“Hmm, I’m not giving it to you this time, so what?” Robert Carter replied carelessly.

“My status in the family…” Brian Carter let out a long sigh.

“So you still want status in this family?” Emily Wright shot her son a sidelong smile. “Tell me, what kind of status do you want? You’re already the fourth in command and still not satisfied? Want to be the fifth?”

“……”

“Hahaha…” Grace Carter couldn’t help but burst out laughing, rocking back and forth.

“Image! You’re a girl, mind your image! Be a lady, a lady!” Emily Wright glared at her.

Immediately, Grace Carter stuck out her tongue, lowered her head to eat, and quieted down.

……

Brian Carter sighed, but said nothing more, calculating in his mind where he could get some money that afternoon. Although he was still a teenager, he had lived a whole lifetime in the world of his dreams; though he died young in that life, and wasn’t even sure if those dream experiences were real, his state of mind was far beyond that of an ordinary seventeen-year-old.

He started dreaming at eleven, the same dream, uninterrupted, for six years. Six years, hindering his cultivation, delaying his martial path, always drowsy every day…

Otherwise, even with poor talent, he wouldn’t be in such a state now!

The final scene in the dream, that massive explosion across the entire starry sky… still seemed to echo in his mind.

Countless stars exploded in an instant, a dazzling light shot toward him… and then he woke from the dream.

And ever since that dream, the broken jade pendant that suddenly appeared on his chest—everything pointed to the fact that this was definitely more than just a dream.

Now he only needed to buy the required items to test whether his strange encounter was real or just an illusion.

But he had already tried several times before, and none had worked…

Although this time, he was quite sure it would be the last attempt. But the problem was, his parents no longer believed him—he’d tried so many times, and every time it ended in disaster, how could they trust him?

The pocket money he’d saved up over the years, thanks to his stingy habits, still wasn’t enough… only five thousand, but the piece of white jade he wanted cost eight thousand…

What a headache.

……

After the meal.

Grace Carter returned to her room, but before leaving, shot Brian Carter a look.

Robert Carter also went back to the shop: “I’m going to restock this afternoon, we’re out of Star Soul Stones… This time I need to get some high-quality ones to make up for the losses.”

Father and daughter both left.

Emily Wright sighed, looking at Brian Carter: “Xiaoduo, don’t be discouraged. This… this is a world of martial arts… You can’t cultivate… you and your sister Xiaonian are destined to be from two different worlds…”

“I understand, I really do.” Brian Carter said calmly.

When his mother called him Xiaoduo, it meant she was having a serious talk, so Brian Carter didn’t dare joke around.

In fact, after the turbulent life he’d experienced in the dream world, Brian Carter was more than satisfied with his current family—he couldn’t be happier.

He wished he could live out his life peacefully and quietly like this.

A person’s life is like the autumn of grass and trees—what could be more important than family happiness, peace, and joy?

He was willing to protect this peace and warmth forever, to live like this always.

Of course, if he could have great power on top of that, it would be even better.

But in his heart he still thought: I knew she was my wife since I was six… Now I’m seventeen and you’re telling me to give up and not be disappointed… You really are my biological mom.

Good thing I never planned on it from the start… Hmph!

……

Emily Wright let out a long sigh.

She looked at her son with affection.

She felt her son was truly unfortunate.

On the Star Soul Continent, martial arts reign supreme.

The continent had passed through several eras: from the primordial world to the age of immortals and gods, to the imperial era, then the end of martial arts era. Then came the technological era, the era of falling stars, the apocalypse, the revival, and finally the current Star Martial era.

It was never easy for ordinary people to survive in this world.

In any era of the Star Soul Continent, one thing remained the same: there were always more ordinary people with no talent or poor talent. And her son was just one among the countless ordinary people…

In this life, in this era of martial revival, he was destined to have little chance of standing out!

When Grace Carter awakened her Star Soul, she was three years old. Her Star Soul soared to the sky, filling the heavens, her entire body from head to toe was densely packed with star meridians, almost forming a single whole!

She possessed the extremely rare Nine-Nine Star Soul Physique. Just one step away from a complete innate Star Soul.

But her son Brian Carter… didn’t awaken his Star Soul until he was eight, and it was just a weak little spark in his dantian, barely flickering.

It would have been better to have none at all.

If he had none, he could live his whole life peacefully as an ordinary person, with no hope of becoming strong. But with a Star Soul, it meant the possibility of becoming a martial artist, and with that came the responsibilities of a martial artist.

The responsibilities of a martial artist were almost equal to life and death.

Above Martial Disciple is Martial Warrior, above Martial Warrior is Martial Master, above Martial Master is Innate; above Innate is Embryonic Breath; above Embryonic Breath is Dan Origin…