My outline for the book, The Last Of The Blood Blades.

Author: 314 (Yang Chen)
 
After you confirm what genre and topic you wish to write about, it's now time for you as an author to design your settings and write the overall planned outline for your plot. As for why I'm putting these two elements together, that's because these two elements are deeply interconnected and inseparable.
 
When you're writing the overall outline, this is basically coming up with the story's plot. As you write the outline, what you're actually doing is fleshing out the details for your setting.
 
When you're writing a story, of course, you need to first consider where your story will happen, when it happens, who it happens to, and what type of person it happens to. As the story progresses, you also need to consider who the main character will meet in the story, what time and place he or she meets them at, along with who's stronger and who's weaker than the main character…
 
This is why by the time that you're finished with your overall outline, the world's background, various factions, levels, special abilities, treasures, all the important characters… and such settings will be naturally completed during the course of outlining.
 
The reverse is true as well. If you first work on designing the detailed settings instead, then you'll basically end up with an outline for the story's plot and how the main character grows over the story as well.
 
Of course, there's still some differences depending on which angle you start from. However, newcomer authors like you don't need to worry about this. You can simply create based on your personality and whatever you prefer. It doesn't matter whether you start from the settings or the outline. You can even do both at the same time.
 
For newcomer authors like you, there's only five points that are critically important for you to understand.
 
1.      Having an overall outline isn't absolutely necessary, but having one is always better than not having one
 
Theoretically speaking, even if you didn't prepare an overall outline, it might not affect the progress of you writing your novel at all. There are some authors out there that simply write whatever comes into their mind and go with the flow.
 
Of course, this is all just a best-case scenario in theory. For the great majority of authors out there, once your story's plot exceeds your planned outline... 

Your outline will help your story stay on track in the early stages, but once you reach the mid and late stages, all sorts of problems often appear, such as too many plotlines all at once, self-contradictory plotlines, or writer's block…
 
At such a time, authors will typically regret not creating a more detailed outline, but it's already too late now. Actually, overall outlines have more uses than you think.
 
Since webnovels are typically longer than normal novels, they take much longer to write as well. Typically, it takes an average author several months or even longer to finish writing everything in their overall outline. By the time that they're finish writing everything in their overall outline, most authors will have new ideas and insights into what they want to write. Once they combine their new ideas with their original outline, in a way, this gives them two sources of inspiration. It's basically the equivalent of two people working together, and on top of that, these two people know exactly what each other are thinking.
 
It's easy to see how this can be helpful in improving the quality of your novel.
 
Apart from this, while creating an overall outline, the author can also discover many topics or problems with the settings and correct them in time.
 
To give an extreme example, if you're having a great difficulty with writing your overall outline and don't know what to do with your own plot, this proves that there's a large problem with your plot. You should either make major changes, or delete this part of your plot entirely.
 
So, newcomer authors definitely shouldn't overlook the uses of having an overall outline. No matter if you have a good or bad outline, a simple or a detailed one, as long as you have one, that's good.
 
What needs to be noted is that only outlines that have been written out truly count as outlines.
 
Even if you as an author have a very detailed outline, and even if you've solidly memorized every single plot point in your outline, any outline that hasn't been written into your novel doesn't count as a true outline. That's because when you actually start writing, you'll discover that what you finally end up writing will always have differences from what you envisioned.
 
2.      You need to finish your outline, but it doesn't need to be complete
 
Thinking about your outline is equivalent to thinking about your novel's plot. You need to consider both the beginning and the end. You also need to think about everything that the main character experiences from the beginning to the end of the story.
 
If your outline isn't finished, but only half-finished, you won't even be able to predict the storylines that come later, which will cause you to have difficulties writing your plot once you finish the beginning stages. This is basically the same as not having an outline at all.
 
Still, there's no need for us to make the outline as detailed as possible from the very beginning, with so many specific scenarios for all your plots. The reason for this is quite simple—none of us know just how long our novels will turn out to be in the end.
 
A story that's written with the intent of becoming a commercial product needs to be sufficiently long enough right from the planning stage. The longer your potential story, the better. But actually, how many words it finally ends up with depends on how well your story performs.
 
If your story is incredibly popular and performs well in the market, then we can consider writing it for as long as possible. However, if your story obviously isn't popular with readers, then you can consider ending your story in a timely fashion at an appropriate point in the plot so that you can think of a new story instead. That would be a wiser decision if you wish to become a professional author.
 
Of course, when you're only in the outlining stage, it's impossible for you as a newcomer author to know how readers will react to your novel. Precisely because of this, you need to have a flexible writing plan. What this means is that you should have an outline that's detailed in the beginning and general near the end. For the beginning of your story, you should have as detailed an outline as possible, while for the middle and especially the later parts of your story, you only need some general ideas. All you need is to consider the overall development of the plot so that you know what direction to take your storyline in.
 
For example, maybe you planned that the beginning of your novel will be approximately 80,000 words, and you've prepared a 4,000-word outline for just the beginning. In that case, your outline for the next 80,000 words, the middle of your story, might only need 3000 words, and the meat of your story, another 240,000 words, might have an outline that's less than 1000 words.
 
Of course, as you continue writing your story, you should constantly update your outline as well. You should complete your outline for the next 80,000 words before you finish writing the first 80,000 words.
 
3.      Your settings need to be constantly updated

Just like writing an outline, you should first come up with the basic settings before you even begin writing, which includes your world background, main character's personality, power levels, and so on.
 
More specific settings, such as a powerful artifact that appears in the story, can be added as you write your story.
 
Unlike an outline, you don't need to fully plan out all of your settings at the very beginning. It's perfectly acceptable to think of new settings while you're writing.
 
However, newcomer authors need to note that while it's okay to come up with new settings as you write, you should write these settings down and add them to your outline or settings document as you write.
 
This is to help yourself check your own settings later in the future. Otherwise, a novel that reached over one million words and has lasted for one year or longer might cause you as an author to completely forget about something you wrote before in the past. It's even quite common to make a mistake when writing about the items that the main character possesses. Yet, there will always be a sharp-eyed reader or two that catches the author out in a misstep.
 
If you have a very detailed document on your settings, not only will you be able to greatly reduce your own plot continuity errors, you'll also be able to look through your settings whenever you have writer's block and find some inspiration in a side character that you have already forgotten about or some item that was mentioned before but never used again.
 
4.      It's better for your settings to be cliché
 
Here, this means the systems and names that you use for your settings. For example, the names and levels you use for a martial arts society.
 
Many newcomer authors will mistakenly think that using already existing well-known settings will make their novel seem too cliché, causing them to want to be as "unique" as possible. These authors will use their imaginations to come up with all sorts of fictional vocabulary words, which in their minds will make their novels "stand out." These newcomer authors don't realize that this is the worst possible way to write a novel. In the great majority of situations, this will have the opposite effect from intended.
 
A new original novel that you write should be a new interpretation or story about some specific genre or story type. How to make your novel stand out depends on the conflicts you create in your story and how the main character resolves them. As for coming up with new vocabulary words and names for your novel, even if you make them sound really cool, or make some modified slang words, it's almost never a good thing for you.
 
The reason for this can also be understood in my article about how to write the beginning of your story. By doing so, the author is placing more burden upon the readers to understand a larger amount of information.
 
There will always be other already existing words that you could have used, which are easily understood by all your readers. Instead, your readers now need to spend their time and effort on reading your explanations. Obviously, readers aren't here to read your technical manuals or info dumps. The more explanations that you have in your novel, the lower your novel's appeal and flow will become. But, if you don't add any explanations for your self-created words at all, the readers won't even understand what's going on.
 
