Martial Emperor

Biodata

Power Progression

Documented progression of Jiang Hao through the Martial Emperor Realm.

Realm Characteristics

Laws and Physical Might

• Martial Emperors can cross the starry sky with their physical bodies and generate void tides through pure bodily force. 178
• Martial Emperor Laws can be used to open a Starry Sky Passage; Soaring Heaven, Suppression Prison, and Burning Heaven jointly tore open a passage above the Celestial River Divine Hall. 361
• A Law Domain is described as power ordinarily accessible only to Martial Emperors. 446
• Newly ascended Martial Emperors possess an overwhelming pressure capable of severely impeding Martial Venerables; Jiang Hao's breakthrough pressure also slowed the circulation of Emperor Realm laws in veteran Martial Emperors. 454
• Martial Dao Divine Radiance is regarded as a mark of a cultivator with the potential to become a Human God. 454
• Martial Emperor Perfection is a major threshold for cultivators seeking to advance into the Martial Venerable Realm. 339

Martial Emperor Weapons

• Martial Emperor weapons bear Imperial Dao patterns and can stabilize surrounding space with their presence. 445
• The Lu Clan's Bronze Seal was considered a foundational Martial Emperor weapon; sacrificing it was said to be comparable to summoning a true Martial Emperor. 445
• Su Qingxue presented Jiang Hao with the Heaven-Breaking Spear while it was a Half-Step Martial Emperor Divine Weapon. 394
• Jiang Hao reforged the Heaven-Breaking Spear with Divine Material Essence, elevating it into a Martial Emperor Weapon. 483
• Following its refinement in the Ancient Weapon Furnace, the Heaven-Breaking Spear could naturally slice the surrounding void into spatial cracks. 491

Perfection Realm

• Martial Emperor Perfection practitioners are recognized as peak combatants, including the five-thousand-year-old Celestial Pivot Martial Emperor, whose status within the Celestial River Divine Hall is comparable to its Hall Master. 315
• Jiang Hao's breakthrough to Martial Emperor Perfection produced an aura that peak Perfection Realm experts judged to have surpassed the scope of an ordinary perfected Martial Emperor. 582
• Yuan Wudao's Martial Emperor Perfection domain, Avici Hell, suppressed Lu Zhengshan and more than a dozen Lu Clan Martial Emperor elders at once. 591

Exceptional Techniques and Feats

• The nine-layer Divine Prohibition Art is a Martial God inheritance that can forcefully amplify a user's overall combat strength below the Martial God Realm; its complete nine-layer state is said to allow a Martial Emperor to contend with a Martial God. 477
• Jiang Hao's perfected Spear Dao Dharma Body can unconditionally double the power of his Spear Dao Martial Skills. 599
• At Martial Emperor Perfection, Jiang Hao's perfected Earth-Traversing Golden Light grants tenfold extreme speed that was considered unrivaled within the Martial Emperor Realm. 599
• In the Martial God Palace's points examination, Jiang Hao used the Divine Prohibition Art to release roughly 25 trillion units of vitality and Blood Energy, then gathered nearly 80 trillion units of fist force through the Six Paths Reincarnation Fist. 636
• Jiang Hao's single punch annihilated the examination's Martial Emperor-level Exotic Beasts and shattered the entire examination small world. 636 637

Known Martial Emperors

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Three Martial Emperors—Gu Daoyi, Qin Wuji, and Jian Jingtian—personally attended the national Collegiate Joint Examination, establishing the realm’s prestige among Dragon Star’s martial universities. 178
• The Celestial River Divine Hall’s Martial Emperors competed to recruit Jiang Hao, with Celestial Pivot ultimately accepting him as a disciple. 315 316
• Celestial Pivot demonstrated the gulf between elite Martial Emperors by slapping Suppression Prison Martial Emperor out of the Daoist Temple when he attempted to poach Jiang Hao. 322
• Jiang Hao first killed Martial Emperor opponents while still a Great Grandmaster, tearing apart the domains of Lie Yu, Meng Gu, and Sha Xue. 331
• Seven Martial Emperors of the Celestial River Divine Hall and Heavenly Dragon Divine Hall confronted one another after Ao You’s death; their clashing pressure shattered void space and created spatial turbulence. 383 384
• Jiang Hao officially entered the Martial Emperor Realm after defeating the final Humanoid Lightning of his tribulation with Dragon Roar Nine Heavens. 454
• Shortly after his breakthrough, Jiang Hao allied with Jiang Daoyi and Ji Mingyue to investigate a shattered space suspected to have been left by a Martial God, whose entry requirement was becoming a Martial Emperor before age one hundred. 458 459
• As an early-stage Martial Emperor, Jiang Hao relied on pure physical strength to force back a consummate Martial Emperor Chaos Demon Ape despite the secret realm's suppression of his power. 463
• Jiang Hao refined fifteen Ancient Martial Emperor Pills to reach the mid-stage Martial Emperor Realm, then acquired the Divine Prohibition Art from a Martial God Statue and upgraded the Heaven-Breaking Spear into a Martial Emperor Weapon. 473 477 483
• While still a late-stage Martial Emperor, Jiang Hao repelled three Martial Emperor Perfection Alien Race experts with one punch and later killed three peak Martial Emperors using the Divine Prohibition Art and Six Paths Reincarnation Fist. 572 578
• Jiang Hao reached Martial Emperor Perfection after receiving extensive Martial Emperor-grade medicinal support from the Lu, Su, and Lin Clans in preparation for war with the Alien Races. 581 582
• News of Jiang Hao's campaign in Heaven-Connected City reported that he had crushed six ruler-level perfected Martial Emperors from the Demon, Divine, and Sacred Spirit Races. 591
• During the Martial God Palace's points examination, Jiang Hao destroyed the entire examination secret realm with one punch, earning its apparent maximum score of 30 billion points. 636 637
• Jiang Hao was recognized by Cangxuan Martial God, obtained the Martial God skill Tianwu Manifestation, received martial insights, and exchanged his examination points for three rare materials intended for forging his natal Dao weapon. 641

Trivia

• Becoming a Martial Emperor before age one hundred is the entry requirement for the shattered Martial God space discovered by Jiang Daoyi. 459
• The term “Emperor” is treated as an exclusive title for Martial Emperor-level cultivators. 302
• Despite their status, Martial Emperors can be overwhelmed by exceptional lower-realm combatants; Jiang Hao fought Martial Emperor Perfection opponents while only a Martial King and later killed early-stage Martial Emperors as a Great Grandmaster. 331 346
• After Jiang Hao shattered the Martial God Palace's examination small world, many Martial Artists initially rejected the account because they believed destroying a complete small world should require the combined strength of numerous Martial Emperors. 637