Chapter Summaries

Yue Chen learned that Ye Weiyang wanted to meet him, then returned to his squad and was stunned when Chen Ying'er boldly asked him to marry her. He accepted her proposal, promised to formally visit her family in five years, and walked with her after their teammates' interruptions spoiled the moment.

• Lin Xin told Yue Chen that Ye Weiyang had been disappointed not to see him and hoped he would visit the Temple Alliance Grand Auction House.
• Chen Ying'er apologized to Lin Xin for laughing at him with the others, then asked Yue Chen if he would marry her.
• Yue Chen agreed and promised to visit Chen Ying'er's home in five years, but the squad's eavesdropping and Xue Meng's sudden arrival disrupted their conversation.
• Yue Chen and Chen Ying'er walked through the Demon Hunt Squad residential area, where they teased each other and affirmed they were serious about their relationship.

Yue Chen and Chen Ying'er agreed to be together after her grandparents offered to cancel her engagement to Yang Wenzhao, and Yue Chen promised to manage the temple relations. Back at the squad cottage, Yue Chen reflected on the coming war and postponed meeting the ten Undead Lords until he heard from the Mission Tower.

• Chen Ying'er told Yue Chen that her grandmother had agreed to cancel her engagement to Yang Wenzhao if she and Yue Chen officially got together.
• Yue Chen reassured Chen Ying'er that he would handle relations between their temples, and she promised to wait five years for him.
• Yue Chen used Sol's portal to bring Chen Ying'er back to the squad cottage, where Jin Ruchuan accidentally revealed that teammates had been eavesdropping.
• Yue Chen worried that the final battle against the demons was five years away and that his actions had altered the expected course of the war.
• Sol told Yue Chen that the ten Undead Lords had agreed to sign summoning contracts with him, but Yue Chen chose to wait for word from the Mission Tower.

Yue Chen learned that the demons had declared a Holy War after Haoyue destroyed the Snake Demon God's Demon God Pillar. The chapter ended with the demons' demands revealed: the Temple Alliance had to hand over Austin Griffin and Yue Chen.

• Yue Chen left Chen Ying'er and the others before the Temple Alliance meeting to visit Han Qian's office.
• Han Qian told Yue Chen that the demons had announced a Holy War and that Demon Hunt Squads would be barred from missions.
• Yue Chen revealed that Haoyue had destroyed the Snake Demon God's Demon God Pillar, shocking Yang Haohan, Ying Suifeng, Granny San Shui, and Han Qian.
• Yue Chen read the demons' demands, which called for the Alliance to hand over Austin Griffin and Yue Chen.

Yue Chen learned that the demons had demanded both him and Haoyue as conditions for ending their holy war, while the Temple Alliance leaders resolved not to surrender him. As the Alliance prepared to decide how to respond, Granny San Shui announced that Ying'er could no longer stay with Yue Chen.

• Yue Chen explained how he and Long Haochen's squad defeated the Snake Demon God and recounted his encounter with the Demon Race Crown Prince in Dream Paradise.
• Yang Haohan, Han Qian, San Shui, and Ying Suifeng concluded that the demons feared Yue Chen's potential and said they opposed handing him over.
• Yue Chen reasoned that surrendering him would not end the war, and Yang Haohan told him the Alliance had not yet decided whether to fight.
• Chen Ying'er left her teammates to speak with Chen Hongyu, who learned that Yue Chen had missed the meeting and decided he wanted to meet him.
• Yang Haohan ordered Yue Chen and his squad to remain in the Holy City until the Six Great Temples met, and Granny San Shui said Ying'er could no longer stay with him.

Yue Chen agreed to let Chen Ying'er return to the Soul Temple for safety and accepted that his teammates could no longer accompany him while the Demons demanded his surrender. Yang Haohan placed a tracking mark on him and ordered him to remain in the Holy City before Yue Chen rejoined his still-uninformed squad.

