Chapter Summaries

The Demon God Emperor revealed that Long Haoyu was his grandson and named him the Second Heir, while A Bao accepted the challenge to prove his own worth. Back at Demon Extermination Pass, Long Xingyu struggled with his failure to confront the Demon God Emperor and asked Long Haoyu to speak with him alone.

• The Demon God Emperor told A Bao that Long Haoyu was the son of his younger sister and Long Xingyu, and that he had designated Long Haoyu as the Second Heir.
• A Bao accepted that Long Haoyu could replace him if he proved more capable and vowed to fight him without holding back next time.
• Yang Haohan and the others returned to Demon Extermination Pass with Long Haoyu and Long Haochen, then Yang Haohan and Saint Moon went to the Assassin Temple headquarters.
• Long Xingyu remained on the wall, troubled by his inability to challenge the Demon God Emperor, while Long Haoyu told Long Haochen to cultivate and give their father space.
• Long Xingyu approached Long Haoyu and asked him to come along for a private discussion.

Long Xingyu spoke privately with Long Haoyu about surpassing the Demon God Emperor and asked whether the Divine Throne of Eternity and Creation had acknowledged him. Long Haoyu answered cautiously, while Long Xingyu remained troubled by the possibility that the throne had chosen his son.

• Long Xingyu took Long Haoyu to a deserted part of the city wall and urged him to make surpassing the Demon God Emperor his goal.
• Long Haoyu said he understood but would focus on what he could accomplish in the present.
• Long Xingyu asked whether the Divine Throne of Eternity and Creation had acknowledged Long Haoyu after its projection appeared at Demon Extermination Pass.
• Long Haoyu explained that his Magical Beast Partner had brought out the projection and that he would learn more after reaching the Seventh Order.
• Long Xingyu warned Long Haoyu to keep the matter secret and said he would take him and Haochen to investigate at Imperial Dragon Pass.
• Long Haoyu recognized Long Xingyu's lingering doubts and privately dismissed him as a father who continued to disappoint.

Long Haoyu left Long Xingyu and returned to his camp, where his teammates were diligently cultivating after the battle with A Bao. As he prepared to break through to Sixth Order, he considered choosing the Heavenly Path of the Six Paths Spirit Stove to help the White Little Beast.

• Long Xingyu ended his conversation with Long Haoyu and decided to wait until he reached Seventh Order before making decisions about the Divine Throne of Eternity and Creation.
• Long Haoyu resolved to break through to Sixth Order as the first step toward reaching Seventh Order and returning to Imperial Dragon Pass.
• Long Haoyu returned to the First Battalion camp and found his teammates cultivating in response to the Three Great Demon Gods' sneak attack.
• Long Haoyu sat beside Cai'er, then wondered whether advancing the Six Paths Spirit Stove could benefit the White Little Beast.
• Long Haoyu concluded that the Heavenly Path might help the White Little Beast and began considering choosing it when he reached Sixth Order.

Long Haoyu began condensing his first Spirit Aperture to break through to Sixth Order, while his companions watched. Cai'er decided to begin her own breakthrough as well, and Long Haoyu's Spirit Aperture started to take shape.

• Long Haoyu focused on condensing a Spirit Aperture in his chest, gathering his Spirit Energy there despite the pain.
• Long Haochen, Cai'er, Wang Yuanyuan, and Lin Xin woke and realized Long Haoyu was attempting to break through to Sixth Order.
• Lin Xin encouraged Wang Yuanyuan to keep working toward catching up with Long Haoyu, and she renewed her resolve.
• Cai'er decided not to wait for a better opportunity and began her own Sixth Order breakthrough.
• Long Haoyu's first Spirit Aperture began forming in his chest as golden Spirit Wings unfurled behind him.

Long Haoyu successfully broke through to Sixth Order and became a Radiant Knight, but he discovered an unusual quality in his newly formed Spirit Aperture. He entered Shadow Space to seek answers from the Shadow Instructor and was stunned to see a similar Spirit Aperture transforming with what looked like Myriad Stars within it.

