Chapter Summaries

Yue Chen passed his promotion assessment, and his team became Marshal-Rank Demon Hunt Squad No. 61. During their break, he sought spirit furnaces for teammates Shiqi and Xue Meng and learned that demons were preparing to target Demon Hunt Squads.

• Yue Chen used Sol to restrain Wei Ping’s Blue-Winged Pegasus and fought Wei Ping until the examiner declared that Yue Chen had passed.
• Chen Ying'er passed her assessment by summoning two seventh-level Frost Giant Bears, and the entire team completed its promotion tests.
• Yue Chen and his teammates updated their records at the Mission Tower and received their token as Marshal-Rank Demon Hunt Squad No. 61.
• Wei Ping told Han Qian that Yue Chen had grown strong, and they discussed reports that demons were organizing forces to attack Demon Hunt Squads.
• Yue Chen visited Ying Suifeng and Ruoshui to seek suitable spirit furnaces for Shiqi and Xue Meng, then visited Long Haochen’s squad villa.

Yue Chen learned that Demon Hunt Extermination had made missions in demon territory too dangerous for lower-ranked squads, so Commander Rank No. 61 chose a War Mission at Demon-Repelling Pass. As the squad set out, Yue Chen gave Long Haochen a token for emergencies and worried that war with the demons might come sooner than expected.

• A Mission Tower staff member told Yue Chen that only King Rank squads could take missions deep in demon territory, and Han Qian explained that the demons had formed Demon Hunt Extermination squads to target Demon Hunt Squads.
• Yue Chen’s teammates agreed to reinforce a fortress pass, and he chose Demon-Repelling Pass so Shiqi could trade for a suitable Spirit Furnace and absorb it during the mission.
• Yue Chen accepted the War Mission, while Long Haochen’s newly promoted Marshal-level squad accepted an Exploration Mission and invited Yue Chen to join; Yue Chen declined but gave Long Haochen a token that could summon him in an emergency.
• Yue Chen’s squad departed for Demon-Repelling Pass with other squads, including Chen Qi’s General Rank No. 23, and Yue Chen considered the danger posed by the Star Demon God as he resumed cultivation.

Yue Chen visited the Assassin Temple headquarters at Demon-Repelling Pass to meet Saint Moon and collect a Spirit Furnace for Shiqi. After learning that the Rejuvenation Spirit Furnace greatly amplified attacks but consumed life force and caused mental regression, Yue Chen left to ask Shiqi whether he would accept it.

• Yue Chen greeted Sheng Lingxin, who recognized his skill with Long Xingyu's Slaughtering Circular Sword and asked him to call him Senior Brother.
• Yue Chen asked Sheng Lingxin to arrange a meeting with Saint Moon about the Spirit Furnace trade, and Sheng Lingxin led him to the temple master.
• Saint Moon gave Yue Chen the Rejuvenation Spirit Furnace and explained that it used life force to boost attacks several times over.
• Sheng Lingxin demonstrated his own Rejuvenation Spirit Furnace and explained that its backlash regressed the user's memories and mental faculties, worsening as the user aged.
• Yue Chen left to ask Shiqi whether he would accept the furnace, while Saint Moon remarked that Yue Chen had outperformed Long Haochen in the tournament final.

Yue Chen gave Shiqi the Rejuvenation Spirit Furnace, and Shiqi began absorbing it despite its dangerous backlash. Yue Chen then joined forces with Chen Qi’s General Rank Squad Twenty-Three to begin a series of missions against demons near Demon-Repelling Pass.

• Saint Moon praised Yue Chen’s strength, then complained that Long Haochen had won Cai’er’s affection and that the Assassin Temple lacked manpower.
• Yue Chen explained the Rejuvenation Spirit Furnace’s risks to Shiqi, who chose to absorb it and entered seclusion.
• Yue Chen gathered his squad, reassured Xue Meng that he would find her a Spirit Furnace, and led them to accept missions at the temporary mission center.
• Yue Chen teamed up with Chen Qi’s General Rank Squad Twenty-Three and assessed the team, including sixth-tier Plant Summoner Bai Xiaomo.
• Yue Chen and Chen Qi accepted missions targeting demon convoys, patrols, and camps, then led their eleven members out into the night to begin their War Mission.
• Yue Chen could not contact Yue Ye in the distant Demon Capital Heart City, while Sol focused on absorbing its Spirit Furnace and resolving Yue Chen’s body elementalization problem.

