Chapter Summaries

Su Chen announced a Love Inquiry trial to uncover everyone’s true feelings, offering a God-bestowed Soul Ring as the reward. The group prepared to answer honestly, while Wang Qiu’er remained anxious about revealing whom she liked.

• Su Chen explained Love Inquiry Valley’s trials and said he had changed the training to focus on love inquiry and would award a God-bestowed Soul Ring.
• Su Xiaohan suspected Su Chen had arranged the trial to learn whom they liked, and Su Chen promised he would guide them rather than keep them apart.
• Su Xiaohan agreed to tell the truth, and Huo Yuhao was pleased that he could reveal his feelings for Su Xiaoxue.
• Jiang Nannan encouraged herself to admit that she liked her teacher, while Wang Qiu’er worried that Gu Yuena and Qian Renxue would learn she liked Su Chen.
• Su Xiaoxue tried to reassure Wang Qiu’er, who said the hardest part was naming the person she liked.

Wang Qiu'er struggled with whether to confess her feelings for Su Chen, while Su Xiaoxue encouraged her to weigh the risks of speaking or staying silent. Su Xiaoxue then asked Huo Yuhao who he liked, but he turned the question back on her to learn what she felt about him.

• Su Xiaoxue mistakenly thought Wang Qiu'er could name a parent, but Wang Qiu'er explained that she had to name a future romantic partner.
• Wang Qiu'er considered telling Su Chen how she felt and asked Su Xiaoxue whether confessing could ruin a friendship.
• Su Xiaoxue advised Wang Qiu'er that speaking and staying silent both had benefits, and Wang Qiu'er decided to think it over.
• Su Xiaoxue asked Huo Yuhao who he liked, but he refused to reveal the name before they reached the checkpoint.
• Huo Yuhao asked Su Xiaoxue who she liked, intent on discovering what place he held in her heart.

Su Xiaoxue realized she probably loved Huo Yuhao and confessed her feelings to him. Huo Yuhao returned her confession, and Su Chen allowed them to be together as long as they waited until adulthood to make their relationship official.

• Su Xiaoxue recalled her happy memories with Huo Yuhao and admitted she probably liked him.
• Huo Yuhao declared that Su Xiaoxue was the person he had always loved.
• Su Chen warned Huo Yuhao not to make the relationship official or behave improperly before they came of age.
• Su Xiaoxue worried that her father would no longer want her, and Su Chen reassured her that she would always be his daughter.
• Huo Yuhao explained that he thought Su Chen was evaluating him, while Su Xiaoxue assured him that he had already earned her father's approval.

Su Xiaohan confessed to Ma Xiaotao, and after she accepted, he received Mortal Blessing and returned to the Divine Realm with his family and their partners. Su Chen ruled over the Divine Realm and the Netherworld but was left feeling inexplicably empty.

• Su Xiaohan, Jiang Nannan, and Wang Qiu'er took the trials and received God-bestowed Soul Rings after declaring whom they loved.
• Two years later, Su Xiaoxue told Su Xiaohan that he could bring Ma Xiaotao back to the Divine Realm once he confessed and received Mortal Blessing.
• Su Xiaohan asked Su Xiaoxue to invite Ma Xiaotao and help prepare a room for his confession.
• Su Xiaohan confessed to Ma Xiaotao, and she told him she loved him too.
• Su Xiaohan received Mortal Blessing and returned to the Divine Realm with Su Chen, his family, Huo Yuhao, and Ma Xiaotao.
• Su Chen surveyed the Divine Realm and the Netherworld and felt that everything had lost its meaning.

Su Chen confronted Su Xiaoxue and Su Xiaohan about neglecting their cultivation and urged them to become strong enough to protect themselves and their loved ones. The siblings accepted his warning, and Su Chen and Qian Renxue reconciled after arguing over his strictness.

• Su Chen ordered Su Xiaoxue to cultivate until she became a god, while Su Xiaohan promised to complete the God's Examination within a month.
• Qian Renxue initially tried to comfort Su Xiaoxue, but Su Chen sent her back to their room so he could speak firmly with the children.
• Su Chen asked the siblings why they cultivated and challenged them to consider how they would protect their family if he were no longer there.
• Su Xiaoxue and Su Xiaohan understood Su Chen's warning and resolved to work harder at cultivation.
• Qian Renxue scolded Su Chen for being fierce in front of the children, then made up with him and teased him about postponing their intimacy.

After reuniting with Wang Qiu'er in the mortal world, Su Chen returned to Martial Soul Academy as a teacher and began training an elite class. Wang Qiu'er prepared to cook him a welcoming meal.

• Qian Renxue suggested that Su Chen visit Wang Qiu'er, and he opened a Space Gate to the mortal world.
• Su Chen found Wang Qiu'er grieving by a lake, and she joyfully hugged him when she recognized him.
• Su Chen promised to stay for at least a few days, then returned to Martial Soul Academy as a specially appointed teacher.
• Su Chen formed an elite class and impressed its students by releasing an aura comparable to a Limit Douluo.
• Su Chen criticized the students' weaknesses and began correcting their soul ring configurations while Wang Qiu'er prepared a meal for him.

