Chapter Summaries

Ye Qingzhou revealed his extraordinary cultivation and soul talent to Ye Zhong, who recognized him as a hope for the Ye Clan and promised him greater support. After breakfast, Ye Qingzhou guided Ye Xinlan through the Crimson Flame Bodhi Scripture and wondered whether Purifying Lotus Demon Flame Qi could affect her.

• Ye Xinlan was startled when Ye Qingzhou said he had reached Three-Star Da Dou Shi, and he explained that a breakthrough during cultivation had raised his strength.
• Ye Zhong examined Ye Qingzhou and found his meridians flawless and his Soul Realm at Late Mortal Realm with a trace of spiritual essence.
• Ye Zhong revealed that he was the Ye Clan's Grand Elder, disclosed his family tie to Ye Qingzhou, and promised to raise Ye Qingzhou's treatment while keeping his highest status discreet.
• After breakfast, Ye Qingzhou began guiding Ye Xinlan's cultivation of the Crimson Flame Bodhi Scripture and corrected the flow of her Dou Qi through her meridians.
• As Ye Xinlan followed his instructions, Ye Qingzhou wondered whether sending Purifying Lotus Demon Flame Qi into her would affect her.

Ye Qingzhou guided Ye Xinlan through the Crimson Flame Bodhi Scripture, helping her cultivation progress faster while improving his own understanding of the method. Ye Zhong took them to the Ye Clan Ancestral Hall, where Ye Qingzhou was drawn into a strange space and heard an ancient voice greet one of his descendants.

• Ye Qingzhou guided Ye Xinlan's Dou Qi through a cultivation cycle and noticed that his Dou Qi made hers circulate more smoothly.
• Ye Xinlan completed four hours of cultivation and said she had progressed at least thirty percent faster than the day before.
• Ye Zhong teased Ye Xinlan about flirting with Ye Qingzhou, then used his Dou Zong power to take them to the Ye Clan Ancestral Hall.
• Ye Qingzhou examined the ancestral hall's inscription, lost his sense of his surroundings, and found himself in a space filled with pale golden mist.
• An aged voice spoke from within the space, saying that one of its descendants had finally managed to reach it.

Ye Qingzhou encountered the soul imprint of Ye Clan ancestor Ye Qingtian and passed three trials to receive the Xuan Heaven Soul Technique. He began comprehending the profound art, relying on the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame seed as he struggled to retain its teachings.

• Ye Qingzhou met Ye Qingtian, who learned that the Ye Clan had declined but remained one of the Pill Tower's Five Great Families.
• Ye Qingtian explained that Ye Qingzhou qualified for his inheritance and challenged him to pass three tests.
• Ye Qingzhou endured the Sea of Souls, tempering and strengthening his soul.
• Ye Qingzhou faced ten thousand soul arrows, which shaped his mistlike soul into a form resembling his physical body.
• Ye Qingtian revealed the Xuan Heaven Soul Technique, and Ye Qingzhou chose to comprehend it despite the danger of losing himself.

Ye Qingzhou obtained the Xuan Heaven Soul Technique from the Ye Clan ancestor and secured the clan’s support without accepting the young patriarch position. After receiving pills and refining them with the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame, he advanced to Seven-Star Da Dou Shi and prepared to seek another breakthrough.

• Ye Qingzhou passed Ye Qingtian’s trial, learned the Xuan Heaven Soul Technique, and returned to the ancestral hall after only a breath had passed outside.
• Ye Zhong announced that Ye Qingzhou would be treated like the young patriarch because of his extraordinary cultivation, soul, and alchemy talents, but Ye Qingzhou declined the position.
• Ye Qingzhou revealed that the ancestor had bestowed a soul cultivation technique, and Ye Zhong ordered the clan to keep the inheritance secret while giving Ye Qingzhou resources beyond those of the young patriarch.
• Ye Zhong arranged a Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill for Ye Qingzhou, who later received it along with a Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill and spent the afternoon learning spear techniques from Ye Liu.
• Ye Qingzhou refined the pills’ medicinal effects with the seed of the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame and advanced from Three-Star to Seven-Star Da Dou Shi before hoping to reach Dou Ling.

