Sura.
The Nether River Patriarch had founded Sura. After he led the Suras in betraying the Three Realms, he conquered a lesser realm and founded the Suras.
At present, the Sura Realm occupied an entire planetary system and ruled over hundreds of living planets.
In the center of the starry sky of the Asura Realm floated an enormous blood-colored continent … Upon closer inspection, this blood-colored continent was not a continent, but a vast and boundless sea of blood.
The Blood Sea was so vast that even a small planet falling into it would not cause much of a ripple.
There were Immortal Palaces floating above the sea of blood, and there were living beings living in them.
Among these beings, the men were big and burly and ugly, while the women were extremely charming … This was a normal situation in the Asura Race. It was said that the men of the Asura Race were extremely ugly, while the women of the Asura Race were all beautiful women.
Suddenly, the Blood Sea churned and billowed with waves.
Within one of the immortal palaces, several Sura elites shrouded in Grand Luo Daoist Presence swiftly flew out. They stood in the air and looked down upon the great Blood Sea below, and it took half an incense stick's worth of time before the churning sea finally calmed.
"What's going on?"
A Golden Immortal Realm old man from the Asura Clan frowned while a wisp of surprise flashed through his eyes. He said in a low voice, "After the founding ancestor established the Asura World all those years ago, he fell into a deep slumber. He even sent out his will some time ago, so he should be close to awakening …"
"Could the Blood Sea be shaking all of a sudden because of the patriarch's awakening?"
There were seven Grand Luo among the Suras.
Four of them resided in the Sura Blood Sea.
The four Grand Luo were rapidly communicating, and the elderly Sura Grand Luo finally spoke, "How about this? I'll try and see if I can communicate with the patriarch's will."
Soon, the old man landed in the Blood Sea and dove into its depths.
His Daoist Presence emanated as his divine will kept communicating with the Blood Sea …
Finally, a will ripple was captured by his divine will …
"Prime Killer …"
"Prime Killer …"
The old man's expression twitched as he exclaimed in surprise, "That's … the patriarch's will!"
"Prime Killer?"
"Could the patriarch's Prime Killer Sword have appeared?"
… …
Jiang He was unaware of all that. Right now, he was sprawled over the stone table beneath the Old Tea Tree of Enlightenment, scribbling away furiously as he created a martial cultivation manual that he had been working on for a long time.
This martial arts cultivation method was created by combining the inspiration of many wuxia and fantasy books. It was divided into nine levels, and its purpose was to simplify martial arts, so that all martial artists would have more opportunities to peek into the supreme realm of martial arts.
Previously, martial arts cultivation was divided into nine ranks before divine-tier.
Rank-1, Rank-2, and Rank-3 were meant to temper the body's Qi and blood and build up one's strength.
The fourth rank of the Martial Path was to cultivate True Qi.
At the seventh rank of martial arts, one could become a Grandmaster and cultivate Mentality.
Only when one's Spiritual Energy was perfected and they grasped the power of a concept would they have a chance of breaking through to the Divine Power Realm.
Now, Jiang He had recategorized martial arts. The first tier of martial arts was to temper the body's qi and blood, and he named it Acquired Realm. He had also categorized Acquired Realm in detail into four tiers.
Warrior, Third-Rated Warrior, Second-Rated Warrior, and First-Rated Warrior.
As long as one's fist strength reached 500 catties, along with speed and reflexes that met the requirements, they would be considered a martial artist.
Third-Rated Warrior's fist strength reached 2,000 catties.
Second-Rated Warrior's fist strength reached 5,000 catties.
First-rated Warrior's fist strength reached 5,000 catties.
Of course, those were the lowest standards.
The weakest First-rated Warrior's fist strength could reach 5,000 catties, while the strongest … could reach up to a hundred thousand catties.
Moreover, Acquired Realm was not purely about tempering one's physique and qi, since it was rather difficult to cultivate one's physical strength to 5,000 catties … Acquired Realm allowed one to cultivate inner strength and True Qi, although True Qi could not leave the body to attack.
