Although this continent is generally based on Western cultural backgrounds, its people are a mix of East and West. Every country has both Easterners and Westerners, and in this world, Ethan Brooks happens to be of Eastern descent.

As for this concept of Eastern and Western bloodlines, it’s only Ethan Brooks’s own idea. The people of this continent don’t have such notions; there’s no racial discrimination here. Within a single race, it’s clear that both Easterners and Westerners are part of the human race—they are the same race.

What a peculiar world!

Although Ethan Brooks still doesn’t know why he came to this world, he does know that the world he’s in now is no longer the original one, and his body is not the original one either!

He has taken over this Ethan Brooks’s body and completely erased the consciousness that just resisted him—completely wiped it out!

That fainting spell just now was the original Ethan Brooks’s consciousness resisting. In a situation where it’s either you or me, he wouldn’t show any mercy. Even if he feels sorry for the other, he still has to do it.

Besides, this Ethan Brooks already had suicidal thoughts. He was about to die from poisoning himself when the Ethan Brooks from Earth took over and was reborn. The resistance was just human instinct.

Just now, besides that, Ethan Brooks did something else very important: he made his own consciousness fully compatible with the body and also received this Ethan Brooks’s mind—some incomplete memories and skills, etc...

So now, he is a brand new Ethan Brooks. Uh, at least to the people of this world. As for the transmigrator himself, he’s still himself.

As for why he transmigrated? With his carefree nature, he just treats it as a reincarnation and doesn’t look into it too deeply. In fact, he couldn’t figure it out even if he tried.

From his memories, Ethan Brooks knows that the original owner of this body was the son of a general, barely considered a noble.

Why “barely”? Because now he’s the only one left in his family; everyone else is gone, and there’s no family property. Other than a noble title, he’s no different from an ordinary commoner—maybe even a bit poorer.

But he’s a little better off than commoners in that he owns a courtyard. Although it’s not big, it’s enough for him to live in. This was left by his father, as was his noble status.

His deceased father wasn’t originally a noble—he was a commoner. But his outstanding achievements made him a noble and even earned him the title of count. Although such non-hereditary titles can’t be passed down, the noble status itself can be inherited.

It’s precisely because he inherited noble status that his courtyard wasn’t taken away. On this continent, the property of nobles in every country is protected. No matter who you are, even if you’re the ruler of a nation, you can’t seize it by force.

Likewise, it’s because of his noble status that he can attend the noble academy to study martial arts.

One more thing: Ethan Brooks’s original name was Lan Feng, meaning “blade edge,” because his father was a soldier and naturally chose the name. Later, for some reason, it became Ethan Brooks—apparently because of his mother, but his memories of her are vague.

As far as he knows, his mother was gone by the time he was three. His father said she died of illness.

The world Ethan Brooks is in now consists of several continents, separated by seas, with very little contact between them. The continent where Ethan Brooks lives is the largest one, called the Sacred Land Continent.

On this continent, there is a super empire—the Holy Empire—whose power is unmatched by any other nation or force. It dominates the world, with its territory covering a third of the entire continent.

Within the Holy Empire, several major families are Easterners, especially the Shen family, which is the largest family in the Holy Empire. It’s said they have the power to overthrow the entire empire, even surpassing the royal Gabriel family.

Of course, that’s just hearsay; the truth is unknown.

However, these matters seem to have nothing to do with Ethan Brooks. The country he’s in is just one of the hundreds of other nations, though it’s a relatively strong one, called the Qili Kingdom. The king, if he remembers correctly, is named Chris Brooks.

But the size of a country doesn’t affect the fame of some of its places. For example, the capital of the Qili Kingdom, Qili City, has a very famous academy known across the continent. Many princes and nobles from various countries study there—even the princess of the Holy Empire attends.

The reason for its fame is that many rare experts from the continent are stationed there, and it offers comprehensive instruction in martial arts and magic.

Ethan Brooks is a student at this academy, in the martial arts class.

Also, in this world, Ethan Brooks is fifteen years old this year.

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Damn, why is it that after transmigrating, those people can recover instantly even if they’re seriously injured, disabled, or even dead, but I, after just being poisoned, haven’t recovered at all?

Ethan Brooks really wants to curse out loud right now, but he doesn’t have the energy. He can only try his best to circulate his energy to resist the toxins in his body. Although his body hasn’t practiced tortoise-breathing techniques, this world also has the cultivation of battle energy. Although it’s a bit different, there is still some energy gathered in his body, dispersed throughout various parts.