Chapter Summaries

After Haoyue recovered from its evolution, Long Haochen prepared for the finals and faced Huang Yi, a Fifth Order mage. Huang Yi blocked Long Haochen’s approach with rising earthen walls, then summoned a tiny winged figure as the battle continued.

• Haoyue told Long Haochen that its new head had the wind attribute, and Long Haochen named it Little Green.
• Long Haochen ate breakfast with Li Xin and Ye Hua, then left with Li Xin for the Holy Alliance Grand Trial Ground.
• Long Haochen meditated before his match against Huang Yi, the Mage Temple’s second contestant.
• Long Haochen charged Huang Yi, but Huang Yi raised earthen walls that blocked his advance and cut off his view.
• Huang Yi summoned a tiny winged figure onto his shoulder.

Long Haochen fought Huang Yi, whose Earth Element Spirit helped him cast Earth magic and recover spiritual power. Long Haochen destroyed Huang Yi’s Earth Giant with the Spiral Sword of Slaughter, but his Shield of Radiance broke in the process, and Huang Yi remained protected by his staff’s Earth Element Shield.

• Long Haochen recognized Huang Yi’s Earth Element Spirit and charged through Huang Yi’s Earth Walls with repeated Sun Slash attacks.
• Huang Yi summoned a powerful Earth Giant while his Earth Element Spirit helped him replenish his spiritual power.
• Long Haochen used Divine Seal Block and Light Slash Sword against the Earth Giant, but its wounds rapidly healed.
• Long Haochen unleashed the Spiral Sword of Slaughter, grinding the Earth Giant into powder and sending his Shield of Radiance flying at Huang Yi.
• Huang Yi and his Earth Element Spirit blocked Long Haochen’s final attack with Earth Walls, and Huang Yi’s staff shield shattered the incoming Shield of Radiance.

Long Haochen’s match against Huang Yi turned against him when Huang Yi trapped him with earth magic and battered him with the Earth Wave Technique. Haoyue arrived to restore Long Haochen’s strength and help him defeat Huang Yi, who surrendered as Haoyue’s three heads closed in.

• Huang Yi trapped Long Haochen in Thrusts and attacked him with Falling Stone Technique while he and the Earth Element Spirit prepared stronger magic.
• Long Haochen escaped the cage with Sun Slash, but Huang Yi used Earth Wave Technique to toss him around the arena and keep him at a distance.
• Haoyue teleported to Long Haochen and caught him, while Little Light restored his spiritual power with Radiance of Heaven and Earth.
• Little Fire destroyed Huang Yi’s falling stones and meteor, and Little Green propelled Haoyue and Long Haochen toward Huang Yi with Wind Pillar Technique.
• Long Haochen used Holy Guiding Spirit Furnace to pull Huang Yi within reach, and Huang Yi surrendered when Haoyue’s three heads surrounded him.

Long Haochen defeated Huang Yi with Haoyue’s help, then hurried to meet Cai'er. Cai'er overwhelmed Sima Xian in the second group’s match, leaving the other contestants stunned by her strength.

• Long Haochen’s Haoyue swallowed Huang Yi’s Earth Element Spirit, then spat it out when Long Haochen ordered it to; Huang Yi conceded the match.
• Long Haochen apologized to Huang Yi, was declared the winner, and left the trial grounds to wait for Cai'er.
• Cai'er faced Sima Xian and attacked with enough speed and killing intent to make him realize she was far stronger than he had expected.
• Cai'er used a sequence of assassin techniques to break through Sima Xian’s defenses and knock him to the ground.
• Cai'er withdrew her staff and left the arena after declaring Sima Xian defeated; the referee confirmed her victory, and Sima Xian acknowledged her power.

Cai'er’s overwhelming strength and the group-stage standings became clear as Long Haochen and Cai'er grew closer. On the eighth day, Lin Xin conceded to Cai'er before their match began, leaving her one step closer to advancing.

• Cai'er returned after effortlessly defeating Sima Xian, astonishing Lin Xin and Li Xin.
• Long Haochen won five more group matches and brought his record to seven victories, while Chen Ying'er and Wang Yuanyuan drew attention with their performances.
• Cai'er led Group Two with six wins and one loss, while Li Xin and Sima Xian also held strong records.
• Li Xin gave Long Haochen gold coins and urged him to treat Cai'er well, while Ye Hua encouraged him to try to join her group later.
• On the eighth day, Lin Xin conceded to Cai'er before either of them entered the arena.

