Chapter Summaries

Moonlit Night's caravan crossed into Devil Race territory with Long Haochen and the two Demon Hunter Squads among its escorts. Moonlit Night learned that enemies had arrived sooner than expected, while Long Haochen ordered the group to prepare for an attack.

• The Moonlit Night caravan left Star Seeking City, passed through Southeast Fortress, and entered Devil Race territory.
• Lu Xi tried to influence Long Haochen's squad, but Cai'er's killing intent made him fall silent.
• Moonlit Night and Leng Xiao removed their Demon Eyes inside the carriage, and Moonlit Night explained that the food hidden in her ruby ring made the caravan a target for raiders.
• Moonlit Night sensed that enemies had arrived early, suspected a traitor in the Chamber of Commerce, and left the carriage to deal with them.
• Long Haochen spotted enemies in the darkness and ordered both Demon Hunter Squads to take cover, conserve their abilities, and prepare to defend the cargo carts.

The Moonlit Night Merchant Group ambushed a massive Devil Race army with magically enhanced crossbows, destroying most of its forces and repelling underground attackers. The surviving Devil Race units held their distance instead of retreating, leaving Moonlit Night concerned that the convoy had few weapons left as Leng Xiao joined her.

• Long Haochen ordered the Demon Hunter squads into defensive positions as the Devil Race army charged the merchant convoy.
• Moonlit Night signaled the guards to reveal the carriages’ magical crossbows, whose volleys devastated the Twin-Bladed Demons and much of the approaching army.
• Moonlit Night used a white scroll to block the Rook Tribe Stealth Users underground, and the Demon Hunter squads killed those trapped beneath them.
• The surviving Devil Race forces stopped beyond the arrows’ range, while Moonlit Night realized the convoy had exhausted most of its defenses.
• Leng Xiao joined Moonlit Night on the carriage and asked why the Devil Race had not retreated.

Moonlit Night’s caravan was surrounded by an overwhelming Devil Race army, forcing Long Haochen’s group to prepare for a desperate breakout. As the enemy closed in, Moonlit Night began preparing a forbidden spell while Leng Xiao vowed to protect her.

• Moonlit Night ordered the caravan to advance, collect its magic arrows, and prepare to retreat, but Long Haochen and Cai’er recognized the danger and ordered their companions to change into their equipment.
• The Devil Race forces revealed their trap, surrounding the caravan with more than forty thousand troops while another ten thousand appeared ahead.
• Long Haochen arranged for both Demon Hunter squads to break through from the front, with Lu Xi’s team focused on healing and Chen Ying’er preparing to help.
• Moonlit Night gave Leng Xiao her command flags and ruby ring, but Leng Xiao returned the ring and refused to abandon her.
• Moonlit Night opened a magical box containing a dark purple scroll, summoned a purple cauldron, and began gathering power for a spell that required half an incense stick’s time.

Moonlit Night began activating a forbidden-spell scroll as Long Haochen and his companions prepared to protect her. After the caravan’s scroll-based defenses held off the encircling Devil Race army, the Holy Light Array shattered and the attackers rushed in, beginning the close-quarters battle.

• Moonlit Night chanted over the scroll, and Long Haochen ordered his companions to move near her and protect her while she completed the magic.
• The caravan’s mages used thirty Meteor Fire Rain scrolls to devastate the front ranks of the Devil Race army, then joined their scrolls to create a Holy Light Array.
• Mad Demons, Demon Eye Sorcerers, Twin-headed Demon Vultures, and Avian Demons attacked the Holy Light Array as Moonlit Night continued chanting and Leng Xiao prepared her staff.
• Long Haochen led his twelve companions toward Moonlit Night’s carriage while the golden barrier held.
• After nearly five minutes, the Holy Light Array shattered, and the Devil Race army surged into the carriage formation for close combat.

Long Haochen led the two Demon Hunter Squads through the Moonlit Night Caravan’s besieged carriage formation, fighting off Avian Demons as they advanced toward Moonlit Night. The squads pushed toward the center, where they hoped to survive until her spell ended and make their escape.

