Chapter Summaries

Bo Saixi visited Spirit Hall, and Qian Daoliu eagerly welcomed her despite her initially ignoring him. While showing her around, he revealed that his granddaughter and great-grandson lived there, alarming the other enshrined because their identities were supposed to be secret.

• Qian Daoliu rushed to greet Bo Saixi after learning she had arrived at Spirit Hall.
• Bo Saixi discussed her cooking with Sea Witch and initially failed to notice Qian Daoliu.
• Bo Saixi said she had come to visit an old friend, and Qian Daoliu excitedly welcomed her.
• Bo Saixi asked whether any young people lived in the northern hall area, and Qian Daoliu revealed that his granddaughter and great-grandson lived there.
• The other enshrined tried to stop Qian Daoliu from exposing their secret identities, but Bo Saixi agreed to meet them.

Bo Saixi maneuvered Qian Daoliu into bringing her to meet Qian Renxue and Lin Luo, whom she suspected was connected to the Sea God. Their meeting left Qian Renxue wary, while Qian Daoliu eagerly showed off his great-grandson.

• Bo Saixi pretended to regret missing Qian Daoliu’s descendants, prompting him to insist on introducing her to Qian Renxue and Lin Luo.
• The Worships suspected Bo Saixi had come for Qian Renxue and Lin Luo and followed her and Qian Daoliu.
• Qian Renxue remembered Xiao Hong while tending to Lin Luo, then opened the door to find Qian Daoliu and Bo Saixi.
• Qian Renxue recognized Bo Saixi but hid their connection to the painting, and Bo Saixi focused her attention on Lin Luo.
• Qian Daoliu called Lin Luo his great-grandson and took him from Qian Renxue so Bo Saixi could admire him.

Bo Saixi met Lin Luo and believed the Sea God had chosen him to communicate a message through his painting. Lin Luo painted Bo Saixi and gave the picture to Qian Daoliu, who passed it to her, leaving Qian Renxue astonished by Bo Saixi's reverence.

• Qian Daoliu boasted about his closeness to Lin Luo, while Qian Renxue and Guang Ling wondered what was happening with Bo Saixi.
• Bo Saixi held Lin Luo and privately considered how she could bring him to Sea God Island without arousing Qian Daoliu's suspicions.
• Lin Luo asked to paint, and Qian Daoliu fetched his drawing board while claiming he had taught Lin Luo.
• Bo Saixi watched Lin Luo paint her and imagined the Sea God had a hidden purpose behind the picture.
• Lin Luo gave the painting to Qian Daoliu, who passed it to Bo Saixi, and Sea Witch knelt at Bo Saixi's command.
• Qian Renxue realized Bo Saixi treated Lin Luo's painting with reverence, as though his admiration for Bo Saixi had been turned around.

Bo Saixi and the Sea Witch treated Lin Luo’s painting as a message from the Sea God, then Bo Saixi tried to get closer to him and considered becoming his godmother. Qian Renxue challenged her to a cooking contest to defend her place as Lin Luo’s mother, though neither woman knew how the contest would turn out.

• Bo Saixi and the Sea Witch studied Lin Luo’s painting and privately decided it might carry a subtle message from the Sea God.
• Bo Saixi and Qian Renxue each took one of Lin Luo’s arms, and Qian Renxue accused Bo Saixi of trying to take her son.
• Bo Saixi questioned whether Qian Renxue could care for Lin Luo and proposed becoming his godmother because she could cook for him.
• Qian Renxue agreed that a mother should cook for her child but said Bo Saixi could become Lin Luo’s godmother only if she won a cooking contest.
• Bo Saixi accepted the contest, while the Sea Witch warned her that her cooking tasted far too strong.

Bo Saixi entered a cooking contest against Qian Renxue to earn the right to become Lin Luo’s godmother, while interpreting the Sea God’s painting as an order to protect him inland until he grew up. After Qian Renxue conceded, Bo Saixi announced she would stay, but learned that the mother and son were leaving for Heaven Dou in five days.

• Bo Saixi entered a cooking contest with Qian Renxue, and Qian Daoliu prepared the square while Lin Luo sat with Azure Luan as judge.
• Bo Saixi decided the Sea God’s painting meant she should stay inland to protect Lin Luo, and resolved to become his godmother as her reason to remain.
• Qian Renxue copied Bo Saixi’s cooking, but burned her seafood congee, while Bo Saixi’s heavily salted congee looked presentable.
• Guang Ling endured Qian Renxue’s black congee and spat out Bo Saixi’s; Qian Daoliu also struggled to eat Bo Saixi’s dish, and Qian Renxue admitted defeat.
• Bo Saixi asked to become Lin Luo’s godmother and announced she would stay to protect him until he grew up.
• Qian Daoliu told Bo Saixi that the mother and son were leaving for Heaven Dou in five days, leaving her surprised.

