Lu Ling

Biodata

Power Progression

Background

Lu Ling arrived in the magical world with knowledge of its original course of events. His internal references to the “original worldline” inform decisions involving Mo Fan, the Hunter King, Khufu, and the Holy City 34 48 205 279.

His blonde-haired master took him in and raised him for approximately ten years. She concealed his extraordinary awakenings and initially restricted his cultivation, fearing that his potential exceeded even that of a Calamity Bringer. After removing those restrictions, she warned him not to display his most unreasonable powers publicly before reaching Forbidden Curse Level 4 13 329.

He grew up alongside Mu Ningxue and helped raise Ye Xin Xia for more than a decade. Long before leaving Bo City, he had begun absorbing the Ice Crystal Bow’s harmful effects and attempting to gain control of the Parthenon Divine Soul within Xin Xia 3 48 96.

Appearance

• White hair: His most recognizable feature; during his early travels, he wore it tied up with a red hair tie 4 46.
• Handsome features: Ling Ling repeatedly notices his striking face and familiar smile 111.
• Silver eyes during spatial magic: Deep silver flows through his eyes when he prepares to counter a vampire’s attack 8.
• Battle bearing: By his visit to Alps Academy, his composure reflects extensive experience in combat and killing 410.

Personality

Lu Ling is protective of people close to him, often taking responsibility for dangers they cannot manage themselves. He secretly bears Mu Ningxue’s Ice Bow side effects, works to help Xin Xia stand again, and immediately tears open space when he believes Ding Yumian is in danger 3 16 444.

He is pragmatic about rewards and distrustful of prestige without practical value. After saving thousands of students, he demands both compensation for the victims and payment for work beyond his commission. He also challenges the Hunter Union over the security failures that allowed the disaster 34.

His confidence can become arrogance, especially toward institutions and opponents whose strength he considers insufficient. Against enemies he regards as vicious, his methods are deliberately cruel: he suppresses Lu Nian’s soldiers, prevents them from casting, and mutilates them rather than allowing a quick death 34 52.

His personal relationships reveal possessiveness, habitual teasing, and a willingness to manipulate others. He enjoys provoking jealousy and openly acknowledges his own misconduct. Nevertheless, he can experience remorse: after assaulting Jiang Feng while emotionally disordered, he is horrified when his memories return and repeatedly apologizes to her 164 171 213 246.

Abilities & Skills

Spirit Body and Annual Awakening

• Independent awakenings: Gains new elements without first raising his cultivation realm. Although described as annual, the interval can exceed a year, and he lets the process occur naturally 2 7 367.
• Power acquisition through contact: His master concludes that he can learn powers he encounters and retain them cumulatively 13.
• Compatible opposing powers: His body accommodates undead power and White Magic without conflict 109.
• Acquired powers: Includes the Ice Crystal Bow, Southern Ming Li Fire, Parthenon Divine Soul, Water Element Calamity, his master’s blood magic, Psychic Calamity Soul Body, and Ice Phoenix 124.
• Power transfer: Can strengthen companions through Spirit Body feedback. Early on, this only improves powers he already possesses and does not activate reliably every time 171.
• Mental-strength requirement: A Spirit Body’s many elements become a cultivation burden without sufficiently high spiritual power 263.
• Elemental absorption: Qingluo observes him drawing surrounding elements into an extremely concentrated state; Shen Xi attributes this to his nature as an embodiment of power 400.

Spiritual Power and Psychic Magic

• Ninth Realm advantage: Reaches the conventional spiritual pinnacle long before his magical cultivation catches up 41.
• Casting suppression: Uses Mind Shock to break opponents’ forming spells and prevent them from completing magic 52 152.
• Psychic techniques: His recorded abilities include Mind Eyes, Mind Seal, Dragon Taming Technique, and a replicated Calamity 356.
• Voice of the Mind: Silences a crowded, skeptical classroom before demonstrating Fusion Magic 451.
• Parallel thought: Can divide his mind into nine streams, supporting simultaneous control and complex magical fusion 433.
• Emperor-level perception: Eventually gains perception vastly beyond the Ninth Realm, alongside genuine Lesser Emperor combat strength 434.

