At this moment, shatter the dimensional barrier

"I need to know where they came from!"

Please remember their names, everyone.

[The strongest chef from the 'Food Wars! Parallel World', Erina Nakiri!]

[The strongest chef from the 'Cooking Master Boy Parallel World,' Liu Maoxing!]

"It really is from a parallel world! A parallel world I've never heard of before!"

"Yes, there are too many parallel worlds, and only at the grand gathering of all civilizations can we get to know the super geniuses from parallel worlds."

"Their parallel world is destined to be known to all of humanity because of them!"

At this moment, enthusiastic cheers erupted from the stands of the main stadium.

As Erina Nakiri watched the thunderous applause erupt from the audience, tears welled up in her eyes, and she didn't even realize that her cheeks were already wet with tears.

"My name is known throughout the world!"

Originally, she only thought this in her heart and stubbornly said it aloud, feeling that being able to enter the top 1,000 would be the best result.

As for the good results in the sub-venues, those top chefs didn't take it seriously at all. They only needed to pass to enter the main venue, which was the real battlefield.

"So my hometown is called the 'Food Wars! Parallel World' in the main world? This is the first time I've heard my hometown called that."

With tears in his eyes, Liu Maoxing waved to the cameras of countless news media outlets, saying, "I did it! Everyone in my hometown saw it!"

"Times are truly moving forward, one wave after another, and the old wave is always surpassed by the new wave." Master Mao sighed. These young fifth-level chefs reminded him of his daughter Xiangling at that age.

His daughter was already at level eight, the strongest chef in the entire pan-human civilization, while her father was only at level six. It was a disgrace, but his daughter had managed to salvage even more of his reputation.

The other chefs cast envious glances, but not jealous ones. It was impossible not to encounter extraordinary individuals at such a grand gathering of pan-human civilizations, which were so vast that they were bound to produce many extraordinary talents.

"I'm so envious." Takanashi Touka was filled with envy. She was already the strongest chef in her world. She wondered what her hometown was called in the main world.

To this day, she still doesn't know what parallel world her hometown is called.

Soon, the chefs' dishes were all tasted, and their rankings continued to appear on the giant holographic projection.

Erina Nakiri and Subaru Liu are ranked eleventh and thirteenth respectively, while Touka Takanashi is ranked [998], the second-to-last goalkeeper.

The second round of elimination has begun, and it's no different from the first round. Takanashi Touka was eliminated, but she made it into the top 1,000 in her first competition. Her home world has also become somewhat famous because of her, and perhaps soon an interested interstellar company from the main world will invest in her home world.

In the third and final round, one hundred chefs were ranked.

In the final round, the dishes prepared by the top 100 chefs were tasted by food critics, who then determined the final rankings.

[In the final round, just like previous chef competitions, there were no set topics; chefs were simply asked to create their best dish.]

……

The creations of one hundred renowned chefs are complete. This time, each chef prepared twelve dishes to ensure that every gourmet and the two deities could taste their creations.

The entire main stadium fell silent as all the spectators awaited the final result.

The chefs are actually the most nervous at this time.

Having already made it to the finals, of course I hope to achieve a better ranking. What if I can make it into the top ten and win the legendary kitchenware? What if I can make it into the top three? What if I'm the champion?

The criteria for determining the champion are not the rank of the dish, but the ideal that the maker has for the dish. To be precise, gourmets and gods judge the score of the dish based on seven aspects: the chef's 'state of mind', 'desire', 'ideal', 'emotion', 'taste', 'effect', and 'texture'.

Among them, the scores for mood, wishes, ideals, and emotions were the highest.

Even if it's a Tier 1 dish, if it's imbued with the chef's emotions, it will still receive a high score.

"It's so delicious! Only the God of Cookery Competition can offer such a chance to taste so many dishes that reflect the chef's hard work." Funina elegantly wiped her mouth with a napkin, completely satisfied. She was used to being watched by the audience while she enjoyed the food; sharing the joy with the people was a big plus for the gods.

