Hong

That evening, Ji Yun fled back to Yanjing Pavilion as if his life depended on it.

The moment Ji Yun's ranking rose to second, intelligence personnel from various powerful nations' military organizations, special administrative bodies, family conglomerates, and even mercenary groups in Hongning Base City—upon detecting the latest update to the Elite Training Camp's Black Dragon Ranking—immediately reported to their headquarters as qualified operatives.

Almost in an instant, after confirming the information's authenticity, nearly every organization worldwide dispatched personnel to invite Ji Yun to join their ranks.

Almost every offer included annual activity funds in the tens of billions! This was the astronomical price reserved for inviting a 'Peak War God,' yet Ji Yun was receiving treatment even better than a 'High-Level War God'!

Arriving and taking second place—truly unheard of.

Moreover, Ji Yun was barely 19 years old this year.

One must understand that for super-powerful institutions like the five great nations and the two major dojos, a martial artist's rapid physical improvement, while noteworthy, wasn't enough to make them scramble desperately to recruit him. After all, in terms of physical fitness, publicly available items like Dragon Blood and some undisclosed special substances existed...

But body movement realm, fist force output, weapon technique realm—these couldn't be forced. They could only be improved through repeated battles, repeated training, relying on 'experience' and 'comprehension.' In the words of the Elite Training Camp... this was 'Combat Power Amplitude'! Using one part of strength to unleash ten parts of combat power, or even a hundred parts.

An 18- or 19-year-old with such a terrifying Combat Power Amplitude was already inconceivable.

Back at Yanjing Pavilion, Ji Yun first dealt with a few messages.

Then, a phone call inexplicably connected to Ji Yun's phone.

"Ji Yun trainee, is that you?" A low, hoarse voice sounded.

Ji Yun was startled. Being able to connect directly without his consent—this person's background was likely formidable.

"I am Ji Yun. May I ask who you are?" Ji Yun suppressed a hint of doubt and asked.

The voice on the other end said, "I am Wang Luo, Inspector of the Limit Dojo. Within the next three days, the Dojo Master will summon you. I hope you will be prepared. Additionally, the training contract signed with you will be finalized after meeting the Dojo Master."

With that, the call was hung up directly.

"The Dojo Master summons me?" Ji Yun's heart churned like a raging wave. The Limit Dojo's Chief Dojo Master, Hong, the world's number one powerhouse—he wanted to summon me?

Although he had anticipated some reaction to his performance this time, he never imagined that the Chief Dojo Master, Hong, would personally summon him!

Clearly, that Inspector Wang was merely delivering the notice; the one who truly wanted to see Ji Yun was undoubtedly the Chief Dojo Master, Hong. This was an opportunity to speak face-to-face with the world's strongest.

Two days later.

Ji Yun was training his force output in the cultivation room. His current 3.2x force output was merely decent; the training camp had plenty of trainees whose force output matched or surpassed his.

A man and a woman in black uniforms swiftly arrived outside Yanjing Pavilion.

A knock came at the door.

Ji Yun, sensing something, went downstairs and opened the door. He had been scheduled to go out and hunt monsters today, but this morning he was told not to leave, so he had already guessed part of it.

The man and woman in black uniforms outside the courtyard looked about thirty years old, both with sharp, spirited eyes. The slightly shorter woman with choppy hair smiled and said, "Trainee Ji Yun, the Dojo Master summons you. Please come with us." The man beside her looked curiously at the young man before him.

"Is this about signing my contract?" Ji Yun thought to himself.

"Alright, let's go." Ji Yun nodded and followed the two.

Along a familiar path, they soon arrived at the main entrance of the Elite Training Camp, where a black luxury stretch limousine was parked. At first glance, the car's body seemed over six meters long. The woman in black stepped forward and proactively opened the door: "Trainee Ji Yun, please get in."

Ji Yun nodded and entered the car. The interior was decorated like a spaceship, filled with high-tech products. As the car moved, he felt no vibration at all—it was extremely smooth.

In just twenty minutes.

Ji Yun got out of the car and stood frozen.

