Cultivating Immortality in a World of Martial Arts
With a tome of boundless virtue in my grasp, I wield the myriad arts of the immortal world. While you possess the cutting edge of technology, I command the mysteries of sorcery. You hone martial skills; I cultivate the path of immortality. Where you sow wickedness, I uphold righteousness! The benevolent are invincible. For a man of such great kindness as myself, becoming the world’s foremost is only fitting and well-deserved. Let the blaze of passion ignite, converging into the radiant beacon of human civilization, illuminating the stars and the vast seas. To eradicate every lurking darkness and foreign abomination—this, too, is my duty as the strongest under heaven!
Cultivating Immortality in a World of Martial Arts
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Northern Province, Dongjiang City, Ninth High School.
In early November, the north wind carried scattered snowflakes through the sky, blanketing the campus in white.
A skinny young boy hunched his shoulders, clutching the collar of his cotton coat. He muttered under his breath, “A sudden cold snap, and the weather report didn’t mention a thing. It’s never accurate!”
“It’s not that cold, is it…?” Gao Wu glanced at his deskmate, Shen Yue, whose shivering made him want to laugh. “You’re too frail. Were you sneaking around casting spells again last night?”
Shen Yue replied irritably, “You’re an intermediate-level martial artist, built like an ox. How can I compete with you?”
Ever since the invasion of Earth by otherworldly beasts a century ago, when Martial Emperor Qin Liuhe emerged to sweep away the monsters and founded the Sacred Alliance, ushering in a new era for humanity, the status of martial artists had risen steadily.
Now, everyone practiced martial arts, but only a rare few truly achieved anything.
Of the nearly three hundred thousand secondary students in Dongjiang City, only a little over eight thousand had martial artist certificates—a mere three percent. As for intermediate-level martial artists, their numbers were even fewer. Gao Wu was a member of the school’s martial arts team, and even as a substitute, his physical prowess far surpassed that of Shen Yue.
Not wanting Gao Wu to get cocky, Shen Yue pulled out his phone, opened the Dongjiang High School Martial Arts Rankings, and scoffed, pointing
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