I will eventually become a divine being through accumulating constantly

He pulled out the Giant Sword, hoisted it onto his shoulder, and looked toward Ning Yuantai, casually saying,

"Yuantai, I'm going to a competition this noon. Want to come with me?"

Upon hearing this, Ning Yuantai immediately nodded and said, "Absolutely, I've taken on the task to be your personal guide... Even without the task, missing Xue's competition is out of the question!"

Xue Jing nodded and smiled, "That's great, then I'll trouble you to be the driver this time... Carrying such a thing, it's not easy to take a cab or a train."

"No problem, it's my honor to be Xue's driver," Ning Yuantai declared, patting his chest.

...

At noon, at Zhige Base.

In the living room of the building, Miao Miao looked at the Giant Sword Xue Jing was carrying on his shoulder, almost poking the ceiling, and moved her lips before speaking,

"Be careful when you go out, don't scrape the door frame."

Xue Jing laughed, "Don't worry, I won't."

"This thing is really inconvenient to carry, are you going to bring it to the competition? How will you get it onto the car later?"

Miao Miao wondered.

Xue Jing thought for a moment and said, "Use a small truck? Or maybe tie it to the roof with a rope?"

He also felt a bit of a headache.

Usually, the reason why more people chose swords over great spears as cold weapons was not only because swords looked cooler and matched personal preference, but mostly because great spears were extremely inconvenient to carry.

And now, he had a Door-plank Sword that was even more troublesome to carry than the Nine Chi Great Spear...

"If only the Green Cube could be used as a storage space."

Xue Jing thought to himself.

He gently placed the Forgotten Greatsword beside him on the sofa, and its heavy, aged blade immediately sank deeply into the sofa, causing it to creak under the strain.

Then, Xue Jing took out a small cube emitting a faint green light from his coat pocket.

Since the Green Cube could only contain 'living' things, and couldn't even enclose inanimate objects like clothes, Xue Jing had never figured out how to use it properly.

However, the space inside the Green Cube was quite peculiar; it was a space where one could move freely in all directions like underwater, except that one could still breathe and it was quite comfortable to stay there.

He would occasionally open it to relax and "swim" for a while.

Xue Jing twisted the cube around unpredictably for about twenty-odd times, then tossed it into the air.

Suddenly, the Green Cube stopped midair, turning into a circle of green light swirling like a sci-fi movie's teleportation wormhole.

"Let's give it a try..."

Xue Jing picked up the Forgotten Greatsword from the sofa, trying to place it into the green vortex.

He wasn't very hopeful; he just thought that Divine Relics might differ from ordinary living or non-living items and that it could fit... besides, trying was free.

But immediately, he was taken aback.

The Forgotten Greatsword went directly into the green vortex, half of the blade sunk in, without being repelled.

"Huh?"

Seeing this, Xue Jing raised his eyebrows and quickly pushed the rest of it in too.

The hilt completely disappeared into the vortex without any anomalies.

"Can it really fit?" he exclaimed in surprise.

Xue Jing reached into the vortex and pulled out.

The Giant Sword was slowly withdrawn from the vortex.

Strangely, he seemed to hear an uplifting German BGM in his ears...

Shaking his head, Xue Jing took out a 'Proof of Love' from his chest and tossed it into the green whirlpool.

The 'Proof of Love' contacted the vortex and, as if hitting a wall, was deftly bounced off, stirring only minor ripples on the vortex.

"Teacher Wan," Xue Jing said to Miao Miao.

"Understood," Miao Miao nodded, leapt up, turned in mid-air, and brought the platinum tail ring close to the vortex.

The result was the same as with the 'Proof of Love'; the 'Cat Tail Ring' was gently bounced off upon contact with the green vortex.

Seeing this, Xue Jing's pupils shrank slightly.

"It's not because it's a Divine Relic... It's because of this sword itself," he mused, looking at the Giant Sword in his hands.

"Are you... alive?"

...

Outside the mansion, a large, imposing black SUV slowly came to a stop, and Ning Yuantai hopped out of the driver's seat.

He looked towards the door where Xue Jing, with empty hands and a black cat perched on his shoulder, was standing and greeted him,

"Xue... huh? Where's the Forgotten Greatsword? Aren't you taking it with you?"

