Zhou Qing continued flipping through the diary.
"...And so, after my mother told me her origins and handed me the Seed of Nature and the egg of the Goddess of Light Butterfly, she passed away."
"My mother came to Douluo Continent because that 'goddess' heard her wish to find a safe place and used techniques like Qiankun Transfer to move her from the warring lands of the Sun Moon Continent to the peaceful Douluo Continent."
"Although Douluo Continent has two great empires, the Spirit Hall, and various sects, it is still much more stable compared to the constant wars on the Sun Moon Continent described by my mother. Furthermore, she lived in the inconspicuous border region between the two empires—Rice Village, a place with simple and honest people, so it was not affected by bandits or war."
"And I have a new goal!"
"That is, while becoming a powerful Soul Master, I will explore the lake where the goddess resides and see with my own eyes the homeland I have never seen!"
March 6, 1910, Douluo Calendar
"It has been ten years since I last wrote in this diary. I am now thirty-two years old and have reached the Soul King level."
"Over the years, I have met many people and realized the harshness of the world of Soul Masters—"
"Soul Masters hunting soul beasts will fight over a soul bone. Even brothers will kill each other over unequal distribution of spoils... Hmm, I got involved, and ultimately emerged victorious, killing them all and taking the soul bone for myself."
"My girlfriend of seven years chose to embrace a noble Soul Master because I hadn't accumulated much wealth... I can only wish her happiness, and quietly leave... This was a sad affair, so after much consideration, I anonymously sold the soul bone for money... Though I had money, my ex-girlfriend was pregnant... I no longer believe in love!"
"In short, these ten years can be summed up by the lyrics of a wandering bard: Death is like wind, always with me, loneliness like a shadow, ever present but distant."
Upon reading this, Zhou Qing and Tang San realized that the Cultivation Diary was coming to an end. From here on, the contents detailed the Soul Saint's encounters and experiences during his travels.
Although the book was called a "Cultivation Diary," Zhou Qing and Tang San both felt that it was more like a personal biography. After all, there was almost no mention of actual cultivation in it, except for a brief reference to the length of the soul rings he obtained.
For Zhou Qing and Tang San, these contents didn't hold much significance.
So, Zhou Qing took out the final diary: Soul Douluo: The End. He opened it, and there was only one entry.
March 6, 1920, Douluo Calendar
"The End"
"When writing this entry, it means that my life is nearing its end. If someone finds this, they are free to take all my belongings... I only hope you are a Soul Master from Holy Soul Village."
"At the age of forty-two, I have become a Soul Saint."
"Such an achievement, in the world of Soul Masters, is exceptional, and breaking through to Title Douluo is merely a matter of time."
"But they don't know that this is the effect of the Seed of Nature. I discovered how to use the life energy it emits to increase my soul power, allowing my cultivation speed to rival that of those born with ninth-level soul power or even full innate soul power."
"However, fate was against me."
"While exploring an ancient ruin, I encountered an attack by disciples of a large sect after I acquired a precious soul tool capable of storing living creatures. I was severely injured, and my soul power channels were severed. The only reason I survived was because of the life force emanating from the Seed of Nature..."
"Afterwards, I could make no progress in my strength... In despair, I remembered my mother's words about the lake and decided to travel to another continent, hoping to pass the goddess's test to heal my injuries."
"But setting sail was dangerous, and besides the Sea Soul Beasts in the ocean, the bigger problem was that I had no idea where the Sun Moon Continent even was."
"The southwest of Douluo Continent?"
"But where exactly in the southwest? Such vague directions made it impossible to find it."
"But Lady Luck was on my side."
"Within the soul tool from the ruins, I found a soul guide crystal and a note explaining that it was the core for activating a teleportation array. Once activated, it could transport me to another continent."
"I was overjoyed!"
"The method was right beside me!"
"I could only hope that the teleportation array in the depths of the ruin I found was the one that led to the Sun Moon Continent."
"The ruin was near Tianming City on the southwest coast of the Star Luo Empire on Douluo Continent!"
"I had no choice but to take a gamble."
"However, just as I was preparing my luggage, my presence was detected... We fought... I was lucky to survive, but my injuries worsened. I realized there was no hope left for me."
"In the end, I chose to return to Rice Village and reported my rank to the local Spirit Hall, which led to the village being renamed Holy Soul Village."
"The Spirit Hall invited me to join, promising to eliminate my enemies who had been chasing me."
"Although I understood that, as a large power, Spirit Hall cared more about me as a Soul Saint than about the soul tool that could store living creatures and its contents, I still declined."
"Because I was about to die and didn't want to burden others..."
After finishing Soul Douluo: The End, Zhou Qing sighed deeply.
After arriving at a natural cave, this Soul Saint began his seclusion, hoping to suppress his injuries by breaking through to a higher level as a Soul Master.
During his seclusion, he also acquired two newly hatched Spirit Turtles.
He never thought of planting the Seed of Nature on the turtles' backs. He simply thought it would be nice to keep some peaceful pets to pass his last days.
However, unlike the items stored in the gray storage soul guide bags, the Seed of Nature was always carried by the Soul Saint to suppress his injuries.
In the end, the Soul Saint died, but before his death, his soul power should have forcibly reached the level of an 80th-level quasi-Title Douluo.
Later, the Seed of Nature was taken by a two-hundred-year-old Spirit Turtle from another village. The turtle cracked open the seed's shell, planted it on its damaged back, and used it to stay alive.
"Does this mean that the plant on the back of the Spirit Turtle is the Seed of Nature sprouting? Could it be called the Nature Tree?" Tang San asked curiously after understanding this.
"No data, can't be sure," Zhou Qing replied, knowing that it was the Golden Ancient Tree, or the Golden Tree, but he shouldn't know that yet. He continued, "But this plant must be incredibly valuable. We can't let others find out about it."
"Yeah."
Tang San understood the importance. A plant that could gather the energy of the heavens and speed up their cultivation was a treasure. Once the Spirit Turtle grows, and the Nature Tree matures, it will surely help them immensely in their cultivation.
The only problem was that the Spirit Turtle's growth was slow.
But Zhou Qing didn't think it was a big issue. After all, this was a Spirit Turtle that carried the Golden Tree on its back. Now that its injuries were nearly healed, Zhou Qing estimated that as the Golden Tree grew, the turtle's cultivation would speed up, freeing it from the limitations of age and species...