Chapter Summaries

Long Haochen, Li Xin, and Zilong returned to Haoyue Branch Temple, where Hall Master Nalan tried to arrange for Ye Hua to teach Long Haochen. Ye Hua initially refused, while Zilong began training at the temple and drew attention as a remarkably gifted young knight.

• Li Xin told Long Haochen and Zilong that humans could only contend with the Demon Gods through their strongest warriors, while a purple-gray-haired man heard that Long Xingyu had slain the seventy-first Wolf Demon God.
• Hall Master Nalan welcomed Long Haochen, Li Xin, and Zilong to Haoyue Branch Temple, then explained that Ye Hua was a Library administrator rather than an instructor.
• Ye Hua refused to take Long Haochen as an apprentice and left the Library, while Zilong tried to provoke him into accepting Long Haochen.
• Hall Master Nalan repeatedly pestered Ye Hua to follow Long Xingyu's instructions, and Zilong joked that his teacher was acting like a simp.
• Zilong took first place in a training test, and the other students avoided provoking Long Haochen because of Zilong's talent and strength.

Ye Hua learned that Zilong had extraordinary talent and rushed to claim him as a disciple, while Nalan Shu tried to keep his prized student. Ye Hua offered to train both Zilong and Long Haochen, but Zilong rejected him twice, leaving Ye Hua pleading to be accepted.

• Nalan Shu revealed that Zilong had been the five-year-old with five hundred and fifty points of spiritual energy whom Ye Hua had seen in the Library.
• Ye Hua insisted on teaching Zilong after seeing him defeat the academy students, and Nalan Shu warned him not to take the boy away.
• Ye Hua declared Zilong and Long Haochen hopes for humanity and gained Nalan Shu's agreement to train them.
• Ye Hua asked Zilong to become his student, but Zilong refused because he disliked Ye Hua's frightening expression.
• Ye Hua promised to change if Zilong would accept him as a teacher, stunning Nalan Shu with his shameless plea.

Zilong accepted Ye Hua as his teacher after Ye Hua promised that diligent cultivation would keep him safe. During a test of Zilong’s full spiritual power, his Creation Divine Power awakened, covering him in white-gold dragon armor and summoning the Ancestral Dragon’s phantom over Haoyue City.

• Li Xin marveled at Ye Hua’s teaching, while Long Haochen encouraged her to value perseverance in cultivation.
• Ye Hua accepted Zilong’s rejection without anger and said he would wait until Zilong chose him as a teacher; Zilong then agreed to learn from him while keeping Fatty Teacher as another teacher.
• Nalan Shu told Ye Hua about Zilong’s extraordinary talent, and Ye Hua vowed to protect him while teaching him and Long Haochen to cultivate.
• Ye Hua asked Zilong to release all his spiritual power for a test, and Long Haochen warned the teachers to get out of the training ground.
• Zilong released his power and awakened the Creation Divine Power, gaining white-gold dragon armor as the Ancestral Dragon’s phantom appeared above Haoyue Temple.
• Zijun raised a Spatial Origin Array over Haoyue City to ease the fear spreading among its people, while Nalan Shu watched in astonishment.

Zilong unleashed a devastating burst of power during a test, collapsing from exhaustion as Ye Hua and Haoyue City were caught in the aftermath. The incident prompted Nalan Shu to conceal Zilong’s identity, while news of the anomaly reached the Demon God Emperor and Sheng Cai’er, who learned the young genius might be Zijun.

• Zilong struck the Test Pillar with overwhelming force, damaging the training hall and sending an Ancestral Dragon phantom against Haoyue City’s Spatial Origin Array, which dispelled it.
• Zijun collapsed unconscious, and Ye Hua, injured by the force, checked on him before Long Haochen arrived and urged them to seek treatment.
• Ye Hua told Nalan Shu that Zilong’s spiritual energy rivaled that of a second-tier Holy Knight, so Nalan Shu ordered the information about Zilong sealed.
• Ye Hua recounted the incident to Nalan Shu, who reacted with astonishment and declared Zilong a great treasure.
• The Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu learned that the mysterious aura had appeared again in Haoyue City, while Sheng Cai’er heard that the young genius resembled the portrait of Zijun in her room.
• Sheng Cai’er dropped her cane and tearfully asked whether the young man was truly Zijun.

