Martial Arts

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Martial Arts (武道)
Alias(es)	Ancient Martial Arts; Modern Martial Arts; Secret Martial Arts
Occupation/Role	System of physical cultivation, combat, and force generation
Status	Actively practiced; most higher Ancient Martial Arts inheritances were severed or restricted to bloodline families
First Appearance	2

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Training Methods and Fighting Methods	8	The two foundational categories: training methods strengthen physique, while fighting methods apply the body’s power in combat.
Tongli Stage	20 27	Allows broad integration of bodily strength, though practitioners cannot yet precisely control muscle fibers or blood flow.
Inner Refinement Stage	26 27	Develops sensitivity to vital energy—the strength within muscles and blood—and permits increasingly precise bodily control.
Perfected Circle Realm	49	Reached through Great Accomplishment in both a training method and fighting style; practitioners can control qi, blood, and individual muscles with extreme sensitivity.
Extraordinary / Soldier Rank	52 126	Uses demonic-creature flesh and blood as a medicinal guide to break human limits. Transformation methods temporarily raise the body into an extraordinary state.
General Rank	136	Achieved when human and demonic bloodlines are coordinated and integrated into a Heart Core; General Rank practitioners can pass on bloodlines.
King Rank	136	A higher historical rank referenced among the inheritances destroyed or restricted during the Martial Arts Annihilation Action.

Classification

Modern Martial Arts

Modern Martial Arts include boxing, kickboxing, and Comprehensive Fighting Techniques. They prioritize scoring, target strikes, knockouts, and competition within ring rules. Their techniques are effective in regulated one-on-one fights but are limited against weapons, multiple opponents, and unrestricted life-or-death situations 6 8.

Ancient Martial Arts

Ancient Martial Arts are martial traditions traced to the Wu Dynasty and its preceding martial heritage. They combine body-tempering methods with lethal fighting methods, emphasizing the cultivation of strength, flexibility, reaction speed, vital energy, and whole-body force generation 8 12.

At higher levels, Ancient Martial Arts develop Integrated Strength: the spine, bones, joints, and muscles act together as a connected chain, allowing a single movement to produce layered, whip-like force far beyond ordinary striking power 12.

Secret Martial Arts

Secret Martial Arts are bloodline-family versions of Ancient Martial Arts. They are designed to develop a specific inherited demonic bloodline and usually combine training and combat into one system, such as Shen Jianghe’s Blood Burst Battle Body 130.

• They can generally only be cultivated by members of the corresponding bloodline family.
• A Bloodline User who cultivates an incompatible Secret Martial Art risks fatal bloodline conflict.
• Their closed inheritance system severely limits martial arts exchange and innovation 130 148.

Core Principles

• Strength and technique are mutually necessary. Physical quality and fighting style jointly determine combat power 7.
• Training methods build the body. They enhance strength, physique, flexibility, speed, and reactions 8.
• Fighting methods release power. They convert the practitioner’s physical foundation into fast, forceful, and lethal attacks 8.
• Vital energy is bodily control. Inner Refinement practitioners learn to mobilize power from muscles, blood, and eventually individual muscle fibers 27.
• Martial arts must fit the practitioner. Different force-generation systems favor different physiques; a truly suitable style may need to be created rather than inherited 108.
• Willpower is a martial resource. Extreme resolve can force an exhausted body to continue fighting and elevate a practitioner’s martial intent 101.

“Willpower is humanity's greatest strength!” 101

Major Attainments

Attainment	Requirements	Result
Arhat Fruit Position	Four first-rate External Skills cultivated to completion	Produces stacked defenses of skin, tendons, and bones; associated with an indestructible body 53 65.
Bodhisattva Fruit Position	All-round Inner Refinement cultivation	A legendary Inner Refinement attainment associated with a cinnabar-like mark between the brows, freedom from illness, and sensitivity to fortune and danger 52.
Buddha Realm	Simultaneous attainment of the Arhat and Bodhisattva Fruit Positions	Combines exceptional internal and external cultivation 53.

History

The earliest Ancient Martial Art was created during the Mythological Era, when a human fighting demonic creatures learned to circulate vital energy and blood, then survived after consuming demonic flesh and blood. This granted him a trace of demonic bloodline and greatly increased strength 135.

That pioneer gathered companions and founded the Divine Martial Gate, the first Ancient Martial Arts sect. Over 150 years and seventeen generations of sect masters, the sect developed numerous martial paths, helped humanity resist demonic creatures, and ultimately established the Wu Dynasty 135.

The later decline of Ancient Martial Arts was caused by dwindling demonic creatures, scarcity of cultivation materials, and the rise of Bloodline Families. After the Divine Martial Gate’s sect master underwent Demonic Transformation, the surviving Martial Kings launched the Martial Arts Annihilation Action, destroying or severing widely available inheritances 135 136.

The remaining higher inheritances were altered into bloodline-dependent Secret Martial Arts. This effectively cut off the normal path for ordinary people to reach power above the extraordinary level and established Bloodline Families as the primary holders of higher martial power 136.

Extraordinary Martial Arts

Extraordinary Martial Arts were originally created to enable humans to fight demonic creatures. They require demonic flesh and blood as medicinal guides; through qi-and-blood circulation, practitioners absorb a trace of the creature’s origin and temporarily exceed human limits 52 106.

• A practitioner can theoretically cultivate only one Extraordinary Martial Art.
• Attempting to cultivate a second causes mutual rejection between techniques and is considered fatal.
• Transformation grants immense power but can alter temperament and physiology toward the nature of the demonic creature used in cultivation.
• The transformation’s starting posture is necessary to mobilize qi and blood, but leaves the practitioner briefly vulnerable to interruption 106 115.

Modern Developments

The Third Category Bureau’s Bai Chengdao spent ten years studying martial arts from across Hesia and created the Six Martial Arts of Hesia: six General Rank martial arts that any Bloodline User can cultivate regardless of family inheritance 148.

Their accessibility comes with severe risks. Bloodline Users cultivating these arts may lose control of their demonic bloodline during breakthroughs, particularly while condensing a Heart Core, resulting in Demon Mutation 149.

Martial arts are also being spread beyond traditional sects. The Southern Saint Sect’s university training event teaches the Heart Chapter, including the Embrace Heart Stance and Returning Intent Meditation, to strengthen physical fitness, concentration, and willpower while identifying potential martial talent 158.