Recaps

Lu Ling reunited with the National Team, put Lu Yilin in his place after he attacked Jiang Shaoxu, and joined the others’ plan to cross Gobi Valley toward the Ruined Ancient City. As they traveled through the valley using Nan Jue’s Elemental Instruments, Lu Ling considered the Soul Essences nearby and decided he could deal with the Lu Family later.

• Lu Ling stopped Lu Yilin from attacking Jiang Shaoxu, then slammed him into the ground when he continued to challenge him.
• Ai Jiangtu reprimanded Lu Yilin, and Nan Rongni healed him only after Lu Ling nodded.
• Lu Ling reunited with the team and agreed to help them reach the Ruined Ancient City through Gobi Valley.
• Nan Jue explained that her Elemental Instruments could make a safe path through the valley, and the team set out using them.
• As the team crossed Gobi Valley, Lu Ling sensed Lu Yilin’s resentment and thought about postponing his plans for the Lu Family.

Lu Ling reassured Mu Ningxue by revealing that he had brought back Tianshan Tranquil Dew to protect her soul and unseal her Summoning System, and she embraced him with renewed affection. As the group searched the Ruined Ancient City and found little, an unseen rival watched them jealously before strange birds cried out nearby.

• Lu Ling told Mu Ningxue that he had gone to Tianshan for her and gave her Tianshan Tranquil Dew to protect her soul and unseal her Summoning System.
• Mu Ningxue thanked Lu Ling, and the two embraced while a jealous observer watched them from the ruins.
• Zhao Manyan, Mo Fan, Guan Yu, and Jiang Yu complained that they had found no treasure, while Nan Jue reported finding ancient writing.
• Nan Jue suggested that the group search again the next day and leave if they still found nothing.
• A chorus of piercing cries sounded from the distance before the group could react.

Lu Ling led the team into the storm to escape the growing flock of strange birds, then exposed and punished Lu Yilin after he tried to kill him. With Lu Yilin imprisoned in a Chaos-created alternate space, the group continued deeper into the storm in search of its treasures.

• Lu Ling urged the team to enter the storm, and Zhao Manyan shielded them from its wind and lightning as the strange birds were destroyed outside.
• Lu Ling took over the defense with simultaneous Advanced Level Water and Light spells, then pretended to weaken so Lu Yilin would take his place.
• Lu Yilin attacked Lu Ling with Light Falls Ten Thousand Zhang, but Lu Ling used Time Lag and Chaos Vortex to stop and swallow the spell.
• Lu Ling revealed that he had baited Lu Yilin into attacking, then exposed him to the storm's wind blades and imprisoned him in a Chaos-created alternate space.
• Lu Ling told the team that the yellow lightning was restriction lightning and led them farther into the storm to seek its hidden treasures.

Lu Ling found the Liquid of Time and subdued the Divine Eye of Space and Time in the ancient city. He then led the group back to Gobi Valley to collect Soul Essences, killing the Warrior Level Forbidden Moon Stone Demons with a single arrow.

• Lu Ling led the group through the storm barrier into an intact ancient city, where they split up to explore.
• Lu Ling found the Liquid of Time beneath the statue in the city center and stored it away.
• After the others left, Lu Ling captured the Divine Eye of Space and Time when it appeared above the city.
• Lu Ling asked the group to help him kill Forbidden Moon Stone Demons in Gobi Valley, and Ai Jiangtu agreed after hearing there were no Monarch Level creatures.
• At Gobi Valley, Lu Ling fired one arrow that killed all the Warrior Level Forbidden Moon Stone Demons and frightened the Sun Stone Demons above.

Lu Ling finished clearing Gobi Valley with the Ice Crystal Bow and returned to Hami City, where he refined the Divine Eye of Space and Time and strengthened his Chaos Reflection Space. He offered the Liquid of Time to Long Zhanye, but she said it could not accelerate a dragon’s natural growth and told him to cultivate properly instead.

