Recaps

Jiang Feng arranged kill missions that offered demon corpses and magic crystals in exchange for merit points, then tested his squad’s progress after a month of cultivation. The results revealed Jiang Hao’s astonishing strength and left Jiang Feng wondering whether he could defeat him.

• Jiang Feng posted kill missions for demons from the fifth through ninth order, and the Alliance authorized them because Body Tempering Pills strengthened demon hunters.
• Jiang Feng distributed forty Seventh-Order Body Refining Pills among his companions and gathered the squad after their month of cultivation to test their spiritual power.
• Jiang Feng recorded his companions’ results, with his own internal spiritual power reaching 5,860 and external spiritual power reaching 7,340, far beyond the others’ scores.
• Feng Li reminded Jiang Feng to test Jiang Hao, whose internal and external spiritual power both measured 9,999.
• Jiang Hao explained that he had stored about fifty percent of the energy needed to overcome his breakthrough bottleneck, and Jiang Feng doubted he could defeat him.

Jiang Feng brought the General Grade No. 21 Demon Hunt Squad to the Eternal Tower for special training, where he demonstrated how its trials worked and how they rewarded spiritual power. After the squad advanced deeper, skeletal assassins ambushed them, and the chapter ended as Yao Li prepared a counterattack.

• Jiang Feng used the Eternal Melody to bring Jiang Xinran, Wang Ming, Yao Li, Feng Li, and Murong Xian'er to the Eternal Tower.
• Jiang Feng fought two sixth-order Skeleton Knights, defeated them, and gave their spiritual power rewards to Jiang Xinran and Murong Xian'er.
• Feng Li said the tower's light attribute left her able to use only eighty percent of her strength, and Jiang Feng offered to teleport her back if needed.
• Skeletal assassins ambushed the squad, striking Wang Ming's shield and sending Yao Li into a wall while Murong Xian'er revealed them with Eyes of Truth.
• Jiang Xinran damaged the assassins' daggers with Ice Nether Needles, and Yao Li vanished through spatial concealment before a dagger emerged behind one assassin.

The General Grade No. 21 Demon Hunt Squad defeated two skeleton assassins, then faced mounted skeleton knights in the next trial. Jiang Xinran and Wang Ming opened the battle with a coordinated attack, but one knight’s powerful spear strike shattered the squad’s defenses and badly injured Wang Ming.

• Yao Li severely wounded a skeleton assassin, Jiang Xinran struck another with Ice Nether Needles, and Jiang Feng drove both foes back while letting his companions fight.
• The Hell Three-Headed Dog smashed one assassin, and the squad destroyed the other before collecting two spiritual power orbs for Jiang Xinran and Yao Li.
• Jiang Feng told the squad he would not intervene in the next trial unless necessary, then led them six steps onward.
• Jiang Xinran froze two mounted skeleton knights with Gift of Winter, and Wang Ming’s thrown Giant Shield smashed them and their Skeleton Horses aside.
• The Hell Three-Headed Dog and Yao Li engaged one knight, while the other charged the formation and shattered its layered shields with a spear strike that sent Wang Ming flying and left him badly hurt.

The General Grade No. 21 Demon Hunt Squad defeated two Skeleton Knights, gained spiritual power and an ancient skill, then entered the fourth stage of the Eternal Tower. Jiang Feng led the fight against ten skeletons and quickly overwhelmed them.

• Wang Ming, Murong Xian'er, Jiang Xinran, Yao Li, and Feng Li worked together to destroy the two Skeleton Knights, with Wang Ming’s Mingwang Cannon shattering one and Yao Li finishing the other.
• Jiang Feng distributed the spiritual power orbs to Wang Ming and Feng Li, while Yao Li absorbed a golden orb and Jiang Feng learned Asura Stab from the other.
• After resting, Jiang Feng led the squad into the fourth stage, where Murong Xian'er’s Eye of Truth revealed six Skeleton Warriors and four concealed Wraith Assassins.
• Jiang Feng attacked with both swords as Jiang Xinran cast Icebound Array, and the squad joined the battle against the ten skeletons.
• Jiang Feng killed five Skeleton Warriors, while Yao Li, Jiang Xinran, Murong Xian'er, and Wang Ming killed the remaining enemies in under two minutes.

