Chapter Summaries

After moving into his new courtyard, Chen Huang welcomed Ultraman Leo and Gao Yao into the Loser Chat Group. He warned Gao Yao that he was destined to travel to the Qin Dynasty and become Zhao Gao, then explained how he and Gao Lan could avoid it.

• Chen Huang moved into a new courtyard and left Dai Mubai a note with his new address.
• A Wandering Ultraman joined the chat group and revealed he was Leo, whose home planet had been destroyed.
• Cook Returning to Qin Dynasty joined and introduced himself as Gao Yao, prompting Loli Connoisseur to warn him about his future as Zhao Gao.
• Gao Yao panicked and asked the group to help him avoid becoming a eunuch in the Qin Dynasty.
• Loli Connoisseur explained that the Tiger Pendant and treasure box triggered the time travel and suggested Gao Yao keep Gao Lan away from the archaeological site.
• Gao Yao rejected the idea of traveling to the Qin Dynasty with Gao Lan and resolved to avoid going there.

The group discussed Gao Yao’s choice to stay in modern times and encouraged Hougen to grow strong enough to protect Earth from monsters. Zephyr then considered getting a Devil Fruit, and the group discussed which types might suit him and Xiao Fugui’s cooking.

• Loli Connoisseur warned Gao Yao and his sister to avoid Yi Xiaochuan, and Gao Yao decided to resign and take his sister abroad.
• Loli Connoisseur explained that Hougen was Leo and advised him to improve his fighting skills; Hougen vowed to protect humanity on Earth.
• The group compared the strength of Ultramen, giants, and powerful figures such as Yang Jian.
• Zephyr said he was considering getting a Devil Fruit, and Loli Connoisseur advised him to look into Paramecia or Logia powers.
• Loli Connoisseur told Xiao Fugui about the Eat-Eat Fruit, which could turn objects into food, and Xiao Fugui eagerly considered it.

Chen Huang and Xiao Shan brought their desserts to Moonlight Pavilion and reunited with Tang Yuehua, Xiao Shan’s aunt. They discussed their nearby shop’s renovation and the high cost of renting in Heaven Dou City.

• Chen Huang decided to cultivate harder because he felt outmatched by the other members of his group.
• Chen Huang cultivated alongside Xiao Shan in her Blue Silver Domain to increase his cultivation speed.
• Chen Huang and Xiao Shan brought cakes and other desserts to Moonlight Pavilion.
• Xiao Shan told the receptionists that she was Tang Yuehua’s niece, and Tang Yuehua welcomed her and Chen Huang upstairs.
• Tang Yuehua learned that they had rented a nearby shop and explained why shops in the prosperous district were rarely sold.

Chen Huang and Xiao Shan promoted their cakes at Tang Yuehua’s etiquette academy by sharing samples with her noble students. Tang Yuehua advised Chen Huang to raise his prices further, and he agreed to rethink the cakes’ costs and pricing.

• Chen Huang showed Tang Yuehua a cake, and she tasted it and offered to help promote the desserts.
• Tang Yuehua brought Chen Huang and Xiao Shan to her etiquette class, where Chen Huang gave the students cake samples, flyers, and lollipops.
• The noble students praised the desserts, and Chen Huang expected them to spread word of the shop among their families and friends.
• Tang Yuehua said Chen Huang’s proposed cake prices were too cheap for Heaven Dou City’s wealthiest nobles and urged him to charge more.
• Chen Huang understood that he should account for higher costs when setting prices, despite his desserts being inexpensive to make.

Chen Huang’s new dessert shop attracted customers, including Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, and he learned that Dugu Yan’s grandfather Dugu Bo was away from home. He went to Sunset Forest to try to reach the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes and steal its immortal herbs, ending as he received tools from the livestream viewers to bypass Dugu Bo’s poison array.

