A new era. A new age.
Qian Yun sat cross-legged on his bed, clutching a Myriad Realms Universal Talisman and staring intently at the live broadcast projected onto the opposite wall.
The "All Heavens and Myriad Worlds Culinary God Contest," hosted by the Moon Palace, was nearing its end. At this very moment, the final two contestants would vie for the title of Culinary God before "Guanghan Fairy" Ruan Yushu. The winner would not only be appointed a God Lord in charge of a corresponding authority, but would also receive a bottle of the Moon Palace's fine "Osmanthus Wine," which could extend one's life by a full ninety thousand years and even bring about a complete transformation.
The Moon Palace was bathed in pure, bright moonlight, as though draped in a veil of silver. "Guanghan Fairy" Ruan Yushu sat immersed in it, kneeling properly behind the desk at the head of the hall, her posture neat and upright, her gaze intent and her expression serious.
Though her features seemed somewhat indistinct, she still struck the viewer with breathtaking beauty. Qian Yun couldn't help but marvel inwardly. No wonder she was widely acknowledged as one of the most beautiful Female Immortals.
In the center of the hall opposite Ruan Yushu stood a copper furnace, half a person's height, belching flames of mingled dark green and black. Yin energy thickened the air, and filth weighed upon the surroundings. Just looking at it made one's heart race.
Beside the furnace stood a man in a black robe, his hair hanging loose. His features were strikingly handsome in a sickly way. He was "Killing Stove King" Dong Shuli, the first contestant to appear. Rumor had it that he was descended from the previous Culinary God, who had fallen, and had inherited the entirety of