• Mu Tingying asked Mu Ningxue about Lu Ling’s use of the Ice Crystal Bow, and Mu Ningxue explained that he could take control of it and ease her pain.
• Lu Ling led the National Team through Gobi Valley, killing the remaining earth Elemental Demons and leaving the team impressed by his strength.
• Back at the temporary residence in Hami City, Lu Ling entered the Reflection Space and inspected the trip’s Soul Essences and the Divine Eye of Space and Time.
• Lu Ling refined the Divine Eye of Space and Time, gaining its time-related abilities and stabilizing his Chaos Reflection Space.
• Lu Ling offered the Liquid of Time to Long Zhanye, but she rejected it as useless to dragons and urged him to cultivate properly.

After settling the Lu Family’s compensation and defeating Peru’s National Pavilion, the Huaxia National Team rested at Royal Felipe Castle. Their quiet stay ended when General Mott blamed them for a vast flock of strange birds and ordered them to leave the city.

• Feng Li took Lu Yilin away, and the Lu Family paid each National Team member one hundred million and Lu Ling one billion in compensation.
• The Huaxia National Team challenged Peru’s National Pavilion, where Mu Tingying, Mu Nujiao, and Guan Yu quickly defeated the Intermediate Level contestants.
• Lu Ling and Mu Ningxue shared an intimate moment, while Jiang Shaoxu, Mu Nujiao, Mu Tingying, and Nan Rongni watched nearby.
• General Mott arrived and summoned the Huaxia National Team to the lookout tower, where they saw a flock of roughly a hundred thousand strange birds approaching.
• Mott blamed the birds on the team and demanded that they leave the city, threatening to kill and remove them if they refused.

Lu Ling confronted General Mott, then led the National Team outside the barrier and summoned Long Zhanye to face the approaching Demon Beasts. The Heavenly Star White Dragon revealed her true form and roared at the birds as the group watched in awe.

• Lu Ling used his power to force General Mott to his knees and told him the National Team would leave him to handle the trouble at Yalie Mine.
• Osto warned Mott that an abandoned castle might provide shelter, while Mott refused to care whether the National Team survived.
• Lu Ling told Ai Jiangtu, Nan Jue, and Jiang Shaoxu to arrange the withdrawal of the Chinese mercenaries and retaliate against Mott.
• Lu Ling refused to flee and summoned Long Zhanye, telling her to kill the approaching strange birds.
• Long Zhanye transformed into the hundred-meter Heavenly Star White Dragon and roared toward the approaching flock.

Lu Ling and Long Zhanye saved Lima by destroying the attacking strange birds, prompting General Mott to seek Lu Ling’s help with the Nazca threat. The chapter ended with Mott agreeing to Lu Ling’s demands for China to receive most of the Yalie Mine’s proceeds and for its soldiers’ compensation to be doubled.

• General Mott realized the Yalie Mine was important because Chinese mercenaries had been stationed there, just as the Heavenly Star White Dragon appeared over Lima.
• Long Zhanye slaughtered the strange birds with Dragon Radiance while Lu Ling strengthened her with blessings, stunning the National Team and Lima’s defenders.
• Mott learned that more than ten thousand ape demon beasts had attacked the Yalie Mine and that the Chinese mercenaries had already withdrawn.
• Long Zhanye returned to her small form, and Mott flew to Lu Ling, bowed, and begged him for clues about Nazca.
• Lu Ling sarcastically challenged Mott over his treatment of the miners, then demanded that eighty percent of the mine’s proceeds go to China and that the soldiers’ compensation be doubled.
• Mott agreed to Lu Ling’s terms.

Lu Ling returned the Eye of Nazca, uncovered and took the Dimensional Pistil powering the sacred ground, and secured Spirit City a share of the Yalie Mine. After feeding Long Zhanye and rejoining the National Team in Lima, he spoke with Mu Ningxue about her wish for a powerful Summoned Beast and then continued their intimate encounter.

