Recaps

Qian Renxue joined Lin Luo at the academy and revealed Ye Lingling’s status as the crown princess to the gathered families. As the group set out for Moonlight Pavilion, Xue Qian and Bi Ji recognized a strange familiarity in each other and stopped to speak.

• Qian Renxue pretended to be a palace maid and announced that Ye Lingling was the crown princess, prompting Ye Lingling to leave shyly.
• Lin Luo asked Qian Renxue how she knew about the outing, and she explained that Xue Ke had told her before helping straighten his clothes.
• Qin Hanyu gathered everyone and led the children and their mothers toward Moonlight Pavilion.
• Xiong Chumo arrived with Bi Ji, whose task was to get close to Lin Luo and learn more about him.
• Xue Qian and Bi Ji felt an inexplicable familiarity with each other, stopped, and spoke at the same time.

The families of the Heaven Dou Royal Second Team rode together in a carriage, where the mothers began comparing and praising their sons. The ride ended with Qian Renxue insisting that Lin Luo was impressive too.

• Xue Qian introduced Xiong Chumo and Bi Ji to Mama Fu, who revealed that she was Xue Qian and Xue Fu's mother.
• On the carriage, Mama Fu asked Bi Ji why she kept looking at Xue Qian, and Bi Ji said he was handsome.
• Xue Fu and Qian Renxue praised Lin Luo, while Mama Fu defended Xue Qian by citing his Martial Soul and strong Innate Soul Power.
• Bi Ji praised Xiong Chumo's Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Martial Soul and Innate Full Soul Power.
• Yu Luoyi's mother bluntly listed his shortcomings, then praised his toughness and cheerful, helpful nature after slapping him for protesting.
• Mama Fu praised Yu Luoyi and compared him favorably with Xue Qian, while Lin Luo stopped Qian Renxue from joining the competition until she finally declared that he was impressive.

Qian Renxue and Lin Luo arrived with the other families at the Moonlight Pavilion, where Tang Yuehua would teach etiquette. Qian Renxue hoped Tang Yuehua would not recognize her, but her carefree behavior immediately risked drawing attention.

• Yu Luoyi complained about the sect's maids, and his mother slapped him for it.
• Xue Fu tried to sit beside Lin Luo, so Qian Renxue placed herself between them; Xue Fu then stood between Qian Renxue's knees to stay close to him.
• The carriages reached the Moonlight Pavilion, and Qin Hanyu warned the parents to watch their children inside.
• Qian Renxue worried that Tang Yuehua might recognize her, then took Lin Luo's hand and hopped toward the pavilion.
• Qin Hanyu shouted for Qian Renxue to slow down, knowing that running around the Moonlight Pavilion could provoke Tang Yuehua.

Qian Renxue and Lin Luo joined the children for Heaven Dou Imperial Academy’s etiquette education day, where Tang Yuehua taught them about filial piety and asked what they had done for their mothers. As other children shared their answers, Qian Renxue urged Lin Luo to think of something to say.

• Qian Renxue stopped Lin Luo from running inside Moonlight Pavilion, where Tang Yuehua met them and recognized Qin Hanyu as her former student.
• Tang Yuehua led the children and their mothers into the main hall and explained the purpose of etiquette education day.
• Tang Yuehua asked what came first among all virtues, and Xue Qian answered that it was filial piety after Xiong Chumo misunderstood the question.
• Xue Fu, Xiong Chumo, and Xue Qian described things they had done for their mothers, while Yu Luoyi said he let his mother keep beating him until she felt better.
• Qian Renxue silently urged Lin Luo to come up with a filial thing to tell Tang Yuehua.

At Moonlight Pavilion, Tang Yuehua asked the children to share filial deeds and then assigned them to wash their mothers’ feet. Lin Luo’s honest story earned Tang Yuehua’s approval, and he carefully washed Qian Renxue’s feet while she teased him about his foot fetish.

