Chapter Summaries

Dai Yichen persuaded Dai Yutian to provide Ye Lingling with the imperial family's best cultivation resources, arguing that her Nine Heart Begonia could become extraordinarily powerful. He then asked Dai Yutian what he thought of the continent's blacksmiths, leaving the emperor surprised by the change of subject.

• Dai Yichen explained that Ye Lingling's Nine Heart Begonia was a rare healing martial soul and asked Dai Yutian to invest more resources in her.
• Dai Yutian worried that Ye Lingling might leave and waste the imperial family's investment, but Dai Yichen urged him to take the risk.
• Dai Yutian agreed to give Ye Lingling the best cultivation resources the imperial family could provide and told Dai Yichen to handle the rest.
• Dugu Bo suspected Dai Yichen had a personal interest in Ye Lingling, while Dai Yichen privately described his favorable impression as mild and not romantic.
• Dugu Bo left after deciding to rest and avoid Sunset Forest while his poison remained manageable.
• Dai Yichen asked Dai Yutian what he thought of blacksmiths, and Dai Yutian reflected that their status was low despite the armies' need for their work.

Dai Yichen persuaded Dai Yutian to support high-ranking blacksmiths, arguing that their skills could lead to Soul Power-powered weapons and armor. Dai Yutian realized the empire had neglected the Blacksmith Association in Gengxin City and admitted it had never subsidized them.

• Dai Yichen told Dai Yutian that blacksmiths could do more than forge ordinary weapons and tools, and proposed supporting them.
• Dai Yichen explained the ranks of blacksmiths and said he needed Blacksmith Masters or higher to create Soul Tool components.
• Dai Yichen described Lou Gao’s innovative armor and weaponry as examples of what talented blacksmiths could achieve.
• Dai Yichen used his White Tiger Armament to suggest that blacksmiths might make mass-produced armor and weapons powered by Soul Power.
• Dai Yutian recognized the potential of the idea and admitted that the empire had never provided subsidies to the Blacksmith Association in Gengxin City.

Dai Yichen secured his father’s approval to travel to Gengxin City in a month and planned to use hidden-weapon schematics to recruit Lou Gao and the Blacksmith Association. Back in his dormitory, he cared for Ah Yin and practiced Bajiquan while she secretly watched him.

• Dai Yichen persuaded Dai Yutian to let him handle negotiations with the Blacksmith Association, arguing that threats would alienate its mostly commoner members.
• Dai Yutian decided Zhu Ming would escort Dai Yichen to Gengxin City and gave him a royal Black Card holding ten million Gold Soul Coins.
• Dai Yichen reviewed his Tang Sect hidden-weapon blueprints and planned to have Lou Gao’s group begin by making the Godly Zhuge Crossbow.
• Dai Yichen watered Ah Yin with Water of Life, while she remained grateful for his help in restoring her cultivation and secretly blushed when he removed his shirt.
• Dai Yichen practiced Bajiquan with explosive strikes, immersing himself in the forceful style suited to the White Tiger.

Dai Weisi told Zhu Zhuyun he planned to secretly suppress Zhu Zhuqing, but Zhu Zhuyun refused to help and warned him about Dai Yichen. Later, Dai Yichen met Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, agreed to spar with Dugu Yan, and brought them along to find Zhu Zhuqing for dinner.

• Dai Weisi asked Zhu Zhuyun about Zhu Zhuqing and grew angry at the prospect of Dai Yichen becoming stronger and closer to her.
• Dai Weisi said he would secretly move against Zhu Zhuqing, while Zhu Zhuyun warned him that Dai Yichen would retaliate and refused to interfere.
• Dai Weisi accused Zhu Zhuyun of going soft and left, while she decided she no longer needed to fight her sisters because reforms were due in two years.
• Dai Yichen encountered Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling on his way to find Zhu Zhuqing and agreed to fight Dugu Yan, intending to help improve her poison-control style.
• Dai Yichen invited Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling to join him for dinner, and Zhu Zhuqing's smile faded when she saw them arrive with him.

