Chapter Summaries

Ling Ling awakened Shadow, Light, and Ice Elements, and Lu Ling helped her understand how to cultivate them. They entered Lu Ling’s transformed Contract Space together and named it the Spirit Realm.

• Ling Ling revealed that she had awakened Shadow, Light, and Ice Elements and said she could now stand beside Lu Ling in battle.
• Lu Ling explained that mental strength was essential for Ling Ling’s magical cultivation, and they went to sleep together.
• Lu Ling and Ling Ling entered his Contract Space, where Yaoyao asked him to let her out after nearly ten days inside.
• Lu Ling showed Ling Ling how he could reshape the Contract Space and said he could keep her safe there.
• Lu Ling and Ling Ling agreed to name the transformed Contract Space the Spirit Realm and said it belonged to both of them.

Lu Ling subjugated the Assassin Hall in Sicily and prepared to reunite with the National Team for a mission near the Sahara. Ling Ling chose to stay behind, and the chapter ended with the two sharing a private promise.

• Lu Ling questioned Hall Master Lauren about the Assassin Hall's remaining members and ordered the gathered assassins to stay within ten kilometers.
• Lu Ling let the assassins disperse while Ling Ling reviewed the Hall's records and found little money or valuable information.
• Lu Ling called Mu Ningxue and learned that the National Team was preparing to travel to Egypt for a Sahara rescue mission.
• Lu Ling arranged to meet the team near the Sahara and offered to send Ling Ling to Egypt with Yaoyao, but Ling Ling asked to accompany him.
• Ling Ling agreed to stay behind for now and kissed Lu Ling as they made a promise to travel together after he grew stronger.

Lu Ling took Ling Ling to Egypt before setting out to meet the National Team, then healed Qingluo and helped her awaken. Qingluo revealed that a mysterious force had ambushed her during the attack on the Mermaid Clan, leading Lu Ling to suspect the Cold Moon Eye Demon God was behind the clan’s destruction.

• Lu Ling settled Ling Ling in an Egyptian hotel with Yaoyao to protect her, then left to meet the National Team.
• Lu Ling used Great Healing Paean to heal Qingluo’s body and mind, waking her from her long sleep.
• Lu Ling broke through to Super Level while holding Qingluo’s hand and drawing on her water energy.
• Qingluo told Lu Ling she had been the Mermaid Clan’s high priestess for nearly a hundred years and had never married.
• Qingluo revealed that a mysterious force ambushed her while she fought the Undead Emperor, giving it the chance to defeat her.
• Lu Ling connected the attack to the Cold Moon Eye Demon God and suspected it had used undersea undead to destroy the Mermaid Clan.

Lu Ling reunited with the National Team and joined their expedition into the Sahara Desert Labyrinth. The group began exploring in a single-file line, while Long Zhanye returned to the Summoning Plane after biting Lu Ling for teasing her.

• Qingluo used a powerful healing spell to repair a tenth of Lu Ling's mental damage, then returned to the Spirit Realm to rest.
• Long Zhanye insisted that Lu Ling serve as her mount while they waited for the National Team to arrive.
• Lu Ling met Jiang Shaoxu, Mu Ningxue, Mu Nujiao, Nan Jue, Mo Fan, and Zhao Manyan; the other team members had gone ahead to challenge Egypt's National Pavilion.
• Nan Jue led the group to the Desert Labyrinth and warned them to track time and send magic signals so they would not get lost.
• Long Zhanye bit Lu Ling after he said she might bite Jiang Shaoxu, then returned to the Summoning Plane; Nan Jue took the third position as the group prepared to enter deeper into the labyrinth.

Lu Ling investigated the desert labyrinth after Nan Jue’s signals disappeared and discovered that Psychic interference was disrupting their sense of direction. He stabilized the terrain and began searching for Nan Jue, while Mu Ningxue, Jiang Shaoxu, and Mu Nujiao waited for his signals.

• Lu Ling and Mu Ningxue found abandoned camping supplies, then returned to Jiang Shaoxu and Mu Nujiao when they could not locate anyone nearby.
• When Nan Jue’s magical signals stopped, Lu Ling told the women to stay put while he studied the labyrinth’s shifting rules.
• After an hour, Lu Ling said he could likely find a way out and asked the women to send a magical signal every thirty seconds as he tested his route.
• Lu Ling used water and space magic to mark and stabilize the sand, confirming that Psychic interference was distorting their directions.
• Lu Ling began a widening search around the women’s position, aiming to find Nan Jue, whose signals had been missing for nearly forty minutes.

Lu Ling found and rescued Nan Jue, then defeated the Sandstorm Wraith that had been pursuing her. He carried her back to Long Zhanye and sent a signal to regroup with the others.

