Chapter Summaries

Ren Suo attended a faculty karaoke gathering, brought gifts to Dong Chengling, Xiao Jiu, and Luna, and reflected on how his growing rationality affected his relationships. He sold several low-value relationships for Truth Points and wondered who else he would choose to sell.

• Ren Suo surprised Zhao Huo by attending Yuan Chu's karaoke gathering and sang for the teachers.
• Ren Suo brought Xiao Jiu a red panda plushie, Luna cream puffs, and Dong Chengling roses, then admitted he wanted to improve their relationship.
• Ren Suo concealed his unusual smile from Dong Chengling and realized his rationality made it difficult to express affection naturally.
• Ren Suo reviewed the Fourth Cycle spells available to him and entered the Gate of Truth wearing Pandora's Box.
• Ren Suo sold several low-value relationships, including those with Zhang Yamu, Yuan Chu, and other teachers, gaining 3,150 Truth Points and losing his feelings for them.
• Ren Suo examined the remaining relationships on his list and considered who to sell next to reach 4,800 Truth Points.

Ren Suo reviewed his relationships and sold several people’s feelings to gather Truth Points for upgrading Absolute Blade Armor. He ultimately chose Zhao Huo, whose bond with him deepened as Ren Suo recalled their friendship, and began writing a strategy guide to raise the value of Zhao Huo’s feelings.

• Ren Suo converted 50 Merit Points and sold several low-value feelings, including those of Gu Yuexuan, Gu Wenyi, Dong Zhen Zhong, and Bei Wuyue, but remained short of his target.
• Ren Suo decided to avoid selling feelings tied to powerful bonds or valuable relationships, and noticed that game characters were absent from the exchange list.
• Ren Suo considered his unusually large number of intimate relationships and settled on Zhao Huo as the person whose feelings he might sell.
• Ren Suo recalled how Zhao Huo had supported him throughout their friendship, causing Zhao Huo’s value on the exchange list to rise from 410 to 550 Truth Points.
• Ren Suo unlocked Pandora’s Box and created a document titled “Zhao Huo Strategy Guide” to raise Zhao Huo’s value further.

Ren Suo used intelligence about the Kader Hunter Squad to begin a new strategy against the hunters, while Zhao Huo wrestled with his feelings for three women and then encountered the mysterious martial arts maid again. The chapter left Zhao Huo face-to-face with the woman after witnessing her punch send towering waves across the lake.

• Ren Suo bought information about Kader’s weakness and confronted the Kader Hunter Squad at Notre-Dame de Paris, where the hunters explained why they would still pursue the Gate of Truth.
• Ren Suo used his upgraded abilities and Blade Armor to withstand the hunters’ coordinated attacks and began his strategy by asking Kader about a bullet from his dreams.
• Zhao Huo brooded over his fiancée, childhood sweetheart, and junior clubmate, but decided he could not ask Ren Suo for advice.
• Zhao Huo remembered the mysterious martial arts maid and wondered whether he might encounter her again.
• Zhao Huo rushed to the lake after hearing a splash and saw the woman punch the water hard enough to send towering waves into the air.
• Zhao Huo approached the woman in a Lolita dress and asked who she was.

Ren Suo spent a day at the amusement park with his friends, then discovered that Zhao Huo was troubled and waiting for a woman. After secretly testing his new identity with Zhao Huo, Ren Suo realized he could repeatedly rebuild relationships and harvest the resulting feelings for Truth Points.

• Gu Yueyan protested that the horror house barred cultivators, and the group began their amusement park outing with Ren Suo paying for the expenses.
• The group rode attractions and watched a circus, while Zhao Huo and Lin Xianyu made oddly familiar suggestions about the performances.
• After returning to the academy, Ren Suo found Zhao Huo alone by the lake and offered to listen, but Zhao Huo declined to explain his troubles.
• Ren Suo left Zhao Huo to wait by the lake, instructed his clone to answer messages as Xiao Suo, and entered the Gate of Truth game.
• Ren Suo confirmed that relationships formed under Xiao Suo were counted separately and concluded that he could repeatedly rebuild and harvest others’ feelings for Truth Points.

