Chapter Summaries

After transmigrating into Battle Through the Heavens as Xiao Cheng, a struggling shopkeeper in Wutan City, he gained the God-Tier Pastry System and turned his shop into Ruyi Zhai. He advanced to the seventh stage of Dou Qi and began making pastries to complete his first sales quest as Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er approached the market.

• Lin Cheng awakened in Xiao Cheng's body and realized he had transmigrated into Battle Through the Heavens.
• The God-Tier Pastry System bound itself to Xiao Cheng and tasked him with owning a pastry shop.
• Xiao Cheng designated his shop as a pastry shop, named it Ruyi Zhai, and used the system's reward to renovate it.
• Xiao Cheng opened his beginner's gift pack and received a pastry chef's outfit, a God-Tier Honeyed Shortbread recipe, and an opportunity to advance to the seventh stage of Dou Qi.
• Xiao Cheng accepted a quest to master and sell one hundred portions of God-Tier Honeyed Shortbread within seven days, then began practicing.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er headed toward Xiao Family Market.

Xiao Cheng made his first batch of God-Tier Honeyed Shortbread and learned how the system’s shopkeeper levels and quest worked. As he sampled the pastries, Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er entered Ruyi Zhai, setting up a meeting that would confirm Xiao Cheng’s origins to Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Dian provided Xiao Cheng with an oven, and he baked a batch of God-Tier Honeyed Shortbread.
• Xiao Dian explained that the pastries could raise others’ Dou Qi and help experts at the Ninth Stage break through to Dou Zhe, but they would not strengthen Xiao Cheng.
• Xiao Cheng checked his panel and learned that selling one hundred pastries would complete his quest and earn enough management points to reach Level One Shopkeeper.
• Xiao Cheng stepped outside Ruyi Zhai, saw Xiao Xun'er notice him, and watched Xiao Yan recognize the shop’s name and decide to investigate.
• Xiao Cheng tasted a pastry just as Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er entered Ruyi Zhai.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er visited Ruyi Zhai, where Xiao Cheng sold them a Peach Pastry that increased Dou Qi and helped Xiao Xun'er break through to Dou Zhe. Xiao Cheng and Xiao Yan recognized each other as fellow Earth natives, and Xiao Yan left planning to tell his father about the pastry's effects.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er entered Ruyi Zhai, where Xiao Yan noticed its modern-looking glass cover and lamps.
• Xiao Cheng introduced the Peach Pastries and charged Xiao Xun'er eighty-eight Gold Coins for one.
• Xiao Yan tasted the pastry and felt his Dou Qi increase, then Xiao Xun'er ate some and began condensing her Qi Cyclone.
• Xiao Xun'er completed her breakthrough to Dou Zhe while Xiao Yan protected her.
• Xiao Yan confirmed Xiao Cheng was from Earth with a call-and-response phrase, then left with Xiao Xun'er to tell his father about Ruyi Zhai.
• Xiao Cheng told Xiao Yan to come to him if he ran into trouble, and Xiao Yan thanked him before leaving.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er told Xiao Zhan that Ruyi Zhai's Peach Pastry could increase Dou Qi, prompting him to consider a partnership. Xiao Zhan convened the clan elders to discuss the opportunity and the need to guard against rival clans, while Xiao Cheng anticipated meeting him.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er returned to the Xiao Clan and showed Xiao Zhan the Peach Pastry, which he found could increase Dou Qi.
• Xiao Zhan learned that Xiao Xun'er had advanced to become a Dou Zhe, but Xiao Yan explained the pastry had no effect on people as strong as a Da Dou Shi.
• Xiao Zhan planned to visit Ruyi Zhai and seek a partnership with Xiao Cheng.
• Old Yao warned Xiao Yan that Xiao Cheng was unusual and advised him to build a good relationship with him.
• Xiao Cheng reflected on how selling Peach Pastry had changed Xiao Yan's plot and hoped to meet Xiao Zhan.
• Xiao Zhan summoned the clan elders to discuss cooperating with Ruyi Zhai and protecting the Xiao Clan from the other two clans.

