The golden Diary floating in Wang Dong'er's sea of consciousness had been there for an entire night.
She had flipped through that diary entry dozens of times, moving from initial vigilance and confusion to deep suspicion, and finally to an irrepressible curiosity.
Transmigration, Tang Buddha, Peerless Tang Clan... these unheard-of terms had taken root in her heart like seeds.
She couldn't help but wonder, who exactly was this Lin Ye she had never met?
Was what he wrote just nonsense, or did it truly hide some unknown secret?
It wasn't just Wang Dong'er deep within the Haotian Sect; at this moment, several women in different corners of the continent had that same golden Diary floating in their seas of consciousness, their faces mirroring the same confusion and shock.
In a quiet room of the Sea God Pavilion at Shrek Academy, Ma Xiaotao, who had just forcibly suppressed the Evil Fire within her, still had cold sweat on her temples, her soul power trembling slightly.
She locked her gaze onto the Diary that had suddenly appeared in her consciousness, her brows knitted into a knot.
Lin Ye? The son of a Haotian Sect outer gate manager?
She had never heard this name, yet this Diary seemed to have grown inside her sea of consciousness, impossible to shake off. What shocked her even more was that with her cultivation as a Soul Emperor, she couldn't shake the Diary in the slightest.
In an underground laboratory at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy, Juzi, who was using a dropper to mix core reagents for a Soul Guidance Device, had her hand jerk violently.
The pale blue reagent spilled onto her white lab coat, but she didn't notice, her beautiful almond-shaped eyes filled with astonishment.
In her consciousness, the same golden Diary had appeared, along with the diary entries of the man named Lin Ye.
She was meticulous and immediately sensed the strangeness of this Diary, but no matter how she tried, she couldn't expel it from her consciousness.
Haotian Sect, Shrek, Sun Moon Empire... several women of different statuses were all thrown into disarray at the same time by this Diary that had appeared out of thin air.
Who was Lin Ye? Why did his diary appear in their consciousness?
What was the purpose of this Diary?
One question after another hammered at them, leaving everyone overwhelmed.
Just as everyone was immersed in shock and doubt, the golden Diaries in all their seas of consciousness suddenly erupted with blinding golden light at the same time.
The pages turned without wind, and brand-new handwriting emerged line by line.
A new diary entry!
[Since I've transmigrated, why is my Innate Soul Power only two and a half levels? This number is quite auspicious, but I'm no hater.
Honestly, compared to my crappy start, Huo Gua is the real deal. A piece of trash with level one Innate Soul Power can run into a Million-Year Soul Beast and forcibly cheat his way to defy the heavens and change his fate.
Although I clearly know the entire plot, know where the treasures are, and where the encounters are, I don't have the qualifications to snatch his resources even if I wanted to.
With my Iron Rod Martial Soul and 2.5 levels of Innate Soul Power, I can't even touch the threshold of a Soul Master. I'm not a Spirit-type Soul Master either, so I don't even have the qualifications to go to the Star Dou Forest. It's all tears.
But fortunately, I'm at least the son of a manager now, with food and drink taken care of, and life is relatively well-off.
If all else fails, based on my looks, I might as well just latch onto a high-level female Soul Master sugar mommy in the future. Eating soft rice is a path, isn't it?
Enough thinking, enough thinking, the more I think, the more annoyed I get. Let's just write this much for today.
By the way, the system should have a newbie gift pack, right? I've written so much, the emotions are definitely on point. Let's see what good stuff the big gift pack can explode for me!]
The moment the diary content froze, Wang Dong'er couldn't help but roll her eyes, subconsciously complaining in her heart: No backbone! A real man, instead of thinking about cultivating and improving his strength, is full of thoughts about latching onto a sugar mommy and eating soft rice. What kind of behavior is that!
But complaining was one thing; her attention was quickly gripped by the key information in the diary, and her brows furrowed tightly again.
Huo Gua? She had never heard this name.
Level one Innate Soul Power? With this level of talent, one couldn't even be selected as an outer disciple in the Haotian Sect and could only be a servant. Yet Lin Ye said this person called Huo Gua could encounter a Million-Year Soul Beast?
Million-Year Soul Beast?
Wang Dong'er's heart skipped a beat.
She had grown up in the Haotian Sect and had scoured all the ancient books on soul beasts in the sect, knowing clearly how difficult it was for soul beasts to cultivate.
Thousand-Year Soul Beasts were already rare, Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts were enough to make major sects fight to the death, and Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts were legendary existences; one couldn't even find a few in the entire continent.
Million-Year? That was something that simply couldn't exist!
Yet Lin Ye's tone was incredibly certain, as if this matter were a nailed-down fact.
What she cared about even more was that Lin Ye said he "knew the entire plot" and knew where the treasures and encounters were. What was the plot? Could it be... things that would happen in the future?
Who exactly was he? Could it really be as he wrote in his first diary entry, that he had "transmigrated" from somewhere else and knew everything that would happen in the future?
