Chapter Summaries

Long Haochen defeated Tan Wan, urged her to reconcile with Li Xin, and left Jialing Pass with Cai'er, Han Yu, and Lin Xin. They reached Southeast Fortress during a Devil Race assault, where Long Haochen searched for Wang Yuanyuan as she fought on the walls.

• Long Haochen explained how he had broken Tan Wan’s Tornado Array and revealed that he had guessed she cultivated martial skills from Li Zhengzhi’s example.
• Long Haochen asked Tan Wan to look after Li Xin and warned her not to hurt her; Tan Wan accepted the request and told Li Xin to forget her grievance against Lin Xin.
• Long Haochen, Cai'er, Han Yu, and Lin Xin left Jialing Pass, while Tan Wan’s words left Xuanyuan Yan hopeful that he might win her affection.
• After four days of flight, the group arrived at Southeast Fortress as the Devil Race attacked under the power of eight Demon God Pillars.
• Long Haochen searched for Wang Yuanyuan before joining the battle and found that she was fighting on the fortress walls, covered in blood.

After nearly two years of war, Wang Yuanyuan had become a famed warrior at the Southeast Fortress, fighting beside Zhang Fangfang until Long Haochen and the others arrived. Their reunion restored her hope, while Long Haochen joined the defense and prepared to use Light Magic.

• The Devil Race launched a fierce full-scale assault, and Wang Yuanyuan and Zhang Fangfang fought on the Southeast Fortress walls for three days and nights.
• Wang Yuanyuan slaughtered the Bear Demons while Zhang Fangfang shielded her, until both were exhausted and injured.
• Han Yu, Lin Xin, Cai'er, and Long Haochen arrived; the knights healed Wang Yuanyuan and Zhang Fangfang, while Lin Xin and Cai'er cleared the nearby enemies.
• Wang Yuanyuan dropped her weapons and wept as Long Haochen embraced her and promised that Marshal Grade Sixty-Fourth Demon Hunter Squad would reunite.
• Long Haochen asked Zhang Fangfang to watch over Wang Yuanyuan, then joined Han Yu's defensive line and began chanting Light Magic.

Long Haochen and the reunited members of his Demon Hunter Squad helped defend Southeast Fortress as the Devil Race renewed its assault. Wang Yuanyuan joined the battle, and the squad restored its Soul Chain while Qiu Yonghao recognized Long Haochen’s importance on the battlefield.

• Long Haochen failed to summon Divine Dew but cast Sweet Rain Spell, healing and bolstering the fortress defenders while briefly weakening the Devil Race.
• As Lin Xin recovered from his magical attacks, Han Yu held the line, Cai'er struck at gaps in the defense, and Long Haochen spread enhancing auras across the walls.
• Lin Xin returned to the attack, and his companions coordinated with him to restrict the Devil Race’s advance.
• Wang Yuanyuan arrived beside Long Haochen and, after he agreed to fight alongside her, activated her Soul Chain.
• Qiu Yonghao watched the squad’s contribution and suspected that Long Haochen was the young swordsman who had once revealed Sword Intent to the Warrior Temple.

During the battle at Southeast Fortress, Insight Demon God Crosell investigated Long Haochen and found his spiritual power unusually strong. Angel Demon God Baimon enhanced Crosell and concealed his preparations for a dangerous second attempt to probe him, while Long Haochen continued supporting the defenders unaware.

• Long Haochen continued casting halos to help Southeast Fortress withstand the increasingly fierce Devil Race assault.
• Baimon ordered Crosell to investigate Long Haochen, and Crosell’s Insight Technique briefly affected him before Long Haochen’s spiritual power repelled it.
• Crosell reported that Long Haochen was an under-thirty eighth-rank knight wearing Epic-grade Adamantine Foundation Battle Armor, though his investigation was incomplete.
• Baimon told Crosell to use his exclusive ability and raised his Fallen Angel Domain to strengthen the Devil Race army while concealing the Demon God Pillars.
• Crosell began chanting under Baimon’s enhancement as Long Haochen resumed casting halos, unaware of the renewed threat.