• Long Haoyu condensed his Spirit Aperture and became the first contestant in the selection competition to reach Sixth Order.
• Lin Xin and the others celebrated his breakthrough, then realized how much stronger he might now be against the Demon Commander.
• Long Haoyu told his companions to continue training and asked Long Haochen to pass along any messages from Great-Grandfather without waking him.
• Long Haoyu planted No Edge, left Little Coal Ball to stand guard, and entered deep cultivation in Shadow Space.
• Long Haoyu noticed that the Shadow Instructor had a Spirit Aperture like his own, then saw Myriad Stars seemingly revolving within it.

After Long Haoyu broke through to the sixth order, he discovered his spirit aperture resembled Shadow Instructor’s and asked what caused its strange circulation. Shadow Instructor revealed that humans had 365 spirit apertures, then challenged Long Haoyu to consider the deeper meaning of Myriad Stars, the Beginning of the Yuan, and Endless Circulation.

• Long Haoyu sensed Myriad Stars circulating through Shadow Instructor’s mutated spirit apertures and asked for an explanation of his own unusual spirit aperture.
• Shadow Instructor explained that cultivators had discovered ninety-nine spirit apertures, each able to store ten thousand points of Spirit Energy, but the human body actually possessed 365 that circulated according to the heavens.
• Shadow Instructor connected humanity’s many spirit apertures to Creation’s belief that humans were the most perfect race and his sacrifice to sustain the human Realms.
• Long Haoyu calculated that opening all 365 apertures could let him store 3.65 million points of Spirit Energy and imagined using that strength to surpass his grandfather and defeat the Demon God Emperor.
• Shadow Instructor agreed that immense strength was needed to overcome their responsibilities, then asked Long Haoyu what Myriad Stars, the Beginning of the Yuan, and Endless Circulation were.

Long Haoyu learned from Shadow Instructor that Beginning of the Yuan and Endless Circulation required strengthening the chest Spirit Aperture to create a self-renewing foundation for Spirit Energy. After returning to reality and seeing Cai'er had reached the Sixth Order, he resolved to use the method to break the Holy Demon Continent's limits.

• Long Haoyu asked Shadow Instructor to explain the meaning of Beginning of the Yuan and Endless Circulation.
• Shadow Instructor explained that cultivating the Yuan could create an endless supply of Spirit Energy beyond the limits of the three hundred and sixty-five Spirit Apertures.
• Long Haoyu realized he needed to solidify the chest Spirit Aperture before opening any others and thanked Shadow Instructor for his guidance.
• Long Haoyu returned to reality and saw Cai'er had spread her Spirit Wings and reached the Sixth Order.
• Long Haoyu considered how the cultivation method might let him surpass the Holy Demon Continent's rules and resolved to break them.

After Cai'er completed her breakthrough, Long Haoyu learned that the Demon Hunt Squad team competition had been ended early and that he should remain at Demon Extermination Pass. Before leaving, he gave Chen Zidian a mysterious sachet meant to help the veterans when they finally fought the Demon God Emperor.

• Cai'er opened her eyes after breaking through to the Sixth Order, and Long Haoyu affectionately watched her until Long Haochen and the others entered the tent and teased them.
• Long Haochen told Long Haoyu that Yang Haohan and Long Xingyu wanted to speak with him, so Long Haoyu went to the Assassin Temple Headquarters.
• Yang Haohan announced that the team competition would end early and instructed Long Haoyu to stay at Demon Extermination Pass until the group returned to Holy City in two months.
• Chen Zidian told Long Haoyu that the veterans would continue watching the Demon God Emperor and urged him to grow stronger and stay careful.
• Long Haoyu gave Chen Zidian a mysterious sachet from one of his seniors, saying it would greatly help when the veterans decided to go all out.