• Lin Luo claimed he had once risked a dangerous forest to gather medicinal herbs for his mother, and Xue Fu and Xue Qian confirmed his story as a former commoner.
• Tang Yuehua accepted Lin Luo’s story and asked the children to wash their mothers’ feet.
• Xue Fu gladly offered to wash her mother’s feet, while Qian Renxue explained that Lin Luo was eager because he had a foot fetish.
• Yu Luoyi complained about his mother’s feet and was slapped before he went to fetch a basin.
• Lin Luo carefully washed Qian Renxue’s feet as Tang Yuehua praised his filial behavior, leaving Qian Renxue increasingly uneasy.

Tang Yuehua praised the children for washing their mothers’ feet, then began a discussion about independence by asking whether any still slept with their mothers. Lin Luo and Qian Renxue stayed silent as the other children described sleeping alone, and the group began to suspect Lin Luo still slept with his mother.

• Xue Fu washed Mama Fu’s feet, while Xue Qian waited his turn and Xiong Chumo ate pastries because Bi Ji would not let anyone touch her feet.
• Lin Luo washed and massaged Qian Renxue’s feet, and she praised him to Tang Yuehua as a gentle and filial child.
• Tang Yuehua praised the children’s filial devotion and introduced a discussion about independence by asking whether they still slept with their mothers.
• Xue Fu, Yu Luoyi, Xiong Chumo, and Xue Qian described when they had started sleeping alone, while Lin Luo and Qian Renxue guiltily lowered their heads.
• Xue Fu, Xiong Chumo, and Xue Qian called attention to Lin Luo’s silence, and the children began to suspect he still slept with his mother.

Lin Luo’s classmates mistook his fabricated story about his mother for a tragic memory and comforted him, while he and Qian Renxue struggled to hide their laughter. Tang Yuehua then began a clothing-and-dressing test, which Lin Luo handled easily as the other children started choosing garments.

• Lin Luo claimed he had slept beside his mother to watch for her convulsions and coughing blood, prompting Xue Fu and Xue Qian to sympathize with him and apologize for their earlier remarks.
• Xiong Chumo, Xue Fu, and the other children hugged Lin Luo, and the class shouted encouragement until Lin Luo accidentally laughed and pretended to cry.
• Tang Yuehua announced a test requiring the children to find clothes and shoes in their sizes and dress themselves before an incense stick burned down.
• Lin Luo quickly selected clothes, pants, and shoes, while Xiong Chumo said nothing would fit him and was allowed to pass.
• Xue Fu chose some clothes and started taking off her dress, so Mama Fu hurriedly stopped her.

After Lin Luo won Tang Yuehua’s etiquette medal, the children shared their hopes for the future, and Lin Luo said he wanted to stay with his family longer. On the ride back, he bet that Xue Ye would summon Qian Renxue over Ye Lingling becoming crown princess, while Qian Renxue expected Ning Fengzhi to face the prime minister’s anger.

• Tang Yuehua named Lin Luo the best performer and awarded him a Soul Tool medal shaped like a ring.
• Tang Yuehua asked the children what they wanted to become; Xue Fu said she wanted to marry Lin Luo, Yu Luoyi said he wanted to marry Princess Fufu, and Lin Luo said he wanted more time with his family.
• Qian Renxue examined Lin Luo’s medal during the carriage ride back to the palace.
• Lin Luo bet that Xue Ye would summon Qian Renxue, possibly with the prime minister present, because Ye Lingling had become crown princess.
• Qian Renxue said Ning Fengzhi would also face the prime minister’s anger once the match proposal was confirmed.

Qian Renxue revealed that she had chosen Ye Lingling as her crown princess, and Xue Ye approved the marriage while demanding she get Ye Lingling pregnant within a month. The news reached Qian Daoliu, who was shocked and angry that Qian Renxue had not told him.

