Chapter Summaries

At the academy cafeteria, Lin Luo watched Guang Ling charm Auntie Jiao and shared a meal with his teammates as Xue Fu gave him most of her food. Ye Lingling joined them and asked when their next training session would be, but she seemed to have another matter to raise.

• Lin Luo saw Guang Ling give Auntie Jiao a little red flower, and she accepted it after he thanked her for helping him.
• Xue Qian invited the other junior academy students to eat with his team, and Xue Fu eagerly gave Lin Luo most of her food.
• Lin Luo got Xue Fu another plate so she could eat, while Xue Qian brooded over his sister's generosity toward Lin Luo.
• Ye Lingling found the six children in the cafeteria and sat beside Lin Luo, leaving Xue Qian frustrated.
• Ye Lingling asked about the next training session, and Xue Qian said it would probably be in a couple of days; she hesitated as if she had more to say.

Lin Luo’s family teased one another at dinner, and Ye Lingling left happily after learning that Lin Luo would visit the Great Soul Arena. Two days later, Qian Renxue took Lin Luo to the arena and planned to grow closer to Ye Lingling, but she grew nervous when she saw Ye Lingling dressed up and waiting with the others.

• Ye Lingling blushed when Xue Qian asked if she had anything else to say, then left the dining hall excitedly after Lin Luo mentioned his upcoming trip to the Great Soul Arena.
• Lin Luo teased Xue Ke about wanting to marry the crown prince when she was young, making her blush while Xue Fu and Yu Luoyi reacted.
• Lin Luo offered his uneaten food to Xiong Chumo, who eagerly ate it despite Lin Luo having sprayed rice onto the plate.
• Two days later, Qian Renxue told Lin Luo she planned to take Ye Lingling shopping after his battle, then slapped his hand away when he reached toward her.
• Qian Renxue scolded Lin Luo for repeating something Fifth Great-Grandpa had taught him, then told him to stay away from the old man.
• At the Great Soul Arena’s side entrance, Qian Renxue saw Ye Lingling dressed up and worried she might force a kiss on her, while Lin Luo refused to accompany them shopping.

Lin Luo’s team won at the Great Soul Arena, while Qian Renxue drew Ye Lingling into her carriage and tried to learn where she bought her stockings. The chapter ended with Qian Renxue stroking Ye Lingling’s leg and Ye Lingling growing flustered.

• Lin Luo felt Ye Lingling’s stockings before the team entered the Great Soul Arena, while Xue Qian and Yu Luoyi watched awkwardly.
• Qian Daoliu received word that Bo Saixi had appeared in the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace and used the news as an excuse to visit, also agreeing to see his great-grandson.
• Lin Luo’s team left the arena after their match, and Qian Renxue invited Ye Lingling into the carriage while sending the other teammates to rest.
• Qian Renxue wiped Ye Lingling’s sweat, then tied her outer robe around Ye Lingling’s waist to cover a tear in her skirt.
• Qian Renxue asked where Ye Lingling bought her stockings and claimed Consort Tan had asked her to shop for them; Ye Lingling said they were sold in the east of the city.
• Qian Renxue stroked Ye Lingling’s stocking-covered leg, leaving Ye Lingling embarrassed and unsure how to respond.

Qian Renxue took Ye Lingling on a shopping trip that grew unexpectedly intimate, while Qian Daoliu visited Heaven Dou Temple to ask about Lin Luo’s unusual Angel Martial Soul. The chapter ended with Qian Renxue telling Lin Luo that Ye Lingling had kissed her cheek and asking what she should do.

• Qian Renxue took Ye Lingling shopping, and the two grew closer as they talked and visited a lingerie shop.
• Qian Daoliu arrived at Heaven Dou Temple, where Salas recognized him as the Great Enshrined and ordered compensation for the guard who had stopped him.
• Qian Daoliu asked Bibi Dong whether anything unusual had happened to Lin Luo after he turned six, and Bibi Dong described his twelve-winged Angel Martial Soul.
• Qian Daoliu left for the palace after learning Bo Saixi was there, while Bibi Dong reflected on Bo Saixi’s disastrous experiments in the imperial kitchens.
• Ye Lingling told Lin Luo that His Highness the Crown Prince was waiting outside, and Lin Luo found Qian Renxue flustered after Ye Lingling kissed her left cheek.
• Lin Luo advised Qian Renxue to go find the emperor.

Lin Luo learned how Ye Lingling kissed Qian Renxue and teased his embarrassed mother after they returned to the residence. He then considered a system mission involving Ye Lingling and discovered that Qian Renxue resisted intimacy from nearly everyone, with one unexplained exception.

• Qian Renxue told Lin Luo that Ye Lingling confessed her feelings and kissed her in a lingerie store fitting room.
• Qian Renxue hid beneath a blanket in the carriage and continued covering her head after she returned to the residence.
• Lin Luo used his Lottery Points and applied experience points to one of his wing attributes while Qian Renxue bathed.
• Lin Luo reminded Qian Renxue about Ye Lingling's kiss, and she rebuked him and fed him mung bean cake.
• Lin Luo recalled the mission to persuade Ye Lingling to cooperate with Qian Renxue and become the crown princess in name.
• Qian Renxue admitted that intimate affection from others made her uncomfortable, though she had one exception.

