People are Fighting to Break Their Diaries! They Forced Me to Eat Soft Food

1: Chapter 1: Someone’s Talent Returns! Someone Wants to Live Off a Kept Man[Dou Zhi Qi: Eighth Stage]

On the Fighting Qi Continent, in a remote corner of the southwestern part of the Northwest Continent, lay the Xiao Family of Wutan City in the Jia Ma Empire.

At the center of the vast Outer Academy training ground, atop a stone platform, a black stele several zhang tall suddenly shone brightly. Golden characters, bold and flowing like dragons, danced across its surface, plunging the entire venue into silence.

From the VIP seats on one side of the square, the sounds of teacups falling and shattering rang out intermittently. The high-level representatives from various forces in Wutan City were all dumbfounded, their faces etched with utter disbelief.

They had come this time merely to verify whether the rumors were true—whether the Xiao Family’s Third Young Master, Xiao Yan, had truly advanced by four stages of Dou Zhi Qi within a single year.

The reality, however, far exceeded their expectations.

It wasn’t an advancement of four stages in a year?

It was... an advancement of five stages of Dou Zhi Qi in a single year!

”How terrifying!”

”With such a cultivation speed, the Xiao Family is about to hit the jackpot this time.”

”Indeed. Perhaps in a few decades, a Dou Huang expert might emerge?”

”This Third Young Master of the Xiao Family originally possessed extraordinary talent. Who would have thought that after three years as a ’waste,’ he would become even stronger.”

”Yes, leaping five stages of Dou Zhi Qi in one year... As long as he doesn’t meet an untimely end, he will surely restore the Xiao Family to its former glory.”

”...”

After rubbing their eyes or pinching their own arms to confirm the numbers on the spirit-measuring magic stone were not mistaken, the dignitaries in the VIP seats exchanged horrified glances.

”Brother Xiao Ting, it seems Cousin Xiao Yan’s regained talent has truly shocked you?”

A young girl’s voice, tinged with amusement, sounded beside his ear from one side of the square, pulling the dazed youth back to reality.

”Yes,” the youth named Xiao Ting replied softly, turning his head slightly to gaze at the girl beside him.

The girl wore an exquisitely crafted cyan dress. Her ethereal bearing was like a solitary blue lotus blooming in a secluded valley, untouched by the mundane world.

Her features were as finely drawn as a painting: fair skin, a slender figure, delicate facial features—she resembled a fairy who had stepped out of a masterpiece into reality.

”Is Xun’er not surprised?” Xiao Ting asked, a hint of a smile playing on his lips.

His shock had little to do with Xiao Yan’s regained talent, or even its now more monstrous nature.

Now, he was deeply aware that Xiao Yan would eventually become a Dou Di in the future. This minor matter was hardly worth mentioning.

At most, as a very close Cousin, he felt happy for Xiao Yan proving himself once again.

The true reason for his shock was that Xiao Yan’s triumphant demeanor had triggered the recovery of his past life memories, making him realize his identity as a transmigrator.

In his past life, he was born in a backward rural village in a coastal region, the second son in a family with three boys and one girl. As was widely known, the second child was often the least favored.

Growing up in this unfavored environment, he became taciturn and ordinary. After graduating high school with decent grades, his parents demanded he work to earn money to support his siblings’ education.

After being bled dry for several years, the era of short videos dawned. A flood of information began reshaping his worldview. He chose to unilaterally sever ties with his family and headed to the ’imperial capital’ to ’ascend the throne,’ donning the yellow robe of a delivery rider.

After saving up some money, he decided to reward himself by custom-ordering ten life-sized anime 3D figures in one go.

On his way back to his rented room with the packages, he was pondering which of his anime ’wives’ to ’favor’ first.

Then, as expected, the unexpected happened. He encountered a large truck rushing to meet its year-end quota.

”The ten figures I bought back then were Yan Lingji, Yun Xiao, Xun’er, Medusa, Xiao Yi Xian, Cao Ying, Qing Lin, Ling Qingzhu, the Raiden Shogun, and Tifa.”

”Five of them are from *Battle Through the Heavens*. Could this be related to why I transmigrated into this world?”

A sudden thought struck Xiao Ting, and his gaze unconsciously swept over Xun’er’s flawless face.

She was far more beautiful than any anime or figure could portray, perfectly fitting the image of a bearer of the ancient clan’s perfect Dou Di Bloodline.

