A Leopard Can't Change Its Spots; a Rotten Orange Is Still a Rotten Orange

It was probably just an illusion. The system had guaranteed me that only I could see the diary's contents, including the video records.

That was a relief. What I feared most was running my mouth too much in my diary and accidentally offending one of the female leads, only for her to come knocking and kidnap me.

Then again, I was actually kind of looking forward to someone really showing up. It would be the perfect chance to test the true strength of the Herrscher of Reason Divine Core.

Lan Xuanyu, the little Dragon God, could stand up to gods at level seventy. The Herrscher of Reason Divine Core was also a God King-tier martial soul. Its raw stats might not compare, but my martial soul's mechanics were powerful!

Once I created a dimension-reducing weapon like the Two-Dimensional Foil, forget the Dragon God—even the entire Douluo God Realm would be flattened into a Van Gogh painting!

Your martial soul may indeed be strong, but mine isn't weak either!

Soul Land I Bibi Dong: "Don't complain when I really come for you!"

Soul Land III Gu Yuena: "Don't complain when I really come for you!"

Soul Land I Goddess of Life: "Don't complain when I really come for you!"

Soul Land II Xiao Xiao: "Don't complain when I really come... Holy shit, Goddess of Life? A deity?"

Soul Land II Xu Tianzhen: "My god, this diary is terrifying. It can even drag in deities from the God Realm to watch?"

However, just as those words fell, another Goddess of Life from the era of The Unrivaled Tang Clan took the initiative to speak.

Soul Land II Goddess of Life: "That isn't strange. If the contents of the Diary Copy are real, then its life level undoubtedly exists in a higher dimension..."

Soul Land II Goddess of Life: "Compared to that, I'm also very curious about just how far someone as special as Qin Moyu can go."

Soul Land II Goddess of Life: "But I have a question. Are you really me from the past?"

Soul Land I Goddess of Life: "The genuine article. Perhaps that is the wonder of the time dimension."

Soul Land II Goddess of Life: "Hmph! Wonder? Why should a past version of me suddenly appear out of nowhere? That explanation has no credibility whatsoever. I absolutely don't believe it!"

Soul Land I Goddess of Life: "It seems that after twenty-eight years, the God Realm has made no progress at all. You aren't even willing to accept the possibility of coexisting across different timelines. Judging by your understanding, you aren't much stronger than I am now."

Soul Land II Goddess of Life: "You! Just you wait!!! (furious face.jpg)"

The entire comment interface instantly fell silent, while the female leads holding Diary Copies watched with relish.

The women of the Douluo Plane in particular found it more entertaining than Tang San's dirt being exposed to watch deities argue with themselves.

At the same time, at a bank in Suotuo City.

Qin Moyu stood before the counter and watched the bank attendant hand over all the savings he had accumulated over five years.

He weighed the thin money pouch in his hand and poured out every Gold Soul Coin inside. There were only eleven in total.

Ugh, I really am ridiculously poor. I wonder if anyone would laugh themselves to death if they saw this.

A dignified transmigrator with a system cheat, yet I'm so poor on the Douluo Continent that I only have eleven Gold Soul Coins left in my pocket.

Qin Moyu gently shook his head, silently put away the coins, and turned to leave the bank.

As he walked down the street, he happened to pass by the Rose Hotel.

It was still early, but the young receptionist at the Rose Hotel had already arrived for work and was diligently arranging the furnishings inside.

The Rose Hotel. Back when Tang Three Loser first arrived in Suotuo City, this was where he crossed paths with Dai Mubai. I'll stop by Shrek Academy later and confirm the timeline while I'm at it.

But this receptionist looks exactly like she did in Xuanji Animation. That means I transmigrated into the animated Douluo Continent plane.

Honestly, that's kind of a shame. I had originally hoped to transmigrate into the Douluo Continent from Teacher Mu's manga adaptation.

The Ma Hongjun in the manga wasn't the lecherous, sleazy pervert from the original novel. He was just a chubby kid suffering backlash from his Evil Fire, who could only relieve it by binge-eating.

Tang San lacked the shrewd scheming and ruthless willingness to do anything for his goals from the original novel. Yu Xiaogang had also shed his sloppy, ugly appearance. The character portrayals as a whole were more positive and well-rounded...

I wonder how long it has been since Tang San first came to Suotuo City. After all these years, this young lady is still working the front desk. Doesn't the hotel management ever promote her?

