Linley Baruch

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==Summary==
Linley Baruch was born in the Yulan Plane to the declining Baruch Clan. As a youth, his father taught him the history of the Dragonblood Warriors and their clan. At the same time, he found a ring, that he will name Coiling Dragon and from that moment his story began. Within the ring, the spirit of the old Saint-level Magus - Doehring Cowart was bound and such he became the teacher and overtime the grandfather that Linley adored. From this moment his story began.
Spoilers
As he grows up, he went to the Ernest Institute where he meets his three bros Yale, George, and Reynolds which formed a very strong bond as they stayed on the same dorm for 6 years. At the Institute he was taught the way of the Wind Magus by an official teacher while his Earth Elemental manipulation was taught by Doehring Cowart. Here he also meets his future wife, Delia, even if they didn't have a relationship at the moment but later in the future.
As the story progressed he became a world-renowned Grandmaster Sculptor and know as the most talented Magus of the Yulan Continent but these happy moments didn't hold for long as when he went home to bring the heirloom of the Baruch clan back, he found that his father died, but not of natural case but was killed. From this point on his destiny was changed forever as he was foretold that his path will be one of Slaughter. Linley discovered that his father was killed by the brother of the King Clayde as he tried to discover who kidnapped his wife and who killed her. It was revealed that the King was the one behind his brother who kidnapped his mother but it was under the order of the Radiant Church's Pope Haydsen. At that moment he swore that he will kill the Holy Emperor and will uproot the Radiant Church from the Yulan Plane.
With each year passing his vengeance increased and at the same time his power too so fast to a degree that he became a thorn for the Radiant Church. As the story went he became so strong that Haydsen could only hide within the Sacred Island.
Later Linley went within the Necropolis of Gods - a place constructed by a Sovereign like a tower with 18 floors, each harder than the previous. Within it Divine Weapons and Divine Sparks being the reward and the myth told that even a Sovereign Spark was within. Trial after trial Linley and his group progressed to the 11th floor where they meet millions and millions of Abyssal Blade Demons. As their chance was near zero, all went back to the 10th floor to survive with the exception of Linley who covered their back and was left alone but thanks to his comprehension of the Wind Law with a sudden insight he learned the concept of Velocity which made him triumph but at the same time this floor being their limit.
Five years later he became a Demigod in Wind-Law making him strong enough to finally accomplish his burning desire to kill the Holy Emperor Haydsen and uproot the Radiant Church. Later he meets Leylin who helped him to become a Demigod also in the Earth-Law. As the years went he took Delia and Bebe to the Higher Plane of Existence know as the Infernal Plane to go to where his ancestors went, the Four Divine Beast Clan.
Through the Infernal Plane, he fought with different opponents and faced trial after trial but thanks to them he became a full God in Earth-Law and also comprehend the Fire-Law at Demigod level. After centuries of traveling, he finally reached Skyrite Mountains, the place of the Four Divine Beast Clan, the roots of his Baruch clan. Here he undergrounds the Ancestral Baptism, attaining a Water-Law Divine Clone and the innate ability of the Azure Dragon clan, the Dragon Roar. Decades later Linley became a full God on all his 4 elemental Laws. As he fought for the war between the Four Divine Beast Clan and the Eight Great Clans he gained and insight and breakthrough to HighGod in his Earth-Law. Even the Sovereign of Destruction who was present as he came to stop the war was surprised at his rate of evolution.
Hundreds of years later, he returned to the Yulan Plane with his family, and here he gained an insight on the Water-Law and became a Water HighGod. He learned from Beirut that there is a chance to return the dead back to life as long as their souls are not destroyed by going to the Netherworld. As he traveled within the Nether Plane, he meets the Chief Sovereign of Death and was told that if he will participate in the Planar War - a war that happens every trillion of years between the Higher Planes - and for each killed Commander of the other side, he will get a life back. During the Planar War, Linley's Wind-Law Clone breakthrough to the HighGod level. After he suffered a Soul attack from an enemy Paragon HighGod, Linley went in a coma for 34 years but to his surprise, he awakened and found that his soul became a 4 Mutated Soul making him the first-ever in Universe to accomplish this. Thus making him equal to a Paragon as he formed Will - the power of the Sovereigns. Thanks to this he repaired the Coiling Dragon which was, in fact, a Soul Protecting Sovereign Artifact.
