Settlement Rewards, Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Bone!

Outside Haotian Sect's Outer City.

Lin Ye sat cross-legged on the bed in his room, his eyes gently closed and his breathing steady. A turquoise glow circulated around his body.

Lin Ye had already begun trying to cultivate the Everlasting Spring Art. Though progress was somewhat slow, he had at least gotten started.

Opening his eyes, he summoned the Diary System and chose to settle today's rewards.

[Today's Diary Reward Settlement: Soul Power +3, Ten-Thousand-Year Titan Giant Ape Right Arm Bone]

Two completely different spheres of light surged out of the Diary.

One sphere of light merged into his body. A warm current of Soul Power, gentle yet incomparably vast, slowly flowed through his extraordinary meridians.

Wherever it passed, his meridians were nourished. His level twenty-six Soul Power was like floodwaters released from a dam, breaking through barriers one after another without resistance.

Level twenty-seven, level twenty-eight, level twenty-nine!

In just a few breaths, his Soul Power had firmly settled at the peak of level twenty-nine Great Soul Master.

Lin Ye could not help slowly exhaling a breath of turbid air. He opened his eyes, satisfaction flashing across them.

The other sphere of light slowly condensed in his palm.

A chill reached him first. Then, a Titan Giant Ape Soul Bone, pitch-black all over and covered in profound golden patterns, quietly lay in his hand.

The Soul Power fluctuations surrounding the bone were so dense they seemed almost tangible. Even a light touch revealed the terrifying energy contained within. It was unmistakably a complete Ten-Thousand-Year Titan Giant Ape Right Arm Bone.

Lin Ye raised his hand and stored the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Bone in his Storage Soul Guidance Device. The Titan Giant Ape's right arm bone was quite suitable for his Martial Soul.

His Martial Soul was a staff-type one, suited for strength and explosive power, while the Titan Giant Ape was synonymous with strength. It was just not time to absorb it yet.

After putting away the rewards, Lin Ye closed his eyes again. His consciousness sank back into his sea of consciousness, and with a thought, the Diary flipped open to a fresh blank page.

[I've just settled the diary rewards.

Come to think of it, aside from the initial beginner's gift pack, the Diary's daily rewards aren't all that great.

Other than the three-level Soul Power increase yesterday, the most useful reward was the one that could block all of Tang San's attempts to spy on me. That one was genuinely good.

After all, aside from dealing with the other God Kings in the God Realm, that bastard Tang San puts all his remaining attention on Douluo Continent. He has to meddle in every little detail—a complete control freak.]

The moment those lines fully formed, the Diaries in the minds of the Diary Copy holders began trembling and updating in sync.

Deep within Haotian Sect, Wang Dong'er's fingers suddenly froze as she finished reading the diary. Her beautiful peach-blossom eyes widened in disbelief.

Lin Ye had raised his Soul Power by three levels yesterday, and now he had gained another three levels today?

Six whole levels of Soul Power in just two days?

Wang Dong'er herself was a rare genius, born with Innate Full Soul Power. Her cultivation had gone smoothly ever since childhood.

Yet even for her, steadily raising her Soul Power by one level required at least a month of secluded cultivation. If she encountered a bottleneck, it could even take several months to break through.

But what about Lin Ye? He merely wrote a few lines, and effortlessly accomplished what took others ages of hard cultivation. This was not cultivation at all—this was straight-up cheating!

"This is way too absurd..."

Wang Dong'er could not help muttering under her breath. She unconsciously clenched the hem of her clothes, the envy in her heart nearly overflowing.

Inside a private cultivation chamber of Shrek Academy's Inner Court, Ma Xiaotao, surrounded by blazing Phoenix Flame, abruptly halted the Soul Power she had been circulating. She even forgot to wipe the cold sweat from her forehead as the corner of her mouth twitched.

As a core genius of Shrek Academy's Inner Court, she often had to risk backlash from her Evil Fire and cultivate on the edge of life and death just to break through a single level of Soul Power.

Yet he only had to write a diary entry to equal several years of her hard work. How could the difference between people be so enormous?

In an Outer Court dormitory, Xiao Xiao's eyes had gone wide, her little face filled with confusion and envy.

