Essence of the Assassin
A body just above the peak of your species in ability, one sculpted to your tastes and tougher than it should be. This body can grow in ability and durability through training.
• Granted some sort of innate energy like Ki, Chakra, or something like that you can use to empower yourself in different ways such as body reinforcement. Perhaps even develop techniques with it as well.
• Supernaturally skilled at stealth, sneak successfully even through powerful magical wards or the toughest mortal security.
• Can mimic people down to their looks, voice, personality, with study and even get their memories if you manage to touch them. Also a masterful actor able to fall in and out of a roll or mask without fail and on the fly.
• Able to conceptually kill anything no matter how immortal.
• Supernatural mastery of many weapons and unarmed styles, even just plain old brawling.
• Supernatural senses, able to see miles away, hear a rodent fart in a quiet field, etc.
• Can travel through shadows as well as turn invisible.
• Able to create corporeal clones that are absolutely loyal and have all of your powers and abilities. Just as tough as you as well. Limited to three initially but this number will grow with practice.
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Essence of the Warrior
● By consuming the essence of the Warrior you are granted several boons:
○ A body perfect for battle, with a starting point just above the peak of your species in physical attributes, one sculped to your tastes and to fight.
○ The mentality of a perfect warrior with the unyielding willpower to tackle any challenge no matter how impossible, as well as the ability to tolerate extreme pain.
○ A mind's eye that grants you the ability to intuitively sense danger, and instinctively react to it. Your even able to react to attacks that are undetectable, either due to concealment or sheer speed. It also gives you the insight to read the flow of battle, deduce the steps to victory/success, and discern the opponents' powers, skills, and abilities. This is not limited to just their strengths but also their weaknesses.
○ Your Life-Force is limitless and you have the ability to refine it into various exotic energy with differing properties for your more esoteric martial arts.
○ Immense regenerative ability capable of regeneration so long as a single cell remain. Each time you go through a cycle of injury and regeneration, you gain an overall boost in all physical attributes, energy capacity and output (applies to both mundane & exotic energy). Though the degree of the boost depends on the degree of your injury, meaning the closer to death you are the stronger the boost.
○ Your peerless talent and limitless potential combine with your genius level intellect and perfect memory with infinite storage allows you to learn any Martial Art (armed & unarmed, esoteric & mundane) with but a single glance.
○ Naturally this means you can perform any martial arts regardless of restriction or uniqueness. Your able to advance, combine, revise, and develop any martial arts (armed & unarmed, esoteric & mundane).
○ You capable of teaching martial arts (armed & unarmed, esoteric & mundane) to other, even if they previously lacked the capacity for it.
○ Finally your able to conceptually kill anything no matter how immortal.
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Essence of True Emptiness: Martial Enlightenment
The Essence of True Emptiness combines the state of Nothingness, the power of Martial Arts, the flow of vital energy such as Chi/Qi/Ki/Prana, and the wisdom of Enlightenment. It represents the ultimate fusion of physical prowess, spiritual growth, and transcendent awareness.
By embracing this essence, you unlock the following extraordinary attributes:
• Void Soul: You attain a deep understanding of the state of Mu, embracing True Nothingness. Your mind becomes calm and empty like a void, free from unnecessary distractions and selfish attachments. In this state of complete stillness of your spirit, you gain clarity, focus, and heightened awareness, allowing you to pierce the veils of reality, perceive its true nature and act from a place of pure intent. Due to this you can never be corrupted or fooled by illusions even those strong enough to warp reality. Your soul is eternal and will return from being destroyed or erased. You also gain the ability to see the intricacies of actions taken before you plain as day, allowing you to learn what would take even the most prodigious genii life times in mere seconds and minutes while never forgetting them and recalling anything you remember instantly.
• Martial Embodiment: The Essence enhances your martial arts abilities beyond the comprehension of even divine beings. Neither those who have also attained nothingness through training nor gods of combat can conceptualize how skilled you are even if you do not know any proper martial arts. Your instincts are enough for people to think of you as a Grand Master that trains Grandmasters after seeing you fight. Your movements become effortless, precise, and harmonious, flowing with the rhythm of the universe. Your mastery of combat allows you to adapt and counter any opponent, even those with more raw power than you. You possess exceptional strength, speed, agility, and flexibility, surpassing the limits of the human body by 10 times its peak in all facets.
• Vital Flow: Your connection to your vital force (Chi/Qi/Ki/Prana) becomes profound and refined. You can harness and manipulate this life energy with ease, directing it through your body and into your techniques. The flow of energy enhances your strikes, defenses, and overall martial prowess. You can also use Chi/Qi/Ki/Prana for energy blasts, energy shields, elemental control, psionics, healing, rejuvenation, and the amplification of any other abilities you have whether they be passive or active.
• Harmonizing Yin and Yang: The Essence of True Emptiness enables you to balance and harmonize the opposing forces of Yin and Yang within yourself. You integrate the soft and yielding aspects of Yin with the strong and assertive aspects of Yang, creating a perfect equilibrium. This balance empowers your martial arts techniques, allowing you to adapt to any situation effortlessly. It also extends to any abilities you gain; allowing you to acquire conflicting powers or even merge them without any complications. This is easy as breathing for you.
