"The Age of Gourmet is over. More than eighteen months after Meteor Spice destroyed much of the Human World, people struggle to find new food sources. The former President's Full-Course Meal, the Billion Bird, would provide enough food to feed the world--if the fowl didn't taste so foul! Can Toriko and friends turn this ugly duckling into the swan of cuisine?"--

Xinyue, his brother Qiliu, and their mother are seekers, hunting aweto--a rare, plantlike treasure--along the legendary Silk Road. After one outing, Xinyue discovers the offspring of a deity that creates aweto--and becomes the little creature's reluctant caretaker. He soon struggles to keep it safe and keep it a secret. And that's before he learns that warriors from the deity's village are on his family's tail...