Chapter Summaries

Lin Feng reunited with Cai'er outside the Assassin Temple, where she greeted him with a playful fight before they finally acknowledged each other. Cai'er gave Lin Feng a letter from Yue Ye and reproached him for not writing during their two years apart.

• Ying Suifeng and Xia Ying One recognized Lin Feng and anticipated his reunion with Cai'er.
• Lin Feng approached Cai'er without revealing his identity, and she vanished before launching a sudden attack.
• Lin Feng dodged Cai'er's strikes as Ying Suifeng stopped Xia Ying One from intervening, noting that the two were only sparring.
• Lin Feng caught Cai'er's fist, took her hand, and revealed that he recognized her; Cai'er softened and held his hand tightly.
• Cai'er complained that Lin Feng had not sent her any letters and handed him a letter from Yue Ye.

Lin Feng reunited with Cai'er, removed her veil, and witnessed Xia Ying One accidentally break through to the Ninth Rank while secretly watching them with Ying Suifeng. After congratulating Xia Ying One, Lin Feng chose to take Cai'er out rather than go inside with the others.

• Lin Feng put Yue Ye's important letter aside so he could spend time with Cai'er, then removed her veil and told her she was beautiful.
• A surge of spiritual power announced a Ninth Rank breakthrough, and Lin Feng and Cai'er sensed that Xia Ying One and Ying Suifeng had been watching them.
• Xia Ying One explained to Ying Suifeng that his spiritual power had broken through by accident after his worries about Lin Feng and Cai'er eased.
• Ying Suifeng and Xia Ying One appeared before Lin Feng and Cai'er, claiming Xia Ying One had broken through while Ying Suifeng stood guard at a suitable cultivation spot.
• Lin Feng congratulated Xia Ying One and declined Ying Suifeng's invitation to go inside, choosing to take Cai'er out to explore the Temple Alliance's surroundings.

Lin Feng took Cai'er into the Holy City, where they followed a trace of Death Qi into an alley and found a girl named Ming Mo being threatened over her Demon Race blood. After the bullies left, Lin Feng and Cai'er realized Ming Mo was the source of the Death Qi and was at least Fourth Rank Eighth Level.

• Lin Feng led Cai'er down to the Holy City and showed her around while telling her about the past two years.
• Cai'er sensed Death Qi in an alley, and Lin Feng took her to investigate.
• Lin Feng and Cai'er found Soul Temple members surrounding Ming Mo and accusing her of causing Qiao Er's death during an assessment.
• Lin Feng challenged the group's accusations, and the woman threatened Ming Mo before leaving with the others.
• Cai'er complained about the bullies, while Lin Feng realized that Ming Mo was the source of the Death Qi and had considerable strength.

Lin Feng questioned a pale girl with Death Qi about her origins and learned that she survived a Demon Race massacre, while she denied having a Demon bloodline. After encouraging her to compete, Lin Feng spent the day with Cai'er and returned with her to the Assassin Temple, where Ying Suifeng stopped them from sharing a room.

• Lin Feng asked the girl about her Death Qi and Demon bloodline, and she explained that the Soul Temple found her beneath the corpses of her village after a Demon Race massacre.
• The girl denied being a Human-Demon Hybrid, and Lin Feng encouraged her to prove herself in the Demon Hunt Squad Final Competition rather than withdraw.
• Lin Feng and Cai'er spent a pleasant day together before returning to the Assassin Temple, where five of Cai'er's companions spotted them and panicked about Lin Feng's return.
• Cai'er led Lin Feng toward her room, but Ying Suifeng intervened and said they should not keep sleeping together.
• Lin Feng left with Ying Suifeng to talk, while Cai'er leaned against her door, flushed and disappointed that Ying Suifeng had interfered.

Lin Feng read Yue Ye’s warning about the Demon Race’s plans, then registered for the Demon Hunt Squad Competition and confirmed that he was a fourteen-year-old Fifth Stage Sky Knight. Yang Wenzhao took him toward the dormitory and accelerated to test his strength, leaving Lin Feng ready to gauge the competition’s acknowledged strongest young knight.

