Chapter Summaries

As the Corpse of the Mountain Peak and the Skeleton Nether Lord advanced on the Ancient Capital, Lu Ling abandoned his attempt to stop the rain and prepared to enter Sha Yuan. At the Bell Tower Magic Association, the mages learned that Ling Xi had vanished, raising suspicions that she was Salang, and brought in a prisoner.

• Lu Ling learned that the outer city had been evacuated while Jiang Feng and Flame Belle guarded the North City Wall with a wall of fire.
• The Skeleton Nether Lord blasted part of the wall away, and the Corpse of the Mountain Peak appeared as the undead closed in on the Ancient Capital.
• Zhu Meng and Lu Xu returned to the Bell Tower Magic Association, while Lu Ling stayed behind and decided to prepare to enter Sha Yuan.
• Han Ji revealed that Ling Xi had been missing for two days, and the mysterious man in gray and white suspected she had escaped because she was Salang.
• The mysterious man in gray and white called for the mages to address the disaster, and several Imperial Mages escorted in a prisoner bound in soul chains.

The mages discovered that the Black Vatican had used Nine Nether Dew in the rain to let the undead rampage during the day, and Lu Ling provided the Kun Well Water needed to counter it. As Lu Huan fought at Anyuan Gate, the Sha Yuan drifted into the Ancient Capital, just as Mu He declared that Salang’s ceremony was underway.

• Mo Fan learned that Zhang Xiaohou and his companions had helped capture Hu Jin, who was revealed to be Mu He.
• The gray-and-white-clad man explained that the Black Vatican had mixed Nine Nether Dew into rainwater, allowing the undead to move during the day, and Xie Sang said Kun Well Water could counter it.
• Mo Fan admitted that he had used up the Earth Sacred Spring, but Lu Ling arrived with Kun Well Water from Hua Village and handed it to Han Ji.
• Lu Huan unleashed Sea Emperor's Water Roar at Anyuan Gate and engaged the Skeleton Nether Lord in battle.
• Mu He laughed that the mages would become sacrifices at Salang's Godhood Ceremony as the Sha Yuan appeared inside the Ancient Capital.

Lu Ling saved Lu Huan from Sha Yuan’s pull but fell into the abyss himself, leaving the defenders to hope he might be protected as an Ancient King descendant. Inside the tomb, Lu Ling survived and reached the Blood Throne after absorbing the Eternal Demonic Lotus and crossing the tomb’s trials.

• Mu He revealed that Sha Yuan held the Ancient King’s tomb and mocked the defenders’ chances against an Emperor.
• Lu Ling used Instantaneous Movement to pull Lu Huan out of Sha Yuan, then fell into it with the Skeleton Nether Lord.
• The mysterious man in gray and white explained that Sha Yuan sheltered the Ancient King’s descendants, giving Zhu Meng hope that Lu Ling might still be alive.
• After eight Undead Monarchs appeared at the walls, Han Ji planned to send Weiju Village descendants into Sha Yuan, and Zhang Xiaohou volunteered.
• Lu Ling landed safely inside Sha Yuan with Kun Well Water, absorbed the Eternal Demonic Lotus, crossed the tomb’s trials, and reached the Blood Throne.

Mo Fan, Zhang Xiaohou, and Su Xiaoluo entered Sha Yuan while the Magic Association watched their progress through Xie Sang’s mirror. The mirror later revealed Lu Ling kneeling before the Armor Robe, where he began using sacred light to destroy its evil soul so he could control it.

• The Magic Association escorted Mo Fan, Zhang Xiaohou, and Su Xiaoluo into Sha Yuan, and Xie Sang’s ancestral mirror revealed their journey to the people in the bell tower.
• Xie Sang explained that the Bridge of Nine Deaths had ten paths and only one correct route, while the mirror showed Mo Fan and the others surrounded by undead.
• Mo Fan unleashed the Demon Element to fight the undead, and the observers feared it would only delay their deaths.
• The mirror showed Lu Ling alive in a great hall, kneeling before the Blood Throne and its Armor Robe.
• Lu Ling discovered that Netherworld’s attacks could not harm the Armor Robe, then enveloped it in sacred light to attack its evil soul.

