Chapter Summaries

Long Haochen and Yating attacked the Devil Race army, using the Lightfall Array to destroy its auxiliary troops while Long Haochen drew an eighth-step Demon Lord away from the formation. The Demon Lord intercepted Long Haochen’s counterattack, and Long Haochen began another sword strike as their duel continued.

• Long Haochen used his four wings and aerial maneuvers to evade the Demon Lord while recovering spiritual energy.
• Yating cast the Lightfall Array, and the Demon King intercepted and detonated its nine spheres in the sky.
• The resulting Light Element storm killed every Spore Demon and more than two-thirds of the Familiar Demons, with most survivors badly injured.
• Long Haochen lured the Demon Lord away from the Devil Race army, then attacked with Goddess of Light Aria and Light Rain Twin Dragon Pull.
• The Demon Lord’s Blood Moon skill clashed with Long Haochen’s attack, and Long Haochen entered Clear Sword Heart and slashed toward the sky.

Long Haochen used Sword Intent and the Goddess of Light Aria to kill an Eighth Tier Demon Lord, while the Devil Race army prepared its defenses against the humans. After hiding near the mountain, Long Haochen waited for Holy Guard Nine to carry out the next part of their plan.

• Long Haochen forced the Demon Lord to retreat and injure himself with seven consecutive Sword Intent strikes.
• The Demon Lord used the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique, but Long Haochen built his momentum and cleaved him in two with the Goddess of Light Aria.
• The Demon King sensed Long Haochen’s Sword Intent and ordered the army to raise its defenses, while considering retreat.
• Long Haochen stored the Demon Lord’s body in Eternal Melody, restored his spiritual energy, disguised himself in a black robe, and hid near the mountain.
• The Devil Race army remained on alert as the intense Light Element fluctuations faded, and Long Haochen waited for Holy Guard Nine.

Long Haochen and Holy Guard Nine crippled the Devil Race’s elite legion by toppling a mountain onto it. Long Haochen escaped into the Tower of Eternity as the Demon King searched for the attacker and the Eternal Melody absorbed the fallen devils’ souls.

• The Demon King ordered his legion to abandon its defenses and advance quickly through the Demon Subduing Mountain Range.
• The Demon King sensed danger and ordered the legion to stop and defend as a mountain began collapsing into the valley.
• The Devil Race troops tried to flee, but the falling mountain and surrounding landslides crushed or injured much of the legion, especially the Bear Demons and Hell Demons.
• Long Haochen watched the disaster from the air, then vanished into the Tower of Eternity just as the furious Demon King arrived.
• The Eternal Melody absorbed the souls of fallen devils, and Long Haochen laughed as he realized the legion had been crippled.

Long Haochen returned to the Demon Subduing Mountain Range after Holy Guard Nine’s improvised spell collapsed a mountain onto the Devil Race army. The Devil Race retreated after suffering devastating losses, and Long Haochen rejoined his companions as dawn broke.

• Long Haochen reflected on how Holy Guard Nine used Stone to Mud and Gravity Spell to create the powerful combination spell Move Mountains and Fill Seas, then recovered his spiritual energy.
• Long Haochen returned to the Demon Subduing Mountain Range and sensed that the collapsing mountain had killed or injured many Devil Race warriors, especially Bear Demons and Hell Demons.
• Demon King Saffen counted at least a thousand dead, raged over the attack, and ordered his battered legion to retreat.
• Long Haochen reunited with his companions and explained how Holy Guard Nine had brought down the mountain.
• Long Haochen told his companions the Devil Race was retreating, and they celebrated their success as the army withdrew by dawn.

Long Haochen and his companions joined forces with the Assassin Temple’s elite after the Devil Race army withdrew from the collapsed mountain. Mystic Assassin Four revealed that the Devil God Emperor had demanded Long Haochen’s surrender and launched a Holy War against the Alliance because of him, leaving the group worried about whether the Alliance would give him up.

