Chapter Summaries

Medusa, Xun Er, Xiao Yi Xian, and Yun Yun received different rewards after their names were mentioned in Chu Xiao’s diary, and each took the result as proof of her place in his heart. Meanwhile, Chu Xiao completed his lightning training, reached the Jade Thunder Body and three-star Da Dou Shi realm, and prepared to test his strength against the Black-Winged Cyan Lava Snake.

• Medusa received the Mirage Snake Avatar secret technique and decided she could trust Chu Xiao to teach her how to resist lightning.
• Xun Er received a Fire Spirit Fruit, while Xiao Yi Xian received a Poisonous Mangque Fruit and chose not to consume it yet.
• Yun Yun received a Wind Spirit Hairpin, and Ya Fei learned that it came from being the most-mentioned name in Chu Xiao’s diary.
• Chu Xiao finished bathing in lightning and reached minor accomplishment in the Great Sun Thunder Art, attaining the Jade Thunder Body and three-star Da Dou Shi cultivation.
• Chu Xiao planned to spar with the Black-Winged Cyan Lava Snake, then landed at the Desert Iron Mercenary Group headquarters and noticed a hole in the roof.

Mu Qingluan received a copy of Chu Xiao’s Diary and learned about Yao Chen’s survival, her own future, and Feng Qing Er’s connection to Chu Xiao. She mastered some recorded techniques but failed to meet the conditions for the Great Sun Thunder Body, leaving her eager to challenge Feng Qing Er again.

• Mu Qingluan received her exclusive Diary copy and laughed at Chu Xiao’s predictions about her future as a contractor and Feng Qing Er as his mount.
• Mu Qingluan learned from the Diary that Yao Chen had survived Han Feng’s ambush and would return to Starfall Pavilion with Xiao Yan and Chu Xiao.
• Mu Qingluan learned the Sky Wind Steps and realized Feng Qing Er had used the same technique to outpace her, leading her to suspect Feng Qing Er also had a Diary copy.
• Mu Qingluan connected Feng Qing Er’s earlier remarks about a wife-fearing Heavenly Emperor to Chu Xiao and guessed Feng Qing Er had bullied her in advance because Chu Xiao would become her master.
• Mu Qingluan tried to accept the first level of the Great Sun Thunder Body but was rejected for failing its special conditions, then lamented that she could not yet gain lightning-attribute Dou Qi and defeat Feng Qing Er.

Mu Qingluan decided not to interfere with Chu Xiao’s fate until she had a reasonable explanation, while Chu Xiao took Qing Lin as his personal maid and brought her into the Dou Po Fragmented Space to cultivate. Medusa realized Qing Lin’s already-awakened Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils might expose the secret.

• Mu Qingluan considered visiting Wind Venerable but decided to wait and first determine whether Feng Qing Er had a Diary Copy.
• Chu Xiao sent Zi Yuan away and summoned Qing Lin, while his Diary entry stirred reactions from the women who read it.
• Medusa created a Mirage Snake Avatar and sent it to help Qing Lin if needed; Qing Lin used her pupils to influence Zi Yuan, who went off to challenge the chief steward.
• Chu Xiao appointed Qing Lin his personal maid, told her to cultivate diligently, and brought her into the Dou Po Fragmented Space.
• Medusa realized Chu Xiao might discover that Qing Lin had already awakened her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, potentially exposing everything.

Chu Xiao helped Qing Lin cultivate in a cave and secretly confirmed that her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils had begun awakening, though his Diary Copy synchronization granted him the Heavenly Serpent Emperor Bloodline instead. The women reading his diary learned of Qing Lin’s potential, while Medusa planned to delay her full awakening and found herself growing more attracted to Chu Xiao.

• Chu Xiao took Qing Lin to a cave, created a pool of dense natural energy, and told her to cultivate while he left her alone.
• Qing Lin activated her still-maturing Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, and Chu Xiao used his Diary Copy binding to synchronize with her, gaining the Heavenly Serpent Emperor Bloodline.
• Chu Xiao explained in his diary how Qing Lin’s pupils could let her contract powerful Snake-shaped Demonic Beasts and planned to find a Black-Winged Cyan Lava Snake to temper his body.
• Xun Er recognized Qing Lin’s potential and ordered Old Ling to find information about the Cursed Poison Body and ways to resolve it.
• Medusa realized she could buy Qing Lin time by keeping Chu Xiao occupied during her breakthrough, then noticed her attraction to him had intensified when he returned.

