Recaps

Yang Tian recovered from a fight with a seventh-rank expert, shared his team’s merit total, and prepared to pursue the championship prize. Cai’er joined the squad’s demon-hunting missions, and three months later the trial ended as the ten squads gathered to return.

• Yang Tian brewed and drank medicine to recover from his coughing and throat injury, then told his squad he had killed several high-rank demons on the wall.
• Lin Qingqing checked the squad’s 3,698 merit points, and Yang Tian explained that the championship was worth 6,000 points.
• Cai’er returned to Tent One and stayed with Yang Tian and the squad.
• Cai’er fought alongside Yang Tian’s team during a demon attack, while Hanyu watched and learned from her techniques.
• After three months, the trial ended and the ten Demon Hunt Squads gathered in the Council Hall to return.

Yang Tian’s Demon Hunt Squad won first place in the trial and settled into its new residence, where Yang Tian planned how they could grow stronger. He later left the residence carrying a bamboo staff and waited at a street corner, where a purple-haired girl appeared.

• Han Qian announced the trial rankings, with Soldier Rank Number One taking first place and each member receiving one thousand merit points.
• Gao Yingjie reminded Yang Tian and his teammates to trust one another before leaving them at their new residence.
• Yang Tian regretted missing the chance to see a Demon God and reflected on the power he would need to challenge the Demon God Emperor.
• Yang Tian explained the squad’s future expenses, advancement benefits, and need to improve their strength, especially Lin Qingqing’s recovery skills.
• Yang Tian left the residential complex with a verdant bamboo staff and waited at a street corner until a purple-haired girl appeared.

Yang Tian gave Cai'er the Green Bamboo Staff, accepted her dagger, and spent the day showing her around the Holy City. After the Star Emperor directed him to a hidden treasure, Yang Tian bought a Black Copper Plate and other supplies before parting from Cai'er, who asked him to come find her.

• Yang Tian and Cai'er exchanged gifts, and he carved the character for “Tian” into the Green Bamboo Staff.
• Yang Tian took Cai'er around the Holy City while Lin Qingqing followed behind them.
• A jewelry seller mistook Yang Tian and Cai'er for lovers and offered them matching bracelets, but Yang Tian declined and led Cai'er away.
• The Star Emperor directed Yang Tian to buy a Black Copper Plate, which he acquired along with medicinal herbs and an alloy.
• Yang Tian and Cai'er shared a simple meal before parting, and Cai'er wrote on his palm, “Remember... come find me...”

Yang Tian asked Lin Qingqing to form a Retainer Contract, claiming it would raise her innate internal spiritual power and help her cultivate faster. As the contract formed, golden light appeared, and Yang Tian was stunned by the result.

• Yang Tian put away Wen Han, the dagger Cai'er had given him, and decided to plan his cultivation carefully before entering seclusion.
• Yang Tian sent Lin Qingqing to buy elixir formulas, spirit fruits, and sell low-tier Demon Race materials at the auction house.
• Yang Tian learned that Lin Qingqing had fifty-seven innate internal spiritual power and explained that a Retainer Contract could increase it.
• Lin Qingqing agreed to form the contract with Yang Tian to improve her cultivation talent.
• Golden light appeared as the contract took effect, and Yang Tian murmured, "Eighty... one hundred and one?"

Yang Tian discovered that his innate internal spiritual power had reached 101, raising Lin Qingqing’s to 80 through Talent Suppression Sharing. He explored a copper fragment with the Star Emperor and learned it contained the first part of the Reincarnation Art, but the Star Emperor warned him that practicing it would be useless.

• Yang Tian told Lin Qingqing that his spiritual power was 101 and hers had risen to 80, then urged her to use the next five years to cultivate.
• Lan Ruyu revealed she had overheard their secret, and Lin Qingqing and Lan Ruyu left to shop and train.
• Yang Tian asked the Star Emperor about a black copper fragment, and the Star Emperor used the Spirit Separation Method to investigate it with him.
• Inside the fragment, the Star Emperor identified the incomplete first part of the Reincarnation Art, created by the Reincarnation Holy God to evade becoming a god and reincarnate as a human.
• Yang Tian asked to learn the Reincarnation Art, but the Star Emperor discouraged him and secretly considered teaching him the Star Art instead.

Yang Tian practiced the Reincarnation Art and learned from the Star Emperor about damaged worlds, their chosen children, and the fate of gods. After his question about replacing a god triggered a warning from the world consciousness and drew Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu’s attention, Yang Tian asked Bai Xiaoxiao how to learn summoning.