• Cai'er used Cunning Stab to shield the General Grade Twenty-First Demon Hunter Squad from aerial magic, while Yi Jun deflected attacks aimed at the Squire Grade Four Demon Hunter Squad.
• Long Haochen and Li Xin fought off diving Avian Demons as both squads coordinated their attacks and defenses.
• Bai Xiaomo slowed the Avian Demons with Yellow Mist, Yi Jun tore them apart with space magic, and Han Yu strengthened both squads with halos.
• Long Haochen ordered the group to concentrate near the center and charged toward Moonlit Night’s carriage with Wang Yuanyuan and Sima Xian guarding his flanks.
• Lin Xin protected the advancing group from the air while Lu Xi prepared healing magic and observed their progress.

Long Haochen and Cai'er reached Moonlit Night's carriage as Leng Xiao fought off the Devil Race's aerial assault. Long Haochen joined the defense and, aided by Yating, drove back the Great Winged Demons threatening the carriage roof.

• Twelve Sixth Order Great Winged Demons attacked Leng Xiao and Moonlit Night, but Leng Xiao cast Flight Ban and forced the flying demons to fall from the sky.
• Long Haochen leaped onto the carriage roof while Cai'er followed, and Leng Xiao initially attacked him with bloodlight.
• Long Haochen used Sun Slash to dispel Leng Xiao's attack and then blocked two Great Winged Demons, convincing Leng Xiao he had come to help.
• Yating appeared behind Long Haochen and strengthened his light-based attacks and spiritual energy recovery.
• Long Haochen used the Holy Guiding Spirit Furnace to draw two Great Winged Demons away from Moonlit Night, then struck them with Holy Sword, Light Slash Sword, and Yating's Sunfire, blasting them away in flames.

Long Haochen and his allies defeated the twelve Great Winged Demons attacking the wagon rooftop while Moonlit Night continued casting her magic. With the rooftop briefly secure, Long Haochen left Haoyue and Leng Xiao to defend it and went below with Cai'er to help hold off the overwhelming demon army for the five minutes Moonlit Night needed.

• Long Haochen used the Holy Guiding Spirit Furnace to hold back Great Winged Demons while the caravan guards were overwhelmed by demons attacking from inside and outside the wagon formation.
• As twelve Great Winged Demons charged the rooftop, Long Haochen summoned Haoyue, whose Chaos Elemental Stripping struck the demons and disrupted their lightning attacks.
• Cai'er killed several weakened Great Winged Demons, while Long Haochen and Leng Xiao killed the rest; Haoyue's final blast also pierced a Great Winged Demon and struck Winged Demons in the distance.
• Lin Xin used fiery-red rings to collect the fallen Great Winged Demon corpses, and Long Haochen asked Leng Xiao how much longer Moonlit Night needed to finish her magic.
• Leng Xiao said Moonlit Night needed about five more minutes, so Long Haochen left Haoyue on the rooftop and went below with Cai'er, using Spirit Gathering Aura to help the two Demon Hunter Squads conserve spiritual energy.

Long Haochen took command of both Demon Hunter Squads, curbed their reckless fighting, and used his defensive skills to help them recover while holding off the Devil Race. As Moonlit Night continued her ritual on the carriage, a Peak Seventh Tier Golden Winged Demon attacked Leng Xiao.

• Long Haochen stopped Bai Xiaomo from exhausting herself, struck her when she refused to obey, and ordered both squads to tighten their formation.
• Long Haochen assigned roles to the two squads and used the Holy Spirit Barrier and Spirit Gathering Aura to support them as he defended against the advancing Devil Race.
• Long Haochen held the front line with blocks and knockback strikes, buying time for his companions to recover their strength.
• Moonlit Night continued chanting over her scroll as the Purple Moon darkened, and Leng Xiao blocked a bolt of golden lightning aimed at her.
• A Peak Seventh Tier Golden Winged Demon descended and attacked Leng Xiao with its lightning spear.

