True Martial School

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	True Martial School
Original Name	真武学府
Type	Martial arts school and major cultivation force
Location	Central Southern Region, True Martial Realm
Occupation/Role	Recruits and trains martial artists; governs and protects the Southern Region
Status	Active
First Appearance	288

Background / History

The True Martial School's origin predates reliable record. It may have existed since the last Demon Realm war—or earlier—and has produced numerous major figures of the Southern Wilderness. Its founding ancestor is said to have meditated at Water Moon Cave before establishing the school's lineage. 288 494

In its prime, the school ruled the True Martial Realm. Its founding ancestor used the True Martial Stone Sword, refined from an Outer Territory stone containing profound martial principles, to drive back Remnant Race experts and demon-beast kings. 394 807

Not long after its establishment, the school fought an Outer Territory Star Beast and suppressed its evil god beneath the Outer Territory Battlefield. The subsequent loss of experts and legacies contributed to the school's long decline, allowing former subordinate powers and other rivals to rise. 369 394

Despite this decline, the school retained control of the Southern Region, extensive ancient texts, secret inheritances, formations, and the most complete star charts in the True Martial Realm. 394 430

Organization

Discipleship hierarchy

Rank	Documented standard or note
Servant Disciple	True Dao experts ordinarily begin at this rank. 288
Registered Disciple	Half-step Legendary Realm experts ordinarily enter at this rank. 288
Outer Disciple	Legendary Realm experts are formally admitted as outer disciples. 288
Inner Disciple	A higher rank than outer disciple; exact cultivation requirement is not stated. 288
Core Disciple	Senior disciple rank; Ye Xiwen was promoted to this position after the Outer Territory trial. 387
True Disciple	Elite rank; disciples with exceptional special physiques may be cultivated at this level from entry. 350
Personal Disciple	Highest listed disciple rank; extraordinary entrants may be cultivated at this level. 288 350

Admission considers talent and future potential as well as current cultivation. Assessments are divided across the True Dao, Half-step Legendary, Legendary, and Saint Realms, and exceptional candidates may receive accelerated promotion. 288

The school traditionally opened recruitment once every hundred years. After its later expansion, it began recruiting once every ten years. 288 1869

Inheritances

The school is built around innumerable mountain peaks, each representing an inheritance. Its Top 100 Inheritances are reserved for the school's elite, while the Ten Great Inheritances receive far greater resources and are led by Chief Seats. 350 356 697

Inheritance / Site	Details
Duwu Peak	One of the Ten Great Inheritances; historically central to the school, and the lineage of a Supreme Palace Lord. It hosted the four-faction Martial Meet within a pocket dimension. 457
Hidden Star Peak	Once a Top 100 inheritance, it later rose to become the school's foremost inheritance. Huang Wuji and Ye Xiwen emerged from this lineage. 1869 1870
Wanren Peak	A Ten Great Inheritance and a foundational destination for sword cultivators in the True Martial Realm; it has remained among the top inheritances without decline. 677
Jingshi Academy	A distinct inheritance based in a valley rather than on a mountain; a Confucian sacred ground that recruits learned scholars and influential secular figures. 677
Water Moon Cave Heaven	A region of the True Martial Secret Realm containing forty-nine major inheritances. Mastering one can support growth into the Great Saint Realm. 494

Leadership

The school is led by the Supreme Palace Lord, who presides over major affairs and represents the school before other powers. 458 460

After the Feather Transformation Church war, Huang Wuji was elevated as the next Palace Lord to demonstrate that the school retained powerful successors. 815 821

A later period of crisis began when Huang Wuji was severely injured while wielding the True Martial Stone Sword against the Abyssal Demon Lord, leaving him comatose and creating a leadership vacuum. 1868 1869

Territory and Facilities

• True Martial City — The school’s associated divine city, described as one of the first cities built in human history; it belongs to no faction but the True Martial School. 309
• Welcoming City — The entry city for recruits. During recruitment years, its gates open each evening, and surviving applicants are placed under the school’s protection. 346
• Main mountain range — Located in the central Southern Region and crossed by countless Spiritual Veins; it contains the school’s many inheritance peaks. 346 350
• Outer Territory Battlefield — A training ground used for disciple trials. The area below it once held the seal of an evil Star Beast god. 356 369
• True Martial Secret Realm — A vast internal secret realm divided into specialized regions, including Water Moon Cave Heaven. 494
• Duwu Peak pocket dimension — A battle venue capable of containing Half-Saint-level and stronger combat without damaging the physical peak. 457

Defenses and Resources

True Martial Stone Sword

The True Martial Stone Sword is the school’s ultimate magic item, created from the stone that formed the foundation of its lineage. Its historical wielder used it to establish the school’s reputation through war against powerful enemies. 807

During the Feather Transformation Church invasion, seven Transcendent Realm Ancestral Masters sacrificed themselves to activate the sword through a hidden formation. 807

• It is powerful enough to deter Outer Territory overlords. 817
• Its use carries severe consequences; Huang Wuji was critically injured while controlling it against the Abyssal Demon Lord. 1868
• The school’s younger generation can employ sword qi derived from it, though not with its full authority. 1866

