Chapter Summaries

Long Haochen escorted the blind girl Cai'er to her hotel and learned her name, while Cai'er secretly recognized him from their past. Long Haochen returned to cultivate as the Demon Hunter Group Selection Competition began, and Lin Xin approached two young mages at the Mage Temple Trial Grounds.

• Long Haochen first offered to help Cai'er, then took her hand and guided her through the streets after she asked him to see her home.
• Long Haochen learned the blind girl's name was Cai'er and heard that she had come from a city east of the Alliance to handle some matters.
• Cai'er reached her hotel, thanked Long Haochen, and privately recognized him, recalling that she had lost her sense of taste and ability to speak before losing her sight.
• Long Haochen returned to his hotel, reflected on his decision to become a Guardian Knight, took a pill from Lin Xin, and entered cultivation.
• The preliminary rounds of the Demon Hunter Group Selection Competition began, and Lin Xin asked two young mages beside him whether they were interested in pills.

Lin Xin introduced himself as a Fifth Order mage and magic pharmacist, while the first day of the competition revealed several unusual contestants. After cultivating overnight, Long Haochen returned for the second round and noticed a formidable young knight whose identity he asked Ye Hua about.

• Lin Xin offered to befriend two Fifth Order contestants and showed them pills he had refined.
• Sima Xian crushed his opponent in the Priest Temple trial, and a girl shield warrior defeated Chen Chen in three moves.
• The first day of preliminaries ended with the temples noting many strange competitors, including a Fourth Order summoner who summoned an Eighth Order Hell Three-Headed Hound.
• Long Haochen cultivated for nearly a day and night, gaining at least twenty points of Internal Spiritual Power.
• Li Xin told Long Haochen that she and Jia Lu had advanced, while Chen Si and Chen Chen had lost.
• Long Haochen returned to the trial ground with Li Xin and Ye Hua, spotted a calm, imposing young knight, and asked Ye Hua who he was.

Long Haochen watched the second day of the selection tournament and set his sights on challenging a formidable Fifth Order knight in black. As the matches continued, Li Xin entered the arena, and Long Haochen realized her Rose Unicorn had evolved to the initial stage of Sixth Level.

• Long Haochen told Ye Hua he wanted to challenge the black-clad Fifth Order knight, who met his gaze and signaled that he was waiting for the challenge.
• The tournament’s host warned contestants against carelessness before the second day of single-elimination matches began.
• Long Haochen meditated between matches, prompting Gui Ying to criticize Gui Wu’s impetuousness and recognize Long Haochen’s discipline and unusual inheritance.
• Li Xin was called to fight contestant forty-six and entered the arena on her Rose Unicorn.
• Long Haochen noticed that Rose had evolved to the initial stage of Sixth Level, and Ye Hua recognized that the mount’s advancement greatly improved Li Xin’s prospects.

Li Xin defeated Number Forty-Six by using Rose's superior speed and their Combined Magic. Long Haochen then entered his match against Gui Wu, who retreated to the edge of the arena while Long Haochen continued Gathering Momentum.

• Li Xin used Rose's speed to evade Number Forty-Six's defenses and complete their Combined Magic.
• Li Xin overwhelmed Number Forty-Six with a chain of attacks, and he conceded defeat, blaming his loss on Rose.
• The referee called Long Haochen and Gui Wu to fight, and Gui Ying told Gui Wu to use what he had given him.
• Gui Wu summoned his Crimson Armored Earth Dragon and rode to the far edge of the arena while Long Haochen gathered momentum.
• Gui Wu waited for Long Haochen's Gathering Momentum to expire, but Long Haochen did not end it or launch an attack.

Long Haochen endured a prolonged Gathering Momentum before charging Gui Wu and unleashing a devastating Light Slash Sword. He defeated Gui Wu and the Crimson Armored Earth Dragon, leaving the spectators stunned by the attack’s power.

• Long Haochen continued Gathering Momentum for four minutes, unsettling Gui Wu and the watching contestants.
• Gui Wu activated Bloodlust on the Crimson Armored Earth Dragon and rode it sideways to keep his distance as Long Haochen charged.
• Long Haochen covered more than a hundred meters in three steps, then took a fourth step after the Gathering Momentum countdown ended.
• Gui Wu turned to attack, but Long Haochen fired an exceptionally powerful Light Slash Sword that broke Gui Wu’s spear and shield and sent him and the Crimson Armored Earth Dragon crashing into the barrier.
• Long Haochen landed steadily while Gui Wu and the Crimson Armored Earth Dragon lay bleeding.