After months of dangerous missions, Yue Chen's squad had accumulated merit, combat experience, and exhaustion, and returned to Demon-Repelling Pass after destroying a demon grain convoy. Yue Chen prepared to report their missions and return to the Holy City, while Chen Ying'er asked for time off to visit her grandmother.

• Shiqi absorbed and evolved the Rejuvenation Spirit Furnace, while the squad gained experience and accumulated roughly five hundred thousand merit points over months of missions.
• Yue Chen's squad faced repeated demon ambushes and attacks from Flame Lion Demon Anluoxian, forcing Yue Chen to reveal the Eternal Tower as a safe house to his teammates.
• Elder Ling agreed to provide Xue Meng with a spirit furnace, leaving Yue Chen feeling indebted to the Priest Temple.
• Yue Chen's squad destroyed a demon grain convoy and returned to Demon-Repelling Pass to rest after completing its missions.
• Yue Chen told the squad that demon-territory missions might soon reopen, then went to report their completed missions with Chen Ying'er.
• Chen Ying'er asked Yue Chen for time off to stay with her grandmother in the Holy City.

Yue Chen and Commander Rank No. 61 left Demon-Repelling Pass for a period of rest in Holy City after he thanked Saint Moon for the Assassin Temple’s help. On the journey, Yue Chen discussed his feelings for Chen Ying'er, delegated auction plans to Lin Xin, and began asking Shiqi and Ru Chuan about their own plans.

• Yue Chen agreed that his team could take a break from cultivation and arranged for everyone to return to Holy City.
• Yue Chen sent Chen Ying'er ahead to pack, then visited Saint Moon and thanked him for the Assassin Temple’s support before leaving Demon-Repelling Pass.
• Yue Chen told Sol that he had not pursued Chen Ying'er because he feared he might not survive the danger ahead, while Saint Moon later wondered how Yue Chen had detected his hidden surveillance and obtained teleportation scrolls.
• Chen Ying'er packed Yue Chen’s belongings, and Commander Rank No. 61 boarded a carriage to Holy City and shared stories and plans on the way.
• Yue Chen encouraged Lin Xin to meet Ye Weiyang, entrusted him with contribution points and a Magic Crystal Card for the Goddess of Light's Aria, and asked Shiqi and Ru Chuan about their plans.

After returning to the Holy City, Yue Chen visited Chen Ying'er’s grandmother, Granny San Shui, and awkwardly met the Soul Temple leader while Chen Ying'er showed her a Substitute Spirit Furnace he had given her. Later, San Shui confronted Chen Ying'er about delaying her engagement to Yang Wenzhao, suspecting Yue Chen was the real reason.

• Yue Chen dismissed Commander Rank No. 61 for a vacation and entrusted Lin Xin with more than five hundred thousand merit points to spend at the VIP auction.
• Chen Ying'er persuaded Yue Chen to accompany her to visit Granny San Shui at the Temple Alliance Government Office.
• Chen Ying'er showed San Shui the Substitute Spirit Furnace Yue Chen had obtained in Dream Paradise and given to her.
• Yue Chen answered San Shui's questions before leaving, and Chen Ying'er stayed with her grandmother for several days.
• Chen Ying'er asked San Shui to postpone her engagement to Yang Wenzhao by eight or ten years so she could remain a Demon Hunter with her team.
• San Shui told Chen Ying'er that she believed Yue Chen was the real reason she wanted to delay the engagement.

Chen Ying'er’s grandmother agreed to cancel her engagement to Yang Wenzhao and support her relationship with Yue Chen, while revealing Yue Chen’s connection to Long Haochen and urging Chen Ying'er to make their relationship official. Back at his squad’s residence, Yue Chen spoke with Sol about his evolution and his plans to keep the Undead Lords waiting for their help.

• San Shui agreed to cancel the marriage agreement between the Soul Temple and the Yang Family after Chen Ying'er explained her feelings for Yue Chen.
• San Shui told Chen Ying'er that Yue Chen and Long Haochen were believed to be biological brothers and both sons of Long Xingyu.
• Chen Ying'er admitted she was unsure whether Yue Chen returned her feelings, and San Shui reassured her before urging her to make the relationship official soon.
• Yue Chen visited a restaurant and Han Qian before returning to Commander Rank No. 61’s Demon Hunt Squad residence.
• Yue Chen contacted Sol, learned his evolution still needed more time, and said he wanted to keep the Undead Lords waiting before helping them.

