At the beginning of martial arts cultivation, one must first go through the four major Houtian stages: Martial Student, Martial Disciple, Martial Artist, and Martial Warrior. In the Houtian stage, martial artists need to temper their body, blood Qi, bones, organs, bone marrow, and so on to reach the most perfect state, laying the most stable foundation for future martial arts cultivation. Mu Sen called this the Foundation of Martial Arts.
The Xiantian stage is the true beginning of martial arts cultivation. After entering the Xiantian stage, martial artists must begin to choose their own martial arts path. Although martial arts is only one of the three thousand Great Daos, it has a myriad of variations. Everyone's martial arts path may be unique.
From Martial Master to Martial Ancestor, that's the beginning stage of martial arts cultivation. The true explosive stage of martial arts cultivation is the Earth Change stage. If it's before that, martial artists can reach the point where there are few opponents in the same level. But from the Earth Change stage onwards, martial artists can reach the point where they are invincible in the same level.
From the Earth Change stage onwards, martial artists will begin to open all the acupoints in their body. Every time an acupoint is opened, the martial artist's strength will increase by a step, and their accumulation will also deepen. The 365 acupoints on the human body are perfect for Zhouxing. If one can open all the acupoints in their body, it's possible to challenge those of a higher level.
When a martial artist opens 36 acupoints, they can begin to attempt to break through to the Heaven Change stage. 36 acupoints is the minimum requirement to break through to the Earth Change stage. The more acupoints you open in the Earth Change stage, the stronger you will be after breaking through to the Heaven Change stage.
At the Heaven Change Realm, one would begin to condense their martial dao true intent. Only when the martial dao true intent was condensed and formed could a martial artist be considered to have truly stepped into the Heaven Change Realm. During the Heaven Change Realm, a martial artist would need to constantly temper their martial dao true intent, slowly solidifying it.
Everyone's martial arts intent is different. It could be a weapon, a part of the body, or some kind of life form. In short, it has a myriad of changes. It all depends on what martial arts one has comprehended. The strength of one's martial arts intent is also related to the martial artist's level of comprehension.
If a Heaven Change Grade martial artist wanted to break through to the Heavenly Phenomenon Grade, they would have to completely solidify their Martial Dao True Intent. At this stage, the martial artist would be able to use the Martial Dao True Intent to refine their body, causing their physical body to transform. When the physical body and Martial Dao True Intent completely fused together, that would be the moment they stepped into the Heaven Charge Grade.
After stepping into the Heaven Tier, a martial artist would begin to comprehend the Law of Tendo, fusing the power of the Law with their own martial dao to form their own unique martial dao divine ability. As their comprehension of the Law deepened, their martial dao divine ability would also become stronger.
The Life Star stage was the most critical stage of martial arts cultivation. It was related to whether or not a martial artist could become a Martial Saint. What was a Life Star? It was a Life Star. After stepping into the Life Star stage, a martial artist needed to fuse their Yuan Spirit, True Meaning of Martial Arts, and Principle Strength together to form a Life Star in their Sea of Consciousness.
As one's Martial Truth Intent and the Power of Law improved, the Fated Star would also grow. Furthermore, as long as the Fated Star was not destroyed, the cultivator would not truly die. If one's comprehension of the Power of Law exceeded seventy percent, they would naturally be able to achieve the Origin Dao Fruit, but they would not necessarily become a Martial Saint.
The so-called Martial Saint was to become a Martial Saint through martial arts. If one only achieved the Origin Dao through the Way of Law, what was the difference between that and the Way of Immortality? Only when one's Martial Truth Intent and the Power of Law improved together and reached the Origin Realm together could one be called a Martial Saint.
The Martial Truth Intent was a branch of the Martial Dao Law, but the difference was that the Martial Dao Law belonged to the Tendo, while the Martial Truth Intent completely belonged to the martial artist. In theory, a martial artist's Martial Truth Intent could become infinitely stronger. Of course, this was just a conjecture that needed to be proven in practice.
After listening to Mu Sen's explanation of the Martial Dao, the Three Ancestors of the Human Clan were ecstatic. With such a Martial Dao inheritance, the Human Clan would definitely be able to become a strong clan in the Great Desolation, just like the Shaman and Demon Clan. However, they only saw the power of the Martial Dao inheritance, and never thought about the hardships of Martial Dao cultivation.
