Julingsheng Planet

"Whoa, is this Julingsheng Planet? It's really something."

On the ship's simulated exterior display, a gigantic planet shaped like a head loomed ahead, an astonishing sight.

"According to the records, Julingsheng Planet was made from the head of some enormous life-form, and is used by the Giant Axe Arena. Its maximum diameter is a hundred thousand kilometers, making it much larger than Jupiter." Sett stared at the enormous head before them.

"Please dock in area G2." Once they reached orbit around Julingsheng Planet, a prompt sounded.

King Zhenlian had already given Sett permission to use the ship, so he could control it without any trouble.

He only needed to give voice commands; the ship's control system handled everything else. It was very convenient—as long as he knew the Universal Language.

Following the prompt, Sett brought the ship to a stop in area G2. The area was full of small ships like his.

Of course, some people preferred to fly large ships. Those had to remain in space, and their passengers were taken down to the planet by shuttle.

King Zhenlian's ship was small, only a few dozen meters in diameter, so the docking fee was cheap. Even paying for a whole year hardly cost anything.

"King Zhenlian said she'd have someone come get me, but she didn't give me any contact information or anything. I don't know anyone on this planet. Where am I supposed to wait?" Sett muttered as he left the docking area.

"Hey, you're Sett, right?" A bald man walked over to him.

Sett sized up the bald man.

The man was about as tall as Sett, had two swords strapped to his back, and was walking toward him with a smile.

"I'm Sett. Hello. May I ask who you are?" Seeing that the man was calling out to him, Sett stepped forward and replied.

"Ah, I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Qingyu. King Zhenlian asked me to come get you. You haven't been waiting long, have you?" Qingyu said.

"No, I just got here. Haha, sorry for the trouble." Sett smiled.

"Think nothing of it. Let's go." Qingyu led Sett to a flying car.

The low-flying car moved quickly. Sett was curious, too, and looked around at the unfamiliar planet.

Quite a few people on Julingsheng Planet carried weapons. As a planet under the Giant Axe Arena's influence, it was only natural that many of its inhabitants admired martial strength.

There were also arenas run by the Giant Axe Arena on the planet, with matches for fighters ranging from Planetary Level to Universe Level.

Whether they had come to sign up with the Giant Axe Arena or to watch thrilling life-or-death duels, they made the planet seem extremely prosperous.

"I heard you came here to earn the title of Giant Axe Warrior?" Qingyu asked in the car.

The car drove itself, of course. Sitting there in silence together would have been awkward, so Qingyu took the initiative and started a conversation.

"Yeah. To be honest, I didn't want to come, but King Zhenlian said she'd take me on as her personal disciple if I earned the title of Giant Axe Warrior. I can't let her down, can I? Hehe." Sett replied.

"Oh? If you become a Giant Axe Warrior, you'll become King Zhenlian's personal disciple? That's great."

"Let me tell you, King Zhenlian is incredibly powerful. You know that anyone with 'King' after their name is a King Level Immortal."

"There are differences in strength among King Level Immortals, and King Zhenlian is considered very powerful even among them."

"You'd better make the most of this opportunity. The title of Giant Axe Warrior sounds intimidating—you have to win a thousand times to earn it."

"But since King Zhenlian took an interest in you, I doubt it'll be a problem." Qingyu was very talkative and said all of this in one breath.

A long time ago, King Zhenlian had offered Qingyu some guidance twice. For a King Level expert, it had been no more than a casual bit of advice given in a good mood.

But to Qingyu, who had been stuck at Domain Lord Level at the time, it had been like help in his hour of need. He had broken through that barrier and reached World Lord Level.

He had never forgotten that kindness, so as soon as he heard he could do King Zhenlian a favor, he'd hurried over to wait.

The person he was picking up might only be a young Planetary Level fighter, but if King Zhenlian had taken an interest in him, he had to have some ability.

And it looked like there was a good chance he would become her personal disciple, so naturally Qingyu wanted to treat him well.

Besides, World Lords lived for a very long time. He could spare a little time.

"Of course I have to make the most of it. I'm only Planetary Level, and I've already got a chance to become the disciple of a divine being at King Level Immortal. I have to work hard." Sett smiled.

