Chapter Summaries

Lin Xin appeared in the Temple Grand Competition and overwhelmed his Guardian Knight opponent with precise, powerful fire magic. As the knight struggled to withstand his attacks, Lin Xin formed the characters “Xin'er” from blue rays, leaving the arena stunned.

• Feng Ling'er insisted to Ye Weiyang that Sima Xian would not abandon her, while Ye Weiyang urged her to make him earn her trust.
• Li Zhengzhi defeated a warrior with one spell, and later matches among the Six Great Temples featured many Ninth Tier fighters.
• The Dawn of Light Demon Hunter Squad was selected for its third match, and Lin Xin appeared, astonishing Li Zhengzhi and his grandfather Lin Chen.
• Lin Xin used a blue ray of fire to shatter his Guardian Knight opponent’s shield, then broke through the knight’s reinforced defense with two more rays.
• Lin Xin drew more than twenty blue rays in the air and arranged them into the characters “Xin'er.”

Lin Xin declared his affection for Li Xin during his match, and Chen Ying'er advanced after her grandmother Granny Sanshui conceded. As the competition continued, Long Haochen finally returned to the arena, where he was matched against Warrior Temple hall master Qiu Yonghao.

• Lin Xin defeated the Guardian Knight, wrote Xin'er in blue light, and left Li Xin in tears of joy.
• Granny Sanshui conceded to her granddaughter Chen Ying'er, allowing Chen Ying'er to advance without a fight.
• Dawn of Light maintained a perfect record through its first five contestants as the competition continued through the day.
• In the forty-eighth match, the Light of Selection chose Long Haochen and Warrior Temple hall master Qiu Yonghao as opponents.
• Long Haochen saluted the Knight Temple and entered the arena, where the gathered temples recognized his return.

Long Haochen faced Warrior Temple Head Qiu Yonghao in the Temple Grand Competition, revealing overwhelming strength and a newly formed Sword Soul. Qiu recognized that Long Haochen’s power could reshape the Alliance’s loyalties, while the duel left him pondering how to forge the soul into a sword.

• Qiu Yonghao decided that if Long Haochen defeated him, the Warrior Temple would remain neutral toward Long Haochen’s plans.
• Long Haochen struck Qiu Yonghao with a punch that sent him flying into the arena barrier, astonishing the spectators and revealing his immense spiritual power.
• Qiu Yonghao unleashed his Sword Intent Domain, and Long Haochen answered with six golden wings and a white Sword Soul.
• Long Haochen praised Qiu Yonghao’s Sword Intent Domain and explained that he needed to use his own domain to withstand it.
• Qiu Yonghao sensed that Long Haochen’s Sword Soul had only just taken shape and wondered how to forge the soul into a sword.

Long Haochen used his Domain of Light to defeat Warrior Temple Head Qiu Yonghao, revealing a power that astonished the Temple Alliance. The first round ended with the Dawn of Light Demon Hunter Squad winning all ten of its matches.

• Long Haochen activated his Domain of Light, stripped Qiu Yonghao of his light-based power, and defeated him in the arena.
• Long Haochen helped Qiu Yonghao up and explained that maintaining his domain consumed enormous spiritual power; Qiu agreed to talk after the competition.
• Long Tianyin and the other spectators saluted Long Haochen, while Tan Wan and Alliance leaders reconsidered his potential and the Dawn of Light Demon Hunter Squad's strength.
• The first round's ninety-five matches concluded, with the Knight Temple qualifying twenty-four contestants, the Mage Temple twenty-one, the Soul Temple sixteen, the Assassin Temple fourteen, and the Warrior Temple and Dawn of Light Demon Hunter Squad ten each.
• All ten Dawn of Light Demon Hunter Squad contestants won, and the Alliance learned that eight were Ninth Tier powerhouses while the other two had reached the peak of the Eighth Tier.

