Chapter Summaries

Long Haochen’s group realized too late that Abao’s Dragon Group had lured them into an ambush, while Tian Qing’s King Grade Seventeen Demon Hunter Squad launched a powerful attack. The Ice and Snow Storm failed to break the Dragon Group’s defenses, leaving the battle’s outcome uncertain.

• Long Haochen sensed danger and had Lin Xin use Eagle Eye Technique, revealing Moonlit Night among the enemy squad.
• Long Haochen realized the enemy had set a trap, but Tian Qing’s group had already begun attacking.
• Abao ordered the Dragon Group into a defensive formation and sent up the signal to begin the ambush.
• Tian Qing’s mage unleashed the Ice and Snow Storm as the King Grade Seventeen squad charged the Dragon Group.
• Abao shattered much of the storm’s force with his punches while the Bear Demon and two mages helped defend the squad.
• Tian Qing saw that the Dragon Group had withstood the spell without serious injuries as his mage’s strength began to wane.

Tian Qing’s King Grade Demon Hunter Squad became trapped by Abao’s Demon Extermination Squad, and Long Haochen’s warning howl revealed that his own group had been ambushed. As Abao overwhelmed Tian Qing, the entire King Grade Seventeen Demon Hunter Squad ignited their Life Fire and chose to fight together rather than abandon him.

• Tian Qing’s Vajra Dragon charged the Bear Demon, but Abao braced the demon and helped the enemy withstand the attack.
• Tian Qing called for Long Haochen’s help, then heard Long Haochen’s urgent howl and realized the other group had been ambushed.
• Tian Qing ordered his companions to retreat while he held back Abao, but Abao’s punches drove him away and prevented his escape.
• Tian Qing ignited his Life Fire and charged Abao to give his companions a chance to flee.
• The King Grade warrior attacked Abao but was kicked away, and the rest of the King Grade Seventeen Demon Hunter Squad ignited their Life Fire to fight alongside Tian Qing.

Long Haochen and the Marshal Grade Sixty-Fourth Demon Hunter Squad arrived to help Tian Qing, but Abao’s power trapped both squads as five Demon Extermination Squads closed in. Long Haochen accepted Abao’s one-on-one challenge, which Abao offered in exchange for letting everyone leave if Long Haochen won.

• Long Haochen and Yating struck Abao, then Long Haochen joined Tian Qing’s squad in counterattacking the Devil Race forces.
• Long Haochen urged Tian Qing to lead the squads in a breakout, but Tian Qing refused to leave while he commanded the battle.
• Abao unleashed an orange-red field that froze everyone on the battlefield and gave the encircling forces time to surround them.
• The King Grade Seventeen and Marshal Grade Sixty-Fourth Demon Hunter Squads gathered together as six Demon Extermination Squads surrounded them.
• Long Haochen confronted Abao, and Abao offered to let everyone go if Long Haochen defeated him one on one.
• Long Haochen accepted Abao’s challenge and stepped forward as the Devil Race members withdrew to make room.

Long Haochen donned Tian Qing’s Mithril Base Battle Armor and faced Abao in a one-on-one duel. With Yating merged into the armor and Goddess of Light Aria in hand, he opened the fight with a sword strike that forced Abao to retreat.

• Tian Qing offered Long Haochen his Mithril Base Battle Armor, and Long Haochen accepted the temporary exchange.
• The armor turned gold around Long Haochen and greatly enhanced his strength and agility.
• Long Haochen chose to fight Abao as a Punishment Knight without summoning his mount, and Abao prepared his purple-black sword.
• Yating merged into the Mithril Base Battle Armor as its artifact spirit, boosting Long Haochen’s power and giving him two pairs of spiritual wings.
• Long Haochen attacked first, and his opening sword strike sealed Abao’s attack routes and forced him to retreat half a step.

Long Haochen used his Sword Intent and refined sword techniques to fight Abao, turning aside the demon prince’s overwhelming attack and countering with a crossed dual-sword assault. He began an evolved Spiral Sword of Slaughter as his full Sword Intent erupted across the battlefield.

• Long Haochen relied on his Sword Intent, Sword Heart, and Sword Skills instead of fusing with Haoyue to face Abao.
• Abao unleashed a massive Dark Spiritual Power sword strike that trapped Long Haochen in collapsed space.
• Long Haochen deflected Abao’s strike with a full-body rotation and rushed into close range with both swords.
• Long Haochen pierced Abao’s left hand with Light Ripple and struck his other side with the Goddess of Light Aria.
• Abao abandoned his greatsword and countered with his hands, but Long Haochen absorbed and redirected his force to launch an evolved Spiral Sword of Slaughter.

