Urban High Martial Arts: Egg Fried Rice from the Start

Fifty years ago, the arrival of a “Spirit Source Meteorite” completely changed the course of human civilization. An age had dawned in which people could awaken their “Spirit Gift” at sixteen, and power became the measure of everything. Spirit Martial Artists held the highest status, society revered “Spirit Martial Arts above all,” and ordinary people struggled to survive in the narrow space between power and everyday life. However, in this world, which is almost an exact replica of Earth but has an extremely impoverished food culture, Lin Fan is a boy with an F-rank good-for-nothing Spirit Gift called “Precise Salt Control.” He's destined to have no chance of becoming strong. That is, until he accidentally awakens a hidden talent within himself: the “Conceptual-Type Divine Feast.” His fate takes a sudden turn. His Spirit Gift, “God of Cooking,” is the only god-tier support ability in the world. It can't be used directly in battle, but it can turn the ordinary into the extraordinary. Precious “spiritual ingredients,” which others use for cultivation, become unparalleled dishes that fill the air with an enticing aroma in Su Fan's hands. Every dish is no longer merely food, but a miraculous creation that can grant diners astonishing effects such as “a massive boost to all attributes,” “regeneration of severed limbs,” and “a full refill of spiritual power.” Others improve their strength through grueling cultivation, pills, and life-or-death battles. Su Fan takes a different path, endlessly stacking his base physical stats by “eating the food he cooks himself,” and forces his way from being a “total weakling” to an alternative peak where he “attains sainthood through the flesh.” His little shop becomes the city's most distinctive sight. Powerful Spirit Martial Artists no longer come only for strength; they also come for a taste experience that overturns everything they know. Here, they rediscover taste buds long numbed by pills, and find another way to grow stronger