Chapter Summaries

Lin Xin learned that Long Haoyu planned to form a Demon Hunt Squad with Cai'er, Long Haochen, and Li Xin, and panicked at Cai'er's presence and formidable background. Long Haoyu proposed giving up his Spirit Stove reward to request an extra fixed selection slot, but Lin Xin wondered whether the higher-ups would approve.

• Lin Xin tried to flee after realizing Cai'er might join Long Haoyu's Demon Hunt Squad, but Long Haoyu stopped him and arranged for them to talk.
• At a teahouse, Long Haoyu explained that Long Haochen and Li Xin were his Retainer Knights and that Cai'er would fill the squad's Assassin position.
• Lin Xin learned that Cai'er was the Assassin Temple's Number One Contestant and a Fifth Order Assassin, while Long Haochen was also a Fifth Order knight.
• Long Haoyu said he would request an extra fixed selection slot by forfeiting the Spirit Stove awarded to the competition's first-place winner.
• Lin Xin thanked Long Haoyu, joked about offering himself to him, then worried that the competition's higher-ups might reject Long Haoyu's request.

Long Haoyu explained his plan to form a Demon Hunt Squad with Cai'er and Lin Xin, then revealed his cultivation and combat strength. He left his companions confident that the Selection Tournament would pose little difficulty for him.

• Long Haoyu said he would choose Cai'er and fulfill his bet with Lin Xin, even if he had to give up his ranking and enter the next selection five years later.
• Lin Xin praised Long Haoyu's plan and gave Cai'er medicinal pills, easing the tension between them.
• Lin Xin asked why Long Haoyu was not worried about the upcoming competition, and Long Haoyu said he had also entered the Fifth Order.
• Long Haoyu revealed that his total Spirit Energy was around 2,800 points, equivalent to a Fifth Grade Earth Knight, and that he could reach the strength of a ninth-grade Earth Knight if he went all out.

Long Haoyu revealed that his Spirit Energy and hidden abilities made him far stronger than his companions had realized, and Ye Hua warned him and Long Haochen to conceal their ages and strength. After escorting Cai'er back, Long Haoyu kept Lin Xin behind for a private talk, leaving Lin Xin uneasy about what he wanted to discuss.

• Long Haoyu told the group that his Spirit Energy was around 2,800 points and that he could reach the strength of a ninth- or tenth-tier Earth Knight without using his hidden abilities.
• Ye Hua praised Long Haoyu, then explained that their grandmaster had changed Long Haoyu and Long Haochen's recorded ages to twenty-four so they would not draw dangerous attention.
• Long Haoyu and Long Haochen agreed to conceal their real ages and avoid revealing their strength.
• Long Haoyu took Cai'er back to the hotel, while Cai'er secretly enjoyed his escort and hid that her vision had partially recovered.
• Long Haoyu stopped Lin Xin from leaving and asked him to meet privately on the rooftop, making Lin Xin uneasy.

Long Haoyu discussed Lin Xin’s inability to use offensive magic and the reasons behind his reluctance to learn it, urging him to consider his parents’ wishes and his safety. Lin Xin remained silent, and Long Haoyu gave him time to decide whether he would train in offensive magic before the future Demon Hunt Squad was formed.

• Long Haoyu asked Lin Xin whether he intended to remain unable to use offensive magic, and Lin Xin worried he might not qualify for the future Demon Hunt Squad.
• Long Haoyu assured Lin Xin he would honor his bet and revealed that he knew Lin Xin’s Innate Internal Spiritual Power was seventy and understood his past.
• Long Haoyu told Lin Xin about his mother’s concern for his and Haochen’s safety and asked whether Lin Xin’s parents would want him to join a squad without offensive magic.
• Long Haoyu reminded Lin Xin that his parents’ research had aimed to help humanity and asked whether they would want him to risk dying because he could not fight offensively.
• Long Haoyu said he was not forcing Lin Xin to decide immediately, but wanted his final decision so he could plan for the squad to go to and return from the battlefield together.

Long Haoyu confronted Lin Xin about his refusal to face his painful past and learn attack magic, then used No Edge and the Six Paths Spirit Stove to subject him to a simulated battlefield trial. Lin Xin was enveloped by the sword’s three-colored light as the trial began.

• Long Haoyu recalled how Lin Xin had once failed to attack a Demon Lord, nearly causing his teammates to die, and concluded that Lin Xin had not yet faced a true trial of life and death.
• Lin Xin struggled to decide whether to confront his past, and Long Haoyu offered to help him make a judgment through an experience of danger.
• Long Haoyu revealed No Edge’s jagged blade and explained that Lin Xin would become a member of his Demon Hunt Squad.
• Long Haoyu drew out the Six Paths Spirit Stove, linked it with No Edge, and said he would use the Hell Path’s power to simulate the danger of a real battlefield.
• Long Haoyu slashed at Lin Xin, and crimson, gray, and golden light enveloped him without inflicting a wound.

