to prepare for Dreamlike Paradise, while he considered how Lin Feng could enter despite his strength.

Lin Feng learned the World Tree’s abilities and tested its powers, but found that his current strength could not reveal Dong Ya’s future. He entered the Mondstadt Illusion Projection and faced the Trial of the Boreas as it began.

• Han Qian, Ying Suifeng, and Yang Haohan discussed how Lin Feng and Long Haochen had changed after their time in Demon Race territory.
• Lin Feng told Dong Ya and the others they would leave for Zhennan Pass in two days, then returned alone to the Assassin Temple.
• Lin Feng saw Cai'er meditating in the Plane of Euthymia while Raiden Ei helped her draw out the Reincarnation Sword’s inherited sword intent.
• Lin Feng learned the World Tree’s abilities, including Omniscience and Omnipotence, Illusion Projection, and the Akasha Terminal.
• Lin Feng observed Dong Ya but stopped when trying to view her future triggered a sense of danger and Greater Lord Rukkhadevata warned him that he lacked sufficient power.
• Lin Feng activated Illusion Projection, entered Mondstadt’s Trial of the Boreas, and drew the Unsharpened Sword as the frost-covered arena’s trial began.

Lin Feng fought Boreas, the powerful wolf manifested by the World Tree in the Duel Arena. After Boreas survived his Musou no Hitotachi, Lin Feng struck it with Tianxing, and two spheres of light flew from the explosion toward him.

• The World Tree manifested Boreas as icy mist covered the Duel Arena, and the wolf charged at Lin Feng.
• Boreas attacked with powerful Ice and Wind Element strikes, but Lin Feng blocked its claws with a Geo Element shield.
• Lin Feng transformed his sword into Musou Isshin and met Boreas's Wind and Ice shockwave with Musou Slash.
• Boreas survived the clash and rose again, so Lin Feng summoned Vortex Vanquisher and called down Tianxing.
• Two spheres of light flew from the explosion toward Lin Feng, and the white sphere became spiritual power that merged into him.

After defeating Boreas, Lin Feng learned Ice-Skating Sprint and discovered the Illusion Projection could admit his friends, so he summoned them for extra training. The chapter ended with his embarrassed companions gathering at the Assassin Temple Training Ground while Lin Feng and Furina had yet to arrive.

• Lin Feng gained spiritual power after defeating Boreas, learned Ice-Skating Sprint from the blue orb, and was offered the second stage of the Illusion Projection.
• Greater Lord Rukkhadevata explained that the projection adjusted its bosses' strength and allowed Lin Feng to bring friends he acknowledged.
• Lin Feng left the projection and used the Akasha Terminal to summon Dong Ya and the others to the Assassin Temple for extra training.
• Ming Qiu blushed with embarrassment after Lin Feng's voice interrupted her private thoughts and ordered her to gather.
• Dong Ya, Lin Xiaoxiao, and Lin Jialu arrived at the Training Ground and joked about whether Lin Feng could see what they had been doing when he called.

Lin Feng’s friends misunderstood what he could see through the Akasha Terminal, leaving Lin Jialu and Ming Qiu embarrassed while Dong Ya learned that he had checked on her. Lin Feng promised not to pry without permission and explained that he had gathered them to see whether they could reach the Sixth Stage before he entered Dreamland Paradise.

• Lin Jialu stopped Dong Ya from revealing a secret, and Ming Qiu arrived while worrying that Lin Feng might see what she was doing.
• Dong Ya and Lin Jialu realized Ming Qiu felt guilty about something she had done, but Lin Feng arrived before they could question her further.
• Ming Qiu asked whether Lin Feng had seen what she was doing, and he reassured her that he had only checked on Dong Ya.
• Dong Ya felt pleased that Lin Feng had thought of her first, while Lin Jialu and Ming Qiu questioned why he had looked at her.
• Lin Feng promised not to pry without permission and said he wanted to see whether they could reach the Sixth Stage before he entered Dreamland Paradise.

Lin Feng brought his teammates to Greater Lord Rukkhadevata for two days of training in the World Tree’s Illusion Projection before they departed for Zhennan Pass. At the airship platform, Dong Ya revealed that her squad had already completed the advancement assessment for Commander Rank.

