Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao failed to complete Zhou Yi’s hundred-lap run, stopping at ninety-six, but Zhou Yi expelled nine other students for deliberately cutting corners and let him stay. Aoyao watched and counted Huo Yuhao’s laps, then discussed it with Ning Tian.

• Wang Dong'er saw Huo Yuhao struggling at the back of the group and chose not to help him.
• Huo Yuhao pushed himself to his limit but ran only ninety-six laps before Zhou Yi called him over.
• Zhou Yi named nine students who had failed to finish and ordered them expelled; Tai Long challenged her for sparing Huo Yuhao.
• Zhou Yi accused the nine students of deliberately cutting laps, explaining that Huo Yuhao had run earnestly, and sent them away.
• Aoyao remarked that Zhou Yi had spared Huo Yuhao despite his missing four laps, and told Ning Tian he had counted them himself.

Aoyao received modest diary rewards, while Gu Yuena was rewarded for appearing most frequently and healed much of her damage while gaining strength. Newly hopeful about the soul beasts’ future, she left Di Tian sensing that her recovery was near.

• Aoyao received a level of soul power, increased soul ring ages, star silver ore, and illusion light crystal, which he considered selling.
• The diary rewarded Gu Yuena by healing half of her injuries and increasing her peak strength by one percent.
• Gu Yuena’s injuries and much of her divine-soul damage healed, renewing her hope of confronting the gods and securing a future for soul beasts.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion watched Gu Yuena’s transformation but remained convinced that her lord was unreliable.
• Di Tian sensed Gu Yuena’s changed aura outside the Lake of Life and told Xiong Jun that she might soon recover.

Aoyao encountered Inner Court student Ma Xiaotao in the Outer Court dining hall and privately deduced the origins of her Evil Fire Phoenix and her struggle with evil fire. Ma Xiaotao recognized that he knew her circumstances but grew angry when he disparaged her teacher, Yan Shaozhe.

• Aoyao ate in the Outer Court dining hall with Ning Tian and Wu Feng, enjoying a meal Ning Tian paid for.
• Ma Xiaotao entered the dining hall, and students identified her as the feared Flame Maniac from the Inner Court.
• Aoyao privately called Ma Xiaotao a little roast chicken, making her pause and suppress her anger.
• Aoyao reasoned that Ma Xiaotao descended from Ma Hongjun's early offspring and that Yan Shaozhe had saved her by bringing her to Shrek Academy.
• Ma Xiaotao realized Aoyao knew about her ancestry and evil fire, but resented his criticism of Yan Shaozhe, whom she loved and respected as both teacher and father.

Aoyao condemned Yan Shaozhe’s failures and revealed his role in Ma Xiaotao’s fall, making Ma Xiaotao and Zhang Lexuan question their former trust in him and Shrek Academy. Aoyao recounted how Ma Xiaotao’s martial soul mutated and ended by questioning how Yan Shaozhe failed to stop her after she became an evil soul master.

• Aoyao criticized Yan Shaozhe’s squandered talent, poor judgment, favoritism, and past relationship with Feng Ling, whose escape helped her become a Holy Spirit Cult leader.
• Ma Xiaotao read the accusations and wondered how many innocent people had died because Yan Shaozhe let Feng Ling go.
• Zhang Lexuan reconsidered her faith in Shrek Academy and questioned whether Mu En had truly saved her by chance.
• Aoyao explained that the Sword of Judgment triggered Ma Xiaotao’s martial soul mutation during the Continental Soul Fighting Tournament, after which Mu En temporarily sealed her.
• Aoyao said Xuan Zi left Shrek Academy to hunt for soul rings, allowing Virtue Hall and the Holy Spirit Cult to break Ma Xiaotao’s seal.
• Aoyao questioned how Yan Shaozhe, a Super Douluo, had failed to stop Ma Xiaotao when she was only a Soul Saint.

Ma Xiaotao learned how she might become an Evil Soul Master and realized her evil fire remained a serious danger, even without the Sword of Judgment or the Holy Spirit Cult. Aoyao speculated that his evolved Primordial Pearl martial soul might help suppress it, leaving Ma Xiaotao tempted to seek his help.

• Ma Xiaotao read that Yan Shaozhe would fail to stop the Holy Spirit Cult from capturing her, where she would be corrupted into its Phoenix Holy Maiden before Huo Yuhao eventually rescued her.
• Ma Xiaotao grew angry at the Holy Spirit Cult, then worried that her evil fire could eventually overwhelm her regardless of the events described in the diary.
• Aoyao joked that Ma Xiaotao could use an electric soul tool to cope with evil fire flare-ups, embarrassing Ma Xiaotao and intriguing Wu Feng.
• Aoyao explained that Ma Xiaotao had missed the best chance to eradicate her evil fire and that martial soul evolution would require rare treasures.
• Aoyao wondered whether his evolved Primordial Pearl could suppress Ma Xiaotao's evil fire, and Ma Xiaotao became eager to find out.

