Chapter Summaries

Xiao Zhen arrived in a food-centered world and accepted a mission to free Erina Nakiri from the side effects of the God's Tongue. He found Erina at Gaoyue Tower, where she was about to compete against the restaurant owner, Gao Fei.

• Xiao Zhen discovered Totsuki Culinary Academy and learned from a hypnotized teacher that Erina Nakiri was at Gaoyue Tower competing against a young culinary prodigy from Huaxia.
• Xiao Zhen reached Gaoyue Tower and overheard that Gao Fei had transformed his family's restaurant into a hugely successful business.
• Erina Nakagi grew impatient while waiting for Gao Fei, and Hisako Arato warned the manager that they would leave if he did not appear soon.
• Gao Fei arrived with two maids and told Erina Nakiri that he wanted to see how formidable the God's Tongue was.

Gao Fei and Erina Nakiri began a cooking competition judged by Senzaemon Nakiri, while Xiao Zhen discovered that Gao Fei possessed a Gourmet System and received a mission to seize it. Xiao Zhen decided to target Gao Fei, but he also considered challenging him through cooking despite his own poor skills.

• Erina Nakiri insulted Gao Fei, and he arranged a public cooking competition with free meals for the restaurant’s customers.
• Gao Fei introduced Senzaemon Nakiri as the judge, while Erina Nakiri and Gao Fei each entered the contest confident of winning.
• Gao Fei’s past was revealed: he had transmigrated into the world three years earlier and used his Gourmet System to build a struggling restaurant into a major food conglomerate.
• Xiao Zhen’s system detected Gao Fei as another system owner and ordered Xiao Zhen to control or eliminate him in exchange for 70,000 Points.
• Xiao Zhen considered knocking Gao Fei unconscious but decided that defeating him through cooking would better undermine his confidence.
• Gao Fei proposed a movie date with Erina Nakiri as his wager, and Xiao Zhen grew jealous and resolved to challenge him despite his weak cooking skills.

Gao Fei’s Phoenix Crystal dish was sabotaged by Xiao Zhen, and Senzaemon Nakiri declared it awful after tasting it. Erina Nakiri won the cooking match while Gao Fei struggled to understand what went wrong, and Xiao Zhen decided to respond after the crowd insulted Chinese cuisine.

• Gao Fei and Erina Nakiri prepared dishes for Senzaemon Nakiri, while Xiao Zhen secretly added Suffering Grass to Gao Fei’s ingredients.
• Senzaemon Nakiri praised Erina’s sushi, then tasted Gao Fei’s Phoenix Crystal and found it revolting.
• Gao Fei tasted his own dish, recoiled, and insisted that something must have gone wrong despite finding no problem with the fresh ingredients.
• Erina mocked Gao Fei after winning, while spectators used his failure to disparage Chinese cuisine.
• Xiao Zhen realized the crowd’s insults had gone too far and decided to take action, though he blamed Gao Fei for damaging Chinese cuisine’s reputation.

After Gao Fei’s disastrous defeat, Xiao Zhen appeared to defend Chinese cuisine and challenged him to prove what a real chef could do. Xiao Zhen activated a God of Cooking Experience Card, leaving Senzaemon Nakiri intrigued by his transformed presence as he prepared to cook.

• Erina Nakiri dismissed Gao Fei’s cooking and left the arena with Hisako Arato, while Gao Fei tried to make her compete again.
• Xiao Zhen arrived, condemned Gao Fei for disgracing Chinese cuisine, and knocked two security guards away with an unknown force.
• Gao Fei attacked Xiao Zhen with a kitchen knife, but Xiao Zhen deflected it with a chopstick and mocked his strength.
• Gao Fei boasted about winning the Chinese Youth Culinary Competition, and Xiao Zhen challenged him to see a real chef at work.
• Xiao Zhen activated a God of Cooking Experience Card, and Senzaemon Nakiri wondered what dish he would make.

Xiao Zhen cooked Buddha Jumps Over the Wall to answer Senzaemon Nakiri’s challenge, while Gao Fei watched resentfully. The dish dazzled the crowd with its glow and aroma, and Senzaemon Nakiri’s ecstatic reaction ended with his clothes bursting in public.

