Chapter Summaries

Dai Yichen accepted Dai Weisi’s challenge and insisted they duel on the academy’s first day, despite the difference in their ranks. Their fight began in the Back Mountain, where Dai Weisi revealed a self-created attack aimed at Dai Yichen’s helmet.

• Dai Yichen accepted Dai Weisi’s challenge and refused to wait a month for their duel.
• Dai Yutian heard about the fight, praised Dai Yichen’s courage, and ordered healing Soul Masters to prepare in case he was injured.
• Dai Weisi and Dai Yichen went to the academy’s Back Mountain, where Zhu Zhuyun showed concern for Dai Yichen and Dai Yuxuan acted as referee.
• Dai Weisi activated Martial Soul Possession while Dai Yichen used Armament, and the two clashed head-on.
• Dai Weisi used Fierce Light Cutting Line, a self-created soul skill, and sent it toward Dai Yichen’s helmet.

Dai Yichen defeated Dai Weisi in their duel by combining his White Tiger Armament soul skills with relentless close combat. Dai Weisi admitted defeat, while Dai Yichen reflected on the battle frenzy that had driven him to fight.

• Dai Yichen dodged Dai Weisi's Fierce Light Cutting Line and kicked him flying, impressing the academy committee members watching in secret.
• Dai Weisi used White Tiger Earthshaking Quake to distort the ground, but Dai Yichen summoned Tiger's Roar Flash to strike him and dismissed his accusation that he relied on outside help.
• Dai Yichen unleashed Flash Spirit Art, which pierced through Dai Weisi's White Tiger Earth Shattering Rise and blasted through his White Tiger Protective Barrier.
• Dai Yichen told Dai Weisi that he had lost and warned him that continuing the fight could unleash his frenzied Battle Intent; Dai Weisi then admitted defeat and collapsed.
• After dismissing his White Tiger Armament, Dai Yichen considered how battle intensified his strength and concluded that he could control the martial soul's frenzy with the Spirit Eyes Martial Soul.

Dai Yichen defeated Dai Weisi in their first battle and reviewed the fight to identify how to improve his combat skills. After seeing the battle footage, Bibi Dong and Hu Liena assessed his strength, while Bibi Dong worried that Dai Yichen’s diary might reveal the truth about Qian Xunji’s death to Qian Renxue.

• Dai Yichen offered Dai Weisi a hand after defeating him, but Dai Weisi rejected it and vowed to win their next clash.
• Zhu Zhuyun and Dai Yuxuan spoke with Dai Yichen, who explained that his martial soul could equip armor and summon a mount.
• Dai Yichen returned to his dormitory, reviewed the recorded battle, and wrote about his cultivation, techniques, and plans to gain combat experience.
• The women who could read Dai Yichen’s diary watched the battle footage and recognized how his cultivation method let him fight far above his level.
• Bibi Dong worried that Qian Renxue might learn from Dai Yichen’s diary that Bibi Dong had killed Qian Xunji.
• Hu Liena told Bibi Dong that she doubted she could defeat Dai Yichen in a direct fight.

Zhu Zhuqing worried that she would fall behind Dai Yichen, while his diary revealed his plans to seek Dugu Bo and the immortal herbs near him. Bibi Dong and the other diary holders considered pursuing the herbs, but the system warned that taking them before Dai Yichen would cost them their diary memories and rewards.

• Zhu Zhuqing read Dai Yichen's diary, admired his strength, and worried that she would not awaken her martial soul for another year.
• Dai Yichen wrote that he wanted to travel to the Heaven Dou Empire early and find Dugu Bo, who possessed the location of immortal-grade herbs.
• Dugu Yan realized that her grandfather had the herbs nearby but could not identify them, while Bibi Dong decided she had to find Dugu Bo first.
• The system warned the diary holders that taking a treasure before Dai Yichen and before its original timeline would revoke their diary memories and rewards.
• Most of the women chose not to seize the herbs, while Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong lamented that they could not use them to improve Yu Xiaogang's talent.
• Dai Yichen questioned Yu Xiaogang's appeal and recalled that he would recommend Shrek Academy to Tang San and Xiao Wu after their graduation.