Before him was a massive, ten-thousand-meter-long spaceship-like structure, about a hundred meters high. This giant spaceship building had a huge hatch dozens of meters wide, allowing entry. Outside this colossal spaceship building... a large number of troops were stationed, giving it a very strict and imposing atmosphere.

"So this is the real headquarters of the Limit Dojo?" Ji Yun marveled at the giant spaceship. Few people had ever seen the Limit Dojo's headquarters building with their own eyes, and there were no photos of it online.

A faint blue light scanned Ji Yun's entire body.

"Trainee Ji Yun, please enter," an electronic voice sounded.

The woman in black beside him said, "Trainee Ji Yun, only a very few high-ranking members have permission to enter the headquarters. Anyone without permission who forces their way in will be killed by the defense system."

Ji Yun nodded to show he understood and walked inside.

The interior was a hatch passage—the dozens-of-meters-wide giant hatch corridor was a sheet of silver-white.

Inside the corridor, a man and a woman in blue robes smiled in greeting: "Trainee Ji Yun, please follow us."

"This is the lounge. Trainee Ji Yun, please rest here. Someone else will notify you later," the blue-robed white-skinned young woman said with a smile, speaking fluent Mandarin, before obediently leaving.

In just about twenty minutes.

A man in a red robe arrived at the door: "Ji Yun, the Dojo Master summons you."

Ji Yun was slightly startled. He had expected to wait a while, but he hadn't thought it would be this fast.

Entering this door, inside was the world's number one powerhouse, Hong.

Ji Yun took a deep breath, stood up, and followed the red-robed man along the corridor. They soon arrived at a quiet room door. The red-robed man gave a slight bow and left.

"Come straight in," a cold voice sounded.

Ji Yun didn't overthink it. After replying, he walked straight in.

This reception room was empty, pitch black, with only two cushions.

A black-haired man was already sitting cross-legged on one cushion. The black-haired man had his eyes closed in meditation. Although Ji Yun could see the man sitting right in front of him, he couldn't sense any presence from him. It felt ethereal and elusive, as if all trace of him had vanished.

The black-clad man slightly opened his eyes. Under his gaze, Ji Yun felt only a roar in his head, the surrounding world completely twisted, the lights around him all dimmed, and within his entire field of vision, it was as if there was only a single deity.

All around was a pitch-black world, and the most dazzling center of this pitch-black world was this black-haired man!

"Ji Yun, is it?"

"Yes, Hall Master." Ji Yun answered groggily, as if he hadn't yet come to his senses.

"Sit." The voice was still somewhat cold.

Ji Yun sat down properly.

"I am, Hong." The black-clad man smiled slightly, his tone softening a bit.

"I've looked over your file. Very good, extremely good. Even stronger than I was back then." Hong spoke slowly.

"Not yet 19 years old, Combat Power Amplitude reaching 14.4, but your Force Emission level is only 3.2. This means! Your Trial Tower level is 4.5."

"A Trial Tower level of 4.5 is very good. The Inspectors of my Limit Dojo all have Trial Tower levels above 5.0, and their Force Emission levels have all reached around 4.9. This shows that your realm is already not inferior to the Inspectors. What you lack is only physical fitness and Force Emission level."

"That's right, Hall Master." Ji Yun finally snapped out of it. Meeting the world's number one powerhouse for the first time, Ji Yun's performance wasn't any better than anyone else's.

"You also use a spear. You should be encountering some problems in your realm cultivation now." Hong's voice was slow. "You can ask me one question. I'll help you answer it."

"This?" Ji Yun was overjoyed, but then hesitated slightly.

Being able to ask Hong a single question was a treatment that even many powerhouses above the War God level couldn't obtain. But what question to ask, and not waste it? This troubled Ji Yun greatly.

Hong didn't speak, quietly watching Ji Yun ponder.

"What to ask?" Ji Yun thought to himself.

Suddenly, Ji Yun remembered that while watching videos at home, he had once heard a sentence. The Invincible War God, Chen Qingzhi, had once sighed and said that above Will, there was another level. What level was that?

