Chapter 1 The Sound of an Opening Door

Suddenly, there was the sound of a courtyard door opening. Xu Jingming also followed the sound, walked out of the bedroom, and came to the living room, where he saw a young woman in the courtyard. The young woman was carrying a cloth bag filled with food.

"Son."

The young woman saw her son in the living room and couldn't help but show a look of joy. "You can get out of bed?"

"I've been sick for so many days, I feel a little better," Xu Jingming said.

"I'll contact your dad right away and tell him the good news." The young woman immediately raised her watch and pressed it gently.

"Honey, I'm in a meeting," a voice came from the watch.

"Your son is much better, he can get out of bed and walk," the young woman said excitedly.

"What? I'm coming home now!" The voice in the watch was also full of excitement.

Xu Jingming listened from the side. According to the information in his memory, his mother in this world was named Yuan Yu, a full-time housewife, and his father was named Jing Yulong, who ran a small decoration company.

His father, Jing Yulong, was actually a member of the Jing family in the 'Dongyun Kingdom' of the seven human kingdoms. There were too many members of the Jing family, and his father Jing Yulong was considered very mediocre and inconspicuous among them.

In fact, most of the children of large families were very mediocre, and some even ended up bankrupt. The truly excellent ones... were ultimately in the minority.

"Son, you need to exercise your body more, you're really too weak." The young woman entered the kitchen, busy cooking while anxiously saying, "Your parents don't expect you to have outstanding achievements in martial arts, but if you practice more every day, at least your body can become healthier. Look at you, since you were a child... how many times have you been sick?"

"I know," Xu Jingming said, picking up a book from the bookshelf in the living room and sitting there reading.

"Collection of Stories of Martial Arts Masters?"

Xu Jingming flipped through it.

This world particularly promoted fighting. If the human race wanted to gain a foothold among the myriad races, it also had to cultivate its people on a large scale. Every child began to learn martial arts from infancy. In schools... the main focus was on learning martial arts, and only when they were physically exhausted did they learn some cultural knowledge.

Achievement in martial arts determined one's status in society.

"Within humanity, martial arts strength is divided into levels."

"Entry level is level 1. Based on physical qualities such as strength, speed, and agility, levels 2, 3, 4 are assessed..." Xu Jingming also knew these common facts. "Reaching level 20 is considered a legendary powerhouse in human martial arts."

"Human martial artists at level 20 have bodies that are tougher than refined steel, and their movement speed can reach the speed of sound! They can throw a hundred-ton truck into the air like a toy."

This made Xu Jingming shake his head slightly. "The martial power of this world is indeed very low."

"There's no universe origin power, no higher level of energy. It's purely physical evolution!"

"In the million-year history of the human race, three people have ever set foot on the Myriad Races Arena! According to current data evaluation, the strength of these three should be between level 25 and level 26."

"In the Myriad Races Arena, generally only those with level 25 strength have hope of entering the main competition, and only those with level 30 strength can compete for the top ten. Generally, those who can get first place are around level 30."

This was the human race's standard of evaluation. Other races also had their own divisions of strength.

"For example, the first place in the last Myriad Races Arena, Kabamaiha of the Giant God Race, according to the human race's level division standard, should be level 35, and the second place, Didi Fige, is level 33. So the strongest strength in the current Myriad Races Arena is probably level 35," Xu Jingming nodded.

Level 20 was a legend for humans, with movement reaching the speed of sound, and a single punch capable of collapsing a skyscraper.

But in front of the strongest in the Myriad Races Arena, it was insignificant.

"It can be foreseen..." Xu Jingming thought, "The entry threshold for the future Myriad Races Arena is estimated to exceed level 35."

"There are still 322 years until the next Myriad Races Arena competition. As long as I live long enough, I can participate in multiple competitions. There's no need to strive to take first place in the first competition," Xu Jingming was very patient.

When he fell into the huge picture world, a large number of high-dimensional beings fell with him. Xu Jingming saw it clearly at the time, and many of those high-dimensional beings had a stronger aura than him.

"There are many with stronger auras than me, but I reached this realm after cultivating for over ten thousand years. When it comes to talent, I've never been afraid of anyone," Xu Jingming was also very confident.

Whoosh!

Xu Jingming heard a sound and looked outside through the window, only to see an elliptical aircraft slowly descending. The pilot of the aircraft was a creature with a furry head.

"Father Jing Yulong's driver and bodyguard, 'Huo Long' from the Xiao race, with a martial arts strength of level 10 according to human standards," Xu Jingming thought.

Because the security was not good, and after all, his father Jing Yulong was the boss of a small decoration company, he still needed a more powerful bodyguard.

"A-Long, eat together," the young woman Yuan Yu shouted.

"No, I'll go back first. The boss called me for something. Young Master Jingming, you need to eat more, eating more will make you stronger!" The tall Xiao race member 'Huo Long', who was three meters tall, said with a smile as he exited the aircraft and walked away. He lived in the same community with his three wives and twelve children, and his salary was enough to support so many children.

Some alien races actively requested to join the human race's countries. As long as their martial arts strength was sufficient, they would generally be accepted.

Huo Long lived quite comfortably in the human race's country. Hiring powerful alien races as bodyguards was also very popular among business owners.

Xu Jingming, this thin young man, was a socially awkward person who was often bullied at school. Now, as in the past, he just watched Uncle Huo Long leave without saying anything.