• Xiao Zhen threw Gao Fei’s Phoenix to the ground, where a hypnotized dog spat it out and urinated on it.
• Senzaemon Nakiri challenged Xiao Zhen to demonstrate his cooking skills, and Xiao Zhen began making Buddha Jumps Over the Wall.
• Xiao Zhen heated the clay pot with his bare hands using Fire Affinity battle qi, surprising Gao Fei and Senzaemon Nakiri.
• Xiao Zhen served the glowing Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, and its fragrance captivated Senzaemon Nakiri and the surrounding audience.
• Senzaemon Nakiri tasted the soup, praised it as an unprecedented delicacy, and burst his clothes in front of the crowd.

Xiao Zhen, posing as Tang Niu, served Senzaemon Nakiri and Erina Nakiri an extraordinary Buddha Jumps Over the Wall before leaving the venue. Gao Fei recognized Tang Niu as a character from God of Cookery and began wondering whether he would need to visit Shaolin Temple to improve his cooking.

• Erina Nakiri tasted the Buddha Jumps Over the Wall and judged it the most delicious dish she had ever eaten, while Gao Fei tried it and was equally overwhelmed.
• After his experience card expired, Xiao Zhen introduced himself as Tang Niu, a graduate of the Chinese Culinary Training Academy, but refused to reveal where it was located.
• Senzaemon Nakiri invited Tang Niu home, but Tang Niu declined and left the venue before Gao Fei recognized him as a character from God of Cookery.
• Senzaemon Nakiri left, and Erina Nakiri told Hisako that Tang Niu’s technique and ability to control flames made the dish difficult to replicate.
• Gao Fei returned to his room and considered visiting Shaolin Temple, but feared the 18 Bronze Men would badly injure him.

Xiao Zhen captured Gao Fei’s Gourmet System and learned that systems had different levels, then spent several days enjoying the island nation’s food. As Erina’s worsening God's Tongue left her unable to eat, Hisako set off for Huaxia to seek help, with Xiao Zhen following her.

• Xiao Zhen knocked Gao Fei unconscious and devoured the level 9 Gourmet System with his level 21 Adventure System.
• Gao Fei failed to contact his lost system as his reputation and businesses suffered.
• Erina rejected Hisako’s porridge because her God's Tongue had become even more sensitive after tasting Buddha Jumps Over the Wall.
• Hisako resolved to travel to Huaxia and find the Culinary Training Academy for Erina.
• Xiao Zhen followed Hisako as she bought a plane ticket to Huaxia, hoping to use her as a way to approach Erina.

Hisako searched Huaxia for the Chinese Culinary Training Academy so she could find help for Erina, but Xiao Zhen knew the academy was fictional. He entered Hisako’s dream and revealed that the academy did not exist, leaving her stunned.

• Hisako arrived in Huaxia without a plan and asked a hotel chef and eight other local chefs where to find the Chinese Culinary Training Academy, but none had heard of it.
• Hisako returned to her inn determined to search another city, while Xiao Zhen decided to guide her through a dream.
• Xiao Zhen used a spell to enter Hisako’s dream and appeared as the all-knowing Mirror God.
• Hisako asked the Mirror God where the academy was, and Xiao Zhen told her it did not exist and that the person she had met had made it up.
• Hisako covered her mouth in shock after hearing that the academy she had trusted was only a lie.

Xiao Zhen used a dreamlike illusion to convince Hisako that a remote temple’s kitchen had taught the fat man his cooking, then gave her an address and a jade pendant as a lead to help Erina. Hisako set off for the mountain, where she camped for the night as several wild animals surrounded her.

• Xiao Zhen showed Hisako an illusion of the fat man being beaten by monks and explained that the temple’s kitchen was the Culinary Training Academy.
• Hisako begged Xiao Zhen for help with Erina, and he gave her an address and a jade pendant before she woke from the dream.
• Hisako found the jade pendant beside her and, the next morning, traveled to a remote mountain village and entered the forest alone.
• Hisako camped in the forest after nightfall and cooked a soup from mushrooms and wild vegetables.
• Xiao Zhen sensed several pairs of glowing eyes surrounding Hisako and realized that hostile wild animals were approaching.

Hisako searched the wilderness for a master of medicine, and Xiao Zhen used an illusion to lead her in circles back to his cabin. When she confronted him, he claimed she had found the person she sought, but Hisako refused to believe that he was the medical master.

• Hisako walked through the mountains seeking a renowned healer, while Xiao Zhen created an illusory cabin and guided her toward it.
• Hisako met Xiao Zhen, explained that she was a Japanese chef from a family of Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioners, and asked where to find the master.
• Xiao Zhen directed Hisako along a path he had altered with an Illusion Array, causing her to wander until she returned to his cabin.
• Hisako recognized the cabin, armed herself with a stick and pepper spray, and approached Xiao Zhen to confront him.
• Xiao Zhen insisted that Hisako had found the person she was looking for, but she protested that she wanted a senior medical expert, not him.

