Chapter 178 Worry

New Cosmos homeland, inside a restaurant on a tourist planet.

Li Miaomiao sat alone at the dining table, looking at the bustling night scene outside the window, but her heart was full of worry. "Jingming has been very relaxed since becoming a high-dimensional lifeform, spending most of his time with me and our daughter. I've never seen him so anxious, even leaving without explaining properly?"

"What exactly happened? What could make a high-dimensional lifeform from the Heart Realm lineage so nervous?" Countless thoughts surfaced in Li Miaomiao's mind.

Across the table, Xu Jingming appeared out of thin air.

"Miaomiao, it's nothing," Xu Jingming said with a smile. "Let's continue eating."

"What was that just now?" Li Miaomiao pressed.

"I reached a critical moment in my cultivation, and couldn't afford to be distracted." Xu Jingming didn't explain too clearly. No one could help with the affairs of the myriad race world. He didn't want his family to worry about him either.

Li Miaomiao nodded slightly; she didn't understand much about cultivation.

"What was the result?" Li Miaomiao asked.

"Some breakthroughs." Xu Jingming smiled. He had indeed made significant progress this time, finally mastering the sixth realm, 'Life and Death Realm,' of the *Bafang Tu* (Eight Directions Chart).

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Myriad Race World.

Inside a luxurious palace in the Giant Ape Race's territory, a large number of Giant Ape Race soldiers guarded every location.

A small Giant Ape and a black-furred Giant Ape walked toward the depths of the palace, unhindered. Soon, they arrived at a garden where a one-armed Giant Ape was sitting by a bonfire, roasting meat.

"King," the small Giant Ape and the black-furred Giant Ape said respectfully.

The one-armed Giant Ape King was only 12 meters tall, considered short among the Giant Ape Race, and he was also disabled.

Yet, he was now the leader of all branches of the Giant Ape Race.

"I've watched your battle videos," the one-armed Giant Ape King said while roasting the meat. "The fact that he was born into the weak human race and managed to reach such strength in just over a hundred years shows great potential."

"Compared to you, King, he's nothing," the small Giant Ape said.

He knew very well how powerful the King was!

He had nearly died from a single move from the King.

"No, no, no."

The one-armed Giant Ape King turned the roasting spit in his hand. "If I were born into the human race, I might not have reached such strength. I suspect... he might be a half-step third realm existence like me in the outside world."

Jiu Luo Jin was extremely respectful.

Over the years, the King had never hidden his strength. Other powerful races didn't dare to come to the Giant Ape Race because of the King's existence.

"Although I'm in the top three in the Giant Ape Race, the gap between me and the King is enormous. The King has always used only one arm when fighting me. But without a doubt... at his level, he can regenerate a severed arm." Jiu Luo Jin had always regarded the King as his goal.

"From now on, gather information about this human," the one-armed Giant Ape King said as he brought the roasted meat closer to his face, sniffing it. "Once you discover his location, report it immediately! Truly threatening opponents are best eliminated as early as possible."

"Yes," Jiu Luo Jin respectfully acknowledged the order, feeling some pity for Xu Jingming.

If the King found him, that human would have no power to resist.

"In the outside world, I might befriend him. But in the myriad race world, I have to seize every opportunity." The one-armed Giant Ape King's eyes were cold. He knew very well that the rules of the myriad race world were different from the outside world. The half-step third realm existences and abyss lords might be powerful outside, but that didn't mean they would be the strongest here.

Those eternal realm apex experts were only a step away from them. If they happened to be very suitable for the myriad race world's rules, they could surpass them.

The one-armed Giant Ape King ate a large mouthful of roasted meat, his eyes cold. "My opportunities are mainly in the early stages! The weaker races will have greater advantages later on. From my initial perception, the number of half-step third realm existences and abyss lords... exceeded twenty! Coupled with some experts among the 5 million-plus high-dimensional lifeforms who are suitable for the myriad race world, the competition is fierce."

"I can't afford to relax in the slightest. Relaxation means death!" The one-armed Giant Ape King finished the roasted meat, even chewing the bones to pieces and swallowing them.

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After that battle, Xu Jingming quietly left the Hundred Flower Elf Race's kingdom and headed to a more remote place.

Inside a volcano.

Beside a lake of magma, Xu Jingming sat cross-legged, his body radiating intense heat.

"The body carries the mind, and the mind controls the body," Xu Jingming thought. "In that battle, I mastered the Life and Death Realm of the *Bafang Tu*. The Life and Death Realm's mental power also unlocked greater potential in the body. In a short time, I rose from level 52 to level 53."

"That's the most rudimentary way to unlock potential. I need to create a more perfect 'Life and Death Realm' body refinement technique." Xu Jingming pondered, his many doppelgangers in the outside world also thinking at super speed, deducing various possibilities.

Then, he began to stand up, trying out different new body refinement techniques.

Suddenly, his watch vibrated slightly.

Xu Jingming tapped it gently.

