There has always been a theory in the field of history that the ultra-ancient era must have been a flourishing age of martial arts, as can be seen from the many martial arts-related artifacts that have been unearthed over time.

However, they could never have imagined just how spectacular that world truly was. After the beginning of the Kunlun Calendar, the revival of martial arts began, but in the end, it has only been a few hundred years.

Yet, according to the information currently excavated about the ultra-ancient civilization, that civilization had already been thriving for many tens of thousands of years.

Still, he had his doubts—why did such a powerful ultra-ancient civilization vanish without a trace?

This is precisely the unsolved mystery in the field of history. From the various materials that have been unearthed, it appears that the ultra-ancient civilization did not gradually decline, but disappeared overnight.

What secret lies within this?

Could it be related to that world-shaking battle from his memories?

Brian Carter just felt as if something new had appeared within his body, so now his mind seemed clearer than ever before, and everything he saw was brighter than ever, as if all things under heaven had become more vivid, subtly different from before.

This feeling was so obvious that even without deliberately focusing on it, he could sense the changes within his body, as if his whole being was filled with energy.

“Hey, what are you thinking about?” Adam Cooper's voice came, “You’ve been standing there since just now—were you lost in thought? Come on, let’s go home!”

Adam Cooper's voice pulled Brian Carter back from that dreamlike golden age. He glanced around; the students were gradually dispersing, and the setting sun stretched their shadows long across the ground.

“It's nothing!” Brian Carter shook his head, ultimately deciding to bury that dream deep in his heart, never to tell anyone.

“Why do you seem different somehow?” Adam Cooper looked at Brian Carter and said, vaguely feeling that his friend had changed, but unable to pinpoint exactly what was different—just that he seemed like a whole new person, as if reborn.

“Did I get even more handsome? Ah, what can I do, I was born this handsome!” Brian Carter chuckled.

“Get lost! I swear, you’re getting more shameless by the day!” Adam Cooper said with a frown, and that strange feeling from before vanished without a trace.

“All right, enough nonsense, let’s go home!” Brian Carter said. He could feel the changes in his body and was eager to get home and check out exactly what was going on.

As usual, after leaving the school gates, Adam Cooper was picked up by a flying car. In the Kunlun Calendar era, vehicles had all switched to energy blocks instead of gasoline, producing no pollution at all. And thanks to the widespread use of anti-gravity systems, cars no longer drove on the ground but flew through the air, far more advanced than the cars of the Common Era.

As for Brian Carter, he had to walk a while to catch the bus. In the Common Era, cars were so common that many people owned one, but in the Kunlun Calendar era, cars had been upgraded to flying vehicles, and their prices had skyrocketed—ordinary people couldn’t afford them, so public transportation had become more developed than ever.

The bus was very fast; in about twenty minutes, Brian Carter was home, in a rather quiet residential complex. The complex was filled with high-rise buildings, and from the outermost perimeter, there were all kinds of security facilities. In the Common Era, ordinary people could never afford to live in such a place, but in the Kunlun Calendar era, this had become the residence of commoners. The truly wealthy lived in villa districts, where both the environment and security measures were far superior to those in the commoners’ area.

It was even said that some people had set up spirit-gathering formations in the villa districts, using knowledge passed down from the ultra-ancient civilization, making the concentration of spiritual energy there several times higher than in the commoners’ area, rivaling that of the Kunlun Realm itself.

As everyone knows, the more spiritual energy there is, the more beneficial it is to the human body. Breathing such concentrated spiritual energy every day, even without cultivating, can subtly improve the body and lead to a long life. And if one does cultivate, the results are even more astonishing—rapid progress is a given. Being born and raised in such an environment, the rate of success is far higher than for ordinary people.

Nowadays, polarization among humans has become extremely pronounced.

After entering the password, pressing his fingerprint, and scanning his face, the door finally opened. What greeted him was an apartment of about a hundred square meters—not too small, not too big.

“Dad, Mom, Sis, I’m home!”

Brian Carter took off his shoes and entered the house.

“You’re back! Sit for a bit, dinner will be ready soon. Once your dad gets home, we’ll eat!”

A beautiful woman who looked to be around thirty walked out of the kitchen. She was tall, wore an apron around her waist, and had a gentle smile on her face. In the Kunlun Calendar era, people lived much longer, so even at thirty, it was equivalent to being a teenager in the Common Era.

This was Brian Carter’s mother, Grace Parker.