"Hmm … First-rated Warriors only need to cultivate their inner strength and True Qi to the limits of their cinnabar fields, and achieve unity of qi and strength and spirit to ascend to Innate Realm." Jiang He finished writing down the first tier's detailed categorization.
To put it simply, unity of qi and strength, spirit and qi simply meant that martial artists had to reach the realm of being one with the world. Moreover, if their spirit was powerful enough, they could control their own inner strength and True Qi.
"The difficulty for Acquired Realm martial artists to ascend to Innate Realm is a little lower than rank-six martial artists to ascend to rank-seven grandmasters. However, according to my categorization of martial arts, once they reach Innate Realm, their combat ability would definitely surpass rank-seven grandmasters."
Jiang He thought to himself.
The second martial arts tier he had created was Innate Realm.
Innate Realm martial artists' inner strength and True Qi would turn into Innate True Qi, which could be used to attack outside the body. Moreover, they could choose to cultivate Innate True Qi of different attributes when ascending, which would greatly aid their understanding of the Boundary of Wills.
When a Boundary of Wills was cultivated to perfection, it would naturally be divine-tier.
Of course.
Jiang He had also changed the categorization of divine-tier.
In fact, it could be considered the pinnacle of divine-tier cultivation …
He named the tier above Innate Realm as' Void-tier '.
The so-called 'Void-tier' was actually a process of understanding and assimilating the world's energies, and it roughly corresponded to the Golden Pellet tier of cultivators. However, once cultivated to a certain level, one could attack from a distance or engage in melee combat, and would definitely overpower Golden Pellets in terms of combat ability.
"Divine-Tempest is above Void-tier. At this level of martial arts cultivation, not only could they control a certain amount of the world's might, they could also absorb the energies of the sun, the moon, and the stars, turning them into Nature Qi. Their combat ability would soar, and they could even kill True Child cultivators!"
"Above divine-tempest is Yin-Yang!"
"Cultivating to this tier involves the Martial Yuan Spirit, and one could use both the energies of Yin and Yang."
"The sixth realm of martial arts is the Celestial Being Realm. When Yin and Yang are perfectly integrated, it is the Celestial Being Realm. When one's martial arts cultivation reaches this level, one can refine martial arts mystical abilities … Hmm, this realm needs to be properly divided. This martial arts mystical ability is naturally stronger than the mystical abilities of the old martial arts system."
"Let's borrow the tier from the book called Eternal Life …"
"Divine-Tier martial artists can refine godly martial arts, turning the godly martial arts they have mastered into a godly seed. During battle, it would explode in an instant, allowing the martial artist to attack faster and more swiftly. This tier corresponds to the Dao Integration Realm …"
"When Divine-Tier martial artists and Dao Integration Realm cultivators fight, once they get close, the Dao Integration Realm cultivators would have no way to defend themselves with their godly martial arts. However, long-range attacks would be slightly weaker …"
"How about this, Divine-Tier martial artists can also refine artifacts … Wait, wouldn't this artifact be the same as cultivators?"
"Let's call it a Treasure Artifact!"
"The seventh tier of martial arts is the Consolidation Realm, which can combine the various godly martial arts cultivated in Divine-Tier into one. The more godly martial arts refined, the stronger one's strength would be. This corresponds to the Tribulation Realm of the Immortal Dao …"
"The eighth tier of martial arts, Golden Pellet of Martial Arts!"
"Refining the godly martial arts cultivated in Consolidation into a Golden Pellet of Martial Arts, and once the Golden Pellet is released, the various godly martial arts would definitely overwhelm Mahayana-tier cultivators."
"The ninth tier of martial arts, Wind and Fire Calamity."
"After all, cultivators would have to suffer retributions, and martial artists would not be able to explain themselves if they don't … Once they do, they would be equal to immortals … and the martial arts tier after that shall be called Immortal-Tier!"
