His battle bones were gilded purple gold. His qi and blood flowed endlessly, and his vitality was like an ocean. At this moment, Xiao Chen felt that his battle bones were ten times stronger than before. This allowed the power he could use to multiply as well.
Then, he noticed the life and death qi in his body. They were directly derived from the depths of his blood marrow. In reality, a cultivator's entire body — be it their flesh, skin, or battle bones — contained life and death qi.
The rebirth of the body on the Path of Kings was to stimulate the life and death qi in the body. However, Xiao Chen borrowed the power of the Violet-Gold Battle Physique, so the life and death qi was derived from the blood marrow first. It could be said that it was derived from the depths of the body.
The rebirth of the body was a huge hurdle on the Path of Kings. The body needed to undergo a transformation. The peak of the ninth layer of the Heavenly Building Realm was the peak of the mortal realm. The King Realm was the true transcendence of the mortal realm.
Beyond the mortal realm, rebirth from a single drop of blood, and the soul was hard to destroy. Thus, it was very difficult to kill a king.
Of course, rebirth from a single drop of blood was a taboo in life and death. The rebirth from a single drop of blood of a supreme king relied more on the extremely dense vitality of the body. Even if the Sacred Battle Physique was damaged and the body exploded, it could still recover to its original state.
For example, the Golden Armored Scorpion King's severed arm grew back very quickly. Rebirth from a broken limb was the most ordinary ability for a king.
The prerequisite for all of this was the rebirth of the body, comprehending life and death, and completing the true transformation of the body.
Xiao Chen had originally cultivated the Golden Combat Body. Furthermore, he had embarked on the path of the Ancient Physical Body Cultivation Technique and condensed the Blood Essence Combat Body. Naturally, there was no need to mention his lifeforce. It was just that he had not activated the Life and Death Qi hidden in his body earlier.
Now that the life and death qi had been derived, it was time to step onto the test of the Path of Kings.
Two streams of qi, one black and one white, appeared in Xiao Chen's hands. They connected to each other and formed a circle, like the two extremes of Yin and Yang.
The true rebirth of the body required the body to be filled with endless life and death qi. Gathering the vitality and death qi, comprehending the power of life and death, and finally transforming the body.
One could imagine how dangerous it was. If he succeeded, his vitality would be as vast as the ocean. If he failed, his body would be filled with death qi, and his body would collapse, turning into a pile of rotten bones.
At this moment, Xiao Chen's body was overflowing with a trace of Life and Death Qi. This was the sign of the King's Path's physical body undergoing nirvana.
"Body Nirvana. Does a martial artist cultivate their body and uncover the great secrets of the human body, or comprehend the myriad Daos of the world and understand the supernatural powers of the Laws?"
At this moment, Xiao Chen was a little puzzled. It seemed as though there were two paths in the cultivation of a martial artist. One was to learn from the Dao of Heaven and Earth and cultivate the Laws of Qi. The other was to learn from one's own body and cultivate the potential of the human body. Qi cultivation and body cultivation were clearly two different paths of martial arts. Yet, at this moment, they were intertwined together.
The King's Path didn't just test one's physical body; it also tested one's Battle Qi and even one's soul. It was unknown how those cultivators who specialized in Battle Qi experienced their physical body's nirvana.
The Nirvana Realm of the physical body was divided into the Life Realm and the Death Realm. They could be comprehended at the same time. Right now, Xiao Chen's Qi and blood were strong, and his life force was exuberant. Naturally, he would comprehend Qi first.
Buzz!
The black and white qi intertwined in his hand. Xiao Chen controlled the wisp of black qi to fall on a spirit herb not far away. In the blink of an eye, the originally thriving spirit herb withered at a speed visible to the naked eye and turned into a pile of powder that scattered on the ground.
When the white qi fell on the spirit herb, it grew at a crazy speed. In the blink of an eye, it doubled in height. Its branches and leaves were even more exuberant and full of vitality.
The power of life and death!
"Hehe, Master, you can be considered to have stepped onto the King's Path. You haven't reached the top of the Nine Heavens, but you've already taken one step in."
Seeing that Xiao Chen was no longer in deep thought, Liuli's small body appeared in front of him and said with a smile.
Hearing this, Xiao Chen couldn't help but roll his eyes. He had stepped onto the King's Path just like that. Since it could be called the King's Test, how could it be so simple?
"Physical Nirvana is also known as Physical Decay Tribulation. How could it be so simple?" Xiao Chen gently pinched Liuli's small face and said aloud.
However, Liuli fluttered her wings and dodged Xiao Chen's big hand. She said with some dissatisfaction, "I believe that Master will be able to pass through the Physical Decay Tribulation."
At this moment, Xiao Chen had already made up his mind. After clearing the foreign races in the Desolate Border Domain, he would definitely enter the Seal of Mountains and Rivers for a period of time to let Liuli accelerate time and improve his strength. He urgently needed to improve his foundation.
In terms of the King's Five Steps alone, one's strength must be at its peak in order to deal with the Tribulation.
The King's Five Steps, one Tribulation for each step!
But Xiao Chen himself was a little different. He didn't reach the peak of the Ninth Heavens before stepping into the Physical Nirvana Tribulation. This was also something that surprised him. This situation could be said to be rare in the Great Wilderness.
In fact, some Martial Artists believed that when a Martial Artist advanced to the Martial Path Layer Realm, it was equivalent to the first step to becoming a King. However, this step was equally cruel. Innately forging the Martial Path Layer Realm limited the Martial Path Cultivator's future potential.
