Chapter Summaries

Zilong struggled with Zijun’s departure but found comfort in his friends and teachers, then helped Long Haochen with cultivation advice while the group learned about the dangers of the Holy Demon Continent. Later, Zilong and Long Haochen stole oranges in a park, where a purple-haired girl recognized Zilong and found his behavior amusing.

• A green-robed Assassin guard reported that Zilong’s past had been deliberately concealed, and the purple-haired girl ordered him to keep investigating.
• Zilong told Long Haochen and Li Xin that Zijun had left; Ye Hua and Li Xin comforted him, and he resolved to become a Divine Seal Knight.
• Zilong and his companions won their matches, while Ghost Wu conceded after three moves against Long Haochen; Han Qian grew suspicious of Zilong’s talent.
• Ye Hua warned that Zilong’s fifth-step selection eligibility had been concealed and told the group that humans had long been weaker than the Demon Race.
• Zilong climbed an orange tree in a Holy City park and picked eleven oranges; Long Haochen insisted they pay for them in keeping with the Knight Temple’s oath.
• The purple-haired girl arrived after learning Zilong was there, heard him and Long Haochen arguing, and laughed at his lively personality.

Long Haochen met the blind purple-haired girl again and was unsettled by her cold response, while she secretly ordered her guards to watch him. At the Assassin Trial Grounds, the other contestants targeted her, but she revealed a powerful fifth-rank secret art as the fight began.

• Long Haochen met the veiled purple-haired girl after Zilong explained that he had helped her before, and she pushed Long Haochen away when he tried to support her.
• The purple-haired girl recalled her painful childhood and left the park, while her assassin guards debated whether Long Haochen posed a threat.
• Long Haochen wondered why the girl seemed to dislike him, and Zilong reassured him that she had also pushed him away before.
• The purple-haired girl ordered four assassin guards to keep watching Long Haochen and not approach him without permission.
• At the Assassin Trial Grounds, Ying Suifeng announced that the first two contestants eliminated would lose while the remaining ten would enter a Demon Hunter Squad.
• As the eleven other contestants attacked the blind girl, she used purple spiritual energy and revealed the fifth-rank secret art Shadow Clone.

Long Haochen defeated Knight No. 4 after revealing that he was a dual-cultivation knight, while Zilong stopped Knight No. 4 from attacking him and shocked the Elder Council by bypassing the arena’s defensive array. Knight No. 4 was expelled from the Knight Temple, and Long Haochen advanced directly to the finals, where Zilong hoped to meet him.

• Ye Hua warned Zilong and Long Haochen about the tournament’s fifth-tier knights, and Zilong said Long Haochen could advance through Spirit Stove evolution.
• Long Haochen revealed his Punishment Knight abilities and defeated Knight No. 4, winning their match.
• Knight No. 4 tried to attack Long Haochen after the referee declared the match over, but Zilong stopped him and demonstrated that he could pass through the arena’s defensive array without disturbing it.
• Han Qian expelled Knight No. 4 from the Knight Temple and awarded Long Haochen a bye to the finals.
• Long Haochen pleaded for Knight No. 4, who rejected his pity, while a purple-haired girl looked forward to seeing someone in the finals.

Zilong discussed the Retainer Knight contract with Ye Hua and Li Xin, then rescued the blind Sheng Cai'er after she fell from the Floating Platform. He walked her home and exchanged rings with her before leaving to cultivate.

• Long Haochen told Ye Hua and Li Xin that the Holy Knight Captain had asked Knight No. 4 to become his Retainer Knight, and Ye Hua explained what the contract meant.
• Zilong sensed the seal in his body as his five professions advanced, then rushed after Sheng Cai'er when she fell from the Floating Platform.
• Zilong summoned Coal Ball to catch Sheng Cai'er and scolded her family for leaving her alone, while the Assassin guards withdrew at her signal.
• Zilong took Sheng Cai'er home by the route she gave him, introduced himself, and promised to look out for her.
• Sheng Cai'er gave Zilong her ring so she could find him, and Zilong gave her the Ring of Creation before heading back to cultivate.

