Chapter Summaries

Yating awakened the dormant Immortal Grade armor by becoming its artifact spirit, and Chen Zidian demonstrated how much spiritual power it could provide Yang Tian. Yang Tian thanked Chen Zidian for the equipment and looked ahead to hunting demon gods after his team advanced.

• Yating recognized the armor as a rare Light-Attribute Spirit Furnace and prayed before it, causing it to tremble.
• Yating entered the armor and awakened it, making golden armor appear on Yang Tian.
• Chen Zidian poured spiritual power into the armor, raising Yang Tian's power to nearly 150,000 before it returned to 9,999.
• Yating emerged pale and exhausted, and Yang Tian told her to rest.
• Yang Tian thanked Chen Zidian and planned for his team to hunt demon gods after reaching King-Rank Demon Hunt Squad status.

Yang Tian received the Heart of the Leader, heard Saint Moon’s warning about the strongest Demon Gods, and prepared to leave Demon-Exorcism Pass. Before departing, he advised Long Haochen on advancing his Demon Hunt Squad and said he hoped they would undertake missions together.

• Chen Zidian gave Yang Tian the Heart of the Leader, explained humanity’s need to explore ancient ruins, and left after revealing his name.
• Saint Moon warned Yang Tian not to challenge the top three Demon Gods without more than five hundred thousand spiritual power and a Divine Throne.
• Bai Xiaoxiao and the others examined the miniature armor, while Yang Tian considered how its power might combine with the Adamantine Base Battle Armor.
• After several days of peace at Demon-Exorcism Pass, Yang Tian visited Long Haochen to say goodbye and urged him to advance his Demon Hunt Squad.
• Yang Tian explained the benefits of advancement, including fifth-tier secret techniques and more lucrative missions, then reminded Long Haochen to consider his teammates.
• A graceful woman dressed in black appeared as Yang Tian prepared to leave; she seemed to have lost her sight.

Yang Tian left Cai'er and Long Haochen behind, then returned to Holy City with his squad and parted from them for a year. He went home with Jiaoxin and reunited with Big Yellow, planning to focus on cultivation, elixir refining, and artifact making.

• Yang Tian gave Cai'er and Long Haochen a final farewell, choosing not to claim the Eternal Tower and take away Long Haochen's opportunity.
• Marshal Rank Demon Hunt Squad No. 56 left Demon Expelling City and reached Holy City after roughly seven or eight days.
• Yang Tian told Bai Xiaoxiao, Lin Qingqing, Hanyu, Li Ang, Lan Ruyu, and the others to train and take only safe missions while he took a year off.
• Yang Tian and Jiaoxin returned to their home, where Yang Tian summoned Long Ming and reunited with the muddy Big Yellow.
• Yang Tian began planning a year of cultivation, elixir refining, and artifact making, while noting that his colorless divine power needed god-level energy to grow.

Yang Tian completed his first Legendary Rank weapon after overcoming the Bear Demon Crown’s resistance, marking his advancement to a grandmaster artifact refiner. Jiaoxin continued sewing him a pearl-studded Dragon Garment as Yang Tian prepared to make a Legendary Rank sword for himself.

• Yang Tian forged a massive axe around the Crown of Inheritance of a Seventh Rank Bear Demon while Jiaoxin worked on a Dragon Garment for him.
• Yang Tian’s first attempt to install the Bear Demon’s Magic Crystal failed, so he used Bright Blessing and the Undying Bird’s flames to force it into the axe.
• Yang Tian tested the unfinished axe by splitting Hard Refined Iron and said it could help Li Ang fight an Eighth Order Demon Race powerhouse after reaching Seventh Rank.
• Yang Tian spent another day engraving runes, completed the Legendary Rank axe, and entered the ranks of grandmaster artifact refiners.

Yang Tian completed a Legendary Rank axe and spent time with his companions while Jiaoxin finished sewing a special robe for him. The chapter ended with Jiaoxin offering to dress him in the completed Dragon Garment.

• Yang Tian tested his Legendary Rank axe and said it could become Immortal Grade if he replaced its Magic Crystal with Bear Demon God Valefor's Demon God's Crown.
• Little Nian, Big Yellow, Long Ming, and Yating gathered around Yang Tian for affection, then Long Ming and Big Yellow guarded the courtyard while the others rested inside.
• Yang Tian urged Jiaoxin to rest as she worked on his Dragon Garment and said he would forge a Legendary Rank dagger for Hanyu next.
• Thirteen days later, Jiaoxin finished the white Dragon Garment and offered to dress Yang Tian in it.

