Chapter Summaries

Cai'er and Chen Qi conceded their semifinal and ranking matches, moving the tournament straight to the final between Long Haochen and Yue Chen. The two knights began their duel, and Yue Chen’s Rising Dragon Strike rushed toward Long Haochen as a streak of purple light appeared behind him.

• Xue Meng and the other players discussed whether players would be grouped together in the Demon Hunt Squads.
• The drawing paired Long Haochen with Cai'er and Yue Chen with Chen Qi, but Cai'er conceded her match and Chen Qi conceded to Yue Chen.
• Han Qian advanced the tournament to the ranking match, where Cai'er conceded again, sending the competition directly to the final.
• Ying Suifeng and Lin Chen argued over Cai'er’s concessions and the prospective Demon Hunt Squad, while Cai'er explained that she wanted to join Long Haochen’s squad.
• Long Haochen and Yue Chen began the final with a clash of twin swords, and Yue Chen pressed his advantage with Rising Dragon Strike.
• Long Haochen raised Ascension Array to defend against Yue Chen’s attack as a streak of purple light appeared behind him.

Yue Chen defeated Long Haochen in the Demon Hunt Squad Selection Tournament after both knights pushed themselves to exhaustion with Sacrifice and powerful sword techniques. As Long Haochen received treatment, representatives from several temples gathered around the injured Yue Chen to offer help.

• Haoyue teleported to Long Haochen's side, and Long Haochen activated Sacrifice before clashing with Yue Chen using Rising Dragon Strike.
• Haoyue replenished Long Haochen's spiritual power and attacked Yue Chen, while Sol blocked Haoyue's spells and taunted him.
• Long Haochen switched to Slaughtering Circular Sword, but Yue Chen activated Sacrifice, overcame him, and sent him flying.
• Haoyue caught Long Haochen with a Levitation Spell, and Han Qian healed him as Cai'er hurried to his side.
• The referee declared Yue Chen the winner, and a priestess healed him before Lin Chen offered him a pill and introduced himself as Lin Xin's grandfather.
• Ruoshui identified herself as Xue Meng's aunt, and another elderly woman approached Yue Chen while Han Qian considered the cost of his use of Sacrifice.

After winning the tournament, Yue Chen used his priority pick to recruit Lin Xin, surprising the crowd and freeing Long Haochen to choose Cai'er. The team formation ceremony continued with Chen Qi next to select a teammate.

• Han Qian announced Yue Chen as champion, Long Haochen as runner-up, and Chen Qi in third place, then began the team formation ceremony.
• Yue Chen and Long Haochen exchanged respect after their duel, and Long Haochen thanked him for the match.
• The Deputy Temple Masters sealed the top three contestants inside a barrier and explained their priority teammate selections.
• Yue Chen chose Lin Xin, and Lin Xin accepted the invitation to join his team.
• Long Haochen chose Cai'er, then thanked Yue Chen for what he thought was a sacrifice made on his behalf.
• Yue Chen privately looked forward to Lin Xin's potion-making and financial skills, while Chen Qi prepared to make his selection.

Chen Qi chose Bai Xiaomo for his squad, and Yue Chen began forming Demon Hunt Squad One through the selection wheel. The squad gained a warrior, an assassin, a priest, and finally Chen Ying'er as its summoner.

• Chen Qi selected Bai Xiaomo, who accepted after Bai Xiaoxing urged her to join.
• Yue Chen welcomed Lin Xin as his chosen teammate and began drawing members for Demon Hunt Squad One.
• The wheel selected Jin Ruchuan, a Shield Warrior, as the squad's warrior.
• The wheel selected Shiqi as the squad's assassin and Xue Meng as its priest.
• The final draw selected Chen Ying'er as the squad's summoner.

Yue Chen and Long Haochen completed the formation of their Demon Hunt Squads, then introduced their new teammates and discussed their strengths. The chapter ended with the two leaders meeting Han Qian to discuss their spirit furnace prizes.

