Chapter Summaries

Yang Tian entered Knight Sacred Mountain to seek a mount, where the gatekeeper discovered that he was a seven-year-old Grand Knight and warned Li Jie to keep his identity secret. Inside, Yang Tian rejected several beasts and headed toward a water source, hoping to find Starry Unicorns.

• Li Jie escorted Yang Tian to the mountain checkpoint and explained their identities and purpose to the old gatekeeper.
• The gatekeeper tested Yang Tian and revealed that he was a seven-year-old Grand Knight, astonishing Li Jie.
• The gatekeeper made Li Jie swear to keep Yang Tian's age and strength confidential, then let Yang Tian enter the mountain with a Token.
• Li Jie resolved to protect Yang Tian at any cost while Yang Tian explored the mountain's lush landscape.
• A Light Crane and an Earth Dragon approached Yang Tian, but he rejected both as unsuitable mounts.
• After encountering many light-attribute beasts, Yang Tian eagerly approached a water source, hoping to find a herd of Starry Unicorns.

Yang Tian encountered the King of Starry Unicorns, who revealed that Yang Tian’s sacred aura made him irresistible to powerful light-aligned beasts. Yang Tian declined him as a permanent mount but accepted his offer to explore Knight Sacred Mountain together, and the king welcomed him to Starry Home.

• Yang Tian approached the King of Starry Unicorns and was surprised when the king offered to become his mount.
• The King of Starry Unicorns explained that Yang Tian embodied light and could help powerful light-aligned beasts reach level ten.
• Yang Tian declined to choose a mount on Knight Sacred Mountain and asked the king to carry him around the mountain for twenty-nine days.
• The King of Starry Unicorns agreed, brought Yang Tian to Starry Home, and welcomed him to stay with the herd.
• Yang Tian shared the king’s cave and learned that the golden Spirit-Nurturing Fruits growing there were a regular food of Starry Unicorns.

Yang Tian sparred with the King of Starry Unicorns and toured the Sacred Mountain, learning about its powerful demon beasts and enjoying its pure light-element environment. He continued exploring with Star King, finding no hidden treasures and considering the Demon Race’s territory as a possible place to search for them.

• Yang Tian asked Star King to spar with him, and Star King advised him to develop skills that combined Guardian and Retribution.
• Star King led a group of Starry Unicorns into the air and explained that ninth-level demon beasts lived in the surrounding mountains, but no tenth-level beasts remained inside the formation.
• Yang Tian and the unicorns crossed the mountains without being challenged and stopped beside a clear lake where he drank dew and played with the water.
• Yang Tian continued touring the Sacred Mountain with Star King and found no hidden treasures, then considered searching the Demon Race’s territory instead.

Yang Tian encountered the peak level-nine Bat King, which sought a contract with him because of his unusual soul. Yang Tian agreed to consider it on two conditions, but the chapter ended before he stated the first.

• Yang Tian and Star King approached a peak inhabited by a soul-attribute Demon Beast, and Star King warned that it was dangerous.
• Bat King appeared and asked Yang Tian to contract with it, claiming his overlapping souls made him an ideal partner.
• Yang Tian calmly questioned Bat King about why it had chosen him, and Bat King explained that his soul was unusually powerful.
• Star King urged Yang Tian not to accept, while Bat King threatened him and then pressed him to name his conditions.
• Yang Tian agreed to consider a contract if Bat King met two conditions, then began stating the first.

Yang Tian rejected the Bat King's attempt to become his mount by setting two impossible conditions, then received a secret technique from a powerful cloaked expert in the Sacred Mountain. He left believing the technique was his greatest gain from the journey.

• Yang Tian told the Bat King that it had to rival the top ten Demon Gods to meet his first condition, and the Bat King admitted it could not.
• Yang Tian set a second condition: the Bat King had to restrain his cultivation and keep his spiritual power below one million.
• The enraged Bat King released soul energy, but Star King resisted until a cloaked expert drove the Bat King back into its cave.
• The cloaked expert praised Yang Tian's affinity for light, warned that his strength was too low, and gave him a book containing the secret technique Instant Slash.
• The cloaked elders discussed the cloaked expert's decision to pass on his ultimate technique, while Yang Tian left the Sacred Mountain with the book.

