Volume 1: Reincarnation Cycle First...

  "Dad, Mom, I will definitely defeat An Ze's household head! This is my first promise to you, and I absolutely won't go back on my word!" As Tiger Head solemnly responded, his whole body suddenly tensed up, his curved palms like tiger claws, and he slammed them onto the wooden wall beside him.

  With a loud crack, the wooden wall nearly an inch thick split open, leaving Lu Kang and his wife staring in shock. The confidence and determination displayed by Hu Tou made them feel more at ease, and the feeling of seeing hope in despair made them hug Hu Tou tightly, overjoyed to tears.

  Tiger Head didn't cry, he was savoring the smooth and warm flow in his heart: "So... this is what it feels like to have parental love... It's really great!"

  Yes, Hu Tou is a reborn guest, and can also be said to be a traverser. However, the best way to put it might be that he is a reincarnator. Before Hu Tou's reincarnation, he originally existed in a world called Earth, living in a country called Hua Xia, named Lu Qi, with an identity as a master of animal ecology.

  Of course, this identity is only one of his many identities. Lu Qi's main identity is a member of a semi-national special organization in the country of Huaxia, which can be said to be a special agent, or a special soldier, and even an assassin or bodyguard. Anyway, as long as the organization gives him a task, he must complete it, and when he dies, he still holds the title of Tianji Butcher, the strongest in the underground organizations of the world.

  On the earth, in Huaxia country, Lu Qi was an orphan, a self-proclaimed person who only understood gratitude and no other emotions. However, at the moment of his death, he vaguely discovered that his heart seemed to have understood another wonderful emotion, one that many literati had described with various colorful words - love.

  Lu Qi's death was not a sacrifice for love, a special agent sacrificing for love is a melodramatic plot that may appear, but it is absolutely impossible to happen to a "top-notch butcher".

  Lu Dì entered the trap to protect his first friend, a woman who made him realize love, and went down with Japan's top ninja master. Although it wasn't entirely going down together, after all, that Japanese ninja master was already dead, Lu Dì could still smile and gently stroke the persistent girl's face with his bloody hand, telling her to live well and wait for her own happiness.

  The deceased is gone, and the living should be like this! On Earth, in China, that girl with blood on her face must have had such thoughts. And when Lu Qi discovered that he was born into this strange world with all his memories from his previous life by a woman named Xiao Hui, he gradually understood a truth, which is that the deceased is gone, and the living should be like this!

  But Lu Qi would never have thought that one day, he, a person who had experienced loneliness in his short life in his previous life, could cross the boundaries of reincarnation, ignore spatial obstacles, and participate in an emotional journey that even an immortal being would never forget.

  Whether it's "the deceased is gone" or "the loser is gone", the living should be like this! At the moment of death, even Lu Qi, who understood what it means to refine the true inner family fist to its highest realm, would quickly adjust his mentality even if he became a baby.

  Originally, Lu Qi thought he had returned to the ancient times of Hua Xia State, because the people here all had black hair, black eyes and yellow skin, only their customs and language were a bit different. However, it seemed that there was no such era in the ancient times of Hua Xia State, nor was there a state called Long Yuan, nor a country called Yun Ze.

  Lu Qi could only say that it seemed so, after all he wasn't a history scholar. But Lu Qi had one thing he dared to be certain of, and that was that he absolutely couldn't spend his whole life as a slave in this world, being treated like an ox or a horse, and having his descendants continue to do the same.

  The Zealot people, living in the swamp forest of slaves, do not even have the right to pay taxes, and can only work tirelessly, hunt and multiply. Eating the least amount of food, doing the most bitter, most tiring and most dangerous work.

  Lu Qi would not pin his hopes on his old man suddenly becoming a great person, and then he would become great by association. He was not someone who relied on luck or others to live. He only knew that in his past life, he could rely on his own efforts to become the strongest warrior on earth, and in this life, he could also rely on his own efforts to become the greatest person.

  No matter what kind of world it is, as long as there are people in it, the strong will always be revered. After all, the jungle law of survival of the fittest and survival of the strongest is consistent with any era and any civilization.

  So Lu Qi started practicing movements within his power from the moment he was born and could move his hands and feet. When he could crawl, he began to practice tiger and deer plays, which is also why his nickname became "Tiger Head". When he could walk upright, he started practicing Wuqinxi, from standing posts to walking frames to five animal imitation boxing.

  As one of the world's top strongmen, on Earth, Lu Qi's survival skills are derived from the Five Animals Play and evolved into the Five Animals Mimicry Fist, which is also a kind of internal fist with the same effect as Xingyiquan.

  Anyway, when the five animals play during training, outsiders look at it as if children are crawling and rolling around. Adding that Da Kang and Xiao Hui didn't have time to keep an eye on Lu Qi, no one paid attention to Lu Qi's actions at first. Even if they saw it, they would only think it was a special way for wild kids to play.

