After discovering the benefits of the Power of Faith, Ling Yi began his journey around the world...
Two years passed before he knew it.
On this day, Krillin finally completed the trial Ling Yi had assigned him and arrived in West City.
Over those two years, besides challenging almost every martial artist, Krillin had also wiped out the Red Ribbon Army along the way.
Mercenary Tao, Master Shen, Tien Shinhan, Yamcha, Little Goku, and others had all suffered defeat at Krillin's hands.
But Krillin had kept Ling Yi's instructions firmly in mind: he was not allowed to kill before he turned sixteen.
So even the Red Ribbon Army had merely been beaten so thoroughly by Krillin that it disbanded.
"Master, I'm back." When he saw Ling Yi again, Krillin's respect and gratitude were even more apparent.
Over those two years, he had truly experienced the power of the Martial Dao Ling Yi had taught him. He had encountered almost no enemies capable of withstanding even one of his attacks.
Master Shen, whose fame matched the Turtle Hermit's, could not do it, and neither could Mercenary Tao, the world's top-ranked assassin.
Those two years had brought considerable changes to Krillin's bearing. He looked somewhat more aloof and detached.
After all, anyone would become a little proud and prickly after learning they were invincible. Prolonged pride and prickliness would inevitably develop into an aloof, overbearing presence.
Only in front of Ling Yi would Krillin rein himself in.
"From today onward, you are my official disciple." Ling Yi was very satisfied with Krillin's performance. As for his somewhat proud and prickly personality, what of it? Shouldn't a disciple of mine be proud and prickly?
He reached out and pressed his hand against Krillin's head. A light flashed, and Krillin's clothes changed.
His royal blue training uniform had a white circle on both the front and back, with the character "Ling" written inside each circle.
"This training uniform keeps you warm in winter and cool in summer. It provides decent protection and repairs itself when damaged. Consider it a welcoming gift for becoming my official disciple."
"The watch on your wrist has a teleportation function. Tap it and think of where you want to go, and you can arrive there instantly."
"This is a spatial ring. You can open and close it using your mental power. There are several thousand Senzu Beans inside. One bean will keep you from going hungry for a month. Whatever your injuries, as long as you aren't dead, eating one will let you recover immediately."
"There's also a spaceship inside. Its artificial intelligence will teach you how to operate it."
"Besides that, there's a bank card. The money in it is enough for you to spend freely in this world."
"The two mechanical puppets inside are toys for you. Their power levels are around 150 million."
Krillin was moved beyond words. He had never imagined that his master would not only teach him martial arts but also give him so many treasures.
"Master, what's a power level?" Krillin asked curiously.
Ling Yi handed Krillin a scouter that looked exactly like those used by the Frieza Force in the anime.
"A power level is a numerical measure of someone's strength."
Krillin soon learned how to use the scouter and discovered his own power level.
"Master, my power level is only 1.2 million?" Krillin said, somewhat disappointed.
After all, the two puppets Ling Yi had given him had power levels of 120 million. Didn't that make him trash compared with those mechanical puppets?
Sweeping his mental power through the spatial ring, Krillin was startled by the vast space inside.
Soon, Krillin found the two mechanical puppets and took them out.
Looking at the mechanical puppets, which were almost indistinguishable from real people, Krillin was a little curious. "Master..."
"They aren't real people. Their interiors are made of special metal structures, with nothing more than a layer of bionic tissue wrapped around the outside."
Krillin nodded. Seeing that the readings on the scouter really were 120 million, he could not help feeling somewhat shaken.
Just how strong would a power level of 120 million be?
"There's currently no one on Earth who can match you. These two puppets can serve as your sparring partners."
"Yes, Master," Krillin said happily.
Over those two years, Krillin had brought Ling Yi nearly 200,000 points. Leaving everything else aside, those 200,000 points alone were enough to satisfy Ling Yi.
Ling Yi had not been idle either. Although the Dragon Balls world's Martial Dao cultivation system was rather lousy, besides martial artists, this world also had psychics and mages.
Oolong and Puar had mentioned several times that they had learned their transformation abilities at a magic school.
Chiaotzu, meanwhile, cultivated both martial arts and psychic abilities.
Ling Yi spent a long time searching before he found the Magic Academy.
To Ling Yi's great surprise, the Magic Academy was far more powerful than he had imagined.
The headmaster of the Magic Academy was not a living person, but the divine soul of Earth's previous Kami. He normally resided inside a wooden puppet and possessed extremely powerful magic.