Long Haochen continued to suppress Abao with his Sword Intent until Abao unleashed his dragon bloodline’s Fist Intent, and the two powers finally collided. The chapter ended as their sword and fist met in a frozen instant before a thunderous roar erupted.

• Long Haochen used his Spiral Sword of Slaughter to overwhelm Abao and cut him with Sword Intent.
• Abao released his Heaven-Defying Demon Dragon Clan Dragon Might, disrupting Long Haochen’s attack, then protected himself with Immortal Demon Dragon Body.
• Abao summoned the image of the First Demon God Pillar and gathered terrifying Fist Intent as Long Haochen paused in midair.
• Long Haochen entered a strange state, summoned a golden phantom, and raised the Goddess of Light Aria as its blade transformed into rainbow gold.
• Abao unleashed his Fist Intent while Long Haochen brought down his sword, and the two attacks met before a thunderous roar broke out.

Long Haochen and Abao’s devastating clash ended in a temporary draw, leaving both badly injured. Abao chose to continue the fight, but Cai’er seized Moonlit Night as a hostage, forcing the two sides into a tense standoff.

• Long Haochen and Abao unleashed a collision that hurled them apart and left their armor and weapons dimmed.
• Abao praised Long Haochen’s strength but refused to end the conflict, saying he would kill him to protect the Devil Race’s future.
• Long Haochen revealed that his companions had shared his injuries, while he and Abao acknowledged that their battle had ended only in a temporary draw.
• Cai’er suddenly appeared among the Demon Extermination Squad, killed four Seventh Tier devils, and took Moonlit Night hostage.
• Long Haochen identified Moonlit Night as Abao’s fiancée, and Abao’s forces held back rather than risk her life.

Long Haochen forced Abao to let his companions leave by keeping Moonlit Night hostage, but Cai'er’s Divine Favor Holder physique awakened and left her unable to move. Surrounded by the Demon Extermination Squad and gravely wounded, Long Haochen faced Abao’s demand to release Moonlit Night.

• Abao agreed to let Long Haochen go in exchange for Moonlit Night, but Long Haochen realized Cai'er was unresponsive and suspected her awakening had begun.
• Long Haochen stalled Abao, demanded that his companions be allowed to leave first, and ordered Cai'er to kill Moonlit Night if the Demon Extermination Squad blocked them.
• Abao ordered his subordinates to open a path, and Han Yu urged Tian Qing and the other companions to escape before they departed.
• Long Haochen reached Cai'er and recognized that her Divine Favor Holder physique had awakened, leaving her unable to move while he was too injured to teleport her away.
• Abao and the Demon Extermination Squad surrounded Long Haochen and Cai'er, and Abao demanded that Long Haochen release Moonlit Night.

Long Haochen sent Moonlit Night to the Tower of Eternity to protect her from Cai’er’s awakening, then remained beside Cai’er and faced Abao’s Demon Extermination Squad. As both sides paused to heal, Long Haochen began forming the embryonic stages of two Spiritual Apertures.

• Long Haochen teleported Moonlit Night to the Tower of Eternity and warned Abao that her life depended on his survival.
• Long Haochen explained that Cai’er was immobile after backlash and sat down to heal while waiting for her awakening.
• Abao refused to order an attack because he feared for Moonlit Night, and he also began healing.
• A gray-cloaked man watched the standoff from a distance but stopped himself from approaching.
• Long Haochen meditated through his injuries and sensed two golden points of light forming as the embryonic stages of Spiritual Apertures.

Long Haochen and Abao recovered from their injuries while Cai'er completed an awakening and received the Death God's inheritance, transforming her shortsword into a massive scythe. Abao ordered the group to kill them, but Long Haochen summoned his allies and a four-headed violet creature that unleashed a force disrupting the Devil Race members.

• Long Haochen expelled the Fist Intent and found that his Spiritual Apertures were beginning to form, while Abao sensed that his ninth-step bottleneck had loosened.
• Long Haochen and Abao noticed Cai'er covered in solidified killing intent as a star river opened above her.
• Cai'er's shortsword transformed into a massive gray scythe, and Abao recognized her awakening as that of a Divine Favor Holder.
• Abao ordered the Demon Extermination Squad to kill Long Haochen and Cai'er.
• Long Haochen summoned red and blue figures whose Repulsion Ice Rings pushed the Devil Race members back.
• Long Haochen summoned a four-headed violet creature, which unleashed a chaotic energy that caused the Devil Race members, including Abao, intense pain.

Haoyue arrived to help Long Haochen defend Cai’er as she completed her Divine Favor Holder awakening, but the Devil Race’s overwhelming numbers gradually broke through their defenses. With the Holy Guards shattered and Haoyue badly wounded, Long Haochen ignited his Life Fire and drove back several attackers, while Cai’er’s awakening remained unfinished.

