Chapter Summaries

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.