Chapter Summaries

Yang Tian and Jiaoxin explored Haoyue City and entered an accessories shop after its shopkeeper challenged visitors to win the prized Phoenix-Blood Hairpin. They reached the second floor, where Jiaoxin was captivated by the hairpin.

• Yang Tian and Jiaoxin entered Haoyue City in disguise, attracting attention as they walked together.
• Jiaoxin teased Yang Tian about their time alone, and he insisted they were only like brother and sister.
• They browsed an accessories shop, where the shopkeeper offered a chance to win the Phoenix-Blood Hairpin through a competition.
• Yang Tian paid two thousand gold coins for them to go upstairs and see the prize.
• On the second floor, Yang Tian noticed a refined young man, while Jiaoxin gazed at the beautiful hairpin.

Yang Tian entered the Phoenix Treasure Pavilion’s challenge to win Jiaoxin the Phoenix-Blood Hairpin, solving its riddles with answers that suggested knowledge from another world. After he won the hairpin, Wang Yu suspected he was a fellow transmigrator, while Yang Tian suspected the pavilion’s owner might be one too.

• Yang Tian met Wang Yu at the Phoenix Treasure Pavilion and overheard her mistake him for Long Haochen and call him a minor character.
• Yang Tian solved the first riddle with “Wind and snow!” and then answered the second couplet with a matching line about the Moon-Reflecting Well.
• Wang Yu wondered whether Yang Tian was a fellow transmigrator, while Yang Tian suspected the pavilion’s owner shared his origins.
• Yang Tian submitted “Mist shrouds the pond's willows!” as an unmatched couplet line, and no one answered it within a quarter of an hour.
• The old man awarded Yang Tian the Phoenix-Blood Hairpin, which delighted Jiaoxin.

Yang Tian gave Jiaoxin the Phoenix-Blood Hairpin, and Jiaoxin kissed his cheek before retreating to her room. Meanwhile, Bai Xiaoxiao’s party reached the Holy City, turned in eight missions, and received 87,000 Merit Points, leaving them ready to spend their reward.

• Yang Tian placed the Phoenix-Blood Hairpin in Jiaoxin’s hair, then tested the shopkeeper with a line that revealed the man was not the hidden figure he sought.
• Yang Tian booked adjacent hotel rooms for himself and Jiaoxin, and Jiaoxin kissed his cheek before slipping into her room.
• Yang Tian wrestled with his feelings about Jiaoxin, Qingqing, and Hanyu, while Bai Xiaoxiao’s group continued toward the Holy City.
• Bai Xiaoxiao’s party arrived at the Demon Hunt Tower and submitted evidence for eight completed missions.
• The staff member awarded Bai Xiaoxiao’s party 87,000 Merit Points, and Bai Xiaoxiao invited her teammates to spend them.

Lin Qingqing and Hanyu bought Glorious Grade Equipment with their team’s merit points, then celebrated returning to the Demon Hunt Residential Complex. In Haoyue City, Yang Tian told Long Haochen he was leaving for the Holy City that day.

• At the Demon Hunt Tower Exchange Center, Bai Xiaoxiao bought Hanyu the Cold Beauty Dagger for thirteen thousand merit points.
• Lin Qingqing chose the Sage’s Staff, and Bai Xiaoxiao paid twenty-one thousand merit points for it, leaving the team nearly broke.
• The team returned to the Demon Hunt Residential Complex, where Lan Ruyu suggested celebrating with wine and food.
• Yang Tian and Long Haochen spoke at the Knight Branch Temple, and Yang Tian said he was returning to the Holy City.
• Long Haochen promised Yang Tian he would work hard at cultivation.

Yang Tian brought Jiaoxin to the Holy City, where she hoped to find a lively home for the Merfolk, then returned to his Demon Hunter team and tried to step down as commander. His teammates rejected his resignation, so Bai Xiaoxiao became acting commander while Yang Tian planned to find a house and resume artifact refining.

• Jiaoxin arrived in the Holy City with Yang Tian and asked to accompany him on future demon hunts, which he agreed to.
• Yang Tian rented a two-bedroom suite for Jiaoxin, then left her there while he went to the Demon Hunt Tower; Jiaoxin imagined leading her people from Skyfang Moon to a human city.
• Yang Tian returned to General Rank No. 16 and appointed Bai Xiaoxiao commander, but Lin Qingqing and Hanyu objected and Bai Xiaoxiao declined the position.
• Yang Tian made Bai Xiaoxiao acting commander and assigned her to accept missions and relay his orders while he searched for a house and built a Forging Furnace.
• Li Ang asked Yang Tian to forge him Legendary Rank equipment, and Yang Tian promised to make equipment for everyone if he could manage it.