This is why newcomer authors should avoid this useless type of "creativity" as much as possible. You should simply rely on settings that all readers are familiar with instead.
 
5.      The storyline should be pushed forward by using conflicts
 
Many newcomer authors will often develop writer's block when planning their outline or working on their novel.
 
Sometimes, this is because the author has made their storyline too messy. But most of the time, it's because the author feels like there's nothing to write about, or doesn't know what they should make the main character do. The author has no idea how to continue their own story.
 
In order to deal with writer's block, or in other words, how to push your storyline alone, the answer is actually incredibly simple.
 
You can answer this question using only one word – Conflicts!
 
Actually, the critical element of all webnovels can be summed up into one word – conflicts. For example, leveling is the desire or need of the main character to become stronger, which is a conflict between the main character and his or her own current weakness.
 
And since there is a conflict, you must resolve the conflict. And so, your main character wants to cultivate to become stronger, which means he needs to travel around the world in order to find cultivation methods…
 
All sorts of conflicts will both push forward your storyline as well as create numerous climaxes for your readers. It can be said that how you design your conflicts is the very foundation of writing any novel, not just a webnovel.
 
As for a more detailed analysis on how to design your story's conflicts, please read my intermediate-level article on the topic. For newcomer authors like you, you simply need to understand this concept, and know that you should keep coming up with new conflicts whenever you're having trouble keeping up with your own storyline. Try finding potential conflicts from plots, characters, and items you've already used, or forcefully introduce a new element into your story that creates a new conflict.
 
This can be said to be one of the most basic techniques of planning your storyline.

If you’re confused about how to write a popular webnovel, perhaps this book will be able to help you out. 

This book contains articles written by the best editors in the Chinese webnovel industry. There are introductory guides, intermediate guides, and assorted topics, with different numbers of guides in each type. Each week, we’ll be publishing three guides. If you believe that these guides are useful, please let us know by leaving your reviews. We can adjust the update rate based on your feedback.

Author introduction:

314 (Yang Chen): He is China Literature’s general manager, Xiaoxiang Academy’s general manager, Qidian’s head editor, China Webnovel Literature Committee member, Jiangsu Province Webnovel Author Committee vice-chairman, and a qualified expert on all internet literature. He has discovered many popular topics and greatly helped the industry to expand, along with having personally advised many top-tier authors. He is from the first generation of webnovel researchers. Yang Chen started working in the webnovel editing industry in 2005, and is highly skilled at summarizing and analyzing the business theories behind webnovel literature and is famed for his outstanding creativity in the industry.

 Small Team Leader（Zhou Binglin）：Small Team Leader is a high-ranked general manager for China Literature, as well as the head editor for chuangshi.qq.com. He is originally from Guilin, Guangxi.

Small Team Leader is a top-ranked editor for original novels as well as a veteran web novel expert. He has helped to discover countless popular topics as well as frameworks and has advised numerous platinum-ranked authors. He’s also one of the first generation of web novel reviewers as well as authors.

 
**For a TLDR, scroll to the very bottom.** 
 
Hey guys! It's been a while. I normally post daily, buuuut, I've been doing some thinking lately about this story. I'm so happy that I've been getting so many views. Almost 10,000! And almost 100 of you all followed. I'm so thankful for every single one of you all. That being said, I want to give you all a quality product, one that you all like and that I'm proud to produce. 
 
For that reason, I unfortunately have to announce that I'm putting Order & Fate: Rebellious Children into a temporary hiatus. 
 
I know, the synopsis said that I have the series outlined, and that I have a backlog. I do! However, just because I have a series outlined doesn't mean that the series is good. While I'm happy to have been given good ratings and reviews, I've been looking over the work that I've produced while receiving much needed criticism from external sources, and I strongly believe that this work that I've produced is not the best that I can make. 
 
I suppose I could've kept going, left this version as it was, then just deeply edit it and upload the good version to Amazon. I'm not that kind of person, though. That'd be super scummy. Besides, I still want to give you all a quality product, which I feel this web novel is not... in it's current state.  
 
Soooo, what's so bad about it? I thought it was pretty neat. 
 
Thanks! But you can't see behind the scenes on this one. I'm sure a few of you were able to notice over the first act, and it's caught my attention HARD over the past few days, but the series was somewhat directionless. 
 
But how could that be? You said you had an outline! 
 
I did, and I still do. That outline formula, for all it's worth, does not lend itself to action stories like the one I wanted to create. It's mainly for character focused works, and because of the nature of this series, characters seemed to fight each other for attention. 
 
The best example of this are the later chapters with Hikari and Kou. It went from action, to calm, to action, to tense, and one character essentially had to be pushed aside for the other to receive characterization. 
 
Beyond that, I found that as I wrote, I began deviating from the established outline, which was beginning to form massive plotholes. 
 
That soooort of leads into my second gripe with the series, which is that it was beginning to suffer from an identity crisis. Some moments it was a strategic action series, others it was an intense drama, and others it was a horror mystery. Changing tone is fine, I feel, but where my biggest issue lies in its inability to decide whether it wanted to be character focused or plot focused. If I'm being brutally honest with myself here, I wanted to write a character-focused story, but found myself leaning toward a plot-focused one as I wrote. The outline seemed to be fighting with my wants, which began to affect the story negatively. At best, it was fast paced. At worst, it was unhinged and unfocused.  
 
Over the past week, I've been working to create an outline structure that works well for me as a writer. I haven't hidden that I love Shounen manga and anime in the slightest, and the greatest among them seem to be able to cross the thin line between plot-focused & character-oriented so perfectly. Because of that, I began to deconstruct what I'm dubbing the "Shounen Formula" into a story outline structure that works for me. 
 
Talking about it and studying it is somewhat meaningless, though. If I want to know how good it is, I need to put it to the test, right? 
 
I think so. That's why I'm happy to announce a new series that I've been working on...  
 
Demon Task Force! 
 
It's a Shounen-esque Progression Fantasy (exclusive to Royal Road) that I've been making with the sole purpose of stress-testing my new outline formula. My goal is to finish the first two arcs and upload them here. If you all enjoy the series, then I'll expand on it! I hope you all enjoy it when it comes out in a few weeks! I'll be uploading all of arc 1 on the first day, then I'll be dropping arc 2 over the span of a few weeks. 
 
But if you're using outlines again, won't you just run into the same problems? 
 
This go round, I'm not going to make the mistake of plotting every single thing out. That'd suck the fun out of writing. Instead, I'm using the "Shounen Formula" to create connected plot threads and plot points, which allows me to stay focused while also being freed from the restrictive and faulty outline I currently followed. 
 
Of course, the necessary worldbuilding will be fully plotted out, but that's different! 
 
It isn't just some one-off series, though. I'm serious about that entire series outline. Demon Task Force, or DTF for short, is a prequel to OAFRC, set many years before the story kicks off! As I mentioned those first two arcs WILL be released. If they don't do well, or you all dislike the new format, then I'll just regroup as I am and try again. I want to have a good quality product on here before I start going onto ******* and hiring editors to have it published. I got lost in the sauce before, I'll be honest! Sorry. I was just a little hype to get buzz so fast. 
 
Sooo... where does OAFRC fit in here? 
 
