Originally, the martial arts of this world had only three realms: Break Ten, Slash Hundred, and Steel Qi Refinement.
Before Steel Qi Refinement, there was little mystery to it—one merely tempered strength and honed skill. Some exceptionally gifted people were born with divine strength and could fight ten men alone, even cut down a hundred, without needing any training at all.
But Steel Qi Refinement was different. Only by sensing the power of the earth could one give birth to Steel Qi.
Once one reached this step, martial arts began to display extraordinary properties.
This had once been the endpoint of martial arts.
Martial arts grandmasters, legends of the martial world—these were the people it referred to.
At this stage, the body was no longer important. What mattered was the spirit. One had to possess formidable martial arts, comprehend the vicissitudes of the human way, then use that human way to stir the power of the earth. Only when the spirit of humanity resonated with the earth's power could one achieve it.
And no one who could comprehend this stage was young. They were at least sixty or older.
They broke through too late; by then, they were already old. Their subsequent growth shifted from a qualitative transformation of life to an extension of life, allowing those grandmasters to live a few more years. It was impossible for them to go any further, and they had no way to explore the road beyond.
Only Gu Daotian, who had attained Steel Qi Refinement at a very young age, possessed the foundation to explore the path ahead.
Yet even so, it was only under Zhao Cheng's pressure that he finally comprehended Divine Transformation beyond Steel Qi Refinement!
From then on, martial arts gained another realm: Divine Transformation.
However, that transformation had also