"I think all the dishes are delicious." Artoria patted her stomach contentedly, and said with some regret, "But each serving is too small, I can't eat my fill."

For gods, no matter how much they eat, they will never be full. To feel full, they must put their divine body in a state of stillness, which means adjusting themselves to a level below that of a god.

Suddenly, enthusiastic cheers erupted from the audience.

"It's out, it's out, the rankings are out."

"Look who the top ten are this year! And who's the champion!"

"Right, right, who is the champion?"

"Is it Grandma Ruoxin who has been in the top ten for seven consecutive years, Yanxiao, or Chef Zhou Xiaoyan from our Xia Kingdom! Or perhaps Chef Mao who has won the championship for two consecutive years!"

"Could it be those two dark horses?"

"That's unlikely. How can someone win the championship on their first try? Even Master Mao won the championship on his fifth try."

"Wow--"

The next moment, the entire audience gasped in surprise.

[First: The dishes prepared by Chef Mao (Liyue Civilization)...]

[Second: The dishes made by Grandma Ruoxin (Mondstadt Civilization)...]

[Third: The dishes made by Erina Nakiri (from a parallel world of Food Wars!)...]

[Fourth: The dishes prepared by Zhou Xiaoyan (Xia Kingdom, Kyushu)...]

Fifth: The dishes made by Liu Maoxing (from the parallel world of Cooking Master Boy)...

"I... I came in third place, third place?" Erina Nakiri couldn't believe it. She was third place? She actually beat a bunch of sixth-level chefs to win third place in the grand final?

Chapter 292 The Dimensional Temple, where Alaya and Gaia were whipped and cried loudly.

Now, please welcome the top ten chefs of this competition to the congratulatory stage to receive your prizes!

As soon as he finished speaking, a white jade platform appeared on the main stage, like a podium. The prizes for the top ten chefs slowly fell down, with the first place winner naturally in the center, flanked by the runner-up and third place winners.

A staircase made of light extends from the white jade platform, leading up to the top ten chefs of the competition.

This is the road to glory, and the ladder to honor.

Amidst the intense anticipation, the top ten chefs ascended the steps, their hearts remarkably calm. Perhaps they had already received the results, or perhaps they had already released their emotions beforehand.

"This competition is really exciting."

"Yes, besides the improved culinary skills of the older generation of chefs, there are also many geniuses from parallel worlds, especially those two who made it into the top ten."

"Parallel worlds, huh? I'm suddenly interested."

"I'm also interested. After the competition, I plan to take a ten-year trip to a parallel world to see a timeline that is very different from the historical process of our main world."

In the eyes of people in the main world, parallel worlds are worlds with different historical developments than the main world, where the same people at a certain time made different historical choices.

For example, in the dark world of Bullet World, the development of genetic and biological technologies in 1986 was abnormal, which led to the wrong technological path and the subsequent sixty years of darkness, in which humanity completely collapsed and suffered the reckoning of the gods.

There's also the 'Cooking Master Boy Parallel World,' which is still set in the corrupt Qing Dynasty. This allowed the intervention of the fifth-tier superhuman who first discovered this parallel world to completely change history, developing into a civilization where ancient, modern, and future coexist within a few years.

The top ten chefs of the competition arrived at the white jade platform, looked at their positions, walked up, and the prizes in the sky slowly fell down and landed in front of them.

"Hehe, seventh-tier kitchen utensils! The prizes for this competition are even more generous than the prizes for the previous two competitions combined." Chef Mao raised his hand, and eighteen seventh-tier kitchen utensils shrunk to the size of a thumb and fell into his palm: "Sigh, I'm really afraid people will say that I won the championship because of my daughter's connections."

"Master Mao, what are you afraid of? This ranking was determined by all the gourmets. They are very discerning, and they are all high-ranking officials from different countries and civilizations. They are very proud to the core. Don't even think about letting Xiangling cheat, let alone the gods." Grandma Ruoxin said in an old-fashioned manner with her hands behind her back.

"Moreover, both of those gods have descended this time, making this event more prestigious than ever before."

