Chapter 1 Late Night

Night had fallen, but Jing Yulong and his wife were still waiting in the living room.

Xu Jingming pushed open the door and entered.

"Son." His mother, Yuan Yu, immediately got up. "How was it?"

"You Feng isn't home; it seems he's already gone into hiding," Xu Jingming said. "I've asked a friend to track him down. I believe we'll have results soon."

Jing Yulong and Yuan Yu nodded slightly. After all, their son was a Level-15 martial artist and had made friends with some important figures. It wasn't difficult to track down You Feng.

"Dad, Mom, you should rest early. Be careful in the coming days; You Feng might hire assassins," Xu Jingming said.

The couple nodded, and Jing Yulong added, "Your mother and I will return to the family for a while and stay there."

The Jing family was considered a powerful family with an ancestor who had lived for more than 800 years and was a legendary martial artist. Of course, they only had this one legendary martial artist, so the Jing family ranked outside the top ten among the many families in the Dongyun Kingdom.

After all, there were dozens of legendary martial artists in the entire Dongyun Kingdom.

For example, the Jiugu family, which was best at intelligence, had six legendary martial artists on the surface. Their power was deeply rooted and permeated every aspect of the Dongyun Kingdom, which was much stronger than the Jing family, which had weak foundations.

…

Inside Xu Jingming's residence, in the martial arts practice room.

The video data from his watch was projected onto the light screen. Xu Jingming carefully watched and read it. Although he read very quickly and had an amazing memory, he still didn't finish reading it all until daybreak the next day.

The outer realm.

In the Heart Realm territory, inside the animal hide space.

Xu Jingming's body was enormous and vast. He sat cross-legged in the void, concentrating on deducing the massive amount of information from the 28 body refinement methods.

"According to the established plan, I will lie low carefully for the first ten years, so I haven't learned many body refinement methods. There's only one legendary-level body refinement method and only three master-level body refinement methods," Xu Jingming thought.

The legendary-level body refinement method was the Jing family's inherited *Huo Shen Lian Ti Fa* (Fire God Body Refinement Method).

"With these early body refinement methods, I gradually figured out the essence of how different body refinement methods tap into potential. I used ten years to improve to Level 28."

"Now that I've obtained these 28 body refinement methods—three legendary-level and 25 master-level—I can greatly expand my database." As an Eternal Realm high-dimensional lifeform, Xu Jingming had an astonishing speed of thought.

Based on his past experience, he was constantly deducing how to practice these 28 body refinement methods.

In just five minutes, Xu Jingming stopped deducing.

"For each of the 28 body refinement methods, I've deduced at least ten evolved versions," Xu Jingming said calmly. "Of course, this is only theoretical deduction. I still need to practice in reality to verify the effects of different versions and combine the experimental data to deduce new versions."

For a body refinement method, first deduce multiple versions.

Practice in reality to obtain a large amount of experimental data. Based on the data, deduce new versions.

Continue practicing the new versions, continue deducing…

Again and again, in such a cycle, until the body refinement method reached the point where it could no longer be improved.

"Next, focus on cultivating the mind weapon technique, *Xin Shen Bing* (Heart Spirit Weapon)." Xu Jingming devoted himself wholeheartedly. He had spent three years traveling in the Heart Realm to reach the distant Jiajiu 1037 territory.

He had exchanged a treasure worth 100,000 drops of Abyss True Blood for an opportunity to learn the half-step third realm mind weapon technique, *Xin Shen Bing*.

Although that senior had taken out three techniques, Xu Jingming wasn't interested in the other two. Moreover, he was too poor and couldn't afford a second technique on his own, so he only learned the *Xin Shen Bing*, which he wanted the most.

Since then, Xu Jingming had three half-step third realm techniques: *Hong Lian Zhi Huo* (Red Lotus Fire), *Meng Ha Duo*, and *Xin Shen Bing*.

Among them, *Meng Ha Duo* was for cultivating the body. Cultivating the body in high-dimensional space was completely different from cultivating the body in the myriad worlds. There was no reference at all. As for combat skills? The monster *Meng Ha Duo* never cared about skills.

Therefore, Xu Jingming temporarily put this technique aside.

He even temporarily put aside *Hong Lian Zhi Huo*.

"In the myriad worlds, more than 5 million high-dimensional lifeforms are competing. It concerns my life and death! I must go all out. All the external avatars must serve the myriad worlds," Xu Jingming knew this very well.

He had to focus and devote all his energy to fight for a chance of survival.

That way, even if he lost and died, he would be convinced.

If he was distracted by other things at this juncture and didn't go all out, it would be too unfair if he died in the myriad worlds in the end.

"The many external avatars will help deduce body refinement methods on the one hand, and focus on *Xin Shen Bing* and *Ba Fang Tu* (Eight Direction Diagram) on the other," Xu Jingming thought. "*Xin Shen Bing* will help me create a combat technique in the myriad worlds."

If one wanted to obtain first place in the Myriad Races Arena, one had to rely on body refinement methods to obtain unparalleled physical fitness first. This was fundamental! The second was combat skills!

Xu Jingming had come all the way from low-dimensional life, and his heart was sincere to weapons, ultimately mastering the power of the Heart Realm. His combat skills were high enough. However, considering that his opponents were the strongest small group among the more than 5 million high-dimensional lifeforms, his past accumulation was too weak.

