Chapter Summaries

Long Haochen defeated Huang Yi in the semifinals, while Yang Wenzhao forfeited to Jiang Feng and then won third place over Huang Yi. Jiang Feng and Long Haochen entered the arena for the championship match, with Long Haochen determined to prove he could protect Sheng Cai'er.

• Long Haochen used the evolved Pull ability of his Holy Guidance Spirit Furnace to draw Huang Yi close and defeat him in the first semifinal.
• Yang Wenzhao forfeited his semifinal against Jiang Feng, making Jiang Feng the winner and leaving him frustrated about missing out on 1,000 system coins.
• The next day, Yang Wenzhao used his flying Star Unicorn to defeat Huang Yi and claim third place.
• Long Haochen entered the championship match eager to defeat Jiang Feng after Sheng Cai'er was injured and to prove he could protect her.
• Jiang Feng and Long Haochen faced each other in the Trial Arena as the championship battle began.

Long Haochen apologized to Jiang Feng before challenging him to win back the match Cai'er had lost. Their duel showed Jiang Feng’s superior strength and skill, while Long Haochen’s defenses and Blue Rain Hibiscus of Light helped him withstand the opening exchanges.

• Long Haochen apologized to Jiang Feng for questioning him after Cai’er’s match, then vowed to defeat him.
• Long Haochen and Jiang Feng began their duel, and Jiang Feng stood firm after overpowering Long Haochen’s opening charge.
• The two knights countered each other’s Holy Radiance Cross Slash, and Long Haochen realized Jiang Feng could chain skills faster and had greater spiritual power.
• Jiang Feng charged and struck repeatedly, but Long Haochen held firm with Divine Guard Block.
• Long Haochen used the Blue Rain Hibiscus of Light to unleash a powerful Lightning Thrust, which Jiang Feng met with his own attack.

Long Haochen used Sacrifice to withstand Jiang Feng’s Star-Shattering Slash, but realized he still could not match him. Haoyue merged with Long Haochen and transformed him, and the chapter ended as Long Haochen launched a powerful attack at Jiang Feng.

• Long Haochen unleashed Spiral Slaughter Sword, but Jiang Feng countered with Star-Shattering Slash and sent him flying.
• Long Haochen used Sacrifice to withstand Jiang Feng’s attack, though the strain left him believing he might lose.
• Long Haochen summoned Haoyue, which merged into him and transformed his body, giving him purple hair, mismatched eyes, and spiritual wings.
• Long Haochen evaded Jiang Feng’s Holy Radiance Cross Slash and launched Light Rain Hibiscus Thrust at him as the referee prepared to intervene.

Jiang Feng defeated Long Haochen in the tournament final after drawing on Dragon Baby’s power, and Han Ci declared him champion. Long Haochen accepted the defeat and resolved to surpass Jiang Feng.

• Jiang Feng called on Dragon Baby, whose Blood Fury awakened his dragon blood and greatly increased his strength.
• Jiang Feng used Holy Sword Heaven’s Mandate to unleash Star River Slash and clash with Long Haochen’s Light Rain Hibiscus Thrust, leaving both Long Haochen and Haoyue unconscious.
• Han Ci named Jiang Feng the tournament champion, and Cardinal Weak Water healed Jiang Feng and Long Haochen.
• Jiang Feng noticed a bamboo-hatted spectator with a glimpse of golden hair disappearing from the stands.
• Long Haochen woke, accepted his loss, and resolved to make Jiang Feng his goal and surpass him.
• Long Haochen congratulated Jiang Feng, who told him the future was his.

Jiang Feng won the individual competition and chose Jiang Xinran for his Demon Hunt Squad at the Roulette Team-Formation Ceremony. Long Haochen surprised the Alliance by choosing Lin Xin and demanding permission to select another teammate in exchange for giving up his second-place Spirit Furnace.

• Han Ci announced Jiang Feng as champion, Long Haochen as runner-up, and Yang Wenzhao in third place.
• Jiang Xinran embraced Jiang Feng after his victory, then hurried away with him when the crowd stared at them.
• At the Roulette Team-Formation Ceremony, Jiang Feng chose Jiang Xinran as his first teammate, and she gladly accepted.
• Long Haochen chose Lin Xin, then offered to forfeit his Spirit Furnace for the right to choose one more teammate.
• Long Haochen said he would forgo forming a Demon Hunt Squad if the Alliance refused his request, while Jiang Feng reflected with relief that Long Haochen had explained his plan clearly.

