Methods for a Stable Breakthrough to the Martial King Realm

[Li Lingyue wants to spend more time with you, not because she worries your lifespan is approaching its end, but because she fears that when the great disaster arrives, you two will be separated by life and death.]

[Although at Cuiwei Peak, you shocked both the human and demon races with a single punch, and made a name for yourself across the Five Domains in one battle.]

[But that was because countless experts and Great Dao immortal artifacts elevated you; you yourself do not possess such high combat power.]

[Once the great disaster descends, the Empress worries that you won't be able to protect yourself.]

["If you could break through to the Martial King realm, I would feel somewhat more at ease."]

["With you and Big Brother fully supporting me, my breakthrough to the Martial King realm is only a matter of time. Don't worry."]

["Breaking through to the Martial King realm is much more difficult than you imagine. Haven't you noticed that there are no rogue Martial Kings in this world? Every Martial King is affiliated with a faction."]

["Now that you mention it, that's true. What's the reason?"]

[Li Lingyue tells you that a martial artist cannot break through to the Martial King realm alone.]

[To break through to the Martial King realm, one must first complete the tenth stage of the Spirit Condensation realm, possess at least high-tier external arts, internal arts, and mental cultivation methods, and cultivate all three to the perfection stage.]

[You have actually already met the requirements for the cultivation methods.]

[Secondly, one needs to construct a Heaven-tier Spirit Gathering Array within a Heaven-tier spirit vein to gather enough essence of heaven and earth.]

[This condition alone shuts out all rogue cultivators.]

[Smaller factions can sometimes form connections with larger ones and ask to borrow a location. In return, after succeeding, they pledge allegiance to the larger faction and follow their lead.]

[But who would bother associating with a rogue cultivator?]

[Finally, one must use either the "Ten-Person Method" or the "Thousand-Person Method" to assault the realm barrier.]

[The so-called "Ten-Person Method" requires ten martial artists at or above the Martial King realm to use specific secret techniques within the array to assist the breakthrough.]

[It's like having ten people standing above, pulling you up!]

[The "Thousand-Person Method" involves finding a thousand middle-stage martial artists (Golden Body, Spirit Sea, Spirit Condensation) to assist in the breakthrough.]

[It's like having a thousand people standing below, pushing you up!]

[Therefore, it is extremely rare in this world to see someone break through to the Martial King realm on their own.]

["It does sound quite troublesome, but it shouldn't be a big problem for me. Big Brother stepping in will be enough."]

[Li Lingyue gets straight to the crux of the matter.]

["For martial artists with Earth-tier or Heaven-tier bone structures, the success rate of the Thousand-Person Method is twenty and thirty percent, respectively, while the Ten-Person Method is thirty and fifty percent. If supplemented with heavenly materials and earthly treasures, the chances can be increased slightly, such as with the Sword Sect's Immortal Peach. You have a high-tier bone structure, so your success rate will only be lower."]

["If I fail, I'll just try again. Our Big Brother isn't lacking in resources!"]

["Failure results in a drop in cultivation. Some people can drop from Spirit Condensation down to Golden Body, though they won't fall back to the early martial stages."]

["That's quite a serious problem..."]

[Now you know why Li Lingyue has been frowning all day.]

[She already possesses a long lifespan.]

[The thought that you are very likely unable to break through to the Martial King realm naturally makes her melancholy.]

[Because even if there is no great disaster in the human realm, she would still have to watch you die of old age.]

["Is there really no method for a stable breakthrough?"]

[With your previous experiences of breaking through realms, you feel there should be.]

[It's nothing more than a question of the return on investment.]

[You used the Immortal Peach to break through to the Golden Body realm, the Shen family's "Three-Day Method" to break through to the Spirit Sea realm, and the Five Domains Sacred Pill to break through to the Spirit Condensation realm.]

[All of these were like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut, employing grand means for a small task, just to guarantee absolute success without failure.]

[There must be an even more powerful method in this world to guarantee a foolproof breakthrough to the Martial King realm; it just requires investing more resources or manpower.]

["There is."]

[I knew it!]

[A look of joy appears on your face.]

["Not in the Five Domains, but in the Three Great Holy Lands."]

["The Shen family doesn't have it?"]

[If the Shen family had it, you figured you could manipulate things a bit in the next simulation.]

["No. The Three Great Holy Lands are located in the Great Wasteland and overseas. They have a small population, but the total number of their late-stage martial artists is no less than the Shen family, which occupies the entire star domain. This is precisely because they possess a stable method for breaking through to the Martial King realm."]

