Chapter Summaries

Lu Qiming, Toriko, and Komatsu traveled to the Sky Vine to reach Vegetable Sky and find Ozone Grass, with Lu Qiming hoping to strengthen his Primal Gourmet Cells. After climbing thousands of meters, Komatsu struggled against the height and wind while Lu Qiming remained at ease.

• Lu Qiming, Toriko, and Komatsu flew toward Vegetable Sky, where Lu Qiming planned to seek Ozone Grass and new vegetables for his trial mission.
• A Sea Lion Bird attacked their aircraft, and Lu Qiming turned it into Blood Meat Pills that he shared with the others.
• Komatsu ate a Blood Meat Pill and experienced a vivid vision of the Sea Lion Bird before the aircraft reached the Sky Vine.
• Lu Qiming explained that the Sky Vine led to Sky Garden, and Toriko eagerly set off with him and Komatsu to climb toward Ozone Grass.
• After three hours of climbing, Komatsu became exhausted and complained that Lu Qiming and Toriko were moving too quickly.

Lu Qiming, Toriko, and Komatsu climbed the giant vines into a freezing region, where Lu Qiming hunted a Frost Dragon Bird for dinner. After Komatsu cooked it, Lu Qiming praised his skill and his ability to listen to ingredients.

• Lu Qiming gave Komatsu a Grain Abstinence Pill, restoring his strength as the trio continued climbing past the Simulated Rubonda Birds.
• The three reached an icy shelter above ten thousand meters, and Lu Qiming decided they would camp there overnight.
• Lu Qiming went out into the storm and defeated a level 67 Frost Dragon Bird, carefully preserving its ingredients.
• Lu Qiming returned with the Frost Dragon Bird and startled Komatsu before asking him to prepare dinner.
• Komatsu cooked the Frost Dragon Bird, and Lu Qiming and Toriko enjoyed the meal as Lu Qiming praised Komatsu's cooking and ingredient-listening ability.

Lu Qiming, Toriko, and Komatsu battled the hazards above the Sky Vine, and Lu Qiming defeated a Lightning Fire Phoenix and shared its pills with the others. They reached Vegetable Sky, where Toriko and Komatsu began tasting its produce as Lu Qiming sliced open a giant watermelon.

• Lu Qiming, Toriko, and Komatsu climbed toward the Sky Vegetable Field as Thunder Clouds gathered overhead and a blast of freezing air sent Komatsu flying.
• Toriko caught Komatsu, carried him on his back, and adapted to the thin, freezing air while Lu Qiming pressed ahead through the storm.
• Lu Qiming defeated the Lightning Fire Phoenix, collected three Lightning Fire Phoenix Pills, and shared them with Toriko and Komatsu.
• Toriko and Komatsu ate the pills and gained strength and resistance to lightning, then continued climbing with Lu Qiming.
• Lu Qiming, Toriko, and Komatsu emerged into Vegetable Sky and marveled at its vast fields of unfamiliar vegetables and fruit.
• Toriko ate a sweet radish and Komatsu tried a cucumber, while Lu Qiming sliced open a giant watermelon with Divine Judgment.

Lu Qiming, Toriko, and Komatsu feasted in the Sky Vegetable Garden before finding the Ozone Grass. When Netro tried to take Lu Qiming’s food, Lu Qiming struck it away and pursued it in fury.

• Lu Qiming, Toriko, and Komatsu ate their fill of giant vegetables, then Toriko and Komatsu ran off to relieve themselves while Lu Qiming headed toward the Ozone Grass.
• Lu Qiming found a Great Bird footprint and showed Komatsu and Toriko the Ozone Grass, whose leaves were closed outside its opening time.
• Lu Qiming opened an Ozone Grass by plucking its leaves with incredible speed and began eating its core as Toriko and Komatsu prepared to harvest another.
• Netro arrived and pecked at Lu Qiming’s Ozone Grass, so Lu Qiming kicked it through dozens of plants and sent it flying.
• Angry that his kick had destroyed valuable Ozone Grass, Lu Qiming chased Netro and struck it with enough force to create a mushroom cloud that sent Toriko and Komatsu flying.

Lu Qiming fed Netro ingredients from the Sky Vegetable Garden to restore its strength, then battled it as the garden collapsed. After defeating Netro and shielding the Human World from the fight’s devastating shock wave, Lu Qiming prepared to hatch his Seed of Profession.

