Chapter Summaries

Ren Suo staged a date with a fake Xiao Ren to convince the women watching that he had rejected her, while his severe speech about cutting emotional ties unsettled them. He then entered the Gate of Truth’s fourth trial and faced a crowd of powerful opponents in an arena.

• Qiao Muyi disguised herself and the others so they could watch Ren Suo meet Xiao Ren at a restaurant without being recognized.
• Ren Suo rejected Xiao Ren with a speech about subtracting emotional attachments, leaving the watching women worried that he might truly stop needing a girlfriend.
• Lin Xianyu told the others that Ren Suo had failed to recognize her and might have changed after spending days alone, deepening their concern.
• Ren Suo returned home, checked the feelings generated by the staged date, and entered the Gate of Truth for his 399th attempt at the fourth trial.
• Ren Suo appeared in an arena surrounded by powerful figures, including Karen, Yuffie, You Jian, Zach, Sakura Kyoko, Ursa, Daze, Mister Chuan, and Yu Kuangtu, and challenged them all at once.

Yu Kuangtu attended the final day of the International Transcendent Science Conference in London, where the exchange turned into a battle before the Gatekeeper challenged every Fourth Cycle Cultivator at once. Ren Suo watched the confrontation begin and counted the Truth Points he had available for the Gate of Truth’s fourth trial.

• Yu Kuangtu and You Jian traveled with the Xuan Kingdom delegation to North Greenwich Gymnasium for the conference’s final day, unaware that the event would be a combat exchange.
• Chen Liao explained that Fourth Cycle Cultivators would defend the arena in succession, while You Jian would serve as the Xuan Kingdom’s Guardian.
• Tisrael announced that the reinforced arena was ready, and Fourth Cycle Cultivators from several countries rushed onto the field.
• The Gatekeeper blasted the contestants away with a storm current, stood atop a black door, and challenged everyone to attack him together.
• Ren Suo watched the battle begin and calculated that he had 219,501 Truth Points available for the Gate of Truth’s fourth trial.

At the Global International Transcendental Science Conference, the Gatekeeper appeared atop the Gate of Truth and overwhelmed wave after wave of powerful Transcendents. The chapter ended with Chen Liao barring his path while Yu Kuangtu charged a powerful attack.

• The Gatekeeper froze the Gate of Truth, and its revelation left Yu Kuangtu awestruck as the Transcendents attacked in coordinated groups.
• The Gatekeeper defeated the first attackers and explained that the protective ice would regenerate as long as he remained by the Gate of Truth.
• Angel Zach sent twelve fighters to test the Gatekeeper, who crushed the first six before Tisrael identified his use of Space Spells.
• The Gatekeeper used a storm of spells to defeat ten more fighters, leaving Yu Kuangtu to charge an ultimate move behind Chen Liao.
• Chen Liao activated a space-ban talisman and challenged the Gatekeeper to cross his sword perimeter, revealing that he served as You Jian's guardian.

Chen Liao endured the gatekeeper’s overwhelming spell barrage and bought Yu Kuangtu time to unleash Aura Elementalization. The gatekeeper seized control of Yu Kuangtu’s flames, defeated him, and returned to the Gate of Truth’s center, declaring that everything was arranged by the Gate of Truth.

• The gatekeeper unleashed a hundred spells in a second, but Chen Liao redirected its attacks and shattered the storm and ice dragons with his sword techniques.
• The gatekeeper praised Chen Liao’s Dance of Death, then exploited his distraction to attack Yu Kuangtu; Chen Liao intercepted it and held it off until his swords broke and You Jian caught him.
• Yu Kuangtu completed Aura Elementalization and fought the gatekeeper with enhanced flames, but the gatekeeper used its own fire spells to take control of his flames and absorb them.
• The gatekeeper wrapped the reverted Yu Kuangtu in bandages and tossed him away, then returned above the Gate of Truth with a flaming demon lord and thunderstorm guards beside it.
• The gatekeeper declared that everything was the arrangement of the Gate of Truth.

