Chapter 1 The Beginning

Xu Jingming looked up at the massive leaderboard, thousands of meters high, and the single line of text on it.

At this moment, countless people around the world were looking up at this name!

"Global number one!" Xu Jingming looked up. "This isn't the World Martial Arts Competition of the past, nor any other fighting style competition, but a competition for all of humanity on Earth... My master actually took the global number one!"

"Master, I knew you were strong, but you've really stunned countless people." Xu Jingming smiled. "Global number one, Liu Hai, Xia country!"

Admiration and longing filled Xu Jingming's eyes.

...

In the White Eagle Federation, there was also a person who was gazing at the massive Starry Sky Board, looking at the only name on the board.

"The Starry Sky Tower has only been open for 38 minutes, and Liu Hai, this old senior, has already passed the third level?" He was tall and burly, standing at one meter ninety-six, possessing a terrifying sense of oppression.

He was Kui Sheng Mills, one of the 'Three Kings' of the world's martial arts scene. He possessed a body that could be described as monstrous among humans.

"My evolutionary method has reached the advanced level, and it's only considered easy to kill a large tiger one-on-one!" Kui Sheng Mills silently looked at the leaderboard, pondering. "When six large tigers attacked me, I barely managed to kill four before being bitten to death by the other tigers! This third level of the Starry Sky Tower has dozens of tigers, including the most powerful tiger king."

"I'm still a long way from succeeding. But Liu Hai succeeded, this old senior from Xia country... is really amazing." Kui Sheng Mills had a high opinion of himself, but Liu Hai's passing of the third level in just 38 minutes after the Starry Sky Tower opened still impressed him.

The gap was too great; only admiration remained.

"My evolutionary method has reached 32% of the advanced stage, and it can't be improved in a short time. If I want to get through, I must hone my weapon skills." Kui Sheng Mills thought, then directly entered the Starry Sky Tower again, using the Starry Sky Tower to hone his battle-ax techniques.

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"Liu Hai of Xia country, passed the third level of the Starry Sky Tower so quickly?" Alan Emelianenko, a bald man from the Rakshasa country, known as possessing the most perfect cold weapon skills among humans, was also silent as he looked up at the only name on the Starry Sky Board. "How did he win against the tiger pack? When I killed twelve tigers, the tiger king also joined the attack. The tiger king and many tigers attacked together, and I couldn't resist at all, and was instantly torn to pieces!"

"I always thought that by making up for my physical weaknesses, I would completely surpass Kui Sheng Mills and Lei Yunfang, and I would be the global number one on the Starry Sky Board."

"Who would have thought that Liu Hai, this old senior, would appear? There are really too many experts in this era." Alan Emelianenko's eyes held fighting spirit. "However, this is the most wonderful era. Liu Hai, I will surpass you soon."

...

Liu Hai's name on the Starry Sky Board made the whole world boil.

The world's top experts looked up at the only name on the Starry Sky Board, all thinking about surpassing him one day.

The general public started their carnival, especially the people of Xia country, who felt extremely proud. Official media and independent media were flooded with news about Liu Hai.

Xu Jingming buried himself in hard training for five hours before returning to his personal space for a rest.

He opened the viewing platform and randomly clicked on a live broadcast room.

"Everyone in the world is venturing into the Starry Sky Tower, but only one person has passed the third level of the Starry Sky Tower, and that is Liu Hai from our Xia country!" The host in the live broadcast room spoke with great enthusiasm. "Global number one is from our Xia country!"

This live broadcast room had only nine viewers. Xu Jingming clicked on the second live broadcast room.

This was a beautiful female host.

"Some viewers may not know who Liu Hai is." The beautiful female host smiled. "Let me give you a brief introduction. Liu Hai won the national wrestling championship when he was young and was very talented in wrestling. However, he was most passionate about weapon combat. At that time, weapon combat was a very niche sport, so Liu Hai organized a team at his own expense and traveled around the world to compete."

While the female host explained, there were also photos of Liu Hai wrestling in his youth and photos of him traveling abroad at his own expense to compete.