• Qian Renxue went with Lin Luo to meet Xue Ye and the chancellor, who questioned rumors that she had chosen Ye Lingling as her crown princess.
• Qian Renxue claimed Ning Fengzhi had arranged a match with the chancellor's daughter without her knowledge, and the chancellor left angrily after suspecting Ning Fengzhi wanted his daughter as a lesser wife.
• Xue Ye approved Qian Renxue's marriage to Ye Lingling and ordered her to get Ye Lingling pregnant within a month after the wedding.
• Qian Renxue joked with Lin Luo about the impossible task, then heard that Xue Ye had summoned Ye Lingling's father to the palace.
• Qian Daoliu learned that Qian Renxue was taking a wife and angrily complained that she had not told him.

Lin Luo learned that Ye Lingling’s marriage to the crown prince had been arranged, then accompanied her to the palace, where they encountered Li Nanzhi confronting Qian Renxue. The chapter left Qian Renxue struggling to answer Li Nanzhi’s question about whether she had ever loved her, while Lin Luo secretly eavesdropped.

• Lin Luo heard that Ning Rongrong had missed school because the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had been sealed off during the chancellor’s visit.
• Ye Lingling told Lin Luo that her marriage to the crown prince was arranged for after the full-month celebration, and Lin Luo revealed the emperor’s demand that she become pregnant within a month of the wedding.
• Lin Luo and Ye Lingling visited Qian Renxue’s residence and found her with the chancellor’s daughter, Li Nanzhi.
• Li Nanzhi took Qian Renxue into the inner chamber for a private conversation, while Lin Luo secretly followed and eavesdropped.
• Li Nanzhi asked Qian Renxue whether she had ever loved her, and Qian Renxue struggled to respond.

Qian Renxue rejected Li Nanzhi’s advances, then revealed her true appearance to Ye Lingling and discussed faking a pregnancy. Ye Lingling stayed overnight, while Lin Luo felt pushed aside as the two women prepared to share a bed.

• Li Nanzhi embraced and tried to kiss Qian Renxue, but Lin Luo interrupted and she ran away in tears.
• Qian Renxue revealed her true appearance to Ye Lingling and told her that she planned to fake a pregnancy.
• Qian Renxue invited Ye Lingling to stay overnight, and Ye Lingling agreed to share her bed.
• Qian Renxue denied that Lin Luo usually slept beside her and kicked his pillow away, leaving him to walk off looking dejected.
• Ye Lingling criticized Qian Renxue’s conservative clothes and said they did not do justice to her looks.

Ye Lingling criticized Qian Renxue’s outdated clothes and persuaded her to go shopping, while Qian Renxue worried over Lin Luo and found him asleep in the main hall. The next morning, Lin Luo startled the women awake, and he and Ye Lingling set off for the academy as Qian Renxue and Ye Lingling made plans to shop.

• Ye Lingling inspected Qian Renxue’s clothes, called them old-fashioned, and convinced her to shop for new ones the next day.
• Unable to sleep because she worried about Lin Luo, Qian Renxue found him asleep on the main hall floor and carried him to a bed.
• Lin Luo burst into Qian Renxue’s room the next morning and shouted to wake her and Ye Lingling before fleeing.
• Qian Renxue chased Lin Luo with a rolling pin, then saw him and Ye Lingling off to the academy.
• Ye Lingling reminded Qian Renxue about their shopping plans, while Qian Renxue dismissed Lin Luo’s questions.

The day before the full-month banquet, Lin Luo reached Soul Power level 25 and prepared to reveal his Martial Soul and Soul Rings at the emperor’s request. On the morning of the banquet, Xue Qian, Xue Fu, and Yu Luoyi unexpectedly arrived at the crown prince’s bedchamber.