Yang Tian welcomed his companions to his new home on the outskirts of the Holy City before they began secluded cultivation to prepare for the Marshal-level Demon Hunt Squad assessment. The group toasted their future goal of reaching the ninth tier and chose “Light of a New Era” as their future squad title.

• Bai Xiaoxiao, Li Ang, and Lan Ruyu commented on Yang Tian's remote home and suggested he build a pond, while he joked that they could help dig it and build his forging furnace.
• Jiaoxin greeted Yang Tian and his companions when they arrived, and Yang Tian invited everyone inside as Little Nian and Long Ming followed them.
• Yang Tian served a meal and toasted with his companions, wishing them success in reaching the ninth tier and becoming a titled Demon Hunt Squad.
• Yang Tian proposed “Light of a New Era” as the squad's future title, and Bai Xiaoxiao and the others repeated it.
• The companions decided to stay at Yang Tian's house for two or three days, sharing its spare rooms before their secluded cultivation.

Bai Xiaoxiao and Yang Tian held a summoning contest, then put their summoned beasts to work digging a pond. Hanyu challenged Yang Tian to test his assassin skills and threatened to withhold a sixth-rank secret technique if he refused.

• Bai Xiaoxiao and Lin Qingqing shouted to vent their feelings while their teammates watched.
• Yang Tian proposed a summoning contest with Bai Xiaoxiao and suggested using the summoned beasts to dig a pond.
• Yang Tian and Bai Xiaoxiao summoned a late seventh-level Pangolin Beast and a peak seventh-level One-Horned Earth Dragon, respectively.
• The two summoned beasts began digging the pond, and Bai Xiaoxiao said she would visit for food when it was finished.
• Hanyu challenged Yang Tian to a contest and insisted he prove his assassin skills before she taught him a sixth-rank secret technique.

Yang Tian and Hanyu tested their Ghost Flash techniques before Bai Xiaoxiao and the others left to cultivate, leaving Yang Tian and Jiaoxin alone at home. Yang Tian began secluded cultivation to reach the sixth-rank peak while keeping his spiritual power below 10,000, and the rest of the squad also entered seclusion.

• Yang Tian and Hanyu used Ghost Flash against each other on the rooftop, and their dagger fight ended in a draw.
• Bai Xiaoxiao told Yang Tian the squad needed missions to earn merit points, and the five teammates left to cultivate after he urged them to take missions near Demon-Exorcism Pass.
• Yang Tian and Jiaoxin tidied their home and spent a peaceful evening watching the stars and fireflies together.
• Yang Tian took a Holy Spirit Pill and a Nine-Turn Mutual-Growth Fruit, asking the Star Emperor to keep his spiritual power below 10,000 as he advanced to the eighth level of Radiant Knight.
• Jiaoxin found Yang Tian's breakfast and note saying he would cultivate in seclusion, while Bai Xiaoxiao and the other four began cultivating at the Holy City compound.

Yang Tian took Jiaoxin out to enjoy the Holy City, then brought her home and set off fireworks as a surprise. They watched the colorful display together in the fields.

• Yang Tian walked through the Holy City with Jiaoxin and reflected on his sealed Spiritual Power and his conflicted feelings toward her.
• Jiaoxin held Yang Tian’s hand, leaned against his shoulder, and shared snacks and grilled food with him.
• Yang Tian secretly bought fireworks while Jiaoxin sampled street food, then ate a spicy skewer she offered him.
• Yang Tian and Jiaoxin left the city on Long Ming after Yang Tian noticed dark figures following them, but he chose not to confront them.
• At home, Yang Tian lit the fireworks with Flame of Light, and Jiaoxin watched them bloom over the fields in delight.

Bai Xiaoxiao led Demon Hunt Squad Sixteen in accepting sixteen missions, including a lucrative ruins exploration, after their three months of secluded training. As the squad left the Holy City to find their commander, senior Temple figures stopped closely monitoring Yang Tian, and the squad arrived at a transformed property outside the city.

• Bai Xiaoxiao and Ruyu had reached level seven in their professions, while the rest of Demon Hunt Squad Sixteen had reached at least the fifth level of the sixth rank.
• Bai Xiaoxiao’s squad spent five hundred merit points inspecting fifty missions and accepted sixteen worth a total of more than ninety thousand merit points, including a mission to explore ruins.
• Yang Haoyu watched the squad leave and decided Yang Tian had grown strong enough that he no longer needed such close attention.
• Han Qian told Li Jie that Yang Tian could protect himself and sent Li Jie to Imperial Dragon Pass to learn from He Jun and Dragon Temple Master.
• Bai Xiaoxiao and her four teammates left the Holy City and reached a fenced property outside it, where the young mage wondered if they had gotten lost.

