The existence of Physiques was a field of research in the minds of many Fae Masters. Both Human and members of the Myriad Races.
No doubt any Fae Master who has found out to possess a Physique has become the topic of research by themselves, and potentially other Fae Masters. Those who possessed Physiques, whether innate or obtained through special means, have always found themselves to be better than normal Fae Masters.
In terms of combat, cultivation, or the formulation of Fae or other Fae materials, was dependent on the Physique.
For one thing, it was possible for certain Physiques to be limited to members of the Myriad Races, but could also be obtained by Humans. For example, the Nirvana Flame Physique which was usually only limited to the Flame Race, could also be possessed by Humans, but no other Race in the Thirty Three Heavens.
Spirit beasts and spirit plants were also unable to possess Physiques.
A huge increase into the research of Physiques, especially Sovereign Boundary Physiques, started after the Physique Attribute Control Skills were created to steal away these once thought fixed Physiques.
All of Humanity wanted to try their hands at recreating Sovereign Boundary Physiques. If it wasn't just limited to only Thirty Three, then perhaps Humanity can expand outwards, towards the other Thirty Three Heavens!
Arthur himself wanted to try his hand at researching Sovereign Boundary Physiques in his previous life, but could only restrain himself and research other types of Physiques instead.
Physiques, just like Laws, could exist in any of the Origin Essence Seas. They existed as an independent power, and at times could be drawn upon in order to achieve a certain goal. Killing an enemy, repairing something, or creating something.
And just like Sovereign Boundary Physiques and Laws, all Physiques possessed an Attribute. Only one however.
The Purple Blood Physique was of the Blood Attribute.
The Crimson Vein Physique that Dagen possessed was also of the Blood Attribute.
The Nine Coloured Malignant Poison Physique was of the Poison Attribute.
However, out of these three Physiques, only the Nine Coloured Malignant Poison Physique could assist Fae Masters in forming a Law image. It was a Physique that was born from the Lernean Hydra after all, a divine beast.
This supposed a certain hierarchy within Physique Rankings.
At the top, were Sovereign Boundary Physiques, capable of a myriad of different things, including creating Secondary Origin Fae, beyond maximum origin essence sea and regeneration, and capable of allowing Fae Masters to possess two Laws within one origin essence sea.
Then, directly below that, were Physiques like the Nine Coloured Malignant Poison Physique. They could help form Law images as well as giving the Fae Master innate abilities that extended beyond just the usage of Fae.
These types of Physiques, were called Boundary Physiques. Not close enough to be called Sovereign, but still powerful in their own right.
Below that, and the lowest ranking, were Physiques that didn't give Law images. Perhaps only innate abilities. They weren't useless by any means, but their development and potential fell behind the Boundary Physiques.
These types of Physiques were called, Fae Physiques. And they were the most common type of Physique in the Thirty Three Heavens. In a total of a thousand Fae Masters, at least one would have a Fae Physique.
Arthur himself had witnessed the creation and the power of man-made Fae Physiques, and even some Boundary Physiques, and knew that the potential and the power of the Physique Attribute rivalled, or perhaps in some cases even exceeded the similar power of Law.
It was much easier to grasp, and since they were man-made, it would be possible, through both time and resources, to replicate them.
Even if Arthur wished to do something similar in the future, his knowledge and grasp of Physiques wasn't even near the pseudo Rank 1 Physique Law boundary. His knowledge regarding the powers and abilities of Physiques was quite high, but on the functions and minute details on Physiques, Arthur admitted he was sorely lacking.
"Now that I've got the Boundless Forest Yearning, I cannot slack on researching its functions and how it works. If the
Sitting in his cultivation room, Arthur's focus turned inwards towards the Law image within his origin essence sea. The formless, shadowy image of the enormous Affection Tree Fae came into sight, and Arthur realized he wasn't even the same size as a single flower of the Law image.
How the ancient Wood Race members would've created this monstrosity astounded Arthur. The existence of a Law image that could possess two Attributes still didn't fully compute itself in his mind either.
He had spent a thousand years accumulating Law images to form a Shadow Attribute and a Bone Attribute Law image. But in the span of a single year, Arthur had already done just that, and has started working on unravelling its secrets.
The reincarnated demon just sighed lightly, shaking his head.
'I suppose this is just the benefits of being born lucky.... However, not even luck alone can stop a former Fae Immortal'.
Arthur's understanding of various concepts exceeded that of the entirety of Parachenko Village. Perhaps even the Slavik Clan to the West and the White Dominion Sect to the East paled slightly in terms of knowledge than Arthur.
Two powers that could exist within all three Origin Essence Seas was Laws and Physiques. The two worked hand in hand to some degree, although when comparing the powers born from the origin essence seas, things started to go.... differently.
For example, in one possessed the Desire Attributed, Hungry Gula Physique, and then wanted to create an Intent, they would find it harder, considering their Desires would by much stronger than their Thoughts or their Emotions. A balance would be near impossible to reach.
And if a Fae Master possessed a Colossus Strength Physique, then if they underwent Ascension and tried to form a Bloodline, they would find that they would lose their Physique and then have it transformed into a Bloodline. It would then instead become the Colossus Strength Bloodline, rather than a Physique.
That obviously wasn't the case with every Physique or Bloodline or Intent, but certain frictions occurred in certain situations. This was why the research and development of Physiques were so important, and had been continued slowly since the First Era was born.
Just like the Corpse Attribute, who desire to create an Immortal Zombie, or the Death Attribute who seek to turn death back into Life, the ultimate goal of the Physique Attribute was to create a Sovereign Boundary Physique.
The Thirty Fourth Sovereign Boundary Physique.
If the Myriad Races could do it, then why couldn't they? It was a power originally created for Humans, so why couldn't Humans recreate this power?
The Myriad Races wanted to try and take it back, but to no success. Instead opting to try and convert the Humans who possessed said Sovereign Boundary Physiques back to their own organizations.
Humans could create Boundary Physiques, but lacked a certain something that just pushed their creations a little bit further. Even past Rank 9 Fae Immortals didn't know what this "something" was.
Arthur just stared at the formless image of the Affection Tree Fae in his origin essence sea. He didn't know how long he spent looking at it, unblinking and unmoving.
".... but I intend on finding out".