After his thirty days on Knight Sacred Mountain ended, Yang Tian left without choosing a Mount Partner and decided to seek one from another world through the Teleportation Array. The old guardian agreed to activate it, giving Yang Tian fifteen minutes to search.

• Yang Tian said farewell to Star King and asked it to wait for a future Child of Light, then was transported out of Starry Home.
• Li Jie and the old guardian were surprised that Yang Tian returned without a Mount Partner, but Yang Tian said many demon beasts had chosen him and he wanted to search another world instead.
• Yang Tian insisted he would keep and raise any demon beast he found, even if it was weak, and the old guardian agreed to his choice.
• The old guardian warned that the Teleportation Array consumed enormous mental energy and would remain active for only fifteen minutes.
• Yang Tian followed the old guardian to a secluded place, noticed ancient writing, and prepared for the old man to activate the formation.

Yang Tian activated the teleportation array to seek a Mount Partner, but an unknown force seized part of his consciousness and left him unconscious. While Li Jie and the old man waited helplessly for him to recover, Yang Haohan and Long Tianyin prepared a secret treasure for Yang Tian's return.

• Yang Tian entered the starry expanse created by the array, where an unknown force seized a strand of his consciousness.
• The old man collapsed after the force intruded and warned Li Jie that Yang Tian's cultivation foundation could be damaged if his consciousness did not return.
• Li Jie supported the old man as they waited for Yang Tian to wake, with neither of them able to help him.
• Yang Haohan reassured Han Qian that Li Jie and the others were safe, then left to meet Long Tianyin.
• Yang Haohan and Long Tianyin entered a sealed area in Spirit-Riding Valley to prepare a secret treasure for Yang Tian's return.

Yang Tian was taken to another world, where a dying divine beast entrusted him with its child and sent him back. The child’s divine power erupted during their return, and Yang Tian regained consciousness a day later with the small white beast beside him.

• Yang Tian saw a giant white divine beast destroy its enemies with divine power and learned that its race was facing extinction.
• The divine beast asked Yang Tian to protect its child and sent him back to his world with the white bundle.
• Yang Tian returned to the great formation in agony, and the bundle rolled to Li Jie while Senior Hao examined it.
• Colorless divine power burst from Yang Tian, blasted Li Jie and Senior Hao into rubble, and completed an unseen contract before Yang Tian fainted.
• After a day and a night, Yang Tian awoke to Li Jie and the happy little white beast hopping in front of him.

Yang Tian recovered at a hotel near the Sacred Mountain and discovered that the adorable Little White Puff had become his demon beast partner. After a failed attempt to fly with her, he named her Nian, nicknamed her Coo-Coo, and set off with Li Jie for the Holy City.

• Li Jie waited for Yang Tian to wake and told him that a Sacred Mountain senior had recorded the unknown demon beast's appearance.
• Yang Tian fed Little White Puff spiritual fruit and learned that she called him Daddy, though he asked her to call him big brother.
• Yang Tian and Li Jie set out on the Radiant Dragon, and Little White Puff spread over Yang Tian's head and tried to make him fly before they crashed.
• Li Jie explained that Little White Puff could become a flying demon beast as she grew stronger and that the spiritual fruit would help her recover.
• Yang Tian named Little White Puff Nian, gave her the nickname Coo-Coo, and flew atop his head as they headed home with Li Jie.

Lin Jialu and Li Xin arrived at the Knight Temple's Administrative District looking for Yang Tian, but the guards said he was not there. Yang Tian remained inside, struggling to master the Void God Spell and afford Gugu's food, until he spotted two unexpected people waiting with Li Jie.

• Lin Jialu and Li Xin tried to enter the Administrative District to find Yang Tian, and Lin Jialu paid the guards to check for him.
• A guard returned and told the girls that no one named Yang Tian lived in the Holy Temple, leaving Li Xin frustrated.
• Yang Tian practiced the Void God Spell with Little White Puff, but he could not yet draw on Gugu's sealed void divine power.
• Yang Tian fed Gugu a costly Spirit-Nurturing Fruit and considered taking more missions to pay for her food.
• Yang Tian left the training room and spotted two people waiting with Li Jie.

Yang Tian met with Lin Jialu and Li Xin, then took them to the Holy City Auction House to sell a Spirit-Nurturing Fruit. The manager offered a reserve price of thirty thousand and estimated it could sell for over fifty thousand before Yang Tian revealed it came from the King of Starry Unicorns’ cave.

