Chapter Summaries

Lu Li accompanied Shrimp Meat to the World Gourmet Tournament, where she competed as a celebrated chef after independently recreating Century Soup. As the tournament began amid preparations for Gourmet Corp’s attack and Explorer interference, Shrimp Meat met the formidable chef Tengu Branchi, leaving her to face the competition with Lu Li’s encouragement.

• After two days of training and feeding Shrimp Meat, Lu Li learned that Ichiryu had moved the World Gourmet Festival and cooking tournament forward.
• IGO invited Shrimp Meat, now ranked eighty-eighth among the world’s chefs after her Century Soup was certified, and Lu Li accompanied her to the venue.
• Lu Li reassured the nervous Shrimp Meat on the journey and healed her tongue with Healing Kidō after she bit it.
• At the tournament, Lu Li told Aizen that Explorers and suspected Gourmet Corp troublemakers were present, while his Shadow Clone watched Ichiryu’s side.
• The tournament opened, and Lu Li encouraged Shrimp Meat by calling her the best chef before Tengu Branchi confronted them.
• Lu Li reassured the frightened Shrimp Meat that she could surpass Branchi through cooking and noted that her Gourmet Cells had raised her attributes to the Fifth Order.

Shrimp Meat competed in the IGO cooking tournament, impressing the judges with dishes made from ordinary ingredients and advancing alongside Lu Li. As Gourmet Corp’s attack failed against Lu Li’s defenses, Explorers began a separate plan in the Gourmet World, targeting Ichiryu and Midora.

• Branchi challenged Shrimp Meat, who insisted she would not lose at cooking, and Lu Li helped her down from the stands as the competition began.
• Mansam greeted Lu Li, smelled the wine he had brought before, and accepted Lu Li’s promise to bring him bottles of his next brew.
• Shrimp Meat swam to the ingredient island, chose ordinary ingredients, and advanced after the G7 Judges praised her egg burger; she then won her second-round cooking match.
• Shrimp Meat chose Lu Li as her partner for the whole-island round, and they cooked Oyster Island, whose dish delighted the judges and furthered Lu Li’s Gourmet Demon’s development.
• Gourmet Corp’s advance party attacked the competition, but Lu Li crushed its forces with gravity and blade intent while remaining at the table.
• A Seventh Order Explorer contacted allies and said the Gourmet World was theirs as other Explorers turned toward Ichiryu and Midora’s confrontation.

Lu Li stopped NEO’s infiltrators from disrupting the Gourmet Festival and forced the G7 Judges to continue the competition so Shrimp Meat could complete her mission. Outside the venue, an invisible wall of blade intent blocked Gourmet Corp’s forces, killing Dores when he tried to break through.

• Setsuno sensed an attack near the venue, but Jiro reassured her and she returned to cooking.
• Gourmet Corp’s leaders and IGO Vice President Shigematsu acted on NEO’s behalf, and Shigematsu struck Mansam into the arena after opening the venue gates.
• Lu Li restrained those preparing to attack, calmed the crowd, and ordered the G7 Judges to continue the competition.
• Lu Li pressured the G7 Judges into announcing a simplified fourth round, and Shrimp Meat worried that the mission might not accept the results.
• Toriko, Coco, Zebra, Sunny, and Komatsu stayed in the stands while the chefs continued cooking.
• Dores attacked the invisible barrier outside the venue, lost his arm, and died as the Soul Eater Ring’s true damage dissolved his body.

At the Gourmet Festival finals, Lu Li helped Shrimp Meat and Setsuno tie for first, then exposed the NEO conspiracy and captured Moyan Shoushou. He left Jiro to handle the arena and confronted the invading forces outside, where his aura felled everyone except three Seventh Order experts.

• The G7 Judges tasted the contestants’ dishes, and Setsuno and Shrimp Meat each received seven perfect scores while Zeus received lower marks.
• Setsuno threatened the G7 and Zeus; Zeus attacked her, but Lu Li blocked Moyan Shoushou and sealed her time-reversal ability with Space-Time Acupoint.
• Jiro arrived and took charge of the arena as NEO members revealed themselves and fought Mansam, the Four Heavenly Kings, and others.
• Lu Li went outside and rejected the Life-Stealing Little Sword Immortal’s offer to let the invaders proceed in exchange for thirty percent of their gains.
• Lu Li unleashed his Fear Aura, Conqueror’s Haki, and Reiatsu, causing nearly everyone outside to collapse, then began collecting their treasure chests while facing the three surviving Seventh Order experts.