After three months apart, Yang Tian’s teammates visited his home and found him crafting Glorious Grade Equipment while Jiaoxin confidently welcomed them as his wife. The chapter left Yang Tian still at work and his guests exploring the expanded, secluded estate he had acquired with his earnings.

• Big Yellow barked at Yang Tian’s arriving teammates, and Li Ang teased the dog until Jiaoxin rescued it with Thought Power.
• Jiaoxin greeted Bai Xiaoxiao, Lin Qingqing, Hanyu, and the others, then invited them inside while Yang Tian continued forging a Glorious Rank staff.
• Yang Tian welcomed the visitors and said that his latest piece would be his greatest achievement in three months of refining.
• Jiaoxin floated tea to the guests with a small portion of Yang Tian’s Thought Power, which she said he had taught her to use.
• Bai Xiaoxiao noticed the grounds had grown much larger, and Jiaoxin explained that Yang Tian had leased nearby land, three mountains, and a river.
• Yang Tian’s equipment and pill-making had earned him a fortune and helped him secure the secluded estate.

Yang Tian completed a glorious-rank Summoning Scepter for Bai Xiaoxiao and heard her report on the squad’s cultivation and missions. After two days of rest, the team would head to Demon-Exorcism Pass, while Yang Tian planned to forge stronger equipment once he gathered materials.

• Yang Tian finished engraving runes on a Summoning Scepter fitted with a summoning crystal.
• Yang Tian gave Bai Xiaoxiao the glorious-rank scepter as payment for serving as acting commander, and she reported the squad’s cultivation and missions.
• Yang Tian suggested advancing the squad to King Rank, then told everyone to rest for two days before departing for Demon-Exorcism Pass.
• Yang Tian explained that Bai Xiaoxiao’s scepter could help her summon demon beasts two ranks above her, and he promised to forge equipment for Li Ang and Lan Ruyu when he had enough materials.

Yang Tian left Jiaoxin at home and led his team to Demon-Exorcism Pass to complete their missions, but he soon grew eager to return to her. After his team fought its way out through the demons, Bai Xiaoxiao ordered a retreat as three high-ranking demons approached.

• Yang Tian told Jiaoxin to stay home and care for their plants, then left with his teammates while Jiaoxin watched him go with Big Yellow.
• Jiaoxin spent the following days alone, tending the courtyard and visiting the Holy City for food and clothes.
• At Demon-Exorcism Pass, Yang Tian’s team completed two missions, and he urged Bai Xiaoxiao to move faster because he missed Jiaoxin.
• Bai Xiaoxiao led the six-person team out through the Demon Race army, where Hanyu, Lan Ruyu, and the others fought off Twin-Blade Demons while Yang Tian killed a Great Bird Demon.
• After three high-ranking demons appeared, Bai Xiaoxiao ordered the team to retreat toward Demon-Exorcism Pass, and Yang Tian welcomed the chance to draw the enemies closer.

Yang Tian and his squad killed three Bloodthirsty Betas, completed fifteen missions in a month, and set out for the Ice Seal Ruins. They reached Ice Seal City disguised as a Star Demon Race Duke, where Yang Tian’s hostility alarmed Bai Xiaoxiao.

• Yang Tian split the three Bloodthirsty Betas between himself and Bai Xiaoxiao’s group, and Bai Xiaoxiao’s team killed one with the Flame Lion King and Hanyu’s attack.
• Yang Tian killed the other two Bloodthirsty Betas with his Emperor Star Palm techniques and refined their bodies into Bloodthirst Elixirs.
• Yang Tian’s squad completed fifteen missions at Demon-Exorcism Pass in a month, then rested before leaving for the Ice Seal Forest.
• After more than ten days of travel, Yang Tian and his companions arrived at Ice Seal City and encountered a Frenzied Battle Demon guard.
• Yang Tian posed as a Star Demon Race Duke, forced the guard to slap himself fifty times, and left Bai Xiaoxiao wondering at his fierce hostility.

Yang Tian separated from his team to kill an eighth-order Bloodthirsty Beta while Bai Xiaoxiao led the others in ambushing a group of Beta Flying Demons near Ice Seal City. He returned in time to kill a box-carrying seventh-rank demon, but Bai Xiaoxiao’s Ancient Winged Dragon was struggling against another foe.

• Yang Tian ordered Bai Xiaoxiao to lead the attack while he pursued and fought the eighth-order Bloodthirsty Beta alone.
• Yang Tian battered the demon with his skills, then killed it with a dagger and collected its magic crystal and corpse.
• Bai Xiaoxiao ordered the team to attack the Beta Flying Demons, and Li Ang, Lan Ruyu, and Hanyu fought while she summoned an Ancient Winged Dragon.
• Yang Tian returned and used All-Extinguishing One to kill a seventh-rank Bloodthirsty Beta that was carrying the box and about to ambush Lan Ruyu.
• Li Ang and Hanyu fought more freely after Yang Tian arrived, while Bai Xiaoxiao called for his help when her Ancient Winged Dragon could not hold off a bloodthirsty Beta.

