Chapter 1 Suddenly

Suddenly, the sound of the courtyard gate opening was heard. Xu Jingming also followed the sound and walked out of the bedroom into the living room, where he saw a young woman in the courtyard. The young woman was carrying a cloth bag filled with food.

"Son."

When the young woman saw her son in the living room, she couldn't help but reveal a look of joy, "You can get out of bed?"

"I've been sick for so many days, I feel a little better," Xu Jingming said.

"I'll quickly contact your father and tell him the good news." The young woman immediately raised her watch and pressed it gently.

"Wife, I'm in a meeting." A voice came from the watch.

"Your son is much better, he can get out of bed and walk." The young woman said excitedly.

"What? I'll go home right away!" The voice in the watch was also full of excitement.

Xu Jingming listened from the side. According to the information in his memory, his mother in this world was named Yuan Yu and was a full-time housewife. His father was named Jing Yulong and ran a small decoration company.

His father, Jing Yulong, was actually a member of the Jing family of the 'Dongyun Kingdom' of the seven human nations. There were too many descendants in the Jing family, and his father Jing Yulong was considered very mediocre and inconspicuous among them.

In fact, the vast majority of the descendants of large families are very mediocre, and some even end up bankrupt. Truly outstanding people... are ultimately in the minority.

"Son, you need to exercise your body more, you're really too weak." The young woman entered the kitchen, busying herself with cooking while anxiously saying, "Your parents don't expect you to have outstanding achievements in martial arts, but if you practice more every day, your body can at least become healthier. Look at you, from childhood to adulthood... how many times have you been sick?"

"I know," Xu Jingming said as he picked up a book from the bookshelf in the living room, sat down, and began to read.

"A Collection of Martial Arts Masters' Stories?"

Xu Jingming flipped through it.

This world particularly values fighting. If the human race wants to gain a foothold among the myriad races, it must also cultivate its people on a large scale. Every child begins to learn martial arts from a young age. In school... the main focus is on learning martial arts. Only when the body is tired do they learn some cultural knowledge.

Achievement in martial arts determines one's status in society.

"Within humanity, martial arts strength is divided into levels."

"Entry-level is Level 1. Levels 2, 3, 4... are assessed based on physical qualities such as strength, speed, and agility..." Xu Jingming also knew these common facts. "Reaching Level 20 is considered a legendary powerhouse in human martial arts."

"Level 20 human martial artists have bodies tougher than refined steel, and can move at the speed of sound! They can throw hundred-ton trucks into the air like toys."

This made Xu Jingming shake his head slightly. "The martial strength of this world is indeed very low."

"There is no cosmic source power, no stronger level of energy. It's purely physical evolution!"

"In the human race's million-year history, three people have ever reached the Myriad Races Arena! According to current data evaluations, the strength of these three people should be between Level 25 and Level 26."

"In the Myriad Races Arena, generally only Level 25 strength has hope of entering the main competition. Level 30 strength is needed to compete for the top ten. Generally, those who can get first place are around Level 30."

This is the human race's evaluation standard. Other races have their own divisions of strength.

"For example, the first place winner of the last Myriad Races Arena, Kabomaiha of the Giant God Race, should be at Level 35 according to the human race's level standards. The second place winner, Didifeige, is at Level 33. So the strongest strength in the current Myriad Races Arena is probably Level 35," Xu Jingming nodded.

Level 20 is legendary among humans, reaching the speed of sound, and a single punch can collapse a skyscraper.

Yet, in front of the strongest expert in the Myriad Races Arena, they are insignificant and not worth mentioning.

"It can be predicted..." Xu Jingming thought, "The entry threshold for the future Myriad Races Arena is estimated to exceed Level 35."

"There are still 322 years before the next Myriad Races Arena competition. As long as I live long enough, I can participate in multiple competitions. There's no need to force myself to take first place in the first competition." Xu Jingming was very patient.

When he fell into the giant painting world, a large number of high-dimensional beings also fell with him. Xu Jingming clearly saw at the time that many of these high-dimensional beings had auras stronger than his own.

"There are many people with auras stronger than mine, but I cultivated for over ten thousand years to reach this realm. In terms of talent, I've never been afraid of anyone." Xu Jingming was equally confident.

Whoosh!

Xu Jingming heard a sound and looked out the window, where he saw an oval-shaped aircraft slowly descending. The pilot of the aircraft was a creature with a large, furry head.

"My father Jing Yulong's driver and bodyguard, 'Huolong' from the Xiao Race, with a martial artist strength of Level 10 according to human standards," Xu Jingming thought.

Because the security was not good, and his father Jing Yulong was, after all, the owner of a small decoration company, he still needed a more powerful bodyguard.

"Ah Long, come and eat together." The young woman Yuan Yu called out.

"No, I'll go back first. The boss called me about something. Young Master Jingming, you need to eat more, so you can get stronger!" The tall Xiao Race 'Huolong', who was a full three meters tall, came out of the aircraft, said with a chuckle, and walked outwards. He rented a place in the same residential area with his three wives and twelve children. His salary was enough to support so many children.

Some alien races actively request to join the human nations. As long as their martial arts strength is sufficient, they are generally approved.

Huolong lived quite comfortably within the human race. Hiring powerful alien races as bodyguards is also popular among business owners.