• Yue Chen accepted San Shui's decision to recall Chen Ying'er but refused a replacement Summoner and promised to bring her back when he could protect her.
• San Shui promised to entrust Chen Ying'er to Yue Chen after the Holy War ended or after he reached the eighth tier or higher and proved he could protect her.
• Yang Haohan ordered Yue Chen to stay in the Holy City with his teammates pending further decisions and placed a tracking mark on his chest.
• Yang Haohan and Han Qian warned Yue Chen that some Alliance officials favored surrendering him to the Demons while secretly keeping the Magical Beast capable of destroying Demon God Pillars.
• Yue Chen postponed his plans involving the Plane of the Dead and left the elders knowing that his adventures with his teammates could not continue.
• Yue Chen reunited with his squad outside the Knight Department and declined to tell Lin Xin about the confidential discussion.

Yue Chen divided Commander Rank No. 61’s merit points and discovered that his teammates had each received over 230,000, revealing that he had earned a fortune during their vacation. He told them his total haul, including unconverted spoils, was around a million merit points, leaving the team stunned.

• Chen Ying'er told Yue Chen that Demon Hunt Squads in the Holy City had been ordered to wait for the Temple Alliance’s deployment instead of taking missions or leaving the city.
• Yue Chen urged his teammates to use their time before the Holy War to prepare and divided the team’s merit points into six shares.
• Yue Chen held Chen Ying'er's hand and reassured her that he would not let her regret choosing him.
• Lin Xin and Xue Meng discovered that each teammate had received over 230,000 merit points, far more than their mission earnings could explain.
• Yue Chen checked his Merit Token and revealed a balance of 465,803 merit points, including Chen Ying'er's share.
• Back at the team cottage, Yue Chen explained that his vacation earnings and unconverted spoils were worth around a million merit points, leaving the team speechless.

Yue Chen shared his merit points with his teammates and prepared them for the possibility that their squad would disband during the holy war. After spending several days with Chen Ying'er, he went to the Six Great Temples meeting, hoping to keep leading his squad while facing the demons’ demand that humanity hand him over.

• Yue Chen explained how he had earned five hundred thousand merit points, then distributed them among his teammates and urged them to prioritize equipment that would keep them alive.
• Yue Chen worried most about Jin Ruchuan and Shiqi, then dismissed the squad and spent his remaining days before the meeting with Chen Ying'er.
• Yue Chen bought a legendary light-attribute knight armor suit, while he and Chen Ying'er decided to seek Magic Crystals for Mai Dou and pills to improve her mental power.
• Yue Chen went alone to the Temple Alliance Government Office for the Six Great Temples meeting, still hoping to lead his squad and unsure why the demons wanted him handed over.

Yue Chen attended a Six Great Temples meeting as the Alliance prepared for a Holy War against the demons, while Yang Haohan and Han Qian advised him to stay quiet. The chapter ends as the meeting begins, with the Knight Temple’s unusual role in Alliance affairs explained.

• Yue Chen entered the Temple Alliance Government Office and passed young temple talents, including a silver-haired mage who told them he was not Yang Haohan’s grandson.
• The mage told her junior sister she had spoken up because she knew Yue Chen, though she wondered whether he considered her only an acquaintance.
• Yang Haohan welcomed Yue Chen and dismissed his attempt to apologize over the dispute involving Chen Ying'er and the Yang family.
• Han Qian and Yang Haohan escorted Yue Chen to the conference hall, where Yang Haohan instructed him to let them answer questions.
• The chapter described how the Knight Temple secured Han Qian’s right to represent it at meetings and why its knights remained the Alliance’s foremost temple.

Yue Chen attended a meeting of the Six Great Temples, where Li Zhengzhi tested his mental defenses and then challenged Yang Haohan over the Knight Temple’s proposal. The meeting opened with Qiu Yonghao declaring the Warrior Temple’s opposition, setting the stage for an attack on the Knight Temple.

• The five other temple masters followed the Knight Temple’s example and delegated their Temple Alliance posts to their deputies.
• Yue Chen recognized Li Zhengzhi and Qiu Yonghao among the representatives, while he and Lin Jialu exchanged a restrained greeting after two years apart.
• Li Zhengzhi’s Mental Detection failed against Yue Chen, whose mental power Sol secretly strengthened from the Plane of the Dead.
• Yang Haohan refused to formally chair the meeting, then traded barbed remarks with Li Zhengzhi about why he had attended.
• Li Zhengzhi began steering the discussion against the Knight Temple’s proposal, and Qiu Yonghao declared that the Warrior Temple objected.