Kader and the Wizard Council hunter squad killed Blasting Genius at Notre-Dame, then confronted the Gatekeeper when the Gate of Truth appeared. The Gatekeeper defeated the squad, revealed that he had arranged the events, and prevented the cathedral’s collapse from killing the evacuated tourists.

• Kader and the hunter squad cornered Blasting Genius in Notre-Dame, where the Moon Priestess, Tide, and the others killed him before he could detonate the cathedral.
• After the tourists evacuated, a black Gate of Truth appeared in the main hall, and the Gatekeeper warned Kader that seeking its answers would cost him his body and soul.
• Kader and his teammates attacked the Gatekeeper, but he reflected their assaults and invoked Kader’s recurring dream of a bullet striking back through his rifle.
• The Gatekeeper conjured an ice-and-snow castle that protected the main hall when Notre-Dame’s spire exploded and collapsed.
• Speaking to hundreds of millions of livestream viewers, the Gatekeeper explained the bombing and declared that the Gate of Truth had arranged the events, breaking the hunter squad’s morale.

Ren Suo watched the Gate of Truth livestream and prepared to exploit his Gatekeeper persona and intelligence network, while using a clone and fake accounts to gather information about people close to him. His attempt to learn what Lin Xianyu thought of him ended with her calling him rotten and telling his admirer to give up.

• Ren Suo concluded that his Gatekeeper’s trash talk and apparent omniscience had undermined the Seekers, though Notre-Dame Cathedral had caught fire during the battle.
• Ren Suo used his clone to bond with Zhao Huo over anime, then wrote a Gu Yueyan Strategy Guide and planned to contact people through fake accounts.
• Ren Xingmei, Gu Yueyan, Lin Xianyu, and Qin Lian discussed the Gate of Truth and joked that Yu Kuangtu might have a crush on Ren Suo or Teacher Bai.
• Ren Xingmei received a friend request from Xiao Ren, who claimed to be a first-year student interested in speaking with Doctor Ren’s younger sister.
• Lin Xianyu accepted Xiao Ren’s QQ request and learned that the supposed student liked Ren Suo because he seemed gentle and handsome.
• Lin Xianyu told Xiao Ren that Ren Suo was already rotten and stank, leaving Ren Suo stunned and prompting him to update her strategy guide.

Ren Suo set up a second identity to harvest emotions from acquaintances, then entered the Gate of Truth and encountered its third trial. He appeared in a Federation military position at Yosemite National Park, where he had to defend the Gate against Seekers of Knowledge while facing an entire army.

• Ren Suo used the identity Xiao Ren, a Heavenly Lotus Academy student and Ren Suo fangirl, to befriend acquaintances and harvest their emotions, while avoiding Qiao Muyi to reduce the risk of exposure.
• Ren Suo found a new exchange option in the Gate of Truth that let him trade 10 Merit Points for 150 Truth Points, and saw Zhao Huo (Xiao Suo)'s emotional value surpass Zhao Huo (Ren Suo)'s.
• When Ren Suo tried to ignite the Third Prime Matter, Radiance, and the Fourth Prime Matter, Victory, the Gate of Truth brought him to a battlefield at Yosemite National Park.
• Ren Suo recognized the Federation army's heavily fortified position and realized he had appeared inside its field of fire.
• Roy identified himself as the Federation Burier and announced that Ren Suo had to protect the Gate of Truth and defeat all Seekers of Knowledge for an estimated eight minutes.

Ren Suo and his companions completed Fourth Cycle certification and met Tea Fairy, a Great Wall envoy who offered them spells and urged them to join. Ren Suo seized on the Great Wall’s ability to contact foreign organizations and wondered whether he could use it to weaken the Federation army he faced in the game.

• Ren Suo, Bai Ji, and Dong Chengling visited the Countermeasures Bureau, where Tea Fairy confirmed that their Fourth Cycle certifications had been completed.
• Tea Fairy revealed that she communicated through spiritual energy rather than speaking aloud, then explained the Great Wall’s duties and ranks.
• Tea Fairy gave Dong Chengling a Dharma Idol Gem containing a Space Spell as a gift from the Great Wall.
• Qiao Muyi, Dong Chengling, Ren Suo, Bai Ji, and Yu Kuangtu all refused Tea Fairy’s invitation to join the Great Wall, citing relationship issues.
• Tea Fairy described the Great Wall’s ability to liaise with foreign Transcendent organizations, prompting Ren Suo to consider using it to draw away Federation forces from his game.

