Traveling the Heavens in Thunderbolt

Chapter 979: Nine Grades in the World
There are nine grades of martial arts in the world, from low to high, from grade nine to grade one.

Damaging the armor but not breaking it is the lower three grades; breaking less than six armors is the middle three grades; breaking eight or nine armors is the upper three grades.

The second grade is the minor grandmaster; the first grade has four realms, namely the Vajra Realm, the Zhixuan Realm, the Celestial Realm, and the Land Immortal (all have different levels of authenticity, the best grade is big, and the worst is fake).

There are three realms in the first level: Vajra, Finger Mystery, and Celestial Phenomenon.

The Vajra Realm is a metaphor for Buddhism. The main feature of the Vajra Realm is to temper the body. This is the most suitable time for tempering the body among the four realms, that is, to improve defense and physical fitness. In Buddhism, when a person enters the first level, he is in the Vajra Realm. If he ascends further, he will directly enter the land of immortals.

The Zhixuan realm is a metaphor for Taoism. One of the main characteristics of the Zhixuan realm is the ability to predict the future and anticipate the enemy. Another is that one can comprehend a variety of Zhixuan secrets. These secrets are all kinds of strange. Basically, no one dares to claim that he will win when confronting people in the Zhixuan realm, because you don't know what secret he has comprehended. For example, Jiang Fuding comprehended the mirror-looking method of "pointing directly to the heart of heaven". He can remember other people's martial arts and extract the essence of them. The human cat Han Shengxuan comprehended the Zhixuan secret that can cut off the induction of heaven and man in the Tianxiang realm, so he can kill the celestial phenomena with the Zhixuan. In Taoism, once a person enters the first level, he will be Zhixuan, and if he is promoted again, he will directly enter the land fairyland.

The Celestial Realm is a metaphor for Confucianism. The characteristics of the Celestial Realm are the resonance between heaven and man, resonance with heaven and earth, and the ability to borrow the laws of heaven and earth, and to use keen intuition to seek benefits and avoid harm. It is no easier for the Xuan Realm to advance to the Celestial Realm than for the Second Grade Realm to advance to the First Grade Realm. And because the Celestial Realm requires the resonance between heaven and man, if you commit killing karma indiscriminately, your fate will be affected. The perfect Celestial Realm is the Great Celestial Realm, which is only one step away from the Earthly Immortal. Once a Confucianist enters the First Grade, he will be a Celestial Realm, and if he advances further, he will directly enter the Land of Immortals.

The immortals on earth are the three families who have achieved the same goal through different paths. They have destiny, and the number of immortals on earth is limited. Only when other immortals on earth die or ascend to heaven can new immortals on earth be born.

Generally speaking, the first level of Buddhism is Vajra, the first level of Taoism is Zhixuan, and the first level of Confucianism is Tianxiang, and they only cultivate a single realm. Most martial artists in Jianghu advance by realm, Vajra-Zhixuan-Tianxiang-Dixian (comprehensive understanding), with multiple realms superimposed, so people from the three religions are not as good as martial artists in the same realm. Of course, in addition to people from the three religions, there are also martial artists in Jianghu who cross realms to upgrade, most of whom enter martial arts through magic, and do not require much physical strength, so they enter Zhixuan when they enter the first level.

There are three realms in the first grade, and there is no absolute distinction between strong and weak. It is more like the respective explanations of the three schools of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism on their own realms.

From the first rank upwards, one can shatter the void, use a sword to open the gate of heaven, or ascend to the sky, or ride a crane, or fly on a sword. Once one enters the gate of heaven and ascends to the upper realm, one becomes a celestial being and can achieve immortality, but if one leaves the gate of heaven, one will become a banished celestial being and no longer achieve immortality. If one passes the gate of heaven but does not enter, and stays in the lower realm, one becomes a celestial being. There are flawless and incomplete ones.

The Great Immortality of Celestial Beings is the perfection of celestial beings. They possess the physical body of a celestial being in the Great Vajra Realm (a pure body), the finger-like wisdom of the Great Immortality of Taoism, and the celestial phenomena of a Confucian saint. They are hard to find rivals in the sky.

