Cultivation

## **Martial Techniques**

**Levels**

Divided into 9 levels: (W to S)

* **1st**
* **2nd**
* **3rd**
* **4th**
* **5th**
* **6th - King**
* **7th - Royal**
* **8th - Imperial**
* **9th - Honorable**

**Grades**

Each Level is divided into three grades:

* *Lower*
* *Medium*
* *Upper*

**Comprehension**

* Minor Completion Realm
* Great Completion Realm
* Completion Realm

## Martial Souls

There were countless types of Martial Souls with varying levels of strength. They were divided into three classes, namely heaven, earth and human class, each of which was classified into nine ranks. The higher a martial artist's level of Martial Soul, the stronger his power and potential were, and the faster his ability to cultivate was. Everyone knew that the level of one’s Martial Soul decided his future accomplishments. The rank of one’s Martial Soul was determined at birth and unchangeable after awakening. This was an eternally immutable truth. The cultivating talent of a martial artist was mainly determined by the level of their Martial Soul, the stronger the Martial Soul one awakened, the further one would go in martial arts.

A Martial Soul has many unique uses, like helping a martial artist absorb the Spiritual Qi of the Heavens and the Earth. Take a Sword Martial Soul for example. It can improve the attack of a martial artist, making it keener and more lethal. Or a Monolith Martial Soul. It can intensify a martial artist’s attack, improving his defense as well. Of course, there are many different kinds of Martial Souls, like those supreme Martial Souls on the Ancient Martial Soul Board. They all possess incredible, unique powers…

If a martial artist lost his Martial Soul, not only would his strength be decreased, but also would his cultivating be problematic. Because martial artists relied on Martial Soul to absorb Spiritual Qi of heaven and earth.

 Middle
 Strongest

* *Each Has Nine Ranks with 9th being the strongest.*

### Twin Martial Souls

Martial artists who possess two kinds of Martial Souls at the same time, they were all rare talents. Even if their two Martial Souls were only of Rank 6 or 7 of the Human Class, the martial artists who enjoyed talent beyond that of martial artists with Earth Class Martial Souls.

Those with three Martial Souls were called Threefold Martial Soul.

## Figthing Souls

A martial artist promoted to the Martial Emperor Realm from the Martial Royal Realm would change from the Martial Soul to the Fighting Soul. The evolution of a Martial Soul into a Fighting Soul is a Martial Soul’s first metamorphosis. To make sure it happens, you must depend on the Force of the Ultimacy. That will determine how powerful your Fighting Soul will be. The higher the level of your Martial Soul, the more powerful your Fighting Soul will be, after it has evolved. It’s best to learn an Ultimacy suitable for your Martial Soul. Of course, certain supreme geniuses in the Five Elements can cultivate many different kinds of Ultimacy as well. After evolving into a Fighting Soul, a Martial Soul is not just stronger… it can soar into the sky and penetrated under the earth… as well as overturn rivers and the seas.

The Fighting Soul’s quality was divided into four classes: primary, medium, senior and perfect. For example, those Rank 1 or Rank 2 Heaven Class Martial Souls, even if they were special, only belonged to primary class after developing into the Fighting Soul. Some Rank 7 or Rank 8 Martial Souls, though equipped with matched Ultimacies, were at most Advanced Fighting Souls. Only a Rank 9 Heaven Class Martial Soul with the most powerful and appropriate Ultimacy could make a perfect Fighting Soul. The Fighting Soul’s power relied on both its type and quality.

To evolve into a Perfect Fighting Soul, one must first possess a Rank 9 Fighting Soul. After which, the two had to see eye-to-eye and have very strong Ultimacies. Lastly, an extremely powerful Spiritual Soul was needed. None one of the four conditions could do without the either. Not a single one of these conditions was dispensable. In fact, over 80% of the warriors in the Martial Emperor Realm were Elementary Fighting Souls and only 10% were Intermediate ones. Among the remaining 10%, most of them were Advanced Fighting Souls and very few were Perfect Fighting Souls.

There was even a rumor that as long as the Fighting Soul was intact, a man would be immortal. This meant that as long as the Fighting Soul was not destroyed, the martial artist would not die even if his physical body was utterly destroyed. He would still be able to live in the world. As long as the Fighting Soul was not destroyed, a Martial Emperor could take over another’s body whenever it wished.