• Chen Huang ran the busy shop with help from Shadow Clones while Tang Hao sparred with Zhao Wuji and discussed his potential to protect the children.
• Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan visited the shop, where they bought sweets and pastries, including treats for Dugu Bo.
• Chen Huang sent a Shadow Clone after the girls and learned that Dugu Bo was not at home when Dugu Yan returned.
• Chen Huang inferred that Dugu Bo might be away from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes and secretly traveled to Sunset Forest that night.
• Chen Huang found Dugu Bo’s poisonous barrier and told the livestream viewers he planned to steal the immortal herbs.
• The viewers sent Chen Huang a protective jade pendant and the Subterranean Voyage Technique so he could attempt to pass beneath the poison array.

Chen Huang ventured through the poisonous formation and found Dugu Bo gravely ill at a secluded pool. After convincing Dugu Bo to let him try a detoxification technique, Chen Huang began treatment, leaving Dugu Bo startled as he cut open his arm.

• Chen Huang burrowed beyond the poisonous formation and found a split mountain containing a pool divided between ice and fire.
• Dugu Bo discovered Chen Huang and threatened him, but Chen Huang entered the cavern and learned that Dugu Bo was dying from poison and injuries.
• Chen Huang used Dugu Yan’s concern for her grandfather to persuade Dugu Bo to hear him out and offered to cure his poison.
• Dugu Bo agreed to let Chen Huang try, and Chen Huang examined his poisoned body before purchasing the Delicate Illness Extraction Technique.
• Chen Huang cut open Dugu Bo’s arm to draw out the poison, and Dugu Bo questioned whether he planned to use his mouth.

Chen Huang extracted the poison from Dugu Bo’s arm and negotiated for the herbs and land in exchange for curing Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan. After revealing his age, cultivation level, and unusual Spirit Rings, he left Dugu Bo convinced that his teacher was a Titled Douluo.

• Chen Huang used his Delicate Illness Extraction Technique to remove the poison from Dugu Bo’s arm, though the treatment drained his mental energy.
• Chen Huang admitted that he had followed Dugu Yan to learn Dugu Bo’s habits because he wanted access to the territory, and he warned that Dugu Yan was also deeply poisoned.
• Dugu Bo offered Chen Huang one condition for curing them, and Chen Huang demanded the mature herbs, a role at his planned Soul Master Academy, and use of the land for ten or twenty years.
• Dugu Bo agreed to the latter two demands and the herbs, while Chen Huang said curing the poison would require ten or twenty treatments and that he could not stay long because his teacher would worry.
• Chen Huang revealed that he was twelve, had Soul Power Level twenty-six, and possessed two purple Thousand-Year Spirit Rings; Dugu Bo then believed he had a Titled Douluo teacher.

Chen Huang ate a Nine-Rank Purple Ganoderma, reached Soul Power level thirty, and evolved his Martial Soul into Three-Grade Undying Grass. He and Dugu Bo returned to Heaven Dou City, with Chen Huang preparing to hunt for his third Spirit Ring and help Dugu Bo detoxify.

• Chen Huang found and ate a Nine-Rank Purple Ganoderma, which cleansed his body and raised his Soul Power to level thirty.
• Chen Huang discovered that his Martial Soul had evolved into Three-Grade Undying Grass, while Dugu Bo reacted with shock.
• Chen Huang promised to find a suitable herb for Dugu Bo's granddaughter and said he would soon hunt for a third Spirit Ring to speed up Dugu Bo's detoxification.
• Chen Huang and Dugu Bo left Sunset Forest and returned to Heaven Dou City.
• Dugu Bo went to retrieve the candy and pastries his granddaughter Yan Yan had bought from Chen Huang's shop.

Chen Huang brought the poisoned Dugu Bo to his courtyard, where they discussed the attack on Xue Ye and suspected Xue Qinghe and Spirit Hall were involved. Dugu Bo agreed to stay until Chen Huang removed the poison from his heart meridians, but he recoiled when Chen Huang explained he would need to cut open his abdomen.