Lu Li defeated Life-Stealing Little Sword Immortal and Joa, ending the chaos at the Gourmet Festival. Meanwhile, Ichiryu fell in battle against Midora, but an Explorer’s attempt to kill the wounded brothers was interrupted by a mysterious power bearing enormous Rinne Sharingan.

• Life-Stealing Little Sword Immortal led two Explorers in an attack on Lu Li, but Lu Li’s Black Lightning and Soul Eater Ring killed the two companions.
• Life-Stealing Little Sword Immortal’s sword could not pierce Lu Li’s hardened skin, and Lu Li tore off his arm, beheaded him, and destroyed his remaining spirit.
• Lu Li found and killed Joa, freeing the NEO members she controlled and ending the Gourmet Festival’s chaos.
• Midora defeated Ichiryu after Ichiryu held back, and the dying brothers mourned their conflict.
• A peak Seventh Order Explorer tried to ambush the wounded Ichiryu and Midora, but found that his apparent kills had become his mission teammates and saw two vast Rinne Sharingan in the sky.

Lu Li and Aizen rescued Ichiryu and Midora from the Saint King, then Lu Li healed them and confronted the Explorer in the Starry Sky. The Saint King activated his Cosmic Saint state and summoned a Gourmet Demon as Lu Li prepared to fight him.

• Aizen and Lu Li revealed themselves after the Saint King broke free of their illusions and discovered he had killed the two Explorers traveling with him.
• Ichiryu explained that Jiro had asked Lu Li to keep watch, and Lu Li healed Ichiryu and Midora while Midora agreed to repay Gourmet Corp's debts.
• The Saint King tried to leave, but Ichiryu and Midora attacked, so he used the Big Dipper Seven Star Fist against Earth to create an escape opportunity.
• Lu Li intercepted the Saint King in the Starry Sky and refused to let him go after he threatened to destroy the Solar System.
• The Saint King activated his Cosmic Saint state and summoned a massive Gourmet Demon, while Lu Li summoned his own smaller Gourmet Demon.

Lu Li fought the Saint King in a distant starfield, matching his opponent’s powerful fists and ultimately defeating him after the Saint King burned his Little Universe. The Saint King revealed that he had hunted Food Luck holders to reach the Final Land, and Lu Li left with the Doomed Chest.

• Lu Li moved his battle with the Saint King beyond the Solar System and stopped his Cosmic Star Vortex Fist with Greater Space-Time Acupoint.
• Lu Li and the Saint King traded blows across the stars, and their first direct fist clash ended in a draw despite a crack appearing in the Saint King's armor.
• The Saint King asked how long Lu Li had spent in the Space, then burned his Little Universe to stake everything on one final attack.
• Lu Li asked why the Saint King had targeted Ichiryu and Midora, and the Saint King explained that Food Luck determined who could enter the Final Land.
• Lu Li defeated the Saint King with a final clash that shattered his armor and reduced him to ashes, then collected the Doomed Chest.

Lu Li returned after defeating Saint King, and Midora reconciled with Ichiryu as the crisis on Earth subsided. Aizen warned that stronger Explorers and the need to understand Food Luck could pose future challenges, so Lu Li went to Gourmet Shrine to investigate it.

• Lu Li returned with fragments of Gold Saint armor, and Midora announced that he would disband Gourmet Corp and seek new ingredients after making peace with Ichiryu.
• Lu Li reunited with Aizen, the Four Heavenly Kings, Komatsu, and Shrimp Meat, then heard Aizen warn that Explorers from the White Universe might include Eighth Order fighters.
• Aizen explained that Food Luck could determine access to the Final Land and might protect people from death, while Lu Li admitted that his Luck attribute had once been only one point.
• Lu Li and Aizen agreed to investigate Food Luck, and Lu Li chose to visit Gourmet God Acacia's Gourmet Shrine while Aizen continued researching Gourmet Cells and training the Four Heavenly Kings.
• Lu Li and Shrimp Meat arrived at Gourmet Shrine and found an event challenging participants to draw a kitchen knife as a sign of being a child of Destiny.

