Average Mage wants to reach the Apex
All Zed ever wanted to achieve in his life was to become one of the greatest mages of all time. However, reality was cruel as not everyone was equal. No amount of hard work could defeat talent. Similarly, no amount of hard work could change your status in life. Whether you were born a peasant or a noble, that is the destiny you must live on. Zed learned this the hard way but even until his last moments, he refused to give up. After his passing, he woke up to an entirely different world with different values and culture. Would he be able to reach greatness this time? - Volume 1 is more focused in developing the bonds between the characters while volume 2 is where the story will truly begin. Oh and if you can't deal with an old man trapped in the body of a child (MC) and is raising other children but the children in turn, develops romantic feelings for the MC. Then this isn't for you. But don't get this mistaken, there isn't any pedophiliac content. The MC only considers them family.... for now...? Maybe, I don't know. Stay and find out? Up to you. Illustrations: https://discord.gg/js3NPKdqeG -
Terminology
Xianxia World
Central Continent
Northern Continent
Southern Continent (Where our MCs are currently at.)
Western Continent
Eastern Continent
Dark Continent
Lunar Continent
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Cultivation stages: The higher the small realm is, the darker the colour gets.
Body Tempering (9 stages) - No qi aura
Qi Foundation (Infant, Middle, Peak) - Yellow Aura
Core Formation (Infant, Middle, Peak) - Green Aura
Nascent Soul Realm (Infant, Middle) - Blue Aura. (When in Peak stage, the aura turns to the shade according to the nature of martial arts the cultivator is practicing.)
Immortal Ascension - Ascending to the upper realms while fighting the heavenly tribulation and heavenly beasts which are considered as the guardians of the Xianxia world.
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Mage tiers
Acolyte-rank- Unlocked 1st to 3rd mana circles (Expands mana capacity)
Apprentice-rank- Unlocked 4th to 6th mana circles (Still expands mana capacity with slight speed boost to mana recovery, and less likely to fall ill to mana exhaustion)
Master-rank- Unlocked 7th-9th mana circles. (No more addition to mana capacity, but adds incredible boost to mana recovery.)
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Martial Art tiers
Low-grade Martial Arts - Basically trash, why bother practicing it?
Normal-grade Martial Arts - The standard martial arts of cultivators.
Unique-grade Martial Arts - Rare and highly sought out martial arts in both Xianxia world and upper realms (According to Tang Xiurong)
Supreme-grade Martial Arts - The rarest and is considered the peak of martial arts. Only a few of these martial arts are known and only those who are considered overlords were known to have this level of martial arts.
Immortal Emperors - rumored to have ascended to the upper realms but died in xianxia world.
Still have a vague description about the realms in immortal rank (Mainly because Tang Xiurong still hasn't explained that part yet.)
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Elemental Affinities & Tiers
Common Elements:
Fire Element
Water Element
Nature Element
Wind Element
Earth Element
Lightning Element
Rare Elements:
Dark Element
Light Element
Time Element
Space Element
Affinity tiers:
None - No affinity
Low - Don't even bother practicing since it means you need to use at least three times the mana to use the spell that this level of affinity element had.
Normal - The common level of affinity tier.
High - About 30% of the population has this, considered to have the potential to be a talented mage. They only need to use 1/2 of the mana needed for the spells in the given elemental affinity.
Blessed - These guys... they're just godsent. They are literal main characters born with cheats in life. They only need to expand 1/4th the amount of mana in order to release the same output of spells in the said elemental affinity.
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Spell tiers
Basic-level
Intermediate-level
Advanced-level
God-level
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Treasures
Divine treasures
Spiritual treasure
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Weapons
Normal-grade
Unique-grade
Supreme-grade
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Sacred Lands - blessed areas that are rich with heavenly and earth qi, generating a unique dao law of its own.
(A/N: If you there's anything else you want me to add or clarify, just comment down here.)