Several centuries later, he became a HighGod in the Fire-law, making him a HighGod in 4 elemental Laws. Thanks to his journey till now he without knowing collected 3 of the 4 Divine Artifact pieces for the Overgod mission. With the goal in mind to complete it, he went through different planes to get a Wish upon completing it but to his sadness, souls that were dissipated could not be revived as it was against the Cycle of Life so he chose to get an Overgod Sword. After this, Beirut and Leylin told him the secret of the Necropolis of Gods and also offering him two Sovereign Sparks - one for his Earth-Law clone and one for his Water-Law clone - making him a Sovereign of two Planes. Five thousand years later, Linley got his revenge upon Teresia and took his Sovereign Spark, thus making him the Sovereign of three elements - Earth, Water, and Wind making him stronger than even the Chief Sovereigns.
Later he confronted Augusta, the Chief Sovereign of Light in battle, and killed him but found that Augusta was a clone of Orllof, the Sovereign of Fate. Thus starting their fight and while Linley was stronger he couldn't kill his opponent as he has three Overgod artifacts - one for the soul, one for the body and one for offense -, in his despair, Linley killed a spectating Sovereign of Fire and taking his Sovereign Spark. After fusing with it, his beings itself changed completely, he finds immeasurable power within himself and with one slash he killed Orloff and broke through the Universe ascending to the Hongmeng Grandmist, a space outside of the existence, the source of everything which contained the Grandmist-Energy and its single and current residence, Hongmeng - the Universe Creator and the fist being to exist which formed naturally and Linley being the first to reach the same power as him making him his little brother.
After Linley, wrote his name on the Golden Grandmist Banner, he became Lin Meng - a Grandmist being. Thus he returned home changed forever and with it the ending of the story.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: At least , likely higher | At least , likely higher. with Sovereign's Might | At least , likely higher, with Dragon Form. with Sovereign's Might | | At least , likely far higher
Key: Saint | God | HighGod (Paragon) | Sovereign | Universe Controller
Name: Linley Baruch, Ley, Master Linley, Grandmaster Linley, Elder Linley, Lin Meng
Origin: Coiling Dragon
Gender: Male
Age: 10,000 years old (EoS) | 12 quadrillion years old (Stellar Transformation)
Classification: Human, Warrior, Magus, Sculptor, Dragonblood Warrior, Saint, God, Paragon, Sovereign, Universe Creator, Grandmist Being
Powers and Abilities:
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All previous powers but far stronger, Immortality (Type 5, 6 as he exist beyond all concepts within the verse and the duality of Yin and Yang), Weapon Mastery (Has knowledge and mastered all weapons in existence since they are part of the Dao), Power Mimicry (All abilities come and are part of Dao thus just by seeing it once, he can master it beyond what the creator and/or user of the technique/ability; Can use the powers of all Sovereigns - the 5 Elements, Light, Darkness, Death, Destruction, Life and Fate. Hongmeng, the first being to exist and the creator of the cosmos said that once someone become like him which he did they will freely be able to manipulate all energies of all Cosmoses. Hongmeng even gave him his knowledge on how to use the Grandmist energy), Electricity Manipulation (With Thunderstorm Descent, Heavenly Lightning of Absolute Destruction and Lightning Dragon Descend), Summoning (With Angelic Descent), Deconstruction (With a single hand wave can deconstruct an Exalted Celestial), Power Nullification (Can [strip all powers of a cultivator), Elemental Manipulation (All Elements in existence within the verse), Darkness Manipulation, Poison Manipulation, Size Manipulation, Empathic Manipulation, Fear Manipulation (With just a glance he can make one soul shake in fear thanks to its sword energy), Memory Manipulation (With Soulscore, and Soul Examination), Sleep Manipulation, Law Manipulation (Can create Laws), Creation (Can create anything be it matter, souls, memories, divine sparks universes, or even omnipresent conceptual beings - type 2 as he controls the Five Elements), Life Manipulation (With Life Ripper), Fate Manipulation (Can manipulate the fate of all beings in any Cosmos), Corrosion Inducement (With Stellar Flame), Matter Manipulation, Power Bestowal (A Grandmist being can make anyone an Exalted Celestial), Statistics Reduction, Aura (Fear, Baleful, Pressure, Death-Life), Body Control, Possession, Necromancy (With Wraith Call), Dimensional Travel, Dimensional Attacks, Space-Time Manipulation (With Spatial Domain and Temporal Law; Spacetime Paradox, and Samsara Transcendence)