The Six Great Temples debated whether to accept the demons’ Holy War or hand over Yue Chen. Li Zhengzhi argued that the Alliance should surrender Yue Chen because it might not be able to protect him, leaving the meeting divided over his fate.

• Saint Moon accused Qiu Yonghao of cowardice for opposing the Holy War, while Li Zhengzhi defended Qiu’s call to avoid a devastating conflict.
• Granny San Shui stopped the argument and told Qiu Yonghao to state the Warrior Temple’s position.
• Qiu Yonghao said the Alliance should hand over Yue Chen, though he privately believed the Knight Temple should protect the young genius.
• Han Qian rejected the proposal, and he and Li Zhengzhi argued that the demons feared Yue Chen’s potential to threaten their rule.
• Li Zhengzhi surprised the gathering by concluding that the Alliance should surrender Yue Chen because it might be unable to protect him.

Yue Chen explained to the Six Great Temple heads why the demons were threatening a Holy War, while Yang Haohan revealed Yue Chen’s true constitution and his Starry Sky Divine Beast companion. The chapter ended with Yue Chen presenting the Snake Demon God’s Crown as proof of the demon’s death, as the temple heads questioned him about the destroyed Demon God Pillar.

• Yang Haohan argued that handing over Yue Chen and a magical beast would not stop the demons from making future demands, and Saint Moon opposed surrendering Yue Chen.
• Yue Chen told the temple heads that the demons’ Holy War was prompted by the death of Snake Demon God Andromalius and the destruction of his Demon God Pillar.
• Li Zhengzhi challenged Yue Chen’s account by pointing out that his team’s records showed no recent missions in demon territory.
• Yang Haohan revealed that Yue Chen was the Knight Temple’s Child of Light and its future Starry Sky Divine Knight, whose Starry Sky Divine Beast companion had carried him to Andu Province.
• Yue Chen recounted the events in the Dark Swamp, said he had fought alongside Long Haochen and Demon Hunt Squad No. 62 to kill Andromalius, and produced the Demon God’s Crown as evidence.

Yue Chen’s account persuaded the Six Great Temples to refuse the demons’ demand and prepare for Holy War. Yang Haohan then explained that Yue Chen and Chen Ying'er would leave Marshal-Rank Demon Hunt Squad No. 61 temporarily, while the other members chose to await the squad’s reunion.

• Yue Chen explained that Haoyue could destroy Demon God Pillars and that the demons feared his growth after he defeated the Demon Race Crown Prince.
• Yang Haohan, Saint Moon, Ling Xiao, and Chen Hongyu declared that their temples would not surrender Yue Chen or Haoyue, and Li Zhengzhi and Qiu Yonghao accepted the decision to face the demons’ Holy War.
• Yang Haohan told Yue Chen that he and Chen Ying'er had to leave Marshal-Rank Demon Hunt Squad No. 61 temporarily, leaving the other members to choose whether to join new squads or return to their temples.
• Yang Haohan told Yue Chen that every teammate had chosen to leave the Demon Hunters temporarily and wait for their squad to regroup, trusting him as their leader.
• Yue Chen reaffirmed the squad’s promise to become a Title-level Demon Hunt Squad, but Yang Haohan told him he had more pressing matters to attend to.

Yue Chen said goodbye to his squad as its members separated to return to their temples, and he promised Chen Ying'er they would reunite. He prepared to travel to Imperial Dragon Pass, where the Knight Temple would make further arrangements, but the weight of his responsibilities overwhelmed him until Sol calmed him.

• Lin Xin gave Yue Chen a supply of pills, and Lin Xin, Jin Ruchuan, Shiqi, and Xue Meng explained where they would go after the squad disbanded.
• Chen Ying'er admitted she feared being separated from Yue Chen, then promised to train until she could return to the squad; Yue Chen promised to wait for her and honor their five-year promise.
• Yue Chen watched Chen Ying'er leave with Chen Hongyu and saw the rest of his squad depart for the battlefront.
• Yang Haohan told Yue Chen to travel to Imperial Dragon Pass, where Knight Temple headquarters would arrange what came next.
• Yue Chen felt crushed by his responsibilities, and Sol used a Clear Mind Mantra to ease his distress.