Dai Yichen reunited with Zhu Zhuqing, then had lunch with her, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling while writing in his diary. The diary revealed his plans to seek cultivation resources for Ye Lingling and train Advanced Blacksmiths, before he digressed into mocking Qian Xunji’s looks.

• Dai Yichen lifted Zhu Zhuqing and spun her in front of Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, leaving her embarrassed but pleased.
• Dai Yichen told Zhu Zhuqing he might spar with Dugu Yan, and Zhu Zhuqing agreed to watch.
• Dai Yichen had lunch with Zhu Zhuqing, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling while writing that he had discussed Ye Lingling’s resources and training Advanced Blacksmiths with the old man.
• Ye Lingling felt moved by Dai Yichen’s plans to support her cultivation, while she and the others wondered why he wanted to train blacksmiths.
• Dai Yichen’s diary questioned Bibi Dong’s loyalty and compared Qian Xunji’s looks unfavorably with Qian Daoliu and Qian Renxue.

Dai Yichen ranked beauties from Douluo’s history, while his comments revealed the painful history between Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang and left Qian Renxue wanting answers. His preferences disappointed Zhu Zhuqing and Ice Empress, and he placed Bo Saixi third behind Gu Yuena and Snow Empress.

• Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Zhu Zhuqing grew jealous when Dai Yichen called Qian Renxue the current era’s number one beauty, then wondered who had been more beautiful in other eras.
• Bibi Dong feared Dai Yichen would reveal her past with Yu Xiaogang and dreaded Qian Renxue learning the truth about her birth.
• Qian Renxue read Dai Yichen’s account of Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang and wished someone would tell her what had happened between them.
• Dai Yichen ranked Gu Yuena first and Snow Empress second, while he said Qian Renxue’s blonde hair did not suit his tastes and placed Bo Saixi third.
• Ice Empress resented Dai Yichen’s preference for mature white-haired beauties and wondered whether she would even rank among his top ten.

Dai Yichen’s beauty ranking made Zhu Zhuqing, Ice Empress, Ah Yin, and Qian Renxue react with jealousy or disappointment. Qian Renxue discovered the system would allow her to visit the Star Luo Empire for an exchange, and she began planning to meet Dai Yichen.

• Dai Yichen ranked Zhu Zhuqing sixth, prompting her to stomp on his foot and hide that she was jealous of the women he had ranked above her.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling noticed Zhu Zhuqing’s reaction and privately felt disappointed that neither had made the top ten.
• Ice Empress was pleased to remain in the top ten despite cursing Dai Yichen, while Ah Yin wondered why she had not made the list.
• Qian Renxue snapped her pen over her eighth-place ranking, then asked the system whether a friendly exchange in the Star Luo Empire would violate its rules.
• The system answered yes, so Qian Renxue began planning to persuade Emperor Xue Ye to send her to meet Dai Yichen.
• Ning Rongrong blushed at her high ranking, while Dai Yichen continued writing in his diary after getting sidetracked from his thoughts about Yu Xiaogang.

Dai Yichen’s diary revealed that Qian Xunji had forced himself on Bibi Dong after she tried to leave Spirit Hall with Yu Xiaogang, exposing one of Bibi Dong’s darkest secrets. Bibi Dong was left dreading the judgment of other Diary Copy holders, while they considered why Spirit Hall had been so determined to keep her.

• Dai Yichen condemned Qian Xunji’s assault on Bibi Dong while discussing Spirit Hall’s motives for keeping her from leaving with Yu Xiaogang.
• Bibi Dong realized that her private history had been exposed and worried about facing the other Diary Copy holders.
• Hu Liena felt sorry for Bibi Dong but hesitated to approach her, expecting her teacher would want to be alone.
• The women with Diary Copies learned that Qian Xunji had used Bibi Dong’s attachment to Spirit Hall to keep her there, and questioned why he had chosen such a cruel method.
• Ning Rongrong, Qian Renxue, and the Zhu family sisters considered the threat Bibi Dong’s departure posed to Spirit Hall because of her status, knowledge, and growing strength.

After learning that Bibi Dong had never wanted her and that her efforts would not earn her mother's approval, Qian Renxue broke down in tears. Snake Lance and Pufferfish comforted her, but she still wanted the truth and had not told them what had happened.