Lin Luo advised Qian Renxue on securing Ye Lingling’s cooperation, then Qian Daoliu and Bo Saixi arrived to examine his Martial Soul. They discovered that Lin Luo’s two Soul Rings had become thousand-year rings, leaving them to silently suspect divine intervention.

• Lin Luo suggested Qian Renxue reveal her gender to Ye Lingling, offer a limited-term alliance, and use her status as crown prince to provide benefits.
• Lin Luo joked that Qian Renxue could try seducing Ye Lingling as a woman, and Qian Renxue grabbed his ear and scolded him.
• Qian Renxue made Lin Luo pretend to meditate while she watched over his cultivation with a rattan cane.
• Bo Saixi and Qian Daoliu appeared in Qian Renxue’s bedchamber, and Qian Daoliu used his power to bring Lin Luo before him.
• Lin Luo released his Martial Soul, revealing a golden phantom with twelve wings and two purple Soul Rings.
• Qian Renxue and Qian Daoliu confirmed that Lin Luo had been given Hundred-Year Soul Rings, while Bo Saixi suspected Lord Sea God had raised their age.

Qian Renxue drove Qian Daoliu from the imperial palace and later prepared to reveal her identity to Ye Lingling, hoping to secure their relationship with a plan for the Nine Heart Begonia Sect. After Ye Lingling left the Great Soul Arena to meet Qian Renxue, Lin Luo told Xue Ke that they were in love and she fainted; that evening, She Long returned with the carriage.

• Qian Renxue stopped Qian Daoliu from touching Lin Luo's Twelve-Winged Angel Martial Soul and ordered Lin Luo to show him out.
• Qian Daoliu left the imperial palace, while Bo Saixi admitted she was glad he was gone and said she would cook all the dishes for the full-month banquet.
• Qian Renxue continued growing accustomed to Ye Lingling and planned to reveal her secret, offering a development plan for the Nine Heart Begonia Sect.
• At the Great Soul Arena, Lin Luo told Xue Ke that Qian Renxue and Ye Lingling were in love and planned to marry, and Xue Ke fainted.
• That evening, Xue Ke woke and cried to Xue Fu that she did not want the Crown Prince to marry, as She Long returned with the carriage.

Qian Renxue told Lin Luo that Ye Lingling had long suspected she was a woman, and Ye Lingling later agreed to their cooperation. Back in class, Qin Hanyu announced that students must bring their mothers to an etiquette lesson, leaving Lin Luo unsure which mother he should bring.

• Qian Renxue told Lin Luo that Ye Lingling had suspected her gender since their first shopping trip and had asked for a day to consider the cooperation.
• Ye Lingling privately told Lin Luo that she had agreed to the Crown Prince's proposal and asked what Qian Renxue really looked like.
• Lin Luo wondered whether Xue Ke would be heartbroken if she learned that her Crown Prince brother was a woman.
• Qin Hanyu announced that students must bring their mothers to the Moonlight Pavilion for etiquette education in three days.
• Xue Qian asked whether he and Xue Ke could share their mother, while Xiong Chumo explained that his mother was dead.
• Qin Hanyu suggested Lin Luo bring a palace maid, and Lin Luo wondered which of his mothers he should bring.

Lin Luo asked Ye Lingling to accompany him to the first-year etiquette instruction day, where she could reveal her identity as his father’s future crown princess. Qian Renxue planned to surprise Lin Luo by attending as a palace maid, and the chapter ended as Xue Qian arrived with his mother.

• Lin Luo chose Ye Lingling to accompany him to the etiquette instruction day and discussed the plan with her at the academy.
• Xue Ke watched Lin Luo and Ye Lingling talk, while Yu Luoyi pretended to read their lips.
• Xue Ke visited Qian Renxue and collapsed after Qian Renxue confirmed she would marry Ye Lingling.
• Lin Luo told Qian Renxue that Ye Lingling had agreed to attend, and Qian Renxue decided to surprise him by going as a palace maid.
• Three days later, Xue Qian and Xue Fu traveled to the event with their mother, whom Xue Qian was eager to introduce to Lin Luo.

Lin Luo attended the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy’s etiquette instruction and watched classmates reunite with their mothers, which made him miss his own mother. Qian Renxue arrived unexpectedly and claimed she was a palace maid assigned to accompany him.

• Lin Luo arrived at the academy and saw Yu Luoyi being scolded by his muscular mother.
• Ye Lingling joined Lin Luo, and Xue Fu introduced him to her mother while asking her to take him in as her son.
• Lin Luo watched Xue Qian and Yu Luoyi interact with their mothers and admitted to Ye Lingling that he missed his own mother.
• Qian Renxue arrived, took Lin Luo’s hand, and told the gathered students she was a palace maid assigned to accompany the crown prince.
• Lin Luo played along with Qian Renxue’s cover story after she pinched his hand.

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.