Recaps

Lu Ling rescued Ye Xin Xia from Gloken and the Parthenon delegation, then used Long Zhanye’s dragon form to crush their plane and overpower Gloken and Dikaios. After Gloken resisted and began summoning a purple lightning Star Palace, Lu Ling’s expression turned cold and Leng Qing, Ling Ling, and Xin Xia tried to stop him.

• Ye Xin Xia vanished through Space Magic, and Long Zhanye appeared to crush Gloken’s plane while Lu Ling mocked him.
• Long Zhanye struck the ground, sending Gloken and Dikaios flying, while Lu Ling reassured Ye Xin Xia that the Parthenon men were expendable.
• Leng Qing and Ling Ling arrived, and Lu Ling insisted he had only taught Gloken and Dikaios a lesson before confronting them.
• Gloken threatened Lu Ling, but Lu Ling used spatial force to pin Gloken and Dikaios to the ground.
• Gloken stood using an Armor Magic Tool and began summoning a purple lightning Star Palace, prompting Lu Ling to send Leng Qing away as the others urged him not to act rashly.

Lu Ling crippled Gloken after the Parthenon agents tried to abduct Ye Xin Xia, then took her home with Long Zhanye. He asked Xin Xia whether she was willing to go to the Parthenon, leaving her answer unknown.

• Lu Ling shattered Gloken’s Star Palace, crushed his hand, and destroyed his Super Level Star Ocean after Gloken threatened him.
• Dikaios carried the unconscious Gloken away to seek emergency treatment, while Leng Qing and Ling Ling left after warning Lu Ling to be careful.
• Lu Ling took Ye Xin Xia’s hand and headed home, and she calmly accepted his protection.
• Long Zhanye returned in human form, teased Lu Ling, and settled into his arms as he explained that she was a two-hundred-year-old dragon.
• Lu Ling asked Ye Xin Xia whether she would be willing to go to the Parthenon.

Ye Xin Xia chose to go to the Parthenon because she wanted to become stronger, and Lu Ling agreed to support her. After taking Long Zhanye to buy food for her older sister, Lu Ling spent the night at a hotel with Xin Xia and Jiang Feng.

• Ye Xin Xia told Lu Ling she wanted to become stronger, and he agreed to let her go to the Parthenon.
• Long Zhanye ate several hundred jin of lobster, then asked Lu Ling to buy more for her older sister, the Mysterious Dragon Emperor.
• Lu Ling bought all the crayfish and lobster nearby and put them in his spatial ring for Long Zhanye, who left through the Gate of Space.
• Lu Ling offered to spend the next few days with Ye Xin Xia, and she suggested they visit an amusement park.
• At the hotel, Jiang Feng bit Lu Ling's arm hard enough to draw blood.

Ye Xin Xia left for the Parthenon with a Female Sage and five Golden Sun Knights after Lu Ling saw her off. Lu Ling then encountered Leng Qing at the airport and took her to dinner, where she told him Ling Ling had been in the Ancient Capital for over half a month.

• Jiang Feng’s attempt to learn from Ye Xin Xia’s healing left Lu Ling with a bloody mouth, which Ye Xin Xia healed.
• A Female Sage named Tisu arrived with five Golden Sun Knights, apologized for Gloken’s behavior, and invited Ye Xin Xia to the Parthenon.
• Ye Xin Xia chose to go, hugged and kissed Lu Ling goodbye, and boarded the plane with the Parthenon delegation.
• Lu Ling asked Tisu which faction she belonged to, and she said the Temple Mother had shown her kindness before leaving.
• Lu Ling met Leng Qing outside the airport, teased her about being jealous, and invited her to dinner.
• Over dinner, Leng Qing told Lu Ling that Ling Ling had been in the Ancient Capital for over half a month.

Lu Ling gave Leng Qing a pair of powerful defensive earrings before leaving for national team training, then pressed her to confront her feelings for him. Leng Qing admitted she had fallen for him, and the two kissed.

