Chapter Summaries

Bibi Dong and the women who read Su Chen’s diary reflected on Yu Xiaogang’s uselessness, while Su Chen hunted a Soul Beast for Zhu Zhuqing and the diary rewards went to the Tianshui girls. After Su Chen returned with a nearly seventy-thousand-year-old Soul Beast, he prepared to help Zhu Zhuqing absorb its Soul Ring and head back, while Hu Liena realized she had failed to follow Bibi Dong’s instructions.

• Bibi Dong regretted misjudging Yu Xiaogang, and the women in Heaven Dou City criticized his teachings and celebrated Shui Bing’er’s victory over Tang San.
• Su Chen captured a Soul Beast for Zhu Zhuqing, then received rewards that raised all his Soul Rings’ ages and increased his Soul Power by one rank.
• Shui Bing’er, Shui Yue’er, and Xue Wu received diary rewards, delighting their Tianshui Academy companions and leaving Huo Wu envious.
• Huo Wu joined Hu Liena and Xiao Wu on watch and asked Xiao Wu about her life in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Su Chen returned at midnight with a nearly seventy-thousand-year-old Soul Beast and said Zhu Zhuqing could absorb its Soul Ring before they headed back.
• Hu Liena remembered Bibi Dong’s request to mention her in the diary and felt ashamed that she had not carried out the mission.

Su Chen and the others left the Star Dou Great Forest after Zhu Zhuqing absorbed her seventh Soul Ring and reached level seventy-four. As they traveled, the diary revealed her strength to the Tianshui girls and Qian Renxue, leaving them envious and troubled by their own slower progress.

• Hu Liena asked Su Chen what he thought of Bibi Dong, and Su Chen praised Bibi Dong while saying she might be able to resurrect Xiao Wu's mother if she became a god.
• Su Chen told Xiao Wu that resurrecting her mother might require Bibi Dong's Soul Ring and Soul Bone, and Xiao Wu resolved to work hard.
• Zhu Zhuqing finished absorbing her seventh Soul Ring and told Su Chen and the others that she had reached level seventy-four.
• Su Chen led Hu Liena, Ye Lingling, Dugu Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Huo Wu, and Xiao Wu out of the Star Dou Great Forest on the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent.
• The Tianshui girls read that Zhu Zhuqing had reached level seventy-four and envied her rapid growth, while Qian Renxue lamented that she was only level sixty-six.

Su Chen’s diary revealed Xue Wu’s weather-controlling Martial Soul and speculated that she could become a god through faith, leaving Xue Wu and the other women stunned. Later, Ning Rongrong secretly gave Su Chen a million-value Affiliate Gold Card, and he promised her two treasures in return.

• Bibi Dong and the other women read Su Chen’s comments about Xue Wu and learned that her Soul Skills summoned clouds, brought rain, raised wind, and called down snow.
• Su Chen roasted Xue Wu for having to dance while using her Soul Skills, while Xue Wu and the others struggled to understand the joke.
• Su Chen suggested that Xue Wu could gain faith as a Rain God and perhaps become a god, shocking Xue Wu and prompting Qian Renxue and the other women to reflect on faith.
• Su Chen and the others settled into a hotel in a small town, where Ning Rongrong treated the group to a lavish shopping trip and feast.
• Ning Rongrong quietly gave Su Chen her million-value Affiliate Gold Card, and Su Chen accepted it as an investment and promised her two treasures.

Su Chen received diary rewards while Hu Liena, Ye Lingling, and Dugu Yan discussed sharing rewards and playfully tussled. Next door, Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Huo Wu pressed their ears to the wall and questioned Zhu Zhuqing about Su Chen, then Ning Rongrong began comparing their bodies.

• Su Chen received a thousand-year increase to all his Soul Ring age limits and gained a level of Soul Power, while Xue Wu received the same rewards and Ye Lingling earned a chance to choose a diary-related topic.
• Dugu Yan and Hu Liena praised Ye Lingling for finally receiving a reward, and Hu Liena asked to borrow it so she could write about Bibi Dong.
• Ye Lingling agreed, and Hu Liena began teasing Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling before all three playfully tussled until Su Chen returned from his bath.
• Huo Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing noticed Xue Wu's rewards, while Xiao Wu listened at the wall to the neighboring room.
• Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Huo Wu asked Zhu Zhuqing whether Su Chen was strong, and Zhu Zhuqing admitted that one or two people could not beat him.
• Ning Rongrong launched a sneak attack on Zhu Zhuqing and began comparing their bodies.