Lu Li brought Shrimp Meat to Gourmet Shrine to study how Food Luck worked, and she unexpectedly became the first person there to pull the competition knife. The crowd celebrated her success and asked her to cook, while Lu Li joined her on the platform.

• Lu Li and Shrimp Meat traveled through Gourmet Shrine, sampling its food as Lu Li observed the fortunes of vendors and worshippers.
• After touring the food streets for two days, Lu Li watched many contestants fail to pull the kitchen knife and concluded that it chose whom to release it to.
• Lu Li pushed Shrimp Meat onto the platform, where the crowd recognized her as the world's number one chef and urged her to try the knife.
• Shrimp Meat pulled the knife out easily but fell backward from using too much force, and the audience cheered her abundant Food Luck.
• The audience asked Shrimp Meat to open a stall and cook for them, and Lu Li leaped onto the platform, drawing another commotion.

Lu Li tested Food Luck by pulling the cleaver from the Gourmet Shrine platform, then shared his prize with the crowd and reconsidered how Food Luck worked. He and Miss Xia went to the shrine’s main hall, where they found Midora beneath Acacia’s statue.

• Lu Li had Miss Xia and several Explorers test the cleaver, but only Miss Xia could pull it out easily; Sōkei also failed.
• Lu Li forcibly pulled the cleaver free, shaking the entire planet, and won the Gourmet Shrine card.
• Lu Li used the card to pay for everyone’s meal, after which he sensed the cleaver’s rejection of him had lessened.
• Lu Li reasoned that Food Luck could be both innate and acquired, strengthened by sharing food, kindness, and people’s gratitude.
• Lu Li and Miss Xia reached the main hall and saw Midora standing beneath Acacia’s statue.

Midora explained that his Life Course Meal consisted of memories of Frohze, then helped Lu Li investigate whether Food Luck could be learned through his ability. Midora learned it from a fainted event champion and suggested that drinking ATOM might let Lu Li see gourmet substances and possibly Food Luck.

• Midora told Lu Li that he had never been Acacia's disciple and refused to explain their past.
• Midora revealed that every course in his Life Course Meal was a memory of Frohze, so Lu Li understood why nobody else could eat it.
• Lu Li asked Midora to teach him how to learn Food Luck, and Midora explained that his Mirror Neurons let him see gourmet substances.
• Midora failed to learn Food Luck from Sōkei and Shrimp Meat, then succeeded by observing the event champion.
• Midora told Lu Li that drinking ATOM from Acacia's Life Course Meal might give him the ability to see gourmet substances and Food Luck.

Lu Li learned that ATOM was part of Gourmet God Acacia's Life Course Meal and took Coco and Shrimp Meat to Mount Kuraudo to obtain it. After subduing Bird King without killing it, Lu Li drank the first batch of purified ATOM, which overwhelmed him with its intense flavor.

• Midora told Lu Li that ATOM could help him see gourmet matter, and Lu Li decided to pursue Acacia's entire Life Course Meal.
• Lu Li brought Coco and Shrimp Meat to Mount Kuraudo to collect and refine ATOM while Aizen stayed behind to supervise the Four Heavenly Kings.
• Bird King covered them with its Death Shadow, but Lu Li struck it away and then rode it through space until his Fear Aura made it stop fighting.
• Coco and Shrimp Meat filtered several hundred milliliters of ATOM while Lu Li returned from calming Bird King.
• Lu Li drank the entire bottle of purified ATOM and was swept up in its intense flavor.

After drinking purified ATOM, Lu Li found that his powerful body needed far more than Coco and Shrimp Meat could produce to clearly reveal gourmet matter and Food Luck. Seeking a faster way to awaken his perception, he decided to drink raw ATOM extract despite Coco's warning, and the chapter ended as Shrimp Meat tried to stop him.