Formations

The school maintains numerous formations powered by its underground Spiritual Veins. During the Feather Transformation Church war, their divine light could erase entire armies of Dao Soldiers. 789 794

• Seven Stars Yuan Severing Formation — A powerful and malevolent formation deployed against the Feather Transformation Immortal Slaughtering Blade. 805 806
• Hidden formation of the True Martial Stone Sword — Activated by the blood sacrifice of seven Ancestral Masters. 807
• Territorial formations — Used to defend the school against intruders and contain high-level conflicts. 414 794

Star charts

Because it once ruled the entire True Martial Realm and mobilized its resources to explore the Chaotic Sky Territory, the school possesses the realm’s most complete star charts. Access to more accurate charts is restricted by rank, with the finest chart held by the Supreme Palace Lord. 430

Story Role / Major Arcs

Century recruitment

The school’s once-in-a-century opening gathers geniuses from throughout the Southern Region and beyond. Its standards are so high that True Dao experts are generally servant disciples, while Legendary Realm experts begin as outer disciples. 288

More than a million martial artists converged on Welcoming City during Ye Xiwen’s recruitment generation. The most gifted candidates, including those with special physiques, drew direct attention from major inheritances. 350

Outer Territory Battlefield incident

The discovery of the Star Colossus seal ended a newcomer trial early and exposed Xuanyuan Hall’s infiltration of the training grounds. Xuanyuan Hall disciples had murdered True Martial School disciples while seeking the sealed entity and lost inheritances. 369 374 387

The school locked down the surrounding space and nearly went to war with Xuanyuan Hall before accepting compensation through an envoy’s negotiation. 387

Four-faction Martial Meet

The school hosted a Martial Meet involving Xuanyuan Hall, East Sea Huantian Island, and Southern Barbarian Fire Cloud Cave. Millions of its disciples attended as spectators, while the event served both as a competition and a public measure of each faction’s strength. 393 456 457

Feather Transformation Church invasion

The Feather Transformation Church launched a full-scale invasion of the school’s Outer Territory Battlefield, deploying Great Saints, Dao Soldiers, formations, and the Feather Transformation Immortal Slaughtering Blade. 755 794 805

The school survived by unveiling deep reserves of formations, hidden experts, and the True Martial Stone Sword. It destroyed nearly the entire invading army, but lost seven Transcendent Realm experts and many Saint Realm and Great Saint experts. 806 807 816

Recovery and renewed prominence

After repelling the invasion, the school spent three years expelling encroaching forces from its territory, then sealed its mountain for thirty years to recover. It continued patrolling and defending the Southern Region during this period. 816 817

Its survival against the Feather Transformation Church demonstrated hidden strength that other forces had underestimated. Other local powers, stripped of the school’s protection, became targets for Outer Territory overlords. 817

Unification and later crisis

Under Huang Wuji’s leadership and aided by Ye Xiwen’s campaigns, the school later unified the True Martial Realm and became its central power. This prosperity increased both its resources and the quality of its younger generation. 1868 1869 1875

The rise of the Demon Worship Sect and the injury of Huang Wuji later exposed internal leadership struggles and left the school vulnerable to renewed external threats. 1865 1868 1874

Notable Figures

• Huang Wuji — Hidden Star Peak disciple who became Supreme Palace Lord; his ascension represented the school’s generational transition. 815 821
• Ye Xiwen — Former Core Disciple of Hidden Star Peak whose campaigns helped the school unify the True Martial Realm; later regarded as a legendary figure within the school. 387 1870 1875
• Hidden Star Master — Transcendent Realm leader of Hidden Star Peak who supported Ye Xiwen and participated in the school’s defense preparations. 750 815
• Mu Shengjie — A leading disciple associated with the Law Enforcement Hall; later assisted Ye Xiwen in identifying internal opponents during the school’s leadership crisis. 738 1875
• Ye Fengyun — A younger-generation disciple who became a leading talent of the Palace Lord’s faction and later reached the Transcendent Realm. 1874 1892

Relationships

• Xuanyuan Hall — Rival force that infiltrated the Outer Territory Battlefield and killed True Martial School disciples; its later destruction by the Flying Star Gate highlighted the school’s comparative resilience. 369 387 817
• Feather Transformation Church — Outer Territory invader defeated in a devastating ten-year conflict that cost the school seven Transcendent Realm experts. 755 807 816
• Demon Worship Sect — Later enemy whose resurgence threatened the school after Huang Wuji was wounded by the Abyssal Demon Lord. 1865 1868
• Southern Region — The school’s core territory and principal sphere of authority; it continues to patrol and decisively suppress infiltrators there. 701 817
• Hidden Star Peak — One of the school’s inheritances; it rose from the Top 100 to the number-one inheritance through the achievements of Ye Xiwen and Huang Wuji. 1869 1870
• Law Enforcement Hall — Internal disciplinary authority with longstanding prestige; it later became a major faction during the school’s leadership conflict. 520 1879