• Yang Tian introduced Little White Puff to Lin Jialu and Li Xin and told them his internal spiritual power was nearly one thousand.
• Lin Jialu hesitated to tell Yang Tian what she wanted to say, then backed down while Li Xin urged her on.
• Yang Tian canceled his afternoon training with Li Jie and invited Lin Jialu and Li Xin to the Holy City Auction House.
• Yang Tian showed Manager Monash a Spirit-Nurturing Fruit, and Monash offered a reserve price of thirty thousand, estimating it could sell for more than fifty thousand.
• Yang Tian said the fruit came from the King of Starry Unicorns’ cave, surprising Manager Monash.

Yang Tian sold a Spirit-Nurturing Fruit and bought food for Little White Puff while spending time with Li Xin and Lin Jialu in the Holy City. As the girls prepared to leave, Li Xin gathered her courage to tell him something.

• Yang Tian sold a Spirit-Nurturing Fruit to Steward Mo for a guaranteed forty thousand gold coins and bought batches of three kinds of fourth-tier fruits for Little White Puff.
• Little White Puff chose all three fruits, and Yang Tian paid thirty thousand gold coins for them.
• Li Xin questioned why Yang Tian had auctioned such a valuable fruit, and he explained that he needed money to host her and Lin Jialu.
• Yang Tian encouraged Lin Jialu to cultivate hard for the Demon Hunt Squad Selection Tournament while Li Xin urged her to act on her feelings for him.
• At the carriage hire shop, Li Xin told Yang Tian she had something to say.

Li Xin forced Yang Tian to answer Lin Jialu’s confession, but Yang Tian panicked and ran away, leaving Lin Jialu hurt. Days later, Yang Haohan told Yang Tian that he could begin hunting lessons if he passed a test.

• Li Xin publicly told Yang Tian that Lin Jialu liked him and demanded an answer.
• Yang Tian rejected Lin Jialu, then fled as spectators mocked the three of them.
• Lin Jialu cried and left with Li Xin, who apologized for pushing the confession too quickly.
• Yang Tian returned to the Holy Temple’s Administrative District, where Li Jie comforted him as he struggled with guilt.
• Days later, Han Qian brought Yang Tian to Yang Haohan, who offered him a test that could qualify him to begin hunting lessons.

Yang Haohan and Long Tianyin brought Yang Tian to Spirit-Riding Valley to try to gain the strongest spirit furnace on the Holy Demon Continent. They revealed the ancient black furnace, and Yang Tian stepped forward to attempt to fuse with it.

• Yang Haohan took Yang Tian to Spirit-Riding Valley, where two Gray-Robed Elders watched them arrive.
• Yang Haohan asked Yang Tian about spirit furnaces and explained that he hoped Yang Tian could gain the approval of a powerful one.
• Yang Tian agreed to attempt the trial for humanity and the light he upheld.
• Yang Haohan and Long Tianyin used their energies to draw out a small black spirit furnace covered in ancient characters.
• Yang Haohan urged Yang Tian to approach and try to fuse with the resisting furnace, and Yang Tian prepared himself.

Yang Tian absorbed the black Spirit Furnace’s accumulated negative energy with the Void God Spell, causing the furnace to shatter and then begin reassembling. He emerged with a new power called thought power and learned that the Spirit Furnace was named All-Thoughts-Extinguished, though he still did not know how to use its full abilities.

• Yang Tian’s Void God Spell absorbed the Spirit Furnace’s negative energy as he touched it, while Yang Haohan and Long Tianyin watched.
• The Spirit Furnace resisted, but Yang Tian’s colorless divine power overwhelmed it and shattered it into streams of gray energy.
• Little White Puff collapsed from exhaustion, and Yang Tian sat down to absorb the power before the Spirit Furnace’s fragments began reassembling.
• Several days later, Yang Tian told Yang Haohan and Long Tianyin that he had gained thought power through the Spirit Furnace.
• Yang Haohan confirmed that Yang Tian had succeeded and revealed the Spirit Furnace’s name, All-Thoughts-Extinguished, and its powerful combat potential.
• Yang Tian lifted Little White Puff with thought power but admitted he did not yet know how to use the Spirit Furnace or its damaged weapon.