Long Haochen was caught in Insight Demon God Crosell’s dark-blue beam, which sealed his abilities and began to make him disappear. Eternal Melody unexpectedly intertwined with the beam and transported both Long Haochen and Crosell away, leaving the battle’s outcome uncertain.

• Qiu Yonghao recognized the danger posed by the Devil Race’s attack and shouted for Long Haochen to grab Han Yu before charging from Southeast Fortress.
• Crosell’s dark-blue beam seized Long Haochen, immobilized him, and began making his body fade while his companions’ attacks had no effect.
• Long Haochen could not activate his equipment, but he used Eternal Melody to summon the Tower of Eternity’s power.
• Eternal Melody’s golden light merged with the dark-blue beam and spread back toward the Devil Race’s black mist.
• Long Haochen and Crosell vanished together, and Cai'er, Han Yu, Wang Yuanyuan, and Lin Xin realized Long Haochen had escaped to the Tower of Eternity.

Long Haochen and Insight Demon God Crosell were both transported into the Tower of Eternity when its teleportation overcame Crosell’s Insight Divine Summoning Technique. Long Haochen recognized Crosell’s injury and the Tower’s advantages, then decided to risk fighting the ninth-step Demon God.

• Crosell’s Insight Divine Summoning Technique remained active during the Tower of Eternity’s teleportation, injuring his spiritual source as both he and Long Haochen arrived on its first floor.
• Crosell questioned Long Haochen and drew two black-flamed blades, while Long Haochen retreated behind the Sun Moon Divine Snail Shield.
• Long Haochen told Crosell he had countered him, and Crosell tried to stall while asking to be sent back in exchange for sparing Long Haochen’s life.
• Long Haochen judged that Crosell was injured and cut off from his Demon God Pillar inside the Tower of Eternity.
• Long Haochen weighed his advantages against Crosell’s greater Cultivation Level and resolved to fight him.

Long Haochen battled Crosell inside the Tower of Eternity and was initially overwhelmed by the Insight Demon God’s strength. After summoning Haoyue and Yating, he saw Crosell panic at Haoyue’s presence and prepared to unleash more of his power.

• Crosell attacked Long Haochen with a saber strike that pierced his defenses and left him slightly concussed.
• Long Haochen dodged Crosell’s next attack by teleporting back through his Blood Pact with Haoyue.
• Haoyue appeared with five heads, and Crosell recoiled in terror at its aura.
• Long Haochen summoned Yating and took up Goddess of Light Aria and Blue Rain, Lotus of Light as his power surged.
• Haoyue asked to fight Crosell, but Long Haochen refused and prepared to face the Demon God himself.

Long Haochen and his allies confronted Insight Demon God Crosell in the Tower of Eternity. After they repelled Crosell’s opening attacks, Long Haochen prepared to strike again as Haoyue’s spells descended on the demon god.

• Long Haochen summoned Holy Guards Nine, Ten, Eleven, and Twelve, then activated his two epic-grade swords as Haoyue and Yating gathered their power.
• Crosell charged Long Haochen, striking at Holy Guards Ten and Twelve while launching a mental attack at Long Haochen.
• Haoyue and Long Haochen resisted Crosell’s mental attack, while the Holy Guards used magic and barriers to blunt his attacks and protect their companions.
• Long Haochen used Goddess of Light Aria to halt Crosell’s charge, and Yating’s Seraph’s Kiss amplified his power so he could withstand Crosell head-on.
• Haoyue attacked Crosell with a wind-and-fire combination and a blue-violet spear as Long Haochen gathered Spiritual Astral Force into his swords.

