Chapter 103: The Five Realms of Body Refinement, The Three Innate Realms

The realm divisions of Qi and Blood Martial Arts.

The Five Stages of Body Tempering are the beginning and also the most fundamental.

Meridian Opening, Tendon Strengthening, Bone Forging, Marrow Transformation, Blood Replacement.

These five stages are collectively known as Postnatal Body Tempering.

As the name suggests, it is to temper and refine the martial artist’s body, allowing the physical body to continuously surpass its limits and generate an endless flow of vast Qi and Blood.

After that, it’s the transition from Postnatal to Innate.

The Qi and Blood of an Innate Martial Artist are like a calm lake when at rest, and like a raging river when in motion.

Every punch and kick is imbued with Gang Qi, and the strong can even walk on air and use Qi to cut down enemies.

Observation of Principles, Soul Nurturing, Seeing the Divine, these are the Three Innate Stages.

In common folk terms, the Three Innate Stages have more down-to-earth names: Grandmaster, Great Grandmaster, and Supreme Grandmaster.

“I’m still too weak right now.”

“Not to mention the later stages, even the Five Stages of Body Tempering require me to slowly refine.”

“Things like Human Immortals are matters to consider much later.”

Inside the wooden house.

Xu Xi slowly finished his practice, exhaling a long breath of white turbid air, which slowly dissipated in the air.

Meridian Opening is just the first insignificant small stage in Qi and Blood Martial Arts.

But a martial artist is still a martial artist.

Ultimately transcending mortals.

From now on, Xu Xi’s life and daily routine no longer need to be confined to the monotonous and tedious physical labor as before.

…

[Thanks to your innate thick Qi and Blood, you have successfully entered the first stage of martial arts, with your meridians and body fully connected by Qi and Blood, forming an endless cycle of Zhou Tian]

[Now, although you cannot release Daoist Magic or Magic]

[Your physical body has been unprecedentedly strengthened]

[You feel very happy, and when you clench your fist, the surging power makes you feel as if you could kill a cultivator or magician of the same level with one punch]

[But you are not blinded by the increase in strength]

[The realm divisions of Qi and Blood Martial Arts, from bottom to top, are the Five Stages of Body Tempering and the Three Innate Stages, and only by successfully completing these eight stages can you achieve Martial Dao Immortal and witness a more exciting world]

[As someone only at the Meridian Opening stage, you clearly have no right to be arrogant]

[You clearly know that your future holds infinite possibilities, but before the future arrives, potential is just potential]

[You pack up all your belongings, leave the dilapidated wooden house you used to live in, and quit your original job]

[You start to persist in practicing martial arts]

[You start to persist in honing your skills]

[You first become an assistant instructor at a martial arts school as a transition, the income from which allows you to live comfortably and buy better Qi and Blood medicines]

[Simulation Year 3, you are 18 years old, you quit your job as an assistant instructor]

[Your persistence pays off, your martial arts evolve in the ordinary, you directly skip the Tendon Strengthening stage from Meridian Opening and become a Bone Forging martial artist]

[Now, your punches are terrifying, with the amazing Qi and Blood bonus, you can withstand Blood Replacement martial artists without losing]

[You successfully cross the class, purchasing a house in Qingniu Town]

[You did not open a martial arts school, nor did you choose to join a sect, but you have a stable income]

[Some people heard about your rapid advancement and specially visited to offer gold and silver, just to ask you to instruct their children]

[Simulation Year 4, you are 19 years old, your cultivation breaks through again, reaching the Marrow Transformation stage]

[Effort has rewards, persistence has harvests, over the years, with the rewards of persistence and your own deep Qi and Blood, you have crossed multiple stages in a row, successfully offsetting the disadvantage of starting martial arts at an older age]

[But the last two stages of the Five Stages of Body Tempering, Marrow Transformation and Blood Replacement, still pose obstacles to you, and you begin to experience the torment of normal martial artists]

“After all, it’s just a purple talent.”

“The breakthrough bonus brought by Surging Qi and Blood, although still providing assistance, has slowed down a lot.”

“As for the Persistence trait, it can’t speed up either.”

In Qingniu Town, inside the new house.

Xu Xi swings his arms, spreading them like wings, then slowly pulls his entire body’s tendons and bones, achieving a strange scene of bones rising and flesh descending.

Unlike the ease of the first three stages.

The Marrow Transformation and Blood Replacement stages delve deeper into the essence of Qi and Blood Martial Arts, and are therefore harder to achieve.

Marrow is the source of blood, and blood circulates throughout the body.

Refining the marrow can renew the blood, thereby nourishing the internal organs and bringing about a leap in evolution for the entire body.

This is the principle of transitioning from Postnatal to Innate.

The first step of martial arts transcending the mundane.

All the great power, all the transcendent characteristics, are concentrated in the tendons, bones, blood, and flesh.

Amidst the roar of Qi and Blood, one can even suppress evil spirits out of thin air.

…

[Feeling the difficulty of martial arts advancement, you choose to actively approach the Ten Thousand Mountains under the surprised and curious gazes of others, searching for weaker demons and monsters]

[You persist in searching daily, gaining quite a bit of experience in finding demons and monsters]

[You persist in practicing martial arts daily, and your martial skills improve]

[Your fist techniques, saber techniques, and body techniques successfully fill in the gaps in battles with demons and monsters, and you have now become more proficient]

In the Simulation World.

Xu Xi is a complete black sheep.

He has neither the household registration of the Great Qian Dynasty nor any so-called family or relatives.

It’s just that Qingniu Town is remote, with no management or concern for such matters.

Xu Xi can live a stable life.

But at the same time, this also means that Xu Xi has no corresponding way to purchase martial arts techniques and skills, and even if he can buy them, they are mostly common goods.

Therefore, the martial arts techniques and skills Xu Xi practices are currently from the real world.

The grade is not high, but it’s enough for him now.

They are “Qi and Blood Long Fist”, “Five Thunder Saber”, and “Light Swan Technique”.

“The appearance of these demons and monsters is quite similar to the beasts of the Cultivation World, if there’s any difference, it’s that they look more ferocious.”

“Is it because the beasts of the Cultivation World are more adept at magic?”

“While the demons and monsters here prefer physical attacks?”

In a desolate valley near Qingniu Town.

Xu Xi raises his saber and strikes, a cold light flashes and disappears, accompanied by a roaring Qi and Blood aura, forcefully killing a deer-shaped demon.

Its antlers are exceptionally large and robust.

Eyes blood-red.

Fangs dripping with saliva.

Looking as if it wants to tear Xu Xi apart and chew him up.

But, ferocious demons and monsters also die, and as Xu Xi’s saber cuts through its body, the deer-shaped demon falls to the ground, the ferocity in its eyes dissipating.

Dust flies, stones rumble.

Xu Xi looks at the fallen demon, then at the surrounding environment shattered by the intense battle, and frowns slightly:

“Even the demons and monsters at the very edge of the Ten Thousand Mountains have such strength.”

“If more and stronger ones appear, can the Great Qian really withstand them?”

Xu Xi falls into deep thought.

He vaguely feels that there is some kind of subtle balance between the Ten Thousand Mountains and the Great Qian.

Could it be that there is some super old monster within the human race, strong enough to deter all demons and monsters?