• Dugu Bo returned with the food he had bought and told Chen Huang he could not safely go home while weakened by poison.
• Dugu Bo revealed that an unknown Titled Douluo had attacked him after he discovered that Xue Ye had been poisoned.
• Chen Huang and Dugu Bo considered who might have poisoned Xue Ye, and Chen Huang argued that Xue Qinghe and Spirit Hall were the likeliest suspects.
• Dugu Bo agreed to stay at Chen Huang's courtyard and avoid visiting Dugu Yan until he recovered.
• Chen Huang prepared to remove the poison from Dugu Bo's heart meridians and demonstrated his healing soul skill, but Dugu Bo balked at the necessary incision.

Chen Huang treated Dugu Bo’s poisoning and told Tang Hao about finding the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes. After Tang Hao gave Tang Yuehua a Nine-Rank Purple Ganoderma, Chen Huang continued detoxifying Dugu Bo, estimating that several more days would be needed.

• Chen Huang cut open Dugu Bo’s abdomen, removed poison from his heart meridians, and advised him to transfer the poison into Spirit Bones once he had recovered.
• Chen Huang told Tang Hao that he had found the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes and brought its owner, Dugu Bo, back after discovering that he was poisoned.
• Chen Huang revealed that his Martial Soul had evolved into the Three-Grade Undying Grass and that his Soul Power had reached level thirty.
• Chen Huang gave Tang Hao a Nine-Rank Purple Ganoderma for Tang Yuehua, whose mutated Martial Soul had left her stuck at level nine Soul Power.
• Tang Hao spoke with Dugu Bo the next morning, then took the ganoderma to Tang Yuehua, while Chen Huang continued treating Dugu Bo’s poison.

After curing most of Dugu Bo's poison, Chen Huang traveled to Sunset Forest with Tang Yuehua and their companions so Tang Yuehua could obtain her first Spirit Ring. The group chose a Great King Python for her, and Xiao Shan restrained it as Tang Yuehua prepared to hunt it.

• Chen Huang finished treating Dugu Bo's poison and arranged for Shadow Clones and Zhao Wuji's underlings to watch over the shop.
• Chen Huang set out for Sunset Forest with Zhu Zhuqing, Oscar, Tang Yuehua, Xiao Shan, Tang Hao, and Dugu Bo to hunt Spirit Rings.
• Tang Hao argued that Tang Yuehua's age and physical condition allowed her to absorb a Spirit Ring beyond the usual first-ring limit, while Dugu Bo warned of the danger.
• Tang Yuehua agreed to absorb the roughly six-hundred-year-old Great King Python as her first Spirit Ring.
• Xiao Shan bound the Great King Python with her Blue Silver Emperor, and Tang Yuehua prepared to finish it off.

Tang Yuehua absorbed the Great King Python’s Spirit Ring and gained her first Soul Skill, King Python’s Attack. As the group celebrated, Chen Huang persuaded Dugu Bo that Oscar’s talent made him a promising match for Dugu Yan.

• Xiao Shan used her Third Soul Skill to weaken the Great King Python, and Tang Yuehua killed it with the short sword forged by Tang Hao.
• Tang Yuehua absorbed the Great King Python’s yellow Spirit Ring while the others waited and discussed her hammer and Oscar’s Martial Soul.
• Chen Huang told Dugu Bo that Oscar had Innate Full Soul Power and could become a Food System Titled Douluo, prompting Dugu Bo to consider him as Dugu Yan’s future husband.
• Tang Yuehua finished absorbing the Spirit Ring and told Xiao Shan that her new Soul Skill, King Python’s Attack, could summon a Great King Python phantom or strengthen her hammer swings.

Tang Yuehua tested her new Spirit Skill and discovered that the scales it produced were a temporary effect of her mutated Martial Soul, which the group named the Ruyi Hammer. After checking her Soul Power, Chen Huang chose to seek a Lightning Attribute Spirit Ring near a lake in the southeast.

