Chapter Summaries

Long Haochen’s squad set out with a massive Alliance force to reinforce Zhennan Pass, where twelve Demon Gods were attacking. As battle erupted inside the pass, three other Demon Hunter Squads joined Long Haochen and asked to fight under his command.

• Long Haochen stored the equipment his companions had chosen for him, and the squad prepared for their mission after spending merit points to improve their gear.
• Forty-two Demon Hunter Squads and more than five thousand Alliance reinforcements departed for Zhennan Pass under Han Qian’s command.
• After nine days, Han Qian ordered the force to hurry toward Zhennan Pass when they saw smoke rising in the distance.
• Long Haochen and his companions reached the pass and saw twelve pillars of light from Demon Gods as fighting raged within the city.
• Lu Xi’s squad, followed by Yang Wenzhao’s and Duan Yi’s squads, joined Long Haochen and asked to work under his command.

Long Haochen led the General Grade Twenty-First and Twenty-Second Demon Hunter Squads into Zhennan Pass, where they joined the desperate street fighting against the Devil Race. He charged into a breach in the human line, and the chapter left the combined squads beginning their assault against the enemy.

• Long Haochen persuaded the squads to enter Zhennan Pass together and had his companions equip their Glorious Grade Equipment.
• Lu Xi merged his squad into Long Haochen's formation, while Yang Wenzhao and Duan Yi's squads followed nearby.
• Long Haochen summoned Haoyue and led the group through the devastated city toward the fierce fighting.
• The squads saw the Devil Race overwhelming the Holy Temple Alliance forces, and Long Haochen ordered his team to attack while maintaining formation.
• Long Haochen charged into a breach, knocked back a Bloodthirsty Berserker Demon, and struck the enemy with Demon Extermination Flash as Li Xin joined the fight.

Long Haochen’s squads held their section of the Zhennan Pass defenses as the Devil Race pressed the human line. After Long Haochen blocked a Seventh Order Demon Lord’s attack, the demon revealed itself as an enemy connected to the squads’ Fearful Howling Cave mission.

• Li Xin, Sima Xian, and Yi Jun killed the Bloodthirsty Berserker Demons while Long Haochen closed the gap and held back the advancing Mad Demons.
• Long Haochen ordered a defensive formation, and Lin Xin shielded the front line as the other Demon Hunter Squads joined the battle.
• Sima Xian slaughtered Devil Race attackers with his Light Great Strength Pill, drawing the attention of a powerful enemy.
• Long Haochen used the Holy Guiding Spirit Furnace and Divine Seal Block to intercept the enemy’s attack on Sima Xian, then countered with Sun Slash.
• Long Haochen recognized the revealed Seventh Order Demon Lord as the kind of demon that had opposed the squads during the Fearful Howling Cave mission.

Dragon Haochen and his allies overwhelmed the Demon Lord with coordinated attacks, and Cai'er delivered the finishing blow. With the Demon Lord dead, their group briefly faced no opponents as reinforcements began turning the battle at Zhennan Pass toward a balance.

• Dragon Haochen and Li Xin wounded the Demon Lord while Haoyue's binding spells restrained him.
• Wang Yuanyuan and Sima Xian struck the Demon Lord together, and Soul Chain spread the recoil among the squad.
• Dragon Haochen used an Asura Slash to pulverize the Demon Lord's arms and grievously wound him.
• Cai'er used her Shadow Clone to strike the Demon Lord's head and kill him, then returned to Dragon Haochen.
• The Demon Lord's death shook the Devil Race, while Demon Hunter Squads and five thousand reinforcements from the Six Great Temples entered the battle.

Long Haochen’s thirteen-person group advanced into the Devil Race ranks at Zhennan Pass, where Long Haochen endured attacks from several powerful enemies while protecting his companions. Just as three Demon Eye Sorcerers threatened to overwhelm the formation, five figures descended from the sky to attack them.