Space and Chaos Magic

• Space Wall: Provides a rapidly deployed defense, usually replacing weaker conventional defensive spells 28 90.
• Royal Authority and spatial gravity: Forces opponents to kneel or lie prostrate while disrupting their concentration 48 52.
• Teleportation: Repeatedly transports groups through dangerous terrain and later travels through Gates of Space 204 417.
• Space Marks: Allow him to teleport instantly to marked companions if their condition becomes dangerous 434.
• Chaos Domain: Establishes a roughly hundred-meter field in which he redirects attacks and dismantles forming spells into their original elements 52.
• Chaos Vortex: Absorbs, neutralizes, or redirects powerful attacks; also serves as a medium for attacks against otherwise impenetrable defenses 62 90.
• Chaos Magic Blade: Can bisect a Monarch-level Extreme Cold Ancient Eagle 199.
• Specialized spaces: Uses the Chaos Arena/Colosseum, Reflection Space, personal storage, and soundproofing 62 85 328 356.
• Early limitation: His spiritual power initially exceeds his magical reserves; repeated Monarch-level Space and Chaos attacks consume more energy than his cultivation would ordinarily support 199.

Divine Eye of Space and Time

• Acquisition: Subdues the Divine Eye after finding the Liquid of Time in an ancient city 230.
• Functions: Acceleration, deceleration, stopping, reversal, foresight, and spatial suppression 356.
• Forced relocation: Drags Essendel into Sha Yuan for confrontation and binding 306.
• Time Stop: Immobilizes Lu Kun while Ling Ling takes revenge 427.
• Future Foresight: Reveals scenes several seconds ahead, allowing him to evade Uriel’s attacks 463.
• Combat limit: Despite using the Eye’s abilities together, he initially cannot land a dimensional blade on Uriel 463.

Elemental and Shadow Magic

White Magic and the Parthenon Divine Soul

• Divine-object assimilation: Begins working to control Xin Xia’s Parthenon Divine Soul years before he is strong enough to make substantial progress 3.
• Blessing enhancement: Initially increases his light swords’ strength by fifty percent; a later Intermediate blessing provides a sixty-percent boost 25 90.
• Power of the Radiant Seal: His Super Third Tier blessing enhances Ling Ling’s overall abilities by nearly sixty percent 427.
• Healing: Uses Healing and Blessing Magic with medicine to remove Li Man’s poison 209.
• Great Healing Paean: Heals Qingluo’s body and mind, allowing her to awaken from a prolonged sleep 265.
• Calamity stabilization: Absorbs dangerous excess power from Qin Yuer and later helps stabilize his master’s blood power through simple contact 328 469.
• Purification: Fuses Light with the Divine Soul’s White Magic to destroy an immature Condensed Evil Bead while preserving a pure, side-effect-free soul-power bead 484.

Summoning and Undead Command

• Primary dragon: Long Zhanye, the Heavenly Star White Dragon, provides flight and destructive dragon breath 16 27.
• Recorded contracts: Jiang Feng, Flame Belle, Qingluo, Yaoyao, and Black Dragon Emperor Austin 356.
• Contract techniques: Possesses the Life and Death Soul Pact and an Ancient Native American replication secret art 356.
• Netherworld’s mental link: Shares a connection through which a single thought can direct her 96.
• Sha Yuan authority: Brings its undead lords and subjects under his command during his month inside it 109.
• Ancient King inheritance: Holds the Armor Robe’s power and later two-thirds of the underworld ruler’s godhood 279.
• Inheritance limitation: Initially lacks the Emperor-level mentality needed to fully inherit and integrate the Armor Robe 279.
• Undead reinforcements: Summons the Corpse of the Mountain Peak and the Nine Nether Queen, and later absorbs the Egyptian undead into Sha Yuan after Khufu’s defeat 328 398.

Fusion Magic

• Development: Reaches Super Level fusion within a month through theoretical knowledge, precise control, and nine-way parallel thought 433.
• Water + Fire: Produces high-temperature steam 433.
• Ice + Water: Produces stronger freezing magic 433.
• Fire + Light: Produces stronger flames with additional effectiveness against Dark Creatures 433.
• Elemental + Summoning: Calls corresponding Elemental Spirits from the Thousand Elf Tower, though Lu Ling can already summon them without fusion 433.
• Unstable combinations: Elemental fusion is highly practical but difficult to stabilize; his unusual control makes it far easier for him than for ordinary mages 433.
• Demonstrated power: Fuses several Intermediate spells into an attack exceeding Super Level power 454.
• Teaching: Publicly introduces Fusion Magic at Oros Holy Academy as a revolution in magical practice 451.

