Already a week had passed, and Zuigao had reached the peak of The tempering realm; smashing an average log into two wasn't too hard for him.
Zuigao walked out of the cave in his white robe to see the misty forest with slight fragmence of water all over the place.
Now reaching the next realm was getting harder as when one reaches a certain realm, the difficulty of reaching the next realm accelerates.
The cold winds were blowing and flowing here and there, silence and a refreshing atmosphere looked quite beautiful and showed the natural beauty of nature. Zuigao was wearing an exquisite grey robe. He watched his reflection in a nearby pond to see his deep eye bags. He was pondering about the cause of such phenomena; he then concluded that they may be permanent or semi-permanent. A water droplet fell from the sky and sent rippleintoin the pond. He was still watching his reflection in the pond; he was looking like a 14-year-old boy with black hair flowing down to his waist, eyes as dark as the void, and he had normally smooth and soft-looking skin as white as snow.
All the wounds he had suffered were now almost completely healed; not even scars were left. His hearing was also healed and now he would hear normally. He also noticed that his hearing was sharpened to a little degree.
His mind was in disarray, struggling to grasp certain things. His newfound goal was to reach the Qi tempering stage and join the prestigious flying sword sect as a true disciple. He sought to unlock the secrets of a valuable treasure that promised ultimate knowledge.
As he ventured into the world of martial arts, he faced the pivotal decision of choosing his primary and secondary paths of practice. He knew that mastering a single path was crucial for success, yet he remained open to exploring other paths as circumstances demanded. In this world, myriad paths existed, each with its own unique strengths and abilities. From elemental paths like star, light, dark, and metal to more specialized paths such as sword, spear, and emotion, the choices were endless.
Emerging from the cave, he appeared transformed. His once worn-out appearance had given way to a princely aura, exuding an air of quiet strength and elegance. His physical transformation was not just a matter of vanity but a strategic move to complement his growing prowess in the martial arts.
Despite his lack of natural talent and aptitude, his imposing physique compensated for any shortcomings. He felt like a dormant beast, ready to unleash his power and dominate the world. However, he was keenly aware of the restrictions imposed by the first stage of his journey, which necessitated a relentless focus on strengthening his mortal body and pushing it beyond its limits.
In this world, only a select few possessed physiques that could elevate them to the next level of power. Natural talent and aptitude differed significantly, with talent representing the ability to comprehend complex martial arts more quickly and aptitude signifying one's potential for improvement..
These were divided into 6 levels or categories.
R Grade aptitude/Talent
D Grade aptitude/Talent
C Grade aptitude/Talent
B Grade aptitude/Talent
A Grade aptitude/Talent
S Grade aptitude/Talent
In this world,R grade talent and aptitude meant no cultivation journey.They symbolized a complete failure.If one had talent, their ability to decipher martial arts would be gone and if one had aptitude,he would simply not improve or step into even the beginning realm.
D Grade aptitude or talent meant that he/she would only reach the 4th realm of Qi tempering stage with all of the worlds privilegies and external pills and support.In they eyes of lower sects,they were at least not worthless.They would have 50% less quantity and quality in Qi.
C Grade talent or aptitude was considered normal and if a low level family had one,they would privilege and adore him in any way.There quantity and quality of Qi will be normal and with some hurbles,they would reach the peak of 4th stage.It can allow a considerable future at least.
B Grade talent and aptitude was considered to be a genius of most commonality.Big clans adored over such genius and these ones would reach the 1st or 2nd realm of the 6th Stage and only in 3rd and 2nd clan,are these guys found.They were nothing to scoff upon.Since Talent gave more quality of Qi while aptitude provided more quantity and they quantity and quality was 2× times that of normal,they would be 4×times stronger then normal experts at their realm.They were the magnificent and mesmerizing heros that everybody was envious of.
And lastly in the end known talent and aptitude level was A Grade talent and aptitude.Who had this level was a dragon among men and a shining star in the entire history of all mankind.They had speechless talent and would reach the peak of 7th Stage without much hurdles.They would have a multiplier of 4× times in quality and quantity.Being stronger 8×times then that of normal.These may go down in all of history and even create a era for themselves.They shined like a star in the world.With lesser classes of people merely gracing and envious and jealousy burning in them.If they would,they would even leave the world itself!!,and some even did that.
And lastly was S Grade,nobody has ever touched upon this grade and is quite mysterious.
Heaven also granted different number of years of lifespan upon you when you reach a new stage.
Reaching the first stage would give you 4 years of lifespan,while the second stage would give 70 years of lifespan,while the third stage would give 125 years of lifespan.
There were also the grand physiques and constitutions.
Constitutions were different from physiques.
Constitution were a form of talent and special body construction that allowed you to be more compatible with certain martial arts and paths through two ways.First was through when a bloodline of multiple generations practice the same martial art can a constitution can be born from a kid where he would be more compatible and excellent in a certain martial art or when a child is born,they can have a constitution that is compatible with a certain path out of pure luck.These are two types of constitutions.All types of constitutions does not have any names.
Where as, Physiques are a natural blessed body that can allow a person unmatched talent in a certain path or multiple even.Physiques had 2types of.
1: Cultivation
2:Being a incarnation of a certain paths strenght or multiple.
Physiques would help with refining,making pills and elixirs, unnatural healing power, unmatched physical or soul power and endurance and many other traits.
Physiques are the natural secrets of Heaven and Earth and are made by it.Nobody knows how these are made but all have their guesses.
Zuigao had the Virtuous cultivation sovereign Immortal Physique,it was the peak of both types of special traits a physique would have along with vigorous stamina, unnatural endurance,super healing speeds,and natural resistance to poisons,mind illusions,charming traps and other tricks.This physique allowed 4 things,
1: Unmatched Talent!
2:Compatible and non-conflicting with all types of paths!
3:Highest of quality and the toughest foundation(meaning that one would never become a crippled of experience a fall in cultivation realm or stage)
4:Highest luck in all of existence!
Though Zuigao was positive,that his luck being in the Mortal Domain would be a little lesser then that of a normal person.Of course, there was a reason for that....but he even was skeptical about his resistance to poisons.He had already tested this can being bitten by a dark purple ant and got a pimple but after a few hours,it subsided.This physique was supposed to be immune to all poisons below the users own cultivation and if it was at the same level,it would non-existent and yet.....here it was not working.Now he had a weakness to poisons and only after a good amount of time would they subside due to his powerful immune system.
Zuigao took out a leather casteral from his space ring,gulping the water calmly.Stood up and walked towards a tree and with a swift strike,cut it's trunk and it fell on the ground with a commotion.He also cut the the other end of the trunk with a swift strike from his sword.Picking it up,he stabbed it into the ground and on its top end.He jumped above and landed on it.He was practicing,and checking how his balance was.
He jumped quit high and now had reached the peak of Beyond mortal body realm in a matter of a week and a half.
And now since he was strong enough,he had to now fight and kills all the animals around his vicinity to form a powerful presence....