Third Bro San

Star Luo Empire · White Tiger Duke's Mansion

In a small servants' courtyard, Huo Yuhao nestled quietly beside his mother.

Huo Yun'er washed clothes. Though her face was pale and she looked like a frail beauty, she hummed a hopeful, cheerful tune.

[Binding "Xiao Yan's Diary" · Huo Yun'er copy...]

[Diary copy binding complete. Host, please silently recite "beginner's guide" to familiarize yourself with the diary copy's functions.]

Huo Yun'er's hand froze, and the tune on her lips stopped at once.

"Mom?" Huo Yuhao tilted his head and looked at Huo Yun'er.

Huo Yun'er stroked Huo Yuhao's little head and said gently, "It's nothing, little Yuhao. Mommy just thought of something."

Silently recite beginner's guide?

The moment the thought appeared, the voice in her mind rang out again.

[Ding, guide beginning...]

[Host, please familiarize yourself with the following rules:]

[1. This system's full name is the Diary Recording System. Its purpose is to record and share life.]

[2. Diary entries are divided into two types: Daily Essays and Current Affairs Review.]

[3. After reading the main system host's Daily Essays, you may write a comment after the diary entry. Once a week, one copy holder will be randomly selected to determine the topic for the Current Affairs Review.]

[4. Every comment you write may earn a system reward. Rewards range from increases in Soul Power, spiritual power, and blood and Qi, to Soul Bones, Soul Rings, Immortal Herbs, and even a chance at resurrection.]

[5. The system's level can be raised. Once its level rises, more diary copies can be distributed, and brand-new functions can be unlocked.]

"Diary... copy?"

Huo Yun'er was utterly baffled. She was only a maid in the Duke's Mansion, with limited knowledge and little Soul Power. Even now, she was just a minor Soul Scholar without a Soul Ring. The fact that she hadn't cried out in alarm already showed that she had a good head on her shoulders.

Though thoroughly confused, she also knew she had better keep this thing a closely guarded secret!

That would be good for both her and Yuhao!

Sun Moon Empire

Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy · Illustrious Virtue Hall

In the dean's office, Jing Hongchen sat at his desk, staring blankly into space at the diary no one else could see, his eyes filled with bewilderment.

As a Level 9 Soul Engineer, the first thing he wondered when faced with something so far beyond common sense was how the thing worked.

Soul Power?

No!

But aside from Soul Power and special Martial Souls, what other extraordinary powers could there be on the continent?

Surely it can't be a divine miracle?

Jing Hongchen swallowed softly and narrowed his eyes. Whatever the case, it can't hurt to observe first!

Words slowly appeared in the diary.

[Guys, who gets it? I only found out today that I'm actually a transmigrator!]

[This system awakened way too late! My Martial Soul Awakening is tomorrow, and the system only awakened today. There's practically nothing I can do with it!]

[Fine, the system awakened late, but why did my memories only just come back too?!]

[Grandpa Jack said the Spirit Hall's honored representative is coming to the village tomorrow to help the children awaken their Martial Souls. Third Bro San's legendary life is about to begin, but... I haven't gotten on board yet. I haven't gotten on board yet!!!]

Jing Hongchen's pupils trembled. What had he just seen?

Spirit Hall?!

Although Jing Hongchen came from the Sun Moon Continent, someone of his standing knew almost as much about the Douluo Continent's culture and history as a native did.

After all, the Spirit Hall had been destroyed ten thousand years ago!

He clearly remembered that, according to history, Sea God Tang San had destroyed the ambitious Spirit Hall and saved the Douluo Continent.

But the diary said this faction would help the village children awaken their Martial Souls. Could such a faction really be evil?

I can't be sure. Should I keep reading?

[For the first six years, my memories hadn't awakened, and I just couldn't get along with a little loner like Tang San. His unsociable nature even led to a little falling-out between us.]

[Third Bro San actually didn't say I already had a Way of Seeking Death? Maybe he didn't consider a little brat raised in the village like me worth his notice? Or... maybe he'd already shouted in his heart that I had a Way of Seeking Death several times, but couldn't find a chance to kill me?]

[Wow, Third Bro San, how scary~]

[Not like me, a perfectly well-behaved kid!]

Jing Hongchen: "..."

Huo Yun'er: "..."

Zhang Lexuan: "..."

Though the three were scattered across the farthest corners of the world, their speechlessness and surprise were exactly the same.

Shrek Academy,

Elder Lin Huiqun saw Zhang Lexuan's Soul Power surge for an instant before she fell into a daze, so she asked with concern, "Lexuan, what's wrong?"

Zhang Lexuan abruptly came back to her senses. Her lips parted slightly, but after much hesitation, she didn't speak of the miraculous diary in her mind.

I'll watch a little longer and see what happens...

"It's nothing, Elder Lin. I just didn't get enough rest yesterday."

"Oh..." Lin Huiqun was old and shrewd. She knew it was only an excuse, but didn't expose it. Who didn't have a little secret or two?

"Then, I'll leave Yichen's Martial Soul Awakening to you tomorrow?"

"Leave it to me!" Zhang Lexuan agreed at once.

Lin Huiqun nodded. "Then this old woman will be on her way."

After they parted, Zhang Lexuan finally had room to think.

Memories that hadn't awakened, Tang San, the Spirit Hall.

As one of Shrek's top students, Zhang Lexuan immediately thought of the Sea God's era ten thousand years ago.

But judging by Xiao Yan's tone, he didn't seem to have much reverence for Lord Sea God?

Transmigration... what is that?

[I've got to say, in the story of Douluo Continent Part One, Tang San had plenty of little faults and didn't seem like a good person, but he was absolutely good to his Shrek brothers!]

[Of the Shrek Seven Devils who ascended in broad daylight, how many truly had what it took to become gods? They all rode Third Bro San's coattails to the top!]

[As for Third Bro San's character? An Otherworldly Demon like me isn't a good person either. What do I care whether other people are good or bad, alive or dead?]

[But just my luck, my memories came back a little too late. My starting favorability with Third Bro San has fallen into the negatives, so there probably isn't any room for me to hitch a ride with him.]

Jing Hongchen picked up a fountain pen from his desk and gently stroked it, thoughts bursting forth like sparks.

Is this diary making up a story, or... is it really describing that era ten thousand years ago when seven gods ascended?

[Since I can't hitch a ride with Third Bro San, I'll have to think of another way forward.]

[Although this world is full of factions, and there seem to be plenty of choices, in truth there are only a few that are worth considering!]

[Even the "Shrek · Tang Sect" faction that Third Bro San belongs to isn't worth considering at this point.]

[Spirit Hall!]

[This faction, whose roots spread across the entire continent, is the undisputed hegemon. Without Third Bro San's deus ex machina, the Spirit Hall could have unified the Douluo Continent with ease!]

[The Spirit Hall was a light for the common people. Every little village had a Spirit Hall Branch, and it truly accomplished the feat of giving every six-year-old child a free Martial Soul Awakening. You could say it couldn't have been more righteous!]