Chapter Summaries

After returning, Lu Ling reunited with Ding Yumian and told her that Netherworld had fallen into slumber. He then remembered Mu Yinfeng, who had been imprisoned for ten days, and confronted her with proof that the Mu Clan had abandoned her.

• Lu Ling congratulated Mu Nujiao on reaching the Advanced Level, and Ai Tutu teased her about her feelings for him until Mu Nujiao fled to her room.
• Ding Yumian embraced Lu Ling, sensed his sadness, and comforted him after he explained that Netherworld had fallen into slumber.
• When Ding Yumian said she could not be intimate because her period had started, Lu Ling walked beside the Huangpu River and realized he had forgotten something.
• Lu Ling returned to the white palace and found Mu Yinfeng weak from ten days without food, then used Azure Sea to wash her clean and bring her before him.
• Lu Ling showed Mu Yinfeng memories proving the Mu Clan's losses and abandonment, then offered her a chance to live and produced a grilled sausage.

Lu Ling forced Mu Yinfeng to eat, punished her, and then exploited their intimate encounters to absorb her Ice Phoenix Innate Talent. Two days later, he continued caring for her as she recovered, while Mu Yinfeng found herself confused by his cruelty and gentleness.

• Lu Ling fed Mu Yinfeng after she had gone ten days without eating properly, then punished her for wasting food.
• Mu Yinfeng begged Lu Ling to stop and called him Master, after which he promised her a reward.
• Lu Ling discovered that he was absorbing Mu Yinfeng’s Ice Phoenix Innate Talent and grew excited as his strength increased.
• Over the next two days, Lu Ling repeatedly used healing magic and nourishing food to keep Mu Yinfeng alive while continuing to learn her talent.
• Lu Ling fed Mu Yinfeng health soup as she recovered in bed, and she reflected on his contradictory cruelty and care.

After acquiring Mu Yinfeng’s Ice Phoenix talent, Lu Ling reassured her that he would not abandon her and spent the day treating her more gently. The next morning in Sha Yuan, he gave her clean clothes, but her new outfit soon prompted him to pick her up and carry her outside.

• Mu Yinfeng cried when Lu Ling said they did not need to continue, and he comforted her by promising he would not leave her.
• Mu Yinfeng offered Lu Ling her possessions, but he explained that he had learned to imitate her Ice Phoenix talent and demonstrated its power through his transformed Ice Li Domain.
• Mu Yinfeng asked Lu Ling to be gentler, and they remained together until evening before falling asleep in each other’s arms.
• The next day, Lu Ling gave Mu Yinfeng a youthful dress to replace her filthy clothes.
• After seeing Mu Yinfeng in the short dress, Lu Ling picked her up and carried her outside.

Lu Ling tested Mu Yinfeng’s allegiance by ordering her to cripple her brother, Mu Feiluan, and then bound her life to him with a Blood Oath. Mu Yinfeng chose to remain with Lu Ling, who left her to guard his territory and help his vampire allies while he prepared for the World Academy Competition’s training journey.

• Mu Yinfeng ignored Mu Feiluan’s pleas and shattered his star sea at Lu Ling’s command.
• Lu Ling kept Mu Feiluan alive and restrained him, then took Mu Yinfeng out of confinement.
• Mu Yinfeng refused to return to the Mu Clan and asked Lu Ling to find her a place to stay.
• Lu Ling placed a Blood Oath flower in Mu Yinfeng’s heart, giving him control over her life and death.
• Lu Ling told Mu Yinfeng to hold down his territory and occasionally assist his vampire sisters.

After learning that the Parthenon had taken Ye Xin Xia to the airport against her wishes, Lu Ling set out with Long Zhanye to stop them. Xin Xia remained aboard the plane as it was blocked by a mysterious creature with a golden eye.