Long Haochen and his allies battled Crosell in the Tower of Eternity, using Haoyue’s poison and the Holy Guards’ attacks to weaken and restrain the Insight Demon God. After fusing with Haoyue, Long Haochen struck Crosell with a powerful sword combination, and Blue Rain, Lotus of Light’s Asura Thorn pierced toward him as the fight continued.

• Haoyue’s coordinated elemental attack slipped Little Purple’s paralyzing poison past Crosell’s defenses, numbing his left arm.
• The four Holy Guards and Yating attacked Crosell to buy Long Haochen time, but Crosell’s spiritual magic drove the Holy Guards back into Eternal Melody.
• Long Haochen fused with Haoyue’s armor and used Demon Extermination Flash to wound Crosell while Crosell’s left arm remained poisoned.
• Long Haochen followed with Light Speed Flash combined with Asura Slash, forcing Crosell to split into eight phantoms and sending his true body flying.
• Crosell deflected Blue Rain, Lotus of Light’s Asura Thorn only slightly and twisted away from his vital points.

Long Haochen used Lock On, Sacrifice, and his two divine swords to defeat Insight Demon God Crosell’s main body, but after collapsing from exhaustion, he saw a tiny version of Crosell emerge from the shattered corpse. The chapter ended with Crosell’s survival unexplained.

• Long Haochen marked Crosell’s true body with Lock On and used Sacrifice to intensify his attacks.
• Long Haochen battered Crosell with Dragon Ascension Strike, Twin-sword Sun Slash, and Demon Extermination Flash, while Crosell defended and counterattacked.
• Long Haochen evaded Crosell’s committed strike, then bound him with Light Rain Twin Dragon Pull and unleashed Cross Slash.
• Long Haochen’s Cross Slash blasted Crosell’s body apart, and Long Haochen collapsed as Haoyue and Yating left his fused state.
• A tiny Crosell crawled from the shattered corpse and spoke to the exhausted Long Haochen.

Long Haochen discovered that Insight Demon God Crosell had survived as a tiny, weakened true body after his parasite body was killed. He exploited Crosell’s greed to strike him down and, exhausted but alive, rested inside the Tower of Eternity.

• Crosell revealed that the demon Long Haochen had killed was only his parasite body and threatened to take Long Haochen as a replacement.
• Long Haochen removed his mask, and Crosell lowered his guard after seeing his face and imagining him as a perfect parasite body.
• Long Haochen used stored Holy Radiance to activate Goddess of Light Aria, which pierced Crosell’s head and killed him.
• The Demon God’s Crown flew away, and Long Haochen confirmed Crosell’s death before reflecting on how narrowly he had survived.
• Long Haochen rested in the Tower of Eternity, confident that the Demon God’s Crown could not escape.

After defeating Insight Demon God Crosell, Long Haochen gave Crosell's crown to Haoyue and discovered a gemstone that could help Yating evolve the Holy Guiding Spirit Furnace. At the Southeast Fortress, both the humans and the Devil Race waited anxiously for the missing pair, until Crosell's Demon God Pillar abruptly went dark.

• Long Haochen recovered his spiritual energy with the Adamantine Foundation Battle Armor and let Haoyue swallow Crosell's Demon God's Crown, agreeing to protect Haoyue during its coming evolution.
• Little Light revealed a gemstone left by Crosell, and Yating took it to fuse with the power of the Holy Guiding Spirit Furnace.
• Long Haochen had the Holy Guards handle Crosell's corpse, then teleported back to the Southeast Fortress with it.
• At the Southeast Fortress, Qiu Yonghao and the Devil Race's demon gods waited as Wang Yuanyuan and her companions said Long Haochen was safe but likely fighting Crosell.
• Crosell's Demon God Pillar blazed brightly, then suddenly went dark, its light and life disappearing.

Long Haochen returned to Southeast Fortress with Crosell’s corpse after killing the Insight Demon God, then recovered and welcomed Zhang Fangfang into his squad. Once everyone was ready, he went to help Haoyue begin his sixth evolution, which Haoyue wanted to undergo outside the cave.

