Path of martial arts: leaked sneak peaks, and discussing thread

[Kunovic]

Am I missing something to trigger apprenticeship to Lady Butterfly? I told Xiwen I'd join the rogues, told her about SLM and glazed her but she still just sends me a manual lol

When you meet LB you should state what you are not interested in this world and wish to left

Chose here last option

Then she will offer to become her disciple

 

[justindeed]

When you meet LB you should state what you are not interested in this world and wish to left
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Chose here last option

Then will offer to become her disciple

I see thats what I was missing! Thanks a bunch.

Imo it should be more intuitive and easy to ask to be her disciple. Saying I don't care about the world is too callous for my saint rogue guy.

 

[Xclusivegamer]

Unpopular opinion, but I don't think that the Ruo and MC power difference is actually that bad. Ruo has a money/training/resources advantage compared to Wu heir who comes from a pretty much fallen clan, and doesn't train (or at least not shown to train) half as much, so that's going to create a massive difference. Now, do I believe that Nikki is nerfing the MC too much? Oh yeah, definitely. But sometimes the anti-Ruo circlejerk gets as bad as his fans. Ruo's power scaling isn't the problem, the problem is that MC's power scaling is inconsistent on top of there being a lack of reflection of their feats in the story. Wu heir goes from powerful to a bum depending on how Nikki wants the fight to turn out, and the storyline and game still treats the MC like we just entered the sect. It's been years, MC has some impressive feats + being trained by a master as a Core Disciple. Why are we still stuck at Houtian when the plot has obviously past that point. I believe the cultivator fest is supposed to fix that issue by making potential enemies stronger, so MC doesn't out power all their opponents, but in reality, it just made the situation worse. Ruo is actually scaling with the plot, which makes it more jarring. MC is supposed to be stronger than Ruo, but obviously less skilled, using their strength to overpower opponents rather than outsmarting them. But as I said, MC is still being handled with Houtian gloves when the plot has obviously past that point, so Ruo who is scaling in line with the plot seems to be OP when in reality he's not, it's just bad writing.

There's also the problem of how the game pretty much has one sole viable route and the storyline sometimes feels like it's punishing you for not going that route, but that's a whole rant I have when it comes to POMA as a female MC player, especially with this recent update.

Poma has a very huge age gap

At most we should live for up to 1500 years

Poma mc is at the peak of houtian in just 3 years

Something that takes average MAs 20 to 30 years

It's obvious that at this rate we'll reach shangtian before our 30s


Also compared to beings with decades and centuries of constant fighting you don't expect mc to fully fit in expecially when it's not a full year since he woke up

This could help if only niki used time passage like anon does v

 

[God]

Guess I used to read too many cultivation novels, because I can see the LB betrayal coming from a mile away. You guy’s think she’s going to use He Gang as a stepping stone for Wu Heir, she’s playing all sides so she comes out on top. I just hope theirs content for my neutral MC who’s didn’t side with either.

 

[justindeed]

Guess I used to read too many cultivation novels, because I can see the LB betrayal coming from a mile away. You guy’s think she’s going to use He Gang as a stepping stone for Wu Heir, she’s playing all sides so she comes out on top. I just hope theirs content for my neutral MC who’s didn’t side with either.

I think at least her TW worship is sincere. It matches what Yue Fang thinks of her.

The obvious twist would be that she wants Tang Wei and craves his obsessive love for his dead wife all for herself.

Is niki going in that direction? Idk, too early to tell for sure.

 

[Arlonb]

I just hope there's a way to get the Tri-Dao without Butterfly's help, otherwise I'll have to rely on the good old Console Dao. To be honest, I didn't believe her explanation at all (about the MC's condition), that it would take him decades to be able to unlock the use of each Dao without her help (an excuse as half-baked as her promise to help Ai).