Ye Hua brought Long Haochen and Zilong to Knight Holy Mountain, where Zilong triggered an extraordinary surge of light element at the teleportation gate. Ghost Shadow and Ghost Wu confronted them, and a ninth-rank elder intervened, but the light element resisted his attempt to reach Zilong.

• On the journey, Long Haochen asked Ye Hua to take him as a disciple, while Zilong wondered whether magical beasts could be eaten and why the world had good and evil.
• Ye Hua, Long Haochen, and Zilong arrived at Knight Holy Mountain, where the teleportation gate drew Long Haochen toward it.
• When Zilong approached the gate, a powerful stream of light element poured into his body.
• Ye Hua blocked a longsword aimed at Zilong, then confronted Ghost Shadow, who accused him of letting the boys absorb the mountain's suppressive light element.
• Ghost Wu charged at Zilong, but two blasts of golden energy struck him, and a white-haired ninth-rank elder emerged from the gate.
• The elder dispelled the light mist around the boys, but the light element around Zilong resisted his spiritual energy and would not let him approach.

Zilong refused to kneel before a powerful knight, then fought Ghost Wu after he insulted him. When Ghost Shadow attacked and Zilong’s fury unleashed the Asura God Shadow, Zilong advanced on him with the Sword of Creation, threatening to kill him.

• The gray-robed, white-haired old man dispersed the light energy around Zilong and excused him from kneeling, while Ghost Wu resented the leniency.
• Ghost Wu charged at Zilong, who broke his right hand with a punch and walked away.
• Ghost Wu stabbed at Zilong from behind, but his Dragon Scale Battle Armor blocked the sword, and Zilong shattered Ghost Wu’s right hand and tore off his left.
• Ghost Shadow charged to save his son, and Zilong unleashed his battle armor and the Ancestral Dragon phantom as his killing intent spiraled out of control.
• A blood-colored Asura God Shadow appeared above the Holy Mountain, and Zilong overwhelmed Ghost Shadow’s golden energy before approaching him with the Sword of Creation.

Zijun stopped Zilong’s rampage, revealed the danger and breadth of his son’s inherited abilities, and left Ye Hua responsible for teaching him. After Zilong recovered, he and Long Haochen entered the Holy Mountain through a teleportation gate to seek magical beast companions.

• Zijun rushed in, defeated Ghost Shadow, and calmed the unconscious Zilong with a dose of energy and a Foundation Building Pill.
• Zijun told Ye Hua that Zilong carried the spiritual energy of all six great professions and must choose one as his main path, then left him in Ye Hua’s care.
• Ghost Wu carried the crippled Ghost Shadow away from the Knight Holy Mountain and vowed revenge on Ye Hua.
• Zilong woke up, and the gray-robed, white-haired elder said that he and Long Haochen could still seek magical beast companions that day.
• Zilong and Long Haochen entered the teleportation gate with tokens that would return them after three days if they found no companions.
• The two arrived in a vivid, immense world, where Zilong pointed out something to Long Haochen.

Zilong revealed Coal Ball to Long Haochen, then scattered pills to lure magical beasts and brought a beast tide crashing through the Holy Mountain. Long Haochen fled from the horde as Zilong chased after him, leaving both in danger and the mountain’s flowers and trees badly damaged.

• Long Haochen and Zilong explored the flower-filled meadow but found no magical beasts.
• Zilong summoned Coal Ball, whom he called a growth-type Earth Fire Lizard, and told Long Haochen about his powerful father and younger sister.
• Long Haochen recounted what Zijun had done while Zilong was unconscious, prompting Zilong to worry that he would no longer be allowed to go out and play.
• Zilong left with Coal Ball and scattered pills to attract magical beasts, forming a small beast tide.
• Zilong ran toward Long Haochen with the horde while Long Haochen fled, and their chase damaged the Holy Mountain’s vegetation.