• Long Haochen’s group searched beneath the collapsed mountain for Devil Race corpses and magic crystals until Han Yu arrived with three hundred elite assassins from the Mystic Assassin Hall.
• Mystic Assassin Four confirmed the group’s account of the battle and recognized Long Haochen, then led him and his companions toward Demon Extermination Pass.
• Mystic Assassin Four explained that the Devil Race had begun a Holy War across the Alliance’s borders after demanding that the Alliance hand over Long Haochen.
• Sima Xian revealed that their group had destroyed a Demon God Pillar, but Long Haochen doubted that this could have caused the war.
• Cai'er asked whether the Alliance had accepted the Demon God Emperor’s demand, and the group waited anxiously for Mystic Assassin Four’s answer.

Mystic Assassin Four told Long Haochen that the Alliance had refused the Demon God Emperor’s demand to surrender him, and Long Haochen’s companions learned that the Knight, Warrior, and Assassin Temple Masters had fiercely defended him. As they reached Demon Extermination Pass, Long Haochen concluded that Haoyue—not his own status as a Divine Favor Holder—was the true reason the Demon God Emperor feared a Holy War, and resolved to protect him.

• Mystic Assassin Four recounted how the Knight, Warrior, and Assassin Temple Masters had threatened to leave the Alliance or defend Long Haochen themselves rather than surrender him.
• Mystic Assassin Four explained that the Alliance had concluded the Demon God Emperor either intended to start a Holy War anyway or feared the threat Long Haochen posed, so handing him over was not an option.
• Han Yu used his Light’s Blessing Spirit Furnace to restore the squad’s spiritual power during their flight to Demon Extermination Pass, impressing Mystic Assassin Four.
• Long Haochen and his companions arrived at Demon Extermination Pass, where soldiers were preparing the city’s defenses and moving heavy weapons to the walls.
• Long Haochen recalled Haoyue’s past encounters with the Demon God Emperor, Abao, and the destruction of a Demon God Pillar, and realized Haoyue was the Devil Race’s real target.
• Long Haochen resolved that he would never hand Haoyue over and would protect him even at the cost of his own life.

Long Haochen struggled with his responsibility for the Holy War and resolved to let the Alliance decide what to do about him and Haoyue. When Sheng Yue suddenly attacked him, Long Haochen and his companions fought back, and their assault disrupted the Heroic One’s plans.

• Long Haochen told his companions that he would fight for the Alliance, though he privately resolved to report Haoyue’s threat and accept the Alliance’s decision.
• Sheng Yue arrived, saw Cai'er, and abruptly attacked Long Haochen with a killing claw.
• Long Haochen evaded the blow with Sword Qi and the Sun Moon Divine Snail Shield, while his companions immediately counterattacked.
• Sheng Yue dodged Sima Xian’s Light Great Strength Pill and tried to strike aside the team’s other attacks.
• The Light Great Strength Pill’s explosions and Sima Xian’s Purple Illusion Divine Thunder Spirit Furnace numbed Sheng Yue, causing his kicks to collide with Han Yu’s and Wang Yuanyuan’s attacks.

Long Haochen and his companions clashed with Sheng Yue during a test, then explained that the Demon God Emperor had started the Holy War because of Long Haochen and recounted their mission to kill Andomali. Sheng Yue promised to protect Long Haochen, and he praised the squad’s achievement as a great fortune for the Alliance.

• Sheng Yue attacked Long Haochen’s squad, but their legendary equipment and coordinated counterattacks left him scorched and disheveled.
• Chen Ying'er recalled her Heaven-Defying Demon Dragon, and Sheng Yue scolded Long Haochen before recognizing his seventh-tier strength.
• Long Haochen told Sheng Yue that the Demon God Emperor had launched the Holy War because of him and asked the Alliance to decide his fate.
• Sheng Yue promised to stand by Long Haochen and warned him not to reveal the secret to anyone else.
• Long Haochen described the squad’s sixteen completed missions and explained how they killed the Serpent Demon God Andomali in Gloomy Marsh.
• Sheng Yue praised the squad for killing a Demon God and called their achievement a great fortune for the Alliance.

