Recaps

Lu Ling infiltrated Pamish’s chamber, restrained her with the Blood Oath and a spatial barrier, and revealed that he knew she was secretly the Pope. He left her trapped and in pain as he continued his assault.

• Pamish saw Lu Ling appear in the Chaos Magic Mirror, then discovered him standing behind her in her chamber.
• Lu Ling used the Blood Oath to inflict pain and prevented Pamish from calling for help with a spatial barrier.
• Pamish asked what Lu Ling wanted, and he told her he had come for her and called her the Pope.
• Lu Ling forced Pamish against the dressing table and continued torturing her with magic-enhanced blows.

Lu Ling used Pamish to rapidly improve his Blessing Element cultivation, then summoned Ande and Merola to the Temple Mother's chambers. Their eager participation left Tisu stunned, and Lu Ling eventually called her over to improve her cultivation too.

• Pamish realized Lu Ling had tricked her and cried as he comforted and mocked her.
• The next day, Tisu brought Ande and Merola to the Temple Mother's chambers, where Lu Ling was using Pamish to cultivate.
• Pamish saw Ande and Merola watching and begged them to leave, while Lu Ling continued his cultivation exercise.
• Ande and Merola revealed they were Lu Ling's slaves, and Merola willingly joined him to improve her magic cultivation.
• Ande urged Tisu to join them, and after standing aside for an hour, Tisu was called over by Lu Ling.

Lu Ling used Pamish and Tisu to accelerate his cultivation, breaking through to the Super Level in the Blessing Element while drawing Tisu deeper into his control. The chapter ended with Pamish demanding answers about Lu Ling’s secrets, then agreeing to serve him in exchange for them.

• Tisu entered the Temple Mother’s Pavilion and found Lu Ling with Pamish, who begged him not to let her subordinate see her.
• Lu Ling used spatial power to bring Tisu over and claimed he would improve her cultivation as thanks for helping Xin Xia and warning him about the Divine Seal Praise.
• After a week, Lu Ling broke through to the Super Level in the Blessing Element, while Tisu acknowledged that her Healing, Psychic, and Blessing Elements had also advanced considerably.
• Lu Ling kissed Tisu before she left, and Pamish later confronted him about how he knew secrets from before he was born.
• Lu Ling offered to reveal his secrets if Pamish served him to his satisfaction, and Pamish angrily crouched down to comply.

Lu Ling reunited with Ye Xin Xia and Fen Ai on Goddess Peak, then asked Ye Xin Xia to become the Goddess, and she agreed. After spending several days with them, he said goodbye and visited Asharuiya before leaving to collect Mu Ningxue and the others.

• Lu Ling reunited with Ye Xin Xia and Fen Ai at Xin Xia's palace, and the three spent the day together.
• Lu Ling asked Ye Xin Xia to become the Goddess, and she agreed while Fen Ai vowed to help her.
• Lu Ling promised Ye Xin Xia he would return within two months, then said goodbye to her and Fen Ai.
• Lu Ling visited Asharuiya at her cliffside cottage, where she teased him and complained that her desserts cost one hundred and thirty-two per jin.

Lu Ling returned to Spirit City with the girls and began preparing for their future, sending the Nine Nether Queen to search for Xiayu and its Earth Sacred Spring. He also showed Ling Ling the Nazca stone tablet and agreed to spend a few days alone with her, while Shen Xi continued withholding Jiang Feng’s food as part of restoring her memories.

• Asharuiya learned that Lu Ling had been involved with the Temple Mother, Pamish, and asked him to be with her before he left.
• Lu Ling gathered the girls, took them to the castle in Spirit City, and left Liu Xian and Liu Ru to guide them around.
• Lu Ling sent the Nine Nether Queen to scout for Xiayu, a hidden place near Mingwu Ancient City and Carp City where Earth Sacred Spring could be found.
• Lu Ling showed Ling Ling the stone tablet from Peru’s Eye of Nazca and explained the strange duplication phenomenon in the Nazca Forbidden Land.
• Lu Ling agreed to spend a few days playing with Ling Ling, then teleported with her to Fanxue City’s amusement park.
• Shen Xi restrained Jiang Feng and said that not letting her eat Ling would help restore her memories, while a white rose began to consume Chen Ying’s consciousness.