Sheng Cai'er briefly regained her sight through Zilong’s Ring of Creation, then fainted as the ring vanished. Meanwhile, Zilong showed Coal Ball’s evolution to Ye Hua and Long Haochen, and the Assassin Temple began investigating Sheng Cai’er’s collapse after Ying Suifeng ruled out Zilong.

• Sheng Cai'er poured spiritual energy into the Ring of Creation and saw colors and a portrait of Zilong before collapsing unconscious as the ring disappeared.
• Zilong returned to Room 520 and told Ye Hua, Li Xin, and Long Haochen how he had met Sheng Cai'er in the park.
• At Ye Hua’s request, Zilong summoned Coal Ball, whose evolved form revealed six dragon heads and an aura stronger than an ordinary seventh-tier magical beast.
• Ye Hua told Zilong he could use fifth-tier Guardian Knight abilities and other professions’ abilities if needed in the next day’s match.
• Four assassin guards found Sheng Cai'er unconscious and reported her condition to Ying Suifeng, who ordered them to investigate and dismissed Zilong as a suspect.
• As the guards prepared to leave, an unidentified figure blocked their way and said there was no need.

Sheng Cai'er learned that her sight had briefly returned and found new meaning in the ring Zilong gave her. Meanwhile, Long Haochen fought Yang Wenzhao in the trial arena and unleashed Sacrifice, leaving both fighters’ attacks caught by a golden knight phantom.

• The blue-clad Assassin guard told Ying Suifeng that Sheng Cai'er had fainted from exhausted spiritual energy and had briefly regained her sight, prompting Ying Suifeng to celebrate.
• Sheng Cai'er admired the colorful ring Zilong had given her and looked out at the world, thinking of him.
• Zilong and Long Haochen both conceded, so the Holy Knight commander ordered one of them to face Yang Wenzhao for a chance to advance.
• Long Haochen accepted the challenge, and Zilong reassured Ye Hua that he did not need a Demon Hunter Squad to fight the Demon Race.
• Yang Wenzhao gained the upper hand, but Long Haochen refused to surrender and used Sacrifice before attacking with Dou Sha—Whirling Circle Sword and Radiant Sun Slash.
• Yang Wenzhao answered with Star Sea Spirit Stove, Sea Spirit Strike, and Moon's Slaughter, and a golden knight phantom caught the two fighters' final sword attacks.

Zilong and Long Haochen were declared joint finalists after Zilong blocked their combined attacks, and Han Qian revealed Zilong’s extraordinary dual cultivation to the crowd. Zilong accepted Yang Wenzhao’s challenge to settle the result with one move, and their next clash began with Zilong’s platinum swords shattering Yang Wenzhao’s ice spikes.

• Zilong blocked Long Haochen and Yang Wenzhao’s attacks with his Holy Light Knight ability, but the effort injured him.
• Zilong healed Long Haochen and reassured him that losing the chance to join a Demon Hunter Squad would not stop him from fighting demons or cultivating.
• Han Qian declared Zilong and Long Haochen joint finalists, rebuked the crowd for alleging favoritism, and revealed Zilong’s peak fourth-step and fifth-step strengths.
• Zilong demonstrated his intertwined spiritual energies, prompting the elders and knights to recognize his unprecedented dual cultivation.
• Yang Wenzhao challenged Zilong to take one move, and Zilong gave him a Spirit Recovery Pill before agreeing to fight.
• Yang Wenzhao unleashed Sea Spirit Strike, but Zilong summoned Ten Thousand Swords in Spirit Sky and shattered the ice spikes around the arena.

Zilong defeated Yang Wenzhao with a devastating attack, then collapsed as his six spiritual powers fell into chaos. Ye Hua decided he should withdraw from the competition to avoid being exploited, while news of his collapse sent Sheng Cai'er into a berserk state.

