Chapter Summaries

Lu Ling infiltrated the Black Vatican’s base beneath a villa hotel on Chongming Island and disabled its members while protecting Little Ling Ling. After calling Leng Qing for reinforcements, he captured trainee Blue Deacon Zhou Xian and began torturing him.

• Lu Ling brought Little Ling Ling to a villa hotel in Pingyi Town, where he identified Master Min’s upcoming lecture as a clue to the Black Vatican’s base.
• Lu Ling summoned Long Zhanye and Little Flame Fairy to guard Little Ling Ling, then entered the estate alone under cover of darkness.
• Lu Ling used Giant Shadow Nails to immobilize and kill the black-cloaked and gray-cloaked members and the Black Beast Demons in the underground prison.
• Lu Ling called Leng Qing, reported that only blue-cloaked members should remain, and asked her to bring people to his coordinates.
• Trainee Blue Deacon Zhou Xian confronted Lu Ling, who restrained him and tortured him after Zhou refused to insult Salang.

Lu Ling defeated Fang Shaoli and the Sudden Death Poison Mother, then contacted Ye Chang through an earring before the Enforcement Union secured the Black Vatican gathering place. He learned that the manor’s people still carried sudden death poison, and Ling Ling prepared to investigate it after asking Lu Ling to tie her hair.

• Fang Shaoli transformed into the Sudden Death Poison Mother, but Lu Ling trapped and burned it until it disintegrated.
• Lu Ling questioned Fang Shaoli’s belief that her teacher had sent her to kill him, then contacted Ye Chang through her earring and asked if she had missed him.
• Lu Ling crushed the earring, knocked Fang Shaoli unconscious, and reunited with Leng Qing after the Enforcement Union took control of the gathering place.
• Lu Ling learned from Long Zhanye that Ling Ling was awake and told her the Black Vatican had been defeated.
• Lu Ling explained that sudden death poison remained inside the manor’s people, and Ling Ling turned serious and began preparing to work on an antidote.
• Ling Ling asked Lu Ling to tie her hair, while Leng Qing watched and privately wondered why Ling Ling had gone to him instead of her.

After helping arrest the Black Vatican, Lu Ling discovered another ocean undead and told Shao Zheng that Sea Monsters might invade the land. Shao Zheng revealed his Coastline Plan, and Lu Ling promised to defend Fanxue City's coast as Ling Ling slept and Long Zhanye finished eating.

• Leng Qing offered Lu Ling a three-hundred-million bounty, but he told her to keep it for cultivation resources.
• Lu Ling found another ocean undead beneath the coast, then discussed the discovery and a blue-haired girl from Lianyungang with Ling Ling.
• Lu Ling called Shao Zheng and warned him that Sea Monsters might launch a large-scale invasion of the land.
• Shao Zheng explained his plan to build defenses along twenty thousand kilometers of coastline, and Lu Ling pledged to arm Fanxue City's coast.
• Lu Ling noticed Ling Ling had fallen asleep from exhaustion and used a spatial wall to let her rest while Long Zhanye continued eating.

Lu Ling returned home and found Ding Yumian unusually eager to be with him, then learned that Jiang Feng had realized she loved him. After Ding Yumian urged him to answer Jiang Feng honestly, Lu Ling promised he would love her and never leave her, and the two became intimate.

• Lu Ling returned home and put Ling Ling to sleep in an empty room.
• Ding Yumian greeted Lu Ling with intense affection and spent the afternoon with him.
• Jiang Feng emerged from the Contract Space, told Lu Ling she loved him, and tearfully begged him not to leave.
• Ding Yumian explained that Jiang Feng's feelings were genuine and warned Lu Ling that mishandling them could hurt her.
• Lu Ling told Jiang Feng he loved her and promised never to leave, then became intimate with her.
• Ding Yumian left them alone, admitting to herself that she was a little jealous.

Lu Ling confronted the Egypt Team when they returned to challenge the National Pavilion, forcing Sayed to apologize to Yue Tangxin. He agreed to face the entire team at once for the China badge, and Sind prepared to test his strength.

• Bai Tingting told Lu Ling that the full Egypt Team had returned to challenge them, and he took her to the National Pavilion arena.
• Lu Ling demanded that the Egypt Team fight him together and used gravity to force Sayed to his knees.
• Sind apologized for Sayed’s earlier conduct, and Lu Ling made Sayed kneel before Yue Tangxin and apologize to her.
• Lu Ling released Sayed, and Sind said Sayed’s Undead Element was crippled and he would be eliminated at the next stop.
• Lu Ling agreed that the Egypt Team could earn the China badge by defeating him together, and Sind prepared his team to face him.