Long Haoyu delivered a sachet and a warning from an unnamed senior to Chen Zidian and the other members of Demon God's Fall, urging them to reconsider their planned final battle against the Demon God Emperor. After they departed, Yang Haohan and Long Xingyu wondered who the mysterious senior could be.

• Chen Zidian questioned Long Haoyu about the senior and the sachet, but Long Haoyu refused to reveal the senior's identity or its contents.
• Long Haoyu told Chen Zidian that the senior hoped Demon God's Fall would make their sacrifice worthwhile and instructed them to open the sachet before acting.
• Long Haoyu added that the senior would act when necessary and would not let the situation spiral out of control.
• Chen Zidian accepted the sachet, promised to open it at the appointed time, and left with the other members of Demon God's Fall through the Hexagram Magic Array.
• Yang Haohan pondered whether the senior could hold back the Demon God Emperor, while Long Xingyu struggled to identify the mysterious figure.

Long Xingyu pressed Long Haoyu to reveal the identity of the old senior who had supposedly taught him, while Yang Haohan chose not to investigate further. Long Haoyu refused to give a name but promised to ask the senior to meet Long Xingyu later, as Long Xingyu prepared to return to Imperial Dragon Pass.

• Yang Haohan decided not to investigate the old senior because he believed the senior was an ally of the Human Race and respected powerful figures' pride.
• Yang Haohan urged Long Xingyu to return to Imperial Dragon Pass, where Long Tianyin was stationed and the Demon Race remained a threat.
• Long Xingyu confronted Long Haoyu and asked who the old senior was, recalling that Long Haoyu had mentioned him since his time teaching Long Haoyu and Long Haochen in Odin Town.
• Long Haoyu refused to reveal the senior's name and told Long Xingyu to return to Imperial Dragon Pass and keep Long Haoyu's mother company.
• Long Haoyu promised to ask the old senior to meet Long Xingyu when the time was right.

Long Haoyu refused to reveal the secrets behind his guidance, and Long Xingyu left without pressing him further. After Saint Moon advised him to cultivate and cautioned him about Cai'er, Long Haoyu revealed that both he and Cai'er had already reached the Sixth Order.

• Long Haoyu told Long Xingyu that he would not reveal more, and Yang Haohan urged Long Xingyu to stop pressuring him.
• Long Xingyu returned to Imperial Dragon Pass, while Yang Haohan and Yang Haoyu departed for Holy City with the Adamantine Foundation Knights.
• Xue Zhisheng vanished from the Assassin Temple Headquarters, and Saint Moon advised Long Haoyu to cultivate toward the Sixth Order.
• Long Haoyu told Saint Moon that he had already broken through to the Sixth Order and left to consolidate his foundation.
• Saint Moon asked Long Haoyu to make sure Cai'er did not neglect her cultivation, and Long Haoyu revealed that Cai'er had also broken through to the Sixth Order.

Long Haoyu returned to the First Battalion camp after revealing his and Cai’er’s breakthroughs to Saint Moon, who struggled to hide his shock. He then asked Long Haochen to tell the squad about their journey to the Demon Continent, leaving everyone eager to hear the plan Long Haoyu was weighing.

• Long Haoyu told Saint Moon that Cai’er had also broken through, then left for the First Battalion camp while Saint Moon marveled at their rapid progress.
• Long Haochen told Long Haoyu that the Demon Hunt Squad Selection Competition’s Team Competition had ended early, and Long Haoyu reminded him that brothers should not worry about overstepping.
• Lin Xin and the others asked how they would spend the next two months, and Li Xin recognized that Long Haoyu was still considering an arrangement.
• Long Haoyu asked Long Haochen to recount the squad’s journey to the Demon Continent, including Long Xingyu’s clash with A Bao and the Demon God Emperor’s humiliation of him.
• Long Haochen described the Demon God Emperor’s conditions and Yang Haohan’s reluctant agreement, leaving the squad shaken by the Human Race’s weakness.
• Li Xin asked Long Haoyu what he intended to arrange, while Cai’er and the others waited for his answer.

