Chapter 1: Zhou Yang

Jiangnan Base City, Yi'an District Third High School.

"Ding-ling-ling—"

As the resounding bell echoed across the campus, a flood of students poured out of the teaching building in succession, forming small groups of three or five as they walked toward the school gate.

In the crowd, three young men walked side by side.

"Luo Feng, how's your training lately? Your physical fitness must be almost at the Quasi-Martial Artist level, right?"

Zhou Yang, walking on the left, asked the lean, wiry man beside him who was dressed in a blue tracksuit.

"Still a bit short."

It was as if a thirsty traveler in the desert had suddenly tasted clear water — every muscle in his body, pushed to its absolute limit, competed to absorb this refreshing stream.

Zhou Yang took off his jacket and stepped up to the punching power testing machine. He flipped the switch and made some adjustments, and soon the machine's screen lit up.

Aside from his father occasionally preparing some highly nourishing exotic beast meat for him, his more important reliance was a mysterious object hidden within the flesh of his chest, shaped like a crystal.

Zhou Yang silently pondered, deciding to double his future training plan once again.

"Ah Yang, how are you doing?"

"Let me test what my punching power is like now!"

"The real plot is about to begin. I need to raise my strength as quickly as possible. Two more reps for today's limit!"

"Mom, I'm back!"

In merely a moment, the exhaustion throughout his entire body was swept away, and he became vigorous and lively once more!

His legs felt as though they had been filled with lead, incomparably heavy, every single step becoming incomparably difficult.

The several of them chatted and laughed, following the flow of people heading out.

"You are?"

By contrast, Zhang Haobai, the first villain in the original story, had a sinister and vicious look that made people find him especially repulsive at a glance.

A row of numbers appeared on the testing machine's screen — "835kg"!

Looking at the numbers on the screen, a hint of a smile appeared on Zhou Yang's face.

"Senior Brother Luo Feng! Senior Brother Luo Feng!"

In the world of Swallowed Star, the Law of Life was obscure and hidden, yet it was a genuine upper Fusion Law that stood above the ten fundamental laws of Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Wind, Thunder, Light, Time, and Space.

"What is it?" Luo Feng smiled and began chatting with that burly male student.

Another ten-plus minutes passed. Finally, when he had thoroughly squeezed out the last trace of his stamina and was on the verge of collapsing to the ground, an extremely comfortable clear stream surged from somewhere in his chest, then rapidly flowed to every part of his body.

Furthermore, this also contained the Life God King's comprehension of the Law of Space and the Law of Life.

Exercise equipment could be seen everywhere here, and a small punching power testing machine sat in the corner.

The young man named Luo Feng gently shook his head, then looked at Zhou Yang with a smile.

When he transmigrated over, this mysterious object had torn through space and fused into his body.

"Mom, call me when it's time to eat later. I'm going to the martial arts hall for a while first!"

His father was a high-level warrior-rank Warrior. Although among the vast Warrior population he was still considered cannon fodder, compared to the far more numerous ordinary people, it was already enough to make others envious.

It had to be said that this kid Luo Feng's eye for things was indeed not bad. Although Xu Xin was not wearing any luxurious attire, she looked even more sweet and gentle, with an outstanding temperament.

When he first arrived in this world, his heart was extremely anxious.

"Continue! Let's try for one more round before eating!"

"This child, lately he's been like he's possessed!"

Zhou Yang was a transmigrator.

Wei Wen curled his lip: "Who'd believe that? Your dad must have prepared something good for you again."

This world was vast and magnificent, with Infinite Opportunity and limitless experts — terrifying beings who could shatter space and destroy heaven and earth at the drop of a hat!

One moment of carelessness and the outcome would be the annihilation of one's soul.

"A few months, huh... Looks like I need to work hard too. Can't let you leave me in the dust!"

After exiting the school gate and walking a bit further, the three parted ways at a fork in the road.

At this moment, a thick, deep voice sounded behind them.

This specially modified off-road vehicle was full of power, speeding along the base city's main road all the way until it finally stopped in front of an extremely grand standalone villa.

The woman was precisely Zhou Yang's mother, Wang Shumei.

