Devouring the Starry Sky: Cultivation Makes Me Stronger

"Look up and behold the vastness of the universe; look down and observe the abundance of all things!"

Luo Shen murmured softly.

He simply savored this brief moment of relaxation.

Though his body had relaxed, his thoughts followed the boundless starry sky and slowly spread outward.

Earth... the Solar System... the Milky Way Galaxy...

The Black Dragon Mountain Empire... the Qianwu Universe Country... the Six Great Peak Races...

All sorts of thoughts continuously surfaced in his mind. Knowledge concerning heaven and earth, the composition of the human body, and True Collection constantly collided, sparks of insight quietly flashing forth.

Subconsciously, Luo Shen closed his eyes.

Inhale... exhale...

His breathing gradually steadied, as though it were slowly resonating with heaven and earth.

As his research into True Collection deepened, his increasingly sharp five senses gathered inward. The writhing changes of his internal organs, the circulation of blood through his vessels, the faint movements produced by countless cells...

Even the tiniest structures contained endless changes.

His spirit and consciousness extended into the finest depths of his body, harmonizing and resonating with the energy within him. At that moment, he seemed to enter an exceedingly profound state.

His entire body and soul were cleansed, becoming as clear and translucent as a flawless crystal.

With every breath.

The outside world was heaven and earth, while his entire body formed another small world!

Somehow, it perfectly coincided with the true essence of True Collection.

In this state, Luo Shen's understanding and control over every minute part of his body continuously strengthened, gradually moving toward the ultimate state of perfect control.

The seasons cycled, black and white alternated.

These were the changes of heaven and earth, the physical laws of the cosmic starry sky.

They were also the outward manifestation of the universe's operation.

To adapt to the changes of heaven and earth, the human body had gradually developed many habits and customs for survival: wearing light clothes when it was hot, padded coats when it was cold, working during the day, and resting at night.

Yet in truth.

The changes of this vast heaven and earth had never been completely separate from humanity.

Rivers, mountains, and plains were heaven and earth!

The cosmic starry sky was heaven and earth!

The human body was likewise heaven and earth!

As enlightenment surged through his heart, his entire body trembled. A profound realization rose within him, and at a certain instant, Luo Shen's breathing abruptly vanished. Even the faint beating of his pulse and heart completely disappeared.

From a biological perspective, this person's biological magnetic field had vanished without a trace.

He could no longer be considered alive in the conventional sense.

In the blink of an eye, he seemed to transform from a vibrant Lifeform into an inorganic stone-like substance. From the outside, he resembled an incomparably perfect and lifelike sculpture.

All was silent!

It was as though Luo Shen had truly died completely.

But at a certain moment.

Beneath that seemingly dead body, a strange rhythm was born within Luo Shen's tendons, bones, flesh, cells, and even their deepest microscopic structures.

Like spring, summer, autumn, and winter; like the sun and moon, yin and yang; like day and night alternating...

As time passed, this strange rhythm grew increasingly intense. The Gene Energy, spiritual will, and physical strength present everywhere within Luo Shen's body continuously fused within that peculiar rhythm.

As though they had always been meant to be one!

Fusion... fusion!

Gradually, it reached a certain critical point, reaching its peak.

Who knew how much time passed.

Suddenly—

Crack!

A strange sound rang out in the silent night, faint yet clearly audible. Luo Shen's body was transforming, his old body bursting forth with new vitality.

And all of this was completed without a sound.

Luo Shen opened his eyes.

Lightning flickered in his gaze. The boundary between the infinitesimal and the vast had been broken!

Inner World!

It had formed!

The Inner World was the external manifestation of True Collection.

Luo Shen raised his right palm. The lines on his palm were clearly visible, yet beneath that seemingly fair skin, an unimaginably terrifying power had been born within his flesh and body.

This was the perfect fusion of spiritual will, body, and Gene Energy, drawing upon the power of heaven and earth and the Inner World.

Flawless and complete, perfectly whole, absolute power!

His consciousness touched a mysterious spot three inches below his navel. In an instant—an immense suction force appeared in the unseen, like an undercurrent vortex hidden beneath the water, completely pulling his consciousness in.

The next second, Luo Shen's consciousness had entered a gray-white world.

An instinctive thought emerged.

Whoosh!

The entire gray-white world abruptly began to operate, instantly erupting with a repulsive force both similar to and different from the universe's spacetime outside. His body, which had been sitting steadily atop the villa, suddenly rose into the air.

In an instant, he pierced through the clouds and reached an altitude of several thousand meters.

His consciousness returned to his body.

He looked down at the land below.

The entire Hongning Base City resembled a breathtaking painting, spread out before his eyes. Looking into the distance, he could see the faintly curved boundary of the horizon far away.

A sudden feeling arose within him—within the vast heaven and earth, I may roam freely!

"I never expected that once the Inner World formed, it would truly contain the power of a Micro Universe. With a thought, it can attract and repel the energy of the external universe, allowing me to fly through the air."

Although he had vaguely sensed that once True Collection was achieved, his body would undergo some special transformation.

He truly had not expected that, at the Apprentice-level, he would be able to fly through the air like a Planetary level warrior.

Of course, this was nothing remarkable. Compared to the formation of the Inner World, what did generating a force that repelled Earth's magnetic field to achieve flight even amount to?

"My strength!"

He subconsciously clenched his fist.

A strange rhythm instantly formed between his five fingers, followed by the sudden eruption of a terrifying force.

Boom!

The area within several dozen meters around his body instantly turned into a vacuum. A visible shockwave spread outward for more than a hundred meters, while the water vapor in the high sky formed a hazy white sphere two to three hundred meters in diameter in an instant.

Even Luo Shen's training clothes were completely torn apart by that terrifying power!

Fortunately.

The instant that force erupted, a patch of black skin extended from his right ring finger and spread outward, transforming into a set of black casual clothes that covered all the parts that needed censoring.

At least it kept Luo Shen from streaking through the sky.

"Why did it have to blow up my clothes too?"

Luo Shen was somewhat speechless.

Fortunately, he had already obtained the Black God Suit and bound it to himself. Otherwise, if word got out that he had streaked through the sky today, this old face of his would be utterly disgraced.

"Still, that strike just now didn't seem to reach the hundredfold limit."

Though he lacked an intelligent optical brain and could not measure it with complete accuracy, Luo Shen's absolute control over his body allowed him to roughly judge the force of that punch.

"Probably only a little over twenty to thirty times."

According to the theory of True Collection, once the Inner World formed, the perfect fusion of spiritual will, physical strength, and Gene Energy would allow perfect control over even the most minute parts of the body.

That meant.

Reaching the hundredfold force limit dictated by the laws of the universe should be effortless.

But that was only the theoretical limit.

His body was only at the ninth rank of the Apprentice-level. Let alone forcibly unleashing a hundredfold force, even exceeding fiftyfold would cause irreversible damage to his entire body structure and lead to total collapse.

"What a pity my body hasn't yet reached the War God Peak."

Once he reached the War God Peak, with Luo Shen's current spiritual will, breaking through to the Planetary level would take no more than the blink of an eye.