The Gatekeeper used Yu Kuangtu’s elemental flames to overcome his spirit-energy limits, then faced Angel Zach and You Jian at the Gate of Truth. After surviving their combined attacks with Time Roaming, he vanished with the Gate, leaving Zach and You Jian to fight each other.

• The Gatekeeper secretly absorbed Yu Kuangtu’s elemental flames, gaining limitless spirit energy and freedom of movement while only partially elementalizing.
• Angel Zach appeared and destroyed the Gatekeeper’s flaming demon lord, while You Jian demanded access to the Gate of Truth.
• The Gatekeeper taunted You Jian about his past, and You Jian answered that he had found a new purpose in protecting Divine Land and its unity.
• You Jian and Zach joined forces against the Gatekeeper, but he used Time Roaming to avoid their attacks without being struck.
• The Gatekeeper declared Zach and You Jian qualified Seekers of Knowledge, then disappeared with the Gate of Truth.
• You Jian’s flying swords pierced Zach after the Gatekeeper vanished, and Zach and You Jian resumed fighting.

Ren Suo reflected on the world’s reaction to the Gatekeeper’s battle and his own strained resources, then opened the Gate of Truth to face the Fifth Trial. The trial’s opponents were revealed as five masked figures, including Void Walker, Dark Moon Mister, Dark Fear Time Master, and Black Coffin Demon King, with an estimated battle duration of infinity.

• Ren Suo considered how the Fourth Trial had nearly exhausted his strength and prepared for the possibility that he might not clear the next stage.
• Ren Suo exchanged teasing messages with Zhao Huo, who mistook Ren Suo’s ambiguous remarks for romantic hints and did push-ups to calm himself.
• Ren Suo spent nearly all his Truth Points on cards, spells, upgraded orbs, and cultivation before deciding to inspect the Fifth Trial.
• Ren Suo pushed open the Gate of Truth and entered a starless night sky above a brightly lit city, where Void Walker, Dark Moon Mister, and Dark Fear Time Master appeared.
• Void Walker, Dark Moon Mister, and Dark Fear Time Master declared that Ren Suo must defeat them, and the trial identified him as the Seeker of Knowledge.
• Black Coffin Demon King emerged from the Gate of Truth and joined the other four opponents in the Fifth Trial.

Ren Suo fought Joy, Anger, Sorrow, and Happiness’s four guards in the Gate of Truth, using the unlimited battle time to study their abilities and strengthen himself. After he attacked Black Coffin Demon King’s coffin, the guards ended their warm-up and revealed that the endless battle was meant to give humanity proper despair.

• Ren Suo questioned the guards, but Void Walker, Dark Fear Time Master, and Dark Moon Mister refused to reveal information about themselves and immediately countered his spatial and temporal abilities.
• The four guards trapped Ren Suo in a coordinated assault, while he evaded their attacks, healed, and built up his Storm Orb and Earth Orb stacks.
• Ren Suo chose Black Coffin Demon King as his target, used mist and a clone to approach him, and unleashed 108 spells before dodging the reflected damage with Time Roaming.
• Ren Suo attacked Black Coffin Demon King’s chained coffin with Longevity Cross Slash, but it erupted in black flames and seized him as the guards announced that the warm-up was over.
• Black Coffin Demon King teleported through Void Walker’s Space Lock and struck Ren Suo, while the four guards declared that the unlimited battle was designed to teach humanity despair.

Dong Chengling and the others learned that Luna enjoyed streaming as a virtual streamer and discussed their own cultivation progress while waiting for Ren Suo to emerge from seclusion. In the closing battle, Ren Suo was aged, battered, and finally pierced by the Black Coffin Demon King after his enemies blocked his escape.

