Chapter Summaries

Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, Liu Erlong, and Hu Liena clashed in the anonymous chat group over Yu Xiaogang and the Pope, while the group’s rules prevented them from attacking each other. The next morning, Lin Yuan woke refreshed and found Xiao Wu with heavy dark circles.

• Qian Renxue used the diary to mock Bibi Dong for still loving Yu Xiaogang, and Liu Erlong defended him while joining in the criticism of Bibi Dong.
• Hu Liena defended Bibi Dong, and Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu pushed back as the chat group erupted into arguments.
• Ye Lingling reminded the group that diary holders could not harm one another, and Liu Erlong dared Bibi Dong to fight her.
• Bibi Dong threatened Liu Erlong’s family, prompting Liu Erlong to stop provoking her.
• Ning Rongrong could not provide a cure for Jade Phosphor Snake Poison, but suggested that she and Dugu Yan meet Lin Yuan after her Martial Soul awakening.
• The next morning, Lin Yuan woke at Nuoding Academy feeling refreshed and noticed that Xiao Wu had heavy dark circles.

Over three peaceful months, Lin Yuan and Xiao Wu settled into a private apartment while Lin Yuan advanced his cultivation and spear skills. When Yu Xiaogang again asked Lin Yuan to become his disciple, Lin Yuan rejected him and challenged Tang San to prove Yu Xiaogang’s ability, leaving Tang San blocking their way.

• Xiao Wu claimed she had suffered a nightmare after secretly enjoying the Chat Group’s arguments and revelations all night.
• Lin Yuan and Xiao Wu moved into an apartment near Nuoding Academy, and Lin Yuan reached Soul Power level twelve while improving his spear techniques and Spiritual Power.
• Yu Xiaogang approached Lin Yuan with Tang San and again offered to teach him the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul.
• Lin Yuan rejected Yu Xiaogang, arguing that he could not teach spear use, was weaker than Lin Yuan would soon be, and was unnecessary for Soul Beast knowledge.
• Lin Yuan challenged Tang San to defeat him under Yu Xiaogang’s guidance, then tried to leave with Xiao Wu, but Tang San blocked his path.

Tang San challenged Lin Yuan to defend Yu Xiaogang’s theories, but Lin Yuan defeated him with a single sweep of his God-Slaying Spear. Tang San began doubting whether Blue Silver Grass could overcome its weakness and wondered if his Clear Sky Hammer would have fared better.

• Tang San challenged Lin Yuan, demanding an apology to Yu Xiaogang if Lin Yuan lost and promising to leave him alone if Tang San lost.
• Tang San attacked with Blue Silver Grass and his First Soul Skill, Entanglement, while Yu Xiaogang confidently explained that Control Type restrained Assault Type.
• Lin Yuan used his God-Slaying Spear to shatter Tang San’s vines and struck him in the chest, defeating him without using a Soul Skill.
• Xiao Wu pointed out that Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass remained an ordinary-quality Martial Soul despite its Soul Ring, then left with Lin Yuan to eat and cultivate.
• Tang San questioned Yu Xiaogang’s theories and wondered whether using his Clear Sky Hammer would have changed the outcome.

Lin Yuan defeated Tang San and mocked Yu Xiaogang’s teachings, while Tang San resolved to prove himself with Blue Silver Grass. Lin Yuan’s diary speculated about whether Sea Witch and Tang San might drop Soul Rings or Soul Bones if they died, leaving Sea Witch furious at being compared to Wolf Bandits.

• Lin Yuan left after defeating Tang San and criticizing his Blue Silver Grass, while Xiao Wu suspected he had deliberately provoked Tang San to consider switching to the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San to keep cultivating Blue Silver Grass until he could add Soul Rings to the Clear Sky Hammer, and Tang San vowed to become an outstanding Control Type Soul Master.
• Lin Yuan wrote in his diary that Assault Type Soul Masters dominated the continent, then discussed Hu Liena and Sea Witch as powerful Mental Attribute Soul Masters.
• Lin Yuan wondered whether mermaids and Tang San, who had Soul Beast blood, could drop Soul Rings or Soul Bones when killed, comparing them to Wolf Bandits.
• Sea Witch read the diary, became offended by Lin Yuan’s speculation, and angrily rejected being compared to Wolf Bandits.

