Chapter 1 Welcome to My World

The instant Xu Jingming and all the other high-dimensional beings plunged into the enormous painting, a voice echoed in their minds.

"Welcome to my world."

"In my world, once you die, you will face complete annihilation. The life imprints you leave in any domain will be erased."

"The only way to survive is to win first place in the Arena of All Races! Obtain first place, and you can leave this world alive, and you can also choose any prize from my prize vault."

"Be warned, I have summoned a total of 5,623,922 high-dimensional beings."

"This is your tribulation, but it is also your opportunity."

The voice reverberated in his consciousness.

Xu Jingming felt his body completely annihilated, leaving only a wisp of consciousness, thoroughly integrated into this world. All the other high-dimensional beings were the same, their consciousnesses merged.

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Xu Jingming felt groggy, vaguely opening his eyes as the light from outside filtered through the curtains.

"Me?" Xu Jingming sat up, looking at himself.

Slender and weak arms, slightly pale skin, Xu Jingming felt his body was somewhat sickly.

"My power is completely gone?" Xu Jingming carefully sensed. "The mind originates from the body, and my current body is this weak one. My mental power is also very weak."

"Even with such weakness, with my mental acuity, I should be able to sense the cosmic source power. But this world… has no cosmic source power." Xu Jingming was puzzled. He then threw off the covers, walked to the mirror in his pajamas.

In the mirror was a slightly thin young man with somewhat dark red hair. His appearance was seven or eight parts similar to Xu Jingming.

"Always sick since childhood." Xu Jingming also had memories of the young man in his mind, understanding the basic information about this world.

This world was boundless, with a large number of races occupying territories, and the young man had found information about more than 90,000 races. The human race was just one of many races.

"Ten thousand races stand side by side, and the human race is unremarkable." Xu Jingming thought to himself, "And the young man I descended into is also named Jingming?"

Xu Jingming suspected that such a coincidence might be related to the being who created the world.

"I heard that third-realm existences can speak law, set rules, and are nearly omnipotent." Xu Jingming thought, "It is estimated that the voice that dragged more than 5 million high-dimensional beings into this world was a third-realm existence."

High-dimensional beings who have lived for a long time, occasionally encountering a third-realm being is normal.

It's also normal for himself to encounter a third-realm being since he has too many incarnations.

"In this world, as long as you die, it is complete annihilation?" Xu Jingming was very serious.

He was young, just became an eternal realm high-dimensional being of the Heart Boundary lineage, and had a great future, how could he be willing to die easily?

"Dying of old age, dying of illness, accidental death… all kinds of death will lead to all my incarnations being destroyed." Xu Jingming understood that although his ability to protect his life was strong, he could not resist the punishment of a third-realm existence.

"Coming to this world, the most core goal: to win first place in the Arena of All Races."

Information about the Arena of All Races immediately appeared in Xu Jingming's mind.

This young man obviously knew about the Arena of All Races as well.

This world highly respected competitive combat, pursuing the strength of individual martial power! Various fighting events were very popular, and the Arena of All Races was held once every thousand years, a grand event for all races.

When the competition was held, all races would watch simultaneously.

The human race was a very ordinary race among all races, with seven kingdoms, each with a population of over ten billion. The human race's seven kingdoms were not well-governed, and gangs and bandits were rampant.

"The Arena of All Races opens once every thousand years, welcoming the strong from all races to participate."

"However, only 300 places are available to pass the preliminary rounds and become professional players in the main competition. In the million-year history of the human race's seven kingdoms, only three people have ever set foot on the Arena of All Races, the last time being more than 100,000 years ago."

"The main competition spots are out of reach for the seven human kingdoms."

Xu Jingming walked to the desk in the room. On the desk was a machine. Xu Jingming skillfully operated it according to his memory, pressing two buttons, and the machine lit up, displaying a light screen.

Xu Jingming reached out and touched the light screen, quickly bringing up online information.

"This world also has an information network." Xu Jingming smiled, bringing up the latest list of professional players in the Arena of All Races.

Xu Jingming watched the detailed introduction of the list.

The champion of the previous Arena of All Races: Kabomaiha (Giant God Race), height 32.9 meters, weight 512 tons. (All data units are translated into Blue Star unit data.)

Runner-up: Didifigo (Fire Dragon Race), body length 109 meters, weight 8297 tons.

Third place: Chen Qi Wang (Mountain Demon Race), height 62.1 meters, weight 9500 tons.

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Xu Jingming looked at the information.

"No wonder it's so difficult for the human race to enter the main competition of the Arena of All Races. The human race's small arms and legs, in terms of potential, simply cannot compare with these powerful races." Xu Jingming shook his head gently, "Competitive combat is a competition of physical combat! Physical talent is very important."

"And the lifespan gap is also huge."

Xu Jingming also searched the information network to learn more details.

"The lifespans of all races are not the same, the longest-lived is the 'Five-Colored Dragon Race', generally with a lifespan of 100,000 years." Xu Jingming frowned, "The lifespan of the human race is generally around 200 years. Even if the physical body is cultivated to the most perfect state, the aging of the physical body slows down, which can greatly extend the lifespan, the longest-lived human in history has only lived for more than 2,000 years."