Equipment / Items

• Vermilion Bird Vessel — Initially triples cultivation speed, collects Soul Essences, and greatly accelerates spiritual cultivation 5.
• Ice Crystal Bow — Remains inside Mu Ningxue, but Lu Ling gains the right to use it while bearing its side effects 3.
• Divine Eye of Space and Time — Captured in the ancient city and incorporated into his temporal and spatial techniques 230 356.
• Armor Robe — Carries the Ancient King’s inherited power, which he initially cannot fully integrate 279.
• Liquid of Time — Retrieved from beneath the central statue of the ancient city 230.
• Tianshan Sacred Lotus and Tianshan Tranquil Dew — Collected while bringing Qin Yuer out of Tianshan 204.
• Nazca stone tablet — Obtained from Peru’s Eye of Nazca; he later shows it to Ling Ling while explaining the forbidden land’s duplication phenomenon 358.
• Earth Pistil — Recovered after searching Shi Qianshou’s memories 383.
• Ring of Communion — Purchased for Jiang Shaoxu; placing it on her ring finger becomes their informal marriage declaration 292.

Relationships

Family and Close Companions

• Unnamed master — Raised him, concealed his awakenings, and restrained his early cultivation. He regards her as a mother and later works to stabilize her dangerous blood power after their reunion 4 13 329 469.
• Mu Ningxue — Childhood friend and romantic partner. He bears the Ice Bow’s harmful effects, protects her prospects during the Black Vatican scandal, and considers her part of his family 3 16 48 68 111.
• Ye Xin Xia — Helped raise her for more than a decade and seeks control of the Divine Soul to help her walk. Later assists her Healing Element breakthrough to Super Level 3 96 371.
• Ling Ling — Hunting partner and later a student who inherits a limited version of his Spirit Body powers. She waits for him after his disappearance into Sha Yuan; their bond subsequently becomes a concealed romantic relationship, which he acknowledges requires restraint because of her youth 111 223 248 250 263.
• Ding Yumian — Romantic partner whose power helps him reach the Ninth Spiritual Realm. She hopes to build a family with him and assists with the household during his travels 41 133 198.
• Netherworld — Companion linked to him mentally and through a bond described as transcending life and death. He initially overlooks her feelings before they explicitly confess their love 96 323.
• Jiang Feng — Contracted Flame Witch who calls him “Big Brother.” Their relationship includes his assault during a period of emotional disorder, his subsequent remorse, and her continuing attachment; she later recovers her memories 110 120 164 382.
• Qin Yuer — Rescues her from Tianshan and welcomes her into Spirit City. Their mutual cultivation stabilizes her ice power and greatly strengthens him; she also offers to help find his missing master 204 328 329.
• Jiang Shaoxu — Romantic partner interested in Totems. Their relationship begins with a kiss despite her resistance and later develops into an informal marriage declaration involving the Ring of Communion 143 227 292.
• Asharuiya — Companion and romantic partner who supports his ambition to reform the Parthenon. Later uses Blessing Magic to restore his depleted energy 28 350 483.
• Leng Qing — Romantic partner whom he invites to Fanxue City as their home; she is uneasy about joining his large household 394.
• Liu Xian and Liu Ru — Vampire sisters who regard him as master and benefactor. His blood nourishes and strengthens them, and they later help guide visitors around Spirit City 56 112 358.
• Mu Yinfeng — Romantic partner and major organizer of his territory. Recruits people and businesses in his name and brings nearby small clans under her command 137 426.

Contracts, Allies, and Subordinates

• Long Zhanye — His Heavenly Star White Dragon and principal early combat partner. Her growth eventually brings her close to Orthodox Emperor Level 16 62 442.
• Qingluo — Mermaid high priestess and contracted companion. He heals her, gains his first Super Level breakthrough through her water energy, and later reaches Emperor-level mental perception through their cultivation 265 356 434.
• Lina — Contracted elf whose sustained elemental concentration greatly accelerates his cultivation. Their association also helps him begin acquiring her devouring ability 404 426.
• Nine Nether Queen — Undead subordinate entrusted with scouting Xiayu and tracing Yulai’s soul. Receives Khufu’s Emperor-level Soul Essence after his defeat 358 398 417.
• Dean Xiao — Recognizes his extraordinary potential and entrusts him with secretly protecting Mo Fan during wilderness training 6 22 48.
• Mo Fan — Peer he protects from Lu Nian. Mo Fan admires his strength and later addresses him as “Brother Lu” 48 52 227.
• Ye Chang / Salang — Longstanding acquaintance who becomes an enemy and later falls under his control. Netherworld’s influence changes her feelings toward him, and their later relationship becomes openly affectionate 96 323 398 486.
• Essendel — Shadow Supreme forced into service through layered magical restrictions and mental alteration 306.
• Blue Bat / Bee Sting — Undercover operative whose mission he declares finished after revealing that Salang is already under his control 398.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Bo City Crisis

• Helps Long Zhanye kill the frozen Winged Azure Wolf with dragon breath 16.
• Drives away nearby Demon Beasts and kills Black Vatican members, including Yu Ang and Bai Yang 16.
• Receives Zhan Kong’s thanks for saving Bo City and returns to Mu Family Manor, where he reveals the burden he has carried for Mu Ningxue 16.

