Arc 38The Gourmet Festival

Chen Lin pursued resources and recipes across the Floating Realm and Nightmare Realm while building Ruyi Island and gathering allies. On Gourmet Island, he traded for the Divine Snail Shell, helped Xueniang recover fragments of her past, and earned a two-star rating for Mortal Dust Spirit Dew before the festival’s higher-stakes offerings continued.

  • Chen Lin descended through the Floating Realm, fought human-faced mosquitoes, and gathered their mouthparts before seeking supplies on Gourmet Island and the Liangtian Continent.
  • Chen Lin recruited Wang Tianlin and Zhang Xuanwang, acquired control of the Liu Family Steamed Bun Shop through Xu Zhengren’s marriage to Liu Sanniang, and discovered the original bun recipe.
  • Chen Lin trained Lin Xianxian as his disciple on Ruyi Island, traded with Blue Butterfly for an Origin Orb and Black Finger, and later lost three cultivators he sent into the Black Finger Scenario.
  • Chen Lin reunited with Xue Honglan, learned that Chen Ling'er and others had left with the Immortal Palace, and returned to Gourmet Island to obtain Starlight Grass and refine Mortal Dust Spirit Dew.
  • Chen Lin met Lord Yin, tested the Divine Snail Shell, and traded Silver Snail ten years of free access to his planned shop in exchange for the shell rather than giving up his Soul Steamed Bun recipe.
  • Chen Lin recognized Xueniang as Qiu Mufan and told her about her past, while she asked him to contact Nan Mochu and bring her to visit.
  • At the Gourmet Festival, Xue Wa earned a one-star rating for her Clear Skies pastries, and Chen Lin received two stars for Mortal Dust Spirit Dew after the judges disputed its merit.
  • Chen Lin received festival rewards and prepared to leave, but stopped when the coordinator announced that a four-star delicacy could earn a Baron Quest Invitation Letter.
Chapters 927–951 Vol. 10 Read

Ch. 927The Floating Realm

Chen Lin met Gu Tianren, learned that the Floating Realm was dangerous and difficult to navigate, then survived a swarm of human-faced mosquitoes and collected their mouthparts. He began descending his Floating Island to seek a safer place, but found that lower levels weakened spiritual energy and powerful techniques.

  • Chen Lin checked on Nian Kong and Du Dahai in White Cloud Pasture, then worried about how to replenish his depleted resources.
  • Grass alerted Chen Lin to an approaching Floating Island, where Gu Tianren warned him about human-faced mosquitoes and described the Floating Realm’s dangers.
  • When the mosquito swarm attacked, Chen Lin protected himself with the Cyan Vine Shield and destroyed the creatures with the Thunder God Sword and Five Thunders Smite the Crown.
  • Chen Lin and Grass gathered more than three thousand mosquito mouthparts, then he began guiding his Floating Island downward.
  • As Chen Lin descended, he found that the spiritual energy and the realm’s power weakened at lower levels, limiting the strength of techniques that used rule force.

Ch. 928Gourmet Festival

Chen Lin returned to Gourmet Island to escape the poor cultivation conditions on his Floating Island and seek a high-grade Defensive Formation. He learned that a gourmet festival would offer valuable prizes, but failed to find a formation and left with a Two-Star Gourmet Voucher instead.

  • After a year of slow cultivation and no sign of other Floating Islands, Chen Lin left Grass to guard the island and traveled to Gourmet Island.
  • Chen Lin accidentally dirtied Xue Wa’s veil, gave her and the Black Snail two Nightmare Coins, and warned them not to try to extort him.
  • Chen Lin learned that Gourmet Island would hold a gourmet festival in a year, with free one-star gourmet food and valuable competition prizes, and he regretted not saving his Drunken God Brew for it.
  • Chen Lin tried to buy ingredients but found prices had nearly doubled, then posted a request for a high-grade Defensive Formation capable of defending against rank seven creatures.
  • After two days without finding a seller, Chen Lin discovered that the Management Office had no suitable formation to exchange, so he used his points to obtain a Two-Star Gourmet Voucher.