• Zilong shattered the arena’s defensive array, defeated Yang Wenzhao, and advanced alongside Long Haochen.
• Zilong passed out after the match, and Ye Hua diagnosed that his six spiritual powers had become unbalanced and chaotic.
• Ye Hua urged Zilong to withdraw from the competition until he could protect himself, warning that major forces and the Demon Race would target him.
• Sheng Cai'er learned that Zilong was unconscious and released a wave of purple killing intent that knocked the Green-Robed Guard away.
• The Green-Robed Guard reported Sheng Cai'er's berserk state, and Ying Suifeng hurried toward the Knight Temple, alarmed by the Power of Samsara.

Sheng Cai'er nearly attacked the Yang Residence while overwhelmed by murderous impulses, but Ying Suifeng stopped her by telling her Zilong was safe. Zilong then discovered Coal Ball could manifest six magical attributes, giving him a way to keep competing despite his exposed abilities, while Sheng Cai'er watched him from afar.

• Sheng Cai'er arrived at the Yang Residence in a rampage, but Ying Suifeng calmed her by explaining that Yang Wenzhao had lost to Zilong and that Zilong was safe.
• Sheng Cai'er left the Yang Residence, and Hidden Knight No. 1 and the Assassin Temple guards confronted the patrol guards before departing as well.
• Zilong woke in Room 520 and reassured Li Xin, Ye Hua, and Long Haochen that he could hide his exposed abilities.
• Zilong took his companions and Coal Ball to a park and revealed that Coal Ball could produce six magical attributes around him.
• Ye Hua and Long Haochen realized Zilong could attribute his magic abilities to Coal Ball and continue competing, while Sheng Cai'er watched him from nearby.

Sheng Cai'er revealed that the Colorful Ring could dispel negative effects and purify spiritual power, and a test showed it could overcome Ying Suifeng's sensory-blocking mist. Zilong struggled to cultivate before joining Long Haochen and Li Xin at the Demon Hunter Squad finals, where Lin Xin sought to join them and the Assassin Hall arrived.

• Sheng Cai'er explained the Colorful Ring's powers to Ying Suifeng, who warned her to keep the rare Artifact secret and safe.
• Ying Suifeng tested the ring with his mist, and Sheng Cai'er used it to pinpoint him and draw her dagger before he could hide.
• Zilong found that incoming spiritual energy still split into the six energies in his dantian, so he resigned himself to relying on Coal Ball and the Sword of Creation.
• Zilong, Long Haochen, and Li Xin arrived at the finals, where the other contestants kept their distance from Zilong.
• Lin Xin greeted the three and asked to join their Demon Hunter Squad, but Li Xin refused before the Assassin Hall entered.

At the finals’ drawing, Zilong reunited with Sheng Cai'er, who had regained her sight, while Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu learned that Austin Griffin’s aura had vanished and ordered an investigation. The sixty contestants drew lots for the next round, and Zilong, Long Haochen, Li Xin, and Sheng Cai'er ended up with different group colors.

• Sheng Cai'er arrived at the Assassin Temple contestants’ gathering, touched Zilong’s face, and thanked him for restoring her sight.
• A blue-haired young man reported that Austin Griffin’s aura had disappeared, and Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu ordered him to investigate among the humans.
• At the finals drawing, Ying Suifeng announced that the sixty contestants would be split into six groups, with the top sixteen advancing.
• Zilong and Long Haochen collected colored balls, and Zilong urged his friends to choose different colors so they would not have to fight one another.
• Sheng Cai'er took the purple ball, Li Xin chose pink, and Zilong celebrated that the four friends had avoided ending up in the same group.

The contestants drew colored balls for the tournament, and Lin Xin ended up with one despite trying to avoid it. Zilong’s opening match against Duan Yi began, and Zilong revealed a startling array of magic halos.

• Assassin contestants scrambled over colored balls, while Yang Wenzhao chose yellow until Ying'er knocked it away and warned him about Zilong.
• Zilong offered Lin Xin the yellow, purple, and red balls, but two fifth-rank knights took the yellow and purple ones; Li Xin pressed the mechanism while Lin Xin held the purple ball, finalizing his draw.
• Lin Xin asked Zilong and Long Haochen to help him make the top three, explaining that he could not use offensive magic, then left the arena exit feeling discouraged.
• The referee announced Zilong’s match against Duan Yi, and the temple leaders questioned why Zilong’s displayed cultivation had fallen from the fifth rank to the fourth.
• Duan Yi summoned his Golden-Horned Mammoth, while Zilong summoned Coal Ball, which released spiritual energy and surrounded him with six magic halos, shocking the spectators.