Aoyao received another diary reward, while Ma Xiaotao won a powerful Phoenix Tail Feathers external soul bone that seemed to suppress her evil fire. Meanwhile, Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen set off for Shrek Academy, where Meng hoped to meet Aoyao and benefit from his diary.

• Ma Xiaotao left Aoyao alone, and he completed his diary, receiving a soul-power increase, older soul rings, and soul tool crafting materials.
• Ma Xiaotao received three ranks of soul power and a ninety-thousand-year Fire Phoenix Phoenix Tail Feathers external soul bone, which emerged from her back and appeared to suppress her evil fire.
• Ma Xiaotao admired her reward and became more interested in Aoyao.
• Meng Hongchen persuaded Xiao Hongchen to leave for Shrek Academy ahead of their grandfather, who was already going there to discuss her exchange-student request.
• Meng Hongchen told Xiao Hongchen she wanted to see whether Aoyao was as handsome as he claimed and hoped to gain benefits from his diary.

Ning Tian changed plans to avoid other Diary Copy holders, but Aoyao’s diary reminded her of Huo Yuhao’s grilled-fish stall, where Tang Ya was helping him. Tang Ya convinced herself she could grow closer to Aoyao without Bei Bei finding out, while Jiang Nannan spotted Aoyao and decided to test the diary’s claims.

• Ning Tian suggested that she, Wu Feng, and Aoyao eat out, but Aoyao’s diary entry drew their attention to Huo Yuhao’s crowded grilled-fish stall.
• Huo Yuhao gratefully credited Tang Ya with helping him establish the stall and resolved to repay her by restoring the Tang Sect.
• Tang Ya hurried toward Aoyao, then justified getting closer to him by reminding herself that Bei Bei had concealed his childhood engagement to Zhang Lexuan.
• Jiang Nannan emerged from Shrek Academy, recognized Aoyao from the diary, and decided to use their encounter to test whether the diary was real.

Jiang Nannan visited Huo Yuhao’s grilled-fish stall, where Aoyao’s diary revealed a future bargain with Xu Sanshi that would leave her traumatized. Fearing for her ill mother but hoping the diary could offer another way to save her, Jiang Nannan recoiled from Xu Sanshi when he tried to approach her.

• Jiang Nannan asked Huo Yuhao to lower the price of his grilled fish, but he refused to bargain, so she apologized and prepared to leave.
• Xu Sanshi arrived, and Aoyao’s diary described how Jiang Nannan might trade herself for the Black Tortoise Divine Pill to save her mother, only for Xu Sanshi’s ritual to go horribly wrong.
• Jiang Nannan connected the diary’s account to her mother’s worsening illness and wondered whether a diary reward could save her without the painful bargain.
• Xu Sanshi offered Jiang Nannan two grilled fish and invited her to watch his Soul Fighting match with Bei Bei, but she backed away from him, leaving him confused.

Jiang Nannan doubted she could ever forgive Xu Sanshi, while Zhang Lexuan grew curious about the mysterious Qiankun Asking Love Valley and tried to draw Aoyao into explaining it through the group chat. The conversation veered into arguments and an awkward question, leaving the chat silent.

• Jiang Nannan questioned the diary's claim that she would accept Xu Sanshi and forgive him after what he had done.
• Zhang Lexuan recalled the diary's earlier mentions of the Qiankun Asking Love Valley and wondered whether it was a place or an event connected to Huo Yuhao.
• Zhang Lexuan messaged the group about the valley, but the members debated its nature and joked about Jiang Nannan's situation instead.
• Zhang Lexuan suggested the valley might be something a god had left behind to encourage Aoyao to explain it.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion asked what "went through the wrong door" meant, and the group chat fell silent.

Tang Ya explained the Mystic Water Pill’s benefits, and Huo Yuhao agreed to help Bei Bei with Spiritual Detection during his match against Xu Sanshi. Aoyao chose not to interfere, then received major diary rewards while Jiang Nannan and Yuema gained rewards of their own.

• Tang Ya told Huo Yuhao that Bei Bei had wagered a Mystic Water Pill for his sake and explained how it could improve his soul power and potential.
• Huo Yuhao decided to use Spiritual Detection to help Bei Bei, despite recognizing that doing so would be cheating.
• Aoyao predicted Bei Bei would probably win but chose not to stop Huo Yuhao from helping him.
• Aoyao completed his diary and received two ranks of soul power, increased Soul Ring ages, a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, and a Hundred Thousand Year Wisdom Skull.
• Jiang Nannan received a Black Tortoise Divine Pill and a Profound Purity Pill, while Yuema became the Chat-Spamming Dragon King and gained the right to choose the next diary subject.

