Recaps

Chen An grew stronger by cooking restorative dishes for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and its disciples, while studying Martial Soul mutations and helping Ning Rongrong cultivate. After reaching rank twenty, he hunted a fire-attribute Soul Beast with Chen Xin and gained a new soup-making Soul Skill before leaving the forest to return to the sect.

• Chen An discovered that his Eternal Spirit Knife and Dragon-Transforming Pot supported a cooking-based path to strength, then earned physique rewards when Ning Rongrong, Uncle Zhou, and the elders praised his Yangzhou fried rice.
• Chen An traveled with Chen Xin to find a first Soul Ring, absorbed a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent’s ring, and gained the BB Popcorn Soul Skill, which improved appetite and Soul Power recovery.
• Chen An served fried rice, popcorn, and sweet-and-sour pork to the sect’s disciples, trained in evasion with Fang Ming, and gradually expanded his regular diners as his dishes earned favorable reviews.
• Chen An unlocked Dongpo Pork, studied Martial Soul mutations, and accompanied Ning Rongrong to her awakening, where she manifested the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda at innate rank nine.
• Chen An cooked Squirrel Mandarin Fish, Wensi Tofu, and Crab Roe Lion’s Head as his cultivation advanced, while Ning Rongrong gained her first Soul Ring and Xue Qinghe took them around Heaven Dou City to shop for ingredients.
• After breaking through to rank twenty, Chen An asked Chen Xin to seek a suitable Soul Ring for his Dragon-Transforming Pot and left the sect for Sunset Forest.
• Chen Xin subdued a fire-attribute nineteen-segment Earth King, and Chen An absorbed its Soul Ring, advanced to rank twenty-two, and gained a Soul Skill that let him make restorative soup.
• Chen An prepared the new soup in the forest, confirmed that it eased fatigue and replenished some Soul Power, then rested and left with Chen Xin, planning to serve Ning Rongrong a bowl.

Chen An advanced through his third Soul Ring, used Rainbow Porridge to clear a student’s lingering poison, and learned to assess Soul Beasts alongside Rongrong. As Shao Heng gained a third ring and the sect’s cart escorts tested Chen An’s recovery-boosting popcorn, Chen An continued balancing cooking, cultivation, and observation.

• Chen An returned to the sect with Ning Rongrong, reached rank twenty-two, and used his new cooking Soul Skill to make restorative soup for the elders and disciples.
• Chen An cooked for the sect, toured Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Rongrong and Xue Qinghe, and helped Rongrong improve her Soul Skill timing through practice.
• After reaching rank twenty-three and then level thirty, Chen An chose the Dragon-Transforming Pot and left with Chen Xin to hunt a third Soul Ring.
• Chen An absorbed a roughly seven-thousand-year Mandala Snake Soul Ring, reached level thirty-three, and discovered that his Rainbow Porridge could ease some kinds of poisoning.
• Chen An used Rainbow Porridge to clear Cheng Yu’s lingering Mandala Snake poison, then returned to the sect and explained the Soul Skill to Ning Fengzhi and Rongrong.
• Chen An and Rongrong attended Qin Ming’s Soul Beast class, where they learned to weigh tracks and other signs carefully and to record uncertainty rather than guess.
• Shao Heng chose a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent for his third Soul Ring, and Chen An’s observations helped the party trap one for Shao Heng to absorb.
• Shao Heng practiced using his new Soul Skill to protect a post, while Chen An made BB Popcorn for Han Cheng and Zhao Hai, who used its brief recovery boost during a cart escort and returned safely to the sect.