Long Haochen defeated Gui Wu with a calculated Gathering Momentum strike, and the Knight Temple secretly ordered his talent and age concealed. The battle helped Long Haochen glimpse the threshold of spiritual power liquefaction, and he left to continue cultivating.

• Long Haochen defeated Gui Wu, whose accusation that Long Haochen was Fifth Order led officials to test his spiritual power and award him the match.
• Ye Hua released Gui Ying from their wager after Long Haochen’s mercy, and Gui Ying left with his injured son.
• The Holy Knight Commander learned Long Haochen had 1,803 spiritual power and ordered his records changed to say he was eighteen while keeping his information secret.
• Long Haochen reflected that his Child of Light constitution had let him sustain Gathering Momentum for an extra second and strike with power comparable to a Radiant Knight.
• Long Haochen realized he had glimpsed the threshold of spiritual power liquefaction, then left the trial grounds to resume cultivating.

Long Haochen walked Cai'er back to her lodgings and looked forward to seeing her again the next day. During meditation, he studied Gathering Momentum and discovered that compressed liquid spiritual power lingered around his Holy Guiding Spirit Furnace, which began to glow and might have been changing.

• Long Haochen met Cai'er and walked her to her lodgings, where she asked him to escort her again the next day.
• Long Haochen returned to his room and entered meditation peacefully, finding that thoughts of Cai'er had made cultivation feel enjoyable.
• Long Haochen used Gathering Momentum to compress all his Internal Spiritual Power and observed golden liquid forming around his Holy Guiding Spirit Furnace.
• The Holy Guiding Spirit Furnace emitted a ghostly white glow as the golden droplets began to rotate around it.
• Long Haochen ended Gathering Momentum and noticed that the golden droplets dissipated more slowly than the rest of his spiritual power.

Long Haochen discovered that depleting his Internal Spiritual Power made it recover faster and seemed to awaken a response from his Holy Guiding Spirit Furnace, which he suspected was beginning to evolve. As the Knight Temple preliminaries advanced toward the top nineteen, he entered a tense day of matches focused on earning a valuable bye into the top ten.

• After exhausting his Internal Spiritual Power, Long Haochen found that it rapidly recovered on its own and repeatedly practiced the process, noticing his Holy Guiding Spirit Furnace respond when liquid spiritual power appeared.
• Long Haochen and Li Xin passed the second round, while Lin Jialu lost to a level-seven Great Mage and left Holy City that night with Chen Si and Chen Chen.
• Ye Hua told Long Haochen that the thirty-eight remaining contestants would compete for the top nineteen, and that the judges would award a coveted bye into the top ten based on a contestant's performance.
• Long Haochen entered the training grounds with Li Xin, saw the four Fifth Order contestants in the front row, and remained calm as the other contestants worried about facing them.
• Long Haochen thought about seeing Cai'er after the matches, and his composure helped Li Xin calm herself.

Lin Xin entered the Mage Temple selection competition as contestant number one and faced the unlucky contestant number sixty-one. He demonstrated his exceptional fire control with a circle of liquid spiritual energy, leaving his opponent pale as the match continued.

• The contestants learned that number one would face number sixty-one, and Lin Xin rose from the front row as a Fifth Order Archmage.
• Lin Xin summoned a staff made from a massive Fire Cloud Crystal, astonishing the referee and his opponent with its rarity and value.
• After the referee started the match, Lin Xin proposed that his opponent win if she could match a demonstration of fire control, and she gratefully agreed.
• Lin Xin traced a fiery red circle in the air with liquid spiritual energy and drew all its Fire Attribute aura inward without letting the circle disperse.
• Contestant number sixty-one turned pale as she realized she could not match Lin Xin's precise control.

Lin Xin defeated his opponent with a dazzling display of fire magic, drawing praise from the judges and revealing that the hostile Old Lin was his grandfather. The Assassin Temple trial then began, with its concealed contestants vanishing among the stone pillars while a purple-haired mage slowly walked toward the center.