And the explanation for the MC being limited to a single Dao was also beyond stupid (in my frustrated opinion), "Your mind was too overwhelmed at the time and, in order to protect itself, blocked out the two other paths". Ridiculous. When the MC decided on his Dao he was literally in the tranquility of his home casually testing out his new capabilities. And even if it were true, Iron Will alone should prevent this, that's what these "cheats" are there for after all.

 

[justindeed]

I just hope there's a way to get the Tri-Dao without Butterfly's help

I think it's got to be either her or Moon Goddess/Yue Fang. Yichen doesn't seem to have any idea what the Seed really is.

LB says that if MC's Dao Seed advances to Sprout(?) with only one path the ability to use the other paths will be lost forever, and MC seems pretty close to reaching Qi Sea as it is

 

[Arlonb]

Or another of Tang Wei's incredibly convenient memories.

 

[Sov]

I think at least her TW worship is sincere. It matches what Yue Fang thinks of her.

The obvious twist would be that she wants Tang Wei and craves his obsessive love for his dead wife all for herself.

Is niki going in that direction? Idk, too early to tell for sure.

it's not even an twist when it is already in the game. She literally kills you if you say that Tang Wei wife is the most beautiful instead of saying her or a copout answer like our mother (which btw she will still help way less if you say the mother so you will only get exp) because if we aren't destined to be with her then all her schemes are doomed to fail and the heavens will laugh her so we must die since there is no point in trying

 

[justindeed]

it's not even an twist when it is already in the game. She literally kills you if you say that Tang Wei wife is the most beautiful instead of saying her or a copout answer like your mother (which btw she will still help way less if you say the mother) because if we aren't destined to be with her then all her schemes doesn't matter and we must die

Holy **** lmao I should've tested those answers out.

Tang Wei out here with a yandere baddie at his beck and call and he still went for his dead wife, gotta admire the persistence on that mf

 

[Benu]

I think it's got to be either her or Moon Goddess/Yue Fang. Yichen doesn't seem to have any idea what the Seed really is.

LB says that if MC's Dao Seed advances to Sprout(?) with only one path the ability to use the other paths will be lost forever, and MC seems pretty close to reaching Qi Sea as it is

Wait is the sprout related to cultivation realms? i thought regular cultivators got their golden seed in core formation, this story of all other paths lost because of advancement doesnt make any sense specially with Wu Heir physic that is made to learn dao, Tang Wei had god knows how many dao paths, i doubt the guy just learned one of each before advancing.

 

[Sov]

I just hope there's a way to get the Tri-Dao without Butterfly's help, otherwise I'll have to rely on the good old Console Dao. To be honest, I didn't believe her explanation at all (about the MC's condition), that it would take him decades to be able to unlock the use of each Dao without her help (an excuse as half-baked as her promise to help Ai).

And the explanation for the MC being limited to a single Dao was also beyond stupid (in my frustrated opinion), "Your mind was too overwhelmed at the time and, in order to protect itself, blocked out the two other paths". Ridiculous. When the MC decided on his Dao he was literally in the tranquility of his home casually testing out his new capabilities. And even if it were true, Iron Will alone should prevent this, that's what these "cheats" are there for after all.

Butterfly main goal is us and her yandere love so she has a very high vested interest in making sure we depend and need her

 

[yourstalkeroutside]

Sorry, but I can’t let Ruo praise go without hating back. My problem isn’t he’s stronger or whatever blah blah. It’s that he’s got ****ing everything, OP sword attuned never before seen someone so attuned to the sword before obviously gonna unlock sword Dao. He’s got an OP transformation “ MC does too” literally you have to go through a specific route to get it doesn’t count to me. Oh MC has a once in a billion years Physique? Don’t worry Ruo has a once in a million years one that lets him keep up with you. We have to pick and choose and he just had it, whatever that’s fine Niki did not want to do too much coding with weapons so made the Wu clan hate weapons that’s fair. I’m not getting a transformation because I’m not going down that route so. The thing that really got me is in the short span we talked to TW he managed to glaze Ruo, and it was that moment I said I will never give Ruo the satisfaction of glaze or props from me. “In a real cultivation world they would’ve lined up to take Ruo as their disciple”. MC was like I’m going to become super strong with this new knowledge, and TW is like hold on there buddy you’re not the real MC and just glazes Ruo. I will not be surprised if he meets Yue Fang and gets glazed it’s 100% happening. I just feels like Ruo has everything MC does and more, that’s where my hatred comes from. He’s literally forming his Dao? naturally lmao yeah ok.

