Humanity was suddenly thrown into the age of cold weapons. How could frail humans possibly stand against ferocious beasts with nothing but cold weapons?
Fortunately, the beasts that had just arrived on Earth were all low-level, giving humanity a chance to survive.
After extensive research, scientists discovered that humans could harness a mysterious substance that had appeared on Earth. Thus, a brand-new profession emerged: martial artists.
To become a martial artist, one had to train the body, absorb spiritual energy, and break through the limits of the human body.
At the same time, humans awakened their Martial Souls.
Martial Soul ranks: Weak, Inferior, Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Top, and Mythic.
As for Mythic and higher, no such Martial Soul had ever appeared in the human world, and no one believed they truly existed.
From then on, schools no longer offered majors in mathematics, physics, and chemistry. Their curricula were entirely devoted to cultivation.
The Star-Absorbing Art, Longevity Formula, Nine Yang Manual, Nine Yin Manual, Xuanwu Art, Eight Desolations and Six Directions Art, Only I Am Supreme Art, Lesser Formless Art, Taijiquan, Northern Darkness Divine Art, Tortoise Breathing Art, Muscle-Tendon Change Classic, One Yang Finger, and Six Meridians Divine Sword were required subjects.
Some advanced techniques, such as Taijiquan and the Six Meridians Divine Sword, could also be used in combat, giving practitioners the ability to both cultivate and fight.
The Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms, Dog-Beating Staff Technique, Dugu Nine Swords, Wudang Swordsmanship, Emei Swordsmanship, Diamond Finger, Eight Trigrams Palm, and others were all martial techniques.