After Dawn of Light stunned the Alliance with its victories, Long Haochen and his companions returned to the Knight Temple headquarters and reunited with loved ones. Feng Ling'er and Sima Xian reconciled in tears, while Li Xin confronted Lin Xin and Long Haochen explained why the team had been out of contact for four years.

• Long Haochen and his companions left the trial ground for the Knight Temple, while Long Tianyin invited Li Xin, Feng Ling'er, and Ye Weiyang to accompany him.
• Long Haochen reunited with Li Xin, who embraced him and broke down sobbing.
• Feng Ling'er told Sima Xian their relationship was over, but Sima Xian chased her and insisted he would not let her go.
• Feng Ling'er gave in to Sima Xian's embrace and sobbed as he held her.
• Li Xin rebuked Lin Xin for failing to contact her, and Long Haochen explained that the team had lost four years in deep meditation after escaping a near-fatal encounter with the Devil Race.

Long Haochen explained how the Dawn of Light Demon Hunter Squad survived the Demon God Emperor’s trap and returned after years of cultivation, easing Li Xin and Feng Ling’er’s anger. He then asked Feng Ling’er to help matchmake Han Yu with Ye Weiyang, and the Temple Grand Competition’s second day began.

• Long Haochen recounted how the Demon God Emperor killed him, how his companions risked their lives to obtain an ancient inheritance and revive him, and how their cultivation kept them away for years.
• Long Haochen apologized to Li Xin, Feng Ling’er, and Ye Weiyang for the squad’s disappearance, and Feng Ling’er and Li Xin softened toward Sima Xian and Lin Xin.
• Ye Weiyang left with Han Yu, and Long Haochen asked Feng Ling’er to help arrange a match between them.
• Feng Ling’er agreed that Han Yu might be worthy of Ye Weiyang, while Long Haochen hinted that the squad hoped to gain the Holy Alliance Grand Auction House’s support.
• The second day of the Temple Grand Competition began, and the Dawn of Light Demon Hunter Squad took vacant Knight Temple seats, irritating Li Zhengzhi.

The Temple Grand Competition continued as Xue Zhisheng conceded to Cai'er and Wang Yuanyuan faced Tan Wan. The chapter ended as Tan Wan unleashed her forbidden spell, Azure Netherworld, and Wang Yuanyuan closed her eyes and touched three fingers to her brow.

• Xue Zhisheng conceded to Cai'er, explaining that she had defeated him in their previous match, while Granny Sanshui likewise said she had conceded to her granddaughter Chen Ying'er.
• Chen Zidian allowed the competition to continue but warned that future forfeits without an explanation would cost a Temple points.
• The Light of Selection paired Wang Yuanyuan with Tan Wan, and Tan Wan began rapidly chanting a special spell created by Li Zhengzhi.
• Wang Yuanyuan calmly approached while Tan Wan's Wind Blades gathered into a powerful tornado, and Li Zhengzhi recognized the spell as the forbidden spell Azure Netherworld.
• Tan Wan unleashed Azure Netherworld, and Wang Yuanyuan stopped, closed her blood-red eyes, and placed three fingers against her brow.

Wang Yuanyuan used her Blood Domain to overwhelm Tan Wan’s Azure Netherworld and secure Dawn of Light another victory before the Temple Grand Competition advanced into its third round. Li Zhengzhi defeated Long Tianyin, Yang Wenzhao was eliminated, and Chen Ying’er faced Lin Chen as the chapter ended with him preparing a fire spell.

• Wang Yuanyuan unleashed her Blood Domain, swallowed Tan Wan’s Azure Netherworld, and won their match.
• Dawn of Light finished the second round with nine wins and one loss, placing fourth in the standings with twenty-eight points.
• Li Zhengzhi defeated Long Tianyin in five minutes with his Wind God Domain, eliminating the Knight Temple Master.
• Yang Wenzhao was eliminated after his second-round victory left him too exhausted to recover.
• Chen Ying’er faced Lin Chen in the fifth match, and Lin Chen summoned a huge orange-red fireball above his head.