"Not bad, one step closer to Quasi-Martial Artist!"

You used to be just like me — fishing for three days and drying the nets for two. You've only buckled down in the last half year, so how could you improve this fast!"

Hearing him ask, Zhou Yang proudly tilted his head upward.

He immediately loaded himself with custom full-body weights, then started a specialized treadmill, set the speed to nearly 20m/s, and ran at full speed without holding anything back.

After Zhou Yang and Luo Feng said their goodbyes, he turned and got into a rugged-looking black off-road vehicle. The driver in the front seat promptly started the car.

After he received the information about this object, boundless joy surged in his heart.

Hearing Zhou Yang's voice, Wang Shumei set down the small hoe in her hand and came over with a smile to welcome him.

And compared to the ordinary people of this world, he had one tremendous advantage — and that was his familiarity with the plot.

Now that Zhou Yang had been fortunate enough to obtain the Meteor Tear, which contained half of her energy and comprehension, he had gained even more confidence in becoming a top-tier expert of Swallowing Universe!

Of course, considering his familiarity with the plot, Zhou Yang naturally had an even safer growth plan.

"Senior Brother Luo Feng, I... I have something I'd like to ask Senior Brother Luo Feng for help with," the burly young man said nervously.

However, if anyone saw his training method, they would probably cry out in shock.

Fortunately, his identity after transmigrating happened to be Luo Feng's classmate, and combined with some mysterious opportunities obtained during the transmigration, his own strength had quickly caught up as well.

Because he was simply far too ruthless with himself!

When ordinary people trained, the emphasis was on gradual progression — improving oneself while also protecting one's body from excessive overexertion or injury.

"Believe it or not."

This was actually the greatest opportunity of the protagonist Qin Yu's early stage in the world of another novel he had read, Stellar Transformations—the Meteor Tear!

This Meteor Tear was no ordinary thing; it was formed from a single tear shed by the Life God King Zuo Qiumei of the Divine Realm at the moment of her death, and it contained half of this Life God King's energy and cultivation perception.

"Yangyang is back, come inside quickly, Auntie Wu will have dinner ready soon, rest a bit and get ready to eat."

And this current point in time should be exactly the opening scene of the novel's plot!

In other words, Luo Feng's magnificent path as a powerhouse was about to begin!

Gradually, his breathing began to grow heavy, and sweat rolled down his body ceaselessly like flowing water.

"Are you two done showing off? Didn't you notice there's another person right here!"

Zhou Yang tossed his schoolbag onto the sofa and quickly made his way to the basement.

Wei Wen's gaze shifted back and forth between the two of them, finally settling on Zhou Yang as he clicked his tongue and said:

"After the plot begins, Luo Feng's strength growth can only be described as cheating. Looks like I need to work harder too. Short-term goal: first pass the Quasi-Warrior Assessment!"

In his previous life, he had read through the novel Swallowed Star no fewer than a dozen times, and was thoroughly familiar with the protagonist Luo Feng's path of rise.

"Luo Feng, Wei Wen, I'm heading off first, see you tomorrow!"

Zhou Yang's fist slammed heavily onto the punching power tester, the tremendous force making the punch target shake.

Zhou Yang just smiled and replied:

By actively approaching and befriending them, he quickly grew familiar with them.

"That was naturally earned through hard sweat. Ah Wen, you need to work hard too."

The two chatted and laughed, while on the other side, a young man dressed in a black tracksuit began shouting in dissatisfaction.

"Boom!"

"Beep!"

Yet he did not stop, but instead gritted his teeth and kept going.

In order to survive in this world fraught with danger, clinging to the protagonist Luo Feng's thigh was naturally the first choice.

Since he had the fortune to come to this world, he naturally was unwilling to just lie flat and rot, becoming nothing more than an ant whose name would never even be remembered.

Using this advantage of foresight, he could avoid danger and seek fortune, while also striving for some precious opportunities.

Zhou Yang called out.

Adding the several hundred jin of weight across his entire body, running at full speed, his stamina hit rock bottom in just over twenty minutes.

The reason he was able to go from an obscure nobody to rapidly catching up with the protagonist Luo Feng's pace in just over half a year was naturally due to a fortuitous encounter.