"This child, Huo Long is talking to you, and you don't even say hello." The slightly chubby Jing Yulong, who was already balding, walked into the living room with a smile, carrying his bag.

Xu Jingming glanced at him and continued reading.

"Collection of Stories of Martial Arts Masters?" Jing Yulong looked at the cover of the book and nodded. "You need to put more effort into martial arts. Your dad doesn't expect you to reach the entry level, but at least your body needs to be healthy. This time, you just caught a cold and were lying in bed for more than a month. You tell me about your body..."

Jing Yulong muttered on and on.

The couple only had one child, and they were extremely worried about his health.

"Dad," Xu Jingming continued reading, "I don't want to go to school anymore. I want to drop out."

"Drop out?" Jing Yulong and his wife Yuan Yu in the kitchen were both stunned. They looked at each other, and Jing Yulong looked at his child with a smile. "Why do you suddenly want to drop out?"

"My body has always been very weak. I'm much worse than my peers at school, and I'm also bullied by them." Xu Jingming looked down at his book. "At school, I can't calm down and practice martial arts at all. I want to practice martial arts properly! I can practice martial arts at home too!"

"Okay." Jing Yulong smiled and said, "If you have such determination, Dad will support you. If you want to drop out, then drop out."

"You agreed?" Xu Jingming looked at him in surprise.

The middle-aged man who struggled for life in his memory was actually so easy to talk to?

The human race still valued schooling very much. Most parents would not agree to a fifteen-year-old dropping out of school.

"The main purpose of going to school is to practice martial arts." Jing Yulong looked at his child with a smile. "What you said just now is very correct. Your foundation is weak, and you will be bullied if you are too far behind at school. You can find good teachers to teach you at some clubs outside as well. Your dad still has the money to train you in martial arts. And you are already fifteen years old, so you should decide your own life."

"If you are determined to practice martial arts properly, Mom also agrees to you dropping out of school," Yuan Yu said, holding a spoon, "But you must practice martial arts seriously, don't relax and slack off again."

"Definitely," Xu Jingming nodded with a smile.

...

In the basement training hall, most families in the human world had a training room. Jing Yulong and his wife were considered to have some ability and lived in a villa. The basement had a training hall of 300 square meters and had been specially reinforced.

Xu Jingming stood barefoot in the training hall and began to practice seriously.

"In my memory, I learned a total of three body refinement methods, namely the Fifth Set of National Children's Body Refinement Exercises, the Sixth Set of National Youth Body Refinement Exercises, and the Eighteen-Style Simplified Body Refinement Exercises." Xu Jingming practiced each move one by one.

His keen spiritual perception felt the subtle feedback from every part of his body.

"According to the introduction, the Fifth Set of Children's Body Refinement Exercises and the Sixth Set of Youth Body Refinement Exercises... with this most ordinary body refinement method, it is theoretically possible to reach level 10 strength, but in reality, most students don't even have the qualifications to reach the entry level. The Eighteen-Style Simplified Body Refinement Exercises can theoretically reach level 15 strength, but it is considered good if a student can reach level 1 to be considered qualified, and it is considered a small genius if an excellent student can reach level 3." Xu Jingming practiced slowly.

Each move was extremely precise.

"The rules of this world are completely different from the real universe, and they are also different from the high-dimensional space." Xu Jingming quickly discovered the impact of the body refinement method on the body. "The body's potential is amazing."

"A weak body can indeed become thousands or tens of thousands of times stronger by constantly tapping into its potential." After all, Xu Jingming was an Eternal Realm expert of the Mind Realm lineage, and he had also cultivated the fifth realm of the Eight Directions Chart, the 'Great Joy Realm'. Even though this body was weak and his mental power was weak, his perception was too sharp. He could perceive the impact of each move on every part of his body.

"The body is strengthening very slowly."

In the Blue Star era, the principle of exercising the body was 'super-strength training' that caused slight damage to the body. Afterwards, the body would recover and strengthen during rest and with sufficient nutritional supplements.

But this world was completely different.

"It feels like the body is a bottomless pit, with unimaginable potential hidden within. As long as it is tapped, the potential can be constantly converted into strength. So the two major elements of my growth are: first, I need a sufficiently efficient body refinement method. Second, I need time!" Xu Jingming quickly determined.

Just like a small sapling needs time to grow up.

According to the rules of this world, potential was also slowly tapped and converted into strength. Every drop of sweat could be exchanged for a portion of strength. If the body refinement method was not good, sweat could not even be exchanged for strength.

"Accidents are most likely to happen when one is weak, so I must be cautious," Xu Jingming determined. "I must be sufficiently low-key and sufficiently careful in the first ten years after my descent."

The first Myriad Races Arena competition was 322 years away.

The second and third times... would be even longer, so one's vision naturally had to be long-term.

...

From this day on, Xu Jingming dropped out of school to practice martial arts. At the same time, he also paid fees to become a VIP member of 'Blackfire Club', a top club in the city, and learned a new body refinement method.

Xu Jingming precisely arranged every minute of his time. He knew very well that his opponents were also seizing every minute to become stronger, and he could not allow himself any slackness.

Time passed silently, and ten years passed in the blink of an eye. Xu Jingming had also grown from a sickly teenager into a youth.