Chapter Summaries

Xiao Cheng made Durian Cake from durian, winning over Zi Yan and surprising Xiao Yu and Xue Ni with its pleasant fragrance. Wang Chu came to order Egg Rolls for the Mad Lion Gang, agreed to supply wild fruits for a discount, and tasted the new pastry, which appeared to improve his combat technique proficiency.

• Xiao Cheng bought durians and made Durian Cake after Xiao Yu and Xue Ni complained about the fruit's smell.
• Zi Yan tasted the durian flesh, liked it, and eagerly tried the finished Durian Cake with Xiao Yu and Xue Ni.
• Wang Chu brought a gift from the Mad Lion Gang leader and ordered thirty boxes of each Egg Roll flavor.
• Wang Chu offered to have the Mad Lion Gang gather wild fruits in exchange for a generous discount, and Xiao Cheng agreed.
• Wang Chu tasted the Durian Cake and felt his combat technique proficiency increase.

Ge Ye visited Ruyi Zhai to propose a partnership with the Misty Cloud Sect, but Xiao Yi Xian asked for time to consider because Xiao Cheng was away. Meanwhile, Xiao Cheng gave Wang Chu a piece of Durian Cake to take to his gang leader, and three Black Skull Tomb Dou Ling experts arrived at Rakshasa City.

• Ge Ye learned that Xiao Cheng was away and discussed the Misty Cloud Sect's proposed partnership with Xiao Yi Xian, who asked for time to consider it.
• Xiao Lu hurried to Ruyi Zhai to buy pastries after losing a bet and complained to Gu He about the money he had spent.
• Wang Chu found that Durian Cake improved his Dou Technique proficiency, and Xiao Cheng agreed to let him take a piece back after he promised to keep its effects secret.
• Three Dou Ling experts from Black Skull Tomb appeared outside Rakshasa City's gates.

Fourth Elder Shi Long of the Black Skull Tomb confronted Xiao Cheng at the Pastry Cart, where the shop’s defenses killed one attacker and Xiao Cheng fought back. Meanwhile, Su Mei considered asking Xiao Cheng to help Sun Ming recover after his cultivation fell.

• Fan Qian warned Xiao Cheng that three black-robed people from the Black Skull Tomb had appeared in Rakshasa City.
• Shi Long introduced himself as the Black Skull Tomb’s Fourth Elder and challenged Xiao Cheng outside the shop.
• A black-robed attacker charged Xiao Cheng and was killed by lightning from the Pastry Cart’s defenses.
• Shi Long and another man attacked Xiao Cheng, who smashed Shi Long’s phantom palm with the Dragon Pattern Rolling Pin and charged at the other attacker.
• Su Mei worried about Sun Ming’s mental breakdown and planned to visit Xiao Cheng for help.

Yuan Yi, Wu Tie, and Yan responded to the benefits of Xiao Cheng’s new pastries by arranging purchases and changes to their sects’ distribution. The chapter ended with Xiao Cheng still fighting Shi Long, distracted by another system mission but managing to dodge his attack.

• Mu Jie gave Yuan Yi a trial Durian Cake, and Yuan Yi discovered that it improved proficiency with combat skills and could help people learn new ones.
• Yuan Yi told Mu Jie to watch for Durian Cake sales and buy as much as possible, then learned that the Mad Lion Gang and Earth Flame Sect had been frequently contacting Ruyi Zhai.
• Wang Chu told Wu Tie about Durian Cake, and Wu Tie ordered the Mad Lion Gang to monitor Ruyi Zhai and purchase as much as possible when it went on sale.
• Yan summoned Liu Qing to address disputes over pastry distribution, and Liu Qing proposed making pastries available through the sect’s contribution rewards.
• Xiao Cheng dodged Shi Long’s palm strike after a system mission distracted him, then cursed at the unresponsive system.