Chen Ying'er faced Lin Chen in the Grand Trial, where his devastating Sacred Sun Curse overwhelmed McDull despite its Heaven-Defying Demon Dragon form. Chen Ying'er summoned her newly contracted Ice Dragon, but the chapter ended before revealing whether she could complete the spell she had originally intended to use.

• Lin Chen opened the match by unleashing his Sacred Sun Curse at Chen Ying'er.
• McDull transformed into a Heaven-Defying Demon Dragon and clashed with Lin Chen, but Lin Chen's Evilbreaker flame blasted it away and left it temporarily unable to fight.
• Long Haochen and Lin Xin recognized that Lin Chen's three-fires technique rivaled a domain in power.
• Chen Ying'er summoned a young Ice Dragon, her first contracted Summoned Beast, after McDull had been driven back.
• The narration revealed that Chen Ying'er had originally been preparing her Six Earth Dragon Summoning Spell to trap Lin Chen with an Elemental Cage.

Chen Ying'er used the Beast God Domain to strengthen McDull and the Ice Dragon, allowing them to unleash two Extreme Cold Domains and defeat Lin Chen. The match ended with Lin Chen thawed and returning to the Mage Temple, while Chen Ying'er remained pale from the effort.

• Lin Chen's Sacred Sun Curse defeated McDull, forcing Chen Ying'er to summon the Ice Dragon.
• Chen Ying'er invoked the Beast God's Divine Descent Technique and used the Beast God Domain to transform the Ice Dragon and McDull into adult Ice Dragons.
• Chen Ying'er released Divine Descent Heavenly Might, and the two Ice Dragons joined their Extreme Cold Domains to freeze Lin Chen and break his spell.
• Chen Zidian declared Chen Ying'er the winner, and Chen Ying'er withdrew the domains as McDull returned to its pig form and the Ice Dragon disappeared.
• Lin Chen thawed in the golden light, accepted his defeat, and returned to the Mage Temple, regretting that the Sacred Sun Curse might perish with him.

Chen Ying'er and several Dawn of Light members advanced in the Temple Grand Competition, while Han Yu lost to Chen Hongyu. Long Haochen faced the legendary Yang Haoyu, whose Starry Sky appeared as the duel began.

• Chen Ying'er returned to the resting area after defeating Lin Chen with her Summoned Beast’s domain, and spectators recognized the Dawn of Light members’ strength.
• Han Yu lost to Chen Hongyu after enduring ten minutes of the Beast Emperor Domain, while Zhang Fangfang, Lin Xin, Sima Xian, and Wang Yuanyuan won their matches.
• Long Haochen offered to concede if Cai'er became his opponent, but the selection paired her with Saint Moon, who forfeited immediately.
• The selection paired Long Haochen with the elderly knight Yang Haoyu, who thanked him for rescuing the Yang family heir and challenged him to prove himself.
• Yang Haoyu summoned his extraordinary Magic Beast, Starry Sky, and Li Zhengzhi identified him as a legendary knight who had once refused to become a Divine Seal Knight.

Long Haochen summoned a Sacred Unicorn to face Yang Haoyu, the Knight Temple’s legendary Starry Sky Divine Knight, whose strength far exceeded his own. The referee permitted Long Haochen to use equipment, and the arena watched as the match became a demonstration of the Knight Temple’s power.

• Li Zhengzhi told Tan Wan that Yang Haoyu had refused the Divine Seal Thrones and had become a secluded Starry Sky Divine Knight.
• Long Haochen summoned a Sacred Unicorn and mounted it to face Yang Haoyu.
• Yang Haoyu asked the Chief Referee to let Long Haochen use his equipment, and Chen Zidian granted the request.
• Long Tianyin told the Dawn of Light Demon Hunter Squad that Yang Haoyu had surpassed the fourth level of the ninth rank and was stronger than Chen Zidian.
• The veteran powerhouses watched as Long Haochen’s match with Yang Haoyu shifted attention back toward the Knight Temple.