The Martial Path Layer Nine Heavens, each step was a layer of Heaven, corresponding to the Nine Heavens of Heaven and Earth. However, that would be after becoming a King.
However, this idea was not approved by the majority of Martial Artists. It was publicly recognized as the King's Five Steps.
The first step of the King's Path was the Nine Heavenly Stairs. Martial Artists reached the peak of the Ninth Heavens of the Martial Path Layer Realm. The Nine Heavens of the Martial Path Layer Realm were all branded with Divine Abilities and had spirituality.
The Nine Heavenly Stairs was also known as the Martial Path Layer Sky Stairs. At the peak of the Martial Path Layer Realm, there was a Martial Path Light. At this time, one needed to use Battle Qi to ignite the light to illuminate the King's Path.
However, it wasn't that easy to ignite the light of the King's Path. If one didn't control it well, it would be equivalent to a Martial Artist burning himself or even igniting his own life.
It would not be the consumption of one's own Qi and blood, but the complete disappearance of one's Qi and blood. One's cultivation would be reduced to zero, and even one's lifespan would reach its limit.
The second step would be to turn the Qi Ocean Qi into a real Zhou Tian Qi Ocean. Although the Zhou Tian Qi Ocean was also called an ocean, it was not a real ocean.
This step would turn the Zhou Tian Qi Ocean into a real ocean. This was also the reason why, although the Half Step King warriors were in the same realm as the Legend rank warriors, there was such a huge gap between them.
After the Half King Qi Ocean was turned into a real ocean, the Battle Qi inside one's body would be a real ocean. It would be countless times bigger than the Legend rank warriors.
It would make the hundreds of meters wide Zhou Tian Qi Ocean suddenly expand by hundreds or even thousands of times. However, there was also a danger involved, because when expanding the Qi Ocean, the huge tearing power inside the Qi Ocean would be enough to tear the warrior's Zhou Tian Qi Ocean apart, making the warrior's body explode and die.
The Zhou Tian Qi Ocean would be different for different warriors. However, there was one rule that all warriors had to follow. If the Qi Ocean was smaller than one hundred thousand meters, then it would be considered as a failure, because this kind of Battle Qi Ocean would not be enough to support the warrior to reach the Supreme King Realm.
The third step of the King's Path was the Nirvana of the Body, which was what Xiao Chen was experiencing right now. It was a disaster for his body, which would stimulate the life and death qi hidden inside his body.
It was divided into the Life Realm and the Death Realm. Feeling the life force and death qi inside one's body was related to the Blood Rebirth in the future.
Life and death were also a kind of taboo. Since ancient times, how many warriors dared to say that they had truly understood life and death? As for danger, it was inevitable.
If one's life force was too strong in Life Realm and surpassed Death Realm, it would be a disaster for a martial artist. If one's life force was great, then their bodies would rapidly regrow. In fact, they would grow madly, and in the end, they would not be able to suppress it, and they would explode.
In the Death Realm, if the death qi was too strong, it would cause the warrior's body to wither. In the end, all the life force in the body would be devoured by the death qi, and the warrior's life would come to an end, turning into a pile of dirt.
Warriors needed to find the critical point of their body in the land of life and death qi. Only then could their body truly transform!
On the other side of the King's Path, after experiencing the light and the disaster of blood qi and battle qi, the next step was the soul.
This was the fourth step of the King's Path. The soul needed to step into the mysterious reincarnation and experience the disaster of reincarnation. As for what reincarnation was, no warrior could explain it clearly.
This was the tribulation of the soul. As for where reincarnation was, no one could explain it clearly. Rumor had it that there were nine Reincarnation Heavenly Gates. Once a warrior triggered the soul into reincarnation, their soul would enter a mystical land.
If one could step out of the nine Reincarnation Heavenly Gates, they would naturally reach the other side and obtain a new life. But if one could not cross it, they would be lost in that mystical land!
The next step was the final step of the King's Path, the Divine Bridge of Laws. A warrior would comprehend the profound mysteries to perfection and derive laws that would run through the soul and give birth to the Immortal Martial Soul!
The Great Dao of Heaven and Earth derived laws, connecting one's Dao with the world.
Rumor had it that the laws ran through the soul and derived the Immortal Martial Soul. It was formed from a strand of soul force separated from the soul and was entrenched in the Martial Path.
However, if one did not reach this step, no warrior would be able to clearly understand the difference between the soul and the Martial Soul.
Although the King's Path was divided into five steps, in reality, besides the first and last steps where the laws ran through the soul, the middle steps related to Battle Qi, Battle Physique, Soul Test, and the derivation of laws could be carried out at the same time. However, the prerequisite was that the warrior had to have the strength to do so.
The realm of a Half King warrior was calculated according to how many steps they had taken on the King's Path. Similarly, because of the different tribulations they had experienced, there was a huge gap between the battle prowess of the Half King warriors.
Whoosh!
After a long time, Xiao Chen gathered his thoughts and calmed himself down. He had already stepped onto the King's Path. This was a road full of thorns and obstacles. Once he stepped on it, he would either die and his Dao would disappear, or he would press forward with indomitable will.
However, right now, he had too many shortcomings. His Battle Qi realm was not high enough. He needed to comprehend nine profound mysteries, but he had only comprehended eight profound mysteries. Moreover, the realms of his comprehension were uneven, and he had yet to reach perfection.
Moreover, his soul had yet to reach perfection. Fortunately, he had stepped into the Flesh Nirvana Tribulation this time. If it had been any other tribulation, he would not have been able to deal with it.