• Lu Ling told Leng Qing he had believed she was dead and apologized for leaving Ling Ling to cope alone; Leng Qing said she would look after Ling Ling while he trained with the national team.
• Lu Ling gave Leng Qing earrings made by Huo Tuo that could block Super Level magic attacks, including psychic and darkness attacks, so she could defend herself against the Black Vatican.
• When Leng Qing refused the valuable gift, Lu Ling cornered her and asked whether she had fallen for him; she tried to deflect him by mentioning her Super Level breakthrough.
• Lu Ling kissed Leng Qing, and she gradually responded as she recognized that she had fallen for him.
• After they parted, Leng Qing admitted defeat and acknowledged her feelings, while Lu Ling teased her and suggested they take things further.

Lu Ling deepened his relationship with Leng Qing, gave her enchanted earrings that could summon his protection, and then revealed that he had been preselected for the National Team. As he went into seclusion to study the Undead Element, he discovered the Ancient King’s Soul Gathering Technique could reliably turn recently dead Demon Beasts into saleable Soul Essences.

• Leng Qing rejected Lu Ling’s suggestion that they tell anyone about their relationship, but accepted his magic earrings and the Space Mark he had placed on them for emergencies.
• Lu Ling brought Long Zhanye out of the Contract Space, and she quietly ate the feast while Leng Qing watched him warily.
• Half a month after Xin Xia left for the Parthenon, Mu Nujiao told Lu Ling that the National Team would likely assemble in mid-March, and he revealed he had been preselected during training in Jinlin City.
• Lu Ling announced he was going into seclusion, leaving Mu Nujiao, Ding Yumian, and Ai Tutu to discuss who would remain at home.
• In his mental world, Lu Ling studied the Undead Element and learned that the Soul Gathering Technique could extract Soul Essences from recently dead Demon Beasts with complete success.

Mu Nujiao arrived to remind Lu Ling about the National Team assembly and unexpectedly interrupted his intimate time with Ding Yumian. The next day, Lu Ling and Mu Nujiao traveled to the Imperial Capital Academy, where they reunited with the other National Team members and met a familiar girl who approached Lu Ling.

• Mu Nujiao knocked on Lu Ling's door to remind him about the National Team assembly, then saw Little Flame Fairy open it and fled after hearing sounds from inside.
• Lu Ling and Ding Yumian continued their intimate time, and Ding Yumian shared her hope of building a happy family with him and bearing his child.
• Lu Ling and Mu Nujiao said goodbye to Ding Yumian and Ai Tutu, then flew together to the Imperial Capital.
• At the Imperial Capital Academy, Lu Ling greeted Jiang Yu, Ai Jiangtu, and Nan Jue, while Mu Nujiao reunited with Mu Ningxue.
• A girl in a skimpy outfit approached Lu Ling and asked whether he remembered her.

Lu Ling joined the National Team and discovered that Feng Li had left the members stranded in Fanxue City without IDs or money. He offered to use his connections there to arrange their journey to Japan after they dealt with nearby Sea Monsters.

• Jiang Shaoxu greeted Lu Ling warmly, while Mu Ningxue told Nan Rongni and Mu Nujiao that Lu Ling was hers.
• The National Team gathered, and Feng Li named Lu Ling among the starters, with Mo Fan, Zhao Manyan, and Mu Tingying as substitutes.
• Lu Ling noticed Mu Tingying's jealousy and questioned Nan Rongni's continued closeness to Mu Ningxue, but decided not to act rashly.
• Feng Li warned Lu Ling not to go too far before the instructors left the team in Fanxue City without IDs or money.
• Lu Ling led the team toward Fanxue City and proposed clearing nearby Sea Monsters before arranging transport to Japan through a major corporation there.

Lu Ling arrived in Fanxue City with the National Team, where Liu Ru and Liu Xian’s reunion with him made Mu Ningxue jealous. After Lu Ling explained his relationships, Mu Ningxue reconciled with him and agreed to see her father, while Mu Tingying and Nan Rongni discussed the Mu Clan’s upheaval and spotted someone unexpected.