• Yue Chen formed Demon Hunt Squad One with Shiqi, Jin Ruchuan, Lin Xin, Xue Meng, and Chen Ying'er, while Long Haochen formed Demon Hunt Squad Two with Sheng Cai'er, Wang Yuanyuan, Gandalf, Sima Xian, and Bai Xiaoxing.
• Han Qian officially welcomed the ten squads, announced their three-day rest and rewards, and summoned Yue Chen and Long Haochen to discuss their spirit furnace choices.
• Yue Chen's squad gathered for lunch, shared their cultivation levels and abilities, and learned that Lin Xin could help Jin Ruchuan and Chen Ying'er advance to the fifth tier with pills.
• Yue Chen and Long Haochen met at the Temple Alliance Government Office and went to Han Qian's office to discuss their spirit furnace requirements.

Yue Chen gave his spirit furnace reward to Yue Chen and led his squad through registration and preparations for their first military mission, while the Alliance set up a competition between the two groups led by the Children of Light. As the squads gathered to draw assignments, Yue Chen’s teammates pooled their remaining merit points to buy shared equipment, and Shiqi unexpectedly contributed his points after Lin Xin realized he had forgotten to include him.

• Long Haochen transferred his spirit furnace reward to Yue Chen, who postponed choosing the extra furnace until later.
• Yue Chen and his teammates registered as Demon Hunt Squad One, received Merit Tokens and merit points, and bought testing crystals with Yue Chen’s points.
• Lin Xin gave Yue Chen golden pills from his grandfather, and Yue Chen selected two Guardian Knight secret techniques at the Temple Alliance Treasure Pavilion.
• Han Qian and Ye Hua explained that the ten squads would split into two groups, with Yue Chen’s and Long Haochen’s groups competing separately for a final champion determined by total merit points.
• At the morning assembly, Lin Xin gave Yue Chen an External Spiritual Power Test Crystal bought with pooled squad points, and Shiqi contributed his merit points after Lin Xin realized he had forgotten him.

Han Qian divided the ten new Demon Hunt Squads into two groups for three months of military service, and Long Haochen’s choice sent the even-numbered squads to Demon-Repelling Pass while Yue Chen’s odd-numbered squad headed to Zhennan Pass. Scholar Rank Demon Hunt Squad One met its guide, Wei Zheng, and began the long journey to the frontier.

• Lin Xin gave Jin Ruchuan and Chen Ying'er Spirit Gathering Pills, and Han Yu delivered Yue Chen the Nebula Spirit Furnace in a Storage Ring.
• Yang Wenzhao asked Yue Chen to protect Chen Ying'er, but Yue Chen refused his offer of merit points and assured him it was his duty as squad leader.
• Han Qian announced the team competition’s revised rules and had Long Haochen choose between two frontier assignments; his choice sent even-numbered squads to Demon-Repelling Pass and odd-numbered squads to Zhennan Pass.
• Wei Zheng introduced himself as Scholar Rank Demon Hunt Squad One’s Seventh Tier guide, learned that several squad members had reached the fifth tier, and led them toward Zhennan Pass.
• Ye Hua asked Han Qian whether Yue Chen and Long Haochen had been raised separately at their father’s or the Knight Temple’s request, while Yue Chen and Wei Zheng sat awake as the rest of the squad cultivated during the journey.

Yue Chen traveled with his squad toward Zhennan Pass, where Wei Zheng discovered how far Yue Chen’s spiritual power surpassed his expectations. That night, Yue Chen visited Sol in the World of the Dead and chose to absorb the Nebula Spirit Furnace himself rather than let Sol use it to cultivate.

• Yue Chen recognized Wei Zheng as the elder brother of his former instructor, Wei Ping, and explained that he was not cultivating because he needed to stabilize his rapidly advancing spiritual power.
• Wei Zheng tested Yue Chen’s internal spiritual power and found it had reached 3,350 points, fifth tier, level seven.
• The squad stopped for the night, where Wei Zheng explained their Demon Hunt Squad privileges and said they might qualify for General Rank after their military mission.
• Yue Chen entered the World of the Dead and found Sol cultivating with the Nebula Spirit Furnace, which Sol praised as a rare source of Star Power.
• Yue Chen learned Sol would need two or three years to reach the sixth tier by absorbing the furnace’s naturally generated Star Power, so he decided to absorb it himself and began meditating.

