Since the time Akasha last closed his eyes exactly 200 years have passed. During this time the world moved on without a hitch. For all the powerhouses 200 years is not nearly enough time for many major events to happen.... usually that is.
Within the first decade the Galaxy leaders who sent their younger generation into the Cosmic Battlefield had all returned home. They set up post outside of the portal and waited until something would change.
About 100 years after the first decade the Devils finally made their presence known throughout the Galaxy. Underneath the noses of all the top powerhouses the Devils were able to take control of thousands of High-level worlds. It all happened quick and without an issue, in less than a year they had hundreds of worlds to themselves.
This undoubtedly caught the attention of all Emperors and Empresses; however, they didn't move with an upfront attack. They needed to know and understand what they were dealing with, and this was the situation currently.
For the last century there had been small confrontations with the devils. These confrontations were all in the name of information gathering. Even though this was the case over time the top powerhouses could feel this was just a prelude. The seers were starting to feel the pulls of fate and they all came to one conclusion.
And that was... Carnage....Mayhem... it would be apocalyptic.
With this becoming known a sense of urgency grew and everyone began gearing up for war. A war that would dictate the life and death of every single race in this Galaxy. While all this was brewing a group of people were all prepping themselves too.
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Inside the sanctuary a group of people could be seen gathered. If one were to see any one of these people, they would think they were only normal people. Aside from the abnormal beauty each of them had, not a single drop of power could be felt from them. These people were of course Akasha's lovers and his friends.
During this seclusion all of them became true powerhouse who could all stand on their own. Initially Akasha's lovers and a few others were going spend about 50 years in seclusion. However, this all changed once Luna and Elysia passed word around.
So, instead of a 50-year seclusion they all spent 1,000 years inside seclusion. This was something they didn't mind because they wanted power, and power is indeed what they got. Standing in this group were a bunch of monsters and the weakest was at the Peak of Transcendent!
Starting with Raven Bloodmoon, the vampire wifey. When she began her seclusion, she was only at the Mythical rank. After 1,000 years of seclusion, she was now at the Early Saint Stage. This was something only her and the others could accomplish. Previously she only had the Dao of Blood, but now she had a full arsenal of Daos.
Dao of Blood
Dao of Lighting
Dao of Space-Time
Dao of Void
Dao of Daggers
Dao of Illusions
Dao of Reincarnation
Dao of Chronos
Dao of Bonds
She now had 6 Daos all comprehended to 100%. After she comprehended those, she broke through the Transcendent rank. From Early Transcendent to Peak it's all about concepts and the Dao. She had a concept that was similar to an ability she had before. Her concept was Blood Assimilation, and it was absurd.
[Blood Assimilation - This concept allows the user to assimilate with any and all blood. The user can gain blood line traits, powers, knowledge and etc from the use of this ability.]
Since she was inside The Sanctuary, she had no blood she could assimilate, but that didn't hinder from continuing. Once her concept was created, she needed to begin to fuse her concept with her origin. Once the process started, she would be considered Middle Transcendent and once it finished, she would be Late Transcendent.
Once she reached Late Transcendent, she needed to become one with her concept. This step brought about a fundamental change because she would literally become her concept. Once she stepped into Peak Transcendent, she became the embodiment of Assimilation. Nothing physically changed, but inwardly she was completely different.
Now with only a thought she could assimilate a targets blood depending on the strength of the target. From Peak Transcendent to Early Saint was something that took up most of her cultivation time. It took her previously 250 years to go from Early Mythical to Peak Transcendent, but from Peak Transcendent to Early Saint it took her 750 years.
This was because she had to create a Mandate.
Mandates were the next step of conceptual power, and it was not something everyone could easily achieve. Mandates were similar to Authorities; however, Mandates are created by cultivators. With the power of Mandates, a cultivator could begin to completely interact with reality. Their created Mandates would be something that would be written into reality for periods of time.
These are created with the power of the three previous conceptual powers. The combination of Daos and a person's origin. Within the origin of a person is the essence from their concept, previous affinities, and laws. With the combination of these things a person can birth a mandate, or they could also learn one from other creators.
