Beginner Gift Pack, Go, Go, Go!

The golden Diary floating in Wang Dong'er's sea of consciousness had been there all night.

She had nearly read that entry dozens of times, turning it over and over in her mind. She had gone from wary confusion, to bewilderment, and finally to an overwhelming curiosity she could barely suppress.

Transmigration, Tang Buddha, Peerless Tang Clan... These unfamiliar words had taken root in her heart like seeds.

She couldn't help wondering: who exactly was this Lin Ye, whom she had never met?

Was everything he wrote just nonsense, or did it really conceal some unknown secret?

And it wasn't only Wang Dong'er, deep within the Clear Sky Sect. At that very moment, several women in different corners of the continent had identical golden Diaries floating in their seas of consciousness, their faces wearing the same bewildered, stunned expressions.

In a quiet room in Shrek Academy's Sea God Pavilion, Ma Xiaotao had just forcibly suppressed the Evil Fire within her. Cold sweat still glistened on her forehead, and her Soul Power was trembling faintly throughout her body.

She fixed her gaze on the Diary that had suddenly appeared in her consciousness, her brows knitted into a tight knot.

Lin Ye? The son of an outer-sect steward from the Clear Sky Sect?

She had never heard that name before, yet the Diary seemed to have sprouted inside her sea of consciousness. She couldn't make it go away. Even more alarming, despite her Soul Emperor cultivation, she couldn't affect the Diary in the slightest.

In an underground laboratory at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy, Ju Zi was mixing core Soul Tool reagents with a dropper when her hand suddenly jerked.

Pale blue reagent splashed across her lab coat, but she didn't notice. Her beautiful almond eyes were wide with shock.

The golden Diary had appeared in her consciousness too, along with the diary entries of a man named Lin Ye.

Quick-witted and meticulous, she had immediately sensed the Diary's strangeness. Yet no matter what she tried, she couldn't drive it from her consciousness.

The Clear Sky Sect, Shrek Academy, the Sun Moon Empire... Several women of different backgrounds had all been thrown into disarray at the same time by the Diary that had appeared out of nowhere.

Who was Lin Ye? Why had his Diary appeared in her consciousness?

What was this Diary's purpose?

One question after another crashed down, leaving everyone struggling to take it all in.

Just as everyone was lost in shock and confusion, the golden Diaries in their seas of consciousness suddenly burst into blinding light all at once.

The pages turned by themselves, and fresh lines of text appeared one after another.

A new diary entry!

[Transmigrating is one thing, but why is my Innate Soul Power only two and a half levels? It might be a lucky number, but I'm no little black fan.

Seriously, compared to my lousy start, Huo Gua's the real deal. A good-for-nothing with just one level of Innate Soul Power can still run into a Million-Year Soul Beast and force his way into an overpowered, fate-defying comeback.

I know every bit of the plot. I know where the treasures and lucky encounters are. But even if I wanted to snatch his resources, I don't have what it takes.

With my Iron Rod Martial Soul and 2.5 levels of Innate Soul Power, I can't even reach the threshold of a Soul Master. I'm not a Spirit-type Soul Master either, so I don't even qualify to go to the Star Dou Forest. It's enough to make you cry.

Still, at least I'm the son of a steward. I have plenty to eat and drink, and my life's pretty comfortable.

If all else fails, with this face of mine, I can always find myself a wealthy, high-level female Soul Master to latch onto. Living off a woman while still calling the shots is a path too, right?

Forget it, forget it. The more I think about it, the more annoyed I get. I'll stop here for today.

Oh, right. The system should have a beginner gift pack, shouldn't it? I've written so much, and I've really poured my heart into it. Let's see what good stuff the big gift pack gives me!]

The moment the diary entry stopped, Wang Dong'er couldn't help rolling her eyes. She instinctively complained to herself: Have you no backbone? You're a grown man, and instead of focusing on cultivation and improving your strength, all you can think about is latching onto a rich woman and living off her while calling the shots. What kind of man does that?

But setting her complaints aside, she was quickly seized by the crucial information in the Diary. Her brows furrowed tightly once more.

Huo Gua? She had never heard that name before.

Innate Soul Power of one level? With talent like that, he wouldn't even qualify as an outer disciple in the Clear Sky Sect. He could only become a servant. Yet Lin Ye claimed this person named Huo Gua could encounter a Million-Year Soul Beast?

A Million-Year Soul Beast?

Wang Dong'er's heart skipped a beat.

She had grown up in the Clear Sky Sect and read every ancient text about Soul Beasts the sect possessed. She knew all too well 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 the great sects fight tooth and nail over them, while Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts were legendary creatures. The whole continent couldn't produce more than a handful.

A million years? That was something that simply couldn't exist!

Yet Lin Ye's tone had been utterly certain, as if it were an indisputable fact.

What caught her attention even more was Lin Ye's claim that he "knew the entire plot" and knew where the treasures and lucky encounters were. What was a plot? Could it be... things that would happen in the future?