Zilong helped Long Haochen gain the Star-Glitter Unicorn King as his mount, and the group returned from the teleportation gate. On the way to Haoyue City, Ye Hua learned that Zilong already had a companion named Coal Ball, a growth-type Earth Fire Lizard.

• Zilong offered the Star-Glitter Unicorn King to Long Haochen, and the unicorn agreed to become his mount and eternal partner.
• The Star-Glitter Unicorn King signed a blood contract with Long Haochen despite his protests.
• Zilong and Long Haochen rode the Star-Glitter Unicorn King out of the teleportation gate, where Ye Hua welcomed them excitedly.
• Ye Hua questioned why Zilong had not obtained a magical beast companion, and Zilong explained that he already had Coal Ball.
• Coal Ball swallowed the Dragon Blood Grass it had stolen, and Zilong identified it to Ye Hua as a fourth-rank growth-type Earth Fire Lizard.

Zijun challenged Zilong to grow stronger without using his magical treasures or God Realm abilities, while the Daluo Emperor Sword confirmed the Seventy-Two Pillars were fragments of the Sword of Creation. Zilong began training under the restriction with Long Haochen, but their exercise was interrupted by a sudden sword attack.

• Ye Hua realized Zilong's father, Zijun, was the powerful young man he had met at Knight Holy Mountain, and Long Haochen and Zilong praised him.
• Zilong returned to Peach Blossom Villa, where Zijun startled him awake and challenged him to rely only on this world's cultivation methods until adulthood in exchange for a treasure.
• Zijun and Zilong sealed the challenge with a pinky promise and shared a meal.
• The Daluo Emperor Sword reported that the Seventy-Two Pillars were fragments of the Sword of Creation, and Zijun ordered him not to help Zilong unless his life was in danger.
• Zilong and Long Haochen struggled to pull a huge knight statue around Haoyue City as Zilong trained without using other abilities, when an unseen attacker shouted and swung a sword at them.

Zilong and Long Haochen discussed the Demon Hunter Selection Tournament while Li Xin learned that Zilong could reach Holy Knight strength when berserk. Elsewhere, a black-haired youth received pills and orders to delay someone for ten years, Yuhao and his companion completed the first artificial spirit ring, and Zilong met Long Haochen again after years of cultivation.

• Zilong paid Li Xin ten gold coins to let him and Long Haochen rest instead of working.
• Li Xin explained that the Demon Hunter Selection Tournament was a one-on-one competition whose champion could choose outstanding knights for a demon hunter squad.
• Long Haochen told Li Xin that Zijun had suppressed a Holy Knight and that Zilong had reached Holy Knight strength while berserk.
• A black-haired youth received pills from a statue and vowed to carry out a plan to hold someone back for ten years.
• Yuhao and a woman with long pinkish-blue hair completed the first artificially developed artificial spirit ring.
• Years later, Long Haochen found Zilong studying a Priest Cultivation Manual and invited him to visit the newly opened weapon shop, but Zilong dismissed the idea.

Zilong, Long Haochen, and Li Xin gathered for the Demon Hunter Squad assessment, where a dispute over choosing a captain revealed Zilong's exceptional cultivation. Lin Jialu was appointed captain, and the inspector transported the six candidates to the Scorched Bone Land to begin the trial.

• Zilong bought the Shield of Radiance for Long Haochen and brushed off Lin Jialu when she asked to know his name.
• At the assessment grounds, Li Xin told Zilong and Long Haochen about her history with Lin Jialu.
• Lin Jialu volunteered to be captain, but Li Xin nominated Zilong after revealing he was a tier-five, level-one Guardian Knight.
• Zilong refused the captaincy and recommended Long Haochen, while Long Haochen supported Lin Jialu as the most suitable candidate.
• The inspector gave Lin Jialu the captain's token, activated the formation, and sent all six candidates to the Scorched Bone Land.