The chapter criticized Shrek Academy’s lack of resources, questionable recruitment and graduation requirements, and failure to protect its students. After reading Dai Yichen’s account, people connected to Shrek fell silent, while Bibi Dong lamented the talented commoner soul masters the academy had wasted.

• Xiao Wu decided to enroll at Shrek Academy alongside Tang San, unaware that the school lacked official recognition and adequate resources.
• Dai Yichen’s account condemned Shrek’s strict admissions standards, costly nonrefundable tests, and demanding graduation requirements despite its poor facilities and weak faculty.
• The account questioned Flender’s refusal to secure academy recognition and noted that many students who never graduated might have died while hunting soul beasts.
• Those connected to Shrek fell silent after reading the account, and Bibi Dong regretted that Martial Soul Hall had not trained the talented students Shrek had lost.

Bo Saixi worried that Tang San’s future ascension to godhood might mean he was destined to take the Sea God Nine Trials, while she longed to become a god herself. She questioned Xiao Bai about Whale Rubber’s effects, but Xiao Bai reported that the Demon Soul Great White Sharks had sensed none.

• Hu Liena, Liu Erlong, and Xiao Wu reacted to Dai Yichen’s account of Shrek Academy’s admission rules, with Liu Erlong wondering whether Yu Xiaogang knew how Flender ran the school.
• The women noticed Dai Yichen’s claim that Tang San would become a god, and Bo Saixi reflected on her duty as Sea God’s High Priest and her reluctance to sacrifice her life for a stranger.
• Bo Saixi recalled that the Diary Copy’s reward had increased her Soul Power and revived her hope of becoming stronger and attaining godhood.
• Bo Saixi went to the Ring Sea and asked Xiao Bai whether the Demon Soul Great White Sharks had discovered any additional effects of Whale Rubber.
• Xiao Bai told Bo Saixi that she and her clan could not sense any effects from the Whale Rubber they had consumed.

The chapter contrasted Dai Yichen’s rejection of Douluo’s divine positions with the possibility of surpassing the world’s limits, then recounted how Ning Rongrong joined Shrek and clashed with Dai Mubai. It left the diary criticizing the Shrek students’ treatment of Ning Rongrong and questioning whether Dai Mubai would dare act on his threat.

• Bo Saixi tested Whale Rubber on Xiao Bai and the Demon Soul Great White Shark clan, who had been helping Sea God Island’s Soul Masters hunt Evil Spirit Orcas.
• Ice Empress wondered whether Dai Yichen could claim Tang San’s future divine position and help them gain immortality, but Snow Empress said he might create his own divine position or break the Plane Rules.
• Dai Yichen remained uninterested in divine positions and considered using his system’s cultivation method to grow beyond level ninety-nine and eventually summon Tiger's Roar Nebula.
• The diary described Ning Rongrong sneaking out to Shrek Academy, while Ning Fengzhi asked Flender to temper her personality and secretly ensured she was protected.
• Ning Rongrong defended Zhuqing and mocked Dai Mubai, but the other Shrek students did not immediately stand up for her when Dai Mubai threatened her.

Ning Rongrong and the other women reacted with anger and disgust to Dai Yichen’s account of Dai Mubai’s cruelty, while Ning Rongrong questioned her own temperament and her father’s plans for her. Dai Yichen then criticized the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s guards, Flender’s conduct, and Oscar’s supposed talent, leaving his doubts about food-type Soul Masters unresolved.

• Ning Rongrong considered Dai Yichen’s description of her as willful, questioned why she had gone to Shrek Academy, and decided she should have someone guard her when she traveled.
• Ning Rongrong hoped the diary system might reward her by fixing the flaw in her martial soul.
• Bibi Dong’s aura turned cold at Dai Mubai’s words, and Hu Liena wondered briefly whether her teacher had suffered a similar experience.
• Zhu Zhuqing frowned at the thought of Dai Mubai as her fiancé, while Zhu Zhuyun decided to punish him if she got the chance.
• Dai Yichen criticized the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Hidden Guards for failing to protect Ning Rongrong and accused Flender of trying to pair her with Oscar.
• Dai Yichen questioned Flender’s claim that Oscar had Innate Full Soul Power and doubted that food-type Soul Masters could help in competitions or lethal battles.

