The Peerless Culinary Immortal

Mianhong ErchiBaidu Novel2017

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184K words

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Male-Oriented Fiction Xianxia and Wuxia XianxiaXianxia CultivationFamily DeclineUnderdog RiseTime TravelBreaking BottlenecksLife-Saving ArtWeb Novel

Summary

Qin Daoyi, having failed his tribulation, transmigrates to the parallel world of Blue Star and becomes the eldest young master of the declining Qin family, saddled with a gambling debt of a hundred thousand spirit stones. Though burdened with the Nine Spirits Physique regarded as trash, he masters the Nine Spirits Creation Art and inherits peerless cooking skills. The spirit herbs in the Qin family's medicinal fields, which locals see as cheap weeds, are all rare treasures in his eyes. With a bowl of longevity noodles he extends the life of one nearing death, with a dish he brings a gravely wounded man back from the brink, with a bowl of soup he helps someone break through a bottleneck—even his dishwater is fought over by cultivators. Qin Daoyi enters the Way through cooking, cultivating while repaying debts, rising powerfully amid the collision of cuisine and cultivation.

Editor's review

A typical trash-to-triumph power-fantasy whose biggest draw is the novel 'entering the Way through cooking' setup: longevity noodles and dishwater alike draw cultivators scrambling, full of contrast. The payoff is dense and the face-slapping brisk, suited to readers who like light cultivation fiction. The weaknesses are clear too: the length is short, characters are somewhat stock, supporting roles mostly serve to set off the protagonist, and plot depth is limited.

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Reading tips

  1. Focus on the novel fusion of food and cultivation rather than demanding strict logic
  2. Watch for scenes where Qin Daoyi uses cheap spirit herbs to cook and slap faces—this is the book's core payoff
  3. It is short, good for reading in one sitting in spare moments; don't fuss over details

About the publisher

Baidu Novel

Baidu Novel is a publisher focused on online literature; public information about it is limited, and details of its founding background and location are not yet clear. Its catalog contains roughly more than 15,000 titles, mainly in categories such as women's fiction, modern romance, ancient romance, and time-travel or alternate-history stories, alongside selected quality novels and popular web fiction. Representative works include Rebirth in the Eighties: A Newly Rich Style of Romance, Treasures of the World, The Supreme Imperial Wife: The Crown Prince Is So Devious, and The Hard-to-Please Cute Wife: The CEO's Sweet Marriage, most of which revolve around rebirth, time travel, palace intrigue, and sweet romance, with titles styled for online serialized reading. Among its authors, Shuimu'er, Jiunian Chen, Cangyang Jiaoyue, Ming Fengqing, Su Xiaotang, and Tang Qiqi are frequently credited names, and the works are aimed mainly at female readers and web-fiction audiences. The overall publishing character lies in gathering large numbers of genre web novels, using detailed tags and serialized storytelling to meet demand for light romance and historical-style stories.

FAQ

What is this book about? Qin Daoyi, having failed his tribulation, transmigrates to Blue Star and, with peerless cooking and the Nine Spirits Physique, enters the Way through cooking to repay debts and rise.
What is special about the protagonist's cooking? His dishes can extend life, heal wounds, and aid breakthroughs—even his dishwater is fought over by cultivators.
Is this book finished? It is completed, about 87 chapters and 184,000 characters, finished in February 2018.

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About the author

Mianhong Erchi Author

Mianhong Erchi is a web-fiction author about whom little public information is available; his real name, place of origin, and dates of birth and death are not clearly recorded. Judging from the works held in the library, he has published ten titles, including I Speak, and the Law Follows, I Run a General Store in the Immortal World, The Peerless Culinary Immortal, The Dandy of the Flower City, The Strongest Patriarch, The Peerless Cultivation Villain, and The Peerless Immortal Mansion. These works fall mainly into categories such as male-oriented fiction, urban fiction, xianxia and wuxia, and Eastern fantasy, and are tagged as quality web fiction and fine novels. His writing thus spans two main lines: urban stories such as The Dandy of the Flower City and The Strongest Patriarch, and fantasy tales set in immortal and cultivation worlds, such as I Speak, and the Law Follows and The Peerless Immortal Mansion. Titles often feature words like "villain," "peerless," and "supreme," suggesting a brisk, flamboyant popular style. Lacking personal statements or interviews, readers can grasp his profile only through his choice of subjects and the number of his works.