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Attack Potency: At least Mountain level, likely higher (Was stronger than Haydson who could with one slash split a Mountain. Linley got stronger after his human form reached Saint-level - stating that to be ten times more powerful than in his previous fight and once again his power increased in the Necropolis of Gods as he comprehends the Concept of Fast, Slow and Velocity thus becoming a Saint-level Magus - scaling from this) | At least Large Mountain level, likely higher (His power increased by several times), Large Island level with Sovereign's Might (After using Sovereign's Might one's power is increased a hundredfold) | At least Small Country level, likely higher (Is far stronger than Bluefire who created an entire Continent by ten times), Country level with Dragon Form (As his statistics are increased by 10 times). Large Country level with Sovereign's Might (After using Sovereign's Might one's power is increased a hundredfold) | Solar System level (Created two Divine Planes that stretch for billions of kilometers, and later his powers increased a thousandfold making him able to fight with Orloff) | At least Multiverse level, likely far higher (As he controls and exists beyond the 15 Cosmos in the Grandmist Space, the root of all creation from which Hong Meng appeared who created all concepts, time, space and the duality of yin-yang. A Cosmos is layered in three parts: countless Mortal Realm spaces (lower layer), countless spaces of the same level as Immortal, Devil and Demon Realm, etc (middle layer), and the Divine Realm (high layer). A Mortal Realm space is equal to a Universe while a space of Immortal, Devil and Demon Realm is a state higher than the mortal one as it has a higher stability and to ascend to one a higher level of energy is needed. The Divine Realm (high layer) is the peak of all Cosmic Spaces. There are 3 Main Cosmoses which are boundless in size and each has has 4 Subsidiary Cosmoses which are just a tenth in size compared to the main one thus making the larger one more stable. As time passes, more Cosmoses will appear within the Grandmist Space)
Speed: Massively Hypersonic+ (Is three times faster than in his fight with McKenzie Jacques). FTL (After using the Wind Law) | At least Massively Hypersonic+, likely higher (Should be faster than before as he become a God). Massively FTL+ (After using the Wind Law) | At least FTL, likely higher (Can fight with Highgods who have mastered the Profound Truth of Speed of Light and is the fastest Paragon in the Universe). Massively FTL+ (After using the Wind Law) | Massively FTL+ (Comparable to Orloff), Infinite combat speed and reactions. Infinite with Sword Techniques | Massively FTL+ (Far faster than before), with Infinite reactions and combat speed (Shouldn't be slower than before)
Lifting Strength: Class G (Can swing his sword after using Imposing to increase its weight to ten trillions pounds) | Class P (Can still lift his swords in the Infernal Plane where the gravity and space stability is 100 times higher than that of the material plane | Class P (Stronger than before) | Unknown | Unknown
Striking Strength: At least Mountain level likely higher | At least Large Mountain level, likely higher. Large Island level with Sovereign's Might | At least Small Country level, likely higher, Country level with Dragon Form. Large Country level with Sovereign's Might | Solar System level | At least Multiverse level, likely far higher
Durability: At least Mountain level likely higher | At least Large Mountain level, likely higher. Large Island level with Sovereign's Might | At least Small Country level, likely higher, Country level with Dragon Form. Large Country level with Sovereign's Might | Solar System level | At least Multiverse level, likely far higher
Stamina: Superhuman (Can fight for days without exhausting himself, doesn't need any sustenance. Has fought with millions of beings on his level without feeling any exhaust) | Limitless (Resisted while re-creating and fighting against Reigesm's Blackstone Prison for nearly 500 years) | Infinite | Infinite | Infinite (Has enough energy to create countless Universe and its increasing every moment)
Range: Extended Melee Range with Swords, 3 Kilometers with Pulse of the Earth - Layered Waves, Hundreds of Meters with the Baleful Aura, Several Kilometers with dimensional/spatial attacks | Same as previously for attacks, Planetary via Divine Sense as it covers the entire Yulan Continent which is from West to East 30 thousand Kilometers, Interdimensional with Coiling Dragon as it can reach within other dimensions | Planetary via Sovereign's Will as it can cover 512,000 Kilometers, Stellar with Divine Sense which can cover 8 million Kilometers | Interplanetary as it can cover an entire Infernal Plane which is larger than trillions of Kilometers with Divine Sense and Sovereign's Will, Universal with Sword Techniques | Multiversal as he controls 15 Cosmoses and the Grandmist Spaces that exist beyond them
Standard Equipment:
Coiling Dragon (Sovereign Soul Protection Artifact that protects his soul even against HighGods attacks. It can absorb the souls of other beings up to tens of millions even from another dimension), Bloodviolet Godsword (A flexible Divine Sword that upon exerting Qi will turn rigid and firm to increase its sharpness which can also be used as a belt; It contains baleful aura which attacks the soul/mind plus will induce terror and suppress the power of those within its range; The sword can be controlled to fly back at him), Adamantine Heavy Sword (A heavy sword made from adamantine which that is 1.41m long and has a weight of 3600 pounds [1632.933 kg]) | Water Sovereign's Might (Essence of a Sovereign which can heal/protect and increase the power of a user to a degree that only HighGods who also use a Sovereign's Might can match or a Paragon-level cultivator) | Mirage Divine Spark (An invisible non-physical sword created by Beirut, comparable to a Sovereign Artifact), Overlord Life Sword (An Overgod Artifact created by the Overgod of Life making it impossible to be broken even by the strongest Sovereign and having a cutting power unmatchable within the verse bare other Overgod artifacts), Water Canteen (A water canteen that is full of Sovereign's Might)
Intelligence: Genius. Know as the most gifted cultivator in the Universe be it in fights, Qi, comprehension of the Laws, and the Truths of the Cosmos. Can deduce things beyond the mortal mind and plane even in the middle of the battle gaining insights to breakthrough and creates techniques that can manipulate the Laws and to a degree the Concepts | Nigh-Omniscient - has become a Grandmist being gaining intristic knowledge of all creation from it's most simple things to the most complex concepts, to comprehending all Laws/Daos and knowing the fate of all beings excluding those that have the potential to become another Gradnmist being. 
Weaknesses: No notable one
Feats:
*Thanks to being a Magus using the Earth element, Linley can mask virtually all sounds from his footsteps.
*He can sense any modification within the flow of the air and any tremors in the earth including vibrations of any kind.
*Can cover his body with a layer of jadestone-like armor which in turn is covered by a layer of earth elemental essence to increase his durability.
*His slashes are so precise that the things cut will still be intact as long as no force is exerted upon it.
*He can wield the "heavy as though it were light" while the "light as thought it were heavy" which requires perfect coordination between physical strength and Battle Qi.
*Can Impose his will on the Heaven and Earth to the point where even space itself can be used to restrict someone by compressing and locking it. Not even sound will escape from that area.
*By Imposing his will upon the Universe, he can unleash more than his physical body is capable of - unleashing 100% of his body strength thanks to the control of his body and movement.
*Through mediation can attune with Nature itself to feel the expansiveness of the vast earth, the flows of the wind, and the streams of water. He can feel the passion of the flames.
*Through training he managed to become one with the earth essence and making himself feel like he caries the weight of the earth - every strike of his sword carries a million pounds of force.
*His mastery of the Sword can make his simple piercing through the air to make it explode. These attacks cause more than one sonic-boom at the same time.
*His mastery of the Impose can let him walk on water and move without causing any disturbance in the air.
*Through his mastery of the Pulse of the Earth, his attack with the Heavy Sword can phase through the enemy without affecting the exterior body and disintegrating the organs.
*Through his understanding of the Profound Mysteries of the Earth - Throb of the Earth can transform his attacks in vibrations that will enter the enemy body directly, ignoring any defense, disintegrating the organs and the bones.
*Can phase the vibrations through the air an attack further targets.
*His mastery of the Sword Art makes him use the Adamantine Heavy Sword as its weightless while the BloodViolet Godsword as it carries thousands of tons of force. Wielding something heavy as though it were light, wielding something light as though it were heavy.
*His mastery of the Pulse of the Earth is so great that he passively uses it even when he walks, his steps embodying the throbbing pulse of the earth.
*His tail can send multiple mountain sized Saint-level dragons flying through the air.
*Can create countless shadows of himself with pure speed, the space around him will freeze while other times, it will distort and fold.
*His Bewildering Shadow at full strength can cause the space in the Infernal Realm to ripple which is 100 times more durable than that of the Material Plane.
*Has comprehended the Profound Mystery of Gravitational Space. His Blackstone Prison will create a two hundred meters prison where not even light can reach with a gravitational space that will reduce the strength of a target for more than 90 percent. It will also affect the soul creating dizziness or even unconsciousness. Fused the Profound Mystery of Vitality with it which let him regrow and recreate it without end. Can be used as a repulsive or attractive force.
*His Gravitational Space has the power to make you feel like a trillion-kilogram mountain is crushing you down. This is happening within the Infernal Realm where the gravity is already 100x times stronger.
