Chapter Summaries

Ren Suo accompanied the Sony Great Magus through Whiterun as a Flame Dragon Knight Order ambush struck the procession. Ren Xingmei awakened a powerful time-related ability to save him, and the chapter ended with Ren Suo discovering her new bond ability.

• Ren Suo dismissed Wilkas's offer to send his companions away and told Lanaya to return and guard the room.
• Ren Suo joined the procession to Dragon Roar Palace, where he realized Los had replaced Wilkas and his sister was following him in disguise.
• Flame Dragon Knight Order assassins attacked the procession with lethal Flame Burst spells, breaking through the Divine Descendant Guards' defenses.
• Ren Suo tried to shield Dong Chengling, Lorifis, and Ren Xingmei, but Ren Xingmei used her control over time to push them clear of the attack.
• Ren Suo's power surged, allowing him to teleport himself and the three Divine Descendant Guards away from the blast as the crowd praised his quick response.
• Ren Xingmei's bond reached Level 4 and granted her a new ability that accelerated thought and movement during danger.

Ren Suo used Ren Xingmei’s time ability to escape an attack, then exposed and killed Balgruuf after Lanaya subdued the assassins. When Ren Xingmei’s awakening endangered her life, Ren Suo learned Divine Light Shards could help and resolved to take her to Songgard; her question about whom he would save revealed who he would choose to die beside in the Platinum Tower.

• Ren Suo discovered that Ren Xingmei’s Time Roaming slowed reality so dramatically that he could use it mainly to escape danger, and he pulled her, Chengling, and Lorifis clear of a Flame Burst.
• Wilkas attacked Ren Suo, but Ren Suo evaded him, and Lanaya returned, defeated Wilkas, and killed the remaining Flame Dragon Assassins.
• Ren Suo accused Balgruuf of conspiring with Wilkas, and Lanaya severed Balgruuf’s arms before Ren Suo ordered her to kill him.
• Lorifis told Ren Suo that Ren Xingmei was ill, and Ren Suo found that her awakening was draining her life because Siddis’s curse suppressed her spiritual energy.
• Lorifis suggested Divine Light Shards as a source of LingNeng, so Ren Suo decided to take Ren Xingmei to Songgard while using healing spells to keep her stable.
• Ren Xingmei asked why Ren Suo had tried to save only her during the attack, and Ren Suo admitted he would choose her over anyone else; he realized he would die alongside her in the Platinum Tower.

Ren Suo arrived at Songgard for the Divine Light War after learning that Siddis had only lightly punished him for killing Balgruuf. As the Divine Children gathered, Lorifis urged him to exploit the lawless battle and eliminate some of them, while Ren Suo longed to return to Earth; there, Zhao Huo sought advice about giving lingerie as gifts.

• Lorifis explained that the Platinum Tower's reprimand was mostly a slap on the wrist, and Ren Suo's group received quick approval to travel to the Windhelm War Zone.
• Ren Suo and the others crossed the ruined Songgard, where Divine Descendants fought and the Divine Children gathered to watch and compete for Divine Light Shards.
• Ren Suo awkwardly greeted the Divine Children and rejected Baal's invitation to join in depraved games.
• Lorifis told Ren Suo that killing Divine Children could disrupt the Bloodline Great Laws and improve his chances of claiming a Divine Light Shard.
• As Ren Suo made small talk, he thought of Earth and the person he missed.
• Zhao Huo opened lingerie gifts intended for Xiao Fan and Xiao Meng, then called Deputy Director Qiao to ask whether they were suitable presents.

Ren Suo used Dia to kill eight divine children and turned the resulting outrage against Baal, then claimed the Divine Light Shard. The shard vanished into his palm, and a system voice began initializing a usable device.

• Ren Suo recognized Sony’s buried hatred of the Divine Descendants and resolved to act on it as the Divine Light Shard appeared.
• Ren Suo held back his guards while Dia killed Akasha and seven more divine children, secretly encouraging the guards to aid Dia.
• Lanaya killed Dia after he tried to reach Ren Suo and Baal, while Ren Suo confronted Baal over the dead divine children and the attempted assassination.
• Ren Suo trapped Baal inside Molag’s Realm of Abuse as battle broke out, then took the fully woven Divine Light Shard.
• The Divine Light Shard melted into Ren Suo’s palm, and a system voice announced that it had detected a usable device and was initializing.