You think that was Ruo praise? That was Nikki slander. The writing is shite and disconnected. I love it anyway, but I'm not going to overlook it's pretty obvious flaw in the writing department.

Also addressed the whole only one real route thing at the end. I can't get the transformation benefits just because I play female Wu Heir, and it's pretty much locked behind Mei's route like 90% of the actual content of the game. But no one here or anywhere else is rightfully calling out the Mei favouritism.

 

[justindeed]

Tang Wei had god knows how many dao paths, i doubt the guy just learned one of each before advancing.

I took it she meant you need to have the tri-dao unlocked (Body, Void, Elements) before the next stage of the GS, else you're specializing with whatever one you're using. The gist of it being those three being TW's main affinities.

I can't be bothered to replay the game rn and grab the exact quote, so .

 

[Benu]

Or another of Tang Wei's incredibly convenient memories.

In dire need of those, dao already been at 5 for quite a while.

Also my impression is wrong or yue fang revealed he is only cultivating for one week and is only at the early qi-gathering realm?

 

[Sov]

I took it she meant you need to have the tri-dao unlocked (Body, Void, Elements) before the next stage of the GS, else you're specializing with whatever one you're using. The gist of it being those three being TW's main affinities.

I can't be bothered to replay the game rn and grab the exact quote, so .

"Your Dao Seed is the same as the one Master had millions of years ago. It has the potential for all five elements, for space and for the body. And yet, for some reason, you're only utilizing one of those aspects."

"Your mind was too overwhelmed at the time and, in order to protect itself, blocked out the two other paths. If you formed your Sprout in this condition, they would be forever lost

 

[Kunovic]

Wait is the sprout related to cultivation realms? i thought regular cultivators got their golden seed in core formation, this story of all other paths lost because of advancement doesnt make any sense specially with Wu Heir physic that is made to learn dao, Tang Wei had god knows how many dao paths, i doubt the guy just learned one of each before advancing.

Looks like seed growing doesn't rely on stage at all. People with busted physique and genius can get it earlier. Like LB says that MC get this seed far earlier than usual, but still too late than should with his physique.

Looks like only immortals and gods can freely study and use all paths. LB says that until immortal stage your dao doesn't belong to you. And so Tang Wei learn most of paths only when he became immortal himself

 

[Arlonb]

Like LB says that MC get this seed far earlier than usual, but still too late than should with his physique.

Even though I knew it was just a provocation, that "I would say you're a couple years late" was annoying. Like, the MC, at 19, literally took 6-7 months to get his Dao, regardless of the circumstances, without even trying and without even being a cultivator.

 

[Kunovic]

Even though I knew it was just a provocation, that "I would say you're a couple years late" was annoying. Like, the MC, at 19, literally took 6-7 months to get his Dao, regardless of the circumstances, without even trying and without even being a cultivator.

It's just Nicky writing style. No matter how much MC achieve, it still not be enough even in eyes of random loser, not to mention someone significant

 

[God]

You think that was Ruo praise? That was Nikki slander. The writing is shite and disconnected. I love it anyway, but I'm not going to overlook it's pretty obvious flaw in the writing department.

Also addressed the whole only one real route thing at the end. I can't get the transformation benefits just because I play female Wu Heir, and it's pretty much locked behind Mei's route like 90% of the actual content of the game. But no one here or anywhere else is rightfully calling out the Mei favouritism.

Oh I do, don’t worry I have enough hate in me to see the blatant Mei favoritism. When he was dropping those Mei specific updates I used to tell him that it kinda was not fair to female Wu Heir players.