Lu Ling instructed Baxia to patrol China’s coastline and learned that he had become its Totem Guardian. After Qingluo recovered, she offered to answer his questions about breaking through the spiritual boundary, leaving him ready to address a weakness before facing stronger enemies.

• Five days after Ling Ling returned to the Azure Sky Hunter Agency, Lu Ling let Netherworld and Shen Xi accompany her as protection and teachers.
• At Fanxue City’s port, Qin Yuer and Mochizuki Chiharu watched Lu Ling from afar and teased each other about their feelings for him.
• Baxia rose from the sea, and Lu Ling asked it to roar regularly and keep Sea Monsters away from the area; Baxia agreed and began patrolling China’s sea.
• Lu Ling discovered that his wooden fish vessel had turned blue and concluded that Baxia had recognized him as its guardian.
• Qingluo thanked Lu Ling for healing her, said she had nearly recovered, and offered to answer his questions about spiritual boundary breakthroughs.

Lu Ling asked Qingluo about breaking through the Ninth Realm Stage and learned that humans likely needed the Earth Pistil, while Long Zhanye reminded him of his powerful contracted partners. Qingluo offered to research his Spirit Body and demonstrated the Mermaid Clan’s abilities with a song that calmed and commanded the sea, leaving Lu Ling, Qin Yuer, and Mochizuki Chiharu captivated.

• Qingluo told Lu Ling that humans could scarcely surpass the Ninth Realm Stage through their own strength, and Long Zhanye reminded him that his contracted partners could help face an Emperor-level enemy.
• Long Zhanye scolded Lu Ling, dragged Austin out of the void, and then attacked Lu Ling after he teased her about her growth and appearance.
• Lu Ling explained his Spirit Body to Qingluo, who offered to consult reference materials, but she had no knowledge of Blood Magic.
• Yaoyao volunteered to sing, but Qingluo took her place and began a mermaid song over the sea.
• Qingluo’s song raised and shaped pillars and waves of water while soothing Lu Ling, and Qin Yuer and Mochizuki Chiharu watched from the city wall.

After advancing most of his magic to the Super Level, Lu Ling set out for Xiayu with Jiang Shaoxu and the Nine Nether Queen to find a totem beast. They arrived in Carp City, where Lu Ling had Yaoyao sing to put the hostile locals to sleep.

• Lu Ling celebrated his Super Level Fire Element breakthrough while Liu Xian and Liu Ru served him breakfast.
• The Nine Nether Queen reported that she had found Xiayu, and Lu Ling teleported away with her.
• Lu Ling brought Jiang Shaoxu along to see a living totem beast, and Long Zhanye joined them on the journey.
• The group flew to Carp City in Xiayu and landed amid the suspicious stares of its residents.
• Lu Ling opened the Gate of the Spirit Realm, and Yaoyao began singing to make everyone around them fall asleep.

Lu Ling subdued Xiayu’s residents and Super Level mages, then sent Song Feiyao to free the imprisoned Haidongqing God. The chapter left Song Feiyao abandoning her plan to flee and agreeing to obey Lu Ling.

• Yaoyao’s song put nearly everyone below the Super Level to sleep, and Lu Ling sent the sleeping Xiayu residents into his chaos space.
• Lu Ling told Jiang Shaoxu that the Xiayu residents were sinners he intended to use as fighters against Demon Beasts.
• Lu Ling told Song Feiyao to undo the Haidongqing God’s chains, then used Space Gravity and Mind control to subdue the Super Level mages who tried to stop her.
• Jiang Shaoxu was stunned to learn Lu Ling had reached the Super Level and possessed a Psychic Element Star Palace.
• Song Feiyao considered fleeing with the Haidongqing God, but Lu Ling warned her not to run, and she promised to stay and free the god.