• Lu Ling assigned Mu Yinfeng to develop Fanxue City and reviewed the city's affairs while staying there for half a month.
• Ling Ling told Lu Ling that the Parthenon had abducted Xin Xia, and Leng Qing warned him not to act rashly before heading to the airport with Ling Ling.
• Lu Ling decided to intervene, summoned Long Zhanye, and flew with her toward Xin Xia's location.
• Aboard the plane, Xin Xia asked Gloken for her phone, but he refused and insisted that she go to the Parthenon despite her objections.
• When the plane was unable to take off, Gloken sent Dikaios to investigate, and a huge creature with a brilliant golden eye appeared outside the cabin, terrifying him.

Lu Ling rescued Ye Xin Xia from Gloken and the Parthenon delegation, then used Long Zhanye’s dragon form to crush their plane and overpower Gloken and Dikaios. After Gloken resisted and began summoning a purple lightning Star Palace, Lu Ling’s expression turned cold and Leng Qing, Ling Ling, and Xin Xia tried to stop him.

• Ye Xin Xia vanished through Space Magic, and Long Zhanye appeared to crush Gloken’s plane while Lu Ling mocked him.
• Long Zhanye struck the ground, sending Gloken and Dikaios flying, while Lu Ling reassured Ye Xin Xia that the Parthenon men were expendable.
• Leng Qing and Ling Ling arrived, and Lu Ling insisted he had only taught Gloken and Dikaios a lesson before confronting them.
• Gloken threatened Lu Ling, but Lu Ling used spatial force to pin Gloken and Dikaios to the ground.
• Gloken stood using an Armor Magic Tool and began summoning a purple lightning Star Palace, prompting Lu Ling to send Leng Qing away as the others urged him not to act rashly.

Lu Ling crippled Gloken after the Parthenon agents tried to abduct Ye Xin Xia, then took her home with Long Zhanye. He asked Xin Xia whether she was willing to go to the Parthenon, leaving her answer unknown.

• Lu Ling shattered Gloken’s Star Palace, crushed his hand, and destroyed his Super Level Star Ocean after Gloken threatened him.
• Dikaios carried the unconscious Gloken away to seek emergency treatment, while Leng Qing and Ling Ling left after warning Lu Ling to be careful.
• Lu Ling took Ye Xin Xia’s hand and headed home, and she calmly accepted his protection.
• Long Zhanye returned in human form, teased Lu Ling, and settled into his arms as he explained that she was a two-hundred-year-old dragon.
• Lu Ling asked Ye Xin Xia whether she would be willing to go to the Parthenon.

Ye Xin Xia chose to go to the Parthenon because she wanted to become stronger, and Lu Ling agreed to support her. After taking Long Zhanye to buy food for her older sister, Lu Ling spent the night at a hotel with Xin Xia and Jiang Feng.

• Ye Xin Xia told Lu Ling she wanted to become stronger, and he agreed to let her go to the Parthenon.
• Long Zhanye ate several hundred jin of lobster, then asked Lu Ling to buy more for her older sister, the Mysterious Dragon Emperor.
• Lu Ling bought all the crayfish and lobster nearby and put them in his spatial ring for Long Zhanye, who left through the Gate of Space.
• Lu Ling offered to spend the next few days with Ye Xin Xia, and she suggested they visit an amusement park.
• At the hotel, Jiang Feng bit Lu Ling's arm hard enough to draw blood.

Ye Xin Xia left for the Parthenon with a Female Sage and five Golden Sun Knights after Lu Ling saw her off. Lu Ling then encountered Leng Qing at the airport and took her to dinner, where she told him Ling Ling had been in the Ancient Capital for over half a month.

• Jiang Feng’s attempt to learn from Ye Xin Xia’s healing left Lu Ling with a bloody mouth, which Ye Xin Xia healed.
• A Female Sage named Tisu arrived with five Golden Sun Knights, apologized for Gloken’s behavior, and invited Ye Xin Xia to the Parthenon.
• Ye Xin Xia chose to go, hugged and kissed Lu Ling goodbye, and boarded the plane with the Parthenon delegation.
• Lu Ling asked Tisu which faction she belonged to, and she said the Temple Mother had shown her kindness before leaving.
• Lu Ling met Leng Qing outside the airport, teased her about being jealous, and invited her to dinner.
• Over dinner, Leng Qing told Lu Ling that Ling Ling had been in the Ancient Capital for over half a month.

