Who Says a Straw-Cloak Cutter Can’t Become a Dou Di?

(No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincible protagonist, no System, no brainless plot, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if any of this bothers you.)

At ten, his childhood sweetheart sacrificed herself to help him break through in cultivation, allowing him to enter the culinary world!

At twelve, his entire clan forced him to break through his limits to preserve the family’s culinary legacy, setting him on the path to becoming a great emperor!

At sixteen, to protect the thirteenth floor of the Xiao Culinary Wisdom Tower, he reluctantly gave up his future and became an immortal!

At seventeen, powerful figures from the Xiao clan used him as an experimental subject for the Culinary Sage, tormenting him in every way. Heaven itself was jealous of his gifts!

At eighteen, he was slain by the combined forces of the Myriad Worlds. As he lay dying, a piercing question came from the River of Time: “Do you regret anything?”

The youth smiled...

“Who says cutting a rain cape can’t make you a great emperor? I’ll protect Xiao Culinary, without regrets!”