Long Haochen faced Wang Yuanyuan in their group match and discovered her Fifth Order strength and spatial ability made her a formidable opponent. After his shield shattered, he used Angel's Blessing and switched to dual swords to launch a counterattack, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Long Haochen refused Wang Yuanyuan's request to summon Haoyue, and she agreed to fight him fairly.
• Wang Yuanyuan revealed Fifth Order strength and attacked with her giant shield, while Long Haochen dodged and countered.
• Wang Yuanyuan's shield returned to her hand through her spatial ability, and her Shield Bash Impact shattered Long Haochen's refined iron shield.
• Long Haochen struck back with Thrust and Sun Slash, then cast Angel's Blessing and drew his spare heavy sword.
• Long Haochen attacked with dual swords, forcing Wang Yuanyuan to retreat behind her shield.

Long Haochen and Wang Yuanyuan exchanged powerful attacks, with Wang revealing the Shield of the Giant Spirit God and its ancestral gemstones. The duel resumed with Long Haochen mounted on Haoyue, and Wang’s shield shattered his Light Slash Sword as she pursued them.

• Long Haochen pressed Wang Yuanyuan with his Spiral Sword of Slaughter, but she used Spinning Shield Sky Splitter and Sky Splitter Cannon to break his attack and send him flying.
• Wang Yuanyuan told Long Haochen to summon his mount, then inserted three ancestral gemstones into the Shield of the Giant Spirit God, unleashing its ancient power.
• Long Haochen summoned Haoyue and mounted it as Wang Yuanyuan revealed her Giant Spirit God bloodline and charged.
• Haoyue dodged Wang Yuanyuan’s sweeping shield while Long Haochen launched a Light Slash Sword, which the shield shattered with rapid vibrations.
• Wang Yuanyuan chased Haoyue and brought down her shield as Haoyue formed three Elemental Shields.

Long Haochen defeated Wang Yuanyuan after testing the power and limits of her Shield of the Giant Spirit God, securing first place in his group and entry to the top sixteen. He later met Cai'er and began suggesting they spend time together, leaving her flustered by his words.

• Long Haochen and Haoyue endured Wang Yuanyuan's powerful shield strike, while the clash shattered his weapons and left his arms numb.
• Haoyue caught Wang Yuanyuan's leg as she struggled to control the shield, and Long Haochen recovered with Little Light's support before knocking her unconscious.
• Long Haochen won the match, and Wang Yuanyuan admitted the shield's power might have let her defeat him if she had used it from the start.
• Long Haochen officially qualified for the top sixteen as the first-place finisher in his group, while Huang Yi worried about facing Wang Yuanyuan.
• Long Haochen met Cai'er after the match, described his fight with Wang Yuanyuan, and began to suggest that they do something together, causing Cai'er to blush.

After Long Haochen caught Cai'er when she stumbled, she fled in embarrassment, while he returned to the hotel and met Han Qian, who arranged for Han Yu to become his Retainer Knight. The contract activated with an unexpected golden glow that left Han Yu feeling renewed and closely connected to Long Haochen.

• Cai'er blushed when Long Haochen caught her, then mistook his concern for an advance and hurried away.
• Long Haochen returned to the hotel, where Ye Hua introduced him to Han Qian and Han Yu.
• Long Haochen described defeating Wang Yuanyuan and her Shield of the Giant Spirit God, which Han Qian identified as damaged inherited Epic Equipment.
• Han Qian explained why Han Yu should serve Long Haochen as a Retainer Knight for five years, and Long Haochen agreed to accept him.
• Long Haochen completed the contract with a drop of blood, but a golden light spread through Han Yu and left him feeling renewed and connected to Long Haochen.

Han Qian discovered that Long Haochen had an Innate Internal Spiritual Power of ninety-seven and explained how their Retainer Knight Contract raised Han Yu’s talent. Long Haochen then made Ye Hua his second Retainer Knight, raising Ye Hua’s Innate Internal Spiritual Power from eight to fifty-two and leaving him overwhelmed with emotion.

• Han Qian used a skill to measure Han Yu’s talent and found that Talent Suppression Sharing had raised his Innate Internal Spiritual Power from sixty-three to eighty.
• Han Qian explained that the increase let him calculate Long Haochen’s Innate Internal Spiritual Power as ninety-seven, the Child of Light.
• Long Haochen asked Han Qian to form a Retainer Knight Contract with Ye Hua, and Ye Hua revealed that his Innate Internal Spiritual Power was only eight.
• Han Qian agreed to the contract after recognizing Ye Hua’s extraordinary cultivation despite his low talent.
• Ye Hua’s Innate Internal Spiritual Power rose to fifty-two, and he embraced Long Haochen and wept with relief.