After six months of refining equipment, Yang Tian returned to Marshal-level Demon Hunt Squad No. 56 and gave Hanyu a Legendary Rank dagger called the Shadow-Bearing Blade. He equipped the squad with more gear and left them ready to grow stronger and fight the Demon Race.

• Jiaoxin finished smoothing Yang Tian's new white clothes, and he continued refining equipment using Samigina's Crown of Inheritance as the core for a dagger.
• After another six months, Yang Tian arrived at the squad's residence and reunited with Acting Commander Bai Xiaoxiao and the others, who had grown stronger through training with his Magic Crystals.
• Yang Tian introduced the Shadow-Bearing Blade, explaining that it could create a True Shadow with real attacks and unleash a powerful assassination strike.
• Yang Tian demonstrated the dagger's skills against Lin Qingqing and Lan Ruyu, then sent it to Hanyu, who accepted it and thanked him while jokingly offering herself to him.
• Yang Tian gave each squad member two more pieces of Glorious Grade defensive and support equipment.

Yang Tian and his teammates prepared for a mandatory war mission after learning that Demon Hunt Squads that stayed in the Holy City would lose ten thousand merit points. Jiaoxin returned to the Starsea Pendant, and Yang Tian's squad set out for Zhennan Pass, hoping the mission would bring them closer to obtaining Spirit Furnaces.

• Yang Tian returned to his preserved bedroom and promised his teammates that he would find high-ranking Eighth Order demons for them to fight when the opportunity came.
• Bai Xiaoxiao reported that the mandatory war mission began in three days and that squads skipping it would lose ten thousand merit points.
• Yang Tian urged his teammates to prepare, explaining that the war could give them a chance to obtain Spirit Furnaces.
• Before departure, Yang Tian sent Jiaoxin back into the Starsea Pendant for her safety.
• Yang Tian met Lei Gang, commander of Marshal Rank Demon Hunt Squad Forty-Nine, and joined his teammates in a carriage bound for Zhennan Pass.

Yang Tian and Bai Xiaoxiao’s squad joined the defense of Zhennan Pass and cut through waves of demons in the street fighting. After their summoned Silver-Spiked Clanging Wolf fell, Yang Tian spotted an eighth-order member of the Star Demon Race and prepared to confront him.

• Yang Tian and his companions traveled with the Alliance forces toward Zhennan Pass, where Han Qian and other powerhouses had gone ahead.
• At the breached pass, Yang Tian put Bai Xiaoxiao in command and ordered the squad to kill demons.
• Bai Xiaoxiao’s team coordinated their attacks to kill a seventh-rank Demon Lord, while Lin Qingqing watched the battlefield and supported them.
• Bai Xiaoxiao summoned a late ninth-rank Silver-Spiked Clanging Wolf, who killed many sixth-rank demons and two Demon Lords before falling.
• Yang Tian spotted an eighth-order member of the Star Demon Race and called Bai Xiaoxiao’s attention to him.

Yang Tian cleared a path through the demons so Bai Xiaoxiao’s team could confront an Eighth Order Star Demon, while Long Haochen awakened his Light-element Spirit Wings and faced an Eighth Order Moon Demon. Hanyu wounded the Star Demon but was trapped by his counterattack until Yang Tian appeared in front of her.

• Yang Tian used his black energy and twin swords to destroy and drive back demons, opening a path for Bai Xiaoxiao and her four teammates.
• Bai Xiaoxiao’s team engaged the Eighth Order Star Demon as Long Haochen confronted the Eighth Order Moon Demon and entered the Sixth Rank.
• Li Ang, Lan Ruyu, and Hanyu combined their attacks and Legendary Rank Equipment to wound the Star Demon, though Hanyu’s killing strike missed.
• The Star Demon retaliated with a powerful spell as Hanyu tried to escape, and Yang Tian appeared in front of her.

Yang Tian killed an Eighth Order Star Demon, then pursued and helped kill a fleeing Moon Demon near Zhennan Pass. As the Demon Race’s assault faltered, he prepared to use Yating and the Heart of the Leader to stop a Demon God from escaping.

• Yang Tian used his Guardian skills to protect Hanyu, who retreated after returning her Shadow-Bearing Blade to him.
• Yang Tian unleashed seven overlapping palm seals and killed the Eighth Order Star Demon before collecting its body and Magic Crystal.
• After the Eternal Tower wounded the Moon Demon attacking Long Haochen, Yang Tian pursued it and trapped it with the Star Confinement Formation.
• Yang Tian struck the Moon Demon with Stars Slash, and a holy sword finished the severely wounded demon.
• Yang Tian summoned Yating and asked her to activate the Heart of the Leader so he could try to stop a Demon God from escaping.