• Long Haochen ordered his companions to advance thirty meters in a wedge formation to draw Devil Race attacks away from their allies.
• Long Haochen’s group held its position as he drew the attacks of a seventh-order Twin-headed Demon Vulture and four sixth-order enemies, supported by Haoyue, Yating, and their companions.
• Lu Xi healed the squad while Han Yu guarded the rear, and nearby human fighters noticed the group’s strength.
• Long Haochen realized that the Demon Eye Sorcerers’ concentrated attacks were making it difficult to hold the formation, but he forbade Wang Yuanyuan and Sima Xian from charging out.
• Five figures descended from the sky toward the three Demon Eye Sorcerers, easing the pressure on Long Haochen’s group.

Long Haochen’s squad and Zhang Fangfang’s General Grade Eighth Demon Hunter Squad turned the battle against the Devil Race, killing the Demon Eye Sorcerers and powerful demons. The chapter ended with Long Haochen’s squad defeating a seventh-step Twin-headed Demon Vulture while the General Grade Twenty-Second Demon Hunter Squad watched in shock.

• Old Five charged through the Devil Race with Whirlwind Slash, easing the pressure on Long Haochen’s front line.
• Zhang Fangfang and the General Grade Eighth Demon Hunter Squad killed the three Demon Eye Sorcerers and opened another breach in the enemy ranks.
• Long Haochen used Lotus Rain Thorn and his Holy Guiding Spirit Furnace’s Traction to pull in and destroy the Golden Twin-Bladed Demon.
• The Twin-headed Demon Vulture blasted Long Haochen away, but McDull Little Pig’s Black Dragon mirror image stunned it while Sima Xian and Wang Yuanyuan injured it.
• Long Haochen returned and used Asura Slash, empowered by Yating, to cleave the wounded Twin-headed Demon Vulture in two.

After the Twin-headed Demon Vulture fell, the Holy Temple Alliance launched a counterattack through Zhennan Pass, and Long Haochen’s squads helped drive the Devil Race back. As Long Haochen struggled with Eternal Melody’s painful absorption of nearby souls, a far more powerful enemy struck the advancing army.

• The Black Dragon’s roar disrupted the Devil Race, allowing Zhennan Pass’s defenders and fresh Holy Temple Alliance troops to begin a counterattack.
• Long Haochen slowed his squads so Lu Xi could heal them while he endured the pain of Eternal Melody absorbing soul energy.
• Long Haochen led the thirteen fighters back into battle, collecting the corpses of Fifth Order and stronger Devil Race soldiers while his teammates focused on fighting.
• Eternal Melody’s burning sensation returned, and Long Haochen sensed his spiritual power gathering rather than diminishing as he fought.
• A black ray crashed into the counterattacking army, killing dozens of Six Great Temples soldiers in bursts of purple-black bubbles.

Long Haochen confronted an Eighth-Order Moon Demon slaughtering the Holy Temple Alliance forces and broke through to Sixth-Order Radiant Knight during the charge. He bound the Moon Demon with his evolved Holy Guiding Spirit Furnace and prepared to fight alongside his squad despite the immense difference in strength.

• The Eighth-Order Moon Demon attacked the allied forces, killing nearly a hundred people while Long Haochen’s shield barely blocked one of his blasts.
• Long Haochen asked Han Yu to recite the Ten Precepts of a knight, then led his companions toward the Moon Demon to protect the soldiers and mages.
• Long Haochen broke through to Sixth-Order Radiant Knight, manifesting golden spiritual wings that strengthened and healed nearby allies.
• Long Haochen split the Moon Demon’s shockwave with Asura Slash and connected himself to the demon with his evolved Holy Guiding Spirit Furnace.
• The Moon Demon rushed Long Haochen and punched through eight layers of defensive magic, forcing him back despite his Divine Seal Block and the Soul Chain’s protection.
• Long Haochen hindered the Moon Demon with Demon Extermination Flash as his companions and he swallowed Strength Pills and Conjoined Spirit Amplifying Pills.