Lu Ling fought the Armor Robe’s evil consciousness with divine light, but its soul attacks overwhelmed his defenses until the Mysterious Dragon Emperor’s hidden power intervened. With the evil consciousness still preparing to kill him, Lu Ling summoned Jiang Feng and began a Star Map, apparently intending to dissolve their contract to spare her.

• Lu Ling and the Parthenon Divine Soul attacked the Armor Robe with purifying light while Netherworld tried to assist, but its soul strikes shattered the divine shield and breached Lu Ling’s mental defenses.
• The Mysterious Dragon Emperor’s stored attack erupted from Lu Ling’s brow, badly damaging the evil consciousness, though her remaining power could not destroy it completely.
• Lu Ling resumed drawing Star Maps, but when the Armor Robe unleashed a powerful evil dragon attack, he abandoned his offensive and summoned Jiang Feng.
• Lu Ling’s protective bracelet shielded him from the attack for ten seconds before its protection failed.
• As he finished drawing a moon-white Star Map, Lu Ling began telling Jiang Feng to dissolve, apparently trying to save her from being caught in his death.

Lu Ling survived the sinister attack because Netherworld bore his suffering and destroyed the Armor Robe, but she turned into a statue and asked him not to forget her. As Lu Ling’s grief brought a torrential downpour over the Ancient Capital, Ye Chang felt inexplicably sad on Chongming Island, and observers at the Bell Tower Magic Association lost the image in their bronze mirror.

• The Armor Robe’s sinister energy attacked Lu Ling, Jiang Feng, and Flame Belle, but Netherworld awakened a terrifying power and killed it.
• Lu Ling woke beside Netherworld, who had become more regal, then faded into a statue after telling him she might sleep for a long time and asking him not to forget her.
• Lu Ling realized Netherworld had taken the pain of the attack for him, and his grief caused a downpour across a hundred miles of the Ancient Capital.
• Ye Chang, disguised as Lady Salang on Chongming Island, felt a sudden grief and looked toward the Ancient Capital.
• At the Bell Tower Magic Association, Zhu Meng explained Netherworld’s soul contract with Lu Ling as the others discussed his crossing of the Bridge of Nine Deaths, then the image in the bronze mirror disappeared.

Lu Ling inherited the Armor Robe's power and ordered the undead to withdraw from the Ancient Capital, ending the crisis. He remained in Sha Yuan as a new Undead Element appeared in his mental world.

• The Nine Nether Queen told Lu Ling that his woman had killed the evil soul and helped him inherit the Armor Robe's power, and suggested he might revive her with suitable energy.
• Lu Ling claimed the Armor Robe as his own, ordered the undead to withdraw, and declared that he would provide a new battlefield before ascending to Nether King.
• Lu Ling appeared atop the Corpse of the Mountain Peak, causing the undead monarchs to submit and the attacking Super Level spells to vanish.
• Lu Ling turned toward Sha Yuan with the undead monarchs following, while the Ancient Capital's people cheered their survival.
• The mages at the bell tower speculated that Lu Ling had paid a heavy price, while Lu Ling sat on the Blood Throne and watched the Undead Element appear in his mental world.

A month after the undead war, Lu Ling stabilized his Water Element soul body in Sha Yuan and brought its undead under his command, while the Ancient Capital struggled with relentless rain. As Lu Ling thanked the Dragon Emperor for saving him, Ling Ling remained in the Ancient Capital, searching for news of him.

• A month after the undead war, Lu Huan and Han Ji discussed the torrential rain and the Hunter King's daughter who had come to the Ancient Capital looking for Lu Ling.
• Lu Ling stabilized his Water Element soul body, reached Advanced Level third tier, and brought the undead lords and subjects in Sha Yuan under his command.
• Jiang Feng woke from her month-long sleep, comforted Lu Ling, kissed him, and eagerly ate the Spirit Seeds he offered.
• Lu Ling entered the Summoning Plane and thanked the Dragon Emperor for saving his life.

