Sunmoon City, Star Martial Academy, Grade 1, Class 7.
"Five hundred years ago, power of the stars descended, and life of humanity was forever changed. Our bodies evolved, and the era of superpowers began. At the age of sixteen, every person has the chance to awaken their own superpower. I'm sure you all already know this…"
A white-haired teacher stood on the podium, passionately lecturing about the world history.
But below the stage, the students were bored out of their minds.
They have memorized this stuff ages ago. Now they just sat there, slumped in their chairs, barely awake.
Except for one person.
In the very back row by the window, a single student listened with his all attention. His eyes were bright, his posture straight, fully immersed in the lecture.
His name was Gu Zhen.
When the class bell rang, the teacher wrapped up quickly and dismissed the class.
Only then did Gu Zhen reluctantly withdraw his gaze from the front of the room.
Unlike the others, who had heard all of this a hundred times, Gu Zhen barely understood any of it.
After all...he wasn't from this world.
Three days ago, the original owner of this body—Gu Yi—had awakened his superpower. It was a weak one. His adoptive parents were disappointed and kicked him out.
An accident followed
He died
And then, Gu Zhen—a soul from another world—woke up in this unfamiliar body, in a world where superpowers and star power ruled all.
The superpowers Gu Yi had awakened was an F-tier called [Resistance]. It temporarily boosted his resistance to an attack element after getting hit.
Pretty useless
But Gu Zhen, as a time traveller, had a cheat—his very own golden finger.
He awakened a second superpower.
Also F-tier, called [Split]—which let him divide his body at any chosen point.
Still trash-tier…or so it seemed.
But that second superpowers gave him something game-changing—a second Star Core.
Star Cores were the storage for star powers. Most people had one.
Gu Zhen had two.
This meant double the mana bar and twice the mana regeneration.
A huge edge. But his current situation was anything but ideal.
Because his unlocked superpowers were so weak, his adoptive family had cut ties, abandoning him to focus on their biological son.
Now Gu Zhen had no money, no support, no one.
He was alone.
He could survive, sure—but only as a low-tier nobody. And that was unacceptable.
His goal? To stand at the top of this world.
The power system of this world is all based on superpowers and star power, and the level of superpowers determines the upper limit of stars warriors
F-tier superpowers could only ever reach Realm level 1. E-tier went up to level 2, D-tier to level 3, all the way to A-tier its-level 6.
Even superpowers evolution is only possible for D-tier and above. F and E-tier superpowers are generally stuck as they are.
Gu Zhen had two F-tier superpowers, he could only laugh bitterly at his fate. What kind of bad karma did he carry from his past life to deserve this?
A cosmic joke. Still, he refused to give up.
Just because no one had walked that path didn't mean it was impossible.
He would keep searching.
Until he succeeded—or died trying.
Not long after, Gu Zhen returned to his dorm. It was small, made for two people. But he had no roommate—his special-type powers were unique.
He sat cross-legged on his bed and began to cultivate.
As his consciousness sank into his spirit, he slowly felt the star power that existed in the heaven and the earth. Under the control of his spirit power, the surrounding star power was slowly drawn into Gu Zhen body.
Slowly, he pulled it in, guiding it into his body and into his two Star Cores.
Then he noticed something...off.
Two Star Cores meant his cultivation speed was halved.
It was already slow. Now it was crawling.
Star Warriors were divided into six major star realm, with each tier having ten sub-levels.
Right now, he was at Realm rank 1, Level 1. At this rate, he might not even reach Level 2 in a year.
Although it was very slow. Gu Zhen had no other choice, He had no resources to use and no star tools to assist him, so now he could only use the simplest and dumbest method.
Soon, a night passed and his level did not change much, still Rank 1, Level 1.
But cultivation for a Star realm warriors was also rest, so he didn't feel tired.
After washing up and eating a simple breakfast, he made his way to class.
Other students arrived one after another. Most lived on campus to have more time for training.
And best of all—food and housing were free. A lifesaver for kids from poor families.
Soon, the noise faded as the teacher, Xie Yanwen, entered.
She went straight to the point.
"Everyone knows that Star skills are essential to a Star Martial Artists strength. Today, the academy is opening the first floor of the Star skill Library. You may choose one skills freely"
Excitement spread through the classroom.
Gu Zhen mind drifted to what he'd read about Star skills.
Like supernatural powers, they were ranked F to A, But the learning restrictions of star skills are not as strict as the level restrictions of superpowers. The learning restrictions of star skills mainly depend on the characteristics.
The so-called characteristics are the features of superpowers.
Not all superpowers have only one characteristic. Gu Zhen two superpowers belong to the rarest special system among the four major superpower systems. Generally, superpowers of the special system will only have one characteristic.
If it is a transformation or elemental superpowers, it may have multiple characteristics.
For example, [Perfect Water Control] among the elemental superpowers has all the characteristics of the water system and the superpowers to control the characteristics of the spirit system. Therefore, one can learn all the star skills of the water system and a small number of the star skills of the spirit system.
If it is an elemental superpowers, there is still a chance to cultivate other similar characteristics through acquired training, but this is not the case with special superpowers.
The characteristics of the special-based superpowers are locked, and it is impossible to obtain the same characteristics through acquired training.
The most numerous star skills in the world should be the elemental system, followed by the physical system, and the special system star skills are close to zero.
Special-based superpower are generally unique, and they are mainly used in combat, rather than in combat through star skills. Therefore, the number of special-based star skills that Gu Zhen can learn is close to zero.
Still, he had to try.
Teacher Xie explained the rules and led the class toward the Star skill Library.