Yue Chen negotiated with the Undead Lords over Sol helping restore the Plane of the Dead, refusing to let Sol rebuild it unless they signed summoning contracts first. When Long Haochen’s Eternal Melody activated, Yue Chen entered the Eternal Tower and found Long Haochen’s injured team inside.

• Yue Chen recalled that Sol’s nature dragon form could restore the Plane of the Dead, but Sol had initially refused to help the undead creatures rebuild their world.
• The Undead Lords offered to sign summoning contracts after Sol restored the plane, but Yue Chen rejected their terms and demanded contracts before Sol helped.
• Yue Chen trusted that Sol would stand by him and planned to revisit negotiations after Sol evolved and gained greater power.
• A few days later, Yue Chen felt the Eternal Melody activate and teleported to the Eternal Tower to check on Long Haochen and his team.
• Cai’er and the others readied their weapons when a stranger appeared, but Long Haochen recognized Yue Chen by his Eternal Melody aura.
• Yue Chen asked why everyone was tense, and Bai Xiaoxing questioned how he had entered the Eternal Tower.

Long Haochen’s squad returned to the Eternal Tower after a dangerous encounter with a pack of Sawrays in the Dark Swamp, and Yue Chen treated their injuries while learning what had happened. Cai’er questioned Yue Chen about the secret he and Long Haochen had kept, and Yue Chen took the blame, but her suspicions remained.

• Long Haochen explained that the Eternal Tower had sheltered the squad after Sawrays attacked them in the Dark Swamp, and Yue Chen handed out medicine for their injuries.
• Long Haochen said he would return to the swamp and change the Eternal Tower’s arrival point so the squad would not reappear above the Sawray territory.
• Yue Chen learned that the squad had killed several dozen Sawrays, examined one of their corpses, and considered whether to advance further through the Eternal Tower.
• Cai’er asked Yue Chen whether the secret he and Long Haochen had hidden was the Eternal Tower, and Yue Chen explained that they feared the consequences of inheriting a Necromancer’s legacy.
• When Cai’er challenged whether they truly thought she could not be trusted, Yue Chen claimed the decision to keep the secret had been entirely his, but Cai’er continued to watch him suspiciously.

Long Haochen escaped the sawrays with Haoyue’s help, then led his squad back into the Dark Swamp while Cai'er grew closer to Yue Chen. Yue Chen returned to the Eternal Tower, claimed two Holy Guards, and resumed cultivating as he prepared for the dangers ahead.

• Long Haochen used the Eternal Melody to return to the Dark Swamp, where Haoyue’s Five-Element Chaos Stripping held the sawrays long enough for him to escape the Sawray King.
• Cai'er asked Yue Chen to call her his sister, and Yue Chen apologized for keeping the danger from her; after Long Haochen returned, Cai'er called Yue Chen her big brother before the squad teleported away.
• Yue Chen entered the Eternal Tower’s fourth trial and defeated Holy Guards No. 9 and No. 8, earning their allegiance and gemstones.
• Yue Chen rejected the Undead Lords’ offer to split their contracts between now and after he restored their plane, and had Sol warn them about the consequences of delaying.
• Yue Chen returned to the squad cottage and meditated to recover his spiritual power, remaining at the sixth-tier bottleneck to avoid drawing attention to his rapid cultivation.

Yue Chen and Sol debated whether to let Haoyue continue evolving as Austin Griffin, while Long Haochen led Commander Rank No. 62 deeper into the Dark Swamp. After the squad found a Demon God Pillar and a battle involving Snake Demon Race forces, they weighed whether to retreat, leaving Yue Chen alarmed by Bai Xiaoxing’s tally of their gains.