Zilong defeated Duan Yi with powerful magic enhanced by Coal Ball, prompting Han Qian to suspect that Zilong was the legendary Child of Light. Han Qian told Ying Suifeng his suspicions and showed him evidence of Zilong’s mage aura, leaving Ying Suifeng stunned.

• Han Qian stopped the crowd’s uproar and explained that Zilong had earned the acknowledgment of a six-attribute magical beast.
• Zilong trapped Duan Yi with stone walls and attacked with six magma stones, but Han Qian intervened and shattered the magic before Duan Yi was harmed.
• Zilong won the match and left the field with Coal Ball as a blue-haired young man found Austin Griffin’s aura in another dimension.
• Han Qian studied Zilong’s unusually clean records and concluded that Zilong’s aura suggested a mage bloodline unlike any he had encountered.
• Han Qian visited Ying Suifeng, made him swear a sacred oath, and declared that he suspected Zilong was the Child of Light.
• Han Qian showed Ying Suifeng a piece of shattered armor containing traces of three mage auras, leaving Ying Suifeng astonished.

As Zilong continued the selection, demons launched a major assault on Exorcist Pass, drawing Han Qian and Ying Suifeng away from the trial grounds. Zilong then defeated Gao Yuanyuan after she overexerted herself using the Giant Spirit Shield, which fell toward the audience stands.

• Han Qian and Ying Suifeng agreed to keep testing whether Zilong's magical abilities came from the fragment.
• Demons attacked Exorcist Pass, and the First Battalion's gray-haired commander sent his Warriors to defend the walls as Temple Alliance leaders rushed to the border.
• Zilong maintained his unbeaten record by defeating eight contestants before facing Gao Yuanyuan in Match 56.
• Gao Yuanyuan blocked Zilong's sword rain, while Zilong used Coal Ball's enhancement and wind magic to hover above the arena.
• Gao Yuanyuan summoned the Giant Spirit Shield and used it to smash Zilong's magma boulders, but the strain made her collapse unconscious.
• The Giant Spirit Shield slipped from Gao Yuanyuan's hand and crashed toward the audience stands, sending spectators into a panic.

Zilong won his match against Gao Yuanyuan, while Emperor Feng Xiu threatened Exorcist Pass unless the humans surrendered Austin Griffin. As Zilong broke through to the fifth tier, the Daluo Sword Spirit sent him into an assessment with the Holy Spirit Stove, where the Sword of Creation suddenly severed the golden-haired youth’s hand.

• Zilong defeated Gao Yuanyuan with the Giant Spirit Shield stopped just short of him, then revived her with a Foundation Building Pill.
• Emperor Feng Xiu appeared over Exorcist Pass, demanded Austin Griffin, and gave the Temple Alliance one month before the Demon Race invaded.
• Yang Haohan and the other temple leaders doubted Feng Xiu’s claim, while Han Qian and Ying Suifeng noticed that Austin Griffin resembled the beast in Zilong’s possession.
• The Daluo Sword Spirit watched Zilong consume ten Foundation Building Pills and sent a multicolored Holy Spirit Stove above him as he began breaking through.
• Zilong entered a strange space and met a golden-haired youth who resembled Zijun and held the Sword of Creation.
• The Sword of Creation broke free and severed the youth’s right hand, leaving both him and Zilong stunned.

Zilong encountered the Heart of Creation, failed its first trial, and learned it was sealed by Zijun. At Holy City Park, his sealed childhood memories of Sheng Cai'er returned, while Han Qian and Ying Suifeng debated what to do about him.