As Su Chen and the others traveled toward Spirit City, he wrote a diary comparing Xiao Wu with Bibi Dong, portraying Bibi Dong as far more independent and capable. The chapter ended with his comparison still in progress and Bibi Dong, Xiao Wu, and the other diary readers reacting to his remarks.

• Ning Rongrong, Huo Wu, and Xiao Wu tested Zhu Zhuqing's Martial Soul and decided that none of them could match her alone.
• Bibi Dong heard that Su Chen and the others were nearing Spirit City and wondered how to ask him about his gunpowder weapons.
• Su Chen began a new diary entry about Bibi Dong and announced that he would compare her with Xiao Wu.
• Su Chen contrasted how Xiao Wu and Bibi Dong handled love, danger, revenge, and power, depicting Bibi Dong as self-reliant and politically formidable.
• Bibi Dong, Xiao Wu, Qian Renxue, and the other diary readers followed Su Chen's provocative comparison.

The women reflected on Bibi Dong’s strength and the diary’s revelations about Qian Xunji, while Su Chen and his companions continued their journey toward Spirit City. The group planned to study at Spirit Academy, and Su Chen entertained them with a story about Qian Daoliu as a retired Dragon King working as a security guard.

• The women praised Bibi Dong’s achievements and condemned Yu Xiaogang, while Xiao Wu hoped her next reward would not be another carrot.
• Bibi Dong read Su Chen’s comments about Qian Xunji’s assault and questioned why she had ever loved Yu Xiaogang.
• Hu Liena estimated that the carriage would reach Spirit City around noon the next day, and Su Chen agreed there was no need to hurry.
• Ye Lingling suggested that she and the others enroll at Spirit Academy, and Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong agreed.
• Ning Rongrong asked what Su Chen planned to do in Spirit City, and he said he would be busy with serious business rather than working as a security guard.
• Su Chen began telling the group a story about Qian Daoliu retiring as a Dragon King and working as a Spirit Academy security guard.

Su Chen received a detailed map of the continent and realized it could help him locate ingredients for making gunpowder. Meanwhile, Tang Hao and Tang San urged Yu Xiaogang to seek help from Liu Erlong and the Blue Tyrant Academy, while Yu Xiaogang planned to visit Bibi Dong in Spirit City.

• Su Chen told Hu Liena and the others a nonsensical story about Tang Hao returning as a War God, while Flender's group arrived in Heaven Dou City.
• Tang Hao asked Flender and Yu Xiaogang about their plans, and Yu Xiaogang said he needed to visit Bibi Dong to ask about the dangers of Twin Martial Souls.
• Tang San revealed that obtaining the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud could let him begin the Sea God's inheritance, and Tang Hao asked Yu Xiaogang to seek help from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Flender reminded Yu Xiaogang that Liu Erlong was waiting for him at Blue Tyrant Academy, and Yu Xiaogang agreed to take the group there the next morning.
• Su Chen received a reward that increased all his Soul Rings by a thousand years and a detailed map of the continent, which he recognized could reveal deposits of saltpeter and sulfur for making gunpowder.

Su Chen and his companions traveled toward Spirit City while Bibi Dong prepared to meet him and Qian Renxue learned that Tang San had arrived in Heaven Dou City. Su Chen’s diary called Ye Lingling his family and revealed he wanted to marry her, leaving Bibi Dong irritated and baffled.

• Su Chen gathered Hu Liena, Ye Lingling, and Dugu Yan to practice their Martial Soul Fusion Skill as diary rewards strengthened Bibi Dong and Xiao Wu and gave Ye Lingling a chance to choose a topic.
• Bibi Dong welcomed her increased Soul Ring ages and decided to greet Su Chen in person, while Qian Renxue confirmed Tang San had come to Heaven Dou City seeking the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• Su Chen and his companions set out for Spirit City as Flender and Liu Erlong led their group toward Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Su Chen wrote that he felt he had found a home with his companions and described Ye Lingling as someone he wanted to marry.
• Bibi Dong read Su Chen’s words about Ye Lingling and became annoyed by his claim that he could not let her marry someone else.