Dai Yichen’s diary entry questioned Oscar’s talent and argued that his path to becoming the Food God depended on Tang San’s help. In the Extremely Northern Land, Snow Empress and Ice Empress realized the Shrek Seven Devils might all have become gods, while Bo Saixi recognized that her unease had come true.

• Dai Yichen judged Oscar’s Food-Type abilities and argued that his later achievements depended on Tang San’s support, including the Mirror Image Beast soul skill and Sea God Island trials.
• Snow Empress and Ice Empress discussed Dai Yichen’s claim that Oscar could have become a god independently and concluded that all seven Shrek Seven Devils might have attained godhood.
• Dai Yichen reasoned that Oscar would likely have missed the Food God’s inheritance without Tang San and the divine arrangements involving Tang San, the Sea God, and the Asura God.
• Bo Saixi closed her eyes and realized that the unease in her heart had come true.

Bo Saixi, Qian Renxue, and the others considered the future divine trials and Tang San’s rise, while Dai Yichen questioned whether Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue had let him succeed. After Dai Yichen’s diary exposed Oscar’s lewd thoughts about Ning Rongrong and the other girls, their opinion of him soured.

• Bo Saixi suspected Tang San would inherit the Sea God’s divine position and struggled with the prospect of sacrificing herself for him.
• Ning Rongrong realized she might eventually obtain a divine position, while Bibi Dong and Hu Liena reacted to the diary’s revelations.
• Qian Renxue learned that Bibi Dong had begun a divine trial and wondered whether Spirit Hall’s defeat had allowed Tang San to become a god.
• Dai Yichen suggested that Tang San’s success might have depended on Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue going easy on him, and Qian Renxue considered confronting her mother but decided to wait.
• Dai Yichen defended Ning Rongrong’s choice to stand up for Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing felt reassured by his words.
• After Oscar reached level thirty and obtained Flying Mushroom Sausage, Dai Yichen’s diary revealed Oscar’s lewd fantasies about the girls; he erased the passage, but Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and the others had already read it and felt disgusted.

Dai Yichen criticized Oscar’s Flying Mushroom Sausage as a fixed, short-lived soul skill that would become mediocre as he grew stronger, and faulted Shrek Academy for its poor training and lack of care for students. The chapter ended as Tang San reached level thirty on the soul-hunting trip and the Titan Giant Ape appeared near the forest’s edge.

• Ning Rongrong worried that Dai Yichen might know embarrassing details about her, and Dai Yichen recalled her remark about a girl’s figure while Zhu Zhuqing wondered if he meant her.
• Dai Yichen explained that Oscar’s Flying Mushroom Sausage enabled brief flight at the speed of a thousand-year-old Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, but had little value in the later stages.
• Bibi Dong and Bo Saixi agreed that Oscar’s fixed third soul skill was poorly chosen and would have been better with a stronger, faster bird-type soul beast.
• Dai Yichen criticized Shrek Academy for lacking teachers with theoretical expertise and for relying on Zhao Wuji to protect students during soul-ring hunts.
• Dai Yichen argued that Food-Type Soul Masters could seem versatile but mediocre without careful soul-skill planning, while Bibi Dong praised amplification and healing Martial Souls.
• Tang San reached level thirty during the soul-hunting journey, and the Titan Giant Ape appeared near the edge of the forest.

After Xiao Wu was taken by the Titan Giant Ape, Tang San pursued it but stopped to absorb a Man Faced Demon Spider's soul ring, prompting the women reading Dai Yichen's account to question his priorities. The chapter ends with Tang San defeating Meng Yiran in a contest for the spider after Zhao Wuji negotiated with Dragon Duke Snake Granny.

• After the Titan Giant Ape carried Xiao Wu away, Tang San borrowed a Flying Mushroom Sausage from Oscar and chased after it.
• Ning Rongrong questioned why her family's Hidden Guards had failed to protect her, while Xiao Wu worried that Tang San might eventually sacrifice her as his mother had been sacrificed.
• Tang San killed a Man Faced Demon Spider and decided to absorb its soul ring before continuing his search for Xiao Wu, shocking the women reading the account.
• Dragon Duke Snake Granny and Meng Yiran arrived, claiming that Tang San had taken another soul beast they had been hunting.
• Zhao Wuji backed Tang San and privately informed Dragon Duke of Tang San's connections, leading Dragon Duke to accept Meng Yiran's proposed contest.
• Tang San beat Meng Yiran in a contest to strike leaves with Soul Breaking Blades and won the Man Faced Demon Spider.