• Lin Feng transported his team beneath the World Tree and introduced Greater Lord Rukkhadevata, who would oversee their training.
• Lin Feng took the team into the Duel Arena, where the Illusion Projection began the Trial of the Boreas with Boreas and five Ice Slimes.
• Two days later, Long Haochen’s Demon Hunt Squad arrived at the airship platform and Sima Xian told Ruo Shui that his teammates had reached Peak Fifth Rank.
• Wang Yuanyuan and Chen Ying'er hoped their squad would become the first of their generation to advance to Commander Rank.
• Dong Ya told Chen Ying'er that Lin Feng’s team had already completed the Commander Rank advancement assessment.

Lin Feng’s squad completed its advancement to Commander Rank, and Temple Master Ruo Shui gave Lin Feng a Spirit Sealing Bracelet so he could enter Dreamlike Paradise. At Zhennan Pass, Ling Xiao accepted the Demon God Emperor’s conditions and learned that Long Haochen and Lin Feng were candidates for the Paradise.

• Lin Feng showed Ruo Shui the token proving his squad had reached Commander Rank, then boarded the airship with Long Haochen and the others.
• Ruo Shui gave Lin Feng a Spirit Sealing Bracelet that could suppress his spiritual energy and block one attack from a Ninth Rank Expert.
• Ruo Shui told Lin Feng that Ling Xiao, commander of Zhennan Pass and Temple Master of the Priest Temple, wanted to meet him.
• At Zhennan Pass, Ling Xiao ordered his forces to accept the Demon God Emperor’s conditions and give away half the spots in Dreamlike Paradise.
• Ling Xiao learned that Long Haochen, Long Xingyu’s son, was a candidate and reacted with anger before noticing Lin Feng’s name in the letter.

Ling Xiao prepared a test for Lin Feng and Long Haochen before they arrived at Zhennan Pass with Ruo Shui. Their arrival was met with a staged show of disrespect, and they entered the Command Division to face eight confident young fighters.

• Ling Xiao wondered why Yang Haohan had recommended Lin Feng and ordered his assistant to tell the first eight people on his list about Lin Feng and Long Haochen.
• Lin Feng, Long Haochen, Ruo Shui, and their companions arrived at Zhennan Pass the following afternoon and found no one waiting to welcome them.
• Ruo Shui led the group to the Command Division, where guards barred their way until Ling Xiao called for them to enter.
• Ruo Shui confronted the guards, who stepped aside after Ling Xiao's permission opened the doors.
• A young man with two massive battle axes addressed Lin Feng and remarked that the Demon Hunt Squad Individual Competition champion had arrived last.

Lin Feng and his team arrived at Zhennan Pass and faced open hostility from the Demon Hunt Squad members who had expected weaker replacements. Dong Ya revealed her Epic Weapon and Sixth Stage strength, and Lin Feng’s team stunned everyone by showing that all its members had reached the Sixth Stage.

• Ruo Shui apologized for the team’s late arrival, but Double Broadaxe mocked Lin Feng and Long Haochen and told them to leave Dreamlike Paradise to the stronger members.
• Dong Ya rebuked Double Broadaxe, who pressured her with his Sixth Rank peak power; she summoned her Epic Weapon and challenged him to fight.
• Ling Xiao confirmed that Dong Ya’s scythe was an Epic Weapon, prompting Double Broadaxe to draw his chained axes.
• Gentle Blade recognized Dong Ya and stopped Double Broadaxe from fighting her, noting that she was a priest.
• Dong Ya revealed her Sixth Stage wings and claimed she was the team’s weakest member; Lin Feng then displayed five elemental pillars and Sixth Stage wings, leaving Ling Xiao and the others shocked.

After Lin Feng's six teammates revealed that they had all reached the Sixth Stage, Du Zi'e challenged Lin Feng to a duel over command of the Dreamlike Paradise operation. Ling Xiao arranged a second spar between Long Haochen and Double Broadaxe, and Long Haochen stepped forward to fight first.

• Dong Ya and the other five displayed Sixth Stage strength, shocking the selected candidates and Zhennan Pass's professionals.
• Du Zi'e introduced himself and challenged Lin Feng, offering to stop opposing his entry into Dreamlike Paradise and surrender command if he lost.
• Ruo Shui warned Lin Feng that Du Zi'e's strength rivaled the Seventh Rank, but Lin Feng accepted the spar and offered to give up his spot if he lost.
• Ling Xiao led the group outside, raised a golden barrier around the sparring area, and approved Double Broadaxe's request to fight Long Haochen.
• Long Haochen chose to go first when Ling Xiao asked which match would begin.