Jiang Feng led the General Grade No. 21 Demon Hunt Squad through another Eternal Tower trial, defeating the fifth stage’s guardians and collecting spiritual power orbs. After returning to the villa, he discovered he could no longer absorb the orbs himself, then distributed them among his companions as they prepared for another trial.

• Jiang Feng took on five Skeleton Knights and five Wraith Assassins alone, using his swords and skills to defeat them despite the Skeleton Knights’ powerful Asura Stabs.
• Jiang Feng’s companions watched from behind and marveled at his strength as he finished the battle and collected ten spiritual power orbs.
• Jiang Feng brought the squad back to the villa, choosing not to attempt the next stage because he feared its guardian was Holy Guard No. 12.
• Jiang Feng discovered that spiritual power orbs could not be absorbed once his internal spiritual power exceeded five thousand, then meditated while his companions recovered.
• Jiang Feng distributed the twenty-six orbs from the trial among his companions, giving each five and Jiang Xinran six, before they prepared to enter the Eternal Tower again.

Jiang Feng led the General Grade No. 21 Demon Hunt Squad through months of Eternal Tower training until they reached the sixth stage, where they met its guardian, Holy Guard No. 12. After Jiang Feng narrowly defeated the powerful sixth-order skeleton in a prolonged duel, he prepared his companions to face it one by one.

• Jiang Feng discovered that the Eternal Tower could only be entered once every twelve hours, then led his squad through two trials a day.
• Over the next two months, the squad trained in the fourth and fifth stages, and every member except Jiang Feng reached the peak of the fifth order while their teamwork improved.
• Jiang Feng led the squad into the sixth stage, where the red wraith of Holy Guard No. 12 possessed a Skeleton Warrior and revealed itself as the individual-trial opponent.
• Jiang Feng fought Holy Guard No. 12 with powerful attacks, then prolonged the duel to study and absorb the guardian’s combat techniques.
• Jiang Feng narrowly defeated Holy Guard No. 12 after half an hour and urged his companions to challenge the guardian next.

Wang Ming fought Holy Guard No. 12 and entered an unusual state of enlightenment that awakened his bloodline and helped him break through to the sixth order. He remained immersed in enlightenment for two hours before regaining awareness, while Jiang Feng and the others waited nearby.

• Wang Ming stepped forward to spar with Holy Guard No. 12, but the guard's strength and skill repeatedly overwhelmed his defenses.
• Wang Ming drew his Glorious Berserk Blade and began combining it with his Ming King Shield to attack, gradually entering a state of enlightenment.
• Jiang Feng recognized that Wang Ming's enlightenment might be connected to his Immovable Wisdom King bloodline and told the squad not to disturb him.
• Wang Ming's bloodline awakened, his spiritual power surged, and he broke through to the sixth order as his combat techniques improved.
• Wang Ming suddenly froze during the fight, but Holy Guard No. 12 stopped his blade just short of Wang Ming's throat under Jiang Feng's command.
• After two hours, Wang Ming's aura settled and he awoke from enlightenment, prompting Jiang Feng to approach him.

After three months of training and pill-making, Jiang Feng’s squad grew stronger and earned a vast fortune, but an urgent mandatory war mission ended their seclusion. At the Trading Center, Jiang Feng met several other newly promoted squads and astonished them by ordering a large number of weapons and armor.

• Wang Ming awakened his bloodline, advanced to the sixth order, and thanked Jiang Feng for arranging the trial.
• Yao Li, Jiang Xinran, Feng Li, and Murong Xian'er trained against Holy Guard No. 12, while the squad spent three months improving its strength and equipment.
• Jiang Feng amassed demon corpses, magic crystals, and nearly 750,000 merit points through missions and pill sales, and Feng Li contracted a second magical beast partner as his Doppelganger Spirit Furnace evolved.
• The Mission Tower issued a mandatory war mission to every Demon Hunt Squad in the Holy City, so Jiang Feng interrupted the squad’s seclusion and accepted it.
• At the Trading Center, Jiang Feng met Long Haochen, Yang Wenzhao, Duan Yi, and Lu Xi, then began shopping for equipment for his squad.
• Jiang Feng ordered two glorious equipment sets and selected several additional weapons, leaving the other squad leaders astonished by the scale of his purchase.