Ren Suo used the Divine Light Crystal to help Ren Xingmei recover after the battle in Songgard, while Dong Chengling confronted him about his secrets and his past trip with Qiao Muyi. The Platinum Tower then ordered Sony to join a campaign against the Forsworn, leaving Lorifis distressed over the loss of her planned rebellion.

• Ren Suo took the Divine Light Crystal after Baal was killed and left Songgard with his group.
• Ren Suo enchanted Ren Xingmei with the Divine Light Crystal, and she fell into a deep sleep as her condition improved.
• Dong Chengling told Ren Suo she expected him to explain his secrets when they returned, then asked about his November trip with Qiao Muyi; Ren Suo said he remembered nothing unusual.
• Lanaya informed Sony that the Platinum Tower had ordered the Five Great War Zones to attack the Forsworn base at Blackreach and that Sony would supervise the campaign.
• Lorifis lamented that the campaign would destroy her plans to use the Forsworn for a rebellion, and Ren Suo tried to comfort her by proposing that he and she become beautiful silver-haired girls.

Ren Suo accompanied Sega Great Magus’s assault on Blackreach, where the Empire crushed the Forsworn but failed to capture Los. After secretly getting Los aboard the Skyrim Battleship and bringing him to Luo Yan City, Ren Suo chose not to expose him and urged him to keep going.

• Ren Suo met Sega Great Magus in Windhelm and boarded the Skyrim Battleship with his group to attack Blackreach.
• The Empire’s forces overwhelmed the Forsworn, while Ren Suo and Lorifis failed to contact Los before the assault.
• Los, disguised as Isben, reported that Dragonborn Los had escaped; Ren Suo persuaded Sega to return to Luo Yan City rather than pursue him.
• Sega asked Ren Suo to hand over Los’s sister, but Ren Suo refused and said he would keep her safe.
• Ren Suo recognized Los among the Ebony warriors, chose not to reveal his identity, and told him to keep going before they exchanged a high-five.

Ren Suo returned to Luo Yan City and discovered that Siddis’s fatherly love had bound him to Sony’s identity, complicating his escape plan. As Sega’s death set the royal court’s plot in motion, Ren Suo told Dong Chengling and Ren Xingmei how dangerous their situation was, then asked his sister to give him her heart.

• Ren Suo entered Luo Yan City, where Siddis’s Ambition Origin locked onto him and made Sony’s disappearance or death dangerous.
• Ren Suo learned there were no Plane Travel cartridges in the battleship’s spoils and concluded that banishing Great Lord was their best route to safety.
• Ren Suo received word that Los had killed Sega and that Siddis had ordered Isu Great Law brought to the royal court.
• Ren Xingmei awakened, and Ren Suo reassured her before explaining the danger of escaping from the royal court under Siddis’s watch.
• Ren Suo told Ren Xingmei, “Little sister, can you give me your heart?”

Ren Suo framed the Isu Great Law for Sega Great Law’s murder and arranged for Lorifis, Dong Chengling, and Ren Xingmei to escape the royal court. He asked Ren Xingmei to give her heart to him, then revealed that he planned to become her so an otherworld coordinate would remain behind.

• Ren Suo used Siddis’s intelligence and royal token to accuse the Isu Great Law of aiding Dragonborn Los, and the Divine Descendant Guard took the Isu Great Law into custody after Los apparently escaped.
• Ren Suo warned Lorifis, Dong Chengling, and Ren Xingmei to leave the royal court and gave them belts and cards for their escape through the spaceport.
• Ren Suo explained that his clone would impersonate Sony while he stayed nearby, and that one otherworld coordinate had to remain in the royal court.
• Ren Xingmei and Dong Chengling argued over who should stay behind, with each trying to protect the other and help Ren Suo escape.
• Ren Suo asked Ren Xingmei whether she would give her heart to him, and she agreed.
• Ren Suo told Ren Xingmei to relax because he was going to become her.

