Chivalric Core/Knighthood Cultivation Realms

LOWER HELM

Apprentice Knights (Tier 1 – 3)

Apprentice knights have their chivalric cores activated. They can use the chivalric will to strengthen their physical bodies.

Anointed Knights (Tier 4 – 6)

Knights undergo blood assimilation, fusing their cores with their bodies in the process. Death of the chivalric core means the death of the knight. 

At the same time, they need to drink the blood of a particular demon or magical beast, fuse it alongside their chivalric cores, before ascending to a new realm. The knight's powers are elevated and they can use the chivalric will to layer their weapons and enhance them if necessary.

They can also launch short-distance attacks (not melee). They can also manipulate objects by focusing their chivalric will on a target. Actions include levitating, uprooting trees from a distance, or making water surge like a flood.

Ascended Knights (Tier 7 – 10)

Ascended knights can use their chivalric will to transform their bodies for a short time (ranges from 10 seconds to 10 minutes). This is termed partial chivalric ascension.

Their attacks could be thrown longer (up to 100 meters), and they can use their chivalric will to hover in the air. The actions done to objects are increased in both scale and power. Now, they can lift heavy rocks and throw them at their opponents only using their chivalric will.

The attributes of the demon or magical beast whom they drank their blood with are also increased in potency and density. The physical characteristics are more descriptive.

At the peak would be the imprinting of the demon or magical beast's figure to their chivalric core.

HIGHER BLADE

Imprint Realm

Imprints the figure of the demon or magical beast into their chivalric core. Very long process. Can take from 1 month up to 2 years depending on the chivalric core grade and rarity of the demon/magical beast.

Consolidation Realm

Strengthen and solidify the imprinted figure. At this stage, the knight can use his imprinted figure to supplement his strength.

For example, a knight with the imprint of a dragon can solidify the arms of the dragon first to imitate the original power and have his arms become as strong as the dragon imprinted. Does not necessarily have 100% power from the start. It scales as the chivalric cultivator strengthens over time.

Enlightenment Realm

At this stage, the knight can temporarily change his figure and become a quasi-interspecies based on his imprinted figure. Gains attributes, skills, etc. from their imprinted figure.

In the case of the dragon, the knight will become a humanoid dragon, a draconian, and gain the ability to breathe fire, and other dragon-based power.

Again, does not necessarily get all of their imprinted figure's power. It scales and also depends on one's chivalric core grade. A higher chivalric core grade means more attributes and skills can be used.

Reality Realm

The final realm in the Higher Blade stage. At this point, the knight can temporarily change his figure into the full form of his imprinted figure.

In the case of the dragon imprint, the knight will become a huge dragon and carry all the strength of the dragon. This method is known as CHIVALRIC ASSIMILATION.

Chivalric Ascension

This is the stage before a knight becomes a radiant knight. One needs to gather divinity from the divine cultivation areas and condense this divinity before molding it inside one's body. Note that divinity is stored, not integrated.

It should be used to form the divine chivalric tunnel that covers the entire body, rebuilding the body anew and ascending to a higher being which is the radiant knight.

As the divinity courses through the body, the imprinted creature in the knight's chivalric core is slowly being eroded and transferred to the original strength of the knight.

The knight cannot change his form into his imprinted figure while in the Chivalric Ascension stage. They must spend most of their time gathering divinity and ascend as soon as possible.

DIVINE ASCENSION REALMS

Radiant Knight

The peak of chivalric will cultivation. Radiant knights are blessed by the power of divinity.

Their powers are increased and they now have full control of the divinity stored in their bodies.

The imitated power from their imprinted creature is now at 100%. It is no longer necessary to transform themselves to use the power of the imprinted creature.

TRUE DIVINE INTEGRATION REALMS

This is explained on another auxilliary chapter.

Primal Lord of Chivalric Will (both a rank and a title)

ADDITIONAL NOTES

Radiant knights have an ambiguous power level compared to the ascended magical cultivators (archmage and supreme archmage). Some RK can battle against a supreme archmage while others cannot. There are many factors, but they will be explained in detail at a later date.

In the case of Solordo (the sole dual cultivator), he can both be a Radiant Knight and an Archmage in the future.

Some information may be added/edited in the future.

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