Chapter Summaries

The White Little Beast used a Golden Vortex to forcibly teleport the Lich King, Death Spirit Judgment Knight, and Bone Dragon away, then helped Long Haoyu return to the Holy Demon Continent after Haoyue successfully evolved. The White Little Beast revealed that it intended to evolve too, leaving Long Haoyu wondering why it would not do so in the Undead World.

• The Lich King and Death Spirit Judgment Knight realized the White Little Beast's giant-claw attack was a bluff, but then noticed the Golden Vortex behind them.
• The Golden Vortex engulfed and teleported the Lich King, Death Spirit Judgment Knight, and Bone Dragon, while its shockwave left the White Little Beast extremely weak.
• Long Haoyu caught the White Little Beast and used the Six Paths Spirit Stove to help it recover.
• Haoyue roared from the cave, signaling that its evolution had succeeded, and Long Haoyu prepared to leave with the White Little Beast.
• The White Little Beast teleported Long Haoyu to the Holy Demon Continent and told him it intended to evolve too, surprising him.

Long Haoyu and Long Haochen escaped the abyss with their magical beasts after the White Little Beast’s intervention, leaving the Lich King and Death Spirit Judgment Knight to consider Austin Griffin’s growing threat. Back at the hotel, Haoyue completed its evolution into a three-headed beast, while Long Haochen asked it to remember Long Haoyu’s sacrifice and let go of its grudge against the White Little Beast.

• Long Haochen and Haoyue escaped the abyss, and the returning Lich King and Death Spirit Judgment Knight found that Long Haoyu and the others had vanished.
• The Lich King and Death Spirit Judgment Knight discussed the power that had restrained them and agreed to convene the Undead Monarch Assembly to address Austin Griffin’s growing strength.
• Long Haoyu returned to the hotel injured and exhausted, asked Ye Hua to pass a message to Long Haochen, and took the White Little Beast to his room.
• Long Haochen and Haoyue appeared in the corridor after Haoyue evolved to three heads, and they overheard Ye Hua and Long Haoyu’s conversation.
• Long Haochen urged Haoyue to remember Long Haoyu’s sacrifice and not resent the White Little Beast, and Haoyue nodded and silently made a decision.

Long Haoyu brought the weakened White Little Beast and the Six Paths Spirit Stove to Mount Spirit Valley so he could help the creature evolve. He activated the stove at full power, and the White Little Beast began absorbing its Gray Airflow.

• The exhausted White Little Beast relied on the Six Paths Spirit Stove to stay conscious and signaled that it needed Long Haoyu to activate the stove more strongly.
• Long Haoyu took the White Little Beast and the Six Paths Spirit Stove to Han Qian, explaining that he wanted to assist the creature’s evolution.
• Han Qian agreed to escort Long Haoyu into Mount Spirit Valley, where Long Haoyu placed the White Little Beast on a mound.
• The White Little Beast absorbed the Gray Airflow from the Six Paths Spirit Stove, but Long Haoyu saw that it still lacked vitality.
• Long Haoyu pushed the Six Paths Spirit Stove to its utmost limit, and the stove immediately began to change.

Long Haoyu used the Six Paths Spirit Stove to help the White Little Beast evolve, while Han Qian and Saint Moon realized it might be an infant Divine Beast. The Purple Gold Vertical Eye appeared over Mount Spirit Valley, bathing the beast in purple-gold light as its evolution began.

• Long Haoyu activated the Six Paths Spirit Stove and observed how its beams reflected the paths he had mastered.
• Saint Moon arrived and questioned Han Qian about Long Haoyu using the stove to help the White Little Beast evolve.
• Han Qian told Saint Moon that he and the Alliance Master believed the White Little Beast might be an infant Divine Beast.
• Saint Moon recognized Long Haoyu's potential and considered the hope the beast could offer humanity.
• The White Little Beast floated into the air as a powerful aura engulfed Mount Spirit Valley and the Purple Gold Vertical Eye appeared in the sky.
• Purple Gold light poured from the eye onto the White Little Beast, and Long Haoyu understood that its evolution had begun.

The White Little Beast underwent a powerful evolution while Long Haoyu used the Six Paths Spirit Stove to aid it, strengthening his suspicions about the creature’s divine bloodline. As Saint Moon and Han Qian prepared to intervene when Long Haoyu’s consciousness merged with the Spirit Stove, Yang Haohan and the Knight Temple’s aged, formidable elder arrived and told them to wait.

• Purple-gold patterns and a Contract Rune appeared on the White Little Beast as its evolution shook Mount Spirit Valley and drew shadowy figures into its body.
• Long Haoyu pushed the Six Paths Spirit Stove to its limit, helping the White Little Beast and further confirming his suspicions about its bloodline, though he could not determine whether it was Creation.
• Saint Moon and Han Qian sensed danger when Long Haoyu’s consciousness sank into the Spirit Stove and prepared to interrupt the evolution if necessary.
• Yang Haohan and an elderly Knight Temple powerhouse arrived, and the elder told Saint Moon and Han Qian not to interfere in Long Haoyu’s affairs.