• Lin Feng read Yue Ye’s letter about three Demon Gods preparing to attack Devil Expulsion Pass, then wrote demands for Yue Ye to monitor the Demon Race and warn him before a large-scale assault.
• Lin Feng sent his prepared letter to Lin Yun and went to register for the Preliminary Competition, where he received Number Plate 99.
• A registration staff member verified Lin Feng’s age and Fifth Stage strength, then excitedly asked for his autograph, which Lin Feng refused.
• Yang Wenzhao arrived and offered to take Lin Feng to the dormitory, and Lin Feng recognized him as the grandson of Yang Haohan and the competition’s acknowledged strongest young contender.
• Yang Wenzhao accelerated during their run to test Lin Feng, and Lin Feng decided to test Yang Wenzhao’s strength in return.

Lin Feng met Yang Wenzhao and registered for the Demon Hunt Squad Selection Competition, while Yang Haohan learned of Lin Feng’s extraordinary potential and promised to protect him. Lin Feng settled into his room and trained in Zhongli’s Inheritance Space as he waited for the competition to begin.

• Yang Haohan watched Lin Feng run with Yang Wenzhao and promised the One-Armed Old Man that he would protect Lin Feng as long as he did not betray humanity.
• Lin Feng and Yang Wenzhao raced to a hotel using only their physical strength, and Yang Wenzhao was impressed by Lin Feng’s endurance and speed.
• Yang Wenzhao introduced himself, took Lin Feng to register, and said he expected to win the Knight Temple preliminary competition.
• Lin Feng told Yang Wenzhao that a friend, rather than himself, would challenge for first place, but Yang Wenzhao remained unconvinced.
• After Yang Wenzhao left, Lin Feng collected his Number Plate, found his room, and entered Zhongli’s Inheritance Space to train while he waited for the competition.

The Knight Temple’s Demon Hunt Squad preliminary competition began, and Li Xin and Long Haochen discovered that Lin Feng was among its five Fifth Stage competitors. Long Haochen resolved to catch up to Lin Feng and break through to the Fifth Stage.

• Han Qian announced the official start of the preliminary competition at the Knight Temple arena.
• Li Xin and Long Haochen worried that Lin Feng had not arrived, unaware he was among the competitors.
• The referee announced that the first round was an elimination tournament with 165 competitors, including five at the Fifth Stage.
• Li Xin spotted Lin Feng under the spotlight, and Long Haochen felt discouraged by how far ahead Lin Feng seemed.
• Li Xin encouraged Long Haochen by reminding him of his talent, and Long Haochen resolved to break through to the Fifth Stage and catch up to Lin Feng.

The Fifth Stage contestants’ byes caused an uproar at the Preliminary Competition, but Han Qian upheld the rules and the contest continued. Gui Wu realized Lin Feng might be an Assassin Temple disciple competing in the Knight Temple’s event and decided to expose him after securing eleventh place.

• Li Xin felt relieved by Long Haochen’s fighting spirit and hoped that he and Lin Feng could fight side by side in the future.
• Contestants protested that the five Fifth Stage competitors’ byes left only five open spots, and a hidden agitator demanded changes to the rules or more Demon Hunt Squad slots.
• Han Qian lit the venue, identified several noisy contestants including Gui Wu, and ruled that the Fifth Stage contestants would keep their byes.
• Gui Wu remembered that Lin Feng had called an assassin his teacher and suspected that Lin Feng was not a knight.
• Gui Wu and Gui Ying concluded that exposing Lin Feng could disqualify him, but Gui Wu chose to wait until he reached eleventh place.

The Demon Hunt Squad preliminary competition began, and Long Haochen and Li Xin both won their opening matches. After learning that Lin Feng was a fourteen-year-old Fifth Stage knight from Haoyue Branch Hall, Han Qian wondered how the branch hall had produced three such talented youths.