Ye Hua became Han Qian’s disciple after Long Haochen’s Talent Suppression Sharing greatly increased Ye Hua’s and Han Yu’s talents. Long Haochen went to the Temple Treasury to claim his reward and was sent through a wall bearing the Knight Temple’s image, while the old men outside discussed his connection to Cai’er.

• Ye Hua thanked Han Qian and became his disciple, while Long Haochen paid respects as Han Qian’s grand-disciple.
• Han Qian explained that Han Yu’s talent had risen to eighty and ordered him to serve as Long Haochen’s retainer knight.
• Han Yu refused Long Haochen’s offer to drop the formal address and took him to the Temple Treasury the next morning.
• A thin old man led Long Haochen into the treasury, activated the Knight Temple image, and kicked him through the wall.
• The thin old man complained that Long Haochen was not worthy of Cai’er, then sent Han Yu flying when he overheard their conversation.

Long Haochen entered the Knight Temple’s treasure vault, Riding Spirit Valley, where Yang Haohan explained its ancient elven origins and warned him of a trial. After following the leftmost path into a maze of branching routes, Long Haochen restored his strength and sensed a pure Light Element aura nearby.

• Two powerful old men discussed Long Haochen and Cai'er before one of them pulled Long Haochen through a strange space to the treasure vault.
• Yang Haohan welcomed Long Haochen, explained that Riding Spirit Valley was an ancient elven parallel space, and directed him to follow the leftmost path for his reward and trial.
• Long Haochen entered the golden mist, endured its immense pressure, and made his way along the leftmost path.
• Long Haochen encountered more than ten branching paths, stopped to consider the trial, and meditated to recover his spiritual power.
• Long Haochen sensed a pulse of extremely pure Light Element and turned his gaze toward its source.

Long Haochen entered a cave where pure golden light enveloped him, then faced a blue copy of himself that attacked with swords. He realized the copy’s strength fell as his own spiritual power was depleted and prepared a layered counterattack as it used his Spiral Sword of Slaughter.

• Long Haochen followed the Light Element’s fluctuations through a portal and entered a cave filled with blue and golden radiance.
• The golden light embraced Long Haochen, causing him to merge with it in a way associated with a Seventh Order knight’s Radiant Body.
• A blue figure resembling Long Haochen attacked him with twin swords, and he defended himself with a Holy Light Shield and Spirit Condensation into Weapons.
• Long Haochen observed that the blue figure’s spiritual power and attacks weakened as his own spiritual power was consumed.
• When the blue figure copied his Spiral Sword of Slaughter, Long Haochen retreated, activated several auras and Holy Sword Gathering Momentum, and cast Angel’s Blessing.

Long Haochen defeated the blue figure in the cave and claimed the Miracle Sword, Blue Rain, Lotus of Light. Outside Riding Spirit Valley, Yang Haohan and Han Qian watched its light rise and learned that Haochen had succeeded, though he still needed time to fuse with the sword.

• Long Haochen exhausted the blue figure’s spiritual power and defeated it with Dragon Ascension Strike.
• A sword appeared on a platform, and Long Haochen took its hilt, letting it draw his blood.
• The sword awakened and revealed its name to Long Haochen: Blue Rain, Lotus of Light.
• Yang Haohan explained to Han Qian that the sword held twin Sword Spirits and had never recognized a master before.
• A pillar of gold and blue light rose from Riding Spirit Valley, and Yang Haohan realized Long Haochen had claimed the sword.

Long Haochen passed Blue Rain, Lotus of Light’s test and fused with the spiritual weapon, which would grow alongside him and strengthen his body. After returning from the Treasure Pavilion, he learned Ye Hua had broken through three thousand spiritual power and was given equipment before the Round of Sixteen finals.

• Yang Haohan ordered Han Qian to keep Long Xingyu’s disappearance and the circumstances of A Nan’s injury secret from Long Haochen.
• Yang Haohan explained that Blue Rain, Lotus of Light had fused with Long Haochen and would develop alongside him while gradually strengthening his body.
• Long Haochen summoned the sword into his hand, learned that three days had passed, and returned from the Treasure Pavilion with Han Yu.
• Long Haochen found Li Xin and Ye Hua cultivating, so he returned to his room to study the sword and cultivate.
• Ye Hua told Long Haochen that he had broken through three thousand spiritual power and would stay in Holy City to cultivate after the competition, while Long Haochen would join a Demon Hunter Squad.