• The Sword of Creation struck the blond youth and Zilong, then returned to Zilong’s Space Ring after the youth backed down.
• The blond youth identified himself as the Heart of Creation and expelled Zilong from the trial for failing to show curiosity.
• The Heart of Creation told Zilong that Zijun had sealed it, and Zilong received a letter from Sheng Cai’er asking him to meet at the park.
• Zilong and Sheng Cai’er exchanged shy words about their feelings, but Zilong suddenly collapsed as his childhood memories resurfaced.
• Zilong remembered meeting Sheng Cai’er as a child and realized Zijun had arranged their reunion.
• Han Qian and Ying Suifeng discussed whether Zilong might have extraordinary talent, and Han Qian said they should take the risk.

Han Qian and Ying Suifeng debated whether the Knight Temple should reveal Zilong’s possible dual-class talent, then chose to wait and verify it. Zilong confessed his extraordinary abilities and otherworldly origin to Sheng Cai'er, who urged him to keep them secret and promise not to push her away, before an armored man interrupted their near-kiss with a summons from her master.

• Han Qian argued that the Knight Temple should protect and publicly recognize Zilong, while Ying Suifeng warned that revealing his talent could alert the Demon Race and endanger him.
• Ying Suifeng proposed that they secretly nurture Zilong if his dual-class abilities proved real, and Han Qian agreed to wait for confirmation.
• Zilong confessed to Sheng Cai'er that he was not a knight or a native of the Holy Demon Continent, then demonstrated nine elemental magics and abilities from five other professions.
• Sheng Cai'er warned Zilong never to expose his abilities to outsiders and asked him not to push her away to protect her; he promised, and they nearly kissed.
• An armored man entered the villa and told Sheng Cai'er that her master wanted to speak with her.

Sheng Cai'er hid Zilong in her room and misled Ying Suifeng to protect his secrets, then arranged to meet him again. The chapter ended as the finals began and Nalan Shu angrily reacted to an unknown opponent.

• Sheng Cai'er hurried Zilong into her room to hide him from Ying Suifeng.
• Ying Suifeng questioned Sheng Cai'er about Zilong, and she claimed his magical beast could grant a knight Mage skills while warning Ying Suifeng to keep it secret.
• Zilong waited motionless in Sheng Cai'er's room, then left with her after promising to meet her again the next day.
• Four Assassins saw Sheng Cai'er and Zilong leave the villa together and rushed to report it to the Hall Master.
• The ten finalists gathered at the Trial Grounds, where Nalan Shu embraced Ye Hua before an angry voice declared, "I'd like to see just why he won't die!"

Zilong defeated Dian Yan with a display of fifth-tier power, while Sheng Cai'er forfeited her match against Li Xin. As Zilong hurried to meet Cai'er that night, a hidden attacker blocked his path with a dagger.

• Zilong used Divine Guard Block and Ten Thousand Swords in the Spirit Sky to defeat Dian Yan, who surrendered.
• Ying Suifeng and Han Qian watched Zilong closely, while a white-haired old man secretly vowed to kill him.
• Sheng Cai'er forfeited her match against Li Xin, saying that she would give up anything for Zilong.
• Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu heard that the Holy City Alliance was the target and predicted that a holy war was near.
• Zilong ran toward the park with a gift for Cai'er, but a black-clad figure threw a dagger into his path, prompting him to summon the Sword of Creation.

Zilong fought a mysterious black-clad man in Northwest Park with the Sword of Creation’s spirit possessing him, forcing the attacker to retreat. After recovering, Zilong reunited with Sheng Cai’er, but patrol captain Pang Haiguo held him responsible for the damage.

• The black-clad man ambushed Zilong with a dagger, and Zilong called on the Sword of Creation for help.
• The Sword of Creation possessed Zilong, whose golden sword strike shocked the attacker and revealed the weapon’s power.
• The black-clad man trapped the area in mist and attacked, but possessed Zilong used the Thunder-Sealing Sword Array to drive him away.
• Zilong collapsed from the possession’s toll and meditated while Sheng Cai’er and Holy City patrol guards arrived at Northwest Park.
• Zilong apologized to Sheng Cai’er for being delayed, and Pang Haiguo said Zilong would have to pay for the damage because the other attacker was gone.