Qian Renxue left Spirit City with Lin Luo as Bibi Dong planned to follow them to Heaven Dou, while Lin Luo counted down to his system’s childhood-stage update. In Heaven Dou, Ning Fengzhi grew suspicious of Tang San’s accusations against Crown Prince Qinghe and decided the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would stay out of the conflict.

• Qian Renxue said goodbye to Bibi Dong and the Enshrined, and Bibi Dong revealed she would take up a position at the Heaven Dou Temple to protect her daughter and grandson.
• Golden Crocodile explained that Bo Saixi planned to secretly watch over Lin Luo in Heaven Dou, while Bibi Dong promised to investigate her identity and intentions.
• After the carriage left Spirit City, Lin Luo checked that his system would update in ten days, resetting nursing-stage Lottery Points and limited rewards while retaining Growth Value and permanent rewards.
• Qian Renxue transformed into Xue Qinghe to show Lin Luo a trick, then panicked when he cried and quickly changed back.
• Chen Xin told Ning Fengzhi that Crown Prince Qinghe was returning to the palace, and Ning Fengzhi questioned Tang San’s claim that Qinghe was a Spirit Hall spy.
• Ning Fengzhi suspected Tang San was using the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to provoke a conflict between Spirit Hall and the Clear Sky Sect, so he decided they would not interfere and would continue buying Tang San’s Hidden Weapons.

Tang San asked Dugu Bo to kill Qian Renxue, whom he called his mortal enemy, and Dugu Bo intercepted her carriage. Qian Renxue faced Dugu Bo alone while Lin Luo watched from nearby with a Barrett.

• Tang San asked Dugu Bo to kill a beautiful, golden-haired woman traveling toward Spirit City, and Dugu Bo agreed in exchange for settling his debt.
• On the journey, Qian Renxue reflected on her doubts as a mother while Lin Luo slept in her arms.
• Dugu Bo stopped their carriage and revealed that someone had hired him to kill Qian Renxue, so she sent Lin Luo away to hide.
• Qian Renxue revealed her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul, and Dugu Bo attacked her.
• Lin Luo found a high vantage point, took the Barrett from his System Space, and watched the fight.

Lin Luo used his final Barrett bullet to wound Dugu Bo and help Qian Renxue escape, then reunited with her and completed his special tasks. After arriving at the Eastern Palace, he woke hungry to find Qian Renxue furious that She Long had let him go without food for a day and a half.

• Lin Luo fired the Barrett with his mechanical arms, missed twice, then shot Dugu Bo in the thigh and drove him to flee.
• Lin Luo and Qian Renxue found each other, and she carried him to safety while sending a message to She Long.
• Lin Luo completed all special nursing-period tasks and received level 20 Innate Soul Power before falling asleep in Qian Renxue's arms.
• She Long took Lin Luo and the injured Qian Renxue away in the carriage while Pufferfish drove, and Lin Luo chose not to wake his mother.
• Lin Luo woke in the Eastern Palace and learned he had gone a day and a half without eating, prompting Qian Renxue to angrily dismiss everyone.

After a week in the crown prince's palace, Lin Luo chose to spend only enough Growth Value to grow to six years old, hoping to stay with Qian Renxue longer. He suddenly grew overnight, leaving Qian Renxue and her attendants scrambling before his scheduled meeting with Xue Ye.

• Qian Renxue fed Lin Luo after he woke hungry, then postponed Xue Ye's summons until she had finished.
• Lin Luo spent the week in the crown prince's bedchamber while Qian Renxue handled palace duties, and she kept his existence private from visitors.
• Before the system update, Lin Luo redeemed six years of Growth Value instead of growing to ten, choosing to remain by Qian Renxue's side longer.
• The next morning, Qian Renxue woke to find Lin Luo had grown into a six- or seven-year-old boy, and She Long and Pufferfish were equally stunned.
• With Xue Ye and the palace consorts waiting to meet Lin Luo, She Long offered to check the boy's bone age.

Qian Renxue discovered that Lin Luo had suddenly aged to six and a half, then brought him to Xue Ye to request the title of heir apparent. Xue Ye questioned whether Lin Luo deserved the title and proposed a wager based on Lin Luo awakening a powerful Martial Soul in the hall.

• Qian Renxue and She Long measured Lin Luo's bone age and found that he had grown to six and a half overnight.
• Qian Renxue confirmed Lin Luo could speak and think clearly, explained her undercover mission in Heaven Dou, and changed him into boy's clothes.
• Qian Renxue brought Lin Luo to Xue Ye's bedchamber and asked that he be named heir apparent.
• The empress objected that Lin Luo was an adopted child, while Xue Ye said the request would be difficult to justify to the people.
• Xue Ye proposed a wager: if Lin Luo awakened a powerful Martial Soul before everyone in the hall, he would have grounds to receive the title.

