Chapter Summaries

Moonlit Night reached the eighth step after two years of seclusion and resolved to leave her feelings for Long Haochen behind. When Long Haochen unexpectedly arrived at her residence, she brought him to her quiet room, stunned that he had dared to come.

• Moonlit Night completed her breakthrough to the eighth step and believed Long Haochen had escaped danger after receiving her warning at Demon Extermination Pass.
• Moonlit Night reflected on her love for Long Haochen, accepted that they could not be together, and chose to pursue power and become a queen.
• A maid told Moonlit Night that a viscount was seeking an audience, and Moonlit Night nervously asked for him to be admitted.
• Long Haochen entered Moonlit Night's residence in a cloak, revealed himself, and greeted her after more than two years apart.
• Moonlit Night dismissed her maids, seized Long Haochen's hand, led him into her quiet room, and demanded to know why he had come.

Long Haochen met Moonlit Night in Heart City and revealed that his team planned to strike the Star Demon God Pillar while its master was weakened. He told her the operation would begin around the following evening, leaving Moonlit Night to avoid the attack on the Moon Demon Palace.

• Moonlit Night embraced Long Haochen, but he gently made clear that he loved Cai'er and regarded Moonlit Night as a life-and-death friend.
• Long Haochen promised to risk his life to protect Moonlit Night, and she regained her composure.
• Moonlit Night warned Long Haochen that Heart City remained heavily guarded and that even a weakened Star Demon God was dangerous.
• Long Haochen confirmed he had come to verify the Star Demon God's weakened condition and intended to damage or destroy the Star Demon God Pillar rather than fight him directly.
• Long Haochen told Moonlit Night that the operation would begin around the next evening, first targeting the Moon Demon Palace with a forbidden-spell-level attack before moving toward the Star Demon Palace.

Long Haochen asked Moonlit Night for help gathering intelligence about the Moon Demon Palace and Star Demon Palace, and she offered her organization’s support in exchange for his promise to spare the Devil Race if humanity won. After he agreed, Moonlit Night obtained maps to refine his plan, and Long Haochen prepared to begin the operation while the Dawn of Light Demon Hunter Squad waited in the Tower of Eternity.

• Moonlit Night stopped Long Haochen from leaving and offered to provide information about the Moon Demon Palace and Star Demon Palace.
• Moonlit Night asked Long Haochen to promise the Devil Race a small independent kingdom if humanity defeated it, and he agreed.
• Moonlit Night revealed that the Moonlit Night Chamber of Commerce was part of an organization of human-devil hybrids led by a Demon God.
• Moonlit Night went to retrieve maps of the Moon Demon Palace and Star Demon Palace so she and Long Haochen could refine the plan.
• Long Haochen disguised himself as a Moon Demon and waited outside the Moon Demon Palace as evening fell.
• The Dawn of Light Demon Hunter Squad gathered in full battle gear at the Tower of Eternity while Yang Wenzhao and Duan Yi, still recovering, offered their support.

Long Haochen and the Dawn of Light Demon Hunter Squad prepared a forbidden spell to strike the Moon Demon Main Hall while Moon Demon God Agares was away. Long Haochen planted the charged crystal near the hall and fled as its earth-elemental power began spreading, leaving the Moon Demons struggling to respond.

• Holy Guards Ten, Eleven, and Twelve lent their strength to Holy Guard Nine, who charged a crystal with earth elemental power for a forbidden spell.
• Zhang Fangfang readied the Dawn of Light Demon Hunter Squad while Long Haochen returned and took the completed crystal.
• Long Haochen teleported outside the Moon Demon Palace, hurled the crystal into the ground near the Moon Demon Main Hall, and raced away.
• Several Moon Demons sensed a brief light-elemental fluctuation and searched the area after Long Haochen left.
• Yellow light spread across the ground and the Moon Demon Main Hall, prompting the Moon Demons to invoke Dark Suppression as the forbidden spell began to erupt.

Long Haochen triggered the Earth Dragon Turns Over forbidden spell beneath the Moon Demon Main Hall, drawing the Devil Race’s strongest fighters to the Moon Demon Palace. While they responded to the destruction, he reached the Star Demon Palace and used a gemstone to pass through its outer barrier.

• Long Haochen used the stored forbidden spell Earth Dragon Turns Over to lift the Moon Demon Main Hall into the air and devastate much of the Moon Demon Palace.
• Two Moon Demon Heavenly Kings arrived and led the Moon Demons in restraining the earth dragon and protecting the main hall.
• Long Haochen followed a concealed route toward the Star Demon Palace as fighters from the Star Demon Palace and Demon Emperor Palace rushed to the disturbance.
• Long Haochen reached the Star Demon Palace and used a yellow star-shaped gemstone to pass through its outer barrier.

