Arc 2Chapters 26–47

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Ch. 26Preparing to Set Out for Nuoding City!

Chen Mo recorded how he took Tang Hao’s four limbs and Soul Bones, strengthened Dugu Yan, and gained Idiocy Aura before preparing to travel to Nuoding City. After his diary reached several women, Xiao Wu and the others reacted to his plans, and Chen Mo set his sights on finding Tang San.

  • Chen Mo wrote that he had removed four Soul Bones from Tang Hao, given two to Dugu Bo and two to Dugu Yan, and absorbed the Blue Silver Emperor leg bone himself.
  • Chen Mo gave Dugu Yan Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, evolving her Jade Phosphorous Serpent into a Jade Phosphorous Dragon and raising her Soul Power to level twenty.
  • Dugu Yan’s affection for Chen Mo reached 100, granting him Idiocy Aura, which he tested on Dugu Bo.
  • Chen Mo wrote that he would take the reborn Blue Silver Emperor to Nuoding City and planned to snatch Xiao Wu; the diary reward raised his Soul Power to level forty-six.
  • Xiao Wu, Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, and Hu Liena read their diary copies and reacted to Chen Mo’s plans.
  • Chen Mo looked toward Nuoding City and prepared to go find Tang San.

Ch. 27Seeing Tang San Again!

Chen Mo returned to Holy Soul Village after nurturing the Blue Silver Emperor on his journey, then went to Nuoding City to find Tang San. He reunited with Tang San at the academy gates and entered the school with him.

  • Chen Mo said goodbye to Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo, who gave him a Wishful Hundred Treasure Purse for the Blue Silver Emperor.
  • Chen Mo used the Divine Tree of Creation's life force and his blood to help the Blue Silver Emperor recover to over five thousand years and regain her intelligence.
  • Chen Mo reached Holy Soul Village, learned Tang San was still attending the Nuoding City Junior Soul Master Academy, and set out for Nuoding City.
  • The academy gatekeeper mistook Chen Mo for a beggar, but Tang San arrived and recognized him as Brother Chen Mo.
  • The gatekeeper apologized after learning Chen Mo was Tang San's elder brother, and Tang San led Chen Mo into the academy.

Ch. 28A legal loli aged 100,006!

Chen Mo reunited with Tang San at Nuoding Academy and met Xiao Wu, whose diary copy revealed her fear and curiosity about him. After their bond activated, the system warned all diary holders not to reveal the diary or harm Chen Mo, leaving his potential enemies unable to act against him.

  • Chen Mo told Tang San that their father had his own affairs and dismissed Yu Xiaogang as strong in theory but weak in combat.
  • Xiao Wu greeted Tang San and met Chen Mo, while privately recalling that he knew she was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
  • Chen Mo's Bond System recorded Xiao Wu's affection at 15, and his Diary System upgraded after their bond was established.
  • The system warned its diary holders across the continent that revealing diary contents or harming Chen Mo would bring severe punishment.
  • Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, and Hu Liena each received the warning and reacted to it.
  • Chen Mo learned that the notification had reached every diary holder and welcomed the protection it gave him.

Ch. 29The Idiocy Aura kicked in!

Chen Mo rented a courtyard in Nuoding City and used his Idiocy Aura on Tang San while the brothers drank, revealing that he had reached level 46. The aura made Tang San beg for cultivation advice, and Chen Mo blamed his slower progress on Xiao Wu distracting him.

  • Chen Mo declined to attend Nuoding Academy, rented a courtyard in Nuoding City, and promised Tang San and Xiao Wu he would visit often.
  • Chen Mo took Tang San to the Drunken Immortal Pavilion, where he got his younger brother drunk.
  • Chen Mo activated his Idiocy Aura on Tang San and revealed that he was a level 46 Soul Ancestor at six years old.
  • Tang San begged Chen Mo to teach him how to cultivate after the aura reduced his intelligence.
  • Chen Mo told Tang San that having Xiao Wu around him was keeping him from cultivating quickly.

Ch. 30Tang San: Ah! Yes, yes, yes!

Chen Mo manipulated Tang San with the Idiocy Aura, then recorded the encounter in his diary, whose recipients reacted with amusement and curiosity. The next morning, Chen Mo overheard Yu Xiaogang promising to guide Tang San to become a Titled Douluo and stepped out laughing.

