Ji Zhuo was once the chief guest at the state banquet, but due to a frame-up, he was expelled from the imperial dining room. The stove was burned out and his reputation was ruined. After five years of exile, he traveled all over the mountains and rivers to recreate the Nine Flavors of the Dragon's Backbone that had been lost for centuries, just to return to the hearth that symbolized the highest glory. The person who pushed him into the abyss back then was none other than Rong Jin, the "Kitchen God" who is now in charge of the Imperial Kitchen Department - the "Kitchen God" who is as cold as ice and has all the power in the government. When the state banquet is about to come, Rong Jin is suddenly attacked by a secret hand, the imperial meal collapses, and there is no one to trust in the whole court. A soup smelling of the ashes of an old stove was quietly passed into the palace gate. Rong Jin opened the lid of the cup and his pupils shrank suddenly - that smell was Ji Zhuo's soul.
