Promotion Mission: Participate in the Twenty-First Greatest Under the Heavens Martial Arts Tournament and win the championship.
The Veteran Intruder's Promotion Mission was fairly standard.
The Twenty-First Greatest Under the Heavens Martial Arts Tournament had been held when Son Goku was twelve or thirteen. The champion at the time had been Master Roshi, competing under the alias Cheng Long. By then, Master Roshi no longer cared much about the honor of being the tournament champion and would not go all out.
For a Veteran Intruder, the greatest obstacle to claiming the top spot was probably the other opponents completing the same Promotion Mission.
After all, only one person could advance per mission. With Master Roshi acting as the gatekeeper and eliminating those who fell short, it was indeed a perfectly normal arrangement.
But...
"The Promotion Mission is fine, but shouldn't you at least tell me where Earth is in this universe first...?"
After accepting this initial identity, Xu Yue felt rather helpless.
The space was clearly giving him no chance to complete the Promotion Mission at all...
"Well then, Xu Yue, I'll leave the management of the Southern Galaxy to you. I'm finally retired..."
A strange-looking, pink-skinned fellow greeted Xu Yue with a bundle slung over his back, then left the tiny planet.
Yes, a very small planet with ten times Earth's gravity.
King Kai's Planet...
The fellow who had run off carrying his bundle was the previous Southern Kai, a minor figure responsible for managing the Southern Galaxy.
Kais were divine officials ranked below Gods of Destruction but above King Yama, jointly governing the galactic system.
The most famous among them was North Kai, who governed Earth.
As far as initial identities went, being a Kai was quite impressive.
The title sounded grand, but the Kais' personal strength was