Chapter Summaries

Lin Xin, Chen Ying'er, Yue Chen, and Long Haochen reported the Mission Tower's negligence in assigning their squad a dangerous mission, prompting their temple elders to seek compensation. Han Qian agreed to pursue the two hundred thousand contribution points, and Yue Chen asked whether the Alliance had another Spirit Furnace with starry sky energy.

• Lin Xin and Chen Ying'er told Lin Chen and San Shui that the Mission Tower had assigned their squad a King-Rank mission and offered only twenty thousand contribution points afterward, and both elders promised to intervene.
• Lin Xin revealed that Yue Chen had over ninety points of innate internal spiritual power, was the Child of Light, and had reached the sixth tier, while Chen Ying'er described his strength and how he helped her bond with Mai Dou.
• Yue Chen and Long Haochen told Han Qian about the Mission Tower's mistake, and Han Qian vowed to demand the two hundred thousand contribution points and hold the responsible staff accountable.
• Yue Chen clarified that the staff member who assigned the mission had mistaken their squad for experienced hunters, so Han Qian agreed not to blame him and took the reconnaissance crystal.
• Yue Chen reminded Han Qian that he was owed a Spirit Furnace reward and asked whether the Alliance had one like the Nebula Spirit Furnace, which Han Qian said had been created by a Knight Temple member and his Starry Sky Divine Beast.

Yue Chen chose to keep Yilikes's legacy and his body elementalization problem secret while considering ways to survive, and Sol reforged his damaged weapons into a powerful new sword. The next morning, Han Qian summoned Yue Chen and Long Haochen and asked them to explain the Eternal Tower after reviewing the Scouting Gem footage.

• Han Qian offered Yue Chen a Holy Guidance Spirit Furnace, but Yue Chen insisted on getting a Star Sea Spiritual Furnace for Sol's growth.
• Yue Chen explained that he could not tell Han Qian about his body elementalization because doing so would expose his contact with Yilikes, and Long Haochen promised to help find a solution.
• Yue Chen considered becoming an Astral Spirit, inheriting a divine seat, or using necromancy, while rejecting the idea of defecting to the demons.
• Sol presented Yue Chen with a reforged sword made from his two damaged weapons, which Yue Chen identified as glorious grade equipment.
• Han Qian summoned Yue Chen and Long Haochen and asked them to tell him everything they knew about the Eternal Tower after watching the Scouting Gem footage.

Yue Chen and Long Haochen kept the Eternal Tower’s existence secret while Han Qian promised their squad compensation and a Star Sea Spiritual Furnace. Yue Chen entered the tower alone, but Long Haochen sensed the Eternal Melody activate and followed him as two Skeleton Knights attacked.

• Yue Chen convinced Han Qian that the tower’s legacy must not fall into anyone’s hands, and Han Qian ordered the mission kept secret while promising the squad 200,000 contribution points and a Star Sea Spiritual Furnace.
• Yue Chen returned to General Grade No. 21’s residence and told his teammates to keep quiet about the mission; they discussed his recent distraction and focused on improving their cultivation.
• Yue Chen entered the Eternal Tower, while the Eternal Melody on Long Haochen’s arm began glowing and warming, prompting Long Haochen to activate its teleportation array and follow him.
• Yue Chen opened the tower’s doors and encountered two fifth-tier Skeleton Knights, then drew his weapons and prepared to fight them.

Yue Chen entered the Eternal Tower, defeated two skeleton knights, and obtained the ancient Asura Slash technique before Long Haochen arrived and confronted him about studying Yilikes's necromancy. Long Haochen tried to stop him, but Yue Chen set two strengthened skeleton knights on him and continued deeper into the tower as Long Haochen summoned Haoyue.

• Yue Chen defeated two skeleton knights, named his new fire-attributed sword Ashen Dragon Fang, and absorbed a pale golden bead that taught him the Asura Slash technique.
• Long Haochen arrived after the Eternal Melody alerted him that Yue Chen had entered the Eternal Tower, and he challenged Yue Chen for breaking his promise not to study Yilikes's necromantic arts.
• Long Haochen vowed to obstruct Yue Chen, then charged him with Blue Rain of Light and the Holy Spirit Sword to test their growing strength.
• Two skeleton knights appeared between them, and Yue Chen used necromantic arts to restore and strengthen them before leaving for the tower's interior.
• Long Haochen summoned Haoyue to help him fight the skeleton knights and stop Yue Chen from pursuing necromancy.