Lu Ling learned that the Mysterious Dragon Emperor had saved him because he strengthened the Summoning System stars, then returned from Sha Yuan to the Ancient Capital with Jiang Feng. There, Lu Huan thanked him for saving his life and recognized Jiang Feng as someone who resembled an old acquaintance, while Han Ji revealed that another person was waiting to see Lu Ling.

• The Mysterious Dragon Emperor explained that strengthening the Summoning System stars had let her intervene, and Long Zhanye shyly admitted she had begged for Lu Ling's rescue.
• Lu Ling strengthened his Basic Level Summoning System to level seven, said farewell to Netherworld, and returned to the Ancient Capital with Jiang Feng.
• Han Ji welcomed Lu Ling back and told him he had been presumed unconscious for a month in Sha Yuan.
• Lu Huan knelt to thank Lu Ling for saving his life, then said Jiang Feng resembled a former Imperial Capital Academy classmate who would now be a Super Level Space Element mage.
• Lu Huan promised to use his vote for Lu Ling in the National Team Nomination Contest, and Han Ji confirmed Lu Ling's survival had remained secret.
• Han Ji remembered that another person in the Ancient Capital had been waiting for Lu Ling.

Lu Ling returned to Ling Ling, who broke down in tears before falling asleep in his arms, and took her out to recover. After learning Mu Ningxue’s family was caught up in the Black Vatican scandal, he used his votes to secure her a guaranteed place while Ling Ling worried about the missing green-haired woman.

• Lu Ling found Ling Ling waiting at home, and she clung to him, crying that she had thought he was dead.
• Ling Ling woke beside Lu Ling, realized she had been holding him, and accepted his thanks for waiting for him in the Ancient Capital.
• Lu Ling dressed Ling Ling in a princess-style outfit, while Jiang Feng appeared in a matching, wedding-like dress.
• Lu Ling took Ling Ling around the Ancient Capital, then learned that Mu He and the Black Vatican scandal had implicated Mu Ningxue’s branch of the family.
• Lu Ling cast his four collected votes for Mu Ningxue, bringing her total with the Imperial Capital Academy’s vote to five and securing her place.
• Ling Ling hid a red spider lily and asked about the missing green-haired woman; Lu Ling said she was asleep, and Ling Ling warned him to keep his promise.

Lu Ling visited Liu Xian and Liu Ru in Fanxue City, learned of the concealed infant deaths and recurring Sea Monster attacks, and found the sisters had reached the Sub-Monarch level. He then met Mu Zhuoyun, promised to handle Mu Ningxue’s affairs and the Mu Clan, and left with the clan in his sights.

• Lu Ling visited Liu Xian and Liu Ru, who reported nearly a hundred infant deaths and recurring Sea Monster attacks in Fanxue City.
• Lu Ling shared his blood with the sisters, strengthening them to the Sub-Monarch level, while Jiang Feng watched and tried to imitate them.
• Liu Xian and Liu Ru took Lu Ling to see Mu Zhuoyun, who said the Mu Clan was likely to expel him and Mu Ningxue.
• Lu Ling told Mu Zhuoyun he would support him, revealed he was going to become his son-in-law, and promised to handle Mu Ningxue’s affairs and the Mu Clan.

Lu Ling climbed Mu Pang Mountain and slaughtered the mages who tried to stop him, then crippled the rising Mu Clan talent Hou Ze and destroyed his star sea. He summoned Long Zhanye to attack the summit, where her dragon breath devastated the snowy mountain.

• Lu Ling used Volcanic Flame Explosion to defeat two Advanced Level guards at the foot of Mu Pang Mountain.
• Lu Ling fought his way past more than twenty Advanced Level Mu Clan mages without being harmed.
• Hou Ze confronted Lu Ling halfway up the mountain, but Lu Ling destroyed his limbs and crushed his star sea.
• Lu Ling withdrew his restraints from Hou Ze, leaving him to tumble down the stairs in agony.
• Lu Ling summoned Long Zhanye, who unleashed Dragon Flame Technique and devastated the mountain woods and peak.

