Martial King

Biodata

Power Progression

Cultivation Requirements

A Martial King is not created merely by condensing True Qi into True Essence. The process requires several transformations beyond the Grandmaster realm:

• Open the Twelve Main Meridians and establish a grand circulation of True Qi. 78
• Condense True Qi into True Essence through a specialized cultivation method. Such manuals are tightly controlled by major factions. 78
• Nourish the internal organs with True Essence and cultivate the Five Qi in the Chest. 120
• Transform the physical body from acquired to innate. 120
• Open the Ren and Du meridians; Chen Lin's breakthrough caused spiritual energy within a thirty-mile radius to fluctuate violently. 236

The inability to obtain a True Qi–to–True Essence method leaves many Martial Artists permanently stalled below Martial King. The War God Temple ordinarily requires Rank 7 Demon Purifier status before granting such a method. 78

Attributes

True Essence

True Essence replaces True Qi as the Martial King's principal power source. It can nourish the body, reinforce attacks, and form exceptionally compressed strikes. 120 228

• Martial King attacks may draw on spiritual energy from heaven and earth at the moment of release. 120
• The realm's superior absorption and utilization of spiritual energy creates an enormous gap over lower-stage Martial Artists. 120
• Advancement within the realm requires more than accumulated True Essence; physical strength and soul strength must also reach a new balance. 254 325

Innate Physique

The transition from acquired to innate bodily condition is a defining requirement of Martial King cultivation. 120

• A breakthrough can dramatically increase physical strength and spiritual perception. 237 325
• Chen Lin's Spirit Sense range expanded to sixty miles upon reaching the early Martial King stage. 237
• Martial King-level combatants can briefly hover in midair. 78

Martial King Martial Skills

Martial Kings can employ powerful techniques that connect with surrounding spiritual energy.

• Celestial Phenomenon Martial Skills — Techniques capable of borrowing environmental spiritual energy to amplify attacks; they allowed Grandmaster Chen Lin to temporarily contend with a mid-stage Martial King. 120 228
• Divine Battle Master techniques — Martial Kings with Spirit Master talent can use Spirit Sense Power to control flying weapons and attack an opponent's Sea of Consciousness. 269 274
• Martial Dao True Meaning — A major combat milestone. Chen Lin comprehended the rare Kill True Meaning while a Martial King, strengthening his ability to fight late-stage Martial Kings. 279 280

Status and Significance

Martial King is regarded as the point at which a Martial Artist becomes a genuine major figure rather than “an ant.” 208

• The difference between Martial Kings and lower realms is described as comparable to the difference between an ordinary person and a Grandmaster. 120
• Major factions can control Spirit Masters below Martial King more easily, but Martial King-level Spirit Masters possess sufficient combat power to resist such control. 120
• Spirit Masters who fail to reach Martial King risk “thirty years of time erosion” and are warned not to enter the Central Continent prematurely. 120
• Within the War God Temple, Martial Kings are strategically valuable: other powers are not permitted to kill one directly. Proven offenders are instead sent to the Slaughter Great Wall to fight the demon race until death. 257
• Despite its status, Martial King remains fundamentally below Martial Emperor. A Martial Emperor possesses a qualitative advantage in True Essence, control over heaven and earth's laws, and life level. 283

Known Martial Kings

Notable Feats

• Two early-stage Martial Kings jointly fought a Golden Feather Peng, a demonic beast race whose adults are Demon Emperors. 78
• Chen Lin, immediately after entering the realm, adapted to his greatly increased strength over two days and accidentally destroyed furniture with his pressure. 237
• Chen Lin killed early-stage Martial King Ding Yuan in only a few breaths despite being surrounded by multiple enemies. 269
• Chen Lin defeated late-stage Martial King Divine Battle Master Sima Haoyue using Absolute Zero Domain and the Qian Yuan Sword Array. 271
• Chen Lin reached first place on the True Martial Tower's Jade Tablet while still an early-stage Martial King, surpassing late-stage Martial King Xue Zimo. 279