Xiao Zhen shared roasted chicken with Hisako Arato, who explained that a dream and a Jade Pendant had led her to the mountain in search of an expert. Xiao Zhen claimed the pendant was his, then secretly took it from Hisako as she blushed.

• Xiao Zhen gave Hisako a seasoned chicken leg, and she questioned him about the seasoning and his life alone in the mountains.
• Hisako introduced herself as Hisako Arato, and Xiao Zhen gave his name and said he had visited her island nation once.
• Hisako told Xiao Zhen that a Divine Mirror in her dream had directed her to the mountain and that she had found the Jade Pendant beside her bed.
• Xiao Zhen claimed the Jade Pendant was his because it bore the character for his surname, and Hisako guarded it warily.
• Xiao Zhen revealed that he had taken the Jade Pendant while Hisako blushed.

Hisako tried to recover the Jade Pendant, but Xiao Zhen proved his supernatural abilities and persuaded her to ask for his help saving her friend. Xiao Zhen agreed to help for free, and the two left the mountains by plane, eager to avoid unexpected complications.

• Hisako demanded the Jade Pendant back, and Xiao Zhen transformed into her likeness to prove his abilities.
• Hisako asked Xiao Zhen to help her friend and offered him her savings, but he refused the money and produced a chest full of gold coins.
• Hisako pleaded with Xiao Zhen, who agreed to save her friend for free.
• The next day, Hisako and Xiao Zhen left the mountains, and the cabin and its facilities vanished behind them.
• Hisako bought two expensive first-class plane tickets, and she and Xiao Zhen departed quickly to avoid trouble.

Xiao Zhen examined Erina’s God's Tongue and said he could reduce its excessive sensitivity by sealing some meridians. Erina agreed to trust him, and he touched her tongue, leaving her unable to move.

• Hisako introduced Xiao Zhen to Erina as someone who might solve her inability to eat.
• Xiao Zhen admitted he was neither a chef nor a member of a culinary academy, but insisted he could help Erina.
• Xiao Zhen examined Erina’s tongue with his Soul Power and determined that its extreme sensitivity caused her problem.
• Xiao Zhen proposed sealing some meridians in Erina’s tongue, warning that a mistake could permanently destroy her sense of taste.
• Erina chose to trust Xiao Zhen and stuck out her tongue for treatment.
• Xiao Zhen touched Erina’s tongue, and she found herself unable to move.

Xiao Zhen treated Erina’s God’s Tongue, allowing her to eat again. Grateful and thinking of her mother, Erina asked him to share the treatment method, and he agreed.

• Hisako objected when Xiao Zhen touched Erina’s tongue, but he said he was treating her and blocked several meridians with battle qi.
• Erina regained control of her body, tried to punch Xiao Zhen, and nearly collapsed from hunger and weakness.
• Hisako brought Erina pastries, and Erina found she could taste and enjoy them again before ravenously eating the plate.
• Erina thanked Xiao Zhen, apologized for her earlier behavior, and asked him to teach her the method so she could help her mother.
• Xiao Zhen agreed to share the treatment method, and Erina offered to make him the Nakiri Family’s honored guest.

Xiao Zhen temporarily blocked some of the meridians in Erina’s tongue, allowing her to enjoy food, but demanded Erina herself in exchange for revealing a lasting cure. After Xiao Zhen vanished, Erina happily ate at home, while Senzaemon asked whether the mysterious man could also treat her mother.

• Xiao Zhen explained that he had blocked some meridians in Erina’s tongue, and Erina offered the Nakiri Family’s help in return for a way to resolve the God's Tongue’s drawbacks.
• Xiao Zhen demanded Erina herself, and after she angrily objected, he vanished and told her she could seek him out once she had decided.
• Erina told Hisako she was astonished by Xiao Zhen’s disappearance, while Hisako described him as an exceptionally powerful expert.
• Xiao Zhen left the Nakiri Family residence, thinking that Erina’s relief would last only until the trace of battle qi disappeared in about two days.
• At dinner, Erina enjoyed the food and told Senzaemon and Alice Nakiri that a strange man from Huaxia had made her God's Tongue like an ordinary person’s.
• Senzaemon asked Erina whether Xiao Zhen could treat her mother, and Erina said he had already left and his condition was too harsh.