Han Ci approved Long Haochen’s request to forgo his spirit furnace and choose an extra teammate, after which the contestants selected teammates and began the roulette ceremony. Jiang Feng’s first draw chose Wang Ming as Demon Hunt Squad One’s warrior, and the ceremony continued with the priest selection.

• Han Ci announced that the Alliance Leader had approved a rule allowing the top three contestants to forgo their spirit furnaces and choose an additional teammate outside the top sixteen.
• Long Haochen chose Cai'er and Lin Xin, and both agreed to join his Demon Hunt Squad.
• Yang Wenzhao chose Chen Ying'er, but she refused, so he selected Huang Yi instead.
• Han Ci began forming Demon Hunt Squad One and had Jiang Feng spin the roulette wheel to select its warrior.
• The roulette chose Wang Ming, who joined Jiang Feng’s squad and promised that its defenses would hold as long as he lived.

Jiang Feng completed the formation of Demon Hunt Squad One by drawing Murong Xian'er, Yao Li, and Feng Li to join his team. The ceremony then moved on to Long Haochen, whose team was designated the Second Demon Hunt Squad.

• Jiang Feng drew Murong Xian'er as his squad's Priest, and she joined the team.
• Jiang Feng drew Yao Li as the squad's Assassin and welcomed the space-attribute fighter aboard.
• Jiang Feng drew Feng Li as the final member, and she joined the squad as its Summoner after asking whether her dark aura disgusted him.
• Han Ci announced Demon Hunt Squad One's complete lineup: Jiang Feng, Yao Li, Wang Ming, Jiang Xinran, Feng Li, and Murong Xian'er.
• Han Ci began Long Haochen's member selection ceremony and designated his team the Second Demon Hunt Squad.

After the Demon Hunt Squads were finalized, Jiang Feng gathered his new teammates for a meal and began learning how their abilities could fit together. His squad members were surprised by his Fifth Order cultivation, and the introductions continued with Wang Ming and Jiang Xinran describing their strengths.

• Han Ci announced the completed Demon Hunt Squads, including Long Haochen's Second Squad, Yang Wenzhao's Third Squad, and Li Xin's Fifth Squad.
• Han Ci gave the new squads three days to rest and register, then explained the secret technique and Spirit Furnace rewards for the top competitors.
• Jiang Feng invited his squad members to a meal so they could get acquainted and discuss their abilities.
• Jiang Feng introduced himself as a sixth-level Fifth Order Retribution Knight, surprising his teammates and discouraging Jiang Xinran with his rapid progress.
• Wang Ming described his Fifth Order Shield Warrior defenses, and Jiang Xinran explained her Fifth Order Ice Mage control abilities.

Jiang Feng’s newly formed Demon Hunt Squad registered and learned about squad ranks and merit points. Yang Haoyu then summoned Jiang Feng to absorb his reward Spirit Furnace, revealing a tiny silvery-white cauldron.

• Yao Li, Feng Li, and Murong Xian'er described their abilities, and Jiang Feng encouraged Murong Xian'er about her role as the squad’s healer.
• Jiang Feng and his five teammates registered as Squire-level Demon Hunt Squad One and received Merit Tokens with merit points based on their tournament results.
• Yang Haoyu summoned Jiang Feng to the Alliance Executive Government and told him to use his remaining rest days to begin absorbing his Spirit Furnace.
• Yang Haoyu produced a tiny, three-legged silvery-white cauldron that gave off no elemental fluctuations.

Yang Haoyu gave Jiang Feng the unknown Doppelganger Spirit Furnace and explained how it could create a double and let him switch places with it. After absorbing it for three days, Jiang Feng was summoned to compete at the Knight Trial Grounds the next morning.

• Yang Haoyu explained that the Doppelganger Spirit Furnace could create a double with half Jiang Feng’s internal spiritual power and let them switch places, then gave it to him to improve his chances of survival.
• Jiang Feng asked to transfer his Treasure Pavilion reward to Xinran so she could choose two secret techniques, and Yang Haoyu agreed to arrange it.
• Yang Haoyu told Jiang Feng that Yan was his senior sister and instructed him to absorb the spirit furnace in the secluded chamber for three days.
• Jiang Feng meditated, offered blood to the Doppelganger Spirit Furnace, and began fusing with it as warmth turned to searing heat.
• After three days, a messenger told Jiang Feng that he had to attend the newly formed Demon Hunt Squads’ team competition at the Knight Trial Grounds the next morning.