• Purified ATOM raised Lu Li's attributes and partially revived his Gourmet Demon, but its effects also made him realize Acacia's menu could provoke dangerous greed and conflict.
• Lu Li drank purified ATOM and sensed only a faint improvement in his ability to perceive gourmet matter, while Coco and Shrimp Meat saw it clearly after tasting some.
• Lu Li asked Coco and Shrimp Meat to produce hundreds of tons of ATOM, then settled for drinking the several liters they refined the next day.
• After concluding that purified ATOM would take too long to awaken his vision, Lu Li decided to try the toxic raw extract mentioned in End Space's appraisal.
• Coco warned Lu Li that raw ATOM contained dangerous toxins, but Lu Li scooped some up as Shrimp Meat cried out that he would be poisoned.

Lu Li discovered that his Constitution and Primordial Spirit Seed let him drink poisonous ATOM raw liquid without lasting harm, then consumed a vast amount from the Bird King’s volcano. Afterward, he used his enhanced perception to see gourmet substances and Food Luck, and was stunned by what he saw around Shrimp Meat.

• Lu Li drank ATOM raw liquid, quickly recovered from its poison, and reassured Coco that his body had produced antibodies.
• Lu Li enlarged his body and drank deeply from the volcano while Coco and Shrimp Meat watched from a distance and the Bird King looked on.
• Lu Li’s drinking shook the Cloud Continent and nearly emptied the volcano, prompting the Bird King to attack him without injuring him.
• Lu Li stopped after several minutes, told the Bird King he would return, and explained that the ATOM had sharpened his ability to perceive gourmet substances.
• Lu Li examined Coco’s Food Luck, then looked closely at Shrimp Meat and was completely stunned.

Lu Li learned to imitate Food Luck by consuming ATOM and discovered that increasing his own Food Luck slightly reduced Coco’s, suggesting it could be plundered. Ichiryu revealed the effects and dangers of Gourmet God Acacia’s Life Course Meal, and Lu Li learned Acacia might still be alive before asking why he had never eaten his own menu.

• Lu Li saw that Shrimp Meat possessed an enormous, apparently innate Food Luck aura that dwarfed Coco’s.
• While Coco and Shrimp Meat refined more ATOM, Lu Li imitated Coco’s Food Luck until his own aura grew several stories tall.
• Lu Li noticed Coco’s Food Luck had decreased slightly as his own increased and concluded that most Food Luck could be plundered.
• Ichiryu arrived, explained the effects and preparation of Gourmet God Acacia’s Life Course Meal, and urged Lu Li to keep it secret to prevent wars and invasions.
• Ichiryu told Lu Li that Acacia had disappeared after Frohze’s death and might still be alive, with his disappearance possibly connected to his mysterious Gourmet Demon.
• Lu Li questioned why Acacia had not eaten his own Life Course Meal, despite being powerful enough to capture its ingredients.

Lu Li joined the Four Heavenly Kings in tasting Ichiryu and Jiro’s Life Course Meals, then completed his mission to train the Four Heavenly Kings and gained several legendary ingredients from their ultimate menus. While inspecting his rewards, he discovered an Immortal-Grade dish called Ghost Shell: Memories of the Ancient Ocean.

• Ichiryu told Lu Li that Acacia and GOD might soon return, then invited Lu Li, Coco, and Shrimp Meat to taste his Life Course Meal.
• Two days later, Lu Li and the Four Heavenly Kings ate Ichiryu’s Life Course Meal, prepared by Gourmet Sage Kiki, and then sampled Jiro’s extravagant menu cooked with Setsuno’s help.
• Jiro’s Life Course Meal greatly improved Aizen’s Gourmet Cells and strengthened Lu Li’s Gourmet Demon shell, while the Four Heavenly Kings’ Gourmet Cells advanced after they had drunk ATOM and eaten the meal.
• Lu Li completed his mission to train the Four Heavenly Kings and received their ultimate Life Course Meals, including GOD, AIR, EARTH, and ANOTHER.
• Lu Li found a golden can in his Storage Space and learned that it contained the Immortal-Grade dish Ghost Shell: Memories of the Ancient Ocean.