Lu Ling took the Earth Sacred Spring from Xiayu Island and persuaded Song Feiyao to bring the Haidongqing God to his territory, where he promised to protect them. As they traveled to Mingwu Ancient City, Song Feiyao revealed that she had reached Super Level in four elements, leaving Jiang Shaoxu stunned.

• Lu Ling teleported into Xiayu's forbidden core, took the Earth Sacred Spring and its stone slabs into his Spirit Realm, then returned to Jiang Shaoxu.
• Lu Ling explained to Song Feiyao that the Haidongqing God was a totem and offered to protect him in his territory.
• The Haidongqing God shrank to a small eagle and perched on Lu Ling's shoulder, and Song Feiyao agreed to go with them.
• Lu Ling moved the ancient sculpture from Xiayu Island to Mingwu Ancient City, and the Haidongqing God carried the group through the sky.
• Song Feiyao introduced herself, learned that Lu Ling had taken the Earth Sacred Spring, and accepted his offer of ten billion worth of resources.
• Song Feiyao said she was a Super Level mage in four elements, astonishing Jiang Shaoxu.

Li Yu'e used Lu Ling's card to get a cleaning job at Spirit City, while Lu Ling helped Song Feiyao settle in and searched Pearl Academy's library for information about Blood Magic. After remembering that a Moth Woman was active around this time, he went to Tongxiang, where someone lurking in an alley challenged him.

• Li Yu'e presented Lu Ling's card to Liu Ru and Liu Xian, who appointed her Spirit City's cleaner and assigned her to keep Master's room spotless.
• Lu Ling gave Song Feiyao a phone and promised to help her obtain a new identity, while Jiang Shaoxu teased him about winning her over.
• Lu Ling searched Pearl Academy's library with Qingluo and Yaoyao for information about Blood Magic but found nothing, and Dean Xiao gave him his graduation certificate.
• Lu Ling recalled that a Moth Woman was causing trouble around this time.
• Three days later, Lu Ling appeared in a Tongxiang alley, where a figure with dark-glowing eyes demanded to know who he was.

Lu Ling gained Yu Shishi’s trust and moved her and the Moon Moth Phoenix to a secluded cabin near Fanxue City. He arranged protection for them and asked Yu Shishi to make Artificial Heavenly Seeds, while the Haidongqing God remained to guard the area.

• Lu Ling revealed that he was a Totem Guardian and used the Haidongqing God to convince Yu Shishi he knew about her past and the Moon Moth Phoenix.
• Yu Shishi agreed to go to Fanxue City but insisted on checking her new home before bringing the Moon Moth Phoenix there.
• Lu Ling took Yu Shishi to a furnished cabin in the hills and explained that he knew the Moon Moth Phoenix’s history and planned to kill the culprit behind her death.
• Yu Shishi asked Lu Ling to take her back for the Moon Moth Phoenix, and they moved the moth to the cabin.
• Lu Ling arranged for the Haidongqing God to protect Yu Shishi and asked her to make Artificial Heavenly Seeds using materials from his secretaries.

Lu Ling reunited with Li Yu'e, who had come to Spirit City for a cleaning job in his castle. After showing her his room, he kissed her and let her leave the first mark on its bed.

• Lu Ling assigned Lauren the female mages from Xiayu to train at the Assassin Hall.
• Lu Ling encountered Li Yu'e cleaning his room in the castle and invited her to talk.
• Li Yu'e explained that she had taken the cleaning job after Lu Ling gave her a business card and that Liu Xian and Liu Ru had mistaken her for his woman.
• Lu Ling and Li Yu'e lay on the bed in his room, and he kissed her after asking whether she would regret it.

