Chapter Summaries

Wang Xiao persuaded Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling to try his flatbread by teasing Yu Tianheng with information about his uncle Yu Xiaogang. After enjoying the food, they ordered more, leaving Wang Xiao and Li Lianxiang with a successful sale.

• Wang Xiao stopped Yu Tianheng and claimed he knew where Yu Xiaogang was, drawing Yu Tianheng back to the cart.
• Yu Tianheng ordered three flatbreads each for himself, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling in exchange for hearing about Yu Xiaogang.
• After tasting the flatbreads, Yu Tianheng believed Wang Xiao's information that Yu Xiaogang was teaching at Shrek Academy in Suotuo City.
• Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Yu Tianheng enjoyed the food and ordered thirty more flatbreads.
• Li Lianxiang calculated that their first customers had bought thirty-nine flatbreads and anticipated strong business.

Wang Xiao met with Xue Qinghe and told him a story that mirrored Qian Renxue’s life as an undercover agent. The story left Xue Qinghe visibly emotional as Wang Xiao recounted the sacrifices behind her mission.

• Li Lianxiang worried that Xue Qinghe would punish her and Wang Xiao for selling flatbreads at the academy, but Wang Xiao refused to hide the stall.
• Xue Qinghe arrived and asked Wang Xiao about his escape from Prince's Palace after his clash with Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing.
• Wang Xiao asked Li Lianxiang to watch the stall and led Xue Qinghe to a nearby stone bench for a private conversation.
• Wang Xiao told Xue Qinghe about a girl raised by her grandfather who accepted a mission to infiltrate an enemy camp.
• Wang Xiao described how the girl replaced her target and spent twenty years living as a boy in disguise, and Xue Qinghe grew tearful as the story echoed Qian Renxue's life.

Wang Xiao discussed choice and Qian Renxue’s undercover mission with Xue Qinghe, then accidentally kissed her while inviting her to eat. Afterward, he asked Xue Qinghe to visit his dorm that night, leaving her flustered by the stolen first kiss.

• Xue Qinghe asked Wang Xiao whether the girl in his story and her grandfather had acted rightly, and Wang Xiao argued that circumstances shaped their choices.
• Wang Xiao said the grandfather’s love had deprived the girl of freedom and warned that her mission might ultimately fail.
• Wang Xiao put an arm around Xue Qinghe and invited him to try a flatbread from his stall.
• As Xue Qinghe stood, she accidentally kissed Wang Xiao, who then fell against her and pressed her onto the chair.
• Wang Xiao released Xue Qinghe, made her flatbread, and invited him to his dorm that night for food, wine, and conversation.

Wang Xiao sold flatbreads with Li Lianxiang, earned a thousand Gold Soul Coins from Xue Qinghe, and later revealed his identity as Yeye Ye to Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling. He left them questioning how he had defeated Dugu Yan despite showing only a Ten Year Soul Ring.

• Xue Qinghe refused Wang Xiao’s invitation to share a bed, bought ten flatbreads, and paid one thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Li Lianxiang divided the money with Wang Xiao according to their sixty-forty agreement, and they bickered over deducting costs.
• Wang Xiao and Li Lianxiang sold flatbreads at the academy until late at night, then split their earnings and went home.
• Wang Xiao approached Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling by the lotus pond and told them he knew Dugu Bo.
• Wang Xiao put on a Tiger Mask and revealed that he was Yeye Ye, the masked fighter they had seen at the Great Soul Arena.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling asked how Wang Xiao had defeated Dugu Yan when he had shown only a Ten Year Soul Ring.

Wang Xiao revealed his overwhelming Soul Power and Soul Rings to Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, then the Rose Martial Soul caused all three to lose consciousness. After a similar incident with Li Lianxiang, Wang Xiao decided his work at Heaven Dou Royal Academy was nearly finished and planned to retrieve an important item before leaving.

• Wang Xiao showed Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling his Soul Rings, including multiple Hundred-Thousand-Year rings, and disclosed that he was the Wang Xiao who had escaped Prince Xue Xing and wreaked havoc at the Prince's Palace.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling accepted that Wang Xiao was powerful and influential, but Wang Xiao's Rose Martial Soul wrapped around them, causing all three to suffocate and lose consciousness.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling awoke without remembering what had happened, and they looked at Wang Xiao with newfound tenderness.
• Li Lianxiang visited Wang Xiao to ask why he had stopped selling flatbreads, and his Rose Martial Soul again ensnared them both until they lost consciousness.
• Wang Xiao woke to find Li Lianxiang gone and decided to leave Heaven Dou Royal Academy after obtaining an important item before someone else claimed it.

