Chapter Summaries

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.

Lu Ling, gravely injured by the Queen of Desiccated Bones, sent Ling Ling, Yaoyao, and the unconscious Qingluo through a portal to Sha Yuan before trying to summon the Dragon Emperor. In Sha Yuan, Ling Ling mourned him as the Nine Nether Queen sensed that his life was fading rapidly.

• The Queen of Desiccated Bones overwhelmed Lu Ling with a soul shriek and prepared to devour him for his divine status.
• Lu Ling forced open a passage to Sha Yuan, sending Ling Ling, Yaoyao, and the unconscious Qingluo through it.
• Lu Ling urged Long Zhanye to return to the Summoning Plane, but she insisted that he summon her elder sister, the Dragon Emperor.
• Lu Ling began a summoning as the Dragon Emperor's pressure tore through the underwater ruin and purple eyes opened in the darkness.
• In Sha Yuan, Ling Ling broke down over Lu Ling, while the Nine Nether Queen tried to reassure her and then sensed Lu Ling's aura weaken sharply.

The Dragon Emperor killed the Queen of Desiccated Bones, but Lu Ling was dying from the damage caused by the Dragon Emperor’s descent. Long Zhanye and the Dragon Emperor joined forces to perform a Life and Death Soul Pact, saving Lu Ling and binding all three of their lives.

• The Dragon Emperor destroyed the Queen of Desiccated Bones and the undead with a single mental attack, then had Long Zhanye carry Lu Ling to safety.
• On an isolated island, Long Zhanye discovered that Lu Ling’s mental ocean had shattered, while Ling Ling, the Nine Nether Queen, and the others gathered around him.
• The Dragon Emperor said Lu Ling would die soon and that she could do nothing to save him, leaving Long Zhanye and Ling Ling devastated.
• As Shen Xi prepared to use her life-sacrificing technique, Long Zhanye awakened the Life and Death Soul Pact and chose Lu Ling as her partner.
• The Dragon Emperor revealed that Long Zhanye was her elder sister and joined the pact, linking the lives of both dragons and Lu Ling and saving him.

Long Zhanye’s pact kept Lu Ling alive, and Qingluo’s healing helped repair his damaged mind enough for him to wake. Lu Ling collected the Soul Essences despite Ling Ling’s protests, then met Qingluo as she thanked him for saving the Mermaid Clan.

• Long Zhanye told Ling Ling that Lu Ling’s life was safe, though his mind remained damaged.
• Qingluo tried to heal Lu Ling but collapsed from her injuries; Long Zhanye sensed that her healing had helped.
• Lu Ling woke, and Ling Ling clung to him while the Nine Nether Queen rejoiced.
• The Mysterious Dragon Emperor opened a Dimensional Gate and told Lu Ling about over a hundred thousand Soul Essences on the seabed.
• Lu Ling dove into the sea to collect the Soul Essences, then returned and admitted his mind was still damaged but slowly recovering.
• Qingluo introduced herself to Lu Ling and solemnly thanked him for saving the Mermaid Clan.

After saving Qingluo and her people, Lu Ling offered to take Qingluo and Yaoyao with him, promising to heal Qingluo’s severe injuries with the Parthenon Divine Soul. Qingluo agreed and successfully formed a contract with him, ending by asking whether she should call him Master.

• Qingluo thanked Lu Ling for saving her and asked him to take Yaoyao with him so Yaoyao could help heal his damaged soul.
• Qingluo revealed that her own condition was worse and she had little time left, prompting Lu Ling to examine her injuries.
• Lu Ling used the Parthenon Divine Soul to assure Qingluo he could heal her and invited her to come with him.
• Yaoyao urged Qingluo to leave with them, and Qingluo agreed.
• Lu Ling cast Contract Magic and formed a contract with Qingluo, who asked whether she should call him Master.

After contracting with Qingluo and Yaoyao, Lu Ling collapsed from exhaustion, and Long Zhanye revealed that the Life and Death Soul Pact had made him her true servant. The chapter ended as she showed him an independent world hidden inside his body.