Lu Ling gave Leng Qing a pair of powerful defensive earrings before leaving for national team training, then pressed her to confront her feelings for him. Leng Qing admitted she had fallen for him, and the two kissed.

• Lu Ling told Leng Qing he had believed she was dead and apologized for leaving Ling Ling to cope alone; Leng Qing said she would look after Ling Ling while he trained with the national team.
• Lu Ling gave Leng Qing earrings made by Huo Tuo that could block Super Level magic attacks, including psychic and darkness attacks, so she could defend herself against the Black Vatican.
• When Leng Qing refused the valuable gift, Lu Ling cornered her and asked whether she had fallen for him; she tried to deflect him by mentioning her Super Level breakthrough.
• Lu Ling kissed Leng Qing, and she gradually responded as she recognized that she had fallen for him.
• After they parted, Leng Qing admitted defeat and acknowledged her feelings, while Lu Ling teased her and suggested they take things further.

Lu Ling deepened his relationship with Leng Qing, gave her enchanted earrings that could summon his protection, and then revealed that he had been preselected for the National Team. As he went into seclusion to study the Undead Element, he discovered the Ancient King’s Soul Gathering Technique could reliably turn recently dead Demon Beasts into saleable Soul Essences.

• Leng Qing rejected Lu Ling’s suggestion that they tell anyone about their relationship, but accepted his magic earrings and the Space Mark he had placed on them for emergencies.
• Lu Ling brought Long Zhanye out of the Contract Space, and she quietly ate the feast while Leng Qing watched him warily.
• Half a month after Xin Xia left for the Parthenon, Mu Nujiao told Lu Ling that the National Team would likely assemble in mid-March, and he revealed he had been preselected during training in Jinlin City.
• Lu Ling announced he was going into seclusion, leaving Mu Nujiao, Ding Yumian, and Ai Tutu to discuss who would remain at home.
• In his mental world, Lu Ling studied the Undead Element and learned that the Soul Gathering Technique could extract Soul Essences from recently dead Demon Beasts with complete success.

Mu Nujiao arrived to remind Lu Ling about the National Team assembly and unexpectedly interrupted his intimate time with Ding Yumian. The next day, Lu Ling and Mu Nujiao traveled to the Imperial Capital Academy, where they reunited with the other National Team members and met a familiar girl who approached Lu Ling.

• Mu Nujiao knocked on Lu Ling's door to remind him about the National Team assembly, then saw Little Flame Fairy open it and fled after hearing sounds from inside.
• Lu Ling and Ding Yumian continued their intimate time, and Ding Yumian shared her hope of building a happy family with him and bearing his child.
• Lu Ling and Mu Nujiao said goodbye to Ding Yumian and Ai Tutu, then flew together to the Imperial Capital.
• At the Imperial Capital Academy, Lu Ling greeted Jiang Yu, Ai Jiangtu, and Nan Jue, while Mu Nujiao reunited with Mu Ningxue.
• A girl in a skimpy outfit approached Lu Ling and asked whether he remembered her.

Lu Ling joined the National Team and discovered that Feng Li had left the members stranded in Fanxue City without IDs or money. He offered to use his connections there to arrange their journey to Japan after they dealt with nearby Sea Monsters.

• Jiang Shaoxu greeted Lu Ling warmly, while Mu Ningxue told Nan Rongni and Mu Nujiao that Lu Ling was hers.
• The National Team gathered, and Feng Li named Lu Ling among the starters, with Mo Fan, Zhao Manyan, and Mu Tingying as substitutes.
• Lu Ling noticed Mu Tingying's jealousy and questioned Nan Rongni's continued closeness to Mu Ningxue, but decided not to act rashly.
• Feng Li warned Lu Ling not to go too far before the instructors left the team in Fanxue City without IDs or money.
• Lu Ling led the team toward Fanxue City and proposed clearing nearby Sea Monsters before arranging transport to Japan through a major corporation there.