Lu Ling and Li Yu'e grew closer, and he helped her awaken Mind Element Magic before introducing her to the other women. Later, Lu Ling detected a Space Mark fluctuation and reached Greece, where he rescued Ye Xin Xia and confronted Pannijia over a plan against her.

• Li Yu'e woke beside Lu Ling, discussed their relationship with him, and agreed to awaken her magic.
• Lu Ling brought Li Yu'e an Awakening Stone, and she awakened Mind Element Magic before meeting Mu Ningxue and the others.
• Lu Ling sensed a fluctuation from the Space Mark and opened a spatial passage to Greece.
• Lu Ling found Ye Xin Xia asleep in Pannijia's palace and sent her to the Spirit Realm.
• Lu Ling disarmed Pannijia, learned she was involved in Yi Zhisha's plan against Ye Xin Xia, and said she would pay for plotting against his sister.

Lu Ling purified Yi Zhisha’s remains and used the Resurrection Divine Art to bring her back to life. Yi Zhisha woke in the Spirit Realm, learned that Lu Ling possessed the Divine Soul, and found herself unable to resist his advances.

• Lu Ling purified the dark energy inside Yi Zhisha’s body and secretly carried her remains into the Spirit Realm.
• Lu Ling invoked the Resurrection Divine Art, returning Yi Zhisha’s soul to her body and reviving her.
• Yi Zhisha woke and asked Lu Ling who he was; he told her he had resurrected her.
• Lu Ling revealed that the Divine Soul had been with him for several years, shocking Yi Zhisha and upsetting her plans to reclaim the goddess’s throne.
• Lu Ling used Holy Light to purify Yi Zhisha, kissed her, and stopped her from fighting back with Mind Shock.

Lu Ling resurrected Yi Zhisha and forced her into submission, then ordered her to support Ye Xin Xia as Goddess and credit her with the resurrection. He summoned Pannijia, Ande, Merola, and Pamish, leaving Yi Zhisha humiliated before the people who had once served her.

• Lu Ling told Yi Zhisha that he intended to make her obey him, and the chapter skipped ahead through one hundred days.
• A week later, Lu Ling comforted the tearful Yi Zhisha and ordered her to support Ye Xin Xia as Goddess and publicly claim Ye Xin Xia had resurrected her.
• Yi Zhisha refused, insisting the Goddess position could never be handed to Ye Xin Xia, but Lu Ling said the Black Vatican was already in his hands and ordered her to comply.
• Lu Ling opened teleportation portals and brought Pannijia, Ande, Merola, and Pamish into the bedchamber.
• Ande, Merola, and Pannijia recognized the resurrected Yi Zhisha, while Pamish remarked on the Parthenon's fall into Lu Ling's hands.
• Lu Ling told Merola that the moment had come to show filial piety to Yi Zhisha, leaving Yi Zhisha hiding her face in his chest.

Lu Ling laid out his plan to make Ye Xin Xia the next Goddess of the Parthenon, with Yi Zhisha’s endorsement and the Black Dragon Emperor’s support. He summoned Austin to reveal her true form over Athens, stirring the city and the Parthenon as the election approached.

• Lu Ling ordered Pamish, Yi Zhisha, Ande, Pannijia, and Merola to hold the Goddess election within a month and make Ye Xin Xia the Goddess.
• Pamish warned that Ye Xin Xia lacked the strength and Divine Soul needed to persuade the Parthenon, so Lu Ling promised to strengthen her and secure Yi Zhisha’s endorsement.
• Lu Ling named the Black Dragon Emperor as a crucial supporter and summoned Austin into Goddess Hall.
• Lu Ling asked Austin to reveal her true form, and the Black Dragon Emperor flew over Parthenon Mountain, causing turmoil in Athens and the Parthenon.
• Austin returned to Goddess Hall in human form, while Asharuiya watched from her balcony and grew jealous that Lu Ling had not told her beforehand.

