Chapter Summaries

Long Haochen endured Hai Ming’s punishing foundational training while Zhu Zhuqing trained Sheng Cai’er, then Hai Ming subjected both children to Tidal Body Tempering. The chapter left Long Xingyu preparing to fetch an Awakening Stone so Long Haochen could awaken his inner spiritual power.

• Hai Ming made Long Haochen chop hundreds of logs under increasing gravity while Long Xingyu and Bai Yue watched.
• Zhu Zhuqing returned with Sheng Cai’er and said the thing inside her had been subdued.
• Hai Ming lifted Long Haochen and Sheng Cai’er into a Spiritual Power Tide that scoured their bodies and meridians.
• Long Xingyu recognized the Spiritual Power Tide and realized the children would receive extraordinary cultivation benefits.
• Hai Ming told Long Xingyu to find an Awakening Stone in Bright Moon City for Long Haochen.

Long Haochen and Sheng Cai'er awakened their inner spiritual powers, and Long Haochen proved to be a legendary Child of Light. Hai Ming then gave each of them a powerful Soul Bone, leaving the children ready to begin training with abilities that could combine into a devastating attack.

• Long Xingyu returned with Awakening Stones and learned that Sheng Cai'er could speak after Zhu Zhuqing helped resolve her mute state.
• Long Xingyu took Long Haochen and Sheng Cai'er to awaken their inner spiritual powers while Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing reminisced about their friends and Pokémon back home.
• Long Xingyu returned stunned because Long Haochen’s awakening had shattered an Awakening Stone, revealing him as a Child of Light.
• Hai Ming warned Long Haochen and Sheng Cai'er that their training would become more difficult, then gave them a crystalline Soul Bone each.
• Long Haochen absorbed the [Light] Soul Bone and Sheng Cai'er absorbed the [Slaughter] Soul Bone, gaining matching Mirror Annihilation skills that could combine into Sacred Mirror Annihilation.

Long Xingyu brought Long Haochen and Sheng Cai'er to the Brightmoon Branch Temple and asked Nalan Shu to assess his son. Nalan Shu entered the arena against Long Haochen, then realized the boy's spiritual energy seemed to surpass his own as Long Haochen attacked.

• Long Xingyu arrived at the Brightmoon Branch Temple with Long Haochen and Sheng Cai'er and asked to see Nalan Shu.
• Nalan Shu welcomed Long Xingyu and learned that he had brought the children for an assessment.
• Li Xin met the visitors, and Long Xingyu asked Nalan Shu to examine Long Haochen as the assessor.
• Long Haochen entered the arena to face Nalan Shu, who sensed that the boy's spiritual energy exceeded his own.
• Long Haochen launched a thrust at Nalan Shu.

Long Haochen fought Nalan Shu in the Brightmoon Branch Temple and overcame the Earth Knight with a combination of precise defense, the Sacred Guidance Spirit Furnace, and Light, Mirror Annihilation. Nalan Shu conceded defeat and asked Long Xingyu how he had trained Haochen, only to learn that Xingyu was not his teacher.

• Long Haochen surprised Nalan Shu with a powerful Thrust, then blocked Nalan Shu's Light Slash Sword with Divine Defense Block.
• Long Haochen used the Sacred Guidance Spirit Furnace to pull Nalan Shu close and prevent him from summoning his mount.
• Long Haochen struck Nalan Shu with Ascension Formation, then unleashed Light, Mirror Annihilation.
• Nalan Shu admitted defeat and praised Long Haochen for holding back his final attack.
• Long Xingyu told Nalan Shu that he was not Long Haochen's teacher.

Long Haochen told Nalan Shu that his teacher was the mysterious Lord Sea God, and Long Xingyu confirmed the claim. Hai Ming planned to keep Haochen from visiting the Knight Sacred Mountain until he could contract the Nine-Headed Chimera, Austin Griffin, and left him with a vision of a true god as his mount.

• At dinner, Long Haochen told Nalan Shu that Lord Sea God had trained him, and Long Xingyu confirmed it.
• Nalan Shu asked whether Long Haochen had a mount, and Long Xingyu said he had been too busy training to visit the Knight Sacred Mountain.
• Hai Ming planned to strengthen Long Haochen before sending him to the Knight Sacred Mountain to contract Austin Griffin, the Nine-Headed Chimera.
• After returning home, Long Haochen asked Hai Ming why he had to wait another year to seek a mount.
• Hai Ming showed Long Haochen an image of a terrifying creature and said he had prepared a genuine god for him.

Over a year of training under Hai Ming raised Long Haochen to a Sixth Rank, Third Level Radiant Knight, and Hai Ming decided it was time for him to seek a mount at Knight Sacred Mountain. Sheng Cai'er left to reunite with her family and learn from the Assassin Temple while Long Haochen set out with his father and teacher.