• Dong Chengling discovered that Luna could speak and had been streaming as a virtual streamer, and she accepted Luna’s choice after Luna said she liked it.
• Dong Chengling, Gu Yueyan, Ren Xingmei, and Qiao Muyi shared updates on their abilities and agreed to proceed with their plan as Ren Suo remained in seclusion.
• Ren Suo used Time Dilation and the Cheng Ling Void Walking Art to flee, but the Dark Fear Time Master aged him and Dark Moon Mister struck him back toward the others.
• The Void Walker repeatedly kicked Ren Suo, who healed himself while enduring the attacks and trying to learn the enemies’ limits.
• The Black Coffin Demon King ambushed Ren Suo and punched through his torso while the others prevented him from escaping, and Ren Suo said he would not have been in this situation if he had possessed the Gate of Truth.

Ren Suo reflected on how selling emotions erased the devoted inner readers that sustained his bonds, but decided the price was worth paying for the Gate of Truth and its promise of an infinite future. After combat training, he refused to join Ren Xingmei, Gu Yueyan, and Lin Xianyu for dinner, while Lin Xianyu recognized that he had changed and resolved not to trust his kindness.

• Ren Suo greeted Zhang Yamu and considered how selling his emotions affected his relationships, concluding that it destroyed the devoted attention that kept cherished bonds alive.
• Ren Suo decided to accept the loss of his past emotions if it helped him obtain the Gate of Truth and create new bonds in the future.
• After combat training ended without injuries, Ren Suo refused Ren Xingmei, Gu Yueyan, and Lin Xianyu’s invitation to eat at the dining hall.
• Ren Suo gave the three girls chilled Kinder milk wafer chocolates, and Lin Xianyu suspected his generosity concealed a scheme.
• Lin Xianyu decided to take whatever sweetness Ren Suo offered while rejecting his supposed ulterior motives, and silently repeated that she hated him.

Ren Suo completed his seventh trial against Joy, Anger, Sorrow, and Happiness, learning that multithreaded thinking could hinder their ability to read his thoughts but that he still lacked the strength to defeat them. With only one day left to gather the Truth Points needed for powerful exchange items, he agreed to go on a group date with Qiao Muyi, Dong Chengling, Gu Yueyan, and Ren Xingmei, hoping to raise their emotional value enough to fund his next attempt.

• Ren Suo endured the four enemies’ coordinated attack and proved that thinking about many things at once could partly block them from reading his thoughts.
• Ren Suo reviewed the exchange list, identified the Truth Key and cultivation items he wanted, and calculated that he lacked 70,000 Truth Points with only one day remaining.
• Ren Suo went to Dong Chengling’s home, where Qiao Muyi, Ren Xingmei, Gu Yueyan, Little Jiu, and the others gathered for dinner.
• Qiao Muyi invited Ren Suo on a date, then revealed that she, Dong Chengling, Gu Yueyan, and Ren Xingmei would all go with him.
• Ren Suo accepted their group date and planned to raise their emotional value enough to gather the Truth Points he needed for the final battle.

Ren Suo weighed whether to risk fighting the Joy, Anger, Sorrow, and Happiness Quartet for a quicker path to his Truth Point goal, but chose to pursue emotional value through his girlfriends instead. Determined to gain enough strength for future dangers, he sent a clone to build Zhao Huo’s feelings while he continued challenging the quartet in the Gate of Truth.

• Ren Suo calculated that advancing to Fifth Rank and buying combat cards could give him a chance to defeat the quartet, but he decided the risk of damaging his relationships outweighed the benefit.
• Ren Suo reflected on missed opportunities and concluded that he had to secure greater power himself because fate and the world would not protect him forever.
• Ren Suo summoned a clone, handed him the phone, and told him to message as Xiao Ren and Xiao Suo and arrange a lakeside date with Zhao Huo after midnight.
• Ren Suo instructed the clone to transform, dress provocatively, flirt with Zhao Huo, and stop short of the final step so Zhao Huo would remain interested.
• Ren Suo entered the Gate of Truth to continue fighting the quartet while the clone waited on the sofa for midnight.

Ren Suo spent the morning on a date with Dong Chengling, who spoke about what gave her life meaning and revealed that she had noticed his feelings had changed. She still loved him and hoped he would make a promise she could believe when they met again.