Yang Haoyu watched as Long Haoyu guided the White Little Beast through its evolution, confident that interfering could endanger them. The evolution finished safely, but its effects remained unknown until the beast woke, and Yang Haoyu introduced himself to Long Haoyu as an elder who had come because of the beast.

• Yang Haoyu told Saint Moon that the White Little Beast's evolution belonged to a Divine Beast and that its natural defenses made intervention risky, so Saint Moon stopped preparing to act.
• Long Haoyu watched the White Little Beast's Purple Gold patterns fade into the contract on its forehead, then withdrew his consciousness after confirming the beast had completed its evolution without abnormalities.
• The White Little Beast descended into Long Haoyu's hands asleep, its vitality restored and its fur tips tinged purple, while Long Haoyu wondered what abilities its evolution had brought.
• Yang Haohan asked about the evolution, and Long Haoyu said they would have to wait for the bad-tempered beast to wake before learning its results.
• Yang Haoyu asked to see the White Little Beast, introduced himself to Long Haoyu, and said he had come because of the Magic Beast Partner.

Yang Haoyu examined Long Haoyu’s sleeping White Little Beast and found that its Contract Rune resisted his power. He decided to summon his Starry Sky Divine Beast to meet it, leaving Yang Haohan, Han Qian, and Saint Moon eager to see the creature appear.

• Yang Haohan introduced Yang Haoyu to Long Haoyu, who explained the White Little Beast’s volatile temperament and warned that waking it could make it uncontrollable.
• Yang Haoyu assured Long Haoyu that Divine Beasts were proud and accepted the sleeping White Little Beast for examination.
• Yang Haoyu noticed purple hues in the White Little Beast’s fur and found that its Contract Rune repelled his power.
• Yang Haoyu decided to bring out his Starry Sky Divine Beast so they could study the White Little Beast together.

Yang Haoyu summoned the Starry Sky Divine Beast to inspect the White Little Beast, which he believed was a juvenile Divine Beast. The Starry Sky Divine Beast became fascinated by the sleeping creature and woke it, leaving Long Haoyu expecting trouble.

• Yang Haoyu explained that his Starry Sky Divine Beast's strength and pride had kept him from using the five Man-made Divine Thrones.
• The Starry Sky Divine Beast asked whether the White Little Beast was a transcendent Divine Beast, and Yang Haoyu said it appeared to be one still in its juvenile stage.
• The Starry Sky Divine Beast manifested its enormous form and noticed the White Little Beast's purple-tinged fur and familiar Contract Rune.
• The Starry Sky Divine Beast crouched down and woke the White Little Beast without touching it.
• The White Little Beast woke grumpily, and Long Haoyu anticipated that it would retaliate against the Starry Sky Divine Beast.

Long Haoyu’s White Little Beast suppressed and beat Yang Haoyu’s Starry Sky Divine Beast, ending their planned exchange. Yang Haoyu sent Long Haoyu away, deciding that he had to follow his own path without guidance or excessive protection.

• The White Little Beast jumped onto the Starry Sky Divine Beast’s shoulder and punched its eyelid, provoking the Divine Beast.
• The Starry Sky Divine Beast grabbed the White Little Beast, but its fear of the little beast’s bloodline caused it to shrink and submit to a one-sided beating.
• Yang Haoyu explained that bloodline suppression prevented the Starry Sky Divine Beast from learning from Long Haoyu’s Magical Beast Partner, so he called off the exchange.
• The White Little Beast returned to Long Haoyu, and Yang Haoyu used golden Spirit Energy to send him out of Mount Spirit Valley.
• Yang Haoyu told Yang Haohan that Long Haoyu needed to grow without guidance or excessive protection, and Yang Haohan wondered how much the Magical Beast Partner’s evolution would improve him.

Long Haoyu discovered that the White Little Beast’s evolution had given it group healing and Spirit Energy amplification, though it refused to reveal its offensive abilities or discuss the gods. Long Haochen then brought the three-headed Haoyue to see Long Haoyu, leaving both brothers wondering why Haoyue had come.

• Long Haoyu questioned the White Little Beast about its evolution and learned that its light could heal and amplify the Spirit Energy of everyone within its range.
• The White Little Beast pretended to be weak when Long Haoyu asked about its offensive power, then feigned collapse when he asked about the gods.
• Long Haoyu stopped questioning the White Little Beast and decided its new group abilities would help make up for his shortcomings.
• Long Haochen entered Long Haoyu’s room with the three-headed Haoyue, who had asked to visit.
• Long Haoyu and Long Haochen watched Haoyue, puzzled by his unusual behavior and his change from avoiding the White Little Beast to seeking them out.

