After breaking through to the ninth rank, Huang Tian felt as though all the blood in his body were boiling. His skin, flesh, sinews, and bones were reshaped amid the surging blood and qi. His face flushed fiery red, and waves of heat rose from him like steam from boiling water.
Instructor Xu spotted it at once. His expression changed, and he crossed several yards in two great strides to reach Huang Tian. His lips trembled. "The ninth rank?! It's only been a few days. You've advanced already?!"
The martial students training nearby heard him, and stormy waves rose in their hearts. They could accept Huang Tian developing force in an instant, but how could he advance to the ninth rank in just a few days? Was he even human?!
"Whoosh—"
Huang Tian breathed out a rolling stream of white vapor a foot long and slowly came out of his stance. The fiery red faded from his face, leaving his skin its normal color. The boiling blood and qi within him gradually settled as well.
Though his blood and qi had calmed, he could clearly feel that his strength, speed, defense, and every other physical attribute had risen to a new level.
The path of immortal cultivation places weight on mysteries, cultivation methods, and techniques, and cultivates the soul and spirit above all. Though this world also has spiritual energy, its violent nature led to the development of the Martial Path.
*In the early stages, martial artists focus on the body, tempering sinews, bones, skin, and flesh. By the Late Phase, the body can withstand violent spiritual energy. Only then do they draw it in and cultivate blood and qi alongside the spirit. Looked at that way, the mystic path and the Martial Path do seem to take different roads