Cultivation Realms

It all started with a declaration of both Pride, Joy and then Rebuke from the Heavens.

It was prideful of his creations. It was filled with Joy at their evolution and lastly, he was disappointed at their contentment in little things.

The Heavens didn't like Constant. The Heavens encouraged change. Change was an important factor in Evolution.

To it, the Very Thought that Something was Perfect was an Imperfection in itself. Hence, there was a need for continued Growth.

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The God Mountain.

That was the name given to the mountains that appeared after The Heavens gave it's warning of an incoming Apocalypse.

It appeared in All Planet with Living Beings within. Unknown to them, these mountain also came with a task.

To Watch and Manipulate The Happenings of the World. Simply put, they all have Sentience to each planet along with a task.

Reward those who deserve it while punishing those who go against the will of the Creator.

However, all these were unknown to the Humans who were all panicked and were all rushing towards the God Mountain.

Unfortunately for most, only those at the Chakra Saint Realm could even step foot on this mountain and to those who managed to enter, they were made to understand why The Heavens Stressed the fact that Will was an important factor on who would gain the Path to Godhood.

On the path to strength, there was no lack of people who would cut corners, similar to how there was no lack to diligent and hardworking people.

The Weak Minded were the ones with the most evil intentions while the Strong minded ones are the ones with a focused and positive intention.

This was an important factor in the Cultivation of Strength. Chakra was life itself. Life was the combination of both the Body and Soul.

In the early stages you temper both your Body and Soul to increase and strengthen your Chakra Gates. Then, with a firm Foundation, you open all seven of them, Entering the Chakra Opening Realm.

This stage has a total of seven layers. With Your Chakra Gates opened, you then have to draw in the energy of the world to fill them all up.

After successfully filling them up, you then condense all seven into a Single Core.

This Stage was a tricky one. The Reason being that once one has successfully condensed One core, they could decide to refill their Chakra Gates and condense more Chakra core or just grow with one.

Another tricky part about this level was that with more Cores Condensed, the more painful the next one would be, but the better foundation one would lay for their future growth.

In short, the Chakra Condensing Realm is a realm of choice. However the more Cores condensed, the stronger one's Chakra would be as they grow.

In the Chakra Core stage, One is able to Awaken an Elemental Affinity and inscribe it on the Core. With more elements, the stronger the core, but the more time wasted.

Hence, no one would want more than two Elements on their cores. With great Mastery over One or Two elements, they could go a long way.

However, If one was patient enough to inscribe all elements on their core while fully mastering them before Moving to the next stage, their strengths would be unknown as such occurrence had yet to be seen.

The Chakra Soul stage had nothing to do with the Elements, however, it served to strengthen the Soul as it is the driving force of one's existence.

Without a soul, a body couldn't possibly function, however, with a strong soul, even without a body, one could still exist. After all, the soul was a mass of energy in and of itself, while the body was disposable.

In this realm, one is granted acces to the sea of consciousness where their soul would be condensed into a mini form of themselves.

With more Energy, this Mini form would grow into a full fledged form of the body.

In this stage, one could use the Energy of the world to create or command a technique, this however, is all preparation for the Chakra Spirit Stage.

In this stage, ones Soul gains a mark. It was unknown who came up with it but it was said that a person's soul consisted of both the Spirit Mark and the Memories.

Memories were forgettable, but with this mark, one could reincarnate with peace of mind, knowing that their past life memories would remain intact... That is, if the Spirit Mark was not erased while the person in question was being killed.

Once ones spirit mark was erased, there would be no hope of reincarnation. It was that simple, yet cruel.

However in this stage, one can leave their bodies with a corporeal one, create clones made entirely of energy and even Fly with the support of the energy of the world.

The Next stage being the Chakra Integration Realm. This realm was the realm of Gods to those who hadn't seen the wider world. Why? The reason was simple. In this stage, ones Core, Spirit and Soul are integrated as one.

In so doing, they Awaken a Domain of influence depending on their Will, Personality and Elements mastered. As far as a Domain is activated, everyone below the Chakra Integration Realm becomes nothing but ants to be squashed.

However, when two people of equal strength of Domain clash, the one whose Domain loses have the greater chance of dying. Because ones Domain was connected to the Body, Soul and Mind.

It was an overpowered but double Edged blade. This is why a firm will is necessary in forming this.

Due to having come in contact with realm close to Godhood, one's Chakra Sea begins to take on a drastic change. The Domain however, is required to be mastered to a certain degree. The reason behind that is so that a similar one can be created to hold the turbulent sea of chakra floating around in the lower abdominal area.

This was an equally dangerous realm as failure would lead to instant loss of life force, and as both Your Body, Mind and Soul are linked, Death would be the only outcome.