Lu Ling prepared Ye Xin Xia to become the Goddess by raising her Healing Element to the Super Level and bringing the Divine Soul under his control. He learned from Pamish that the Divine Soul needed a prayer to awaken and that the Prayer Art could also unleash power comparable to a Forbidden Curse, then asked her to teach it to him.

• Lu Ling visited Ye Xin Xia and told her the Goddess election would be held the following month and that she needed to reach the Super Level.
• Over three weeks, Lu Ling helped Ye Xin Xia raise her Healing Element to the Super Level and improve her Blessing and Psychic Elements.
• Lu Ling revealed that he had tamed the Divine Soul and returned it to Ye Xin Xia, though she could not yet use it.
• In the Parthenon library, Pamish told Lu Ling that the Divine Soul needed a prayer to awaken and that the Prayer Art could summon destructive magic comparable to a Forbidden Curse.
• Lu Ling asked Pamish to teach him the Prayer Art, and she reminded him it could only be offered during the Goddess election.

Lu Ling taught Pamish the Prayer Method and asked whether she knew anything about Blood Magic, but Parthenon had no records of it. A week before election day, Lu Ling told Ye Xin Xia the truth about her past, destroyed the Forget Worm in her mind, and she recovered her memories while reaffirming her love for him and her resolve to become Goddess.

• Lu Ling studied the Prayer Method with Pamish, then asked her about Blood Magic; she said Parthenon had no records of it.
• A week before election day, Lu Ling visited Ye Xin Xia, who said she had recovered and could communicate with the Parthenon Divine Soul.
• Lu Ling explained Ye Xin Xia’s origins, her ties to Wen Tai and Salang, and the plots surrounding her roles in the Black Vatican and Parthenon.
• Lu Ling offered to destroy the Forget Worm and restore Ye Xin Xia’s missing memories, and she agreed.
• Lu Ling used the Divine Soul’s healing light to destroy the Forget Worm, and Ye Xin Xia remembered her past and reaffirmed her love for Lu Ling and her determination to become Goddess.

Five days before election day, Lu Ling visited Asharuiya at the cliffside cottage and persuaded her to withdraw from the goddess election in support of Ye Xin Xia. After two days together, Asharuiya declared that she wanted to become stronger so she could be on top, leaving Lu Ling bemused by her ambition.

• Asharuiya questioned Lu Ling about his long absence and discussed the obstacles facing the goddess election.
• Lu Ling told Asharuiya that Ye Xin Xia had gathered Pannijia's and Ande's supporters and asked her to withdraw from the election.
• Asharuiya agreed to withdraw, then drew Lu Ling into an intimate encounter that lasted two days.
• Asharuiya told Lu Ling she wanted to become stronger and be on top, while he wondered why being with her had barely improved his Shadow Element cultivation.

Ye Xin Xia was crowned goddess after the Parthenon’s leaders and citizens rallied behind her, and their prayers strengthened the Divine Soul within her. From Reflection Space, Lu Ling watched the ceremony with Ye Chang and reassured her that he would protect their daughter and that the agreement with Pamish was void.

• Pamish introduced Ye Xin Xia as the one chosen by the Divine Soul and the Resurrection Divine Art.
• Yi Zhisha revealed herself as the former goddess and pledged the Goddess Hall’s support for Ye Xin Xia.
• Ye Xin Xia communed with the Divine Soul, and the Black Dragon Emperor Austin appeared as her guardian, prompting the Knight Hall, Faith Hall, and crowd to support her.
• Pamish led the citizens in prayer, and their faith power gathered around Ye Xin Xia and strengthened the awakening Divine Soul.
• Lu Ling told Ye Chang that Pamish was the Pope, their agreement was void, and he would protect Ye Xin Xia; Ye Chang thanked him.

Lu Ling and Ye Chang grew closer after he teased her into a kiss, and three days later she was more comfortable making demands while imprisoned in his Spirit Realm. News of the Parthenon’s new Goddess and the Black Dragon Emperor’s guardianship alarmed Su Lu and the Holy City, while Uriel suspected a hidden power had helped secure the Goddess’s election.

