Mana - The invisible energy that everything is made out of.
Cultivation - Through breathing exercises, meditation, and physical exercises, a person will be able to absorb mana into their body. After a certain amount of mana is within the body, it will condense, forming a ring or star around the heart.
Mana ring - A condensed ring of mana that is formed when the body reaches the limit of mana it can hold. To avoid overloading the body, the ring is formed. Mages cannot use Aura.
Mana star - Instead of forming a ring, a person can form a small orb of mana in their body called a star. Stars are used for Aura and martial artists. Magic likes to flow while martial arts likes to be firm and disciplined so condensing mana into a star allows for it to be firm and strong. Martial artists cannot use magic.
Cultivation levels. Each stage except for Apprentice has three sub-stages which go Inept Apprentice Stage - Newly awakened mana
Beginner Stage - One ring/star
Intermediate Stage - Two rings/stars
Advanced Stage - Three rings/stars
Expert Stage - Four rings/stars
Master Stage - Five rings/stars - Body Cleansing
Grandmaster Stage - Six rings/stars
Supreme Stage - Seven rings/stars
Ascendant Stage - Eight rings/stars
Transcendent Stage - Nine rings/stars
Mystic Stage - Ten rings/stars
[There will be higher stages of power but that will be way later in the story]
Body Stages
Body Cleansing - The act of cleaning the body of impurities amassed from cultivation and other means, allowing for more efficient mana flow and mana purity, which makes mana stronger.
Bone Reconstruction - The act of reconstructing the bones to accommodate for an increase of mana in the body, allowing for the bones to become stronger and more efficient in handling mana
Body Reconstruction - The act of reconstructing the internal and external organs to accommodate for the increase of mana in the body, allowing for the body to become more efficient in handling mana
Body Transformation - When the body reaches the limit of mana it can handle, it undergoes a transformation by breaking down internal organs, external organs, bones, and everything else in the body, creating a new vessel (body) that can handle the increase in mana.
Body Rejuvenation - Once the body has reached its absolute peak from years of training, experience, and mana absorption, the body will rejuvenate itself to start fresh while retaining the power the person has. A person who undergoes Body Rejuvenation will ALWAYS be put back in their prime (Looks and body wise) at the minimum, and sometimes, they can become an infant, toddler, or a teenager.
Each time a person's cultivation increases, their life force increases, and if they are on the older side, they will look a bit younger. If they undergo a body stage, then their life force will increase significantly and will also appear even younger. The higher the cultivation level and body stage, the younger they will look. (This only applies to aged people. Young people will continue to look the way they always did with the exception of body rejuvenation, as they could become an infant or toddler, but if they were never in their prime, they won't suddenly become older.)
Magic - The projection of mana from the body to manipulate nature. Magic comes in many shapes, sizes, and forms. It's split into two categories. Elemental and Arcane.
Aura - The power used by martial artists, it can enhance a person's strength, speed, and senses. Aura can also be used to create a protective barrier around a person in the form of white energy, like in Dragon Ball. At higher levels of strength, it will be invisible. Aura can also create limited constructs like a sword, an arrow or simply a ball of pure mana. Some techniques are listed below.
- Aura Cladding - The act of wrapping mana around the body to strengthen it further. It's stronger than the typical strength enhancements that Aura gives.
- Aura Blade - Mana in the shape of a blade that's extended from the hand.
- Aura Sword or Aura Sword - Sword made from mana with a hilt and guard
- Aana ball - A ball made of mana
- Aana shield - A shield made of mana. It can be in the form of an arm shield, or a small force field.
- Aura force - Using mana like telekinesis
Elemental Magic - Mana has many colors. Each color represents an element. If the mana particle is orange, it is fire mana, blue means water mana, green means wood mana, and so on. Elemental mana can be combined with Aura to form a fire sword.
Colors of mana
- Turquoise is Wind
- Blue is Water
- Brown is Earth
- Orange is Fire
- Purple is Lightning
- Green is Wood
- Black is Shadow
- Yellow is Light
[I'll update when more gets introduced in the story]
Arcane Magic - The magic that isn't elemental and is more akin to the science of the world but not to the same degree. To use Arcane magic, a person has to have an understanding of what they doing and apply mana to it. For example, healing magic isn't actually healing the person, it stimulates the growth of the cells in a body which then heals them (However since this is a medieval world and people don't know about cells, they will only know that the human body has a natural healing process so they just speed up that process). Arcane magic as a whole is bending mana to your will to make the impossible possible. There are limitations though. Types of arcane magic are listed below
- Healing Magic
- Teleportation
- Alchemy
- Force fields
- Enchantments
- Body enhancement spells that boost certain attributes
[There's more but you'll have to read the story.]
Runes - A rune is a magic that's written. Since mana is in everything, it's also in writing. Runes are usually inscribed on an object, but they can be inscribed on anything that has a solid surface, including people. At higher levels, it can be inscribed on non-solid surfaces like water and air. A rune functions similarly to programming technology in the modern world. Runes can be used by Aura and Magic. While magic is manipulating nature and bending it to one's will, using runes is the act of changing the nature or property of something at the most basic level. To put it in scientific terms, it's basically like rearranging the atoms of something. This is why magic circles are made up of runes to make spells more powerful.
Magic Circle - A magic circle is when many runes come together to create a desired outcome in combination with a spell. A sigil is a type of magic circle. High-level spells require magic circles
Spells - Spells are the projection of magic. Mana can create fire, that process is known as magic. That said, fire can be turned into a ball, arrows, or shaped into whatever the user wants it to b,e and they can control whether they want the fire to simply burn, or explode and burn. That process is known as spells. Harnessing the invisible energy = Mana. Turning mana into fire = Magic. Turning that fire into an arrow or simply releasing that fire = spell.
Body art - A body art for martial artists is equivalent to magic for a mage. Body arts use mana to improve or change the constitution of the body. Basically supercharge their body using mana. This allows them to clad their body in a higher amount of concentrated mana or elemental mana. Knights and Martial Artists use this practice to grow stronger. At higher levels, they can take the properties of the element itself, like turning into fire, becoming intangible in the process.
Sigil - A pattern of magic that has been inscribed with many runes for a specific function or purpose.
Crest - A crest is the symbol of something, whether it is a Kingdom, a family, or an organization. Sometimes, crests can also be sigils.
Demonic Energy - Demonic energy is the power used by the demon race. This energy corrupts and corrodes. There are overlaps in what it can do in comparison to mana, but it is overall a negative version of it.
Holy Power - Holy power is the energy used by the Angel race. This energy can cleanse, heal, and negate the effects of demonic energy.
Infernal energy - Infernal energy is demonic energy but on a higher scale. This energy is used by Devils.
Divine Energy - Divine energy is holy power but on a higher scale. This energy is used by Gods.
Authority - The absolute power of a specific ability. For example, a person with the authority of fire doesn't use mana for the fire, can't be harmed by fire, and can bend fire to their will completely. There are as many Authorities as there are spells and elements.
Laws - 7 laws exist in the universe. Law of Time, Law of Space, Law of Energy, Law of Destruction, Law of Creation, Law of Souls, and Law of Fate. A law is the absolute power of everything in the universe. Everything comes from a law.
[I'll update when more information gets added but for now, this is the basics]