Long Haochen received the Holy Spirit Set from Han Qian and headed to the Holy Alliance Grand Trial Ground for the top sixteen elimination rounds. There, a promise to choose Lin Xin for his team conflicted with Long Haochen’s vow to protect Cai’er, leaving him unsure what he would do if he reached the top three.

• Ye Hua gave Long Haochen the Holy Spirit Set, and Long Haochen put on the armor before setting out with Li Xin.
• Li Xin teased Long Haochen about Cai’er and promised he would see her at the trial ground.
• Long Haochen greeted Yang Wenzhao and Huang Yi, who explained that Huang Yi had narrowly defeated Wang Yuanyuan by exhausting her spiritual power.
• Wang Yuanyuan angrily confronted Huang Yi, while Chen Ying'er complained that Long Haochen had missed her previous match.
• Li Xin scolded Lin Xin for getting Long Haochen to promise him a team place despite lacking attack magic, but Long Haochen reaffirmed his promise to Lin Xin.
• Li Xin reminded Long Haochen that Cai’er had also entered the top sixty, and Long Haochen worried that choosing Lin Xin would conflict with his vow to protect Cai’er.

Long Haochen reunited with Cai'er and learned that she had won first place in the Assassin Temple's group despite being blind. The top sixteen contestants began drawing lots for the elimination matches, with the results still undetermined.

• Long Haochen arrived at the Knight Trial Ground with Li Xin and hurried to sit beside Cai'er.
• Cai'er responded shyly to Long Haochen, then clasped his hand to show she was not angry with him.
• Li Xin revealed that Cai'er had placed first in her group and would compete in the top-sixteen elimination rounds.
• Han Qian announced the contestants' rewards and began the drawing of lots, supervised by the five other Vice Temple Masters.
• The sixteen contestants placed their hands on the glowing halo, and golden light began changing around them as the drawing started.

The Round of Sixteen draw paired Long Haochen against his sister Li Xin, while Cai'er learned that her opponent was another summoner. Yang Wenzhao's match against a Plant Summoner began, and her powerful summons forced him to stop his charge.

• The draw paired Long Haochen with Li Xin, while the Soul Temple's three summoners drew opponents from other temples.
• Li Xin accepted that Long Haochen would advance, and Long Haochen returned to the resting area with her and Cai'er.
• Long Haochen asked staff to identify Cai'er's opponent and learned that she had drawn a summoner.
• Yang Wenzhao charged the hooded Plant Summoner, cutting through her vines before her iron-hard thorns halted his advance.
• The Plant Summoner's spiked flower plant struck at Yang Wenzhao, while giant pods launched bean-like projectiles toward him.

Bai Xiaomo used plant summons and a dangerous explosive fruit to defeat Yang Wenzhao in the Knight Trial Ground. Yang survived the blast, but Bai conceded when her spiritual power ran low, leaving him the winner in a battered and indignant state.

• Bai Xiaomo’s summoned plants slowed Yang Wenzhao with sticky green liquid and attacked him with thorns and beans.
• Yang Wenzhao activated Light of Fire, burned through the plants, and charged toward Bai Xiaomo.
• Bai Xiaomo escaped his attack with a vine and summoned two Violent Cherries as Yang destroyed the remaining plants.
• Yang Wenzhao struck the swelling Violent Cherries with his swords, triggering a blast that badly battered him.
• Bai Xiaomo conceded after the explosion because she had spent much of her spiritual power, and Yang Wenzhao stopped his advance.

Cai'er began her round-of-sixteen match against Soul Temple summoner Fang Zhu, calmly advancing despite his attacks and killing his summoned Gale Bird in an instant. Fang Zhu completed a powerful summon, bringing a Sixth-level Vajra Giant Bear onto the field as Cai'er continued toward him.

• Yang Wenzhao defeated Bai Xiaomo and advanced to the quarterfinals after her plant summons gave him a difficult fight.
• Li Xin conceded to Long Haochen, allowing him to advance without a fight.
• Cai'er entered the arena to face Fang Zhu while Long Haochen anxiously watched from the resting area.
• Fang Zhu summoned an azure Gale Bird, but Cai'er evaded its Wind Blades and cut it into eight pieces with her Green Bamboo Staff.
• Fang Zhu finished his incantation and summoned a Sixth-level Vajra Giant Bear, leaving him pale with exhaustion.