Lu Ling overwhelmed the Egypt Team in an eleven-against-one match, but a vision of a chained golden-haired woman interrupted his attack. After forcing the Egyptian mages out of bounds, he abruptly left the arena, while the woman’s identity remained unknown.

• Lu Ling blocked the Egypt Team’s attacks with his Light Element and summoned swords of light that battered their undead.
• Lu Ling disrupted Mios’s spell with Mind Shock, then used Light Falls Ten Thousand Zhang to break through the team’s defenses.
• Lu Ling saw a chained golden-haired, white-eyed woman in a white void, and she silently called him trash before the vision vanished.
• The Egypt Team considered attacking while Lu Ling appeared dazed, but he regained his focus and used a Space Barrier to push everyone out of bounds.
• Bai Dongwei declared Lu Ling the winner, and Lu Ling vanished from the arena as Sind led the defeated Egypt Team away.

Half a month after the Black Vatican bounty was transferred, Lu Ling tried to draw out a mysterious blonde woman through his Light Element cultivation while Mochizuki Chiharu worried about the growing gap between their strength. He promised her a way to become stronger, then kissed her before she could finish agreeing.

• Dongfang Lie and the others dealt with two weak countries that arrived at the National Pavilion, while Leng Qing transferred three hundred million in bounty money to Lu Ling.
• Ai Tutu's Light Element cultivation reached Intermediate Level 3, surpassing her Plant Element.
• Lu Ling spent half a month pushing his Light Element magic to its limits, hoping to encounter the mysterious blonde woman again, and suspected she was guiding him toward a place like the North Pole, South Pole, or Tianshan.
• Mochizuki Chiharu told Lu Ling she felt uncomfortable as the gap between their cultivation levels grew, and he offered her a rapid way to become stronger.
• Mochizuki Chiharu agreed to try Lu Ling's method, but he pushed her onto the sofa and kissed her before she could finish speaking.

Lu Ling and Mochizuki Chiharu became lovers, spending the night together until she was exhausted and fell asleep. Ding Yumian checked on them, gently advised Lu Ling to stay with Chiharu, and went to prepare breakfast.

• Mochizuki Chiharu accepted Lu Ling, and the two teleported to her room to be together.
• Bai Tingting and Ai Tutu secretly watched Lu Ling and Chiharu kissing before Ai Tutu went into Ding Yumian's room.
• Lu Ling and Chiharu spent the night together, and Chiharu fell asleep after he carried her back from the bath.
• Ding Yumian entered the room and told Lu Ling she had not slept, explaining that Ai Tutu had kept her busy.
• Ding Yumian urged Lu Ling to stay beside Chiharu, then left to prepare breakfast and look after her when she woke.

After recovering from Lu Ling’s treatment, Mochizuki Chikaori bonded with Ding Yumian and reached the bottleneck for the Water Element’s Super Level. A week later, Bai Tingting told Lu Ling that a powerful American challenger team had arrived at the National Pavilion, setting up a chance for revenge.

• Mochizuki Chikaori woke in Lu Ling’s arms, and he resumed their intimacy while Ding Yumian waited outside with restorative soup.
• Ding Yumian brought Mochizuki Chikaori soup and invited her to share the story of how she met Lu Ling.
• By the third day, Mochizuki Chikaori had recovered, rejoined the household, and told Lu Ling she had reached the Water Element’s Super Level bottleneck.
• A week later, Jiang Feng kissed Lu Ling on the sofa until Bai Tingting arrived with news of a strong challenger team.
• Bai Tingting said the challenger team was from the United States, whose National Team had eliminated Huaxia in the previous tournament.

Lu Ling selected Dongfang Lie, Bai Tingting, and Yue Tangxin to face the American National Team in a four-on-four battle. The match began with Hannah disrupting Dongfang Lie’s spell, and the chapter ended as Lu Ling cast Chaos Vortex against Hannah’s lightning attack.

• Lu Ling sensed a hostile gaze from American captain Jesse, then agreed to lead China’s pavilion defenders against the American team.
• Bai Dongwei arranged a four-on-four battle, and Lu Ling chose Dongfang Lie, Bai Tingting, and Yue Tangxin as his teammates.
• Jesse joined the American lineup with Borton, Yake, and Hannah, and warned them that Lu Ling was a powerful opponent.
• At the starting signal, Hannah quickly cast Thunderbolt, Wild Dance, disrupting Dongfang Lie’s Star Map before he could complete his spell.
• Hannah sent several Lightning Pillars down toward China’s team, and Lu Ling cast Chaos Vortex.