Xiao Zhan and the Xiao Clan's Three Elders discussed Ruyi Zhai's Dou Qi-boosting Peach Pastry and decided to build goodwill with its owner through Xiao Yan. At the shop, Xiao Cheng met Xiao Mei, who left after learning the pastry cost eighty-eight Gold Coins.

• Xiao Zhan told the Three Elders that Peach Pastry could increase Dou Qi as effectively as a first-grade medicinal pill, and they considered how the Xiao Clan should respond.
• The First Elder warned against buying or investigating Ruyi Zhai, and Xiao Zhan proposed using Xiao Yan's good relationship with Xiao Cheng to build ties with the shop.
• The Three Elders agreed to have the clan's younger members visit Ruyi Zhai and buy Peach Pastry to improve their strength and foster goodwill.
• Xiao Cheng wondered whether Xiao Yan's grandfather, Venerable Yao, had awakened and reflected on how Ruyi Zhai might change Xiao Yan's circumstances.
• Xiao Mei visited Ruyi Zhai, learned about Peach Pastry, and hurried away when Xiao Cheng told her it cost eighty-eight Gold Coins.

Xiao Cheng used Ruyi Zhai’s protection mechanism to punish Xiao Ning after he attacked the shop, while Xiao Yan cultivated with Old Yao’s Spiritual Liquid and considered visiting the shop. Xiao Ning’s clan elders ordered him to apologize, but he left with no intention of doing so.

• Xiao Ning arrogantly confronted Xiao Cheng at Ruyi Zhai and attacked him, so Xiao Dian’s lightning punishment blasted him out of the shop.
• Xiao Cheng warned Xiao Ning not to provoke him again, while Xiao Ning vowed to make sure Ruyi Zhai could not stay open in the market.
• Xiao Yan cultivated with Old Yao’s Spiritual Liquid, worried it would not last a month, and asked to visit Ruyi Zhai to buy Peach Pastry.
• Xiao Ning told the Second Elder and Third Elder that Xiao Cheng had humiliated him, but the elders explained Ruyi Zhai’s importance to the Xiao Clan.
• The Third Elder told Xiao Ning to apologize to Xiao Cheng, but Xiao Ning left unwillingly and had no intention of apologizing.

Xiao Yan had Old Yao refine Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid from mediocre ingredients so he could sell it for Gold Coins. After Master Gu Ni appraised it as a Second-grade Elixir, the Mittel Auction House agreed to auction it, and Xiao Yan waited in the hall.

• Xiao Yan realized he had no Gold Coins for Peach Pastry and refused Old Yao's suggestions to borrow money from his father or Xun'er.
• Xiao Yan decided to have Old Yao refine low-grade Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid for auction, and Old Yao agreed.
• Xiao Yan bought mediocre medicinal herbs and magical crystals, then had Old Yao refine the Spirit Liquid.
• Xiao Yan concealed his identity at the Mittel Auction House and presented the Spirit Liquid for appraisal.
• Master Gu Ni appraised the Spirit Liquid as a Second-grade Elixir and arranged for it to be auctioned immediately.
• Master Gu Ni told the middle-aged man not to investigate Xiao Yan and to make friends with him, while Xiao Yan sat in the auction hall awaiting the auction.

Xiao Yan watched Xiao Zhan win the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid at auction, then went to Ruyi Zhai to buy Peach Pastry. Xiao Cheng checked his quest and learned that his Baker’s Outfit improved his baking and cultivation before Xiao Yan returned to the Xiao Clan to cultivate.

• Xiao Yan entered the Mittel Auction House and saw his father, Xiao Zhan, among the bidders.
• Xiao Zhan won the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid for forty thousand Gold Coins after Jia Lie Bi and Ao Ba Pa stopped bidding.
• Xiao Yan left the auction house, went to Ruyi Zhai, and bought three pieces of Peach Pastry from Xiao Cheng.
• Xiao Cheng checked his Personal Panel, saw his quest progress at six of one hundred portions, and learned that the Baker’s Outfit gave several five-percent boosts.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Xiao Clan to cultivate, and Xiao Cheng closed Ruyi Zhai for the night.