Long Haochen and the Dawn of Light demon hunters attacked the Star Demon Tower, where the Star Demon God Pillar stood. Long Haochen broke through the tower guards’ formidable defenses and swept his next attack toward them.

• Long Haochen reached the Star Demon Tower without encountering other Star Demons and found two ninth-step Star Demons guarding its entrance.
• Long Haochen teleported the Dawn of Light demon hunters to his position, while Haoyue remained in its own space preparing a powerful attack.
• Long Haochen ordered the group to charge, and Lin Xin and Sima Xian struck the guards with prepared attacks.
• The two Star Demons raised powerful defensive barriers, but Long Haochen fused Goddess of Light Aria and Blue Rain, Lotus of Light with Yating’s help.
• Long Haochen’s fused divine sword shattered both barriers, and he followed with Sword Star Rain aimed at the two guards.

Long Haochen and the Dawn of Light Demon Hunter Squad broke into the Star Demon Tower after he fused his two divine swords into the Sword of Creation and Life and wounded two ninth-step Star Demons. Inside, Long Haochen could not summon Haoyue, and a strange voice welcomed him as the agent of Austin Griffin.

• Long Haochen used the Sword of Creation and Life to blast open the Star Demon Tower’s entrance and severely wound two ninth-step Star Demons.
• Wang Yuanyuan and Zhang Fangfang guarded the entrance while the rest of the squad entered, then they shut the doors behind them.
• Long Haochen and his companions found the vast tower interior and its colossal Star Demon God Pillar, surrounded by dark golden runes and strange stars.
• Long Haochen summoned Haoyue so they could destroy the pillar, but the summoning failed and he could not reach Haoyue.
• A strange voice told Long Haochen, the agent of Austin Griffin, that it had waited a very long time for him.

Star Demon God Vasak trapped Long Haochen and the Dawn of Light Demon Hunter Squad inside the Star Demon Tower, explaining that a vast plan had brought them there. He revealed that he had used the Great Prophecy to arrange a chance to kill Long Haochen and Austin Griffin, and began to explain why the Devil Race feared Austin Griffin.

• Vasak appeared before Long Haochen and his companions as their attempt to summon Haoyue failed, prompting Long Haochen to activate the Eternal Melody.
• Long Haochen's teleportation failed, and Han Yu's attempt to break through the tower doors was repelled as the Star Demon Tower sealed them inside.
• Vasak told Long Haochen that the Devil Race had spent years arranging the trap and that Moonlit Night had been deceived too.
• Vasak explained that the events leading them to the tower were real, but that he had foreseen their arrival through the Great Prophecy.
• Vasak revealed that he had sacrificed a hundred years of life force to use the Great Prophecy and said the Devil Race had to kill Long Haochen and Austin Griffin.

Long Haochen and the Dawn of Light Demon Hunter Squad attacked Star Demon God Vasak, but the Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu appeared alongside Moon Demon God Agares and overwhelmed them. As the squad prepared to die, Feng Xiu spoke with Long Haochen about their past encounters and promised to spare Moonlit Night.

• Long Haochen and the Dawn of Light Demon Hunter Squad launched their strongest attacks at Vasak, but a crushing pressure shattered their skills and drove Long Haochen into the ground.
• Moon Demon God Agares and Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu appeared beside Vasak, revealing that the three highest-ranked Demon Gods had gathered to trap the squad.
• A gray-robed man sensed Feng Xiu's arrival, wept, and vanished.
• Long Haochen and his companions exchanged farewells, and Long Haochen declared that he would face the Demon Gods first as their captain.
• Feng Xiu told Long Haochen about seeing him at Demon Extermination Pass, the Moon Demon Palace, and Dream Paradise, and promised not to punish Moonlit Night.

Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu revealed that he had targeted Long Haochen because of Austin Griffin and offered to spare the Dawn of Light Demon Hunter Squad if Long Haochen took his own life. Long Haochen sent his companions away, subdued Cai'er, and asked Feng Xiu to let him die honorably in a duel.

• Feng Xiu admitted that he had staged the conflict to bring Long Haochen to him and offered to release Long Haochen's companions if Long Haochen killed himself.
• Agares objected to Feng Xiu's offer, but Feng Xiu silenced him and insisted that his decision could not be questioned.
• Long Haochen ordered the Dawn of Light Demon Hunter Squad to live and avenge him rather than die alongside him.
• Cai'er refused to leave Long Haochen, so he rendered her unconscious, gave her the Forget-me-not Ring, and asked Wang Yuanyuan to keep her from seeking revenge.
• Long Haochen said farewell to his companions and Haoyue, then challenged Feng Xiu to grant him a knight's dignified death.

Long Haochen challenged Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu and unleashed his strongest sword strike, but Feng Xiu stopped it with one finger and killed him by destroying his heart. Cai'er awoke in time to see Long Haochen die, and the memories of how they first met flooded her mind.

