In the magnificent interstellar era of the future, humanity finally conquered space teleportation technology. However, when humans teleported to the other side, they discovered that it was neither the past nor the future, nor was it any land beneath the starry sky...

A mysterious world of sanctuaries, countless powerful alien creatures—humanity ushered in a thrilling, revolutionary leap in evolution, opening the most brilliant and dazzling new era under the stars.

"Hunt god-blooded creature Black Beetle, obtain god-blooded Black Beetle beast soul, consume god-blooded Black Beetle flesh, and you may randomly gain 0 to 10 god genes."

Chapter 1: God Gene

By the rocky stream in a mountain ravine, a black-clad youth pressed down on a beetle whose shell was dark, shiny, and metallic, looking somewhat like a crab, yet also resembling a rhinoceros beetle.

With his other hand, the black-clad youth gripped a dagger, deftly severed the struggling beetle's claw at the joint, pried open the shell, and revealed the tender, white flesh inside.

Almost without hesitation, the youth ate as if he were eating crab—first sucking the meat from the claw, then tossing the large chunk of tender flesh into his mouth, chewing a few times before swallowing it whole.

"Hunted Black Beetle, did not obtain beast soul. Consuming Black Beetle flesh may randomly grant 0 to 10 gene points."

"Consumed Black Beetle flesh, gene +0."

A strange voice echoed in Henry Carter's mind, and at the same time, a string of information appeared in his consciousness.

Henry Carter: Not evolved.

Rank: None.

Lifespan: 200.

God body evolution requirement: 100 gene points.

Genes possessed: 79 gene points.

Beast souls possessed: None.

"More than thirty Black Beetles in a row haven't given me any gene points. Looks like I've eaten too much Black Beetle flesh, and it can no longer promote my physical evolution. I didn't even get a single gene point. At this rate, who knows how long it will take for me to complete my first evolution and gain a rank." A look of frustration appeared on Henry Carter's face.

Over a hundred years ago, human technology had already reached an extremely advanced level, and finally mastered space teleportation. But when humans attempted teleportation, they were shocked to discover that they were not sent back to the past, nor to the future.

They couldn't even teleport from one planet to another. On the other end of the space teleportation channel was a completely different world.

A world beyond human imagination—in this world, all technological means were rendered useless. Submachine guns were less useful than a steel blade; missiles and nuclear weapons couldn't even explode, becoming nothing more than scrap metal; all kinds of machinery and electronic devices simply couldn't function.

All sorts of terrifying creatures roamed this world. Humans, who once stood at the top of the food chain thanks to intelligence and technology, became the weakest at the very bottom here.

But when humans killed some of the relatively weaker creatures in this world and ate their flesh, they were astonished to find their bodies undergoing earth-shattering changes, evolving rapidly in ways science could not explain.

Even more surprising, as their bodies evolved in this world, their lifespans increased as well—a discovery that shocked all of humanity.

In the following century, more and more people entered this world, which humans called the "Sanctuary of the Gods." Gradually, they became familiar with its rules, hunted and consumed its creatures, and evolved their bodies. The more their bodies evolved, the longer their lifespans. In theory, if one could keep evolving, even immortality was not impossible.

Humans cannot choose the bodies they are born with, but they can choose to break out of their cocoons and pursue the ultimate secret of genes.

And in this world, technology was completely useless. The only thing that could help humans was the most primitive combat skills. Ancient martial arts, which had completely declined in modern society, produced unexpected results here.

Various ancient martial arts were redeveloped, and after more than a hundred years of inheritance and development, new schools of martial arts formed, and new styles of ancient martial arts emerged.

Besides ancient martial arts, the Sanctuary of the Gods also granted humans another great power: beast souls.

By hunting the creatures of the Sanctuary, there was a chance to obtain their beast souls. Beast souls could be used by humans and came in countless forms. Some could be summoned directly to fight for their masters, some could transform into armor or weapons.

There were even beast souls that could assist humans in transforming, turning them into terrifying giant beasts, divine birds soaring through the skies, or insects and ants burrowing underground.

But whether it was ancient martial arts or beast souls, neither had much to do with Henry Carter.

Even in a technological society, advanced technology was always in the hands of a few.

Henry Carter completed integrated compulsory education, and at sixteen, after his coming-of-age ceremony, entered the Sanctuary of the Gods. All he had learned were the basic new ancient martial arts that everyone of this era knew.