Xiao Yan resolved to grow stronger and cultivate with the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid his father gave him. At Ruyi Zhai, Xiao Cheng sold Peach Pastries to Xiao Lu, advanced his quest, and put on the Baker's Outfit.

• Xiao Zhan visited Xiao Yan, offered him Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid, and encouraged him to face the Misty Cloud Sect in three years.
• Xiao Yan thanked his father, reaffirmed his resolve, and ate three Peach Pastries before cultivating in the Spiritual Liquid.
• Xiao Cheng made more Peach Pastries, posted rules for his shop, and explained the pastries to Xiao Lu.
• Xiao Lu bought and ate a Peach Pastry, felt his Dou Qi increase, then purchased three more and promised to spread the word.
• Xiao Cheng checked his quest progress at 10/100 and put on the Baker's Outfit.

Xiao Lu introduced Captain Payne to Ruyi Zhai’s Dou Qi-boosting Peach Pastries, and Xiao Zhan visited the shop to ask about their effects and propose cooperation. Xiao Cheng declined to commit until he consulted Xiao Dian, while Xiao Zhan left with three pastries.

• Xiao Lu gave Payne a Peach Pastry, and Payne felt his Ninth Stage of Dou Qi increase before heading to Ruyi Zhai.
• Xiao Xun'er offered one hundred thousand Gold Coins to settle the elders’ dispute with Xiao Zhan over the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid.
• Payne bought three Peach Pastries from Xiao Cheng for eighty-eight Gold Coins each.
• Xiao Zhan visited Ruyi Zhai with gifts, asked about the Peach Pastry’s effects, and proposed that the Xiao Clan receive priority.
• Xiao Cheng made no commitment to Xiao Zhan’s proposal and sold him three Peach Pastries before he left.

Xiao Yan broke through to the Fourth Stage of Dou Qi and visited Ruyi Zhai with Xiao Xun'er, where Xiao Cheng sold them Peach Pastry. Xiao Xun'er warned Xiao Cheng not to harm Xiao Yan, then learned that Ling Ying suspected Xiao Cheng had powerful backing.

• Xiao Yan broke through to the Fourth Stage of Dou Qi and planned to buy more Peach Pastry at Ruyi Zhai.
• Xiao Xun'er joined Xiao Yan on the way to Ruyi Zhai, hoping to investigate Xiao Cheng.
• Xiao Cheng checked his quest progress, then sold Xiao Yan ten pieces of Peach Pastry and Xiao Xun'er three.
• Xiao Xun'er stayed behind after Xiao Yan left and warned Xiao Cheng that she would kill him if he meant Xiao Yan harm.
• Ling Ying told Xiao Xun'er that Xiao Cheng seemed to notice his presence and might have a powerful force supporting him.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er confronted Jia Lie'ao at the market, where Xiao Yan turned aside his insults without accepting a duel. After returning to the Xiao Clan, Xiao Yan cultivated with Peach Pastry and Spiritual Liquid while Old Yao watched the pastry he had stored.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er left the market, but Jia Lie'ao blocked their way and tried to invite her for a stroll.
• Jia Lie'ao mocked Xiao Yan's Dou Qi and challenged him to a duel, but Xiao Yan pointed out their age difference and made the bystanders laugh.
• Jia Lie'ao warned Xiao Yan about being driven from the clan, then left as Payne and the patrol guards arrived.
• Xiao Cheng heard about the clash and reflected on how his presence might change the original plot before deciding to finish Xiao Dian's task.
• Xiao Yan returned to his room, ate three pieces of Peach Pastry, soaked in Spiritual Liquid, and began cultivating while Old Yao briefly emerged to look at the stored pastry.

Xiao Cheng’s Peach Pastry attracted interest from market guards, while Xiao Yan headed to the Family Dou Skill Hall to find a suitable skill. The chapter left Xiao Yan entering the crowded hall as cheers sounded around him.