• Lu Ling returned the Eye of Nazca and investigated the sacred ground, using the Divine Eye of Space and Time to find a hidden chamber beneath the drawings.
• Lu Ling discovered and took the Dimensional Pistil that powered Nazca’s reflection demon beasts, along with several inscribed stone slabs.
• Shao Zheng informed Lu Ling that Spirit City had received three-tenths of the Yalie Mine’s revenue, bringing China’s total share to eight-tenths.
• Lu Ling took Long Zhanye to eat, then returned to Lima and joined the National Team, which decided to leave Peru the next morning.
• Mu Ningxue asked Lu Ling about Long Zhanye and hoped to find a powerful Summoned Beast; Lu Ling promised to help her find a Contract Beast.
• Lu Ling reminded Mu Ningxue of her promise, and she began an intimate encounter with him.

After a night with Mu Ningxue, Lu Ling led the group toward Mexico and recognized a coastal village as an outpost of the Red Ornament Guild. The group entered the village to confront the pirates collecting protection money.

• Mu Ningxue slept on Lu Ling's back as the group began their difficult journey toward Mexico, and Jiang Shaoxu teased Lu Ling about their reunion.
• Jiang Shaoxu remembered her father saying Lu Ling could protect her from any danger and wondered who he really was.
• The group stopped at a picturesque seaside village, where Lu Ling recognized signs that it was a Red Ornament Guild outpost.
• Lu Ling used Mind Control on Oni, identified her as a Red Ornament Guild member, and killed her with Soul Search.
• Lu Ling told the group the local administration was corrupt and that pirates were collecting protection money inside the village, so they hurried in to intervene.

Lu Ling punished the Red Ornament Guild’s pirates in Vanilla Town, while an international contest for the Dark Noble Cloak was turned into a joint operation against the guild. The Chinese National Team arrived on the Caribbean coast for the assignment, where Lu Ling promised help only if the students could not handle the guild’s president, Kaso.

• Lu Ling left the captured pirates alive in a heap, branded them with Ever-Burning Fire Seals, and ignored the frightened villagers.
• At the Dubai Mage Tower, officials proposed that the Chinese, Japanese, and Indian National Teams eradicate the Red Ornament Guild to compete for the Dark Noble Cloak, and all three teams agreed.
• Feng Li trusted the Chinese team’s strength because Lu Ling was with them, while Fujikata Nobuko worried that China’s advantage left Japan little chance at the cloak.
• Two days later, Ai Jiangtu told the Chinese team that the new assignment was to destroy the Red Ornament Guild alongside Japan and India.
• Lu Ling revealed that he had read a woman’s memories and knew the guild president, Kaso, was an Advanced Level mage in three elements, but said he would not participate unless the students needed him.

The National Team members discussed Lu Ling’s absence from their training assignment, then the women realized Nan Rongni had become involved with him. Nan Rongni visited Lu Ling in a revealing outfit, and he began experimenting with a reward meant to test whether his method could affect her Blessing Element.

• Jiang Shaoxu complained that Lu Ling would not help the team, but Mu Nujiao and Nan Jue explained that he was staying out of their training assignment.
• Nan Rongni declined the shopping trip, and Mu Tingying and Jiang Shaoxu guessed that she had been with Lu Ling; Mu Ningxue and the others reacted with embarrassment and surprise.
• Nan Rongni changed into a white dress and sexy underwear, then went to Lu Ling’s room and told him she was happy the others had mistaken her for one of his women.
• Lu Ling asked Nan Rongni about her newly awakened Blessing Element and said he could not guide her awakening, then offered her a reward as an experiment.
• Lu Ling pulled Nan Rongni onto his lap and kissed her after she admitted she had dressed up for him.

After Lu Ling forced Mu Tingying to tend to him, she cared for an unconscious Nan Rongni, who had reached Intermediate Level in the Blessing Element. Two days later, Lu Ling revealed that the Red Ornament Guild's chairman was near Baitou City and that the guild had the local government's support, leaving the three National Teams to prepare for a more dangerous operation.

