Gan Wu Dojo

Once everything had stabilized, Bai Yue began fighting match after match in the Slaughter Arena.

He continuously built up his combat experience through opponents set by the Virtual Universe Network.

After reaching the Star Level, he had fought scarcely any battles—one could even say none at all—let alone possessed any combat experience.

On Earth, only he and the Kinkaku Giant Beast had reached the Star Level. His battle with the Kinkaku Giant Beast had ended in an instant, and he had no desire to fight those who had only reached the Planet Level.

The Virtual Universe Slaughter Arena was an excellent place to accumulate combat experience and cultivate secret techniques. Its only drawback was probably that it was expensive!

In the Slaughter Arena, the higher the level of opponent you set, the greater their Law comprehension, and the stronger their cultivated secret techniques, the more money it cost.

In addition, combat environments and simulations of other races also cost money. Calling it a money pit would still be an understatement.

Yet throughout the universe, countless people happily spent money on it. The higher their level, the more so, because progress became far too difficult at that stage. For many, spending money to improve themselves was well worth it.

Because the Kinkaku Giant Beast clone's comprehension of Laws was far stronger than that of the Earthling clone, the Kinkaku Giant Beast clone handled Law comprehension most of the time.

Thus, after securing a stable sales channel, the Ji Ning Clone joined the Gan Wu Dojo. With his Universe Level Nine strength, he passed a series of assessments and became an instructor at this Gan Wu Dojo.

At the Gan Wu Dojo, anyone from the Universe Level onward could be called a Gan Wu practitioner and embroider a Golden Leaf onto their clothing as a mark.

Universe Level: one Golden Leaf.

Domain Lord Level: two Golden Leaves.

World Lord Level: three Golden Leaves.

Of course, this required registration at the Gan Wu Dojo headquarters in the Virtual Universe. The Qiu Long Star branch could not directly grant him the title.

Virtual Universe, Gan Wu Continent, Gan Wu Dojo headquarters.

As the Gan Wu Dojo's headquarters in the Virtual Universe, it covered an astonishing area. Each side alone stretched nearly ninety thousand kilometers, while its towering main gate stood over a thousand meters high. The four words "Gan Wu Dojo" on the gate gleamed brilliantly.

Upon entering the Gan Wu Dojo, Ji Ning saw dense streams of people flowing back and forth. All manner of bizarre Humanoid Creatures passed by: ugly dogmen and pigmen, towering ape-men, and beautiful humans resembling the elves of Earth's fantasies. Most had the Golden Leaf emblem of a Gan Wu practitioner embroidered on their clothes.

Ji Ning had been notified to attend the ceremony granting the Gan Wu practitioner title. Every so often, the Gan Wu Dojo held a unified ceremony to confer the title upon the powerful individuals who had joined it.

Guided by an attendant, Ji Ning arrived at an enormous plaza.

By then, many people had already gathered there. Within the Gan Wu Universe Kingdom, the Gan Wu Dojo was the only martial arts organization. Other powerful individuals could take disciples themselves, but they could not establish organizations such as martial arts schools.

As a result, vast numbers of powerful individuals had flooded into the Gan Wu Dojo. The Gan Wu Universe Kingdom contained hundreds of millions of star systems, so even an ordinary conferment ceremony had over ten thousand Universe Level experts in attendance.

In the enormous plaza, nearly ten thousand Universe Level experts either gathered in groups to chat or stood alone at the edges, radiating an unmistakable keep-out aura.

Since everyone was at the Universe Level and most had thoughts of making connections, Ji Ning quickly blended into a small circle.

"Brother Ji Ning, you just joined the Gan Wu Dojo, so you may not know this. Some ordinary inheritances can be bought with money in the dojo, but if you want to purchase core inheritances, you need to reach a certain contribution level first," said a tall, burly man standing two meters and eighty centimeters high, his face seemingly carved by blade and axe.

This was Kamon, a friend Ji Ning had just met—a Universe Level One Martial Artist of the Barbarian Race. According to him, he was already over ten thousand years old! His personality was unlike his stern appearance; he was especially warm and enthusiastic. When Ji Ning had first arrived, Kamon had been the first to greet him.

Unlike Ji Ning, Kamon had joined the Gan Wu Dojo at the Planet Level and had only broken through to the Universe Level not long ago. Therefore, he knew more about the Gan Wu Dojo's affairs.

"Kamon, stop showing off. Brother Ji Ning surpassed us when he was only a little over a thousand years old. He'll definitely catch the eye of some important figure and be taken in as a disciple for cultivation. How could he possibly be like us, doing missions to grind contribution points?" another man beside them, Kalchi, teased. He was also exceptionally burly, with long golden hair and a face covered in stubble. He resembled a white man from Earth and was the spitting image of Marvel's Thor. Even more coincidentally, he too used a massive hammer as his weapon.

During their earlier conversation, Ji Ning's youthful aura had been impossible to conceal, so the topic had turned to age. He had casually said he was over a thousand years old, but he had never imagined that a number he considered already quite high would only count as infancy to this group.

Before he arrived, the youngest person in this circle had been over six thousand years old. Thus, everyone intentionally or unintentionally tried to befriend him, believing that he could become a Domain Lord and that even reaching the World Lord Level was not impossible.

"It isn't that exaggerated. I'm still young, and there are many things I need my elder brothers to guide me on. Please don't be stingy with your advice," Ji Ning replied modestly.

"Silence!"

While everyone was still talking, a majestic voice rang out from the high platform at the front of the plaza, accompanied by an imposing pressure that blanketed the entire area.

The people in the plaza fell silent at once and looked toward the high platform. Figures flashed into existence one after another—more than ten in total—and every one of them radiated formidable power.

The one who had spoken was a young man with a leaf-shaped mark between his brows. Yet no one dared underestimate him; perhaps he had lived longer than the civilization they came from.

Anyone with even a little common sense knew what the mark on his brow represented. He had been acknowledged by the Wood Origin Law, signifying that he was an absolute powerhouse even among World Masters.

The World Master acknowledged by the Wood Origin Law nodded slightly, quite satisfied with the crowd's respectful attitude.

He turned and bowed to a red-haired middle-aged man standing at the center of the group. "Lord Marquis Yin Ying, we may begin."

Upon receiving the signal, Marquis Yin Ying stepped forward.

Everyone below the platform whose gaze fell upon the red-haired, middle-aged Marquis Yin Ying felt as though a deity had descended from a divine kingdom into the mortal world—peerless and solitary, towering like a colossal peak that reached the heavens. Simply standing there, he gave off an indomitable, indestructible feeling. Their minds seemed to stop thinking, leaving only that figure connecting heaven and earth in their hearts.

"I, Marquis Yin Ying, have been ordered by King Gan Yang to preside over this ceremony granting you the title of Gan Wu practitioner!"

As his words fell, he waved his hand. Countless rays of light descended from the sky and instantly settled upon the clothing of everyone in the plaza.

When the radiance faded, everyone looked at one another and found a Golden Leaf-shaped mark on their clothes. It represented that they had been acknowledged as Gan Wu practitioners by the Gan Wu Dojo.

"I hope you cultivate diligently, live up to Lord of the Country's nurturing, and become powerful individuals capable of standing on your own as soon as possible!" After speaking, Marquis Yin Ying nodded to the others on the platform and vanished.

"Farewell, Marquis Yin Ying." The others on the platform all bowed in send-off.

The people in the plaza followed suit and bowed as well.