Lu Ling and Long Zhanye stormed the Mu Clan grounds, killing Ge Xiong after he slaughtered injured disciples and overpowering Mu Feiluan’s Ice Luan. They drew every Super Level mage out to defend the clan’s main building, leaving Lu Ling ready to face them.

• A Mu Clan disciple reported Hou Ze’s defeat, and Ge Xiong prepared to confront the intruders before Lu Ling’s Mind Shock and Surging Sand River struck the mountain.
• Ge Xiong’s black sand buried him, but Lu Ling killed him with Chaos Magic Blade, splitting him in two.
• Mu Feiluan summoned the Ice Luan and attacked Long Zhanye, but Lu Ling protected them with Psychic Protection and Long Zhanye melted the divine bird with Dragon Flame.
• Mu Feiluan and Mu Yinfeng fled the dragon breath, while Lu Ling chose to seek Mu Fangzhou and preserve the siblings’ talents for later.
• Long Zhanye’s dragon breath targeted the Mu Clan’s main building, forcing Grand Elder Fan Ning, Mu Fangzhou, and the other Super Level mages to combine their defenses and stop it.
• Lu Ling watched the Super Level mages gather and showed signs that a terrifying power was awakening within him.

Lu Ling attacked the Mu Clan over its treatment of Mu Ningxue and overwhelmed its Super Level elders with the Hole of Chaos. After crippling Fan Ning and searching Mu Fangzhou’s memories, he demanded to know where the clan’s Forbidden Curse mages were, and a powerful voice arrived.

• Lu Ling said Mu Ningxue was his woman, then swallowed Mu Feiluan with the Hole of Chaos.
• Fan Ning and the Mu Clan elders unleashed more than a dozen Super Level spells, but Lu Ling swallowed them and sent them back, destroying most of the buildings on Mu Pang Mountain.
• Lu Ling imprisoned the unconscious Mu Yinfeng in Sha Yuan and destroyed Fan Ning’s Star Sea with a Mind Shock.
• Lu Ling searched Mu Fangzhou’s memories and discovered that Mu Gong was absent.
• Lu Ling asked where the Mu Clan’s Forbidden Curse mages were, and a voice demanded to know who was causing trouble in the clan.

Lu Ling overwhelmed the Mu Clan with the Evil Dragon and the Eight Directions Undead Lords, explaining that he had come because the clan had bullied Mu Ningxue. The Mu Clan ancestor admitted defeat and accepted Lu Ling’s demands, but Lu Ling revealed that Mu Rong was already dead and now existed only as a puppet.

• Lu Ling struck Mu Gong and Mu Rong with the Evil Dragon, then summoned Sha Yuan and the Eight Directions Undead Lords to Mu Pang Mountain.
• Pang Lai and Mu Dao arrived, and Lu Ling told Pang Lai that he was retaliating for the Mu Clan’s treatment of Mu Ningxue.
• Lu Ling carved a vast chasm through Mu Pang Mountain, terrifying Mu Dao and the assembled clan members.
• A Mu Clan ancestor admitted defeat, and Lu Ling demanded the remaining Ice Crystal Bow fragments and ten billion.
• Lu Ling sent two dragons of evil energy toward Mu Rong and declared that Mu Rong had long been dead and was now a puppet.
• Lu Ling warned the observing Forbidden Curse Mage, whom he called the Extreme South Emperor, not to spy on Mu Rong.

Lu Ling and the Forbidden Curse Mages exposed Mu Rong as the Extreme South Emperor’s puppet, and the Emperor killed the Mu Clan patriarch before Mu Rong was destroyed. Afterward, Lu Ling revealed his role in the Ancient Capital Cataclysm to Jiang Nian and Pang Lai, then restrained the surviving Mu Clan mages while keeping them alive.