Long Haochen challenged Double Broadaxe in an instructional match and overwhelmed him with his equipment and powerful sword techniques. Ling Xiao stopped Long Haochen’s lethal Asura Slash, and Long Haochen claimed victory before returning to his team.

• Ling Xiao began Long Haochen’s match against Double Broadaxe, who offered to let him make three moves.
• Long Haochen equipped his Knight's Glory Set and Blue Rain, Hibiscus of Light, then unleashed the Fighting Kill Revolving Circle Sword and struck Double Broadaxe with twenty-four Holy Light Slashes.
• Long Haochen followed with an Asura Slash that threatened to kill the exhausted Double Broadaxe.
• Ling Xiao intercepted and crushed the Asura Slash, then questioned Long Haochen for continuing to attack.
• Long Haochen said Double Broadaxe’s arrogance would have killed him on a Demon Race battlefield, claimed victory, and returned to his team.

Lin Feng faced Du Zi'e in a blade-focused sparring match after Long Haochen defeated Double Broadaxe. Their exchange left Du Zi'e increasingly alarmed by Lin Feng's peak Sixth Stage strength and superior swordsmanship.

• Long Haochen won his match, leaving the onlookers hostile toward Lin Feng's group because of his harsh conduct.
• Du Zi'e entered the arena to face Lin Feng, drawing cheers from the people of Zhennan Pass.
• Du Zi'e drew his Tang-style saber and sensed that Lin Feng possessed dangerous sword intent.
• Lin Feng drew his Unsharpened Sword, prompting Ling Xiao and Ruo Shui to praise his swordsmanship and potential.
• Du Zi'e charged, and Lin Feng deflected his strike before the two exchanged dozens of blows.
• Du Zi'e realized Lin Feng was at the sixth rank peak and far surpassed him in strength and swordsmanship.

Du Zi'e unleashed his Facing Heaven Three Songs against Lin Feng, but Lin Feng effortlessly dodged the first two attacks. Du Zi'e began gathering power for a final strike as the spectators watched in alarm.

• Du Zi'e's Fallen Flowers Three Thousand clashed with Lin Feng's lightning sword, and both attacks missed their targets.
• Du Zi'e used Facing Heaven First Song Treads Rivers and Mountains, but Lin Feng evaded it with his swift footwork.
• Du Zi'e followed with Facing Heavens Second Deficiency Slices Nine Heavens, and Lin Feng avoided the barrage with ease.
• Gentle Blade and Double Broadaxe watched in shock as Dong Ya remarked that Lin Feng had not even made a move yet.
• Du Zi'e invoked Facing Heaven Three Songs, Severing Gods, crushing structures around him as spiritual power gathered around his blade.

Lin Feng defeated Du Zi'e in a duel, demonstrating overwhelming control of destructive lightning while holding back. Du Zi'e conceded the expedition's command to Lin Feng, and the group set aside its earlier conflict as they prepared to support one another in Dreamlike Paradise.

• Lin Feng gathered his destructive lightning into the Unsharpened Sword and met Du Zi'e's final attack without drawing Musou Isshin.
• Lin Feng used Ice-Skating Sprint and Musou Slash to strike Du Zi'e, disarm him, and crack the protective barrier behind him.
• Du Zi'e admitted defeat and thanked Lin Feng for sparing him.
• Double Broadaxe apologized for insulting Lin Feng, and Lin Feng accepted his apology and urged the group to support one another.
• Du Zi'e honored their bet and declared that Lin Feng would command the Dreamlike Paradise expedition, then asked whether anyone objected.

The human commanders accepted Lin Feng as their captain, while A'Bao prepared the Demon Race’s chosen fighters for Dreamlike Paradise. He ordered them to retrieve the Nature Goddess’s divine spark and kill humanity’s rising talents, especially Lin Feng.

• Du Zi'e, Double Broadaxe, Gentle Blade, and the other human commanders accepted Lin Feng as their captain, and Ling Xiao told them to show Lin Feng and his friends around Zhennan Pass.
• Ma Xiluo provoked Yue Ye about A'Bao, and Yue Ye struck him with moonlight before Leng Xiao warned him to watch his words.
• A'Bao arrived with Men Di and used a Demon God Seal to suppress the eight Demon Race fighters to the sixth rank peak until they entered Dreamlike Paradise.
• A'Bao ordered the fighters to recover the Nature Goddess’s divine spark and kill humanity’s rising talents.
• A'Bao showed the Demon Race fighters Lin Feng’s portrait and ordered them to kill him at all costs, alarming Yue Ye and Leng Xiao.