"Everyone knows that martial artists do not live as long as cultivators, but since I'm going to create a martial arts cultivation method like no other, I must break that shackle!"
Jiang He stopped when he reached the ninth tier of martial arts.
According to his thinking, Immortal-Tier was the tenth tier of martial arts, corresponding to the Heavenly Immortal tier of cultivators.
As for lifespan …
How should he fabricate … ahem, how should he create it?
"Everyone says that Heavenly Immortals are beyond the Three Realms and do not belong to the Five Elements, sharing the same lifespan as the world itself. However, that is not the case — Heavenly Immortals have an end to their lifespan. Leaving aside accidental deaths such as war, slaughter, and cultivation deviation … a Heavenly Immortal would at most live for a single epoch."
A epoch was around 129,600 years.
Moreover, Golden Immortals were also known as Longevity Immortals, meaning that cultivating to Golden Immortal was true longevity.
"I could make some restrictions to prevent martial artists from becoming useless after cultivating to Longevity Immortals."
"For example, when a martial artist ascends to Longevity Immortal, he would live for ten thousand years. That is the first tier of Longevity Immortal, and we'll call it Ten Thousand Years. It is equivalent to Heavenly Immortals who cultivate to Ten Thousand Years, and fifty thousand years at the pinnacle!"
"The second tier of Longevity Immortal is Undying, and could match True Immortals."
"Of course, Undying does not mean that one is truly invincible. One would still die if they encounter an elite or live to the end of their lifespan. Undying refers to cultivating an undying body, and one could be reborn from a single drop of blood. Even if one's physical body is destroyed, one could recover as long as one's Martial Yuan Spirit is not destroyed."
"Undying means a lifespan of a hundred thousand years."
"Let's call the third tier of Longevity Immortal Grotto-Heaven."
"Warriors who have cultivated to this realm can condense their own Grotto-Heavens. When they fight, they can draw on the power of the Grotto-Heavens, which can last for a long time. Moreover, they can erupt with even stronger power. They can even use the power of the Grotto-Heavens to comprehend the laws of space. At that time, even powerful Grotto-Heavens Realm warriors can perform space teleportation."
"Since the third tier of Longevity Immortal could match Golden Immortals … let's create another tier … Realm King!"
"Realm King martial artists could match Grand Luo and have the power to destroy an entire realm …"
Jiang He, who had been furiously scribbling suddenly paused.
What the hell!
He exclaimed in surprise and murmured, "I was so preoccupied with creating martial arts that I forgot to communicate with Minister Wang … Minister Wang is now the number one in martial arts in all the realms, and his strength is only comparable to a perfected Golden Celestial. At best, he's slightly stronger than a perfected Golden Celestial. He's more or less at the Grotto-Heaven Realm in the martial arts I created."
"But …"
"Has Minister Wang cultivated a grotto-heaven???"
Most likely …
No.
Even so, Jiang He was not too worried about that.
After all, it was not too late for him to condense a grotto-heaven even if he had not …
Most importantly, he had only written down to the thirteenth tier of martial arts.
He had even thought of fourteenth and fifteenth tiers …
Jiang He was even ready to learn from the Dragon-Elephant Prajna and come up with eighteen tiers …
How should his abilities be divided then?
Stronger than Saints?
Wouldn't that be nonsense?
"Whatever …"
"It would be a little unrealistic if the cultivation method was too overpowered, and there's no guarantee that it would succeed. The thirteenth tier of martial arts, the King tier, is comparable to a Grand Luo, so I'll create another fourteenth tier that is comparable to a Demi-Saint."
What special traits and abilities did Demi-Saints have?
Jiang He thought hard for half a day …
"I'm just a measly Grand Luo who had cultivated for a year. Since when have I ever seen a Demi-Saint? How would I know the moves of a Demi-Saint? "
"Well, I don't have to compare the fourteenth tier to Demi-Saint. I'll just make something up …"
"Let's call the tenth tier Eternal."
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