• Lu Ling used Long Zhanye as a coordinate marker and searched the sand until he found Nan Jue half buried and barely conscious.
• Lu Ling healed Nan Jue and gave her water, and she awoke and apologized for getting lost.
• The Sandstorm Wraith attacked, but Lu Ling summoned nine black dragons and destroyed it, collecting its Spirit Essence.
• Nan Jue asked about Lu Ling's power, and he called it their secret before carrying her away with Instantaneous Movement.
• Lu Ling reached Long Zhanye, sent a magical signal, and Nan Jue closed her eyes and pretended to sleep before the others arrived.

Lu Ling and the others escaped the Desert Labyrinth with the exhausted Nan Jue and waited for rescue at a camp by the Mediterranean Sea. After Nan Jue woke, Jiang Shaoxu teased her about clinging to Lu Ling, while Lu Ling later took Mu Ningxue to his Spirit Realm for a bath, where she appeared in a revealing swimsuit.

• Mu Nujiao, Mu Ningxue, and Jiang Shaoxu reached Lu Ling and found Nan Jue unconscious but out of immediate danger.
• Lu Ling and the others followed Zhao Manyan’s signal out of the Desert Labyrinth and set up camp while waiting for the Cape of Good Hope Magic Association’s rescue team.
• Nan Jue woke after half a day, and Jiang Shaoxu teased her about having clung to Lu Ling while she was supposedly unconscious.
• Nan Jue sat alone and thought about Lu Ling’s strength and warmth, then remembered that Mu Ningxue was his girlfriend.
• Lu Ling took Mu Ningxue to his Spirit Realm to bathe, and she arrived wearing a revealing blue-and-white bikini.

Lu Ling returned from the Sahara after defeating the Sandstorm Wraith and reunited with Mu Ningxue and the national team in Egypt. He later visited Ling Ling, whose changing constitution had caused a white streak to appear in her hair, and she chose to keep it because it reminded her of him.

• Lu Ling and Mu Ningxue soaked together in his Contract Space after their time in the Sahara.
• The Cape of Good Hope Magic Association's people arrived, received information from Lu Ling, and left; he reflected that the Lord of the Sahara was beyond his strength.
• Mu Ningxue returned to Puchini, where the national team discussed earning Egypt's National Pavilion Badge and learned that Lu Ling was away on personal business.
• Lu Ling visited Ling Ling and Yaoyao at their hotel, where Ling Ling eagerly embraced him and noticed another person's scent on him.
• Lu Ling and Ling Ling realized that her changing constitution had caused a white streak to grow in her hair, and Ling Ling refused to dye it because she wanted to keep what he had given her.

Lu Ling brought Ling Ling and Yaoyao back to the National Team, then the team followed injured locals to a Parthenon healing tent. There Mu Ningxue and Mu Nujiao recognized Xin Xia, who had restored a badly injured man’s legs and could now stand and walk.

• Lu Ling returned with Ling Ling and introduced Yaoyao to the team as his Contract Beast from the Mermaid Clan, while Mu Ningxue learned they had met a year earlier.
• After seeing badly injured locals carried toward the city plaza, Ai Jiangtu led the team to investigate their training assignment.
• Yaoyao sensed the undead’s aura and recalled the destruction of her homeland, but Lu Ling comforted her and assured her he would protect her.
• Lu Ling transported Ling Ling, Mu Ningxue, and Yaoyao to the plaza, where a woman from the Parthenon’s Goddess Hall healed an injured man and reattached his legs.
• Mu Nujiao and Mu Ningxue recognized the healer as Xin Xia, and Mu Ningxue was moved to see her standing in person.

Ye Xin Xia reunited with Lu Ling in the square, where he confronted Kulen for his possessive behavior toward her. After Lu Ling subdued and threatened Kulen, he agreed to stay and help Xin Xia treat the wounded.

• Ye Xin Xia recognized Lu Ling and rushed into his arms, while the National Team members learned about their close relationship.
• Kulen accused Lu Ling of offending a Parthenon attendant and challenged him to a duel, but Lu Ling exposed his possessive intentions toward Xin Xia.
• Ye Xin Xia rebuked Kulen, and Lu Ling forced him to his knees and threatened him with dark spikes.
• Lu Ling used Psychic Capture on Kulen and warned him to resign and disappear before Lu Ling visited the Parthenon.
• When more wounded people arrived, Lu Ling offered to help Xin Xia with her internship assessment and stayed with her.

Lu Ling reunited with Ye Xin Xia, healed the wounded beside her, and examined her memories to learn more about the Parthenon. Afterward, he helped her relax in the Spirit Realm while Ling Ling lay awake, guessing the two were together.