Long Haochen faced Yang Haoyu in a Temple Grand Competition match and demonstrated how his Domain of the Light God could withstand and counter the elder’s Star Domain. The chapter ended with their domains once again claiming equal space after their attacks shattered.

• Long Haochen donned his equipment and prepared to fight Yang Haoyu after Chen Zidian approved the match.
• Yang Haoyu unveiled his Star Domain and struck Long Haochen with a Starry Sky Strike, which Long Haochen barely blocked with the Sun Moon Divine Snail Shield.
• Yang Haoyu followed with a powerful white beam of starlight, but Long Haochen contracted his Domain of the Light God around himself and weakened the attack.
• Long Haochen countered with a sword strike that grew as Yang Haoyu’s star-powered blade diminished, until both attacks shattered.
• The returned white light strengthened Long Haochen’s domain, which pushed Yang Haoyu’s Star Domain back and restored their equal division of the arena.

Long Haochen explained how his Domain of the Light God had withstood Yang Haoyu’s Star Domain, and Yang Haoyu began testing him with a powerful domain skill. The star exploded against Long Haochen’s defense, nearly destroying the trial ground’s barrier before a golden light reinforced it.

• Yang Haoyu asked how Long Haochen had resisted his Star Domain, and Long Haochen explained that he had absorbed and transformed the light within it.
• Yang Haoyu said Long Haochen’s domain had greater potential but warned that he would raise the pressure with the Starry Sky Spirit Explosion Technique.
• Yang Haoyu sent a blazing star toward Long Haochen, who used the Goddess of Light Aria to guide halos against it.
• The star’s light contracted instead of being absorbed and then exploded, shaking the Holy City and cracking the trial ground’s barrier.
• A golden light appeared above the barrier and reinforced it, stabilizing the structure before it shattered.

Long Haochen evolved the Domain of the Light God through Twin Swords in Harmony, transforming its nature into life and creation. His evolved Domain countered Yang Haoyu’s Starry Sky Spirit Explosion Technique and began to destabilize the Star Domain.

• Chen Zidian used his spirit pellet to reinforce the Great Trial Grounds’ defenses as Yang Haoyu’s star exploded and blasted Long Haochen and the Sacred Unicorn backward.
• Long Haochen steadied himself and joined his twin swords, using Twin Swords in Harmony to evolve the Domain of the Light God.
• Long Haochen’s golden Domain turned white and gained an aura of life and creation, forcing Yang Haoyu’s Star Domain to retreat.
• Yang Haoyu sent two stars toward Long Haochen, but the evolved Domain absorbed them and cut off Yang Haoyu’s control, preventing their detonation.
• Long Haochen expanded his Domain, weakening the Star Domain, while Yang Haoyu realized he had underestimated Long Haochen’s understanding of light.

Yang Haoyu overwhelmed Long Haochen with his fused Star Domain, pushing him to the brink of death until a purple-gold, six-headed phantom appeared and transformed his domain. Long Haochen broke Yang Haoyu’s Starlight Cross Slash, leaving the match poised for his counterattack.

• Yang Haoyu merged with his Star Domain and launched a Starlight Cross Slash that Long Haochen’s evolved domain could not dissolve.
• Long Haochen abandoned his cracking Adamantine Foundation Battle Armor as the slash’s pressure left him unable to defend himself.
• Yang Haoyu nearly stopped his attack when Long Haochen began bleeding, but Long Haochen’s persistence triggered purple-gold patterns on his forehead.
• A massive six-headed purple phantom appeared behind Long Haochen, spreading purple radiance that stripped away Yang Haoyu’s starlight and severed his connection to the Starlight Divine Beast.
• Long Haochen’s domain transformed into purple-gold armor, and he shattered the weakened Starlight Cross Slash before beginning an instinctive counterattack.

Long Haochen and Yang Haoyu unleashed their strongest attacks, nearly overwhelming the Holy Alliance Grand Trial Ground and endangering the Holy City. Cai'er used the Tower of Eternity to contain the blast, and Yang Haoyu conceded the match, though Long Haochen knew he had actually been outmatched.