Long Haoyu learned that Haoyue had come to show goodwill after Long Haochen told him about their bond, then urged Long Haochen to practice his Retribution Knight skills before the Demon Race Battlefield. Han Qian arrived with word that Long Haoyu would receive his first-place equipment reward early at Mount Spirit Valley the next morning, leaving Long Haoyu to consider the reward’s significance.

• The White Little Beast climbed onto Haoyue, and Long Haoyu realized Haoyue remembered their help and was showing goodwill despite his fear.
• Long Haoyu told Long Haochen to spar with Sister Xin'er and improve his Retribution Knight skills before the Demon Hunt Squad headed to the Demon Race Battlefield.
• Long Haochen agreed to train and prepared to take Haoyue back before leaving to find Sister Xin'er.
• Han Qian told Long Haoyu that Old Yang had arranged for him to receive his first-place equipment reward early at Mount Spirit Valley the next morning.
• Long Haoyu recalled that the reward had given Long Haochen Blue Rain · Light Hibiscus, but decided to accept it despite already possessing No Edge.

Long Haoyu brought Long Haochen to Mount Spirit Valley and gave him his preliminary round reward so he could obtain better equipment. After Long Haochen left to claim it, Yang Haoyu invited Long Haoyu to test his strength in battle.

• Long Haoyu brought Long Haochen through the Temple Treasure Pavilion's formal procedure to enter Mount Spirit Valley.
• Long Haoyu offered his preliminary round reward to Long Haochen, explaining that he already had No Edge and wanted to make up for the opportunities Long Haochen had given up as his Retainer Knight.
• Yang Haoyu and Yang Haohan agreed to let Long Haochen claim the reward, and Yang Haohan escorted him to Blue Rain, Light Hibiscus.
• Yang Haoyu asked Long Haoyu to exchange a few moves with him, and Long Haoyu accepted.

Long Haoyu sparred with Yang Haoyu, who limited his strength to the Sixth Order and used the match to test and guide his technique. The chapter ended as Yang Haoyu realized Long Haoyu had unleashed an unfamiliar skill instead of Holy Sword.

• Yang Haoyu recognized No Edge as a bloodline growth-type weapon and arranged a spar with Long Haoyu, telling him to use every method at his disposal.
• Yang Haoyu summoned Divine Artifact heavy swords, limited his Spirit Energy to the Sixth Order, and opened with Cross Slash.
• Long Haoyu answered with Ascending Dragon Strike, blocked Yang Haoyu's Light Slash Sword, and appeared to Accumulate Power in midair.
• Yang Haoyu criticized Long Haoyu's apparent attempt to Accumulate Power, but Long Haoyu revealed it was a feint and countered Sun Slash with a descending attack.
• Yang Haoyu realized Long Haoyu's attack was not Holy Sword but a skill he had never seen before.

Long Haoyu fought Yang Haoyu in a training match, adapting his Knight Skills while Yang Haoyu exposed gaps in his control and combat judgment. Accepting the challenge to use his trump card, Long Haoyu prepared to debut Brahma Three Forms as Yang Haoyu braced himself.

• Long Haoyu revealed Silver Light Falling Blade, but Yang Haoyu blocked it with Divine Guard Block.
• Long Haoyu used Assault to retreat, then defended against Yang Haoyu's modified Ascending Dragon Strike and countered with Wave Breaker.
• Yang Haoyu stayed in place after his strike, caught Long Haoyu off guard, and forced him back while explaining how mastery changed the skill's variations.
• Long Haoyu listened to Yang Haoyu's guidance and announced that he would use his trump card.
• Long Haoyu recalled learning Brahma Three Forms from Xiao Huo, took its stance, and prompted Yang Haoyu to prepare for the attack.

Long Haoyu sparred with Yang Haoyu, whose experience and strength let him withstand Long Haoyu’s extraordinary sword strike. After the match, Yang Haoyu praised Long Haoyu’s Retribution Knight Path and asked how he had forged it, and Long Haoyu explained that he used himself as the mountain and the Azure Vault as the peak.

• Long Haoyu’s unusual sword move slowed Yang Haoyu and astonished him, but Yang Haoyu blocked No Edge and shifted behind Long Haoyu.
• As Long Haoyu prepared Eye of Brahma, Yang Haoyu ended the spar and declared himself the loser; Long Haoyu insisted Yang Haoyu had remained undefeated.
• Yang Haoyu praised Long Haoyu’s sword and acknowledged that his experience and Divine Artifact had given him an advantage.
• Yang Haoyu asked how Long Haoyu had developed his Retribution Knight Path, drawing the attention of Yang Haohan and Han Qian.
• Long Haoyu said he had no fixed guide and had forged his path by taking himself as the mountain and the Azure Vault as the peak, continually surpassing himself.