Xiao Cheng used a system-granted breakthrough and the system’s lightning to kill Shi Long and two Black Robes from Black Skull Tomb. He returned to making pastries, unaware that Black Skull Tomb and the major factions had learned of the deaths.

• Xiao Cheng advanced to five-star Dou Ling during his fight with Shi Long and struck him while kicking away the other Black Robe.
• Shi Long swallowed a pill that raised his cultivation to the peak of nine-star Dou Ling and pursued Xiao Cheng, but the system’s lightning killed the Black Robe and then Shi Long.
• Xiao Cheng checked a new quest requiring him to make and sell 120 boxes of Durian Cake, with a punishment of being trapped in a sea of durians for seven days.
• After Xiao Yu told Xiao Cheng that the Mung Bean Cakes and Peanut Nougat were sold out, he went to make more pastries.
• Black Skull Tomb’s tomb master and the major factions learned that Shi Long and the other two men had died, but none of the factions acted.

After Xiao Cheng killed Black Skull Tomb’s Fourth Elder and two other Dou Ling experts, the major factions weighed their responses while Black Skull Tomb’s Tomb Master plotted revenge. At Ruyi Zhai, Xiao Cheng prepared meat pies as Su Mei arrived to investigate.

• Mo Tianxing learned of Xiao Cheng’s victory and ordered Qi Shan to buy pastries and strengthen ties with Ruyi Zhai.
• Yuan Yi told Mu Jie to visit Ruyi Zhai, assess its situation, and offer limited help if needed.
• Black Skull Tomb’s Tomb Master erupted in anger and secretly plotted against Xiao Cheng and Ruyi Zhai.
• Xiao Cheng prepared meat pies at Ruyi Zhai for Zi Yan, Xiao Yu, and Xue Ni.
• Su Mei approached Ruyi Zhai, and Xiao Cheng guessed she had come to learn about the battle.

Su Mei asked Xiao Cheng to help Sun Ming after his cultivation regressed and he suffered a mental breakdown, and Xiao Cheng agreed to try. After closing Ruyi Zhai, Xiao Cheng shared meat pies with the others while Wang Tianfen met Ge Ye and grew suspicious of the Misty Cloud Sect’s interest in the shop.

• Su Mei told Xiao Cheng about Sun Ming’s condition, and Xiao Cheng said he would try to help him.
• Xiao Cheng made meat pies, and Zi Yan, Xiao Yu, and Xue Ni enjoyed eating them before the shop closed.
• Xiao Cheng considered brewing more kinds of wine while putting away the shop’s tables and chairs.
• At the Wutan City shop, Xiao Yi Xian, Yue'er, and Gu He discussed sales, and Gu He noticed the back kitchen had expanded.
• Wang Tianfen asked Ge Ye about his connection to the Misty Cloud Sect, then visited Ruyi Zhai and wondered why the sect had sent someone there.

The Mitel and Nalan Families bought large quantities of Egg Rolls from Ruyi Zhai, while Xiao Cheng prepared Vegetable Pastries and received a delivery of wild fruits from the Eight Sects Gate. With the Egg Roll ingredients stored, Xiao Cheng began making a new batch, unaware that Zi Yan was still hungry.

• The Mitel Family's steward bought thirty boxes of Egg Rolls, and a Nalan Family customer bought another twenty boxes.
• Xiao Cheng agreed to make Vegetable Pastries for Zi Yan, replenished the shop's pastries, and baked Three Delicacies Vegetable Pastries.
• Zheng Hu, a disciple of the Eight Sects Gate, arrived with a carriage of wild fruits for Xiao Cheng.
• Xiao Cheng shared the Vegetable Pastries with his companions and Zheng Hu's group, then gave Fan Qian a box of Egg Rolls for free.
• Xiao Cheng had Zheng Hu and the others move the wild fruits into the storeroom and began making Egg Rolls for them.
• Zi Yan finished her Vegetable Pastry still dissatisfied, while Xiao Cheng remained unaware that she had not eaten her fill.

