Chapter Summaries

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.

Lu Ling tested the Chaos Duplication spell and discovered it could copy ordinary summoned beasts, but its enormous energy cost limited its use. With the Earth Pistil, he could potentially duplicate vast numbers of beasts, while he also prepared to protect Leng Qing from assassins as Ling Ling grew jealous of his thoughts about her sister.

• Ling Ling explained that Chaos Duplication came from a failed attempt to create a new element, and the spell had no effect on Long Zhanye because of her noble bloodline.
• Lu Ling successfully duplicated a group of wolf demons, but his magic mana ran out and the copies vanished.
• Lu Ling told Ling Ling that he had brought back the Dimensional Earth Pistil, which could power the duplication of up to around one hundred thousand Servant-level Demon Beasts.
• Ling Ling said her sister was investigating the Black Vatican, and Lu Ling considered the threat posed by Leng Jue and the danger to Leng Qing.
• Lu Ling messaged Master Lauren to stop the Assassin Hall from acting against Leng Qing and to notify him if anyone tried to kill her.
• Ling Ling became jealous when Lu Ling said he was thinking about her sister, and Lu Ling teased and kissed her as she nestled against him.

Lu Ling returned to Fanxue City and continued cultivating in the Spirit Realm while Shen Xi arranged for Chen Ying to approach him and recover her mother’s memories. Chen Ying confessed her feelings to Lu Ling, and Shen Xi later sent Jiang Feng through a spatial passage to join them.

• Lu Ling learned that Old Man Bao had seen information about Blood Magic in the Holy Judgment Court’s library, then returned to Fanxue City with Ding Yumian, Bai Tingting, Ai Tutu, and Ling Ling.
• Lu Ling cultivated his Dimensional Element and Black Magic in the Spirit Realm and estimated that his Space Element would reach the Super Level in about a week.
• Shen Xi dressed Chen Ying in a revealing outfit and instructed her to approach Lu Ling as part of a plan to restore her mother’s memories.
• Chen Ying confessed her love to Lu Ling, and he took her for a walk along Fanxue City’s coastline before she kissed him.
• Shen Xi sensed Lu Ling and Chen Ying entering the Spirit Realm, then promised Jiang Feng she would let her see Lu Ling and later sent her through a spatial passage.
• Jiang Feng suddenly pounced on Lu Ling and silenced him before he could ask why she had appeared.

Jiang Feng recovered her memories and reunited emotionally with Lu Ling, assuring him that she still loved him and had always been herself. As they kissed, Chen Ying woke and realized what had happened, now bashful after Shen Xi’s courage-boosting measure wore off.

• Jiang Feng woke beside Lu Ling with her memories restored and thanked him for saving her and reuniting her with Chen Ying.
• Jiang Feng told Lu Ling that recovering her memories had not changed who she was, and that she still loved him.
• Jiang Feng comforted Lu Ling and joked with him about whether she felt more like his little sister or a mother.
• When Chen Ying began to wake, Lu Ling kissed Jiang Feng, and she responded affectionately.
• Chen Ying woke, saw Lu Ling and Jiang Feng kissing, and became bashful as Shen Xi’s courage-boosting measure faded.

After Jiang Feng recovered her memories, she reunited with Chen Ying and joined Lu Ling and the others on a trip to the Taklamakan Desert to break through her bottleneck. Jiang Feng began absorbing the desert’s concentrated fire elements, while Lu Ling remembered that an energy-depleted Earth Pistil was nearby.

• Jiang Feng celebrated recovering her memories with Chen Ying and the other girls, and revealed that she and Chen Ying were mother and daughter.
• Ten days later, Jiang Feng told Lu Ling she had reached a breakthrough bottleneck and needed a place rich in fire elements.
• Lu Ling took Jiang Feng, Little Flame Fairy, and the others to the Taklamakan Desert, where the group teased him about his past with Qin Yuer and Ling Ling.
• Netherworld used Path of Rebirth to show a recording of Ling Ling acting coy with Lu Ling, then dismissed the screen after Lu Ling warned her not to reveal more.
• Jiang Feng and Little Flame Fairy began absorbing fire elements at the desert’s densest concentration, and Lu Ling recalled that an energy-depleted Earth Pistil was there.

Lu Ling defeated Shi Qianshou, recovered the Earth Pistil, and helped defend a city from a swarm of mutated Dust Storm Demon Grasshoppers. After reuniting with Li Man, he invited her to Fanxue City, and she agreed to go.

• Lu Ling used Snow Lady's Cry to freeze Shi Qianshou's allies and the Dust Storm Demon Grasshoppers, then controlled Shi Qianshou and found the Earth Pistil in his memories.
• Shi Qianshou summoned a mutated swarm toward the city, so Lu Ling burned some with Southern Ming Li Fire and carried the crippled Shi Qianshou away.
• Lu Ling replaced the city's barrier fire seed with Southern Ming Li Fire, then released Shi Qianshou and revealed his role in the insect plague and the Earth Pistil theft plot to Staff Officer Shao and Li Man.
• That night, Li Man walked with Lu Ling in Anjiao Town, and he invited her to visit Fanxue City.
• Li Man accepted Lu Ling's invitation, pleased that they had met again.