*Gained the power of Will of the Sovereigns which is infused with the natural Laws. Since it encompasses the natural Laws, naturally it will make him able to control the World.
*Can completely contract his aura making him look like a normal human.
*Created at the same time two Divine Plane which surpasses even the Seven Divine Planes in stability.
*His Sword Intent before even truly appearing will release pressure which will shatter countless streams of chaotic energy within the void as countless spatial tears will appear. Once used it will create countless spatial fractures in the void which will start to collapse. Its length is over one million long and 100 meters wide. It contains simultaneously both the concept of Material Attack and Spiritual one. It's speed being instantaneous.
*Can scan Soveraign twelve times without them knowing with his Divine Sense.
*The World Disintegrator which is a spatial rift is only thick as a fist but infinitely long. Once appeared it covered an infinite distance.
*His casual slashes can collapse completely space for one thousand kilometers while the rest 100 thousand kilometers will form spatial rifts which will turn everything in its path into nothingness.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
Qi Building Stance: The most simple, yet effective way to exercise the body and accumulate Qi.
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*Hymn of the Wind: It creates a blood-red illusion that will attack the soul even if its hidden within another space and destroy it. It also emits a sound that will bewitch the soul-making easier to be destroyed.
*Voidwave Sword: It will create an illusory shadow sword which use the spiritual energy to pass through the Throbbing Pulse of the World principles and instantly releases millions of surges of spiritual ripples within hitting the soul. The waves of this attack will layer atop each other, reaching an extreme point thanks to the three Profound Mysteries infused within.
*Bewildering Shadow: It creates a Sword Shadow with enough power to cause the space in the Infernal Realm to ripple.
*Firmament Splitter: A fist attack that will create spatial cracks in space within the Infernal Realm wherever it passes through and then exploding.
*Blackstone Prison: It will create a Blackstone Prison with a range of two hundred meter prison where not even light can reach, which contains a gravitational space that will reduce the target prowess for more than 90 percents of their total. It will also affect the soul creating dizziness or even unconsciousness. Later Leylin the Profound Mystery of Vitality with it which let him regrow and recreate it without end. It can also be used as a repulsive or attractive force.
*Dragon Roar: His innate Divine Ability thanks to hid Dragon Warrior bloodline, will attack the soul of a target and slow down its time. Stated to increase with its Soul Power and Will.
*Godrealm: A divine ability of those that have reached the level of Deities which will restrict and suppress the movement of anything within its range. Those who don't have a Godrealm of their own to counteract it will find themselves frozen in space while those that resist it will only be affected by slowing their speed.
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*World Breaker: A sword technique which with a single slash will create a one hundred meters wide and one million kilometer long spatial rift.
*World Disintegrator: A sword piercing technique that creates instantly a fist-thick spatial rift but infinitely long.
*World Imploder: A sword technique that conserves all energy within the tip of the blade and once it makes contact with something will release all that stacked power.
*Sword Intent: Linley's strongest attack which before even appearing will release a pressure that will shatter countless streams of chaotic energy within the void as countless spatial tears will appear. Once used it will create countless spatial fractures in the void which will start to collapse. Its length is over one trillion kilometer long and one hundred thousand kilometer wide while its speed is instantaneous. The intent contains simultaneously both the concept of Material Attack and Spiritual Attack. It can also be compressed within a sword-like attack that is only a finger thick and long but still retaining its full power.
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Note: 
*From the God Key, Linley has 4 True Bodies (Original, Divine Earth Clone, Divine Wind Clone, and Divine Fire Clone). From the HighGod Key, he has 5 (previous ones plus Divine Water Clone). As long as one survives he won't die. All have the same power meaning any character fighting him will fight with more than one body. He can also fuse with them creating one body that is stronger and one that has 5 lives.
*Linley also has Bebe with him on all his Keys excluding Sovereign ones as they have been together in any fight from the beginning of the novel till the end. Bebe is his magical beast. While Linley can fight without his companion with no problem but if it's not restricted then he will be present.
*One of his clone is within a pocket dimension from the God Key.
==Explanations==
Powers and Resistances by Realms - a blog where each power/resistance for general use (shared between the realms of cultivation) is shown/stated in-verse. Must be noted that they only get abilities/resistances if they meet the requirements on realm of cultivation and depending if they have comprehended one or more elements.
==Notable Matchups==
Victories:
FEE (Choujin Sensen) FEE's Profile (Low 6-B Key was used, speed was equalized and Bebe was restricted)
Losses:
Inconclusive:
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