• Haoyue appeared with four heads and unleashed four-element Chaos Elemental Stripping, weakening the surrounding Devil Race forces.
• Long Haochen stayed beside Cai’er instead of teleporting away, while Haoyue and the Holy Guards fought off the charging eighth-tier powerhouses.
• Haoyue held back five eighth-tier enemies as Long Haochen, Haoyue, and both Holy Guards suffered mounting injuries.
• Holy Guard Twelve and Holy Guard Eleven were shattered and returned to Eternal Melody, leaving Long Haochen to face the attackers alone.
• Long Haochen ignited his Life Fire and used his twin swords to repel several Devil Race members while Cai’er continued her awakening.

Long Haochen rescued Cai'er and Moonlit Night from the battlefield, but suffered devastating injuries while shielding Cai'er. Back in the Tower of Eternity, Moonlit Night struggled to help him until a mysterious figure emerged from a green door.

• Long Haochen shielded Cai'er from the devils' attacks until Haoyue unleashed a terrifying purple aura and drove Abao and the others away.
• Long Haochen used the golden skull pendant and Eternal Melody to teleport himself, Cai'er, and Haoyue to the Tower of Eternity, while Moonlit Night remained behind at the battlefield.
• Abao ordered the survivors to handle the aftermath and flew toward Demon Capital Heart City.
• Long Haochen collapsed after returning, and Moonlit Night opened his armor and found him near death from shattered bones and massive blood loss.
• Moonlit Night could not treat Long Haochen, while Cai'er remained rigid and unstable after her incomplete awakening.
• A green door appeared from Long Haochen's lower abdomen, and a small bare foot stepped through as a resentful voice asked how he had ended up so badly injured.

Ye Xiaolei healed Long Haochen’s near-fatal injuries in the Tower of Eternity, and he woke to find Cai’er beside him. Cai’er regained consciousness but did not recognize Long Haochen or remember who she was, leaving him alarmed by her confusion.

• Ye Xiaolei arrived and used her life force to heal Long Haochen’s back, shoulder, and leg.
• Long Haochen woke and asked Ye Xiaolei where Cai’er was; Ye Xiaolei pointed out that Cai’er stood nearby.
• Cai’er woke and attacked, but Ye Xiaolei shielded Long Haochen and stopped her from striking him.
• Cai’er said she did not recognize Long Haochen or know who she was, then became distressed as she tried to remember.
• After calming down, Cai’er asked Long Haochen who she was and who he was.

Ye Xiaolei showed Cai'er how Long Haochen had shielded her, but Cai'er remained amnesiac after her spiritual awakening. As Long Haochen began recovering so he could care for her, Moonlit Night declared their debt settled and cut ties with him.

• Ye Xiaolei showed Cai'er a recording of Long Haochen protecting her from the Devil Race, and Moonlit Night realized how much he had sacrificed for Cai'er.
• Ye Xiaolei explained that Cai'er's memories were blocked by a spiritual barrier and might return if Long Haochen helped her recall meaningful moments; she then put Cai'er to sleep.
• Ye Xiaolei warned Long Haochen not to ascend to the necromancer's tower top floor or inherit its power, because its deep resentment could corrupt him.
• Ye Xiaolei left through the Green Light Door, and Long Haochen asked Moonlit Night to help him sit so he could recover and care for Cai'er.
• Moonlit Night told Long Haochen that Cai'er's restriction on her had vanished and declared that they no longer had any relationship.

Long Haochen and Moonlit Night reconciled as friends while he recovered from his injuries and cared for the amnesiac Cai'er. After learning that Austin Griffin was Long Haochen's mount, the Demon God Emperor summoned four high-ranking Demon Gods to deliberate, and Cai'er woke with no memories.

• Long Haochen told Moonlit Night he considered her a friend, easing her hurt feelings, and she offered him a discount on her intelligence.
• The Demon God Emperor learned that Austin Griffin was Long Haochen's mount, lost control, and summoned Agares, Sashak, Samikina, and Malphas for a meeting.
• Long Haochen used Light Therapy to hasten his recovery and discovered how his three Spiritual Apertures absorbed and refined Light Element.
• Cai'er woke and asked Long Haochen who she was and where she was, distressed that she could remember nothing.

Long Haochen cared for Cai'er after her memory loss, patiently telling her about their past until she began to rely on him. After returning to the continent, they parted ways with Moonlit Night, who revealed her feelings for Long Haochen and gave him information about Serpent Demon God Andomali; the chapter ended with their companions still waiting anxiously in Great Yak City.