• Lin Luo’s classmates and teachers treated him more kindly after his visit to the Moonlight Pavilion, while his Soul Power rose to level 25 and his other ten tags reached lv2.
• Qian Renxue showed Lin Luo clothes she had bought with Ye Lingling, and he chose a black outfit before changing into gold to cheer her up after she lost their bet.
• Qian Renxue wore a revealing nightgown Ye Lingling had bought and let Lin Luo sleep in her arms, despite telling him he needed to get used to sleeping alone.
• The morning of the banquet, She Long told Lin Luo that Qian Renxue had gone to see the old emperor and reminded him to reveal his Martial Soul and Soul Rings at the banquet.
• Xue Qian, Xue Fu, and Yu Luoyi arrived at the crown prince’s bedchamber, and Lin Luo let them inside while warning Xue Fu about a ghost in one of the rooms.

Lin Luo and the others sneaked into the imperial kitchen with Guang Ling, while Dugu Bo prepared a second assassination plan after learning that Xue Qinghe had been the target of his previous attempt. The chapter ended with Qian Daoliu sensing powerful killing intent somewhere in the imperial palace.

• Yu Luoyi and Xue Qian asked Lin Luo about the palace maid and the imperial kitchen, and Guang Ling appeared and led the children out through a back door.
• Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu arrived at the crown prince's residence to check on Lin Luo, but She Long reported that he had already left with his classmates.
• Guang Ling smuggled dishes from the imperial kitchen to the loft, and he and the children began vomiting after tasting the food.
• Dugu Bo read Tang San's letter, realized that Xue Qinghe had been the woman targeted in his earlier assassination attempt, and considered killing both Xue Qinghe and Lin Luo.
• Qian Daoliu sensed powerful killing intent coming from somewhere in the imperial palace.

Bo Saixi warned Lin Luo that a Titled Douluo’s killing intent targeted him and Qian Renxue, and Lin Luo suspected Dugu Bo had come to silence them. He persuaded Bo Saixi to let him go to Xue Ye’s bedchamber, where Qian Renxue was in danger.

• Qian Daoliu sensed killing intent in the palace and told Bibi Dong that it came from someone above the Soul Douluo level.
• After Guang Ling and the others tried the imperial kitchen’s food, Bo Saixi appeared and sent them away while keeping Lin Luo with her.
• Bo Saixi told Lin Luo that a Titled Douluo’s killing intent near Xue Ye’s bedchamber was aimed at him and his mother, Qian Renxue.
• Lin Luo suspected Dugu Bo had discovered Qian Renxue’s identity and come to kill them before the earlier assassination attempt was exposed.
• Lin Luo demanded that Bo Saixi let him go to Qian Renxue, and she relented after he said he would hate her if he did not see Qian Renxue that day.
• Lin Luo rushed toward Xue Ye’s bedchamber, believing Qian Renxue would be Dugu Bo’s first target.

Lin Luo arrived at Xue Ye’s bedchamber just as an assassin revealed himself, and he unleashed his power to confront Dugu Bo. He told Qian Renxue to leave the fight to him.

• Yu Luoyi warned Yu Yuanzhen that the imperial kitchen’s food was poisonous, then clarified that it only tasted terrible.
• Xue Qian and Xue Fu warned Xue Xing about the food, but he scolded them for sneaking into the imperial kitchen and asked whether they had seen Lin Luo.
• Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu searched the banquet venue for Lin Luo and the assassin but found neither.
• Lin Luo reached Xue Ye’s bedchamber and spotted a dark figure preparing to attack.
• Lin Luo unfurled his twelve wings and struck the assassin with blue-violet lightning, identifying him as Dugu Bo.
• Xue Beng called for Xue Ye’s protection as the consorts fled, while Lin Luo signaled Qian Renxue to leave the fight to him.

Lin Luo and Qian Daoliu drove Dugu Bo from the palace toward the banquet area, where Lin Luo pursued him as Bibi Dong’s plan unfolded. Dugu Bo released his Martial Soul among the guests, spreading poison as the chapter ended.