As I mentioned, DTF will be a prequel. As for the series in question, I'm going to be putting it on hold until I see the response DTF gets. If it does well, then I'll be reworking the outline for OAFRC to follow that mold, that way I can put it back into the wild with a reinforced structure. If it doesn't do well, then I'll just go back to the drawing board on both and do my best to seek counsel as I attempt to make a good series. 
 
In closing, I'm thankful for the support, but I want to make a series that isn't just "good for a webnovel" or "alright". I want to make something great, and to do that I need to go back and do some work on how I outline things. Demon Task Force should be uploaded either by the end of the month or the first week of February. I'll post about it when it's up!

Order & Fate: Rebellious Children is a series about a girl named Sumire Kato who is abruptly thrust into a world seething with murder, conspiracy, and drama. She must find strength within herself, rely on the friends she made, and uncover the mysteries of her home before doom reaches her and her loved ones!

 




Sumire Kato is an 18-year-old girl who has spent the last two years of her life alone in her apartment. She’s had little contact with other people and has no friends or family to communicate with. All of this changes when Sumire is invited to the Soteria School for Seekers, the prestigious school where Tenebris’s strongest study to become Seekers.  

  

As she makes the most of her new school experience, Sumire is continuously haunted by her demons, which threaten to damage the connections she’s made with the people at her new school. Eventually, she is forced to face her demons in a big way when one of her new friends is murdered by an unknown assailant.  

  

Sumire must overcome her past ghosts and find the killer with a clear mind and empty heart, lest her brother suffer the fatal consequences!  

 

Thank you for reading Order & Fate: Rebellious Children! Here are a few things you should know before getting into the story.

 

First, the chapter-length varies between 1000-3000 words depending on the events. Admittedly, the first batch of introductory chapters is a bit of a slow burn. I want to introduce you to the characters before getting to the craziness, so if you're interested in wall-to-wall action and fights each chapter, then this may not be the story for you.



Secondly, this story is heavily inspired by darker shounen manga and anime such as Hunter x Hunter and Jujutsu Kaisen, with the fights and magic system in particular taking inspiration from Jojo's Bizzare Adventure. If you like anime, then you'll probably like this story. If you prefer Tolkien-esque fantasy, though, then this story also may not be for you.

 

Thirdly, I have a decent stockpile of chapters stored, which I plan on expanding upon each day. Because of that, this series won't be dropped or put into indefinite hiatus, and chapters will be released daily unless otherwise stated. Finally, I've done multiple grammar and spell checks, so there shouldn't be any immersion-breaking grammatical issues. If you do find one, though, please leave a comment, and I'll revise! 

 

Finally, while this is my very first fiction, it's also a first draft of sorts. I plan to have this story professionally edited and published, so any feedback is very much appreciated!




The story is also available on Royal Road, Scribblehub, and Wattpad.

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When her disciples heard her, Chen Cheng answered with a relaxed expression, "I'm sure the Saintess understands what great luck the Saint has. He had actually found a Dusty Divine Arts, the Hidden Script."
"Hidden Script?!"
No matter how apathetic Qi Zixiao was before, her expression couldn't resist turning solemn after hearing this. "That's one of the nine secret arts. Boasting the ability to control the world's speed and omnipotent on both heaven and earth. At the highest point of cultivation, one could even see through time-space and no existing defense art can combat it. The invincible Hidden Scripture?"
"Yes, it was said to be one of the nine secret arts, the Hidden Scripture."
Chen Cheng continued in delight, "But the Saint's luck couldn't compare to Your Grace after all. It was reported that even if he found the Hidden Scripture, the Saint was still wearing an ugly expression when he left the scripture chamber…"
"Why is that?"
Qi Zixiao was dumbstruck on the inside.
In fact, she was dying to continue asking. Like what the hell was this 'Dusty Divine Arts'? But it was a pity she shouldn't.
"It's naturally because Your Grace has found the General Outline of the World's Immortal Arts!"
"While the Hidden Scripture is powerful, but the General Outline of the World's Immortal Arts must have recorded thousands of immortal arts, doesn't it?"
'I found…
'The General Outline of the World's Immortal Arts?
'So this is why both of you aren't worried and could still be so calm after the Saint has found the Hidden Script?
'But, where is this General Outline of the World's Immortal Arts?'
Qi Zixiao's mind was spinning. After that… her heart inadvertently thumped. She recalled the note that the guy had left.
General Outline of the World's… Martial Arts?
Could it be…
"But I have to say, the Saint has quite good eyesight."
Suddenly, Chen Cheng added, "When Your Grace was holding the General Outline of the World's Martial Arts back then, the other disciples were very confused. Only the Saint realized with a glance that the General Outline of the World's Martial Arts was but a disguise. What Your Grace has truly obtained was the General Outline of the World's Immortal Arts."
I knew it!
Qi Zixiao could feel the goosebumps all over her body!
This was a colossal misunderstanding!
That was clearly a General Outline of the World's Martial Arts…
She wanted to glare, but she couldn't. She couldn't explain herself either. She could only suppress it inside her heart and this melancholic feeling was indescribable.
"Besides this, there were a few others who were fortunate as well and found the Dusty Divine Arts."
"Now, many of the inner sect disciples hold great gratitude for Your Grace."
"They said if you hadn't initiated it, to let them know that the Dusty Divine Arts were hidden on the first floor of the scripture chamber, they never would've had this opportunity…"
I... initiated it?
Qi Zixiao was even more depressed.
But at the same time, she gradually understood what had happened.
***
As the Saintess, her every movement and action would be scrutinized by many, including the Saint!
Yet that guy had used her body to enter the scripture chamber. It would have no doubt attracted attention but that guy paid no mind to it and strode into the scripture chamber's first floor to search…
What would the regular disciples think if they saw this?!
The great Saintess could ascend up to the seventh floor but she had put in so much effort to search on the first floor instead. Could there… perhaps be a mystery hidden on the first floor?!
After that…
Several disciples had found the 'Dusty Divine Arts'. The Saint had even better luck and found the renowned Hidden Scripture. That was an invincible immortal art!
Once she clarified the situation, Qi Zixiao waved her delicate hand. The door closed and she immediately gritted her teeth.
"That guy…"
"How… impressive!!!"
With only one trip outside, a 'Dusty Divine Arts' anecdote came out of thin air. He had even helped her rival gain a fearsome skill…
But now, everyone thought she had found the so-called General Outline of the World's Immortal Arts instead, thinking she was the biggest winner…
The stunning Saintess in white could no longer hold back as she gritted her teeth…
"This is the so-called General Outline of the World's Immortal Arts?"
Waving her hand, the General Outline of the World's Martial Arts flew over…
She carefully sensed it for a long time but no miracle happened.
To her, this was only a… martial arts book that was of no value to her.
Qi Zixiao: …
At that moment, she suddenly felt aggrieved.
Why did something like this have to happen to her?
Not only did she have to let that guy control her body, but she had also unwittingly done the Saint a huge favor…
"..."
The more she thought, the more Qi Zixiao was unable to calm down. She wanted to bare her fangs and berate that guy.
A long while later, a long while later.
After calming herself down with much difficulty, Qi Zixiao gradually began organizing the questions and gains she had obtained from this round's transmigration…
She carefully sensed her cultivation to realize, just like before, her cultivation had had a tiny improvement.
If she hadn't sensed it attentively, it would have been easily missed. But it was truly an improvement. She could see it. She could feel it.
"Why is this?"
No idea.
It was the same both times.
She was firm that Lin Fan had no knowledge of cultivation. So why had her cultivation improved instead?
When she had trained vigorously, there were no hints of improvement. Why was this?
She had no idea!
"Not only this but he also never answered me why this plant would grow so fast."
"Before we exchange the next time, I'll pen down these two questions. And also to urge him not to randomly walk around anymore."
Qi Zixian was suddenly a little frightened.
He had only been to the scripture chamber and the Saint got his hands on an invincible immortal art, the Hidden Scripture. If he went to the crafting chamber or elixir chamber, would he end up giving the Saint some holy weapons and divine pills?
If that were so, there was no need for her to compete in the First Rank battle one year later, okay?
"Thankfully…"
Qi Zixiao blinked. A vague flash of lightning appeared in her mind.
"Thankfully I've gained some advantage from this. That world isn't completely useless as well…"
"Hidden Scripture?"
"If I can master the Celestial Lightning Blade, there's no saying who would win!"
Before she 'returned', Qi Zixiao just happened to watch Lu Xueqi forcefully using the Celestial Lightning Blade for the first time…
That instant gave Qi Zixiao inspiration and she thought a lot about it.
She figured if Lu Xueqi could master the Celestial Lightning Blade, she could do it as well!
Although the Hidden Scripture of the nine secrets was powerful, it required profound mastery before one could control speed. But the Celestial Lightning Blade could strike with the borrowed wrath of heaven. It didn't seem weak in comparison!
No secret manuals?
She'll just have to make her own then!
After all, the chant was ready and she had seen the skill in action. She just needed a little more time to practice!
"In one year…"
Qi Zixiao mumbled to herself, "I have to break through the void refinement and master the Celestial Lightning Blade!"
Right now.
If Lin Fan were here, he would definitely be dumbstruck…
You actually have the courage to learn skills from a television drama?
Like I've said, you're a real tiger!
Aren't you afraid that if a mistake happens, the lightning will strike you to death?


