[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-grand-return-system":3,"chapter-grand-return-system-grand-return-system-chapter-22":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Grand Return System",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1080192,1397,"Chapter 22: Warm Food, Cold Moon","grand-return-system-chapter-22",22,"\u003Cp>Warm Food, Cold Moon\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course not! Teacher only knows how to scare people...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Selena turned aside, cheeks glowing pink, replaying her own reckless boldness in her mind. Shame mixed with a shy kind of warmth, and she tried to hide both behind calm breathing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leon watched the happiness on her face and felt quietly gratified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He never wanted his student to grow into someone numb — a frozen soul walking through life like an empty shell. Everything he had done earlier was meant to wake her — to let her remember what it meant to feel, to laugh, to hurt, to live.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it seemed that warmth... only appeared before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With others, she remained distant — like snow that refused to melt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Divine Ice Bones...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That companion bone shaped everything. As her cultivation rose, it would only deepen that natural chill. Her gaze would grow clearer. Her heart steadier. And yes — colder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it didn’t worry him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cold was fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cold could also be elegance — untouched, dignified, untouchable. Dressed in white, expression serene, she looked like a fairy from beyond the Nine Heavens — sacred and flawless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Exactly the kind of student Leon intended to shape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at her gently and said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright — back to business. Your cultivation has already stepped into the Onyx Realm. Starting tomorrow, I will teach you the Amethyst Mist Sword.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice softened slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s already late. Go rest. Balance matters. Cultivation is important, but rest is the root of the body — and the body is the foundation of cultivation. Understand?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Selena nodded seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Teacher, I understand.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Leon said it — it was right. Simple as that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A moment later, she tilted her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Teacher, do you want to eat something? I’ll cook for you...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leon froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right... food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He blinked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah. I nearly forgot... This girl is only at the Onyx Realm. She hasn’t fully abstained from eating yet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A drop of sweat slid down the back of his neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The past few days, he had thrown himself entirely into seclusion — almost forgetting that there was now another life on Amethyst Summit Division.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How had she even survived?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amethyst Summit Division wasn’t like the other divisions. They had no labor students, no servants, no bustling kitchens filled with chatter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the two of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Usually, he cooked. Always had. But then — he’d disappeared into cultivation without explaining anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Good thing she figured out the kitchen on her own... otherwise...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pictured her starving quietly while training and grimaced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the kitchen, ingredients delivered periodically by the Acedmy were stored away — maybe she’d stumbled across them the day she got too hungry to endure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, that’s fine too. Just make whatever you like.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Curiosity tickled his chest. He hadn’t tasted food in a long time — cultivation past the Astral Realm made food optional, and stepping into the GrandMaster Realm had removed the need almost completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could still eat, if he wanted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He simply... didn’t need to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay, Teacher! I’ll start right away.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Selena’s face brightened. She practically bounced toward the kitchen across the Acedmy premises, determined to repay him somehow — even if only with a meal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leon watched her vanish around the doorway... and suddenly had a bad feeling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can she actually cook...?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A chill crawled down his spine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...am I going to die?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He slowly leaned back, staring at the ceiling —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and instantly regretted everything.\u003C\u002Fp>",578,"2026-06-03T10:40:08.506Z","2026-06-03T10:40:16.814Z",1,"novelbin.me","77c795811fdbd7b07fd2081402d54ec6d6d977479470ba9a7cfd3ba2fdd72d97","grand-return-system-chapter-23","grand-return-system-chapter-21",234,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgrand-return-system-cover.jpg"]