• Lu Ling made Mu Tingying clean him before she carried the unconscious Nan Rongni to her room and bathed her.
• Mu Tingying discovered that Nan Rongni had broken through to Intermediate Level in the Blessing Element.
• The three National Teams argued over who would claim the Dark Noble Cloak before their operation against the Red Ornament Guild.
• Lu Ling said the guild's chairman, Kaso, was aboard a ship beside Baitou City and challenged the Japan National Team's claims about the cloak.
• Shao He Gu recognized Lu Ling and reacted warily when Lu Ling mentioned his fight with Qianxun and his victories over Mochizuki Chiharu.
• Lu Ling revealed that the Red Ornament Guild was colluding with the local government, shocking all three National Teams.

The group attacked the ships at Baitou Port and confirmed Mayor Lauren was colluding with Kaso, while Lu Ling watched from the sidelines with Nan Rongni. When Kaso nearly crushed Mo Fan, Lu Ling used Time Lag to freeze the battlefield and then severed Kaso’s limbs with Chaos Magic Blade.

• The group stormed the ships at Baitou Port, uncovered Mayor Lauren’s collusion with Kaso, and fought the government troops and the Red Ornament Guild.
• Lu Ling checked Nan Rongni’s recovery as she revealed her wish to persuade Mu Ningxue to accept their relationship.
• Aoluna and a Temple Mage realized Lu Ling had detected their concealment and watched him from afar.
• The government troops began retreating, but Kaso dragged Mo Fan into the air and sent a huge mountain crashing down toward him.
• Lu Ling cast Time Lag to freeze the battlefield, rescued Mo Fan, and cut off Kaso’s four limbs with Chaos Magic Blade.

China’s National Team reached the American National Pavilion, where Lu Ling reunited with Aoluna and drew the attention of her possessive younger brother, Feiluomu. After the Americans revealed their unbeaten challenge record and dismissed China’s chances, Lu Ling said he had already defeated their captain, Jesse.

• China’s National Team easily claimed the Mexico National Pavilion badge, and Mu Tingying defeated Guan Yu in the rankings to secure her official team position.
• Beneath the Statue of Liberty, Aoluna greeted Lu Ling and thanked him for killing Kaso, while Mu Ningxue blushed as her companions teased her about him.
• Feiluomu confronted Lu Ling and the Chinese team, but Aoluna invited them to visit the American National Pavilion, and Lu Ling asked her out.
• At the pavilion, the Chinese team saw that every country’s challenge record bore a cross, and Feiluomu revealed that China’s failure had been marked in advance.
• Lu Ling said he had beaten Jesse badly, shocking Feiluomu and Aoluna.

Lu Ling took Aoluna on a stroll through New York after China won its match, then the two stopped at a café where he met the waitress Li Yu'e. His Future Foresight revealed an ambush, and he teleported everyone in the café away just before the building exploded.

• China won the match after Lu Ling let Mo Fan, Jiang Shaoxu, Nan Rongni, Mu Ningxue, and Mu Tingying take the field.
• Lu Ling and Aoluna walked through New York, shared steak, and enjoyed what seemed like a date.
• At a café, Lu Ling recognized the waitress Li Yu'e, who teased him about Aoluna not being his girlfriend.
• Lu Ling foresaw several attacks targeting him and the people nearby, then froze the area with his Time Lag Domain.
• Lu Ling teleported Aoluna, Li Yu'e, and everyone else in the café away before an explosion destroyed the building.

Lu Ling protected Li Yu'e and Aoluna from four Super Level assassins who tried to kill him, then imprisoned and killed the attackers while probing their memories. The clues pointed to Salang and revealed Pei Li’s connection to Ye Chang, leaving Lu Ling intent on pursuing the Assassin Palace and Ye Chang.