[To think the Shen family's ancestor spent thirty thousand years researching, only to come up with useless things.]

[Failing to develop such an important method for cultivating late-stage martial experts—how disappointing!]

"Understood. I'll add another item to the must-do list for the next simulation: infiltrate the Three Great Holy Lands and find the method for a 100% successful breakthrough to the Martial King realm!

Then again, breaking through to the Martial King realm is surprisingly troublesome.

Even with a Heaven-tier bone structure and all conditions maxed out, the probability is only half, and one still has to rely on heavenly materials and earthly treasures to slightly boost the odds.

And if you fail, your cultivation drops and you have to cultivate all over again. How cruel..."

Breaking through to the Martial King realm is difficult because martial arts essentially only has three major stages.

The early martial stages: Body Tempering, Spirit Gathering, and Soul Refining.

The middle martial stages: Golden Body, Spirit Sea, and Spirit Condensation.

The late martial stages: Martial King, Martial Saint, and Martial God.

Going from Spirit Condensation to Martial King is actually moving from the middle stages to the late stages.

Taking this step opens up a brand new world, a realm that allows one to strive for the dream of all martial artists: shattering the void with martial arts!

[The Seventieth Year, eighty-eight years old.]

[This year, powerful sea monsters appeared in the North Sea, killing coastal residents and destroying coastal cities.]

[Chen Jing as the King of the North, had the duty to defend the territory, and he obligingly led troops to exterminate them.]

[At the same time, problems arose with the believers in the Southern Border, and the Empress had to rush back to deal with them.]

[You prepared to go along.]

[Absolutely not because you felt safe by the Empress's side, but because you wanted to protect your woman!]

[However, just as you were about to set off, Chen Yun reached her dying moments.]

[The Empress told you to stay, so that Third Sister wouldn't pass away without a single brother by her side.]

[Before parting, the Empress repeatedly urged you that if you encountered danger, you must activate the Golden Body she had left for you previously.]

[Chen Yun still passed away, even though you tried many methods and used the authority granted by Big Brother to mobilize many resources from the Northern Territory.]

[But in the end, it couldn't stop the King of Hell from claiming a life.]

[The Shen Manor was draped in white mourning garments.]

[Following Chen Yun's dying wish, Shen Qingshan did not hold a grand funeral; everything was kept simple.]

[He only notified the relatives within the clan and set up a few banquets in the Shen Manor.]

[Big Brother Chen Jing was notified, but he was fiercely battling the sea monsters in the North Sea and truly couldn't return.]

[Shen Qingshan's body was also nearing its limit, unable to handle the exertion.]

[Third Sister's funeral was basically organized by you, running around taking care of everything.]

[While you were busy, you didn't feel much.]

[But as the mourning period neared its end and the white curtains in the Shen Manor were slowly taken down, you suddenly felt a surge of profound sorrow from the bottom of your heart.]

[Even though you had been tempered through several lifetimes, you still harbored passion and sentiment, never truly becoming hard-hearted.]

[After finishing all this, you rode Black Wind south, preparing to head to the Southern Border to find the Empress.]

[You originally wanted to go to the North Sea to help Big Brother deal with the sea monsters, but after hearing about the troubles the Empress was currently facing, Big Brother sent a letter telling you to go to the Southern Border to help the Empress first. He even said you were being a bit clueless, and if you didn't listen, he would beat you up.]

[Along the way, you weren't idle either; you cultivated ceaselessly and popped pills non-stop.]

You hoped to reach the peak of the Soul Condensation realm as soon as possible. Then, you would head to the Great Wasteland to seek out the Holy Land, hoping they would give you, the King of Connections of the Five Regions, some face and help you achieve a breakthrough.

However, you knew you were just deluding yourself.

Through your usual dealings with big shots like the Sword Master and the Empress, you had learned a few things about the Holy Land.

The people of the Holy Land were even more arrogant than the Shen family. They looked down on the Five Regions, much like an arrogant city nouveau riche looking down on their poor country relatives.

Even during the most difficult times of the war between the two races, the Five Regions never asked the Holy Land for help.

This was because everyone in the Five Regions shared an unspoken understanding: the Holy Land wouldn't care whether the Five Regions lived or died.

If you truly wanted to rely on the Holy Land to guarantee a flawless breakthrough to the Martial King realm, you would probably have to put in a lot of careful planning and effort first.