Ch. 929Xue Wa

Chen Lin visited the Great Snowy Mountain Steamed Bun Shop, where the buns briefly enhanced his clarity and cultivation insight, then went to the Stream Fruit Dew Food House to improve his body's vitality. There he encountered the Snow-White Snail, who had taken a job to pay for a Dream Veil he had accidentally dirtied, and the chapter left Chen Lin unsure how to help her.

  • Chen Lin exchanged his Two-Star Gourmet Voucher for a meal at the Great Snowy Mountain Steamed Bun Shop and ordered vegetable buns, seafood buns, and wine.
  • Chen Lin discovered that the buns briefly sharpened his mind and that meat buns had a stronger effect, while the wine complemented them.
  • Chen Lin reconsidered opening his own shop because his Drunken God Brew seemed suited to too few Gourmet Island visitors and was expensive to make.
  • Chen Lin entered the Stream Fruit Dew Food House and learned that the Snow-White Snail, now called Xue Wa, worked there because she could not afford to compensate for her dirtied Dream Veil.
  • Xue Wa explained that the Dream Veil could not be cleaned, and Sweet Girl called her away before Chen Lin decided what to do.

Ch. 930Liangtian Continent

Chen Lin tried to find a way to enter another cultivation plane, then returned to the Floating Realm and discovered a huge nearby island. He explored the island, Liangtian Continent, and found that its cities offered few resources useful to him.

  • Chen Lin paid Xue Wa a hundred Nightmare Coins for her skirt and asked her to gather resources in her plane in exchange for rewards at the next Gourmet Festival.
  • At the Management Office, Chen Lin learned that locating a plane without coordinates required the Guardian and cost ten thousand points, so he decided to return to the Floating Realm.
  • Xue Wa returned ten Nightmare Coins to Chen Lin, and he gave them back so she could avoid her next task penalty before entrusting her with a resource list.
  • Back on his Floating Island, Chen Lin learned from Grass that a massive island was drifting away and caught up with it.
  • Chen Lin entered Huangyu City on Liangtian Continent after intimidating its Golden Core guards, then learned the island had seven major powers and many smaller factions.
  • After searching several shops, Chen Lin found that most available resources were below the Spirit Transformation level and useless to him.

Ch. 931The Yulu Sect

Chen Lin visited Han Zhenxiao to ask about unusual food and drink, learned of the Yulu Sect, and recruited two elderly cultivators to serve him. He sent Wang Tianlin and Zhang Xuanwang into the Taiqing Mountain Scenario to carry out his task.

  • Han Zhenxiao invited Chen Lin to the City Lord Manor and served him spirit wine, which Chen Lin judged too ordinary for his needs.
  • Han Zhenxiao told Chen Lin that the Yulu Sect in Yulu City specialized in spirit dew, and Chen Lin left to pursue that lead.
  • Chen Lin took Wang Tianlin and Zhang Xuanwang from the city to his Floating Island and made them his subordinates with Soul Pacts.
  • Chen Lin used Foundation Establishment Pills to raise Wang Tianlin and Zhang Xuanwang to Foundation Establishment, then explained their mission in the Taiqing Mountain Scenario.
  • Chen Lin gave Wang Tianlin and Zhang Xuanwang the remaining Xianji Stones and sent them into the Nightmare Realm.

Ch. 932Changes

Chen Lin entered the Nightmare Realm to complete the task of begging for buns from the Liu Family Steamed Bun Shop, only to find it closed. He sent the Old Butler to secure the shop and secretly followed him, discovering that the Old Butler had persuaded Liu Sanniang to leave Liu Village with him.

  • Wang Tianlin and his companion returned from the Nightmare Realm after successfully begging for buns, and Chen Lin questioned them about their experience.
  • Chen Lin entered the Nightmare Realm and found the Liu Family Steamed Bun Shop closed, so he learned from a neighboring shopkeeper that Liu Sanniang had returned to Liu Village.
  • Chen Lin met the Old Butler, heard his account of events in Zhiwu County, and learned that Liu Sanniang had once proposed sharing a life with him.
  • Chen Lin ordered the Old Butler to acquire the Liu Family Steamed Bun Shop and secure the exclusive right to its name, approving even if he had to marry Liu Sanniang.
  • The Old Butler went to Liu Village, brought Liu Sanniang out of her residence, and left with her on horseback while Chen Lin followed secretly.

