Chapter 1 The Battlefield at the Edge

In the desolate and dark void at the edge of a star system, a great battle was taking place.

Xuan, bathed in flames, was like a fire god. The spear in his hand transformed into dazzling rays of light, occasionally scattering and tearing through hundreds of thousands of miles of void.

Each block from the armored giant’s great shield seemed to suppress space-time. No matter how terrifying the spear’s penetrating power, it was blocked by the shield! Moreover, each hammer blow from his great hammer distorted space-time, changing spatial distances and the flow of time. In collisions with the spear, the hammer even had the upper hand.

However…

The spear was too fast!

In the blink of an eye, there were tens of thousands of spear strikes! If one attack failed, there were ten, a hundred, or even more attacks. The armored giant had to coordinate his shield and hammer just to defend.

*Peng!*

*Peng!*

Each collision of their weapons caused a small area of space to be annihilated. The aftershocks spread out, creating ripples even hundreds of millions of miles away. But after traveling such a distance, their power was negligible.

Logically, Xu Jingming shouldn't have been able to see this level of combat at all.

But after possessing 'Xuan,' what Xuan sensed was what he sensed. He clearly felt the subtlety of each spear technique. The spear techniques had no secrets before him; everything was clear. He could even sense the enemy's shield and hammer techniques.

Of course, the shield and hammer techniques were only surface-level sensations; he didn't understand their inner mysteries.

Unlike the spear techniques, which Xuan personally executed, the spear techniques held no secrets after possession.

"Even if there aren't any secrets, and every move of the spear is right in front of me, I… I don't understand!" Xu Jingming felt like a first-grade student who had just learned addition and subtraction, while a Ph.D. in physics was explaining a problem, clarifying all the steps.

But Xu Jingming's intelligence couldn't grasp it.

"What to do?"

"This level of combat… even if I experience it through possession, the gap is too big." Xu Jingming thought anxiously.

"Then, go with my instincts." Xu Jingming didn't dare hesitate, unsure how long this battle would last. He couldn't waste any precious time. After all, he vaguely sensed that Xia Country was using its status as a member of the Blue Star civilization to access the virtual world network, paying a huge price to grant him this possession experience.

He had to seize every moment.

"If I don't understand, then remember this feeling." Xu Jingming stopped overthinking and completely immersed himself in the battle.

His consciousness completely merged with Xuan, also fighting against the armored giant.

Attack!

Attack!

Attack!

All of Xuan's moves were offensive, and all of them were just one move—thrust! But his thrust gathered the power of his body, the vast power of the surrounding area, and was guided by his spiritual will! The spiritual will carried this spear, even wanting to tear through space-time!

The spear was fast to the extreme.

With a thrust, the spear's light was merely the explosion of the spearhead's power. After the armored giant blocked it, the spear turned and thrust again! As if needing no buffer, there were instantly tens of thousands of thrusts! Xuan, as a person, was like a star emitting thousands of spear lights, flames rising as he unleashed the spear's light at will.

The two sides fought for only three minutes and twenty seconds, but it felt like a long time to Xu Jingming because they had exchanged over ten million moves, each of which he clearly sensed.

Xu Jingming could feel that as the battle progressed, Xuan's spiritual will grew increasingly frantic, as if burning himself, burning the little physical potential he had left.

A voice had always been in Xuan's heart: "Become light! Become light! Become light!!!"

Xu Jingming could hear his voice and feel that Xuan had no other distractions at this moment, only this one thought: to transform himself into light!

*Boom!*

At three minutes and twenty seconds.

A dazzling light appeared, more brilliant than the distant stars, instantly piercing through the armored giant's body.

This light stopped in the void, turning into Xuan's figure.

The armored giant's left half of his body had been directly annihilated. His right half was rapidly regenerating, barely restoring his body, but most of his armor was also destroyed.

"You broke through?" The armored giant, not bothering to feel sorry for himself, took a step and came to Xuan's side, extremely excited.