• Sol warned Yue Chen that Austin Griffin might awaken and endanger the plane, but Yue Chen refused to kill Haoyue, and Sol agreed to let events run their course.
• Sol told Yue Chen that demons from the Snake Demon Race were in the Dark Swamp and that he sensed a Demon God Pillar, so Yue Chen prepared to teleport in if Long Haochen needed help.
• Long Haochen sensed an evil presence, sent Haoyue to hide in the Plane of the Dead, and led his teammates forward while keeping an escape to the Eternal Tower ready.
• Long Haochen’s squad discovered the Demon God Pillar and saw Snake Demon Race elites fighting giant anacondas and other swamp creatures near it.
• Gandalf and Bai Xiaoxing urged Long Haochen to abandon the mission, but Bai Xiaoxing argued that their collected corpses and Haoyue’s evolution had already made the trip worthwhile.
• Yue Chen heard Bai Xiaoxing’s remarks and thought, “You little rascal!”

Yue Chen secretly sent undead creatures to disrupt the battle in the Dark Swamp, prompting Long Haochen to investigate a Necromancer and a Demon God alone. After Long Haochen used the Eternal Tower to send his teammates away, Yue Chen rejoined them and learned that Haochen had continued deeper into the swamp.

• Yue Chen disguised himself and used Sol’s Portal to reach the Dark Swamp, intending to give Long Haochen a reason to continue the mission.
• Long Haochen chose to investigate the demons’ purpose, but undead creatures appeared and attacked the snake demons and giant anacondas.
• Long Haochen sent Commander Rank No. 62 to the Eternal Tower and continued into the swamp alone, while Yue Chen watched from hiding.
• Yue Chen used a summoned clone to pose as the Necromancer, then entered the Eternal Tower and pretended not to know what had happened.
• Cai'er urged Yue Chen to rescue Long Haochen, and Wang Yuanyuan explained how he had gone deeper into the Dark Swamp alone.

Yue Chen joined Long Haochen in the Dark Swamp after creating a new necromantic clone and arranging for Cai'er and the others to wait in the Holy City. He scolded Long Haochen for sending his teammates away, then agreed to help him finish the mission in exchange for most of its merit points and a share of the Sawray remains.

• Yue Chen told Cai'er he could not teleport her to Long Haochen, promised to help him himself, and left her and the others to wait in the Holy City.
• Yue Chen created a new necromantic clone, severed his connection to his first clone, and suffered backlash when the first clone was killed by an Anaconda.
• Yue Chen dressed the new clone in the Gray Robe and Crow Mask, sent it to collect the battlefield spoils, and teleported to Long Haochen.
• Long Haochen welcomed Yue Chen, who angrily rebuked him for sending his teammates away and warned him that Cai'er would not survive losing him.
• Yue Chen reassured Long Haochen that Cai'er was safe, then demanded sixty percent of the mission merit points and a share of the Sawray remains; Long Haochen agreed.

Yue Chen and Long Haochen reached the heart of the Dark Swamp and secretly watched the Snake Demon God Andromalius battle the Anaconda King over a treasure that had fallen from the sky. The Anaconda King used his inner core to fight back, and the clash continued with Andromalius trapped in the beast’s poisonous mist.

• Yue Chen identified the Demon God Pillar as belonging to Snake Demon God Andromalius and cautiously advanced with Long Haochen.
• Yue Chen and Long Haochen spotted the Anaconda King, a tenth-level magical beast, fighting Andromalius amid the corpses of both races.
• Andromalius’s Demon God Transformation healed his wounds and raised his external spiritual power, while the Anaconda King drew on his inner core.
• The Anaconda King hurled his inner core at Andromalius, shattered one of his legendary snake spears, and coiled around him.
• The Anaconda King dragged Andromalius into the poisonous mist, but Andromalius attacked with his remaining spear as the Anaconda King hauled himself out of the swamp.

Yue Chen and Long Haochen waited for Andromalius to defeat the Anaconda King, then challenged the Snake Demon God as he approached a cave. Yue Chen summoned and enhanced four Eternal Holy Guards, who trapped Andromalius and wounded him, leaving the demon stunned by the necromancer’s power.

• Yue Chen and Long Haochen retreated from the poisonous mist and decided to wait until Andromalius finished fighting the Anaconda King before approaching the cave.
• Andromalius emerged victorious with the Anaconda King’s corpse and inner core, then headed toward the cave.
• Yue Chen summoned Holy Guard No. 12, Holy Guard No. 11, Holy Guard No. 10, and Holy Guard No. 9, and Long Haochen joined the attack on Andromalius.
• Yue Chen enhanced the two skeletal warriors, raising them to the early seventh tier, and they shattered Andromalius’s broken spear and badly injured his arms.
• Holy Guard No. 11 and Holy Guard No. 9 froze Andromalius’s tail and hardened the mire around him, trapping him as he wondered how humans could have such a powerful necromancer.

