Devouring Heaven Martial Emperor

If you are looking for traditional Eastern fantasy with solid worldbuilding and a clear progression path, the Devouring system will be the most gripping part of this book. Author Jianyi Mo Jiangnan designs protagonist Su Yang's growth as a continuous curve of consuming resources and breaking through limits: bottlenecks that others spend decades of hard cultivation to reach, he grinds past step by step with devouring power, and every breakthrough is backed by concrete battles and opponents rather than empty slogans of leveling up. The story's opening is very plain—his sister is abducted by a mystery sect and the youth is forced to journey far—and this motive runs through the whole book, keeping the dense combat from becoming mere number-crunching. Set pieces like sect competitions, auction bidding wars, secret-realm treasure hunts, and grand-ceremony dao debates are full of web-novel flavor, tightly paced and suited for commute or bedtime binge-reading. At over a thousand chapters and roughly 2.3 million characters, with an 8.5 score on the Zhangyue platform, it has a steady reputation among readers of the genre. One caveat: this is a work built around wish-fulfillment and leveling rhythm; the world is grand but the prose is fairly plain, characterization centers on the protagonist, and supporting characters mostly serve to drive conflict. Read it as a long relaxing fantasy and the experience will flow more smoothly.