Martial Venerable

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Martial Venerable
Original Name	武尊
Occupation/Role	Third Grade martial cultivator; regarded as a pillar of humanity and a martial authority in Great Xia 73 141.
Rank	Above Fourth Grade Great Grandmaster and below Second Grade Great Martial Venerable 73 325 469.
Known Population	Sixteen known Martial Venerables in Great Xia at the time of Luo Cheng’s recruitment offer to Jiang Li 73.
Defining Power	Martial Venerable Power and a personal Martial Venerable Domain capable of controlling a region of heaven and earth 295 308.

Power Progression

The following records Jiang Li’s documented progress into the realm, distinguishing mastery of inherited paths from his breakthrough through his own Martial Way.

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Martial Power comprehended	295	Crosses the Divine Bridge barrier and gains access to the threshold of Third Grade; still needs a method for forming his Domain.
Golden Peng Martial Path reaches Third Grade	313	Cultivates the Divine Wind Proud Moon Art and Golden Peng Divine Speed Domain through approximately 6,000 years of Yellow Book cultivation. Conflicting Martial Wills cause a qi-deviation crisis.
Azure Emperor Longevity Martial Path mastered	315	Uses Ye Tian’s Memory Crystal to cultivate another Martial Venerable path within a minute of external time.
Third Grade Martial Venerable through his own path	324	Completes the first layer of the Heaven Mending Technique, merges three cultivation arts, and establishes a Domain that suppresses the powers of heaven and earth.
Public recognition as Great Xia’s Martial Venerable	374 375	Reveals his strength nationwide and replaces Wang Yunguan in the coronation ceremony; recognized as Great Xia’s youngest Martial Venerable at eighteen.
Second Grade Great Martial Venerable	469 486	Confirmed to have surpassed Third Grade. His foundations forced him through the barrier, but his personal Martial Path initially lagged behind his raw strength.

Realm Requirements

Position in the Martial Hierarchy

Grade	Realm	Documented distinction
Fifth Grade	Grandmaster	Maximum Blood Qi Value of 100,000 214.
Fourth Grade	Great Grandmaster	Communicates with heaven and earth; comprehension of Martial Power marks the realm’s peak 295.
Third Grade	Martial Venerable	Controls heaven and earth through a personal Domain; requires at least 10 million Blood Qi Value 214 295.
Second Grade	Great Martial Venerable	Advances toward Deification by cultivating an individual Martial Path to its utmost limit 325 469.
First Grade	Martial Emperor	The rank held by the Longevity Martial Emperor, Great Xia’s foremost martial artist 49.

Breakthrough Conditions

• Blood Qi: A minimum Blood Qi Value of 10 million is necessary, but reaching that figure alone does not guarantee advancement 214.
• Martial Venerable Power: True Essence must transform into power containing the practitioner’s Martial Way 214.
• Heaven-and-earth recognition: The practitioner’s Martial Way must become powerful enough to gain recognition from heaven and earth and establish control over a region 308.
• Domain formation: Internal and external power must merge to form a personal Martial Venerable Domain 308.
• Developed combat foundation: Talent Abilities, Breathing Techniques, and ultimate skills must reach exceptionally high levels; qualifying combat power exceeds 100 million 214.
• Individual method: There is no universal Domain-building method. The route depends on the practitioner’s Martial Dao 295.

The Golden Winged Peng King’s breakthrough includes a lightning tribulation. Jiang Li’s own breakthrough follows repeated failures against elemental backlash and extensive strengthening through the Heaven Mending Technique 308 321 324.

Abilities & Skills

Martial Venerable Domain

A Domain expresses its owner’s Martial Way through control of the surrounding world 295 308.

Practitioner	Domain	Documented effects
Golden Winged Peng King	Divine Speed Domain	Draws on wind-element power; increases his speed to five times the speed of sound within the Domain 308.
Ye Tian	Longevity Heaven	Occupies surrounding life force, sustains stamina, and heals severe injuries; severed limbs can be reattached if too much time has not passed 314 323.
Nanjia	Gold-and-earth Domain	Dominates the gold and earth powers of heaven and earth through the Vajra Divine Zen Art 320.
Blood Moon Demon Venerable	Blood Moon Demonic Realm	Controls water and blood, including the Blood Essence of its owner and enemies; develops through crescent, half-moon, and full-moon levels 325.
Heavenly Sect Martial Venerable	Sea God Domain	Makes the surrounding air surge like the sea, suppressing opponents while enhancing the owner’s speed and strength 347.
Jiang Li	Colorless, all-attribute Domain	Suppresses other Martial Ways, Martial Wills, and Domains rather than relying solely on ordinary elemental recognition 324 378 392.