Long Haochen told Sheng Yue that Haoyue had destroyed Andomali’s Demon God Pillar, making him a target in the Holy War. As Cai’er recovered a few painful childhood memories, Sheng Yue decided to protect them, and the squad settled at his home while awaiting the Alliance’s decision.

• Long Haochen revealed that Haoyue had destroyed Andomali’s Demon God Pillar and explained that the Demon God Emperor had demanded him because of Haoyue’s threat.
• Sheng Yue warned Long Haochen that revealing the truth could lead the Alliance to hand him over, but Long Haochen said he would not abandon Haoyue and would accept the Alliance’s decision.
• Cai’er suddenly remembered Sheng Yue and demanded to know why her parents had not saved her, so Long Haochen knocked her unconscious and explained her memory loss to Sheng Yue.
• Sheng Yue brought the squad to his family’s residence and privately resolved to protect Long Haochen and Cai’er if the Alliance chose to sacrifice them.
• After several days, Cai’er recovered a few memories from before she was three or four, apparently triggered by returning to Demon Extermination Pass.

Cai'er searched for Long Haochen, fearing the Alliance had made a decision about his fate, and learned he had been cooking for her. Touched by his care, she embraced him and said she wanted to recover her memories because he was part of them.

• Cai'er went to Long Haochen's room to comfort him but found him gone and worried that the Alliance had decided to abandon him.
• Chen Ying'er told Cai'er that Long Haochen had been cooking her meals and wanted to cherish every day he had with her.
• Cai'er found Long Haochen cooking and watched him through the kitchen door until he noticed her.
• Cai'er rushed into Long Haochen's arms and cried, and he comforted her.
• Cai'er told Long Haochen she wanted to recover her memories because he was in them.

The Alliance launched a Holy War against the Devil Race and named Long Haochen the future successor of the Knight Temple, while ordering his squad to separate for advanced training. Long Haochen and his companions prepared to part, with Cai'er staying at Demon Extermination Pass to recover her memories.

• Sheng Yue told Long Haochen that the Alliance had unanimously chosen him as the future successor of the Knight Temple and would protect him during the Holy War.
• Long Haochen offered to lead his companions behind enemy lines, but Sheng Yue refused and announced that the squad must return to their respective Temples for cultivation and training.
• Sheng Yue said the squad could reunite only after every member reached the seventh step, Long Haochen reached the eighth step, and they passed their Temple assessments and earned special titles.
• Sheng Yue explained that Cai'er would remain at Demon Extermination Pass to rest and recover her memories, and promised to send her to Long Haochen once she was past twenty if the Alliance still kept them apart.
• Long Haochen asked to cook one final meal for Cai'er and his companions, and Sheng Yue granted them half a day before their departure that night.

As the squad prepared to separate for two or three years, Long Haochen assigned Lin Xin responsibility for managing their resources and urged each companion to keep cultivating. He parted privately with Cai'er, who wondered whether she would recover her memories, while Long Haochen remained patient and hopeful.

• Long Haochen prepared lunch for the squad and promised to reunite them within two or three years as a King-grade Demon Hunter Squad.
• Long Haochen instructed Lin Xin to distribute their resources, arrange equipment and pills, purchase fire-element forbidden spells, and keep up his cultivation.
• Long Haochen advised Sima Xian to cultivate and obey the Priest Temple, and told Wang Yuanyuan to work with Lin Xin on weapons and her shield.
• Chen Ying'er revealed that she was a Divine Favor Holder with Internal Spiritual Power of ninety-two and said she hoped to reach the eighth step before their reunion.
• Chen Ying'er hugged the squad before everyone left Long Haochen and Cai'er alone together.
• Cai'er asked whether she would regain her memories, and Long Haochen said he did not know but believed he could win her heart again.

