Chapter 1 You Know Who You Are

Although he suspected his heartforce index had already reached 10,000, Xu Jingming wasn't particularly excited.

After all, it had been 9,991 points half a year ago; reaching 10,000 points was a natural progression.

"I spent too long immersed in visualization. Only three hours remain until my next match." Xu Jingming immediately opened the battle videos of his opponent. "This opponent is ranked quite a bit higher than me." Mo Yunfang, ranked 3rd in the Mother River Cosmic Domain and 109th overall in the universe.

"Among the 340 people in the inter-cosmic domain battles, some at the bottom who lose too often rarely schedule matches. And the system won't match me with those at the very top." Xu Jingming watched the opponent's videos. "Mo Yunfang is the strongest opponent I've encountered in the inter-cosmic domain battles—almost the strongest." In the past six months, the highest ranking he had faced was only 102nd. Top 100? He hadn't encountered them; the system didn't arrange it. Xu Jingming carefully watched each video, preparing for the battle.

Soon, the inter-cosmic domain battle began.

The official platform for the Life Evolution game had promoted it long in advance! Many cosmic citizens were usually busy, and they didn't watch many leagues or low-level competitions; they only watched 'inter-cosmic domain battles.'

The clash between top experts from two cosmic domains also garnered support from countless citizens in the respective cosmic domains! The number of online viewers generally exceeded 100 billion.

However, for the same experts, if it were an internal battle within their own cosmic domain, there would be no official promotion, and there wouldn't be simultaneous broadcasts across 34 cosmic domains. The number of viewers would drastically decrease; breaking 1 billion viewers would be considered good. "Li Xing, this is an inter-cosmic domain battle." In the stands, a young man chatted with Xu Li Xing. "Of today's five inter-cosmic domain battles, one includes our Hunter Cosmic Domain! Wu Ming is fighting the Mother River Cosmic Domain's Mo Yunfang. As members of the Hunter Cosmic Domain, we naturally have to support Wu Ming."

Xu Li Xing was also very excited. "I'm also a huge fan of Wu Ming!"

"I know; you also practice spearmanship," the young man said. "My dad taught me; he's also skilled in spearmanship, but compared to Wu Ming, he's far behind." Xu Li Xing watched in amazement. "There are so many people; the number of online viewers has already exceeded 100 billion."

"That's normal," the young man said with a smile. "The Life Evolution game is promoted on all platforms, with simultaneous broadcasts across 34 cosmic domains! Any livestream with such resources would have an exaggerated number of online viewers. Once the livestream is limited to the local cosmic domain, the number of viewers will drop significantly. Many viewers in the local cosmic domain won't even bother to watch."

The young man commented, "Those who can participate in inter-cosmic domain battles are all remarkable figures; they will almost certainly become Origin Lives."

"Origin Life, so far away," Xu Li Xing said with emotion.

"Yes, far away from us," the young man said. "But for big figures like Wu Ming and Mo Yunfang, it's something they can easily achieve. Most of them aren't in a hurry to break through; instead, they want to pursue the peak of higher techniques." The young man smiled. "However, Li Xing, don't be too concerned about today's inter-cosmic domain battle! Although Wu Ming is very powerful, I estimate he'll still lose this match."

"The battle hasn't started yet; perhaps there will be a miracle?" Xu Li Xing disagreed.

"One is ranked 237th overall in the universe, and the other is 109th; the gap is too obvious," the young man said. "This Wu Ming is quite diligent in the inter-cosmic domain battles! He schedules matches almost every day. But diligence can't hide the gap; his strength is indeed inferior to his opponent."

"Qin Fangke!" Xu Li Xing was unhappy. "The point of watching a match is the unknown! If you're certain Wu Ming will lose, what's the point of watching? We support Wu Ming; we hope Wu Ming wins."

"Yes, yes, yes." The young man, Qin Fangke, immediately said obsequiously with a smile, "Li Xing, you're right; the point of watching a match is the unknown. Okay, Wu Ming, go!"

"Wu Ming, go! Defeat Mo Yunfang!" Xu Li Xing shouted.

Although Xu Jingming's many losses had caused fewer citizens from the Hunter Cosmic Domain to come and watch, there were still over 20 billion people supporting him. These cosmic citizens were also shouting, hoping that 'Wu Ming' from their cosmic domain would bring them a surprise. "Mo Yunfang, invincible."

"Mo Yunfang, defeat that Wu Ming from the Hunter Cosmic Domain." "Wu Ming, invincible!" x100

Displayed continuously a hundred times across all platforms.