Ah Yin's doubts about Tang San's identity intensified as the group questioned whether he was truly her son. Meanwhile, Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan arrived in Nuoding City with Chen Xin and Dugu Bo, and Rongrong's newly evolved Eight Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda was revealed.

• Ah Yin defended Tang San, but the group challenged her with Lin Yuan's theory that her real son had died and the current Tang San had taken over someone else's body.
• Xiao Wu pointed out that Tang San's knowledge of unusual techniques, including Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, supported the suspicion that he was not an ordinary child.
• Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan arrived in Nuoding City with Chen Xin and Dugu Bo to meet Lin Yuan, making Xiao Wu wary of their plans.
• Chen Xin revealed that Ning Rongrong's Martial Soul had evolved into the Eight Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda after her Innate Soul Power reached its full potential.
• Dugu Yan asked to visit Nuoding City's academy, and Dugu Bo agreed to take her around the city.

Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan arrived at Nuoding Academy with two powerful elders, while Lin Yuan sensed their approach and met Ning Rongrong. Their first conversation began as Xiao Wu recognized the visitors and privately mocked Lin Yuan’s aloof act.

• Ning Rongrong worried that her Eight Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda could expose her secret, and Dugu Yan advised her to play dumb if Lin Yuan noticed.
• At Nuoding Academy, Lin Yuan practiced spear forms while Xiao Wu anxiously watched the entrance, feeling the diary copies warn her that others like her were approaching.
• Lin Yuan spotted Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, Dugu Bo, and Chen Xin entering the sports field, and his Spear Intent resonated with Chen Xin’s Seven Kill Sword.
• Ning Rongrong introduced herself to Lin Yuan and praised his spear practice, and Lin Yuan calmly introduced himself and asked what she needed.
• Xiao Wu rolled her eyes and privately accused Lin Yuan of pretending not to know Ning Rongrong.

Lin Yuan refused Chen Xin’s offer to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, claiming he already had a reclusive teacher and wanted to develop freely. Chen Xin accepted his reasoning and began to tell him about an academy option he had overlooked.

• Xiao Wu felt jealous of Lin Yuan’s courteous treatment of Ning Rongrong.
• Chen Xin admired Lin Yuan’s Soul Slaying Spear and Spear Intent, asked about his teacher, and considered taking him as a disciple.
• Lin Yuan invented a reclusive teacher, then refused Chen Xin’s offer to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, saying he wanted to avoid factional ties.
• Chen Xin respected Lin Yuan’s decision and asked which academy he planned to attend after graduating from Nuoding Academy.
• Lin Yuan said no advanced academy seemed suitable, citing the Five Elements Academies’ restrictions and the Royal Academies’ preference for nobles.
• Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan recognized that Lin Yuan was pretending not to know Heaven Dou Royal Academy was his preferred choice, and Chen Xin began to reveal an option he had overlooked.

Lin Yuan agreed to attend Heaven Dou Royal Academy after reaching level twenty, then accepted Dugu Yan’s challenge. Ning Rongrong revealed her Eight Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda and offered to support Lin Yuan so they could spar, leaving Chen Xin eager to see their combined strength.

• Chen Xin offered Lin Yuan a recommendation to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Lin Yuan agreed to go after reaching level twenty and graduating.
• Dugu Yan challenged Lin Yuan to test his Spear Intent, but Dugu Bo stopped her because their level gap and her poison could seriously injure him.
• Ning Rongrong proposed supporting Lin Yuan to even out the fight and revealed her Eight Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Ning Rongrong explained that her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda had mutated, and Chen Xin confirmed her talent before asking Lin Yuan to demonstrate their combined combat power.