Long Haochen and Han Yu traveled to Dragon Guard Pass after the Demon Hunter Squad split up, where Long Haochen reunited with his mother, Bai Yue. When he asked where his father was, Bai Yue began to explain why she and Long Xingyu had left him years ago.

• Cai'er stayed behind after Long Haochen left, and she wept that she wanted to remember him.
• Long Haochen and Han Yu traveled with four Hidden Assassin assassins to Dragon Guard Pass, which was under a severe Devil Race siege.
• The Hidden Assassin assassins told Long Haochen and Han Yu that the Devil Race had committed most of its strength to the Holy War and that the Demon God Emperor remained restrained by the Demon Hunter Squads.
• At Dragon Guard Pass, Long Haochen reunited tearfully with Bai Yue and greeted Yang Haohan, while the four Hidden Assassin assassins returned to Demon Extermination Pass.
• Long Haochen asked about Long Xingyu, and Bai Yue began explaining why she and Long Xingyu had left him behind years earlier.

Long Haochen learned that his father had vanished after a deadly duel with Amon, though Yang Haohan believed Long Xingyu was still alive. At Dragon Guard Pass, Yang Haohan arranged for Long Haochen and Han Yu to train in new skills and qualify as Mithril Pedestal Knights before returning to the battlefield.

• Bai Yue told Long Haochen that Long Xingyu had left to fight Amon, and Yang Haohan explained that the missing Divine Seal Throne suggested Long Xingyu was still alive.
• Yang Haohan described Amon as a battle-hungry demon god who had fought Long Xingyu repeatedly and was now waiting for him rather than joining the attacks on Dragon Guard Pass.
• Long Haochen resolved to challenge Amon someday and entered Dragon Guard Pass with Bai Yue and Yang Haohan.
• Yang Haohan said Long Haochen and Han Yu would need to master assigned skills and become Mithril Pedestal Knights before returning to battlefield training.
• Long Haochen sensed powerful auras near Dragon Guard Pass's summit as Yang Haohan explained the pass's harsh conditions and the Devil Race's preparations outside it.

Long Haochen entered the Knight Temple’s Illusion Cave to cultivate, while Yang Haohan and Long Tianyin watched over him and discussed the Holy War. As Long Haochen confronted the turmoil in his heart, he recognized the need for constant self-reflection to preserve the purity of a Divine Favor Holder of Light.

• Yang Haohan placed Long Haochen and Han Yu in the Illusion Cave, where they were to master every seventh-tier skill before leaving.
• Long Haochen calmed himself and began meditating as Yating gathered and filtered the cave’s Light Elements for him.
• Yang Haohan watched Long Haochen in a crystal sphere with Long Tianyin, who was revealed to be Long Haochen’s grandfather and a Divine Seal Knight.
• A gray-robed man announced that he was heading to the Devil Race’s rear, while Long Tianyin asked to test Long Haochen after he left the cave.
• Long Haochen’s thoughts turned to Cai’er, his parents, and his companions, and he realized that self-reflection was essential to keeping his heart pure.

Long Haochen cultivated in the Knight Temple Treasure Cave as the Holy War raged across the six fortresses, while Feng Ling'er received a letter from Sima Xian and wrote back, demanding that he survive. Three months later, Han Yu emerged from the Illusion Cave before Long Haochen.

• Long Haochen entered deep meditation, absorbing Light Element at an extraordinary rate as Yang Haohan observed him before returning to his wartime duties.
• The Devil Race and the Holy Temple Alliance fought a devastating war across the six great fortresses while Long Haochen remained in the Treasure Cave.
• Feng Ling'er learned that Sima Xian was alive and serving at Zhennan Pass after opening his magically sealed letter.
• Sima Xian confessed his feelings, called Feng Ling'er Little White Flower, and promised to fight on the front lines.
• Feng Ling'er wrote back, telling Sima Xian to return alive and send another letter within three months.
• After three months, Han Yu emerged from the Illusion Cave, having learned the Knight Temple's sixth-tier skills and secret techniques.

