Chapter Summaries

During his duel with Lin Xin, Long Haoyu gained insight from Lin Xin’s magic and began creating a new Self-Created Skill. He drove No Edge into the Trial Ground and manipulated the Spirit Energy beneath the arena, leaving Lin Xin facing the skill’s imminent eruption.

• Lin Xin’s incantation failed as he watched Long Haoyu close his eyes and sensed that he was doing something unusual.
• Han Qian suspected Long Haoyu was creating a skill, and Yang Haoyu confirmed it after sensing the Spirit Energy circulating around him.
• Lin Xin realized he might be Long Haoyu’s test subject, took Medicinal Pills to restore his Spirit Energy, and began chanting again.
• Long Haoyu’s Spirit Energy exploded, and he drove No Edge into the arena, causing cracks to spread across the ground.
• Long Haoyu partially drew No Edge from the ground as Spirit Energy surged beneath the arena, then commanded, “Sword, rise!”

Long Haoyu used a newly created Composite Skill to defeat Lin Xin in the Demon Hunt Squad Selection Competition. After Han Qian asked what inspired him to create it, Long Haoyu gave an answer that left Han Qian choking and Lin Xin rolling his eyes.

• Long Haoyu sent streams of Sword Qi bursting from the arena floor, forcing Lin Xin to dodge while he shouted and tried to identify flaws in the move.
• Long Haoyu warned Lin Xin that the attack was a Composite Skill, then struck the ground again and sent the suspended Sword Qi raining down.
• Lin Xin conceded, and Han Qian stopped the match and declared Long Haoyu the winner after seeing the arena riddled with holes.
• Han Qian asked Long Haoyu why he had created a skill during the match and whether Lin Xin's magic had inspired him.
• Long Haoyu answered, leaving Han Qian nearly choking and Lin Xin rolling his eyes.

Long Haoyu explained his self-created skill to Han Qian, then accompanied Cai'er to her match and reassured her as he sensed her lingering pain. Lin Chen thanked Long Haoyu for helping Lin Xin and asked him to train his grandson harshly so Lin Xin would survive the Demon Race battlefield.

• Long Haoyu explained that he had created a skill to help clear minor enemies and support his Demon Hunt Squad, and Han Qian dismissed him and Lin Xin from the arena.
• Lin Xin complained that Long Haoyu had used him as a test subject, and Long Haoyu joked with him before returning to Cai'er.
• Long Haoyu led Cai'er to the Magic Temple Trial Ground, comforted her, and waited outside as she entered with her Green Bamboo Staff.
• Lin Chen thanked Long Haoyu for helping Lin Xin overcome his emotional burden and acknowledged that Lin Xin would join Long Haoyu's planned Demon Hunt Squad.
• Lin Chen asked Long Haoyu to discipline Lin Xin harshly because he feared losing his grandson on the battlefield.

Lin Chen asked Long Haoyu to keep training Lin Xin and protect the teammates he took to the Demon Race Battlefield. Long Haoyu agreed, and Lin Xin invited him to the Holy City Auction House to learn about the sword techniques of Bright Sword God Ye Wushang.

• Lin Chen asked Long Haoyu to continue training Lin Xin, and Long Haoyu promised to bring everyone in his squad back from the Demon Race Battlefield.
• Lin Xin asked Long Haoyu what Lin Chen had requested, then recoiled at the thought of enduring the Hell Blood Sea again.
• Long Haoyu reassured Lin Xin that they could discuss other special training methods and praised his willingness to learn attack magic.
• Lin Xin invited Long Haoyu to the Holy City Auction House auction and explained that auctioneer Ye Weiyang was Bright Sword God Ye Wushang's granddaughter.
• Long Haoyu considered seeking Ye Wushang's sword techniques to improve his use of No Edge.

Long Haoyu and Lin Xin planned to visit the Holy City Auction House to learn about the Bright Sword God, but Cai'er declined to join them and returned to rest. That night, Long Haoyu and Lin Xin attended the auction, where Ye Weiyang appeared as its host.

• Long Haoyu agreed to go to the Holy City Auction House with Lin Xin after Cai'er finished her match, and Lin Xin worried Cai'er might misunderstand his intentions.
• Cai'er explained that her opponent from the Assassin Temple had surrendered, then declined Long Haoyu's invitation and returned to the hotel to rest.
• Long Haoyu reassured Lin Xin that Cai'er had not misunderstood him and promised to meet him that night.
• Long Haoyu joined Lin Xin at the Holy City Auction House, where Lin Xin had secured a private room.
• Ye Weiyang appeared on the auction platform as the crowd fell silent.