Su Chen's diary revealed the harsh inheritance rules of Ye Lingling's Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul and suggested they had cost her family dearly. His description of Bibi Dong's possible descent into madness left the women reading the diary afraid to travel to Spirit City, though they stayed with Su Chen.

• Qian Renxue felt homesick as she read Su Chen's diary, while Ye Lingling smiled at his deliberate words about them being family.
• Su Chen compared Ye Lingling and Zhu Zhuqing's maturity with that of Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu, then explained the Nine Heart Begonia's limits and inheritance restrictions.
• Ye Lingling lowered her head sadly as Su Chen speculated that she had lost her father after awakening the Nine Heart Begonia and praised her for remaining kind despite her tragic fate.
• Su Chen described Bibi Dong becoming a vengeful madwoman, shocking Hu Liena, Ye Lingling, and the other diary readers.
• Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Huo Wu worried that Bibi Dong would retaliate for their knowing her secret and wondered whether they could still go to Spirit City.

Shui Bing'er, Ling Yuan, Qian Renxue, and Liu Erlong reacted to Su Chen’s claim that Bibi Dong had wanted to destroy Spirit Hall and the world. Bibi Dong denied the accusation in private, while Su Chen wrote about Ye Lingling’s changed future; the chapter ended when Flender brought Yu Xiaogang and the others to meet Liu Erlong, who greeted Yu Xiaogang impatiently.

• Shui Bing'er and Ling Yuan continued toward Spirit City despite their fear of Bibi Dong, reasoning that Su Chen and the others would arrive there first.
• Qian Renxue decided she needed to discuss taking Spirit Hall out of Bibi Dong’s hands with Hu Liena, while Liu Erlong marveled at Bibi Dong’s supposed plans.
• Bibi Dong raged at Su Chen for portraying her as wanting to destroy the world, though she admitted to herself that she had once felt that way before the Diary Copy changed her.
• Su Chen wrote that giving Ye Lingling the Aromatic Silk Beauty had lifted the restrictions on her family’s Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul and reflected on his future descendants.
• Liu Erlong took Su Chen’s words about living beyond daily drudgery to heart, then encountered Flender, Yu Xiaogang, Tang Hao, Tang San, and the Shrek group at Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Flender introduced Yu Xiaogang to Liu Erlong, but Liu Erlong impatiently asked why Flender had brought him.

Liu Erlong rejected Yu Xiaogang’s attempts to rekindle their relationship, growing furious when he and Flender assumed she still wanted him. Yu Xiaogang confessed that he had given up being a man so he could be with her, but Liu Erlong’s response was left unresolved.

• Liu Erlong told Yu Xiaogang to leave, but he staged a departure expecting her to call him back.
• Flender urged Yu Xiaogang to explain himself and revealed that he had come to stay, prompting Yu Xiaogang to promise Liu Erlong he would not leave again.
• Liu Erlong slapped Yu Xiaogang and accused him of abandoning her before returning whenever he pleased.
• Yu Xiaogang admitted he was no longer a man and claimed he had avoided Liu Erlong because they were blood relatives and he feared she would be scorned.
• Yu Xiaogang said he had chosen to give up being a man so they could be together, arguing that the world would admire their love.

Liu Erlong rejected Yu Xiaogang’s claim that he had given up being a man for her and drove the Shrek group out of Blue Tyrant Academy. She left Tang San and his companions bruised and furious, while Tang Hao’s condition worsened after her slaps.

• Liu Erlong slapped and kicked Yu Xiaogang, calling him disgusting and ordering him to leave.
• Flender defended Yu Xiaogang, but Liu Erlong slapped him and then struck Dai Mubai for his past remark about women.
• Tang San protested Liu Erlong’s treatment of his teacher, and she slapped him.
• Tang Hao stepped in to defend Tang San, but Liu Erlong slapped him repeatedly, causing him to spit blood.
• Liu Erlong slapped Tang San again, kicked Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and the others, and ordered the entire Shrek group out of Blue Tyrant Academy.

