Yang Sheng

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Yang Sheng begins as a hardworking Lower Registry student at Bay City Martial Arts High School in 2086 under the harsh system of Class-Divided Cultivation 1. For three years, he endures severe physical injury serving as the sparring partner of the privileged upper-registry class monitor, Li Yan 1. When the school attempts to force him to withdraw due to his low social registry and slow progress, Li Yan threatens to kill him during the upcoming Martial Arts Entrance Exam 1. Driven by despair, love for his hardworking father, and a fierce refusal to accept his fate, Yang Sheng awakens the mysterious Martial God Soul 1.

Using the ability "One Punch Equals a Hundred Punches," Yang Sheng rapidly accelerates his cultivation, mastering foundational boxing and breaking past his physical limits in a single night 2. To secure training equipment and nutritional support, he takes a job as a sparring partner at the newly opened Skysea Boxing Gym 4. His exceptional progress attracts the attention of Jiang Tian, a renowned teacher who recruits him into the elite High-Aspiration Class 5 6 7. Yang Sheng masters advanced techniques like Iron Mountain Lean 6 and Heart-Piercing Elbow 11, earning public acclaim and climbing the ranks of the virtual Stellar Martial Arts Match System 20. After successfully defending his injured father against institutional corruption and defeating Li Yan's younger brother, Li Ya, in a school-mandated combat test, Yang Sheng publicly demonstrates the Great Completion of Bright Force he attained with the Heavenly Origin Pill 28 29 35 41. He continues to build independent wealth through business partnerships while preparing for the lethal Martial Arts Entrance Exam and his ultimate confrontation with Li Yan 44.

After Li Ya's defeat, Yang Sheng refuses restrictive corporate contracts and instead develops Skysea Boxing Gym alongside Tianhai and Li Jing, using his reputation and precise instruction to create a profitable martial-arts guidance business 43 51. He discovers that teaching others and correcting their flaws produces feedback that accelerates his own cultivation, rapidly bringing him close to Dark Force 51 60.

Yang Sheng survives an assassination attempt by two Perfected Great Completion of Bright Force martial artists and attracts the attention of Lu Shan, a China Martial Arts University assessor 53. Through Jiang Tian and Lu Shan, he gains temporary access to the beginner-level Star-Shattering Annihilation Fist, an Astral Phase technique whose usual risk of cultivation deviation is neutralized by the Martial God Soul 53 55. He subsequently breaks through to Dark Force in battle against a Subtlety Realm assassin, though the victory leaves him severely injured 67 68.

With Jiang Tian, Liu Chang, Li Jing, and the Liu Group supporting his recovery, Yang Sheng enters Bay City Martial Arts High School's A-Grade Retreat Room. There, he endures extreme cold, pressure, pain, and isolation while developing his Fist Intent, tempering his body, and advancing to Major Dark Force Mastery 69 75 76. During the Martial Arts Entrance Exam, he earns a perfect Fitness Assessment score of 99, dominates the Points Tournament through inexhaustible mental endurance and continuous improvement, and takes first place on Bay City's points leaderboard 80 85 93.

In the final tournament, Yang Sheng confronts Li Yan after Li Yan's body and consciousness are overtaken by a gu worm. Yang Sheng destroys the parasite, defeats Li Yan despite the realm disparity, and saves the spectators from a potential massacre 101. He ultimately places fifth in Yu Prefecture, first in Bay City, receives admission to China Martial Arts University's Boxing major, and is invited to participate in the university's Preparatory Selection Tournament 101 103.

Appearance

Yang Sheng is an eighteen-year-old youth standing slightly over 1.8 meters tall with a relatively lean, athletic build shaped by relentless martial training 3 12 17. His posture undergoes a dramatic transformation from dispirited and burdened to upright, sharp, and confident 3.