Chu Xiao fought Medusa in the sky to test his strength, while Mu Qingluan and Feng Qing Er battled over Mu Qingluan’s teasing and revealed that they both possessed Diary Copies. The chapter ended with Feng Qing Er questioning whether she would agree to become Chu Xiao’s mount.

• Chu Xiao recognized the disguised Medusa and challenged her to a fight, drawing her into the sky above Stone Desert City.
• Chu Xiao and Medusa exchanged powerful blows as he tested his Jade Thunder Body and pressed her to use Dou Qi.
• The Black-Winged Cyan Lava Snake arrived and offered to help, but Chu Xiao told it to help Medusa beat him instead.
• Mu Qingluan provoked Feng Qing Er by admitting she had learned Chu Xiao’s cultivation technique and mocking Feng Qing Er as his future mount.
• After fighting and resting in a hot spring, Mu Qingluan revealed that she knew Feng Qing Er had a Diary Copy and said they could cooperate as companions.
• Feng Qing Er challenged Mu Qingluan’s certainty that she would become Chu Xiao’s mount.

Mu Qingluan pressured Feng Qing Er to cooperate and asked her to investigate Han Feng, while Xun Er met Ya Fei and Yun Yun to verify the Diary Copy’s new functions. The chapter ended with Yun Yun questioning whether they should keep hiding the Diary Copy from Chu Xiao.

• Mu Qingluan warned Feng Qing Er that refusing to follow Chu Xiao would leave her far behind, then asked her to investigate whether someone had helped Han Feng plot against a Dou Zun.
• Feng Qing Er agreed to investigate Han Feng, and Mu Qingluan privately anticipated giving her teacher a grand gift.
• Xun Er, Ya Fei, and Yun Yun met at Chu Xiao’s restaurant, where Ya Fei and Yun Yun summoned their Diary Copies and asked Xun Er to do the same.
• The Diary Copies revealed friend requests and support functions, and Xun Er accepted Ya Fei and Yun Yun as friends.
• Yun Yun told Xun Er that Xiao Yi Xian had a Diary Copy and had been persuaded to leave Wutan City rather than reveal its contents to Chu Xiao.
• Yun Yun asked whether hiding the Diary Copy from Chu Xiao was wrong.

Xun Er, Yun Yun, and Ya Fei agreed to hide their knowledge of the future from Chu Xiao until he defeated the Heavenly Evil God, while Chu Xiao trained and prepared for a week away from Stone Desert City. As his cultivation ended, Cao Ying anticipated new diary entries, and Xiao Yi Xian found an unknown visitor in her courtyard.

• Xun Er persuaded Yun Yun and Ya Fei that they must not reveal the diary or future to Chu Xiao until he dealt with the Heavenly Evil God, and Yun Yun wondered whether she should still get injured in the Demon Beast Mountain Range.
• Chu Xiao fought Medusa’s energy clone, agreed to meet her in Stone Desert City in seven days, and took the Black-Winged Cyan Lava Snake’s Reverse Scale so he could summon it from a distance.
• Chu Xiao gave Xiao Ding and Xiao Li the Reverse Scale, then bought supplies and a courtyard and transferred them into his Small World for Qing Lin.
• Chu Xiao cultivated the Great Sun Thunder Body under a storm and reached Great Accomplishment in the Jade Thunder Body by the sixth day.
• Cao Ying realized Chu Xiao was about to resume writing, while Xiao Yi Xian returned to her courtyard in Green Mountain Town and confronted an uninvited guest.

Xun Er befriended Xiao Yi Xian and gave her guidance and a temporary way to control the Cursed Poison Body, while asking her to help Chu Xiao in the future. Meanwhile, Chu Xiao went to find Hai Bo Dong, and Medusa decided to meet him herself.

• Xun Er recognized Xiao Yi Xian, added her as a friend, and gave her records about the Cursed Poison Body and a pill that would gather her poison for three years.
• Xun Er said Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin could grow powerful enough to help Chu Xiao, then left without answering whether she would stay by his side.
• Xiao Yi Xian understood that Xun Er was helping her conceal her condition from Chu Xiao and promised to protect him.
• After recovering from six days of lightning strikes, Chu Xiao went to the Ancient Map shop to find Hai Bo Dong and help Ya Fei secure influence in the Mittel Family.
• Ya Fei welcomed the news that Chu Xiao had located Hai Bo Dong and planned to use his return to strengthen her position.
• Medusa, having begun cultivating the Barren Sky Serpent Scripture anew, chose to go meet Chu Xiao and demonstrate her own strength.