Liu Erlong decided to leave Blue Tyrant Academy after Flender’s group angered her, while Bibi Dong waited in Spirit City for Su Chen and his companions. Their carriage arrived, and Hu Liena reunited with her teacher and introduced Su Chen and the others to her.

• Liu Erlong sent Flender and the others away, then ordered a teacher to summon the vice dean and staff so she could hand over Blue Tyrant Academy and leave that day.
• Bibi Dong wandered around Spirit City with Yue Guan and Gui Mei while waiting for Su Chen’s group to arrive.
• Bibi Dong sensed a powerful Soul Beast outside the city and went to investigate with Yue Guan and Gui Mei.
• Su Chen’s carriage was stopped by Bibi Dong and the two Douluo; Hu Liena happily leaped out and embraced her teacher.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei noticed Xiao Wu was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and Hu Liena reassured them that she was her friend.
• Hu Liena introduced Su Chen as her man and presented his companions to Bibi Dong, asking her not to make things difficult for them.

Bibi Dong welcomed Su Chen and his companions to Spirit City, agreed to protect Xiao Wu, and arranged a residence and a banquet for them. Meanwhile, Qian Renxue learned that Liu Erlong had confronted Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Tang Hao, and wondered whether Bibi Dong had changed after reading the Diary Copy.

• Su Chen told Bibi Dong that Xiao Wu was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and asked her to stop Spirit Hall from hunting her; Bibi Dong agreed to protect Xiao Wu because Su Chen was Hu Liena's man.
• Bibi Dong told Yue Guan to give Su Chen and his companions an empty residence and invited them to a welcome banquet that night.
• Bibi Dong returned to Pope Palace, ordered Gui Mei to keep anyone from provoking Su Chen, and discussed how Spirit Hall could win him over.
• Qian Renxue heard that Liu Erlong had humiliated Yu Xiaogang and Flender, slapped Tang Hao, and then left Blue Tyrant Academy alone.
• Qian Renxue ordered her informant to keep watching, then wondered whether Bibi Dong had changed and whether Su Chen had reached Spirit City.

Su Chen and his companions settled into Spirit City, where Bibi Dong welcomed them and urged Hu Liena to win Su Chen over for Spirit Hall. At a banquet that became the first Diary Friends Gathering, Spirit Kite Douluo arrived with Jiang Zhu, who was transferring to Spirit Academy.

• Bibi Dong provided Su Chen and his companions with a villa in Spirit City, and Hu Liena returned to Spirit Hall with Yue Guan.
• Bibi Dong praised Hu Liena's strength and asked her to win Su Chen over to help Spirit Hall unify the continent.
• Bibi Dong invited Su Chen and his companions to a welcome banquet and asked them to call her Sister.
• Spirit Kite Douluo arrived at the banquet with Jiang Zhu and introduced her as a new transfer to Spirit Academy.
• Huo Wu invited Jiang Zhu to sit with her.

Bibi Dong questioned Su Chen about his relationship with Hu Liena and warmly treated him like a prospective son-in-law. Meanwhile, Tang Hao brought Tang San to Tang Yuehua for help contacting the Clear Sky Sect and learning about the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.

• Jiang Zhu joined Huo Wu, and Bibi Dong invited Su Chen to sit beside her and asked him to explain his relationship with Hu Liena.
• Su Chen jokingly called Bibi Dong “Aunt Dong,” then reassured her that he was strong and would make Hu Liena happy.
• Bibi Dong served Su Chen food and chatted with him while the others listened silently.
• Flender and the others decided to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy, while Tang Hao took Tang San to visit Tang Yuehua.
• Tang Hao asked Tang Yuehua to contact the Clear Sky Sect about Spirit Hall’s threat to Tang San and to find out about the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• Tang Yuehua said the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud was a treasured relic of the Heaven Dou Royal Family and would be difficult to obtain.

