In this world, alongside the Path of Cultivation, there existed the mundane Martial Path. It originated from those without Spiritual Roots who, unwilling to be denied a long life, spent generations simplifying the Body Refining Technique into a method for physical fitness. This eventually evolved into its own Path of Transcendence: the Martial Path.
The Martial Path had a very low ceiling. Its strongest level, Innate, could barely contend with Qi Cultivation cultivators. However, centuries of research had led to some unique advantages. Its practitioners were more adept at tapping into the body's own power, reaching an extremely high level of control over their physical and muscular strength.
One Slash was a technique for improving control over one's own strength.
Zhao Zuo currently possessed a massive strength of nearly twelve thousand jin, but in combat, he could only muster about eight thousand jin of it. This was the result of relying solely on brute force.