Long Haoyu announced that he and Cai'er would take turns putting Rank 1 Demon Hunt Squad through intense special training to help the weaker members catch up. The plan would push everyone to their limits while ensuring they survived and could fight again the next day, leaving Lin Xin and the others dreading the training ahead.

• Long Haoyu explained that the squad's strength gap was growing and that future missions would be dangerous.
• Long Haoyu said that he and Cai'er would alternate days supervising special training for the squad.
• Lin Xin realized that Long Haoyu and Cai'er would personally fight them and asked whether the training would test their limits.
• Long Haoyu confirmed that they would attack with overwhelming force while keeping the trainees alive and able to fight the next day.
• Cai'er agreed to train them, though she worried that her assassin's instinct to deliver a lethal strike would make it difficult to hold back.
• Lin Xin and the others grew alarmed at Long Haoyu and Cai'er's determination to push them so hard.

After two months of brutal Special Training, Long Haoyu and Cai'er brought the Rank 1 Demon Hunt Squad to the end of their term, with every member having reached the Fifth Order. As the Demon Hunt Squads prepared to return to Holy City, Long Haoyu anticipated that his grandfather, the Demon God Emperor, and his uncle A Bao would complicate the squad’s future missions.

• Gao Yingjie told Long Haoyu that the two-month training period had ended and that the squads would return to Holy City.
• Long Haoyu ended Cai'er’s Special Training, and the battered members of the Rank 1 Demon Hunt Squad rejoiced that the training was over.
• Long Haoyu led his squad to the Assassin Temple headquarters, where the other nine Demon Hunt Squads had gathered and noticed their improved strength.
• Gao Yingjie explained to the other Team Leaders that Long Haoyu and Cai'er had trained the squad, helping every member break through to the Fifth Order while they themselves reached the Sixth Order.
• After the temple leaders addressed the squads, Gao Yingjie ordered everyone to settle their affairs and gather outside the city in half a day for the return to Holy City.
• Long Haoyu anticipated that his grandfather and uncle A Bao would interfere once the Rank 1 Demon Hunt Squad began undertaking independent missions.

The ten Demon Hunt Squads completed their trial missions, and Rank 1 Demon Hunt Squad retained first place in the Team Competition. After the competition ended, Long Haoyu argued that his squad should spend its Merit Points to advance to Rank B, leaving the squad determined to pursue more dangerous missions.

• Gao Yingjie reported that all ten Demon Hunt Squads had successfully completed their trial missions and received approval.
• Han Qian announced the final Merit Points rankings, with Long Haoyu's Rank 1 Demon Hunt Squad taking first place and earning one thousand Merit Points.
• Han Qian declared the Team Competition over, and Yang Wenzhao, Duan Yi, and the others congratulated Long Haoyu's squad.
• At the Demon Hunt Squad Mission Tower, Gao Yingjie told Rank 1 Demon Hunt Squad that his duty as their Team Leader had ended and asked Long Haoyu for his plans.
• Long Haoyu proposed using the squad's Merit Points to advance to Rank B, explaining that higher-ranked missions and secret techniques would bring greater improvement.
• Rank 1 Demon Hunt Squad resolved to become a Rank-B squad and take on Rank-B missions.

Long Haoyu led his team to upgrade their Demon Hunt Squad to Rank-B and distributed their secret technique rewards. He then focused on accepting the Dread Howling Cave mission before it became unavailable to them.

• Long Haoyu chose to pursue the Rank-B upgrade, and Gao Yingjie approved the team's decision and urged them to aim higher.
• Long Haoyu led the team to the Mission Tower, where they completed their Rank-B Demon Hunt Squad upgrade.
• Long Haoyu assigned his secret technique reward to Long Haochen and Cai'er's reward to Li Xin, and the others agreed to redistribute their rewards as well.
• Long Haoyu thought about the Dread Howling Cave mission, which would become a King-rank mission once its poster returned in a few days.
• Long Haoyu told Long Haochen that the team needed suitable missions to earn Merit Points, but kept the opportunity in Dread Howling Cave to himself.

