Chapter Summaries

Long Haoyu impressed Long Xingyu by unleashing a rapid new sword technique and breaking his reinforced Bamboo Sword, then insisted that his father honor their bet and take over the housework. He comforted Long Haochen and urged him to cherish his ruined clothes, leaving Long Xingyu facing his sons’ demands.

• Long Xingyu changed his Bamboo Sword’s path to strike No Edge, and Long Haoyu immediately launched a rapid series of attacks called Divine Light Combo.
• Long Haoyu’s escalating strikes broke Long Xingyu’s reinforced Bamboo Sword, and he stopped once he had completed the test.
• Long Haoyu reminded Long Xingyu that he had to honor their bet and invoked the Ten Knightly Virtues when his father hesitated.
• Long Haoyu told Bai Yue that Long Xingyu should do all the housework to make amends for the family.
• Long Xingyu offered to buy Long Haoyu and Long Haochen new clothes, but Long Haoyu told his younger brother they still had to cherish their old clothes.

Long Haoyu trained in the Shadow Space and learned that the Shadow Instructor would teach him to cultivate Internal Spiritual Power once his External Spiritual Power reached 100 points. After Long Xingyu finished washing the boys’ clothes, he began planning a harsher Owl Ant Nest training session to test Long Haoyu’s potential.

• Long Xingyu washed Long Haoyu and Long Haochen’s tattered clothes while Long Haoyu sent Bai Yue back to the Thatched Cottage.
• Long Haoyu fought the Shadow Instructor, asked about cultivating Internal Spiritual Power, and learned he first needed 100 points of External Spiritual Power.
• Long Haoyu completed ten deaths during training and improved enough that the Shadow Instructor expected him to reach 100 points soon.
• Long Xingyu hung up the clothes and decided to redesign the next day’s training, considering catching magic beasts to release into the Owl Ant Nest.

Long Xingyu set Long Haoyu and Long Haochen a joint training challenge in the Owl Ant Nest, where they had to fight both the ants and ten Scorpion Tail Lizards. Long Haoyu took charge of most of the battle as the lizards attacked, while Long Xingyu watched from outside, troubled by his son’s exceptional ability.

• Long Xingyu brought Long Haoyu and Long Haochen to Mount Odin and explained that they would face ten Scorpion Tail Lizards while under attack by Owl Ants.
• Long Haochen welcomed the chance to train alongside Long Haoyu, and the brothers entered the same Owl Ant Nest.
• Long Xingyu dropped the Scorpion Tail Lizards into the nest, then sealed its entrance and watched as the creatures turned on the brothers.
• Long Haochen asked what they should do, and Long Haoyu told him to fight the lizard on the far right while he handled the other nine.
• Long Haoyu took the initiative and moved to confront the Scorpion Tail Lizards.

Long Haochen and Long Haoyu fought Scorpion Tail Lizards and Owl Ants during their training, and Long Haoyu awakened a dormant power in his bloodline. Watching his brother battle while injured, Long Haochen decided to become a Guardian Knight and support him.

• Long Haochen fought and killed one Scorpion Tail Lizard while Long Haoyu faced the other nine.
• Long Haoyu killed six Scorpion Tail Lizards but suffered wounds from the beasts and Owl Ants.
• Long Haoyu awakened the demonic power dormant in his bloodline and used it to defeat the remaining three Scorpion Tail Lizards more easily.
• Long Haochen decided to choose the Guardian Knight path so he could treat and support Long Haoyu, and planned to tell Long Xingyu after training.

Long Haoyu defeated the remaining Scorpion Tail Lizards after his Heaven-Defying Demon Dragon Clan bloodline awakened, then recovered while adapting to his new strength. Long Haochen decided to become a Guardian Knight so he could protect and support his older brother, surprising Long Xingyu.

• Long Haoyu used his enhanced strength to kill the last three Scorpion Tail Lizards, while the Owl Ants kept their distance.
• Long Haoyu recovered and considered training his newly awakened bloodline powers in Shadow Space.
• Long Haochen asked whether becoming a Guardian Knight would have let him support Long Haoyu in the battle, then said he wanted to take that path.
• Long Xingyu moved the boulder sealing the cave and brought the brothers outside, noticing Long Haochen's newfound determination.
• Long Xingyu assumed Long Haochen had chosen the Retribution Knight path, but Long Haochen declared that he wanted to become a Guardian Knight.

Long Haochen firmly chose the path of a Guardian Knight so he could protect and support Long Haoyu, though Long Xingyu hoped he would reconsider. Long Xingyu resolved to change the brothers’ training so Long Haoyu would not influence Long Haochen’s choice.