Lu Ling arrived in Fanxue City with the National Team, where Liu Ru and Liu Xian’s reunion with him made Mu Ningxue jealous. After Lu Ling explained his relationships, Mu Ningxue reconciled with him and agreed to see her father, while Mu Tingying and Nan Rongni discussed the Mu Clan’s upheaval and spotted someone unexpected.

• Jiang Yu recognized Little Flame Fairy as Lu Ling’s Contract Beast, and Jiang Shaoxu jokingly demanded a fire Spirit Seed to let him pet her.
• Lu Ling and the National Team reached Fanxue City, where Liu Ru and Liu Xian greeted him as their master, surprising Mo Fan and Mu Nujiao.
• Mu Ningxue pulled Lu Ling aside, demanded to know what he had hidden, and grew angry and jealous as he explained his ties to the sisters, Mu Nujiao, Ding Yumian, and others.
• Mu Ningxue struck Lu Ling, then calmed in his arms and agreed to visit Mu Zhuoyun before kissing Lu Ling.
• Mu Tingying told Nan Rongni that the Mu Clan had stopped targeting Mu Ningxue and suspected that many elders, possibly including Mu Yinfeng, had been killed.
• Mu Tingying and Nan Rongni noticed someone approaching and called out, “Aunt?!”

Mu Yinfeng told Nan Rongni and Mu Tingying that Lu Ling had nearly destroyed the Mu Clan after it targeted Mu Ningxue, and warned them to curry favor with both of them. After the women left, Lu Ling praised Mu Yinfeng, who reported that her Ice Element had begun advancing toward the Half Forbidden Curse after intimacy with him.

• Mu Yinfeng welcomed Nan Rongni and Mu Tingying and revealed that the Mu Clan had nearly been wiped out for offending someone.
• Mu Yinfeng confirmed Lu Ling had killed the Mu Clan's two Forbidden Curse mages and over half its council of elders in retaliation for its treatment of Mu Ningxue.
• Mu Yinfeng told Nan Rongni and Mu Tingying that she no longer belonged to the Mu Clan, served Lu Ling, and urged them to avoid harming Mu Ningxue and to curry favor with Lu Ling.
• Lu Ling appeared after the women left and told Mu Yinfeng he had witnessed her conversation with them.
• Mu Yinfeng said her Ice Element had started advancing toward the Half Forbidden Curse after intimacy with Lu Ling, and he responded by kissing her.

Lu Ling named his growing faction and territory Spirit City, then joined the National Team as they used a Monster Gathering Instrument to lure out a Sea Monster tribe. The team fought a huge swarm of Sea Monkey Monsters and Red Rending Demons, with Mu Ningxue freezing the surrounding sea to hinder them.

• Lu Ling told Mu Yinfeng to recruit members and take over Mu Clan businesses in his name, then named his faction and territory Spirit City before leaving.
• Ai Jiangtu asked Lu Ling whether they should use the Monster Gathering Instrument, and Lu Ling agreed to cover the team.
• Mu Ningxue questioned Lu Ling about where he had been, while Nan Rongni and Mu Tingying reacted warily to him.
• The Monster Gathering Instrument drew a large Sea Monster tribe toward the shore, and Nan Rongni identified the Sea Monkey Monsters as servants of a more powerful tribe.
• Mu Ningxue froze the surrounding seawater, and the team prepared to face the arriving Red Rending Demons behind the Sea Monkey Monsters.
• Mo Fan attacked with Fierce Fist: Nine Palaces, and the National Team joined the battle against the monsters.

As the team fought the Sea Monsters, Lu Ling sent Little Flame Fairy into battle while secretly gathering Soul Essences. Ai Jiangtu, Mu Nujiao, and Mu Ningxue subdued a powerful Crimson Rift Demon, but Nan Jue sensed danger behind Mu Ningxue.