Ren Suo planned to disguise himself as Ren Xingmei, the otherworld coordinate, so he could keep Siddis from summoning her while helping everyone escape the Diedra World. After explaining why he chose his sister over Dong Chengling, he received Ren Xingmei’s consent to copy her completely.

• Ren Suo explained that he would become Ren Xingmei and let his clone continue playing Sony so the group could escape the Diedra World without Siddis summoning an otherworld coordinate.
• Ren Xingmei and Dong Chengling asked why Ren Suo had chosen to copy his sister, and he said he did not want to expose Dong Chengling’s private thoughts and memories.
• Ren Suo explained that he trusted Ren Xingmei’s memories because they had grown up together, though his comments about her childhood embarrassed her and Dong Chengling.
• Ren Xingmei agreed to let Ren Suo copy her entire soul and asked him not to be surprised by what he discovered.

Ren Suo merged with Ren Xingmei and experienced fragments of her childhood memories, including the many ways she had relied on and cared for him. The memories ended with Ren Xingmei hoping they would be free once they were both adults, just as Ren Suo's core program sounded an alarm.

• Ren Suo wondered whether merging with Ren Xingmei counted as spiritual communion and decided he would ask Ren Han about it.
• Ren Suo blocked off his own thoughts and began experiencing Ren Xingmei's childhood memories as her soul-memory programs started running.
• Ren Suo saw young Ren Xingmei laugh while their mother punished him for feeding her chili oil.
• Ren Suo remembered how he protected Ren Xingmei from a bully with fireworks, then stayed beside her in the hospital and taught her to play his PSP.
• Ren Suo saw Ren Xingmei comfort him over a rejected confession and discourage him from dating so they could keep playing games together.
• Ren Xingmei's memory ended with her wishing that she and Ren Suo would be free once they were adults, and Ren Suo's core program sounded an alarm.

Ren Suo regained control of his body after experiencing Ren Xingmei’s memories of loving him, saving money for their future, and struggling with jealousy over his other relationships. Ren Xingmei told him she had made enough money for them to live comfortably, then explained that he was the one person who felt just right to her.

• Ren Xingmei persuaded Ren Suo to give her his Lucky Money so she could invest in stocks and work toward their future.
• Ren Xingmei remembered planning to start a life with Ren Suo after she graduated and worrying about the women drawn to him.
• When Teacher Dong was threatened, Ren Xingmei considered letting her be taken so she could comfort Ren Suo, but she could not bear to make him sad.
• Lorifis told Ren Xingmei that someone else would hold Ren Suo back if she did not, and that she should accept the consequences of acting on her feelings.
• Ren Suo resumed control of his body and learned that Ren Xingmei had earned enough for them to live comfortably without him working.
• Ren Suo asked why Ren Xingmei had chosen him over more outstanding boys, and she said there was only one person who was just right.

Ren Suo arranged to move Dong Chengling and Ren Xingmei to safety before the battle at the Platinum Tower, then tried to raise his bond with Dong Chengling so he could refresh her teleportation ability’s cooldown. After she learned why he had first approached her, Dong Chengling offered a shortcut, but Ren Suo instead used the charged Divine Light Crystal to enchant her.

• Ren Suo arranged for Sony and Lorifis to escort Dong Chengling and Ren Xingmei to Sony’s secret residence in the Fourth Ring while Sony prepared orders to open the dimensional barriers.
• Ren Suo privately tried different ways to make Dong Chengling feel closer to him, hoping to raise their bond and refresh the cooldown on her teleportation ability.
• Dong Chengling asked why Ren Suo had first approached her, and he admitted that he had wanted to observe her because he had seen fragments of her future and hoped to prevent her dangerous awakening.
• Dong Chengling accepted that Ren Suo’s initial motives included both practical concerns and a desire to save her, then offered him a shortcut to deepen their relationship.
• Ren Suo realized the Divine Light Crystal had finished charging and used it to enchant Dong Chengling.

Ren Suo prepared to escape the Royal Court after promising Dong Chengling and Ren Xingmei answers when they returned, but Lanaya ambushed Sony and Los and captured him. Meanwhile, the Twin Star and Sky Track Great Laws began plotting to seize Ren Suo’s companions as leverage against Siddis.