• Jiang Yu recognized Little Flame Fairy as Lu Ling’s Contract Beast, and Jiang Shaoxu jokingly demanded a fire Spirit Seed to let him pet her.
• Lu Ling and the National Team reached Fanxue City, where Liu Ru and Liu Xian greeted him as their master, surprising Mo Fan and Mu Nujiao.
• Mu Ningxue pulled Lu Ling aside, demanded to know what he had hidden, and grew angry and jealous as he explained his ties to the sisters, Mu Nujiao, Ding Yumian, and others.
• Mu Ningxue struck Lu Ling, then calmed in his arms and agreed to visit Mu Zhuoyun before kissing Lu Ling.
• Mu Tingying told Nan Rongni that the Mu Clan had stopped targeting Mu Ningxue and suspected that many elders, possibly including Mu Yinfeng, had been killed.
• Mu Tingying and Nan Rongni noticed someone approaching and called out, “Aunt?!”

Mu Yinfeng told Nan Rongni and Mu Tingying that Lu Ling had nearly destroyed the Mu Clan after it targeted Mu Ningxue, and warned them to curry favor with both of them. After the women left, Lu Ling praised Mu Yinfeng, who reported that her Ice Element had begun advancing toward the Half Forbidden Curse after intimacy with him.

• Mu Yinfeng welcomed Nan Rongni and Mu Tingying and revealed that the Mu Clan had nearly been wiped out for offending someone.
• Mu Yinfeng confirmed Lu Ling had killed the Mu Clan's two Forbidden Curse mages and over half its council of elders in retaliation for its treatment of Mu Ningxue.
• Mu Yinfeng told Nan Rongni and Mu Tingying that she no longer belonged to the Mu Clan, served Lu Ling, and urged them to avoid harming Mu Ningxue and to curry favor with Lu Ling.
• Lu Ling appeared after the women left and told Mu Yinfeng he had witnessed her conversation with them.
• Mu Yinfeng said her Ice Element had started advancing toward the Half Forbidden Curse after intimacy with Lu Ling, and he responded by kissing her.

Lu Ling named his growing faction and territory Spirit City, then joined the National Team as they used a Monster Gathering Instrument to lure out a Sea Monster tribe. The team fought a huge swarm of Sea Monkey Monsters and Red Rending Demons, with Mu Ningxue freezing the surrounding sea to hinder them.

• Lu Ling told Mu Yinfeng to recruit members and take over Mu Clan businesses in his name, then named his faction and territory Spirit City before leaving.
• Ai Jiangtu asked Lu Ling whether they should use the Monster Gathering Instrument, and Lu Ling agreed to cover the team.
• Mu Ningxue questioned Lu Ling about where he had been, while Nan Rongni and Mu Tingying reacted warily to him.
• The Monster Gathering Instrument drew a large Sea Monster tribe toward the shore, and Nan Rongni identified the Sea Monkey Monsters as servants of a more powerful tribe.
• Mu Ningxue froze the surrounding seawater, and the team prepared to face the arriving Red Rending Demons behind the Sea Monkey Monsters.
• Mo Fan attacked with Fierce Fist: Nine Palaces, and the National Team joined the battle against the monsters.

As the team fought the Sea Monsters, Lu Ling sent Little Flame Fairy into battle while secretly gathering Soul Essences. Ai Jiangtu, Mu Nujiao, and Mu Ningxue subdued a powerful Crimson Rift Demon, but Nan Jue sensed danger behind Mu Ningxue.

• Jiang Shaoxu and Nan Rongni stayed behind Lu Ling, while Nan Rongni privately began imagining a relationship with him despite his connection to Mu Ningxue.
• Lu Ling sent Little Flame Fairy into the Sea Monster horde, where her flames killed several Red Rending Demons and many Sea Monkey Monsters, while he secretly used the Soul Gathering Technique on the stronger monsters.
• Jiang Yu, Zhao Manyan, and Guan Yu reacted to Little Flame Fairy's strength as a Commander Level Crimson Rift Demon charged the team.
• Ai Jiangtu attacked the Crimson Rift Demon as Mu Nujiao restrained it with Advanced Level Ghost Wood Hand, and Ai Jiangtu followed with Ghost Punishment.
• Mu Ningxue froze the Crimson Rift Demon with Icebound Coffin while Mu Tingying silently resented her strength.
• Nan Jue heard unusual sounds, looked around, and warned Mu Ningxue to watch her back.