Mu Sen did not say much. Now that he had mastered the Martial Dao, it was time to preach to the Human Clan. The Three Ancestors of the Human Clan naturally did not object. They immediately began to gather all the Human Clan to listen to Mu Sen's Martial Dao teachings. Looking at tens of millions of people gathered at the Human Clan's birthplace, Mu Sen's heart was filled with emotions.
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On the Sacred Island of the Blood Sea, River Styx was naturally paying attention to the Human Clan's every move. It was not until Nüwa created humans that he finally realized where his obsession was — humans. That's right! He had never forgotten that he was once a human. Even now, he still had the emotions of a human.
Now that his obsession was clear, River Styx naturally wanted to sever it. But what could he use to sever the corpse? River Styx had a lot of Lingbao, but if he used Lingbao to sever his own corpse, could the corpse be considered a human? Since that was the case, River Styx directly sent his obsession to the Human Clan. While Nüwa was comprehending the Dao, he injected his obsession into the body of the first human that was created.
However, the human body was fragile. If River Styx used Lingbao to sever his own corpse, the corpse would at least be a Quasi-saint level expert. How could a human body withstand the powerful supernatural power of a Quasi-saint level expert? Therefore, River Styx only placed his obsession on a human who had yet to develop consciousness and severed his own corpse. However, his own corpse was just like other humans — a mortal.
Even so, he was able to escape Nüwa's discerning eyes. An ordinary human would naturally not attract Nüwa's attention. However, River Styx did not expect that the rattan that Nüwa used to create humans would automatically choose its owner and fall into the hands of his own corpse after absorbing merit and transforming it into the Human Clan's sacred weapon, the Human Whip.
Fortunately, Nüwa did not examine it carefully, or else she would have definitely discovered the abnormality. Although his own corpse was an ordinary mortal without any supernatural power or Primordial Spirit, it still had River Styx's obsession and possessed extremely powerful spiritual power. Fortunately, Nüwa did not place much importance on the Human Clan. Otherwise, it would be hard to say what would happen.
River Styx severed his own corpse. Since he was a human, River Styx simply allowed him to inherit his human name. Although Mu Sen did not have any cultivation base, as long as he was willing, his cultivation speed was absolutely heaven-defying. After all, he was also a Quasi-saint like River Styx. The only thing he lacked was supernatural power and Primordial Spirit.
If he cultivated the path of immortality, Mu Sen would be able to cultivate all the way to the Quasi-saint level without any obstacles. However, Mu Sen did not cultivate the path of immortality, which came as a surprise to River Styx. River Styx only wanted to sever his obsession. Once his obsession was severed, River Styx would become a true connate demon god and would no longer have any connection with his previous life. This would allow him to cultivate better.
As for the past and the many distracting thoughts, they were all left to Mu Sen. Originally, River Styx did not cultivate the Dao of Three Corpses. He severed his Three Corpses only to increase his strength. If he faced a Saint in the future, he would not be so passive.
River Styx cultivated the Dao of Chaos Demon God. Among the Three Corpses he severed, Red Lotus Taoist had already touched the threshold of the realm of Origin and was only one step away from it. If he could obtain the origin of the Golden Lotus of Merits in the future, Red Lotus Taoist's strength would definitely improve further. As for how far he could go, River Styx could not predict.
On the other hand, Qiankun Taoist cultivated the Dao of World Ascension. Although this was only the result of River Styx's deduction, if it was true, Qiankun Taoist's achievements in the future might not be lower than Red Lotus Taoist's at all. However, the Dao of World Ascension was too difficult, and required too much accumulation. It could not be completed in a short period of time. No one knew how long it would take for Qiankun Taoist to reach the realm of Origin.
Now, his Self Corpse, Mu Sen, had inherited all the humanity of River Styx in his previous life. In River Styx's opinion, his Self Corpse had the weakest foundation among his Three Corpses. Although the human body was created by combining the Natural Living Soil and the Triple Light Sacred Water with the Power of Creation, it was still far inferior to the Natural Lingbao.
Therefore, River Styx did not have high expectations for his Self Corpse, Mu Sen. He only hoped that Mu Sen could live well for him as a human. However, he forgot that although he was an otaku in his previous life, he was also an otaku with crazy pursuits. Moreover, humans were inherently endlessly creative.
Mu Sen naturally knew River Styx's thoughts. Compared to any race in the Great Desolation, the current human race was too weak. Moreover, even if the human race embarked on the path of cultivation, they would have no advantage against any other race. The human race had only been born for less than a hundred years, and their foundation was too shallow. Even though River Styx wanted to support them, he had many concerns.
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