• Aoluna calmed Li Yu'e while Lu Ling warned that their attackers were still hiding nearby.
• Gui Ji, Kui Bei, Grave Craftsman, and Pei Li launched an ambush, but Lu Ling detected them and imprisoned the Reflection Space with the Divine Eye of Space and Time.
• Lu Ling used the Soul Capture Technique to kill Grave Craftsman and Gui Ji and learned that the assassination was connected to Salang.
• Lu Ling taunted Kui Bei about Salang before killing the remaining assassins one by one.
• Lu Ling frightened Pei Li with a threat concerning his dead daughter, killed him, and resolved to visit the Assassin Palace and take revenge on Ye Chang.

Lu Ling revealed that he had killed the Black Vatican executioner Pei Li, then helped the shaken Li Yu'e find a safe place to go. Aoluna invited Lu Ling to her home for dinner, where she cooked steak for him.

• Lu Ling showed Aoluna and the Temple Mages Pei Li's corpse and confirmed that the former Temple Mage had been a Black Vatican executioner.
• An elderly Temple Mage recognized Pei Li, warned Lu Ling about the Black Vatican, and arranged for the corpse to be taken away.
• Lu Ling gave Li Yu'e a business card and travel money, suggesting she return to China for safety and a job.
• Aoluna teased Lu Ling about making eyes at another woman, then took his hand and invited him to dinner at her home.
• Aoluna cooked steak in her small house while Lu Ling watched her and remarked on seeing a Temple Mage in an apron.

Lu Ling and Aoluna grew closer after sharing dinner, and their relationship became intimate over several days. Aoluna discovered that being with Lu Ling had greatly increased her Light Element cultivation, and he eventually left to return to his team after promising she could seek him out in Fanxue City.

• Aoluna cooked dinner for Lu Ling, and they talked about the temple, the national team, Kaso, and the attack before kissing.
• Lu Ling and Aoluna spent the night together, and the next day he used Healing Light on her before they became intimate again.
• Lu Ling fed the exhausted Aoluna and told her she was his woman, then revealed that her time with him had boosted her magical cultivation.
• Aoluna asked Lu Ling to stay, and he spent another night with her before preparing to leave.
• Lu Ling told Aoluna to come to Fanxue City if she needed anything, and she kissed him goodbye and asked him to think of her.

Lu Ling returned to the National Team after surviving a Black Vatican attack and traveled with them to Portugal, where he noticed signs of the Drowning Curse. He summoned his hunter partner Ling Ling to join him, leaving the group poised to investigate the curse.

• Mu Ningxue confronted Lu Ling about vanishing for two days, and he admitted that the Black Vatican had attacked him but said he had dealt with them.
• Ai Jiangtu mentioned that a treasure had been stolen from the Temple of Freedom, and Lu Ling recalled the Triangular Dimensional Mirror and Leng Jue’s scheme.
• Lu Ling admitted to Mu Ningxue that he had been on a date with Aoluna, and she grew jealous.
• The National Team arrived in Portugal and found the skeleton of a Walrus Mammoth that Jiang Yu identified as a recently dead Sub-Monarch-level Sea Monster.
• Lu Ling called Ling Ling and urged her to fly to Portugal to join an international bounty involving the Drowning Curse.
• Lu Ling identified a person being cremated as a victim of the Drowning Curse, alarming Jiang Shaoxu and reminding Mu Ningxue of the curse she had encountered in Japan.

Lu Ling and his companions investigated suspected cases of the Drowning Curse along Tiyaano's shore, and Ling Ling arrived to join the mission. After introducing Ling Ling to Mu Ningxue and Jiang Shaoxu, Lu Ling set out with them to discuss the curse.

• Lu Ling took Mu Ningxue and Jiang Shaoxu along Tiyaano's shore to learn about the Drowning Curse and search for suspected cases.
• Lu Ling and Mu Ningxue spent the night together while Jiang Shaoxu listened from the next room through Lu Ling's soundproof domain.
• A blue-haired girl hummed on a reef in the sea mist and turned to look toward the sleeping city after hearing something.
• Lu Ling met Ling Ling in the departure lounge, and she hugged and kissed his cheek before joining him.
• Lu Ling introduced Ling Ling to Mu Ningxue and Jiang Shaoxu, explaining that his tiny hunting partner was a Hunter Master.
• Ling Ling asked Lu Ling to tell her about the Drowning Curse as they walked.