• Lu Qiming knocked Netro away, told Toriko and Komatsu to capture the Ozone Grass and leave, and fed a Primal Gourmet Cell an Ozone Grass core.
• Lu Qiming refined the Sky Vegetable Garden’s plants into Jade Bell Pills and force-fed them to Netro, restoring its capture level and triggering its transformation.
• Netro broke free and attacked Lu Qiming with meteor-like projectiles, copied techniques, and an appetite beam, but Lu Qiming countered its attacks and damaged it with his magic.
• Netro unleashed a powerful mouth cannon that created an enormous explosion, and Lu Qiming shielded the Human World from the resulting shock wave.
• Lu Qiming pursued the fleeing Netro with Fan Yu and Divine Judgment, then received a notification that his [adventurer] profession had advanced to Lv5.

Lu Qiming opened a dantian that functioned as a small world, then hatched his Seed of Profession into a Profession Tree that divinized his body and soul. After discovering he could sense the Human World and move instantly, he visited the Gourmet Pyramid for cola.

• Lu Qiming fed the upgraded Primal Gourmet Cells to the Sky Vine and reviewed his increased lifespan and attributes.
• Lu Qiming unlocked [dantian], opening a small world with a life-giving spring, farmland, and the ability to store and retrieve objects.
• Lu Qiming incubated the Seed of Profession, which hatched into a golden sapling and granted him increased attributes, lifespan, and preliminary divinization.
• Lu Qiming sensed the Human World through Faith Power and teleported to the Gourmet Pyramid, where the Sphinx submitted to him.
• Lu Qiming drank cola at the sweet cola lake, then vanished with the lake.

Lu Qiming destroyed the Black Demon inside the Primal Gourmet Cells and learned that his Profession Tree had reached the peak of its first stage. He headed for the Gourmet World, then returned to Ichiryuu, who realized the Sky Vegetable Garden might have disappeared.

• The Sky Vine withered as the Primal Gourmet Cells devoured it and recorded the Sky Vegetable Garden’s Gourmet Genes.
• Lu Qiming confronted the Black Demon inside the Primal Gourmet Cells and killed it with Divine Judgment.
• The Profession Tree reached the peak of its first stage, and Lu Qiming decided to seek nourishment in the Gourmet World.
• Lu Qiming vanished toward the Gourmet World after leaving the Sky Vegetable Garden in ruins.
• Ichiryuu worried over recent events at IGO headquarters until Lu Qiming appeared and asked whether he was eating the last Ozone Grass.
• Ichiryuu realized the Sky Vegetable Garden might have disappeared.

After explaining the Sky Vegetable Garden’s destruction to Ichiryuu, Lu Qiming left for the Gourmet World and agreed to Komatsu’s request to rescue Toriko. He set off through Zebulon Island’s Life Waterfall, where the guard realized he had badly underestimated him.

• Lu Qiming told Ichiryuu that a Netro had destroyed the Sky Vegetable Garden and said he planned to leave the Human World; he gave Ichiryuu the garden’s Gourmet Genes to help restore it.
• Lu Qiming visited Komatsu, who asked him to save Toriko after hearing Toriko had gone alone to the Gourmet World.
• Lu Qiming agreed to rescue Toriko in exchange for Komatsu preparing him a serving of complete Century Soup.
• Lu Qiming arrived at Zebulon Island’s Life Waterfall and leaped toward the Gourmet World after speaking with its guard.
• The guard’s body reacted to Lu Qiming’s parting remark, and he admitted that he had misjudged Lu Qiming.

Lu Qiming entered the Gourmet World and rescued Toriko after he was overwhelmed by its gravity and monsters. After healing Toriko, Lu Qiming and Jiro prepared to continue on, leaving Toriko to reckon with how weak he was by Gourmet World standards.

• Lu Qiming destroyed a Frog Dragon with one Air Cannon, gaining experience and raising his [Assassin] and [adventurer] professions.
• Toriko struggled against the Three-Headed Giant Tiger and King Kong, suffering severe injuries as the monsters fought over him.
• Lu Qiming arrived in time to kill both beasts and explained that Komatsu had sent him, while Jiro revealed he had come to help too.
• Lu Qiming removed the beasts' remains, healed Toriko with Holy Light, and heard Toriko thank him and Jiro.
• Lu Qiming killed nearly thirty Bird-Beak Clams in a flash, then told Toriko that monsters with capture levels below three hundred were small fry.

Lu Qiming teleported Toriko back to the Human World, where Toriko reunited with Komatsu at HOTEL GOURMET. Komatsu served them Century Soup and gave Lu Qiming the recipe, leaving the three of them sharing the meal.

• Lu Qiming absorbed the Bird-Beak Clam corpses and planned to strengthen his professions before pursuing the Profession Tree’s next stage.
• Toriko decided to return to the Human World to train, and Lu Qiming offered to go with him; Jiro chose to fly back on his own.
• Lu Qiming teleported himself and Toriko to HOTEL GOURMET, startling Toriko and teasing him about marrying Komatsu.
• Komatsu rushed to embrace Toriko, then led him and Lu Qiming to a private room where he had prepared Century Soup and other dishes.
• Komatsu gave Lu Qiming the Century Soup recipe, and Lu Qiming secretly repaid him by placing a Revival Light inside his body.
• Toriko, Lu Qiming, and Komatsu raised their bowls and drank the Century Soup together.