And the Law Perception of life within it was what Zhou Yang valued even more!

Zhou Yang also sighed softly, shaking his head with a smile:

"I'm still a bit short too, probably need a few more months."

"Clinging to Luo Feng's thigh, letting him take the front while keeping my head down and developing myself—that's the way to go!"

Life God King Zuo Qiumei's strength, while not top-tier in the Stellar Transformation World, was still able to comprehend the Law of Life, one of the supreme laws—one had to admit her talent in this area was truly terrifying.

Looking at Zhou Yang's retreating back, Wang Shumei muttered softly, but a relieved smile appeared on her face.

Half a year ago, he had arrived in this world from the novel Swallowed Star.

After iris confirmation, the villa's front gate opened, and Zhou Yang walked in carrying his schoolbag.

As soon as he entered the gate, he saw a gentle-looking middle-aged woman tending to some peculiar flowers and plants in the courtyard.

In the original work, the protagonist Luo Feng also only truly mastered this law after pushing the Divine Power route to its utmost limit, then studying the Realm Beast's life structure diagram and advancing his own Gene level to the hundred-thousand-fold Perfect Divine Body.

The world of Swallowed Star was vast and magnificent, splendid and colorful.

But Zhou Yang was entirely different!

Considering a Warrior's usage needs, this villa's basement had been specially reinforced.

While he was thinking this, Luo Feng over there had already finished talking with the sturdy young man, so the three of them continued walking out of school together.

It is worth mentioning that on the way, just as in the plot, Zhou Yang and the others successively encountered Luo Feng's crush Xu Xin and his rival Zhang Haobai.

"I say, Yangzi, Luo Feng has at least been training at the Jixian Wuguan for several years, so it's understandable that he has this kind of achievement."

Of course, the cultivation environments of the two worlds differed, so they couldn't be entirely equated.

Of course, to better utilize this advantage, he also needed to keep up with the protagonist's pace of development as much as possible and not fall behind.

After his father Zhou Yong moved in, he had directly converted it into an underground martial arts training hall.

He nodded in satisfaction, then briefly warmed up his body, and began training with the assistance equipment in the training hall.

And this mysterious object was his greatest secret apart from transmigration itself!

Villa No. 186, Mingyue District, was precisely Zhou Yang's current home!

Compared to Luo Feng and Wei Wen, Zhou Yang's original family circumstances were fairly decent.

After all, all the plot revolved around the protagonist; if his own strength was too poor to squeeze into the protagonist's circle, then all his foresight would become useless.

He had read through this novel no fewer than a dozen times in his previous life, and was naturally thoroughly familiar with the story within.

One should know that his current top speed was only around 23m/s.

He stood steady in front of the punching power tester, and after sinking his waist and storing power, his right fist shot out like an artillery shell, blasting straight forward.

The three turned to look and saw that the person who spoke was a young man, about one meter nine tall, with a tiger's back and bear's waist, and arms of astonishing thickness.

However, Zhou Yang had no intention of changing the plot, so he merely observed as a bystander and did not cause any complications.

The Life Energy within it not only provided an extreme, almost monstrous recovery ability, but also continuously strengthened the physical body.

Luo Feng looked at the newcomer in confusion; he didn't seem to recognize the person before him.

Saying that, he ran into the villa in a flash.

Zhou Yang rested briefly, then continued training.

The Spatial Laws need no further explanation; in the world of Swallowed Star, fully comprehending the Spatial Laws is bona fide Universe Venerable strength.

The starry river is brilliant, the martial path resplendent—I must strive to stand on tiptoe among the circle of the strongest at the very pinnacle of the Universe, so this journey here will not have been in vain!

And at this moment, Zhou Yang beside him suddenly had his eyes light up!

"The plot is about to begin!"

"Just a little more, just a little more!"

Great Tomato has started writing a sequel, but the word count is still too small to be satisfying, so let's review the classics of the original work together with you brothers first!

(The Earth arc will follow the original plot as much as possible, which also serves as the protagonist's process of adapting to the new world. Respecting the original settings, no messy stuff~~)

(End of this chapter)