Yue Chen continued through the Eternal Tower, defeating its skeleton guards while Long Haochen objected to him inheriting a Necromancer's legacy. After Long Haochen and Haoyue withdrew, Yue Chen moved on with Sol to face the third trial.

• Yue Chen defeated four heavily armored skeleton knights and absorbed their white orbs to replenish his spiritual power.
• Yue Chen discussed his plans to inherit Yilikes's legacy with Sol and explained that he hoped Sol would advance so it could absorb more fire from the Plane of the Dead.
• Long Haochen defeated two skeleton knights with Haoyue, received their white orbs, and absorbed a pale golden orb containing ancient combat techniques.
• Long Haochen urged Yue Chen to abandon the Necromancer's legacy, but Yue Chen promised not to use necromancy before his condition became irreversible or his plans were exposed.
• Haoyue carried the exhausted Long Haochen out of the trial area; the skeleton knights saluted Yue Chen, who returned their salute before continuing onward with Sol.
• Yue Chen and Sol detected the undead Assassins in the third trial, and Yue Chen engulfed them in Dragon Flame before they could ambush him.

Yue Chen defeated the Eternal Tower’s fourth and fifth trials, using the skeleton knights’ own Asura Slash and gaining proficiency in ancient combat techniques. He reached the final trial of the first floor but postponed fighting its powerful red skeleton, while Long Haochen set out with Cai’er to talk to him about the Necromancer legacy.

• Yue Chen defeated the undead assassins and the fourth trial’s skeleton warriors and assassins, building proficiency in ancient combat techniques.
• Yue Chen fought four mounted skeleton knights in the fifth trial, using Asura Slash to destroy one skeletal horse while Sol attacked another knight.
• Long Haochen told Haoyue he feared Yue Chen’s pursuit of the Necromancer legacy because the Temple Alliance rejected that power, then tried to leave and speak with Yue Chen.
• Cai’er found Long Haochen injured, believed his claim that Haoyue had taken him to another plane, and offered to take him to Yue Chen.
• Yue Chen defeated the four skeleton knights, then encountered a three-meter red skeleton fused with a soul of the strong and said he would return to fight it later.

Yue Chen explained his decision to study necromancy to Long Haochen, who accepted it under strict conditions, and the two squads received their mission rewards before heading to the Trade Center. There, a group led by Fifth eyed the newcomers as a chance to earn the merit points they needed, but had yet to decide whether to target them.

• Yue Chen chose to postpone fighting the Eternal Holy Guard until he had recovered enough to defeat it himself.
• Yue Chen persuaded Long Haochen that studying the Necromancer Legacy served humanity, and Long Haochen agreed on the condition that Yue Chen reveal his studies if they endangered him and never enslave human souls.
• Yue Chen recovered his strength, then the Mission Tower awarded General Grade No. 21 and General Grade No. 22 one hundred thousand merit points each for their joint mission.
• Lin Xin proposed a trip to the Trade Center, and Yue Chen led General Grade No. 21 there alongside Long Haochen's squad.
• Fifth pointed out the arriving Demon Hunt Squads as a possible way to earn his group's missing ten thousand merit points, and his companion urged him to learn their strength before acting.

Old Five and Old Qing tried to lure Yue Chen and Long Haochen’s squads into a rigged merit-point challenge, but Old Qing recognized Yue Chen and called it off. Long Haochen then asked them to offer his squad the same “internal mission.”

• Old Five persuaded Squad No. 8 to target the new Demon Hunt Squads for their merit points, and he and Old Qing approached Yue Chen and Long Haochen.
• Yue Chen played along as Old Five claimed the Mission Tower had assigned a safe assessment in which a squad could stake merit points for a tenfold reward.
• Old Qing asked Yue Chen’s name and recognized him as the champion of the Demon Hunt Squad Selection Tournament.
• Old Qing dragged Old Five away, abandoning the challenge after learning who Yue Chen was.
• Long Haochen stopped them and eagerly asked for an “internal mission” for his squad as well.

Yue Chen and his squad visited the Trade Center, where he arranged supplies and cultivation pills before shopping for replacement equipment. He began inspecting a promising Glorious Tier longsword while Chen Ying'er and Mai Dou searched the stall, leaving the purchase undecided.