Long Haochen and the others began their demon-territory assessment, fighting Luke Clan demons while Zilong stayed back and drew Lin Jialu's scorn. As the group pursued the fleeing demons to a bone-framed cave, Zilong spotted a white-haired Dike Clan Infiltrator, but Lin Jialu dismissed his warning and walked into danger.

• The Inspector transported the six candidates to demon territory, where Luke Clan demons emerged and attacked them.
• Long Haochen protected the group with Guardian's Grace, and Lin Jialu froze several demons while the others fought.
• After the Luke demons fled, Lin Jialu mocked Zilong for killing none, and Long Haochen stopped her and Li Xin from fighting.
• Lin Jialu led the group after the fleeing demons to a cave made of enormous bones, while Zilong warned Long Haochen and Li Xin that a white-haired Dike Clan Infiltrator was hiding nearby.
• Li Xin called out to warn Lin Jialu, but Lin Jialu dismissed her concern and continued toward the cave.

Zilong saved Lin Jialu and Li Xin from an Invisible, then spotted an approaching fifth-tier Emerald Twin-Blade Demon. He prepared to face it while Long Haochen and the others rested briefly, leaving the group braced for the demon’s arrival.

• Zilong blocked an Invisible’s attack on Lin Jialu, but she dismissed his warning and the Invisible attacked her again after he stepped away.
• Long Haochen’s Spirit Stove drew the Invisible toward him, and Zilong killed it after kicking it away from Li Xin and saving her from its counterattack.
• Long Haochen used Light of Faith to bring Lin Jialu out of her terrified daze, and she apologized to Zilong, who rejected her apology.
• Zilong spotted a fifth-tier Emerald Twin-Blade Demon approaching, and Long Haochen asked him to take the main attack while the others rested for ten minutes.
• A demonic voice called the group little fish as the Emerald Twin-Blade Demon drew near.

Zilong used abilities from all six professions to help his group defeat a fifth-rank Emerald Twin-Blade Demon, while Long Haochen and the others concealed the truth from Lin Jialu and the Chen brothers. After passing the assessment, the six received entry tickets for the Demon Hunter Selection Tournament.

• Zilong revealed that his five other professions had reached the fourth rank and prepared to fight the Emerald Twin-Blade Demon beside Li Xin.
• Zilong and the others unleashed a barrage of skills that killed the demon, with Zilong secretly using abilities from all five other professions.
• Long Haochen warned Zilong not to expose his other abilities, and the group told Lin Jialu that the skills came from rare, one-use scrolls.
• The Inspector declared that all six had passed the assessment and gave them Demon Hunter Selection Tournament entry tickets.
• After the Inspector explained the competition rules and left, Li Xin was shocked at the temple exit.

Zijun confronted the mysterious black-robed man in Heaven Beyond Heaven, where the man effortlessly overwhelmed him and sent him back to the Holy Demon Continent. Zijun returned to find Zilong worried, while Sheng Cai'er left the Assassin Temple to live for herself, and the group later arrived at the Temple Alliance’s floating central district.

• Zijun left a note for the Daluo Sword Spirit and traveled through a spatial passage to Heaven Beyond Heaven to confront the mysterious black-robed man.
• The mysterious black-robed man transformed Zijun’s body into cubes and restored it, then sent him back to the Holy Demon Continent while warning that a great calamity was coming.
• The system called the black-robed man a taboo beyond the world, leaving Zijun shaken by the possibility of an existence stronger than the God of Creation.
• Zilong learned that Zijun had left and grew anxious, but Zijun returned to the side courtyard and asked the Daluo Sword Spirit for food.
• Sheng Cai'er left the Assassin Temple after receiving an invitation to the Demon Hunter Selection Tournament, saying she wanted to live for herself.
• Zilong joined Long Haochen and the others at the Temple Alliance’s floating central district and questioned why it needed a platform if knights could fly.