  • Chen Mo convinced Tang San that Xiao Wu was hindering his cultivation and promised to bring her to his side, while Tang San agreed and thanked him.
  • Chen Mo wrote about the encounter in his diary and received free attribute points, mental strength, and charm as rewards.
  • Xiao Wu, Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Bibi Dong, and Hu Liena read their diary copies and reacted to Chen Mo's manipulation of Tang San.
  • Chen Mo trained with the Blue Silver Emperor and then went to Nuoding Academy to find Tang San and meet Yu Xiaogang.
  • Chen Mo overheard Yu Xiaogang assure Tang San that he could become a Titled Douluo, then laughed and revealed himself to them.

Ch. 31"Blushing" is the best "confession!"

Chen Mo challenged Yu Xiaogang’s Ten Core Competencies, using examples and Yu Xiaogang’s own stalled cultivation to expose flaws in the theories. He had just begun questioning the seventh point when the chapter ended.

  • Chen Mo mocked Yu Xiaogang for failing to advance beyond level twenty-nine, and Tang San introduced Chen Mo as his big brother with innate full Soul Power.
  • Yu Xiaogang welcomed Chen Mo and invited him and Tang San to his office, hoping to recruit Chen Mo as a disciple.
  • Yu Xiaogang read his Ten Core Competencies aloud, and Chen Mo called them riddled with holes.
  • Chen Mo questioned the first theory with a village girl who awakened Blue Silver Grass despite her mother having an embroidery-needle martial soul.
  • Chen Mo challenged the claim that stronger martial souls granted higher innate Soul Power by citing the Clear Sky Sect.
  • Chen Mo pointed out that Yu Xiaogang had remained at level twenty-nine for twenty years despite his claim that Soul Power could rise past a cultivation bottleneck, then began challenging the seventh theory.

Ch. 32Yu Xiaogang: Xiao San, From Now On, We'll Keep Our Relationships Separate!

Chen Mo dismantled Yu Xiaogang’s theories, then used his Idiocy Aura to make Yu Xiaogang and Tang San worship him. Yu Xiaogang tried to become Chen Mo’s disciple, but Chen Mo refused, and Tang San later hurried off to Xiao Wu.

  • Chen Mo challenged the flaws in Yu Xiaogang’s Ten Core Competencies, leaving Yu Xiaogang and Tang San stunned.
  • Chen Mo activated his Idiocy Aura, making Yu Xiaogang and Tang San regard him with fervent admiration.
  • Chen Mo invented theories about Martial Soul and Soul Ring compatibility, combination skills, and the risks of mismatched Soul Rings, while Yu Xiaogang eagerly took notes.
  • Yu Xiaogang asked Chen Mo to accept him as a disciple, but Chen Mo lifted him up and refused to make their academic exchange a teacher-student relationship.
  • After leaving the office, Chen Mo told Tang San to learn from him, but Tang San spotted Xiao Wu and immediately trotted over to her.

Ch. 33The Blue Silver Emperor, a Good Wife and Loving Mother!

Chen Mo wrote about humiliating Yu Xiaogang by refuting his Ten Core Competencies, earning a system reward and amusing the diary recipients. He then enjoyed a lazy morning with the Blue Silver Emperor and gained three more free attribute points for recording another diary entry.

  • Chen Mo reviewed his level forty-six status and wrote how he challenged Yu Xiaogang's theories until Yu Xiaogang wanted to become his disciple.
  • Xiao Wu, Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, and Hu Liena read the diary copies and reacted to its account of Yu Xiaogang.
  • Chen Mo received eight free attribute points, while the Blue Silver Emperor cared for him in their Nuoding City courtyard.
  • Chen Mo wrote that he preferred earning Soul Power through the system to cultivating and received three free attribute points.

Ch. 34Time to Fool Tang San!

Chen Mo took Tang San to dinner and pretended to reveal that a divine artifact was behind his rapid cultivation. Tang San briefly considered taking it, but Chen Mo warned that it would return to the God of Nature if he died.