Lu Ling tamed the sea monsters around a Black Sea Pseudo-Dragon so the Jellyfish Vile Maggot could parasitize it, then encountered the blue-haired girl he had met in Lianyungang. She fled in terror after sensing his aura, and the chapter left her calling him an Emperor.

• Lu Ling used the Victoria Clan’s Dragon Taming Technique to tame the Thunderblast Squids and Black Sea Pseudo-Dragon, allowing the Jellyfish Vile Maggot to begin parasitizing its host.
• While keeping watch at night, Lu Ling heard singing and traveled north to a reef, where he found the blue-haired girl he had met in Lianyungang.
• The blue-haired girl thanked Lu Ling for saving her before she suddenly screamed and fled, leaving him puzzled by her fear.
• A hundred li away, the blue-haired girl caught her breath and said Lu Ling had the aura of an Emperor.

Lu Ling and Ling Ling encountered the blue-haired girl again, learned that she belonged to the Mermaid Clan, and heard her plea to save her people. Yaoyao’s account suggested that an underwater civilization had been devastated, while the undead on the seabed remained a mystery.

• Lu Ling killed the Vile Maggot after it transformed into the Black Sea Pseudo-Dragon, and Ling Ling developed the serum.
• Lu Ling walked along the shore with Ling Ling, who asked whether he would wait for her, and he told her to take care of herself.
• Lu Ling and Ling Ling heard Yaoyao singing and found her mourning the destruction of an underwater civilization.
• Yaoyao mistook Lu Ling for someone else and asked whether the undead on the seabed belonged to him; he denied it.
• Yaoyao introduced herself as a member of the Mermaid Clan and begged Lu Ling to save her people.

Yaoyao revealed that the Mermaid Clan was nearly wiped out by an undead assault and asked Lu Ling for help. Lu Ling agreed to follow her to the clan’s territory, bringing Ling Ling along, and the three entered a spatial passage to its core area.

• Yaoyao explained that the undead had attacked her people, whose ability to suppress marine creatures had weakened, and asked Lu Ling to help.
• Yaoyao recognized Lu Ling as an Undead Emperor, surprising Ling Ling, and Lu Ling agreed to follow her.
• Ling Ling insisted on joining Lu Ling, and he agreed to bring her along.
• Yaoyao carried Lu Ling and Ling Ling through the deep sea at tremendous speed to a remote stretch of seabed.
• Yaoyao opened a silver spatial passage to the Mermaid Clan’s core area, and Lu Ling and Ling Ling followed her through it.
• Lu Ling marveled at the passage because he could not yet understand how Yaoyao had created it.

Lu Ling confronted the Queen of Desiccated Bones in the ruined Mermaid Clan forbidden grounds to protect Yaoyao and the others. The Queen wounded him with a psychic attack and recognized his concealed divine standing as a Nether King, leaving Lu Ling bleeding and near collapse.

• The Queen of Desiccated Bones taunted the imprisoned High Priestess Qingluo and prepared to kill her and Yaoyao when they reunited.
• Lu Ling, Ling Ling, and Yaoyao emerged into the devastated forbidden grounds, where Yaoyao found Qingluo trapped in a desiccated-bone cage.
• Lu Ling placed Ling Ling, Yaoyao, Qingluo, and Long Zhanye inside Reflection Space, then confronted the Queen of Desiccated Bones.
• Lu Ling and the Queen exchanged Emperor-level attacks, and Lu Ling used Chaos and the Divine Eye of Space and Time to strike her.
• The Queen sensed Lu Ling's hidden divine standing as a Nether King and attacked his mind, leaving him bleeding from all seven orifices as Ling Ling cried out.