Yue Chen left the Holy City for Imperial Dragon Pass while the Temple Alliance prepared for war and temporarily disbanded his Demon Hunt Squad. Long Haochen’s squad received the same orders, and he agreed to go to Imperial Dragon Pass as Cai’er insisted on accompanying him; they also learned Yue Chen was engaged to Chen Ying'er.

• Yue Chen packed his belongings, left the Holy City, and flew toward Imperial Dragon Pass, delaying his plans to visit the Plane of the Dead while Yang Haohan’s tracking mark remained on him.
• At Demon-Repelling Pass, Saint Moon told Long Haochen and his companions that Commander Rank No. 62 would temporarily disband and its members could return to their temples or form new squads.
• Long Haochen accepted the order to go to Imperial Dragon Pass, and every member of his squad chose to return to their own temple for training and assignments.
• Cai’er declared that she would accompany Long Haochen, despite Saint Moon warning that Imperial Dragon Pass could become the Temple Alliance’s most dangerous location because of Yue Chen.
• Saint Moon revealed that Yue Chen was engaged to Chen Ying'er and that her previous engagement to Yang Haohan’s grandson had been dissolved.

Long Haochen persuaded Cai'er to remain at Demon-Repelling Pass and cultivate while he and Yue Chen went to Imperial Dragon Pass, though Cai'er vowed to avenge him if he died. At Imperial Dragon Pass, Yue Chen learned the scale of the demon forces and resolved to grow strong enough to reunite his squad.

• Saint Moon told Cai'er and Long Haochen that Chen Ying'er was the Soul Temple's chosen successor and urged Cai'er to put the Alliance's needs first.
• Long Haochen gave Cai'er Yue Chen's locating mark and persuaded her that she could join him later, so she agreed to stay at Demon-Repelling Pass and cultivate.
• Cai'er warned that if Long Haochen died in the Holy War, she would go to Imperial Dragon Pass to avenge him.
• Yue Chen arrived at Imperial Dragon Pass with Han Qian and saw the Knight Temple's headquarters, built atop an icy mountain.
• Han Qian told Yue Chen that the demons had deployed elite legions and eight Demon Gods at each great pass, while veteran Demon Hunt Squads watched for the Demon God Emperor.
• Yue Chen resolved to raise his cultivation and eventually reform his squad as he approached a breakthrough between the sixth and seventh tiers.

Yue Chen accompanied Han Qian to Imperial Dragon Pass and met Long Tianyin, who revealed that he was Yue Chen’s grandmaster and Long Xingyu’s father. Long Tianyin welcomed Yue Chen, while Long Xingyu remained missing after his duel with Ananda.

• Yue Chen realized that reforming Marshal-Rank Demon Hunt Squad No. 61 would require every member to reach the seventh tier, while he himself had to reach the eighth tier and gain the Knight Temple headquarters’ approval.
• Han Qian brought Yue Chen to Imperial Dragon Pass, where they encountered Long Tianyin outside the Knight Temple headquarters.
• Long Tianyin warmly praised Yue Chen as Long Xingyu’s disciple, but told him that Long Xingyu was missing.
• Han Qian left Yue Chen in Long Tianyin’s care and warned him not to leave Imperial Dragon Pass without permission.
• Long Tianyin told Yue Chen to call him Grandmaster and revealed that he and Long Xingyu were members of the same Long Family.
• Long Tianyin recalled that Long Xingyu had disappeared after fighting Ananda; the Alliance knew Ananda was gravely wounded, but Long Xingyu’s whereabouts were unknown.

Long Tianyin brought Yue Chen to the Knight Temple headquarters and ordered him to remain there and cultivate, while worrying about Yue Chen’s unknown ancestry and his missing son, Long Xingyu. He removed Yang Haohan’s tracking mark from Yue Chen, leaving Yue Chen eager to explore the temple’s secret techniques.