Lu Ling rescued Mu Ningxue and the others by wiping out the Sea Monsters, then prepared to leave for Sakura Country. Before he departed, Liu Ru and Liu Xian boldly sought compensation from him and shared kisses with him.

• Two Crimson Rift Demons charged Mu Ningxue, but Lu Ling used Shadow magic to seize them and kill the Sea Monsters with blood blades and powerful water magic.
• The group followed Lu Ling away after the battle, and he fed Little Flame Fairy Spirit Seed Fragments while reassuring Mu Ningxue.
• Lu Ling suspected the Sea Monsters had been deliberately sent to the coast and left the investigation to the mentors and the national team.
• One day later, Liu Ru and Liu Xian told Lu Ling their preparations were complete and took turns drinking his blood before kissing him.
• Liu Ru asked Lu Ling for compensation beyond blood, and he kissed both sisters before teasing them about choosing the moment before his departure.

Lu Ling refined his gathered Spirit Essences, strengthening several elemental magics and creating an Emperor-level Spirit Essence. A conversation with Jiang Shaoxu ended when Lu Ling abruptly returned to Jiang Feng, who woke briefly to eat before he promised Long Zhanye food in a few days.

• Lu Ling used the Vermilion Bird Vessel to refine fifteen Monarch-level Spirit Essences into an Emperor-level one, then spent over eight thousand five hundred Servant-level Spirit Essences strengthening four elemental magics and his Blessing Element.
• Jiang Shaoxu joined Lu Ling on deck, asked him about his talents, and brought out Little Flame Fairy to ask how many mothers she had.
• After Little Flame Fairy said she had one mother, Lu Ling vanished from the deck and appeared in the bedroom with Jiang Feng.
• Jiang Feng kissed Lu Ling briefly, asked for food, ate three flame Spirit Seeds, and changed into a white dress using her fire technique.
• Long Zhanye asked Lu Ling for food, and Lu Ling promised to feed her in a few days.

The Mysterious Dragon Emperor teased Long Zhanye and urged her to grow until she could go to Dragon Valley. Aboard the ship, Lu Ling spent the morning with Mu Ningxue and the others before a huge creature appeared beneath them, which he identified to Jiang Shaoxu as a Totem Beast.

• The Mysterious Dragon Emperor lifted Long Zhanye, changed into a childlike form, and told her to grow quickly so she could go to Dragon Valley.
• Lu Ling woke beside Mu Ningxue, left her to rest, and greeted Nan Rongni outside their rooms.
• Jiang Shaoxu and Mu Nujiao joined Lu Ling for breakfast as Zhao Manyan and Mo Fan speculated about the women’s interest in him.
• Jiang Yu spotted an enormous dark shadow beneath the ship, and the group retreated to their rooms after it sank away.
• Lu Ling told Jiang Shaoxu the creature was a Totem Beast, then summoned the Azure Sea Domain to speed up the ship and thought of Baxia.

The National Team reached West Bear City without legal identities and settled in a temple. Jiang Shaoxu took Lu Ling shopping and their playful teasing ended with her modeling a JK outfit for him.

• Ai Jiangtu and Nan Jue explained that freezing their identities was a National Team tradition meant to cause trouble.
• Jiang Shaoxu bluffed the group through customs, and the team paid incense money to stay at a temple.
• Lu Ling planned to visit the mountain behind the temple to see the Baxia vessel, but Jiang Shaoxu pulled him into a shopping trip.
• Jiang Shaoxu led Lu Ling through shops and into the lingerie section, where he turned her teasing back on her and ushered her into a fitting room.
• Jiang Shaoxu changed into a JK skirt set, then emerged and asked Lu Ling how she looked.

Lu Ling kissed Jiang Shaoxu in the fitting room, then told her about several Totem Beasts and guardians. Jiang Shaoxu cried over the kiss before forgiving him, and the two parted after she noticed his arousal.