Ye Qingzhou received doubled gains from the diary, advancing from three-star Da Dou Shi to one-star Dou Ling, then wrote about Xiao Yan and Jia Nan Academy. Cao Ying and Xun'er read the update, and Xun'er ordered her shadow guard to prepare for her departure to Jia Nan Academy.

• Ye Qingzhou received doubled cultivation, soul, and technique gains from the diary, with the effects of his pills raising him to one-star Dou Ling.
• Ye Qingzhou wrote about Xiao Yan reconsidering Jia Nan Academy after Yao Lao mentioned its Heavenly Flames.
• Cao Ying laughed at the diary's dialogue, complained that the update was too short, and added the diary's owner to her tab.
• Xun'er inferred that Xiao Yan might attend Jia Nan Academy and ordered her shadow guard to arrange her departure there.
• Xun'er wondered whether one of the cultivation methods Yao Lao planned to offer Xiao Yan was connected to Heavenly Flames.

Ye Qingzhou learned that Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy recruitment team would pass through Ye City and decided the academy was worth visiting for its cultivation opportunities and connections. Meanwhile, women across the continent considered how to approach Xiao Yan, and Ye Qingzhou left his next move unresolved as he weighed the benefits of going.

• Ye Xinlan and Feng Qing'er considered ways to reach Xiao Yan, while Mu Qingluan set out for the Northwest Continent and Zi Yan planned to make him her little brother.
• The next morning, Ye Qingzhou noticed Ye Xinlan waiting at the stone table and served breakfast for them both.
• Ye Xinlan told Ye Qingzhou that Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy recruitment team was heading toward Ye City and asked whether he wanted to attend.
• Ye Qingzhou considered going to Sacred Pill City instead, but decided Jia Nan Academy could offer valuable cultivation, access to Tuoshe Ancient Emperor’s Cave, and a chance to meet Xun'er.

Ye Qingzhou planned to attend Jia Nan Academy, and Ye Xinlan arranged to go with him as his maid while he continued teaching her cultivation. After seven days of rapid progress and receiving powerful clan resources, Ye Qingzhou's plans reached Ye Zhong, who reacted with sudden alarm.

• Ye Qingzhou told Ye Xinlan he planned to attend Jia Nan Academy, and she asked to go with him as his maid so he could help her enter the Inner Academy.
• Ye Qingzhou agreed to honor his promise to teach Ye Xinlan and urged her to cultivate so she could pass the academy's assessment herself.
• Over the next seven days, Ye Qingzhou gained clan resources, learned several Dou Techniques, and received the Dark Wood Flame; his instructors praised his talent.
• Ye Zhengqing told Ye Zhong that Ye Qingzhou wanted to study at Jia Nan Academy.
• Ye Zhong initially objected to Ye Qingzhou leaving, then abruptly realized what Ye Zhengqing had said and exclaimed in surprise.

Ye Qingzhou advanced his cultivation and discovered that Xiao Yan had only just left Wutan City, while Cao Ying criticized Nalan Yanran’s handling of her broken engagement. The chapter ended with Cao Ying discovering that Ye Qingzhou’s diary had uploaded new content and demanding to know what he was doing.

• Ye Zhong learned that Ye Qingzhou wanted to attend Jia Nan Academy and planned to persuade him himself the next morning.
• Ye Qingzhou claimed his diary rewards, advanced to Two-Star Dou Ling, and improved his cultivation techniques, flame control, and alchemy.
• Ye Qingzhou uploaded more diary chapters, but the upload failed after the events involving Nalan Yanran and the hidden force of Eight Extremes Collapse.
• Ye Qingzhou concluded Xiao Yan had just left Wutan City for Qingshan Town and began testing a plan to avoid writing about his own affairs.
• Cao Ying criticized Nalan Yanran for publicly breaking her engagement and damaging the Nalan Family’s interests.
• Cao Ying saw Ye Qingzhou’s latest diary upload and exclaimed, “The Light Boat Has Passed Ten Thousand Mountains, what are you doing!?”