"With that final spear, I indeed broke through my limits and reached the speed of light." Xuan said with a complicated expression, nodding. "If I had another ten or twenty thousand years, I could perfect my spear techniques and reach the highest realm. But I don't have that much time… This breakthrough allows me to subtly control my body; I should be able to survive for another three hundred years."

"The speed of light?" The armored giant sighed. "For your spear techniques to reach this point, you will forever be a legend in the Cosmic Human Alliance."

"A legend?"

Xuan nodded.

"I also have to thank you for showing mercy at the end." The armored giant laughed. "If you hadn't restrained some of your power at the critical moment, my entire body would have been annihilated."

"I was already very grateful that you were willing to fight me. How could I really kill you?" Xuan said.

"With your spear techniques reaching the speed of light, you are a legend among the humans of the universe. The Cosmic Human Alliance will definitely invite you to imprint the spiritual imprint of this battle on the virtual world network, so that later generations can comprehend it," the armored giant said.

"Then, leave a spiritual imprint." Xuan said.

At this moment, Xu Jingming's consciousness began to leave Xuan's body. Xuan turned his head, looking in Xu Jingming's direction: "If anyone else can also reach the speed of light with their spear techniques, and perfect themselves, they can step into the highest realm."

These words seemed to be spoken to the armored giant, and also to Xu Jingming.

Then, the entire world collapsed.

Xuan, the armored giant, and the endless cosmic space were collapsing, and Xu Jingming's consciousness was forced out.

…

Xu Jingming opened his eyes. He was inside the giant sphere. The sphere's door had opened, and Xu Jingming walked to the door, down the steps. After walking down, the steps retracted, and the sphere door closed again.

"Beep." The door in front opened, and Director Zhou walked in.

"How do you feel?" Director Zhou looked at Xu Jingming expectantly. He only had some intelligence data and didn't know much about possessing a cosmic legend.

"I need to go back." Xu Jingming said, somewhat dazed. "Without being disturbed by anyone, I need to carefully comprehend."

This possession had too many things that he needed to carefully analyze.

"Okay, I'll send you back now." Director Zhou nodded. "You were possessed for more than a day. You must be hungry. Eat something on the way back."

…

In just a moment, a large aircraft flew directly to the sky above Xu Jingming's house in Mingyue City. The lowered steps led directly to the courtyard.

"Jingming is back?" Li Miaomiao immediately ran to the courtyard and saw Xu Jingming walking down the steps.

The large aircraft retracted the steps, closed the hatch, and flew away.

"Jingming." Li Miaomiao immediately walked over. "Are you hungry?"

"I just ate on the aircraft." Xu Jingming looked at his girlfriend and forced a smile.

"What's wrong with you?" Li Miaomiao felt that her boyfriend's condition was not right. He was dazed, and his speech was not focused.

"I'm going to enter the virtual world now, Miaomiao. From now on, you don't have to worry about me. I'm fine! I'll wake up when I'm extremely hungry." Xu Jingming said and walked straight into the house.

"Going to Binhai City for more than a day, and coming back to enter the virtual world? And telling me not to worry about him?" Li Miaomiao was a little confused and had some guesses.

After all, Xu Jingming was personally picked up by that old Mr. Zhou. It must be a national matter.

At this moment, Jingming had already put on his virtual helmet and entered the virtual world.

Personal space, training field.

"Set the scene." Xu Jingming changed the training field scene, setting it to an endless mountain forest full of lush greenery, with a mountain peak standing tall, the top of the mountain peak cut off smoothly and flat. Because Xu Jingming set the scene too large, the virtual world charged a fee. Of course, Xu Jingming didn't care and immediately paid.

The scene completely imitated the planet where 'Xuan' was during the possession.

Xu Jingming sat cross-legged, also sitting on the platform, allowing his mental state to match the 'Xuan' in his memory. He had to seize the time to comprehend and understand! Because people's memories would slowly blur with time.