• Slender secondary muscle lines overlaying thick muscle texture, providing precise control over strength 2
• Straight posture and an alert, determined expression 3
• Typically wears breathable summer training uniforms or casual clothing suitable for physical exertion 14
• Following his A-Grade Retreat Room training, his bone density triples and his muscular strength increases dramatically despite little obvious outward change 77

Personality

Yang Sheng is intensely disciplined, resilient, and practical, driven by a fierce determination to change his family’s impoverished destiny. While he harbors a deep, vengeful resolve against those who exploit him and threaten his father, he maintains emotional composure and analytical precision during combat. He is fiercely protective of his family, deeply loyal to genuine mentors and friends like Liu Chang and Li Jing, and values personal independence over corporate servitude. Despite achieving rapid fame and power, he remains grounded, hardworking, and perpetually hungry for self-improvement.

His increasingly dangerous experiences make him more decisive and ruthless toward genuine threats. He is willing to endure extreme pain, risk his life against stronger enemies, and use lethal force when necessary to protect himself and those around him 67 75 101. Nonetheless, he remains grateful toward those who help him, seeks to repay kindness, and uses his own success to guide disadvantaged martial artists at Skysea Boxing Gym 30 51.

Abilities & Skills

Martial God Soul

An awakened spiritual phenomenon that accelerates cultivation, preserves progress, and automatically corrects flaws in real-time.

• Multiplies training efficiency so that one day of practice yields the reward of a hundred days 2
• Automatically analyzes micro-movements (footing, hip rotation, spine coordination, timing) and guides the user to optimal technique 2
• Converts intense combat experience into immediate bodily instinct and cultivation progress 23
• Enables rapid recovery and the capacity to sustain grueling twenty-hour daily training regimens with minimal sleep 24
• Ensures that corrected mistakes do not recur, allowing Yang Sheng to improve after virtually every combat encounter 53
• Generates cultivation feedback when Yang Sheng identifies and corrects flaws in other martial artists' techniques 51
• Prevents cultivation regression and neutralizes the cultivation-deviation risk of the Star-Shattering Annihilation Fist 55
• Assists his meditation, recovery, and comprehension while under the extreme conditions of the A-Grade Retreat Room 76
• Supports an extraordinary reserve of mental strength, allowing him to fight consciousness-linked matches until no opponents remain available 85

Eight Extremes Fist

A devastating close-quarters martial art characterized by explosive power and full-body coordination.

• Iron Mountain Lean: A powerful shoulder and body collision technique capable of snapping heavy ropes and obliterating punching bags 6.
• Heart-Piercing Elbow: A precision strike that concentrates force at a single point to inflict severe internal cracking and piercing damage 11.
• Whirling Wind Hand: A defensive redirection technique utilizing softness to neutralize hard incoming blows and seize opponent limbs 19.
• Straight Punch: Eight Extremes Fist's fundamental and most direct offensive strike, delivering full-body power along the shortest possible trajectory 19 86.
• Sideways Body Grind, Cloud-Crushing Strike, and Knee-Lift Collision: Advanced auxiliary techniques used for breaking guards, parrying, and lethal counter-attacks 23 28.
• Six Openings Integration: Yang Sheng has mastered and integrated the core forms of Eight Extremes Fist into a complete close-range combat system 23 25.

Star-Shattering Annihilation Fist

A beginner-level Astral Phase fist art from the Myriad Stars Supreme Origin Sacred Art. It possesses far greater potential than Body Tempering Realm techniques but normally risks driving its practitioner into cultivation deviation 53 55.

• Peak-Crushing Mountain-Splitting: The beginner form's direct annihilative strike, capable of producing sonic booms and leaving distant fist marks despite Yang Sheng's lower realm 55.
• Fracture Principle: A body-tempering method based on damaging and rebuilding one's own sinews and bones to gain the capacity to shatter an opponent's defenses 75.
• Uses Thunderclap Stone-generated electricity as an imperfect substitute for the stellar force ordinarily required to cultivate the art 75.
• Can be combined with Eight Extremes Fist to temper the muscles and bones throughout Yang Sheng's entire body rather than only his arms 76.

Fist Intent

Yang Sheng begins touching the threshold of Fist Intent after studying the Star-Shattering Annihilation Fist, then rapidly develops it into a central component of his combat style 56 76.