Or... was this simply an illusion set up by Big Dad and Second Dad to test her character?
After all, she was leaving for Shrek Academy in two days. It wasn't impossible that her elders, fearing she was too simple-minded and would suffer outside, had set up such a test.
The more Wang Dong'er thought, the more confused she became. Her fingertips curled unconsciously, her consciousness locked tightly onto the golden Diary, her mind filled with lingering question marks.
Just then, the golden Diaries in the seas of consciousness of all holders suddenly began to tremble violently again!
An indescribable, supreme, and terrifying will descended into everyone's sea of consciousness without warning.
That will carried no human emotion; it was cold, majestic, and possessed absolute control, leaving everyone unable to even produce a thought of resistance, forced to passively receive the information it transmitted.
[Rule 1: All holders of Diary Copies must not, by any means or methods, harm the Diary System host, Lin Ye. Violators will be directly erased.]
[Rule 2: All holders of Diary Copies must not disclose the existence of the Diary Copies to any third party. Violators will be directly erased.]
[Rule 3: The more times host Lin Ye mentions a holder in the diary, and the more positive the content, the more generous the rewards that holder will receive, corresponding to the level.]
Rewards include but are not limited to Soul Power increases, Soul Ring age increases, Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Bone, Martial Soul evolution, God-level Inheritance, and more.]
The cold information descended, and that supreme will instantly dissipated, as if it had never appeared at all.
However, the Diary in his sea of consciousness continued to emit a faint golden light, confirming that everything just now was not an illusion.
Wang Dong'er froze, her face turning deathly pale in an instant as a layer of cold sweat seeped from her back.
The two words "erasure" were like cold ice picks, stabbing fiercely into her mind. She did not doubt for a second that if she violated these two iron rules, she would truly die and vanish in an instant.
As for the reward rules, they made her pupils shrink even further. Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Bone? Martial Soul evolution? Even a God-level Inheritance?
Not to mention her, even Ma Xiaotao of Shrek, Juzi of the Sun Moon Empire, and all the Diary holders were stunned in place at this moment, their minds blank from the impact of such absolute punishment and heaven-defying rewards.
At the outer sect residence of the Haotian Sect.
Lin Ye had just finished writing his diary in his mind and couldn't wait to silently recite to the Golden Diary: "Settle today's rewards!"
[Ding! Detected that the host has completed the daily diary entry. Content is complete, emotions are full, and information density meets the standard. Comprehensive rating: Excellent!] [Ding! Detected that the host has completed the diary entry for the first time. Triggered the Beginner Critical Gift Pack!] [Ding! Now distributing basic rewards!]
The system prompts rang out one after another. Lin Ye felt a gentle yet incredibly vast warm current instantly surge from his dantian throughout his entire body.
His previously sluggish meridians were thoroughly widened and nourished. The weak Soul Power in his body surged like floodwaters released from a dam. In just a few breaths, it broke through the thresholds of Soul Scholar and Soul Master, soaring all the way to the 20th-level Great Perfection!
[Basic Reward 1: Innate Soul Power level increase complete. Current host Innate Soul Power has been raised to level 20!] [Basic Reward 2: Iron Rod Martial Soul evolution complete. Now the Dark Gold Staff Martial Soul! Attached with one thousand-year Soul Ring.] [Basic Reward 3: Enable and unlock Second Martial Soul. Second Martial Soul attached with two ten-thousand-year Soul Rings.]
Lin Ye moved his consciousness, and his Martial Soul instantly manifested.
The original Iron Rod Martial Soul was gone, replaced by a staff that shimmered with a cold, metallic luster, carrying an aura of invincibility. A purple thousand-year Soul Ring hovered around it.
Before he could recover from this wild joy, the system's prompt sounded again.
[Ding! Beginner Gift Pack critical reward distributed: Everlasting Spring Art complete cultivation technique.] Everlasting Spring Art: A cultivation technique from a certain mid-tier martial arts world.
Endless information regarding the technique instantly flooded into Lin Ye's mind, as if carved into the depths of his soul. Every word and every verse of the mantra was crystal clear.
He only glanced at it once before instantly understanding the terrifying nature of this technique.
Just as the name suggested, after cultivating it, one could not only greatly increase their lifespan but also evolve their Martial Soul, purify their bloodline, and gain all sorts of other benefits. Compared to that basic Mysterious Heaven Technique of Tang San, it was leagues ahead!
Lin Ye sprang up from the bed, his clenched fists trembling slightly from excitement, his eyes filled with uncontrollable ecstasy.
If Tang San could cultivate all the way to become a God King relying on a mediocre Mysterious Heaven Technique, then he, starting out, should at least reach the level of the Dragon God!
The previous anxiety, confusion, and powerlessness vanished into thin air at this moment.
He felt the surging Soul Power within his body, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl upward wildly.
He was going to eat no beef!