• Han Qian ordered the referee to begin the drawing, and Long Haochen was selected to compete as No. 97.
• Yang Wenzhao learned that Long Haochen was Long Xingyu's successor and discovered that Lin Feng knew him from Haoyue Branch Hall.
• Long Haochen defeated his opponent with a timed charge-up strike.
• Li Xin won her match as No. 98, and Lin Feng left the arena with Yang Wenzhao.
• Han Qian reviewed Lin Feng, Long Haochen, and Li Xin's records and marveled that Haoyue Branch Hall had produced three geniuses.

Cai'er led Lin Feng to help Ming Qiu, who had been cornered by Lin Xiaoxiao, a Warrior Temple contestant with an unusual response to pain. Lin Xiaoxiao revealed that injuries gave her pleasure, leaving Ming Qiu and the others bewildered.

• Cai'er sensed that Ming Qiu was in a strange situation in a grove and brought Lin Feng to investigate, asking him not to use perception skills.
• Ming Qiu explained that Lin Xiaoxiao had walked into her soul-corroding gray mist and then asked her to use the skill again.
• Ming Qiu ran to Lin Feng and Cai'er for help, claiming Lin Xiaoxiao needed treatment for a damaged soul.
• Lin Xiaoxiao introduced herself as a Peak Fourth Stage Great Battle Master whose soul power reached Peak Fifth Rank.
• Lin Xiaoxiao admitted that she felt pleasure rather than pain when her body or soul was injured.

Lin Xiaoxiao left after struggling to hide her unusual desire, and Ming Qiu told Lin Feng she had qualified for the Soul Temple’s top ten. The next day, Temple Alliance Master Yang Haohan and the One-Armed Old Man arrived to watch the competition.

• Lin Xiaoxiao admitted her soul and physique were strong but privately wrestled with her desire to be beaten, then fled before she lost control around Ming Qiu.
• Ming Qiu thanked Lin Feng and Cai'er for arriving in time and told Lin Feng she had made the Soul Temple’s top ten.
• Ming Qiu worried about facing Chen Ying'er, who could summon a Seventh Level Magical Beast despite being only fourth rank, and Lin Feng encouraged her to do her best.
• Lin Feng arrived at the Knight Training Field and saw Long Haochen and Li Xin among the spectators.
• Yang Wenzhao told Lin Feng that two special seniors would watch the matches, and Temple Alliance Master Yang Haohan and the One-Armed Old Man appeared on the platform.

Lin Feng learned that the One-Armed Old Man had once been a God's Seal Knight and revealed his inheritance to Yang Wenzhao, who challenged him to a match. Lin Feng then entered the arena as the first contestant of the day's eliminations, while his opponent, Gui Wu, was troubled by the matchup.

• Yang Wenzhao told Lin Feng that the One-Armed Old Man had seemed at least Ninth Rank when he saw him at Knight Sacred Mountain.
• Yang Wenzhao revealed that he was the successor of God's Seal Knight Yang Haohan, but Lin Feng showed little surprise.
• Lin Feng revealed the One-Armed Old Man's Inheritance Ring, and its silver light resonated with Yang Wenzhao's ring, confirming that both carried God's Seal inheritances.
• Yang Wenzhao gained fighting spirit and looked forward to facing Lin Feng, who said they would have a chance to fight the next day.
• The referee announced the first match of the fourth elimination round, and Lin Feng appeared in the arena to face Gui Wu, Number Thirty-Six.

Gui Wu faced Lin Feng in the fourth round and tried to force him to withdraw by threatening to expose him as an Assassin Temple member. Lin Feng beat him senseless, but Gui Wu’s accusation stirred suspicion among the spectators.

