Chapter 87- A Sparring Match for the History Books
Beginner Mastery, Mastery, Greater Mastery, Completion, Perfection.
These are the five stages of comprehending a Martial Art, a Skill, and a Martial Skill.
As for the levels of Martial Arts, Skills, and Martial Skills, they can be categorized as Mortal Realm, Spiritual Realm, and Heavenly Realm techniques. Their names and strength reflected the realms of cultivation they are used in.
It wasn’t difficult for a Mortal Realm cultivator to reach the Beginner Mastery Realm, or even the Mastery Realm of a Mortal Realm Martial Art in a short period of time.
But it was unheard of for a Mortal Realm cultivator to learn a Spiritual Realm Martial Art past the Beginner Realm. It was further impossible for them to learn a Heavenly Realm Martial Art to the Beginner Realm.
The difference in level was just too hard to overcome, it was impossible, unheard of, and no one could do it.
This was a fact that was backed by numerous geniuses from all walks of life trying and failing.
Having the required level of strength to comprehend Martial Arts Techniques was so ingrained into the cultivation world that it became a norm. However, this norm was completely broken by Byeong-Ho.
The 32 Plum Blossom Swordplay was a Martial Art that involves 32 sword movements and nothing else. No circulation method.
However, those 32 sword movements were so profound and had so many variations that it was categorized as a Heavenly Realm Martial Art.
There wasn’t a lot of Heavenly Realm Martial Art in Jianghu, only the Shaolin Sect’s Arhat’s Swordplay and the Wudang Sect’s Taiji Swordplay had reached that high of a level.