Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Steel of the Heart

Is there something wrong with my body?

Xiang Bei blinked gently.

If it's a problem with his own body, then he can probably only think of one possible outcome.

First of all, he is definitely an Earthling. Although he is a transmigrator, he was reborn into this body, which is a genuine Earthling that has devoured other Earthlings without undergoing any mutations.

Moreover, if there were any problems, they probably would have occurred long ago.

There can only be one thing that could cause this result.

"Steel Heart!"

If you were to ask him what makes him different from the rest of the world, it would definitely be his personal cheat code, Heart Steel.

His Colossus Devour effect can deal damage equal to 12% of his maximum health to the target.

It also returns 12% of the damage dealt, increasing your maximum health.

This is a very powerful snowballing skill.

However, the limit for increasing maximum health has always been unclear.

After all, both the physical body and the soul are manifestations of one's own life value.

Even more vague concepts like willpower and comprehension shouldn't be considered part of life points, right?

The Devouring Star has a secret method that can directly obliterate consciousness.

When consciousness is extinguished, a person naturally dies, and their life points are naturally reset to zero!

Therefore, Xiang Bei viewed this life value as rather general, encompassing a wide range of things that were far more complex than they appeared on the surface. This is why Xiang Bei did not use treasures such as dragon blood or thousand-year-old willow heart to enhance himself, but instead tried to use heart steel or cultivate on his own.

In retrospect, Xiang Bei's initial idea was correct. With the enhancement of the Heart Steel, he not only improved his physical fitness.

In the world of Swallowed Star, the first thing Xiang Bei could think of to allow his physical abilities to surpass the limits of his current realm was naturally the genetic level.

Normally, the level of life should only be one, while the genetic level of some powerful life forms is about 1 to 10 times higher.

Races with a genetic level more than ten times that of life are generally called special life forms. Such special life forms are quite rare in the universe and generally do not exist in groups.

When the gene level of life reaches 10081 times, it can be called the perfect gene level.

Of course, there are levels above the perfect gene level. For example, to advance to true god through the divine power route, one must reach a level of 3 times or more of the perfect gene level to succeed.

However, the true god was far too distant for Xiang Bei; there was only one true god among all the human races in the entire universe.

Once Xiang Bei's own strength surpassed the limit of the apprentice level, he knew that his life gene level should have exceeded twice as much.

However, Xiang Bei wasn't sure exactly how much higher it had surpassed. But it didn't matter; the higher the level of life's genes, the better, and he wouldn't mind as high as it was.

However, the only problem now is that these king-level monsters have become very clever. They start running away as soon as they see him from afar, giving Xiang Bei no chance to unleash his ultimate attack.

After all, when Xiang Bei was only a mid-level War God, they would feel terrible even if they took a hit from him. Now that Xiang Bei's strength has surpassed the limit of War God, if they were to take another hit from him now, they would lose most of their lives.

However, killing those lord-level monsters would not provide Xiang Bei with nearly as much life force as killing king-level monsters.

Another month passed, but Xiang Bei's growth rate showed no signs of slowing down.

In the most recent test, Xiang Bei's punching power reached a terrifying 86.2 kilograms, a force that far exceeds the limits of a normal War God-level martial artist.

Generally speaking, 50 kilograms of brute force is the limit for a war god, but Xiang Bei has now exceeded that by more than half.

There's still room for improvement!

Xiang Bei's strength continued to grow at an unimpeded pace, and there was no sign of a small planet forming within his dantian.

This means that Xiang Bei can become even stronger.

In the past two months, the Xiang family has undergone tremendous changes, though not outwardly visible.

First, there are Xiang Bei's father and uncle, who both reached the level of high-level war god after Xiang Bei generously provided them with two portions of thousand-year-old willow heart wood. They are currently fighting all over the place to adapt to their newfound power.

Secondly, the younger generation of the Xiang family has many resources provided by Xiang Bei.

Xiang Dong, Xiang Nan, Zhang Dong, and others have all been promoted to intermediate-level warriors. As per the old man's instructions, they will consume dragon blood after becoming advanced-level warriors to become true war gods.

Zhang Qiu, the older sister, has not yet been promoted since she has only recently become a junior general.

After that, her older sister Xiang Qian was promoted from a high-level warrior to a junior general.

Then came an even smaller group, with Xiang Zhong and Xiang Shang reaching the level of quasi-martial artists and currently comprehending cosmic energy.

My younger sister, Xiang Xia, is currently a student at the advanced martial arts school and is expected to become a formal martial artist within six months.

In addition, there is Xiang Bei's mother, who, persuaded by Xiang Bei, picked up martial arts training again. Although she had neglected it for a long time, she still had the physical qualities of a high-level warrior.

Xiang Bei thought that once he entered the universe, he would find a way to use resources to upgrade his mother to the planetary level.

Finally, regarding the spirit of plants, after Xiang Bei's custom-made fighter jets arrived, he personally returned to Kirishima.

Then they cut off a vine of the green ivy and extracted its juice.

It must be said that, despite being a spirit of plants, a section of the Azure Vine, which was over ten meters long, only produced less than one hundred milliliters of sap.

However, after Xiang Bei took it, he felt nothing except a slight chill in his mind!

I can't help but feel somewhat disappointed with this.

It seems that the green vine is not very effective for me.

There are only two possibilities for this result. First, Xiang Bei's soul is inherently very powerful, so the nourishing effect of the Green Vine on his soul has no effect on him.

Secondly, the nourishing effect of the green vine on the soul is not very good, after all, it is just a plant spirit born on Earth.

It's normal for the results to be a little less than ideal.

In any case, although the sap of the green vine was of no use to him, Xiang Bei still had a large group of family members.

It's not very useful for Xiang Bei, but it will definitely be useful for ordinary war gods and generals.

We should take good care of this green vine and let it obediently dedicate itself to its family.

The problem is that this thing doesn't produce much; once you cut a vine, it needs to rest for a long time before it can continue to grow.

Only one or two portions can be produced each year.

As for the other plant spirits, Xiang Bei didn't harvest them much; he planned to collect them only when he needed them.

When they're not in use, they're kept on the island.

Anyway, no one will discover the island anytime soon. Xiang Bei isn't worried about it being taken away.

Of course, Xiang Bei also coveted the Meteorite Starship beneath the island and the legacy of Hu Yanbo.

Unfortunately, Xiang Bei searched deep underground several times but could not find any trace of the spaceship.

It seems that Xiang Bei's talent has not been recognized by Babata.

He did not intend to show himself in front of Xiang Bei.

Faced with this situation, they could only retreat helplessly.