RANKS

I. BEGINNER'S RANK (100-150 years lifespan)

Description: The starting point for anyone who enters the path of power. These individuals are not yet aware of their potential and have only just begun to tap into the system's energy.

Abilities: The user can sense and interact with very weak forms of energy, but they have no ability to control or refine it. This is the stage where one learns the basics of harnessing their inner power, often under the guidance of a teacher or through personal trials.

Characteristics: Mostly still tied to mortal limitations, these individuals rely on their basic instincts and raw power. They are often the aspiring masses, those who see glimpses of greatness but are far from achieving it.

Challenges: Understanding the path ahead and learning the foundational techniques for gathering and controlling their energy. They are vulnerable to the outside world and have yet to form a true connection with the forces around them.

II. AMATEUR RANK (300-450 years lifespan)

Description: These individuals have begun to understand their inner energy and can move it within their body. They are still mortal but have developed a heightened sense of self.

Abilities: The individual can begin manipulating basic forms of energy or mana (depending on the power system). They can use energy to enhance their body, create rudimentary spells or abilities, and tap into more complex forms of magic or elemental control, though still at a basic level.

Characteristics: Often referred to as the "everyday adventurer," they are the bulk of the population but still far from true power. Their main focus is honing the control of energy and learning how to apply it to their daily lives or combat situations.

Challenges: Understanding and mastering their own energy while also battling limitations like aging, physical stamina, and weaknesses

.III. ADEPT RANK (1000-2500 years lifespan)

Description: Individuals who can sense external mana or energy sources and can absorb them to replenish their reserves. They stand on the threshold of true power.

Abilities: Mastery of basic spells and abilities is no longer a challenge. They can now channel energy from the environment, absorb mana, and use it to fuel their body or cast advanced spells. At this stage, they can also begin to sense the world around them more acutely, recognizing energy patterns and weaknesses in others.

Characteristics: Adepts are seen as respected figures in society, often having minor influence or power. They start to understand that there is more to the world than meets the eye.

Challenges: The balance of energy flow within their bodies and surroundings. Achieving harmony between internal and external mana is a delicate skill that can take hundreds of years to master.

IV. PROFESSIONAL RANK (2000-5000 years lifespan)

Description: At this stage, individuals have "entered the door" of fortune. They are capable of bending their surroundings to their will and can manifest their desires in the physical world.

Abilities: The user can manipulate the world around them, whether it's altering the environment, influencing the weather, or even controlling the emotions of others. They are able to project their energy in various forms and can control multiple forces at once.

Characteristics: Professionals are leaders, often in positions of power. They can bend the laws of nature to suit their needs and are seen as masters in their fields. They may hold titles such as generals, high-ranking nobles, or esteemed scholars.

Challenges: Struggling to maintain balance, as using too much power or bending the world too much can lead to personal decay or attract dangerous attention from higher-ranked beings.

V. MASTER RANK (10,000-50,000 years lifespan)

Description: These individuals have identified the Dao (path) they are walking on. Masters are capable of comprehending the deepest secrets of the world, understanding the fundamental truths of existence.

Abilities: Mastery over the elements and forces of nature. They understand the basic principles of their Dao and can begin to influence it, manifesting abilities that follow that path. For bloodline users, this is when they unlock the full potential of their inherited power.

Characteristics: Masters are extremely rare and revered. They stand at the peak of the mortal realm but still have room to grow.

Challenges: Mastering the Dao requires immense concentration and the understanding that power is not only about force but about aligning with the universal flow of energy. The loss of direction or misalignment can cause catastrophic failures.

VI. EXPERT RANK (20,000-1,000,000 years lifespan)

Description: Experts are individuals who have fully understood their connection to the world. They can break the natural laws of the universe and manipulate reality itself.

Abilities: Reality-bending powers. Experts are able to fly, control time and space to a limited extent, and alter the laws of the environment around them. They are capable of surviving in the most extreme conditions and manipulating them to suit their needs.

Characteristics: Experts are near godlike beings. They are leaders of vast empires or rulers over entire realms. Their power is recognized as absolute, and they are near immortal within the bounds of the natural world.

Challenges: Understanding the limits of their power and learning to deal with the responsibilities that come with such overwhelming abilities.

VII. KING RANK (100,000-5,000,000 years lifespan)

Description: Kings are individuals who have mastered at least 50% of their Dao. They transcend the physical realm, living without bodies and existing as spiritual or elemental entities.

Abilities: Kings can transcend death, influence entire civilizations, and control multiple realms. They can create subworlds or dominions where they are supreme rulers. Their powers are so vast that they can change the course of history and influence the fates of entire species.

Characteristics: Kings are the supreme rulers, often revered as powerful beings, whose influence extends beyond the mortal realm. They exist on a plane of existence higher than mere mortals, and their influence extends across entire worlds.

Challenges: Their isolation from the material world, as they are so powerful that they often can't interact with lower beings directly without causing damage.

VIII. EMPEROR RANK (1,000,000,000-1,000,000,000,000 years lifespan)

Description: Emperors are the few individuals who have mastered the true nature of the world. They can create entire subworlds, rule over life, and understand the very fabric of reality itself.

Abilities: Emperors can create their own domains, in which they are the absolute rulers. They can warp time and space on a massive scale, creating or destroying entire worlds, and influencing the destiny of entire galaxies. They can shape new species or control the essence of life and death itself.

Characteristics: They are the embodiment of ultimate power, able to reshape the universe as they see fit. Their existence is beyond the comprehension of mortals, and their actions are always momentous.

Challenges: Few ever reach this rank, and those who do often face tremendous loneliness and the burden of ultimate power.

IX. SAINT RANK (Semi-eternal unless killed)

Description: Saints have achieved true immortality and are beings of immense power. They are no longer bound by time or the limitations of the mortal world.

Abilities: The power of a saint is beyond comprehension. They can influence entire planes of existence, create life, and shape the very laws of the universe. They can even influence the natural flow of time and space on a fundamental level.

Characteristics: Saints are revered figures, often seen as guardians of the world. Their every action has far-reaching consequences, and they are deeply connected to the fabric of the universe.

Challenges: Saints are nearly untouchable, and their immense power often isolates them from the rest of existence. They are the keepers of universal balance, and few are capable of even challenging them.

X. SAGE RANK (Eternal)

Description: Sages have reached the pinnacle of wisdom and power in the world, transcending mortal comprehension and limitations. They are natural forces who embody the very laws of existence itself.

Abilities: A Sage's power is unrivaled in the world. They are capable of reshaping reality on a cosmic scale, manipulating time, space, and matter with ease. They can interact with the fundamental laws of nature, controlling the most basic elements of existence itself. Their influence is felt across entire realms and planes.

Characteristics: Sages are often solitary and disconnected from regular life due to their immense power. They are not simply rulers, but natural phenomena, and their very existence shapes the laws of nature around them. Sages are regarded as the ultimate force of balance in the universe.

Challenges: The isolation that comes with their power. Sages' existence is a delicate balance of power and knowledge, and they are constantly aware of their role in maintaining the order of the universe. Their very presence can be a disruption to the world.

The reason why the lifespans are different is because different races have different lifespan bt as they increase in rank it doesn't matter anymore