Lin Yuan faced Dugu Yan in a spar while Ning Rongrong supported him with her Eight Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda. He shattered Dugu Yan’s red poison mist with Spear Intent, and as she unleashed a denser blue poison, he prepared to answer with Dawn Break.

• Lin Yuan accepted Sword Douluo’s proposal to spar with Dugu Yan, and Ning Rongrong boosted his strength with her first soul skill.
• Dugu Yan unleashed her Jade Phosphorous Red Poison, but Lin Yuan tore apart the poison mist with a sweep of his God-Slaying Spear.
• Dugu Yan was shocked that Lin Yuan’s Spear Intent broke her red poison and challenged him with her second soul skill, Jade Phosphor Blue Poison.
• Lin Yuan dismissed the blue poison and began using Dawn Break from the first layer of the Chaos God-Slaying Record.

Lin Yuan defeated Dugu Yan and argued that her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor was better suited to the Assault Type path than the Control Type path. Dugu Bo rejected the change to protect her from the poison accumulating in her bloodline, and Lin Yuan’s diary revealed that she might not live past thirty.

• Lin Yuan broke through Dugu Yan’s poison mist and stopped his God-Slaying Spear just short of her, winning the match.
• Lin Yuan told Dugu Yan that relying on poison mist wasted her Beast Martial Soul’s physical strength and advised her to pursue the Assault Type path.
• Dugu Yan agreed with Lin Yuan, but Dugu Bo forbade the change and insisted that the Control Type path suited her better.
• Lin Yuan wrote in his diary that Dugu Bo knew the Assault Type path suited the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor but had chosen Control Type to slow the poison’s accumulation and prolong Dugu Yan’s life.
• Dugu Yan heard through the diary that she might not live past thirty and trembled at the revelation.

Dugu Yan learned that the Jade Phosphor Snake Poison would eventually kill her, while Bibi Dong refused to help her or Dugu Bo. Lin Yuan revealed that the original story offered multiple solutions, then warned that Tang San’s Soul Bone Poison Storage Method was dangerous because Soul Bones had a bearing limit.

• Dugu Yan refused to accept her fate and decided to seek Lin Yuan’s help.
• Bibi Dong told Dugu Yan that Spirit Hall could not save her and refused to aid Dugu Bo, who had sided with the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Hu Liena urged Dugu Yan to persuade Dugu Bo to join Spirit Hall, believing Bibi Dong could cure her.
• Dugu Yan nearly collapsed when Lin Yuan said he did not know how to detoxify poison, but regained hope when he said there were solutions in the original story.
• Lin Yuan explained that Tang San used a Detoxification Pill and the Soul Bone Poison Storage Method to help Dugu Bo, but the method only treated the symptoms.
• Lin Yuan warned that Soul Bones had a bearing limit.

Lin Yuan revealed that Tang San’s Soul Bone detoxification method was dangerously impractical for Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, then hinted that he knew a permanent cure. His proposal to help them depended on reaching Dugu Bo’s Medicine Garden, and he left powerful observers stunned by mentioning a Poison Soul Core.

• Lin Yuan’s diary explained that Dugu Bo’s Soul Bones could shatter under the poison and that acquiring a safe full set for Dugu Yan was unrealistic.
• Dugu Yan despaired over her fate, while Bibi Dong confirmed Lin Yuan’s analysis and criticized Dugu Bo for trusting Tang San.
• Ning Rongrong urged Dugu Yan to use her charm on Lin Yuan, and Xiao Wu protested that Lin Yuan was hers.
• Lin Yuan said Celestial Herbs from Dugu Bo’s Medicine Garden could cleanse and rebuild Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan’s foundations.
• Lin Yuan revealed that Dugu Bo needed to condense a Poison Soul Core to cure himself completely and advance further, shocking Bibi Dong and other powerful observers.