The Magic Academy stood at the intersection of the Demon Realm and the Mortal Realm.
Besides teaching students magic, the Magic Academy's greatest purpose was to protect the Mortal Realm from invasion by the Demon Realm.
What surprised Ling Yi even more was that Fortuneteller Baba was a teacher at the Magic Academy.
Only then did Ling Yi remember that the Dragon Balls had not only a Demon Realm, but also Hell and Heaven.
Although the Dragon Balls had not devoted much space to describing these three worlds, much less provided detailed background information, they did indeed exist.
For example, Goku's grandfather, Son Gohan, lived in Heaven after his death. Mutaito, who had exhausted his life sealing King Piccolo, also lived in Heaven after dying.
Only those who had made great contributions to Earth while alive would enter Heaven after death.
Ling Yi spent half a year undercover at the Magic Academy before he gradually figured out the relationships between the so-called Heaven, Demon Realm, Underworld, and Kami's Lookout.
The officeholder beneath the Supreme Kai was Kami, but Kami was only responsible for overseeing Earth in the Dragon Balls world and had no authority over the Demon Realm, Heaven, or the Underworld.
Or rather, Zeno, the angels, the Kings of Destruction, the Grand Supreme Kai, the Supreme Kais, and Kami belonged to one system of divine authority.
Heaven and the Underworld belonged to another system of divine authority.
Heaven and the Underworld corresponded to one another. They were two departments with similar duties, occupying two independent dimensions.
Heaven accepted holy souls that were pure of heart and kind.
The Underworld accepted all souls. As long as someone died, they would enter the Underworld.
Heaven and the Underworld were more like products of the Heavenly Dao within this design, encompassing the six paths of reincarnation and the causality of merit.
The system of Kami and the Supreme Kais was more like this world's administrators.
The two systems of divine authority had vastly different functions.
To put it more simply, the system of Zeno and the Kais managed the living, while the system of Heaven and the Underworld managed the dead. Their functions complemented one another.
As for the Demon Realm, it was another independent dimension. It was a dark dimension with its own rules, yet it existed by feeding on the negative energy of living beings in the Mortal Realm.
Thus, most inhabitants of the Demon Realm were evil.
Ling Yi had not dared to visit Heaven or the Underworld. He had not even dared to go to Kami's Lookout.
The more he learned about the Dragon Balls world, the more he felt that its waters ran far too deep.
Host: Ling Yi Life: 1.05 million Internal power (spiritual power): 16.4 million Power of Faith: 390 billion Magic power: 7.1 million Cultivation: Human Immortal Stage, Great Perfection Power level: 610 million Cultivation techniques: Smiling, Proud Wanderer Martial Arts (Heaven Grade Great Perfection), Dragon Ball Magic (Heaven Grade Great Perfection) Technique fusion progress: No fusion currently Technique (skill) development: Smiling, Proud Wanderer Martial Arts (Immortal Grade), in development (1%); Dragon Ball Magic (Immortal Grade), in development (68%); Faith Collection (Heaven Grade), in development (15%); Faith Manifestation (Heaven Grade), in development (20%) Energy storage: 1 million/1 million Skills: Faith Collection (earth-grade), Faith Manifestation (earth-grade), Dragon Ball Magic (Heaven Grade). Points: 460,000. Plot progress: The Smiling, Proud Wanderer (35%), Xia Luo's Special Troubles (50%), Seven Dragon Balls Z (6%). (Other entries omitted...)
These were Ling Yi's gains over the past two years, but in truth, his gains went far beyond this.
The system panel did not display items, equipment, or knowledge-based abilities. The supplies piled up in Ling Yi's spatial ring were enough for him to fight a galaxy-scale battle in most worlds.
With a power level of 610 million, he could practically run rampant in the early stages of the Dragon Balls world.
But Ling Yi could guarantee that if he dared to unleash his full power level, a King of Destruction would probably appear the very next second.
As he was now, Ling Yi was still far from being a match for a King of Destruction.
Ling Yi continued to keep as low a profile as possible. If anything came up, he could simply let Krillin handle it.
His passive cultivation remained very fast. His spiritual power, Power of Faith, and magic power were all increasing constantly at sixteen times the passive cultivation rate.
This world's upper limit was far too high. Ling Yi reckoned that even on the day he left this world, he would probably still struggle to touch its ceiling.