The Martial Unity

He had slept like a coma patient, sleeping through the night and halfway through the next day.

Kane stared at him with a bewildered expression. "What the hell happened? Did you sleep through?! You?!"

"I don't want to hear it, 'Nake'" Rui sighed as he felt incredibly comfortable and relaxed after a good amount of rest. "Yesterday was crazy."

"Where did you go?" Kane asked. "I tried looking for you to spar with last night but you weren't there."

"Yeah, I was speaking with Senior Xanarn," Rui sighed.

"What did she want?"

"Apparently, my Martial Art is dangerous," Rui said. "And she also told me about the secret of the Senior Realm."

"What?" Kane's eyebrow rose.

Rui proceeded to explain the gist of what she had divulged to him. Although he considered keeping it a secret for his own sake, he ultimately decided against it. The fact that there was no consensus on when disclosure of the secret of the Senior Realm ought to occur meant that there were no truly correct or incorrect choices, otherwise, the world would probably be on one page like they were with the breakthrough to the Squire Realm.

Kane murmured. "Incredible. Did she tell you what all the glowing red lines and streaks we

Rui shook his head as he proceeded to explain it all

the bed, of course. It was too personal, furthermore, he didn't want to reveal it without the consent of Senior Xanarn. After all, she was way too old and mature to appreciate being the center of romantic gossip. It was

been plaguing him prior. He

that it wasn't the same as it was for normal humans. It was clear that the Martial Heart was its own

if the conditions for triggering its activation were far greater, he couldn't help but feel that they

accruing enough individuality, and Rui

the discovery of the Martial Path, and the physical functions of the Martial Body centered around the Martial Path,') Rui mused. ('However, unlike the Squire breakthrough process, these enhancements are not transformative. They do not change the brain on any fundamental level… It simply

brain to enhance it. Rui knew from his talks with Julian that the brains of Martial Apprentices were indistinguishable from the brains of

cognitive capabilities of the brain better, allowing the

the Martial Path deepened the degree to which Martial Squires accessed the untapped capabilities of the brain. This allowed Martial

brain and, indirectly, the body, after all, the brain was not infinite. Martial Apprentices too would eventually hit a ceiling

breakthrough evolved the body in a process that could be survived by the fortitude granted by the Martial Path. It not only evolved the body but also evolved the untapped power that was within the

it did with the breakthrough to the Apprentice Realm. Except, in this case, it tapped into the enormous well of power that

of Martial Art… are they stages of tapping into different kinds and levels of potential that exist in the human body?') Rui's widened. ('The Apprentice Realm tapped into the potential of the conscious brain, the Squire Realm required tapping into the potential for evolution of the body, the Senior Realm requires harnessing the potential of the latent well of power that existed within the newly evolved Martial body.

made sense