I Am Luo Heng, Checking In for Divine Skills

Eastern Xuan Region · Great Flame Dynasty · Qingyang Town · Luo Family

Early morning

Sixteen-year-old Luo Heng rose to his feet, feeling the surging power within his body.

Body Tempering Ninth Level!

Among the younger generation of Qingyang Town, aside from Lei Li, who had reached the Body Tempering Eighth Level Peak and touched upon the threshold of the Ninth Level, who else could compare to him?

But unfortunately, no one knew. No one knew just how strong the Luo Family's Young Master was.

Ever since he began cultivating, Luo Heng had concealed his true cultivation. In the eyes of outsiders, he was merely an ordinary Luo Family Young Master—hardworking, but far from outstanding.

That was because he had a secret: he was a reincarnator.

In his previous life, he had been nothing more than an ordinary college student. After confessing on WeChat to a girl he had liked for two or three months, he had somehow met an unexpected death.

When he opened his eyes again, he was already in the world of the novel Martial Universe, having become the child of Su Yi and Luo Yun.

Of course, it was not that he existed because Luo Heng existed. Rather, Luo Heng existed because he did.

Sixteen years.

He had spent ten years adapting to this world, cultivating in secret and hiding his strength.

Even more coincidentally, the Luo Family and Lin Family lived next to each other. Thus, he had known Lin Dong and Qing Tan since childhood, and they had grown up together.

"According to the plot, Dongzi should have obtained the Ancestral Stone by now. The story is about to begin." Luo Heng stretched lazily and stood up.

He pushed open the door, and sunlight fell across his sharply defined, handsome face.

At sixteen, Luo Heng was tall and slender. His brows held both a youth's heroic spirit and a hint of composure, a distinctive bearing only someone who had lived two lives could possess.

"Young Master, you're awake." Luo Qing, who had been waiting outside the courtyard, bowed respectfully.

Luo Heng gave a slight nod. Just as he was about to speak, a cold mechanical voice suddenly rang out in his mind.

[**Ding—!**]

[Detected that the host has reached the age of sixteen and meets the activation requirements...]

[Myriad Laws Check-in System successfully bound!]

Luo Heng's pupils contracted slightly before he quickly regained his composure. After sixteen years, his golden finger had finally arrived!

He had read countless novels in his previous life and had even written one or two himself, so he naturally understood what a system was.

Yet the composure he had cultivated over the years kept him from crying out like an ordinary youth. Instead, he calmly returned to his room.

"Luo Qing, I will cultivate in my room for a while. Do not let anyone disturb me."

"Yes, Young Master!" Luo Qing did not understand why the Young Master had just come out only to go back inside, but he did not ask.

After closing the door, Luo Heng sat at the table. A translucent blue panel appeared before him.

[Host: Luo Heng]

[Age: Sixteen]

[True Cultivation: Body Tempering Ninth Level (concealed as Body Tempering Fifth Level)]

[Cultivation Art: Qi Guiding Art (Second Grade)]

[Martial Arts: Mountain-Shaking Palm (First Grade), Gale Sword (Second Grade), Soaring Dragon Steps (self-created · Third Grade)]

[Origin Divine Skill: None]

[Daily Check-in Attempts: 1/1 (unused)]

[Monthly Check-in Attempts: 1/1 (unused)]

[Yearly Check-in Attempts: 1/1 (unused)]

[Novice Gift Pack awaiting collection]

"Myriad Laws Check-in System? System, what exactly are your functions?" Luo Heng asked silently in his heart.

[This system is the 'Myriad Laws Check-in System.' Check-ins may be performed once each day, month, and year.]

[The quality of check-in rewards is related to the host's current cultivation, surroundings, and state of mind.]

[Special reminder: the system is only an aid. True powerhouses must still cultivate through their own efforts.]

Luo Heng nodded. He had always understood one principle: he could only rely on himself; he could not rely on others.

"Claim the Novice Gift Pack."

[Novice Gift Pack opened!]

[Obtained: Body Tempering Pill ×30, Yang Yuan Pill ×10, Yang Yuan Stone ×500, Mortal Grade Peak Weapon 'Qingxuan Sword' ×1, special item 'Stone of Enlightenment (Fragment)' ×1]

The Storage Space automatically opened, and all the items were stored inside. It was extremely spacious and could be used freely by Luo Heng, so he would not even need a Spatial Pouch anymore.

Luo Heng took out the palm-sized black stone tablet fragment called the "Stone of Enlightenment (Fragment)."

It felt cool to the touch, and its surface was covered in profound patterns, as if some kind of Dao rhythm flowed through it.

[Stone of Enlightenment (Fragment): An item left behind from ancient times. It can assist in Wu Dao and increase the speed of martial art comprehension.

Current State: Incomplete (1/9). Gather all nine fragments to restore the complete Stone of Enlightenment.]

"Good stuff." Luo Heng smiled. It truly was worthy of being a gift pack.

Although he had concealed his cultivation over the years, he had never once slacked off in his training.

However, without profound cultivation arts or guidance from a renowned master, he could only explore many cultivation problems on his own.

With this Stone of Enlightenment, comprehending martial arts would at least become much easier.

"System, use all check-ins!"