• Long Haochen told Long Xingyu he wanted to become a Guardian Knight and support his brother in battle.
• Long Xingyu urged Long Haochen to wait a year before making his choice final, then praised Long Haoyu for killing nine Scorpion Tail Lizards.
• Long Haochen worried that Long Xingyu disapproved, and Long Haoyu reassured him that their father was proud of their clear goals.
• Long Xingyu overheard Long Haoyu comforting Long Haochen and resolved to teach Haochen to stand on his own and change the brothers’ training.

Long Haoyu asked the Shadow Instructor to simulate the power of his dormant bloodline and learned that he could not safely train to control it until his External Spiritual Power reached 100 points. Determined to challenge his bloodline-enhanced Perfect Self, he persuaded the Instructor to fight him in that form, and the Instructor launched an attack.

• Long Haoyu asked No Edge to watch over him before entering the Shadow Space to cultivate.
• Long Haoyu asked the Shadow Instructor whether the Shadow Space could simulate the nonhuman bloodline within him, and the Instructor said it could.
• The Shadow Instructor transformed into a bloodline-enhanced version of Long Haoyu, revealing the oppressive power Long Haoyu had used against the Scorpion Tail Lizard.
• The Shadow Instructor explained that Long Haoyu could not learn to cultivate Internal Spiritual Power until his External Spiritual Power reached 100 points, because his bloodline power was too dangerous to control.
• Long Haoyu insisted that he wanted to fight his bloodline-enhanced Perfect Self until he defeated it, and the Shadow Instructor agreed by striking at him.

Long Haoyu experienced the suffocating power of his Perfect Self state and chose to continue fighting against it in Shadow Space. The next day, Long Xingyu separated the brothers’ training and began arranging actual-combat Special Training for Long Haoyu.

• The Shadow Instructor struck Long Haoyu down with No Edge while in Perfect Self state, and Long Haoyu revived still feeling the pressure of the attack.
• Long Haoyu accepted the Shadow Instructor’s plan to use Perfect Self state in future combat training, then returned to reality and asked No Edge whether his bloodline power had changed him.
• Long Xingyu took Long Haoyu and Long Haochen to Mount Odin and assigned Long Haochen to train alone in the Owl Ant Nest.
• Long Xingyu told Long Haoyu he would provide actual-combat Special Training by suppressing his strength to Long Haoyu’s level.
• Long Haoyu agreed eagerly and prepared to train, while Long Xingyu wondered why his son seemed so excited.

Long Haoyu sparred with Long Xingyu, deliberately exposing openings in his attacks to test his father’s responses. Long Xingyu raised his strength to Quasi-Knight level and disarmed him, then agreed to point out his shortcomings.

• Long Haoyu asked Long Xingyu to fight at Level 9 strength, but Long Xingyu insisted that Level 8 was sufficient because of his experience.
• Long Haoyu attacked with Fatal Stab, then used No Edge to entangle Long Xingyu’s Bamboo Sword and reached toward his face.
• Long Haoyu followed with Divine Light Combo, prompting Long Xingyu to increase his strength from Level 8 to Level 9.
• Long Xingyu raised his strength to Quasi-Knight level and knocked Wufeng Heavy Sword from Long Haoyu’s hand, ending the spar.
• Long Xingyu praised Long Haoyu’s adaptability and fit for the Retribution Knight Path, while Long Haoyu sincerely asked him to identify his shortcomings.
• Long Xingyu realized Long Haoyu had deliberately baited him with the exposed openings.

Long Haoyu continued training with Long Xingyu while reflecting on his family and the strength he would need to face future threats. Three months later, he reached 100 points of External Spiritual Power and prepared to begin cultivating Perfect Self.

• Long Xingyu praised Long Haoyu's sparring performance, and Long Haoyu thanked him for guiding his cultivation while still refusing to acknowledge him.
• Long Xingyu brought Long Haochen out of the Owl Ant Nest, and Long Haochen passed out after telling his father he had lasted longer than the day before.
• Long Haoyu considered how his future strength might compare with Long Xingyu and Haoyue, then insisted on continuing their sparring.
• Over the next three months, Long Haoyu trained continuously with Long Xingyu while Long Xingyu sparred with Long Haochen.
• Long Haoyu reached 100 points of External Spiritual Power and planned to begin cultivating Perfect Self that night.

Long Haoyu joined Long Haochen and Long Xingyu's sparring before returning home to begin his nightly cultivation. In the Shadow Space, he endured a painful process that awakened and tempered his Heaven-Defying Demon Dragon bloodline, but he realized he was still far from controlling its power.