Long Haoyu used the Hell Path of his Six Paths Spirit Stove to plunge Lin Xin into an illusion of a battlefield where his companions died, hoping to challenge his belief in sacrificing himself. After ending the trial, Long Haoyu offered Lin Xin time to consider joining the Demon Hunt Squad, but Lin Xin said he was ready to answer immediately.

• Long Haoyu's sword strike drew Lin Xin into an illusory Hell Blood Sea filled with the corpses of humans and demons.
• Long Haoyu explained that the vision would force Lin Xin to confront his choices when people he wanted to protect were in danger.
• A demonic shadow appeared to tear out Long Haoyu's heart, and Lin Xin endured a series of horrifying visions of death.
• Long Haoyu ended the illusion after a quarter hour and helped the trembling Lin Xin to his feet.
• Long Haoyu told Lin Xin to rest and decide later whether to join the Demon Hunt Squad, but Lin Xin insisted on giving his final answer right away.

Lin Xin chose to become an offensive mage and join Long Haoyu's future Demon Hunt Squad after experiencing the Hell Blood Sea. Long Haoyu then returned to Shadow Space, where he reaffirmed his resolve to redeem himself through the path of the sword and continued his cultivation.

• Lin Xin told Long Haoyu he would learn offensive magic and join the Demon Hunt Squad as an offensive mage.
• Lin Xin insisted on walking back by himself, vowing not to become dead weight or make his teammates despair on the battlefield.
• Long Haoyu returned to his hotel room, asked Little Coal Ball to guard him, and entered Shadow Space to cultivate the Hell Path.
• The Shadow Instructor warned Long Haoyu that nobody might be able to redeem him if his cultivation or control of the Six Paths Spirit Stove failed.
• Long Haoyu declared that he would redeem himself with the sword in his hand, and the Shadow Instructor acknowledged that he had found his path.
• Long Haoyu and the Shadow Instructor prepared to resume their slaughter training in Shadow Space.

Long Haoyu and Yang Wenzhao entered the Knight Temple’s final top-ten match, both eager to test themselves against the other. Yang Wenzhao requested that Long Haoyu fight at full strength without his Magical Beast Partner, and the battle began with Long Haoyu calling on No Edge.

• Long Haoyu stopped cultivating in the Shadow Space and joined Ye Hua and the others at the Knight Trial Grounds for the final ranking match.
• Han Qian called Long Haoyu and Yang Wenzhao into the Trial Ground, where they exchanged their anticipation for the battle.
• Yang Wenzhao chose not to summon his Magical Beast Partner because Long Haoyu’s partner had not fully recovered.
• Yang Wenzhao asked Long Haoyu to use his true peak strength without his Magical Beast Partner, and Long Haoyu warned him that No Edge might make the fight unfair.
• Yang Wenzhao accepted the risk, and after Han Qian declared the match underway, Long Haoyu called on No Edge to give him everything.

Long Haoyu unleashed his overwhelming Fifth Order strength against Yang Wenzhao and prepared an early version of One of Annihilation. The chapter ended as Yang Wenzhao charged with twin greatswords and Long Haoyu struck back.

• Little Coal Ball activated No Edge, boosting Long Haoyu’s Internal and External Spiritual Power by thirty percent.
• Yang Wenzhao recognized Long Haoyu’s power and asked him to fight at his peak; Long Haoyu revealed Spirit Energy nearing the Sixth Order.
• Long Haochen, Li Xin, Ye Hua, and Han Qian watched as Long Haoyu’s strength stunned the audience, with Han Qian realizing he was still holding back.
• Yang Wenzhao charged Long Haoyu with the Fifth Order knight Skill Assault and attacked with his twin greatswords.
• Long Haoyu gathered Spirit Energy at No Edge and unleashed an initial version of One of Annihilation as Yang Wenzhao reached him.

Long Haoyu defeated Yang Wenzhao with a single, controlled sword strike that he had created himself, then revealed its name as the Nirvana Sword. Yang Wenzhao passed out after vowing to challenge him again, while Han Qian and the watching Knights were left stunned by Long Haoyu’s skill.