Lin Yuan explained that Dugu Bo’s Inner Core was an imperfect precursor to a Soul Core and could be refined to cure his poison and increase his strength. After Chen Xin praised Lin Yuan’s spear technique and offered his support, Ning Rongrong declared that they were friends.

• Lin Yuan’s diary described Dugu Bo’s Inner Core as a defective primitive Soul Core that leaked poison and could be perfected with Soul Core condensation.
• Dugu Yan realized Lin Yuan’s method might cure Dugu Bo and make him stronger, and wondered whether the herbs from his Medicine Garden could help.
• Bo Saixi considered whether condensing a Soul Core could let her grow stronger without relying on Sea God’s Light.
• Chen Xin asked Lin Yuan about his spear strike, and Lin Yuan said his Teacher had taught him the Self-Created Soul Skill Dawn Break.
• Chen Xin offered Lin Yuan help from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, believing his hidden Teacher was a powerful expert.
• Ning Rongrong called Lin Yuan her friend, and Lin Yuan agreed.

Lin Yuan showed Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, Dugu Yan, and their elders around Nuoding Academy, where they encountered Tang San practicing with Yu Xiaogang. Yu Xiaogang recognized Sword Douluo and Poison Douluo and feared they had come to investigate Tang Hao.

• Ning Rongrong asked Lin Yuan to show her around, and Xiao Wu grabbed his hand to make clear she would not let Ning Rongrong take him away.
• Lin Yuan agreed to lead the group around Nuoding Academy, and Dugu Yan kept edging closer to him while Dugu Bo tried to get her attention.
• Chen Xin told Dugu Bo that Lin Yuan's suggestion for Dugu Yan to follow an Assault Type path had merit, citing the Jade Phosphorous Serpent's physical strengths.
• The group came upon Tang San practicing his First Soul Skill, Entanglement, under Yu Xiaogang's instruction.
• Lin Yuan introduced Tang San and Yu Xiaogang to Chen Xin, and Yu Xiaogang recognized Chen Xin and Dugu Bo and feared they had come because of Tang Hao.

Lin Yuan rejected Yu Xiaogang’s offer to become his disciple, and Chen Xin publicly condemned Yu Xiaogang as unqualified to teach him. Lin Yuan then bonded with Ning Rongrong and gained the Ring Fusion talent.

• Ning Rongrong shared a picture of Lin Yuan in the diary chat group, impressing Hu Liena and drawing jealous protests from the others.
• Yu Xiaogang again asked Lin Yuan to become his disciple, but Lin Yuan refused and said Yu Xiaogang’s theories were useless to him.
• Chen Xin rebuked Yu Xiaogang, arguing that a Soul Grandmaster who could not reach Level Thirty would only ruin Lin Yuan’s future.
• Yu Xiaogang speculated that Lin Yuan had a powerful teacher, while Lin Yuan left him to his assumptions.
• Lin Yuan used his bonding opportunity on Ning Rongrong, successfully bonded with her, and gained the Ring Fusion talent.

Lin Yuan considered how Ning Rongrong’s Ring Fusion Talent could amplify his future Soul Skills before leaving Yu Xiaogang and Tang San. Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San to grow strong and use his Hidden Weapons to win the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s interest.

• Lin Yuan imagined combining multiple enhancement Soul Skills through Ring Fusion, then left Yu Xiaogang to instruct Tang San.
• Tang San condemned Chen Xin and the others for humiliating Yu Xiaogang, and Yu Xiaogang explained that Chen Xin and Dugu Bo were powerful Titled Douluos.
• Yu Xiaogang encouraged Tang San to become strong enough to stand as an equal with the powerful figures he had met.
• Yu Xiaogang asked about Tang San’s blacksmithing and Hidden Weapons, then suggested that the wealthy Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect might buy them.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San to use his Hidden Weapons and Twin Martial Souls to make the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect seek cooperation, regardless of his own humiliation.