"This Wu Ming isn't that strong, but his fans are the most zealous among the 340 inter-cosmic domain participants! Many fans give him all-platform advertisements for every inter-cosmic domain battle. The advertising fees alone are tens of billions every day." "It's insane."

"I can't understand why his fans are so crazy." Countless viewers discussed.

Although it wasn't uncommon for fans to be zealous during inter-cosmic domain battles, it was rare for it to continue for so long.

"Wu Ming's fans are so crazy," Xu Li Xing said in amazement. "His daily dividends must exceed 10 billion cosmic credits, right?"

"That's small money to him," Qin Fangke said softly. "Do you know why Qu Fang, the top fan on the fan list, and others give him all-platform advertisements?"

"Why?" Xu Li Xing asked, puzzled.

"I only heard it occasionally," Qin Fangke whispered. "This Wu Ming has only been cultivating the evolution method for thirty or forty years."

Xu Li Xing was taken aback. "Only thirty or forty years?"

"Many people say he should be able to become an Origin Life," Qin Fangke nodded. "Cultivating the evolution method for thirty or forty years and becoming an Origin Life? Do you know what that means?"

"What does it mean?" Xu Li Xing was somewhat confused. She knew that Origin Life was very powerful.

She knew that becoming an Origin Life in thirty or forty years was incredible, but she didn't understand what it meant.

"That speed is considered the fastest for becoming an Origin Life in our era," Qin Fangke whispered. "Even in the history of the entire human race in the universe, he should be among the top few."

"In the future, he'll probably be among the top ten big figures in our entire Hunter Cosmic Domain," Qin Fangke said in admiration. "Therefore, all regional forces in the entire Hunter Cosmic Domain will give him all-platform advertisements! Even some forces in other cosmic domains are helping him with advertisements as a premature gift."

Xu Li Xing listened in amazement.

"Qu Fang, the top fan on the fan list, has spent trillions of cosmic credits. He's obviously willing to pay any price to latch onto this potential patron," Qin Fangke scoffed. "But it also shows one thing: this Qu Fang… doesn't have a strong enough background. If he were strong enough, he wouldn't need to curry favor with others in such a manner."

Xu Li Xing listened thoughtfully.

"In short, for this level of big shot, doing nothing… Even an ordinary holiday gift can frighten you," Qin Fangke said. "Wu Ming hasn't even become an Origin Life yet; when he really does, when he really enters that circle… Tsk, tsk, tsk, even a Star Alliance would have to find a way to tie him down, afraid that he'll immigrate to another Star Alliance."

"The price some civilizations pay to please such big figures…" Qin Fangke sighed and shook his head. "It's terrifying. I can be considered to have some status, but compared to that circle, I'm a nobody." During her relationship with Qin Fangke, Xu Li Xing had gained a lot of knowledge under Qin Fangke's guidance.

Even in the virtual world network, there were many secrets that outsiders didn't know, but Qin Fangke had taken her to explore them, making her feel fresh and like a new world was opening before her eyes.

"Fangke, there's something I want to talk to you about," Xu Li Xing said.

"Sure."

Qin Fangke nodded, then his eyes suddenly lit up. "Let's talk slowly later; look, the match is officially starting."

Cosmic starry sky environment, asteroid belt.

Two figures stood on separate asteroids, looking at each other from afar; it was Xu Jingming and Mo Yunfang.

"Huh?" Xu Jingming noticed the reminder in the viewing crowd. "Your family is watching your match." This was an automatic system reminder, and it marked the location of his daughter, Xu Li Xing, in the stands. Xu Jingming temporarily hid the stands; he needed to focus on the battle.

Normally, when he was chatting casually, he would display the stands and interact with the audience simply.

"Li Xing came to watch my match today? She probably doesn't know that Wu Ming is her old man," Xu Jingming thought, and he couldn't help but smile.

This made Mo Yunfang, who was far away, frown slightly.

"This Wu Ming's strength is clearly far inferior to mine, yet he's smiling so nonchalantly, as if he doesn't care about winning or losing?" Mo Yunfang thought to himself. But with his status and position, he knew some of Wu Ming's details.

Wu Ming was an outer member of the Primordial Research Institute, and he had only been cultivating the evolution method for thirty or forty years, he had heard.

"You're exceptionally talented, but you're still too young; I won't show mercy," Mo Yunfang, wearing a pair of gloves, carefully observed Xu Jingming.

Thousands of kilometers away on the asteroid, Xu Jingming held a spear and looked at him from afar. The two stared at each other from a distance.

"Brother Wu Ming, you must be careful," Mo Yunfang's voice echoed in the surrounding vast starry sky, and even more surging cosmic force converged toward him. For a time, countless purple mist-like cosmic forces surrounded him, making Mo Yunfang's figure appear and disappear.