Yue Chen absorbed the Nebula Spirit Furnace and traveled with his squad to Zhennan Pass for their military mission. At the commanders’ briefing, the young eighth-tier priest Ling Qian welcomed the new squads and hinted that Yue Chen might join the Priest Temple.

• Yue Chen absorbed the Nebula Spirit Furnace with Sol guarding him, then recovered during the journey using Lin Xin’s pills.
• Yue Chen discussed his teammates’ strengths with Wei Zheng, who coached Scholar Rank Demon Hunt Squad One as they traveled toward Zhennan Pass.
• The five new Demon Hunt Squads arrived at Zhennan Pass and gathered to discuss their upcoming battlefield mission and mutual support.
• Wei Zheng assigned the squad’s positions, with Xue Meng becoming deputy captain, while Chen Ying’er suspected Yue Chen was the person who had taught Yang Wenzhao a lesson.
• Ling Qian entered the conference room as Zhennan Pass’s military commander-in-chief and revealed he was the Priest Temple’s youngest Curia Cardinal.
• Ling Qian joked that he could explain his rapid rise to the eighth tier if the recruits joined the Priest Temple, then Wei Zheng urged him to get to the briefing.

Ling Qian assigned the five new Demon Hunt Squads to defend sections of Zhennan Pass during the demons’ autumn offensive, with merit and squad survival tied to their performance. Yue Chen’s squad prepared for battle, took over its wall section, and discovered hundreds of hidden Luke Race assassins.

• Ling Qian welcomed the Demon Hunt Squads, explained the military situation at Zhennan Pass, and assigned them sections of the walls to defend under strict survival and merit rules.
• Lin Xin distributed Spiritual Recovery Pills and Great Strength Pills to his squad, and Yue Chen agreed to let them sell surplus pills to the other squads.
• At Demon-Repelling Pass, Zhang Hairong saw Long Haochen’s unusual squad prepare for battle, while Bai Xiaoxing requested soil for the walls and Han Yu offered healing support.
• Cao Dahui led Yue Chen’s squad to its assigned wall section, where Yue Chen killed a Luke Race assassin and ordered Xue Meng to cast Eye of Truth.
• Xue Meng’s spell revealed hundreds of Luke Race assassins on the wall, prompting the other Demon Hunt Squads to search their own sections.

Yue Chen and Scholar Rank Squad One defended Zhennan Pass against waves of demons, conserving their strength while demonstrating their exceptional teamwork and power. Ling Qian praised the squad’s performance and noticed Xue Meng’s surprising combat ability as the defense continued.

• Ling Qian ordered the Priest Temple’s priest corps to cast Eye of Truth over Zhennan Pass every half hour, exposing hidden demons on the walls.
• Yue Chen activated Spirit Gathering Aura and led Scholar Rank Squad One in holding their assigned stretch of wall against Zelin Race Dual-Blade Demons.
• Xue Meng calmed Shiqi and Jin Ruchuan with support spells after they began wasting spiritual power, while Yue Chen warned the squad that the attacks were meant to wear them down.
• Chen Ying'er summoned a Frost Earth Dragon that iced the wall, and Yue Chen allowed Lin Xin to bring out Sol, whose Dragon Breath burned demons attacking the battlements.
• Ling Qian praised the new squads, assigned the Fifth, Seventh, and Ninth Demon Hunt Squads to army rotations, and was astonished when Xue Meng killed Verdant Twin-Blade Demons with Light Bullets.
• Xue Meng thanked Yue Chen for helping her earn ten bonus merit points, while Cao Dahui watched the six members hold their twenty-meter stretch without a gap.

The newly formed Demon Hunt Squads fought effectively against the demons, with Sol’s attacks boosting Yue Chen’s kill count and Spirit Gathering Aura helping his squad maintain its strength. As Ling Qian considered recruiting Yue Chen to the Priest Temple, the demons launched an all-out assault, and Yue Chen ordered his team to tighten formation alongside the First Battalion.

