Devouring the Starry Sky: Cultivation Makes Me Stronger

Devouring the Starry Sky: Cultivation Makes Me Stronger

Author: Storytelling Old Luo

Synopsis:

"Basic Fist Technique cultivated to Great Perfection; Punching Power Level increased to 2x!"

"Basic Movement Technique cultivated to Great Perfection; advanced to the Micro-level!"

"Basic Blade Technique cultivated to Great Perfection; advanced to the Proficient Level!"

...Transmigrating to the Devouring the Starry Sky world, becoming Luo Feng's junior brother at the martial arts academy, and passing the Prospective Martial Artist Assessment under Luo Feng's witness!

Build a solid foundation step by step, then climb step by step to the peak!

No self-sacrificing saint, no stealing opportunities—just becoming the best version of himself!

November 25.

Third floor of the advanced students' teaching building, Yian District Limit Martial Arts Academy, Yangzhou City. Inside the enormous training hall.

A young man dressed in a white training uniform was throwing punches, drenched in sweat. Punch, retract, punch, retract... Every movement was executed with meticulous precision, each one as perfect as he could make it!

With the completion of every full punching motion, a clear prompt sounded in the young man's mind.

"Basic Fist Technique proficiency +1!"

Once, twice, again and again!

No one knew how long it went on. At last, accompanied by a crisp mechanical chime in his mind, a sapphire-blue screen suddenly appeared before his eyes, bearing gilded words—

"Basic Fist Technique has reached the Great Perfection realm. Punching Power Level increased to 2x!"

The message did not interrupt the young man's movements.

Instead, he stepped forward with his right foot, turned and twisted his hips to channel his force. An immense power surged from his waist and hips, traveling up his spine to his right arm in successive waves before reaching his right fist.

Whoosh! Another fierce burst of force erupted from within him, driving his right fist forward even faster.

The punch wind howled, carrying a sharp shriek through the air!

After throwing that punch, the young man finally collapsed weakly onto the floor. A huge, satisfied smile spread across his face as he stared straight up at the bright ceiling, his heart overflowing with excitement.

"Finally, my Basic Fist Technique has finally reached the Great Perfection realm!"

The young man was named Luo Shen, an utterly ordinary transmigrator.

When he first learned that he had transmigrated into the world of Devouring the Starry Sky, Luo Shen had been rather lost. As a corporate drone who worked nine to nine, he could handle extracting data in Excel or writing press releases.

But how was he supposed to adapt to a high-risk profession like being a martial artist?

However—

Before he could even begin fantasizing about his martial artist dream, reality had already slapped him across the face.

Not just anyone could become a martial artist!

To become a martial artist, one's physical fitness first had to reach the Prospective Warrior level: punching strength had to reach 900 kg, speed had to reach 25 m/s, and one had to meet the neural response assessment standard.

On top of that, one had to pass both the Prospective Martial Artist Assessment and the Martial Artist Practical Examination.

Only after "martial artist" data had been entered into one's citizen identity records could one truly be considered a martial artist, qualified to enter the Wilderness Area and hunt monsters!

Dying before even accomplishing anything?

Bullshit!

After finally transmigrating, how could Luo Shen possibly be willing to return to the nine-to-nine corporate drone life of his previous world?

Who didn't have a dream of becoming a martial arts hero?

Who didn't want to one day become a Super Expert who could punch a nursing home on South Mountain, kick a kindergarten in North Sea, and wield the Statue of Liberty to smash Ugly America's Black House!

Are kings and generals born to their stations?

Others could become martial artists, so why couldn't he!? In a moment of heated impulse, Luo Shen signed up for the Yian District Limit Martial Arts Academy, where the Original Work's protagonist Luo Feng had once trained, and became one of its students.

However, Luo Feng had already become a true martial artist by then and had gone to the Wilderness Area to hunt monsters.

Luo Shen could only hear Instructor Jiang Nian occasionally mention this prized student of his.

When he first joined the martial arts academy, Luo Shen had been somewhat uneasy.

After all, he was already eighteen after transmigrating. Wasn't it a little late to start training now? What if he simply lacked the talent for martial arts? What would he do then?

But all those distracting thoughts—

Vanished completely after he finished practicing a full set of punches!

Because his cheat had arrived!

Unlike other transmigrators, who could sign in at the start and receive High-level War God psychic power, or casually draw a prize and immediately soar to the Planetary level, his cheat's function was relatively simple.

It could be summed up in five words: cultivation makes me stronger!