• Long Haochen advanced to Sixth Rank, Third Level and reported his breakthrough to Hai Ming.
• Hai Ming announced that Long Haochen and Sheng Cai'er would travel to Knight Sacred Mountain, but Long Haochen revealed that Cai'er's family had come for her.
• Zhu Zhuqing agreed to let Sheng Cai'er return to the Assassin Temple for a family reunion and further training.
• After a day off, Sheng Cai'er left with the Assassin Temple representatives, while Long Haochen departed with Long Xingyu and Hai Ming.
• Long Xingyu and Hai Ming carried Long Haochen across the Temple Alliance, reaching the foot of Knight Sacred Mountain after about eight days.

Long Haochen arrived at Knight Sacred Mountain with Long Xingyu and Hai Ming to choose a mount partner, and guardian Old Yang discovered how extraordinary Long Haochen was. Hai Ming learned that a young man from Xiucheng’s main temple had recently come to the mountain, leaving Long Haochen’s search poised to intersect with another newcomer.

• Long Xingyu led Long Haochen and Hai Ming up Knight Sacred Mountain on foot, and Long Haochen sensed the mountain’s unusually dense spiritual energy.
• Old Yang appeared and mistook Hai Ming for Long Xingyu’s son until Long Haochen clarified that he had come to choose a mount partner.
• Old Yang tested Long Haochen and was shocked to learn that he was not yet twelve and had already become a Radiant Knight with spiritual energy above five thousand six hundred.
• Long Haochen told Old Yang that Hai Ming was his teacher, and Hai Ming urged him to continue without wasting time.
• Hai Ming asked whether anyone else had recently come to seek a partner, and Old Yang said a youth from Xiucheng’s main temple had arrived a few days earlier.

Hai Ming directed Long Haochen to use the Knight Sacred Mountain Teleportation Array to find a mount, believing it would lead him to Austin Griffin. When Long Haochen found no compatible presence before time ran out, Hai Ming took control of the array and forced it to continue.

• Hai Ming learned they had arrived too late to meet the Xiucheng City Lord's Hall genius and told Long Haochen to use the Teleportation Array on Knight Sacred Mountain.
• Long Xingyu questioned whether the array could provide Long Haochen with a suitable mount, but Hai Ming insisted the mount he sought belonged to Long Haochen.
• Old Yang transported Hai Ming, Long Haochen, Long Xingyu, and himself to the cave containing the array, then warned that it could run for only a quarter of an hour.
• Long Haochen entered the array's special space and searched among countless worlds, but sensed only fear and rejection as the time limit neared.
• Hai Ming pressed a finger to Long Haochen's forehead, poured divine power into the array, and took control of it while declaring that Austin Griffin would be Long Haochen's.

Long Haochen spent ten days in the Teleportation Array and formed an Equal Contract with a badly injured, seemingly weak Earthfire Lizard. When Hai Ming told him to kill it and find another partner, Long Haochen refused, insisting that he would treat his contracted partner as family.

• In a ruined world, the dying Austin Griffin answered Long Haochen's summons, signed an Equal Contract, and vanished before a Bone Dragon could reach him.
• Long Haochen maintained the Teleportation Array for ten days with Hai Ming's support while Old Yang and Long Xingyu waited for him to find a mount partner.
• Long Haochen summoned a wounded, second-tier Earthfire Lizard, and Old Yang and Long Xingyu were stunned by its appearance and apparent weakness.
• Hai Ming realized he had misremembered Austin Griffin's nature and told Long Haochen the lizard was a cripple he should kill.
• Long Haochen refused, saying he would not abandon or kill a partner who had formed an Equal Contract with him.

Long Haochen refused to abandon the dark-constitution magical beast and transformed it with his blood, forming a Blood Contract with it. Hai Ming then removed its destructive power, and Long Haochen named his new companion Hao Yue.

• Long Haochen rejected Hai Ming’s suggestion to leave the injured beast behind, despite learning that the Knight Sacred Mountain’s light formation would kill it.
• Long Xingyu explained that the beast could survive only if Long Haochen changed its constitution to light, and Long Haochen asked his father to teach him how.
• Long Haochen used nearly half his blood to transform the beast, which evolved into a mid-tier level-four, two-headed magical beast and formed a Blood Contract with him.
• Hai Ming invoked Twilight of the Gods and pierced the beast with a trident, extracting its destructive power without harming its origin.
• Hai Ming declared that the beast was no longer Austin Griffin and gave it the name Hao Yue.