• Ren Suo arrived at Dong Chengling's home, and they began their date by riding the subway together in companionable silence.
• Dong Chengling led Ren Suo along the Lianjiang Embankment and demonstrated her spells as she described the things she loved, including cultivation, cooking, and him.
• Ren Suo promised Dong Chengling that they would stay together forever, but she said that such promises could fade and that he had changed.
• Dong Chengling explained that she believed Ren Suo had found someone he loved more than her, though she still trusted her feelings for him.
• Dong Chengling recalled how Ren Suo had supported her through danger and hardship, then asked him not to leave her.

Ren Suo went on dates with Dong Chengling and Ren Xingmei before meeting Qiao Muyi, who offered him passports and tickets for a trip to Tokyo. The chapter ended with Qiao Muyi asking Ren Suo whether he would go with her.

• Dong Chengling sent Ren Suo to his next date and told him to settle his feelings before choosing someone, then waited for his call and teleported home.
• Ren Xingmei took Ren Suo to an internet café, where they played games and promised to remain permanent teammates for life.
• Ren Suo arrived at the subway station and gave Qiao Muyi a red rose.
• Qiao Muyi showed Ren Suo their passports, Flourishing Sakura Visas, and tickets for a direct flight to Tokyo, then asked him to go with her.

Ren Suo and Qiao Muyi spent an evening at Lianjiang Tower, where Qiao Muyi confronted him about his changed feelings and admitted she was tired of competing for his love. Ren Suo told her he liked her, and they decided to keep their planned airplane trip.

• Qiao Muyi revealed that she had figured out Xiao Ren was Ren Suo and asked why he had staged the secret date; Ren Suo said he could not explain yet.
• Qiao Muyi and Ren Suo toured Lianjiang Tower, rode the Extreme Cloud Coaster and ferris wheel, and talked about marriage, children, and their uncertain future.
• Qiao Muyi told Ren Suo that he had changed and that she feared his love for her was no longer unique, but vowed not to give up on him.
• Ren Suo told Qiao Muyi that he liked her, and she cried before agreeing not to refund their airplane tickets.

Ren Suo and Gu Yueyan recreated a playful butler-and-young-miss roleplay, then discussed Lin Xianyu’s warning that Ren Suo’s love for Gu Yueyan had faded. Ren Suo reassured Gu Yueyan that their relationship could continue once he recovered what he had lost, and they pledged to help each other beneath the moonlight.

• Ren Suo met Gu Yueyan on the back mountain, changed into a butler’s suit, and played along as she acted like a young miss crossing the academy plaza.
• Ren Suo and Gu Yueyan laughed together afterward, and Gu Yueyan explained that Lin Xianyu had arranged their date and warned her that Ren Suo might give up on her.
• Gu Yueyan cried as she asked Ren Suo why their love had changed and whether she had done something wrong.
• Ren Suo told Gu Yueyan that she had answered every question correctly and that he had simply lost the means to keep up with her.
• Ren Suo promised to recover what he had lost, and he and Gu Yueyan pledged to continue their shared journey together.

Ren Suo gathered the emotions and Truth Points needed to prepare for the Gate of Truth, after spending the night with Luna and receiving Zhao Huo’s farewell confession. He sold nearly everything, including his family’s and girlfriends’ emotions, but stopped before the final exchange and restored the five girlfriends’ emotional entries, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Ren Suo spent the evening with Luna, who recognized his unhappiness and promised to give him a month’s worth of love that night.
• Luna transformed back into a black cat and returned to Dong Chengling’s home, while Ren Suo prepared to equip Pandora’s Box.
• Ren Suo received Zhao Huo’s message saying he had fallen for Xiao Suo but would end contact to remain faithful to his existing relationships.
• Ren Suo learned that the Gate of Truth could trade anything with a concept, then entered it and checked his accumulated emotions and Truth Points.
• Ren Suo sold his items, abilities, and emotional connections, including those of Ren Ba, Ren Ma, and his five girlfriends, reaching 360,000 Truth Points.
• Ren Suo hesitated instead of spending the points, and the emotions of Dong Chengling, Ren Xingmei, Qiao Muyi, Gu Yueyan, and Luna reappeared on the list.