• The Star Emperor taught Yang Tian the Reincarnation Art and explained that its Comprehend formula could allow someone to reincarnate after death.
• The Star Emperor described how world consciousness produced children of the plane and said Yang Tian’s world was badly damaged and only beginning to recover.
• Yang Tian suggested a god might escape their fate by finding a replacement, and a sudden thunderbolt struck across the continent.
• Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu sensed the world’s warning and reflected on his plans to obtain the Goddess of Nature’s divine godhead.
• Yang Tian returned to cultivation, and Bai Xiaoxiao complained that Li Ang was pursuing her because Yang Tian had encouraged him.
• Yang Tian asked Bai Xiaoxiao whether he could learn summoning, leaving her stunned.

Yang Tian persuaded Bai Xiaoxiao to teach him Summoning and went with her to seek a soul test at the Soul Temple. After Lin Qingqing returned with the Spirit-Gathering Elixir Formula, her chilly reaction to Yang Tian and Bai Xiaoxiao left him baffled, while Bai Xiaoxiao called it jealousy.

• Yang Tian asked Bai Xiaoxiao to teach him Summoning, and she agreed after deciding she could encourage him to quit if he proved unsuited.
• Bai Xiaoxiao told Yang Tian that he would need a soul test and set out with him to buy a Soul-Testing Stone and other necessities.
• Yang Tian met Lin Qingqing and Lan Ruyu as they returned; Lin Qingqing handed him the formula and then left in a bad mood.
• Lan Ruyu told Yang Tian that Lin Qingqing was jealous, and Bai Xiaoxiao hinted that the two were a good match before changing the subject.
• Yang Tian and Bai Xiaoxiao headed toward the Soul Temple as he asked her about Summoning and the age at which trainees typically began.

Yang Tian accompanied Bai Xiaoxiao to the Soul Temple to test his aptitude for summoning, revealing extraordinary innate potential and soul strength. As the Soul-Testing Stone approached its tenth mark, a terrifying voice awakened in Yang Tian’s mind.

• Bai Xiaoxiao demonstrated the Soul-Testing Stone and tested at a reading between six and seven marks.
• Yang Tian learned that Bai Xiaoxiao had sixty-five points of innate internal spiritual power, then revealed that his own score was one hundred and one.
• Yang Tian pressed his hand to the Soul-Testing Stone, and its reading quickly rose from seven to nine marks.
• Bai Xiaoxiao marveled at Yang Tian’s talent and considered how she might recruit him for the Soul Temple.
• The stone continued to rise as a terrifying voice spoke in Yang Tian’s mind, asking who had awakened it.

Yang Tian’s soul strength exceeded the Soul-Testing Stone’s limit and shattered it while he tested it at the Soul Temple. Granny Sanshui dismissed the incident, but a young girl took an interest in Yang Tian and questioned her grandmother’s decision.

• A girl and Uncle Fu entered the Soul Temple lobby after sensing something unusual near the Soul-Testing Stone.
• Yang Tian’s soul test caused the stone to explode, and he protected Bai Xiaoxiao with his Star Armor.
• Bai Xiaoxiao initially accepted responsibility, but Yang Tian admitted he had shattered the stone and identified himself as the Commander of Soldier-Level Demon Hunt Squad One.
• Uncle Fu concluded that Yang Tian’s soul strength might have exceeded ten marks, while the guards held Yang Tian and Bai Xiaoxiao for questioning.
• Granny Sanshui arrived, recognized Yang Tian, and dismissed the matter; the girl then stepped forward and asked why her grandmother was letting him go.

Chen Ying'er summoned a One-Eyed Demon Lord to test Yang Tian, but the beast exposed her to danger during their fight. Yang Tian saved her, and Sanshui gave him the demon beast so he could use its magic crystal to strengthen his soul.

• Sanshui arranged for Yang Tian to spar with her granddaughter Chen Ying'er instead of pursuing the Soul-Testing Stone incident.
• Chen Ying'er summoned a peak sixth-rank One-Eyed Demon Lord, and Yang Tian waited for her to begin the fight.
• Yang Tian attacked, but the One-Eyed Demon Lord dodged and left Chen Ying'er in the path of his Light Slash Sword.
• Yang Tian used the Ring of All Extinguishing to stop the strike before it could seriously injure Chen Ying'er, and Sanshui restrained the beast.
• Yang Tian asked for the One-Eyed Demon Lord's magic crystal, and Sanshui released the beast for him to finish off.

Yang Tian killed the peak level-six One-Eyed Demon Lord with the Star Confinement Formation, then collapsed from exhaustion. Bai Xiaoxiao took him back to the Demon Hunt Squad apartment, where she planned to teach him to communicate with the Otherworld and summon the Gate of Living Beings.

