Swallowing the Stars: Starting with a Meteor Tear

Chapter 284 Three Years

Zhou Yang skimmed through the twenty or thirty external martial arts manuals that Qi Ying had collected, but the contents greatly disappointed him.

These are just some ordinary methods that Qi Ying casually collected. They are called cultivation techniques, but they are actually just some special methods for tempering the body. Their sophistication is not even comparable to the systematic training methods he learned at the Limit Martial Arts Hall when he first transmigrated to the Swallowed Star World.

"Since I'll have to hone my physical body first anyway, maybe I can try to increase my physical strength using the training methods for devouring worlds."

Although only a sliver of Zhou Yang's spirit was reincarnated into this world, its memories are exactly the same as those of the original body.

With his insightful perspective, he quickly determined the path that best suited him.

"First, raise your physical strength to the limit of the acquired realm. Then you can start cultivating the Gene Energy Cultivation Method of Devouring the World to further enhance your body until you break through the threshold of the innate realm. Whether you choose to cultivate the Devouring the World cultivation system or the Stellar Transformation technique will depend on which one is more suitable for the operating rules of this world."

Zhou Yang has a strong sense of execution. Once he made up his mind, he started to take action that very day.

"Uncle Qiying, please prepare these utensils for me. Also, please prepare more meat and nourishing medicinal dishes for my meals in the future."

Zhou Yang handed the old servant Qi Ying a list and told him to purchase the items listed.

He himself went into the back courtyard of his residence to practice.

Qi Ying was not short of worldly wealth, and although the villa she purchased was not particularly luxurious, it was still very spacious, enough for Zhou Yang to make his move.

"My body is still too young and its origins are deficient, so I cannot be too aggressive at the beginning. I should focus on nourishing my body first, and then proceed gradually."

Zhou Yang's current body is only six years old, and his body has not yet fully developed. If he were to directly cultivate powerful external martial arts, it would likely damage his physical potential.

Now that he no longer has the life force of Meteor Tear to assist him, he naturally dares not push his body too hard.

Therefore, at first he only chose some exercises such as running and stretching to improve his health.

"Young master, everything you requested has been brought."

Around noon the next day, Qi Ying arrived in front of Zhou Yang.

He raised his hand and waved it, and a large number of forging tools appeared on the inkstone square in the backyard.

Stone weights, barbells, iron sand vests, leg wraps, wooden dummy dummies, complete sets of weapons, and almost every other kind of tool is available.

Clearly, he possesses at least one valuable spatial artifact capable of storing items.

"Young Master, are you preparing to practice external martial arts?"

The old servant, Qiying, asked curiously.

"Yes, since we can't even get the basics of internal martial arts, we can only practice some external martial arts to strengthen our bodies."

Zhou Yang replied casually.

"That's true."

Qi Ying nodded.

However, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. The son of the dignified Ziyang Sect Master couldn't even get past the initial stage of cultivation and could only practice some ordinary mortal external martial arts. It was truly lamentable.

"Young master, external martial arts training puts a great strain on the body. You must not overexert yourself and must proceed step by step."

Seven Shadows reminded him from the side.

"I see."

Zhou Yang casually replied.

With the auxiliary tools brought back by the Seven Shadows, Zhou Yang further refined his cultivation plan.

The training includes various methods such as weighted running, weighted squats, flexibility training, reaction speed training, and speed training, all conducted in accordance with the standards of the Devouring World Martial Arts Academy.

At the beginning, Zhou Yang did not set a large training volume, after all, the body itself was too weak.

However, as his cultivation progressed, a sense of surprise gradually arose in his heart.

Whenever he exhausted all his physical strength, an extremely powerful life force would emerge from within him, rapidly restoring his strength and functions.

That effect was actually somewhat similar to when the life force of Meteor Tears restored physical strength!

"No, it's not life force. The Meteor Tear no longer exists, so it couldn't be life force."

Zhou Yang murmured to himself, then suddenly his expression changed, and he had a guess in his mind, "Could it be that?"

He was a reincarnation of a spark of inspiration, and has always maintained a clear memory, so he remembers everything from his birth to the present very clearly.

When this body was born, due to insufficient innate essence, its parents, True Man Mingxu and True Man Mingyu, naturally tried many methods. They not only personally used their immortal energy to nourish the body, but also gave it a whole bunch of elixirs and medicines to strengthen its foundation and cultivate its essence.

Later, the two even went to great lengths to have someone refine a "Nine Tribulations Creation Pill" and seal it into his body.

The Nine Tribulations Creation Pill is a top-grade medicine for nourishing the body and restoring injuries. Even a tenth-tribulation loose immortal who is seriously injured and on the verge of death can be quickly restored to his original state as long as he has a breath left, which shows how precious it is.

However, Zhou Yang at that time was naturally unable to withstand such a huge medicinal power, so Master Mingxu used a secret method to seal it into Zhou Yang's body, leaving only a small gap so that the medicinal power could slowly seep out and have a long-lasting effect.

At that time, Master Mingxu thought that if this child really could not embark on the path of cultivation, this "Nine Tribulations Creation Pill" would be enough to support him to live easily for thousands of years. Maybe then he would have a way to solve the problem of his inability to cultivate.

Unexpectedly, by a twist of fate, the effects of the 'Nine Tribulations Creation Pill' have greatly helped Zhou Yang's cultivation of external martial arts.

This pill is, after all, a top-grade treasure that only the most powerful Loose Immortals can afford. Although its effects are slightly less than those of the previous Life Force, they are not by much.

Moreover, this is a powerful elixir that can instantly restore a critically injured and dying Ten Tribulation Loose Immortal to full health, and the energy contained within it is absolutely enough for him to cultivate to the Innate Realm!

"I never expected that this pill, which couldn't cure my 'leaky celestial body' condition, would work here. Fate is truly wondrous!"

Zhou Yang felt slightly invigorated.

Now that the 'Nine Tribulations Creation Pill' exists, he has nothing to worry about and can practice it freely!

So, starting from the second day, Zhou Yang's training began to go crazy!

The training was insane, completely disregarding the body's limits; it was like torturing the body!

"Young Master, this training regimen is far too strenuous; your body won't be able to handle it!"

The old servant, Qiying, couldn't help but offer some advice.

"Don't worry, Uncle Qiying, I know what I'm doing."

Zhou Yang replied casually.

Qi Ying probably never imagined that a 'Nine Tribulations Creation Pill' was sealed inside his body. Whenever he reached his physical limits, an extremely powerful life force would surge out from deep within his body, quickly eliminating muscle fatigue and making him energetic again.

Each time he broke through his limits, his muscles and strength improved significantly, at a rate that was almost as fast as when he was aided by Meteor Tear.

In the days that followed, Zhou Yang immersed himself in frantic training and improvement.

Combining some body-forging methods from the Devouring World and using various tools, Zhou Yang completes a large number of cultivation tasks every day.

The sheer volume of training was so intense that even Qi Ying, a cultivator who had already embarked on the path of cultivation, couldn't help but frown.

However, under this intense yet disciplined training, coupled with the various medicinal dishes and meats that Qi Ying brought back every day, Zhou Yang's body truly became stronger.

He continued to grow taller, and his originally thin body gradually developed firm muscles, and his physical strength also continued to increase.

Under this intense training and improvement, three years quickly passed.

(End of this chapter)