"Ming, was that you fighting those three Giant Ape Race members? Although I haven't seen your real face, I'm too familiar with your fighting style." Ying's voice came from the watch.

"You already obtained the video of the battle half a month ago?" Xu Jingming didn't refute. After all, he had fought Ying before, and Ying had experienced the Mind Tempering Weapon combat technique, getting heavily injured by a single punch.

"Ming, your video is spreading rapidly. We've all seen it." Another excited voice rang out.

"Master Ming, you're so strong! To reach level 50-plus in just over a hundred years." Yet another pleasant voice chimed in.

Xu Jingming was surprised to hear that. "How many of you are together?"

"There are nine of us together now," Ying explained. "We're too weak. If we act alone and encounter a powerful race, we won't even be able to escape! Nine of us acting together... at least we can escape separately."

"If we're with Master Ming, we might not even need to escape; we can directly counterattack." The pleasant voice immediately said, "Master Ming, I'm Yu Yangwei. I was born in the Northern Wind Kingdom of the Seven Human Kingdoms. I've never met Master Ming before. This is the first time I've seen Master Ming in a video. Master Ming's strength... is much stronger than all nine of us. Master Ming... why don't the nine of us act with you?"

This high-dimensional lifeform named Yu Yangwei was very enthusiastic.

"Ming, do you want to act together?" Ying asked.

"I'm used to being alone," Xu Jingming refused.

Killing a Giant Ape Race member and being able to fight the Giant Ape 'Er Luo Jin' to a standstill—what did that represent?

It meant that he was in even greater danger!

Among the powerful races, there were many existences stronger than Er Luo Jin. Since he, as a weak human, possessed such strength, he was likely to be regarded as a powerful future competitor by some powerful races, who would naturally try to eliminate him as early as possible.

"The human high-dimensional lifeforms are also my competitors. They might betray me." Xu Jingming didn't trust any of them, so he acted alone.

"In this world, there are some who can kill me, but not too many. In this vast myriad race world, the probability of them encountering me is extremely low. On the contrary, acting with others increases the probability of betrayal," Xu Jingming was very cautious.

He couldn't afford to fail.

"I knew Ming would be like this," Ying said with a smile, continuing to ask, "Ming, they suggested... exchanging the body refinement techniques they created with your body refinement technique."

"Exchange with my body refinement technique?" Xu Jingming asked in reply, "How can you be sure that the body refinement technique I give you is genuine?"

"We trust you. We'll send you our nine body refinement techniques first," Ying said.

"Master Ming, take a look at the body refinement techniques we give you first!" Yu Yangwei also said.

Nine body refinement techniques were transmitted over the network.

Xu Jingming tapped on the watch screen and carefully read the body refinement techniques one by one.

"These nine people have nine different styles of body refinement techniques," Xu Jingming was quite surprised. "As expected of high-dimensional lifeforms, they've all opened up their own paths. I can try all nine of these body refinement techniques and integrate their essence into my body refinement technique."

After reading them, Xu Jingming thought for a moment and said, "I haven't recorded the body refinement technique. I'll send it to you after I've recorded it."

"Okay," Ying and the other eight were very well-behaved.

Xu Jingming closed the watch communication.

"I'll just send them the *Body Refinement Limit Version 9.13* that I once tried." Xu Jingming had deduced many versions during his cultivation. "This version is too extreme. Although it's efficient, its ceiling is relatively low... but it's no problem to exceed level 50."

That day, Xu Jingming spent more than three hours recording the body refinement technique video, coupled with a large amount of text information. After working hard for most of the day, he sent the complete body refinement technique over.

"*Body Refinement Limit Technique*?" After seeing it, Ying, Yu Yangwei, and the other eight, all of whom were at level 40-plus, were extraordinary and understood that the body refinement technique was much more powerful than their own after learning about it. They were all overjoyed.

"Master Ming is indeed trustworthy," Yu Yangwei praised.

"It shouldn't be difficult to cultivate this set of body refinement techniques to level 50," the others also revealed looks of joy.

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The high-dimensional lifeforms of the powerful races were frantically attacking and killing people all over the world. Xu Jingming traveled all over the world, even going out to sea and living on islands. However, every ten or twenty years, he would occasionally be discovered by a powerful race.

After all, powerful races were flying around the world in airships.

But once they discovered Xu Jingming, it was a disaster for the powerful race! Most of them died at Xu Jingming's hands, while a small number managed to escape.

There were too few powerful races that were stronger than Xu Jingming. For example, the Giant Ape Race only had the 'One-Armed Giant Ape King.'

Although they would immediately report the news, Xu Jingming would immediately leave after each battle, not giving the other party a chance to pursue him.

After suffering a few losses, Xu Jingming also frequently changed his body shape and appearance, making his identity too mysterious. This made some powerful races completely give up on hunting down human experts, because there were not many human experts to begin with, and if they encountered one, it might be 'Ming' in disguise.

As the years passed, unknowingly, many high-dimensional lifeforms had descended into the myriad race world for 321 years. Only one year remained until the Myriad Race Arena was held.