• Yang Wenzhao attacked Long Haoyu, but Long Haoyu slipped behind him and sheathed his sword without seeming to strike.
• A golden mark appeared on Yang Wenzhao’s chest and erupted with force, knocking him unconscious after Han Qian treated his injuries.
• Yang Wenzhao acknowledged his defeat and promised to challenge Long Haoyu again as his strength improved.
• Long Haoyu told Han Qian that the strike was a newly created skill and that he had held back its power.
• Long Haoyu named the sword strike the Nirvana Sword.

Long Haoyu defeated Yang Wenzhao with a dangerous sword technique, then returned to the hotel with Cai'er and the others. There, Long Haochen was suddenly teleported away as his Blood Contract with Haoyue activated early.

• Han Qian warned Long Haoyu not to use his Spirit Energy-compressing sword strike unless he was certain he could control it.
• Long Haoyu returned to the Audience Seats, and Ye Hua led him, Li Xin, and Long Haochen out of the Trial Ground.
• Long Haoyu met Cai'er outside the Knight Temple and walked back to the hotel with her and the others.
• The White Little Beast became agitated and fixed its gaze on Long Haochen.
• A purple light appeared on Long Haochen's forehead, and he vanished as the Blood Contract sent him early to Haoyue's world.

After Long Haochen was teleported to Haoyue’s world, Long Haoyu followed him there using the White Little Beast. Long Haoyu arrived in the hostile, dust-filled world and reunited with the beast, while Ye Hua, Li Xin, and Cai'er were left behind fearing for the brothers’ safety.

• Long Haoyu told Ye Hua, Li Xin, and Cai'er that Haoyue had likely teleported Long Haochen to its world.
• Long Haoyu explained that he would use the White Little Beast to travel to the same world and help ensure Long Haochen’s safe return.
• Ye Hua warned Long Haoyu to prioritize his own safety, and Cai'er wished him well as he prepared to leave.
• The White Little Beast returned to its original world, and a Purple Contract Light then teleported Long Haoyu after it.
• Ye Hua sent Li Xin and Cai'er to their rooms, then remained in the corridor and silently prayed that both brothers would return alive.
• Long Haoyu arrived in the dark, hostile world and watched the White Little Beast leap onto his shoulder.

Long Haoyu followed the White Little Beast through the ruined world and reached Long Haochen, who had been defending Haoyue’s breakthrough against a Lich, a Skeleton King, and an immense Undead Army. The brothers joined forces, with Long Haoyu targeting the Lich and Long Haochen preparing to hold back the army.

• The White Little Beast guided Long Haoyu toward Long Haochen by pointing out the Undead Army’s direction.
• Long Haochen struggled to defend Haoyue’s cave from the Lich, the Skeleton King, and their army while Haoyue advanced.
• Long Haoyu arrived with the White Little Beast and reassured Long Haochen that he had come to fight beside him.
• Long Haochen agreed that the Lich had to be defeated first, and Long Haoyu took responsibility for confronting it.
• Long Haochen used his Guardian Knight abilities and the Holy Guiding Spirit Stove to prepare to hold back the Undead Army while Long Haoyu faced the Lich.

Long Haoyu fought through the Undead Army while Long Haochen drew the Skeleton King away from him, allowing Long Haoyu to focus on the Lich. As the Lich prepared to attack, Long Haoyu unleashed his Heaven-Defying Demon Dragon Bloodline, startling his foe.

• The Lich strengthened the Skeleton King and continued toward Haoyue’s cave, dismissing Long Haoyu as a threat.
• Long Haoyu cut through the undead with No Edge, and the Lich summoned more skeletons to attack him.
• Long Haochen used the Holy Guiding Spirit Stove to divert the Skeleton King, then told Long Haoyu to deal with the Lich.
• Long Haoyu assessed the Lich and anticipated that he would attack with full strength before turning on Haoyue.
• Long Haoyu unleashed his Heaven-Defying Demon Dragon Bloodline, and the Lich recognized it as a pinnacle bloodline from a powerful race that had fled the world.

Long Haoyu awakened the Heaven-Defying Demon Dragon Clan’s bloodline, terrifying the Lich and easing the Skeleton King’s pressure on Long Haochen. After sending the White Little Beast back to their Realm, Long Haoyu attacked the Lich as two powerful beings approached.

• Long Haoyu entered his Demon Subduing state, and the Lich recoiled in terror at the bloodline power he sensed.
• The Lich’s shaken control let Long Haochen fight the Skeleton King to a standstill, and Long Haoyu confirmed his younger brother was safe.
• Long Haoyu sent the frightened White Little Beast back to their Realm to prepare for his return.
• Long Haoyu confronted the Lich, who abandoned his plan to enter the cave and attacked with his strongest power.
• Long Haoyu charged the Lich with No Edge, while two powerful beings from the Undead World rushed toward the battle.