Who exactly was he? Was he really, just as he had written in his first diary entry, someone who had "transmigrated" from somewhere else and knew everything that would happen in the future?

Or was this... all an illusion staged by Big Dad and Second Dad to test her character?

After all, she would be leaving for Shrek Academy in two days. It wasn't impossible that the elders, worried she was too innocent and might be taken advantage of outside, had set up a trial like this.

The more Wang Dong'er thought about it, the more muddled she became. Her fingertips curled unconsciously as she fixed her awareness on the glittering golden Diary, her mind full of unanswered questions.

Just then, the golden Diaries in the consciousness of every holder suddenly began to tremble violently again!

An indescribable, supreme will descended without warning into every person's sea of consciousness.

The will carried no human emotion. Cold and imposing, it commanded absolute control, leaving no one able even to think of resisting. They could only passively receive the information it conveyed.

[First rule: Holders of Diary Copies must not harm the Diary System's host, Lin Ye, in any way or by any means. Violators will be—erased immediately.]

[Second rule: Holders of Diary Copies must not reveal the existence of the Diary Copies to any third party. Violators will be—erased immediately.]

[Third rule: The more often host Lin Ye mentions a particular holder in his diary, and the more positive the content, the richer the corresponding reward that holder will receive.

Rewards include, but are not limited to, increased Soul Power, increased Soul Ring age, a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, Martial Soul Evolution, God-level Inheritance, and more.]

The cold information vanished, and the supreme will disappeared in an instant, as if it had never been there.

But the Diary in their consciousness still gave off a faint golden glow, proof that everything that had just happened was no illusion.

Wang Dong'er froze, her face turning deathly pale as cold sweat broke out across her back.

The words "erased immediately" pierced into her mind like two icy spikes. She had no doubt that if she broke either of those ironclad rules, she would truly die in an instant, body and soul.

And the reward rules made her pupils contract. A Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone? Martial Soul Evolution? Even God-level Inheritance?

It wasn't just her. Ma Xiaotao of Shrek Academy, Ju Zi of the Sun Moon Empire, and all the other Diary Copy holders were standing there, dumbfounded. The absolute punishments and rewards that defied the heavens had left their minds blank.

The outer-sect quarters of the Clear Sky Sect.

Lin Ye had just finished writing his diary in his mind when he eagerly recited to the golden Diary: "Settle today's rewards!"

[Ding! The host has completed today's diary entry. The content is complete, the emotion is strong, and the information density meets the requirements. Overall rating: Excellent!]

[Ding! The host has completed a diary entry for the first time, triggering the Beginner Critical Gift Pack!]

[Ding! Issuing the basic rewards now!]

The system notifications rang one after another. Lin Ye felt a gentle yet unimaginably vast warmth surge from his dantian, sweeping through his entire body in an instant.

His sluggish meridians were thoroughly widened and nourished. His weak Soul Power surged like floodwaters bursting through a dam. In just a few breaths, it broke through the thresholds of Soul Scholar and Soul Master, shooting all the way up to a perfect level twenty!

[Basic Reward 1: Innate Soul Power upgrade complete. The host's current Innate Soul Power has increased to level 20!]

[Basic Reward 2: The Iron Rod Martial Soul has undergone ultimate evolution and is now the Dark Gold Staff Martial Soul! One Thousand-Year Soul Ring has been added.]

[Basic Reward 3: The Second Martial Soul has been activated and unlocked. Two Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings have been added to it.]

Lin Ye's thoughts stirred, and his Martial Soul appeared at once.

The old Iron Rod Martial Soul was gone, replaced by a staff gleaming with a cold, dark-gold sheen and radiating an aura that could pierce through anything. A purple Thousand-Year Soul Ring hovered around it.

Before he could recover from the rush of joy, the system's notification rang out again.

[Ding! Beginner gift pack critical reward issued: one complete copy of the Everlasting Spring Art!]

Everlasting Spring Art: A cultivation method from a mid-level martial arts world.

An endless torrent of information about the cultivation method poured into Lin Ye's mind, carving itself into the depths of his soul. Every character and every line of the formula was crystal clear.

He only had to glance at it to understand how terrifying this cultivation method was.

Just as its name suggested, cultivating it could greatly increase his lifespan, while also evolving his Martial Soul, purifying his bloodline, and bringing all sorts of other benefits. Compared with Tang San's basic Mysterious Heaven Skill, it was countless levels higher!

Lin Ye sprang up from his bed. His clenched fists trembled with excitement, and unconcealable delight shone in his eyes.

Tang San had managed to cultivate all the way to God King with nothing more than an ordinary Mysterious Heaven Skill. Then Lin Ye ought to start at least at the Dragon God's level!

All his earlier anxiety, confusion, and helplessness vanished in that instant.

Feeling the surging Soul Power within him, he couldn't stop the corners of his mouth from curling upward.

He was going to eat beef!