Yang Tian revealed his Immortal Grade armor and Divine Artifact to Han Qian and Ying Suifeng, then gathered power from five Mithril Pedestal Knights to reach ninth-tier strength. With the others holding back the Demon Gods, he charged at Bifrons to attempt his first Demon God kill.

• Yang Tian explained that his armor could store spiritual power and that his Divine Artifact could trap a ninth-tier Demon God.
• Ying Suifeng urged Han Qian to help Yang Tian seize the chance to slay a Demon God, and Han Qian agreed after Yang Tian promised to protect himself.
• Han Qian ordered five Mithril Pedestal Knights to channel their spiritual power into Yang Tian's armor, bringing his total to one hundred and fifty thousand.
• Yang Tian donned the Three Thousand Star Armor and charged at the wounded Monster Demon God Bifrons.
• Han Qian and Ying Suifeng held back the other Demon Gods while Han Qian called on Ling Xiao to attack.

Yang Tian and the third Emperor Rank Demon Hunt Squad defeated and killed the forty-sixth-pillar Monster Demon God Bifrons at Zhennan Pass. Little Nian rescued the exhausted Yang Tian, and the humans drove back the remaining demons as a healing rain fell across the battlefield.

• The third Emperor Rank Demon Hunt Squad helped Yang Tian block Bifrons's escape while Yang Tian struck him with Instant Slash.
• Bifrons transformed and charged Yang Tian, but Yang Tian trapped him in a starry space and killed him with Stars Slash.
• Yang Tian captured Bifrons's crystal coronet, while Han Qian and Ying Suifeng discussed his strength and the need to protect him.
• Little Nian transformed into a giant Primordial Phoenix Sparrow, drove back nearby Demon Gods, and carried the fainted Yang Tian away.
• The Emperor Rank Demon Hunt Squad killed demons at Zhennan Pass as Goddess of Light's Blessing restored the human fighters and Yang Tian.

After Yang Tian recovered from slaying a Demon God, Han Qian and Ling Xiao praised his squad and awarded them three hundred thousand merit points. Bai Xiaoxiao counted Yang Tian’s accumulated points and found he had 1,106,981.

• Zhennan Pass began repairing its defenses while Lin Qingqing told Han Qian that Yang Tian was still recovering.
• Ling Xiao healed Yang Tian, who woke and explained that a secret art had changed his appearance.
• Ling Xiao offered Yang Tian a place in the Priest Temple, then announced a three-hundred-thousand-point reward for his squad’s actions.
• Yang Tian and his squad were stunned by the reward, while Bai Xiaoxiao eagerly celebrated their merit points.
• After Han Qian and Ling Xiao left, Bai Xiaoxiao transferred Yang Tian’s points and counted his total as 1,106,981.

Yang Tian attended a Temple Alliance meeting, where Han Qian announced that he had slain two eighth-order demons and a Demon God. The chapter left Long Haochen resolved to become stronger so he could protect Cai'er.

• A Temple Knight summoned Yang Tian to a meeting at Zhennan Pass, and Ling Xiao welcomed him warmly when he arrived.
• Ling Xiao invited Yang Tian to sit beside him, but Yang Tian politely chose to stand aside.
• Long Haochen wrote Yang Tian's name on Cai'er's palm, and Yang Tian felt heartache seeing her unable to see or hear.
• Han Qian introduced Yang Tian as a sixth-rank peak Radiant Knight who had slain two eighth-order demons and a Demon God.
• The senior Temple Alliance figures saluted Yang Tian for saving over a thousand comrades and raising morale at Zhennan Pass, and Yang Tian returned their salute.
• Long Haochen told Cai'er he wanted to become as strong as Yang Tian to protect her, and Cai'er reassured him that they would grow stronger together.

After Zhennan Pass’s costly defense, Ling Xiao confirmed that the demons had attacked to disrupt Dream Paradise, which would open within a month. Yang Tian secured a provisional place and explained his plans to enter Dream Paradise, remain with the Knight Temple, and eventually challenge for the Divine Throne of Eternity and Creation.

• Ling Xiao reported that Zhennan Pass had lost most of its defenders and equipment, while the counterattack had wounded seven Demon Gods and killed one.
• Ling Xiao said the demons had attacked because Dream Paradise was due to open within a month, and Yang Tian, Long Haochen, and Cai'er received provisional places pending a selection tournament.
• Han Qian and Ying Suifeng revealed that Long Haochen was fifteen with ninety-seven points of innate internal spiritual power, while Cai'er was the Reincarnation Saintess with a hundred points.
• Yang Tian said he had deliberately stayed at the sixth-rank peak while waiting for Dream Paradise and expected to reach at least the fifth level of the seventh rank after undoing his seal.
• Ling Xiao tried to recruit Yang Tian to the Priest Temple, but Yang Tian chose to remain in the Knight Temple and said he aimed to challenge for the Divine Throne of Eternity and Creation.
• Han Qian warned Yang Tian not to rush into challenging the Demon God Emperor and urged him to learn from the failures of earlier heroes.