Ren Suo refused Tea Fairy’s invitation to join the Great Wall and chose to strengthen his position through the Gate of Truth while keeping Dong Chengling’s trust. After Tea Fairy visited Heavenly Lotus Academy and joined the household for dinner, she privately asked Dong Chengling whether Ren Suo had an interesting secret.

• Ren Suo refused to join the Great Wall, and Tea Fairy canceled her inspection and asked to visit Heavenly Lotus Academy.
• Tea Fairy tried to teleport with Ren Suo and Dong Chengling, but Ren Suo rejected her and Dong Chengling agreed to take her along.
• Ren Suo checked his Truth Points, found no relationship with Tea Fairy, and began using the Xiao Ren identity to befriend people online.
• Ren Suo picked Xiao Jiu up from school and learned that she felt uneasy around Tea Fairy.
• Tea Fairy cooked with Dong Chengling at home, then asked her whether Ren Suo had an interesting little secret.

Tea Fairy used Mind Guidance to uncover Ren Suo’s secrets, hoping to find evidence of suspicious ties to the Immortal Palace and World Tree. Instead, Dong Chengling revealed that Ren Suo was involved with four women, leaving Tea Fairy determined to bring him to justice.

• Tea Fairy explained that her Awakened Spell let her guide people into speaking their thoughts, and she revealed her plan to investigate Ren Suo’s rapid cultivation and hidden secrets.
• Tea Fairy used Mind Guidance on Dong Chengling, who named the Immortal Palace, World Tree, and Ren Nesser as subjects connected to Ren Suo.
• Dong Chengling mentioned Qiao Muyi, Gu Yueyan, herself, and Ren Xingmei while the black cat disrupted her answers.
• Dong Chengling called Ren Suo a two-timing scumbag, and Tea Fairy realized he was involved with four women.
• Tea Fairy abandoned her doubts and resolved to punish Ren Suo in the name of justice.

Tea Fairy secretly infiltrated Ren Suo’s home and used Mind Guidance to extract what she believed were his hidden secrets, but she questioned a clone instead. Ren Suo’s trap protected his real secrets, though the clone’s final words about resisting fate left him wondering what they meant.

• Tea Fairy used concealment spells to sneak into Ren Suo’s home and cast Mind Guidance on the figure cultivating in his living room.
• The figure revealed that he treasured his family and friends, wanted a future with Xing Mei, and hoped to benefit from Yue Yan’s research and spend time with Young Master Mu and Chengling.
• When Tea Fairy demanded his deepest secret, the figure declared that he wanted to resist fate, escape bondage, and never be a slave.
• Tea Fairy retreated, frustrated that she had uncovered no useful secrets or spells for Chief Ren.
• An hour later, the figure dissipated, and the real Ren Suo emerged from his bedroom and collected its clothes.
• Ren Suo explained that he had hidden beneath the bed and sent a clone missing its memories of the Little World Game Console and Luna to lure Tea Fairy, then wondered about the clone’s final declarations.

Tea Fairy failed to uncover Ren Suo’s secret, so she sent edited recordings of his confessions to his four girlfriends in an attempt to turn them against him. Meanwhile, the women’s increasingly intimate attention left Ren Suo bewildered, and Tea Fairy ended the chapter listening to Chief Ren’s declaration of invincibility.

• Tea Fairy visited Heavenly Lotus Academy, spoke with Ren Suo, and asked whether his four girlfriends knew about one another before leaving for the airport.
• Ren Suo used Different Life to deafen himself against Tea Fairy’s spell, but she only made small talk and left after questioning him about his relationships.
• Ren Xingmei, Gu Yueyan, Dong Chengling, and Qiao Muyi each showed Ren Suo unexpected affection, culminating in Qiao Muyi kissing him in front of the others.
• Tea Fairy sent each of Ren Suo’s four girlfriends a different edited recording of his confession, hoping to provoke a conflict that would make them leave him and join the Great Wall.
• Tea Fairy replayed Ren Suo’s declaration, “Within a thousand miles, With Me Invincible,” and admired his voice.