• Lu Ling pulled Jiang Shaoxu into the fitting room and kissed her despite her resistance.
• Jiang Shaoxu made Lu Ling tell her about the Black Totem Snake, Baxia, the Moon Moth Phoenix, and other Totems and guardians.
• Jiang Shaoxu asked whether Lu Ling liked her, then cried when he said he liked pretty people.
• Lu Ling apologized, and Jiang Shaoxu said the kiss had been her first before forgiving him.
• Jiang Shaoxu told Lu Ling to let go after noticing something hard pressing against her.

Lu Ling returned to the temple with Jiang Shaoxu, where the National Team found Zhao Manyan unconscious and suffering from unnatural cold. Lu Ling blamed soul-snatching by a spirit connected to the temple, and the group set out to investigate while Jiang Shaoxu and Mu Ningxue both stayed close to him.

• Lu Ling and Jiang Shaoxu shopped together, then returned to the temple with Jiang Shaoxu holding his arm.
• The team discovered Zhao Manyan unconscious in a side room, and Nan Rongni warned that waking him forcibly could harm his mind.
• Lu Ling said the temple was haunted and explained that a mysterious woman named Miyata was connected to the soul-snatching.
• Mo Fan confirmed that he had spoken with a woman, and the team split into groups to search for Miyata and clues.
• Lu Ling headed toward the mountain behind the temple while Jiang Shaoxu and Mu Ningxue each took hold of one of his hands.

Lu Ling confronted the ghost Narahara Sora on the back mountain and forced him to return Zhao Manyan’s soul before heading to the wooden fish vessel. When Lu Ling opened a Silver Vortex beside the vessel, a terrifying ghost appeared and Jiang Shaoxu fainted.

• Miyata warned Lu Ling, Su Lu, and Xi Zhe not to go to the back mountain, while Lu Ling recognized her and called out Narahara Sora.
• Narahara Sora appeared and refused to return Zhao Manyan’s soul, so Lu Ling burned him with Southern Ming Li Fire until he agreed.
• Narahara Sora claimed he had returned Zhao Manyan’s soul and vanished, and Lu Ling led Mu Ningxue and Jiang Shaoxu to his lair.
• Lu Ling found Baxia’s vessel, a wooden fish, and picked it up without triggering its restriction.
• Lu Ling opened a Silver Vortex, and a horrifying ghost emerged in front of Jiang Shaoxu, who screamed and fainted.

Lu Ling returned to Yanming Temple and stopped Narahara Sora from killing the monks with a curse formation. He captured Narahara Sora’s weakened soul and sent it to Sha Yuan, where it would be tormented rather than reborn.

• The Nine Nether Queen examined the wooden fish vessel and found no demon spirit inside, prompting Lu Ling to suspect it had left and put the monks in danger.
• Lu Ling took Mu Ningxue and the unconscious Jiang Shaoxu back to Yanming Temple, where they found Narahara Sora’s curse formation attacking the monks.
• Lu Ling sent Mu Ningxue away with Jiang Shaoxu, then confronted Narahara Sora and attacked him with a rain of light swords.
• Lu Ling weakened Narahara Sora until his body nearly vanished, then used the Soul Gathering Technique to capture his soul.
• Lu Ling sent Narahara Sora’s soul into Sha Yuan, causing the curse formation to dissipate, and told Nan Jue that the soul-snatching ghost had been dealt with.

After the group dealt with Narahara Sora, Lu Ling reunited with the Nine Nether Queen and met Miyata, while Jiang Shaoxu woke and remembered little of the ghost incident. The team left Yanming Temple for Osaka to challenge the Japan National Pavilion, and Lu Ling looked forward to the fight.

• Lu Ling kept watch with Mu Ningxue and met the Nine Nether Queen, who had rescued Miyata and brought her back to Sha Yuan.
• Jiang Shaoxu woke at the temple, glimpsed a red-haired figure outside, and watched it vanish in a flash of silver light.
• The team left Yanming Temple early to avoid scrutiny from the Japan Magic Association, and Mu Ningxue teased Jiang Shaoxu about fainting from fear.
• The group arrived in Osaka, where Ai Jiangtu explained that they would challenge the Japan National Pavilion before heading to Tokyo.
• Jiang Shaoxu led the women away to explore and eat, while Lu Ling set off with the men for the pavilion challenge.

