The Ranks are;
- 1st Rank: Sense Stage
- Sub Rank 1: Heart Feeling
- Sub Rank 2: Heart Viewing
- Sub Rank 3: Heart Hearing
- 2nd Rank: Tempering Stage
- Sub Rank 1: Temperature Resistance (Heat or Cold)
- Sub Rank 2: Poison Resistance
- Sub Rank 3: Pain Resistance
- 3rd Rank: Heart and Mind Stage
- Sub Rank 1: Heart controls Mind
- Sub Rank 2: Mind controls Body
- Sub Rank 3: Heart and Mind Unity of the Soul
- 4th Rank: Body and Soul Stage
- Sub Rank 1: Motions of the Soul
- Sub Rank 2: Wonders of the Soul
- Sub Rank 3: Synergy of the Soul
- 5th Rank: Soul Actualization Stage
- Sub Rank 1: Realization
- Sub Rank 2: Comprehension
- Sub Rank 3: Actualization
- ??? Rank: To be further discussed
So the soul is the combination of the mind and heart, logic and emotion. when someone is part of a sub stage they just say the sub rank for the stage, while the rank is mostly just for classification of power levels. I made it so this world is a cultivation/undertale world sort of like the myths of the humans wizards from the lore of undertale, each person trains their soul until it develops into a trait, but this cultivation would will have a lot more traits, but the MC will have all of the ones shown in undertale though.
New souls I will add but not limited too;
Depression
Passion
Condescension
Tenacity
Cruelty
Dedication
Endurance
Strength
Etc.
Etc.
I plan on the trait to sort of be like personal Dao in cultivation worlds, so having a cruel trait just means your Dao is equivalent to "no mercy to ones enemies and such"
So the MC will start their journey with limitless potential, but no cultivation at all, and might not ever cultivate still working on the idea. Whenever I feel like I need to add something here I will, but for now this is the information you can read at the moment.
Can't he cultivate? So it only gets stronger through lv?
Very interesting idea! I never read cultivation, and it’s too confusing for me, but I get the gist and I think your idea is very unique! I don’t know where else to share my theory so why not here;
I had thought the soul traits were all different forms of determination; the way the determination typically manifests in a person, like justice-John Wick, patience-black zetsu from Naruto, or kindness like Steven in Steven Universe (as for why kindness aren’t all naive pacifists, I point you to Harold from My Death Flags Show no Sign of Ending. Otherwise, they might be kind to those they trust but close minded towards a minority or something). This is supported by the fact that all of the souls had DT, the substance form of Determination. And the reason why our red soul is unknown is because it depends on the Player.
But your theory of unlocking multiple different soul traits also makes a lot of sense too, since humans are complex and non-linear. I wonder if those with the bad traits like cruelty are seen as objectively horrible people, and it’d be interesting seeing you play with that. I wish you luck! It seems like it can go very in-depth!
nice.
Sounds good. Wonder when MC will meet with the first Young Master or when someone will proclaim himself as MC grandpa. I hope we will not get that in this story or at least get it in the form of a joke.
Can't wait for the first chapter! ?