Ch. 933Destiny

Chen Lin secured control of the Liu Family Steamed Bun Shop and discovered its original recipe, which gave his Talent Origin a slight increase. After reading Chen Ling'er’s letter about the Immortal Palace’s imminent departure, he completed his task and left the Nightmare Realm with plans to look for old friends and investigate Li Fuyao’s courtyard.

  • Xu Zhengren married Liu Sanniang, bringing the Liu Family Steamed Bun Shop under Chen Lin’s control.
  • Chen Lin found the original bun recipe hidden inside the shop’s signboard and felt his Talent Origin increase after gaining insight into destiny.
  • Chen Lin promised the newlyweds lifespan-extending medicine and told them to give a basket of buns to a beggar who would soon arrive.
  • At Taiqing Mountain, Chen Lin found Chen Ling'er’s letter saying the Immortal Palace would depart in three months with her family and that they could later meet in a Myriad Realms Alliance scenario.
  • Chen Lin disguised himself as a beggar, received buns from Liu Sanniang, and completed his task.
  • After finding Li Fuyao’s courtyard emptied and its node faint, Chen Lin considered investigating Yun Xiumian’s fate and then disappeared.

Ch. 934Chouya

Chen Lin visited Yulu City to seek spirit dew recipes and recreate the Liu Household’s steamed buns, but he could not find the key to making them despite a month of experiments. He examined his assistant Chouya, learned her real name and difficult family circumstances, and discovered her poor spiritual aptitude.

  • Chen Lin entered Yulu City, found no useful spirit dew recipes, and gathered ordinary ingredients for the steamed buns.
  • Chen Lin bought a steamed bun shop and tried making the buns by hand, but his talent ability could not fully reveal their destiny line.
  • After a month without progress, Chen Lin paused his experiments and asked Chouya about her identity and family.
  • Chouya told Chen Lin that her name was Lin Xianxian and that she had left home to avoid being sold as a slave girl.
  • Chen Lin examined Chouya’s spiritual roots and found that her mixed aptitude was exceptionally poor.

Ch. 935The Miraculous Steamed Buns

Chen Lin accepted Chouya, whose real name was Lin Xianxian, as his disciple and discovered that charitable acts helped him repair a destiny line tied to the Liu Family Steamed Bun Shop's Soul Steamed Buns. After conditioning her body and giving her an ice cultivation technique, he left Ruyi Island for Yulu City as the Gourmet Festival approached.

  • Chen Lin found that Chouya had weak Five Elemental Spiritual Roots and accepted her as his disciple after she begged for a chance to cultivate.
  • Chen Lin and Lin Xianxian gave free steamed buns to poor people for four months, helping him reveal and partly repair a gap in his destiny line.
  • Chen Lin tasted a Soul Steamed Bun and discovered it purified the soul and expelled inner demons, while Lin Xianxian asked to visit home.
  • Chen Lin took Lin Xianxian to Xiaolin Village, then brought her to his floating island and named it Ruyi Island.
  • Chen Lin spent three months cleansing Lin Xianxian's meridians and refining her marrow, then gave her an ice cultivation technique to practice.
  • As the Gourmet Festival on Gourmet Island approached, Chen Lin returned to the Liangtian Continent and arrived in Yulu City.

Ch. 936Mortal Dust Spirit Dew

Chen Lin visited Yulu Sect leader Yuan Xi to trade for a spirit dew recipe and learned about the Floating Realm’s dangers and travel methods. Yuan Xi offered to consider trading the sect’s prized Mortal Dust Spirit Dew recipe for valuable pills or pill formulas, but no agreement was reached before the chapter ended.

  • Chen Lin arrived at Yulu City, met Yuan Xi, and accepted her invitation to visit the Yulu Sect.
  • Chen Lin asked to trade for spirit dew recipes and told Yuan Xi that he planned to use one in the Nightmare Realm.
  • Yuan Xi explained the Floating Realm’s dangerous upper layers and how mandarin duck stones helped locate distant islands.
  • Chen Lin tasted eight spirit dews and said none met his needs, which centered on flavor rather than cultivation benefits.
  • Yuan Xi offered to trade the Mortal Dust Spirit Dew recipe for something of equivalent value, though the sect had no finished product for Chen Lin to sample.
  • Chen Lin offered pill formulas and high-grade pills, and Yuan Xi asked him to specify what he could provide.