Cao Ying and other diary readers were frustrated when Ye Qingzhou's updates stopped at a cliffhanger, but he discovered a way to keep recording Xiao Yan's future story as past thoughts. Cao Ying then received a Review Pen that let her post comments visible to the other copy holders, and she began composing one.

• Cao Ying complained about the reduced updates while Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran each sneezed, and Nalan Yanran told Yun Yun she refused to apologize to Xiao Yan or accept the engagement.
• Yun Yun's diary appeared as Nalan Yanran spoke with her.
• Ye Qingzhou tested recording thoughts about Xiao Yan's future and confirmed the diary accepted them, letting him continue writing the story.
• Cao Ying, Tang Huo'er, and Feng Qing'er read the new ten-chapter update and were annoyed that it ended at a crucial moment.
• Cao Ying received a Review Pen for reading the diary for more than ten days and started planning a review for the other copy holders.

Cao Ying posted a review criticizing Nalan Yanran and Yun Yun, and the likes it received revealed that many powerful women across several worlds held diary copies. Queen Medusa then sought out Ya Fei, who recognized her, and ordered her to become her maid.

• Cao Ying chose the nickname "Dou Qi Continent's Number One Alchemist" and posted her criticism of Nalan Yanran and Yun Yun.
• Huo Zhi liked Cao Ying's review, and the Ice Master and other copy holders also liked it; the Life and Death Master revealed that she was reincarnating and suggested they communicate through reviews.
• Yao Ling criticized Cao Ying's nickname as she claimed the title of Great Thousand World's Number One Alchemist, and Cao Ying resolved to answer her later.
• Queen Medusa decided to avoid interfering in Xiao Yan's journey after learning that other diary holders might expose her.
• Queen Medusa appeared before Ya Fei, who deduced her identity, and ordered Ya Fei to become her maid.

Ya Fei persuaded Queen Medusa not to make her a maidservant, and the two agreed to keep their diary copies secret while treating each other as half-friends. Xiao Yi Xian planned how to share the cave’s rewards with Xiao Yan, while Ye Zhong confronted Ye Qingzhou about going to Jia Nan Academy.

• Ya Fei revealed to Queen Medusa that she had a diary copy and argued that taking her as a maidservant could expose them to other copy holders.
• Queen Medusa dropped the maidservant demand, acknowledged Ya Fei as half a friend, and gave her a seven-colored scale to contact her.
• Ya Fei wondered who had written the diary and resolved to take an active part in its book reviews.
• Xiao Yi Xian decided to claim the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture and make Xiao Yan owe her a favor rather than take all the cave’s benefits for herself.
• Ye Qingzhou met Ye Zhong at breakfast, and Ye Zhong sternly called him foolish for planning to cultivate at Jia Nan Academy.

Ye Qingzhou convinced Ye Zhong to support his plan to cultivate at Jia Nan Academy by explaining its benefits and revealing that he had reached Two-Star Dou Ling. Ye Zhong arranged supplies for his departure, while Ye Xinlan asked what had changed his mind.

• Ye Zhong urged Ye Qingzhou to stay with the Ye Clan and prepare for the Five Great Clans assessment.
• Ye Qingzhou explained how Jia Nan Academy's resources, trials, and Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower could help him progress without giving up the clan's support.
• Ye Zhong examined Ye Qingzhou and discovered that he had reached Two-Star Dou Ling in seven days.
• Ye Qingzhou attributed his rapid advancement to the ancestor's inheritance and pills, and argued that the tower could help him temper his body.
• Ye Zhong approved Ye Qingzhou's enrollment and left to have Zhengqing prepare supplies for him.
• Ye Xinlan asked Ye Qingzhou what he had shown Ye Zhong, and Ye Qingzhou joked that Ye Zhong had blamed her for failing to persuade him to stay.