  This also made it convenient for Lu Qi to focus on his practice, but it was a hardship for his parents. The poor literary and rich martial arts, the practitioners of martial arts, originally need much more nutrition than the literati to strengthen their physique. In the previous life, when Lu Qi practiced Neijiaquan to the stage of dark power, his food intake far exceeded that of ordinary people, and when he reached the stage of transforming power, one meal could almost eat half a cow.

  What is meant by "hidden strength" is that in the context of Earth martial arts, it refers to the ability to harness and utilize power throughout one's entire body. It is a state that can be achieved through practice and enlightenment by high-level martial artists. In more esoteric terms, it is somewhat similar to internal energy (neigong) in wuxia fiction, but far less powerful. As for "transformed strength", it refers to the highest level of achievement in Earth martial arts, where one's muscles, bones, and skin are all extremely strong, allowing for effortless control over power, with no part of the body being vulnerable to attack.

  Lu Qi was always hungrier than other children, but the rationed food allocated per person was limited. Da Kang and Xiao Hui often gave Lu Qi their own saved rations.

  Lu Qi was not a naive child, and how could he not know that as his food intake increased, his parents would have to eat less. But Lu Qi still took the grain from his parents without hesitation, because he understood that only if he became stronger, the current situation of this family could change, otherwise, in this life, the three of them would have more opportunities to cry than laugh. It was during that period that Lu Qi truly had a sense of belonging in this world.

  Just like in his past life, the first warm feeling that Lu Qi came into contact with in this world was also gratitude. The thickest and heaviest parental love in the world, which Lu Qi had never felt before, made this iron-blooded man's heart secretly sour. Especially today, Lu Kang risked his life again to steal food for his big-bellied son, making Lu Qi even more emotional.

  It's precisely because of this that Lu Qi trained himself even more ruthlessly, and from the age of five, he already knew how to forage for food in the swampy forest, where there would never be a shortage of food, especially for someone like Lu Qi who was originally an expert at it.

  Plant roots, insect larvae, bird eggs, muskrats, and even venomous snakes - as long as they were edible, Lu Qi would find a way to get his hands on them and eat them. If he couldn't see any, he'd search until he found some. His memories and knowledge from past lives gave him infinite help. As a result, Lu Qi grew faster and stronger than any other child in the village. By the age of twelve, he was already as tall as some shorter adults, with a more robust physique than average people.

  But Lu Qi sealed all his martial arts epiphanies from his past life, as if a vast treasure trove was locked away in his mind. As Lu Qi grew day by day, each movement based on his current young body, slowly unlocked one by one.

  In a dense forest not far from the northwest corner of the village, only one figure of about five feet tall was standing upright on the ground, who was Lu Qi, who had just comforted Lu Kang and his wife.

  At this moment, Lu Qi's waist slightly sank, his originally hanging arms slowly lifted up, his feet firmly grasped the ground, and his upper body eerily rose half an inch, his already sturdy back suddenly broadened.

  If someone saw Lu Qi now, they would definitely notice that his entire demeanor was thick and steady, like a vigilant bear standing upright, ready to attack.

  "Hah!" His piercing gaze stared at Lu Qi in front of him, and he saw that with a burst of air and a loud shout, his palm sank and a tree the size of a bowl in front of him snapped loudly.

  This is absolutely more powerful than the curved claws hitting the wooden wall. If someone saw this scene, they would definitely exclaim in surprise. Even with an axe, unless it was a seasoned lumberjack, it would be difficult to chop down this tree with one strike. How could Lu Qi, who was just a small child, do it?

  Lu Qi's face slightly lit up: "Indeed, this life has been cultivating since infancy, the foundation is even more solid than the previous life. The internal energy cultivated, its power is more than twice as strong as when it was first cultivated in the previous life."

  Jing is a sign of the completion of the shaping stage. For those who practice martial arts, their hands and feet are connected, and in an instant, they can transmit all the force from their feet to their hands or other parts of their body, producing the effect of "power without exertion". In the previous world where Lu Qi lived, so-called "inch jing" and "inch fist" also belong to this category.

  Through the force of the foot, instantly converted into the inertia of the whole body, and generated the whole power. At this time, if other limbs on the body have uncoordinated movements, they will affect the overall nature of this inertial force. Therefore, it is not possible for a martial artist who has practiced standing postures and walking frames for many years to integrate one move and one style into their body, almost forming an instinct, with excellent bodily coordination, to cultivate whole power. This is also a manifestation of a martial artist's minor achievement in practicing martial arts.

  In the previous life of Lu Qi in Huaxia Country, the internal strength cultivation of Neijiaquan can be divided into five levels: Zhengjin level, Mingjin level, Anjin level, Huajin level and the legendary Huadao Zhen level.