Battle Force

## Introduction

Battle Force (战气) is a body cultivation method that and is not reliant on stellular energy. Battle force was created by Gu Yizhi, the Dao Monarch of the Third Mainland and is the pinnacle of body cultivation.

## Information

Battle force is the will of the body and manifests the body's strength and enhance it. Created by Gu Yizhi, it was one of the cultivation method that was from the Third Mainland, and cultivated by cultivators of the Heavens Sect. He said that human cultivation can be categorized as internal or external. For internal, there are methods such as star energy and death energy. It’s when any one of those various energies flow through the meridians, or even through blood. As for external, that’s all about the physical body. Normal people just see flesh and bones, but that flesh was what the Third Mainland developed to create the colossal giants, the lesser giants, and all kinds of external powers. External cultivation is in no way inferior to internal cultivation, and it’s simply that the human body lacks the necessary key.

### Cultivation Method

After the destruction and fall of the Mainlands, although Battle force still existed in the Perennial World and the Fifth Mainland, the main method of cultivating battle force had been lost in history. The rough way in which the Fifth Mainland cultivated battle force was through pressure or through the will of constant battle. It is the body of which determination and endurance that allows for the progression of battle force but this rough method could barely reach the nine lined battle force.

The most important aspect of improving battle force is spirit which was known to the Fifth Mainland but the cultivation method was lost. The cultivation method of battle force was through maintaining the battle force for a long period of time, for the battle force to condense and the color deepen. The battle force that has been maintained would seep into the body and etch itself into the deepest parts, similar to a tattoo branding onto the body. It takes just as long to cultivate battle force into the body as it takes for cultivators to cultivate stellular energy but battle force has a high demand on the cultivators body and not all are suitable to cultivate battle force.

A method to drawing out battle force and increase their level was to use spiritual force to highlight whatever desires lie hidden in the depths of their heart and then draw them out to triggering their potential.

## Lined Battle Force

Battle force is categorized by the number of lined, and nine lined is the most powerful.A person's spirit and tenacity in face of ambition can also upgrade battle force. Battle Force has nine lined which each lined co-responses to a different aura radiance it emits.

* Four lined battle force has a purple aura.
* Five lined battle force has a dark gold aura.
* Six lined battle force has a green aura.
* Seven lined battle force has a blue aura.
* Eight lined battle force has a purple aura.
* Nine lined battle force has a red aura.
* Ten lined battle force which has a golden aura.\*(note)

### Aurelian Force

For the Fifth Mainland, aurelian force had existed but unfortunately the path towards it was broken. The aurelian force was colorless and creates a region of control within the void. Its all-consuming energy is invincible, allowing a cultivator's body to overwhelm and suppress enemies. The stronger one’s physical body, the stronger their aurelian force.

### Wielder - Indestructible

A purplish-black substance that wraps around the body and has a dim glow. Cultivating battle force to the Wielder realm is something that relies on luck. It is a level that essentially integrates battle force and a person’s physical body at the most fundamental level. Dao Monarch Gu Yizhi even theorized that it might be possible that Wielder - Indestructible doesn’t even require a person to have attained aurelian force, as long as their battle force can be fully integrated with their body. For example, a Sentinel can achieve two or three lined battle force, at best, but if that same person manages to fuse their battle force with their body through some miracle, then they would also be able to reach the Wielder realm of battle force. Rather than saying that Wielder - Indestructible is the pinnacle of cultivating battle force, it would be more accurate to say that the Wielder realm opens up an alternate path of cultivating battle force. According to Dao Monarch Gu Yizhi, Wielder - Indestructible is the true path to cultivating battle force, and it can even be considered the true path of human cultivation.

Battle force is a power that comes from within people, from their core. It is rooted in the essence of the human body. There is no need for any sort of external energy to improve one’s battle force. Even if the Fifth Mainland’s true universe is depleted and empty, it is still possible to cultivate battle force and reach the Wielder realm. That level of battle force can compare to the greatest power that humans have ever achieved, but without relying on any outside influences. Battle force is something that comes from the individual themselves.

The method that the Dao Monarch used to promote Wielder - Indestructible was to use a single point of Wielder realm substance as a guide to transform a person’s aurelian force. Only once one can successfully transform their aurelian force and manifest the substance that indicates success. It was the substance that was formed from Wielder - Indestructible. It looked like materialized battle force, which was not an incorrect way of thinking about it. Much like the difference between a stone and air, while both were made of matter, a stone could easily pass through air with little resistance. In the same manner, regardless of how powerful a person’s aurelian force was, it would be like nothing more than air to Wielder - Indestructible, which was more substantial, like a stone. That substance just needs to enter one's body and once that happens, they will know if it worked as their aurelian force will start to automatically transform.

The process of transforming aurelian force into Wielder - Indestructible is a painful process. Regardless of how profound cultivation becomes, as long as one possess a body, that pain will exist. A cultivator would normally be able to tolerant pain but the pain caused by the substance felt as if the perosn had transformed back into a normal person who was suffering in hell, with the body felt as if being melted and destroyed over and over. He said that the Wielder realm of battle force is the true path of human cultivation, and it is the only path that can allow a person to truly master their body. Thousands of others were taught before Hen Xin, but all of them failed. The lucky ones had their cultivation completely destroyed, while the unlucky ones were torn apart. Dao Monarch Gu Yizhi’s teachings meant that many battle force experts appeared over the course of many years. His ultimate goal was to have those people reach the Wielder realm and arrive at the peak of battle force. Unfortunately, not one person ever succeeded aside from Hen Xin.

## Story

In the Fifth Mainland, battle force had existed but was difficult to cultivate as the Fifth Mainland only knew it required spirit but had no cultivation method for battle force. They used a more brute force method of requiring immense endurance, through hardship, or through battle and pressure, The ten lined battle force displayed by Lu Yin was only equivalent to Enlighter realm level of power, while the true method of cultivating battle force allowed even just five lined battle force to reach the Hunter realm.

In the Perennial World, battle force was a cultivation method that had existed and could be cultivated but not as popularized. Although not many, there are a number of cultivators that have reached aurelian force but it is still rare for cultivators to cultivate battle force.

For the Sixth Mainland, battle force and domain had not be cultivated nor popularized due to the belief (created by the Aeternals) that it was not strong or comparable to the power of Imprints.

## Trivia

* Since Gu Yizhi had created both battle force and the colossal giant bloodline, the colossal giants are also cultivators of battle force.
* The Warden of the Gaia's Swamp had cultivated aurelian force through his bloodline, not through the traditional training methods.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 2079
2. ↑ Chapter 129
3. ↑ Chapter 305
4. ↑ The author retconned this as the Golden Battle Force was above nine lined battle force but below aurelian force. After Book 7, Chapter 2080, the golden battle force changed to ten lined battle force.
5. ↑ Chapter 1337
6. ↑ Chapter 2023
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Chapter 2369
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Chapter 2370
9. ↑ Chapter 2080