Jiang Feng used ten Talent Potions to raise his innate spiritual power to 91 and became the Temple Alliance’s second Child of Light. At the Demon Hunt Squad Trading Center, he struggled to afford three testing gemstones before a blonde woman approached him.

• Jiang Feng bought and drank ten Talent Potions, raising his innate spiritual power to 91 and turning his eyes pale gold.
• Jiang Feng checked his personal panel and suspected that absorbing the Doppelganger Spirit Furnace had added one point to his innate spiritual power.
• Jiang Feng went to the Demon Hunt Squad Trading Center to buy internal, external, and merit-point testing gemstones.
• Jiang Feng found that the gemstones cost 150 merit points, more than he could afford, and hesitated over which one to leave behind.
• A blonde woman approached Jiang Feng and asked whether he had run into trouble.

Jiang Feng met his senior sister Shangguan Yan, who revealed she knew his Innate Spiritual Power had risen to ninety-one and gifted him three items. The newly formed Demon Hunt Squads then gathered to learn that their team tournament would take place during three months of military service in the Borderlands.

• Jiang Feng met Shangguan Yan at the trading center, where she revealed her Insight Technique had detected his Innate Spiritual Power and introduced herself as his senior sister.
• Shangguan Yan paid for three items Jiang Feng had chosen, wished him luck in the team tournament, and privately marveled at his age, cultivation, and spiritual power.
• Jiang Feng returned to the hotel, explained to Jiang Xinran why he had given her his reward, and left for the trial grounds with her the next morning.
• Jiang Feng woke Dragon Baby, which turned into a red streak and entered his forehead before he and Jiang Xinran joined the newly formed squads.
• Han Ci announced that the squads would spend three months on military service in the Borderlands, with merit points deciding the team tournament and rewards going to every member of the top three teams.

Wu Shang led Jiang Feng’s Squire-level Demon Hunt Squad One toward the battlefield and assessed the team’s abilities, then spent the journey teaching them combat and leadership lessons. As night fell, Wu Shang said he had a few final words for Jiang Feng.

• The Alliance assigned Wu Shang to lead Jiang Feng’s squad for three months and keep its members alive through the team competition.
• Wu Shang led the squad to their carriage and asked each member to share their cultivation level and characteristic abilities.
• Wu Shang praised the squad’s strength and balanced roles, noting that Jiang Feng would need to command and look after the team.
• Wu Shang taught the squad lessons drawn from his years of Demon Hunt Squad experience throughout the day’s journey.
• As the sky grew dark, Wu Shang told Jiang Feng that he had a few final words for him.

Wu Shang instructed Jiang Feng to become a leader his companions could trust, and Jiang Feng pledged to protect his squad as they traveled to Exorcist Pass. There, the newly formed Demon Hunt Squads gathered to hear Sheng Lingxin explain the military district’s defenses and upcoming assessment missions.

• Wu Shang told Jiang Feng that captaining his squad meant taking responsibility for every member, and Jiang Feng vowed never to abandon a teammate as the squad joined hands.
• During the journey, Jiang Feng and his companions cultivated and assigned team roles, with Wang Ming becoming vice-captain and Jiang Xinran taking charge of finances.
• Jiang Feng and the other Demon Hunt Squads arrived at Exorcist Pass and attended a briefing in the government hall.
• Sheng Lingxin and Lan Yanyu welcomed the squads, and Sheng Lingxin began describing the Demon-Repelling Military District and its forces.

Jiang Feng’s Demon Hunt Squad joined the First Infantry Battalion and prepared to fight as the Demon Race’s autumn offensive began. They reached the battlements of Exorcist Pass, where Jiang Xinran and Murong Xian’er struggled with the sounds and stench of battle.

• Sheng Lingxin assigned the Demon Hunt Squads to infantry battalions and warned that a squad would be disbanded if any member died.
• Jiang Feng’s Demon Hunt Squad joined the First Infantry Battalion, where Zhang Hairong appointed them as his personal guards and said they would fight at the front.
• Jiang Xinran, Jiang Feng, Murong Xian’er, and Feng Li rearranged their shared barracks room to create a screened-off space for the three women.
• After the muster call sounded, Jiang Feng led the squad to join the First Battalion’s formation as Zhang Hairong ordered the soldiers to move out.
• Jiang Feng and his companions followed Zhang Hairong onto the battlements of Exorcist Pass and encountered the noise and stench of battle.