Xiao Cheng finished making Egg Rolls for the Eight Sects Gate, then used twenty durians to prepare and sell a new pastry, Durian Cake. After a tiring day of production and packing, he rested while customers examined the new pastries.

• Qi Shan visited Xiao Cheng’s shop, offered to mediate his conflict with Black Skull Tomb, and asked him to make Egg Rolls for the Black Emperor Sect.
• Xiao Cheng declined the offer to settle the conflict and told Qi Shan that the Eight Sects Gate had supplied the ingredients for the Egg Rolls.
• Xiao Cheng made over two hundred boxes of Egg Rolls, gave one-third to Zheng Hu, and collected payment from the Eight Sects Gate.
• Xiao Cheng bought twenty durians from the system, made Durian Cake, and packed about a hundred boxes at 1,688 Gold Coins per box.
• Xiao Cheng had Xiao Yu put the Durian Cake on sale, then rested on his recliner as customers looked at the new pastry.

The Heavenly Snake Mansion decided to seek cooperation with Ruyi Zhai while continuing to monitor it. In Rakshasa City, Xiao Cheng persuaded Zi Yan to raid Qi Tianchi’s herb garden for spiritual herbs by promising her twenty meat pies.

• Bai Ya agreed that the Heavenly Snake Mansion would monitor Ruyi Zhai and send Qin Hu to propose cooperation with a humble attitude.
• Elder Qing explained that Ruyi Zhai’s mysterious backing and powerful pastries could benefit the Heavenly Snake Mansion, and Bai Ya ordered Wang Tianfen and Qing Mang to report on the pastries.
• Xiao Cheng considered how to collect spiritual herbs for his task and remembered Zi Yan’s earlier raid on Qi Tianchi’s herb garden.
• Xiao Cheng offered Zi Yan twenty meat-filled pies to bring back snacks from the herb garden, and she eagerly set off for the Inner Academy of Jia Nan Academy.

Xiao Cheng received a mandatory quest to make and sell one hundred portions of candy, then learned that news of his new Durian Cake had spread across the Black Corner Region. As factions gathered at Ruyi Zhai to buy it, a conspiracy quietly began to brew.

• Su Qian saw that Qi Tianchi's medicinal garden had lost many herbs and felt that something major was about to happen.
• Xiao Cheng received a mandatory quest to sell one hundred portions of candy for a Pastry Cart upgrade opportunity, with a penalty of 1,000 experience points and 500,000 Gold Coins for failure.
• Fan Ling arrived with wild fruits for Egg Rolls and asked Xiao Cheng for free Durian Cake, but Xiao Cheng refused.
• Xiao Cheng began making Egg Rolls while Fan Ling joined the Durian Cake queue.
• Mu Jie, Qi Shan, and Wang Chu hurried to Ruyi Zhai after their factions learned about the new pastry, drawing customers from across the Black Corner Region as a conspiracy brewed.

Xiao Cheng dealt with a broken Egg Roll Machine and received a free packaging machine from the system, then finished Fan Ling’s order and sold him ten boxes of Durian Cakes. As Wang Chu arrived, Xiao Cheng left the customer to Xiao Yu and went back to making pastries, hoping to rest.

• The Egg Roll Machine broke, so Xiao Cheng pressured the system into repairing it and giving him a Fully Automatic Pastry Packaging Machine as compensation.
• Xiao Cheng discovered the packaging machine charged a fee for each operation, then tested it by packaging Egg Rolls into boxes of ten.
• Xiao Cheng finished Fan Ling’s Egg Rolls, and Fan Ling bought ten boxes of Durian Cakes after failing to negotiate a discount.
• After Fan Ling left, Xiao Cheng noticed Zi Yan was absent and reluctantly headed to the kitchen when Xiao Yu said the shop was running low on pastries.
• Xiao Cheng spotted Wang Chu from the Mad Lion Gang arriving, but left Xiao Yu to handle him and focused on making pastries.

