Once her body has reached a critical point and also she has reached the limits that her dantain could gather then what is also needed to breakthrough was enough mastery of her martial arts and enough inspiration to break past her human limitations.
Humans who practice martial arts are categorised as third, second, first rate and peak realm martial artists but the next stage is to break through to the transcendent realm.
If a peak realm or master martial artist was known to have mastered 100% of a martial art then a transcendent realm would be not only mastering a martial art but improving and personalising it to best suit themselves so it would be considered to have been mastered 120%.
The martial arts Ki had trained in previously had been mastered even in her previous life but had not met the body conditions in this life to use them properly until she had trained her body hard enough.
After gaining much enlightenment during the four years she had long gained enough insight to be able to improve her swordsmanship, palm arts and many other things that she had long surpassed the required 100% mastery needed to break through to the next realm and she had developed her own two styles of martial arts that came in the 8 basic, 16 intermediate and 24 advanced forms.
After she completed the advanced forms she continued to improve it with the insight she had gained from all of the martial arts books in the families inheritance site and through constant practice and experience in battle.
It didn't matter whether it was sword arts, palm arts, throwing or hidden weapon techniques, archery or even acupuncture needle arts she had achieved greater mastery in them than her previous life which had long surpassed her current realm.
If someone was to ask what enlightenment she encountered to break through so suddenly then she would be unable to reply.
Most people gain enlightenment on one individual path whether it be the sword or spear arts but while Ki had mastered the sword forms she would not directly identify herself as a swordswoman because she had mastered many other techniques.
If Ki had to identify her enlightenment then she would say her enlightenment came from the word versatility.
Versatility as she has built upon many different skills and qualities so that she is able to adapt to many different changes and scenarios.
If her sword is stabbed into a persons body and she has no time to remove it she had the option to let go of it which is taboo for a swordsman but for her it's just a means for survival that she can retrieve when the time is right.
After losing her sword she could still rely on her palm arts, knives, needles, darts, poison and mystical arts so her martial enlightenment was more centred around her ability to adapt and change her strategy to suite her environment or the enemy she is fighting.
After Ki opened her eyes, she silently got up and walked towards the door while unlocking it and exited the room.
She headed towards the dining room where her family were beginning to gather for the meal.
Ki sat down and began to squeeze her little sisters little cheeks teasing her while teasing her. "Mother, father and grandmother… I know I have mentioned this in the past but there is somewhere I must go to during this time. So I will be leaving to travel and will be travelling incognito this time as my task needs to be kept secret."
Agnes frowned and then asked. "Will it be dangerous?"
Ki shrugged her shoulders and replied. "Yes and no depending on how things play out. While I can give everyone peace of mind that nothing bad will happen and I can handle everything there are always unexpected things that happen in the outside world so I cannot promise you. Believe me that I do have confidence in my ability to come back alive and get back during the next couple of weeks."
Ki had been planning this trip for a long time but she had to delay it because of the situation with the northern border and the safety of the village but also the spies that were spread out from various organisations or alliances that were on the lookout for the divine ice sects survivors.
She could not stand out during that time so she decided not to take any risks to leave the village and be put on her potential enemies watch list.
After everything had calmed down and she had decided it was time to go travel she immediately sent a letter to Marilyn and began to make preparations for travel.
Leon looked at his sister with wide eyes. "Sister you are leaving? Where to?"
Ki smiled and placed her finger in front of her lips. "It's a secret little brother. Sister is just going out to travel and will be back safe."
She smiled as she rubbed her brothers head, over the years he had grown up well and was progressing at a fast speed thanks to his connection with his contract beast.
Adam looked seriously at Ki and then spoke. "You are taking the carriages you purchased that have been left unmarked aren't you? How many people are you taking with you?"
Elizabeth looked a little worried but after witnessing her daughters feats over the years she could only sigh helplessly. "I also want to know the same as your dad asked."
Ki replied immediately while spoon feeding her little sister. "I will bring several unmarked carriages with me so that I can travel without revealing my or the families identity but also I will bring around ten to fifteen people with me to escort the carriages and help with other tasks. I have also contacted Marilyn and intend to take Lumi with me during the journey. Lumi needs to see some more of the outside world and it would be helpful towards building on and expanding her world view."
While Rayleigh had been working on her own things while training she also had a business of her own to focus on thanks to the support of Ki but Lumi still did not fully open up to others or act beyond her given orders.
Ki decided that it would not be good to keep Lumi trapped within the village as it would only limit her point of view of the world.
She needed to travel, meet other people, witness many situations she had never dealt with and learn how to interact with the world around her.