• The Insight Demon God Pillar went dark, and Qiu Yonghao announced Crosell’s death as Baimon withdrew the Devil Race’s forces.
• Long Haochen returned to Southeast Fortress carrying Crosell’s corpse, and Qiu Yonghao welcomed him and his companions to the Warrior Temple.
• After resting, Long Haochen received Merit Points for Crosell’s death and accepted Zhang Fangfang into the Marshal Grade Sixty-Fourth Demon Hunter Squad.
• Long Haochen and his companions prepared for Haoyue’s evolution after he recovered from the Sacrifice skill’s effects.
• Long Haochen used Eternal Melody to bring his companions into the Tower of Eternity, then teleported to Haoyue and agreed to help him evolve outside the cave.

Haoyue absorbed the shattered Demon God's Crown of Insight Demon God Crosell and began an extraordinary evolution, growing a sixth, earth-attribute head while Long Haochen felt his own body and equipment change with it. As the evolution neared completion, Long Haochen sensed a vast deep-purple presence on the horizon.

• Long Haochen gathered his companions outside the cave and positioned them around Haoyue as it prepared to evolve.
• Little Light released the Demon God's Crown of Insight Demon God Crosell, and Haoyue shattered and devoured it.
• Haoyue's five heads formed a violet six-pointed star that gathered purple energy from across the world and fed it into its body.
• A sixth, earth-attribute head emerged, and Haoyue's scales turned crystal-like as its body became more dragon-like.
• Long Haochen felt his spiritual energy and constitution change, while the Sun Moon Divine Snail Shield began to glow with divine-tool brilliance.
• Long Haochen noticed the distant horizon turning deep purple and realized the change was not part of Haoyue's gathered light.

Long Haochen and the Marshal Grade Sixty-Fourth Demon Hunter Squad confronted a powerful cloaked undead who appeared as Haoyue evolved. The Lich King recognized Haoyue’s aura and targeted Long Haochen, whose golden holy light resisted her domain as her violet attack struck his shield.

• A dark violet force transformed the surroundings, and Long Haochen prepared the squad’s Conjoined Spirit Amplifying Pills as a cloaked enemy appeared.
• The squad swallowed the pills and flew between the enemy and Haoyue, linking their spiritual power to Long Haochen.
• Long Haochen’s enhanced Cross Slash interrupted the enemy’s chant, but she stopped it with one finger and identified Haoyue as Austin, Griffin.
• The enemy revealed herself as the Lich King in thought and sent a violet bubble at Long Haochen while her domain enveloped the squad.
• Long Haochen unleashed sacred golden light to resist the Lich King’s dark power and raised his Sun Moon Divine Snail Shield against the corrosive bubble.

Long Haochen used Yating’s evolved Holy Guiding Spirit Furnace to pull the Lich King within reach, then wounded her with the Sun Moon Divine Snail Shield’s light. The Lich King unleashed her full strength against Long Haochen’s group and Haoyue, whose evolution was nearing completion.

• Long Haochen blocked the Lich King’s corrosive purple bubbles with the Sun Moon Divine Snail Shield, but the attacks rapidly drained his spiritual power.
• Yating used the Holy Guiding Spirit Furnace’s Absolute Validity to pull the Lich King toward Long Haochen, who struck with Goddess of Light Aria.
• The Lich King turned into mist to evade the sword, but the Sun Moon Divine Snail Shield’s seven-colored light injured her and forced her to retreat.
• Haoyue’s six-headed body continued evolving as the Lich King recognized the danger of letting Austin Griffin complete its transformation.
• The Lich King summoned a storm of dark-purple spheres and began using her full power, while Long Haochen and his companions moved to defend Haoyue and cast Light’s Prayer.