Yang Tian rescued a light elemental spirit from the mysterious box and formed a contract with her, allowing her to evolve while Lin Qingqing advanced to the seventh rank. After nineteen days of cultivation, the spirit revealed that her name was Yating, leaving Yang Tian shocked by her early appearance.

• Yang Tian defeated the seventh-rank Bloodthirsty Beta, collected demon materials, and opened the mysterious box at the ice-sealed forest.
• Yang Tian persuaded the light elemental spirit to come with him, and she agreed to form a contract.
• The spirit merged with Yang Tian as his contracted partner, while the Star Emperor stood guard and the group cultivated around them.
• The light elemental spirit evolved twice over nineteen days, and Lin Qingqing advanced to seventh-rank archbishop level.
• The spirit thanked Yang Tian and introduced herself as Yating, prompting him to wonder why she had appeared so early.

Yang Tian named the Light Elemental Spirit Yang Yating and called her his little sister before leading his improved team into the Ice Seal Forest. Yating persuaded several beasts to let them pass, but Yang Tian killed a Snow Python that threatened her, and the team completed its exploration mission.

• Yang Tian explained that he had mistaken the spirit for another Yating, then named her Yang Yating and called her his little sister.
• Yang Tian checked his teammates' improved cultivation and led them into the Ice Seal Forest to complete their mission.
• Hundreds of Snow Wolves surrounded the group, but Yang Yating negotiated with their Wolf King and persuaded the pack to retreat.
• Yang Yating convinced a Furious Snow Bear to leave, but an eight-meter Snow Python nearly ate her, so Yang Tian cut it down.
• With no further obstacles, the team completed its exploration mission worth over ten thousand merit points, while Yang Yating worried that Yang Tian was using her.

Yang Tian and Yating discovered that a Crimson-Blood Beta King had killed an Ice Elemental Spirit, and they attacked its forces in fury. After Yating's powerful magic wiped out most of the demons, Yang Tian faced the surviving Ninth Tier Beta King with his Emperor Palm, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Yang Tian and Yating found the Ninth Tier Crimson-Blood Beta King standing over the dead Ice Elemental Spirit, and Yating realized her other friends might not have been captured alive.
• Yang Tian restrained Yating and told her to support him, then ordered Bai Xiaoxiao and the others to attack when they saw an opening.
• Yang Tian charged the Beta Flying Demons with his swords while Yating unleashed a Meteor Shower that devastated their ranks and weakened her essence.
• Yang Tian used Instant Slash to kill the remaining lesser demons and wound the Beta King, but the Ninth Tier demon survived and charged him.
• Yang Tian drove the Beta King back with the Emperor Star Palm forms, then spent his remaining Star Power on the eighth form, Emperor Palm.

Yang Tian used the Star Confinement Formation and his colorless divine power to kill the Ninth-Tier Bloodthirsty Beta King, though the attack destroyed everything nearby and left him nearly powerless. He comforted Yating over the loss of her friend, reunited with Bai Xiaoxiao and the others, and collapsed from exhaustion.

• The Bloodthirsty Beta King clashed with Yang Tian, who endured severe injuries while wearing it down.
• Yang Tian activated All Thoughts Extinguished and told Bai Xiaoxiao to lead the others away before his next attack.
• Yang Tian trapped the Beta King in the Star Confinement Formation and annihilated it with chaotic purple energy and colorless divine power.
• The attack erased the nearby trees, snow, and ice, while Yang Tian struggled to remain standing and Yating mourned her lost friend.
• Yang Tian comforted Yating, then found Bai Xiaoxiao and the others and collapsed from exhaustion.

After recovering from his battle, Yang Tian planned his Demon Hunt Squad’s training and missions before returning to the Holy City. He told his teammates that Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu might appear at Demon-Exorcism Pass, while Feng Xiu felt an unexplained twitch in Heart City.

• Yang Tian woke after several days of rest and introduced Little Nian to Yating, who quickly became friends with the little creature.
• Yang Tian told Bai Xiaoxiao and the others to pursue a Marshal-level squad promotion, learn secret techniques, and use merit points to buy equipment and magic scrolls.
• Yang Tian set a one-year limit on their missions, barred them from fighting demons above the Ninth Tier, and said they would return to Demon-Exorcism Pass in a year.
• Yang Tian told his curious teammates that Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu might appear at Demon-Exorcism Pass during the next Demon Hunt Squad trials.
• Yang Tian announced that they would return to the Holy City the next day, while Feng Xiu felt his eyelid twitch in Heart City.