Lin Yuan received a ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber from the diary system and decided to keep its value secret while considering sharing some with Xiao Wu. Dugu Yan received a detoxification pill and a Martial Soul evolution opportunity, then rushed to tell Dugu Bo.

• Lin Yuan received a refined ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber and recognized its potential to strengthen his physique and raise his Soul Ring Age limit.
• Lin Yuan decided not to mention Whale Rubber in his diary and considered giving part of it to Xiao Wu.
• Dugu Yan received two special Detoxification Pills that could suppress Toxin Reversal for three years and an opportunity for her Martial Soul to evolve toward the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor after her Third Soul Ring.
• Dugu Yan resolved to switch to the Assault Type and seek Lin Yuan's help in reaching the herb garden, then rushed into Dugu Bo's room.

Dugu Yan used a Detoxification Pill to suppress Dugu Bo’s poison and claimed Lin Yuan’s mysterious Master had sent it, persuading Dugu Bo to accept her change in cultivation. The chapter left Dugu Bo indebted to Lin Yuan and Dugu Yan secretly pleased by the prospect of being sent to him.

• Dugu Yan fed Dugu Bo a Detoxification Pill, which rapidly suppressed the poison afflicting him.
• Dugu Yan claimed a Man in Black had delivered the pill on behalf of Lin Yuan’s Master and promised Lin Yuan could cure Dugu Bo within three years.
• Dugu Bo believed her account, agreed to Dugu Yan’s change in cultivation, and revealed the truth about the Jade Phosphor Snake Poison backlash and the Inner Core.
• Dugu Yan bragged in the Chat Group about the pill and her good fortune with Lin Yuan, prompting jealous reactions from Ning Rongrong and the Bunny Who Loves Candied Hawthorn.
• Bibi Dong observed that Dugu Bo had been tied to Lin Yuan, while the Chat Group teased Dugu Yan about being sent to repay the debt of gratitude.
• Dugu Yan blushed and admitted to herself that she would be happy if Dugu Bo sent her to Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan offered Xiao Wu Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber so she could build up her physique and absorb a thousand-year Second Soul Ring. Xiao Wu swallowed it before he could explain its effects, and the chapter ended with her mistaking it for an aphrodisiac and Lin Yuan correcting her with a Head Flick.

• Lin Yuan woke Xiao Wu by tickling her after she refused to get up and cultivate.
• Lin Yuan asked Xiao Wu if she wanted to absorb a thousand-year Second Soul Ring and showed her Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber.
• Lin Yuan began explaining that the Whale Rubber could strengthen Xiao Wu's physique, but Xiao Wu swallowed the whole piece before he finished.
• Lin Yuan panicked and told Xiao Wu that Whale Rubber was used to boost male virility.
• Xiao Wu accused Lin Yuan of giving her an aphrodisiac and feared what might happen, so Lin Yuan gave her a Head Flick and told her to stop imagining things.

After Xiao Wu accidentally overdosed on Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber, Lin Yuan helped her endure its effects and improve her physique while insisting they keep the incident secret. A year and a half later, Lin Yuan reached level twenty and prepared to leave Nuoding City to hunt for a Second Soul Ring that could make his attacks never miss.

• Xiao Wu’s Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber took effect, and she clung to Lin Yuan while the heat overwhelmed her.
• After an hour, Xiao Wu recovered and realized her body had become tougher; Lin Yuan warned her to keep the Whale Rubber’s benefits and their embarrassing incident secret.
• Xiao Wu promised to keep the incident between them and went to bathe.
• A year and a half later, Lin Yuan had reached level twenty and decided it was time to leave Nuoding City.
• Lin Yuan chose a guaranteed-hit Soul Skill for his Second Soul Ring and identified the Thousand-Eyed Demon Eagle and Soul Locking Falcon in the Star Dou Great Forest as possible sources.