Long Haoyu killed the Lich and freed Long Haochen from the Skeleton King's control, but two sovereigns of the Undead World arrived as the brothers faced the next threat alone.

• Long Haoyu used Demon Slaying: Second Form to shatter the Lich's giant bone arm.
• Long Haoyu rushed through the flying bones and struck the Lich with Demon Slaying: Third Form, killing him with the backlash.
• Long Haochen saw the Skeleton King collapse and hurried to Long Haoyu, who sensed a greater danger approaching.
• A blue-white Bone Dragon carrying an armored warrior emerged from the dark clouds, while a cloaked figure appeared from the gray sky.
• Long Haoyu recognized the newcomers as the Lich King and the Death Spirit Judgment Knight, two sovereigns of the Undead World.

Long Haoyu faced the Lich King, the Death Spirit Judgment Knight, and the Bone Dragon while Haoyue’s evolution remained unfinished. He sent Long Haochen to the cave, then unleashed his Heaven-Defying Demon Dragon Clan bloodline to protect him and Haoyue, manifesting a vast dark-gold dragon phantom.

• Long Haoyu recognized the three Ninth Order experts as a grave threat while Long Haochen said Haoyue still needed time to evolve.
• The Death Spirit Judgment Knight demanded that Long Haoyu move aside, and the Lich King questioned him about his bloodline and origins.
• Long Haoyu told Long Haochen to return to Haoyue, and Long Haochen reluctantly went into the cave.
• The Lich King created a purple bubble that began dissolving the mountain where Long Haochen and Haoyue were hiding.
• Long Haoyu drove No Edge into the ground and unleashed his bloodline, summoning a dark-gold Giant Dragon phantom that shattered the bubble and faced the Lich King and Death Spirit Judgment Knight.

Long Haoyu tried to convince the Lich King and Death Spirit Judgment Knight that the Heaven-Defying Demon Dragon Clan had not betrayed their world and that Austin would no longer bring Heavenly Punishment upon it. When they prepared to attack, the White Little Beast returned with a plan, and Long Haoyu chose to retreat from the confrontation until they were strong enough to face their enemies.

• The Lich King and Death Spirit Judgment Knight confronted the Heaven-Defying Demon Dragon phantom and accused its clan of betraying their world by protecting Austin.
• Long Haoyu explained that the clan still sought to destroy Austin and that he protected him because Austin was his younger brother's bloodline partner.
• The Death Spirit Judgment Knight rejected Long Haoyu's assurance and prepared to strike at him and the mountain where Austin was hidden.
• The White Little Beast suddenly returned, and Long Haoyu abandoned his plan to risk everything after understanding its message.
• Long Haoyu agreed that they would settle the matter in the future through strength, while the White Little Beast prepared to show its power.

The White Little Beast confronted the Death Spirit Judgment Knight’s Sky-Toppling Strike, revealing a powerful Purple Gold transformation. Long Haoyu strengthened its light with his blood, turning the clash in their favor as a blazing sun rose over the dark realm.

• The White Little Beast leapt toward the Death Spirit Judgment Knight as he prepared to strike Long Haoyu, and the Lich King tried to seize it after sensing its danger.
• The White Little Beast summoned a Magic Array and an indistinct phantom, then transformed into a Purple Gold blazing sun that blocked the Death Spirit Judgment Knight’s sword light.
• Long Haoyu drew No Edge, cut his palm on its blade, and sent his blood toward the White Little Beast to help it resist the attack.
• The White Little Beast’s radiance intensified when it met Long Haoyu’s blood, dispelling the dark clouds and bringing long-lost light to the realm.

Long Haoyu fed the White Little Beast his essence blood, empowering it to restrain the Death Spirit Judgment Knight and the Lich King with a mysterious rule. When Long Haoyu weakened and the restraint faltered, the White Little Beast offered its own purple-gold blood to the Magic Array, which summoned a massive claw against the two enemies.

• After Long Haoyu gave it his essence blood, the White Little Beast's power surged and its purple-gold light knocked the Death Spirit Judgment Knight's heavy sword away.
• The Death Spirit Judgment Knight and the Lich King were immobilized by a purple beam as they tried to attack Long Haoyu and Austin.
• The Death Spirit Judgment Knight warned that Long Haoyu could not keep supplying enough essence blood to maintain the restraint.
• The White Little Beast stopped Long Haoyu's blood offering, returned to its pink form, and walked toward the restrained enemies.
• The White Little Beast fed its own purple-gold blood into the Magic Array, clarifying the phantom and bringing down a massive claw toward the Death Spirit Judgment Knight and the Lich King.