Ch. 937Void Beast

After returning to Ruyi Island, Chen Lin examined a void beast slain by Grass and discovered that it carried beads that devoured souls. In the Nightmare Realm, he met Blue Butterfly and agreed to trade information about the Spirit Demon Realm for her Origin Orb, though he concealed that the scenario leading there required a Silver Road Guide.

  • Chen Lin returned to Ruyi Island, gave Chouya cultivation pills, and learned that Grass had killed a void beast.
  • Chen Lin found twelve soul-devouring beads inside the beast's tentacles and took them for later study.
  • Chen Lin entered the Nightmare Realm and met Blue Butterfly, who wanted access to a plane containing demonic qi.
  • Chen Lin described the Spirit Demon Realm and its Spirit-Demon Dual Cultivation techniques, and Blue Butterfly offered him an Origin Orb.
  • Chen Lin agreed to let Blue Butterfly use the scenario to pinpoint the Spirit Demon Realm's location, warning her it was dangerous while withholding that it was a Silver Scenario.

Ch. 938The trade

Chen Lin tricked Blue Butterfly into trading him the Origin Orb for a token connected to a Silver Scenario she could not enter. After Blue Butterfly realized she had lost both the Orb and her chance to reach a plane containing demonic qi, Chen Lin suggested she try entering through a node outside Central City.

  • Blue Butterfly asked Chen Lin to trade his Medium Object for the Origin Orb, and he agreed to explain the Bluestone Street scenario while concealing that it was Silver Grade.
  • Blue Butterfly signed a Nightmare Realm Contract, returned with her true body, and gave Chen Lin the Origin Orb in exchange for the Pass Token.
  • Blue Butterfly failed to enter the scenario and discovered that her Temporary Level 4 Road Guide could not access a Silver Scenario.
  • Chen Lin denied deliberately deceiving Blue Butterfly, but she accused him of knowing the scenario's grade and demanded the Origin Orb back.
  • Blue Butterfly broke down crying over losing the Origin Orb and her chance to reach a plane containing demonic qi.
  • Chen Lin refused to return the Orb but suggested Blue Butterfly try entering the scenario through a node outside Central City.

Ch. 939Finger

Chen Lin used Soul Steamed Buns to suppress Blue Butterfly’s demonic affliction and traded her the remaining buns for the Medium Object that led to a scenario containing Origin Orbs. After Blue Butterfly escaped just before her Temporary Road Guide expired, Chen Lin realized the Black Staff resembled an enormous finger and was approached by someone who called him Brother Chen.

  • Chen Lin offered Blue Butterfly a node near Central City and a deal to make Soul Steamed Buns that could suppress her condition.
  • Blue Butterfly returned with Reality Realm ingredients and supplies, and Chen Lin spent nearly an hour making the buns while her Temporary Road Guide ran low.
  • Blue Butterfly ate a bun, and her chaotic energy settled as the bun suppressed the effects of an ancient demon’s residual thought.
  • Chen Lin demanded the method for obtaining Origin Orbs, and Blue Butterfly gave him a Black Staff Medium Object in exchange for the remaining buns under a Nightmare Realm Contract.
  • Blue Butterfly used her Temporary Road Guide to leave just before it expired, and Chen Lin recognized that the Black Staff looked like a huge finger.
  • A figure appeared and asked Chen Lin what he was studying.

Ch. 940Information

Chen Lin learned from Kannie that Chen Ling'er and Xue Honglan had left the Tiancang Realm safely, while Xiong Ziqi had disappeared after entering the Nightmare Realm. Back on Ruyi Island, Chen Lin absorbed an Origin Orb, inspected the Black Finger, and recruited ten cultivators, taking Shi Jian as his third disciple and binding the other nine with Soul Pacts.