• Gui Wu panicked when he saw Lin Feng was his opponent, then took a dagger from Gui Ying and was kicked down from the stands into the arena.
• Han Qian allowed the match to begin, and Gui Wu threatened to reveal Lin Feng’s identity unless he withdrew.
• Lin Feng confirmed the match had started and pummeled Gui Wu, while the spectators cheered him on.
• Lin Feng drew his Seamless Sword to finish the match, but Gui Wu reported that Lin Feng belonged to the Assassin Temple and claimed an elder from Knight Sacred Mountain could confirm it.
• The spectators began questioning Lin Feng’s identity, pointing to his speed, lack of knight skills, and assassin-like clothes.

Lin Feng defeated Gui Wu, but Gui Ying challenged his right to represent the Knight Temple because of his ties to the Assassin Temple. After Han Qian confirmed Lin Feng's identity, Yang Haohan arranged for him to face Yang Wenzhao the next day to see more of his abilities.

• Gui Ying twisted Li Xin's defense of Lin Feng into an accusation that Lin Feng had stolen a Knight Temple spot, but Long Haochen calmed Li Xin by pointing out the One-Armed Old Man.
• Han Qian noticed traces of assassin training in Lin Feng's movements, while Yang Haohan and the One-Armed Old Man discussed Lin Feng's unexplained secrets.
• Lin Feng unleashed a Light Sword and knocked Gui Wu into the barrier, winning their match and shattering Gui Wu's short sword.
• Han Qian declared Lin Feng a genuine knight, and the referee announced him as the winner; Lin Feng thanked the One-Armed Old Man and left to cultivate with Cai'er.
• Yang Haohan told Han Qian to schedule Lin Feng against Yang Wenzhao the next day, and Han Qian reluctantly agreed.

Long Haochen and Li Xin also qualified for the Final Competition, while the Temple leaders concealed the three Haoyue contestants’ records and ages. Lin Feng then ran into Sima Xian and Dark Priestess Hyouka, whose mismatched powers had her considering leaving the Temple Alliance; Hyouka turned to introduce herself to Lin Feng.

• Long Haochen defeated Han Yu, who attacked him afterward and was expelled from the Knight Temple by Han Qian.
• Yang Haohan ordered the files of Lin Feng, Long Haochen, and Li Xin sealed and Long Haochen and Li Xin’s ages changed to eighteen.
• Lin Feng tried to avoid Sima Xian, but Sima Xian found him and proposed forming a Demon Hunt Squad together.
• Hyouka teased Sima Xian about his lack of support skills, and he complained that her Dark Element blessings reduced allies’ spiritual energy.
• Hyouka said she planned to leave the Temple Alliance and return home, but Sima Xian urged her to become a warrior instead.
• Hyouka ignored Sima Xian’s suggestion, turned to Lin Feng, and introduced herself.

Dong Ya discovered that Lin Feng could tolerate her Dark Element and decided to keep competing, while Lin Feng declined Sima Xian’s request to join his future Demon Hunt Squad. On the fifth day of the Preliminary Competition, the Knight Temple’s Ranking Competition began, and Lin Feng prepared to face the other contestants.

• Dong Ya sensed that Lin Feng’s Light Element did not reject her Dark Element and decided he was the teammate she had been seeking.
• Lin Feng told Sima Xian that he had already reserved his self-selected slot for Cai’er, who belonged to the Assassin Temple.
• Dong Ya left to tell Weak Water Vice Temple Master that she had found suitable people, and Lin Feng later departed as well.
• On the fifth day of the Preliminary Competition, Lin Feng met Li Xin and Long Haochen at the Knight Temple’s Ranking Competition and agreed he would not hold back if he fought Long Haochen.
• Lin Feng noticed Yang Wenzhao’s desire to challenge him as the draw produced numbers one and ninety-nine.

Lin Feng faced Yang Wenzhao, the top-ranked contestant, in a Fifth Stage match that both fighters expected to be a serious test. The chapter ended just before their battle began, with Yang Wenzhao confident in his advantage and Lin Feng asking him to show his true strength.