"*Xin Shen Bing* is a mind weapon technique that contains a set of brilliant weapon combat techniques," Xu Jingming said with some regret. "It's a pity that the creator of this *Xin Shen Bing* used a staff."

It would be great if he used a spear.

However, Xu Jingming was already very grateful to find a half-step third realm mind weapon technique. He couldn't expect too much.

"Mind weapons share the same principles. Moreover, staff techniques and spear techniques have too many similarities," Xu Jingming thought. "I'll first deduce my own *Xin Shen Bing* spear technique from it, and then create a set of physical combat techniques based on the spear technique."

"Swords, sabers, staffs, and clubs are weapons. The body can also be used as a weapon." Xu Jingming had already formulated a path of growth for himself. The Myriad Races Arena prohibited the use of weapons; one had to rely on physical combat.

In the direction of body refinement methods, constantly deduce and improve to obtain an extraordinary body.

For physical combat techniques, take *Xin Shen Bing* as the foundation and create a combat technique that combines the mind and body!

Both of these paths would take a long time. Xu Jingming's own accumulation was still very weak in areas like *Xin Shen Bing*.

…

More than half a month after Jing Yulong and his wife were attacked, one of Xu Jingming's virtual accounts suddenly received an email in the evening.

"You Feng is now hiding on the inner island of Magu Island, Room 203, Building 17, Dongtai District."

Xu Jingming looked at the information on the light screen.

"Magu Island?"

Xu Jingming nodded slightly. "He can really hide."

He got up, walked to the side, picked up the gun case, and slung it over his back. Although the Myriad Races Arena prohibited the use of weapons, weapons naturally had greater destructive power when fighting outside.

Xu Jingming walked into the courtyard and into a small aircraft.

Manual operation.

"Let's go." Xu Jingming calmly looked at the dark sky and drove the small aircraft into the sky quickly. The small aircraft he bought was of extremely good quality, costing him more than two million.

Whoosh!

The aircraft flew through the air. More than an hour later, it arrived more than a thousand kilometers away.

Xu Jingming looked down at the distance. In the ocean was a prosperous island with a diameter of dozens of kilometers—Magu Island.

"Magu Island is the headquarters of the Magu gang; the law doesn't apply here," Xu Jingming knew this very well. The security in the seven human nations was very poor. The security in the capital cities was no good, let alone on an island at sea.

The Magu gang had built this place into an impregnable fortress.

"You Feng hid on the inner island of Magu Island and had to pay a high living fee, but he will also be protected by Magu Island. Many people who break the law and cause trouble will hide on Magu Island. This is a paradise for criminals." Xu Jingming chuckled, piloting the aircraft to one of Magu Island's parking lots.

"Brother, welcome to Magu Island. You can find everything you want here." Soon, a thug came up to him and said enthusiastically, "Do you want women, or do you want to gamble?"

Xu Jingming ignored him and took a step fifty meters away.

"A powerful martial artist." The thug was shocked.

After leaving the parking lot, he quickly arrived on the street. Xu Jingming looked at the colorful streets, which were filled with all kinds of pleasures.

The outer island area of Magu Island was loosely managed; they welcomed guests to spend money. However, the management of the inner island was strict; outsiders were prohibited from entering.

Xu Jingming strolled around and even bought some snacks on the street. He also casually bought a mask of a ferocious beast.

Soon, Xu Jingming came close to the inner island.

"Stop." Thugs shouted from afar, all holding laser guns.

Xu Jingming was wearing a ferocious beast mask, which made the thugs feel that the visitor wasn't friendly.

"The inner island of Magu Island is off-limits to outsiders." The leading thug said with killing intent in his eyes, "Take off your mask, raise your hands, and kneel on the ground."

Wearing a mask, Xu Jingming's voice was deep: "Those who don't want to die, get out of here."

The thugs' expressions changed upon hearing this.

"This is the inner island of Magu Island. Without permission, even the president can't enter the inner island! Dare to break into the inner island? Even a legendary martial artist will be riddled with holes by the laser net!" The leading thug said, and at the same time, laser weapons all around automatically turned and aimed at Xu Jingming from afar.

Moreover, a large number of monitoring networks covered the area.

Various weapons were ready.

"I've long heard that the inner island of Magu Island welcomes all criminals. As long as you can escape here, we will protect their safety. No one from the seven human nations can take them away," Xu Jingming said as he looked at the laser weapons aimed at him and the other monitoring weapon networks that were activated in secret. He laughed, "Now it seems that your strength is quite strong."

The Magu gang was one of the top three gangs in the Dongyun Kingdom, with a large number of members. There were tens of thousands of gang members on Magu Island alone.

They had spent a lot of money and had long built the inner island of Magu into a military fortress.

"Take off your mask, raise your hands, and kneel on the ground." The leading thug pointed a laser weapon at Xu Jingming. "I'll count to three. If you don't kneel, the laser net will riddle you with holes."

"Kneel down." The other thugs roared.

"One! Two!" The leading thug had a strong killing intent and didn't hesitate to say, "Three!"

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

Laser weapons were activated, and dozens of lasers shot out at once, enveloping Xu Jingming.