• Sol set logs and stones ablaze and hurled them into the demon army, while Yue Chen’s squad stayed refreshed with Spirit Gathering Aura.
• Chen Qi and the Third Demon Hunt Squad fought well, though their priest spent much of their spiritual power restoring the team.
• Ling Qian reconsidered recruiting Yue Chen after seeing his mastery of Spirit Gathering Aura and thought the Knight Temple had held back another gifted priest.
• Ominous calls preceded dark golden lights falling among the Dual-Blade Demons and driving them into a frenzy.
• Ling Qian ordered the priest corps to prepare Light of Purification and sent the incoming troops to reinforce the Demon Hunt Squads.
• Yue Chen told his team to tighten formation and fight alongside the First Battalion as Sol rose to make room for the reinforcements.

Yue Chen and his teammates fought through the demons’ all-out assault at Zhennan Pass, combining their abilities to defeat high-tier demons while the defenders’ magic corps and cannons struck the enemy army. After their rotation ended, Ling Qian ordered them relieved, and the squads withdrew to Zhennan City.

• Yue Chen organized his teammates, Xue Meng replenished his spiritual power, and Lin Xin protected the First Battalion with Flame Armor Transformation.
• Light of Purification stripped the Dual-Blade Demons of their enhancements, revealing a vast ground force and an advancing aerial army.
• Yue Chen and Shiqi worked together to kill a Verdant Twin-Blade Demon, which Lin Xin stored for later use.
• The Magic Conjurer Corps bombarded the demon army while Demon Eye Warlocks tried to intercept the spells, and the team killed three more Verdant Twin-Blade Demons, including one slain by Chen Ying'er's Iron-Armed Bear.
• Zhennan Pass fired its Magic Cannons at the approaching demon Air Force, and Ling Qian ordered the relieved squads to withdraw to Zhennan City.

Yue Chen’s squad withdrew from the battlefield after fighting demons, while a separate battle at Demon-Repelling Pass saw Bai Xiaoxing survive an assassin’s attack with a decoy and Cai’er’s help. Back at Zhennan Pass, Wei Zheng and another team leader unexpectedly warned Yue Chen not to betray the Knight Temple.

• Yue Chen ended the squad’s first-day mission and ordered everyone to withdraw with the First Infantry Battalion.
• A Beta Flying Demon attacked Yue Chen’s group, and Chen Ying’er’s Iron-Armed Bear took the strike before Knight Temple knights intervened; Yue Chen carried the exhausted Chen Ying’er to safety.
• At Demon-Repelling Pass, Gandalf used the Eye of Truth to reveal hidden demons while Long Haochen and Bai Xiaoxing helped defend the walls.
• A Di Ke Clan Stealth Stalker stabbed Bai Xiaoxing, but it attacked an Explosive Cherry decoy; Cai’er then killed the wounded demon as Bai Xiaoxing emerged from hiding.
• Wei Zheng and a senior team leader told Yue Chen that he must not betray the Knight Temple.

Yue Chen reassured Wei Ping and Uncle Chen that he would remain loyal to the Knight Temple, then went to the Undead Plane to test his Spirit Furnace. Meanwhile, Ling Qian considered Yue Chen as a possible successor at Zhennan Pass, and Yue Chen returned to the Holy Demon Continent as his team meeting approached.

• Yue Chen promised Wei Ping and Uncle Chen that he would not join the Priest Temple, then overheard them discussing the Priest Temple's tempting offers, especially its matchmaking.
• Yue Chen told Chen Ying'er and Xue Meng to attend a team meeting in four hours, then entered the Undead Plane to test the Nebula Spirit Furnace.
• After the demon army retreated from Zhennan Pass, Ling Qian ordered the battlefield cleared and considered Yue Chen as a promising successor.
• Yue Chen spent four hours in the Undead Plane, said goodbye to Sol and the undead creatures, and returned to the Holy Demon Continent.
• Yue Chen washed and changed into another knight's uniform, and someone knocked on his door.

Yue Chen’s squad discussed pooling their merit points after their first battle, agreed to entrust them to him, and returned to cultivation. Meanwhile, Long Haochen was summoned by military headquarters as Bai Xiaoxing and Gandalf watched through their player perspectives.