Long Haochen used the Conjoined Spirit Amplifying Pills and Haoyue's fusion to fight the eighth-tier Moon Demon at peak seventh-tier strength. He pinned the Moon Demon with a powerful attack and began gathering energy for a decisive strike.

• Long Haochen and his companions used the Conjoined Spirit Amplifying Pills, while Haoyue fused with Long Haochen and helped him control their combined spiritual power.
• Long Haochen called for Han Yu to pass him Light Punishment, then attacked the Moon Demon with twin swords and Demon Extermination Flash.
• The Moon Demon blocked Long Haochen's assault with a purple-black barrier and Dark Demon Body, but Long Haochen marked him with Lock On and unleashed Lotus Rain Thorn.
• Long Haochen's attack transformed into Light Rain Twin Dragon Pull, pierced the Moon Demon's defenses, and restrained him with two dragon-shaped streams of light and water.
• Long Haochen raised Light Punishment and gathered his own, his companions', Haoyue's, and Yating's spiritual power into the blade for a powerful strike.

Long Haochen used a desperate Asura Slash to grievously wound the Eighth-Order Moon Demon, but the battle left him and his companions exhausted. As the Moon Demon struck back, Haoyue shielded Long Haochen, who threw himself over his injured companion as another attack landed.

• The Moon Demon broke free of Light Rain Twin Dragon Pull and Long Haochen struck with Gathering Momentum and Asura Slash, shattering the Moon Demon's crescent moon and cutting deeply into his shoulder.
• The Conjoined Spirit Amplifying Pill's effect ended, leaving Long Haochen and his six companions depleted as Haoyue was ejected from Long Haochen's body.
• The Moon Demon attacked the weakened Long Haochen, but Li Xin intercepted the blow and was sent flying with her mount.
• Long Haochen warned the General Grade Twenty-Second Demon Hunter Squad not to take the pill, severed the Soul Chain, and sent Cai'er toward Wang Yuanyuan.
• The Moon Demon kicked Haoyue aside, and Long Haochen threw himself over Haoyue to block the follow-up attack.

Long Haochen was saved from the Moon Demon by a burst of golden light from Eternal Melody, while reinforcements drove the Devil Race out of Zhennan Pass. He remained unconscious but alive as his companions and other Demon Hunter Squads guarded him.

• The Moon Demon struck Long Haochen from behind, but golden light burst from his chest and blasted the demon away as a voice declared him Calamity of Eternal Slumber’s disciple.
• Long Haochen collapsed onto Haoyue, and Eternal Melody absorbed nearby souls to nourish his injured body while Lu Xi repeatedly cast healing magic.
• Cai'er reached Long Haochen, held his hand, and sensed his life force as the Sword of Reincarnation stirred within her.
• A Ninth Order priest cast Goddess of Light's Favor over Zhennan Pass, healing humans and burning the Devil Race as the Alliance counterattacked.
• The Devil Race retreated from Zhennan Pass, and the members of both Demon Hunter Squads formed a silent guard around the unconscious Long Haochen.
• Yang Wenzhao and Duan Yi joined the guard after learning from Lu Xi that Long Haochen's life was not in danger.

Long Haochen’s stand against an eighth-step Moon Demon saved Zhennan Pass’s soldiers and earned him widespread recognition as a hero. After recovering from his injuries, he awoke in the Priest Temple Main Hall, having advanced to the sixth step and gained new strength.

• Yang Wenzhao and other Demon Hunter Squads returned to find Long Haochen unconscious after he had held back the Moon Demon, and soldiers and squads saluted him as a hero.
• Han Qian arrived, examined Long Haochen, reassured the soldiers that he would recover, and named him as the captain of the General Grade Twenty-First Demon Hunter Squad.
• The soldiers cheered Long Haochen’s name, and Zhennan Pass spent three days tending to the wounded, extinguishing fires, and clearing the battlefield.
• After two days and two nights unconscious, Long Haochen awoke in the Priest Temple Main Hall while Cai'er cultivated nearby.
• Long Haochen cultivated and reflected on his gains from the battle: he had reached the sixth step, formed his Spiritual Aperture, and improved his spiritual power; Haoyue had also entered slumber.