Yang Tian completed a month of cultivation and traveled with Li Jie to Imperial Dragon Pass to begin his practical demon-hunting training. When they arrived, a horde of Dual-Blade Demons was attacking the fortress, and Yang Tian’s trial began.

• Yang Tian finished practicing with his Spirit Furnace and prepared to leave for Imperial Dragon Pass, while Li Jie cautioned him not to neglect his ordinary abilities.
• Yang Haohan granted Yang Tian a Soldier Merit Badge and explained that killing demons would earn merit points, while Li Jie remained his protector.
• On the journey, Yang Haohan advised Li Jie about advancing to the Eighth Order and told Yang Tian that his cultivation would be slow but build a powerful foundation.
• Yang Tian, Li Jie, and Yang Haohan reached Imperial Dragon Pass and found Dual-Blade Demons assaulting the fortress.

Yang Tian arrived at Imperial Dragon Pass and was assigned to military training in the Thirteenth Barracks, where he had to adapt to harsh conditions and await battle. Li Jie revealed to Huang Dingjun that Yang Tian must be protected at all costs.

• Yang Tian struggled with the stench and carnage at Imperial Dragon Pass before Yang Haohan placed him under Huang Dingjun's command for two years of military training.
• Yang Haohan warned Yang Tian to obey military orders, and Yang Tian agreed to serve as a soldier.
• Huang Dingjun assigned Yang Tian to the Thirteenth Barracks under battalion commander Zhao Rong.
• Li Jie told Huang Dingjun that he and the officer could die, but Yang Tian must not die at Imperial Dragon Pass.
• Zhao Rong showed Yang Tian his cramped bunk and explained that the battalion had to remain ready for battle, and Yang Tian settled in to wait.

Yang Tian joined the Thirteenth Battalion and fought on the battlements against the Zelin demons. After killing fifteen demons without fear, he returned safely with the battalion and earned Zhao Rong’s praise.

• Duobaoyuan welcomed Yang Tian as a new recruit, and Zhao Rong ordered Cangu to watch over him on the battlefield.
• The Thirteenth Battalion took over the battlements, where Yang Tian saw a soldier lose an arm to a Zelin demon.
• Duobaoyuan told Yang Tian to stay in a corner and pick off stragglers while Zhao Rong and the other officers held back the main force.
• Yang Tian used his Pure White Blade to kill fifteen Zelin demons and earned seven merit points during the four-hour shift.
• The Thirteenth Battalion changed shifts without casualties, and Zhao Rong praised Yang Tian’s performance to the soldiers.

Yang Tian was dragged by Liu Nian to watch Lan Rou perform at the military camp and unexpectedly caught a lucky ball that gave him a minute onstage with her. Instead of asking a question, he expressed concern for her health, and Lan Rou thanked him before the session ended.

• Liu Nian brought Yang Tian to the camp’s weekly performance to see Lan Rou sing.
• Yang Tian caught one of ten lucky balls and was pushed by his comrades to join the audience members invited onstage.
• Lan Rou answered the audience’s questions, saying she hoped to perform until she turned thirty before settling down.
• When his turn came, Yang Tian wished Lan Rou happiness and urged her to rest more because he had noticed her dark circles.
• Lan Rou thanked Yang Tian for his concern and said she stayed up late only a little for the Warriors.

Yang Tian helped the Thirteenth Battalion survive an attack by three Emerald Twin-Blade Demons, killing one and protecting his comrades with Guardian skills. After a concealed sixth-order Bird Demon was slain by Li Jie, Yang Tian realized his conspicuous fighting had made him a target for enemy ambushers.

• Yang Tian fought alongside the Thirteenth Battalion as three Emerald Twin-Blade Demons joined the enemy assault.
• Zhao Rong engaged one demon while Cangu and Duobaoyuan held another, and Yang Tian wounded the demon attacking Liu Nian with Ring of All Extinguishing.
• Yang Tian protected his comrades with Guardian skills, then killed the demon he had wounded by throwing the Black Sword at it.
• Yang Tian rescued a fourth-order comrade from the third demon with Holy Sword Technique and Flame of Light while Li Jie watched.
• A concealed sixth-order Bird Demon prepared to attack Yang Tian, but Li Jie struck it with a Sixth-Order Lock-On Skill and killed it with a holy sword.
• Yang Tian realized that demons had been sent to ambush high-order fighters and that his conspicuous performance may have drawn their attention.