Martial Saint

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Feature	Details
Name	Martial Saint
Original Name	武圣
Other Name(s)	Saint Realm; Martial Sainthood 214
Classification	Gang Refining cultivation realm above Blood Refining 185 214
First Appearance	139

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Peak Blood Refining	210	Twelve rounds of Blood Refining are described as the pinnacle of mortal martial arts and the threshold before Martial Sainthood.
Inner Gang	214	First Martial Saint stage. A cultivator condenses a Gang Core, gains body-protecting true gang, and can project inner gang roughly one zhang beyond the body.
Outer Gang	214 266	Second stage. Gang force can leave the body and attack at range; its stated reach is at least three zhang in the Tide Gang Refining Art and at least ten zhang in a later realm comparison.
Transforming Gang / Qi Transformation	214 290	Third stage. Gang force can change form at will, imitating weapons, shields, and simple living forms.
Three Flowers	210 314	Fourth stage. The Martial Saint condenses the Human, Earth, and Heaven Flowers; each represents profound mastery of martial learning and Dao comprehension.
Five Qi	210	Fifth stage. Heart, liver, spleen, lung, and kidney qi are tempered through gang force and returned to their source, corresponding to the Five Elements.
Supreme	210	Sixth stage and a realm beyond ordinary Martial Saints. After gathering the Three Flowers and returning the Five Qi, a Supreme opens the Mud Pellet Divine Palace and develops powerful divine consciousness.

Nature of the Realm

A Martial Saint is a Gang Refining expert who has crossed beyond Blood Refining by condensing a gang pellet or Gang Core within the dantian. Earlier accounts describe Martial Saints as near-legendary figures capable of standing against armies of ten thousand and possessing unusually long lifespans. 139 214

The realm was once regarded as the pinnacle of martial arts, but the Tide Gang Refining Art identifies six stages, culminating in the Supreme Realm. The Ancient Forbidden Zone likewise suggests that the martial path extends beyond what ordinary Martial Saints understand. 159 210

Advancement Requirements

• Gang Core formation — Entering the realm requires both personal comprehension and an external item of fortune. A supreme-grade Source Crystal is considered the minimum catalyst, while Sacred Dragon and Seven-Colored Source Crystals are superior options. 210
• Source Crystal cultivation — Martial Saints rely heavily on Source Crystals to accumulate and refine gang force; ordinary medicinal herbs have limited effect once a cultivator reaches this level. 214
• High-grade pills — Martial Saint cultivation pills approach first-grade spirit pills in rarity, and both their formulas and ingredients are scarce. 214
• Longevity limit — A Martial Saint’s lifespan is described as only slightly more than three hundred years, making rare opportunities and ruins especially valuable. 214

Abilities & Characteristics

Body-Protecting True Gang

Inner Gang forms an invisible defense around the Martial Saint’s body. Blood-and-qi attacks from lower realms struggle to penetrate it, creating the decisive divide between Martial Saints and Dragon Realm experts. 210 214

• Protects against ordinary external attacks and allows a Martial Saint to fight Blood Refining opponents with overwhelming advantage. 214 262
• Can stop armor-piercing arrows before they reach the body. 222 224
• Enables a Martial Saint to use gang force to immobilize or incapacitate lower-realm opponents without immediately killing them. 251

External Gang Force

At the Outer Gang stage, gang force can leave the body and be used for long-range offense. 214 266

• Can manifest as blade gang, palm force, or other external attacks. 214
• Greatly expands a Martial Saint’s battlefield reach and destructive power. 214 266
• Martial Saint-level strikes have destroyed crossbow volleys, breached a refined-steel city gate, and annihilated nearly a hundred cannonballs. 239 268

Gang Transformation

Third-step Martial Saints can shape gang force according to their will. 214 290

• Can form weapons, shields, and simple animal-like manifestations from gang force. 290
• Requires far greater reserves and control than the first two stages; middle-stage Qi Transformation gang force is described as oceanic in volume. 290

Martial Flowers

The Three-Flowers Realm marks a shift from accumulating gang force toward the unity of essence, qi, and spirit. 289 314

• Human Flower — Represents a cultivator’s personal foundation, usually connected to their earliest and deepest martial art. 314
• Earth Flower — Requires comprehension of nature, terrain, mountains, and the laws of a region. 314
• Heaven Flower — Concerns the cosmos, stars, and the Dao of the void; it demands exceptional fortune and comprehension. 314

Rankings and Titles

The Martial Temple maintains the Saint Ascension List, which records the one hundred Great Shun Martial Saints under fifty with the greatest recognized potential. 214

A titled Martial Saint is recognized by the Martial Temple or Holy Temple for exceptional martial comprehension and battle achievements. Such individuals are treated as far more dangerous than ordinary Martial Saints of the same realm. 322 324

• Lin Qing — Entered the Saint Ascension List at under twenty-eight years old and later received the title Sea-Calming Martial Saint. 214 276
• Wind Demon Shichiro — A second-stage Martial Saint known for killing a five-hundred-year-old dragon shark with a single saber strike. 210
• Wang Mu — Martial Saint of the Holy Blood Wang Family in Cloud Province. 173
• Elder Zhao — The Blazing Sun Martial Saint and a defender of Deng Province. 203
• Master Guo — The Swiftwind Martial Saint, who fought to prevent the Golden Barbarians from overwhelming Deng Province. 203

Demon Martial Saints

The Holy Temple uses methods connected to demonic power to create Martial Saints, allowing it to produce powerful saint-level fighters at a scale that shocks conventional human martial artists. 216

• Demonized Martial Saints may possess strange demonic arts and formidable physical forms. 235 236
• Those who enter the realm by borrowing demonic power can have unstable foundations and weaker real combat ability than genuine human Martial Saints. 236
• The demon wolf Martial Saint defeated by Lin Qing found that his opponent’s gang force exceeded the quality of the demonic power he had cultivated for decades. 235
• Demon Martial Saints remain a major military threat; Golden Barbarian demon saints gravely wounded the Blazing Sun Martial Saint at Sun Gate Pass. 203