• Payne told the market guards that Ruyi Zhai’s Peach Pastry had helped improve his strength, and Xiao Lu confirmed it was safe but costly.
• Xiao Lu bought four Peach Pastries, and several guards bought one each to test its effects.
• Xiao Cheng checked his quest progress, which had reached 23 of 100 portions sold, and considered using the guards’ interest to draw the attention of other factions and the Mittel Auction House.
• Xiao Yan decided to seek a low-tier Dou Skill at the Family Dou Skill Hall as he neared the fifth stage of Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yan exchanged a brief, cold greeting with Xiao Mei on the way to the hall.
• Xiao Yan entered the unusually crowded Dou Skill Hall and heard cheers and applause as he went to choose a skill.

Xiao Yan watched Xiao Xun'er defeat Xiao Ning, then rejected Xiao Ning's taunts and accepted his threat to cripple him at the Coming-of-Age Ceremony a year later. Meanwhile, Xiao Cheng's pastry sales advanced his quest, and he learned that Master Gu Ni would visit Ruyi Zhai the next day.

• Xiao Xun'er defeated Xiao Ning in the Dou Skill Hall and went to speak with Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Ning mocked Xiao Yan for his low Dou Qi and challenged him, but Xiao Xun'er offered to fight in Xiao Yan's place.
• Xiao Ning threatened to cripple Xiao Yan at the Coming-of-Age Ceremony, and Xiao Yan calmly said he would wait for him before returning to cultivate with Peach Pastry.
• Xiao Cheng saw that his God-Tier Honeyed Shortbread quest had reached 43 of 100 portions sold and decided to bake more Peach Pastry the next morning.
• A representative from the Mittel Auction House told Xiao Cheng that Master Gu Ni would visit Ruyi Zhai the following day.

Ya Fei sent Second-Rank Alchemist Gu Ni to investigate Ruyi Zhai’s Peach Pastry, which Xiao Cheng continued selling as his quest progressed. Gu Ni bought ten pieces but could not arrange an auction, while Xiao Yan cultivated toward the Seventh Stage of Dou Qi so Old Yao would teach him a Xuan Grade High Dou Skill.

• Ya Fei learned that Peach Pastry could increase Dou Qi and asked Gu Ni to investigate Ruyi Zhai.
• Xiao Lu brought friends to buy Peach Pastry, and Xiao Cheng’s quest progress reached 51 of 100 portions sold.
• Gu Ni visited Xiao Cheng, confirmed the Peach Pastry’s claimed effect, and bought ten pieces after Xiao Cheng refused to let him auction them.
• Xiao Yan neared the fifth stage of Dou Qi and promised to help Old Yao regain a body and deal with Han Feng.
• Old Yao promised to teach Xiao Yan a Xuan Grade High Dou Skill when he reached the Seventh Stage of Dou Qi, and Xiao Yan went to the Back Mountain to train.

Xiao Yan practiced low-tier Dou Skills in the Back Mountain while Old Yao offered to teach him a powerful technique once he reached the Fifth Stage of Dou Qi. At Ruyi Zhai, Xiao Cheng received a three-day quest to make a pastry and began preparing Peanut Candy after paying for ingredients.

• Xiao Yan complained that Old Yao had not taught him a Dou Skill, and Old Yao said he would teach him a High-level Profound Tier skill after he reached the Fifth Stage of Dou Qi.
• Xiao Xun'er visited Xiao Yan, noticed he had reached the Fourth Stage of Dou Qi, and invited him to Ruyi Zhai that afternoon; Old Yao told Xiao Yan she had a powerful background.
• Payne returned to Ruyi Zhai, bought five pieces of Peach Pastry, and left for patrol.
• Xiao Cheng asked Xiao Dian for a Side Quest and received three days to make a pastry, with a reward of reaching the Ninth Stage of Dou Qi and a penalty of 999 years in the Dark Room.
• Xiao Cheng chose Peanut Candy, paid Xiao Dian 2,000 Gold Coins for ingredients, and began making it in the back kitchen.