As the Holy War dragged into a costly war of attrition, Long Haochen remained motionless in deep meditation while the Devil Race struggled with shortages. Feng Xiu revealed to Agarest that the Devil Race could not destroy humanity, because humanity's disappearance would eventually lead to the extinction of all races, including their own.

• Yang Haohan worried as Long Haochen remained in deep meditation for three months, while Dragon Guard Pass endured relentless attacks and heavy casualties.
• The Holy War slowed into a war of attrition, and both humanity and the Devil Race suffered devastating population losses as the Demon God Emperor and the Devil Race's strongest races stayed off the battlefield.
• Agarest urged Feng Xiu to launch a decisive battle because the Devil Race faced severe food shortages.
• Feng Xiu explained that his ancestor had forbidden the destruction of humanity and revealed that the Devil Race could not reproduce and would eventually perish without other races.

Feng Xiu and Agarest discussed why the Devil Race needed humanity to survive and why Austin, Griffin had to be destroyed. Vasak revealed that his Great Prophecy foresaw a costly war, a hidden human power in the Holy City, and a chance to kill Austin, Griffin in the Devil Race's territory in one to two years.

• Feng Xiu explained that the Devil Race had kept the Holy Temple Alliance alive to sustain its own survival and that the Holy War was meant to weaken humanity without destroying its strength.
• Feng Xiu told Agarest that Austin, Griffin had to be destroyed, and said Vasak would return from seclusion to guide the Devil Race.
• Vasak appeared, and Feng Xiu and Agarest expressed concern that the Great Prophecy had severely weakened his life force.
• Vasak said his prophecy predicted mutual destruction if the Holy War continued to its end, and revealed that a terrifying but declining power lay hidden in humanity's Holy City.
• Vasak advised continuing the war without driving humanity to desperation, because pressure would draw Austin, Griffin into Devil Race territory and create their best chance to kill it in one to two years.

Vasak persuaded Feng Xiu and the Demon God Emperor to secretly prepare a plan to stop Austin Griffin, while Long Haochen ended a year of meditation at Peak Seventh Tier without breaking through to the Eighth Tier. He entered the Seventh Tier skill trial seeking inspiration for his next breakthrough.

• Vasak warned Feng Xiu that Austin Griffin could reach its ultimate state if they failed to seize their chance, and the Demon God Emperor approved Vasak’s secret plan.
• At Dragon Guard Pass, Yang Haohan and Long Tianyin watched Long Haochen meditate for a year and agreed to let him continue pursuing the Eighth Tier breakthrough.
• Long Haochen emerged from meditation with thirty thousand Internal Spiritual Power at Peak Seventh Tier, while Yating’s body and life aura had grown more lifelike.
• Long Haochen chose to seek inspiration from skills rather than force a breakthrough, then approached the door marked “Seven” in the Illusion Cave and activated his Radiant Body.

Long Haochen entered the Knight Temple’s record hall and began exploring its seventh-order skills. At Southeast Fortress, Wang Yuanyuan defended the battlements with her weapon Bloody Storm until Zhang Fangfang intervened against a seventh-order Bear Demon.

• Long Haochen entered the hall and opened the door marked with a shield to examine Guardian Knight skills.
• Wang Yuanyuan used the Shield of the Giant Spirit God and Bloody Storm to slaughter Devil Race soldiers along the Southeast Fortress battlements.
• Wang Yuanyuan cut an Emerald Twin Blade Demon apart with Dimensional Slash.
• A seventh-order Bear Demon was hurled onto the wall, and Zhang Fangfang rushed in to block its impact with his Tower Shield.
• The Bear Demon’s strike sent Zhang Fangfang flying and left him bleeding.