Wang Xiao took Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan out to lunch, where he gave them an incomplete explanation for how he had absorbed four Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings. He then went to the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace to take the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, intending to destroy it before Tang San could obtain it.

• Wang Xiao invited Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan to eat with him outside the academy, and both girls agreed.
• At lunch, Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling asked how Wang Xiao had obtained four Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, and he claimed his talent and an unknown power had helped him survive absorbing them.
• Wang Xiao arrived at the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace to take the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, which he knew Xue Ye kept there.
• Wang Xiao recalled that the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud was the Sea God's Heart and a dangerous token tied to the Sea God's inheritance.
• Wang Xiao intended to destroy the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud so Tang San could not obtain it later.

Wang Xiao used the Seventy-Two Transformations to disguise himself as Ning Fengzhi and enter Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, hoping to coax Xue Ye into revealing the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud. After reaching Xue Ye's bedchamber and offering him a snack, Wang Xiao received a hidden sign-in reward.

• Wang Xiao chose to transform into Ning Fengzhi so he could enter the Imperial Palace without attracting suspicion.
• Wang Xiao perfected Ning Fengzhi's appearance with a mirror and used Xue Qinghe's pass to get past the palace guards.
• A palace maid led Wang Xiao to Xue Ye's rear garden, where he greeted the emperor and offered him Wu Dalang's Flatbread.
• Xue Ye had a palace maid taste the flatbread before he ate it.
• The Loli Voice System announced that Wang Xiao had signed in at Xue Ye's bedchamber and earned a Botanical Garden Space Ring.

Disguised as Ning Fengzhi, Wang Xiao gained Xue Ye’s trust and examined the Heaven Dou Empire’s Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud. After pretending he could not identify it, he secretly stole it from Xue Ye’s treasury and escaped.

• The system informed Wang Xiao that he had received a Botanical Garden Space Ring for completing a hidden sign-in task.
• Wang Xiao shared flatbread with Xue Ye and asked to inspect the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, claiming he might uncover its secrets.
• Xue Ye brought out the Shroud, and Wang Xiao recognized it as the Sea God’s token but chose not to test whether it would accept him.
• Wang Xiao told Xue Ye he could not determine the Shroud’s purpose, then left the palace.
• Wang Xiao transformed into a fly, returned to the palace, stole the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud from Xue Ye’s secret treasury, and escaped with it.

Wang Xiao prepared to leave Heaven Dou City and said goodbye to Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, giving them immortal herbs. The chapter ended with Li Lianxiang finding him asleep in his dormitory.

• Wang Xiao stored the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud in his Soul Tool and decided not to destroy or use it yet.
• Wang Xiao told Dugu Yan he would be leaving and gave her a Blazing Flame Ruyun Yao, which she first saved for her grandfather before accepting a second one for herself.
• Wang Xiao watched as Dugu Yan consumed her immortal herb.
• Wang Xiao told Ye Lingling he would be leaving and gave her a Dark Come Crystal Saliva, which she ate as instructed.
• Li Lianxiang found Wang Xiao sleeping beneath his blanket in his dormitory.

Wang Xiao gave Li Lianxiang an immortal herb before preparing to leave Heaven Dou Royal Academy. After catching Xue Beng insulting him, Wang Xiao forced him to choose between death and leaving Heaven Dou City forever, and Xue Beng fled.

• Li Lianxiang woke Wang Xiao with a blade of grass and begged him not to leave, so Wang Xiao gave her an Ice Crystal Green Ji Rong to consume.
• Li Lianxiang ate the immortal herb and reluctantly accepted Wang Xiao's promise to return and visit her.
• Xue Beng and six lackeys mocked Wang Xiao, but Wang Xiao appeared and slapped Xue Beng and the others to the ground.
• Wang Xiao confronted Xue Beng over summoning Prince Xue Xing to arrest him and offered him a choice between death and leaving Heaven Dou City and Heaven Dou Royal Academy forever.
• Xue Beng chose to leave and ran off after Wang Xiao spared his life.