• Long Tianyin refused Yue Chen’s request to go to Imperial Dragon Pass and explained that the Temple Alliance had to protect him because he had helped provoke the demons’ Holy War.
• Long Tianyin led Yue Chen to a prepared meditation room, gave him access to the Treasure Pavilion, and said Long Haochen would soon arrive to cultivate there as well.
• Yue Chen asked to accompany Long Tianyin’s party to meet Long Haochen, but Long Tianyin told him to stay and cultivate.
• Long Tianyin noticed Yang Haohan’s aura inside Yue Chen and removed the tracking mark, calling it unnecessary surveillance at the Knight Temple headquarters.
• Yue Chen welcomed the chance to spend his time exploring the temple’s secret techniques, while Long Tianyin privately felt the Long Family had let him suffer too much.

Yue Chen focused on cultivation at Imperial Dragon Pass, broke through to the seventh tier, and secured contracts with ten Undead Lords. Meanwhile, Vasak’s prophecies revealed a possible way for the demons to kill Austin Griffin before he awakened, leaving the Demon God Emperor with a new lead as the Holy War began.

• Yue Chen chose to enter seclusion at Imperial Dragon Pass, while Long Haochen arrived at the Knight Temple headquarters and reunited with his mother and Yang Haohan.
• Moon Demon God Agares asked Feng Xiu about finding Yue Chen, but Star Demon God Vasak said his divinations could no longer reveal Yue Chen’s location and urged the demons to focus on Austin Griffin.
• Vasak told Feng Xiu and Agares that a prophecy had shown a way to kill Austin Griffin before his awakening, though he said Yue Chen’s potential still made him valuable.
• Yue Chen broke through from sixth-tier Radiant Knight to seventh-tier Temple Knight and decided to postpone seeking Mithril Base Battle Armor.
• Long Haochen and Yue Chen devoted themselves to cultivation and training at the Knight Temple, and Long Haochen pushed himself after hearing Yue Chen had advanced.
• Yue Chen traveled secretly to the Plane of the Dead, signed summoning contracts with ten Undead Lords, and left Sol to decide how quickly he would help restore their plane.

After contracting ten ninth-tier Undead Lords, Yue Shen gained two levels of spiritual power and discovered that his body had begun elementalizing. He returned to Imperial Dragon Pass as the Holy War intensified, and considered using a Demon God Pillar to escape the Holy Demon Continent’s plane laws.

• Yue Shen gained two levels of spiritual power from contracting the ten Undead Lords, reaching the third level of the seventh tier without acquiring undead aura.
• Yue Shen felt the first signs of irreversible body elementalization and worried that his body might not endure his future cultivation.
• Yue Shen returned to his meditation room, postponed Electrolux’s Eternal Tower trials, and learned that a month of brutal fighting had devastated both human and demon forces across the six great fortresses.
• Long Haochen visited Yue Shen, noticed his rapid cultivation progress, and worried about the strain it placed on his body, while Yue Shen concealed the elementalization symptoms.
• Yue Shen considered transforming himself into a demon with the power of the seventy-two Demon God Pillars, recalling that he had given Sol the Snake Demon God's Demon God Pillar essence to study.

Yue Chen used the Undead Lords to clear most of Yilikes's Eternal Tower trials, but stopped before the final two Holy Guards to protect his allies and delay meeting Yilikes. Back at Imperial Dragon Pass, he wondered how the altered Holy War would end and waited for Long Haochen to enter the tower.

• Yue Chen planned to seek a high-ranking Demon God Pillar to escape the Plane Laws without defecting to the demons, while keeping his true plans from Long Haochen.
• Yue Chen and Long Haochen spent their time at Imperial Dragon Pass cultivating, practicing techniques, and sparring, with Yue Chen winning most of their matches.
• Yue Chen summoned the Skeleton Monarch and Lich King to pass Yilikes's Eternal Tower trials, unlocking ten of the Twelve Eternal Holy Guards.
• Yue Chen stopped the Skeleton Monarch before the final floor, deciding not to risk his Undead Lords against the Light and Dark Eternal Holy Guards or meet Yilikes yet.
• Yue Chen returned to Imperial Dragon Pass with the Eternal Melody and waited, expecting Long Haochen to enter the Eternal Tower soon.