"Mm. I'm a Giant Axe Warrior at both Universe Level and Domain Lord Level," Qingyu said. "Back when I was stuck at Universe Level Nine, I couldn't break through no matter what I did."

"To temper myself, I entered the Giant Axe Arena's life-or-death duels. After a difficult thousand victories, I finally crossed that threshold and advanced to Domain Lord Level."

"When I reached Domain Lord Level Nine, I entered the Giant Axe Arena's life-or-death duels again, hoping to become a World Lord through another brush with death."

"In the end, I became a Giant Axe Warrior at Domain Lord Level, but I still had no idea how to break through to World Lord Level. Every breakthrough is incredibly difficult."

"Just when I felt that a breakthrough was out of reach, I met King Zhenlian. She gave me a little guidance, and I actually broke through to World Lord Level. Though King Zhenlian never took me on as a disciple, in my heart, I already considered her my master." Qingyu was overcome with emotion as he spoke.

"A World Lord came to pick me up. I must be pretty important." Hearing Qingyu's story, Sett was inwardly astonished. King Zhenlian had casually sent a World Lord to fetch him.

"Then could you give me some advice? Is there anything I should watch out for at the Giant Axe Arena?" Hearing that Qingyu had been a Giant Axe Warrior at Universe Level and Domain Lord Level, Sett wanted to learn from his experience.

Qingyu rubbed his chin and said, "There's not much to watch out for. What matters most is being strong. As long as you kill your opponent first and win each match, you just keep going until you've won a thousand times. Then you regain your freedom, and it's over."

The two chatted for a while. Sett was very interested in the stories of powerful fighters, and Qingyu was talkative, so he told Sett quite a bit along the way.

"Let's stay here for two days. The Giant Axe Arena here will start this season's duels in two days. I'll take you to sign up then." The flying car pulled up beside a manor, and Qingyu led Sett inside.

"Hehe, the Giant Axe Arena gave me this. I'm a Domain Lord Level Giant Axe Warrior, after all, and I've brought them plenty of business, so they gave me a manor." Qingyu gestured toward it.

The manor was huge, ten kilometers long and wide, with an area of a hundred square kilometers. Having a place like this on Julingsheng Planet showed how impressive Qingyu was.

"It's beautiful." Sett nodded in praise.

It didn't hurt to say so, and the manor really was beautiful.

"Of course. I paid a fortune to have a designer create it. I spend most of my time here, so I wanted it to look nice." Qingyu smiled.

The two quickly made their way through the manor. Fortunately, Sett was at Planetary Level Nine. An ordinary person would have been exhausted just walking around the place.

"You can stay in this building. I'll take you to sign up at the Giant Axe Arena in a couple of days." Qingyu pointed to a building.

"Mm, thank you." Sett replied.

"This is so extravagant. He's just giving me a whole building to stay in. I almost feel bad." Sett lay on the enormous sofa and thought.

After a while, he finally stood up again.

"Lying down really is the best. This stretch has worn me out. I don't even know how I managed to stick with it." Sett was surprised, thinking of the two years of brutal training. For a moment, he could hardly believe it.

After all, he'd once been just an ordinary person. It was astonishing to think he'd endured two years of such brutal training.

"But the feeling of getting stronger is wonderful. All that hard work suddenly feels like nothing." Sett thought.

"Connect to the Virtual Universe."

Then Sett's vision went black, and he entered the Virtual Universe.

"Why haven't you been online these past two days?" At the Ba Jiu Yan Huan bar, Sanying and Sett sat together drinking Xinyan Wine. Sanying took a sip and asked.

"I've trained plenty lately. I've already got a nine-star rating, which is enough."

"Besides, I've reached Julingsheng Planet. I'm about to enter the Giant Axe Arena's life-or-death duels and try to become a Planetary Level Giant Axe Warrior." Sett took a sip of wine and replied.

"Giant Axe Warrior..." Sanying murmured. "Too bad I don't have the confidence. Otherwise, I'd enter the life-or-death duels too and become a Giant Axe Warrior."

"But at my level, I'd probably just get slaughtered. You, though—I think you'll have no problem at all."

The two often talked. Sett had told Sanying about his dual domains, and Sanying believed he could become a Giant Axe Warrior without any trouble.