• Lu Ling effortlessly healed the wounded with four Healing Treasure Bottles, astonishing the National Team and local onlookers.
• The National Team left Lu Ling and Ye Xin Xia together, while Ling Ling teased Xin Xia and introduced Yaoyao.
• Lu Ling brought Ye Xin Xia into the Spirit Realm, where she agreed to let him examine her memories.
• Lu Ling learned about Ye Xin Xia’s Parthenon experiences and secret Blessing Element methods, while planning to use what he discovered against the Parthenon.
• Lu Ling used Blessing Magic to massage Ye Xin Xia after her exhausting day, while Ling Ling tossed and turned awake in her room.

Lu Ling joined the Huaxia National Team and led them into battle against the Poison Gold Mummies on a slope. After his light magic neutralized their poisonous mist, the team fought on under his protection.

• Lu Ling arrived as the National Team prepared to depart and told them to prioritize their safety during the dangerous trial.
• Fenner assigned the team to deal with the Poison Gold Mummies, and they advanced from the Egyptian army’s first camp toward the slope.
• Lu Ling used his Shadow Element to guide the National Team around the slope, where the mummies awakened and attacked.
• Lu Ling covered the team in protective Light Scale Robes, while Mo Fan charged into the mummy horde and Jiang Yu joined the fight with summoned beasts.
• Nan Jue ordered a retreat when the mummies released poisonous mist, but Lu Ling’s Holy Radiance Domain dissolved it.
• Lu Ling told Nan Rongni to bless the fighters, and she began casting Holy Whisper enhancements as the battle continued.

The Huaxia National Team fought through the Poison Gold Mummies and Ferocious Sword Death Servants, with Lu Ling secretly boosting the team and protecting them. They reached the summit ahead of Wang Sike’s vanguard and had already killed the undead there when the soldiers arrived.

• Lu Ling secretly used Advanced Level Blessing magic alongside Nan Rongni’s blessings, strengthening the National Team’s spells and combat abilities.
• Mu Tingying froze the Poison Gold Mummy commander with Ice Sky Azure Luan, and Ai Jiangtu crushed it with Gravity.
• The National Team charged ahead and engaged the Ferocious Sword Death Servants, while Mu Ningxue used her Advanced Level Wind Element to freeze them from above.
• Fenner and Luoval realized the National Team had fought up the mountain’s flank and reached the summit ahead of Wang Sike’s vanguard.
• Lu Ling secretly protected the team as they cleared the undead, and Mo Fan told Wang Sike that they had killed all the Ferocious Sword Death Servants.

The Egyptian army captured the third camp and launched its final assault on the pyramid, with Lu Ling supporting the mages against the undead. At the pyramid’s foot, Little Flame Fairy woke as the army faced the Ferocious Sword Death Servants.

• Fenner thanked the China National Government team for securing the second camp, and Lu Ling asked her to promise them more resources after the war.
• Lu Ling summoned Ling Ling and Yaoyao in secret, reassured the jealous Ling Ling, and kissed her before sending Yaoyao to keep her safe.
• After the Parthenon’s healers joined the advance, the Egyptian army captured the third camp and assembled for the final five-kilometer push toward the pyramid.
• Lu Ling used Myriad Forms to save an elderly mage and supported the army as it fought through the undead to the pyramid.
• At the pyramid’s foot, Jiang Shaoxu worried about the Ferocious Sword Death Servants, and Little Flame Fairy woke and emerged from the Contract Gate.

Jiang Feng reunited with Lu Ling on the battlefield and broke through to Monarch Level, then unleashed a devastating meteor strike on the pyramid. Lu Ling shielded the human forces from the blast, but a terrifying aura emerged from the flames afterward.

• Jiang Feng arrived through a Gate of Space, embraced Lu Ling, and tried to kiss him while Ye Xin Xia watched.
• Jiang Feng revealed her Monarch-Level breakthrough and flew into the sky as a flaming meteor.
• Lu Ling warned everyone to defend themselves, blessed Jiang Feng, and protected the battlefield’s human forces with layers of water shields.
• Jiang Feng redirected her strike toward the pyramid and annihilated the surrounding undead, leaving the phantom pyramid close to collapsing.
• A terrifying aura erupted from the flames and someone invoked the Vertical and Horizontal Nether Sword.

Lu Ling defeated the Dark Sword Master and helped Fenner's forces destroy the pyramid mirage, earning a promised reward for the Huaxia National Team. That night, he reunited with Ye Xin Xia and Mu Ningxue in the Spirit Realm, where their teasing and jealousy led him to pull them toward a couch.