• Lin Luo slowed Dugu Bo with Angel Binding and struck him with a fused attack, giving Qian Renxue time to evade.
• Qian Daoliu appeared and broke Dugu Bo’s right arm, then Bibi Dong told Lin Luo to pursue him toward the banquet area.
• Qian Renxue sent Lin Luo after Dugu Bo while telling Xue Ye that the assassin had fled toward the banquet area.
• Dugu Bo ran into invisible golden barriers and was forced toward the banquet, where his escape route narrowed.
• Dugu Bo released his Jade Phosphorus Snake King Martial Soul, and poisonous gas spread among the guests.

Lin Luo killed Dugu Bo during the banquet, with help from a hidden expert who restrained the poison and held Dugu Bo in water. Xue Ye revealed Lin Luo’s Twelve-Winged Angel Martial Soul and declared him Heaven Dou’s heir, Prince Luo, before ordering the banquet to continue.

• Dugu Bo threatened to poison the palace, but a hidden woman’s water technique trapped him and contained his poison gas.
• Lin Luo descended with his Twelve-Winged Angel Martial Soul and killed Dugu Bo with a sword.
• Xue Ye arrived, praised Lin Luo, and claimed a hidden expert guarded the palace.
• At Salas’s prompting, Xue Ye revealed Lin Luo’s Martial Soul and named him his grandson, Heaven Dou’s heir, Prince Luo.
• Salas left to report to the Pope, and Xue Ye ordered attendants to dispose of Dugu Bo’s corpse and continue the banquet.

After Lin Luo publicly killed Dugu Bo, the imperial banquet continued under Bo Saixi’s watch, and the guests vomited after tasting her food. Back in their chambers, Qian Renxue learned that Dugu Bo had been connected to Tang San, while Lin Luo resolved to face him himself.

• Lin Luo left Xue Ye’s side to sit with Qian Renxue and teased her during the banquet.
• Bo Saixi made Xue Ye taste her food, prompting the guests to eat and then vomit while the palace residents avoided the dishes.
• Qian Renxue and Lin Luo returned to their chambers, where they shed their heavy robes and fanned each other.
• Bibi Dong told Qian Renxue that Dugu Bo’s death had removed their greatest enemy in the imperial palace.
• Qian Renxue said Dugu Bo had recently associated with the ten-year-old Tang San, but doubted he had arranged the assassination attempt.
• Qian Daoliu ordered an investigation into Tang San, and Lin Luo decided he would settle matters with him in a future showdown.

After the crown prince’s wedding banquet, Lin Luo waited outside the bedchamber as an old matron arrived to guide the young prince in bedroom matters. Meanwhile, Gu Yuena encountered Xiao Hong at Star Lake and asked when the fox would be able to take human form.

• At the academy cafeteria, Lin Luo agreed that Xue Ke should leave the Heaven Dou Royal Second Team, leaving the team one member short.
• At Star Lake, Xiao Hong bared her teeth at Gu Yuena, then broke a canine biting her hand; Gu Yuena learned from Xiong Jun that Xiao Hong would need about four more years to take human form.
• Three days later, the crown prince’s wedding banquet proceeded without the disastrous food, and guests learned the angry head chef had refused to cook for them.
• That night, an old matron told Lin Luo she had come to guide the inexperienced crown prince in bedchamber matters, and Lin Luo waited for Qian Renxue and Ye Lingling to return.

Lin Luo, Qian Renxue, and Ye Lingling dealt with the old matron Xue Ye had sent to supervise the wedding night. After Ye Lingling pretended to make suggestive sounds until the matron left, the three shared a bed, and Lin Luo woke the next morning in Ye Lingling’s arms before returning to Qian Renxue.

• Lin Luo learned that the old matron had helped dozens of couples and asked Qian Renxue to send her away.
• Qian Renxue told the old matron to leave, but the matron insisted she had to ensure the crown prince could produce an heir and agreed to wait nearby before reporting back.
• Qian Renxue asked Ye Lingling to make suggestive sounds to convince the matron that the task was complete, while Lin Luo stayed in the room.
• Lin Luo interrupted Ye Lingling’s performance, and Qian Renxue pulled him behind the bed curtains; after hearing them, the old matron left satisfied.
• Qian Renxue, Ye Lingling, and Lin Luo shared the bed for the night, and Lin Luo woke in Ye Lingling’s arms before sneaking back to Qian Renxue.