• Tang Yuehua used her first Spirit Skill to smash a tree, and scales appeared on her hammer, face, and hands when the phantom attached itself to the hammer.
• Tang Hao confirmed the scales were not an External Soul Bone, and Chen Huang concluded they were a special effect of Tang Yuehua's mutated Martial Soul.
• The group named Tang Yuehua's Martial Soul the Ruyi Hammer, and Chen Huang measured her Soul Power at level seventeen.
• Dugu Bo offered routes to Lightning Attribute or Plant Soul Beasts, and Chen Huang chose to search the lake in the southeast for a Lightning Attribute Spirit Ring.
• Chen Huang set a preferred Spirit Ring age of about ten thousand years and said he could identify the beasts' ages.

Chen Huang’s group searched Sunset Forest for a suitable Soul Beast, but the creatures around the great lake were either too old or too young. In the northern region, Chen Huang spotted a Plant Soul Beast called a Flower Doll.

• Chen Huang checked the Great King Python’s corpse for a Spirit Bone, then identified a camouflaged Illusion Toad after Oscar tripped over it.
• Dugu Bo showed Chen Huang a Lightning Salamander, but Chen Huang rejected it because it was over Twenty Thousand Years old.
• At the great lake, Chen Huang examined several Soul Beasts and found none with a suitable age for his needs.
• The group headed north toward Plant Soul Beasts, and Xiao Shan asked whether Chen Huang’s Soul Power would catch up to hers if he obtained a Ten Thousand Year Spirit Ring.
• Near dusk, Chen Huang identified a drifting, flower-headed creature as a Flower Doll and realized it had not yet reached Ten Thousand Years.

Chen Huang defeated a ten-thousand-year Arrow Feather Lotus and absorbed its Spirit Ring, gaining the Undying Arrow Rain skill. Afterward, he teased Xiao Shan about his Soul Power Level, while Tang Yuehua and Tang Hao discussed the close bond between the two children.

• Chen Huang rejected an unbloomed Flower Doll as a suitable Soul Beast, then found an Arrow Feather Lotus with Xiao Shan and the others.
• Chen Huang, Zhao Wuji, and Xiao Shan restrained the lotus, allowing Chen Huang to sever its roots and kill it.
• Chen Huang secretly sold the lotus’s Spirit Ring to the Mall, checked its skill, bought it back, and raised its age to just over eleven thousand years before absorbing it.
• Chen Huang finished absorbing the ring and gained Undying Arrow Rain, then sold the lotus after confirming it had no Spirit Bone.
• Chen Huang told Xiao Shan his Soul Power Level was thirty-four and used a Crystal Ball to prove it, though Xiao Shan remained suspicious.
• Tang Yuehua and Tang Hao discussed Chen Huang and Xiao Shan’s relationship, while Dugu Bo joked that he wished Chen Huang could become his grandson-in-law.

Dugu Bo, Tang Hao, and Tang Yuehua discussed how to bring Oscar and Dugu Yan together, while Chen Huang explained his plan to find immortal herbs for his companions at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes. The group prepared to visit the garden after dinner, and Dugu Bo planned to arrange a meeting between Oscar and his granddaughter.

• Tang Hao suggested Oscar as a possible match for Dugu Yan, and Dugu Bo agreed to let them meet if fate allowed.
• Tang Yuehua proposed helping Oscar pursue Dugu Yan, and Tang Hao suggested staging a hero-saving-the-beauty incident.
• Dugu Bo accepted Tang Hao's plan to create an opportunity for Oscar and Dugu Yan to meet.
• Oscar felt a sudden sense of malice while chatting with Zhao Wuji and Zhu Zhuqing, but found nothing nearby.
• Chen Huang told Xiao Shan that he had found the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes and selected immortal herbs for her and the others.
• Chen Huang said he would take Xiao Shan to the garden after dinner and later return it to Dugu Bo.