Leng Xiao and the Demon Hunter squads fought overwhelming Devil Race forces while Moonlit Night neared the completion of her scroll. The chapter ended with the Golden Winged Demon’s lightning spear racing toward Moonlit Night and Leng Xiao unable to stop it.

• Leng Xiao revealed her Demon Dragon bloodline and charged the Golden Winged Demon, but it overpowered her and knocked her onto the carriage roof.
• Long Haochen used Divine Seal Block and Nine Dragon Steps to hold back a Seventh Tier Blood Berserker Demon while his companions defended against the surrounding army.
• Han Yu protected the front with his shield and skills, helping his squad withstand the Mad Demons.
• Moonlit Night continued activating the scroll as Leng Xiao struggled against the Golden Winged Demon.
• The Golden Winged Demon hurled its lightning spear at Moonlit Night, and Leng Xiao realized she could not reach her in time.

Long Haochen sacrificed himself to kill the Blood Berserker Demon and give Moonlit Night time to finish her forbidden spell. As the Golden Winged Demon closed in on Moonlit Night, Cai'er attacked it, and the Holy Guiding Spirit Furnace appeared again to stop it.

• Long Haochen redirected the Golden Winged Demon's attack away from Moonlit Night, then fused with Haoyue and received Yating's enhancement to confront it.
• Long Haochen used Sacrifice and All-In to pierce and kill the Blood Berserker Demon, while the Soul Chain shared some of his injuries with his companions.
• Long Haochen unleashed a final attack that annihilated many Mad Demons and Avian Demons before collapsing from exhaustion.
• Cai'er leaped onto the carriage roof and used Overlord's Pierce, a Shadow Clone, and the Thousand Strikes Spirit Furnace to attack the Golden Winged Demon.
• The Golden Winged Demon ignored Cai'er and reached for Moonlit Night, but the Holy Guiding Spirit Furnace appeared again as its attack was about to land.

Long Haochen and Cai'er rescued Moonlit Night long enough for her forbidden spell to summon a projection of the Moon Demon God Agares's Demon God Pillar, which froze and annihilated the surrounding Devil Race army. After the spell restrained the enemies nearby, the Demon Hunter Squads slaughtered the trapped troops while Long Haochen meditated to recover.

• Long Haochen used the Holy Guiding Spirit Furnace to divert the Golden Winged Demon, allowing Cai'er to stab it and Leng Xiao to knock it away from Moonlit Night.
• Haoyue caught Long Haochen as he collapsed, and Lu Xi and Han Yu healed him while he took a recovery pill and stayed conscious to command the team.
• Moonlit Night's forbidden spell summoned a gigantic Demon God Pillar projection and spread purple moonlight that froze enemies nearby and dissolved the Devil Race army beyond them.
• Moonlit Night ordered the team to kill the frozen enemies, and Long Haochen told them to conserve spiritual energy as they fought for merit points.
• The Demon Hunter Squads killed the restrained Devil Race troops, and Cai'er retrieved the Golden Winged Demon's corpse and gave it to Lin Xin.

After Moonlit Night’s forbidden spell devastated the Devil Race army, Long Haochen’s group seized the chance to flee in her carriage. As they prepared to break through the remaining encirclement, Chen Ying’er began a powerful summoning, and a Black Dragon appeared before the Devil Race forces.

• Moonlit Night emerged from the carriage after her forbidden spell annihilated everything across a vast area and left the Devil Race with barely ten thousand survivors.
• Long Haochen ordered the mages into the carriage and the melee fighters around it, then led the breakout on Haoyue as Leng Xiao drove the Iron Mane Horses.
• Lu Xi used healing magic on Long Haochen and Haoyue while Moonlit Night watched from the driver’s seat and Cai'er stayed ready to protect them.
• As the carriage neared the Devil Race army, Long Haochen called on Chen Ying'er, who fed a Fifth Order Magic Beast’s Magic Crystal to McDull and began a powerful summoning.
• A Black Dragon roared into view and charged the Devil Race forces, revealing the terrifying might associated with the Demon God Emperor’s clan.