• Lu Ling pointed out Mu Rong’s unnatural eyes, and the unnamed Forbidden Curse Mage recognized the signs of an Emperor’s puppet.
• Mu Rong revealed that the Extreme South Emperor had made him a puppet, and the Emperor’s projection killed the Mu Clan patriarch before the sinister dragon destroyed Mu Rong.
• The Mu Clan mourned the loss of its patriarch and Mu Rong as the Sha Yuan and Eight Directions Undead Lords withdrew.
• Jiang Nian introduced himself to Lu Ling, asked about the Sha Yuan, and learned that Lu Ling had inherited the Ancient King’s power and helped save the Ancient Capital.
• Jiang Nian agreed to keep Lu Ling’s strength and secrets hidden, then offered him support and asked him to call him uncle.
• Lu Ling placed mental restrictions on Mu Dao and the surviving Mu Clan Super Level mages, warning them not to reveal what had happened.

Lu Ling returned to Mu Ningxue after resolving the crisis with the Mu Clan and reassured her that her National Team place was secure. He comforted her, promised to introduce her to Mentor Feng Li, and the two became intimate.

• Lu Ling returned to Mu Ningxue's residence, and she welcomed him anxiously before he assured her that everything was under control.
• Lu Ling told Mu Ningxue that he had secured four National Team nomination votes for her and had dealt with the Mu Clan.
• Mu Ningxue thanked Lu Ling and trusted him when he explained that the Mu Clan would no longer control her competition performance.
• Lu Ling said he would take Mu Ningxue to meet Mentor Feng Li in a few days, then began kissing and touching her.
• Lu Ling and Mu Ningxue went on to have sex in the living room.

Lu Ling and Mu Ningxue spent the day together while Jiang Feng repeatedly emerged from the Contract Space to watch and imitate what she had observed. The chapter revealed that the Fire Soul Seal had made Jiang Feng deeply attached to Lu Ling, and it left Mu Ningxue exhausted and furious with him.

• Mu Ningxue refused Lu Ling’s suggestion, but he continued massaging her as Jiang Feng appeared and watched them for three hours.
• After Mu Ningxue and Lu Ling stopped, Jiang Feng tried to imitate what she had learned, and Lu Ling halted her before she could go further.
• Mu Ningxue questioned Lu Ling’s claim that Jiang Feng had a six-year-old mentality, while Jiang Feng happily clung to him.
• The narration explained that the Fire Soul Seal had caused Jiang Feng to love Lu Ling since she awoke, and that she had grown more attached to him after their time in Sha Yuan.
• Jiang Feng continued studying through the day, and Mu Ningxue eventually grew numb and exhausted while Lu Ling tried to appease her with food.

After a week with Mu Ningxue, Lu Ling left her to prove herself and gave her Ice Crystal Bow fragments to absorb. Back in Magic City, he reunited with Little Flame Fairy and Jiang Feng before arriving at the Azure Sky Hunter Agency, where he unexpectedly met Leng Qing again.

• Lu Ling and Mu Ningxue spent a week together, and her Ice Element cultivation advanced significantly.
• Mu Ningxue declined Lu Ling's offer to take her to see Mentor Feng Li, saying she would prove her strength herself.
• Lu Ling gave Mu Ningxue Ice Crystal Bow fragments and warned her to absorb only two at first.
• In Magic City, Lu Ling reunited with the awakened Little Flame Fairy and soothed Jiang Feng by stroking her head.
• At the Azure Sky Hunter Agency, Lu Ling met Leng Qing, and the two exchanged greetings while she wore the necklace he had given her.

Lu Ling returned home and found Ai Tutu alone, where their flirtation quickly turned intimate. Mu Nujiao walked in on them, leaving the three of them in an awkward silence.

• Leng Qing poured juice for Lu Ling and learned that Jiang Feng was a Flame Belle who ate Spirit Seeds and Soul Seeds.
• Old Man Bao and Dean Xiao questioned Lu Ling about Sha Yuan and Mu Pang Mountain, and he reassured them that he had nothing to fear.
• Lu Ling returned to the Jinyuan Apartment villa and found Ai Tutu home alone while Mu Nujiao cultivated in seclusion.
• Ai Tutu embraced and provoked Lu Ling, and he kissed her before carrying her to the sofa.
• Lu Ling and Ai Tutu continued their intimate encounter in the living room until Mu Nujiao came in and found them together.