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Observing the children seated attentively before her, the female teacher's eyes gleamed with satisfaction.

"Alright, the next topic in our history lesson is the New Martial Era, which I know you've all been eagerly anticipating."

With that, the female teacher turned and lightly tapped the water screen projector behind her.

Instantly, the words "New Martial Era" shone brightly on the screen.

"In the year 1401, during the third year of Emperor Hui's reign of the Ming Dynasty, a celestial object descended upon the summit of Mount Kunlun. Following this event, Mount Kunlun cracked open, releasing an abundance of Spiritual Qi, marking the beginning of the era of Spiritual Qi resurgence. This year was subsequently redefined as the inaugural year of the New Martial Era."

Over the next century, as the world's Spiritual Qi fully revived, the benefits extended beyond humanity to the wild beasts.

During this time, some beasts evolved intelligence, with a few even mastering the art of breath control, transforming into Demonic Beasts and starting to prey on humans.

Initially, humans managed to resist and effectively counterattack using their sharp weapons. However, as the resurgence of Spiritual Qi intensified, the number of Demonic Beasts grew, and their rate of advancement far outpaced that of humans.

Eventually, the Demonic Beast uprising began.

Over the following fifty years, Demonic Beasts dominated the planet, causing human populations to plummet. At the darkest point, there were fewer than 30 million humans worldwide.

Nevertheless, the resurgence of Spiritual Qi wasn't without its advantages for humanity. Besides the enhancement of individual strength, significant advancements in brain development emerged as a hallmark of this era.

Amidst the fifty years of turmoil instigated by the Demonic Beasts, humanity rapidly progressed through three industrial revolutions, transitioning from the Iron Age to a technological civilization.

At humanity's most desperate hour, the nuclear bomb, mankind's ultimate weapon, was unveiled.

Leveraging nuclear weaponry, humans swiftly launched a counteroffensive, gradually securing their territories.

However, the indiscriminate use of nuclear arms led to mutations among many Demonic Beasts, making them even more formidable.

Despite their increased power, the Demonic Beasts recognized the devastating might of nuclear weapons and ultimately agreed to coexist with humans, dividing territories among themselves.

In the subsequent fifty-plus years, humans and Demonic Beasts experienced a relatively peaceful coexistence.

Humans, after all, are humans. Despite the fact that the benefits they reaped from the revival of spiritual energy paled in comparison to those gained by the mighty Demonic Beasts, the sheer number of humans was overwhelming.

Leveraging human intelligence, the gradual acclimatization to the renewed spiritual energy, and the emergence of ancient methods, humanity made a significant breakthrough. Two hundred years into the new era of martial arts, humans witnessed the rise of their first War God Level champion!

The emergence of War God Level champions signified that humanity's individual martial prowess had become formidable enough to rival the apex predators among the Demonic Beasts.

Over the next fifty years, humans consistently elevated more than ten individuals to War God Level status. Meanwhile, the Demonic Beast population, already decimated by previous human nuclear strikes and hindered by their own slow reproductive rates, began to fall behind in the number of top-tier combatants.

As the count of humanity's elite grew and technological advancements surged forward, humans launched a counteroffensive. Over the next thirty years, at the cost of hundreds of millions of lives, they succeeded in driving the Demonic Beasts into barren wastelands.

By the year 2335 of the New Martial Era, humans had reclaimed their status as the dominant force on Earth.

In the year 2371 of the New Martial Era, human spacefaring capabilities made a groundbreaking leap, opening the door to the exploration of worlds beyond our own.

By the year 2401 of the New Martial Era, the human spacecraft, Explorer, made a historic encounter with an intelligent species from across the cosmos—the Western Civilization.

From that moment, humanity officially stepped into—

"The Galaxy Era..."