After learning that Tang San was connected to the Clear Sky Sect and the plot against Qian Renxue, Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu focused on finding the sect’s hiding place. Pressured by Xue Ye to produce an heir, Qian Renxue faked Ye Lingling’s pregnancy and arranged for a baby girl to be presented as their child.

• Bibi Dong told Qian Daoliu that Tang San’s father was Tang Hao and that a hidden Titled Douluo had protected Tang San; they suspected the Clear Sky Sect was behind the assassination plot.
• Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu decided not to spy on Tang San and instead prioritized locating the Clear Sky Sect’s lair.
• When Xue Ye asked whether there was news, Qian Renxue claimed she had good news about a pregnancy to avoid further pressure.
• Qian Renxue told Lin Luo and Ye Lingling to fake a pregnancy, bribed the imperial physician, and arranged for a newborn to be found for the supposed birth.
• More than nine months later, a midwife presented a baby girl to Xue Ye, who left without holding her; Lin Luo realized he now had a fake little sister.

Four years after Qian Renxue and Ye Lingling adopted Xue Lian, Lin Luo and the others were called to receive early promotion to the advanced academy. Xue Fu found Lin Luo in the cafeteria, where he read Guang Ling’s note explaining that he had taken Jiao Jiao to the Far North to investigate her son’s suspicious death.

• Ye Lingling named the baby Xue Lian, and Qian Renxue welcomed her as part of the family.
• Four years later, Qian Renxue played hide-and-seek with Xue Lian, who missed Lin Luo and Little Mommy.
• A Soul Master summoned Xiong Chumo, Xue Qian, Xue Fu, Yu Luoyi, and Lin Luo to the education committee’s office for early promotion.
• Xue Fu insisted they wait for Lin Luo, then ran to the cafeteria to find him.
• Lin Luo read Guang Ling’s note saying he had taken Jiao Jiao to the Far North to investigate the truth about her son’s death.

Lin Luo advanced to the first-year class at Heaven Dou Imperial Academy and learned that a school ball was coming, while his recent quarrel with Qian Renxue weighed on him. He returned to the crown prince's palace unsure whether to go inside before Ye Lingling arrived.

• Meng Shenji registered Lin Luo and his friends for the advanced academy, and Lin Luo revealed that his Soul Power was Level 45 but refused to show his Soul Rings.
• Xue Fu offered to be Lin Luo's partner for the school advancement ball, but he postponed deciding.
• Lin Luo recalled that he and Qian Renxue had quarreled after he stayed out at night searching for the missing Guang Ling and Auntie Jiao.
• She Long told Lin Luo that Qian Renxue seemed to be in a good mood, and Lin Luo returned to the palace.
• Lin Luo stood outside the brightly lit palace, hesitating over whether to wait for Ye Lingling before going in.

Lin Luo returned to the palace after quarreling with Qian Renxue, and both avoided speaking to each other until Xue Lian and Ye Lingling pushed them toward reconciliation. At dinner, Lin Luo finally spoke to Qian Renxue, mentioning that he needed a dance partner for an academy event.

• She Long reminded Lin Luo of how he had once risked his life for Qian Renxue, then drove away as Lin Luo entered the palace.
• Lin Luo and Qian Renxue bumped into each other, exchanged no greeting, and went their separate ways; Qian Renxue vented her anger on Xue Lian's doll.
• Qian Renxue tried to keep Xue Lian from seeking Lin Luo, but Xue Lian refused to shun her brother.
• Ye Lingling returned and asked whether Qian Renxue had made up with Lin Luo, only to learn that he was ignoring her; Lin Luo overheard Qian Renxue complain about him.
• At dinner, Xue Lian cried until Lin Luo and Qian Renxue began speaking and sharing food, and Lin Luo told Qian Renxue he needed a dance partner.