• Ren Suo used the Divine Light Crystal’s enchantment to help Dong Chengling prepare a remote spell, and he promised to discuss their relationship after they returned.
• Ren Suo promised Ren Xingmei that he would give her an answer in front of their parents, then sent Dong Chengling, Ren Xingmei, Lorifis, and the others toward hidden safehouses.
• Ren Suo disguised himself as Ren Xingmei and waited in Sony’s Chamber, reflecting on his sister’s feelings for him.
• Lanaya attacked Sony and Los, revealed that she was the Shadow Great Law and had obtained the off-plane coordinate, then engulfed Ren Suo in shadow and knocked him unconscious.
• The Twin Star and Sky Track Great Laws discussed Los’s possible connection to Siddis and enlisted Zhen Ting to identify Sony’s visitors by their heartbeats.
• The Great Laws decided to capture Ren Suo’s companions and use them as bargaining chips to pressure Siddis into sharing power and benefits.

Ren Suo faced Siddis and Lanaya’s struggle over the armor and Oblivion Gate while Sony’s avatar acted as Sony himself and chose to sacrifice himself. Watching Sony’s death and confronting the future he wanted, Ren Suo broke through to the fourth cycle.

• Siddis brainwashed Ren Suo, but Sony used his authority to alter Ren Suo’s core program and restore his will.
• Lanaya demanded that Siddis withdraw from the armor and leave Luo Yan City with Sony, but Siddis revealed that he planned to open the Oblivion Gate immediately.
• Siddis and Lanaya invoked Mehrunes Razor and the Skeleton Key as the tower’s LingNeng gathered, while Sony resolved to rebel against his father.
• Los attacked Ren Suo, and Sony took the fatal strike so Ren Suo could survive and hear his final words.
• Sony urged Ren Suo to keep pursuing the future he imagined, and Ren Suo’s resolve to grow stronger triggered a breakthrough into the fourth cycle.

Ren Suo watched Siddis destroy Sony’s corpse while Los and Lanaya fought, and silently vowed to remember Sony after his final death. As Los unleashed an ice spell, Ren Suo prepared to use the opening to pick up the mother of his child.

• Los’s sword strike killed Sony’s clone and pierced Ren Suo, who secretly healed himself while pretending to be dead.
• Siddis caught Sony’s corpse, declared that he would possess everything he deserved, and obliterated the corpse and throne with his LingNeng.
• Ren Suo reflected that Sony’s death erased the last record of his memories and vowed not to forget him.
• Los cast “Ice Descends,” and Ren Suo clenched his necklace, preparing to pick up the mother of his child.

The Twin Star Great Law united nine other Great Laws and a vast army to seize Ren Xingmei and the other-plane coordinates while plotting to undermine Siddis. As Lorifis, Ren Xingmei, and Dong Chengling were cornered, Ren Suo arrived and declared that he would take them away, with five more figures appearing beside him.

• The Twin Star Great Law gathered the Bloodline Great Laws, persuaded the Divine Descendant Guards to follow them, and marched troops toward the royal court under the pretext of rescuing Siddis from Dragonborn Los.
• Ren Xingmei, Lorifis, and Dong Chengling hid in a Fourth Ring villa, where Lorifis confronted Ren Xingmei's willingness to give up on her feelings and urged her to keep struggling.
• An explosion destroyed the villa, and Muffy, Zhen Ting Great Law, and a massive force surrounded the three women and demanded the other-plane coordinates.
• Ren Xingmei offered to lure away the pursuers, but Dong Chengling stood with her and Lorifis, saying they should believe in each other and face danger together.
• Ren Suo appeared, seized Dong Chengling and Ren Xingmei, and used a mental shockwave to briefly freeze the surrounding forces.
• After Ren Suo said he needed at least five more people to take them away, five figures appeared beside him.

Ren Suo and four summoned game characters devastated the Diedra army, allowing him and the women with him to reach Heaven’s Gate. With the summoned allies gone, Ren Suo faced the Twin Star Great Law alone, determined to protect the people behind him.