"Later, Liu Hai got older and settled down to run his own martial arts gym. When he was forty-five years old, the World Martial Arts Competition was officially held. Liu Hai's body was far from as good as it was in his youth, but he was extremely excited and immediately went to participate in the competition. He won all the way in the preliminary rounds, earning enough points to enter the World Martial Arts Competition. Once he started, he continuously fought his way into five consecutive World Martial Arts Competitions. In all five competitions, he was among the top three in the world! After winning first place in the fifth competition, he retired and later became the head coach of the national team..."

Xu Jingming smiled and clicked on the third live broadcast room. After all, he knew more about his master than this female host.

"Liu Hai, awesome! The number one human! I bet before that as long as someone from Xia country gets the global number one on the Starry Sky Board, I, Old Wang, will draw ten thousand red envelopes, each with ten thousand yuan! I said what I meant! I have already raised the money, let me show you, this is the balance, eight zeros, right? I have prepared 100 million yuan in cash, and from now on, I will continue to draw red envelopes! I calculated it, draw once every five minutes, one hundred red envelopes each time, it will take about eight hours!" A wealthy host started a lottery, and the popularity of his live broadcast room quickly soared, already among the top three in popularity on the viewing platform.

"Generous." Xu Jingming praised and looked at the next live broadcast room.

"If someone from Xia country gets the first place, I will finish writing these one hundred sets of college entrance exam mock papers! I said what I meant! This is the second completed set of papers, and now I will continue to write the third set of papers!" A high school student said, "Live broadcast throughout, there will be no fraud!"

Xu Jingming clicked his tongue.

One hundred sets of test papers, so ruthless to himself?

"Good fellow, you will definitely do well in the college entrance examination." Xu Jingming looked at one live broadcast room after another.

Ninety percent were talking about Liu Hai!

Liu Hai had become a national hero in Xia country at this moment. After all, countries around the world were competing for this global number one, and the people of Xia country had won it, naturally feeling extremely proud and uplifted!

"Jingming, are you watching the live broadcast?" Li Miaomiao came over and sat on the sofa as well. "I just saw your game status, and you were still exploring the Starry Sky Tower."

"I failed again and again, so I came out to rest for a while." Xu Jingming said.

"Your master is so amazing. The whole internet is going crazy now." Li Miaomiao said.

"After all, everyone in the world is participating in this virtual world game, *Life Evolution*. In the past, what sport could have so many people拼命 (pinyin: pīn mìng, risking their lives)?" Xu Jingming said. "Master's global number one is naturally even more crazy. I guess the citizens of the White Eagle Federation, the Roman Empire, the Rakshasa country, and other countries must be holding their breath and feeling very upset."

"Haha, I just logged off, and I've already seen the foreign netizens' discussions. Although they admire Liu Hai very much, they are indeed very upset." Li Miaomiao laughed. "After all, each of their countries also has some legendary fighting athletes."

"Five hours have passed, and no one else in the world has passed the third level of the Starry Sky Tower." Xu Jingming sighed. "Master is too far ahead of everyone else in the world."

"Jingming, your master is very strong." Li Miaomiao encouraged him. "However, I believe that Jingming, you will definitely be even stronger in the future! After all, your master has been practicing for nearly fifty years more than you."

"I will definitely work hard to realize what my wife said." Xu Jingming clenched his fist.

Li Miaomiao listened and squinted her eyes happily.

The couple chatted and watched one live broadcast room after another.

Suddenly, Li Miaomiao saw that a live broadcast room had changed its title and said, "Jingming, it seems like the global number two has appeared."

"Has it finally appeared?" Xu Jingming's heart trembled. Who was it?

The two of them immediately went to the mission space and arrived in front of the Starry Sky Tower.

Standing in front of the Starry Sky Tower, they looked up at the massive leaderboard.

The massive leaderboard now had two lines of text.

"Global Number One: Liu Hai (Xia Country)"

"Global Number Two: Tiger Fosson (White Eagle Federation)"