Take the Basic Fist Technique, for example. As long as he practiced his punches, he could gain proficiency. And once he raised the Basic Fist Technique to a certain realm, he could also receive additional boosts.

It sounded no different from ordinary cultivation.

But the greatest benefit of this cheat was that as long as he put in the effort, he would be rewarded! And he could clearly see exactly how much proficiency remained before the next level of his fist technique!

Unlike in his previous life, when he worked overtime at the company making data reports and pulling all-nighters to rush out press releases, only to receive a "Good job" from his supervisor without any tangible reward.

Sometimes, the work would even be thrown back at him with the words, "This isn't what I wanted."

Furthermore, advancing in the Basic Fist Technique could accelerate the growth of his physical fitness!

That was precisely why Luo Shen had become an intermediate and then an advanced student at the martial arts academy in just three short months. Before today, his standard punching strength had been less than 180 kg away from the 900 kg requirement for the Prospective Martial Artist Assessment!

"Now that my Basic Fist Technique has reached Great Perfection, my physical fitness will definitely improve rapidly over the next few days!"

His entire body soaked in sweat, Luo Shen struggled to his feet. Looking at the Punch Power Testing Machine in the corner, he thought, Maybe I can still make it in time for the Prospective Martial Artist Assessment on December 1!

On the first day of every month, the Yangzhou City Limit Martial Hall held a Prospective Martial Artist Assessment!

"After becoming a Prospective Warrior, I'll just have to wait another month for the Martial Artist Practical Examination on January 1!" Luo Shen's eyes burned brightly. "Once I become a true martial artist and buy stronger manuals, my strength will improve even faster!"

The Basic Fist Technique was already the best martial arts manual that any martial arts academy student could learn.

To gain access to better manuals, one could only become a martial artist!

Over the next few days.

Just as Luo Shen had expected, because his Basic Fist Technique had reached Great Perfection, the rate at which his physical fitness improved took another noticeable leap.

Especially under Instructor Jiang Nian's guidance.

With careful dietary planning combined with higher-intensity training, the effects of his physical fitness improvements became even more apparent!

That night, his punching strength reached 750 kg!

That night, his punching strength reached 780 kg!

That night, his punching strength reached 830 kg!

By the evening of the 29th, when Luo Shen tested his punching strength once again, he discovered that it had crossed the 900 kg threshold, surpassing the minimum requirement for the Prospective Martial Artist Assessment!

That very night, Luo Shen submitted an application on the Limitless Martial Arts Academy's official website to participate in the assessment.

During the two days he spent waiting for the assessment to begin, Luo Shen did not idle around either. Besides his daily strength training, he also increased his training in Basic Movement Technique.

Although he had not managed to raise his movement technique to the Micro-level before the Prospective Martial Artist Assessment began.

According to the three stages of Basic Movement Technique—solid foundation, proficiency, and effortless mastery—Luo Shen had already displayed extremely high proficiency in the effortless mastery stage. He was only a hair away from Micro-level movement technique.

The date arrived: December 1, 2056.

Early that morning, Luo Shen left the low-rent apartment he had lived in for several months and took the subway to the Limit Martial Hall in the city center, preparing to participate in the Prospective Martial Artist Assessment!

Moonlight Residential Area.

The headquarters of Yangzhou City's Limit Martial Hall was located there. Covering thousands of acres, the entire residential area was the primary gathering place for the martial artist community under Yangzhou City's Limitless Martial Arts Academy, as well as the academy's main residential district.

When he arrived at the entrance, it was only half past eight.

After he identified himself as an advanced student, a gray-haired old man emerged from the guard room. He took out a handheld computer and quickly verified Luo Shen's identity.

"Oh, from the Yian District branch. And eighteen years old too."

Looking at the information on the screen, the gray-haired old man pushed up his reading glasses and smiled. "Taught by that kid Jiang Nian? I remember that Luo Feng, who moved in a few months ago, seemed to have been taught by him as well."

Luo Shen smiled and nodded. "That's right. Instructor Jiang Nian often mentions Senior Brother Luo Feng."

"Not bad, not bad. Jiang Nian's martial artist career hasn't gone very smoothly, but he's had one success after another in teaching students." The gray-haired old man sounded rather sentimental as he encouraged him, "Young people should try more things. I hope you pass smoothly today!"

"Thank you," Luo Shen replied.

After his identity was verified, Luo Shen followed the guard soldier directly into the main hall of the Limit Martial Hall.