• Jiang Shaoxu and Nan Rongni stayed behind Lu Ling, while Nan Rongni privately began imagining a relationship with him despite his connection to Mu Ningxue.
• Lu Ling sent Little Flame Fairy into the Sea Monster horde, where her flames killed several Red Rending Demons and many Sea Monkey Monsters, while he secretly used the Soul Gathering Technique on the stronger monsters.
• Jiang Yu, Zhao Manyan, and Guan Yu reacted to Little Flame Fairy's strength as a Commander Level Crimson Rift Demon charged the team.
• Ai Jiangtu attacked the Crimson Rift Demon as Mu Nujiao restrained it with Advanced Level Ghost Wood Hand, and Ai Jiangtu followed with Ghost Punishment.
• Mu Ningxue froze the Crimson Rift Demon with Icebound Coffin while Mu Tingying silently resented her strength.
• Nan Jue heard unusual sounds, looked around, and warned Mu Ningxue to watch her back.

Lu Ling rescued Mu Ningxue and the others by wiping out the Sea Monsters, then prepared to leave for Sakura Country. Before he departed, Liu Ru and Liu Xian boldly sought compensation from him and shared kisses with him.

• Two Crimson Rift Demons charged Mu Ningxue, but Lu Ling used Shadow magic to seize them and kill the Sea Monsters with blood blades and powerful water magic.
• The group followed Lu Ling away after the battle, and he fed Little Flame Fairy Spirit Seed Fragments while reassuring Mu Ningxue.
• Lu Ling suspected the Sea Monsters had been deliberately sent to the coast and left the investigation to the mentors and the national team.
• One day later, Liu Ru and Liu Xian told Lu Ling their preparations were complete and took turns drinking his blood before kissing him.
• Liu Ru asked Lu Ling for compensation beyond blood, and he kissed both sisters before teasing them about choosing the moment before his departure.

Lu Ling refined his gathered Spirit Essences, strengthening several elemental magics and creating an Emperor-level Spirit Essence. A conversation with Jiang Shaoxu ended when Lu Ling abruptly returned to Jiang Feng, who woke briefly to eat before he promised Long Zhanye food in a few days.

• Lu Ling used the Vermilion Bird Vessel to refine fifteen Monarch-level Spirit Essences into an Emperor-level one, then spent over eight thousand five hundred Servant-level Spirit Essences strengthening four elemental magics and his Blessing Element.
• Jiang Shaoxu joined Lu Ling on deck, asked him about his talents, and brought out Little Flame Fairy to ask how many mothers she had.
• After Little Flame Fairy said she had one mother, Lu Ling vanished from the deck and appeared in the bedroom with Jiang Feng.
• Jiang Feng kissed Lu Ling briefly, asked for food, ate three flame Spirit Seeds, and changed into a white dress using her fire technique.
• Long Zhanye asked Lu Ling for food, and Lu Ling promised to feed her in a few days.

The Mysterious Dragon Emperor teased Long Zhanye and urged her to grow until she could go to Dragon Valley. Aboard the ship, Lu Ling spent the morning with Mu Ningxue and the others before a huge creature appeared beneath them, which he identified to Jiang Shaoxu as a Totem Beast.

• The Mysterious Dragon Emperor lifted Long Zhanye, changed into a childlike form, and told her to grow quickly so she could go to Dragon Valley.
• Lu Ling woke beside Mu Ningxue, left her to rest, and greeted Nan Rongni outside their rooms.
• Jiang Shaoxu and Mu Nujiao joined Lu Ling for breakfast as Zhao Manyan and Mo Fan speculated about the women’s interest in him.
• Jiang Yu spotted an enormous dark shadow beneath the ship, and the group retreated to their rooms after it sank away.
• Lu Ling told Jiang Shaoxu the creature was a Totem Beast, then summoned the Azure Sea Domain to speed up the ship and thought of Baxia.