Xiao Zhen returned to the Nakiri residence and explained how he could seal Erina's God's Tongue while preserving some of its power. Erina accepted his condition, and Xiao Zhen claimed her as his own, leaving her asking him to slow down.

• Xiao Zhen traveled the world tasting expensive food while waiting for Erina's God's Tongue to return.
• Erina's God's Tongue awakened again, and Hisako failed to find Xiao Zhen at the campsite.
• Xiao Zhen appeared in Erina's courtyard and explained meridians and his methods for temporarily or permanently sealing the God's Tongue.
• Erina agreed to Xiao Zhen's condition after thinking of her mother's suffering.
• Xiao Zhen pulled Erina into his arms and kissed her cheek, while Erina asked him to give her more time.

Erina confronted Xiao Zhen after learning he already had wives and children, but accepted his proof that he came from another world and asked him to seal her God's Tongue. Xiao Zhen visited the Nakiri Family residence that afternoon to treat her mother, Nakiri Mana, while Erina insisted they keep their relationship secret.

• Erina learned Xiao Zhen had other wives and children, accused him of deceiving her, and demanded proof of his origins.
• Xiao Zhen showed Erina visions of another world, convincing her that his claim was true.
• Erina made Xiao Zhen promise to keep their relationship from her family and asked him to seal her God's Tongue.
• Xiao Zhen sealed Erina's God's Tongue, left her medicine, and agreed to return that afternoon to treat Nakiri Mana.
• Xiao Zhen arrived at the Nakiri Family residence, and Erina dismissed the servants before warning him not to reveal their relationship to her mother.

Xiao Zhen treated Nakiri Mana by sealing her God's Tongue, allowing her to taste nutritional fluid again, though her weakened digestive system meant she had to recover on porridge and soup. He stayed with the Nakiri family as a guest, where Hisako thanked him and Alice Nakiri watched him with curiosity.

• Erina introduced Xiao Zhen to Nakiri Mana, who teased him about his earlier demand before he pretended to leave and convinced her to accept treatment.
• Xiao Zhen sealed Nakiri Mana's God's Tongue, and she swallowed nutritional fluid despite finding its taste unpleasant.
• Nakiri Mana developed stomach pain, and Xiao Zhen discovered her stomach and intestines had shrunk after years without ordinary food.
• The nurse explained that Nakiri Mana needed porridge, soup, and medicine for about half a month to recover.
• Hisako arrived from Totsuki Culinary Academy and thanked Xiao Zhen for helping Erina, while he teased her and Erina about their closeness.
• Senzaemon Nakiri held a banquet for Xiao Zhen, and Alice Nakiri watched him curiously.

Xiao Zhen stayed with the Nakiri Family after helping Nakiri Mana and secretly visited Erina that night, while Senzaemon hoped to keep him nearby in case her condition returned. Meanwhile, Gao Fei visited Shaolin Temple with a fortune in cash, hoping to improve his cooking skills after losing his system and struggling against challengers.

• Senzaemon Nakiri thanked Xiao Zhen for helping his daughter and granddaughter, then persuaded him to spend the night at the family home.
• Xiao Zhen secretly entered Erina's room that night, and she pretended to be asleep before giving up resisting his visit.
• Hisako told Xiao Zhen that Erina was returning to Totsuki Culinary Academy, and Erina hid her torn pajamas after waking up.
• Senzaemon invited Xiao Zhen to stay longer, and Xiao Zhen accepted because it would make it easier to visit Erina at night.
• Gao Fei arrived at Shaolin Temple seeking help with his cooking skills, and Abbot Fayun welcomed him after seeing his suitcase of cash.

After spending a month with Erina, Xiao Zhen returned to the Dou Qi Continent, promising to visit her and take her there after she graduated. He went to congratulate Fa Ma on becoming a Sixth-grade Alchemist and reunited with his teacher and Yao Chen.

• Erina grew sad when Xiao Zhen said he had to leave, and he promised to visit her and bring her to the Dou Qi Continent after she graduated.
• Xiao Zhen left Erina behind and returned to the Dou Qi Continent, where he heard that Fa Ma had become a Sixth-grade Alchemist.
• Xiao Zhen decided to visit the Alchemist Guild and congratulate Fa Ma.
• Yao Chen and Fa Ma welcomed Xiao Zhen into the president's office, where he shared pastries from his travels with them.