  • Chen Mo watched Tang San practice Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, then invited him and Xiao Wu to dinner.
  • Tang San recalled that Yu Xiaogang had paid him 100 Gold Soul Coins to learn how Chen Mo cultivated and had urged him to get Chen Mo drunk.
  • Tang San eagerly treated Chen Mo at the Drunken Immortal Pavilion and kept offering him drinks until Chen Mo pretended to pass out.
  • Tang San asked how Chen Mo had reached level 46, and Chen Mo claimed the God of Nature had given him the Seed of the World Tree, a divine artifact that increased cultivation speed.
  • Tang San considered stealing the artifact but stopped himself, and Chen Mo said it would return to the God of Nature if he died.

Ch. 35Tang San gets duped, part 2: the little rabbit comforts herself

Chen Mo tricked Tang San into believing his divine artifact could give him a cultivation-boosting clone, then recorded his deception and wrote about Xiao Wu’s tragic fate in his diary. After receiving the diary, Xiao Wu feared Tang San might have pursued her for her Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and broke down crying.

  • Chen Mo told Tang San that his divine artifact could create a clone to help someone cultivate, and promised to give him one early if he cultivated properly.
  • Tang San confessed that he had considered stealing Chen Mo’s artifact, then thanked him tearfully for the promised clone.
  • Chen Mo returned to his courtyard and wrote in his diary about deceiving Tang San and the fate Xiao Wu and her brothers supposedly faced.
  • The diary’s copies reached Xiao Wu and the other recipients, and Xiao Wu read that she and her brothers would become Tang San’s Soul Rings and Soul Bones.
  • Xiao Wu questioned whether Tang San truly liked her or had wanted her Soul Ring, then curled up crying while the other students watched helplessly.

Ch. 36Yu Xiaogang Goes Mad! Implanting an External Soul Bone Clone in Tang San!

Yu Xiaogang learned that Chen Mo’s supposed divine artifact could provide cultivation clones and began scheming to win one for himself. Chen Mo secretly implanted a Dandelion Clone in Tang San, then approached Xiao Wu at the academy, where her reaction to Tang San revealed her growing fear of him.

  • Tang San told Yu Xiaogang that Chen Mo was the God of Nature’s successor and promised him a divine artifact clone, prompting Yu Xiaogang to hope for a future clone of his own.
  • Chen Mo reflected that he had tricked Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, then prepared to give Tang San his Dandelion Clone.
  • Tang San visited Chen Mo, who secretly implanted the clone and told him it would absorb Soul Power and speed up his cultivation.
  • Tang San promised to keep the supposed divine artifact secret and left to test its effects.
  • Chen Mo found Xiao Wu sitting alone at the academy and asked whether she had fought with Tang San, causing her to stiffen at his name.

Ch. 37Tang San: I should be under the car!

Chen Mo comforted Xiao Wu, who had begun avoiding Tang San after learning from his diary what he would do in the future. Tang San praised the cultivation boost from Chen Mo’s Dandelion Clone, and Chen Mo’s new diary entry revealed the truth to its recipients, leaving Xiao Wu embarrassed by his account of her moving closer to him.

  • Chen Mo gave Xiao Wu a carrot and comforted her about Tang San, making her feel safer and more affectionate toward him.
  • Tang San found Xiao Wu laughing with Chen Mo, but Xiao Wu moved closer to Chen Mo and refused to speak to Tang San.
  • Tang San told Chen Mo that the supposed divine artifact had more than doubled his cultivation absorption rate, then left when Xiao Wu ignored him.
  • Chen Mo recorded in his diary that the artifact was his Dandelion Clone and that Xiao Wu was avoiding Tang San because of what she had read about the future.
  • The diary copies reached Xiao Wu and the other women, and Xiao Wu blushed at Chen Mo’s description of her edging closer to him.

Ch. 38Xiao Chenyu's provocation!

After arranging to meet Yu Xiaogang, Chen Mo left Tang San absorbed in the divine artifact clone and Xiao Wu increasingly isolated. At Nuoding Academy, Xiao Chenyu insulted the work-study students and challenged Xiao Wu to a duel, which she accepted; both groups gathered at the sports field to watch.

  • Chen Mo planned to meet Yu Xiaogang the next day while Tang San and Yu Xiaogang continued studying the clone.
  • Xiao Wu ate alone in the dining hall as Tang San remained absent and she grew colder toward him.
  • Xiao Chenyu and his lackeys mocked the work-study students, and Xiao Chenyu propositioned Xiao Wu before challenging her to a one-on-one fight.
  • Xiao Wu accepted Xiao Chenyu's bet after he threatened to make her his pet rabbit if she lost.
  • Xiao Wu and Xiao Chenyu headed to the sports field as noble children and work-study students gathered to watch.

