Luna the Moon

The Moon was watching the happenings of the World through her various followers. She had been doing so ever since her Spirit Sense had grown large enough to make contact with its inhabitants, allowing her to make a few of them her Apostle, and she had learnt quite a lot from doing so.

Gains from the followers themselves aside, just being able to learn about the geography of the planet she was orbiting had been very beneficial. She had used her insights to gradually terraform her own planetary body and set it on a path that would allow for some life.

Of course, there was still a lot that she had to learn, some of the most confusing among them being the 'sky' that the planet had. It was much thicker than hers for some reason (perhaps size?) and something about it was protecting the World from the hostile rays of the Sun. She knew it was hostile because she could sense how much chaotic energy was within it and knew that it was something that most Creatures would have a problem with withstanding for long periods of time.

Those in the so-called 'Realm 3' would be immune, but those that made it to that state were in the minority. Trees and similar life-forms were a lot more robust than the more sapient life-forms, especially since they drew energy directly from her, but if she wanted to support more life, she was going to need something like the 'sky' on the planet.

Another thing she wanted to learn was 'Magical Energy'. The Eridius planet released a strange energy that could be used by lifeforms to improve their beings, but she had none of that here and didn't know how to change that. She could absorb Magical Energy all the way into her planetary core if she wanted to but that only improved her own being instead allowing her to replicate its nature. It was a little annoying.

In any case, she was quite proud of the progress she had made. She had even chosen to give herself a gender. Well, chosen wasn't quite the right word. It was more that she had accepted the gender that her followers had assumed she was.

Because of her apparently 'soft' and 'loving' nature she had been likened to a mother. The pinnacle of mothers at that, and that's why she had been called things like 'Great Mother' and 'Moon Mother', amongst other things.

Initially she had ignored it, but when her Anomaly Stage upgraded, having a gender had suddenly become a bit important.

'Status.' She inwardly spoke.

DING!

[Status]

[Name: Luna]

[Titles: Great Mother, Moon Mother, Holy Mother, Moon goddess]

[Race: Living Moon (Anomaly)]

[Cultivation: Realm 3, Stage 1]

[Moon Grade: Grade 1 (87% Saturation)]

[Anomaly Stage: Avatar Conjuration (Stage 2)]

[Combat Strength: Above Realm 4 (Not enough data collected)]

[Contracted Apostles: Zion, Zimoi, Zikan, Zuko, Ziket (5/6) ]

[Contracts: 8792 / 10000]

[Affinities: Moon(100%), Gravity(100%), Earth(100%), Metal(70%), Water(100%), Ice(100%) Wind(30%), Fire(80%), Light(100%), Life(100%), Creation(30%)]

[Elements: Earth, Metal, Water, Wind, Fire, Light]

[Laws: Moon(100%), Gravity(20%), Earth(50%), Water(10%), Metal(30%), Light(5%), Ice(5%), Life(5%), Creation(5%)]

[Intents: Holy(70%)]

[Innate Skills: Contract, Spirit Sense, Syphon Essence, Appraise, Elemental Manipulation, Geographical Creation]

Oh right, she had taken the name 'Luna'. This one she had decided herself after seeing how most of the things that were affected by her gained the name 'lunar'. She just took away the 'r' to avoid confusion. She felt it was a good decision and she quite liked it.

As for the rest of her status, obviously, she had changed quite a lot from what she used to be when she had first awoken.

After anointing 3 Apostles (which was the limit back when she was in the Neophyte Stage), establishing 2500 contracts and absorbing the required energy using Syphon Essence, she had 'broken through' to the Conjuring Avatar Stage. A stage which did exactly as it was named, giving her the ability to conjure her own Avatar.

It was confusing when she had gotten it but was something she had quickly enjoyed. An avatar was akin to a second body that she could create using the materials of her true body to emulate the body or bodies of her Apostles.

At the time, she only had 3 Apostles: Zion the Lion, Zimoi the Ram and Zikan the Bear. This allowed her to make a hybrid of sorts using all 3 animals. However, that was not what she had done. She could have if she wanted to, and still could now, using even the races of her 2 newer Apostles, but she generally didn't feel like doing so.

Mostly, her avatar appeared as a female humanoid Ram, complete with the horns, fur on lower arms, fur on her ankles to thighs and if she felt like it, hooves. She also used the mane of lions for her hair, their eyes as her own and added their tail onto her lower body. She had done that simply because of how aesthetically pleasing it looked, but if there was ever a need for battle, she could completely change the form of her avatar to one suitable for killing.

The only things she couldn't change was the cultivation it had, and the gender, for some reason. The avatar could cultivate like a normal sapient life form and right now it was in the 1st Stage of the 3rd Realm. However, that was quite deceptive since it could draw on the power of her main body to an extent, which was probably why her alleged battle prowess was 'Above Realm 4'.

As for her gender, when she had first chosen it, she had actually been given 4 options. Male, Female, Male with both genitals, and Female with both genitals. The latter 2 were odd since she had never seen anything like them, and she had quite frankly ignored them, opting to remain a normal female. But she kept her Spirit Sense lurking every now and then, waiting for the day that she could see a gender like that in reality.

Anyways, another thing that was different from her origins was the Holy Intent she had gained.