Long Haochen celebrated his twelfth birthday with Sheng Cai'er and Bai Yue while recalling how his Blood Contract with Hao Yue had changed the creature’s fate. Hai Ming, Zhu Zhuqing, and Long Xingyu traveled into demon territory to prepare Long Haochen and Sheng Cai'er for combat, leaving their purpose unresolved.

• Long Haochen celebrated his birthday with Sheng Cai'er and Bai Yue, and Hao Yue playfully devoured the cake prepared for it.
• Long Haochen recalled that Hao Yue’s Blood Contract with him had allowed Hai Ming to remove its chaotic evil power and infuse it with holy light.
• Long Haochen learned that Hai Ming, Zhu Zhuqing, and Long Xingyu were away preparing gifts, while Hai Ming had also arranged for Long Haochen and Sheng Cai'er to face the Demon Race rather than skip ahead to the tournament finals.
• Hai Ming, Zhu Zhuqing, and Long Xingyu reached a desolate area in demon territory where a Bull Demon Race settlement had once been found.
• Long Xingyu questioned why Hai Ming wanted Long Haochen to form a Demon Hunting Squad, and Hai Ming pointed to Zhu Zhuqing as his answer.

Zhu Zhuqing explained how Shrek Academy’s students pushed one another to keep improving, while Hai Ming demonstrated the dangers of complacency. After defeating a Bull Demon Race squad, Hai Ming forged its horns into an intelligent, self-repairing External Soul Bone shield and gave it to Long Haochen as a birthday gift.

• Zhu Zhuqing told Long Xingyu and Hai Ming that Shrek Academy’s greatest advantage had been its students urging one another onward.
• Hai Ming exposed a Bull Demon Race squad hiding underground and destroyed it with his slate.
• Hai Ming used the Bull Demon corpses’ horns and his slates to create the External Soul Bone: Azure Bull Shield.
• Hai Ming, Zhu Zhuqing, and Long Xingyu returned to Bright Moon City and gave the shield to Long Haochen as a birthday present.
• Hai Ming explained that the shield could withstand a strike from a Throne of Seal Knight, repair and improve itself, and be absorbed into Long Haochen’s arm.

At a gathering to choose Bright Moon City's candidates for the Demon Hunt Squad Selection Tournament, Nalan Shu revealed Long Haochen's extraordinary background and strength. Long Haochen and a young woman then arrived, saying they had been told to represent the city and earn an admission ticket.

• Chen Chunhua introduced the gifted brothers Chen Si and Chen Chen as the Warrior Temple's candidates, while Lin Jialu and Li Xin represented the Mage and Knight Temples.
• Li Xin asked why Long Haochen was not joining their group, and Nalan Shu explained that he would participate separately.
• Nalan Shu revealed that Long Haochen was the son of Long Xingyu of the Knight Temple's Double Thrones of Seal, and Li Xin said Haochen had defeated Nalan Shu and reached the Radiant Knight level at fourteen.
• Long Haochen and a young woman approached the gathering and said their Teacher and Father had sent them to represent Bright Moon City in the tournament.

Long Haochen and Sheng Cai'er joined Bright Moon City's contestants for the Demon Hunt Squad Tournament, while Nalan Shu learned that Long Xingyu had arranged a future opportunity for their chosen teammates. The chapter ended with Long Haochen and Sheng Cai'er revealing their seventh-rank strength and shocking the temple hall masters.

• Long Haochen gave Nalan Shu a letter from Long Xingyu, who wanted him and Sheng Cai'er to represent Bright Moon City in the tournament while Long Xingyu returned to the Pokémon League.
• Nalan Shu told Long Haochen that his teacher would grant a great opportunity to the teammates he chose after the tournament.
• Long Haochen said he had hoped to secure Spiritual Power Tidal Body Tempering for Li Xin, and Li Xin hugged him and Sheng Cai'er in appreciation.
• Nalan Shu asked Long Haochen to reveal his strength, and Long Haochen reported that he had about eleven thousand spiritual power while Sheng Cai'er had nearly thirteen thousand.
• The hall masters reacted in shock when Long Haochen and Sheng Cai'er revealed they had reached the seventh rank.

Long Haochen and Sheng Cai'er joined Bright Moon City's Demon Hunt Squad Selection Tournament team, with Long Haochen named commander as they traveled toward the border. When Sheng Cai'er sensed concealed Shadow Demons, she and Long Haochen exposed two of them with simultaneous attacks.

• Long Haochen and Sheng Cai'er arrived at the eastern gate, where Li Xin introduced Archmage Feng Yangmu as the tournament supervisor.
• Long Haochen's robe exposed Feng Yangmu when he used concealment magic, and Long Haochen apologized and disabled its ability.
• The team chose Long Haochen as commander and traveled toward the border, where Li Xin advised him and Sheng Cai'er to hold back unless necessary.
• Sheng Cai'er sensed nearby attackers, and she and Long Haochen struck with Shadow Thorn and Light Slash Sword, revealing two Shadow Demons.