"These are legendary kitchen utensils, they're amazing." Erina Nakiri held a Western-style cleaver in one hand and a frying pan in the other.

"The Spirit Ascension Blade can elevate all processed ingredients below the seventh rank by one rank, while the Freshness Locking Feather Pot locks in all the effects and flavors of all cooked dishes below the seventh rank without causing any loss."

"We'll never lack high-quality ingredients again! That's wonderful!"

Erina Nakiri's favorite weapon is the 'Spirit Ascension Blade'. Her home world is just a parallel world, far less prosperous than the main world. The highest level of ingredients produced there is only the fifth rank, and they are extremely rare.

From now on, you only need to use this kitchen knife to process fourth-tier ingredients to upgrade them to fifth-tier ingredients, and fifth-tier ingredients to upgrade them to sixth-tier ingredients.

This was far more important to her than the 'Freshness Locking Hot Pot'.

"The Water Element Pot is amazing! It truly lives up to its legendary status as a kitchen utensil."

Liu Maoxing, completely disregarding his image, hugged a white jade-colored water bottle and rubbed his face against it, as if he were hugging a beautiful woman.

"The Water Element Pot can pour out all the spiritual water below the seventh rank that has been recorded in the world. Water is so important for cooking, and you can even use spiritual water to grow vegetables. Growing vegetables with spiritual water will definitely improve their quality."

"If you use spiritual water to wash vegetables, or even use spiritual water to make soup, the quality of the soup will definitely be improved a lot."

"..." Nakiri Erina looked at Liu Maoxing, who was grinning foolishly, or rather, she was a little envious of the 'Water Element Pot' and wondered if she could trade it for the 'Freshness Locking Feather Pot' with him.

While the freshness-locking pan is also very useful, as it can fully bring out the benefits of ingredients without any loss, she wants kitchen utensils with even more versatility.

Now that the prizes have been awarded, we'd like to give a speech to our top ten chefs!

The top ten chefs, starting with Chef Mao, gave their acceptance speeches one by one.

"Ahem, after this competition, I will no longer participate in competitions and will leave all the opportunities to young people. Young people need the prize of the champion even more."

"Yes, me too. I'm getting old and no longer participate in competitions. I'll focus on running the restaurant. Everyone is welcome to come to 'Drunken Immortal Restaurant' to eat my cooking."

"Sigh, since Master Mao and Grandma Ruoxin aren't participating, I, Yanxiao, will also retire. Every year, we encounter outstanding young people, and I feel embarrassed to face them."

After the top ten chefs finished their acceptance speeches, clusters of colorful clouds burst open in the sky.

[The 7th Culinary Master Competition has officially come to an end!]

……

The grand ceremony didn't actually end after the chef competition.

The chefs who make it into the top 10,000 will be able to showcase their culinary skills to tourists from all over the pan-human civilization outside the competition venue. This is a great opportunity for the chefs to expand their fame, so they certainly won't miss it.

……

The Pantheon.

The Pantheon's architecture was not much different from before, but the Garden of Eden, where the Pantheon was located, had changed drastically.

Eden had long been an interaction point that maintained the spread of Los Santos's influence, and now it had become a plane the size of Earth.

Despite the small size of this plane, everything here contains the power of rules. Even a random stone carries a wisp of rules, though not enough to condense into a fragment of rules.

But Eden undoubtedly became a place where the rules radiated outwards. This was because Los Santos, the origin of all things, had lived there for a long time. Therefore, under his unconscious influence, the entire Eden became a place far superior to the main world.

It can be said that the Garden of Eden today is the 'source land'.

Although even picking up a stone in the Garden of Eden contains rules, without Los Saint's permission, no one can use these rules. At most, they can absorb the afterglow of the rules—the 'divine wisdom'—and slowly comprehend them, then gather them into their own fragments of rules.

A demigod who has reached the eighth rank can come to the Pantheon whenever they have the chance to absorb the 'divine wisdom' to complete their powers. However, absorbing the 'divine wisdom' requires talent; only by understanding the corresponding rules can one absorb the afterglow of those rules.