Lin Xin arranged for Long Haoyu to meet Ye Weiyang, who hosted an ordinary auction at the Holy City Auction House. After the auction, Long Haoyu met her in his private room, where her reaction to No Edge left him uncertain about her personality.

• Lin Xin introduced Ye Weiyang to Long Haoyu and explained that he had arranged the meeting.
• Ye Weiyang hosted the auction, and her charm stirred the crowd as bidding drove the atmosphere to a peak.
• Long Haoyu bought a Jade Hairpin as a gift for Cai'er and did not bid on anything else.
• After the auction, Ye Weiyang entered Long Haoyu's private room and greeted him and Lin Xin.
• Ye Weiyang looked over Long Haoyu, especially No Edge on his back, and Long Haoyu wondered whether she matched the personality he remembered.

Long Haoyu visited Ye Weiyang to ask for the swordsmanship inheritance left by her grandfather, Ye Wushang. Ye Weiyang offered to give it to him freely, leaving him to decide whether to accept her goodwill.

• Ye Weiyang teased Long Haoyu and Lin Xin, while Long Haoyu recognized and called out her use of spiritual influence.
• Long Haoyu explained that he wanted to study Ye Wushang's sword techniques because of their value to a Retribution Knight.
• Ye Weiyang said the Warrior Temple might object to giving its inheritance to someone from the Knight Temple and asked what Long Haoyu would offer in exchange.
• Ye Weiyang jokingly proposed that Long Haoyu marry her, but he refused and warned her not to use spiritual influence during their discussion.
• Ye Weiyang offered to send Ye Wushang's inheritance to Long Haoyu the next day without payment or an immediate favor, and asked if he would accept.

Ye Weiyang offered Long Haoyu the inheritance left by her grandfather in exchange for an undefined future favor, promising it would never violate his principles or put him in a difficult position. Long Haoyu accepted the gamble, and after he and Lin Xin left, Feng Ling'er questioned Ye Weiyang's decision to invest in his future.

• Long Haoyu questioned Ye Weiyang about the future compensation she expected for her grandfather's inheritances, and she explained that the Warrior Temple would not let her give them away without an exchange.
• Long Haoyu warned that an unknown future demand could conflict with his principles, and Ye Weiyang promised the agreement would be void if that happened.
• Long Haoyu accepted Ye Weiyang's terms, and they shook hands on their cooperation.
• Ye Weiyang told Long Haoyu she would have her grandfather's Ring of Inheritance delivered to his residence the next day.
• After Long Haoyu and Lin Xin left, Feng Ling'er asked Ye Weiyang about her bold gamble, and Ye Weiyang said she was investing in Long Haoyu's future.

Long Haoyu explained to Lin Xin why he had accepted Ye Weiyang’s request, then returned to the hotel and learned that Long Haochen had earned the recognition of the Sword of Miracle. As Long Haochen showed off Blue Rain · Light Hibiscus, No Edge revealed it could grow by assimilating other equipment and eyed the sword hungrily.

• Long Haoyu told Lin Xin that helping a fellow member of the Human Alliance mattered more than anything else, as long as the request did not violate his principles.
• Li Xin told Long Haoyu that Long Haochen had returned from Mount Spirit Valley with the Sword of Miracle’s recognition.
• Long Haochen showed Long Haoyu Blue Rain · Light Hibiscus, which he had obtained as Bloodline Equipment after passing the sword’s test.
• No Edge told Long Haoyu it could grow by assimilating equipment containing a Sword Spirit, and it began craving Blue Rain · Light Hibiscus.
• Blue Rain · Light Hibiscus trembled and hummed in Long Haochen’s hand in response to No Edge.

Long Haoyu gave Long Haochen the heavy sword Blue Rain · Light Hibiscus and urged him to make good use of it before the Demon Race Battlefield. Long Haoyu then visited Cai'er, whose thoughts raced after he invited her for a late-night walk.

• Blue Rain · Light Hibiscus trembled when Long Haochen received it, while No Edge told Long Haoyu it could devour the sword's Sword Spirit if he agreed.
• Long Haoyu reassured Long Haochen that he had given him the weapon because he needed it more, then urged him to improve before the Demon Hunt Squad Selection Competition ended.
• Long Haoyu told Long Haochen he had bought Cai'er a gift and was going to see her, leaving Long Haochen stunned and wondering how his brother had known about the reward.
• Long Haoyu went to Cai'er's room and invited her to take a walk with him.
• Cai'er blushed and wondered if Long Haoyu was asking her on a date, then shyly said it was late and asked whether going out was a good idea.