Ning Yuantai asked, puzzled.

He thought he still had to transport that heavy giant sword, so he had specifically arranged for a heavy military vehicle.

Otherwise, a normal vehicle couldn't handle the weight of that sword.

"I've got it; it's in here." Xue Jing, with a mysterious expression, pulled out the Green Cube to show Ning Yuantai.

"Huh?" Ning Yuantai was stunned for a moment.

"Wait, this is the Green Cube?"

Ning Yuantai scratched his head.

"Really? Isn't this thing only supposed to contain living beings? How did the Forgotten Greatsword get inside?"

He said, his face filled with disbelief.

Xue Jing shook his head, "I don't understand it either; the only explanation is that it was classified as a 'living creature' by the Green Cube..."

Ning Yuantai stroked his chin, "This is a major discovery, oh! Scholars who research the history of the [Forgotten Greatsword] are quite numerous; this news is a huge breakthrough for them!"

Xue Jing waved his hand, "That's for the scholars to study. Let's go to the 'Super Arena.'"

Ning Yuantai quickly nodded and said, "Eh, okay."

After getting into the vehicle, the huge engine roared like a monster as the SUV headed towards the base's main gate.

...

Yuan City B9 District, Super Arena.

This was a massive multi-sports stadium that could accommodate over two hundred thousand spectators—one of the iconic buildings of Yuan City.

This open-air stadium, with no ceiling, looked like a giant bowl when viewed from above.

Under the noon sun, a barely visible pale blue transparent film covered the entire 'bowl.'

In the square outside the arena's main gate, crowds numbering in the tens of thousands stood densely packed like ants.

Although the crowd was entering at a rapid pace, people continuously replenished it from the exterior, maintaining the congestion.

"Hm? It's quite lively."

Xue Jing said, peering through the window at the densely packed crowd in the square, which could trigger claustrophobia.

"The U19 is held in different urban circles each year, and it's been about seven or eight years since the Fifth Urban Circle was chosen."

Ning Yuantai explained while driving.

"People here in the Inner Ring usually have plenty of entertainment options, but the heat for this long-awaited competition is still very high. Plus, with a few unexpected star players joining, ticket sales have been quite good. I heard the two hundred thousand tickets nearly sold out."

Upon hearing this, Xue Jing casually asked, "Star players? Which ones?"
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After thinking for a moment, Ning Yuantai said, "Like Wei Junwu from Phoenix Cry School, Otogirusu from the Far East, Song Nanxing from the Celestial Movement Sect..."

"Most importantly, the disciple of the 'Eternal Warlord' Wu Xuanzhu, Zhou Yinglin."

"You've been living in the Outer Ring, so you might not be very familiar with him, but this person is extremely famous in the First Urban Circle, incredibly popular, with an absurd number of fans."

"Of the nearly two hundred thousand tickets this time, it's estimated that thirty to fifty thousand people are here specifically for him."

Xue Jing nodded, "I see."

Ning Yuantai continued suggestively, "Also, there must be a lot of people who came specifically to see you, Xue."

Xue Jing asked, puzzled, "Oh?"

"Yes, although the Inner Ring primarily uses the Super Network, which is severely isolated from the old internet, thus you're not very well-known here... But you have your 'hometown supporters' after all."

"The number of people who have traveled to Yuan City from the Outer Ring in the past few days has increased by thousands. I guess, a significant portion of them are your fans."

As they chatted, the car slowly drove into the parking lot and came to a stop in a parking space.

After turning off the engine, Xue Jing stepped out from the backseat door.

He waited for Ning Yuantai to get out of the car while looking up at the pale blue film above the arena.

At that moment, suddenly a voice came from behind,

"Hey buddy, you selling that cat?"

As the words were spoken, a hand reached straight for the cat Miao Miao on Xue Jing's shoulder.

...

(Just to clarify, you might see a 'free' marker on the books right now, but it's not actually free—it indicates a blind box part of a summer event at Qidian, where you can get a free ten-day access to one of the books by checking in on the event page for ten days (although you won't be able to access chapters published within 48 hours)...

So, don't worry, you haven't spent your money in vain; it's just that the UI is designed in a slightly misleading way.)