During Su Chen’s lesson, Wang Qiu'er secretly cooked chicken legs in class and was caught, earning a lengthy self-criticism. After writing it until early morning, she went to Su Chen’s apartment to borrow his shower, leaving him alone with her and warning him that he was a normal man too.

• Wang Qiu'er secretly prepared and cooked chicken legs during Su Chen’s lesson, and Su Chen exposed her in front of the class.
• Mu En ordered Wang Qiu'er to write a five-thousand-word self-criticism, and Su Chen increased it to ten thousand after she called him a feast for the eyes.
• Wang Qiu'er finished the fifteen-thousand-word self-criticism around three or four in the morning, then discovered her dormitory’s water heater was broken.
• Wang Qiu'er went to Su Chen’s apartment to borrow his shower, and Su Chen eventually let her inside despite warning her about being alone with a man.
• As Wang Qiu'er headed to the bathroom with her bath towel and undergarments, Su Chen told her to be careful because he was a normal man too.

Wang Qiu'er openly pursued Su Chen after returning to his home, while Su Chen tried to keep his distance and asked Qian Renxue for help. Qian Renxue sent Ning Rongrong to the lower realm, and the chapter ended with Su Chen agreeing to dry Wang Qiu'er's hair.

• Wang Qiu'er teased Su Chen while preparing to bathe, then hugged him as he turned on the water heater.
• Su Chen warned Wang Qiu'er not to blame him if he lost control, but she eagerly agreed, leaving him flustered.
• Su Chen messaged Qian Renxue to ask her to send Ning Rongrong down to fend off romantic advances.
• Qian Renxue told Ning Rongrong to help Su Chen, and Ning Rongrong agreed to ask the Goddess of Life to send her down.
• After her bath, Wang Qiu'er asked Su Chen to dry her hair, and he agreed despite his misgivings.

Su Chen dealt with Wang Qiu'er's bold affection before revealing his immense strength to his students as he promised a God-bestowed Soul Ring for their combat plans. Ning Rongrong arrived at his office, and Su Chen asked whether Xue'er had told her why she had come.

• Su Chen dried Wang Qiu'er's hair after she embraced him, and Xu Yun'er spotted them leaving his apartment together.
• Su Chen assigned his students a paired combat-planning task and offered a God-bestowed Soul Ring as a reward.
• Su Chen revealed nine Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, astonishing his students and the observers Mu En and Xuan Zi.
• Wang Qiu'er and Xu Yun'er began working together on their combat plan, while Xu Yun'er concealed her jealousy.
• Ning Rongrong surprised Su Chen with a massage, and he asked whether Xue'er had told her why she had come.

Ning Rongrong joined Martial Soul Academy as an instructor in Su Chen's class. Wang Qiu'er refused to submit Xu Yun'er's plagiarized design, but Xu Yun'er complained to Su Chen first, leaving Wang Qiu'er to take the blame.

• Ning Rongrong applied to teach at Martial Soul Academy and was assigned as an instructor in Su Chen's class.
• Wang Qiu'er showed Xu Yun'er her carefully prepared design, then discovered Xu Yun'er planned to submit a design copied from the Scripture Repository.
• Wang Qiu'er refused to remain in Xu Yun'er's group, and Xu Yun'er went to Su Chen claiming Wang Qiu'er wanted to work alone.
• Su Chen believed Xu Yun'er's complaint and went to reprimand Wang Qiu'er by the lakeside.
• Wang Qiu'er stayed silent rather than reveal Xu Yun'er's plagiarism, so Su Chen warned her not to bully classmates again.

Wang Qiu'er left Su Chen upset after he questioned her about bullying a classmate, then the elite class presented plans for God-bestowed Soul Rings. When Xu Yun'er revealed a blueprint identical to Wang Qiu'er's, Wang Qiu'er feared Su Chen would not believe her, while he praised Xu Yun'er's design.

• Wang Qiu'er turned away from Su Chen, then ran to the dormitory in tears after he asked why she had bullied a classmate.
• Su Chen reflected on Douluo Continent's prosperity and later slept with Ning Rongrong.
• The elite class resumed lessons, and Su Chen had the students present their God-bestowed Soul Ring plans.
• Xu Yun'er presented a single-soldier plan with a blueprint identical to Wang Qiu'er's.
• Wang Qiu'er worried that Su Chen would not believe she had designed the same blueprint, while Su Chen applauded Xu Yun'er's plan.

Wang Qiu'er hesitated to present her design, afraid nobody would believe she had made it, but Su Chen encouraged her to continue. When her work proved almost identical to Xu Yun'er's, the classmates sided with Xu Yun'er, leaving Wang Qiu'er uncertain whether to defend herself.

• Wang Qiu'er took the stage but hesitated to show her design, worried that others would think she had stolen it from Xu Yun'er.
• Su Chen examined Wang Qiu'er's drawings, reassured her, and encouraged her to explain them.
• The hall was stunned when Wang Qiu'er's design appeared nearly identical to Xu Yun'er's.
• Xu Yun'er claimed Wang Qiu'er had taken the wrong drawing, and Wang Qiu'er angrily insisted it was hers.
• The classmates comforted Xu Yun'er and accused Wang Qiu'er of bullying her, while Wang Qiu'er looked to Su Chen for help.
• Su Chen quieted the crowd and urged Wang Qiu'er to continue explaining her work.