Wu Ying persuaded the Black Skull Tomb Master to cooperate against Xiao Cheng, while Xiao Cheng bought a candy-making guide from the system and returned to work at Ruyi Zhai. Qi Shan arrived to buy Durian Cake, bringing Xiao Cheng closer to completing his task.

• Wu Ying offered to help the Black Skull Tomb Master grow stronger in exchange for cooperation, and the Tomb Master agreed to trust him.
• Wang Chu arrived at the shop and ordered as much Durian Cake as he could to keep other factions from buying it all.
• Xiao Cheng asked the system for candy-making instructions, paid 10,000 Gold Coins, and received the guide.
• Xiao Yu told Xiao Cheng that the pastries were running low, so he went to make more.
• Qi Shan arrived at the shop and joined the queue to buy Durian Cake, prompting Xiao Cheng to hope his task would soon be complete.

Wang Tianfen visited Ruyi Zhai on behalf of Heavenly Snake Mansion and quickly reached an initial cooperation agreement with Xiao Yi Xian. He reported the news to Heavenly Snake Mansion and awaited Bai Ya’s response.

• Qing Mang and Wang Tianfen discussed Heavenly Snake Mansion’s order to establish cooperation with Ruyi Zhai and decided they should bring a gift.
• Gu He accidentally fell asleep while working, and Haibodong woke him with a gust of ice-attributed Dou Qi.
• Wang Tianfen arrived without a gift to discuss cooperation, and Gu He mistook his wary behavior for suspicious intent before learning who he was.
• Xiao Yi Xian heard Wang Tianfen’s proposal and agreed that Heavenly Snake Mansion would send people to collect pastries and pay for them.
• A Mittel Auction House representative bought Egg Roll and juice, while Xiao Yi Xian and Yue'er remarked on the shop owner's growing reputation.
• Wang Tianfen sent news of the agreement to Heavenly Snake Mansion and waited for a response.

Zi Yan visited Hu Jia at Jia Nan Academy while Bai Shan, Qin Zhen, and Wu Hao headed to Ruyi Zhai for the new Durian Cake. Back at the shop, Xiao Cheng bought the system’s Maltose ingredients and tools so he could experiment with making fruit-flavored candy.

• Zi Yan met Hu Jia at the Outer Academy, and Hu Jia took her around to play.
• Bai Shan, Qin Zhen, and Wu Hao decided to buy Durian Cake at Ruyi Zhai, and Hu Jia made Bai Shan include her share.
• Xiao Cheng restocked pastries at Ruyi Zhai and sold Qi Shan ten boxes of Durian Cake after refusing to discount the new pastry.
• Xiao Cheng asked the system about making candy and bought the Maltose ingredients and tools for 10,000 Gold Coins.
• Xiao Cheng planned to mix wild fruits into the Maltose and make fruit-flavored candy.

Yuan Yi discovered that Durian Cake refined fighting techniques, prompting several factions to seek more. Meanwhile, Xiao Cheng made and launched Fruity Malt Candy, which he planned to start selling the next morning.

• Mu Jie brought Durian Cake to Yuan Yi, who endured its strange taste and found that it improved his fighting techniques.
• Yuan Yi ordered Mu Jie to buy more Durian Cake and considered giving the remaining pieces to Eight Sects Gate elders or disciples.
• Fan Lao learned that Durian Cake had been released and sent Fan Ling back to Ruyi Zhai to buy some.
• Xiao Cheng prepared Fruity Malt Candy, packaged it in boxes, and set its price at 2,188 Gold Coins per box.
• Xiao Cheng launched Fruity Malt Candy and decided to begin selling it the next morning.