After recovering from the battle, Long Haochen adjusted to his new sixth-tier strength and reflected on the risks he had taken to defeat the Moon Demon. Cai'er confronted him over his decision to sever their Soul Chain and leave her behind, and the chapter ended with them holding each other as she wept.

• Long Haochen recovered as a Radiant Knight, gained a Spiritual Aperture and the ability to form wings, and learned that his squad had received fifty thousand merit points.
• Long Haochen recalled how the Conjoined Spirit Amplifying Pills had pushed him to Peak Seventh Tier and how he had severed Soul Chain to protect Cai'er and his companions.
• Cai'er rejected Long Haochen's attempts to take her hand, and he realized she was angry about his actions during the battle.
• Long Haochen wrote “I was wrong” on Cai'er's back, and she struck his shoulders while crying before embracing him tightly.
• Cai'er held Long Haochen, still afraid that he would leave her behind and die.

Long Haochen reunited with Cai'er, recovered from the Conjoined Spirit Amplifying Pill’s effects, and went with her to a meeting of Zhennan Pass’s leaders. There, Han Qian introduced him as the Knight Temple’s sole candidate for its next Hall Master, stunning the assembled leaders.

• Long Haochen comforted Cai'er after their reunion and explained that his injuries from the Conjoined Spirit Amplifying Pill would heal after a few days of recovery.
• Sima Xian told Long Haochen that Han Qian had summoned him and Cai'er to a meeting in the Priest Temple’s main conference room.
• Two guards challenged Long Haochen at the meeting hall, but he proved his identity with his token after deflecting one guard’s grab.
• Long Haochen and Cai'er entered the meeting and met the white-haired elder Ling and the leaders of Zhennan Pass.
• Han Qian introduced Long Haochen as the young hero of the battle and announced that he was the Knight Temple’s sole candidate to become its next Hall Master.

Long Haochen and Cai'er were revealed as the Knight Temple and Assassin Temple's sole candidates for their next temple masters during a meeting about Zhennan Pass. Ling Xiao reported the devastating battle losses and explained that the Devil Race's assault had been driven by Dream Paradise, which was due to open within a month.

• Han Qian and Ying Suifeng announced that Long Haochen and Cai'er were each their temple's sole candidate for temple master, and the Saint ordered those present to keep the news confidential.
• Han Qian told Long Haochen that Ling Xiao had healed more than half of his injuries, and Long Haochen realized Ling Xiao's warm spiritual energy had repaired his meridians.
• Ling Xiao reported that Zhennan Pass had lost most of its defenders and all its Magic Cannons, while the Devil Race had suffered heavy casualties and many of its powerful fighters were wounded.
• Han Qian promised that at least one hundred and fifty thousand reinforcements would reach Zhennan Pass within ten days, while Ling Xiao ordered the city's defenses repaired quickly.
• Ling Xiao revealed that the Devil Race had attacked because Dream Paradise would open within a month.

Elder Ling proposed allowing the Devil Race into Dream Paradise to prevent further devastation at Zhennan Pass, and Han Qian agreed to support negotiations. After Elder Ling gave Long Haochen and Cai'er spatial beads for the opportunity, the elders discussed Ling Xiao’s unresolved feelings and hatred toward Ye Weiyang.

• Elder Ling explained that he would offer the Devil Race several places in Dream Paradise in exchange for peace and fewer casualties, and Han Qian agreed to report and cooperate.
• Elder Ling instructed Ling Xiao to send an envoy to negotiate with the Devil Race while the meeting continued planning Zhennan Pass’s recovery.
• Elder Ling gave Long Haochen and Cai'er spatial beads and wished them success in Dream Paradise.
• Ling Xiao thanked Long Haochen for saving his soldiers, and he, Han Qian, and Ying Suifeng traded jokes about their cultivation ranks.
• Ling Xiao revealed that he still loved someone he had lost and hated Ye Weiyang, whom he hoped to perish with.

