The goal of all martial arts is to dig out and unearth a cultivators bodily potential and surpassing the limits of the body.
This is why the mortal part of the martial arts is usually called mortal limit and the immortal part heavenly limits , showing the limits imposed on man by the very heavens.
That being said, practicing martial arts is at least ten times harder than cultivating immortality and Buddhism but it's one drawback is balanced out by the fact that they become stronger and harder to kill than any other cultivators with increase in cultivation realm.
What makes martial cultivation hard for people is the subsequent lightning tribulation that sent shivers down the spines of other cultivators especially since they get stronger with each realm.
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The first realm of martial arts is called blood refinement .
Yes the martial and immortal cultivation have both of their realms similar to each other but different when it comes to intent.
In immortal cultivation , the cultivation of the body is seen as means to an end and hence is usually rushed through by many cultivators of immortality while in martial arts the cultivation of the body is the true foundation hence, it is highly stressed that one should cultivate diligently and set a stronger and firmer foundation so as to reach greater heights hence unlike the immortal system, the blood refinement in martial arts is far more thorough and efficient with a complete nine levels to boot.
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Sitting on his bed in the assigned courtyard , Auron read the rules and regulations of the sect which were as simple as could be.
Like, respect the elders of the sect
Do not conspire with outsiders
Do not consciously Maine a fellow sect mate
All disagreements are settled in the arenas
In case of a crime, one is allowed to challenge his accusers to a life and death duel.
This was one of the rules where I raised an eye brow as it simply meant all the first rules would be nullified by the strength of one's fists , that is unless you betray the sect then all bets are off as you'd become public enemy number one.
Having fully understood the few rules of the sect, he started to read a booklet containing the sect techniques and how to attain the first level of blood refinement yet as he passed through the booklet, he unknowingly fell in to a state of enlightenment and unknown to him, his untethered records started to formlessly merge with the sect art as he unconsciously cultivated the art.
Scenes of when he was on earth and learnt the blood's role in the production of energy, this merged with the knowledge from the booklet into anew dao.
This phenomenon continued until four in the mourning and directly went to bed having accomplished his task only to be awakened by a loud bell in the mourning just two hours after falling asleep.
Upon going out to have a look, he saw many disciples running to the arenas .
Grabbing a passing disciple, he asked the reason for so much attention.
" didn't you hear, fatty Zhang challenged senior brother Chen to a fight ".
Apparently it had something to do with this fatty Zhang's sister,finding it interesting, I went to have a look.