• Ren Han’s anthem drew most of the Diedra forces into a chaotic assault, and he tore through their ranks while the Wild Hunt Great Law split into twelve fighters and the Handsome Monkey King countered with thirty-six clones.
• The Moon Chanter killed the Sleepless Great Law inside a dream, while the Explorer transformed enemy casualties into powerful card-game summons that battered the army.
• Ren Suo led Dong Chengling, Ren Xingmei, Lorifis, and the Seeker of the Way toward the spaceport; he borrowed the Seeker’s heart before she and the other summoned figures disappeared.
• The Twin Star Great Law confronted Ren Suo at Heaven’s Gate and offered to let him go if he abandoned the others, but Ren Suo refused to retreat.
• Ren Xingmei and Dong Chengling kissed Ren Suo to encourage him, then left with Lorifis as Ren Suo activated the Seeker of the Way Thought Process and declared the Twin Star Great Law already dead.

Ren Suo used Different Life to access the Seeker of the Way Thought Process and fought the Twin Star Great Law, discovering that his body could barely support the immense energy demands. After countering the Twin Star Great Law’s attacks, he faced a simultaneous assault from the Lu Sheng Great Law and Juan Tu Great Law and prepared a miracle that targeted all three.

• Ren Suo rejected the idea of transforming clones into other people and overwrote Ren Xingmei’s record with the Seeker of the Way’s save file.
• Ren Suo activated the Seeker of the Way Thought Process and discovered that it drained his body’s energy so rapidly that he could barely move.
• The Twin Star Great Law divided into the Red Star Warrior and Blue Moon Mage and attacked Ren Suo, who used the Seeker of the Way Body Program to counter with powerful combination spells.
• Ren Suo used miracles linked to Dong Chengling and Ren Xingmei to create spells that shattered the Twin Star Great Law’s attacks.
• The Lu Sheng Great Law and Juan Tu Great Law tried to ambush Ren Suo, but Time Roaming made them strike each other instead.
• Ren Suo invoked a miracle linked to Sony that made his spells always hit Divine Descendants and deal extra damage, then targeted the three Great Laws.

After defeating the Diedran forces, Ren Suo reunited with Dong Chengling and Ren Xingmei, then learned that the Sovereign’s exile had lifted the restrictions on Plane Travel. As his companions prepared to return to Earth, Ren Suo said goodbye to Lorifis and activated their departure.

• The Twin Star Great Law reflected on Diedra’s failed rebellion as Ren Suo confirmed the remaining enemies were defeated.
• Dong Chengling embraced Ren Suo while he looked like the Seeker of the Way, then held him after he changed back and admitted he was stronger than her.
• Ren Suo collapsed from the strain of overclocking, and Dong Chengling and Ren Xingmei helped him recover enough to leave the battlefield.
• The Sovereign’s exile lifted the curses on Dong Chengling and Ren Xingmei and opened Plane Travel throughout Diedra outside the No-Hunting Zones.
• Ren Suo declined Lorifis’s offer to stay and govern Diedra, wished her and Los well, and said goodbye as Los approached.
• Ren Suo activated his belt and told Dong Chengling and Ren Xingmei they were going home.

Qiao Muyi, Gu Yueyan, and the others waited anxiously for Ren Suo, Dong Chengling, and Ren Xingmei to return from another world. The trio made it home, but Ren Suo revealed that he had transformed into a blue-haired girl to travel back, leaving everyone to welcome them and prepare a meal.

• Qiao Muyi cared for Little Jiu and the black cat while Gu Yueyan, Lin Xianyu, and Bai Ji joined them for dinner and waited for the missing trio.
• Qiao Muyi reassured the group and asked how they planned to celebrate when Ren Suo and the others returned.
• Dong Chengling, Ren Xingmei, and Ren Suo appeared on the balcony, and the black cat transformed into a blue-haired girl who called Ren Xingmei “Suo Suo.”
• Ren Suo explained that he had used Different Life to become Ren Xingmei so he could anchor his return to Earth, then changed back into his usual body.
• The group welcomed the exhausted travelers, arranged to make food, and gathered around Ren Suo while Luna and Qiao Muyi held him.
• Bai Ji went home to fetch ice cream, stunned by the discovery that Ren Suo could turn into a woman.