Ren Suo discovered that Tea Fairy had used recordings and movie invitations to intensify his girlfriends’ affection, leaving him to arrange four dates for the same superhero movie on the 8th. He entered the Gate of Truth, noticed Tea Fairy’s spell could help him clear its third stage, and decided to use it after selling off their relationship.

• At lunch, Ren Suo escaped the tense gathering while Lin Xianyu distracted Gu Yueyan and Ren Xingmei with a request for math tutoring, and Dong Chengling sent Qiao Muyi back to work.
• Ren Suo inferred that Tea Fairy had sent the women recordings of his romantic words, making them feel uniquely loved, and realized that asking about it could expose the scheme.
• Qiao Muyi, Gu Yueyan, Ren Xingmei, and Dong Chengling each arranged to watch the same superhero movie with Ren Suo at different times on the 8th.
• Ren Suo concluded that Tea Fairy had orchestrated the movie invitations too, then checked the relationship list and learned that Yu Kuangtu’s value had risen after he advanced to the fourth rank.
• Ren Suo found Tea Fairy’s Awakened Spell on the exchange list, realized it could help him pass the Gate of Truth’s third stage, sold off his relationship with Tea Fairy, and decided to use his new plan.

Roy and the Federation forces prepared to capture the Gatekeeper when he appeared at the Yosemite base, with Roy rallying the troops to attack. The Gatekeeper answered Roy’s charge with a devastating psychic blast.

• Roy and Nash discussed the canceled war and prepared to hand over the Desperate Frontline base for research use.
• A Gate of Truth descended in the clearing, and Roy recognized the Gatekeeper as an opportunity for the Federation to capture him.
• Roy ordered the Burials and Watchers to mobilize while the military readied its artillery and troops for an attack.
• Roy confronted the Gatekeeper, declared the Federation would not back down, and signaled the forces to begin firing.
• The Gatekeeper smiled and unleashed a psychic blast, asking Roy why he was yelling so loudly.

Ren Suo used Hidden Sound Guidance to cripple the Federation army and help the Gatekeeper fight its Seekers of Knowledge. As the Gatekeeper revealed their secrets and tormented them with the Voice of Truth, Tea Fairy realized her telepathy might let her make thoughts sound like someone’s own inner voice.

• Ren Suo bought Hidden Sound Guidance with Truth Points and used its Puzzle Matrix effect to incapacitate the Federation soldiers at Yosemite National Park.
• Aurora Roy and thirteen other Transcendents confronted the Gatekeeper, and Roy led Caroline, Sven, Nash, and Guisuo in attacking him.
• The Gatekeeper evaded their attacks, identified their abilities, and used the Voice of Truth to disrupt the Seekers of Knowledge, including exposing Nash’s need to enter a sage state.
• The Federation fighters struggled to resist the Gatekeeper’s mental whispers while livestream viewers reacted to the battle and Nash’s secret was broadcast.
• Tea Fairy watched the livestream and realized she could imitate a person’s voice with telepathy, potentially making a mental sound seem like that person’s own thought.

The Gatekeeper defeated the Federation’s five Transcendents, named them the Federation Five Heroes, and vanished before Zach arrived. Ren Suo reflected on his plan to shape public opinion, then hurried out to meet Qiao Muyi for a midnight movie.

• The Gatekeeper overwhelmed Aurora Roy, the Undertaker, Nash, Ghost Rope, Sven, and Caroline, while Aurora Roy refused to admit defeat and waited for Zach.
• The Gatekeeper praised the five fighters, bestowed the title Federation Five Heroes, and escaped through the Gate of Truth just before Zach arrived.
• Roy learned that the livestream had ended before Zach’s arrival and angrily cursed the Gatekeeper for showing off and running away.
• Ren Suo considered how the title-bestowing plan could influence future challengers and public perceptions of the Gate of Truth trials.
• Ren Suo prepared to have Dong Chengling teleport him to Qiao Muyi’s midnight movie premiere, then rejected Zhao Huo’s invitation to watch another movie with his clone.