Ye Qingzhou and Ye Xinlan traveled to the Jia Nan Academy admissions assessment in Ye City after he revealed that he had reached Dou Ling. The chapter left off with Ye Qingzhou confronting Qiu Yue, who had angrily demanded to know who he was.

• Ye Qingzhou told Ye Xinlan that he had broken through to Dou Ling and warned her to keep it secret.
• Ye Qingzhou and Ye Xinlan left the Ye Clan and arrived at the crowded admissions plaza.
• Ye Xinlan explained the difference between the Outer Academy admissions and the Inner Academy special assessment.
• Qiu Yue confronted Ye Xinlan and demanded to know who Ye Qingzhou was.
• Ye Qingzhou stepped between them, released Soul Pressure, and ordered Qiu Yue to get lost.

Ye Qingzhou fought Qiu Yue and Qiu Shuang after the Qiu brothers provoked him during Jia Nan Academy's assessment recruitment. Ye Zhengming intervened when Qiu Tian tried to attack Ye Qingzhou, and the two elders argued over responsibility for the fight.

• Qiu Yue insulted Ye Qingzhou and the Ye Clan, and Ye Qingzhou struck him with Blazing Sun Palm, leaving him injured against a pillar.
• Qiu Shuang attacked Ye Qingzhou with Flash Thunder Fist, but hit a clone; Ye Qingzhou appeared behind him and blasted him into a building despite Qiu Tian's warning.
• Han Yue judged that she would not last three exchanges against Ye Qingzhou as Qiu Tian flew in to confront him.
• Ye Qingzhou defied Qiu Tian, who charged at him, but Ye Zhengming intercepted the Dou Huang in midair.
• Qiu Tian demanded an explanation for the Qiu brothers' injuries, and Ye Zhengming accused the Qiu Family of provoking the fight and refusing to accept defeat.

Ye Qingzhou humiliated Qiu Tian in a verbal clash and learned that the Qiu Family was using the Jia Nan Academy recruitment to undermine the Ye Clan. He prepared to face the Qiu Family’s seed disciple Qiu Tao, while Han Yue considered befriending him.

• Ye Qingzhou defended the Ye Clan’s conduct and traded insults with Qiu Tian, who threatened him before leaving Ye City.
• Ye Zhengming praised Ye Qingzhou and took him with Ye Xinlan to Zhaiyue Tower, where they met injured Ye Clan disciples.
• Ye Xinbei warned Ye Qingzhou about Qiu Tao, and Ye Zhengming explained the Qiu Family’s plan to use the recruitment to make the Ye Clan look weak and draw other factions against it.
• Ye Qingzhou dismissed the Qiu Family’s scheme, while Han Yue watched him and thought they might become friends at Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy.
• Qiu Tian angrily berated Qiu Shuang and Qiu Yue for bringing shame on him.

At Jia Nan Academy's Inner Academy recruitment, the Qiu Family discussed Ye Qingzhou's strength and plans to suppress him, while Ye Qingzhou volunteered to take the examination for Fire Energy. Elder Mu Feng introduced the three Mysterious Heaven Jade Tokens and their trials, leaving the examination poised to begin.

• Qiu Shuang told Qiu Tian that Ye Qingzhou was likely a Dou Ling with a Low Earth Tier movement Dou Technique, and Qiu Tian revealed that Qiu Tao had been brought to suppress the Ye Clan's genius.
• Qiu Tao said he expected Ye Qingzhou to be poor at alchemy and welcomed the chance to confront him.
• Elder Mu Feng announced the Inner Academy registration and examination, and Qiu Yue registered as a sixteen-year-old Nine-Star Dou Shi and third-tier alchemist.
• Qiu Yue sneered at Ye Qingzhou after registering, and Ye Qingzhou ignored him and volunteered for the examination.
• Mu Feng explained that the white Mysterious Heaven Jade Token tested awakening, the black one tested combat power, and the golden one opened only for candidates who scored highly in both.

