Heaven Rewards the Diligent: From Servant to Sage

I woke up as the martial arts school’s human punching bag. To curry favor with the powerful, my own father was forcing me to marry into the family of a down-and-out female general who had already outlived three husbands and was buried in debt?

I grinned wickedly on the spot. “You want me to jump into the fire pit? Fine! But it’ll cost you extra!”

My god-tier [Heaven Rewards the Diligent] panel awakened. Getting beaten up let me level up Iron Shirt, making me stronger with every blow and letting me ignore all bottlenecks! They laughed at me for courting death, unaware that my ice-cold wife, the female general, was a walking treasure trove of top-grade alchemy recipes. And getting close to her could even speed up my cultivation!

What kind of fire pit is this? It’s practically heaven!

From then on, I became a resource black hole! With a stunning female general at my side, drilling troops and laying out battle formations, a bewitching black-market woman handling my fences and finances, and a beast-eared treasure hunter in my arms, even the lofty immortal maidens of the sect had to trade their immortal arts for freedom!

What do I care about prodigies and scions of powerful clans? Don’t get in the way of my grinding! Say one more word, and I’ll put a price tag on you too and sell you off in a bundle!