Lin Fan and the Saintess swapped bodies, which made them transmigrate in the process. Later, they even found out they could transmigrate infinite number of times.
On this day, Lin Fan returned to find himself already an immortal!

Note: Kimi no Na wa (Your Name) meets Xianxia

Chapter Outline
1. The Rise of the Biological Approach in Psychology
2. Research Methods of the Biological Approach
2.1 Correlation Studies
2.2 Case Studies
2.3 Laboratory Experiments
2.4 Ethics and Research Methods of the Biological Approach
3. The Brain and Behaviour
3.1 Techniques used to Study the Brain in Relation to Behaviour
3.2 Localisation
3.3 Neuroplasticity
3.4 Neurotransmitters and Their Effect on Behaviour
3.5 Assessment Advice
4. Hormones and Behaviour
4.1 Hormones and Their Effect on Behaviour
4.2 Pheromones and Their Effect on Behaviour
4.3 Assessment Advice
5. Genetics and Behaviour
5.1 Genes and Behaviour
5.2 Genetic Similarities
5.3 Evolutionary Explanations for Behaviour
5.4 Assessment Advice
6. The Role of Animal Research in Understanding Human Behaviour (HL only)
6.1 Can Animal Research Provide an Insight into Human Behaviour?
6.2 The Value of Animal Models in Psychology Research
6.3 Ethical Considerations in Animal Research
6.4 Assessment Advice
Essential Questions
How do psychologists adopting a biological approach study behaviour?
What methods do psychologists use to study the brain?
How is the function of different parts of the brain determined?
How do the brain's neural networks change over time?
How do neurotransmitters affect our behaviour? 
How do hormones and pheromones play a role in human behaviour?
How does genetics play a role in behaviour?
What evolutionary explanations are there for behaviour?
What is the role of animal research in understanding human behaviour? (HL only)
After studying this chapter, you should be able to:
Describe, outline, explain, discuss and evaluate studies that take a biological approach to understanding behaviour.
Describe, outline, explain and discuss ethical considerations in studies that take a biological approach to understanding behaviour.
Describe, outline, explain, discuss and evaluate techniques used to study the brain in relation to behaviour.
Describe, outline, explain, discuss and evaluate research into localisation.
Describe, outline, explain, discuss and evaluate research into neuroplasticity.
Describe, outline, explain, discuss and evaluate the role of neurotransmitters and how they affect behaviour.
Describe, outline, explain, discuss and evaluate the role of hormones and their effect on behaviour.
Describe, outline, explain, discuss and evaluate the role of pheromones and their effect on behaviour.
Describe, outline, explain, discuss and evaluate how genes affect behaviour. 
Describe, outline, explain, discuss and evaluate the role of genetic similarity in behaviour.
Describe, outline, explain, discuss and evaluate evolutionary explanations of behaviour. 
Discuss the extent to which animal research provides an insight into human behaviour. (HL only)
Discuss the value of animal models in psychology research. (HL only) 
Discuss ethical considerations in animal research. (HL only)
Myths and Misconceptions
The brain is far too complex to be studied in a meaningful way.
Innovative research in both the medical and biological psychology fields has made immense progress in revealing how the brain works and how it affects behaviour. In particular, technological advances in being able to generate images of the brain have enabled scientific research in this area to progress at a rapid pace. Have a look at the research being carried out at King's College London into infant brain development. 
One day, it will be possible to use genetics to explain a substantial amount of human behaviour.
Although a considerable amount of research into genetically inherited behaviour has been conducted, scientists are still unable to state with certainty the degree to which behaviours such as aggression are predominantly influenced by genes. Indeed, as human behaviour is so complex, working out which genes are responsible for different behaviours is a phenomenally difficult undertaking for scientists. In this article, Dorothy Bishop, a professor at the University of Oxford, debates this notoriously problematic issue in genetic research. Moreover, determining how far genes influence behaviour is further complicated by the influence of external environmental factors such as stress and type of upbringing on both our behaviour and our genetic makeup. 
Pheromones can influence our behaviour without our awareness.
Some researchers have claimed that odourless pheromones secreted from our body can influence the behaviour of others. For example, Martha McClintock's research suggests that females living in close proximity will give off pheromones that then cause their menstrual cycles to synchronise. However, other researchers have questioned the existence of pheromones in humans and thus argue that pheromone research in humans is based on flawed assumptions. 
1. The Rise of the Biological Approach in Psychology
During the 19th century, a quiet revolution in assessing how brain and behaviour are linked was taking place in the consulting clinics of such physicians as Paul Broca in France and Carl Wernicke in Germany. By adopting a systematic analysis of patients with language difficulties, these researchers helped to establish the scientific study of brain localisation. Broca's analysis of speech production deficits in his patients along with post-mortem brain analysis of some of these patients helped him to isolate a left frontal brain area that is responsible for the generation of language. Today, this area is known as Broca's area. Taking the same approach, Wernicke demonstrated that an area of the temporal lobe called the posterior superior temporal gyrus caused deficits in speech comprehension and the ability to produce meaningful language. This area is now known as Wernicke's area. The work conducted by Wernicke and Broca and other researchers at the time led to the acknowledgement of the importance of studying brain-damaged individuals. This has resulted in the case study approach becoming a significant research tool in modern biological psychology and has led to the establishment of a discipline in psychology called clinical neuropsychology. 
Researchers like Broca and Wernicke were at the forefront of the 19th-century movement towards a more systematic, scientific way of investigating the natural world. One of the most famous proponents of this approach was Charles Darwin, who, in producing his theory of evolution, had himself documented thousands of observations around the world to provide evidence for his theory. At that stage, science was a long way from understanding evolutionary mechanisms down to the genetic level as a result of the lack of scientific technology. However, scientific advances in research and technology eventually revealed that genes formed the building blocks of evolutionary mechanisms. In the last couple of decades, the role that genes play in behaviour has led to the establishment of evolutionary psychology and also research into how far behaviour such as intelligence may be inherited.
Significant advances in brain imaging technology have helped to propel the legacy of researchers like Broca and Wernicke even further forwards with the use in the modern psychology of techniques that can image the live brain. Not only have such technologies reinforced findings from neuropsychological research into localisation, they have also enabled researchers to assess cognitive processes such as memory and thinking in individuals without brain damage. Consequently, such research has enabled researchers to make significant advances in understanding the brain and behaviour relationship. 
Furthermore, in conjunction with the medical field and also advances in medical science, biological psychologists have also increased our understanding of how hormones and pheromones affect behaviour. 
2. Research Methods of the Biological Approach
Researchers who take a biological approach to understanding behaviour believe that all human behaviour has a biological basis. This is not to say they believe that it is only biological, but that there is a relationship between the human body and especially the brain (the structure and processes of the human nervous system) and human behaviour. Moreover, because the nervous systems of many animals are similar in their structure and processes to that of humans, biological psychologists use animals in research to gain understanding about human behaviour.
Henry's legacy in terms of our knowledge about memory is highly significant because as a result of extensive research with him up to his death in 2008, Henry had contributed a wealth of data about his memory function. Firstly, given that his short-term memory was normal, this demonstrated that the short- and long-term memory systems in the brain must to some extent be separate otherwise Henry's brain damage would also have affected short-term memory processing. This finding reinforced the predictions of the multi-store model of memory that you will study in Chapter 5. However, what was intriguing about Henry's case, and indeed other similar cases of anterograde amnesia, is that it demonstrated that there are different types of long-term memory. Henry's brain damage specifically targeted episodic memory and he was, therefore, unable to form new memories of any event experienced after the surgery and this continued to the end of his life. However, he was able to form new procedural long-term memories. Procedural memories are those memories which are automatic such as knowing how to drive. This type of knowledge does not start out as automatic because clearly skills such as driving must be learned. These skills develop over time, however, and activities such as driving become easier and more automatic if we practise them regularly. Despite his extensive brain damage, Henry could form new procedural memories on activities such as a pursuit rotor task in which a participant tracks a moving object on a screen with a cursor. This task requires precision and must be practised regularly to gain expertise in the task. 


