Legendary Clan Chief
Chapter 930 - 913: Five Steps of a King, One Step One Calamity!

Chapter 930: Chapter 913: Five Steps of a King, One Step One Calamity!

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War Bone Alejandro Gold, blood Qi long and continuous, life force like an endless ocean, at this moment Xiao Chen felt his War Body, his war bones ten times sturdier, which in turn multiplied the strength he could wield.

Then he noticed the life and death Qi that had emerged within his body, originating directly from the depths of his blood marrow. In fact, every part of a warrior’s body, be it flesh, membrane, or war bones, contained both life force and Death Qi.

The physical Nirvana within the monarch’s path was precisely about stimulating the life and death Qi within the body. It was just that Xiao Chen, aided by his Purple Gold Battle Body, first derived life and death Qi from his blood marrow, arguably from the deepest part of his body.

Physical Nirvana was a major hurdle on the monarch’s path. The body needed to undergo metamorphosis, and the Towering Realm’s nine-layer heaven perfected indicated that a warrior had reached the extremity of the mortal realm. Only the realm of monarchs was truly beyond the mortal world.

Beyond the mortal realm, reborn from a drop of blood, the spirit tough to erase – thus, monarchs are very difficult to kill.

Of course, rebirth from a drop of blood in life and death is taboo. For ascendant monarchs, rebirth from a drop of blood usually entails an extremity of vitality in flesh and blood. Even if the sacred body of war is injured, with the entire body exploding, it can still fully recover.

Just like the Golden Armored Scorpion King had his arm severed but it quickly regrew, limb regeneration for monarchs is quite an ordinary divine power.

All of these prerequisites are physical Nirvana, comprehension of life and death, and completing the true metamorphosis of the body.

Xiao Chen had already cultivated the Golden Battle Body and embarked on the ancient body cultivation path, coalescing the Blood Essence Battle Body, with life force naturally needing no extra mention; it was just that he hadn’t previously stimulated the elusive life and death Qi within his body.

Now that the life and death Qi had emerged, he stepped up to the test of the monarch’s path.

A black and a white Qi intertwined in Xiao Chen’s hands, connecting head to tail to form a circle, akin to the poles of Yin and Yang.

True physical Nirvana required the body to be filled with endless life and death Qi, merging vitality with death, pondering the power of life and death, and ultimately transforming the body.

The peril involved is self-explanatory; success meant exuberant life force like a boundless ocean, and failure meant Death Qi pervading throughout, the body collapsing into a heap of decayed bones.

At this moment, a trace of life and death Qi was diffusing within Xiao Chen’s body, a symbol of the physical Nirvana within the monarch’s path.

Physical Nirvana, does a martial artist ultimately cultivate oneself, to uncover the great secrets of the human body, or to comprehend the ten thousand paths of the world, to enlighten oneself on the laws and divine powers?

At this moment, Xiao Chen was somewhat puzzled; martial arts cultivation seemed to have split into two paths, one following the heaven and earth ten thousand paths as a teacher, cultivating Qi and deriving laws, the other treating oneself as heaven and earth, exploring the potential within the body, the cultivation of Qi and body. These were clearly two distinct martial arts paths, yet now they seemed to intertwine.

The monarch’s path tested not just the physical body, but also Battle Qi and even the spirit. It was uncertain how those who specialized in cultivating Battle Qi would endure physical Nirvana.

The realm of physical Nirvana was divided into the realm of life and the realm of death, not necessarily in any order to contemplate, Xiao Chen with his robust blood Qi and exuberant life force, naturally first sensed the breath of life.

Humm!

As the black and white Qi interwove within his hands, Xiao Chen directed the strand of black Qi to a nearby Spirit Medicine. In the blink of an eye, what was originally a thriving Spirit Medicine withered into a pile of fine powder, scattering on the ground.

And when the white Qi entered the Spirit Medicine, the plant grew wildly, doubling in size in the blink of an eye, with its branches and leaves becoming even more vigorous and bursting with life.

The power of life and death!

"Hee hee, master, you’re stepping onto the monarch’s path now, right? You’ve stepped into it with one foot without yet reaching the nine-layer peak," Luli giggled as she appeared in front of Xiao Chen.

Hearing that, Xiao Chen couldn’t help but roll his eyes. To stumble onto the monarch’s path in such a muddled way; since it was deemed a monarch’s trial, it couldn’t possibly be so simple.

Physical Nirvana, also known as the physical decline tribulation, isn’t so simple," Xiao Chen said as he lightly pinched Luli’s little face.

However, Luli fluttered her wings to avoid Xiao Chen’s hand and said discontentedly, "I believe master can definitely overcome the physical tribulation."

At this moment, Xiao Chen had already decided that once he had cleared out the alien races in the Border Wasteland Region, he would definitely enter seclusion in the Mountain River Seal for a while, with Luli accelerating time to enhance his strength, as he urgently needed to build his foundation.

Just discussing the five steps of becoming a monarch required one’s strength to be at its peak to face the tribulation.

The five steps of a monarch, one tribulation per step!

Xiao Chen himself was somewhat different, not having perfected the nine-layer heaven before stepping into the tribulation of physical Nirvana. This was something that astonished him, as such cases were rare in the Great Wasteland.

In fact, some warriors believe that ascending to the Martial Arts Heavy Floor Realm is equivalent to taking the first step towards becoming a monarch, but this step was just as brutal. The innate construction of the Martial Arts Tower set the limit for a warrior’s martial arts potential for the future.