• Yue Chen praised his squad’s teamwork and proposed either dividing their merit points equally or pooling them for the squad’s needs.
• Shiqi and Jin Ruchuan favored equal shares, while Xue Meng, Lin Xin, and Chen Ying'er supported pooling the points; Yue Chen chose to pool them.
• Yue Chen’s Merit Points Test Crystal showed 252 points, while Chen Ying'er had 89, Shiqi had 62, and Jin Ruchuan had 45; the squad entrusted their pooled points to Yue Chen.
• Yue Chen dismissed the squad to cultivate before their next mission the following day.
• A soldier ordered Long Haochen to report to military headquarters, and Long Haochen opened the barracks door while Bai Xiaoxing and Gandalf watched through their player perspectives.

Yue Chen and Chen Qi accepted a dangerous merit mission to join elite forces from the Knight Temple and Assassin Temple in a raid on the demon encampment outside Zhennan Pass. They rode out with a huge knightly force as the gates opened, leaving the story on the verge of battle.

• Ling Qian summoned Yue Chen and Chen Qi, praised their strength, and offered them the chance to undertake a merit mission.
• Ling Qian explained that the two squad leaders alone could accept the mission to accompany elite Knight Temple and Assassin Temple units on a raid against the demons.
• Yue Chen and Chen Qi accepted and joined the Radiant Knight Order and Dark Night Assassin Hall as the troops prepared to leave Zhennan Pass.
• Chen Qi summoned two Azure Demon Wolves, and he and Yue Chen rode them at the rear of the formation.
• Five leading knights donned Mithril Base Battle Armor, and the force charged through the opened gates toward the demon encampment.

Zhennan Pass’s elite force launched a concealed surprise attack on the demon camp, while Yue Chen and Chen Qi rode into the fighting. After confirming there was no Demon God in the camp, Yue Chen encountered a powerful Gold-Patterned Twin-Blade Demon lord and awaited support from the knights.

• A Temple Knight used a Concealment Veil to hide the advancing force until the knights charged the demon camp.
• Chen Qi shot a Demon Eye Warlock, and the Radiant Knight Order swept through the camp while high-ranking demons prepared to resist.
• Seventh Tier King Assassins killed the elite Demon Eye Warlocks and several Great Bird Demons, easing the pressure on the five mithril knights.
• Yue Chen used Sol’s Mental Detection to confirm there was no Demon God and found a lord-class Gold-Patterned Twin-Blade Demon rallying nearby demons.
• Chen Qi joined Yue Chen as dozens of knights arrived to support them against the Gold-Patterned Twin-Blade Demon.

Yue Chen and Chen Qi killed a Gold-Patterned Twin-Blade Demon during the Radiant Knight Order’s successful raid on the demon camp outside Zhennan Pass. As the force retreated, two Demon Gods appeared, and the senior knights stayed behind to cover the others while Yue Chen led the survivors toward safety.

• Yue Chen held off the Gold-Patterned Twin-Blade Demon while Chen Qi wounded it with a charged arrow, and Yue Chen finished it with Starburst.
• Yue Chen collected the demon’s Magic Crystal and corpse, then agreed to share pills made from it with Chen Qi.
• The Radiant Knight Order withdrew after destroying the camp’s high-ranking demons, but demon reinforcements forced them to retreat toward Zhennan Pass.
• Two Demon Gods appeared behind the retreating force, and Senior Chen ordered Yue Chen to lead the knights onward while the strongest stayed behind.
• Wei Zheng and the other leaders prepared to cover the retreat, while Yue Chen focused on bringing the remaining knights back alive.

Yue Chen and the Radiant Knight Order fled as five mithril knights faced the ninth-tier demon gods Ami and Maimon to buy them time. The battle began with Ami striking the knights’ central defender, while Yue Chen continued toward safety, tormented by his decision not to turn back.

• Yue Chen watched Wei Zheng and the other leaders confront the two Demon God Pillars but continued retreating, knowing that turning back would risk the whole Radiant Knight Order.
• Wei Zheng and the other knights saw that Ami and Maimon had brought nearly two hundred guards, including Flame Golems, Two-Headed Demon Vultures, and Undead Liches.
• The lead knight urged the five to hold out for fifteen minutes, and they swore to fight for the honor of knights.
• Maimon sent his Two-Headed Demon Vultures forward while Ami attacked the central Mithril Base Knight.
• The central knight and his Golden Mammoth blocked Ami’s punch, but the impact drove the beast into the ground and injured the knight.