The Soul Beasts' Predicament, Three Breakthrough Methods

Notting Academy.

After finishing watching the commotion, Lin Chen pulled out his Black Diary, intending to write today's entry.

Just as he was about to jot down some daily rewards—

One after another, blood-red characters appeared on his Black Diary, drawing all of his attention.

[Please complete today's diary entry. Diary Theme: The Future of Soul Masters and Soul Beasts.]

Staring at the blood-red text on the Black Diary, Lin Chen pondered for a moment, unsure what the Diary System was playing at.

But since the theme was already set for today, Lin Chen had no choice but to work from it.

With a thought, one blood-red character after another appeared on the Black Diary.

At the same time.

Blood-red text also began appearing on the Exclusive Instance of every Diary Copy holder in the world.

This commotion made the Women in the Chat Group, who had been discussing how to torment Jade Little Sword, stop their chatter and focus entirely on Lin Chen's updated diary content.

Especially Xiao Wu, Ah Yin, and Gu Yuena.

The three of them were soul beasts, belonging to the soul beast Forces within the Chat Group. So they desperately wanted to know whether there was any possibility of peaceful coexistence between soul masters and soul beasts.

[Today, the exposure of Jade Little Sword being a eunuch was so satisfying. A fraud and scumbag like him deserved this retribution long ago.]

[But what surprised me was that this Diary Copy actually set a theme for me—to write about the future of soul masters and soul beasts.]

[I was planning to record some daily stuff today, but it looks like I can't. I have to write about this diary theme.]

[The future of soul masters and soul beasts—how should I put it? In the original trajectory, the future for soul masters is bright, but for soul beasts, it's brutally cruel.]

[In this era, soul beasts are still the majority, holding the upper hand, while humans are on the weaker side.]

[But as time goes on, ten thousand years later, humans gradually catch up to soul beasts. Twenty thousand years later, humans completely surpass them.]

[Moreover, as time moves forward, the number of soul beasts will only dwindle. By twenty thousand years later, only the soul beasts at the core of the Star Dou Great Forest and some Sea Soul Beasts will survive. In that era, soul beasts will be nearly extinct.]

Lake of Life.

Seeing Lin Chen's diary content, Gu Yuena's heart instantly surged with boundless fury.

Soul beasts going extinct—this was something she could not tolerate.

In her mind, no matter how bad the soul beasts' situation got, they should still have a place. But why, twenty thousand years later, would only the soul beasts at the core of the Star Dou Great Forest survive?

Why was this?

Was human talent truly that formidable? Twenty thousand years later, would there be countless top-tier powerhouses?

Gu Yuena was deeply puzzled. That soul beasts would be nearly extinct in another twenty thousand years—how could she, the Soul Beast Lord, accept this?

Yet she dared not emerge into the world now. The divine realm loomed above, and the Douluo Continent still held the inheritance sites of gods.

If she so much as made a move against humans, she would likely face the Five God Kings of the divine realm immediately.

Besides, her injuries had not yet healed. Forget the God Kings—even dealing with a Level 1 God would be a stretch.

[As I see it, there are three ways to solve the soul beasts' predicament, but all of them are fraught with difficulty.]

[The first is to completely overhaul the soul master cultivation system, so that soul masters no longer need soul rings to advance in strength and can cultivate and grow stronger on their own.]

[In the soul master system, if a soul master wants to become stronger, they must obtain soul rings. This inevitably leads to a decline in the number of soul beasts.]

[Ten thousand years later, the soul beast system is abolished and replaced by the Soul Spirit System. But in essence, it still belongs to the original soul master cultivation system—soul spirits grant soul masters soul rings. Under these circumstances, soul beasts die out even faster.]

[Because humans have already found a substitute for soul beasts in soul spirit rings, they will frantically hunt soul beasts to further refine the soul spirit technology.]

[With the divine realm above, if soul beasts try to wipe out humanity, they will cross the bottom line of the gods. With human intelligence below, soul beasts cannot maintain balance with humans or sustain this delicate relationship to continue their race's reproduction.]

[Only soul beasts over a hundred thousand years old possess intelligence comparable to normal humans. How difficult is it for them to keep pace with human development?]

[In the soul master world, ten thousand years later comes the age of Soul Tools. Twenty thousand years later, the age of Battle Armor. Thirty thousand years later, the age of Space Battleships.]

[And soul beasts? They still rely on the primal law of the jungle to survive. Among the intelligent creations of soul masters, even just Battle Armor is enough to give soul beasts a hard time. Battle Armor can greatly enhance a soul master's strength, allowing humans to completely surpass soul beasts.]

[This soul master cultivation system of the Douluo Continent—I wonder which big brain came up with it. It's poisonous to the extreme, completely cutting off the soul beasts' path to survival.]

[Take the neighboring God Seal World, for example. Their cultivation system is much better. Cultivators grow stronger by training Spiritual Power, and the magical beasts there don't face extinction crises, because they are more like contract partners with cultivators—a symbiotic relationship.]

Writing up to here, Lin Chen couldn't help but feel sorry for the soul beasts. The situation on the Douluo Continent was far too harsh for them.

The emergence of the soul master cultivation system was not only a massive tumor for soul masters themselves but also a catastrophic disaster for soul beasts.

Right now, the soul beasts' position was extremely awkward. Even if the Douluo Continent had the Silver Dragon King, a Divine Beast, and the soul beast Forces were still at their peak, it wouldn't help.

First, soul beasts cannot wipe out humanity. Most of the gods in the divine realm are humans, and they will not allow this to happen.

Second, it's impossible for soul beasts to stay ahead of soul masters forever and maintain their status. Human intelligence far surpasses that of soul beasts, and their technological development is far stronger.

Notting Academy.

A few hundred meters from Lin Chen, a sigh rang out.

"Sigh... is our situation as soul beasts really this dire?"

After reading Lin Chen's diary content, Xiao Wu felt utterly hopeless, her voice filled with helplessness.

Their Soul Beast Clan had it far too hard, far too miserable—not only were they hunted for soul rings, but tens of thousands of years later, the entire race was nearly extinct.

Xiao Wu couldn't bring herself to believe that now.

"But... is it really possible to change the soul master cultivation system?"

The first method Lin Chen described to solve the Soul Beasts' plight—completely overhauling the soul master system—seemed far too difficult.

She was just an ordinary hundred-thousand-year Soft Bone Charming Rabbit. Forget changing the soul master cultivation system—even learning basic theoretical knowledge was nearly enough to stump her.

"In my next life, I don't want to be a bunny anymore."

As a Soul Beast, she felt immense pressure—not only facing threats to her life, but also the looming crisis of racial extinction in the future.