Long Haoyu accepted the high-risk Dread Howling Cave exploration mission for General Rank Squad 21 and reviewed its route with the squad. He realized the timing could let him meet his little aunt, the Daughter of the Moon Demon God, when the Yue Ye Merchant Group returned to the Demon Race.

• Long Haoyu found the Dread Howling Cave exploration mission at the Mission Tower and accepted it despite his squad having completed no missions.
• A staff member warned Long Haoyu about the mission's difficulty and advised him to share it with a suitable Rank-B Demon Hunt Squad.
• Long Haoyu returned to the villa and showed Long Haochen and the others the mission, whose reward of Twenty Thousand Merits excited Lin Xin.
• Long Haoyu studied the optimal route and noticed it passed through Star Seeking City.
• Long Haoyu realized the squad might reach the Demon Continent in time to meet the Yue Ye Merchant Group and his little aunt.

Long Haoyu brought his team to Star Seeking City and arranged for them to travel into Demon Race territory with the Yue Ye Merchant Group. After learning that the merchants would not hire anyone at the Sixth Order, he revealed he had a way to hide their Spirit Apertures and woke the White Little Beast to put it to work.

• Long Haoyu explained that the team would join a traveling merchant caravan to reduce the dangers of entering Demon Race territory.
• Dian Xuan, manager and chief guard of the Yue Ye Merchant Group, hired the eight team members to guard cargo wagons and said the shipment would depart in three days.
• Long Haoyu warned Cai'er and the others that traveling merchants did not hire people above the Sixth Order and that inspectors could detain those with Spirit Apertures.
• Long Haoyu reassured Cai'er that he had a way to conceal their Spirit Apertures, then pulled out the White Little Beast and told it to get up and work.

Long Haoyu persuaded the White Little Beast to disguise him and Cai'er so they could enter Demon Race territory without being detained. The little beast concealed their Sixth Order Spirit Apertures, leaving the others unable to sense their Spirit Energy.

• Long Haoyu explained that he and Cai'er needed to hide their Sixth Order strength to travel through Demon Race territory with a merchant caravan.
• The White Little Beast resisted until Long Haoyu threatened it with being stewed and promised to buy it something from the Trading Center.
• The White Little Beast traced patterns with its paws and sent milky white light over Long Haoyu and Cai'er.
• The light made their Spirit Apertures disappear from the others' perception, concealing their Spirit Energy completely.

Long Haoyu and his companions prepared to leave Star Seeking City with the Yue Ye Merchant Group, relying on the White Little Beast to conceal their Spirit Apertures. As the convoy entered the Demon Continent, Long Haoyu realized their journey might lead to a situation where they would need Yue Ye’s help—and that he might have to wear women’s clothing.

• The White Little Beast concealed Long Haoyu and Cai’er’s Spirit Apertures, then went back to sleep after Long Haoyu promised it a reward.
• Long Haoyu reassured Lin Xin and the others that the concealment was reliable because he and the White Little Beast shared a Blood Contract, then urged everyone to prepare for the mission.
• Three days later, Dian Xuan summoned the group to join the Yue Ye Merchant Group’s convoy as guards for its cargo.
• Long Haoyu and the others left Star Seeking City with the convoy, tense about entering the Demon Continent and careful not to expose their identities.
• Long Haoyu noticed Little Aunt and Yue Ye in the convoy’s luxury carriage and recalled that the merchant group might face an ambush and later become essential to their return.
• Long Haoyu realized that getting Yue Ye’s help might require him to enter her residence where no men were allowed, and the thought of wearing women’s clothing unsettled him.