• Yang Tian used the Star Confinement Formation to trap and kill the One-Eyed Demon Lord, stunning the witnesses with his strength.
• Yang Tian passed out after exhausting his spiritual power, and Bai Xiaoxiao caught him and took him back to rest.
• Chen Ying'er joked with Sanshui about canceling her engagement to Yang Wenzhao and letting Yang Tian protect her.
• Bai Xiaoxiao explained to the squad that Yang Tian had exhausted himself fighting the One-Eyed Demon Lord, and Lin Qingqing used healing and recovery skills on him.
• Bai Xiaoxiao decided to teach Yang Tian to communicate with the Otherworld and summon the Gate of Living Beings once he was ready.

Yang Tian planned his team’s cultivation and explored ways to bring them into Dream Paradise, then reassured Li Ang about Bai Xiaoxiao while urging her to consider his feelings. The team prepared for three months of secluded cultivation as Yang Tian turned to refining Spirit-Gathering Elixirs.

• Yang Tian examined the Spirit-Gathering Elixir formula and asked the Star Emperor whether the Star Armor could temporarily contain living people; the Star Emperor said it could, though occupants would be weakened afterward.
• Yang Tian set a three-month goal for Lin Qingqing, Li Ang, Hanyu, and Lan Ruyu to reach the fifth tier, and the others left to cultivate.
• Li Ang asked whether Yang Tian liked Bai Xiaoxiao, and Yang Tian said no before encouraging Li Ang to cultivate and assuring him he would not pursue her.
• Bai Xiaoxiao objected to Yang Tian encouraging Li Ang’s feelings, and Yang Tian told her she could choose whom she liked but could not stop Li Ang from liking her.
• Yang Tian said he would refine Spirit-Gathering Elixirs before helping Bai Xiaoxiao with her summoning, then left her to think about what he had said.

Yang Tian successfully refined Spirit-Gathering Elixirs for the Demon Hunt Squad and began considering how to explore Summoning. Li Ang tried to tell him Lin Qingqing liked him, but Yang Tian dismissed the idea, while Lin Qingqing warned Li Ang not to meddle in her affairs.

• Yang Tian completed a batch of Spirit-Gathering Elixirs and gave the first bottle to Lin Qingqing, who hugged him and asked him to remember to eat on time.
• Two days later, Yang Tian distributed another batch of elixirs and told the squad they could gain spiritual power by taking them while cultivating.
• Li Ang told Yang Tian that Lin Qingqing liked him, but Yang Tian rejected the claim and threatened to make Li Ang spar with him for hours.
• Lin Qingqing teased Li Ang about pursuing Bai Xiaoxiao and warned him to stop meddling in Yang Tian's affairs.
• In Bai Xiaoxiao's room, someone explained that Yang Tian would need to merge with the Spirit Awakening Stone, open the Gate of Living Beings, and bring back a summoned beast.

Yang Tian summoned a young Light Dragon, named him Long Ming, and spent the following month training with his team. After several teammates reached the fifth tier, Yang Tian and Bai Xiaoxiao began a rooftop sparring match using summons, with their summoned beasts facing off.

• Yang Tian summoned a young fifth-rank Light Dragon and decided to raise him as a life-bound contract beast.
• Yang Tian named the dragon Long Ming and learned about summoning while refining Spirit-Gathering Elixirs and studying Assassin techniques with Hanyu.
• Hanyu broke through first, followed by Lan Ruyu and Li Ang reaching the fifth tier, while Lin Qingqing continued to build her spiritual power.
• Yang Tian began rooftop sparring practice with the team and reassured Lin Qingqing that she could contribute as their medical support.
• Yang Tian opened a Gate of Living Beings for his match against Bai Xiaoxiao, and Long Ming faced her seven-colored phoenix-winged butterfly.

Yang Tian sparred with his teammates, losing to Bai Xiaoxiao in summoning, defeating Hanyu in an assassin-style duel, and giving Li Ang combat advice before drawing with Lan Ruyu. The team continued training together for a month and a half to build experience and stabilize their spiritual power.

• Yang Tian and Bai Xiaoxiao summoned demon beasts, and Bai Xiaoxiao won when her level-seven earth-element demonic lizard proved stronger than Yang Tian's Flame Bird.
• Yang Tian fought Hanyu using assassin techniques and wounded her shoulder after she pulled back rather than block his dagger; Lin Qingqing healed her.
• Yang Tian overpowered Li Ang, then advised him to develop his own axe intent.
• Yang Tian and Lan Ruyu called their match a draw after her Repelling Water Ring kept him at a distance and both their spiritual power ran low.
• Yang Tian arranged further sparring for the teammates, who trained together for a month and a half to improve their combat experience and stabilize their gains.

