449 LAT questions NL over LYY's whereabouts but NL denies knowing. While LAT still wants to attack SL, he's deterred by NL's presence (even though NL is currently weak) and leaves.
450 SL asks NL why LAT is still alive. Turns out there’s a one in a million chance someone can absorb energy from the bomb she threw at LAT, and he is now a seventh ranked expert.
451 LAT reappears after a few days. After spying on their cave he's confirmed that one of them is a space master since they have supplies on a deserted island, and wants to capture them. He attacks SL when she's alone (and wants to kill her, forgetting the whole space master thing >>). She throws another bomb and uses the Spirit Dance Steps.
452-457 SL runs into the forest but LAT finds her by scanning it and chases after her, forgetting about NL. SL runs to a cave and fiddles with the fire stone she took from the secret library. It lets out a 'meow' which LAT uses to find her and they play tag for a few chapters, with SL hiding herself in a tree.
458 The little Divine Dragon wakes up and is now a fifth ranked expert and can talk. He warns SL of LAT’s approach. SL feels the gap between her and other martial artists (since she started training a decade later than them and even genius has its limits).
459-460 LAT catches her, but she manages to delay her death by tempting him with the texts she took from the secret library, promising to lead him to it (oldest trick ever). Tempted, he warns her not to get any funny ideas before tying her up.
461-462 SL has the dragon bite her rope apart, escaping while LAT is cultivating.
463-465 They run into a seventh ranked magical beast (bear) and she tames it's cub by offering it Celestial Spring Water. LAT appears and chases her, so she throws the cub towards him, causing its mother to chase after him, though he uses to cub to block critical hits. The bear injures him but can only temporarily delay him.
466-468 The dragon reveals he can increase SL's attributes by 10%. Allowing her to dart away and dodge most of his attacks. The blood she does lose is absorbed by the fire stone she's carrying which turns jade-white. LAT continues chasing SL until they reach a Fire Valley, which enhances SL's fire element and limits LAT's ice.
469-472 LAT follows her into the Fire Valley. The dragon spits fireballs at LAT but he ignores it to focus on SL. However the dragon fire is too potent and he decides to eliminate it first instead.
473-475 LAT uses his second attribute - wood - to create vines and tie up SL, angering the dragon enough to bite him. SL is dropped and injured from the fall, as LAT uses the vines to catch the dragon, who bites it apart. SL then falls into the fire and the dragon follows her, delighting LAT.
476-478 NL appears looking for SL and has been promoted to an eight ranked expert. He tells LAT that he was weakened and would've been an easy target, while LAT taunts back that SL died protecting him.
479-481 NL is filled with remorse and looking for SL when the dragon approaches him and drags him towards an unconscious SL. She wakes but is severely injured, wanting LAT dead. NL has apparently already killed him with a kick. He injects spiritual energy into SL, promising to exterminate the Li family for her.