Xu Jingming, this thin and weak teenager, was a social recluse and was often bullied at school. Now, as in the past, he just watched Uncle Huolong leave without saying anything.

"This child, you don't even greet Huolong when he talks to you." The slightly chubby Jing Yulong, who was already balding, smiled as he walked into the living room with his bag.

Xu Jingming glanced at him and lowered his head to continue reading.

"A Collection of Martial Arts Masters' Stories?" Jing Yulong looked at the cover of the book and nodded. "You need to put more effort into martial arts. Your old man doesn't expect you to reach the entry-level threshold, but at least your body needs to be healthy. This time, you just caught a cold and you were bedridden for more than a month. What kind of body is this..."

Jing Yulong kept nagging.

The couple only had one child and were extremely worried about his health.

"Dad," Xu Jingming continued to read. "I don't want to go to school anymore. I want to drop out."

"Drop out?" Jing Yulong and his wife Yuan Yu, who was in the kitchen, were both stunned. They looked at each other, and Jing Yulong smiled as he looked at his child. "Why do you suddenly want to drop out?"

"My body has always been weak. I'm much worse than my peers at school, and I'm also bullied by them." Xu Jingming lowered his head and read. "At school, I can't calm down and practice martial arts at all. I want to practice martial arts properly! I can practice martial arts just the same at home!"

"Okay." Jing Yulong smiled. "Since you have such determination, your dad supports you. If you want to drop out, then drop out."

"You agreed?" Xu Jingming looked at him in surprise.

The middle-aged man who struggled for a living in his memories was actually so easy to talk to?

The human race still values schooling. Most parents would not agree to their fifteen-year-old child dropping out.

"At school, the main purpose is to practice martial arts." Jing Yulong looked at his child with a smile. "What you said just now is right. Your foundation is weak, and you'll be bullied if you fall behind at school. You can find good teachers to teach you at some clubs outside as well. Your dad still has the money to cultivate your martial arts. Besides, you're already fifteen years old, and it's time for you to decide your own life."

"If you're determined to practice martial arts properly, your mother agrees to you dropping out as well." Yuan Yu said as she held a spoon. "But you must practice martial arts seriously, don't relax and slack off again."

"Definitely." Xu Jingming smiled and nodded.

...

In the basement training hall, most families in the human world have a training room. Jing Yulong and his wife were quite capable and lived in a villa. The basement had a training hall of three hundred square meters and had been specially reinforced.

Xu Jingming stood barefoot in the training hall and began to practice seriously.

"In my memory, I learned a total of three sets of body refining techniques, namely the Fifth National Children's Body Refining Technique, the Sixth National Youth Body Refining Technique, and the Eighteen-Style Simplified Body Refining Technique." Xu Jingming practiced each move and stance.

With his keen spiritual perception, he felt the subtle feedback from every part of his body.

"According to the introductions, the Fifth Children's Body Refining Technique and the Sixth Youth Body Refining Technique... with these most ordinary body refining techniques, it is theoretically possible to reach Level 10 strength. In reality, most students don't even qualify for entry-level. The Eighteen-Style Simplified Body Refining Technique can theoretically reach Level 15 strength. Students who can use it to reach Level 1 are considered good, and excellent students who can use it to reach Level 3 are considered geniuses." Xu Jingming practiced slowly.

Each move and stance was precise.

"The rules of this world are completely different from the real universe, and also different from high-dimensional space." Xu Jingming quickly discovered the influence of the body refining techniques on the body. "The body's potential is astonishing."

"A weak body can indeed become thousands or tens of thousands of times stronger by constantly tapping into its potential." Xu Jingming was, after all, an Eternal Realm expert of the Mind Realm lineage, and had also cultivated the Fifth Realm of the Eight Directions Map, the 'Great Joy Realm'. Even if this body was weak and his mental power was weak, his perception was too sharp and he could perceive the influence of each move and stance on every part of his body.

"The body is strengthening very slowly."

In the Blue Star era, the principle of exercising the body was to cause slight damage to the body through 'super-intensive training'. Afterwards, with rest and sufficient nutritional supplements, the body would recover and become stronger.

But this world was completely different.

"It feels like the body is a bottomless pit, hiding an immeasurable potential. As long as it's tapped, the potential can be constantly converted into strength. So the two major elements for my growth are, first, I need sufficiently efficient body refining techniques. Second, I need time!" Xu Jingming quickly determined.

It was like a sapling needed time to grow.

According to the rules of this world, potential was also slowly tapped and converted into strength. Every drop of sweat could be exchanged for a portion of strength. If the body refining technique wasn't good, even sweat couldn't be exchanged for strength.

"Accidents are most likely to happen when you're weak, so I must be cautious." Xu Jingming decided, "For the first ten years after descending, I must be sufficiently low-key and careful."

The first Myriad Races Arena competition was still 322 years away.

The second and third times... it would be even longer, so he naturally had to have a long-term vision.

...

From this day onwards, Xu Jingming dropped out of school to practice martial arts. At the same time, he also paid fees at the city's top club, 'Blackfire Club', to become a VIP member and learn new body refining techniques.

Xu Jingming precisely arranged every minute of his time. He was very clear that his opponents were also seizing every minute to become stronger, and he couldn't allow himself any slackness.

Time flowed by silently. In the blink of an eye, ten years had passed, and Xu Jingming had grown from a sickly teenager into a young man.