After three months of secluded cultivation, Yang Tian and his newly promoted General Rank Demon Hunt Squad Sixteen went to the Mission Tower to accept their first assignments. They chose several high-reward missions and set out to earn merit points for their team.

• Lin Qingqing regretted spending the squad’s merit points on an upgrade after learning about an elixir that increased spiritual power by a thousand points, while Lan Ruyu promised they could buy her a staff of light after earning more.
• Yang Tian accepted a mission to slay fifteen members of the Yak Clan for ten thousand merit points, despite the attendant warning him that it was extremely dangerous.
• Yang Tian also accepted an exploration mission to investigate the energy substance beneath the Demon Race’s Kuria City for eight thousand merit points.
• Yang Tian told his five teammates to choose missions worth at least eight thousand merit points, and Hanyu picked a mission to slay three Sixth Rank Great Bird Demons.
• Lan Ruyu accepted a mission to retrieve a Sixth Rank Bitterlife Flower, Li Ang chose a relatively safe war mission at the Southeast Fortress, and Lin Qingqing picked a nearby killing mission worth seven thousand five hundred merit points.

Yang Tian and his teammates accepted eight dangerous missions, including an exploration mission worth thirty thousand merit points, then prepared to set out. The next day, General Rank Demon Hunt Squad Sixteen left their residential compound together.

• Yang Tian confirmed that his squad would accept seven difficult missions worth fifty-seven thousand merit points.
• Deacon Li Jing brought the staff member an exploration mission offering thirty thousand merit points, and Yang Tian's squad accepted it as their eighth mission.
• Yang Tian and his teammates returned to their residence, where he prepared pills and checked the squad's cultivation levels.
• The next day, General Rank Demon Hunt Squad Sixteen quietly departed together.

Yang Tian’s Demon Hunt Squad arrived at Southeast Fortress, registered for its war mission, and settled into quarters. After setting a six-month deadline for their missions, Yang Tian practiced the Void God Spell while the Star Emperor sensed an extraordinary aura from Little Nian.

• Yang Tian presented his squad’s Token at Southeast Fortress, and Mu Bai explained the proper procedure for arranging a war mission.
• Mu Bai registered the squad, arranged their rooms, and told them to kill twenty fifth-tier demons or ten sixth-rank demons to complete their mission.
• Yang Tian set a goal for the squad to complete eight missions within six months, and his teammates agreed.
• That night, Yang Tian practiced the Void God Spell, while the Star Emperor wondered how the unranked Little Nian could radiate power like a primordial divine beast.

Yang Tian’s team fought a sixth-rank bear demon attacking a female warrior on the fortress walls and killed it through coordinated teamwork. The rescued warrior thanked them, and Yang Tian recognized her as Wang Yuanyuan, who might belong to Long Haochen’s team.

• Li Ang blocked the bear demon’s blow while Yang Tian protected him and used Radiance to blind the demon.
• Lan Ruyu attacked with Hundred-Hole Water Strike, while Bai Xiaoxiao boosted her blade-armed demon beast and Hanyu used Ghost Flash to wound the bear demon.
• The bear demon knocked Bai Xiaoxiao’s summoned beast out of action, but Yang Tian pierced its heart with the Black Sword.
• Yang Tian’s team collected the bear demon’s body and magic crystal, advancing their progress by ten percent.
• The female warrior thanked Yang Tian’s team, and he recognized her as Wang Yuanyuan, a possible member of Long Haochen’s team.

After completing their mission at the Southeast Fortress, Yang Tian’s Demon Hunt Squad traveled deep into demon territory to hunt Great Bird Demons. Near Narik Province, Yang Tian prepared disguises to help the six members pass as a ten-person demon squad.

• Yang Tian’s team killed the final fifth-tier demon on their sixth day at the Southeast Fortress, completed their war mission, and received proof from Mu Bai.
• Yang Tian’s team left with the Star Speech Merchant Group and headed toward Narik Province to hunt three sixth-rank Great Bird Demons.
• Near Narik Province, Yang Tian’s team slipped away from the caravan and discussed humanity’s lost territory.
• Lan Ruyu warned that Great Bird Demons could stay safely inside the city, so Yang Tian explained his plan to disguise the squad as demons.
• Yang Tian gave the team demon hides and used his thought power to support four fake figures, then led everyone toward Narik Province.