Jiang Yu and the team reached the Twin Guardian Pavilion, where Mochizuki Chiharu confronted them for trespassing and insulting the sacred site. Lu Ling challenged her and overwhelmed her bellflower defenses, but the chapter ended as she revealed her Advanced Level magic by rapidly completing multiple Star Maps.

• Jiang Yu admired the Twin Guardian Pavilion as Ai Jiangtu and the others arrived at the West Guardian Pavilion.
• Mochizuki Chiharu accused the Chinese visitors of trespassing and threatened to throw them down, while Mo Fan insulted her and the pavilion.
• Lu Ling appeared behind Mochizuki Chiharu and threatened her with blood-red flowers, prompting her to leap away and trap them in bellflowers.
• Lu Ling used level-five Fierce Fist, Flame Dragon, to tear through Mochizuki Chiharu's bellflowers and force her to evade with a giant vine.
• Mochizuki Chiharu recognized Lu Ling's scarlet-gold fire as a powerful fire seed and began completing multiple Star Maps, leading Ai Jiangtu to realize she was an Advanced Level mage.

Mochizuki Meiken stopped Mochizuki Chiharu from attacking China’s National Team and had her apologize before welcoming them to the Twin Guardian Pavilion. After the tour, Lu Ling provoked Chiharu and Okamoto Takashi into agreeing to an early match, declaring that he would face them alone.

• Mochizuki Meiken reprimanded Mochizuki Chiharu for driving the Chinese visitors away and ordered her to apologize.
• Mochizuki Meiken welcomed Ai Jiangtu and the National Team, then left Mochizuki Chiharu and Okamoto Takashi to show them around.
• Okamoto Takashi made snide remarks during the tour, while Mochizuki Chiharu warned the visitors not to approach the East Guard Pavilion’s forbidden grounds.
• Lu Ling asked to begin the matches before dinner and mocked Mochizuki Chiharu, who left in anger after accepting his challenge.
• Lu Ling said he would fight the Japanese team alone, and Ai Jiangtu agreed while warning him not to push himself.

Lu Ling challenged the Japanese National Pavilion and singled out Mochizuki Chiharu, provoking her into a duel despite objections that she was an instructor. Their battle began with Chiharu’s wood magic and Lu Ling’s Li Fire Domain, and he unleashed the Ever-Burning Fire Seal as the arena filled with crimson-gold flames.

• The Chinese and Japanese teams gathered on a suspended arena with instructors and important military figures watching.
• Lu Ling proposed fighting every National Pavilion member at once, but Fujikata Nobuko insisted they follow the planned match format.
• Lu Ling challenged Mochizuki Chiharu, calling her a watchdog, and rejected warnings that an instructor should not compete.
• Mochizuki Chiharu accepted the duel and attacked Lu Ling with Ghost Wood Hand, spreading vines and roots across the arena.
• Lu Ling cast Li Fire Domain, burning away the growing plants, then released Ever-Burning Fire Seal across the arena.

Lu Ling endured Mochizuki Chiharu’s water and bellflower attacks while revealing that he had barely used his power. The chapter ended with his Psychic Element voice reaching everyone from inside the plant cocoon, showing that he was still undefeated.

• Lu Ling used his Li Fire and third-tier Heavenly Flame Funeral to destroy Mochizuki Chiharu’s bellflowers, but she survived behind her defenses.
• Mochizuki Chiharu trapped Lu Ling in a bellflower cocoon and drenched it with water, while the Japanese onlookers assumed she had won.
• Jiang Yu explained that Lu Ling had only used Heavenly Flame Funeral, and the Chinese team recalled his past feats against powerful demons.
• Mochizuki Meiken urged Mochizuki Chiharu to stop, and she hesitated before dispelling her magic.
• Lu Ling spoke telepathically from inside the cocoon, startling Mochizuki Chiharu and the Japanese National Pavilion as Mo Fan celebrated.