• Long Haoyu joined Long Haochen and Long Xingyu's sparring match, helping Long Haochen fight more fiercely.
• Long Haoyu and Long Haochen ate dinner with Bai Yue and Long Xingyu, while their parents silently shared their worries about the brothers' fate.
• Long Haoyu summoned the Wu Feng Sword Spirit, entered the Shadow Space, and learned that the Shadow Instructor would draw out his dormant bloodline power rather than cultivate Internal Spiritual Power.
• Long Haoyu endured intense pain as gray mist and golden light clashed within him, tempering his body and awakening his Heaven-Defying Demon Dragon bloodline.
• The two forces fused, and Long Haoyu recognized the process as an unusual early Sacred Awakening, though he remained far from controlling the power.

Long Haoyu practiced Demon Subduing to master his Heaven-Defying Demon Dragon Clan bloodline, while he and Long Haochen continued meditating until they were ready for the Quasi-Knight Assessment. Long Xingyu sent the brothers to Haoyue Branch Hall to take the assessment and obtain an Awakening Stone for Sacred Awakening.

• The Shadow Instructor taught Long Haoyu that Demon Subduing meant integrating his bloodline Instinct into his body so he could freely control its power.
• Long Haoyu trained in the Shadow Space while meditating on Mount Odin and sparring with Long Haochen and Long Xingyu for nine months.
• Long Xingyu announced that Long Haoyu and Long Haochen had both reached 100 points of Spirit Energy and could take the Quasi-Knight Assessment.
• Long Haochen asked whether completing the assessment would let Long Xingyu help them undergo Sacred Awakening, and Long Xingyu confirmed it.
• Long Xingyu told the brothers to go to Haoyue Branch Hall for the assessment and bring back an Awakening Stone.

Long Haoyu and Long Haochen arrived in Haoyue City to take the Quasi-Knight Assessment, and Long Haoyu explained that matching Spirit Energy did not mean they were equally strong. At the Haoyue Branch Hall, Li Xin mistook the brothers for girls disguised as boys, then discovered their letter of introduction and learned they really planned to take the assessment.

• Long Haochen said he wanted to bring their mother to a prosperous city someday, and Long Haoyu encouraged him to keep cultivating.
• Long Haochen thought he had caught up with Long Haoyu because they both had 100 Spirit Energy, but Long Haoyu explained that his own Spirit Energy had grown much higher and that strength was not measured by the same value alone.
• The brothers reached the Haoyue Branch Hall, where Li Xin ignored the guards' objections and brought them inside.
• Li Xin privately questioned Long Haoyu, assuming he and Long Haochen were sisters disguised as boys.
• Long Haoyu showed Li Xin Long Xingyu's letter of introduction and clarified that he and Long Haochen were boys who had come to take the Quasi-Knight Assessment.

Long Haoyu and Long Haochen took the Quasi-Knight Assessment at the Haoyue Branch Hall after presenting Lord Xingyu’s letter of introduction. Long Haochen passed with 118 Spirit Energy, and the chapter left Long Haoyu beginning his own assessment with a powerful thrust.

• Li Xin questioned whether Long Haoyu and Long Haochen were brothers and doubted that ten-year-olds could take the Quasi-Knight Assessment.
• Nalan Shu read Lord Xingyu’s letter and led the brothers to the assessment hall, where he raised a black stone pillar for them to strike.
• Long Haochen attacked the pillar with a fine iron sword and scored 118 Spirit Energy, passing the assessment as a Tier 2 Level 2 Knight.
• Nalan Shu congratulated Long Haochen, who told him that Long Haoyu was even more impressive.
• Long Haoyu drew No Edge and thrust it at the pillar with a technique derived from the Shadow Instructor’s Fatal Stab.

Long Haoyu demonstrated his extraordinary strength by scoring 152 on the Spirit Energy Test, shocking Li Xin and Nalan Shu. After the brothers passed the Quasi-Knight Assessment, Long Haoyu told Long Haochen that he still intended to confront Long Xingyu over his treatment of their family.

• Long Haoyu thrust No Edge into the Black Stone Pillar and scored 152, stunning Li Xin and Nalan Shu.
• Long Haochen admired his brother and vowed to work hard to catch up to him.
• Li Xin eagerly examined Long Haoyu, then decided to accompany the brothers to the Adventurer's Guild to protect them.
• Nalan Shu left to retrieve the brothers' Quasi-Knight Rank Medals and an item from Long Xingyu.
• Long Haochen asked why Long Haoyu did not call Long Xingyu Dad, and Long Haoyu said he would consider it after confronting him over his debts to their mother and family.

