Surviving the Martial Chaos by Grinding Proficiency

On the northern frontier of Great Wei, refugees swarm like ants. Shen Su awakens one day as a fugitive fleeing famine and war, on the brink of starvation and death. Just as all hope seems lost, a system panel manifests before him. By pushing his body past its natural limits, he can harvest Source Power—and with that power, he can directly allocate points to level up his martial arts techniques. Starting from the most basic fist forms, he pushes through to the pinnacle of mastery, then breaks through to realm breakthroughs, sinew-and-bone reforging, and finally a vitality as fierce as a dragon's. Yet the world remains merciless: foreign tribes assault the borders, martial sects carve up the land, and noble houses treat common folk as nothing more than grass. When the flames of war reduce the realm to ashes, only the might of his fists can quell injustice. Rising from mountains of corpses and seas of blood, Shen Su wipes enemy blood from his knuckles. “My transcendent power,” he says, “came from nothing but my own... grinding.”