Wang Xiao encountered Tang Hao on his way back to Suotuo City, where the Clear Sky Douluo confronted him and unleashed his Divine Slaughter's Domain. Wang Xiao absorbed the domain’s killing intent with his Chicken Blood Vine, leaving Tang Hao’s next move unresolved.

• Wang Xiao stopped to rest on a mountain road and recognized Tang Hao approaching him.
• Tang Hao questioned Wang Xiao about what he knew of his time near Shrek Academy and threatened him.
• Wang Xiao insulted Tang Hao and challenged him to fight, provoking Tang Hao into releasing his Divine Slaughter's Domain.
• Tang Hao’s killing intent swept through the forest, but Wang Xiao remained unshaken and identified the domain.
• Wang Xiao released his Chicken Blood Vine, which absorbed all the killing intent from Tang Hao’s domain in less than ten seconds.

Tang Hao confronted Wang Xiao over his ties to Bibi Dong and his place at Shrek Academy, then challenged him to a fight. Wang Xiao dodged Tang Hao’s attacks and countered with powerful spirit skills, leaving the Clear Sky Douluo buried in the ground.

• Tang Hao questioned Wang Xiao about his relationship with Bibi Dong and accused him of spying on Shrek Academy for Spirit Hall.
• Tang Hao demanded that Wang Xiao leave Shrek Academy or be killed, and Wang Xiao refused and accepted his challenge.
• Tang Hao summoned his nine Soul Rings, while Wang Xiao revealed eight rings, including four Hundred Thousand Year Red Soul Rings.
• Tang Hao attacked with his Clear Sky Hammer, but Wang Xiao used his footwork to evade the blows.
• Wang Xiao unleashed his fifth and sixth spirit skills, and used Invincible Golden Body to rebound Tang Hao’s six hammer strikes.
• Tang Hao was flung more than thirty meters and crashed headfirst into the ground, half-buried.

Wang Xiao used invisibility and Tang San’s Hidden Weapons to torment Tang Hao before defeating him with his Thunder God Hammer. After revealing two Twelve-Winged Angel martial souls, Wang Xiao left Tang Hao stunned by the existence of his four martial souls.

• Tang Hao searched for the vanished Wang Xiao, then was struck repeatedly in the buttocks by Silent Sleeve Arrows while Wang Xiao remained invisible.
• Wang Xiao reappeared and Tang Hao attacked with his Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul True Body as Wang Xiao answered with his Thunder God Martial Soul Avatar.
• Wang Xiao’s Thunder God Hammer overwhelmed Tang Hao, and a blow to the face sent Tang Hao crashing through trees.
• Tang Hao asked whether Wang Xiao had Twin Martial Souls, but Wang Xiao revealed twelve white wings and then a second, black Twelve-Winged Angel martial soul.
• Tang Hao realized Wang Xiao possessed four martial souls, and Wang Xiao said the secret should remain in that moment.

Wang Xiao fused the Twelve-Winged Fallen Angel and Twelve-Winged Holy Angel martial souls with his body, creating the Holy Twelve-Winged Angel and overwhelming Tang Hao. Tang Hao resorted to the Great Sumeru Hammer’s Ring Detonation, but Wang Xiao remained confident as the attack began.

• Wang Xiao formed the three-in-one Holy Twelve-Winged Angel Martial Soul and summoned its powerful Holy Angel Sword.
• Tang Hao attacked Wang Xiao with all eighty-one strikes of Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, but Wang Xiao emerged unharmed.
• Tang Hao unleashed the Clear Sky Nine Absolutes, but Wang Xiao’s golden wind blasts forced him back.
• Tang Hao used the Great Sumeru Hammer and prepared to detonate his soul rings for a series of increasingly powerful attacks.
• Wang Xiao told Tang Hao that his life-or-death skill might not work against him.

Wang Xiao killed Tang Hao after dodging all of his Great Sumeru Hammer attacks, collected his six Soul Bones, and buried his body. He returned to Suotuo City and reunited with Gu Yuena, Ning Rongrong, and Bi Ji at Shrek Academy.

• Tang Hao detonated all Nine Soul Rings and struck at Wang Xiao, but Wang Xiao dodged every hammer blow.
• Wang Xiao attacked Tang Hao with his Holy Angel Sword duplicates, shattered the Azure Light Shield, and killed him.
• Wang Xiao removed Tang Hao's six Soul Bones, rested, and buried Tang Hao's corpse before continuing his journey.
• Wang Xiao returned to Suotuo City, rested at home, and later went to Shrek Academy to see Gu Yuena and the others.
• Bi Ji opened the dormitory door, and Gu Yuena and Ning Rongrong embraced Wang Xiao when he entered.