Wu Tie discovered that Durian Cake improved combat-skill mastery despite its awful taste, and ordered Wang Chu to buy more as other factions sought it out. The next morning, Xiao Cheng’s stall drew Su Mei and Liu Qing, while he busied himself making more pastries and preparing to brew fruit wine.

• Wang Chu told Wu Tie that Mu Jie of the Eight Sects Gate had visited Ruyi Zhai, then handed over the Durian Cake he had bought.
• Wu Tie ate a piece of Durian Cake and experienced a phantom demonstrating his combat skills, which became more refined; he praised the cake’s effect and ordered Wang Chu to return with more pastries.
• Xiao Cheng and his companions reopened their stall, where Su Mei requested a discount and bought ten boxes of Durian Cake.
• Liu Qing of the Earth Flame Sect arrived to buy pastries and purchased fifteen boxes of Durian Cake.
• After Liu Qing left, Xiao Cheng finished making pastries and prepared to stock candy and make fruit wine.

At Ruyi Zhai in Wutan City, Xiao Yi Xian and the others sold pastries to visitors from the Heavenly Snake Mansion and Misty Cloud Sect, while hearing that Yun Shan might come to the shop. In Rakshasa City, Xiao Cheng put Fruity Malt Candy on sale and received Fan Ling and three disheveled visitors from Jia Nan Academy as the Black Skull Tomb began making moves.

• Elder Qing visited Ruyi Zhai to discuss cooperation, bought pastries and fruit wine, and left without causing trouble.
• Ao Tuo hurried into Ruyi Zhai to buy Egg Rolls, while Gu He grumbled and Haibodong gave him a cold look.
• Ge Ye bought pastries and told Xiao Yi Xian that Yun Shan might come to Ruyi Zhai.
• Xiao Cheng checked the wine-making machine, put Fruity Malt Candy on sale for 2,188 Gold Coins per box, and promised Fan Ling more new food.
• Bai Shan, Qin Zhen, and Wu Hao arrived to see Xiao Cheng looking disheveled, as the Black Skull Tomb began making small moves.

Xiao Cheng served Steamed Soup Dumplings to Fan Ling and Bai Shan, Qin Zhen, and Wu Hao, whose cultivation improved after eating them. He accepted the system’s Combat Trial Mission and entered its virtual space, where the mission prompt made him furious.

• Bai Shan, Qin Zhen, and Wu Hao visited Xiao Cheng’s shop, met Fan Ling, and asked about the new pastries.
• Xiao Cheng prepared Steamed Soup Dumplings, and everyone ate them eagerly before discovering they had increased their cultivation.
• Bai Shan, Qin Zhen, and Wu Hao bought pastries and left, while Fan Ling stayed behind.
• Xiao Cheng checked his mission progress, saw that around fifty boxes of Durian Cake had sold, and reviewed his Personal Panel.
• The system offered Xiao Cheng a Combat Trial Mission, and he accepted after learning it took place in a virtual space through mental power.
• Xiao Cheng entered the starry virtual space and cursed the system after reading the mission prompt.

Xiao Cheng hunted Void Spirits in the system’s virtual space to complete his combat trial. After killing one Basic and one Advanced Void Spirit, he continued searching, unaware that the system had prepared a dangerous surprise for him in the Void Spirit Tower.

• Xiao Cheng learned that Basic Void Spirits drained mental energy while Advanced Void Spirits could damage his soul, then killed a Basic Void Spirit with his lightning-infused palm.
• Xiao Cheng encountered a red Advanced Void Spirit, dodged its attacks, and discovered he could bring the Dragon Pattern Rolling Pin into the virtual space.
• Xiao Cheng learned from the system that an Advanced Void Spirit could only be killed by destroying its Spirit Core.
• Xiao Cheng spotted the Advanced Void Spirit’s Spirit Core on its left chest and shattered it with the Rolling Pin, killing the creature.
• Xiao Cheng resumed searching for Void Spirits, while the system’s prepared surprise awaited him in the Void Spirit Tower.