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In 2036, mankind steps foot on Mars for the first time.
In 2052, Earth holds the first World Martial Arts Tournament, a global martial arts competition watched by the entire planet.

Top professional gladiator, “Spear Demon” Xu Jingming, retires at the prime age of 26 with a body ridden with injuries. 

One day, the United Nations announces that mankind would be ushering in a new era for human evolution. Advanced technology had been found on Mars, a secret kept to this day. Research had been carried out to use science to augment human evolution.

All of mankind can now evolve themselves by partaking in this VR experience using the freely distributed VR headset. 

How will Xu Jingming use this opportunity for all mankind to his advantage?

Cosmic Professional Gladiator

CKtalon

<p>A sense of profound unease clung to Xu Jingming, like a specter in the night; eight parts of him were ensnared in a labyrinth of sin. The corrosive essence permeated his very being, gnawing at his sanity and threatening to erode his consciousness. Yet Xu Jingming bore the flames of the Red Lotus, a fiery crimson aura that relentlessly scoured his form of the sinful taint. In addition to this, his cultivation of three distinct lineages had fortified his mind, body, and consciousness beyond measure, rendering him as steadfast as a mountain against the corruptive onslaught.</p>

<p>His body ached with the burden of this sinful corruption, but even so, Xu Jingming steeled himself against its pull, defiantly holding on to his consciousness.</p>

The Defeated Overlord Yandi (1)