After returning from his trip, Wang Xiao gave new outfits and other gifts to Gu Yuena, Ning Rongrong, Bi Ji, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing, then handed out gifts to the people at his residence. Back in his room, he remembered an item his system had rewarded him with and prepared to inspect it.

• Wang Xiao gave Ning Rongrong a blue outfit set and gave Gu Yuena a white outfit set and crystal bracelets.
• Wang Xiao gave Bi Ji a green dress set after realizing she was disappointed to have been left out.
• Ning Rongrong, Gu Yuena, and Bi Ji changed into their new clothes, and Ning Rongrong fetched Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Wang Xiao gave Xiao Wu a red outfit and Zhu Zhuqing a pink outfit before taking the girls out for a walk and a meal.
• Wang Xiao returned to his residence, gave gifts to Mu Ran, Zhu Zhu Ru, Cuihua, and the others, then remembered the system reward he had not yet inspected.

Wang Xiao learned how the Botanical Garden Space Ring worked and explored its newly activated space. After returning to bed, he received a sign-in task directing him to Chihuo Academy within ten days.

• Wang Xiao asked the system about the Botanical Garden Space Ring and learned it could sustain plants with its own soil, light, air, and water cycle.
• Wang Xiao activated the ring and entered a barren, three-kilometer-wide space whose climate and light reflected the outside world.
• Wang Xiao explored the flat terrain and planned to bury the Ice and Fire Divine Dragons' corpses there and grow immortal herbs nearby.
• Wang Xiao left the ring, returned to his room, and went back to sleep.
• The system gave Wang Xiao a sign-in task at Chihuo Academy, with a ten-day deadline and a punishment for failing to complete it.

Wang Xiao infiltrated Chihuo Academy to check in and look for Huo Wu, then fell asleep in its library. Huo Wu woke him by slamming his table and confronted him, leaving the nearby students too intimidated to intervene.

• Wang Xiao left Suotuo City for Chihuo Academy, hoping to check in and meet Huo Wu.
• He transformed into a fly to slip past the guards, took a student uniform, and searched the academy for Huo Wu.
• Wang Xiao went to the library, picked up a book about soul beasts, and fell asleep at a table.
• Huo Wu slammed the table and woke Wang Xiao, who recognized her and asked why she was making a scene in the library.
• Huo Wu glared at the watching students until they looked away, while Wang Xiao reacted with a bitter smile.

Wang Xiao annoyed Huo Wu at the library, then secretly followed her back to her dormitory and ended up in a compromising situation. After Huo Wu caught him eating her barbecue, he claimed he had snuck in because he loved her and confessed with a dramatic declaration.

• Huo Wu questioned Wang Xiao for sleeping in the library, and he angered her by calling her “Huo Mei” and patting her head before leaving.
• Wang Xiao followed Huo Wu to the Great Soul Arena, watched her win two matches, and then followed her back to her private dormitory.
• After Huo Wu went to bathe, Wang Xiao entered her unlocked dormitory and fell asleep on her bed.
• Huo Wu returned from her bath and screamed when she found Wang Xiao on the bed; he woke up and saw her naked before she covered herself and changed.
• Wang Xiao began eating Huo Wu’s barbecue, so she pounced on him and punched him until he restrained her hands.
• Wang Xiao admitted he was not a Chihuo Academy student and claimed he had snuck in because he had fallen in love with Huo Wu, then made a grand confession.

Wang Xiao turned his visit to Huo Wu’s dorm into a plan to sell Wu Dalang’s Flatbreads at Chihuo Academy. Huo Wu became his business partner and called out to attract customers as female students gathered around the cart.

• Huo Wu threatened Wang Xiao for sneaking into her dorm, but he calmly ate her barbecue and ignored her threats.
• Wang Xiao brought a cart into the corridor, lit its stove, and prepared to sell Wu Dalang’s Flatbreads.
• Huo Wu objected to him selling food at the academy, then negotiated a fifty-fifty split of the profits and ingredient costs.
• Wang Xiao taught Huo Wu a sales pitch, and she called out beside the cart while female students gathered to watch.