Marguerite is oblivious as she folds Arthmael's body into beautiful silhouettes. Following the familiar choreography, she dances relentlessly.

Grand Jete! Penche! followed by a series of graceful pas de chats. All concatenated in front of the enthralled emperor.

When the music reaches the outro in a full stop, Marguerite falls gracefully on the floor in a pose. She stays there and waits for the king to tell her she can leave.

She stays on the ground for a long time but hears nothing from him. Wondering if she did anything wrong, she wants to lift her head to look at the king's face, but quickly remembers the warning he gave her. If she disrespects him any further, who knows what he might do to her.

She suddenly feels her chin being lifted, her eyes meet the hazels of Demian. She forgets to breathe and falls from her pose onto the floor. She doesn't have time to regain her senses before two strong arms lift her off the floor.

She is about to question him on his weird behaviour when her mouth is suddenly covered by his in a kiss.

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Marguerite is very talented. She has a beautiful voice, a great passion for music and various talents in the arts. Unfortunately, her bright future gets compromised when she is forced to leave her world to fulfill the wish of someone else. Marguerite wanting to go home as soon as possible, accepts. However things turn out quite unexpected for her.

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"NAMING SYSTEM BASED OFF OF PERSONAL EXPERIENCE..."

[SYSTEM RESETING...]

Ding!

[SYSTEM RESET!]

[LOADING NEW FEATURES.. 3%]

[LOADING NEW FEATURES. 12%]

[LOADING NEW FEATURES... 17%]

To Erick's right he saw the same black, blue, and gold panel his eyes grew so familiar with that he could tell you the exact number of pixels it had but to his left, to his surprise he saw a white, red, and gold panel. The new panel on his left displayed the words [NAMING SYSTEM... 46%].

Erick looked around at the other six and soon realized that he was the only one with a black, blue, and gold panel while all the others had the same panel that was displayed on his left. He then looked at the others expressions and saw that they too were confused.

"What was that voice?", "Wasn't the panel supposed to be blue?" and "Update?" Were the most common questions popping up in the other six's heads. Erick however didn't care as much since he was only paying attention to the fact that there were other people here finally after so long. He then examined the people.

One of the woman looked to be in her mid 30s, had scarlet hair, and had strange yet attractive green eyes. It was as if the green in her pupils were moving. Other than her face he couldn't see much about her. The other features of the people, including himself, seemed to be blacked out and instead, where their clothes would be, there would be a colored outline. In the woman's case, she had a blue outline. 

The man next to the him had a cold feel to him and looked to be in his 40s. He had blond hair and a stubble beard. His eyes on, the other hand, were colorless apart from a black circle to separate the sclera and his pupils. His outline was violet.

Next was the demon whom of which is the tallest and most intimidating. He had dark brown, almost completely black, hair in a spiky manner. He had a normal skin color but he also had dark red wings on his back. The demon's eyes were black with red pupils that looked like a cat's pupils. He had a red outline.

Then he saw a shy black haired child who he pitied for dying so young. Her pupils looked blank and they were almost normal except for a looming sense of jealousy you would get from her when she would look at you. She had a green outline.

Next to the shy girl he saw a young man looking to be in the 18-20 age group. He too had black hair yet his was more of a mess. His eyes were lazy and his pupils looked like a dark blue ocean that you would see in a calm before the storm. His outline was light blue.

And then his observant eyes fell upon a skinny yet, in her own way, beautiful lady looking to be in her late 20s. She had curly, short, lime colored hair. She had yellow eyes but Erick soon looked away as he got an uncomfortable feeling like she was going to eat him. Her outline was orange.

That leaves Erick. He was a messy character. His hair was light brown and his eyes were a somewhat empty dark brown. Erick's figure was not fat, skinny, nor buff. He was just normal. This might've been why he felt looked down on compared to the others. His outline was yellow.

Ding!

"SYSTEM HAS BEEN NAMED 'VOID SYSTEM'"

Erick looked at the new panel and saw that on the top middle it showed in a bold gold text "VOID SYSTEM". But he didn't have time to think about this as a familiar yet annoying sound pierced his ears.

{RIGHT PANEL}
Ding!

[NEW FEATURES LOADED!]

[GENERATING SYSTEM NAME.. 2%]

{LEFT PANEL}
Ding!

"SEARCHING PLAYER'S BLOODLINE..."

[LOADING..]

[LOADING.]

[LOADING...]

...

[ERROR]

[PLAYER NOT DETECTED]

[REFRESHING.]

...

[ERROR]

[REFRESHING...]

...

[ERROR]

...

[ERROR]

...

[PLAYER “ERROR” SUCCESSFULLY CONNECTED]

[GENERATING NEW BODY.]

...

[ERROR]

[PLAYER NOT DETECTED]

[ERROR]

[BODY GENERATED]

[GENERATING ABILITIES...]

[ERROR]

...

[ABILITIES GENERATED]

[ERROR]

[SEARCHING FOR NEW WORLD..]

[PLAYER NOT DETECTED]

[ERROR]

[BODY GENERATED]

[REFRESHING..]

[REFRESHING..]

...