After Qiao Muyi marked Ren Suo with a tracking spell, Dong Chengling teleported him away and let him stay beside her bed. Ren Suo weighed his relationships with the four women and considered cutting his losses before their expectations led to greater disappointment.

• After the premiere, Qiao Muyi cast Evil Gaze on Ren Suo, allowing her to receive intermittent images of him even from across the planet.
• Ren Suo tried to kiss Qiao Muyi, but Dong Chengling teleported him to her home before he could.
• Ren Suo offered to compensate Dong Chengling by sleeping beside her bed, and she accepted while he held her hand as she fell asleep.
• Ren Suo read Qiao Muyi's angry messages and considered how Tea Fairy had heightened the four women's expectations of him.
• Ren Suo compared the women to depreciating stocks, then warmed Dong Chengling's room and began evaluating their relative value.

Mi Li mistook Ren Suo’s four movie dates for evidence that he was cheating on Qiao Muyi, while Ren Suo tried to discuss their relationship during his date with Dong Chengling. Afterward, he hid away to protect the relationships he had deposited in the Gate of Truth’s new Truth Bank, and prepared Xiao Ren’s confession as a distraction.

• Mi Li recognized Ren Suo at Lemon Cinema with three different women, photographed him, and messaged Qiao Muyi that she had seen her boyfriend on dates with them.
• Ren Suo and Dong Chengling discussed his other relationships, and Dong Chengling told him she wanted to be his only partner; Ren Suo admitted that the others had rejected the same request.
• Ren Suo sent everyone a message saying he would stay home in seclusion for nine days, then entered the Gate of Truth and deposited nearly 90,000 points’ worth of relationships and other assets into Truth Bank.
• Ren Suo decided to avoid everyone while he played the next stage, and had his clone send their friends a message in Xiao Ren’s name announcing, “I confessed!”

Xiao Suo defeated Zhao Huo and challenged him to clarify what he wanted to protect, while Ren Suo used their encounter to improve Zhao Huo’s feelings and test new spells. Ren Suo planned to focus on the Gate of Truth’s fourth trial as his clone continued cultivating relationships and ended by threatening to make him submit.

• Xiao Suo beat Zhao Huo, refused to teach him martial arts, and urged him to sort out his feelings and decide whom he wanted to protect.
• When Xiao Suo asked what kind of girl he liked, Zhao Huo said he liked yandere girls, and Xiao Suo thanked him before leaving.
• Ren Suo learned that Zhao Huo’s feelings toward Xiao Suo had risen by 190 points and reviewed the new spells his clone had tested.
• Ren Suo chose to stay in seclusion, reinvest his Truth Bank interest, and explore the Gate of Truth’s fourth trial before the March 18th deadline.
• As Xiao Ren, the clone told Ren Xingmei and Lin Xianyu that she would make Ren Suo agree to accept her, then vowed to use cruelty to make him submit.

Bai Ji and Ren Suo’s girlfriends worried that Ren Suo’s unusually complete silence during seclusion meant he was avoiding their relationship demands, but learned he had agreed to meet a determined student who called herself Xiao Ren. They decided to investigate and intervene in the date, while Ren Suo continued testing the Gate of Truth’s fourth trial.

• Bai Ji visited Dong Chengling’s apartment and warned Qiao Muyi and the others that Ren Suo’s lack of games, messages, and internet activity was a troubling sign.
• Bai Ji suggested Ren Suo might be avoiding their romantic demands, then offered to help him after his seclusion ended.
• Lin Xianyu told the group that Xiao Ren had confessed to Ren Suo, threatened self-harm after he rejected her, and secured a date with him for the next day.
• The group learned Xiao Ren was willing to ignore Ren Suo’s existing girlfriends and any social consequences, and Lin Xianyu identified her as a yandere.
• Qiao Muyi wanted to investigate Xiao Ren and attend the date, while Dong Chengling urged the group to let Ren Suo handle it; they asked Bai Ji whether he recognized her.
• Ren Suo collected interest from Truth Bank, noticed his deposited emotions had risen in value, and resumed testing the Gate of Truth’s fourth trial.