[**Ding!** Daily Check-in successful! Obtained: Qi Nourishing Pill ×10]

[**Ding!** Monthly Check-in successful! Obtained: Ninth Grade Martial Art Flowing Cloud and Soaring Goose Steps, Ninth Grade Martial Art Tiangang Thunderclap Fist!]

[**Ding!** Yearly Check-in successful! Obtained: Origin Cultivation Art Great Devouring Art (Introductory Chapter)!]

Three vast streams of information flooded into Luo Heng's mind!

Flowing Cloud and Soaring Goose Steps was a Ninth Grade movement martial art, divided into the "Flowing Cloud" and "Soaring Goose" realms. Once mastered, one could walk through the air, moving as elusive as drifting clouds and charging as swiftly as a soaring goose.

Tiangang Thunderclap Fist was a Ninth Grade fist martial art with nine forms. Each punch struck like the wrath of thunder, fierce and domineering. At profound mastery, one's fists carried thunderous force, with astonishing power.

Yet what truly shocked Luo Heng was the Great Devouring Art.

This was no ordinary martial art, but an Origin Cultivation Art!

Its core lay in "devouring"—devouring Heaven and Earth Origin Energy, devouring the essence of pills, devouring an opponent's Primal Energy... and then refining all things to nourish oneself!

"When I read novels in my previous life, devouring abilities were what I envied most. I never thought I would truly obtain one today!" Luo Heng took a deep breath and forcefully suppressed his excitement.

He immediately sat cross-legged and circulated his Primal Energy according to the method of the Great Devouring Art.

Within his Dantian, an imperceptible black vortex quietly took shape and began to slowly rotate.

At that moment, the surrounding Heaven and Earth Origin Energy surged toward him like a tide! Even more astonishingly, the Primal Energy at the peak of his Body Tempering Ninth Level began to grow even more condensed under the refinement of that vortex!

The foundation he had believed had already reached its limit actually became even stronger!

"This Great Devouring Art can not only devour external power, but also refine my own Primal Energy?" Luo Heng was both shocked and delighted, though he also felt fortunate. If he had gone to some Douluo world, they would probably have called him an evil soul master.

Moreover, he had been stuck at the Body Tempering Ninth Level Peak for three months. He had thought there was no room for further progress in the near future, yet the Great Devouring Art could actually improve his foundation once more!

At this rate, he would break through the Body Tempering Realm and enter the Earthen Yuan Stage within half a month at most!

And at that time, he would only be sixteen!

The youngest person in Qingyang Town's history to enter the Earthen Yuan Stage had been Lin Xiao, who had broken through at twenty.

If Luo Heng entered the Earthen Yuan Stage at sixteen, it would absolutely shake all of Qingyang Town!

Luo Heng gently shook his head. Qingyang Town appeared peaceful, but conflicts never ceased beneath the surface. The Lei Clan, Xie Clan, Lin Family, and Raging Blade Martial Hall—the four great powers—were locked in open and secret struggles. If he revealed his talent too early, he would become a target for all.

His Luo Family was merely a middling second-rate force in Qingyang Town.

"Knock, knock, knock!"

Urgent knocking suddenly rang out.

"Young Master! This is bad!" Luo Qing's anxious voice came through. "The Lei Clan has come to cause trouble at our Forge Workshop on East Street and injured the second shopkeeper!"

The Lei Clan?

The Lei Clan was the foremost of Qingyang Town's four great powers. Its Patriarch, Lei Bao, was a powerhouse at the peak of the late Heaven Yuan Realm, while his son Lei Li was an outstanding figure among the younger generation, already at the Body Tempering Eighth Level Peak.

The two families had never been on good terms, especially when it came to the fiercely competitive forging business.

The Luo Family's Forge was one of the finest weapon shops in Qingyang Town, and the Lei Clan had always wanted to swallow it whole.

"Who came?" Luo Heng asked calmly, without the slightest trace of panic in his voice.

"It is Lei Tao! Lei Li's cousin, with Body Tempering Sixth Level cultivation! Master and Madam went to Flame City early this morning to purchase goods and will not return until evening. Young Master, what should we do?" Luo Qing hurriedly replied.

Luo Heng pushed open the door, a glint of coldness flashing through his eyes.

Lei Tao, merely at the Body Tempering Sixth Level.

With Luo Heng's true cultivation, he could crush him with one finger. But publicly, he was only at the Body Tempering Fifth Level...

"No." Luo Heng suddenly thought of something. "I just obtained the system today, and I happen to need real combat to test my martial arts. Since Lei Tao has delivered himself to my door, then perhaps..."

A plan quickly took shape in his mind.

"Luo Qing, take me to the Forge Workshop," Luo Heng said indifferently.

"Young Master, that Lei Tao is at the Body Tempering Sixth Level, while you are only at the Fifth Level..." Luo Qing still tried to dissuade him.

"I know what I'm doing." Luo Heng waved a hand and walked out of the courtyard.

On the way, Luo Heng willed it, taking out the Stone of Enlightenment Fragment.

[Use 'Stone of Enlightenment (Fragment)' to assist in comprehending martial arts?]

"Use it! Targets: Flowing Cloud and Soaring Goose Steps, Tiangang Thunderclap Fist!" Luo Heng thought to himself. This was a cheat. Of course I had to use it!