Qian Renxue avoided having Lin Luo’s Martial Soul awakened publicly, then summoned Spirit Hall figures to witness it. Back in the palace, Lin Luo learned that his childhood-stage system had begun collecting Emotion Points and had updated its lottery quests.

• Xue Ye offered to grant Lin Luo heir status if his Martial Soul proved exceptional, but Qian Renxue postponed the awakening and the wager.
• The empress and Noble Consort Liu criticized Qian Renxue’s decision, while Xue Ye let Lin Luo leave without an examination.
• Qian Renxue told She Long and Pufferfish to notify Spirit Hall that Lin Luo’s Martial Soul was about to awaken, and learned the Pope and Fifth Offering were nearby.
• Lin Luo gave Qian Renxue a flower in the imperial garden, and she quickly resumed her Xue Qinghe disguise when palace maids approached.
• Lin Luo checked the updated system and discovered that Emotion Points could be exchanged for Soul Power, while new childhood side quests rewarded Lottery Points.

Lin Luo prepared for his Martial Soul awakening after learning about his system’s side tasks, while Qian Renxue helped him get ready for the next day. The six Enshrined and Bibi Dong arrived to witness his awakening, but were stunned when they saw him.

• Lin Luo reviewed his side tasks and considered how attending an academy could help him complete them and earn rewards.
• Qian Renxue told Lin Luo that several great-grandfathers and his maternal grandmother were coming to see him and help awaken his Martial Soul.
• Qian Renxue encouraged Lin Luo to awaken a strong Martial Soul, promising to protect him if it was weak and asking him to protect her if it was strong.
• Qian Renxue bathed and dressed Lin Luo, then slept beside him as they had before.
• The six Enshrined and Bibi Dong arrived while Qian Renxue and Lin Luo were still asleep, stared at Lin Luo, and woke them with their astonished reactions.

Lin Luo underwent a sudden growth spurt and awakened with innate Soul Power at level twenty, but the Awakening Stone shattered before revealing his Martial Soul. As the group returned to the residence, a golden wing suddenly emerged from Lin Luo’s back.

• Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, and the elders gathered around the grown Lin Luo and checked that he felt well.
• Qian Renxue led Lin Luo to the garden, where Bibi Dong began his Martial Soul awakening ceremony.
• The Awakening Stone exploded during the ceremony, and Lin Luo collapsed to one knee.
• Lin Luo’s Soul Power lit the crystal ball to its twentieth mark, revealing innate Soul Power at level twenty.
• As the group prepared to return to the residence, Lin Luo complained that his back itched, and a golden wing unfurled over his left shoulder.

Lin Luo's delayed Martial Soul Awakening revealed twelve wings, each of the first eleven displaying a different Martial Soul Tag while the twelfth remained mysterious. As a blurred golden phantom appeared behind him, Golden Crocodile sent word to Eldest Brother about the awakening.

• Azure Luan ordered She Long and Pufferfish to keep palace maids from witnessing Lin Luo's awakening.
• Lin Luo grew twelve golden wings, and Golden Crocodile recognized them as the wings of the legendary Angel Ancestor.
• Lin Luo's first eleven wings transformed into different colors and forms as their Martial Soul Tags activated, including Tag Fusion on the eleventh wing.
• A mysterious golden phantom appeared behind Lin Luo, prompting the Offerings and Bibi Dong to question whether his Twelve-Winged Angel had mutated.
• Golden Crocodile sent Eldest Brother a note reading, “Awakened, Twelve-Winged Angel.”

After awakening his unusual Twelve-Winged Angel Martial Soul, Lin Luo recovered and told Qian Renxue he wanted to study at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy. As Qian Renxue prepared to take him to meet Xue Ye and secure his status as heir, a message left Qian Daoliu shaken.

• Lin Luo woke after sleeping for a day, ate the food Qian Renxue had prepared, and told her his Martial Soul was a mutated Twelve-Winged Angel.
• Lin Luo joked that he was the reincarnated ancestor, startling Qian Renxue before he admitted he had been teasing her.
• Lin Luo asked to attend a Soul Master Academy, and Qian Renxue said she had already arranged for him to enroll at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Qian Renxue warned Lin Luo about the academy's political rivalries and Prince Xue Xing's grandchildren, while promising that she, their relatives at the Heaven Dou Temple, and Xue Ke would support him.
• Qian Renxue told Lin Luo to meet Xue Ye after eating so he could show his Martial Soul and receive the title of heir.
• At the Worship Hall in Spirit City, Qian Daoliu read a message delivered by a golden eagle and dropped it in fright.

Qian Renxue revealed Lin Luo’s Martial Soul to Xue Ye, who immediately granted him the title of heir, a fief, a residence, and a fortune. Meanwhile, Qian Daoliu struggled to respond to news of Lin Luo’s rare Twelve-Winged Angel Martial Soul, and Xue Xing planned to use his grandsons to investigate Lin Luo.