Well, that makes sense too. The Douluo Continent was an ancient setting, after all, where human lives were worth less than grass. Ordinary people on this continent could work their entire lives, then die believing they simply hadn't worked hard enough...

Soul Land I Jiang Zhu: "..."

Soul Land II Jiang Nannan: "..."

Soul Land I Zi Zhenzhu: "..."

That heartbreaking reflection on the human world instantly silenced the diary's comment section.

Then again, the people of the Douluo Continent are quite simple and honest. Fifteen-year-old Dai Mubai often brought pairs of sisters to spend the night at the Rose Hotel.

Before he was even twelve, Ma Hongjun's Phoenix martial soul gave him Evil Fire lust, forcing him to find a rural girl as his girlfriend. Later, when he ran out of money, he even considered the absurd idea of abducting an innocent woman...

Soul Land I Zhu Zhuqing: "..."

Soul Land I Bai Chenxiang: "..."

Oh no, there won't be dirt on me later, will there?

Inside her room, Bai Chenxiang was engrossed in the Diary Copy in her hands.

Then Ma Hongjun was suddenly exposed, making her heart skip a beat.

Whenever Ma Hongjun was mentioned, the women with the Diary Copy would immediately think of something related to her...

I won't comment much on cowardly Dai Mubai. He was an aristocratic lord born and raised on the Douluo Continent, so those values had long been deeply ingrained in him. I don't understand it, but... I don't respect it either.

Ma Hongjun, on the other hand, was just pure trash. What Evil Fire getting to his head? He couldn't control his appetite and ate himself into a little fatty. He couldn't control his desires and started flirting with girls at such a young age. In the end, he was just weak-willed and utterly lacking in self-control.

Look at Ma Xiaotao, his descendant from Soul Land II. Her character might not be great, and she seemed to have killed a few innocent Shrek students, but she never suppressed her Evil Fire by indulging her desires.

Sure enough, people can't empathize with who they were yesterday... I take back what I said earlier about Ma Hongjun being devoted. The reason he failed to inherit the Fire God's divine seat was purely because he was too useless!

No wonder even a meticulous selfish person like Tang San wasn't willing to help him. A leopard can't change its spots; a rotten orange is still a rotten orange, and mud can't be propped up into a wall!

Soul Land I Bai Chenxiang: "..."

Thank goodness, he didn't mention me.

The girl quietly let out a breath of relief.

She was afraid Qin Moyu would follow Ma Hongjun's past and dig up all the tangled history between her and him.

At this point, Bai Chenxiang had not yet met Ma Hongjun. Her earlier favorable impression and rose-tinted view of him had only come from the Diary Copy's description of his devotion.

Perhaps it was only because of his experience ascending to the God Realm that Ma Hongjun later became so outstanding...

But Qin Moyu's words—"A leopard can't change its spots"—struck deep into the girl's heart like a heavy hammer.

After learning more, Bai Chenxiang gained a clearer understanding. Perhaps Ma Hongjun was not the right match for her after all...

Meanwhile, Ma Xiaotao, who had been dragged out for comparison in public, immediately turned red with rage.

Soul Land II Ma Xiaotao: "What do you mean my character isn't great? Don't spout nonsense!"

Soul Land II Ma Xiaotao: "What do you mean by killed? Explain yourself!"

Soul Land II Ling Luocheng: Correct and fair!

In the Soul Land II plane, within Shrek Academy.

Ling Luocheng read the diary's contents and silently nodded along in agreement.

If not for Ma Xiaotao's status in the academy, she would have long since lost her patience and started tearing into her in the diary's comment interface.

All that could be said was that these old Shrek hands were terrifying...

As for Oscar, people say he was the most normal one among the Shrek Seven Monsters, but frankly, that normality was only relative.

From the novel's descriptions, Oscar was about the same age as Dai Mubai, but he seemed to have visited brothels too.

Still, Oscar was better than Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai. He didn't go often or indulge himself recklessly.

After meeting Ning Rongrong, he completely settled down, cut off every stray thought, and devoted himself wholeheartedly to remaining faithful and pure.

But from my own subjective perspective, the biggest reason Oscar was so disciplined wasn't self-restraint—it was that he didn't have money to visit prostitutes.

It's like playing Legends of the Three Kingdoms. If someone doesn't play it, doesn't that just mean they're short on cash?

That's just how the Douluo Continent is. Going to prostitutes at twelve is considered normal. Anyway, it's hard for me to understand...