Innate Realm

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Innate Realm
Alias(es)	Innate; Innate Realm Grandmaster
Occupation/Role	Martial Dao realm above the Acquired Realm
First Appearance	41

Overview

The Innate Realm is the major Martial Dao realm beyond the Acquired Realm. It is attained by tempering Divine Soul Power, opening the Qi Apertures, guiding Heaven and Earth Primal Qi into the body, and refining the first wisp of Innate True Qi in the Dantian. 98

Innate experts are vastly stronger than Acquired Martial Warriors. Their combat methods extend beyond physical weapons and techniques to sword Qi and saber light capable of killing dozens or hundreds of people; exceptionally powerful experts can slaughter an entire city in a short time. 134

Realm Hierarchy

Realm	Position	Notes
Acquired Realm	Preceding major realm	Includes Qi Blood, Tendons and Bones, and Inner Organs stages. 41
Half-Step Innate	Transitional state	Qi Apertures have loosened, but Divine Soul Power has not yet formed. 98
Innate Initial Realm	Initial Innate stage	Most practitioners cannot separate Spiritual Power from space and guide it into the body. 304
Innate Lesser Completion	Advanced Innate stage	Old Doctor Chen reaches its peak and cultivates Spiritual Power. 229
Innate Greater Completion	Higher Innate stage	Top Martial Warriors at or above this level may have hope of refining Spiritual Power. 304
Innate Realm Completion	Peak Innate stage	Li Weitian is described as an unparalleled expert at this level. 98

Breakthrough Requirements

Divine Soul Tempering

An Acquired Realm Completion Martial Warrior requires an Innate Method to cross into the Innate Realm. Such methods are secret techniques for tempering Divine Soul Power and are generally restricted to core disciples and heirs of major sects or aristocratic families. 98

The Essence Tempering Divine Method teaches the connection between human Essence and Divine Soul, allowing a cultivator to form and temper Divine Soul Power. 98

Opening the Qi Apertures

Once Divine Soul Power is tempered, the cultivator uses it to break through the Qi Apertures. The apertures must be polished until stable and unable to close again; impatience during this process can damage one's foundation and restrict future advancement. 98 117

Guiding Qi and Refining True Qi

After opening the apertures, the cultivator senses Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi or Primal Qi, guides it into the body, and refines the first wisp of Innate True Qi in the Dantian. This officially completes the breakthrough under normal conditions. 98

Lu Qing initially opened his Dantian Qi Aperture and refined True Qi without entering the Innate Realm because the world's rules had not yet evolved to perfection. 283

Breakthrough Phenomena

• White mist — Dense Heaven and Earth Primal Qi condenses around a successful breakthrough as a reward from heaven and earth. 117
• Innate body transformation — The white mist provides the energy to transform the physical body into an Innate body, greatly increasing physical strength and lifespan. 117
• Extended lifespan — An Innate expert who remains free of illness and disaster may live for three hundred years. 117
• Heaven-and-earth blessing — Witnesses may receive wisps of the breakthrough's Primal Qi mist. 117
• Foundation indicator — An ordinary transformation lasts no more than roughly a quarter of an hour; a longer transformation signifies a firmer foundation and greater future potential. 117
• Innate aura — Innate experts possess a distinctive aura through which they can generally sense one another from nearby, though Secret Methods and Exotic Treasures can conceal it. 236 237

Characteristics

Innate True Qi

Innate True Qi begins as pure and attribute-less. Its attribute is determined only after breakthrough, when a cultivator uses Divine Soul Power and a chosen Cultivation Method to refine particular types of Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi. 118

• A cultivator's True Qi attribute is not inherently fixed. 118
• The choice of post-breakthrough Cultivation Method determines which elemental Yuan Qi is refined. 118
• Innate True Qi is distinct from Spiritual Power. 229 304

Divine Soul Power

The Innate breakthrough brings a baptism by the laws of heaven and earth, sharply increasing Divine Soul Power. This empowers capabilities such as the realm of Intent, in which martial moves gain charm and can anticipate an opponent's actions. 175

• Divine Soul Power is necessary to open Qi Apertures and guide Qi into the body. 98
• It allows Innate experts to perceive Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi more deeply. 118
• Strong Divine Soul Power and understanding of heavenly rules are required to separate and cultivate Spiritual Power. 304

Innate Pressure

Innate experts can release an oppressive aura known as Innate Pressure.

• It can make lower-realm Martial Warriors tremble or freeze in place. 130 237
• Even Grandmasters may find their bodies heavy and difficult to move beneath it. 237
• A sufficiently well-honed will and nearly formed Divine Soul Power can allow an Acquired expert to resist enough to look up under the pressure. 237

Spiritual Power

Spiritual Power is more difficult to cultivate than Innate True Qi. A practitioner must separate Spiritual Power from space and guide it into the body, requiring both powerful Divine Soul Power and an understanding of heaven-and-earth rules. 304

• More than 99% of Innate Initial Realm experts are unable to pass the first step. 304
• Even Innate Lesser Completion experts commonly struggle with it. 304
• Old Doctor Chen cultivates Spiritual Power after reaching the Innate Lesser Completion Peak through the Li Water Swallowing Breath Method. 229

Status in the Martial World

• An Innate Realm Ancestor is regarded as a sect's deepest foundation. 237
• In ordinary one-on-one combat, Innate experts of similar realms are extremely difficult to kill because their physical strength, Innate True Qi, and Divine Soul Power are broadly comparable; a losing party can usually escape. 237
• Their overwhelming power necessitates restrictions on their conduct around ordinary people and lower-realm Martial Warriors. 134
• Despite their strength, Innate experts vary greatly in combat capability; Old Doctor Chen considers himself less suited to fighting than experts who trained through battle from childhood. 118