• Qian Daoliu learned that Lin Luo had awakened a Twelve-Winged Angel Martial Soul, agonized over what to tell Qian Renxue, and finally sent a note calling it “Average.”
• Qian Renxue asked Xue Ye to name Lin Luo his heir and explained that Lin Luo had given her a happier life and become her family.
• After Lin Luo revealed his Martial Soul, Xue Ye issued an edict granting him heir status, a fief in Lianzhou, a residence, and one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• The empress, Xue Xing, and Xue Beng discussed Lin Luo’s unknown background and his planned enrollment at the academy.
• Xue Xing said his grandsons Qian’er and Fu’er had mutated Martial Souls, and he planned for them to sound out Lin Luo.

Xue Xing revealed that his grandchildren had powerful mutated Martial Souls and Innate Full Soul Power, while Bo Saixi seized control of the imperial kitchen after frightening the palace staff with her strength. On Lin Luo's first day of school, Qian Renxue sent him with She Long and Pufferfish, but their carriage was challenged by one from Prince Xue Xing's residence.

• Xue Beng told the empress that Qian'er and Fu'er had mutated into an Emerald Swan and a Black Swan, both with level-ten Innate Soul Power, and Xue Xing asked her to keep it secret.
• Xue Xing said his grandchildren would support Xue Beng when they grew up and insisted they meet Lin Luo first.
• Sea Witch revealed her nine Soul Rings after Eunuch Song insulted Bo Saixi, and Bo Saixi demanded that the emperor come to meet her alone.
• Bo Saixi claimed the imperial kitchen for herself and asked Sea Witch to watch the other chefs so they would not copy her cooking.
• Qian Renxue dressed Lin Luo for school, scolded him for calling her by her full name, and sent him with She Long and Pufferfish when she could not accompany him.
• Lin Luo checked his Emotion Points in the carriage, which stopped when a carriage from Prince Xue Xing's residence raced them to leave the imperial city.

Lin Luo defied She Long’s advice and forced a carriage carrying imperial children to give way, then learned that Heaven Dou City’s factions and even Soul Beasts were watching him. As he arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Guang Ling revealed he worked in its cafeteria and warned Lin Luo that the children he had antagonized were the academy manager’s grandchildren.

• Lin Luo ordered She Long to race the prince’s carriage, and She Long sent it crashing into a palace wall while Lin Luo’s carriage left the imperial city first.
• Lin Luo learned that spies from several clans and factions were watching him because of his new status as the crown prince’s adopted son and young prince.
• Guang Ling appeared in Lin Luo’s carriage and said that Soul Beast presences were also following them, though they were not Xiao Hong’s.
• Guang Ling revealed that he worked as a food server at Heaven Dou Royal Academy because its teaching jobs required a spotless family background.
• Guang Ling warned Lin Luo about his enemies at the academy and revealed that the children whose carriage Lin Luo had struck were the manager’s grandson and granddaughter.

Lin Luo arrived at Heaven Dou Imperial Academy, where Xue Qian and Xue Fu drew attention while holding a grudge against him. He discovered that Ling Yuan Douluo was undercover as a trainee teacher, then Xue Ke arrived and said she would protect him.

• She Long carried Lin Luo out of the carriage, and nearby students mocked him for needing help.
• Lin Luo provoked Xue Fu and Xue Qian before entering the academy, and Xue Qian stopped his sister from confronting him.
• Ling Yuan Douluo secretly told Lin Luo that Bibi Dong had sent her to protect him and directed him to her classroom if he needed help.
• Ling Yuan warned Lin Luo that Xue Ke was approaching, and Xue Ke picked him up and promised that Crown Prince Brother had told her to protect him.

Lin Luo entered Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Xue Ke’s support while Xue Qian and Xue Fu treated him as an enemy and underestimated his Martial Soul. At the testing hall, the students lined up for their first assessment, where Lin Luo stood behind Xue Fu and watched Xue Qian guard her from both him and Yu Luoyi.

• Xue Ke revealed Lin Luo’s identity to Ling Yuan Douluo, and Lin Luo punished her by making her stand on one leg for an incense stick’s time.
• Xue Qian and Xue Fu discussed Xue Ke’s support for Lin Luo and assumed his Martial Soul would be weak, while Xue Fu’s anger earned Lin Luo 200 anger points.
• Xue Ke explained the academy’s five admission assessments and reassured Lin Luo that he could transfer to Class One later if he performed well.
• At the testing hall, Lin Luo learned that Yu Luoyi liked Xue Fu and watched Xue Qian grow wary of him.
• The grade director ordered the students to line up for punching-strength tests, and Lin Luo joined the first line behind Xue Fu as Xue Qian tried to shield her from him and Yu Luoyi.