Lu Qiming left the Human World for the Gourmet World and began hunting its creatures with Divine Judgment. After wiping out a vast swarm and harvesting food and energy-rich plants, he set his sights on King Hercules as a future main course.

• Lu Qiming departed the Human World, while Ichiryuu and Jiro prepared for matters ahead and Komatsu woke beside Toriko after their night of drinking.
• Lu Qiming found signs of Jiro’s passage and slaughtered bird-beak frogs before a huge swarm of King Bird-Beak Clams surrounded him.
• Lu Qiming used Ice-Fire Wave Sword to destroy nearly all the King Bird-Beak Clams, then refined the two surviving kings into Blood Meat Pills and ate them.
• Lu Qiming spotted King Hercules in the distance and identified the giant monster as one of his main courses.
• Lu Qiming ate a fruit from a meteor-like plant, fed another fruit to the Primal Gourmet Cells, and absorbed the surrounding Heat Energy Cacti into his Profession Tree.

Lu Qiming crossed the Eighth Continent, devouring its life and ripening AIR so King Hercules could give birth to its successor before their battle. After sharing AIR with the Horse King, he began a devastating fight with King Hercules, and rose from the collapsing continent ready for round two.

• Lu Qiming continued devouring the Eighth Continent as he approached the Golden Sea and King Hercules's territory.
• Lu Qiming used processed Air Tree Fruits to ripen AIR, then cut it open so King Hercules could inhale the gas and give birth to the next-generation Horse King.
• The Horse King's birth alarmed Ichiryuu and Midora; Midora ordered Gourmet Corp to enter the Gourmet World ahead of schedule.
• Lu Qiming shared AIR with King Hercules, and they began their battle as King Hercules's aura recovered.
• King Hercules shattered Lu Qiming's defenses and struck him into the depths of the collapsing Eighth Continent, but Lu Qiming healed and returned for round two.

Lu Qiming defeated King Hercules with a combined-class sword strike, gained a major profession advancement, and began absorbing the king’s remains. The other Gourmet World kings turned their attention toward him, while Ichiryuu and the Four Heavenly Kings discovered that the Eighth Continent had vanished.

• Lu Qiming killed the fleeing monsters on the Eighth Continent while reaching level 100 as an Assassin and maxing his adventurer experience.
• King Hercules charged down from space, and Lu Qiming combined the power of his four classes to cut through the king and his flames.
• King Hercules thanked Lu Qiming and warned him to beware of Acacia before dying; Lu Qiming absorbed her corpse and gained the Monster Terminator skill.
• Lu Qiming checked his status, planned to visit the remaining continents, and spent his skill points, including learning Melee Mastery.
• The kings of the other seven continents reacted to the battle, and the Dragon King flew toward the Eighth Continent.
• Ichiryuu, the Four Heavenly Kings, and IGO’s elites found that the Eighth Continent had disappeared.

Ichiryuu and Midora headed toward the vanished Eighth Continent as Lu Qiming set out to make the Seventh Continent his next source of nourishment. After Monkey King Bambina launched Lu Qiming into the moon, Lu Qiming devoured its magma and began absorbing the moon itself.

• Ichiryuu told Setsuno to remain in the Human World while he and Jiro went to the Gourmet World to find Lu Qiming.
• Midora arrived with Gourmet Corp, said he had come to avenge the theft of his AIR, and flew toward the Eighth Continent.
• Lu Qiming used a spatial rift to reach the Seventh Continent, where he ambushed Monkey King Bambina and fought him at Hundred G Mountain.
• Monkey King Bambina shed his ape-skin disguise and struck Lu Qiming into space, sending him crashing into the moon.
• Lu Qiming ate the moon's magma, then planted the Profession Tree's roots throughout the moon to absorb it.

Lu Qiming defeated and devoured Monkey King Bambina, then began refining the devastated Seventh Continent to complete his Alchemist trial. The Dragon King arrived as Lu Qiming's trial reward was announced, leaving him to face the next battle.

• Monkey King Bambina charged Lu Qiming at Earth's edge, but Lu Qiming overwhelmed it, tore out its heart, and crushed its skull.
• Monkey King Bambina crashed into the Seventh Continent, devastating the surrounding ape clans, and Lu Qiming seized and killed it before devouring its body and extracting its Gourmet Cells and Gourmet Gene.
• Lu Qiming began refining the weakened creatures across the collapsing Seventh Continent, completing his Alchemist Trial Mission and gaining another increase to his attributes.
• The Dragon King approached the Seventh Continent, and Lu Qiming stopped the system from announcing his trial reward so he could prepare for the fight.