Jiang Feng and his team took over a section of Exorcist Pass’s ramparts and held back the demon army with coordinated attacks and defense. They maintained their position without injury as Murong Xian'er shifted her healing to the First Battalion, while a faint green presence in the demon ranks caught Jiang Feng’s attention.

• Jiang Feng’s team took over the ramparts from the Sixth Battalion, with Zhang Hairong leading the First Battalion’s relief and defense.
• Jiang Feng and his teammates formed their assigned positions as the demon army surged against Exorcist Pass.
• Feng Li’s Hell Three-Headed Dog burned through climbing demons, while Murong Xian'er used Eye of Truth to watch for invisible attackers.
• Jiang Xinran froze a large group of demons, allowing Jiang Feng to cut them down with Light Slash Sword.
• Murong Xian'er began healing the First Battalion warriors as Jiang Feng’s team held their stretch of the ramparts without injury.
• Jiang Feng noticed a faint green trace amid the demon army.

Jiang Feng and Yao Li swiftly killed a Fifth-Order Jade-Green Twin-Blade Demon, then Jiang Feng summoned Dragon Baby to join the battle. Dragon Baby’s first attack incinerated hundreds of low-ranking demons, leaving the First Battalion’s city wall under far less pressure.

• Zhang Hairong moved toward Jiang Feng, prepared to sacrifice himself if the Jade-Green Twin-Blade Demon threatened the young Demon Hunt Squad members.
• Jiang Feng struck the Jade-Green Twin-Blade Demon with Holy Radiance Cross Slash, and Yao Li used the opening to kill it with a dagger.
• Jiang Feng stored the demon’s corpse, and Yao Li offered to transfer the merit points for the kill to him.
• Jiang Xinran urged Jiang Feng to summon Dragon Baby so the squad could earn more merit points, and Jiang Feng released his young dragon onto the battlefield.
• Dragon Baby dove into the demon horde and unleashed Dragon Flame, burning hundreds of low-ranking demons to ash and easing the pressure on the city wall.

Jiang Feng and his companions fought as the demons launched an all-out assault on Exorcist Pass. After Jiang Xinran demonstrated her new Ice Explosion Technique, blue-black blades of light suddenly flew toward her.

• Dragon Baby overwhelmed the demons in its first battle, astonishing Jiang Feng’s companions and Feng Li.
• Three sinister calls and dark golden beams signaled the assault, and Zhang Hairong warned that the demon army was attacking in force.
• Jiang Feng ordered Wang Ming to focus on defense and Jiang Xinran to conserve spiritual power as the defenders faced the advancing demons and Demon Eye Warlocks.
• Human mages and Magic Cannons struck the demon army and its aerial forces while Jiang Xinran used Ice Explosion Technique to destroy nearby demon soldiers.
• Several blue-black blades of light shot toward Jiang Xinran at the rear of the team.

Three Beta Flying Demons launched a surprise attack on the battlements, but Wang Ming and Jiang Feng’s group held them off. Jiang Feng, Dragon Baby, and Yao Li killed the attackers as the battle along the walls continued.

• Three Beta Flying Demons swooped down to target Jiang Xinran, but Wang Ming raised a barrier that blocked their attacks.
• Jiang Feng charged the demons while Dragon Baby rushed ahead to fight one, leaving Jiang Xinran and Feng Li to defend the battlements.
• Jiang Feng used Lock-On and Light Slash Sword to wound the other two Beta Flying Demons, then knocked one from the air and severed the other’s wings.
• Dragon Baby killed its opponent with dark-red flames and swallowed its magic crystal.
• Jiang Feng killed one injured Beta Flying Demon, Yao Li finished off the other, and Jiang Feng collected all three corpses.

After Jiang Feng and his companions were relieved from the defense of Exorcist Pass, the system awarded him 5,915 coins for the battle. Back in the barracks, he praised the squad and proposed pooling and equally sharing their merit points.

• Elite reinforcements relieved Jiang Feng and his companions, and Jiang Xinran used a powerful ice attack to kill a large group of demons as they withdrew.
• Zhang Hairong praised the squad's fighting strength and sent them to rest.
• The system credited Jiang Feng with 5,915 coins for demons killed by him, Dragon Baby, and allies whose kills were connected to him.
• Jiang Feng gathered the squad and proposed that they pool their merit points and divide them equally.