Raven took 750 years to create her mandate, and she came up with the 'Mandate of the Blood Empress'. With the combination of the Daos of Blood, Space-time, Void, Reincarnation, and Chronos; along with her origin she was able to come up with this.
[Mandate of the Blood Empress - This mandate allows the user to form an inseparable bond with blood. Wherever there is blood, the Empress of Blood can appear and also kill.]
Though the description was a bit vague, this mandate was completely broken. With only a drop of blood she could use her mandate to kill bloodlines or even entire races. Not only that she could practically time travel with the use of this Mandate.
With the drop of a targets blood she could travel to the first moment the target was born.
A complete broken mandate.
Much like Raven the other lovers of Akasha had also reached the Early Saint rank.
Elara, The Zenith Dragon of Nothingness, she had finally begun to live up to that name. She was someone born with an innate connection with Nothingness; however, she had always been too weak to fully understand it. Now she had fully stepped onto her path. Along with her Dao of Destruction she had comprehended a few others to 100%. These were
Dao of Annihilation
Dao of Nothingness
Dao of Chronos
Dao of Extinction
Dao of Withering
Dao of Flames
Dao of Spear
Dao of Combat
Dao of Bonds
Most of her Daos were all mostly centered around one thing. And that was destruction, death, and complete domination. Her concept was something that was simple and unique to her only. It was the concept of 'Nothingness.' A simple name for something that changed her completely, once she fused with this concept she became nothingness. Much like Raven she didn't change outwardly, but she now was a being that could shift into nothing with a thought.
To step into the Early Saint rank, she created the 'Mandate of No Defense'. She created this with all her daos centered on destruction and death. With this mandate she could launch attacks that would completely nullify all defense.
And the drastic thing about Mandates was that they were absolute. The only way to counter a mandate is with a mandate or a higher form of power. So, with just this she was already a force to be reckoned with.
Lyria, the sweet elf, she was also standing with concealed power. Now standing at the Saint rank she was now the embodiment of nature. Alongside her Dao of Vitality, she had a few others that matched her personality.
Dao of Bonds
Dao of Nature
Dao of Ying-Yang
Dao of Chronos
Dao of Regeneration
She had Daos that could be used to both heal and bring destruction to her foes. The concept she created was 'Mother of Nature', once she fused with this, she became a being of both Life and Death. She could control the thin line cultivators walked daily with but a thought. Finally, she had created the 'Mandate of Invulnerability'.
It was a Mandate that allowed her to become nearly invincible.
Lastly was Liora, the demonic fox and the Vice Dean of the Academy. She was someone who had already reached the Early Transcendent rank before she began seclusion. Her concept was 'Living Deception.'
With this concept she could turn false illusions into reality and now that she had fused her concept into her origin this could be done in an instant. She spent her time learning more Daos and like the others she created a Mandate.
She created the 'Mandate of Verisimilitude' and this allowed her to bring her imaginations into reality. Her illusions would become real a completely invulnerable to any powers lesser than a mandate.
Here along with these four ladies stood Jovian Savant, Isis West, Kent Vex, Thalia, Elena, and Kate Lux, Gabe and Sara. They all stood chatting as they waited for Akasha to show....
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The man himself was currently sitting cross-legged in nothing but sweatpants. Then after a few minutes he opened his eyes. When he did there were no surge of energy or any flashy displays instead, he seemed like a simple man. His eyes were the depiction of swirling nebula and in front of him were two beautiful women. The two were Amy and Celeste; and over this time, they had made progress that was downright absurd.
Amy and Celeste smiled sweetly as they looked at him and they both spoke.
"Welcome back Akasha." Amy spoke as she had her bow lying across her lap.
"I guess it's time for us to take this Galaxy for ourselves, right?" Celeste asked as her figure shifted in between physical and the embodiment of a shadow.
Akasha smiled and nodded.
"Indeed, but before we go let me check a few things." His voice seemed to become even more enchanting. When he spoke, it sounded layered as if multiple beings were speaking, but it was oddly hypnotizing as if it drew people to want to listen more.
After he said this, he spoke
'Status!'