Lu Ling used Chaos, Space, and other magic to withstand the American team’s attacks while Jesse secretly spread Ghost Wood across the arena and trapped his teammates. Lu Ling freed them and defeated Borton, Yake, and Hannah, leaving Jesse as the only opponent still standing.

• Lu Ling absorbed Hannah’s lightning with a Chaos Vortex and returned it, while Borton’s Rock Barrier protected the American team.
• Yake summoned a Scorpion-Tailed Giant Demon, and Borton summoned a tiger demon beast as the Americans attacked Dongfang Lie, Yue Tangxin, and Bai Tingting.
• Lu Ling redirected the American team’s attacks, destroyed Borton’s Earth Dragon Spikes, and used his magic to keep the three attackers at bay.
• Jesse revealed that she had spread Ghost Wood seeds throughout the arena and used the vines to bind and injure Dongfang Lie, Yue Tangxin, and Bai Tingting.
• Lu Ling cast Time Lag to halt the Ghost Wood, freed his teammates, and slammed Borton, Yake, and Hannah into the floor, knocking Hannah and Yake unconscious.
• Bai Dongwei and Feng Li praised Lu Ling after he brought down the American team’s three attackers.

Jesse attacked Lu Ling and his teammates with deadly plant and psychic magic, but Lu Ling countered her spells and eliminated everyone else from the arena. He then used psychic magic to expose Jesse’s painful childhood memories, leaving her screaming in a frenzy as Borton and the other American Team members watched.

• Jesse used Demonic Vine Strangulation and Evil Spider Trap to target Lu Ling’s teammates, but Lu Ling disrupted her spells with Mind Shock.
• Borton cast Light Falls Ten Thousand Zhang, and Lu Ling swallowed it with Chaos Vortex before Jesse summoned Ghost Punishment.
• Lu Ling used spatial magic to push everyone except Jesse beyond the arena boundary, eliminating both teams’ other members.
• Lu Ling destroyed Jesse’s vengeful ghost with an advanced psychic spell and then used Soul Seizure and Mind Control to confront her with memories of her father’s rejection.
• Jesse screamed that she would kill Lu Ling, and Borton and the other American Team members stared in shock at her breakdown.

Lu Ling defeated Jesse and the American Team, securing a National Pavilion victory for China. After taking Bai Tingting home, he planned to rejoin the main team in Peru, while Jesse left her teammates alone after waking.

• Lu Ling scattered Jesse’s powerful curse magic and knocked her unconscious with a strike to the chest.
• The American Team conceded defeat, treated Jesse, and left the National Pavilion as Chinese students celebrated Lu Ling’s victory.
• Feng Li praised Lu Ling and learned that he planned to rejoin the main team when they reached Peru.
• Lu Ling took Bai Tingting home after their conversation with Feng Li.
• The American Team discussed their defeat, and Jesse left the venue alone after saying she would return later.

Lu Ling confronted Jesse after she attacked him, used Blood Oath and Chaos Reflection to overpower her, and forced her to relive painful memories. He left Jesse shaken and asked why she still lived for her biological father’s approval after he had abandoned her.

• Ding Yumian woke when she sensed killing intent, and Lu Ling told her he would handle it.
• Jesse attacked Lu Ling as soon as he opened the door, but Blood Oath caused her to collapse in pain.
• Lu Ling used Chaos Reflection to torment Jesse physically, then healed her injuries with Aquarius magic.
• Lu Ling forced Jesse to relive her painful memories through a psychic illusion until she begged him to stop.
• Lu Ling threatened to reveal Jesse’s memories, and she pleaded for mercy and offered to do anything.
• Lu Ling asked Jesse why she still sought approval from the biological father who had abandoned her.

Lu Ling confronted Jesse about her fears and urged her to live for herself, then allowed her to leave while keeping a lethal control inside her. Jesse thanked him and, instead of accepting his advice, asked to live for him.

• Lu Ling exposed Jesse’s fear of failure and told her to face her past and live for herself.
• Jesse agreed to try, and Lu Ling said his control would remain inside her because she had tried to kill him and those around him.
• Lu Ling permitted Jesse to leave, and she questioned why he had shown her kindness.
• Lu Ling said he spared Jesse because she was pretty, and she responded with a sincere smile and thanked him.
• Jesse asked Lu Ling if she could live for him instead.