Dai Yichen reflected on the women’s trust in his promises and criticized Tang San’s admirers for kissing him, while Zhu Zhuqing decided to face her feelings for Dai Yichen. Meng Yiran kissed Tang San after his match, leaving Dai Yichen jealous and conflicted about Zhu Zhuqing.

• Dai Yichen judged Oscar and his companions for treating relationships casually, then claimed he would take responsibility for any woman he loved.
• Zhu Zhuqing believed Dai Yichen’s confession and stopped viewing him as an older brother, while Bibi Dong’s anger deepened over his remarks about chastity.
• Dai Yichen reasoned that Qian Daoliu could have protected Qian Renxue and Spirit Hall by killing Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang, and speculated that Qian Renxue might later revive him.
• Meng Yiran kissed Tang San on the cheek after watching him demonstrate his abilities in the match.
• Dai Yichen recalled other women kissing Tang San and grew jealous, especially because Zhu Zhuqing was now involved with him.

Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun reacted to Dai Yichen’s feelings for the elder sister, while Ice Empress and Snow Empress teased each other. Dai Yichen’s diary exposed several tangled relationships and revealed his plans to target Tang San’s Eight Spider Lance and investigate Dugu Yan’s family.

• Zhu Zhuqing felt upset that Dai Yichen liked her sister and wished she could grow up faster, while Zhu Zhuyun blushed and felt guilty after reading his confession.
• Ice Empress compared herself with Snow Empress, groped her, and was hurt when Snow Empress joked that being small was cute before accepting her apology.
• Xiao Wu returned while Tang San absorbed the Man Faced Demon Spider soul ring and worried that he might die from absorbing one beyond the standard limit.
• Dai Yichen listed several romantic entanglements involving Tang San, Yu Xiaogang, Bibi Dong, and others, shocking the diary holders and angering Bibi Dong while Hu Liena denied she could fall for Tang San.
• Dai Yichen regretted that he might not meet Tang San before the Eight Spider Lance fused completely, and considered taking it to use as leverage with Dugu Bo while wondering about Dugu Yan’s parents and poison.

Dai Yichen considered ways to cure Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan’s poison and hoped to bring Dugu Bo to the Star Luo Empire. After reading his diary, Dugu Yan began considering leaving Heaven Dou City with her grandfather and seeking Dai Yichen’s help.

• Dai Yichen reasoned that Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan needed a Poison Attribute Cultivation Method to control their poison, and considered using the system or Ability Locks to help them.
• Dai Yichen finished writing, reflected that he had written too much, and began cultivating while awaiting his reward.
• Dugu Yan was shaken by Dai Yichen’s claims that Tang San had taken her family’s immortal herbs and that her grandfather had continued helping him afterward.
• Dugu Yan recalled her grandfather’s loyalty to Prince Xue Xing and considered persuading him to move to the Star Luo Empire.
• Dugu Yan thought she could ask her grandfather to take Dai Yichen to find immortal herbs and hoped he might cure their poison.

After Dai Yichen defeated Dai Weisi, Dai Yutian considered whether to advance the royal reform but decided to give his son three years to grow stronger first. The story left Dai Yichen unaware of his father's expectations and unwilling to spend all his time cultivating or add a lesser Soul Ring to his Spirit Eyes.

• An imperial physician reported that Dai Yichen had defeated Dai Weisi, though the First Prince had suffered only superficial injuries.
• The Three Great Education Committees told Dai Yutian that Dai Weisi had underestimated his opponent and described Dai Yichen's growing battle aura and techniques.
• Zhu Ming urged Dai Yutian to begin the reform before Dai Yichen came of age, but Dai Yutian refused because he considered his son too weak.
• Dai Yutian said Dai Yichen should have three years to grow and planned to use the coming contest between his eldest and second sons to keep them under pressure.
• Dai Yichen sneezed in his room and thought someone was talking about him, while privately rejecting the idea of spending his next three years only cultivating.
• Dai Yichen decided not to give his Spirit Eyes an early second Soul Ring because he did not want a Purple Thousand Year Soul Ring after its Million Year Platinum Soul Ring.