Long Haoyu took Cai'er for a nighttime walk and gave her a Jade Hairpin engraved with “Yu Cai” as a gift of protection and commitment. Cai'er said she would stay by his side after the competition, and they agreed to go to the battlefield together.

• Long Haoyu led a shy Cai'er from the hotel to a quiet park in Holy City.
• Long Haoyu gave Cai'er the Jade Hairpin he had bought at the auction and explained that it could protect her in a crisis.
• Long Haoyu used No Edge to carve “Yu Cai” into the Jade Hairpin, then placed it in Cai'er's hair.
• Cai'er leaned against Long Haoyu and said she would stay with him after the Demon Hunt Squad Selection Competition.
• Long Haoyu held Cai'er's hand, and they agreed to go to the Demon Race Battlefield together.

Long Haoyu defeated Yang Wenzhao in the competition’s final battle and was named champion. During team formation, he chose Sheng Cai'er, then offered to forfeit his rewards so he could also keep his promise to choose Lin Xin, leaving the Alliance’s decision pending.

• Long Haoyu defeated Yang Wenzhao with a single sword move, and Yang accepted his loss while recognizing Long Haoyu’s improved swordsmanship.
• Han Qian announced Long Haoyu as champion, Yang Wenzhao as runner-up, and Mu Ning in third place, then began the Roulette Team Formation ceremony.
• Long Haoyu used his first team-selection opportunity to choose Sheng Cai'er, who agreed to join his Demon Hunt Squad.
• Long Haoyu asked to forfeit all his Finals rewards so he could receive another chance to choose Lin Xin as a teammate.
• Lin Xin grew tense as Han Qian and the Six Great Sacred Temples’ leaders considered Long Haoyu’s request.

Long Haoyu asked to give up all his Finals rewards in exchange for an extra teammate selection so he could choose Lin Xin, and Yang Haohan approved the request after learning more about Long Haoyu’s identity. Long Haoyu’s Demon Hunt Squad was then formed through the random draw, bringing the team closer to its departure for the Demon Race Battlefield.

• Long Haoyu asked to forfeit all his Finals rewards to gain an additional selection opportunity and explained that Lin Xin needed a team with a high margin for error.
• Yang Chen supported Long Haoyu’s request, arguing that Lin Xin’s unstable offensive magic could endanger a weaker team.
• Yang Haohan approved the request after privately revealing details about Long Haoyu to the Vice Temple Masters, who then agreed to change the rules.
• Yang Wenzhao chose Chen Ying'er, but she refused to join him, and Mu Ning selected his fixed members before the random assignments began.
• Long Haoyu drew Wang Yuanyuan, Chen Ying'er, and Sima Xian for his squad, which was officially formed.

Long Haoyu’s newly formed Demon Hunt Squad gathered and got acquainted, and he appointed Long Haochen as deputy head despite Long Haochen’s doubts about his eligibility. Cai'er sensed that Long Haoyu was hiding something and took his hand, leaving the reason unspoken.

• Han Qian completed the Demon Hunt Squad formations and urged the captains to prepare for the dangerous Demon Race Battlefield.
• Long Haoyu gathered Cai'er, Lin Xin, Chen Ying'er, Wang Yuanyuan, and Sima Xian, and declared that the team would never abandon or forsake one another.
• Sima Xian teased Lin Xin about being a mage who could not use attack magic, and Lin Xin insisted that he could now use it and was also a Demon Apothecary.
• Long Haochen and Li Xin joined the group, and Long Haoyu introduced them as his Retainer Knights before appointing Long Haochen deputy head.
• Long Haochen questioned whether he could serve as deputy head because he was a Retainer Knight, but Long Haoyu reassured him and the team accepted the appointment.
• Cai'er sensed that Long Haoyu was hiding something and took his hand.

Long Haoyu and Long Haochen bid farewell to their teacher, Ye Hua, before returning to the Holy Alliance grounds for the newly formed Demon Hunt Squads’ Team Competition. Long Haoyu promised to bring his brother back alive, and the chapter ended as Han Qian introduced the burly knights, including their upcoming instructor, Gao Yingjie.

• Long Haoyu reflected on his responsibility as captain and resolved to protect every teammate on the Demon Race Battlefield.
• After completing their Demon Hunt Squad registration, Long Haoyu and Long Haochen left Cai'er and the others to visit Ye Hua.
• Long Haoyu and Long Haochen knelt to bid farewell to Ye Hua, who urged them both to return alive from the battlefield.
• Long Haoyu promised Ye Hua that he would bring Long Haochen back and that they would become his pride.
• The brothers returned to the Knight Trial Grounds, where Han Qian gathered the squads and Long Haoyu recognized Gao Yingjie among the ten knights.