Long Haochen, Yue Chen, Haoyue, and the Eternal Holy Guards fought Snake Demon God Andromalius and stopped him from using the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Method. Yue Chen killed Andromalius with Starburst, then seized the Demon God's Crown before Haoyue could swallow it.

• Holy Guard No. 10 distracted Andromalius while Long Haochen and Holy Guard No. 12 shattered his frozen tail, and Yue Chen restored Holy Guard No. 11's strength.
• Andromalius broke free from the ground and prepared to use the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Method, so Yue Chen warned Long Haochen to use Chaos Element Stripping.
• Long Haochen summoned Haoyue, whose Chaos Element Stripping disrupted Andromalius's dark magic, while Yue Chen unsealed the Nebula Spirit Furnace.
• Yue Chen used Starburst to pierce Andromalius's head and kill him.
• Haoyue moved to swallow Andromalius's Demon God's Crown, but Yue Chen seized it first.

Yue Shen stopped Haoyue from swallowing the Snake Demon God's Crown, then watched Haoyue use the power of destruction to shatter the Snake Demon God's Demon God Pillar. As Haoyue tried to swallow the pillar's core power, a Juvenile Bone Dragon snatched it away.

• Yue Shen kept the Demon God's Crown and explained the Eternal Tower's limits to Long Haochen before they entered the cave.
• Haoyue targeted the Snake Demon God's Demon God Pillar, and Sol urged Yue Shen to prepare his Clone to seize its essence.
• Haoyue unleashed the Five Purple Flames and collapsed from exhaustion, cracking the Demon God Pillar.
• Yue Shen ordered Holy Guard No. 9 to smash the weakened pillar, destroying it and alerting the other seventy-one Demon God Pillars and surviving demon gods.
• Haoyue tried to swallow the pillar's core power, but a Juvenile Bone Dragon intercepted it and flew off with it.

Long Haochen destroyed the Snake Demon God's Demon God Pillar, but Crow escaped with its core after stealing a treasure Haoyue wanted. As Long Haochen and Yue Chen prepared to reunite with their companions before exploring the cave, they clashed over Yue Chen's dangerous use of power.

• Crow appeared on a juvenile bone dragon and stole the Snake Demon God's pillar core, then escaped through a portal after Long Haochen destroyed the dragon with Light Rain Hibiscus Thrust.
• Long Haochen realized Haoyue could destroy Demon God Pillars, while Yue Chen explained that the pillar's destruction weakened the Snake Demon Race and dealt a blow to the demons.
• Haoyue returned to his original plane, and Long Haochen and Yue Chen decided to clear the battlefield before bringing their teammates to explore the cave.
• Long Haochen noticed Yue Chen was unwell, and Yue Chen admitted that using his power had caused severe backlash.
• Long Haochen urged Yue Chen not to use the power again, but Yue Chen insisted he needed to master it despite the risk of accelerating his body's elementalization.
• Yue Chen and Long Haochen divided the corpses and spoils, then prepared to bring back their teammates once the Eternal Tower's cooldown ended.

Yue Chen returned to the Holy City and kept his role in the Snake Demon God's defeat hidden, expecting the incident to stir up a larger conflict. When his squad reunited, he defended Lin Xin's contributions and heard about the equipment Lin Xin had bought and his repayment to Ye Weiyang.

• Yue Chen refused to enter the cave and told Long Haochen to report the Demon God Pillar's destruction without mentioning him.
• Yue Chen returned to the Holy City, reasoning that distancing himself from the incident would protect his squad from attention and disruption.
• Yue Chen reunited with his teammates and told them to resume cultivation while the Alliance had not assigned them new missions.
• Yue Chen defended Lin Xin's logistical work after Jin Ruchuan and Shiqi dismissed his efforts, and they apologized to Lin Xin.
• Lin Xin reported that he had bought equipment for Shiqi and Xue Meng at the VIP auction and used Yue Chen's Magic Crystal Card to repay Ye Weiyang.