Ch. 39Come at me all together!

Xiao Wu revealed her hundred-year soul ring and defeated Xiao Chenyu with her Waist Bow technique. After challenging the noble students to attack together, she fought off several of them but began to tire as they surrounded her.

  • Xiao Wu revealed her Soft Bone Rabbit Martial Soul and hundred-year soul ring, shocking Xiao Chenyu and the students watching.
  • Xiao Wu used Waist Bow to defeat Xiao Chenyu and left him unable to get back up.
  • Xiao Wu challenged the noble students to attack her all at once, and Zhou Hu led seven or eight students in a group assault.
  • Xiao Wu knocked down several attackers, but the others struck and restrained her as her Soul Power ran low.

Ch. 40Chen Mo takes the stage!

Chen Mo arrived at the sports field and intervened when Xiao Chenyu and his lackeys cornered Xiao Wu. He defeated Zhou Hu with a single blow, leaving the crowd stunned as Xiao Chenyu faced him.

  • Xiao Chenyu's group restrained Xiao Wu while the frightened working students failed to help her.
  • Chen Mo arrived, saw Xiao Wu's injuries, and demanded that Xiao Chenyu let her go.
  • Chen Mo challenged Xiao Chenyu and his lackeys to attack him together, prompting Xiao Chenyu to send Zhou Hu forward.
  • Zhou Hu charged Chen Mo, but Chen Mo knocked his fist aside and slammed him to the ground with a single shoulder strike.
  • The crowd fell silent when Zhou Hu lay injured, and Xiao Chenyu's confident smile disappeared.

Ch. 41Xiao Wu Called Him Big Brother!

Chen Mo defeated Xiao Chenyu’s noble students without releasing his Martial Soul and warned Xiao Chenyu to stop bullying working students. Xiao Wu admired Chen Mo and accepted medicine from him, while the working students hailed him as their big brother; Chen Mo then glanced toward Yu Xiaogang’s office.

  • Chen Mo dodged and defeated the six noble students who attacked him, leaving them sprawled on the ground in under ten seconds.
  • Chen Mo confronted Xiao Chenyu, who pleaded for mercy, and ordered him to stay away from the working students.
  • Chen Mo gave Xiao Wu wound medicine, and she called him amazing and held the bottle close.
  • The working students praised Chen Mo and declared him their big brother as the noble students wondered how powerful he was.
  • Chen Mo ignored the crowd’s chatter and glanced toward Yu Xiaogang’s office.

Ch. 42Tang San: I feel like I missed something!

Chen Mo rescued Xiao Wu from Xiao Chenyu and treated her injuries, while Tang San and Yu Xiaogang arrived at the infirmary. That evening, Chen Mo began writing about the incident in his diary.

  • After Chen Mo defeated Xiao Chenyu and his gang, the work-study students celebrated and Wang Sheng tried to declare him their big brother.
  • Chen Mo took the bruised Xiao Wu to the infirmary and gently applied ointment while she asked why he had helped her.
  • Tang San rushed into the infirmary to check on Xiao Wu, and Yu Xiaogang tried to ingratiate himself with Chen Mo.
  • Chen Mo left the infirmary, and Tang San warned Xiao Wu to stay away from Xiao Chenyu, though she privately dismissed the warning.
  • That evening, Chen Mo sat in his courtyard with the Blue Silver Emperor and began writing about Xiao Wu being bullied by Xiao Chenyu.

Ch. 43Tang San's double standards!

Chen Mo wrote about Xiao Wu’s tragic fate in the original story and criticized Tang San for benefiting from Soul Beasts while claiming to uphold justice. After reading the diary, Xiao Wu rejected the future sacrifice described in it and resolved to choose her own path, while its other readers reacted to Chen Mo’s revelations.

