counter against*

At that point, the Emperor would've either trained a new successor or Rui would be strong enough to handle both being an Emperor and a Martial Artist.Rui's affinity to the Master Realm is so high, he might even be considered having the strongest Martial Mind in existence and history. Even if he doesn't reach Sage Realm then, the sheer prowess of his mind will allow him to much more easily handle both jobs.Plus, Project Water, despite being his life's work, wasn't worked on by him alone, having the resources of an Emperor to further refine it while taking into account everything, as in every field of Martial Arts, that the Empire and Martial Union has encountered and recorded. Because even if Rui's Martial Path is about countering everything, he doesn't even have a counter Thermal Arts(Heat and Frost), Poison Arts, Sexist Arts, Beast/Monster Arts(non-humanoid), Aquatic Arts, Weapon Arts(Coldarms and Firearms), Sensory Arts(Like how his Riemannian Echo and Angel of Laplace defeated Misdirection), Symbiotic Arts(The more esoteric ones), Energy Arts(There was that Lightning Master), and maybe so much more

So this basically Rui's opportunity for Master, it's not an actual fight for his life but a fight that risks his Martial Path.Finding the Divine Doctor using the Angel of Laplace, which means he has to improve it and constantly use it throughout the Beast Domain, which is enormous, and even if he finds him, he has to track him using information which maybe dates back so long that it might not even be useful.If he doesn't breakthrough with this, this Gatekeeper dude better be the one who does.

There are more than 7, it's just that there are 7 prime candidates

Bruh, she a repeat Champion of that contest, how come "Everybody" is shocked? It could be because she might have just created that technique after the last one or it's just exaggeration, but they should still have some resistance for bloody and unexpected things as it's Martial Arts we're talking about.

*cough* Lord of War *cough*

Ehhh...are you sure there are no repeat customers?

I think he meant basing your whole lifestyle into the belief, like diet(prohibiting certain food), prayers(devoting time multiple times a day), attire(wearing religious attire for everyday life), job(working in a job directly or indirectly connected to the religion), relationship(marriage dictated by the church's teachings), and various other stuff. This is basically equivalent to being a monk, or a priest.

Umm, Syrah it's called population control. It's up to you whether you want to make so much babies that it will fill up a bathtub. It's not like you'll shoot yourself in the foot by making your overall consumption be higher than how much food you're making.

Oh, I was thinking of this for the whole day because it's been eating me on what differences there would be among martial realms, and the fact that each realm requires the Martial Artist to discover a certain part of their Martial Art and Martial Path. My guess is that Martial Squire would be a similar rodeo from novice to a Martial Apprentice, and they are now trying to to create or discover their "Martial Core". Which is basically the foundation or core of their Martial Art, kinda like in Hunter X Hunter did with Bungee Gum and alike. For Rui, he would have to adapt his VOID algorithm to Squire standards and widen it. For Hever, he would basically need to adapt his Meteor Swing to something that would allow him to take it until Martial Senior and/or above. Things like that, and I believe that this is where a Martial Art's Uniqueness might take the center stage. While for Martial Senior, I'll just take a wild guess and say that it might be the stage where they would focus their Martial Art into a branch of their Martial Path. Taking the newly built foundation from the previous realm, they would create or learn Martial Techniques that would enhance a certain feature or diversify it.

Ahahaha, this feels like they are doing an equivalent of forcing a feminine sneeze. While their bodies are capable of breaking boulders with raw power alone, they will now be training themselves to not unintentionally fart a dragon shout 😆.

I don't think perfect would be the best way to call it, it would just be better as when Nel also reaches Squire Realm he would have either the same or stronger body because he is blessed with an already superhuman body which has a ton of stamina.

I think it's the Mind Switch technique you're talking about...

Yeah, there's already an explanation on what to expect, if it just devolves into that it'll be a letdown. Like maybe some further exploration in the wilderness and some views, he already got Fauna Flow so having a dialogue with them will seem fun. We also got a description of the Kandrian Empire's architecture, but it's been so long that I'm forgetting some details. Maybe even creating a sub sect or taking some disciples would also be good, with his previous background in his past life and experience of his Martial Apprentice days as his basis. There's also his family, but more importantly are the two that also want to Martial Artists.

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Oh, thank you very much for the explanation! Also, thank you for the chapters!

Oh, because it said that Rui can't withstand a strike from fake Rui with his body. I was just a bit confused on how a Squire with a lightweight body to be unable to endure a hit from a Squire candidate Rui.

Wait, is his natural defense with a lightweight body weaker than his apprentice body? Or is it just that his offensive can threaten a Squire's body?

Which I why we would get another complain from Rui about his muscle memory being messed up after gaining his unique martial body, and maybe another family chapter after his Squire transformation. Also, I think he was gonna learn another mental technique to squeeze out more benefits and optimize his procedure....