In the world today, the most famous person who has achieved the realm of immortality is Wang Xianzhi, who has been in charge of Wudi City for decades and is known as the "second best in the world."

Wu Di City is located on the cliff of the East China Sea. It was built on the east side of Jieshi City with a view of the vast ocean. The city lord, Wang Xianzhi, is nearly a hundred years old, but has been famous for eighty years. He is a well-deserved martial arts genius that only appears once in a century. He was famous for not carrying any weapons when he debuted at a young age, and he always fought with one hand.

At the age of 25, he has entered the ranks of the world's top masters.

At the age of forty, he challenged Li Chungang, one of the Thirteen Armors of the Spring and Autumn Period, and broke his sword "Trojan Horse Ox" with just his two fingers.

He became famous all over the world and was the most popular person at that time.

Wang Xianzhi clearly has the qualifications to be the best in the world, but he considers himself as the second best. This makes the top ten masters in the martial arts world ranked eleventh, and the top spot has been vacant for twenty years.

Of course, it would be a lie to say that there is really no rival that can compete with it.

Not to mention the long-missing Sword God Li Chungang.

In the world today, there are two people who have fought against Wang Xianzhi.

One of them is the new sword god Deng Tai'a, holding a peach blossom branch, seeking defeat but undefeated.

He fought with Wang Xianzhi three times, neither winning nor losing, and ranked third among the top ten masters.

The other one was Jian Jiuhuang, who once stood on the top of Wudi City and shocked the world with his sword Jiu Liu Qianli. He was originally a blacksmith, and spent thirty years forging swords before finally realizing his own swordsmanship.

He carries a sword box on his back and collects famous swords from all over the world, including six of the top ten famous swords in the world.

In his early years, he challenged Wang Xianzhi, but after losing to him, he left behind one of them, "Huanglu". Later, he traveled around the world for three years with Xu Fengnian, the prince of Beiliang, overcame his own mental problems, and improved his strength.

He mastered Sword Nine and named it "Six Thousand Miles" to commemorate his six thousand miles of travel over the past three years.

Finally, he went to Wudi City to challenge Wang Xianzhi again, was defeated and died, and all the famous swords in the box were left in Wudi City.

There are also many people who may challenge Wang Xianzhi in the future.

Hong Xixiang, the youngest ancestor in the thousand-year history of Wudang Mountain, Wu Liuding, the contemporary sword champion of Wu Family Sword Tomb, and others, as long as given time, can compete with them in the future.

Among them, there is also a very special person.

The man's name, face, and age are unknown. All we know is that he is wearing a coat with a white tiger pattern and a silver-black tiger mask.

He carries a simple and thick sword in a holster with a white tiger pattern on his back, and is good at controlling the sword with a rope.

He once appeared in Northern Mang, fighting three thousand battles a day without stopping. The blood of Northern Mang flowed like a river, and many masters suffered heavy casualties.

This person became famous because of this, but then disappeared.

People at that time could only guess his name based on the celestial tiger mask on his face, "Tianhu Ling".

These people are hailed as the hope for the future of martial arts.

The Jianghu will also undergo drastic changes because of the arrival of one person.

Inside the Beiliang Palace, Xu Fengnian, the most famous and noble young man in the entire Beiliang, finally returned home after being away for half a year.

Before that, in order to go to Wudi City to retrieve the sword box of Sword Jiuhuang, he practiced swordsmanship hard.

Xu Fengnian gained a lot from his half-year trip to Wudang Mountain, and not only did his swordsmanship improve rapidly.

He also acquired the Dahuangting cultivation from Wang Chonglou, the head of Wudang.

As long as time passes and the Dahuangting booster in the body is digested, you can become one of the world's top masters.

The first thing to do after returning to Liangzhou is not to go to Lai Tingchao Pavilion.

Instead, he bought a portion of braised beef in soy sauce from a young girl to satisfy his craving.

Later, on the way back to the Beiliang Palace in Qingliang Mountain, he met an old friend Li Dongxi, whom he had met during his three years of travel, and her follower, the monk Wu Nanbei from Mount Nalanda.

After settling the two of them down, he entered the Tingchao Pavilion in the palace.

(End of this chapter)