Personal Ultimate Techniques

• A Martial Venerable’s strongest technique combines their martial arts, cultivation method, and Domain into a unified attack 392.
• Each practitioner’s ultimate technique is unique 392.
• Jiang Li applies this principle when developing Break Myriad Manifestations, pushing his saber’s power and speed to their limits 392.

Recovery and Perception

• Third Grade martial artists possess strong self-healing capabilities, noted during the Nine Heavens Martial Venerable’s hospital treatment 141.
• Martial Venerables are highly sensitive to demonic aura; the Protector Martial Venerable detects it while Jiang Li attempts to suppress his poison 295.
• Sufficiently developed Mental Power can produce premonitions of danger and allow a practitioner’s will to manifest through direct bloodline connections 325.

Limits

• Equal rank does not imply equal strength. Huang Sheng’s publicized combat power is 560 million, well above the realm’s qualifying threshold 214.
• Spatial abilities remain specialized powers, not automatic benefits of attaining Third Grade. Huang Sheng’s Spatial Control still exhausts him during repeated extreme teleportations 359.
• Higher-ranked opponents can overwhelm Martial Venerables. The Heavenly Sect Martial Venerable requires the Longevity Martial Emperor’s intervention when defending Immortal Ridge 347.

Status & Responsibilities

• National standing: Martial Venerables command exceptional respect; becoming one’s disciple is considered an extraordinary honor. Luo Cheng, deputy commander of the Donghai Battlefield, is himself a Martial Venerable’s disciple 73.
• Battlefield defense: Recognized Martial Venerables are assigned defensive responsibilities alongside arrangements for their Towers 375.
• Public morale: Nanjia’s death threatens the morale of an entire defense line, prompting efforts to recover his corpse before it can be publicly displayed by the enemy 316.
• Legacy preservation: Xu Guangcheng encourages Martial Venerables to leave teachings and Martial Will imprints for future generations 396.
• Official privileges: The Martial Venerable Card serves as identification and a status symbol, grants privileges, and permits unrestricted withdrawal of its funds 379.
• Recognition ceremonies: Title conferment can be broadcast nationwide 414.

Deterrence versus Frontline Service

The Martial Emperor Hall emphasizes a Martial Venerable’s value as a deterrent. Jiang Li instead postpones his title ceremony to assist the Southwest Battlefield, placing direct defense above ceremonial recognition 414.

This disagreement becomes sharper when Jiang Li challenges the claim that elite martial artists alone preserve Great Xia. He credits ordinary soldiers and generations of frontline fighters as essential defenders of the country 494 495.

Martial Venerable Towers

Towers provide cultivation environments for their owners and improve cultivation conditions in the surrounding area, potentially benefiting an entire city 377.

Tower Grade	Documented features
Common	One of the three available grades; even the most basic Tower requires approximately 50 billion 377 379.
Precious	Can remain useful after its owner advances to Great Martial Venerable, without being demolished and rebuilt 377.
Divine	Chosen by Jiang Li to accelerate cultivation and reduce Lifespan consumption; costs at least three trillion 378 379.

• Higher-grade Towers have greater effects on both the owner and the surrounding environment 377.
• Jiang Li chooses Beihe City in Jiang Province as his Tower’s site 378.

Martial Venerable Realm Trial

Despite its name, the Martial Venerable Realm is also a trial opportunity distinct from the cultivation rank 396.

• Each Martial Venerable may enter only once in their lifetime 396.
• Opportunities differ between participants 396.
• Jiang Li completes an SSS Heavenly Condemnation Grade trial; fourteen days pass in Great Xia during his visit 414.
• Its Seven-Colored Divine Light improves his blood, Mental Power, Martial Will, cultivation foundations, and Human Emperor Banner 410.

Advancement Beyond Third Grade

Three foundations govern progress toward Great Martial Venerable 325:

• Physique: Must contain increasing Martial Venerable Power and support broader control of heaven-and-earth power.
• Mental Power: Must regulate both internal power and the Domain; inadequate control risks qi deviation or fatal loss of control.
• Martial Venerable Power: Must develop alongside the practitioner’s personal Martial Way.

Human advancement centers on Deification—bringing one’s Martial Path to its utmost limit. Demonic beasts follow a different route involving complete integration of their bloodline with human form 325.

Raw strength does not necessarily indicate equivalent mastery of this process. Jiang Li reaches Second Grade before fully developing his own ascended Martial Path, a distinction explicitly explained by the Longevity Martial Emperor 469 486.