Ling Xiao explained Dream Paradise’s Spirit Furnace trials and asked Yang Tian for his view on the coming selection, while Yang Tian warned that the Demon Race might send powerful successors. The chapter ended with Yang Tian urging Long Haochen to train his Demon Hunt Squad before Dream Paradise opened in a month.

• Ling Xiao tried to recruit Long Haochen to the Priest Temple, but Long Haochen said he could only be a Knight and revealed that his father was Long Xingyu.
• Ling Xiao explained that Dream Paradise opened once every hundred years, produced Spirit Furnaces, and grew increasingly dangerous as visitors attempted to claim more of them.
• Yang Tian said Dream Paradise restricted entrants to ten thousand spiritual power and advised sending participants with at least Sixth Rank Peak strength, though he held back some of his reasoning.
• Ling Xiao gave Yang Tian, Long Haochen, and Cai'er Dream Gems that could help them escape danger and warned them to improve before Dream Paradise opened in a month.
• After leaving the conference room, Yang Tian urged Long Haochen to train his Demon Hunt Squad because there were many candidates but few spots.

Yang Tian prepared his Demon Hunt Squad for the Selection Tournament, hoping to win six of the ten places for Dream Paradise. After the tournament began, the first match was announced, and Yang Tian realized Chen Ying'er would have to fight first.

• Yang Tian assessed his squad members’ strengths and gave Lin Qingqing special training to prepare her for the tournament.
• Yang Tian met Long Haochen, Cai'er, and Lei Gang at the trial grounds, where they exchanged greetings and discussed the competition.
• Ling Xiao announced the rules for the tournament, warned participants against injuring their comrades, and prohibited flying.
• Participants drew lots for their matchups, and the referee announced that No. 35 would fight No. 36 first.
• Yang Tian recognized that Chen Ying'er had drawn the opening match and noted that her Lifebound Summoned Beast was a mirror image.

Yang Tian's Demon Hunt Squad advanced through the first day of the selection tournament, and Yang Tian and Bai Xiaoxiao won their second-day matches with overwhelming strength. The chapter left Bai Xiaoxiao's match drawing astonishment after she summoned a powerful ninth-rank Demon Beast.

• Chen Ying'er defeated her Water Mage opponent when her lifebound pig transformed into a Sixth Rank Bloodthirsty Berserk Demon, then escaped the referee's instinctive attack.
• Yang Tian's team all advanced through the first day, and Yang Tian encouraged them before the next day's matches.
• Yang Tian defeated Yu Gang with a single black strike, then used a Healing Spell to treat his opponent's injuries.
• Bai Xiaoxiao overwhelmed her Assassin opponent with successive summons and called forth a ninth-rank intermediate-tier Demon Beast, stunning the spectators.

Lin Qingqing and the other members of Yang Tian’s Demon Hunt Squad advanced through the tournament, and Cai’er and Yang Tian won their final matches to secure places in Dream Paradise. The chapter ended with Yang Tian looking ahead to entering Dream Paradise, followed by an author’s note about the novel’s planned conclusion.

• Lin Qingqing used her equipment and the tactics Yang Tian had taught her to win her match, then the squad gathered to encourage one another before the final round.
• Cai’er defeated her Guardian Knight opponent and advanced to the top ten.
• Yang Tian faced a Sixth Rank Peak fire mage and effortlessly dispelled his attack with black energy.
• The mage conceded, and Yang Tian secured his place in Dream Paradise.

Yang Tian and Long Haochen advanced through the Selection Tournament before the Demon Race delegation arrived at Zhennan Pass to begin peace negotiations. Yang Tian recognized several demons among their delegation, including the Demon God Emperor’s heir, as the two sides prepared to meet.

• Yang Tian offered to teach Long Haochen his sword technique and promised to support him in Dream Paradise.
• Long Haochen defeated a female summoner, while Bai Xiaoxiao and Li Ang also won their matches; Yang Tian’s squad secured six qualifying places.
• Han Qian announced the Demon Race delegation’s arrival, and thirty Black Dragons led by Huang Shuo approached Zhennan Pass with other powerful demons.
• Ling Xiao exchanged barbed words with Huang Shuo before agreeing to lead the delegation to the negotiations.
• Yang Tian examined the demons’ ten participants and recognized Leng Xiao and Yue Ye, while Yue Ye’s attention settled on Long Haochen.