[Classic fantasy + lighthearted escapism + hilarious comedy]
Good-for-nothing Ye Chen is struck by nine heavenly lightning bolts and blasted into a latrine, where his identity as a reincarnated Saint Emperor is revealed. Bare-assed, he becomes the Sacred Son of the Azure Cloud Sect.
With the Heaven-Swallowing Gourd in his left hand, he eats spiritual rice to boost his cultivation. With the Myriad Worlds Cookbook in his right, he turns tribulation lightning into sweet-and-sour ribs. He refines pills with hot pot seasoning and breaks formations with the stink of river snail rice noodles.
Hunted by the Netherworld Hall as he awakens memories of his past life, he strips the thousand-year-old ginseng from the medicine garden, runs off with the guardian divine beast's cub, and even turns an ancient artifact spirit into his own sharp-tongued heckler. His ridiculous antics follow him all the way along the path of cultivation. A taste of heavenly tribulation will show you what it means to “become a saint through eating”! (A cure for stress, insomnia, and the urge to flip the table.)
