In the Classic of Mountains and Seas, Mythical Beasts Become My Menu

Zhang Yu, a struggling web-novel author, happens to open a copy of The Classic of Mountains and Seas and is sucked into its world, where he becomes an unconscious “visitor from beyond the heavens” on the beach of the Di Kingdom.

Here, the people of the Di Kingdom have yellow skin and are expert archers; the people of the Jie Xiong Kingdom have strange growths on their chests; the people of the Guan Tou Kingdom have bird beaks, human bodies, and wings with which they take to the skies; and the people of the Yan Huo Kingdom command fire powerful enough to scorch the heavens and split the earth...

The strange kingdoms and wondrous beasts from The Classic of Mountains and Seas are all real.

Zhang Yu soon discovers that he has two golden fingers:

First, he seems not to age.

Second, the copy of The Classic of Mountains and Seas in his arms unlocks the world before him page by page as he travels.

To avoid being mistaken for a monster, he has no choice but to keep moving, wandering from one kingdom to another.

He gradually discovers that the way to grow stronger in this world is unexpectedly simple: eat.

Eat the flesh of a Lushu, and you become as light as a swallow, able to travel a thousand miles in a day;

Eat the flesh of a Xuangui, and your hearing and vision sharpen, while the water responds to you like an old friend;

With every step, his cultivation deepens; with every beast he tastes, he gains another innate ability.