• Cai'er awoke with complete amnesia, and Long Haochen soothed her, fed her, and explained her history and the world to her over three days.
• Cai'er retained her assassin skills and battle instincts but could not recover her memories, and she began to rely on Long Haochen as a trusted friend and boyfriend.
• Long Haochen used Eternal Melody to return to the continent with Cai'er and Moonlit Night, promising Cai'er he would stay by her side.
• Moonlit Night told Long Haochen that Serpent Demon God Andomali was searching Gloomy Marsh in Andu Province and warned him about the four Medusas accompanying Andomali.
• Moonlit Night confessed that she would have made Long Haochen fall for her if they had met first, then left in tears.
• Long Haochen and Cai'er headed toward their companions in Great Yak City, where both Demon Hunter Squads had been anxiously waiting for them.

The Marshal Grade Sixty-Fourth Demon Hunter Squad prepared to defy Tian Qing and search for Long Haochen and Cai'er, but the pair returned safely before a fight began. Long Haochen reassured the guilt-stricken Tian Qing, while Cai'er’s amnesia left his companions stunned by her timid behavior; Long Haochen then urged everyone to leave Great Yak City soon.

• Wang Yuanyuan, Sima Xian, Lin Xin, Chen Ying'er, and Han Yu decided to go to Heart City to search for Long Haochen and Cai'er, but Tian Qing blocked their way.
• Tian Qing offered to take his companions to Heart City and asked for ten days to find news, while Sima Xian and Han Yu insisted on searching themselves.
• Long Haochen and Cai'er arrived, and the Marshal Grade Sixty-Fourth Demon Hunter Squad rushed to embrace Long Haochen.
• Long Haochen stopped Tian Qing from leaving, saluted him, and said he did not blame him for the failed operation; Tian Qing broke down in tears and apologized.
• Cai'er, still suffering from amnesia, acted timidly and hid behind Long Haochen, astonishing the squad.
• Long Haochen urged the group to leave Great Yak City soon and returned Tian Qing’s Mithril Base Battle Armor.

Long Haochen and his companions planned to continue their missions in Andu Province despite Cai'er’s lost memories, then launched a diversion in Great Yak City to escape the tightening search. They reached the City Lord’s Manor and prepared a sudden magical assault.

• Tian Qing declined the armor and left after promising to repay Long Haochen’s help.
• Long Haochen told the squad that Cai'er had lost her memories and proposed traveling to Andu Province to pursue their remaining missions.
• The squad decided to leave Great Yak City by attacking the City Lord’s Manor and drawing the Devil Race’s forces back into the city.
• Long Haochen and his companions disguised themselves as Moon Demon Race members and passed five Yak Demon patrols using his viscount token.
• At the City Lord’s Manor, Yating began casting while Lin Xin prepared magic scrolls, and Long Haochen ordered the squad to leave no Yak Demons alive.

Long Haochen’s group attacked the City Lord’s Manor in Great Yak City, using Yating’s Meteor of Light to devastate it and draw the enemy’s attention. They escaped through their headquarters and fled northeast toward Andu Province, while Cai’er remained frightened and disoriented.

• Wang Yuanyuan slaughtered a Yak Demon patrol, and Sima Xian took her place to crush the reinforcements and kill a Sixth Order Yak Commander.
• Cai’er took Long Haochen’s hand as he promised to protect her.
• Yating cast Meteor of Light at the City Lord’s Manor while Lin Xin bombarded it with fire magic, killing several Yak Commanders and severely wounding the Eighth Order Yak Leader.
• Long Haochen led his companions through the city and out through their headquarters’ tunnel, then headed northeast toward Andu Province.
• The group traveled more than three hundred li overnight and escaped the search range, while Devil Race forces later discovered the headquarters and killed everyone there.

Long Haochen’s group reached Andu Province while Cai’er’s condition remained unchanged, and they prepared to challenge the Serpent Demon God in Gloomy Marsh. After disguising their party as a ten-member Demon Extermination Squad, they entered a town by invoking the authority of a Heaven-Defying Demon Dragon.

• Long Haochen led the group across Devil Race territory toward Gloomy Marsh, worrying that Cai’er remained dazed and suffered occasional headaches even as her spiritual energy rose rapidly.
• Long Haochen chose to rest in a small town before entering the marsh and revealed that Yating, Holy Guard One, and Holy Guard Twelve would travel with them under cloaks.
• The group entered the town, where ten serpent demon soldiers stopped them and demanded proof of their identities.
• Long Haochen claimed they were a Demon Extermination Squad, and a terrifying display of pressure from behind him made the serpent demons retreat and prostrate themselves.
• A cold female voice claiming the authority of a Heaven-Defying Demon Dragon asked whether Andomali was still in Gloomy Marsh.