Jiang Nannan received pills from Aoyao that could save her mother and resolved to repay him. Aoyao’s diary revealed the Qiankun Asking Love Valley’s location and described the fate awaiting Wang Dong’er and Wang Qiu’er there, leaving Wang Dong’er determined to avoid the hidden realm.

• Jiang Nannan clutched the Black Tortoise Divine Pill and Mystic Clarity Pill, resolved to use them to save her mother, and decided she had to repay Aoyao.
• Bei Bei defeated Xu Sanshi, who lost his Mystic Water Pill.
• Aoyao wrote that the Qiankun Asking Love Valley lay in the Western Mountains west of Mingdu, and Meng Hongchen recognized rumors of a dangerous hidden realm there.
• Aoyao described Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong’er, and Wang Qiu’er’s ordeal in the valley and how Tang San’s actions led to Wang Dong’er’s disappearance from the story.
• Wang Dong’er realized she might fall into a deep sleep and be replaced by Tang Wutong, so she resolved never to enter the Qiankun Asking Love Valley.

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion worried about the meaning of “going through the wrong door” and whether Tang San’s influence might put her at risk. Aoyao’s diary revealed Wu Feng’s feelings for Ning Tian, and after Wu Feng confessed, Ning Tian struggled to respond as Wu Feng prepared to leave Shrek Academy.

• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion fretted over being ignored in the group chat and wondered how to reach Aoyao for protection.
• Aoyao’s diary criticized Tang San’s influence and revealed that Ning Tian would be turned into a man so she and Wu Feng could be together.
• Ning Tian realized Wu Feng had loved her since childhood and confronted her about it.
• Wu Feng confessed her feelings but said they could not be together because of social prejudice and Ning Tian’s duties to her clan.
• Ning Tian struggled to understand her own feelings as Wu Feng apologized and decided to leave Shrek Academy for the clan.
• Ning Tian stopped Wu Feng and insisted that her silence did not mean she wanted Wu Feng to leave.

Ning Tian proposed that Wu Feng join her and Aoyao so she could remain by Ning Tian’s side, and Wu Feng accepted. Aoyao’s diary then revealed the humiliating trials Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi faced, unsettling Tang Ya and Zhang Lexuan.

• Ning Tian told Wu Feng she did not find her disgusting but needed time to accept her feelings.
• Ning Tian explained that Aoyao was her chosen partner and proposed that Wu Feng join them so the two women could stay together.
• Wu Feng accepted Ning Tian’s proposal and embraced her, saying she only wanted to remain by her side.
• Aoyao’s diary described Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi refusing a French-kiss dare and entering a deeper trial.
• The diary revealed Bei Bei’s illusion involved castrating himself to save Tang Ya, alarming Tang Ya and stirring Zhang Lexuan’s interest in the valley.

Zhang Lexuan decided to return to the Heaven Dou Empire to investigate her family’s massacre, while the diary holders discussed the disappointing rewards of the Qiankun Asking Love Valley. In the Extreme North Land, the Snow Empress prepared to seek diary rewards before her heavenly tribulation and planned to make Huo Yuhao’s second martial soul a frost velvet ice mite.

• Zhang Lexuan resolved to return to the Heaven Dou Empire and investigate whether Mu En had been involved in her family’s massacre.
• The diary holders agreed that the Qiankun Asking Love Valley’s rewards were poor compared with those offered by the diary, prompting Xu Jiujiu and Vina to consider acting on their Diary Copies.
• The Ice Empress grew upset when Aoyao’s latest diary entry did not mention her, and the Snow Empress comforted her.
• The Snow Empress revealed that her heavenly tribulation was approaching and said she needed to earn a diary reward that could help her survive it.
• The Snow Empress told the Ice Empress they would wait for Huo Yuhao and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to arrive, so Huo Yuhao could receive a frost velvet ice mite as his second martial soul.

Zhang Lexuan read the group chat as its members argued about Tang San and Qiankun Asking Love Valley, while the Three-Eyed Golden Lion tried to learn the meanings of two phrases. Gu Yuena refused to let the Auspicious Beast leave, keeping her safe from Tang San’s threat.

• Zhang Lexuan wondered who was behind Where the Clouds Lie Deep, whose messages repeatedly cursed Tang San.
• Where the Clouds Lie Deep and Grass (a Plant) argued about Tang San while other group members discussed Qiankun Asking Love Valley.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion asked what “going through the wrong door” meant, but Gu Yuena said she was too young to understand.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion asked the group what “self-castration” meant, and they again teased her instead of answering.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion pretended to be hungry so she could go out and ask Di Tian her questions, but Gu Yuena offered to have him bring food in.
• Gu Yuena told the Three-Eyed Golden Lion she had to stay because Tang San’s threat remained.