Chu Xiao visited Hai Bo Dong’s map shop to obtain an ancient map fragment and tested whether the old man possessed a Diary Copy. After Hai Bo Dong refused to sell, Chu Xiao offered to remove Medusa’s curse and restore his Dou Huang strength, and Medusa sensed someone nearby as she prepared to leave the Snake-People Tribe settlement.

• Chu Xiao reflected on how Ya Fei’s teasing had once provoked Medusa’s jealousy and how Xun Er could send Old Ling as a hidden guard, while the women reacted to his plans through their Diary Copies.
• Chu Xiao entered Hai Bo Dong’s map shop and found the incomplete ancient map fragment he had come to acquire.
• Hai Bo Dong demanded to know the fragment’s secret and refused to sell it, then ordered Chu Xiao to leave when he would not explain.
• Chu Xiao offered to remove the Serpent Sealing Curse and restore Hai Bo Dong’s Dou Huang strength, prompting Hai Bo Dong to welcome him inside for negotiations.
• Medusa finished arranging resources for the Snake-People Tribe and, as she flew into the sky, sensed someone in the distance.

Xun Er met Medusa and recruited her into a network of Diary Copy holders who planned to hide what they knew from Chu Xiao until he dealt with the Heavenly Evil God. Meanwhile, Chu Xiao began explaining to Hai Bo Dong how he would remove his seal, leaving Hai Bo Dong surprised that pills might not be needed.

• Medusa attacked Xun Er’s hidden approach, then recognized her and discussed her feelings for Chu Xiao and her place in his life.
• Xun Er added Medusa as a friend through their Diary Copies and learned that Qing Lin also had one.
• Xun Er told Medusa that Ya Fei, Xiao Yi Xian, and Yun Yun were among their allies, and the two agreed to keep their Diary knowledge secret from Chu Xiao for now.
• Medusa left to find Hai Bo Dong in Desert City after deciding she could add Qing Lin as a friend later.
• Chu Xiao showed Hai Bo Dong his Heavenly Flames and said he was a first-grade alchemist, then claimed he knew a sixth-grade alchemist with Heavenly Flames.
• Chu Xiao told Hai Bo Dong he did not need pills to remove the seal.

Chu Xiao restored Hai Bo Dong’s Dou Huang strength, then used a modified Serpent Sealing Curse to force him to hand over the other half of the fragmentary map. Hai Bo Dong agreed to serve as Chu Xiao’s bodyguard for two years in exchange for a Fu Ling Zi Dan, while Medusa overheard them and entered the shop.

• Chu Xiao convinced Hai Bo Dong that he could safely remove the Serpent Sealing Curse, and Hai Bo Dong agreed after seeing Chu Xiao command a peak fifth-rank Black-Winged Cyan Lava Snake.
• Chu Xiao used the Thunder Flame Emperor Flame to remove Hai Bo Dong’s curse, restoring his Dou Huang strength.
• Hai Bo Dong tried to keep the fragmentary map, so Chu Xiao altered the curse to weaken him and demand the map’s other half.
• Chu Xiao restored Hai Bo Dong’s strength after receiving the complete map, then offered him a Fu Ling Zi Dan in exchange for two years as his bodyguard.
• Medusa overheard Chu Xiao credit his sealing technique to his partner and entered the shop, announcing herself.

Chu Xiao reunited with Medusa, whom he called Cai Lin, and negotiated for her help while Hai Bo Dong realized their relationship was unusually close. The group prepared to return to Stone Desert City before seeking the Green Lotus Core Flame, though Medusa questioned how Chu Xiao knew where it was.

• Medusa appeared before Chu Xiao and Hai Bo Dong, and Chu Xiao greeted her as Cai Lin while Hai Bo Dong tried to flee.
• Medusa explained that she had come after sensing someone lift the Serpent Seal, then demanded Hai Bo Dong's map fragment before Chu Xiao persuaded her to let it go.
• Medusa asked Chu Xiao for an Imperial Zenith Pill in exchange for overlooking his actions, and Hai Bo Dong negotiated to extend his bodyguard service.
• Chu Xiao proposed returning to Stone Desert City to greet someone and have dinner before setting out for the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Medusa challenged Chu Xiao's knowledge of the flame's location, and he claimed his Heavenly Flame let him sense other Heavenly Flames nearby.

