Recaps

Xiao Cheng expanded Ruyi Zhai’s pastry business into Jia Nan Academy and completed the system’s sales quest, recruiting Xiao Yu and Xue Ni to help. He returned with a magical Pastry Cart as rival factions watched the shop and the Inner Academy’s First Elder took an interest in his pastries.

• Xiao Yu brought Jia Nan Academy students to Ruyi Zhai, where Xiao Cheng’s pastries impressed them, and Ruolin invited him to sell at the academy.
• Xiao Cheng traveled to Jia Nan Academy, won Hu Gan’s permission to sell pastries, and used Qin Zhen and Bai Shan’s experiences to attract students to his stall.
• Xiao Cheng agreed to take Old Man Huo as his disciple, negotiated an academy sales arrangement with Hu Gan, and sold pastries to Wu Hao and other students.
• To meet the Black Corner Region quest’s sales requirement, Xiao Cheng recruited Xiao Yu and Xue Ni as shop assistants and returned to Ruyi Zhai to restock.
• Xiao Cheng weighed possible Black Corner Region partners as the Heavenly Snake Mansion, the Mo Family, and the Misty Cloud Sect maneuvered around Ruyi Zhai.
• Xiao Cheng returned to Jia Nan Academy, replenished the stall, completed the quest, and collected the Pastry Cart reward.
• Xiao Cheng drove the Pastry Cart to the teaching building, where Xiao Yu and Xue Ni sold pastries and drinks to a large crowd while Huo De joined them.
• Xiao Cheng received a quest to partner with a Black Corner Region faction, while Su Qian decided to visit the Outer Academy and test his pastries.

Xiao Cheng expanded his pastry business to Rakshasa City while Soul Hall forces targeted Ruyi Zhai and Xiao Yi Xian. Su Mei agreed to promote his pastries, but Zi Yan arrived furious that he had left without telling her.

• Xiao Cheng agreed to cooperate with Su Qian and began selling Five-worm Cake, while Zi Yan discovered his cart and joined him as its protector in exchange for daily pastries.
• Black Mist forces targeted Ruyi Zhai, and after the system stopped Lü Man’s attack, Xiao Cheng left Jia Nan Academy with Xiao Yu and Xue Ni to sell pastries in Rakshasa City.
• Xiao Cheng defeated Fan Ling’s followers, entered Rakshasa City, and sold pastries whose effects brought customers and helped Fan Qian break through to Dou Ling.
• Wu Ying ambushed Haibodong, Xiao Yi Xian, and Xue Lan with puppets, then tried to seize Xiao Yi Xian, but the system’s protection drove him away.
• Haibodong escorted Xiao Yi Xian and Xue Lan to the Imperial Capital, where they recovered before continuing toward Stone Desert City to help Xiao Ding’s people.
• Xiao Cheng accepted a quest to gather rare materials and began preparing fruit wine, while Wu Ying and Yun Shan retreated after their failed ambush.
• Su Mei visited Ruyi Zhai, agreed to buy discounted pastries and promote them through Rakshasa Gate, then Zi Yan confronted Xiao Cheng and beat him for leaving without telling her.

Xiao Cheng’s pastries drew the interest of powerful factions as they proved able to restore strength and improve cultivation, while he continued developing new products and resisting recruitment offers. The arc ended with Xiao Cheng selling Ox-tongue Pastries and keeping the six rare materials Sun Ming had delivered instead of submitting them for his mission.

• Xiao Cheng struggled to brew alcohol and cared for Zi Yan, while Gu He brought Gu Ni into Ruyi Zhai to help with the shop.
• Xiao Yi Xian, Haibodong, and Xue Lan rescued Dan Zai and the mercenaries from the Snake People, and Su Qian discovered that Zi Yan had emptied the medicine garden.
• Rakshasa Gate bought Five-worm Cakes in bulk, and Xiao Cheng’s pastries drew attention from Fan Lao, Yuan Yi, and the Black Emperor Sect as customers reported their effects.
• Xiao Cheng visited Jia Nan Academy, sold pastries to Hu Gan, and accidentally punched Old Man Huo before returning to Rakshasa City.
• Fan Ling tested Sesame Candy and confirmed that it increased cultivation, while Xiao Cheng rejected recruitment and cooperation offers from the Eight Sects Gate and Black Emperor Sect.
• Yun Yun visited Ruyi Zhai looking for Xiao Cheng, while the system assigned him a quest to develop a pastry for auction and rewarded him with a Dragon Toy that accelerated dragons’ growth.
• Xiao Cheng baked Ox-tongue Pastries and set their price at 277 Gold Coins, while Mo Tianxing ordered the Black Emperor Sect to seek his favor after Sticky Rice Strips gave him new insights.
• Sun Ming delivered the six rare materials, and Xiao Cheng gave him two Ox-tongue Pastries without using the materials to complete his mission.

Xiao Cheng expanded Ruyi Zhai’s pastry business while factions sought his products and the Soul Hall’s controlled puppets caused disappearances in the Monster Mountain Range. He drove off Protector Tie and returned to Wutan City, where Yun Yun warned him that Yun Shan might be targeting the shop.

• Xiao Cheng sold Ox-tongue Pastries to members of several factions and prepared Osmanthus Cake and fruit wine for the Black Seal City auction and future orders.
• Xiao Cheng completed a pastry-selling quest, advanced to Four-star Dou Ling, and learned that the system would distribute gift packs less often.
• Xiao Cheng returned to Wutan City and agreed to investigate the disappearances in the Monster Mountain Range.
• Protector Tie provoked the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, and Xiao Cheng intervened with a Laughing Bomb that left Protector Tie laughing for three hours.
• Xiao Cheng learned that a Soul Hall puppet had disrupted the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King’s breakthrough and helped it burn nearly twelve modified puppets.
• Xiao Cheng spent the night in the Monster Mountain Range while Ruyi Zhai and the Rakshasa City shop handled busy sales, and Che Cheng secretly wrote to the Black Emperor Sect’s leader.
• Xiao Cheng returned to Wutan City, where Yun Yun warned him that Yun Shan might target Ruyi Zhai, and Xiao Cheng began making wine from Ao Tuo’s wild fruits.