MC's class became the best class of their grade in the whole school and skip grades (the author justifies this with the other classmates teaching the others). I mean doesn't the other students in their grades study or even practice at all? Or are the others just s*upid?

hand over the technique to increase mental power (he got with permission from his shifu and senior brother who were betrayed by humans, yet MC still wants to help because 'not all humans are bad')... I mean it's okay for MC to teach others the method to cook, how to make the cards (since it wasn't his own creation, but which he personally spends time making through trial and error), but this? Next it'll be on how to cultivate... Other readers might like such MC but I don't

Supposedly in the future, people no longer rely on 'natural foods' - which are rare and only available to the noble class. Yet everyone still knows the names of 'flavours' and can still wield chopsticks like a pro. This bothers me the most because the evolution of our species and society is strongly tied to our diet. We are hunter gatherers - it is even shown in the novel that planets have organic life that can be eaten. Humans have been trading in salt/ sugar/ spices forever. It's a strange plotline that is poorly developed, like seriously. Even then dishes that the MC prepares are not 'simple'. Then it's that everyone invariably enjoys the same tastes, everyone eats spicy, everyone eats offal. The re-introduction of food culture is better presented in other novels. Only liking and presenting Chinese cooking does not make one a foodie. And people, who have been weaned on nutrion drinks and appetite suppresents are suddenly drooling and can't fight their hunger.

4) Despite the 2, 000 years that have transpired since the Federation (China) left Earth, 'filial piety' is still in place. It's inexplicable. As usual there's a yin and yang attempt to say the Federation is the best, while pretending that the real social problems that plague Chinese society are 'normal'. Yes, the hatred of illegitimate children is strongly pushed, but not the hatred of the fathers of the poor bastards, it's all their who*e mothers fault. I'm serious, the gross 'comments' of some of these interstellar folks that pass for writing make me seriously doubt the century.

As usual the hatred of the US (that is still called the US/American Empire despite no longer being either of those things, but the shallow thinking of the author also extends to all European survivors being called European Empire, lol. So it's really comical to use Pokemon (Japanese) and Plants VS. Zombies (American) cards. Can't think up boring Chinese cards? Also I really hate seeing Pokemon being used as tools of war. For f*cks sake bro.

Ex - ML tricks MC into leaving his friend waiting for him in front of a closed door in the virtual game for hours just because he (ML) was jealous of said friend...

It’s kind of irksome how the people in this novel often have amnesia. For example, tho chestnut competes with power Mecha competition and the three worlds are watching, when chestnut went viral again because the Cardmakers Association learned that he was the one who made the Pokemon cards and the netizens were so amazed, the netizens were still shocked/floored when someone commented that he could also build a power Mecha. This happened so many times throughout the novel that it made me wonder if the author can’t remember what she wrote anymore.

ML learning to cook because he knows that his lil wife loves food.

ML kissing MC's koi form and the latter being so smol that his entire fish body fits in the ML's hands and feels like he's been kissed all over because of the size difference.

ML saying he wants to "eat" MC on the day of their engagement, and MC tearfully extending his arm, fully prepared to allow ML to take a bite out of him.

Pretty much any time ML and MC are together sprinkling dog food lol.

the sudden appearance of zombies after 500 chapters of nothing. I mean, there were a little more than 20 chapters left until the end of the novel and then BAM, ZOMBIES!