Chu Xiao took Medusa, Hai Bo Dong, and the Black-Winged Cyan Lava Snake toward Stone Desert City while privately planning to win Medusa over and concealing his knowledge of the future. There, they encountered Yun Yun, whose confrontation with Medusa left Chu Xiao confused about their relationship.

• Chu Xiao wrote in his Diary that he would use Heavenly Flames to improve Medusa’s bloodline every seven days, while Xun Er considered finding more Diary Copy holders to activate the interconnection function.
• Chu Xiao and Medusa agreed to travel to Stone Desert City, and Hai Bo Dong hurried to join them.
• The group flew to Stone Desert City, where Yun Yun confronted Medusa over entering human territory and the agreement between the Snake-People Tribe and the Jia Ma Empire.
• Chu Xiao explained that Medusa had come at his invitation, and Hai Bo Dong and Yun Yun discussed Yun Shan’s condition.
• Medusa threatened Yun Yun, and Chu Xiao wondered why she seemed hostile despite their supposed alliance.

Chu Xiao defused the tension between Medusa and Yun Yun, then persuaded Yun Yun to travel with him while he pursued his plans. Yun Yun agreed to stay, unaware that Chu Xiao was using her as a comparison to Yun Zhi.

• Chu Xiao’s Diary described how Medusa and Yun Yun had once joined forces to save him, calming the women who had expected a lewd story.
• Chu Xiao sided with Medusa during her argument with Yun Yun, and Yun Yun explained that she had grown wary after sensing Medusa near the empire’s borders.
• Chu Xiao’s Diary revealed that Xie Bi Yan and Yan Luo Tian would threaten Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa in the future, and both women resolved to kill their respective enemies once strong enough.
• Chu Xiao asked Yun Yun to travel with the group and stay until he finished his business, warning that otherwise he might keep her there permanently.
• Yun Yun reluctantly agreed, and Chu Xiao privately noted that he had kept her close to prevent her from alerting Jia Xingtian to Medusa and Hai Bo Dong’s presence.

Yun Yun learned how Hai Bo Dong became Chu Xiao’s celebrated ally in his previous life, while Chu Xiao bound her as a Copy target and gained the Wind Severing Swordplay. The group reached the Desert Iron Mercenary Group’s headquarters, where Yun Yun recognized Chu Xiao as a member of the Xiao Family and clashed with Medusa over whether he could become her junior brother.

• Yun Yun read that Hai Bo Dong had become Chu Xiao’s ally and that their previous-life story had made her a joke in a famous biography, prompting her to decide to go all in herself.
• Cao Ying, Ya Fei, and the other women laughed at Yun Yun’s comparison with Hai Bo Dong while recognizing that Chu Xiao had valued friends and allies as well as women.
• Chu Xiao bound Yun Yun as a Copy target and synchronized her mid-grade Earth-tier Wind Severing Swordplay, discovering that its full inheritance was hidden in the Gate of Life and Death.
• The group arrived at the Desert Iron Mercenary Group’s headquarters, and Chu Xiao sent a maid to summon Xiao Ding and Xiao Li and prepare food and wine.
• Yun Yun realized Chu Xiao belonged to the Xiao Family of Wutan City and asked whether he would become her junior brother; Medusa mocked the idea, and Yun Yun retorted by suggesting Medusa marry Chu Xiao and give him the Snake-People Tribe as a dowry.

Medusa and Yun Yun nearly fought after Yun Yun challenged her, but Chu Xiao intervened and restored calm. Yun Yun declined to press him to join the Misty Cloud Sect and instead asked whether he needed a guardian.

• Yun Yun threatened to flee and expose news of Medusa, prompting Medusa to draw a bow and prepare to attack.
• Chu Xiao’s Diary revealed that Zi Yan would fight Feng Qing Er and that Mu Qingluan would cheer her on, leading Feng Qing Er and others to speculate about Zi Yan’s origins and family.
• Medusa and Yun Yun realized they had gone too far, while Hai Bo Dong awkwardly claimed he was on Medusa’s side.
• Chu Xiao used his aura to stop the confrontation, asked Yun Yun to sit down, and reassured Medusa that he did not care about a dowry or the Snake-People Tribe.
• Yun Yun accepted that Chu Xiao would not join the Misty Cloud Sect, then asked him whether he needed a guardian, surprising Medusa.