  • Chen Lin met Kannie, learned that Chen Ling'er and Xue Honglan had left the Tiancang Realm safely, and heard that Xiong Ziqi had never returned after using the Mushroom Medium.
  • Chen Lin told Kannie about Gourmet Island and promised to bring her an Exclusive Teleportation Token, then returned to the Reality Realm when Blue Butterfly did not appear.
  • Chen Lin verified and absorbed the Origin Orb, strengthening his talent origin, then examined the Black Finger and stored it in a special box.
  • Chen Lin brought ten cultivators back from the Liangtian Continent and had nine sign Soul Pacts.
  • Chen Lin took Shi Jian as his third disciple after recalling how the young man had risked his life to protect his companions, then sent him with Wang Tianlin to learn Ruyi Island's rules.

Ch. 941Tiancang Realm Information

Chen Lin prepared cultivators to explore the Nightmare Realm, but the first three died after entering the Black Finger Scenario. He then met Liu Shengyuan, learned what had happened in the Tiancang Realm, and asked Xue Honglan to meet him.

  • Chen Lin warned nine cultivators about the Nightmare Realm and gave them Soul Refining Pills to strengthen their souls before exploration.
  • Three months later, Chen Lin sent Han Xishan, Zhang Zhengli, and Fu Chunxiang into the Black Finger Scenario, and all three died within hours.
  • Chen Lin postponed sending the remaining cultivators, ordered them to keep refining pills, and asked Wang Tianlin to test their endurance in the Myriad Realms Alliance Scenario.
  • Wang Tianlin reported that Liu Shengyuan had appeared in the scenario, so Chen Lin entered and learned that Liu Shengyuan and Wu Wanshan had been guarding the node for over a hundred years.
  • Chen Lin released Liu Shengyuan and Wu Wanshan from their duty, but Liu Shengyuan chose to remain and help guard the node.
  • Chen Lin learned that Xue Honglan had become the Yucai Sect's sect master and reached the Spirit Transformation Realm, while Dong Yunqiu had become its great elder, and he summoned Xue Honglan to meet him.

Ch. 942Starlight Grass

Chen Lin met Xue Honglan in the scenario and learned how the Immortal Palace’s departure had changed the Tiancang Realm and why his wife might be unable to visit him. At the Gourmet Island scenario, Xue Wa showed him Starlight Grass, which could repel Nightmare Qi, but Chen Lin’s first test left him confused.

  • Chen Lin spoke with Xue Honglan, who reported that Yue Tianyi and several other experts had stayed in the Tiancang Realm while Chen Ling'er and many of Chen Lin’s acquaintances had departed with the Immortal Palace.
  • Xue Honglan told Chen Lin that Lord Zi had said Immortal Realm residents could rarely enter low-level Nightmare Realm scenarios, easing his worry that Chen Ling'er could not contact him.
  • Chen Lin asked Xue Honglan to watch for monks near the Yucai Sect, established a new secret sign with her, then returned to Ruyi Island, left Grass to guard it, and taught Shi Jian a cultivation technique.
  • Chen Lin entered the Gourmet Island scenario and reunited with Xue Wa, who explained that she used Starlight Grass to resist Nightmare Qi erosion.
  • Xue Wa gave Chen Lin a stalk of Starlight Grass, and he tested it by letting Nightmare Qi invade; the grass repelled the aura, but Chen Lin then frowned and looked at his hand in confusion.

Ch. 943Snail Shell

Chen Lin arranged for Xue Wa to buy Starlight Grass and pursue a powerful snail shell, then learned how Gourmet Island distributed invitations and permissions. After gathering ingredients, he successfully refined Mortal Dust Spirit Dew by using qi luck force and drank it.

  • Chen Lin learned that Starlight Grass drained quickly for him, so he gave Xue Wa Nightmare Coins to buy two hundred stalks and asked her to arrange a meeting with the shell’s owner.
  • Xue Wa told Chen Lin that the shell belonged to a rank-nine Divine Snail who had failed to become a divine being, and that its current owner was a Rank Seven expert.
  • Xue Wa explained that Gourmet Invitation Letters served as tourist Teleportation Tokens, while star-rated delicacies earned Identity Tokens and greater permissions.
  • Chen Lin gathered ingredients for three batches of Mortal Dust Spirit Dew and bought other rare materials at the market.
  • Chen Lin failed his first attempt at refining Mortal Dust Spirit Dew, then used qi luck force from the Fortune Accumulation Orb to complete a batch and drank it.