"Different races have completely different talents in terms of body and lifespan."

Xu Jingming frowned, "Like the Five-Colored Dragon Race, with a lifespan of 100,000 years, the Arena of All Races is held once every thousand years, giving them about a hundred chances to try."

"The human race has a much shorter lifespan, so they have fewer chances to try."

"The next Arena of All Races will be held in 322 years. First, I have to live to 322 years later."

"More than 5 million high-dimensional beings have descended, descending on different races, the starting point is different." Xu Jingming realized this, like the Mountain Demon Race, generally over 50 meters tall, over 5,000 tons in weight, and a lifespan of generally 10,000 years. Those with sufficient control over their bodies can extend their lifespan even further.

Everyone cultivates combat techniques, so it naturally becomes difficult for humans to catch up with the Mountain Demon Race.

"There are also some weaker races."

"Like the Ant Race, generally no more than 10 centimeters tall, with a lifespan of about 30 years." Xu Jingming thought to himself, a race about the size of a finger naturally suffers a lot in combat.

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The Ant Race has a strict hierarchy.

The ant queen is noble and of large size, her lifespan is also much longer. The average ant's life is tragic, they are small and must obey orders.

"I…"

An ant carrying a heavy object suddenly had a much deeper look in his eyes, "Abyss Lord 'Hafeneng', in this world, I was born into an Ant Race. This world highly respects combat, the Arena of All Races is held every thousand years… it is a grand event for all races. But in the history of the Ant Race, no one has ever been able to enter the main competition."

"Interesting."

"Climbing up from a weak race is more interesting." Hafeneng quickly accepted the situation before him.

Although he was once an Abyss Lord in control of one side, with the resources of the Abyss Lord and a long time, his realm had also reached the half-step third realm.

However, whether it was impacting the 'Abyss Monarch' or a third-realm existence, it was too difficult.

"This time, it may be an opportunity." Hafeneng thought to himself.

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"Woo."

In a chaotic space-time, a young dragon only seven or eight meters long opened its eyes and looked around.

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"Hurry up and work, don't be lazy." A one-armed giant ape, 12 meters tall, was pulling a cart when he fell to the ground, fiercely whipping it, causing the one-armed giant ape to be shocked, his eyes were much clearer.

"I became a Forest Giant Ape? And one-armed? Among all the races, this is a good starting point. First place in the Arena of All Races?" The one-armed giant ape quickly accepted the situation.

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5,623,922 high-dimensional beings descended at the same time, scattered among the myriad races of this world.

Xu Jingming, this weak young man, learned a lot of information about this world through the information network.

"This world has not heard of any way to extend lifespan. The common method of all races is to have sufficient control over the physical body, so that the aging speed of the physical body slows down, slows down dozens of times, and they can naturally live for thousands of years." Xu Jingming thought.

Slower aging?

But it still depends on the base lifespan. Those with a base lifespan of 10,000 years, slowing down the aging of the physical body by several times, can live for tens of thousands of years, the advantage is too great.

The human race only has a base lifespan of about 200 years, how long can I live?

"If I want to take first place, I obviously have to surpass everyone in the history of the human race, and reach an unprecedented level of control over the physical body." Xu Jingming thought, "In this way, the body can age more slowly, and I should be able to live longer."

"Considering that more than 5 million high-dimensional beings are participating in the competition, the threshold for the Arena of All Races will also be greatly increased in the future."

The past threshold was the result of competition among the indigenous beings.

The future threshold will be different.

"Most of the high-dimensional beings have incarnations in the outside world." Xu Jingming could also sense thousands of incarnations in other domains, "The memories of the incarnations are connected, and the 'thinking speed' of the incarnations in other domains when encountering difficulties in this world is very terrifying, and they can quickly deduce solutions."

"The only problem…"

Xu Jingming frowned slightly, "This world has great obstacles to other domains, and the transmission of consciousness is also a bit slow."

Other incarnations are eternal realm high-dimensional beings. There is no delay in the transmission of consciousness.

This world has extremely strong obstacles, and there is a clear 'delay' in the transmission of consciousness.

"The transmission of consciousness is delayed by about 0.15 seconds." Xu Jingming made a judgment.

Combat fighting is as fast as lightning.

A delay of 0.15 seconds, 0.15 seconds is enough for experts to make ten or a hundred moves.

"Whether it is the mental realm honed over a long period of time, or the thinking and deduction speed of the incarnations, or the level of skill in various aspects… the advantages of high-dimensional beings compared to the natives are still too great." Xu Jingming thought to himself.

"But considering the lifespan limitations, more than 99.99% of the 5 million high-dimensional beings will be eliminated and die in this world." Xu Jingming was very clear about the degree of danger.

"Most importantly…"

Xu Jingming looked at his weak body, "Don't die when you are weak."

It has been a long, long time since I have been so weak. I feel that my physical fitness at the age of eight was stronger than it is now.