## Martial Ordeals

### Martial King Ordeal

To reach the Martial King, an ordinary martial artist’s Martial King Ordeal, the Calamity Clouds normally stopped expanding when it reached 5,000 meters wide. In the history of the Divine Martial Country, the strongest Calamity Clouds was only 15,000 meters wide. During a standard Martial King Punishment, the lightning punishment would disappear after it flashed once, regardless of whether the martial artist survived or died.

**Monstrous-talent Ordeal :** If the Calamity Clouds reached 50,000 meters wide, the ordeal should be called the Monstrous-talent Ordeal. The Monstrous-talent Ordeal was the most horrible Martial King Ordeal in the histories of the Firmament and Continent. It almost killed every target. The monsters formed by lightning punishment would continue to attack until either the martial artist died or it was destroyed. It barely happened in every million years. Only the most incredible, monstrous, and overpowered talents could enjoy the Monstrous-talent Ordeal. This was the punishment from heaven. Talents that were too incredible should not exist. Only one out of ten monstrous talents could survive the Monstrous-talent Ordeal.

### Martial Royal Ordeal

The Martial Royal Ordeal was a small ordeal for martial artists.

### Martial Emperor Ordeal

The Martial Emperor Ordeal is a major ordeal, the Ordeal of Death.

## Martial Will

There were various types of martial will. The will of a knivesman’s awareness was called saber will, and the will of swordsman’s awareness was called sword will. The martial will was ethereally surreal. It might be impossible for most people to ever come to this awareness in their entire lives. Only a few strong and ingenious martial artists could become aware of the martial will. Martial will was very helpful in increasing a martial artist’s potential. The martial artist who was aware of martial will could easily defeat his opponents at the same stage in a battle.

Sword will is a type of martial will. There is weak and strong martial will, and there are nine levels in total. Every level is also divided into four realms of early stage, middle stage, late stage, and completion. All martial wills have their own properties. For example, there is Fire Will, Thunder Will, and other kinds of special martial wills. The higher the martial will, the more it increases the combat strength.

More information here.

## Ultimacies

Ultimacy is the Way, the Way of Heaven and Earth. It is said there are 3,000 Ways and Ultimacy is the foundation where the rules of the Way are laid. Royal-level martial arts techniques involve the Way of Heaven and Earth and some need it to comprehend said technique faster or at all.

The strongest ones are the special Ultimacies, including the Immortality Ultimacy, Destruction Ultimacy, and Killing Ultimacy. These special Ultimacies are the dream of many experts and geniuses, no one has ever been able to fully grasp them and witness the full extent of their power.

* The Immortality Ultimacy, when fully understood, allows one’s physical body and Dark Force to last for eons.
* The Destruction and Killing Ultimacies can endow martial artists with the incredible power to demolish a planet with a single thought. It could not only greatly improve one attack, but also allow one to give off killing desire strong enough to shatter his opponents’ resolve.

The Ultimacy is of great significance. For martial artists above the Martial Emperor Realm, your ultimate strength depends on three factors: cultivation, Fighting Soul and Ultimacy.

## Rules

When one reached Rank 9 Great Completion Stage in the Ultimacy, he would be able to understand the power of the Rules. The Rules were known as the Rules of the Universe or the Rules of the Path. It was the highest level in the Ultimacy.

## Great Daos (Great Ways)

When a cultivator stepped into the Dao Realm, his power of Rules would evolve into the Rules of Great Dao. The so-called Great Dao was divided into four levels: Basic, Basic, Major and Consummate.

Experts in the low extreme of the Dao Realm would have Basic, experts in the medium extreme would have Basic and experts in the High Extreme of the Dao Realm would have Major.

## Outside the Rules of the Heaven

Anything and anyone that did not obey the Rules of Heaven was exceptional and bizarre. In the history of the universe, there were a few other exceptional people who had shocked the whole world with their powers. However, virtually all of these exceptions died in the end.

Anyone whose destiny did not obey the Rules of Heaven could be a Reincarnated Body. Granted, it was only a possibly and nothing could be confirmed.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 1220
2. ↑ Chapter 931
3. ↑ Chapter 95
4. ↑ Chapter 412
5. ↑ Chapter 1220
6. ↑ Chapter 1236
7. ↑ Chapter 1264
8. ↑ Chapter 1131
9. ↑ Chapter 1165
10. ↑ Chapter 890
11. ↑ Chapter 1053
12. ↑ Chapter 73
13. ↑ Chapter 753
14. ↑ Chapter 964
15. ↑ Chapter 972
16. ↑ Chapter 1240
17. ↑ Chapter 2238
18. ↑ Chapter 2916
19. ↑ Chapter 1697
20. ↑ Chapter 2047