• Qian Renxue realized Bibi Dong had always regarded her with disdain and that her seven years in the Heaven Dou Empire might never win her mother's affection.
• Qian Renxue collapsed over her desk and cried, overwhelmed by the thought that her efforts to prove herself to Bibi Dong had been meaningless.
• Snake Lance and Pufferfish appeared beside Qian Renxue, comforted her, and set up soundproofing so others would not hear her sobs.
• After crying for nearly two hours, Qian Renxue grew exhausted but held back more tears because she still wanted the truth.
• Snake Lance asked Qian Renxue to tell him and Pufferfish what was troubling her, but she had not yet explained what had happened.

Qian Renxue questioned Snake Lance and Pufferfish about Bibi Dong’s hatred toward her, hoping to verify what Dai Yichen’s diary had revealed. Their account confirmed that Qian Xunji had forced himself on Bibi Dong, leaving Qian Renxue devastated, and the two urged her to abandon her mission and return to the Worship Hall.

• Qian Renxue pressed Snake Lance and Pufferfish to explain why Bibi Dong seemed to hate her, reminding Snake Lance that he had promised to answer her questions.
• Qian Renxue hinted that she had learned about Bibi Dong, Yu Xiaogang, and her father, alarming both men.
• Snake Lance and Pufferfish admitted that Yu Xiaogang had been involved with Bibi Dong and that Qian Xunji had forced himself on her, but they knew nothing about Qian Xunji’s death.
• Qian Renxue felt crushed by their confirmation, while Snake Lance and Pufferfish recognized how deeply the truth had hurt her.
• Snake Lance and Pufferfish offered to end the infiltration mission and take Qian Renxue back to the Worship Hall for protection.

Qian Renxue read Dai Yichen’s diary as he argued that Qian Xunji’s crimes against Bibi Dong did not excuse the danger her actions posed to Spirit Hall, then criticized Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang’s relationship. The diary’s claim that Yu Xiaogang’s Luo Sanpao was a Golden Holy Dragon Cub left everyone wondering what his martial soul really was.

• Qian Renxue dismissed Snake Lance and Pufferfish, put aside her official documents, and read Dai Yichen’s earlier diary entries on her way to her bedroom.
• Dai Yichen argued that Bibi Dong’s potential defection with Yu Xiaogang could have seriously harmed Spirit Hall, while condemning Qian Xunji’s actions on moral grounds.
• Bibi Dong grew furious at Dai Yichen’s accusations and insisted that Spirit Hall had treated her well and allowed Yu Xiaogang to study there.
• Dai Yichen called Yu Xiaogang a scumbag and said he had wasted a Golden Holy Dragon Bloodline by raising a Golden Holy Dragon Cub into a weak creature.
• The women and Gu Yuena reacted to Dai Yichen’s views on strength and relationships, while those who knew Yu Xiaogang questioned how his Luo Sanpao could be a Golden Holy Dragon Cub.

Dai Yichen explained that Yu Xiaogang’s Luo Sanpao was a weakened Golden Holy Dragon Cub and argued that the Golden Iron Triangle’s supposed fusion skill was not a true Martial Soul Fusion Skill. He left his theory that Yu Xiaogang’s weak body could not bear the Golden Holy Dragon bloodline, while the women considered his reasoning.

• Dai Yichen’s diary revealed that Yu Xiaogang named his martial soul Luo Sanpao after its three farts and gave it two useless fart-based soul skills.
• Dugu Yan nearly spat out her food while reading the diary, then told Dai Yichen she had choked.
• Dai Yichen argued that the Golden Iron Triangle’s technique merely used Liu Erlong and Flender’s soul rings to make Luo Sanpao temporarily grow into a Golden Holy Dragon.
• Dai Yichen outlined his requirements for Martial Soul Fusion Skills and compared the Golden Iron Triangle’s technique with the Hell White Tiger and Two Extremes Stillness Domain.
• Dai Yichen concluded that Luo Sanpao carried the Golden Holy Dragon bloodline, but Yu Xiaogang’s weakness had reduced it to a cub and left him with only half a level of Innate Soul Power.

Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong realized that Yu Xiaogang had ultimately ended up with Liu Erlong, while Liu Erlong began to question his past cowardice and their relationship. After discussing the Golden Holy Dragon’s limitations, Dai Yichen faced Dugu Yan’s anger and agreed to spar with her at the academy.

• Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong inferred that Yu Xiaogang’s future partner had been Liu Erlong, and Bibi Dong recognized the flaw in the Golden Iron Triangle’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Liu Erlong felt triumphant at first, then recalled Yu Xiaogang abandoning her and began to see him as cowardly.
• Gu Yuena dismissed the Golden Holy Dragon as inferior to her and Di Tian, while the others judged Yu Xiaogang harshly.
• Dai Yichen questioned why the Golden Holy Dragon had lost to Dugu Bo despite Dugu Bo’s reputation as the weakest Titled Douluo.
• Dugu Yan glared at Dai Yichen over his remarks about her grandfather, then challenged him to practice with her.
• Dai Yichen finished eating and led the group toward the academy’s Back Mountain to spar.

Dai Yichen praised Shui Bing’er’s talent and Ice and Snow Drifting in his diary, prompting Shui Bing’er to reflect on her Martial Soul and its training. The chapter left Huo Wu burning Feng Xiaotian’s letter after Dai Yichen’s comments reminded her of him.

• Dai Yichen wrote that Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu’s Ice and Snow Drifting was far more impressive than the supposed first three-person Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and praised Shui Bing’er’s talent.
• Shui Bing’er recalled how her Ice Phoenix had caused an ice storm when it awakened, leading her parents to train her as a control-type Soul Master so she could manage its power.
• Shui Bing’er smiled at Dai Yichen’s praise and hoped his diary would offer advice about her Soul Skills, while Zhu Zhuqing was pleased that he had acknowledged her.
• The others compared Shui Bing’er’s strength with Dai Mubai’s and wondered whether Dai Mubai was weak despite his White Tiger Martial Soul and immortal herbs.
• Huo Wu burned the letter Feng Xiaotian had sent her and told Huo Wushuang to make him get lost.

Huo Wu rejected Feng Xiaotian’s advances and focused on mastering her Ring Fusion talent, while Zhu Zhuyun found herself wondering whether she could fall for Dai Yichen. Dai Yichen considered finding Zhu Zhuqing a dark-attribute immortal herb as Zhu Zhuqing clung to his arm.

• Huo Wushuang brought Huo Wu a letter from Feng Xiaotian, and Huo Wu complained that he was six years older and too focused on his Self-Created Soul Skill.
• Huo Wu said she would not think highly of Feng Xiaotian until he proved his strength and asked Huo Wushuang to burn his letters and tell him to stop pursuing her.
• Huo Wu admitted that she struggled to control her Ring Fusion talent and lacked a teacher who could guide her.
• Zhu Zhuyun wondered if she could fall for Dai Yichen despite their age difference and her younger sister’s feelings for him.
• Dai Yichen reflected on immortal herbs and resolved to seek a dark-attribute herb suited to Zhu Zhuqing, then noticed her holding his arm.

Dai Yichen and Zhu Zhuqing walked closely together as she claimed to fear the dark, while he considered the power of Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill. His diary’s accusations about Da Ming and Er Ming alarmed Xiao Wu, who recalled they had left to inspect the forest’s central area before Bibi Dong attacked her mother.

• Zhu Zhuqing held Dai Yichen’s hand and pressed against his arm, saying she was afraid of the dark, while Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling followed behind.
• Dai Yichen reflected that Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo’s Two Extremes Stillness Domain could restrain powerful opponents and wondered whether immortal herbs might strengthen it enough to affect a god.
• Dai Yichen criticized Da Ming and Er Ming for failing to protect Ah Rou and Xiao Wu when Bibi Dong killed Ah Rou.
• Xiao Wu feared that Tang San might one day seek her as a sacrifice and tried to recall where Da Ming and Er Ming had been during her mother’s death.
• Xiao Wu remembered that Da Ming and Er Ming had gone to inspect the forest’s central area shortly before Bibi Dong’s people arrived.