• Long Haochen challenged Feng Xiu, who accepted and promised him the honor of facing him directly.
• Long Haochen fused his weapons and Yating’s power, then unleashed his greatest sword strike against Feng Xiu.
• Feng Xiu stopped the sword with one finger, drawing a drop of blood while Long Haochen’s power faded.
• Feng Xiu flicked the golden drop of blood into Long Haochen’s chest, destroying his heart as the Dawn of Light Demon Hunter Squad remained trapped.
• Cai'er awoke, saw Long Haochen’s heart shattered, and collapsed as memories of their first meeting filled her mind.

Cai'er regained her memories as Long Haochen died after wounding the Demon God Emperor, and Feng Xiu revealed that Long Haochen carried his bloodline. The Demon Hunters were expelled from the Star Demon Tower and allowed to leave Demon Capital Heart City, while the chapter left Long Haochen's fate beyond death unresolved.

• Cai'er remembered her life with Long Haochen as he fell, and Long Haochen died with a faint smile after severing their Soul Chain.
• The Demon Hunters of the Dawn of Light Demon Hunter Squad watched in shock as Feng Xiu and the other demon gods stood over Long Haochen's body; Feng Xiu had been wounded by Long Haochen's final strike.
• In Black Jade Red's world, the six-headed creature weakened and shed purple blood as its aura faded.
• Cai'er reached Long Haochen's body and mourned him, then caught the Eternal Melody when it sprang from his chest.
• Feng Xiu expelled the Demon Hunters and Long Haochen's body from the Star Demon Tower, then ordered that no one hinder or hunt them as they left Demon Capital Heart City.
• Feng Xiu told Agares that Long Haochen carried his blood and had been his chosen second heir, while Vasak already knew of their connection.

After the Demon God Emperor killed Long Haochen, Cai'er led the Dawn of Light Demon Hunter Squad to the Tower of Eternity, carrying his body and clinging to a final hope. A jade-green spirit revealed that Long Haochen's soul would endure for only seven days, and that Cai'er had to claim the tower's master's inheritance to have a chance of reviving him.

• Feng Xiu ordered Agarest to withdraw the armies and declared that the demons would not initiate another attack on humanity for ten years, mourning Long Haochen as his son.
• Cai'er stopped Sima Xian from charging back into battle and led the squad away from the Demon Capital while carrying Long Haochen.
• Cai'er returned the Forget-me-not Ring to Long Haochen, took the Eternal Melody necklace, and used it to transport the squad to the Tower of Eternity.
• Yang Wenzhao and Duan Yi saw Long Haochen's body, and Duan Yi saluted him as Chen Ying'er wept.
• Cai'er called for help, and a jade-green spirit appeared to explain that Long Haochen's soul would last seven days and that the tower's master's inheritance offered the only chance to revive him.

Cai'er learned that Long Haochen still had a chance to be revived if she obtained Necromancer Calamity Eleiks's inheritance within seven days. She led the others into the third floor of the Tower of Eternity, where they prepared to find and defeat the hidden Dark Holy Guard.

• Ye Xiaolei's voice gave Cai'er hope that Long Haochen could still be revived, and the group resolved to reach the Tower of Eternity's seventh floor within seven days.
• Cai'er had Wang Yuanyuan and Chen Ying'er chain Long Haochen's body to her back before leading the group upward.
• Han Yu named Cai'er their acting captain, and the group entered the third floor of the Tower of Eternity.
• Cai'er identified the skeleton-filled third floor's trial as one overseen by the Dark Holy Guard and ordered Han Yu to locate it with his Evil Eye Lord.
• Cai'er ordered the group into formation and led their charge into the sea of skeletons.

The Dawn of Light Demon Hunter Squad fought through the skeleton horde on the Tower of Eternity’s third floor, gaining spiritual energy as Cai’er led the advance. They reached the Dark Knight checkpoint and charged toward it, with the squad still pressing forward through the skeletons.

• Cai’er led the squad into the skeleton horde while the four knights used Holy Light Guardian Aura to weaken the enemies and ease the team’s advance.
• The squad discovered that each skeleton they killed increased their spiritual energy, but they continued toward the checkpoint to save time for Long Haochen’s resurrection.
• Cai’er purified more than a thousand skeletons, strengthening the phantom of the Death God above her.
• The skeletons parted to reveal an armored Dark Knight on a skeletal warhorse, whom the squad recognized as their likely checkpoint opponent.
• Cai’er charged down the passage toward the Dark Knight as Zhang Fangfang and the others followed through the attacking skeletons.

Cai'er and the Dawn of Light Demon Hunter Squad defeated Holy Guard Number Eight, a powerful Dark Knight, using coordinated attacks from Sima Xian and Lin Xin. In the passage beyond the battle, Sima Xian and Lin Xin stayed behind to recover while Cai'er and the others prepared to continue through the Tower of Eternity.

