My Cultivator's Journey to the Interstellar World of Martial Arts

[No AI, all done by hand]

In the year 2000 of the New Star Calendar, a grave dark matter smuggling case took place in District Nine of Azure Star, under the jurisdiction of the Human Federation. The criminal gang had used the District Nine recycling yard as cover for years, operating with impunity. Their scheme seemed to involve a conspiracy by an Outer God as well.

A dark underground passage, scattered power lines, damaged canisters of sealed dark matter beginning to leak...

As the Human Federation martial artists looked on in horror, Shui Rong, who had stumbled into the place, took a huge gulp of dark matter.

"What rich spiritual energy!"

Then, having successfully drawn qi into his body, Shui Rong stopped concealing his aura.

Qi Refining, First Layer!

For a moment, the Human Federation martial artists fell silent.

"Are you an Outer God?"

"No. I'm just cultivating immortality on my own."