  • Chen Mo wrote that Xiao Wu had sacrificed herself for Tang San in the original story, and that Da Ming and Er Ming later died so she could be resurrected, while Tang San took their Soul Rings and Soul Bones.
  • Chen Mo published the diary, received eight free attribute points, and saw Xiao Wu’s affection for him rise from 25 to 35.
  • Xiao Wu read the diary, grieved for Da Ming and Er Ming, and decided to make her own choice instead of following the fate described.
  • Dugu Yan, Bibi Dong, and Ning Rongrong read the diary and condemned Tang San’s hypocrisy, while becoming more interested in Chen Mo.
  • Zhu Zhuqing read the diary, thought about her own constrained fate, and decided to meet Chen Mo.

Ch. 44The Little Bunny Who Came to Move In!

Xiao Wu moved into Chen Mo’s courtyard after deciding she no longer wanted to stay in Dorm Seven. Chen Mo helped her rethink how to use her Waist Bow soul skill, and she began practicing his safer, longer-range techniques.

  • Xiao Wu arrived at Chen Mo’s door with her belongings and asked to move into his courtyard, offering to pay rent.
  • Chen Mo let Xiao Wu stay in the empty west wing without charging her rent.
  • Xiao Wu spent the day following Chen Mo around the courtyard and befriending his Blue Silver Emperor.
  • Chen Mo asked Xiao Wu to demonstrate her Waist Bow and pointed out that its usual close-range hold could be awkward.
  • Chen Mo showed Xiao Wu how to channel Waist Bow’s power into kicks that kept opponents at a distance, and Xiao Wu practiced the new technique.

Ch. 45What cadre could withstand a test like this?

Chen Mo helped Xiao Wu refine her Waist Bow, then turned Yu Xiaogang’s request for a divine artifact clone into a promise to wait until rank fifty. Tang San accepted Chen Mo’s advice to avoid distractions and focus on cultivation, while Xiao Wu stayed close to Chen Mo.

  • Xiao Wu practiced her revised Waist Bow under Chen Mo’s guidance and felt the technique gain range and sharpness.
  • Yu Xiaogang visited Chen Mo with Tang San and asked for a clone of the divine artifact, but Chen Mo said the next one would not be available until rank fifty and depended on fate.
  • Chen Mo encouraged Tang San to focus on cultivation and avoid distractions, and Tang San declared that women would not interfere with his pursuit of the Dao.
  • Yu Xiaogang and Tang San left, with Tang San repeatedly looking back at Xiao Wu before choosing to leave her behind.
  • Chen Mo wrote in his diary about Xiao Wu moving in, her revised technique, Tang San’s unquestioning trust, and Yu Xiaogang’s efforts to curry favor.

Ch. 46Bibi Dong awakened!

Chen Mo used his diary rewards to strengthen himself while Xiao Wu and the other women reacted to his growing closeness with her. The next morning, Yu Xiaogang visited Chen Mo with gifts and tried to persuade him to let him use the divine cultivation artifact.

  • Chen Mo spent his eight free attribute points on spiritual power and constitution, raising them to 82 and 61.
  • Xiao Wu read Chen Mo’s diary, felt reassured that he would protect her, and fell asleep dreaming of him; Dugu Yan, Bibi Dong, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing also reacted to the entry.
  • Yu Xiaogang arrived at Chen Mo’s courtyard with gifts, accompanied by Tang San, and praised the tidy surroundings.
  • Yu Xiaogang lamented his low cultivation and asked whether Chen Mo’s divine artifact might recognize him as its inheritor.

Ch. 47Tang San: Big Brother Only Wants What's Best for Me!

Yu Xiaogang tried to win Chen Mo’s favor, while Tang San grew closer to him and began distancing himself from Xiao Wu. After Tang San left, Xiao Wu asked Chen Mo why he had been acting strangely.

  • Dugu Yan decided to go to Suotuo City to find Chen Mo, but Dugu Bo stopped her, while Bibi Dong and Zhu Zhuqing read the diary.
  • Yu Xiaogang visited Chen Mo daily with gifts and help, hoping to obtain a duplicate of the divine artifact, and Tang San accompanied him to grow closer to Chen Mo.
  • Chen Mo teased Xiao Wu with candied hawthorns, and Tang San arrived to find the two together and felt uncomfortable.
  • Tang San told Chen Mo that the divine artifact had doubled his cultivation pace, and Chen Mo promised him something better after he broke through his bottleneck.
  • Tang San convinced himself to give Xiao Wu up for Chen Mo’s sake, while Xiao Wu later asked Chen Mo why Tang San had become awkward around her.
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