• Yue Chen sent his squad to buy standard Demon Hunter tools and discussed merit-point shares with Chen Ying'er, who urged him to replace his damaged equipment.
• Wang Yuanyuan told Yue Chen that Old Qing and Old Five had accepted Long Haochen's wager, with Cai'er set to face Old Five.
• Yue Chen left the wager to Lin Xin and went upstairs with Chen Ying'er to shop for equipment.
• Yue Chen spent fifty thousand merit points on five Holy Spirit Pills for his squad, then insisted on focusing his remaining equipment budget on a weapon.
• Yue Chen inspected a Glorious Tier longsword called Light's Punishment while Chen Ying'er and Mai Dou searched the stall for promising equipment.

Yue Shen bought Bloodlight, a light-attribute sword that grew stronger through stored blood essence, and helped Chen Ying'er purchase supplies for Mai Dou. After Lin Xin revealed the squad had earned over a hundred thousand merits through a betting scheme, Yue Shen distributed Holy Spirit Pills and began cultivating before using the Eternal Melody to enter the Eternal Tower.

• Yue Shen chose Bloodlight over Light's Punishment and showed Chen Ying'er his other weapon, the Ashen Dragon Fang, before they bought pills and Magic Crystals.
• The squad members returned with new equipment and pooled their remaining merits, while Lin Xin revealed he had earned 117,500 merits from bets on Cai'er defeating Old Five.
• Xue Meng explained how Lin Xin, Gandalf, and Bai Xiaoxing organized the betting pool, and Yue Shen realized their squad had gained over a hundred thousand merits that day.
• Yue Shen gave each teammate a Holy Spirit Pill and told them to cultivate toward the sixth tier, while deciding not to tell them about the Eternal Tower yet.
• After his teammates entered secluded cultivation, Yue Shen cultivated until midnight, checked on them, then activated the Eternal Melody and was enveloped in white light.

Yue Chen fought the ancient red skeleton in the Eternal Tower, determined to defeat and subjugate him as his personal guard. After unlocking Ancient Combat Technique Mastery, Yue Chen gained the advantage, while Long Haochen continued through the tower’s trials and resolved to train harder.

• Yue Chen entered the Eternal Tower and faced the giant red skeleton in the sixth trial, while Long Haochen defeated two Skeleton Knights and absorbed their light.
• Yue Chen and the red skeleton traded attacks, and Yue Chen realized he could not defeat the ancient warrior through strength alone.
• Long Haochen used Haoyue to fight four Skeleton Knights after resting and vowed to keep working hard.
• Yue Chen endured the red skeleton’s powerful techniques until Ancient Combat Technique Mastery unlocked, then stood and refused to let his opponent leave.
• Yue Chen resumed the fight with combat technique, began overwhelming the red skeleton, and carved deep notches into his skeletal body.

Yue Shen subdued Holy Guard No. 12 in the Eternal Tower, then reflected on the limits of his body and chose to pursue the Necromancer Legacy while considering Sol’s suggestion that he become an astral spirit. Three months later, Yue Shen and his teammates had made progress in cultivation, and Yue Shen had learned most of the necromancy spells available to him.

• Yue Shen defeated Holy Guard No. 12, who swore allegiance and entered the Eternal Melody as a crimson gem appeared on Yue Shen’s forearm.
• Yue Shen watched Long Haochen retreat from the fourth trial with Haoyue, then warned him that the white orbs could raise his spiritual power only to five thousand and urged him to cultivate steadily.
• Yue Shen decided to secure Electrolux’s legacy and assistance from the Plane of the Dead before considering Sol’s proposal that he become an astral spirit.
• Yue Shen reduced his cultivation time, practiced skills in the Eternal Tower, and spent three months studying necromancy while Demon Hunt Squad General Grade No. 21 cultivated in seclusion.
• After three months, Yue Shen had reached the third level of the sixth tier and mastered most of the necromancy spells he could currently use, while Xue Meng had reached the ninth level of the fifth tier.

Yue Chen entered the Plane of the Dead to help Sol absorb the Star Sea Spiritual Furnace and secretly planned to negotiate with the Undead Lords. While he was away, a mandatory War Mission was issued, and his squad decided to accept it and head to Zhennan Pass.