[ERROR]

[ERROR]

[PLAYER NOT DETECTED]

[WORLD NOT FOUND]

[ERROR]

[BODY GENERATED]

[ERROR]

[ABILITIES GENERATED]

[REFRESHING.]

[REFRESHING.]

[ERROR]

[REFRESHING.]

[REFRESHING...]

...


...

An endless noise is piercing his ears. 
Over and over...
Never ending errors.
All he could do was stare blank at it with his lifeless eyes waiting and watching for a sign of hope he could cling onto.

There was none.
Not a thing.
Only himself and the ‘system’ in an endless black plane which he grew so familiar with.

Years.. Decades.. Centuries.. He lost count long ago, it didn’t matter to him anymore. He never felt like he needed to sleep, eat, or do anything. The only thing that plagued his mind was the never ending boredom this place brought him.

Its been so long for him that he forgot how he died. All he knew was that he did die and he was in the process of reincarnation but the system decided that he wasn’t good enough for it.

His thoughts were blank and he only grew more and more bored. He wanted an adventure. Something that could excite him out of his infinitely flat existence.

And he got it.

Seeing all this made me feel I was playing a game from the earth, on my PC.
I really wanted to summon an Elite VII, after he was nearly invincible. But till I knew about the total number of SP I had, I didn't want to spend them blindly.
After all, I was nearly 99% sure that they were somewhere in front of me, but I was not able to see it.
Going back to soldier tab, screen minimised, and only the bottom card show window remained, showing cards from 1 to 5. The grey card had once again hidden. I choose the second card, the weapon card. 
The screen didn't change this time, but the cards in bottom refreshed. Now the first card has a pistol outline. The second card has a rifle outline. The third card has a submachine gun (smg) outline. The fourth card has a machine gun outline. The fifth card has a sniper rifle outline, while the last card was again a card with '+' sign. Clicking on this card, the cards were once again refreshed.
Now the first card has a shotgun outline. The second card had an anti-material rifle outline. While the third card had a carbine as an outline. Lastly, the fourth card has a knife, a short sword and knuckles.
So in total under weapons card, we have
1) Personal weapon (Pistol / Revolver)
2) Rifles
3) Submachine guns
4) Machine guns
5) Sniper rifles
6) Shotgun
7) Anti-material rifle
8) Carbines
9) Hand-to-hand weapon
Seeing these many types of sub-categories made my head churn. I didn't new even the difference b/w a rifle and a carbine. I only knew that carbines used smaller bullets than a normal rifle.
Even if I didn't know much about guns, having a desert eagle and SSA 45 long colt was every man's dream. Hence I choose personal weapon card first.
The cards refreshed again, now there were two cards. The first card with a pistol as an outline. and a second card with a revolver as an outline. I choose revolver first.
My whole screen changed and like when an opening soldier card, everything changed with 5 cards a row it kept going downward.
on the first row, the first portion was:
George Washington's saddle pistols  10.9k SP
on the second card was:
Simon Bolivar's Flintlock Pistols 10.6k SP
on the third position was:
Gold-Inlaid Colt Model 1849 Pocket Revolver 10.1k SP
on the fourth position was:
Colt Paterson Revolver 9.5k SP
on the fifth position was:
Texas Ranger Sam Wilson's Colt Walker 9.2K SP
Seeing these guns I didn't have much reaction, as I was a layman in the area. But the prices of these guns, they were enough to give me a heart attack. But I noticed that there was a mix of revolvers and pistols in the first five cards.
Without giving these another glance, obviously due to their price, I looked down. There was:
Astra 680
Charter Arms Bulldog
Chiappa Rhino
Colt Anaconda
Colt Buntline
Colt Cobra
Colt Diamondback
Colt Python
Colt Trooper Mk. III
Colt Trooper
FN Barracuda
Gward revolver
MP412 REX
Manurhin MR 73
Mateba Autorevolver
MIL Thunder 5
Beretta Laramie
OTs-01 Kobalt
Medusa Model 47
S333 Thunderstruck
Ruger Alaskan
Ruger Bearcat
Ruger Bearcat
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.
.
Taurus Public Defender
It took me a while before I knew that SSA 45 Long Colt was a custom version of Beretta Laramie. But I found the gun at last. It was only 14 SP and I knew that I would need a weapon for self-protection at least, so why not. So I decided to buy it.
When I clicked Beretta Laramie card, I suddenly felt my hand very heavy. In my hand was a new Beretta Laramie, It was a new version, made from new composite metal, hence weighing only 1.05 kg. It was having a six-chamber for bullets in the revolving cylinder. Feeling the cold metal surface a new sense of power came from within. It was not that I was suddenly powerful, but seeing a gun appear out of thin air made me finally realise that system was really real, and not a hallucination that I have after having a mental break down.
Similarly in the pistol card/section:
The top five were same as the pistol ones. but those from the sixth position were fully different.
There was:
Akdal Ghost TR01
ALFA Combat
AMT AutoMag II
AMT Lightning pistol
Armatix iP1
Arsenal Firearms AF1 "Strike One"
Beretta M9
Beretta 92G-SD/96G-SD
Bersa Thunder 9
Bren Ten
Zastava CZ 99
Daewoo Precision Industries K5
Dan Wesson M1911 ACP pistol
Desert Eagle
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.
.
.
.
Fort-17
FN FNS
Glock 19
Inam
Komodo Armament P1-95
PL-15 Lebedev
Here also I found the desert eagle, it was 27 SP, but I bought it without even looking a the price.
And suddenly I had a desert eagle in my hand. It was heavier than Beretta Laramie. Around 2 kg, but of course, it used bigger and heavier rounds.
After playing with the desert eagle and SSA 45 long colt, I went back to the system. And started to look through other cards.
In the ammunition card, we have:
a) Personal weapon
b) Rifles
c) Submachine guns
d) Machine guns
e) Sniper rifles
f) Shotgun
g) Anti-material rifle
h) Carbines
i) Explosive
Everything was the same, as ammunition for all types of guns was available here. But instead of hand-to-hand, there were explosives.
In the accessory card, we have:
a) Personal weapon
b) Rifles
c) Submachine guns
d) Machine guns
e) Sniper rifles
f) Shotgun
g) Anti-material rifle
h) Carbines
i) Hand-to-hand weapon
Here also everything was the same, as each type of gun needed some kind of kits for more usability, and that could be purchased here. In hand to hand combat all kind of whetstones, helmets, Bulletproof vest, even the uniforms, ranging from battle uniform to tracksuit everything could be exchanged here.
In the extra card, we have:
a) Personal weapon
b) Rifles
c) Submachine guns
d) Machine guns
e) Sniper rifles
f) Shotgun
g) Anti-material rifle
h) Carbines
i) Recording and Surveillance
Here we have extra magazine clips mainly for every type of gun. And also all kinds of recording device like a camera, surveillance device like binoculars could also be bought at their SP.
While I was debating whether I should do a humanoid summoning, something on the right side of my vision caught my eye. 
When I focused on it, like a Hamburger Menu, it popped out. With a heading Quick menu, it had 5 options. 
1) Quick Reaction Force (QRF)  - Call twenty armed Veteran II soldiers, one elite I Officer two Joint Light Tactical Vehicle and one M1083 MTV cargo truck.
                                                    226 SP + 500 SP(weapons) + 2200 SP(Vehicle)
2) Army platoon - Calls thirty-two Soldier II and four Veteran I soldiers 
                                       224 SP + 300 SP(weapons)
3) Main battle tank
        27,900 SP
4) Tank crew
        11,200 SP
5) Special Forces Team - Calls Six armed Elite I operatives 
                                    130 SP + 1200SP(weapons)

What will you do if you are given power one day?