Long Haochen led the two Demon Hunter squads and their companions through the Devil Race army after Chen Ying'er’s Mirror Treasure Divine Pig mimicked a giant Black Dragon and terrified the pursuing troops. They reached a forest to rest, where Lu Xi offered to make his squad affiliates of General Grade Twenty-One and give up their rewards.

• Chen Ying'er’s Mirror Treasure Divine Pig mimicked a ninth-rank Black Dragon, causing the Devil Race army to scatter and letting Long Haochen lead the group out of the encirclement.
• After ten minutes of fleeing, the Black Dragon illusion vanished, and the exhausted Mirror Treasure Divine Pig began absorbing the fear it had provoked to advance.
• The group continued riding for two hours before Long Haochen led them into a forest to rest, while Moonlit Night remained unconscious.
• Long Haochen offered condolences to Dian Yan, whose uncle Dian Xuan had been lost to the Devil Race army.
• Lu Xi told Long Haochen that the Squire Grade Four Demon Hunter Squad would become affiliates of General Grade Twenty-One and give up its rewards and lent merit points.

Long Haochen led the demon hunters through a dangerous battle and decided they would continue deeper into Devil Race territory, then confronted Moonlit Night about the threat her identity and possible reinforcements posed. The chapter ended with Moonlit Night recognizing Long Haochen as a dangerous future enemy and Long Haochen identifying her as a member of the Moon Demon Race.

• Long Haochen reminded the team to follow his orders in battle and asked whether they should continue toward their mission or return to the Alliance.
• Lu Xi and most of the others favored continuing, and Long Haochen agreed to address the situation with Moonlit Night first.
• Moonlit Night introduced herself as the head of the Moonlit Night Chamber of Commerce and asked Long Haochen why he had saved her.
• When Leng Xiao moved to protect Moonlit Night, Moonlit Night struck her unconscious and agreed to speak with Long Haochen and Cai'er.
• Long Haochen guessed Moonlit Night had powerful Moon Demon Race reinforcements coming and said his team might kill her to protect their identities.
• Moonlit Night praised Long Haochen as a future threat to the Devil Race, and he identified her as a young lady of the Moon Demon Race.

Moonlit Night revealed that she was half human and offered to help Long Haochen's Demon Hunter Squads infiltrate Devil Race territory. Cai'er placed a deadly restriction near Moonlit Night's heart, and Long Haochen accepted her assistance while sparing her and Leng Xiao; Moonlit Night then asked them for one more favor.

• Moonlit Night proved her human bloodline and explained that she was the Moon Demon God's daughter, then offered her knowledge and supplies to help the squads travel through Devil Race territory.
• Long Haochen weighed whether to trust Moonlit Night, and Cai'er asked to speak with her alone.
• Cai'er struck Moonlit Night with a killing-intent technique and planted a spiritual needle near her heart as a restriction.
• Cai'er warned that the restriction could only be removed by her or when the Devil Race was destroyed, and Long Haochen agreed to spare Moonlit Night and Leng Xiao.
• Moonlit Night produced special items and tokens for the squads, then asked Long Haochen and Cai'er for one more favor before they left.

Long Haochen’s group left Moonlit Night behind and disguised themselves as members of the Moon Demon Race before continuing toward Fearful Howling Cave. Moonlit Night killed her subordinates, erased Leng Xiao’s memories, and resolved to pursue Long Haochen, while his team chose to avoid Devil Race cities and travel directly to their mission.

• Long Haochen agreed to let Moonlit Night erase her subordinates’ memories, borrowed ten Iron Mane Horses, and led the two Demon Hunter Squads away.
• After the group departed, Moonlit Night killed her unconscious subordinates with an explosive scroll and used her memory-erasing ability on Leng Xiao.
• Long Haochen’s team traveled nearly two hundred li, rested, and changed into purple robes with Demon Eyes and identity tokens to resemble Moon Demons.
• Long Haochen rejected Moonlit Night’s suggestion to enter a Devil Race city and decided the team should avoid cities and head straight to Fearful Howling Cave.
• Long Haochen proposed that his squad and the Soldier Grade Fourth Demon Hunter Squad pool and later distribute their merit points, while Lin Xin looked forward to using the collected devil materials to make pills.