• Lu Ling formed contracts with Qingluo and Yaoyao, and Qingluo told him she would train Yaoyao to inherit her position as high priestess.
• Qingluo revealed that Yaoyao was five years old by human reckoning before entering Lu Ling's Contract Space to rest.
• Lu Ling collapsed, and Ling Ling, Long Zhanye, Yaoyao, and the Nine Nether Queen helped care for him as he fell asleep.
• Long Zhanye appeared within Lu Ling's starry soul space and confirmed that the Life and Death Soul Pact had made him her true servant.
• Long Zhanye showed Lu Ling a light screen revealing an independent world inside his body.

After recovering from his soul injuries, Lu Ling awoke to find his companions safe and his bond with Long Zhanye had created a vast, stable contract space that might be explored with the Divine Eye of Space and Time. Ling Ling asked him to stay with her, while the white rose deep within his mind neared ripening.

• Long Zhanye explained that the Life and Death Soul Pact had linked her and Lu Ling's souls and created a stable space that other people might be able to enter.
• Lu Ling realized the Divine Eye of Space and Time might help him investigate the contract space, then teased and comforted Long Zhanye.
• After sleeping for two days, Lu Ling awoke with Long Zhanye curled on his chest and learned that Ling Ling had worried over him.
• Lu Ling apologized to Ling Ling and held her as she asked him to stay with her.
• Deep in Lu Ling's mind, the white rose shone brighter as it approached ripeness.

Lu Ling called Ye Xin Xia after months without contact, then spent a quiet day out with Ling Ling in Tiyaano City. They watched the sunset together and agreed to go out again.

• Lu Ling called Ye Xin Xia, who told him about her demanding life at the Parthenon and an upcoming dangerous internship.
• Lu Ling absorbed the Queen of Desiccated Bones' Emperor-level Soul Essence into the Vermilion Bird Vessel and strengthened his Summoning System.
• Ling Ling dressed up for Lu Ling, asked whether he liked her appearance, and went out with him after he said he did.
• Lu Ling and Ling Ling browsed the seaside market, where he fastened a shell bracelet on her wrist and bought her ice cream.
• Lu Ling and Ling Ling watched the sunset on the beach, and Ling Ling said she wanted them to go out together again.

After spending the day together, Ling Ling told Lu Ling that her feelings were serious and asked to be with him now rather than wait. Lu Ling accepted, and they kissed on the sofa.

• Lu Ling and Ling Ling returned to their temporary dwelling after a day out together.
• Ling Ling told Lu Ling she had thought carefully about her feelings and wanted to be with him immediately.
• Lu Ling admitted his feelings were serious and agreed to stop waiting.
• Lu Ling kissed Ling Ling, and they embraced on the sofa.

Lu Ling woke to find Ling Ling unconscious and learned from Shen Xi that their merged powers had begun transforming Ling Ling’s body. Shen Xi said Ling Ling would not wake until Lu Ling continued supplying energy, leaving him to accept the painful task and hope she recovered.

• Lu Ling woke abruptly and discovered that Ling Ling would not respond, despite her normal breathing and heartbeat.
• Lu Ling tried to heal Ling Ling, but Shen Xi told him that she was unconscious rather than injured.
• Shen Xi explained that her powers, the Netherworld’s powers, and Lu Ling’s energy had merged to remake Ling Ling’s physique.
• Shen Xi said Ling Ling’s metamorphosis was only half complete and that Lu Ling had to continue supplying energy for her to wake and become a lesser spirit body.
• Lu Ling apologized, laid Ling Ling down, and resolved to continue, while Shen Xi left and told him to resurrect the Netherworld.

After Ling Ling woke, Lu Ling struggled with guilt over what had happened, but she reassured him and drew him back to her. She discovered that she had gained several new powers, and Lu Ling entered her spiritual world, where three faint patches of stardust awaited them.

• Ling Ling woke and told Lu Ling to pull out, then he helped her bathe and dress while she regained her strength.
• Ling Ling pinned Lu Ling down and insisted that she did not blame him, helping him recover from his guilt as they confessed their love.
• Ling Ling demonstrated a blood blade, golden Light Element magic, and an icy power, revealing her newfound abilities.
• Lu Ling asked to see Ling Ling's spiritual world, and she agreed; he entered and saw three faint patches of stardust.