Dai Yichen received Tai Chi Fist and the Stellar Body Tempering Art from the system, then debated the system about science and starlight. The system also rewarded Ning Rongrong with a talent that reduced her soul skill costs.

• Dai Yichen considered that his physique was not yet strong enough to cultivate with two martial souls and needed a body-tempering method.
• The system rewarded Dai Yichen with Tai Chi Fist and, after a critical reward, the Stellar Body Tempering Art.
• Dai Yichen received the Tai Chi Fist techniques but reminded himself that the system supplied knowledge rather than instant mastery.
• Dai Yichen asked whether he could draw stellar power from Douluo Star, and the system explained the difference between planets and fixed stars.
• The system awarded Ning Rongrong the Twice the Result with Half the Effort talent, which reduced the Soul Power consumed by her soul skills.

Ning Rongrong learned that her innate support skill could help her assist higher-ranked Soul Masters, while Bibi Dong used the Destiny Coin on Yu Xiaogang, trusting her love to ensure heads. As painful memories resurfaced during the coin toss, Bibi Dong lost control of her emotions.

• Ning Rongrong learned that her innate skill could preserve its support ratio across rank differences, though assisting powerful Soul Masters would still consume substantial soul power.
• A video reward slightly improved Ning Rongrong’s physique, and she decided to keep taking small amounts of Whale Rubber with her meals.
• Bibi Dong considered using the Destiny Coin on Yu Xiaogang, weighing its powerful rewards against its dangerous punishments.
• After learning that stronger love increased the odds of heads, Bibi Dong commanded the coin to be used on Yu Xiaogang and recalled their happy memories.
• Bibi Dong’s memories shifted to Qian Xunji’s assault and Yu Xiaogang’s relationship with Liu Erlong, leaving her distressed as the coin continued flipping.

Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong both failed their Destiny Coin trials, triggering punishments that would afflict Yu Xiaogang during his trip to the Soul Hunting Forest. Yu Xiaogang woke from a nightmare and set out to help Tang San obtain a soul ring, unaware that both punishments awaited him.

• Bibi Dong relived her memories with Yu Xiaogang, failed to win the Destiny Coin, and had her Soul Power reduced by one rank after questioning the system.
• The system punished Bibi Dong by causing Yu Xiaogang to suffer an accident while hunting for a soul ring and enter heat.
• Liu Erlong also failed her Destiny Coin trial and learned that Yu Xiaogang would enter heat for a day and a night while facing an attack from a low-age soul beast pack.
• Liu Erlong blamed Bibi Dong and feared Yu Xiaogang might encounter the punishment in the Soul Hunting Forest.
• Yu Xiaogang woke from a nightmare about Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong, then prepared to take Tang San to the Soul Hunting Forest and test his theory.

Dai Yichen practiced Tai Chi Fist and considered how it might offset the effects of yang-heavy Whale Rubber, while Tang San entered the Soul Hunting Forest with Yu Xiaogang to obtain his first soul ring. After Tang San absorbed a Mandala Snake ring, Yu Xiaogang was affected by a mysterious poison as a Gale Wolf pack attacked them.

• Dai Yichen practiced Tai Chi Fist at the academy before heading to class, while Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong worried about their bet and Yu Xiaogang had a nightmare.
• Tang San joined Yu Xiaogang in the Soul Hunting Forest, where Yu Xiaogang dismissed a ten-year bamboo as too weak for a first soul ring.
• Tang San killed a four-hundred-year Mandala Snake, absorbed its soul ring, and gained Blue Silver (Biological Mother) Entanglement with paralytic venom.
• As Tang San and Yu Xiaogang tried to leave the forest, a large Gale Wolf pack charged at them and forced them to flee.
• Yu Xiaogang became disoriented and touched Tang San, then warned him that he had been poisoned before his black robe burst apart.