Xu Jingming also released light from his entire body, beginning to leverage the cosmic force, and endless cosmic force continued to converge! Because the scale of the cosmic force he leveraged was too vast, Xu Jingming first formed a set of gorgeous light robes on his body, and the light robes were surrounded by specks of light, which was escaping energy.

Apart from the escaping portion, everything else was condensed into the body, condensed onto the robe.

"Hmm?" Mo Yunfang's expression changed. "How is the cosmic force he's mobilizing so much stronger than in previous battles?"

"I've recently had some insights, Brother Mo Yunfang; you must also be careful." Xu Jingming smiled and took a step. *Whoosh.*

His entire being transformed into a beam of golden light, and his speed was faster than before. Leveraging even more vast energy, his movement had an even more obvious impact on spacetime. Xu Jingming's figure was faintly discernible, blurry, making it difficult for Mo Yunfang to determine his true position.

"If I can't distinguish his true form, then I'll destroy everything." Mo Yunfang stretched out both palms and slammed them down suddenly. As Xu Jingming approached, he felt that the entire space within a thousand kilometers was being crushed, and it was also crushing him. "*Boom.*"

The crushing force collided with the terrifying force that Xu Jingming himself carried. Xu Jingming held the spear, breaking through all obstacles, and had already reached Mo Yunfang.

The spear's simple, angry thrust pierced through all intangible force obstructions, causing Mo Yunfang's expression to change drastically as he retreated and blocked.

But Xu Jingming instantly caught up, and a shot like a crescent moon strangely streaked across Mo Yunfang's arm, causing Mo Yunfang's arm to break. However, the arm, which had transformed into light, quickly reconnected with the break.

Xu Jingming didn't stop. In an instant, it was an even fiercer shot. Too fast, too fierce, the entire space seemed to be shattered, and Mo Yunfang's hands, which wanted to resist, were blasted apart, and most of his body was shattered.

Countless rays of light gathered in the distance, forming Mo Yunfang's appearance. He had disbelief in his eyes, but he still reached out and tapped lightly. "I lost." Mo Yunfang was unwilling to fight anymore. Three consecutive shots could shatter his body; what was there to fight? This wasn't even the same level.

Xu Jingming himself was also a little surprised that he had won so easily. "Is this the feeling of overwhelming with force?"

"Righteous and honorable, crushing the enemy with endless energy?" Xu Jingming felt happy. He didn't need to think about overly complex battle strategies. He was fast enough to prevent the enemy from escaping! His power was vast enough to overcome all techniques with brute force! He won directly.

"The simplest strategy is also the most unsolvable strategy." Xu Jingming was delighted.

Yes. The Primordial Star should be like this—righteous and honorable, in the very center, emitting the most endless light. Crush everything; no one can resist!

Only at this moment did Xu Jingming experience this taste.

"Defeating me with three shots—your strength is far higher than mine; you can at least rank in the top twenty in the universe," Mo Yunfang said before disappearing directly. He had lost too miserably; he had been crushed. "*Rumble!!*"

The hundreds of billions of cosmic viewers were initially stunned, but they quickly woke up and cheered. The cheers seemed to shake the heavens and earth, especially the cosmic citizens of the Hunter Cosmic Domain, who were the most excited. "My scalp is tingling; he shattered Mo Yunfang with three shots? That's a figure ranked around one hundred overall in the universe!" "What kind of strength is this?" "Insane!!!"

"Did you see? He's from our Hunter Cosmic Domain! Mother River Cosmic Domain, what are you going to fight us with?"

"Crushed with three shots! Was Mo Yunfang deliberately losing?"

"Under the system's monitoring, the power, speed, and energy levels of every move are clear. There's no way to fake it."

"Wu Ming is too terrifying. He's only been in inter-cosmic domain battles for half a year, and he's already so fierce. Is he really going to take first place in the universe like that Qu Fang said?" Countless streams of information and countless viewers were in an uproar.

Even the number of online viewers was still increasing. Yes, the match was over, and Mo Yunfang had withdrawn, but more viewers were attracted to the livestream by being called over by friends. Because in the livestream, they could watch replays.

Xu Jingming also noticed that the number of viewers was increasing, so he reached out and tapped lightly, displaying the hidden 'stands.'

In the distance of the cosmic starry sky, there were densely packed, countless virtual stands; after all, there were hundreds of billions of cosmic viewers! His daughter, as 'family,' was specially marked, and Xu Jingming saw his daughter at a glance. He saw his daughter sitting with a young man, excitedly talking about something. "Hmm?" Xu Jingming's original smiling expression gradually disappeared. "That man…"