• Han Qian delivered the Star Sea Spiritual Furnace, and Yue Chen told his squad he would leave for secluded cultivation while Sol evolved.
• Yue Chen refused to take his teammates to the Plane of the Dead and teleported there alone.
• Sol began absorbing the Star Sea Spiritual Furnace, while Yue Chen flew toward the Undead Lord Territory to make a deal with the Undead Lords.
• The Alliance issued a mandatory War Mission to every Demon Hunt Squad in the Holy City, threatening heavy contribution-point deductions for refusal.
• Lin Xin, Jin Ruchuan, Shiqi, and Chen Ying'er persuaded Xue Meng to accept the mission, and the squad agreed to go to Zhennan Pass.

Yue Shen negotiated with the Lich King for contracts with the Plane of the Dead’s undead, promising that Sol would reduce the plane’s fire-element energy after its breakthrough. Once Sol evolved and sent Yue Shen back, he learned that his Demon Hunt Squad had already left for Zhennan Pass and hurried there, where General Grade No. 21 was defending the walls alongside Long Haochen’s squad.

• Han Qian arranged for Xue Meng’s General Grade No. 21 to temporarily join Long Haochen’s General Grade No. 22 on the mission to Zhennan Pass.
• Yue Shen met the Lich King and demonstrated that, despite his Light Attribute constitution, he cultivated the Necromancer Legacy and could summon undead.
• Yue Shen promised to restore vitality to the Plane of the Dead and explained that Sol was delayed by a cultivation bottleneck; the Lich King agreed to discuss contracts after Sol fulfilled its promise to absorb fire-element energy.
• Sol completed its first evolution into the growth stage, absorbed fire-element energy, and sent Yue Shen back to the Holy Demon Continent.
• Yue Shen found the emergency mobilization order, learned the Demon Hunt Squads had already departed, and flew toward Zhennan Pass.
• At Zhennan Pass, Long Haochen and General Grade No. 21 held the walls against the demons, while Bai Xiaoxing and Chen Ying'er used powerful summoned creatures to repel attackers; Bai Xiaoxing wondered where Yue Shen had gone.

Zhennan Pass came under a renewed demon assault as high-tier demons joined the battle and overwhelmed the human defenders. With Yue Shen absent, Long Haochen took command of his group as they struggled to hold the battlements against a growing wave of powerful enemies.

• Bai Xiaoxing and Gandalf worried that neither Long Haochen nor Xue Meng had obtained the Eternal Tower before demons launched a second assault on Zhennan Pass.
• Bai Xiaoxing sent his giant plants against the demons while the magic and priest corps supported the defenders, but the high-tier demons soon entered the battle.
• Ling Qian ordered the human powerhouses to intercept the high-tier demons and realized Yue Shen was missing from the defenders, though his squad remained intact.
• Long Haochen and Jin Ruchuan fought two seventh-tier Greater Demon Elite Commanders, while Chen Qi and Bai Xiaomo arrived to help defend the walls.
• Other Demon Hunt Squads joined the fight and helped kill the two commanders, but more high-tier demons descended, and Long Haochen directed his teammates against eight Golden Bird Demons in Yue Shen's absence.

Yue Shen arrived at Zhennan Pass after the battle and found Long Haochen gravely injured in the hospital, where he helped treat him and learned he had defended the pass from an eighth-tier Moon Demon. After Yue Shen and Long Haochen reunited with Cai'er, a summons called them to a meeting at the Priest Temple headquarters, and Cai'er asked what was going on between the two men.

• Yue Shen reached Zhennan Pass after the fighting had ended and learned that Long Haochen was hospitalized while his teammates were safe.
• Han Qian told Yue Shen that Long Haochen had held off an eighth-tier Moon Demon and nearly been crippled protecting the squad and the soldiers.
• Long Haochen woke, and Yue Shen used Holy Light to treat his injuries while telling him about Sol's breakthrough and his time in Haoyue's former plane.
• Yue Shen and Long Haochen discussed their breakthroughs and ambitions before Yue Shen meditated to recover his spiritual power.
• Yue Shen woke to find Cai'er embracing Long Haochen, then received a summons for both squad leaders to attend a meeting.
• Cai'er accompanied Yue Shen and Long Haochen to the Priest Temple headquarters and asked what was going on between them.

Yue Shen and Long Haochen joined Zhennan Pass’s military meeting, where Han Qian revealed that the Knight Temple was grooming both of them as future Divine Seal Knights. The meeting reviewed the battle’s losses and reinforcements, then turned to the unexplained reason for the demons’ sudden offensive.