Ch. 944Golden Goblet Marquis

Chen Lin refined Mortal Dust Spirit Dew, explored Gourmet Island, and encountered the Golden Goblet Marquis, whose magical wine purified his body. After learning about Batu’s cultivation and collecting starlight grass from Xue Wa, Chen Lin asked whether the seller of a snail shell had arrived.

  • Chen Lin drank Mortal Dust Spirit Dew and experienced vivid memories that helped him comprehend the Great Dao.
  • Chen Lin saw the Golden Goblet Marquis arrive on a golden ship and collected a cup of the Marquis’s magically varied wine, which burned away bodily impurities.
  • Chen Lin met Batu, who explained the three cultivation stages of the Valley Millet Realm: form transformation, Far Sowing, and Boundless.
  • Chen Lin reunited with Xue Wa, accepted the starlight grass she had bought at a discount, and asked whether the snail-shell seller had arrived.

Ch. 945Lord Yin

Chen Lin met Lord Yin to discuss trading for the Divine Snail Shell and discovered that his Innate Power could activate it, revealing a terrifying Divine Seal. Lord Yin invited Chen Lin and Xue Wa to the Music Tavern, where they prepared to discuss the trade further.

  • Xue Wa told Chen Lin that Lord Yin loved exploring the Nightmare Realm and had gone to eat tofu at the Tofu Fairy Gourmet House.
  • Xue Wa explained that her plane had a Nightmare Realm Explorers' Association and described Golden Scenarios, exclusive scenarios, and Guardians to Chen Lin.
  • Chen Lin and Xue Wa compared their cultivation systems, and he learned that his pills had no effect on her.
  • Lord Yin arrived, let Chen Lin test the Divine Snail Shell, and Chen Lin activated its mark with his Innate Power.
  • Chen Lin asked to discuss the trade somewhere private, and Lord Yin led him and Xue Wa to the Music Tavern.

Ch. 946Expensive Drinks

Chen Lin visited Gourmet Island’s Three-Star Gourmet House with Silver Snail and tried to negotiate for the Divine Snail Shell. After Silver Snail rejected his offerings, Chen Lin served him Soul Steamed Buns, and Silver Snail offered the shell in exchange for their recipe; Chen Lin instead proposed free access to his future shop for ten years.

  • Silver Snail ordered the most expensive three-star drink, while Chen Lin ordered Mutual Affection and bought Xue Wa a cheaper drink.
  • Chen Lin offered Silver Snail a spirit crystal and an immortal essence stone, but Silver Snail said neither could be used by him.
  • Chen Lin recognized the bartender as Qiu Mufan after seeing the Dragon Fish Goblet and hearing that the mixologist Xueniang had created Mutual Affection.
  • Chen Lin brought out Soul Steamed Buns for Silver Snail to taste, and Silver Snail ate three before offering the Divine Snail Shell for the recipe.
  • Chen Lin declined to hand over the difficult recipe and offered Silver Snail free access to his planned shop for ten years instead.

Ch. 947Memory loss

After trading for the Divine Snail Shell, Chen Lin spoke with Xueniang, who had lost most of her memories and could not remember her past as Qiu Mufan. He promised to seek help for her, then left the Music Cabin worried about the lingering effects of the Three-Jade Immortal Kingdom’s mutating energy on Luo Qinglan and Mu Xingchen.

  • Chen Lin rewarded Xue Wa with a hundred Nightmare Coins for arranging the trade and agreed to look for more unusual treasures through her Explorer Association.
  • Xueniang offered Chen Lin her new wine, Oblivion, and told him that she had forgotten much of her past but still felt haunted by an indistinct figure.
  • Chen Lin showed Xueniang the Dragon Fish Goblet and explained that she was Qiu Mufan, Princess Consort of the Three-Jade Immortal Kingdom, and recounted how they had met.
  • Xueniang could not remember Qiu Mufan’s past or Nan Mochu, and she asked Chen Lin to contact Nan Mochu and bring her to visit.
  • Chen Lin accepted Xueniang’s invitation voucher, promised to look for a way to help her, and left the Music Cabin concerned about Luo Qinglan and Mu Xingchen.