Hunter Work and Pearl Academy

• Establishes himself as a hunter while concealing several of his elements behind a claim of Innate Dual Element 7 9.
• Survives a serious injury in the Dark Baleful Forest and encounters Netherworld 29 85.
• Helps rescue thousands of unconscious students, challenges Hunter Union leadership, and obtains forty million in combined rewards from the Union and Pearl Academy 34.

Wilderness Training and Lu Nian

• Joins the training expedition at Dean Xiao’s request after recognizing the danger posed by Lu Nian’s plans for Mo Fan 48.
• Overwhelms the attacking military mages with Psychic, Space, and Chaos Magic, preventing them from casting or using equipment 52.

Hangzhou and the Ancient Capital

• Uses Chaos Vortex to help overcome the Silver Ruler’s defensive domain despite still being an Advanced Mage 62.
• Falls into Sha Yuan during the Ancient Capital crisis and is recognized as one of the city’s heroes 109.
• Stabilizes his Water soul body, consolidates authority over Sha Yuan’s undead, and returns to Ling Ling after a month 109 111.
• Uses four collected nomination votes to secure Mu Ningxue’s National Team place after her family is implicated in the Black Vatican scandal 111.

National Team Travels

• Travels with the Huaxia National Team and becomes a reassuring presence whose strength earns the other members’ respect 133 166 227.
• Defends the group inside a storm with simultaneous Advanced Light and Water Magic, then captures the Divine Eye of Space and Time in the ancient city beyond it 229 230.
• Investigates the Drowning Curse with Mu Ningxue, Jiang Shaoxu, and Ling Ling 248.
• Awakens Qingluo and learns of the mysterious ambush that helped destroy the Mermaid Clan, leading him to suspect the Cold Moon Eye Demon God 265.

Spirit City and the Parthenon

• Welcomes Qin Yuer into his territory and household after bringing her back from Tianshan 204.
• Subdues Essendel in Sha Yuan and discovers that even his reduced strength can overcome a Forbidden Curse mage 306.
• Proposes secretly taking control of the Parthenon; Asharuiya encourages him to change its corruption 350.
• Consolidates Spirit City and Fanxue City while retaining the mayorship of Feiniao Base City 394 426.

Khufu, the Red Demon, and Fusion Magic

• Defeats Khufu, absorbs the Egyptian undead into Sha Yuan, and rewards the Nine Nether Queen with his Emperor-level Soul Essence 398.
• Investigates Yulai’s missing soul through the Nine Nether Queen’s Soul-Chasing Demon Art 417.
• Immobilizes Lu Kun and empowers Ling Ling so she can personally avenge her father 427.
• Develops Fusion Magic and publicly demonstrates that fused Intermediate spells can exceed Super Level power 433 451 454.

Holy City Conflict and Withdrawal

• Fights Uriel using Time Stop, Future Foresight, spatial confinement, and dimensional blades while his Emperor-level aura continues to strengthen 463.
• Reunites with his master and discovers that contact with him can stabilize her volatile blood power 469.
• After dealing with the Cold Moon Eye Demon God, orders Spirit City’s expansion scaled back to prevent its influence from becoming dangerously excessive 485.
• Disappears from public view after the great war against the Sea Monsters and continues living in Spirit City 486.

Notable Quotes

“I know... Mother.”
— To his master after she warns him to conceal his extraordinary abilities 13

“The two of us saved all these people. That went far beyond the scope of the commission. I can’t be bothered with meaningless prestige.”
— Explaining why he demands a reward after the student rescue 34

“It is merely a further mastery of existing power.”
— Defending Fusion Magic against accusations of sorcery 454

Trivia

• Despite his formidable combat ability, he has poor alcohol tolerance: he passes out before Zhan Kong and Mu Zhuoyun and later drinks juice while his teammates drink alcohol 68 227.
• Begins carrying spare women’s clothing after Netherworld’s appearance and Jiang Feng’s rebirth leave him unprepared on separate occasions 85.
• Has no interest in crafting magical equipment, even when examining valuable Blood Fangs 9.
• His early claim of Innate Dual Element conceals five additional elements beyond the four he displays at the Azure Sky Hunter Agency 7.