• Lin Xin transformed scattered sparks into hundreds of roses, then formed them into a heart that harmlessly encircled his opponent.
• Contestant Number Sixty-One conceded, while the referee marveled at Lin Xin's magical control.
• Old Lin criticized Lin Xin's performance, then revealed he was cursing his own grandson before storming away.
• Old Ge recognized Lin Xin as Old Lin's second grandson and the legendary freak.
• The Assassin Temple announced a simultaneous elimination contest among the twelve remaining contestants, and most contestants quickly disappeared among the pillars.
• A purple-haired contestant tapped her Green Bamboo Staff and slowly walked toward the center of the trial ground.

Cai'er revealed her Fifth Order strength in the Assassin Temple trial, while Long Haochen was called to face a Fifth Order opponent in the Knight Temple. The chapter ended as Long Haochen entered the arena to begin his match.

• Cai'er walked into the Assassin Temple trial grounds and drew the hidden contestants’ attention as the match began.
• An assassin attacked Cai'er, but she used Shadow Clone to evade him and struck him unconscious, eliminating number eighteen.
• The remaining assassins repositioned and clashed with one another while Cai'er stood still, waiting for a chance to finish the round.
• Long Haochen’s number was called for the Knight Temple’s sixth match against number four, a Fifth Order knight.
• Long Haochen reassured Ye Hua, entered the arena, and faced his tall opponent armed with a broadsword and heavy shield.

Long Haochen faced the arrogant Knight Number Four, a Fifth Order knight, and appeared to be overwhelmed by his attacks. As Knight Number Four moved in to finish the fight, Long Haochen revealed that he had been hiding his strength and began his counterattack.

• Knight Number Four mocked Long Haochen’s Gathering Momentum skill, and Long Haochen answered that there were no trash skills, only trash people.
• Knight Number Four attacked without summoning his mount, overpowering Long Haochen with Assault, Shield Charge, and a liquefied-spiritual-energy Light Slash Sword.
• Long Haochen rose despite his injuries and used Healing Light while Knight Number Four taunted him and approached for another strike.
• Li Xin urged Ye Hua to stop the fight, but Ye Hua told her to believe in Long Haochen.
• As Knight Number Four swung his broadsword, Long Haochen released Ascension Array and Holy Light Shield, revealing that he had endured the earlier attacks while waiting for an opening.

Long Haochen used a carefully timed barrage of Punishment Knight skills to overcome Number Four despite the gap in their strength. He defeated Number Four and held his Fire Sword to the fallen knight’s neck, though he was exhausted and bleeding.

• Long Haochen rose from his apparent defeat and struck Number Four with a Cross Slash, forcing him back.
• Long Haochen followed with twin Sun Slashes and Lightning Stab, keeping Number Four on the defensive and scorching his arm.
• The Holy Knight Commander recognized Long Haochen as a Punishment Knight who had mastered the Fifth Order Holy Sword.
• Long Haochen drove Number Four back with another Sun Slash, then used Body-Sword Unity and Holy Sword to shatter his shield and knock him down.
• Long Haochen pressed the Fire Sword to Number Four’s neck, winning the fight while blood ran from his mouth.

Long Haochen defeated Knight Number Four, Han Yu, in the selection competition, and the Holy Knight Commander condemned Han Yu for abandoning the knightly codes. Long Haochen pleaded for him, and Han Yu became Long Haochen’s Retainer Knight for five years.

• Long Haochen defeated Knight Number Four, who refused to accept his loss and demanded a rematch.
• The Holy Knight Commander rebuked Knight Number Four for his arrogance and ordered him expelled from the Knight Temple.
• Long Haochen pleaded for Knight Number Four to receive another chance, and the Holy Knight Commander made him Long Haochen’s Retainer Knight until the next selection competition.
• Knight Number Four introduced himself as Han Yu, swore to serve Long Haochen for five years, and left to settle matters at home.
• Li Xin congratulated Long Haochen, while the other contestants regarded him with wariness after witnessing his powerful attack.

After defeating Han Yu, Long Haochen learned that his opponent had become his Retainer Knight and that he had likely secured a bye into the top ten. He reunited with Cai'er, who sensed his injury and urged him not to fight so desperately, while privately showing concern for his safety.

• Ye Hua explained that Long Haochen's Fifth Order opponent, Han Yu, had sworn to become his Retainer Knight, and that the oath bound him to serve Long Haochen.
• Ye Hua and Li Xin told Long Haochen that his victory likely earned him a bye in the next day's competition.
• Long Haochen hurried to meet Cai'er, who sensed his injury through his weakened breathing and asked who had hurt him.
• Long Haochen told Cai'er that he had won his match and would have a bye, then walked her home while holding her hand.
• Cai'er asked Long Haochen not to fight so desperately, and after he left, she privately expressed relief that his injury was not serious.