• Haoyue merged its bloodline power with Long Haochen, strengthening his Domain of the Light God and forcing the Starry Sky Divine Beast away from Yang Haoyu.
• Long Haochen and Yang Haoyu collided with their strongest attacks, putting the protective barrier and Holy City in danger.
• Chen Zidian rallied the Six Great Temples' experts to reinforce the barrier as the clash shook the Holy City.
• Cai'er summoned the Tower of Eternity, which contained the destruction and stopped the upheaval.
• Long Haochen and Yang Haoyu survived the clash, and Yang Haoyu conceded after saying Long Haochen had the better chance if the fight continued.
• Long Haochen recognized that Yang Haoyu had deliberately yielded and had held the advantage during their battle.

After Long Haochen defeated Yang Haoyu in the Temple Grand Competition, Yang and Chen Zidian affirmed their hope in him and discussed uniting the Alliance under his leadership. Yang then told Haochen that he needed a Divine Seal Throne to complete his strength.

• Chen Zidian declared Long Haochen the winner over Yang Haoyu and suspended the competition until the next morning so the damaged grounds could be repaired.
• Long Haochen thanked Yang Haoyu, who praised his talent and maturity and invited him to talk privately.
• Yang Haoyu led Long Haochen to the seventh floor of the Demon Hunter Mission Tower, where Chen Zidian was waiting.
• Chen Zidian recalled Long Haochen naming his future squad Dawn of Light and described how the veteran Fall of the Demon God had returned to the Alliance with him.
• Yang Haoyu pledged his support for Long Haochen and discussed forming a centralized New Alliance, while Chen Zidian insisted the Temple Grand Competition should continue.
• Yang Haoyu told Long Haochen that he needed a Divine Seal Throne.

Yang Haoyu told Long Haochen why he had failed the Divine Seal Throne of Eternity and Creation trial and revealed that Starry Sky feared Haoyue, calling it the number one Demon God above the starry sky. Long Haochen planned to pursue a Divine Seal Throne and prepare for Haoyue’s dangerous evolution as the Temple Grand Competition resumed.

• Yang Haoyu explained that Starry Sky had refused to let him choose a Divine Seal Throne below its level, leaving him to fail the trial for the Divine Seal Throne of Eternity and Creation.
• Yang Haoyu told Long Haochen that Starry Sky had feared Haoyue and regarded it as the number one Demon God above the starry sky.
• Long Haochen described Haoyue’s growth and its destruction of Demon God Pillars, prompting Chen Zidian and Yang Haoyu to realize Haoyue had caused that destruction.
• Yang Haoyu urged Long Haochen to help Haoyue evolve, while Long Haochen planned to seek a Divine Seal Throne before facing the powerful beings of Haoyue’s plane.
• Long Haochen met with Yang Haoyu and Chen Zidian for more than two hours, learning about the Divine Seal Throne of Eternity and Creation and domains.
• The Temple Grand Competition resumed, and the Dawn of Light Demon Hunter Squad placed third with seven members advancing to the fourth round.

The fourth round of the Temple Grand Competition began, and Long Haochen faced Soul Temple Hall Master Chen Hongyu, a domain powerhouse. Long Haochen overwhelmed Chen Hongyu’s Ice Domain Ape, but the match remained underway as Chen Hongyu concealed himself inside a summoning gate.

• Chen Zidian announced the fourth round, and Wang Yuanyuan and Lin Xin advanced while Zhang Fangfang lost to Li Zhengzhi.
• The Light of Selection matched Long Haochen against Chen Hongyu, who entered the arena unwillingly but prepared to fight seriously.
• Chen Hongyu hid inside a gate of light and summoned a giant Ice Domain Ape, while Long Haochen mounted Star King instead of calling Haoyue.
• The Ice Domain Ape charged Long Haochen with a powerful ice-laden palm strike, but Long Haochen repelled it with his hands.
• Long Haochen pursued the flying ape on Star King and summoned a massive golden Light Sword to strike it down.