Chapter 1 The Beginning

As God’s Domain began its system update, players were forcibly ejected from the game one by one.

It was already night in God’s Domain, which corresponded perfectly to daytime in the real world. This had no impact on the vast majority of working-class players; in fact, they welcomed it.

In a secret training room within the White Tiger Martial Arts Center, a virtual reality pod suddenly opened, and a burly man emerged. Seated before him was a middle-aged man in a white robe, who exuded an aura of authority even in a seated position.

This middle-aged man was none other than Jiang Tianyuan, the branch master of the White Tiger Martial Arts Center.

"Master, what brings you here?" The heroic young man looked at Jiang Tianyuan, sitting quietly on the sofa, with surprise.

"The main branch is placing more and more importance on God’s Domain, for some reason. They want to see the results from each branch. Tianji, you've been leading people in God’s Domain for quite some time. Tell me about your progress there," Jiang Tianyuan asked casually as he sipped his tea, glancing at the approaching young man.

"We're developing quite well in the Purple Thorns Kingdom. We've already established a guild, absorbed several others, and own more than ten shops in an NPC city with over 500,000 players," Fang Tianji replied. "However, the foundation of our guild is too weak. With our current number of experts, we can't compete with those major guilds. We'll need more time."

"Didn't we have experts from first-rate guilds training them? Are those experts not enough?" Jiang Tianyuan frowned.

"Master, even with the training from first-rate guilds, in such a short time, very few of our students have even reached the early stages of the fifth floor of the Trial Tower. There's also a level gap, so they can't contribute to our fighting strength yet," Fang Tianji said with a wry smile.

He had underestimated God’s Domain. It was clearly different from previous virtual games. The level of realism was extremely high, and the extraordinary movements and skills required coordination that couldn’t be mastered easily overnight. Otherwise, the various guilds wouldn't have so few experts among their hundreds of thousands of players.

Although the martial arts center’s students had a good foundation, it was still just a foundation. It only gave them a higher starting point and a better chance of becoming experts compared to ordinary players. Only those with exceptional talent could reach the fifth floor of the Trial Tower so early.

However, they had entered God’s Domain too late. Even with the changes made by the Main God System to allow new players to level up faster, and with high-level players helping, it would still take a considerable amount of time to catch up with the mainstream players’ levels.

"In that case, personally take some people to the Beidou Training Center and talk to them properly. The conditions are negotiable," Jiang Tianyuan said after a moment's thought.

He hadn't expected that Zero Wing Guild would be so capable. He had only mentioned it casually and hadn't taken it to heart.

"Yes, I'll go immediately," Fang Tianji nodded.

He hadn't entered God’s Domain at the time and didn't know the specific situation there. But after struggling in God’s Domain for a while, he realized that the Zero Wing Guild was truly remarkable. At least, the current first-rate guilds in God’s Domain couldn't compete with Zero Wing, especially with Stone Forest Town, known as a training holy land for experts.

The first-rate guilds that collaborated with them had taken them there, and he had to admit that the arena was excellent. In terms of improving ordinary players, it was even better than the Trial Tower in the Gods and Demons Arena.

Fang Tianji immediately headed to the Beidou Training Center.

Meanwhile, in Greenwater Villa, Shi Feng was taking advantage of the system update downtime to guide the combat techniques of the guild’s internal members.

As the Zero Wing Guild became more famous, more and more people wanted to become internal members. Even after layers of selection, the number of internally trained members had exceeded three hundred. This made the spacious Greenwater Villa feel a bit crowded. They held unified training during the day, including practical combat and physical training, unlike other first-rate guilds that could use virtual reality devices for specialized training.

"Guild Leader, since we started recruiting internal members, even the worst ones have reached at least the fourth floor of the Trial Tower. Several have already reached the fifth floor, and You Ziping has made the fastest progress. No wonder you were so optimistic about him. He's now in the later stages of the fifth floor and should be able to pass it soon and enter the sixth floor," Hei Zi said, watching You Ziping and the others training in the hall. "It's a pity that we still have too few internal members. If we could recruit and train more, I believe we could quickly create another batch of experts."

Currently, the Zero Wing Guild was at its peak in the Star-Moon Kingdom, and the Greenwater Villa training location was starting to feel inadequate. Three hundred people was almost the limit.

If they could expand the internal membership to a thousand, creating an expert team wouldn't be a problem at all. Then, they wouldn't have to rely on the main force to clear dungeons all the time, and they could develop the guild's branches once again.

The reason first-rate guilds were first-rate was because they had enough strong expert teams that could defend their territory and easily spread out across various kingdoms to compete for resources. The Zero Wing Guild was somewhat lacking in this aspect.

"That probably depends on Bai Qingsnow. But I don't think it will take Bai Qingsnow long, after all, maintaining a training base is not cheap, unless they have already found someone to take over," Shi Feng said, feeling a headache. He had never thought that such a day would come.

It wasn't the guild that was limiting the development of the training base, but the training base that was limiting the development of the guild…

Just as Shi Feng and Hei Zi were discussing the training base, Assistant Liang Jing contacted him.

"Chief Instructor Shi, someone named Yuan Tiexin wants to see you. Should I have him wait in the reception room?" Liang Jing asked.

"Yuan Tiexin?" Shi Feng was slightly surprised. "I understand. Have them wait in Reception Room One, I'll be right there."

"Okay," Liang Jing nodded and arranged for Yuan Tiexin and his group to go to Reception Room One.

In the lobby of the Beidou Training Center, Yuan Tiexin and his group caused quite a stir, not because people recognized Yuan Tiexin, but because of the two bodyguards accompanying him.

The two bodyguards were wearing black suits with a silver shield mark printed on their chests, which was very eye-catching. It was the logo of the Guardian Group, a world-class bodyguard company.

Moreover, both bodyguards were Three-Star bodyguards, a level that even top groups in the city didn't have the qualifications to hire, or rather, couldn't hire in their third-tier city. But now they had appeared.

"Brother Tianji, are you really going to see that Shi Feng? Last time I came, that Shi Feng was so arrogant and didn't take our White Tiger Martial Arts Center seriously at all. Just for the sake of entering a mere game, are we really that helpless without the Zero Wing Guild?" Xie Qiwen said, following Fang Tianji with dissatisfaction.

He really couldn't understand why Jiang Tianyuan kept trying to find a game guild. They were a top martial arts center in the country, and finding a game guild should be as simple as saying a word. Now, even Fang Tianji, a coach of the White Tiger Martial Arts Center, had personally come. It was simply unbelievable.

"Alright! Shut up! The master and I have our own ideas." Fang Tianji became more and more annoyed by Xie Qiwen's words. His eyes accidentally swept over Yuan Tiexin and his group walking towards the reception room, and he was immediately shocked. "Hmm, is that... Yuan Tiexin from Tianji Pavilion? Why would they be here?"

After entering God’s Domain, he had investigated the various powers, especially the super guilds. People like Yuan Tiexin, a high-level member of the Tianji Pavilion, were people he had to remember. Yuan Tiexin hadn't changed much in God’s Domain compared to reality, so he recognized him immediately.