Chu Xiao refused Yun Yun’s offer to invest on behalf of the Misty Cloud Sect, agreeing instead to accept her personal goodwill. His Diary entry about the Soul Hall and Soul Clan alarmed several women across the continent, and Xun Er considered how to protect him while keeping her freedom.

• Yun Yun asked Chu Xiao to help the Misty Cloud Sect if he eventually reached the Dou Zong realm or higher, but Chu Xiao refused the sect’s investment and agreed to accept only her personal goodwill.
• Chu Xiao wrote in his Diary that he avoided involving the Misty Cloud Sect because of its ties to the Soul Hall, and wondered whether Diary Copies could restrict their holders from harming him or exposing their knowledge.
• Mu Qingluan suspected the Soul Hall had helped Han Feng plot against Yao Chen, while Feng Qing Er feared the Soul Clan’s scheme could threaten the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Cao Ying decided to avoid going out, improve her alchemy, and seek secluded cultivation in the Lesser Pill Tower until Chu Xiao appeared.
• Xun Er worried that the Soul Clan might target Chu Xiao and considered summoning her father, Gu Yuan, but decided a Half-Saint protector would not be enough.

Xun Er and Yun Yun read Chu Xiao’s Diary and learned that the Soul Hall had corrupted Yun Shan and would bring disaster to the Misty Cloud Sect. At the Desert Iron Mercenary Group headquarters, Chu Xiao introduced Medusa to his brothers and insisted they call her Cai Lin, leaving her poised to respond to his teasing.

• Xun Er decided to give Chu Xiao a jade slip that could summon her father to protect him once, then read the Diary’s account of Yun Shan’s alliance with the Soul Hall.
• Yun Yun learned that the Soul Hall had controlled Yun Shan’s soul and caused the Misty Cloud Sect’s future destruction, and she hoped Chu Xiao could save her teacher and turn the sect against the Soul Hall.
• Hai Bo Dong recognized Yun Yun’s Floating Cloud Tea and recalled that Yun Shan had once brewed it for him, while Xiao Ding and Xiao Li realized their hostess was the Misty Cloud Sect’s leader.
• Chu Xiao introduced Medusa to Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, named her Cai Lin, and told his brothers they could call her that because she was one of them.
• Medusa crushed her teacup and warned Chu Xiao that he would have to become stronger before controlling her, then began a threatening reply to his teasing.

Chu Xiao reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, introduced them to Medusa, Yun Yun, and Hai Bo Dong, and told them he would soon explore a dangerous place with his companions. After sharing a feast and his homemade wine, Chu Xiao recorded the gathering in his Diary, while Qing Lin emerged from cultivation and unexpectedly encountered someone as she was changing.

• Medusa released her killing intent, but Chu Xiao calmed her by agreeing to call her Cai Lin only when they were alone.
• Chu Xiao introduced Xiao Ding and Xiao Li to Medusa, Yun Yun, and Hai Bo Dong, then told them he would leave to explore a dangerous place with the three companions.
• The group ate dishes prepared by the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, and Chu Xiao gave them special cards for his Wutan City restaurant and shared his Monkey Wine.
• Chu Xiao recorded the gathering in his Diary, prompting Cao Ying, Mu Qingluan, Feng Qing Er, and Qing Lin to react to the food and cooking.
• Qing Lin left her cave to change her wet clothes, and someone suddenly appeared in front of her.

Chu Xiao accidentally saw Qing Lin changing, then drew a portrait of Xun Er’s future appearance, stirring jealousy among the women. After gaining a pill and its formula through his lottery, he set off with Yun Yun, Medusa, and Hai Bo Dong, while Yun Yun asked him to change how he addressed her.

• Chu Xiao brought Qing Lin food, accidentally saw her partially undressed, and told her to change inside the cave.
• Chu Xiao drew a portrait of future Xun Er and wrote a romantic line about her being the scenery he watched, delighting Xun Er and frustrating Medusa and the others.
• Chu Xiao won a Qiankun Qingming Pill and learned its formula, deciding to have Old Yao make more and considering giving one to Xiao Yan.
• Medusa, Xun Er, Xiao Yi Xian, and Yun Yun each received a lottery reward, including a snake-bloodline herb for Medusa and a wind-attribute Dou Skill for Yun Yun.
• Chu Xiao, Yun Yun, Medusa, and Hai Bo Dong flew toward their next destination, and Hai Bo Dong angered Yun Yun and Medusa by teasing her about her age.