The diary recounted Xiao Wu’s sacrifice and Tang San’s later schemes involving Wang Dong’er, Wang Qiu’er, and Huo Yuhao, while describing how the Tang family came to dominate the Divine Realm. Gu Yuena learned that she would become the Life God King and wondered how that future could happen despite her Silver Dragon King bloodline and ambitions.

• Xiao Wu realized that the diary’s account of her sacrifice to save Tang San was true, while Da Ming and Er Ming could not prevent it.
• The women discussed Tang San splitting Tang Wutong’s soul into Wang Dong’er and Wang Qiu’er, and criticized how Huo Yuhao’s relationships ended with the two rejoined as Tang Wutong.
• The diary described Tang San’s manipulation of Huo Yuhao as a test and his family’s eventual control of numerous Divine Realm positions.
• Gu Yuena read that she would become the Life God King and questioned why she would inherit that position instead of pursuing the Dragon God position.
• Gu Yuena wondered whether Tang San caused her future inheritance and asked what had happened during the ten-thousand-year grand plan.

The diary’s revelations about Tang San’s schemes left the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, Xiao Wu, and others shocked and confused. Dai Yichen then mused about his future lovers, leaving Zhu Zhuyun flustered and Zhu Zhuqing weighing her feelings about his interest in her sister.

• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion realized that Tang San had split his daughter’s soul, while Xiao Wu became disgusted by the idea of him plotting against his own child.
• The readers questioned who the current Child of Destiny was, and Bibi Dong felt relieved that attention had shifted away from her past.
• Dai Yichen recalled Qiankun Asking Love Valley and admitted he might have feelings for Zhu Zhuyun as well as Zhuqing.
• Zhu Zhuyun accidentally sprayed out her drink after reading Dai Yichen’s thoughts and felt her cheeks warm.
• Zhu Zhuqing accepted that Dai Yichen might be interested in her sister but considered the obstacles posed by Zhu Zhuyun’s engagement to Dai Weisi and her own suspicions of Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling.

Dai Yichen criticized Tang San for destroying the City of Slaughter after acquiring the Divine Slaughter's Domain, arguing that it had served as a prison for dangerous criminals and Evil Soul Masters. The women with Diary Copies agreed that Tang San may have destroyed it to keep later generations from obtaining the domain.

• Zhu Zhuqing watched Dai Yichen closely and resolved to help monitor the women around him without revealing the Diary Copy.
• Dai Yichen recalled how Tang San had allegedly used Qiankun Asking Love Valley to torment Huo Yuhao under the excuse of preparing him to inherit the Asura Godhood.
• Dai Yichen argued that Tang San had destroyed the City of Slaughter to prevent others from gaining the Divine Slaughter's Domain, despite the city's role as a prison.
• The women considered how rare domains were and agreed that destroying the City of Slaughter had deprived future Soul Masters of a chance to obtain one.
• Dai Yichen contrasted Bibi Dong's campaign against Evil Soul Masters with the failures of the two empires and criticized Spirit Hall's earlier policies under Qian Xunji.

The diary entry criticized Spirit Hall’s token and exposed Tang San’s brutal treatment of Huo Yuhao and the women in Qiankun Asking Love Valley. It ended with the revelation that Tang San had changed Ning Tian’s gender after Wu Feng confessed her love for her.

• Dai Yichen questioned the authority and design of Spirit Hall’s token and discussed Yu Xiaogang seeking Bibi Dong’s Twin Martial Soul cultivation knowledge for Tang San.
• Qian Renxue agreed that the token’s emblems should be changed, while Bibi Dong reluctantly accepted and asked Dai Yichen to write about Huo Yuhao instead.
• The women condemned Yu Xiaogang’s shameless request and recognized that Tang San’s treatment of Huo Yuhao in Qiankun Asking Love Valley was torture rather than training.
• The account described Tang San forcing Wang Dong’er and Wang Qiu’er to duel, leading to their sacrifices and Wang Dong’er’s apparent suicide and revival.
• The diary revealed that Tang San had disregarded Ning Tian’s autonomy and changed her gender after Wu Feng confessed her love for her.