The Martial Unity

Chapter 2040 Reign of the Master Realm

Rui stared at her with unadulterated surprise at the stunning revelations that his grandmother had shared with him.

He had never considered the consequences of the Martial Mind on psychology.

He had implicitly assumed that it didn't have any major effects on the mind based on the empirical observations that Martial Masters weren't particularly crazy or psychologically deviant.

They had an erudite air about them, but that was all he had ever observed of them.

Yet, now his grandmother shared with him the truth.

"The Age of Martial Art has had many ups and downs," she calmly informed him. "Among the lows were things such as the Martial Revolution which consisted of civil wars across all of humanity. Another low was a brief period of barbarism when infants were subjected to horrors of all kinds in the hopes of producing powerful Martial Paths. And another lesser-known and downplayed low was the Reign of the Master Realm."

She turned to him. "When Martial Seniors broke through to the Master Realm, many of them experienced the very shift in psychology that I just elaborated on. At the time, the Master Realm was the peak of Martial Art; you can imagine just what happened."

He felt chills as he thought about the kinds of horrors that unfolded.

No different from how humans view livestock as lesser, inferior, and property with which they could as they pleased. The most unfortunate reality is that they were not technically wrong. It is because the comparison cannot be refuted that it caused such a massive shift in psychology over time. The Reign of the Master Realm was one

this in my study of history in the Age

have exerted a tremendous amount of political power over centuries to censor and even retcon history. But no matter what the doctored and

keep it deep within ourselves as a reminder to never let that

turned to him with a powerful gaze. "Now that you have become a Martial Master, you are entitled to know this truth. Hone your mind and mentality, or pay the price. There are resources and manners in which you can condition your mind and will be available to you for free in the Martial Union or the

gazed at her

you think I'd

but no. Despite all the changes you have undergone, I do not believe you will ever go down that

smile cracked at the edge of his mouth. "I

"While there were plenty of madmen Martial Masters, there were even more Martial Masters who happened to retain a strong bond to humanity. Parents. A loved one. Children. A family. A community. These things anchored the Martial Masters despite the

better understanding of the mentalities of more

have come to be the case. Yet, the tug of darkness always remains. Martial Masters must learn to exercise emotional control and discipline when they break

thought of the Arrancar Family and Sage

his temperament and personality would ever bother creating a family as large as the Arrancar Family, especially when he clearly wasn't a family-oriented man

become a true devil, as his epithet suggested, that

left the orphanage," his grandmother commented lightly with a small