Chen Huang entered Dugu Bo’s garden and harvested its herbs, then prepared Immortal Grade herbs for Xiao Shan, Oscar, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan. Xiao Shan swallowed two poisonous herbs and entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes to absorb their powers.

• Dugu Bo, Tang Hao, Chen Huang, and Xiao Shan reached the poison formation, and Chen Huang demonstrated his underground navigation Soul Skill to get inside.
• Chen Huang harvested the garden’s mature plants and found a pill that could temporarily increase Xiao Shan’s poison resistance.
• Chen Huang gave Xiao Shan the pill, the Infernal Delicate Apricot, the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, and the Aromatic Silk Beauty, and she entered the spring to absorb the herbs.
• Chen Huang collected the remaining Immortal Grade herbs, discovered the Earth Dragon Golden Melon, and explained its earth-related benefits.
• Chen Huang chose an Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid for Oscar, a Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone for Zhu Zhuqing, and a Nine-Rank Dragon Ganoderma for Dugu Yan.

Chen Huang helped Xiao Shan endure the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes’ medicinal forces, and she emerged with a greatly strengthened body. Back at camp, he distributed more Immortal Grade herbs and explained their effects to the recipients.

• Chen Huang used his healing soul skill to ease Xiao Shan’s pain as the icy and fiery medicinal forces coursed through her body.
• After Xiao Shan finished absorbing the herbs, Chen Huang explained that she had forged a golden body and advised her to prepare carefully before absorbing a ten-thousand-year Spirit Ring.
• Chen Huang offered Xiao Shan his Hundred Thousand Year Mental Power soul bone and urged her to continue physical training and learn Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.
• Chen Huang, Xiao Shan, Dugu Bo, and Tang Hao crossed the poison formation and returned to camp, where Chen Huang distributed the prepared herbs.
• Chen Huang gave Oscar the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid, Zhu Zhuqing the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, and Zhao Wuji the Earth Dragon Golden Melon, explaining how to use each one.

After absorbing immortal herbs, Oscar and Zhu Zhuqing gained Spirit Rings that greatly increased their Soul Power. The group continued through Sunset Forest, leaving Oscar and Zhu Zhuqing stronger and Zhu Zhuqing ahead of Chen Huang and Xiao Shan.

• Oscar woke first and discovered that his Soul Power had reached Level Twenty, while Zhu Zhuqing reached Level Thirty after absorbing her immortal herb.
• Zhao Wuji finished absorbing the Earth Dragon Golden Melon, raising his Soul Power to Level Seventy-Eight.
• Chen Huang's group found a Nether Monkey, and Zhu Zhuqing absorbed its roughly 1,600-year Spirit Ring to gain Nether Slash and reach Level Thirty-Seven.
• The group encountered a rare Crocodile Turtle suited to Oscar, and he absorbed its roughly 1,100-year Spirit Ring.
• Oscar gained the Second Soul Skill My Sausages Are Hard! and reached Level Twenty-Five.

Chen Huang detoxified Dugu Yan, hired and trained two new pastry chefs, and agreed to help Dugu Bo stage a rescue so Dugu Yan and Oscar would meet. The group headed to Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena to set the plan in motion.

• Dugu Bo brought Dugu Yan to Chen Huang, who began treating her poison and completed the detoxification after three sessions.
• Chen Huang hired Jasmine and Shi Hailan, trained them to run the dessert shop, and assigned them a salary of two hundred Gold Soul Coins.
• Dugu Bo asked Chen Huang to help stage a fake robbery so Dugu Yan could rescue Oscar, and Chen Huang agreed.
• Chen Huang brought Xiao Shan, Zhu Zhuqing, and Oscar toward Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena while Dugu Bo planned to disguise Prince's Mansion men as robbers and arrange for Dugu Yan to pass by.