• Yue Shen and Long Haochen entered the meeting, and Han Qian introduced them to the senior commanders and Priest Temple Master Ling Xiao.
• Han Qian said Long Haochen was also being groomed as a future Divine Seal Knight, surprising the attendees, who already knew Yue Shen’s exceptional talent.
• Han Qian and Ling Xiao ordered the commanders to keep the two young knights’ status confidential from the demons.
• Ling Xiao reported Zhennan Pass’s severe losses and accepted responsibility, while Han Qian and Ling Qian noted the demons had suffered greater casualties and lost three Demon Gods.
• Han Qian said more than 150,000 Alliance troops would arrive within ten days, and he asked Ling Xiao why the demons had launched their sudden offensive.

Ling Xiao revealed that Dream Paradise would open within a month, prompting Elder Ling to propose letting the demons enter rather than continuing to sacrifice Zhennan Pass in a direct battle. After Elder Ling gave Yue Chen and Long Haochen gifts, Ling Xiao examined Long Haochen and found his recovery strangely complete.

• Ling Xiao told the meeting that the demons had mobilized because Dream Paradise was about to open, and Elder Ling explained that the Star Demon God had likely learned of it through divination.
• Han Qian urged the Alliance to send reinforcements, but Elder Ling argued that continued fighting would destroy Zhennan Pass and proposed allowing the demons to enter Dream Paradise.
• Yue Chen told Long Haochen that Dream Paradise produced most of the Alliance’s Spirit Furnaces, and they discussed Long Xingyu’s disappearance and the Divine Throne of Doom and Slaughter.
• Yue Chen declared that he would not aim to become the next Judgment and Trial Divine Seal Knight because the Divine Throne of Doom and Slaughter was not the strongest.
• The meeting accepted Elder Ling’s proposal, and he gave Yue Chen and Long Haochen white motes of light as gifts for their journey into Dream Paradise.
• Ling Xiao examined Long Haochen and reacted with alarm at his condition; after Elder Ling and Han Qian also checked him, Ling Xiao asked whether he had eaten a rare natural treasure.

Ling Xiao and Elder Ling discovered that Yue Chen had secretly repaired Long Haochen’s meridians and tried to recruit Yue Chen into the Priest Temple. When Han Qian revealed Yue Chen’s true age and Ling Xiao learned of Long Haochen’s exceptional talent, both priests attempted to poach the boys, while Han Qian kept their Child of Light constitutions secret.

• Ling Xiao explained Long Haochen’s recovery and struck him lightly, realizing someone had already healed his severe meridian damage before Ling Xiao treated him.
• Long Haochen revealed that Yue Chen had used Holy Light to repair his meridians, exposing Yue Chen’s healing skill to Ling Xiao and Elder Ling.
• Elder Ling and Ling Xiao tried to recruit Yue Chen into the Priest Temple, but Han Qian insisted Yue Chen belonged to the Knight Temple and disclosed that he was sixteen.
• Ling Xiao offered Long Haochen the position of Deputy Temple Master and a future path to becoming Temple Master if he joined the Priest Temple, while Elder Ling made Yue Chen a similar offer.
• Han Qian watched the two priests try to poach the boys and privately reflected that neither knew Yue Chen and Long Haochen both had the Child of Light constitution.

Elder Ling failed to recruit Yue Chen and Long Haochen into the Priest Temple, then explained the dangers and opportunities of Dream Paradise. After Zhennan Pass negotiated access for the demons, Yue Chen wondered whether to bring his teammates into Dream Paradise through the Eternal Tower Yilikes had left him.

• Yue Chen and Long Haochen refused Elder Ling's offers to join the Priest Temple, and Yue Chen explained his loyalty to the Knight Temple and his Demon Hunt Squad.
• Elder Ling revealed that he suspected Yue Chen lacked a divine shelter constitution, while Long Haochen told Ling Xiao that his father was Long Xingyu.
• Ling Xiao recommended that Yue Chen and Long Haochen enter Dream Paradise, explaining its spirit furnaces, escalating exit trials, and Dream Gems that could let them escape.
• Yue Chen considered how Sol might collect or consume spirit furnaces inside Dream Paradise despite the danger of taking too many out.
• Zhennan Pass and the demons agreed to suspend attacks and allow the demons entry into Dream Paradise, while Yue Chen wondered whether to take his teammates through the Eternal Tower Yilikes had left him.