Mu Feng explained the Fire Energy rewards for the Mysterious Heaven Jade Token assessments, and Ye Qingzhou and Qiu Tao were the first to begin. Ye Qingzhou saw through the white token’s seductive illusion, only for the test to shift into a new scene featuring Xuan Yi.

• Mu Feng explained the assessment rankings and Fire Energy rewards, which could total six hundred points for top results.
• Ye Qingzhou approached the white jade token while Qiu Tao headed for the black one, and the two exchanged taunts as Qiu Tao sat down in a rosewood chair.
• Ye Qingzhou entered an illusion of Ye Xinlan attempting to seduce him and dismissed it as a test.
• Ye Qingzhou destroyed the illusion with a palm strike infused with the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame.
• The scene changed, and Ye Qingzhou recognized Xuan Yi from the ceremony where Cao Ying became Xuan Kongzi’s disciple.

Xuan Yi’s failed attempt to take Ye Qingzhou as her disciple led to his gold first-place rating in the first assessment, and he earned another gold rating in the second. After qualifying for the final assessment, Ye Qingzhou entered the golden jade tablet’s illusion and prepared to use the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame.

• Xuan Yi offered to take Ye Qingzhou as her disciple, but he refused after recognizing her as an illusion and emerged from the first test with a gold first-place rating.
• Mu Feng announced Ye Qingzhou’s superlative rating and its 500 Fire Energy bonus, while the crowd and Ye Clan celebrated his achievement.
• Ye Qingzhou used Profound Flame Dragon Soaring in the black jade tablet’s test and earned a second gold first-place rating.
• Ye Qingzhou entered the golden jade tablet’s cultivation-method assessment and summoned the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame.

Ye Qingzhou used the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame to pass the Mysterious Heaven Jade Token’s final assessment and obtained the Intermediate Di Tier Dou Technique Crimson Firmament Startling Thunder Halberd. After earning first place with a superior grade in all three assessments, he accepted Jia Nan Academy’s invitation to join its Inner Academy, leaving Qiu Tao stunned by the results.

• Ye Qingzhou enhanced his perception with the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame, resonated with a compatible star, and received the Crimson Firmament Startling Thunder Halberd scroll.
• Ye Qingzhou recognized that the technique’s wood-and-fire requirements matched his attributes and cultivation method, memorized it, and returned to the central plaza.
• Mu Feng confirmed Ye Qingzhou had earned superior grades in all three assessments, gave him a token, and instructed him to return in three days with the group for the Inner Academy.
• Ye Qingzhou agreed to join Jia Nan Academy, then left with Ye Xinlan after learning the First Elder would award his Fire Energy at the Inner Academy.
• Qiu Tao emerged with a silver rating and mocked Ye Qingzhou, but the Ye Clan revealed Ye Qingzhou had passed all three assessments; Qiu Tian informed Qiu Tao that Ye Qingzhou had earned superior grades in each.

Ye Qingzhou’s superior assessment results forced the Ye Clan to accept that he would attend Jia Nan Academy, while Qiu Tao agreed to go there and seek a chance to kill him. In Qingshan Town, Xiao Yi Xian watched a heavy-ruler-carrying youth arrive at the Myriad Medicine Pavilion and repeat the exact actions her diary had predicted.

• Mu Feng explained that anyone who passed the golden Mysterious Heaven Jade Token assessment had to study at Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy, and Qiu Tian ordered Qiu Tao to continue the assessment and target Ye Qingzhou.
• Ye Qingzhou told Ye Zhengqing and the elders he intended to attend Jia Nan Academy, and Ye Zhong backed him after learning through a soul transmission about the reward and its connection to the Lei Clan.
• Ye Qingzhou returned to his courtyard and began cultivating his Low Earth Tier Dou Techniques before attempting the Intermediate Di Tier technique.
• Xiao Yi Xian saw a black-clad youth carrying a heavy ruler enter the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, just as her diary had foretold.
• The youth asked to examine a Yellow Essence Lotus and then asked whether the shop had more for a bulk purchase, confirming Xiao Yi Xian’s prediction.