She had only recently broken through to Great Soul Master, so she knew better than anyone how difficult every increase in Soul Power was.

Seeing Lin Ye level up as easily as eating and drinking, she felt as though all her past cultivation had been a joke.

"Three levels a day... Is this what cheating feels like? I really am jealous beyond words..."

[The sect has sent word for me to prepare in advance and be ready to depart at any time. The exact date has not been set, but it will probably be within the next couple of days.

Come to think of it, since Wang Dong'er is also heading to Shrek Academy around this time, Huo Yuhao should be getting ready to escape from the White Tiger Duke's Estate, right?

Huh, wait. I may not be counting on Skydream Iceworm, but Elex... it seems I might have a chance to get him.

Should I simply steal Huo Yuhao's opportunity and take Elex for myself?

Honestly, Elex, this good teacher and friend, is completely wasted on Huo Yuhao. He is an undead mage with the potential to become at least a God King.]

At the bottom of Lake of Life in the Star Dou Forest, within endless darkness, a pair of vertical pupils covered in silver dragon scales abruptly opened.

The potential of a God King?

Gu Yuena understood better than anyone what those four words meant.

Even at her peak, as the Silver Dragon King, she had only barely touched the threshold of a God King.

In the God Realm, even among countless gods, God Kings stood at the very peak. They were the true kings of the gods.

She had been sealed for ten thousand years, and less than one-tenth of her strength remained. Returning to the God King realm of her peak was even more distant, so far away that even she did not know how long it would take.

Yet now, Lin Ye, the owner of the Diary, claimed that an undead mage she had never even heard of possessed the potential of a God King?

Things were becoming more and more interesting.

[Ugh, just because Elex was one of the cheats Tang San had specifically prepared for Huo Yuhao, he ultimately ended up being sacrificed.

With his sacrifice, Snow Empress was able to successfully transform into a Soul Spirit, and Huo Yuhao gained his Third Martial Soul, the Necromancer Holy Law God.

Damn it, the more I think about it, the angrier I get. That damned Tang San, just to keep Huo Yuhao from gaining excessively powerful support and escaping his control, forcibly made the only undead mage around Huo Yuhao who had any hope of becoming a God King sacrifice himself.

If Elex had not been sacrificed, then with his talent and experience, he could definitely have steadily reached the God King realm. At that point, he could have helped Huo Yuhao completely escape Tang San's control.

After all, even by the eras of Douluo Three and Douluo Four, Tang San was not powerful enough to stand above every God King.

If Huo Yuhao had a God King as his teacher, he could at least have stood on equal footing with Tang San. He would not have ended up as nothing more than an obedient dog who followed every order.

All I can say is that Tang San's schemes ran far too deep. He silently strangled the only aid Huo Yuhao had that might have allowed him to turn things around.]

The instant that passage appeared, every woman who could see the Diary froze. Only two words echoed through their minds.

God King!

Wang Dong'er in particular went completely rigid, her face turning pale in an instant.

From the diary, she had previously only known that Tang San was a god of this world, an existence standing at its pinnacle. But she had never known that Tang San was actually a God King!

A God King—the king among gods!

That title alone was enough to reveal how terrifying he was.

She had once thought she might have a chance to escape her father's arrangements. But now that she knew Tang San was a God King, an overwhelming sense of despair instantly engulfed her.

How could a young girl who had not even reached Soul King possibly fight against the schemes of a God King?

But at that moment, her gaze fell upon the Diary Copy.

That was right. She still had the Diary Copy, and she still had Lin Ye.

Lin Ye not only knew all of Tang San's schemes, but also possessed a heaven-defying cheat that even Tang San could not peer into. He even had a chance to obtain someone with the potential of a God King.

The despair that had surged up in an instant gradually faded away.

Wang Dong'er took a deep breath. Light returned to her eyes, and the thought in her heart became firmer than ever.

[In that case, on this trip to Shrek, I absolutely have to make a detour through the Star Dou Forest.

No matter what, I have to get Elex.

Though he is an undead mage, his character is practically on par with Yao Lao from Battle Through the Heavens. He values loyalty and righteousness, and he is upright and honorable. Not only would he be a rare good teacher and friend on Douluo Continent, but even across countless worlds.]