• Projects and binds striking force through conscious control of muscular exertion and mental “rules” imposed on his Fist Intent 76.
• Extended his controlled Fist Intent range from roughly one meter to five meters during A-Grade Retreat Room cultivation 76.
• Can maintain concentrated Fist Intent over an eight-meter range after reaching Major Dark Force Mastery 88.
• Fuses Fist Intent with his boxing techniques to pierce training dummies and overwhelm opponents of lower cultivation 88 93.
• His insight into martial arts and Fist Intent enables him to contend with opponents beyond his realm, including the gu-possessed Li Yan at the Subtlety Realm 100 101.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Leather boxing gloves, cotton ankle guards, and knee pads — Training gear used during home practice 2
• Heavenly Origin Pill — A precious secret elixir created by medicine grandmaster Sun Siji, consumed to harmonize medicinal power and break through to Great Completion of Bright Force 35
• Blood Essence Grass — Inexpensive herbal stalks used to quickly replenish stamina and restore energy 44 47
• Ironthread Vines & Copperbone Flowers — Specialized cultivation medicines 44
• Jade Marrow Crystals — High-tier crystals utilized to accelerate progress into Dark Force Initiation 44 47
• Thunderclap Stone — A Second-Tier Great Medicine rewarded via scholarship that tempers the nervous system with stored electrical energy to improve neural reaction speed 48
• Blazing Sun Heart — A rare Third-Tier healing medicine from the Liu Group that rapidly repairs Yang Sheng's extensive tendon and bone injuries 68 70
• Myriad Stars Supreme Origin Sacred Art—Star-Shattering Annihilation Fist (Beginner) — A temporary digital manual lent through Lu Shan and Jiang Tian, containing the Astral Phase fist art's foundational techniques 53
• Dagger from the tall assassin — A weapon recovered after Yang Sheng's assassination attempt and retained for Jiang Tian's examination 56

Relationships

• Father Yang — Loving and hard-working father who supports Yang Sheng through driving and manual labor; their mutual sacrifice drives much of Yang Sheng's motivation. Yang Sheng later supports him financially, urges him to stop exhausting delivery work, and seeks a better home and training environment for them 1 12 30 56 71
• Jiang Tian — Mentor and teacher in the High-Aspiration Class who recognizes Yang Sheng's extraordinary talent, rescues him from expulsion, and teaches him Eight Extremes Fist. Jiang Tian later secures scholarships, elite medical care, A-Grade Retreat Room access, and Lu Shan's attention for Yang Sheng 6 9 16 67 69
• Liu Chang — Senior student, shareholder, and protector who uses her family's influence to secure Yang Sheng's class transfer and provide high-grade medicinal resources. She remains a close ally, supports his recovery and cultivation, and grows increasingly invested in his future 8 12 36 68 96
• Li Yan — Former class monitor, privileged Upper Registry student, and abusive sparring partner who threatens to kill Yang Sheng during the entrance exam. Their long-standing rivalry ends when Yang Sheng destroys the gu worm possessing Li Yan and defeats him in the final tournament 1 9 101
• Li Ya — Li Yan's younger brother, a near-Great Completion of Bright Force fighter who attempts to cripple and kill Yang Sheng during the school combat test. Yang Sheng defeats and cripples him; Li Ya is later reported to have died by apparent suicide 30 41 51
• Boss Tianhai (Tianhai) — Owner of Skysea Boxing Gym who provides Yang Sheng with free medicinal meals, training space, employment, and business agency. He later becomes Yang Sheng's business partner in the martial-arts instruction venture 4 5 44 51
• Li Jing — Loyal classmate and friend who publicly supports Yang Sheng and later forms a business and personal bond with him. She manages Skysea Boxing Gym's medicinal-meal operations, remains beside him during his recovery, and displays increasingly apparent affection for him 22 32 42 67 69
• Guo Rui — Childhood friend whose mother attempts to arrange a marriage to secure commercial influence, which Yang Sheng politely declines. Her attitude changes as Yang Sheng's strength and status rise, leading her to seek private boxing instruction from him 3 45 46 60
• Old Huang — Senior martial expert for the Liu Group who advocates for investing in Yang Sheng's potential and delivers the Heavenly Origin Pill and Blazing Sun Heart on the Liu Group's behalf 31 35 69
• Liu Jianming — Liu Chang's father and the Liu Group's leader. Initially interested in recruiting Yang Sheng through a contract, he eventually recognizes that Yang Sheng must be cultivated through genuine partnership and support 34 68 69
• Lu Shan — China Martial Arts University special-admission assessor who recognizes Yang Sheng's ability to improve from every battle. He provides the Star-Shattering Annihilation Fist, recruits Yang Sheng for China Martial Arts University, and invites him to the Preparatory Selection Tournament 53 82 103
• Wang Chao — A leading Bay City student and Major Dark Force Mastery martial artist who initially regards Yang Sheng as a lesser threat. After witnessing Yang Sheng's endurance and discipline, he becomes a respectful rival and accepts defeat without resentment 88 101
• North Sea Divine Fist — A higher-ranked Stellar Martial Arts Match System opponent whose relentless attacks help Yang Sheng refine Whirling Wind Hand and the Six Openings. Yang Sheng considers him a worthy training partner despite their hostile rivalry 19 25