Lu Qiming battled the Dragon King, intending to devour it, but the wounded Dragon King transformed into an alternate-dimensional passage that consumed the Seventh Continent. After the System revealed that the Profession Tree could devour the passage, Lu Qiming prepared to try, while resolving to flee if it expanded again.

• Lu Qiming ambushed the Dragon King, broke off its horns, and tried to claim its tooth.
• The Dragon King dodged Lu Qiming's attack with Otherworldly Space Movement, but Lu Qiming struck it with Purgatory Death-Strike Slash and severed its wings.
• Lu Qiming battered the Dragon King and drove it into magma, leaving it badly wounded.
• The Dragon King activated Exile to Another dimension, becoming a black hole that devoured the Seventh Continent and began swallowing space.
• Lu Qiming asked the System for a way to stop the passage, and the System said the Profession Tree could devour it but warned him to flee if it expanded again.
• Lu Qiming decided to attempt devouring the passage, while keeping an escape in mind if the danger grew.

Lu Qiming stopped the Dragon King’s black hole from growing and completed his [Alchemist] Trial Mission. He gave Divine Judgment the new [Berserker] profession, leaving the blade empowered by bloodshed as the Profession Tree’s progress surged.

• Lu Qiming’s Profession Tree emerged and absorbed the black hole, stopping its expansion and slowly shrinking it.
• Lu Qiming submitted the completed [Alchemist] Trial Mission, gaining five profession levels, three skill points, and a Profession Draw Chance.
• Lu Qiming drew [Berserker] and chose Divine Judgment to inherit the profession.
• Divine Judgment’s inheritance unleashed killing intent that drove sea monsters to slaughter one another, and it drained the last surviving fishman of its blood.
• Lu Qiming caught the transformed Divine Judgment and saw that the Profession Tree’s progress had climbed to 75% and was still rising.

Lu Qiming strengthened his dantian and Berserker skills while the Profession Tree devoured the Dragon King’s black hole, then headed for the Sixth Continent. He escaped Midora and confronted a Blue Netro disguised as Kaka, recognizing its deception and demanding entry to the Blue Netro’s hidden space.

• Lu Qiming maxed out his dantian skill, expanding its inner world to a thousand kilometers across, and gained Berserker abilities through Divine Judgment.
• The Profession Tree consumed the black hole and reached 87% accumulation as Lu Qiming considered moving on to the Whale King of the Sixth Continent.
• Midora attacked Lu Qiming over God’s Cuisine, but Lu Qiming escaped through a spatial rift and Midora pursued him toward the Sixth Continent.
• Lu Qiming arrived near the Sixth Continent and encountered a Blue Netro pretending to be Gourmet Sage Kaka, who claimed Ichiryuu had sent it to help cook ANOTHER.
• Lu Qiming exposed the Blue Netro’s disguise and demanded that it take him to the special space where the Blue Netro lived.

Lu Qiming followed a Blue Netro disguised as Kaka into Dining Planet, where he killed it and confronted the seven Blue Netro gathered there. After overwhelming their attacks, he restrained his power and reflected on how much stronger beings elsewhere in the universe could be.

• Lu Qiming forced the Blue Netro disguised as Kaka to lead him to the Netro alternate space, then devoured it despite its Life Pearl.
• Lu Qiming entered Dining Planet and found seven Blue Netro, but Acacia and Joya were absent.
• Lu Qiming grabbed one Blue Netro and demanded to know where Acacia had gone, then fought off the seven when they attacked.
• Lu Qiming unleashed Musou, blasted the Blue Netro across the alternate space, and shattered a huge opening into it.
• Lu Qiming considered the greater dangers beyond Earth and suppressed his power as the wounded Blue Netro asked who he was.

Lu Qiming defeated the Blue Netro, learned that he was on the First Continent, and headed to the Final Kitchen to find Acacia. He found Acacia transformed into a monstrous, appetite-driven creature and confronted him.

• Lu Qiming killed and roasted one Blue Netro, then defeated the five who attacked him and crushed the fleeing Blue Netro named "GOD".
• Lu Qiming let his Profession Tree devour the Blue Netro and learned that he was on the First Continent, where Acacia had begun reviving the demon inside him.
• Lu Qiming set off for the Final Kitchen, intending to devour Acacia and gain the Gourmet Genes within him.
• As Lu Qiming neared the First Continent's center, the land grew barren and silent, and the monsters fled from him.
• Lu Qiming found Acacia transformed into a giant monster, shouting for more despair and deliciousness, and Acacia asked who Lu Qiming was.