Ren Suo faced the Joy, Anger, Sorrow, and Happiness Quartet at full strength and proved his Sixth Rank power could overcome them. After defeating Dark Moon Mister and Dark Fear Time Master, he was left to confront Void Walker and Black Coffin Demon King.

• Ren Suo met Void Walker, Dark Moon Mister, Dark Fear Time Master, and Black Coffin Demon King as they warned him that they would not stop the Gate of Truth’s choice.
• The Quartet’s masks took control, and they attacked Ren Suo with their full power.
• Ren Suo used his Sixth Rank abilities to defeat Dark Moon Mister, who praised him before dispersing into moonlight.
• Void Walker and Dark Fear Time Master exploited time and space to catch Ren Suo off guard, but Ren Suo figured out their tactics and adapted.
• Ren Suo trapped Dark Fear Time Master in a roaming-time duel and defeated him, while Dark Fear Time Master urged him to keep private savings.

Ren Suo defeated the Void Walker and the Black Coffin Demon King, opened the Gate of Truth, and took control of Truth Authority. He was then offered the chance to evolve Transaction Authority into Perfection Truth Authority by paying with his rationality.

• Ren Suo used the Truth Key and his Sixth Rank power to exploit the Void Walker’s Space Lock timing and defeat him.
• Ren Suo overwhelmed the Black Coffin Demon King with enhanced spells, then defeated him in a direct clash after the Demon King chose not to escape.
• Ren Suo opened the Gate of Truth and took control of Basic Truth Authority.
• A voice offered Ren Suo the chance to evolve Transaction Authority into Perfection Truth Authority, which would make him an eternal Gatekeeper in exchange for his rationality.

Ren Suo uncovered Truth’s plan to wear away his sensibility and rationality so he would surrender himself to the Gate of Truth. He traded away his powers and possessions to reclaim what he had lost, rejected Perfection Truth Authority, and emerged joyful as the Gate closed.

• Truth explained that Ren Suo could obtain Perfection Truth Authority only by giving up his sensibility and rationality, and that transactions would eventually wear them away regardless.
• Ren Suo realized his sensibility had never vanished and that Truth had arranged the trials to make him surrender both it and his rationality.
• Ren Suo began a transaction that let the Gate of Truth drain his cultivation, items, spells, and powers while returning his sensibility, emotions, and Merit Points.
• Truth urged Ren Suo to accept Perfection Truth Authority, but Ren Suo said he had used his rationality to fall in love with the women in his life again.
• Ren Suo’s cultivation fell to the initial stage of Fourth Rank, the Gate of Truth shut, and he looked to the night sky with joy.

After reclaiming his feelings, Ren Suo decided to take control of the Gate of Truth rather than abandon the power he had nearly sacrificed himself to obtain. He disabled synchronization, sent the powerless Gatekeeper through the fully descended Gate, and completed the game, then saw a battle breaking out over Lianjiang City.

• Ren Suo recovered his sensibility and emotions, reflected on his relationships, and resolved to keep both his feelings and the Perfection Truth Authority.
• Ren Suo concluded that the Little World Game Console had arranged for him to be the Gate of Truth’s sole gatekeeper and recognized that disabling synchronization could help him take control.
• Ren Suo disabled complete synchronization, leaving the Gatekeeper powerless but still possessing Basic Truth Authority, and the Gatekeeper forced the Gate of Truth open and entered.
• The game announced that the Gatekeeper had perfectly mastered the Gate of Truth, completed the mission, and kicked Ren Suo to the evaluation screen.
• Ren Suo uploaded the game record before its deadline, then summoned his clone to clean and instructed it to use a pretty-girl form for housework.
• Ren Suo saw flashes of light and spiritual energy over Lianjiang City, remarked that a fight had started, and jumped from his balcony.