The Martial Path is divided into nine heavens; with each step, a warrior ascends one heaven, corresponding to the nine heavens of the world. However, reaching monarch status comes only after these steps.

Yet, this concept hasn’t gained widespread approval among the majority of warriors; the recognized path is that of five steps for a monarch.

The first step on the monarch’s path is the Ninefold Heavenly Ladder, where a warrior of the Towering Realm achieves nine heavy layers of completion, branding all nine layers of the Martial Arts Tower with divine powers, giving rise to spirituality.

The Ninefold Tower is also known as the Martial Stairway; at the peak of the Towering Realm lies the martial arts bright lights. At this juncture, one must ignite the bright lights with Combat Qi, illuminating the path of the monarch.

However, igniting the monarch’s path is not so easy; if one does not control it well, it’s equivalent to a warrior self-immolating—even setting their own life on fire.

This is not about the consumption of one’s own blood qi but the complete disappearance, the exhaustion of qi and blood, a drop in cultivation back to the beginning, and even reaching the end of one’s lifespan.

The second step, Sea of Qi Transformation, follows the lighting of martial arts bright lights and illuminates the entire Circulating Heaven Qi Sea. Although the qi sea is also referred to as a sea, it isn’t a true vast ocean.

This step involves turning the Circulating Heaven Qi Sea into an actual vast ocean. This is also why, although Near Monarch Experts are in the same realm as legendary strong ones, the gap between them is so significant.

After the Near Monarch Expert transforms their Combat Qi into a sea, the Combat Qi within their body becomes a true vast ocean, countless times larger than that of the warrior at the Legendary Realm.

Transforming a hundred-zhang-sized Circulating Heaven Qi Sea into a sudden explosion to hundreds or even thousands of times larger contains immense danger, as the tearing force within the expanding Qi Sea could rip apart a warrior’s Circulating Heaven Qi Sea, causing their body to explode and die.

The path to becoming an ocean varies in expansions for different warriors, but there’s one rule all warriors abide by: if the qi sea is less than a hundred thousand zhang in size, it is considered a failed transformation, for such a Combat Qi ocean is insufficient to support a warrior’s ascension to the supreme monarch realm.

The third step on the monarch’s path is physical nirvana, which is the current state of Xiao Chen—related to the tribulations of the body, triggering the dormant life and death qi within.

Split into the realms of life and death, one senses the vitality of their own flesh and blood and the death qi. This step is related to a warrior’s future ability for Blood Rebirth.

Life and death are equally taboo; throughout history, how many warriors can claim they truly comprehended life and death? The perils are, of course, unavoidable.

In the realm of life, if the force of vitality is too strong and overwhelms death, it’s equally disastrous for a warrior. A surge of vitality causes the body to develop rapidly, and if unable to contain this growth, one would perish from body explosion.

In the realm of death, if the death qi is too heavy, it causes warriors to face the calamity of their bodies withering away, until their vitality is completely consumed by death qi, vitality extinguished, life ended, turning to dust.

Warriors must find their body’s critical point between vitality and death qi to truly transform their flesh!

The Soul Beyond is what comes after lighting the bright lights and facing the tribulations of blood qi and Combat Qi. This belongs to the fourth step on the monarch’s path, where the soul must step into the mysterious cycle of Reincarnation and endure the Reincarnation Tribulation. As for what Reincarnation is, no warrior can make it clear.

This trial is for the soul. As for where Reincarnation is, no one can specify. There are rumors of nine Reincarnation Heavenly Gates; once a warrior triggers the cycle of the soul, the soul enters a mystical place.

If one can step out of the nine Reincarnation Gates, they naturally reach the Beyond, reborn anew. But if one fails to do so, they can only lose themselves in that mysterious place!

The next step is the final one on the monarch’s path, the Law Divine Bridge. Warriors will derive the perfect mysteries they have comprehended into laws, which penetrate the soul, bringing forth an Undying Martial Soul!

The laws evolve from the Heavenly Path, connecting one’s Dao with heaven and earth.

In legends, laws penetrating the soul lead to the creation of an Undying Martial Soul, which is but a sliver of soul power separated from the soul, nestled within the Martial Arts Tower.

However, until reaching this step, no warrior can fully explore the distinction between the soul and the Martial Soul.

Although the path of the monarch is divided into five steps, besides the first and the final step of laws penetrating the soul, the intermediary stages involving Combat Qi, War Body, soul trials, and law derivation can be undertaken in any order or even simultaneously, provided the warrior has such strength.

The realm of Half Monarch Experts depends on how many steps a warrior has taken on the monarch’s path and, due to the different tribulations experienced, great disparities exist in the combat power of the Half Monarch Experts.

Phew!

After a long while, Xiao Chen collected his thoughts, calming down. He had already stepped onto the path of the monarch—a path full of thorns and hurdles. Once embarked upon, one either perishes or advances relentlessly.

But at the moment, he has too many deficiencies; his Combat Qi realm isn’t enough, needing to comprehend nine mysteries, but currently, he has only grasped eight, and the comprehended realms are uneven, not yet reaching perfection.

His soul, too, hasn’t achieved the nine-fold complete state. Fortunately, this time he entered the physical nirvana tribulation. Had it been any other tribulation, he would be hard-pressed to cope.

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