Chapter 001: The Creation Heavenly Tome

On the Eastern Dawn Continent, a vast world where martial strength reigns supreme.

Legendary martial artists shatter the void, move mountains and seas, pluck the sun and moon with their hands, devour the heavens and annihilate the earth, leaving behind countless divine miracles.

The many nations on the continent are all founded on martial prowess, establishing numerous martial academies and institutes.

Cangyun Kingdom.

At the foot of the back mountain of Qingfeng Academy in Qingchang City.

Bang!

A youth of about fifteen or sixteen was sent flying, crashing into a massive, ancient, dark-green boulder.

The youth fell to the ground, unable to get up, his forehead covered in blood.

"Did that loser just die?"

"Let's get out of here!"

The few students who had attacked him turned and ran.

A few moments later.

"Ouch!"

Ryan Lawson struggled to his feet, his handsome face somewhat bruised and swollen.

The bright red blood on the youth's body slowly seeped into the dark-green boulder behind him.

"Those bastards from William York! They gang up on me every time!"

"If only my father were still here, and I could awaken my 'Heaven-rank Martial Meridian,' would these lackeys of the noble families dare to be so arrogant?"

Ryan Lawson clenched his fists tightly, a suppressed fury burning on his resolute face.

The youth's name was Ryan Lawson, born into a commoner martial arts family.

At age ten, he entered Qingfeng Academy with outstanding results, having reached the sixth level of the Body Tempering Realm.

At twelve, he broke through to the ninth level of Body Tempering, becoming the academy's most celebrated genius, admired by all.

However—

Ryan Lawson's cultivation stagnated at the Body Tempering Realm for three and a half years, making no progress.

All because he had yet to awaken his martial meridian.

The martial meridian is a spiritual vessel within the human body, a bridge to channel the energy of heaven and earth.

Without awakening the martial meridian, one cannot absorb spiritual energy, nor advance to the higher "Meridian Opening Realm" to become a true martial artist.

Ryan Lawson's father claimed he possessed the legendary "Heaven-rank Martial Meridian"!

Martial meridians are ranked from high to low: Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow, each with lower, middle, and upper grades.

A Heaven-rank martial meridian is rarely seen in centuries—a legendary, supreme meridian.

However, since ancient times, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth has grown thinner, and the higher the grade of the meridian, the longer it takes to nurture and awaken it, making activation even more difficult.

Three years ago, his father, Sean Lawson, left to seek a way to awaken the meridian and has not been heard from since.

After his father left—

The noble families of Qingchang City still held out hope for Ryan Lawson; for three years, they gave him resources and money free of charge, hoping he would awaken his meridian soon.

Generally, the harder a martial meridian is to awaken, the higher its grade and the greater its future potential.

These families "supported" Ryan Lawson in hopes of future returns.

But three years passed, and Ryan Lawson still hadn't awakened his meridian.

This left the noble families of Qingchang City deeply disappointed. In the end, they concluded that Ryan Lawson was an extremely rare case of a crippled meridian.

With Ryan Lawson's rapid cultivation speed, who would have thought he was a cripple?

These families had made a "losing investment" and now hated Ryan Lawson deeply, coming to his door to demand repayment, smashing and seizing his belongings.

Everything of value in Ryan Lawson's home was taken to pay off debts, but it was still not enough.

Because of this—

He suffered bullying from the noble scions at the academy.

Among them, the most brutal and vicious was William York of the Liu clan, who came looking for trouble every few days, often resorting to violence.

And the Liu clan was one of the three great families of Qingchang City!

……

"Hmm?"

Lost in thought, Ryan Lawson heard a strange sound coming from the dark-green boulder behind him.

Hiss!

The blood from Ryan Lawson on the boulder was absorbed, and countless cracks appeared on its surface, emitting a mysterious, dazzling light.

"What is this?"

Ryan Lawson grew alert.

Boom!

Without warning, the dark-green boulder exploded into dust, and a mass of ethereal radiance surged into Ryan Lawson's body.

"Ah…"

Ryan Lawson felt the world spinning.

Suddenly—

A vast divine radiance appeared in his mind, transforming into countless threads of light, weaving and flowing, exuding an aura that could suppress the heavens and the universe.

Next—

At the center of the interwoven light, a massive ancient book appeared.

On the cover of the ancient book were four archaic, obscure characters.

"Creation Heavenly Tome."

He did not recognize these four characters, yet he understood their meaning.

Rustle, rustle, rustle!

The pages of the ancient book flipped open one by one, exuding an aura as old as time itself.

Most of these pages were dim and dull.

Only the first page glowed with a misty blue-gray light, illuminating a third of its area.

"Knowing the heavens above, understanding the earth below."

"Omniscient, all-encompassing."

"Deriving all things, creating infinite possibilities."

On the page, mysterious ancient script danced, filled with a primordial aura.

Buzz!

Suddenly, a vast amount of information flooded into Ryan Lawson's consciousness.