• Transcendent Awareness: Through the fusion of Mu and Enlightenment, your consciousness expands to higher realms of perception beyond your physical body. You gain insights into the interconnectedness of all things and the unity of existence, granting you incredible ease with manipulating such the result of such things like Karma and Fate as well as the ability to ignore them. This awareness also enables you to anticipate your opponent's movements, read their intentions, and respond with impeccable timing and precision. Even if someone from Multiverses away decided to set their sights on you, you would know and could even track them along with a sense on what the plan to do to you.
• Cultivation of the Self: You unlock the path of inner alchemy, enabling you to transform and improve your physical body, mind, and spirit. You can refine and purify your being, eliminating negative energy, blockages, and limitations. Through diligent practice, you can cultivate and amplify the power of Chi/Qi/Ki/Prana within you, ascending to new levels of martial and spiritual enlightenment. This can never be taken away from you and no matter what form you exist in you will keep any power you have gained since gaining this Essence. Yes, even if you are reborn as a baby you will still have the power to shake universes if you had that before rebirth and even if someone turned you into a frog you will be the frog that can shake hell itself if you were already at that level.
• Boundless Growth: There are no limits on your being. You can grow and develop endlessly despite any laws within any world you reside in. With each new challenge, you continue to evolve and transcend your previous limitations. Every strike is stronger, faster and more precise than the last even if you're training alone. Your growth is also exponential, as you grow and learn the rate at which you do so will quicken to the point you will start improving passively at a moderate rate which will become explosive when you are pushed to your limits. Your journey becomes a constant exploration and expansion of your capabilities, pushing the boundaries of what is possible.
• Unity of Body, Mind, and Spirit: The Essence allows you to merge your body, mind, and spirit into a unified whole. You act with intention, clarity, and integrity, aligning your thoughts, emotions, and actions. This unity enhances any martial arts techniques you learn, making them an extension of your inner being and amplifying their effectiveness to the point you can fight even while unconscious. This also allows you to interact with the intangible whether they be smoke, spatial/temporal phasing beings, spiritual beings or beings merged with reality. For the last one you can either just punch space to damage them or rip them from reality, granting them a physical form which you can do for the others as well.
• Complete Harmony: In the state of the Void, you transcend chaotic distractions and embrace the oneness of all things. This perspective empowers you to resolve conflicts within yourself and others, find peaceful resolutions, and promote harmony in all aspects of life. You can also sense discord in nature and quell it by applying your life energy, regrowing or giving life to dead lands as well as curing curses, wounds or other afflictions. This also grants you a perfect healing factor that can even recreate your body should it be destroyed. This regeneration will grow stronger as your vital force does.
• Liberation from the World: The Essence of True Emptiness grants liberation from worldly bindings. You shed the illusions of the ego and awaken to your true nature. A spirit overflowing with pure and dense vital energy. In this state you are immune to physical and esoteric attacks unless they can target the mind and soul simultaneously. This also allows you to reincarnate should your physical body perish/be destroyed or you to peacefully die if you decide it is time to let go. If you feel like coming back to life after you have spent some time in the afterlife then you may also do so.
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Essence of Miyamoto Musashi
You have attained a transcendent state of emptiness and tranquility known as the "Void." In this state, your mind becomes one with the flow of the universe, allowing you to perceive and anticipate the subtlest movements and intentions of your opponents. You move with perfect timing and execute your techniques flawlessly, transcending the limitations of the physical realm.
● You gain a potential for growth who knows no bounds. With each battle, you learn and adapt at an exponential rate, honing your skills to perfection. Every encounter becomes an opportunity for self-improvement, and your thirst for knowledge and mastery of the sword is insatiable. Your growth is limitless, and you continuously evolve, surpassing your previous limits with every step.
● Your spirit now is unbreakable, forged through countless trials and hardships. You possess an unwavering resolve and determination that fuels your every action. Even in the face of overwhelming odds, you remain resolute, drawing strength from your unyielding spirit. Adversity only serves to fuel your inner fire, making you even more formidable in the face of challenges.
● Your swordsmanship is a whirlwind of unpredictable and unorthodox techniques. You seamlessly blend traditional sword styles with your own innovative and improvised moves, catching opponents off guard and leaving them at a loss for how to counter your attacks. Each strike is a testament to your creativity, adaptability, and the depth of your swordsmanship.
● Your movements are a mesmerizing dance of grace and precision. You flow effortlessly from one stance to another, combining agility, speed, and flawless footwork. Your sword seems to move with a will of its own, guided by your instinct and mastery. Your opponents find it nearly impossible to predict or keep up with your swift and elegant maneuvers.
● Your connection to the essence of the sword is unparalleled. It is as if you possess a direct line to the divine, transcending the physical limitations of the blade. You can sense the energy and vibrations of the sword, channeling it with perfect precision. Your strikes carry the weight of centuries of swordsmanship wisdom and the power of legends.
● Your focus is unwavering, even in the most chaotic and intense battles. You can block out all distractions and noise, honing in on the present moment with laser-like precision.
Your mind remains calm, sharp, and clear, allowing you to make split-second decisions and react with incredible speed and accuracy.
● You have absorbed and integrated the techniques of countless swordsmen, assimilating of their wisdom and skill to grow your own. The styles and techniques you possess are second nature to you, seamlessly flowing from one to another. Your mastery over the sword is instinctive and effortless, allowing you to adapt to any opponent and overcome any challenge.