Xiao Yan reached the Fifth Stage of Dou Qi while Ya Fei discovered that Ruyi Zhai’s Peach Pastry could raise her cultivation and decided to approach Xiao Cheng. Xiao Cheng made Peanut Candy, broke through to the Ninth Stage of Dou Qi after completing a quest, and received a new sales quest with a humiliating punishment.

• Xiao Yan reached the Fifth Stage of Dou Qi and returned to his room to continue cultivating.
• Ya Fei sampled Ruyi Zhai’s Peach Pastry, felt her Dou Qi rise, and decided to visit Xiao Cheng about a possible relationship with the auction house.
• Xiao Cheng made Peanut Candy and completed a side quest, which raised him to the Ninth Stage of Dou Qi.
• Xiao Cheng priced the Peanut Candy at 66 Gold Coins and added it to Ruyi Zhai’s offerings.
• Xiao Dian assigned Xiao Cheng a quest to sell one hundred portions of Peanut Candy, with wearing women's clothes for seven days as the failure penalty.

Xiao Mei bought Peanut Candy at Ruyi Zhai and broke through to the Eighth Stage of Dou Qi. Payne then bought the new candy alongside Peach Pastry, while the Jia Lie Family began discussing Ruyi Zhai.

• Xiao Mei returned to Ruyi Zhai and bought three pieces of Peanut Candy from Xiao Cheng.
• Xiao Mei ate half a piece and broke through from the seventh stage to the Eighth Stage of Dou Qi, then left to consolidate her cultivation.
• Xiao Cheng told Payne that the Peanut Candy had helped Xiao Mei break through, and Payne bought three pieces each of Peanut Candy and Peach Pastry.
• Xiao Dian explained that Xiao Cheng's Baker's Outfit stayed clean because it was made from advanced materials that dust could not stick to.
• Jia Lie Bi learned about the Peach Pastry, and the Jia Lie Family discussed Ruyi Zhai in its main hall.

Jia Lie Bi ordered Jia Lie Te to investigate Ruyi Zhai while Xiao Cheng's new peanut candy helped Xiao Lu break through to Dou Zhe and sold well. Jia Lie Te entered the Xiao Family Market as Xiao Zhan and the Three Elders argued over sending Xiao Yan to discuss cooperation with Xiao Cheng.

• Jia Lie Bi heard that Ruyi Zhai's peach pastries could increase Dou Qi and sent Jia Lie Te to investigate the shop without alerting the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Cheng introduced peanut candy to Xiao Lu and the Xiao Family Guards, saying Xiao Mei had broken through to the Eighth Stage of Dou Qi after eating some.
• Xiao Lu ate peanut candy and broke through to Dou Zhe, prompting the guards to buy more candy and Xiao Lu to purchase additional peach pastries.
• Xiao Cheng checked his quest progress and celebrated selling nearly twenty portions of peanut candy by noon.
• Jia Lie Te entered the Xiao Family Market to ask for Ruyi Zhai's location as Xiao Zhan and the Three Elders argued over sending Xiao Yan to discuss cooperation with Xiao Cheng.

Xiao Zhan assigned Xiao Yan to negotiate cooperation with Xiao Cheng, while Xiao Cheng prepared for the Jia Lie Family’s interest in Ruyi Zhai. The chapter ended with Jia Lie Te buying pastries and Xiao Cheng warning Jia Lie Bi not to provoke him.

• Xiao Zhan overruled the Three Elders and decided Xiao Yan would negotiate with Shop Owner Xiao Cheng about cooperation.
• Xiao Mei gave Xiao Yan a piece of Ruyi Zhai’s new Peanut Candy, and Old Yao told him she had reached the Eighth Stage of Dou Qi.
• Xiao Zhan told Xiao Yan about the assignment, discovered his cultivation had reached the Fifth Stage of Dou Qi, and watched him leave to find Xiao Cheng.
• Xiao Cheng asked Xiao Dian whether he could offer the Xiao Clan a discount and learned the price could go as low as 80 Gold Coins.
• Jia Lie Te entered Ruyi Zhai, bought five Peach Pastries and five Peanut Candies, and left as Xiao Cheng suspected Jia Lie Bi had sent him to test the shop.