Ch. 948Gourmet Festival (Part One)

During Gourmet Island’s festival, Chen Lin sampled its food and discovered that Tofu Fairy Gourmet House’s pudding revealed flaws in his body and soul. He met its proprietor, He Xiuqin, a cultivator from his former home in the Tianxuan Realm, and asked about the realm’s condition after its latest fusion.

  • Chen Lin sampled dishes across Gourmet Island’s food street and Gourmet Houses, learning that their foods could produce remarkable effects.
  • Chen Lin bought tofu pudding at Tofu Fairy Gourmet House and found that its energy exposed imperfections throughout his body, including a membrane separating his soul from his body.
  • He Xiuqin approached Chen Lin, and they discovered that both had lived in the Tianxuan Realm.
  • He Xiuqin told Chen Lin that the Myriad Spirit Sect had fallen to a second-class power after its Patriarch died in a failed Plane Fusion.
  • Chen Lin asked He Xiuqin whether the Tianxuan Realm’s Heaven and Earth Rules had been restored to completeness.

Ch. 949Gourmet Festival (Part Two)

Chen Lin learned from He Xiuqin that stable planes were scarce and that Jinglian Studio’s vegetarian meals could purify some Nightmare Realm erosion. At the Gourmet Festival’s offering competition, Xue Wa prepared to compete first, but the opening round turned deadly when a contestant threatened a judge and was eaten.

  • He Xiuqin warned Chen Lin that the merged realms remained unstable and said Jinglian Studio’s vegetarian meals could purify heterogeneous energy, though its owner opened the shop irregularly.
  • Chen Lin exchanged information and Transmission Talismans with He Xiuqin, then left as the Gourmet Festival moved into its food-offering competition.
  • Xue Wa worried that drawing number one put her at a disadvantage, but Chen Lin encouraged her to compete first so no one could prepare the same dish ahead of her.
  • The first group of ten contestants began cooking, and a Big-Mouthed Fur Ball judge spat out a contestant’s salad and called it garbage.
  • When the tall contestant threatened the judge, the Big-Mouthed Fur Ball swallowed him, and the Golden Goblet Marquis explained that the man had violated the island’s rules.
  • The frightened contestants resumed offering food, while Chen Lin stayed near Teleportation Square in case he needed to flee.

Ch. 950Gourmet Festival (Part Two)

Xue Wa earned a one-star rating for her Clear Skies pastries, while the first four groups of contestants mostly failed to qualify. Chen Lin entered the competition with Mortal Dust Spirit Dew, which the Golden Goblet Marquis rated three stars, though another judge argued it deserved only two.

  • Xue Wa received a one-star rating from all nine judges for her Clear Skies pastries and won generous rewards, including a Gourmet Identity Token and permission to open a shop.
  • Chen Lin learned from Xue Wa that past festivals had featured many more successful dishes, but Gourmet Island rejected dishes that had already been offered.
  • After the first four groups produced only one qualifying dish among forty entries, Chen Lin entered his group and prepared Mortal Dust Spirit Dew using the Fortune Accumulation Orb.
  • Chen Lin served the Mortal Dust Spirit Dew to the judges, and the Golden Goblet Marquis praised it and awarded it three stars.
  • A square-headed judge tasted the spirit dew and argued that its limited effects and flavor warranted only two stars.

Ch. 951Raising the Stakes on the Rewards

Chen Lin received a two-star rating for his Mortal Dust Spirit Dew, then learned that the Guardian had raised the rewards for high-rated delicacies. The announcement of a Baron Quest Invitation Letter for four-star offerings made him stop as he prepared to return to the Floating Realm.

  • Square Head and most of the judges gave Chen Lin's Mortal Dust Spirit Dew two stars, and the administrator awarded it a final two-star grade.
  • Chen Lin received four exemptions from punishment, ten thousand points, two Universal Food Vouchers, a Treasure Vault purchase, and permission to add a destination to his Teleportation Token.
  • Qiu Mufan entered her Oblivion wine in the competition, but all nine judges gave it two stars.
  • The coordinator announced that the remaining offerings would be postponed for ten days and that a five-star delicacy could earn its presenter a request of the Guardian and help obtain Viscount Peerage Rank for a recommended Gastronomist.
  • Chen Lin headed toward Teleportation Square, but the coordinator announced that a four-star delicacy would earn a Baron Quest Invitation Letter, making Chen Lin stop.
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