While others toil in meditation and fight tooth and nail over rare treasures, Lin Xiaoman, a menial disciple, refuses to play by the rules.
Though born with an unremarkable three-element spirit root, he awakens the one-of-a-kind Heart of a Hundred Flavors. The Great Dao is hidden in the flavors of everyday life, and dishes prepared with care can draw spiritual energy from heaven and earth.
One spirit-rice cake, and his cultivation breaks through five levels at once. One kiln of spirit duck roasted over lychee wood, and its aroma fills the entire Qingyun Immortal Manor. Elders and prodigies who taste it all break through their bottlenecks.
He sets up a stall in the rear mountains and founds Manwei Immortal Cuisine, building a solar-powered tourist farm for raising spirit ducks and pairing it with an ice-jade cold-chain delivery service. From a small sect stall, he expands across the Three Realms.
A stern elder comes to call him to account, but after tasting the roast duck, declares it delicious on the spot. The sect's prodigies look down on him and mock him, only to be effortlessly crushed by a pot of immortal cuisine at the tournament.
He seeks no treasures and fights no bloody battles. Relying solely on his masterful culinary craft, the laid-back chef Lin Xiaoman takes the entire cultivation world by storm with his food, ultimately becoming the one and only Immortal Venerable of a Hundred Flavors!
This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.