The Martial Unity

Rui intended to meet all of the conditions for becoming a Martial Senior, and he had a plan for almost all of them.

He wasn't far too concerned with the condition of building up enough individuality to be able to bring out the true potential of the Martial Body; the Martial Heart. Individuality was something he rocked at as a Martial Artist for various reasons.

A lifetime of experience, a lifetime of knowledge from another world, and a particularly sharp mind meant that he could exercise his creativity and produce something that was not only original but quite unique as well. It meant that as long as he didn't grow overconfident or lazy, and continued applying and exerting himself to add more individuality to his Martial Art, he would certainly cross the threshold where his Martial Heart would have been unearthed, and needed to only be triggered.

As for the condition of the body, that was to ensure that the Martial Body was strong enough to withstand the flood of power that would released by the Martial Heart. Rui recalled the story that Senior Xanarn had told him about her grandmother. She performed incredible feats to save her life but died very soon after.

This was because her body was simply unable to withstand that power. In fact, that was the reason why the untapped well of power was hidden and locked away. It was because it would severely harm the body if used, and could even lead to death in the worst-case scenario.

That was why he needed to improve the internal constitution of his body. This would normally be impossible for the human, but the Martial Body was an evolved form of the body and could do almost everything the human body could do to a far greater degree.

This included a passive adaptation factor of healed tissue to old stimuli that damage tissue. It was like how bones could be strengthened under sustained pressure, damage, and force through repeated conditioning.

Over time, the Martial Body would simply grow stronger, and it's ability to improve under stress had also evolved.

Thus, as long as a Martial Squire never ceased to train and fight, they would probably eventually obtain a body that was capable of withstanding the Martial Heart.

('Is that why all Martial Seniors are quite old?') Rui wondered.

they simply were unable to activate their Martial Hearts at all prior to

to hasten that process, thus

in his pursuit of his Martial Path as well, he was not unmotivated, and he

to fulfill Project Water,

those were powerful force

would challenge those strong desires. He couldn't do that, nor did he want to do

put at risk were necessary, and required.

was willing to sacrifice them to get more power… Then protecting them wouldn't

even consider putting his family in danger on purpose and then challenging himself to protect them as some way to trigger the activation of the

that he would run into some circumstance that

want the probability of his

pondering recently was whether he ought to find a way to trigger

he was sure that many people had tried increasing the rate at which the breakthroughs occurred at

of the Martial Artists of each Realm broke into a higher one. Had anyone made any major breakthrough in that

chose to hide it, like I