Han Qian assigned the newly formed Rank-C Demon Hunt Squads to Guardian Knight leaders and sent them toward the borderlands for three months of service. Gao Yingjie challenged Rank 1 Demon Hunt Squad to a coordination match, and Long Haoyu prepared to bring the White Little Beast into the fight.

• Han Qian announced that the squads would serve on the borderlands for three months, where their Merit Points would determine the Team Competition rankings.
• Gao Yingjie became Rank 1 Demon Hunt Squad’s Team Leader and said he would test their combat coordination before they departed.
• Wang Yuanyuan asked what the team would gain for winning, and Gao Yingjie promised to serve as their Guardian Knight for three months if they beat him.
• Gao Yingjie entered the field with a shield and sword and invited the squad to attack him without using flying skills or a mount.
• Long Haoyu noticed Cai'er preparing to use the Reincarnation Spirit Stove, revised his plan, and woke the White Little Beast to join the match.

Long Haoyu’s team prepared to fight Gao Yingjie in an official match, and the White Little Beast unexpectedly amplified the Spirit Energy of everyone around it. The team began its attack with the boost in place.

• Chen Ying'er tried to hold the White Little Beast, but Gao Yingjie reprimanded her for letting its appearance distract her from the match.
• Chen Ying'er apologized and refocused, while Gao Yingjie praised the team for summoning their Magical Beast Partners and warned them to fight decisively on the battlefield.
• Long Haoyu assigned roles to his teammates and prepared them to attack Gao Yingjie as though he were a demon on the battlefield.
• The White Little Beast radiated milky white light that enveloped the team, and Lin Xin, Sima Xian, and Wang Yuanyuan felt their Spirit Energy increase.
• Long Haoyu explained that the amplification came from his Magical Beast Partner and ordered the team to begin attacking.

Long Haoyu and his teammates fought Gao Yingjie, whose Seventh Order strength overwhelmed their coordinated attacks. As Gao Yingjie targeted Long Haoyu, Long Haoyu united the Human, Asura, and Hell Paths of the Six Paths Spirit Stove.

• Gao Yingjie recovered from Long Haoyu’s opening strike and blocked attacks from Wang Yuanyuan, Sima Xian, and Li Xin.
• Long Haochen, Haoyue, and Lin Xin supported the assault with protective skills and magic while Chen Ying'er began summoning.
• Cai'er used Shadow Clone to attack Gao Yingjie, but he evaded her and criticized the team for stopping their assault too soon.
• Gao Yingjie charged at Long Haoyu, prompting Cai'er to release the Reincarnation Spirit Stove.
• Long Haoyu used the Six Paths Spirit Stove to restrain Cai'er's enhancement, then activated the Human, Asura, and Hell Paths together.

Long Haoyu unleashed a dangerous three-in-one attack against Gao Yingjie, while his teammates prepared to join the fight. As the blood-colored sword descended and Gao Yingjie defended himself, Cai'er brought out the Reincarnation Spirit Stove again.

• Gao Yingjie activated Radiant Body and Holy Fire of Light, then targeted Long Haoyu with a serious attack.
• Lin Xin's fireball vanished in Gao Yingjie's Elemental Annihilation Aura, while Chen Ying'er hesitated to attack because she could not see the fighters.
• Long Haoyu's No Edge struck Gao Yingjie's shield, and Long Haoyu invoked Asura of the Human World, Hell Blood Sea to form a massive blood-colored sword.
• Gao Yingjie summoned his Mithril-based Battle Armor and used Divine Guard Block as Cai'er, Lin Xin, and the others rushed to attack him.
• Long Haoyu pressed his attack toward Gao Yingjie, and Cai'er brought out the Reincarnation Spirit Stove as she resolved not to lose their first coordinated battle.

Saint Moon stopped Cai'er from using her backlash-inducing technique and, reassured by Long Haoyu's promise to protect her, accepted him as family. After Gao Yingjie prepared the squad for deployment, Long Haoyu and his companions reached Demon Extermination City, where their battlefield campaign was about to begin.

• Saint Moon and Han Qian stopped Cai'er and Long Haoyu from continuing their dangerous match against Gao Yingjie.
• Saint Moon asked Long Haoyu to protect Cai'er, then softened toward him and told him to call him Great-Grandfather.
• Gao Yingjie pointed out the squad's problems and arranged their preparations before leading them out of Holy City.
• Ten days later, Long Haoyu's group arrived at Demon Extermination City, the gateway to the Demon Race Battlefield.
• Long Haoyu looked over the fortress and felt his suppressed Battle Intent surge as he anticipated the campaign.