Long Haoyu’s belief in surpassing oneself gave Yang Haoyu, Yang Haohan, and Han Qian new insight into their cultivation. Yang Haoyu praised Long Haoyu’s path and gifted him Glorious Tier armor from the Glorious Era, which could also teach him techniques from humanity’s former age of prosperity.

• Long Haoyu explained that his goal was to surpass himself and reach the true Peak of the Azure Vault.
• Yang Haoyu revealed his Starry Sky Domain after Long Haoyu’s words gave him insight into a potential breakthrough.
• Yang Haohan and Han Qian realized they had also gained new insight and felt they might advance in cultivation.
• Yang Haoyu praised Long Haoyu for choosing his own path and encouraged him to keep pursuing it.
• Yang Haoyu gave Long Haoyu a set of Glorious Tier armor from the Glorious Era and suggested he study its techniques and inscriptions.

Long Haoyu received Glorious Battle Armor from Yang Haoyu and left Mount Spirit Valley while Long Haochen remained behind to seek the Sword of Miracle's recognition. Back at the hotel, Long Haoyu donned the armor and discovered its attached skills, while No Edge's Little Coal Ball and the White Little Beast began squabbling.

• Yang Haoyu gifted Long Haoyu the Glorious Battle Armor, and Yang Haohan told him he would have to pass assessments to claim the Sword of Miracle after Long Haochen earned its recognition.
• Yang Haohan sent Long Haoyu out of Mount Spirit Valley, and Long Haoyu told Saint Moon that he had given Long Haochen his reward claim.
• Saint Moon and the Fat Knight traded barbs outside the treasure pavilion after Long Haoyu left.
• Long Haoyu returned to the hotel, infused Spirit Energy into the Glorious Battle Armor, and watched it transform into soft mail around his body.
• Little Coal Ball and the White Little Beast argued and fought over which equipment was better as Long Haoyu examined the armor and sensed its attached skills.

Long Haoyu tested his Glorious Grade Battle Armor and told Ye Hua that Long Haochen was seeking recognition from a Sword of Miracle. As the finals and trip to the Demon Race Battlefield approached, Long Haoyu declared that he was ready to face the battlefield and visit his maternal grandfather at Demon Extermination Pass.

• Long Haoyu discovered that his Glorious Grade Battle Armor’s Solid as a Rock skill strengthened his Mental Power against mental attacks.
• Long Haoyu stopped Little Coal Ball and the White Little Beast from fighting, then tidied the room.
• Long Haoyu told Ye Hua that Long Haochen was trying to gain recognition from a Sword of Miracle after Long Haoyu gave him the reward opportunity.
• Ye Hua asked Long Haoyu about the upcoming finals and preparations for the Demon Race Battlefield.
• Long Haoyu said he had long awaited the battlefield, where he could fight Demon Race members and see his maternal grandfather at Demon Extermination Pass.

Long Haoyu waited for the Six Great Sacred Temples finals to begin, while Lin Xin proudly declared his ambition to rank well. The group draw placed Lin Xin in the same group as Long Haoyu, and they headed together to the Knight Trial Grounds.

• Long Haoyu sat with Cai'er and Li Xin at the Grand Trial Grounds while contestants and mentors arrived.
• Lin Xin joined Long Haoyu, explained that he had learned attack magic, and vowed to earn a good ranking in the finals.
• Ren Wokuang began the group draw, and Ruoshui confirmed that it was in order.
• Ren Wokuang announced the group rosters, placing Lin Xin in Long Haoyu's group at the Knight Trial Grounds.
• Long Haoyu reassured Lin Xin that he might not face him in the first match, then left with him for the venue.

Lin Xin faced Long Haoyu in the first round of the Knight Trial Grounds group stage, pleading with him not to end the match too quickly while unleashing a barrage of spells. As Long Haoyu kept his promise and dodged, he began forming a new move for clearing groups of enemies, leaving Lin Xin alarmed as he prepared to use No Edge.

• Lin Xin drew Long Haoyu as his first-round opponent and asked him not to damage his face or defeat him immediately.
• Long Haoyu promised to keep his word, and Lin Xin began attacking him with spells while asking to last until the nine-minute mark.
• Lin Chen watched Lin Xin's match and was mortified by his grandson's remarks to Long Haoyu.
• Long Haoyu dodged Lin Xin's spells and recalled how Long Xingyu had cleared a group of Wolf Demons with Judgment.
• Long Haoyu developed the idea for a group-clearing move, drew No Edge, and began channeling Spirit Energy as Lin Xin worried he was preparing something powerful.