Chapter 1 The Beginning

The night was deep, 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 stood up. "How was it?"

"You Feng wasn't home. It looks like he's been hiding for a while," 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 the friends he associated with were all important figures. Tracking down You Feng was indeed not difficult.

"Dad, Mom, you should rest early. Be careful these next few days. You Feng might hire an assassin," Xu Jingming said.

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

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

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

Families like the Jiugu family, which specialized in intelligence, openly had six legendary martial artists. Their power was deeply rooted, permeating every aspect of Dongyun Kingdom. They were far stronger than the Jing family, which had a weak foundation.

…

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

The video data from his watch was projected onto the light screen. Xu Jingming watched and read carefully. Although he read extremely fast and had an amazing memory, it was still the next day at dawn when he finished reading everything.

The Outer Realm.

In the heart world territory, inside the animal skin space.

Xu Jingming's body was vast and immense. 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'll lie low for the first ten years, so I haven't learned many body refinement methods. There's only one legendary-level method and three master-level methods," Xu Jingming thought.

The legendary-level body refinement method was the Jing family's ancestral *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 methods unlock potential. In ten years, I reached Level 28."

"Now that I have 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's thinking speed was astonishing.

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

In just five minutes, Xu Jingming stopped his deduction.

"For each of the 28 body refinement methods, I've deduced at least ten evolved versions," Xu Jingming said calmly. "Of course, this is just theoretical deduction. I still need to cultivate 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.

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

Continue cultivating the new versions and continue deducing…

Again and again, in such a cycle, until this body refinement method reaches a point where it can no longer be improved.

"Next, I'll focus on cultivating the mind weapon technique, *Xin Shen Bing* (Mind God Weapon)." Xu Jingming devoted himself wholeheartedly. He had spent three years traveling through the heart world to the distant Jiajiu 1037 Realm.

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

Although that senior had offered 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 possessed three half-step third realm techniques: *Hong Lian Zhi Huo* (Red Lotus Flame), *Meng Ha Duo*, and *Xin Shen Bing*.

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

Therefore, Xu Jingming put this technique aside for the time being.

He even temporarily put down the *Hong Lian Zhi Huo*.

"In the myriad races world, more than 5 million high-dimensional lifeforms are competing, which concerns my life and death! I must go all out. All external avatars must serve the myriad races world," Xu Jingming clearly understood this.

He had to focus and put all his energy into fighting for a chance of survival.

This way, even if he lost and died, he would lose with conviction.

If, at this juncture, he still distracted himself with other things and didn't go all out, it would be too unfair to die in the myriad races world.

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

To win first place in the myriad races arena, one must first rely on body refinement methods to obtain unparalleled physical fitness—this was fundamental! Second was combat skills!

Xu Jingming had come all the way from a low-dimensional lifeform, and his heart was true to his weapon, eventually mastering the power of the heart world. His combat skills were high enough. But considering that his opponents were the strongest 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 methods," Xu Jingming said with a hint of regret. "It's a bit of a pity that the creator of this *Xin Shen Bing* used a staff."

How great would it be if it were a spear?

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

"The principles of mind weapons are interlinked. 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 methods based on the spear technique."

"Swords, sabers, staffs, and clubs are weapons; the physical body can also be used as a weapon." Xu Jingming had long established his path to growth. The myriad races arena prohibited the use of weapons, so he 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 methods, take *Xin Shen Bing* as the foundation and create a battle method that combines the heart and body!

Both paths would take a long time. Xu Jingming's current accumulation was still very weak in *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 really knows how to hide."

He got up, walked to the side, picked up a gun case, and slung it over his back. Although weapons were prohibited in the myriad races arena, weapons naturally had greater destructive power when fighting outside.

Xu Jingming walked into the yard and entered a small aircraft.

He manually operated it.

"Let's go." Xu Jingming calmly looked at the dim sky and steered the small aircraft to quickly ascend. The small aircraft he bought was considered to be of very good quality, costing him more than two million.

Whoosh!

The aircraft soared into the sky. After more than an hour, 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 of the seven human kingdoms was very poor; the security of the capitals wasn't good, let alone an island on the sea.

The Magu Gang had built this place into a fortress.

"You Feng hid on the inner island of Magu Island and had to pay a high living fee, but he would also receive the protection of Magu Island. Many people who commit crimes and cause trouble will hide on Magu Island. This is a paradise for criminals," Xu Jingming scoffed. He steered the aircraft to one of the airports on Magu Island.

"Brother, welcome to Magu Island. You can find everything you want here." A hoodlum quickly greeted him 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 hoodlum was startled.

After leaving the airport, 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 very loosely managed. They welcomed guests to spend money. But the inner island was strictly managed and forbidden to outsiders.

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

Soon, Xu Jingming arrived near the inner island.

"Stop!" A bandit shouted from afar. They were all holding laser guns.

Xu Jingming wore a ferocious beast mask, making the bandits feel that the newcomer was not friendly.

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

Wearing the mask, Xu Jingming said in a deep voice, "Those who don't want to die, get out of here."

As soon as he said this, the bandits' expressions changed.

"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 legendary martial artists will be riddled with laser nets!" the leading bandit said. At the same time, laser weapons all around automatically rotated, 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, you will protect their safety. None of the seven human kingdoms want to take them away," Xu Jingming said, looking at the laser weapons aimed at him and the other monitoring weapon networks that were secretly activated. He smiled. "It seems that your strength is quite strong."

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

They had spent a lot of money to build the inner island of Magu into a military fortress.

"Take off your mask, raise your hands, and kneel on the ground." The leading bandit held a laser weapon and aimed it at Xu Jingming. "I'll count to three. If you don't kneel, the laser net will shoot you to pieces."

"Kneel down!" The other bandits shouted angrily.

"One! Two!" The leading bandit's killing intent was strong. He didn't hesitate and said, "Three!"

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

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