Martial Cultivation

Martial Cultivation is an 'archetype' of Heaven's Path. It is similar to Spiritual Cultivation in many ways, but focuses on weapons and intent-based attacks rather than arts and formations.
== Overview ==
Martial cultivators follow more or less the same progression as spiritual cultivators, but instead of focusing on qi refinement as the central concept it instead focus on Martial Intent developed via the use of specialized martial techniquesGlossary & Terms. Technically speaking, Buddhists, body refiners and dharma cultivators also use certain forms of martial cultivation, specifically 'empty hand' forms, but it is most well-known as being the method of those walking the path of the Martial CultivationChapter 47 (old), Arai PoV. Sword Immortals are a specific sub-set of martial cultivators that focus on raising a sword as a spiritual weapon that will have its own intent (and eventually soul) that will fight alongside their owner. 
==Eastern Azure==
Martial Cultivation is one of the most popular methods of cultivation on Eastern Azure Great World, following Spiritual Cultivation and Body Refinement.
The controlling powers of Eastern Azure are mostly spiritual and martial cultivators. Martial cultivation on Eastern Azure is believed to have originated from the Western Shu continentBook One Prologue, Jun Arai PoV.
== In the story ==
We have only one example of characters learning Martial Intent in any particular depth, Jun Arai and Jun Sana self-teach in Book 2, and they don't really know what they're doing either, so the details of exactly how waving a weapon around in the right pattern gives you force powers is unknown.
==References==
Category:Cultivation