Long Haochen and Sheng Cai'er lured demons toward their group so the others could complete the Demon Hunt Squad Selection Tournament assessment. After the group survived a Luke Tribe ambush and Long Haochen killed a Deke Tribe Stalker targeting Lin Jialu, two Seventh-Rank Deke Tribe Stalkers appeared.

• Long Haochen and Sheng Cai'er revealed that they had killed two of three Shadow Demons and let the last one escape to draw Demon Race forces toward the group.
• The Chen brothers, Li Xin, and Lin Jialu fought off and killed a squad of seventeen or eighteen Luke Tribe demons, allowing three participants to meet their kill quota.
• A hidden Deke Tribe Stalker attacked Lin Jialu, but Long Haochen killed the Fourth-Rank assassin before it could hurt her.
• Long Haochen raised a barrier to protect Li Xin and the others as Feng Yangmu warned that danger was approaching.
• Two Seventh-Rank Deke Tribe Stalkers emerged from the forest.

Long Haochen and Sheng Cai'er faced two modified seventh-tier Deke Tribe Stalkers in a test devised by Hai Ming. They each found a way to defeat their opponent, completing the challenge as their family and companions watched.

• Feng Yangmu protected the group as two seventh-tier Deke Tribe Stalkers attacked Long Haochen and Sheng Cai'er, who knew the encounter was Hai Ming's training test.
• Sheng Cai'er used Divine Slaughter's Domain against her opponent, while Long Haochen redirected the other Stalker's weapon with Blue Rain, Hibiscus of Light.
• Hai Ming enhanced the Stalkers' speed and power, leaving Sheng Cai'er wounded and forcing Long Haochen to defend with the Azure Bull Shield after Hao Yue was sealed.
• Long Haochen used the Azure Bull Shield to knock his opponent back and struck Sheng Cai'er's opponent with rays of light, creating an opening for her.
• Sheng Cai'er unleashed Instant Prison! Shadow-Killing Array and killed her modified Stalker with a flurry of slashes.
• Long Haochen used Twilight of the Sea God to immobilize and destroy his opponent with a golden trident.

Long Haochen and Sheng Cai'er completed their evaluation after defeating powerful demons, qualifying Li Xin and the others for the Demon Hunt Squad Selection Tournament. Hai Ming agreed to reward the group with Spiritual Power Tidal Body Tempering, and Long Haochen excitedly told Li Xin to come over the next morning.

• Long Haochen recovered with Hao Yue's help after defeating a Deke Tribe Stalker, and congratulated Cai'er on mastering a powerful move.
• Feng Yangmu explained that the group had met the demon-kill quota and qualified for the tournament after their victories over the Deke Tribe Stalkers.
• Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing discussed rewarding Li Xin and the others with Spiritual Power Tidal Body Tempering, and Hai Ming agreed.
• The group returned to Bright Moon City after killing a Zelin Clan Twin-Blade Demon along the way, surprising Lin Yinjia and Li Aoxiao with how quickly they had completed their task.
• Long Haochen visited Li Xin and excitedly told her to come to his house early the next day because his teacher had agreed to something she had been hoping for.

Long Haochen and Sheng Cai'er returned home and learned they could grant others a chance at Tidal Body Tempering. The chapter ended with Li Xin and Lin Jialu beginning the powerful treatment at Hai Ming's hands.

• Long Haochen learned that he could choose someone to receive Tidal Body Tempering and hurried to visit Li Xin.
• Sheng Cai'er chose Lin Jialu for the opportunity because Lin Jialu had cared for her during the journey.
• Li Xin and Lin Jialu arrived at the courtyard the next morning and discovered that both had been selected.
• Hai Ming bound Li Xin and Lin Jialu to spiritual power crosses and subjected them to waves of spiritual energy that rapidly increased their spiritual power.

Long Haochen and his companions visited Aimei City’s auction house, where they met Lin Xin, a wealthy young man who offered to buy a demon corpse. Hai Ming encouraged Long Haochen to accept the offer and noted that Lin Xin could become one of his companions.

• Long Haochen, Li Xin, Lin Jialu, Sheng Cai'er, Hai Ming, and Zhu Zhuqing went to the Temple Alliance Auction House in Aimei City.
• Long Haochen consigned a Zelin Clan Twin-Blade Demon corpse for appraisal, hoping to earn money for Hao Yue.
• Lin Xin offered Long Haochen two thousand gold coins for the corpse after learning it lacked a magic crystal.
• Hai Ming urged Long Haochen to sell the corpse, and Lin Xin realized that Long Haochen was younger and more handsome than he was.