Zilong, Long Haochen, and Li Xin traveled to the Alliance town to register for the competition, where Ghost Wu cowered before Zilong and they met the Priest Sima Xian. At the auction house, Zilong revealed he had earned millions of gold coins selling pills, leaving Long Haochen and Li Xin stunned.

• Zilong, Long Haochen, and Li Xin discussed the competition and why their teacher had advised Zilong not to participate.
• Ghost Wu recognized Zilong, knelt, and ordered his followers to do the same; Zilong sent them away to squat in a corner.
• Sima Xian introduced himself as a Priest from Xiu City and explained that he had long been at odds with Ghost Wu.
• Long Haochen dragged Zilong away before he could tell Sima Xian how he had crippled Ghost Wu.
• At the auction house, Zilong offered to help pay and revealed that selling pills had earned him several million gold coins, surprising Long Haochen and Li Xin.

Zilong revealed that he was a fifth-tier alchemist and gave Long Haochen and Li Xin peak fifth-tier Spirit Gathering Pills, then reunited with Ye Hua before the competition. As the first match was called, Ghost Wu and Ghost Shadow entered the arena intent on hiding their strength and seeking revenge.

• Zilong refused to sell the Emerald Twin-Blade Demon corpse after an appraiser offered too little, then revealed he could refine fifth-tier pills.
• Zilong gave Long Haochen and Li Xin Spirit Gathering Pills and warned them not to rely on pills for cultivation.
• A green-haired alchemist asked Zilong to introduce him to the fifth-tier grandmaster, but Zilong, Long Haochen, and Li Xin rejected him.
• Zilong, Long Haochen, and Li Xin met Ye Hua, who kept Zilong's competition profession a secret.
• Ghost Wu and Ghost Shadow saw Zilong and avoided him; Ghost Shadow urged his son to hide his strength and bide his time for revenge.
• Ye Hua and the others entered the competition hall, where the first match was announced as number 89 versus number 88.

Zilong won his first Knight Selection Tournament match with a single sword strike, then met his father, Zijun, who came to say he would be leaving for a long time. The chapter ended with Zilong asking why he could not go with him.

• Ye Hua told Zilong that Haochen and Xin'er could become his teammates if he won the tournament, and Zilong entered the arena for his first match.
• Zilong refused to summon Coal Ball and defeated the brown-haired knight and his Skyfire Python Bull with Punishment • Sword Dragon Slash.
• The elders realized Zilong was a boy after mistaking him for a beautiful girl, while the yellow-haired youth watched him with growing interest.
• Ye Hua told Zilong that he needed to hone himself through battles, and Long Haochen reassured him before going to the arena.
• At Hao Zailai Hotel, Zilong received a Golden Waist Token and note, then met Zijun in the Park Scenic Area.
• Zijun praised Zilong and said he had come to say goodbye because he would be leaving for a long time; Zilong asked why he could not go with him.

Zijun left Zilong behind, telling him to grow stronger before returning to the God Realm or finding him. After Zilong encountered a blind girl who recognized his voice as the person she had long sought, Zijun departed through a spacetime passage to pursue the Godhead fragments.

• Zijun told Zilong that he had left the God Realm to prepare for an approaching calamity and that Zilong could find him after becoming stronger.
• Zijun vanished, leaving Zilong a Space Ring and a golden waist token as the Throne of Eternity and Creation returned to the Throne Temple.
• Zilong caught a blind girl before she reached the edge of the park, then left when she thanked him; she recognized his voice and ordered her guards to find him.
• Zijun asked the Daluo Sword Spirit to look after Xiao Long, entrusted him with a Space Ring and black longsword, and entered a spacetime passage.
• Zijun asked whether the Dou Qi Continent had a godhead, and the system said it could sense the approximate planes holding the other fragments.