• Cai'er fought through the purple skeletons and blocked the Dark Knight's ninth-step spear strike with her Scythe of Death.
• Sima Xian cleared the surrounding enemies and struck the Dark Knight with Purple Illusion Divine Thunder Cannon while Lin Xin sent in his Blue Fire Phoenix.
• The Dark Knight's mount absorbed most of Sima Xian's attack, but Lin Xin's Blue Fire Phoenix melted the Dark Knight after Cai'er shattered his defensive sphere.
• Holy Guard Number Eight submitted to Cai'er and merged into the Eternal Melody as the dark world vanished.
• Cai'er found the team in a passage beyond the battle, where Sima Xian and Lin Xin remained to recover their spiritual energy while the others continued onward.

Cai'er and the Dawn of Light Demon Hunter Squad crossed into the radiant half of the Tower of Eternity's third floor and faced a powerful Light Magic mage. The mage bound the group with ninth-tier Holy Binding, but Cai'er and Wang Yuanyuan coordinated an attack that tore into the spell's defenses.

• Cai'er led the group through the white curtain after they defeated the Dark Knight, entering a golden realm filled with Holy Aura.
• The group found a Light Magic mage seated beneath Eleiks's statue, and Cai'er told Chen Ying'er to save her strength for the next floor.
• Cai'er and Wang Yuanyuan charged the mage, but his instant Holy Binding halted them and blocked the other fighters as well.
• Yang Wenzhao identified the spell as lost ninth-tier Light Magic, while the mage's powerful soul force dispersed the Evil Eye Lord's mental attack.
• Cai'er and Wang Yuanyuan signaled their plan, and Wang Yuanyuan used Bloody Storm's Dimensional Storm to tear into the Holy Binding.

Wang Yuanyuan and Cai'er defeated the Light Magic mage guarding the third floor of the Tower of Eternity. The Sun Moon Divine Snail Shield then released a mysterious light, giving Cai'er hope that Long Haochen could return to life, and the squad rested before entering the fourth floor.

• Wang Yuanyuan used the Gate of Space Spirit Furnace to ambush the Light Magic mage, interrupting his spell and breaking Holy Binding.
• Cai'er pursued the mage, but he cast Sacred Sacrifice and blasted the squad back.
• Long Haochen's Sun Moon Divine Snail Shield released orange-red light that suppressed Sacred Sacrifice, allowing Cai'er to defeat the mage with Thousand Shadow Slash.
• The mage vanished into the Eternal Melody and declared that Holy Guard Number Seven submitted to Cai'er.
• Cai'er embraced Long Haochen's arm and told her companions that the shield's power meant he was not truly dead and would return.
• Cai'er ordered the exhausted squad to recover their spiritual energy before entering the fourth floor, while Yang Wenzhao and Duan Yi reconsidered their strength.

After the team entered the fourth floor of the Tower of Eternity, Chen Ying'er began preparing a powerful summoning spell, but two Holy Guards appeared together to challenge them. The team fought to stop the Ice Warrior's advance while the Fire Mage prepared to attack.

• Cai'er reviewed the trials ahead and assigned Chen Ying'er to serve as their main force on the fourth floor.
• The team arrived on a floor resembling the first and surrounded Chen Ying'er as she began chanting a high-tier spell.
• An Ice Warrior and a Fire Mage appeared together, prompting the team to fear they lacked Long Haochen's protection.
• Han Yu and Zhang Fangfang moved to the front as Lin Xin attacked the Ice Warrior with a fireball.
• The Ice Warrior redirected Lin Xin's attack and sent an ice blade toward the team, but Wang Yuanyuan and Sima Xian broke it with their cannons, and Han Yu shattered the remnants.

Cai'er and Chen Ying'er unleashed their full power to stop the ninth-rank Ice Warrior and counter the Fire Mage's Meteor Fire Rain on the fourth floor of the Tower of Eternity. Chen Ying'er destroyed the Ice Warrior and struck the Fire Mage with a second six-colored beam as Cai'er rushed in to attack.

• Cai'er sent the Ice Warrior flying with Death's Sorrow, nearly shattering his twin swords.
• Chen Ying'er summoned six Earth Dragons and used their combined breaths to create a six-colored beam that dispersed the center of the Fire Mage's Meteor Fire Rain.
• The beam trapped the Ice Warrior in an Elemental Cage, and Chen Ying'er disintegrated him into six elements and powder.
• Chen Ying'er sacrificed blood to the crystal ball and fired a second six-colored beam at the Fire Mage while Cai'er charged toward him.
• The six-colored beam passed through the Fire Mage's flame defenses and turned his body six-colored.