Yan Shaozhe welcomed Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen to Shrek Academy for the exchange program and enrolled them in the Outer Court’s fourth year. Meng Hongchen looked forward to seeing Aoyao, while Xiao Hongchen resolved to earn his way into the Inner Court.

• Shrek Academy approved an exchange program with the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, sending Fan Yu, He Caitou, and another student to the Sun Moon Empire while receiving Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen.
• Yan Shaozhe suspected that a powerful Level 8 Soul Engineer was secretly protecting the visiting siblings and explained Shrek Academy’s Inner and Outer Courts.
• Yan Shaozhe assigned Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen to the Outer Court’s fourth year, and Xiao Hongchen resolved to prove himself worthy of the Inner Court.
• Yan Shaozhe registered the siblings in the Martial Soul Department and gave them uniforms, then led them to dormitories where they would share rooms with Shrek Academy students.
• Meng Hongchen barely listened to the dormitory arrangements as she eagerly anticipated meeting Aoyao.

Aoyao received a Level 99 Heavenly Demon Puppet, a million-year Dark Demon Evil God Tiger soul ring, and enough soul power to reach Level 50. Ning Tian received a two-level soul power increase and evolved her martial soul into an Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, while Wu Feng watched her transformation.

• Aoyao received the Heavenly Demon Puppet, the million-year soul ring, five soul power levels, and increased ages for all his soul rings.
• Aoyao commanded the puppet to stay hidden near him and protect him without being noticed at Shrek Academy.
• Aoyao considered using the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger soul ring as the first ring for his second martial soul, the Demon Orb.
• Ning Tian received two soul power levels and martial soul evolution after appearing most in the diary.
• Ning Tian's Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda evolved into an Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and Wu Feng watched with delight.

Zhou Yi tried to make Dai Huabin apologize after he beat Huo Yuhao, but Huo Yuhao kept quiet and Dai Huabin explained their history. The dispute escalated until Mu Jin intervened, and Dai Huabin’s fiery homeroom teacher challenged Zhou Yi to a spar.

• Zhou Yi questioned Huo Yuhao and Dai Huabin about their fight, but Huo Yuhao refused to explain.
• Wang Dong'er said she had just arrived, while Xiao Xiao said Huo Yuhao had kicked Dai Huabin after looking at him with hatred.
• Dai Huabin said Huo Yuhao had once attacked him with a dagger, and refused Zhou Yi’s demand for an apology.
• Zhou Yi confirmed Huo Yuhao’s account and reached for Dai Huabin, whose White Tiger martial soul appeared under her pressure.
• Mu Jin blocked Zhou Yi, and Dai Huabin’s homeroom teacher confronted Zhou Yi and challenged her to a spar on the Soul Fighting Platform.

Zhou Yi confronted Huo Yuhao and Dai Huabin after their fight, but the students' accounts revealed that Huo Yuhao had attacked Dai Huabin first in the past. When Zhou Yi tried to pressure Dai Huabin, Mu Jin and his head teacher intervened, and the head teacher challenged Zhou Yi to a duel.

• Zhou Yi questioned Huo Yuhao and the witnesses, but Huo Yuhao withheld the full story and Wang Dong'er said he had only just arrived.
• Xiao Xiao explained that Dai Huabin had kicked Huo Yuhao after seeing his hateful gaze, while noting that they seemed to have other grievances.
• Dai Huabin told Zhou Yi that Huo Yuhao had once attacked him with a dagger, and Huo Yuhao confirmed the account when Zhou Yi questioned him.
• Zhou Yi reached toward Dai Huabin with coercive pressure, but Mu Jin appeared and blocked her while Dai Huabin's head teacher confronted her.
• Dai Huabin's head teacher insulted Zhou Yi and challenged her to fight on the Soul Fighting Platform.

Zhou Yi accepted Class Three's homeroom teacher's wager, only to learn that her opponent had advanced to Soul Sage. Zhou Yi agreed to fight five days later with weapons, hidden weapons, and soul tools allowed, leaving the challenge set for the Soul Fighting Platform.

• Zhou Yi challenged Class Three's homeroom teacher and wagered that the loser would admit her failure and apologize, with Huo Yuhao also required to apologize if Zhou Yi lost.
• Class Three's homeroom teacher revealed that she had broken through to level seventy and become a Seven-Ring Soul Sage.
• Huo Yuhao offered to support Zhou Yi with Spiritual Detection, while Zhou Yi considered how she might avoid the fight or improve her chances.
• Class Three's homeroom teacher and Mu Jin taunted Zhou Yi to either concede or face the match, and Zhou Yi chose to honor the wager.
• Zhou Yi proposed a fight in five days with no restrictions on methods, including weapons, hidden weapons, and soul tools, and Class Three's homeroom teacher agreed.