• The Dark Sword Master attacked the soldiers, but Lu Ling killed him with a Void Blade, and Jiang Feng burned away his true body.
• Fenner led her troops into the pyramid, installed the Scorching Light Artifact, and ended the mirage; she promised Lu Ling a reward for the Huaxia National Team.
• Lu Ling left the battlefield with Jiang Feng, Ye Xin Xia, and Mu Ningxue, while Ling Ling and Yaoyao went into the Spirit Realm.
• At night, Ye Xin Xia and Mu Ningxue questioned Lu Ling about his strength, his secrets, and his relationship with Jiang Feng as Jiang Feng begged him for food.
• When Ye Xin Xia lamented that she would soon have to leave Lu Ling, he took her and Mu Ningxue by the wrists and led them toward a couch.

Lu Ling considered entering the pyramid but decided to wait because Khufu and the Holy City could expose his identity and exploit his weakness in mental cultivation. In his mental world, the Mysterious Dragon Emperor revealed that she had formed a Life and Death Soul Pact with him and said summoning her depended on Long Zhanye.

• Lu Ling woke in the Spirit Realm with Mu Ningxue, Ye Xin Xia, and Jiang Feng after spending the night with them.
• Lu Ling decided not to enter the pyramid yet, fearing Khufu and Michael of the Holy City and recognizing that his mental strength was still inadequate.
• The Mysterious Dragon Emperor appeared in Lu Ling's mental world and explained that she and Long Zhanye had jointly completed the Life and Death Soul Pact with him.
• Lu Ling asked whether he could summon the Mysterious Dragon Emperor after strengthening seven stars to Emperor-level, and she agreed, though she said it depended on Long Zhanye.
• Long Zhanye appeared, sat on Lu Ling's shoulders, and argued with the Mysterious Dragon Emperor over whether she would come out.

Lu Ling said goodbye to Ye Xin Xia and returned to the national team, where Jiang Shaoxu kissed his cheek and provoked Mu Tingying. In the Spirit Realm, he comforted Ling Ling after she cried over being left alone, and she revealed that her physical strength rivaled Servant Level Demon Beasts and surpassed most Advanced Level mages.

• Ye Xin Xia embraced and kissed Lu Ling before leaving for the Parthenon, while he secretly placed a Blood Oath on her to track her location.
• The national team thanked Lu Ling after Fenner awarded each member a hundred million in compensation.
• Jiang Shaoxu kissed Lu Ling's cheek in front of everyone, prompting Mu Tingying to angrily scold her and Lu Ling to teleport away.
• Lu Ling returned to the Spirit Realm and comforted Ling Ling, who had spent the day alone and burst into tears when he appeared.
• Ling Ling said she had compared the information and that her constitution and strength matched some Servant Level Demon Beasts and exceeded most Advanced Level mages.

Ling Ling’s cultivation strengthened her magical elements, physique, and mental cultivation, while Lu Ling offered Soul Essences to the Nine Nether Queen and Miyata. After discussing a future war against Egypt’s undead, Lu Ling agreed to wait until his mental cultivation was perfected before acting.

• Ling Ling told Lu Ling that all three of her elements were nearing the Intermediate Level, and she later finished absorbing energy with her physique strengthened and her mental cultivation stabilized at the first realm stage.
• Lu Ling summoned the Nine Nether Queen and Miyata, then gave the Queen Supreme Monarch Level Soul Essences and Miyata a collection of lower-ranked Soul Essences to help them advance.
• Lu Ling asked the Nine Nether Queen about the Egyptian undead, and she described their forces and suggested fighting them in the Underworld.
• The Nine Nether Queen warned Lu Ling that his mental cultivation was inadequate for an Emperor, so Lu Ling agreed to delay the war until he reached the pinnacle.
• Shen Xi called Lu Ling trash from within his mental world, and Lu Ling sent the Nine Nether Queen and Miyata back to pursue their breakthroughs.

Lu Ling arrived in Venice, left Ling Ling and Yaoyao to explore safely, and traced a Blood Oath to Zhao Youqian and two Assassin Hall bodyguards. Elsewhere, a veiled woman reached for a black stone before someone confronted her, leaving her shocked.

• Lu Ling arrived in Venice and sent Ling Ling and Yaoyao to explore the city, warning them not to enter the water.
• Lu Ling followed the Blood Oath mark through the Venice Chamber of Commerce and met Zhao Youqian, who tried to build a business relationship with him.
• Lu Ling recognized Zhao Youqian's two assistants as Super Level mages from the Assassin Hall and considered bringing the Zhao Clan under his control.
• A veiled woman approached a black stone in an exhibition gallery and reached for it.
• An unseen speaker teased the woman, and she turned around in alarm and shock.