• Lu Ling kissed Ye Chang after she denied having feelings for him, and she secretly embraced him despite her protests.
• Three days later, Lu Ling kept Ye Chang in his Spirit Realm cage and indulged her demands while she claimed she only wanted to reach the Forbidden Curse.
• News spread that the new Parthenon Goddess had the Black Dragon Emperor as her guardian, ruining Su Lu’s dragon-hunting plans.
• Su Lu learned that the Moth Woman was in Fanxue City under Spirit City’s protection and ordered an investigation into the power behind Spirit City.
• Raphael and Remiel questioned how the Parthenon had chosen a Goddess so quickly, while Uriel suspected a witch and a hidden power were involved.
• Remiel allowed Uriel to pursue the witch, hoping they might find a power that could help the Holy City regain its influence.

Lu Ling gathered Ye Xin Xia, Asharuiya, Yi Zhisha, and the others in the Spirit Realm to use the Earth Sacred Spring to improve their cultivation. He handed Yi Zhisha over to Asharuiya to punish her for past grievances, while the rest faced Lu Ling’s plans for the coming days.

• Lu Ling spent several days with Ye Xin Xia, whose Super Level cultivation improved through the Earth Sacred Spring’s power.
• Lu Ling summoned Asharuiya, Ye Xin Xia, Fen Ai, Yi Zhisha, Pamish, Ande, Pannijia, and Merola to the Goddess Hall, then transported them to the Spirit Realm.
• Yi Zhisha recognized the spring as a cultivation accelerator, and Asharuiya argued with her over her role in Wen Tai’s death.
• Lu Ling gave Asharuiya a leather whip and used Rapid Thinking on Yi Zhisha, allowing Asharuiya to punish her.
• Asharuiya whipped Yi Zhisha as the others looked away, while Lu Ling declared that he would direct the group’s activities over the next few days.

Lu Ling bestowed the holy soul of fire upon Hualisi, helping her break through two levels, then went with Pamish to resurrect the Apollo Titan God. The titan god awoke bound to Lu Ling by an ancient contract.

• Pamish named Hualisi the Goddess's guardian knight and, with Lu Ling's help, bestowed the holy soul of fire upon her.
• Two days later, Lu Ling found that Hualisi had fused with the holy soul and broken through two levels; she woke and condemned him before leaving.
• Lu Ling told Hualisi to cultivate toward the Forbidden Curse realm and obey Ye Xin Xia's orders.
• Pamish showed Lu Ling the remains of the Apollo Titan God and explained that its body had been used to refine Black Beast Demons.
• Lu Ling used the Resurrection Divine Art on the Apollo Titan God, whose heart began beating and whose golden eyes opened.

Lu Ling returned to Magic City and reunited with Netherworld, Old Man Bao, and Ling Ling, who had deciphered the stone tablet. Shen Xi watched them before visiting Jiang Feng and Chen Ying in a hidden palace, where she promised Jiang Feng would soon see Lu Ling and hinted that Chen Ying could help restore her memories if she obeyed.

• Lu Ling returned to the Azure Sky Hunter Agency, where Netherworld welcomed him with a kiss.
• Old Man Bao accused Lu Ling of interfering in the Parthenon Goddess election, and Ling Ling said Xin Xia had become the Goddess.
• Ling Ling told Lu Ling she had deciphered the stone tablet and dragged him outside to find a larger place to show him the method.
• Shen Xi watched Lu Ling, Netherworld, and Ling Ling leave, then opened a Gate of Space and went to a hidden palace in the Spirit Realm.
• Jiang Feng begged Shen Xi to let her go find Lu Ling, and Shen Xi promised she would see him soon.
• Chen Ying told Shen Xi that Jiang Feng still had not recovered her memories, and Shen Xi said progress depended on Chen Ying behaving and listening.