Yang Tian led his disguised squad into Narik Province, bluffed past the demon guards, and ambushed four Great Bird Demons. After resting, the team left for Yak Province to hunt the Yak Clan.

• Yang Tian used Li Ang's Bear Demon disguise and his own purple eyes to intimidate the gate guards into letting the squad enter Narik Province.
• Yang Tian assigned his teammates roles in an ambush, and the squad trapped and killed four Great Bird Demons, with Hanyu delivering the killing strike against the early sixth-rank target.
• Yang Tian's team returned to the inn, replenished their supplies, and rested after the successful mission.
• Yang Tian led the squad out of Narik Province at dusk and set their next objective: kill fifteen members of the Yak Clan in Yak Province.

Yang Tian's squad encountered a fleeing Marshal-level Demon Hunt Squad near Yak Province and used prepared traps, elixirs, and the Windwing Bird to turn their retreat into a counterattack. As the pursuing Yak Clan demons entered the bombardment zone, Yang Tian unleashed a blinding light attack.

• Yang Tian spotted a Marshal-level Demon Hunt Squad pursued by a Yak Clan force and ordered his teammates to prepare traps.
• The Marshal-level squad's commander scolded Li Ang, but Yang Tian asked him to trust the plan and Zhao Yu persuaded him to wait.
• Yang Tian's earth trench and Lan Ruyu's water spell killed dozens of Yak Clan demons as the pursuers advanced.
• Yang Tian gave the Marshal-level squad fourth-tier elixirs, and its commander apologized to Li Ang before both squads prepared to fight together.
• The Windwing Bird unleashed a hurricane to hold back the Yak Clan, and Yang Tian used his twin swords to cast “Light, illuminate!”

Yang Tian and his companions joined Marshal Rank Demon Hunt Squad Forty-Nine in destroying the Yak Clan force and killing its eighth-order chief. Lei Gang then transferred ten thousand merit points to Yang Tian, and the squads parted with plans to work together again.

• Yang Tian’s Undying Bird flames killed hundreds of Yak Clan demons, and he led his squad in a counterattack as the Yak Clan chief tried to retreat.
• A lightning-attribute mage from Marshal Rank Demon Hunt Squad Forty-Nine struck the demons with Thunderbolt while the two squads fought together.
• Yang Tian used Radiance Spell to blind the demons, then unleashed Fleeting Splendor against the Yak Clan chief.
• The Star Emperor killed the eighth-order Yak Clan chief, allowing the squads to finish off the remaining Yak Clan demons and Spore Demons.
• Lei Gang offered Yang Tian the squad’s merit points, and Lin Qingqing accepted a transfer of ten thousand before Yang Tian and Lei Gang agreed to work together again.

Yang Tian’s team entered Kuli Province to pursue three missions and rested before beginning their work. The next day, Yang Tian split the six members into three pairs to hunt fifth-tier demons in Kuria City, leaving them to meet at the city gate.

• Lin Qingqing defended taking merit points from the Marshal-level Demon Hunt Squad, and Yang Tian reluctantly agreed to let it go.
• Yang Tian’s team traveled to Kuli Province, where they planned to find Bitterlife Flowers, investigate underground energy in Kuria City, and carry out a killing mission.
• Lin Qingqing’s new healing and recovery spells strengthened the team, while Yang Tian continued practicing the Nine-Turn Spirit Tempering Technique and the Void God Spell.
• After resting overnight at an inn, Yang Tian paired himself with Lin Qingqing, Hanyu with Lan Ruyu, and Li Ang with Bai Xiaoxiao for the hunt.
• Yang Tian sent the three pairs to kill fifth-tier demons and warned them to avoid sixth-rank demons and meet at Kuria City’s gate.

Yang Tian and Jiaoxin shared a pretend wedding night, and Yang Tian carved keepsakes of their appearances while choosing not to drink the wedding wine. The next day, Yang Tian prepared to take Jiaoxin to see Granny and leave the cabin, while Granny and Jiaoyue watched over them.

• Yang Tian lifted Jiaoxin's bridal veil, admired her, and carved her likeness into Purple Bamboo as a keepsake.
• Jiaoxin asked Yang Tian whether he would change his face, and he refused, saying he wanted to keep the appearance his parents had given him.
• Yang Tian poured the wedding wine into jade bottles instead of drinking it, then carved a statue of himself while Jiaoxin went to sleep.
• Granny and Jiaoyue watched Yang Tian and Jiaoxin through a water mirror, and Granny noted that Yang Tian had not drunk the wine.
• Yang Tian woke Jiaoxin near midday, then pricked his palm and let blood fall onto the white cloth before telling her they would see Granny and might leave the next day.