After the preliminary rounds, Han Qian confronted Han Yu over his humiliating loss to Long Haochen and gave him a choice: abandon knighthood or become Long Haochen’s Retainer Knight. Han Yu chose to follow Long Haochen, while Han Qian privately considered the benefits of their connection and wondered about Long Haochen’s origins.

• Li Xin advanced through the third round, while Long Haochen received a bye in the next round.
• Han Qian ordered Han Yu to kneel and condemned his arrogance and refusal to accept defeat after Long Haochen beat him.
• Han Qian told Han Yu that Long Haochen was only fourteen and offered him the choice of losing his spiritual energy and leaving the Knight Temple or becoming Long Haochen’s Retainer Knight.
• Han Yu accepted the retainer path and vowed to make Han Qian see him differently in five years.
• After Han Yu left, Han Qian reflected that following Long Haochen could help his grandson grow and wondered whose inheritance Long Haochen had received.

Cai'er withdrew from the remaining preliminary matches, then asked Long Haochen if he would hold her hand and lead her forever; he agreed, bringing them closer. Back at the hotel, Li Xin announced that she had reached the top ten too, so both siblings could join Demon Hunter Squads.

• Cai'er withdrew from the rest of the Assassin Temple's preliminary matches and left to meet Long Haochen.
• Long Haochen met Cai'er, walked with her, and told her he would hold her hand and lead her forever if she asked.
• Cai'er hurried back to the hotel after Long Haochen agreed, while he sensed that her feelings toward him had changed.
• Li Xin arrived at Long Haochen's hotel room and said she had made the top ten, qualifying alongside him to join a Demon Hunter Squad.

As the selection competition reached its ranking matches, Long Haochen chose to face a powerful opponent to push himself toward a breakthrough. He drew the black-clothed Fifth Order knight, and they agreed to fight without mounts.

• Ye Hua celebrated Long Haochen and Li Xin reaching the top ten, then advised them to preserve their strength for the finals.
• Long Haochen told Ye Hua he wanted to fight the strongest opponents, believing difficult battles would help him approach the Fifth Order.
• Long Haochen drew number one, the black-clothed knight who had made him feel the greatest threat.
• Han Yu watched from the trial ground, hoping to see Long Haochen defeat his opponents and reveal his talent.
• The black-clothed knight asked whether Long Haochen had a mount and agreed not to summon his own so they could fight fairly.

Long Haochen faced Yang Wenzhao in a Punishment Knight duel and used a blend of Guardian and Punishment Knight skills to attack. Yang Wenzhao blocked Long Haochen’s increasingly rapid strikes, and the battle remained unresolved.

• Yang Wenzhao introduced himself and refused to summon a mount before the referee began the duel.
• Long Haochen and Yang Wenzhao revealed their twin swords and charged at each other as Punishment Knights.
• Long Haochen used Guardian Knight enhancement skills during his charge, then avoided Yang Wenzhao’s sweeping sword radiance with a sudden stop and sideways roll.
• Long Haochen’s thrust met Yang Wenzhao’s sword, and he used the collision’s momentum to spin into a rapid series of attacks.
• Yang Wenzhao blocked Long Haochen’s increasingly fast twin-sword strikes as Long Haochen’s spinning assault continued.

Long Haochen and Yang Wenzhao exchanged powerful attacks in their punishment knight duel, with Long Haochen revealing his growing mastery of combat skills and liquid spiritual energy. The chapter ended with Long Haochen blocking Yang Wenzhao’s Cross Slash and raising his sword to unleash Holy Sword.

• Yang Wenzhao countered Long Haochen’s Spiral Sword of Slaughter with the Ascension Array and Dragon Ascension Strike, forcing them both to retreat.
• Long Haochen immediately used Gathering Momentum, but Yang Wenzhao charged in with Thrust to interrupt him.
• Long Haochen blocked the Thrust with Divine Seal Block and answered with Sun Slash, startling Yang Wenzhao with signs that he had reached the threshold of liquid spiritual energy.
• Long Haochen chained eighteen Sun Slashes together, while Yang Wenzhao stood his ground and blocked every strike.
• Yang Wenzhao countered Long Haochen’s final attack with Cross Slash, but Long Haochen stopped his retreat with Divine Seal Block and prepared Holy Sword.