[No System] + [No Rebirth/Transmigration] + [No Mindless Gameplay] + [Traditional Fantasy Cultivation] + [Multiple Female Leads]

In Qingshi Village, Qingshan Town, Ugly Boy and his grandfather live together. When the Immortal Sect comes to recruit disciples, his good friend Erhu is chosen, but Ugly Boy is rejected as a "waste" because of his ugly appearance and mediocre talent. Before his death, his grandfather kneels and begs the Empress, and Ugly Boy is allowed to enter the Pure Maiden Sect, only to find that it is a sect without male cultivators.

Without a system or a reincarnation/transmigration, he embarks on the path of cultivation in an environment populated entirely by female cultivators, starting as an ordinary person. Beginning with Qi Refining, he steadily cultivates according to the traditional path of cultivation: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Incarnation... Step by step, he begins his own cultivation journey.

You all always call me despicable, but I don't agree. What does it matter to me if the butt I wipe blows up? What does it matter to me if the price of iron underwear goes up? What does it matter to me if he appears in a novel? I am a hero who inherited the Will of Fire! I never do despicable things!

Time travels back to the 1970s, and eighteen-year-old Du Shaojie has become the breadwinner of his family.

He has a chronically ill mother and two young sisters to support, while he's merely an apprentice in the company cafeteria.

With a meager salary and constant harassment from his superiors, life is a struggle.

With just a kitchen knife and a wok, he resolves to carve out a peaceful and happy future for himself and his family.

Years later, his favorite saying becomes:

"I'm not a master chef, I'm just a food lover."