Jesse confessed that she wanted to live for Lu Ling, and he responded by kissing and having sex with her. As dawn approached, he sent her away in his dress, and she left hoping to see him again at the World College Tournament in Venice.

• Jesse told Lu Ling she wanted to live for him, and he kissed her.
• Lu Ling continued their sexual encounter, and Jesse endured the pain while using Rapid Thinking to heighten her perception.
• After three hours, Lu Ling told Jesse to leave and denied that they had any relationship.
• Jesse asked whether they would meet again, and Lu Ling reminded her that they could meet at the World College Tournament in Venice.
• Lu Ling gave Jesse a short black dress, and she left after thanking him and apologizing.

Jesse left through the back door with some of the spiritual body's essence, while Lu Ling and Jiang Feng spent the day together and grew stronger. Ding Yumian later brought Lu Ling dinner, and after they spent time together, Lu Ling told her he planned to visit Tianshan; she agreed to look after the sisters while he was away.

• Jesse escaped through the back door with some of the spiritual body's essence, leaving Lu Ling to plan to meet her again later.
• Jiang Feng emerged from the Reflection Space, and Lu Ling took her back inside when she began undressing; they later slept together.
• Lu Ling's Fire Element cultivation reached the third tier of the Advanced Level, while Jiang Feng's aura grew stronger from her resources and their time together.
• Ding Yumian brought dinner to Lu Ling's room, where she found him in bed with Jiang Feng and joined him.
• After spending time together, Lu Ling told Ding Yumian he planned to go to Tianshan, and she promised to care for the sisters while he was gone.

Lu Ling, Ling Ling, Long Zhanye, and Little Flame Fairy traveled through Tianshan as Lu Ling searched for Qin Yuer and the Tianshan Sacred Lotus, hoping its dew would protect Mu Ningxue’s soul. After they made camp, Long Zhanye blamed her slow spell progress on Lu Ling’s cultivation, accusing him of spending his time with women who could not help his Summoning System.

• Lu Ling brought Ling Ling to Tianshan after she insisted on coming, and explained that he sought the Tianshan Sacred Lotus to protect Mu Ningxue’s soul and unseal her Summoning System.
• Lu Ling hunted Tianshan demon beasts along the way to gather soul essences and help fund his expanding construction projects.
• At night, Lu Ling killed a Monarch Level Extreme Cold Ancient Eagle with Chaos Magic while Long Zhanye practiced her Snow Trace spell unsuccessfully.
• Lu Ling created a warm shelter in an ice cave, where Long Zhanye said she knew all seven human elemental magics but had not mastered them.
• Long Zhanye blamed her lack of progress on Lu Ling’s slow cultivation and accused him of spending time with women who could not help his Summoning System.

Lu Ling took Ling Ling into the depths of the Tianshan Scar, where they found an ice-bound woman resembling Mu Ningxue and Qin Yuer. The chapter left them facing the mysterious woman sealed beneath the forbidden chasm.

• Lu Ling prepared steak for Ling Ling, then spent the night with Jiang Feng while Ling Ling slept nearby.
• The next afternoon, Lu Ling carried Ling Ling into the Tianshan Scar with spatial and fire protection.
• Lu Ling summoned Jiang Feng and Little Flame Fairy to help shield Ling Ling from the soul-chilling cold as they descended.
• The group reached an ice wall and found a long-haired woman sleeping inside the ice crystals.
• Lu Ling connected the woman's appearance and temperament to Mu Ningxue and Qin Yuer as Ling Ling stared in astonishment.

Lu Ling rescued Qin Yuer from her ice crystal prison in Tianshan and revealed that he, too, was a Calamity Survivor. Qin Yuer began to trust him, while Ling Ling was shocked by his revelation.

• Lu Ling subdued the Heavenly Ridge White Tiger and told it to lead them to the Tianshan Sacred Lotus later.
• Lu Ling melted Qin Yuer’s ice prison, caught her, healed her, and erased the Heretic Judgment Court’s mark on her.
• Qin Yuer awoke and learned the names of Lu Ling and Ling Ling, while Jiang Feng remained silent.
• Qin Yuer warned Lu Ling that saving her would bring trouble because she was an ill-omened person.
• Lu Ling manifested his water domain and told Qin Yuer that they were the same, revealing he was a Calamity Survivor.
• Qin Yuer trusted Lu Ling, and Ling Ling realized that he was also a Calamity Survivor.