Thinking of this, Ji Yun had a goal. He quickly spoke up: "Hall Master, I have a question I don't understand, and I want to ask you."

"Oh? Not a cultivation question?" Hong was slightly surprised. According to what people usually thought, they should all ask about cultivation.

"It counts as one, I suppose." Ji Yun said quickly.

"I happened to hear that above Will there is another level. May I ask the Hall Master, what exactly is this level?"

A look of shock appeared on Hong's face. He had originally thought Ji Yun would ask about Force Emission or how to use a spear. He never expected it to be about Will. And moreover, he had actually sensed that there was another level above Will.

As far as Hong knew, even Thor hadn't reached the level above Will, he had only walked a deeper path.

"This question has been asked of me before." Hong's expression returned to calm, and he smiled. "Very coincidentally, that person was the founder of the Fierce Wind you practice, Chen Qingzhi."

"I gave him an answer back then, so now I will give you an answer as well." Hong thought for a moment, as if pondering the answer.

"The level above Will is called Domain!"

"Domain!" Ji Yun's heart stirred. There really was another level above Will! And this level could be improved!

"Only when you break through to existences above the War God level can you possibly come into contact with this level. Note, it's only a possibility." Hong smiled.

"Alright, I'll tell you this much. Now let's talk about your contract."

Hong waved his hand casually, and a light screen instantly appeared in front of Ji Yun. On it was a contract.

Ji Yun quickly gathered his thoughts and carefully looked at the contract on the light screen in front of him.

This was the official recruitment contract of the Limit Dojo, different from ordinary contracts... For example, ordinary martial artists joining the Limit Dojo received no salary. In the past, although Ji Yun had also joined the Limit Dojo, he was only considered a formal member, making no contributions to the Dojo! However, although there was little salary, the Limit Dojo also had few requirements for these ordinary martial artists.

But this contract, Had rights and benefits! But it also had responsibilities!

"Annual activity funding of 90 billion Huaxia Currency?" Ji Yun was stunned. This price wasn't high, it could even be said to be very low.

Any random organization outside was now offering Ji Yun a price of at least three to four hundred billion a year.

But Ji Yun continued reading.

"According to this contract, only a very few people within the Limit Dojo can receive a salary? They receive a salary based on their status?" The contract also had the quota for activity funding for various levels. Even the 'Supervisor', who held the highest status among War Gods, only had an annual funding of 10 billion.

Ji Yun looked at another light screen.

"Hm?" Ji Yun's eyes lit up, as if he had discovered something.

"Party B, before May 1st, 2057, achieves a Combat Power Amplitude of 16, and will receive a full set of SS-series Combat Suit and weapons, a full set of any one secret manual, and one portion of Vegetation Spirit."

"Party B, before August 1st, 2057, achieves a Combat Power Amplitude of 20, and will receive a full set of SS-class Combat Suit and weapons, free access to three Star Units, full sets of any three secret manuals, and one set of the Ancient Civilization Ruins 'Black God'."

"Combat Power Amplitude of 16?" Ji Yun was stunned. "My current amplitude is 14.4. With just a slight breakthrough, I can immediately reach this level." The terms on this contract had astonishing rewards, but the first condition wasn't harsh. "For me to achieve a Combat Power Amplitude of 16 before April 1st, 2057, and receive so many rewards, if calculated in monetary terms, it's an unimaginable astronomical price." Buying them with money would be something even existences above the War God level would be reluctant to do! But these things were practically within easy reach for him.

"Finished reading?" Hong's voice sounded.

"Yes, Hall Master." Ji Yun replied respectfully.

"But, Hall Master, what exactly is this Star thing?" Ji Yun was a bit puzzled.

"You'll know when you reach it." Hong seemed to have no intention of explaining to Ji Yun, and said directly. "Alright, if there are no objections, sign."

Ji Yun quickly signed his name on the light screen. In an instant, Ji Yun's watch let out a faint beep. Ji Yun looked down and saw that his authority had been fully upgraded.

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