Successful Mastery of one's Domain enables one to form an Actual Membrane around their Chakra Sea. This in turn makes sure that the Transformation of Chakra progresses smoothly.

Anyone who reaches this level will have their strength multiplied by ten and above, depending on how strong ones foundation, Mastery over elements and Mastery over Domain is.

The limit however was a hundred times multiplication. At the Chakra Transformation, life and death was no longer something of concern for as long as a little bit of energy, soul, or blood remains, one can always regenerate.

However, should ones Newly formed Membrane be shattered, then only true death awaited them.

In the Chakra Transformation Realm, should one deem it necessary to Impose his Domain externally, then there would be a physical change to reality.

If ones Domain is a world of fire, then a certain area would be a World of Fire where no external influence can breakthrough. Conversely, should the effects be reversed, then no one inside would be able to come out.

It was similar to creating a different World or a sealed one.

Following that Realm was the Chakra Sea Realm. In this realm, one truly becomes immortal as the very nature of one's Chakra changes to one with the World.

Ones ability to control the energies of the world increases vastly, compared to those below this Realm. The world simply recognises you as someone with the potential to become like it, hence giving you a respect one would give a Junior.

But all that was miniscule in comparison to the might of a Chakra Saint.

In this Realm, Ones Domain could become a pocket dimension. Meaning one can simply make his sword his Domain, his Fist could contain his Domain.

Whatever he Wills will become his Domain. Also, due to their elongated lifespan, they could decide to either evolve their Elements of choosing to a higher form or simply add on newer Elements.

With more mastery over more Elements, the nature of one's Domain changes.

Someone with an Ice and Fire Domain could attack with a freezing flame or a burning Ice.

Someone with Illsuion and Fire Domain could burn you alive without you knowing since your mind could be somewhere else.

Someone with All Five elements could literally create a Real World Pocket Dimension where everything conforms to the Natural Order of things other than the absence of life...

However, with Mastery over Illusion in the mix, Illusory life forms could be created.

It was the Pinnacle of all existence known to them. They could decide one's life and death from thousands of kilometres away. A battle between two beings of such Strength would likely set forth the end of a couple sects or countries.

Now... The God Mountain was entertaining beings of such level. In this trial, those who had gotten to that level through short cuts would be weeded out. Those who harbour interest with lesser drive or motivation would be weeded out.

Be it good or bad, as far as your Will and motivation was strong enough, then you will earn a Seat on the Throne. It was that simple, yet...

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That Era was the First Apotheosis. In the Vast Universe Several Prominent Individuals Ascended to the Divine Chakra Body. This realm wasn't anything fancy.

Their physical body only received a boost, but this boost put them on a level so high that any reckless step could immediately sink a continent.

When one such event happened. The Heaven Voice Sounded once again.

"Hahaha. Interesting. Truly Interesting, this is good. All those lives, extinguished due to the carelessness of a few Mortals who received a Power Up. Truly Interesting. Now Entertain me more!"

After that voice sounded, all over the Universe every living being saw it. They saw something that drove a good half Percent of all life in the Universe to madness.

They saw the abyss. No... It looked like A Pot with a Lid on it. As soon as the Lid was pried open, they saw darkness like never before.

Now, All living beings were made in the Creators Image and Likeness, His light and Darkness. His Good and Bad. Looking upon something too dark would inevitably draw out the darkness in you.

Conversely, looking at something so holy would draw out the purity in you. All humans of Low Will who dared to look up at that point in time had their deepest darkest darkness brought to light, and that...that marked the beginning of the End.

Men, Women, Children, Boys, Girls, Old, Young... babies even. No one was spared. Even before the beings in this abyss was set free, the humans, beasts and plant lives all went on a rampage.

The Newly Ascended Gods put away any form of grievances they may have had and Tried to help as many as they could... Keyword being Tried.

However, ones you gaze into the abyss, it simply gazes back, and should you catch it's gaze, you can't simply extricate yourself from it.

Everyone who had their Darkness brought to light became the first Harbingers of Apocalypse.

The unaffected fought to the best of their abilities. Husbands were forced to kill their wives and children, wives were forced to kill their husbands and children, children were forced to kill fathers and mothers. Lovers were forced to kill lovers.

It wasn't a pleasant feeling, but that desperation, that guilt, that sadness, anger, hate, anxiety, disgust and depression all worked to fuel their soul to focus on one point...

To curse the Heavens. Now in times like this, there were only two types of people that mattered. Those who would fight back due to the pain and those who will succumb to the pain.

Whichever path they decided had nothing to do with the Heavens. They served only one purpose. To push them to evolve. Humans tended to relax when their lives weren't being put in danger.

However, with all these emotions on an all time high... Their Chakra was being tempered continuously. Priming them to be the best versions of themselves. The best they could ever hope to be.

Unfortunately, they didn't see this and only saw the Tragedy the Heavens brought on them.