Ling Xiao explained the dangers and spiritual-stove treasures of Dream Paradise, while Han Qian revealed Long Haochen and Cai’er's extraordinary talents. After negotiations secured access to the Dream God Temple, Long Haochen decided to prepare for its opening by entering seclusion with his companions.

• Han Qian revealed that Long Haochen was fifteen with an Innate Internal Spiritual Power of ninety-seven, and Cai’er was the Reincarnation Saintess with a score of one hundred.
• Ling Xiao tried to recruit Long Haochen into the Priest Temple, but Long Haochen refused and said he could only be a knight; Ling Xiao learned that his father was Long Xingyu.
• Ling Xiao explained that Dream Paradise opened once every hundred years and offered spiritual stoves, but collecting too many would make the following trials deadly.
• Ling Xiao told Han Qian that the Dream Gems could let their holders escape danger and warned that few Devil Race entrants would survive.
• The negotiations between Zhennan Pass and the Devil Race concluded, and Long Haochen received fifty thousand merit points for his actions.
• Long Haochen decided to enter seclusion with his companions while they waited for the Dream God Temple to open.

Long Haochen told his companions about the Dream God Temple and proposed using Eternal Slumber to hide them in the Tower of Eternity while he and Cai'er entered. The squad prepared to test whether the plan would work, with Long Haochen beginning to activate the Eternal Melody.

• Long Haochen explained that the Dream God Temple offered a rare chance to obtain spiritual stoves and that he hoped to bring his companions along inside the Tower of Eternity.
• Long Haochen described the risks of hiding the squad in the Tower of Eternity and releasing them inside the Dream God Temple, including possible rejection by the temple.
• Sima Xian and the others agreed that even if the plan failed, training in the Tower of Eternity would still help them grow stronger.
• Han Yu asked whether entering the Tower of Eternity in the Priest Temple would expose them through its death aura, and Long Haochen said only faint light element would leak out.
• The companions put on their equipment and formed a circle around Long Haochen as he held Cai'er and began activating the Eternal Melody.

Long Haochen used the Eternal Melody to teleport Cai’er and their five companions into the Tower of Eternity, where they discovered the tower had changed after absorbing the souls from the war at Zhennan Pass. The group prepared to enter, while Cai’er revealed that the death-filled place suited her and could accelerate her cultivation.

• Long Haochen activated the Eternal Melody and teleported himself, Cai’er, Han Yu, Wang Yuanyuan, Sima Xian, Lin Xin, and Chen Ying'er through space.
• The group arrived in a cave surrounded by wraiths, and Long Haochen protected them with Holy Light Shield as the Eternal Melody repelled the Death Aura.
• Long Haochen realized the Tower of Eternity and its wraiths had turned white and doubled in number after the souls from the battle at Zhennan Pass replenished and awakened the tower.
• Long Haochen explained that the tower relied on soul energy and that Elieks had created a process called Soul Cycle to generate more of it.
• Long Haochen led the group toward the tower and learned that Cai’er felt at home there, with her Reincarnation Spirit Furnace and Sword of Reincarnation responding to its death energy.

Long Haochen led the General Grade Twenty-First Demon Hunter Squad into the Tower of Eternity and demonstrated its trials, defeating the first two sixth-step skeletons before guiding the group deeper inside. A hidden assassin then attacked, wounding Wang Yuanyuan.

• The squad entered the Tower of Eternity, where Cai'er sensed an insight and began cultivating while Long Haochen told the others to adapt to the death energy.
• Long Haochen triggered the first trial and defeated two sixth-step skeletons with Lotus Rain Thorn, Demon Extermination Flash, and Dragon Ascension Strike.
• Long Haochen explained that the white light orbs could increase spiritual energy and warned the squad that trials restarted from the beginning each time they returned.
• Long Haochen led the squad forward carefully until a hidden assassin struck at him and another attacker slashed Wang Yuanyuan.
• Long Haochen unleashed Demon Extermination Flash, but it missed the phantom-like attacker, and he realized there was more than one assassin.