Back in the Gourmet World, Lu Li opened the Demon Clam and shared it and several ingredients from Acacia's Full Course with Toriko and Aizen. The dishes transformed their Gourmet Cells and completed Lu Li's Gourmet Demon, and Toriko proposed that they head to the Monkey King's territory to obtain PAIR.

• Lu Li returned to his territory with Toriko, the other Heavenly Kings, and Shrimp Meat, then asked Shrimp Meat to cook the ingredients from Acacia's Full Course.
• Lu Li opened the golden can containing the Demon Clam, whose ancient flavors stirred Toriko's and Aizen's Gourmet Demons and rapidly strengthened them as they ate.
• After tasting ANOTHER, Lu Li awakened a new taste realm and realized it let him perceive the Demon Clam's ancient gourmet substances; Aizen then considered how those substances might connect to the Final Land.
• Lu Li ate EARTH, GOD, and AIR, strengthening his body and completing and enlarging his Gourmet Demon, while GOD also revived Molly's core brain and Gourmet Cells.
• When Lu Li said he wanted soup, Toriko suggested they go to the nearby Monkey King's territory to obtain the Food Treasure PAIR.

Lu Li led the Four Heavenly Kings and Starjun to capture PAIR from Monkey King Bambina, and they obtained the legendary Earth Soup through a dance ritual. After everyone drank it, the soup changed their sexes, and Aizen suggested that the transformation could be reversed.

• Starjun arrived, and Lu Li assigned the Four Heavenly Kings and Starjun to capture PAIR from Bambina.
• Bambina knocked all five challengers down, then spent hours testing them until they could keep up with its movements.
• Coco found murals describing Bambina's dance ritual, and Toriko accidentally completed its final step by kissing Bambina.
• PAIR emerged from Bambina as its golden jewels, and Lu Li restrained the erupting soup while Shrimp Meat and Coco collected it for the group and the monkeys.
• The group drank the Earth Soup and transformed into the opposite sex, prompting Aizen to explain that PAIR's transformation might be reversible before drinking a bowl himself.

Lu Li and his companions feasted on PAIR, then Lu Li headed to the Deer King's Food Territory Forest to find Acacia's NEWS after detecting an approaching spacecraft. He discovered seven Blue Nitro had landed there, leaving him facing the likely rivals for the dish.

• Aizen tested the gender-changing soup and confirmed that drinking more could reverse its effects, so Lu Li carefully drank PAIR and strengthened his Gourmet Cells.
• Sōkei arrived with his two followers, and Monkey King Bambina mistook him for its deceased mate and carried him off for the night.
• Lu Li decided to seek the NEWS dish in the Deer King's Food Territory Forest, while an approaching spacecraft alerted him and Aizen to danger.
• Lu Li rushed to the Deer King's back as Aizen led the others to safety, then explored the forest while using his Fear Aura to drive away lesser beasts.
• Lu Li found seven Blue Nitro emerging from the spacecraft and realized they were powerful Gourmet Nobles who had come for the Deer King's territory.

Lu Li confronted the Blue Nitro, suppressed them, and killed them after taking their Golden Cookware and supplies. Pair revealed that NEO was hidden within Acacia and that Explorers had come to help seal it, but the Deer King pulled Lu Li and the descending Colossal Battleship into its Inner World, where an Eighth Order Explorer appeared.

• Lu Li learned that the Blue Nitro targeted Ichiryu and Midora because they might interfere with their plans for Earth, then demanded their Golden Cans and departure.
• ATOM measured Lu Li at Capture Level 20000, and Pair offered to share Acacia's full menu, but Lu Li rejected the offer and attacked.
• Lu Li froze the Blue Nitro with Acupuncture, looted their Golden Cookware and supplies, and killed them one by one.
• Pair told Lu Li that NEO was Acacia's Gourmet Demon and that the empty Golden Can could seal it, then revealed that Explorers aboard the Colossal Battleship were his backup plan.
• The Deer King drew Lu Li and the descending Colossal Battleship into its Inner World, where Lu Li sensed that an Explorer emerging from the ship was Eighth Order.