Will you wield it?

Will you become an oppreser, a dictator?

Do you want to be above all? Even the gods.

Once Yun Long finished understanding his new physique, he then started to view the new memory fragment about the Yin Yang Dragon Mark.

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*New* Yin Yang Dragon Mark

Yun Long merges his source energy (life source) into a female, fusing the Yin and Yang between the two, or when he engages in sexual intercourse with a female, the technique of the Yin Yang Dragon Mark activates where it creates a circular seal on the lower back of the other party. The seal has an outer seal as an outline.

The actual markings on the seal is a Dragon coiling a Phoenix, similar to the Yin Yang pattern.

The Creator decided to evolve the mark so that the Dragon colours were different to the Phoenix colours. 

The Dragon representing Yun Long's feelings, and the Phoenix representing the marked females.

Yun Long concluded the only known benefit the seal has for females is they can truly understand the feelings of Yun Long and the dual cultivation benefits.

The effects of the outline seal also have an impact on the female who has received the Yin Yang Dragon Mark, in fact the outline is the most important factor for a female since it indicates the benefits the initial and future Dual-Cultivation will grant.

(Vital Yin brings more benefits, an absolutely different realm of benefits).

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No outline – Indicates the marked individual is no longer a virgin, after dual-cultivation, they have will have a hollowed golden outline. Since the Vital Yin is gone, the Dual-Cultivation effects are limited.

Silver Outline – Indicates the marked individual is a virgin, and thus has the ability to gain advantages from the Dual-Cultivation effects from Yun Long at its maximum.

Filled Golden Outline – The golden outline creates an effect to show that the marked individual has truly become one with Yun Long in the physical sense (Sexual Intercourse).

Showing off to the world that they are forever Yun Long's, and also inducing a spell like effect that his Incubus physique induces, making it so they cannot be unfaithful to Yun Long (No NTR outline).

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Stage 1 - Onyx Black Mark (Slave Mark):

Onyx Black Dragon - Yun Long feels extreme hatred or other negative emotions, and the mark was most likely caused from a reverse r*pe or Yun Long forcing himself on the female, whether it be intentional (r*pe) or not (aphrodisiac, circumstances forcing them both). 

Onyx Black Phoenix - The female was forced into the marking, without knowing about the technique, and similar had only negative emotions for Yun Long. Usually for an enemy who touched Yun Long's reverse scale.

Incubus Devil Incubator Body doesn't allow for anyone who has reached only reached the Onyx Black Yang Dragon Mark to forcefully gain the benefits from Dual-Cultivation of Yun Long.

Should Yun Long be r*ped for long enough for his physiques benefits to start activating, they would then fall to the powers of an enraged Incubus.

However, if they have the Onyx Black Phoenix marking and Yun Long has a minimum of the Magenta Pink stage of the Dragon Mark, then they can gain benefits.

Similarly, if Yun Long doesn't reject it, he can allow for them to gain benefits as the Yin Yang mark is under his will.

Regardless, Yun Long will always gain the benefits from Dual-Cultivation whether he allows the opposite party to gain benefits or not. 

When Yun Long isn't around, women who have been marked by the Yin Yang Dragon Mark will not be able to generate lust, or any sexual related feelings, leaving them to not have to force the lust out of them through other methods, only when Yun Long is around them physically will these feelings emerge once more, or with other women who similarly have the Yin Yang Dragon Mark that has been applied only by Yun Long.

(A/N: Basically, his harem members will not feel sexual frustrations from him not visiting them to do naughty things that you readers shouldn't be doing for a long time, okie?)

Ability: Just before the female is in a life-threatening danger, the Yin Yang Dragon Mark uses Yun Long's source energy to freeze the laws around them whilst alerting Yun Long, which will give him enough time to teleport to the individual through the sensation and save them.

However, the more danger they are in, the more backlash Yun Long receives from the freezing of the laws, which could end up injuring him from days to months…

With a golden outline, sexual intercourse with another person would lead to death, so in the event they are about to engage in sexual intercourse (mostly r*pe danger) the same effect would happen. 

Also, if Yun Long opts to, he can allow them to gain the 2nd Level benefits of his Incubus physique if they possess a silver outline (virgin).

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Stage 2 - Magenta Pink (Gem) (Slave Maid):

Yun Long only holds appreciation or minor lust for the marked individual, with the female holding similar range of feelings for Yun Long, the feelings of such a marking are not worth much in the grand scheme of life…

Similarly, he may use the mark to enslave enemies that have not crossed his final line, unlike the slave mark…

Magenta Pink Dragon: Yun Long has minor feelings such as lust, appreciation, respect for a female (Normally for those he hasn't interacted with or can trust) or wishes to enslave them since they opposed him.

Magenta Pink Phoenix: Female has a favourable first impression of Yun Long, or consider him someone worthy for them to associate with, minor feelings include (Twisted Love, obsession etc, lust, respect, admiration, longing etc) or they have been enslaved due to becoming his enemy.

Ability: Allows for the marked female to gain the lowest tier benefits regardless of Yun Long, since he already has some feelings for him. 

Unlike the black mark, if a filled golden outline is present, they will gain the total benefits of the Incubus Physique High-tier.

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Stage 3 - Ruby Mark (Concubine):

Yun Long and the female hold real feelings for each other, however the feelings at this point are not clarified, but can be considered the closest thing to love as possible, and yet not something obnoxious such as twisted love, the feelings at this stage are positive, on a path towards true love towards the opposite.

Ruby Dragon – Yun Long considers the female a future wifey or has extreme feelings that not even he is aware of.

Ruby Phoenix – Female has yet to figure out if what they feel for Yun Long is True Love, however the favourable feelings cannot be hidden (Potential Wifey's have a Ruby Phoenix).

Ability: Teleportation ability from stage 1 is replaced, Yun Long can instantly teleport to a female whose phoenix is red at the cost of his source energy. Life source is linked, however they can die, should they come to the verge of death they will be teleported at 'death' to the Infinite Origin Void Realm where they will be able to recuperate as a soul body.

The mark can also use a vehicle that is linked to Yun Long's soul in the future.

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Stage 4a - Diamond Mark (Family):

Since the creator understood Yun Long's worries about his family and this mark.

Diamond Dragon – Yun Long truly cares for the female on the same level as his own family, one of the only few who can say they have entered his heart…

Diamond Phoenix – Female feels true familial love for Yun Long.

Benefits: The female can opt to choose if they want to connect their life source to Yun Long (can be done anytime), but the main benefit is access to the Infinite Origin Void Realm. Also, unlike the Ruby ability, should one 'die' and arrive at his immortal realm as a spirit, they will be reborn with a new body.

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Stage 4b - Emerald Mark (Friends):

Same level as the Diamond mark;

Emerald Dragon - Yun Long views them as them as a true friend, a sworn sister / sister-figure.

Emerald Phoenix - This mark is for those who view Yun Long as her true friend or view him as a brother-figure / Sworn-Brother.

Benefits: The female can opt to choose if they want to connect their life source to Yun Long (can be done anytime), but the main benefit is access to the Infinite Origin Void Realm. Also, unlike the Ruby ability, should one 'die' and arrive at his immortal realm as a spirit, they will be reborn with a new body.