Story Role / Major Arcs

• The Despair and Awakening Arc: Yang Sheng is cast out by Bay City Martial Arts High School under the Class-Divided Cultivation decree, leading to the awakening of the Martial God Soul 1.
• The Rapid Ascent Arc: He masters foundational boxing overnight, secures employment at Skysea Boxing Gym, catches Jiang Tian's attention, and transfers into the elite High-Aspiration Class 2 4 7.
• The Conflict and vindication Arc: Yang Sheng defends his injured father against exploitative labor management and school corruption, exposes Li Yan's financial fraud, and defeats Li Ya in a high-stakes school combat test to reach the Great Completion of Bright Force 12 28 29 41.
• The Entrepreneurship and Expansion Arc: He rejects binding corporate contracts to maintain his independence, forms a lucrative training partnership with Tianhai and Li Jing, and sets his sights on China Martial Arts University and becoming a Stellar Martial Artist 43 44 49.
• The Assassination and Dark Force Arc: Yang Sheng survives attempts on his life, gains the Star-Shattering Annihilation Fist through Lu Shan, fights a Subtlety Realm assassin, and breaks into the Dark Force realm 53 55 67.
• The A-Grade Retreat Arc: With the support of Jiang Tian and the Liu Group, Yang Sheng enters the A-Grade Retreat Room, survives its intense cold and pressure, develops Fist Intent, and reaches Major Dark Force Mastery 69 75 76.
• The Martial Arts Entrance Exam Arc: Yang Sheng earns a record-setting Fitness Assessment score, exploits his inexhaustible mental endurance in the Points Tournament, rises to first place in Bay City, and becomes one of Yu Prefecture's five strongest students 80 85 93 101.
• The Settlement with Li Yan Arc: Yang Sheng confronts the gu-possessed Li Yan, destroys the parasite controlling him, defeats his former tormentor, and prevents a massacre of the arena's spectators 96 100 101.
• The China Martial Arts University Arc: Yang Sheng receives formal admission to China Martial Arts University's Boxing major and is selected for its Preparatory Selection Tournament, opening the next stage of his martial journey 103.

Notable Quotes

"Hope that appeared in desperate circumstances was all the more precious. Like duckweed floating on water or a straw hanging from a cliff, Yang Sheng clung to it tightly. This was his only chance to change his fate and achieve his dreams." 2

"I'm the kind of person who clings tightly to even the slightest hope. Taking the school test is my only hope. No matter the outcome, I have to take it. I must take it." 32

"Martial arts was defiance—defiance against heaven, against fate, against predetermined limits; the will to use one's flesh-and-blood body to keep throwing punches at every impossibility!" 100