Long Haochen fought to interrupt the Lich King's chant while Haoyue evolved, sending his companions to safety and drawing the undead monarch's attacks. Haoyue completed its evolution with a sixth head, drove back the Lich King and bone dragons, and escaped with Long Haochen.

• A purple hexagram empowered Long Haochen as the Lich King summoned more than a hundred bone dragons and raised them to the Ninth Tier.
• Long Haochen ended Body-Linked Spirit Amplification and sent Cai'er, Wang Yuanyuan, Lin Xin, Zhang Fangfang, Han Yu, and the Evil Eye Lord into the Tower of Eternity.
• Long Haochen flew through the bone dragons and used Traction to interrupt the Lich King's chant, but her blast and the dragons' attacks left him surrounded and injured.
• Haoyue's roar shattered the purple hexagram and paralyzed the bone dragons and Lich King, allowing Long Haochen to return to Haoyue's back.
• Haoyue revealed its sixth head, nullified the Lich King's attacks with its purple aura, and flew away with Long Haochen as the Lich King raged at her failure.

After Haoyue’s evolution, Long Haochen returned with it to the Tower of Eternity and decided his squad should avoid battles at the fortresses before infiltrating Devil Race territory. At Myriad Beast Pass, Chen Ying'er grieved over news that someone she cared for was likely dead, but Chen Hongyu promised to ask the Holy Alliance to search for him.

• The Lich King failed to stop Haoyue’s evolution and shrieked in terror as Haoyue’s aura suppressed her.
• Long Haochen returned to the Tower of Eternity with Haoyue, realized its power had greatly strengthened him, and watched it fall asleep from exhaustion.
• Long Haochen told his companions to keep a low profile at Myriad Beast Pass and Zhennan Pass, then enter Devil Race territory with Ying'er and Sima to destroy Demon God Pillars.
• Chen Ying'er refused to believe the news that someone was likely dead and insisted on searching for him herself.
• Chen Hongyu and Granny Sanshui stopped Chen Ying'er from leaving alone, and Chen Hongyu promised to ask the Holy Alliance to dispatch Demon Hunter Squads to search for the missing person.

Long Haochen reunited with Chen Ying'er after she feared her fiancé was lost, then learned Chen Hongyu intended to keep her at the Soul Temple. Long Haochen asserted his Demon Hunter Squad’s claim to a title and revealed that its chosen name was Dawn of Light.

• Chen Hongyu discussed searching for Chen Ying'er's missing fiancé while she worried there was little hope of finding him.
• Long Haochen arrived at the Soul Temple disguised as acting Holy Knight Commander Adamantine No. 12, and Chen Ying'er recognized and embraced him.
• Chen Ying'er begged Long Haochen to help, while Chen Hongyu said she must remain at the temple and inherit his position instead of returning to the Demon Hunter Squad.
• Long Haochen argued that Chen Ying'er's own wishes mattered and challenged Chen Hongyu's authority by claiming his squad qualified for a Title Grade rank.
• Long Haochen showed his Merit Token and said his squad had killed Andomali, Xi'er, and Crosell, then revealed that they had chosen the title Dawn of Light.

Long Haochen told Chen Ying'er that their squad was about to receive the title Dawn of Light, prompting her to insist on rejoining her companions. Chen Hongyu agreed that she could return if the squad avoided Devil Race territory for a time, but Long Haochen had not yet answered the condition.

• Long Haochen announced that his squad was about to gain the title Dawn of Light, and Chen Ying'er resolved to return to her team.
• Chen Hongyu apologized to Long Haochen but explained that he feared for Chen Ying'er's safety and wanted her to become a future pillar of the Soul Temple.
• Long Haochen promised to protect Chen Ying'er and described the squad's Soul Chain, divine tools, and Epic Equipment as safeguards.
• Granny Sanshui offered to let Chen Ying'er return if Long Haochen's squad stayed out of Devil Race territory for a period and remained at Myriad Beast Pass.