• The contestants and spectators reacted with surprise when the arena announced that Number One, Yang Wenzhao, would face Number Ninety-Nine, Lin Feng.
• Li Xin warned Lin Feng to be careful, and Lin Feng asked Hao Chen to look after her before heading to the arena.
• Yang Wenzhao entered the arena with his spiritual energy rising, and Lin Feng appeared opposite him.
• The One-Armed Old Man told Yang Haohan that Lin Feng would definitely win, while Yang Haohan believed Yang Wenzhao's strength and Seventh Rank mount would force Lin Feng to reveal his full power.
• The referee asked the fighters to equip their armor and summon their mounts, but Yang Wenzhao and Lin Feng stood ready with only their swords.
• Yang Wenzhao said he had been told to go all out and doubted Lin Feng could beat him, while Lin Feng urged him to show his true strength.

Yang Wenzhao and Lin Feng began their match, with Yang Wenzhao revealing his evolved Heart Sea Spiritual Furnace armor and Lin Feng answering with the seven-colored Illusory Radiance Spiritual Furnace armor. The chapter left Yang Haohan worried that Lin Feng had been given the wrong Spiritual Furnace and planning to arrange another one for him after the match.

• Yang Wenzhao began fighting Lin Feng before the referee announced the match, and Yang Haohan ordered the referee to let them continue.
• Yang Wenzhao admitted Lin Feng surpassed him in swordsmanship, then summoned his evolved Heart Sea Spiritual Furnace and formed blue armor and a second sword.
• The One-Armed Old Man told Yang Haohan that Lin Feng had refused the Saint Attraction Spiritual Furnace he recommended.
• Lin Feng manifested the Illusory Radiance Spiritual Furnace Ying Suifeng had given him, transforming it into black-and-gold armor that amazed the spectators.
• Yang Haohan sensed the powerful Light Element in Lin Feng and decided to arrange another Spiritual Furnace for him after the match.

Lin Feng and Yang Wenzhao fought in the arena, with Yang Wenzhao escalating their clash using his Heart Sea Spiritual Furnace. When he realized Lin Feng was handling every attack with ease, Yang Wenzhao summoned his Seven-Star Brilliance Unicorn.

• Lin Feng revealed his Illusory Radiance Spiritual Furnace, and Yang Wenzhao challenged him to show his potential.
• Yang Wenzhao opened with Holy Sword, but Lin Feng’s Light Knight blocked the strike with Divine Defense Parry.
• Lin Feng strengthened the Light Knight with Guardian’s Grace, Faith Aura, and Power Strike Aura, forcing Yang Wenzhao to retreat.
• Yang Wenzhao used Sea Spirit Strike and pressed Lin Feng with attacks enhanced by the Heart Sea Spiritual Furnace, but Lin Feng parried them all.
• Yang Wenzhao pulled away after spending much of his spiritual energy, then summoned his Seven-Star Brilliance Unicorn.

Yang Wenzhao summoned his Seventh Stage Star Brilliance Unicorn, making spectators fear that Lin Feng would lose despite his superior combat skill. Lin Feng summoned Paimon, who protested that she was not a mount and introduced herself as his best partner.

• Spectators praised Yang Wenzhao’s Star Brilliance Unicorn and assumed Number Ninety-Nine would lose, but a supervising knight explained that Lin Feng had been feeding Yang Wenzhao moves and had barely spent any spiritual energy.
• Li Xin celebrated Lin Feng’s strength, while Long Haochen remained worried and Han Yu pointed out that Yang Wenzhao’s mount might be unbeatable.
• The middle-aged knight admitted he knew of no mount that could rival a Star Brilliance Unicorn, and Yang Haohan became increasingly impressed by Lin Feng’s hidden strength.
• Yang Wenzhao asked Lin Feng to summon his mount so the match would not end unfairly, and Lin Feng called Paimon.
• Paimon appeared wearing a Star Crown and corrected herself after saying she was Emergency Rations, declaring that she was Lin Feng’s best partner.