Long Haochen led the two Demon Hunter Squads through Devil Race territory toward Howling Cave, where they encountered a Great Demon Cavalry unit. After learning that the demons were also heading to the cave, Long Haochen ordered a surprise attack on them.

• Long Haochen collapsed after leading the teams out of Narike Province, and both squads rested for three days while he and the others recovered and cultivated.
• The squads traveled on foot through Devil Central Province in Moon Demon disguises, avoiding fights and cautiously searching for their destination.
• Long Haochen and his companions reached the mountain near Howling Cave, where fifty Great Demon Cavaliers approached them.
• Long Haochen posed as a Moon Demon Viscount and learned that the cavalry was reinforcing demons inside Howling Cave after receiving a distress signal.
• As the cavalry passed the group, Long Haochen shouted for the squads to attack and leave none alive.

Long Haochen and the Demon Hunters ambushed fifty Great Demon cavalrymen with Haoyue’s Chaos Elemental Stripping, then raced to stop the Demon Commander from escaping. Long Haochen and Cai’er caught the commander, and Long Haochen’s Twin Sun Slash met its spear as its Nightmare Demon Horse staggered.

• Long Haochen had Haoyue unleash Chaos Elemental Stripping across the Great Demon cavalry, blasting many riders from their mounts and badly injuring their horses.
• Wang Yuanyuan and Sima Xian struck down or wounded Great Demons while Long Haochen and the other Demon Hunters attacked through the disrupted formation.
• Long Haochen used the Holy Guiding Spirit Furnace and Haoyue’s Levitation Spell to join Cai’er and pursue the Demon Commander beyond the spell’s range.
• Cai’er killed two Great Demon cavalrymen and their mounts as she and Long Haochen closed on the commander.
• Long Haochen struck the Demon Commander with Twin Sun Slash; the commander blocked with its spear, but its Nightmare Demon Horse staggered backward.

Long Haochen and his allies defeated the Great Demon cavalry after Haoyue’s Chaos Elemental Stripping weakened their enemies. Li Xin killed the fleeing Demon Commander, and the chapter ended with the squads collecting their spoils and Long Haochen reassuring Li Xin of their sibling bond.

• Long Haochen attacked the weakened Demon Commander with Spiral Sword of Slaughter, while Yating strengthened his strikes with Holy Sword.
• The Demon Commander used its Nightmare Demon Horse as a shield, then fled after Long Haochen’s Lotus Rain Thorn shattered its arms.
• Li Xin intercepted the Demon Commander’s signal and killed it with a flame blade, while Cai'er finished off the other fleeing Great Demons.
• Li Xin apologized for taking the Demon Commander’s merit, but Long Haochen reassured her that she was his real elder sister; Cai'er showed no jealousy.
• Lin Xin and the two Demon Hunter Squads collected corpses and other spoils, though they could carry away only about half of them.

Long Haochen’s Demon Hunter Squads climbed toward Fearful Howling Cave after defeating and concealing the bodies of the Devil Race reinforcements. They discovered that the cave’s howls were powerful enough to shake their bodies and drain their spiritual energy, and the chapter ended as they subdued a group of weakened demons near the cave.

• Long Haochen ordered the team to collect magic crystals and burn the enemy corpses before setting off up the mountain with Haoyue.
• Long Haochen studied the map and concluded that the cave’s internal danger was their greatest threat after the reinforcements had been eliminated.
• The group heard the cave’s terrifying howls and discussed how spatial magic and Chen Ying’er’s magic crystals might help them endure the sound.
• As the howling resumed near the cave, weakened demons emerged from behind a boulder, and Long Haochen sent Han Dao Si to deal with them.
• Lu Xi cast a Calming Incantation, helping the two squads withstand the howls until they faded.