”Of course Xun’er is also very surprised,” Xun’er said, lowering her eyes with a faint smile, the corners of her lips curling slightly. ”But more than that, I’m happy. From now on, Cousin Xiao Yan won’t need Brother Xiao Ting’s protection anymore. Can Brother Xiao Ting spend more time with Xun’er?”

”Of course,” Xiao Ting replied with a smile and a nod, reaching out to take Xun’er’s small hand. ”Tomorrow, I’ll accompany you to the back mountain to enjoy the scenery. How does that sound?”

After transmigrating into the world of *Battle Through the Heavens*, he hadn’t recovered his memories immediately.

Xiao Yan was the one who initially carried memories of his past life, but as time passed, they gradually faded, leaving only the influence of compulsory education—his cultivated demeanor and correct worldview.

Xiao Ting was the exact opposite. At first, he had no memories of his past life, only the experiences etched onto his soul, which made him cautious in his actions and devoted to his family.

Fortunately, his family in this life was quite good. His birth mother was the biological younger sister of the clan head, Xiao Zhan. His father was an ordinary-looking but handsome and diligently cultivating rogue cultivator who had married into the Xiao Family.

Ten years ago, the old clan head, Xiao Lin, led many core members to explore a Dou Huang tomb. The entire expedition was wiped out. The Xiao Family was forced to strategically retreat from the Jia Ma Holy City back to Wutan City. On the journey, they were ambushed by many Man in black of dubious origins. His parents sacrificed themselves protecting Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yan, respectively.

From then on, Xiao Zhan treated him as his own son. Before his fall from grace, Xiao Yan, though often acting like a spoiled and arrogant young master who looked down on others, cared for him deeply and protectively.

Not long after the Xiao Family returned to Wutan City, Xun’er was sent to live with them.

Xiao Yan, possessing an adult’s mind, was very curious about this ’little sister’ whose origins were clearly mysterious.

Partly out of test, partly out of pity for Xun’er suffering from some kind of cold ailment (which was actually the Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame improving her meridians, bloodline, expelling impurities, and forging the strongest foundation), he brought along his little shadow, Xiao Ting, who had followed him since childhood, and sneaked into Xun’er’s room in the middle of the night.

Perhaps thinking their young age posed no threat, the guards hidden in the shadows protecting Xun’er did not intervene at first.

It wasn’t until Xiao Yan was about to reach out his hand that a mysterious expert appeared, knocked him unconscious, and threw him outside the room.

From that day on, Xiao Yan kept a respectful distance from Xun’er, even viewing her with wariness.

Xiao Ting, still naive at the time, only knew his Cousin ’disliked’ Xun’er, so he followed suit and ’disliked’ her too.

After Xun’er arrived at the Xiao Family, all the children their age liked her, actively sought her out, and played with her.

Only Xiao Ting, because of Xiao Yan’s influence, ’antagonized’ Xun’er, using childish methods to target her.

Somehow, through their back-and-forth, the two became a bickering pair, somewhat like a milder version of Yang Guo and Guo Fu.

Xun’er, who was gentle, polite, and aloof towards everyone else, only showed the straightforwardness fitting of a young girl when dealing with Xiao Ting.

The change occurred after Xiao Yan became a ’waste.’ Xun’er was among the very few who never mocked him or looked at him with scorn.

Coupled with Xiao Ting growing up, beginning to admire beauty and experience the first stirrings of love—perhaps also influenced by his gradually recovering past life memories—he grew closer to Xun’er.

However, before today, he had mostly regarded Xun’er as a little sister.

But from this moment on, his attitude was: ’Rich sister, big brother is hungry, wants to eat.’

As the son of Xiao Yan’s paternal aunt, and with their close relationship,

he only needed to wait for Xiao Yan to become an emperor. His future would surely be promising.

As for Xun’er, she was naturally worthy as well.

Eating a bit of soft rice in the early stages? As a transmigrator, he saw no problem with that at all.

At this moment, feeling the warmth transmitted through her hand, Xun’er, who had never imagined being held like this under such circumstances, was briefly stunned before her face instantly flushed crimson.

”Brother Xiao Ting, you... you...”

The youths nearby secretly watching Xun’er: !

The guards In the dark protecting Xun’er: !!

The sky is falling!

Just then, Xiao Ting suddenly felt a wave of dizziness.

His consciousness entered a unique space, where he saw an ancient-looking book.