Long Haoyu and Long Haochen went to the Adventurer's Guild with Li Xin to take on a mission, where adventurers insulted their mother and Long Haoyu stopped Haochen from retaliating. He prepared to show Haochen what a Retribution Knight could do without giving in to anger.

• Nalan Shu gave Long Haoyu and Long Haochen Quasi-Knight Medals and Awakening Stones before Li Xin accompanied them to the Adventurer's Guild.
• Adventurers mocked the brothers, and Long Haoyu drove No Edge through the Bearded Man's foot after he insulted their mother.
• The Bearded Man's companions moved to confront Long Haoyu, but Li Xin drew her swords and summoned her Rose Unicorn, making them back down.
• Long Haochen tried to attack the Bearded Man, but Long Haoyu held him back and said an older brother should shield his younger brother.
• Long Haoyu told Haochen he would teach him why he had chosen the path of a Retribution Knight and what one who did not get angry was like.

Long Haoyu challenged three adventurers to a fight to the death after they insulted his mother, despite Li Xin’s offer to handle the matter. He swiftly overpowered them, leaving the onlookers stunned by how elegant his violence appeared.

• Long Haoyu took No Edge from the Bearded Man’s foot, challenged him and his two companions to a fight to the death, and asked Li Xin to witness it.
• Li Xin warned Long Haoyu that she would protect him even if it cost her knighthood, while Long Haochen urged his brother to be careful.
• Outside the Adventurer’s Guild, Long Haoyu dodged the Bearded Man’s axes and struck him so hard that he crashed into a wall with shattered bones.
• Long Haoyu shoved the other two adventurers into the wall beside the Bearded Man, leaving the spectators amazed by his decisive brutality.

Long Haoyu defeated three adventurers and used the fight to teach Long Haochen about patience and weighing risks. After Li Xin helped them complete Haochen’s Second Rank trial mission and escorted them home, the brothers prepared to awaken their internal spiritual power.

• Long Haoyu killed the last adventurer and explained to Long Haochen how controlling anger and weighing the odds helped prevent danger.
• Long Haoyu told Li Xin that their teacher had taught them combat experience, while Long Haochen realized his brother was letting Long Xingyu take the blame.
• Long Haoyu and Long Haochen accepted a Second Rank mission, and Li Xin offered them a ride on her Rose Unicorn.
• Long Haochen completed the mission in less than half a day, and Li Xin escorted the brothers back to Odin Town before saying goodbye.
• Long Haoyu and Long Haochen returned home carrying Awakening Stones and looked forward to drawing out their internal spiritual power.

Long Xingyu performed Sacred Awakening for Long Haoyu and Long Haochen despite the Knight Temple’s rules, while Bai Yue worried about their safety. Long Haochen awakened with a Child of Light constitution and 97 points of Innate Internal Spiritual Power, but Long Haoyu’s power kept rising as his awakening continued.

• Bai Yue asked Long Xingyu to delay the awakening and make sure the boys stayed safe, but he insisted they had to face their responsibilities.
• Long Xingyu used the brothers’ Awakening Stones to perform Sacred Awakening, and both boys endured the process as golden pillars formed above them.
• Long Haochen’s golden pillar rose to 97, and Long Xingyu identified him as a Child of Light.
• After Long Haochen dressed, he asked about his new constitution and compared his awakening with Long Haoyu’s ongoing one.
• Long Haochen saw Long Haoyu’s pillar reach 97 and continue rising, leaving Long Xingyu astonished by his elder son’s talent.

Long Haoyu and Long Haochen completed Sacred Awakening as Children of Light, with Long Haoyu reaching one hundred points of Innate Internal Spiritual Power and Long Haochen reaching ninety-seven. Long Xingyu warned them to cultivate diligently, but Long Haoyu demonstrated how to channel his awakened power into his weapon and questioned whether Internal Spiritual Power was really difficult to cultivate.

• Long Haoyu’s Sacred Awakening ended at exactly one hundred points of Innate Internal Spiritual Power, while Long Haochen’s score was ninety-seven.
• Long Haochen congratulated his brother, and Long Haoyu teased him about trying to catch up.
• Long Xingyu told the boys they were born Knights and urged them to remember their faith.
• Long Haochen asked whether Long Xingyu was also a Child of Light, and Long Xingyu explained that his own Innate Internal Spiritual Power had been seventy-seven.
• Long Xingyu warned both boys that talent did not replace diligent cultivation and said he would teach them to cultivate Internal Spiritual Power.
• Long Haoyu channeled his awakened power into No Edge and asked Long Xingyu whether using Internal Spiritual Power on weapons, martial techniques, and sacred light magic was how it was cultivated.