Tang Hao asked Tang Yuehua to obtain the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and contact the Clear Sky Sect, while Su Chen and Bibi Dong exchanged polite compliments at a banquet in Spirit City. Bibi Dong invited Su Chen to attend Hu Liena’s Holy Maiden appointment, then privately discussed his uncertain allegiance with Ling Yuan and revealed that her gunpowder reward had exploded.

• Tang Hao urged Tang Yuehua to secure the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud for Tang San and contact the Clear Sky Sect, and she reluctantly agreed to ask around.
• Su Chen and Bibi Dong traded compliments at the banquet, and Bibi Dong invited him to attend Hu Liena’s appointment as Spirit Hall’s Holy Maiden.
• Su Chen agreed to go to Spirit Hall with Hu Liena the next day, then left the banquet with the women.
• Dugu Yan and the others said Bibi Dong seemed pleasant, while Su Chen privately thought she had only been polite because he was present.
• Bibi Dong asked Ling Yuan how to handle Su Chen’s uncertain support for Spirit Hall and explained that her Heaven and Earth Two-Sound gunpowder reward had exploded.

Su Chen comforted Zhu Zhuqing and promised to help with her family before teaching her martial arts the next morning. Diary rewards brought Ye Lingling and Hu Liena new benefits, while the women discussed sharing future rewards and Qian Renxue worried about falling behind.

• Su Chen held Zhu Zhuqing and promised to accompany her to the Star Luo Empire and help with the Zhu Family, then teased her while claiming to examine her martial arts.
• Ye Lingling received two Diary Copy rewards, Hu Liena received a reward she planned to use to repay Dugu Yan, and Dugu Yan went to sleep.
• Huo Wu promised Jiang Zhu and Meng Yiran a share of future rewards, and Jiang Zhu forgave her as they agreed to sleep together.
• Bibi Dong noticed Hu Liena's reward and felt guilty that Qian Renxue could not use a diary theme for herself; Qian Renxue despaired at her slow progress.
• The next morning, Su Chen agreed to teach Zhu Zhuqing Taiji Fist and the Three Points Return to Origin heart method before going to Spirit Hall with Hu Liena, while Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu envied Zhu Zhuqing's good fortune.

Su Chen accompanied Hu Liena to Spirit Hall as Bibi Dong prepared to nominate her as Holy Maiden, while the other girls planned to explore Spirit City and visit Spirit Academy. At the gathering of Spirit Hall elders, Guangling Douluo accused Bibi Dong of giving his residence to her lover, and Ling Yuan clarified that Su Chen was Hu Liena’s man, not Bibi Dong’s.

• Su Chen trained with the girls, taught Zhu Zhuqing the cultivation method, and left for Spirit Hall with Hu Liena.
• Ning Rongrong invited the girls to explore Spirit City and then challenge Spirit Academy, while the Tianshui Academy girls also headed there for an exchange visit.
• Bibi Dong gathered Spirit Hall’s elders and pontiffs, but told them to wait because not everyone had arrived.
• Guangling Douluo complained that Bibi Dong had taken his residence for her lover, and Qian Daoliu criticized her for putting Spirit Hall’s interests at risk.
• Bibi Dong said Su Chen was Hu Liena’s man, and Ling Yuan confirmed that he had nothing to do with the Pope.

Su Chen arrived at Pope Palace with Hu Liena, where Spirit Hall’s elders questioned his strength and his relationship with Bibi Dong. After Su Chen revealed his extraordinary power and Soul Ring configuration, Guangling Douluo reconsidered challenging him, but Su Chen prepared to spar.

• Hu Liena and Su Chen entered Pope Palace and greeted Bibi Dong and the elders, who scrutinized Su Chen’s apparent lack of Soul Power.
• Guangling Douluo tested Su Chen with Soul Power pressure, but Su Chen’s counter forced him to stumble and stunned the elders.
• After Hu Liena explained that Bibi Dong had given Su Chen Guangling Douluo’s former house, Su Chen asked Bibi Dong for permission to spar with him.
• Su Chen summoned his Kunpeng Martial Soul and revealed Soul Rings that Qian Daoliu identified as two hundred thousand and three hundred thousand years old.
• Su Chen said he had no Twin Martial Souls and prepared to make his move, prompting Guangling Douluo to suggest they take the spar lightly.