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Stage 4c – Sapphire Mark (Maid):

Same level as Emerald Mark;

Sapphire Dragon – Yun Long views them as a trustworthy subordinate, servant (Maid), or a worthy disciple who can carry on the legacy he has.

Sapphire Phoenix – This mark is for females who view Yun Long as their unquestioned master.
Benefits: The female can opt to choose if they want to connect their life source to Yun Long (can be done anytime), but the main benefit is access to the Infinite Origin Void Realm. Unlike the Ruby ability, should one 'die' and 'respawn' at the immortal realm as a spirit, they will be reborn with a new body.

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Stage 4.5 – Pink Diamond (Forbidden Relationship) 

Same Level as Yin Yang Dragon Mark (Stage 5)

The creator surmised that one day Hua Mei may attack Yun Long and created this stage just for fun.

Pink Diamond Dragon – Yun Long truly cares for the female on the same level as his own family, one of the only few who can say they have entered his heart… yet the stage their relationship reached resides in the realm of the taboo, the forbidden…

Pink Diamond Phoenix – Female truly cares for Yun Long but the love that should've resided in the category of familial… yet the stage of the love they have for Yun Long has ascended and reached the realm of the taboo, the forbidden…

Benefits: Unlike the others, the female's life source will automatically connect to Yun Long and the main benefit is access to the Infinite Origin Void Realm. Also, unlike the Ruby ability, should one 'die' and arrive at his immortal realm as a spirit, they will be reborn with a new body. Soul binding on a lesser level than the Spirit God Soul Binding technique, which allows for Spirit God Binding to occur even if they are not a spirit race.

# (Sealed)

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Stage 5 - Yin Yang Dragon Mark (Wife):

The creator made this stage for those who have devoted themselves fully to Yun Long, and he to them, as true lovers who become one and who are connected spiritually, physically and mentally. 

The Seal has an Amethyst (Purple) Dragon (Yun Long True Love) that coils around the Yellow Sapphire Phoenix (Female True Love).

This stage can appear separately, however is unlikely to happen since a true love usually occurs within a moment in life that connects them both…

Benefits: Life source automatically connected, they cannot die so long as Yun Long lives, access to the Infinite Origin Void Realm, Complete benefits from the Dual- Cultivation Physique (Perfect Realm), Soul binding on a lesser level than the Spirit God Soul Binding technique, which allows for Spirit God Binding to occur even if they are not a spirit race, instant teleportation to the Infinite Origin Void Realm when in situations facing certain death.

# (Sealed)

Ling Yunlong is an apathetic youth who was about to truly enter adulthood and was searching for his future, only for a phenomenon to occur that would forever change his life, and the life of millions of individuals across thousands of universes in the omniverse.

Finding himself in a situation where the common sense of his world could not explain his predicament, Yunlong was driven to madness before the Creator appeared before him, making him the successor of the Void.

Reincarnating into the Against the Gods universe and reborn as Yun Long, he decided to pave his way to the peak of existence in his new life, but it seems that the Creator may have other ideas for Yun Long and his so called traverse to the peak!

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Hey guys! Long time no see! Hope everyone is doing fine during these crazy times...2020...ummm. So i decided to write a few details on this page, such as realms, tier (weapion, inscriptions, pills...etc. Its gets confusing at times, so everytime we level reach a new realm, i'll write the details here, just a heads up to those that still behind,,,
Realms
Body Transformation (BT) (7 stages) .
7 levels/steps (whatever fits)
1-3 levels are geared toward developing the internal structure of the human body, i.e Bone's blood
4-6 is geared towards the middle layer's of body. i'e. skin and muscles structure
7th outer surface.
Core-creation (CC) (4 stages)
  Outline: can be consider a psudo(false) layer of the Core-creation. Think of an outline of a drawing, its an outline. it's not perfect, you still have to add stuff into it and fill it up. This is the outline realm, its the starting foundation. Not much stronger than 7th level of BT  
1st level or quater filled core: One can start absorbing the energies or Heaven and earth (affintiy) into the core, But is limited to quater of their core feeling. 
2nd level or half filled core: core's filled at the half level
3rd level or competed core: core completed, one has excess amount of affinity and are have to call upon the power's of there affinity. 
Sky Lord (TBT)

The Astral Dimension, A Universe in which the powerful rule! A Universe in which worlds are created and destroyed, Places where Legends became know! as well as a resting place. Follow the story of a young Warrior, Yu Lie and his journey to become the King of the astral Dimension!

This auxiliary chapter will get updated monthly.
This chapter is MY(author) reminder and a help for readers.

The soul of the protagonist will always be the same.
The perspective will be 1st Person.
The story will be pretty dark.
Personality shifts depending on gender will happen.


Prologue:
Setting: Modern
Name: Yarn Resolutes
Age: 31
Race: Human
Sex: Male
Occupation: None (Fired)
Traits: Introverted, good-natured, poor liar, work-a-holic, weak body, sarcastic, trust issues
Outline: Fired employee that gets punished because he is holding onto something.

Reincarnation 1:
Setting: Sci-Fi
Name: Yarn Resolutes
Age: 43
Race: Human
Sex: Male
Occupation: Soldier->Facility Manager
Traits: Introverted, good-natured, poor liar, strong body, sarcastic, trust issues, Sarcastic
Outline: Soldier in galactic war. Home destroyed. Kicked out by Confederation after war ended.

Reincarnation 2:
Setting: Modern to Fantasy, Gender Bender
Name: Michelle Resolutes
Age: (26)20
Race: Human
Sex: (Male)Female
Occupation: Soldier(Sgt Mechanized Infantry)
Traits: Reserved, good-natured, poor liar, work-a-holic, weak body, sarcastic, trust issues, PTBS
Outline: Soldier of standing forces. Gets reincarnated under horrible conditions.

Reincarnation 3:
Setting: Fantasy
Name: Michelle Resolutes
Age: 20
Race: (Human) ? 
Sex: Female
Occupation: Summoned
Traits: Introverted, good-natured, poor liar, work-a-holic, weak body, sarcastic, collapsing mind
Outline: Female whose mind is about to collapse out of hate, grief and weakness due to fate.

~~~First Chapter should be out in a few hours.~~~

"If War is Order and peace is cruel, death is salvation and birth is hell."


There are laws holding reality and science is the art of discovering and understanding those laws at best without using sensory input. Asking questions to continue further and further to be able to relate phenomenons to each others and thus finding truths.

We are limited to our own technology. Science is limited to their own questions and answers.
Only because you can't get an anwser, does not rule out the possibilities.

What if we asked the wrong questions? What if we didn't question deep enough?

Behind the inner workings of gravity, of matter, of those laws that hold our reality in place may be more. How does it work? Why does it work? Is there more?

Those are questions that do not necessarily rule out the existence of greater forces.

We found heat, electricity and it's brother magnetism as well as gravity and the binding forces of atoms.
There is so much more to find. I will search it.

Author: You will have to wait for a proper storyline Synopsis. :P
Here's a small one though.

This novel is about a poor soul beeing treated badly by schemes.
At first a poor protagonist crossing beeing sacrifized by a superior beeing to hide a crime.
Beeing reeincarnated under the worst circumstances again and again and again, not remembering anything.

outline of novel

The Last Of The Blood Blades [OUTLINE](SPOILERS)

Book of Authors

Order & Fate: Rebellious Children

What Do You Do When You Suddenly Become An Immortal?

To Find Edward

Error Within the System

Mod Conqueror System

Harem God of Origin (ATG)

Scorching to the heavens

Searching the Truth of Laws

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