Tensura Cosmology Page (Light Novel)

==Summary== 
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime is a Japanese Isekai series with a broad and unique cosmology that requires a very strong understanding of the lore.
For that reason, this page was created to provide a condensed, easy-to-understand outline of the series' cosmology. This way, people who aren't familiar with the series, can get a better understanding of it's inner-workings.
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|-|Worlds=
World (世界, Sekai?) is a term often used to describe a universe; while it can sometimes be used to describe a planet, in most cases, Planet refers to a Civilization. The meaning of "nature", "temporal axis" (flow of time)Volume 20, Chapter 4, "laws"Volume 17, Chapter 2 , and "origin of worlds"Volume 21 can differ from world to world and they are all self-enclosed,Volume 17, Chapter 2 residing in alternate dimensions. Furthermore, there are also different types of worlds mentioned in the novelVolume 4, Chapter 5, differentiated based on the property of "physical-ness" and "spiritual-ness", which is explained here.
*Physical Worlds: These are worlds that are completely free from magicules. Beings in the Physical World have bodies that are purely physical inherently. 
*Spiritual Worlds: The opposite of Physical Worlds, in other words, they are worlds filled with magicules and teeming with Spiritual Lifeforms such as Angels, Demons, and the like. These worlds don't have any physical propertyVolume 4, Chapter 5.
*Semi Spiritual/Material Worlds: So far only the Cardinal World falls under this category. It is an extremely unique entity, a orld that has both physical and spiritual properties, thus allowing Spiritual Lifeforms to manifest hereVolume 4, Chapter 5, although in incomplete formVolume 13.5, Story 3. When one travels to this world, their bodies are broken down and rebuilt into semi-physical form, which makes it so that they can never go back to a purely Physical World.
* Beginning and End of the Multiverse: Also refer to the end of space-time where Rimuru was sent toVolume 21. It can also be referred to as the Sub Space which are doorways to dimensions since they can travel through any universe with a specific time axis. 
*World of Darkness/Hell/Underworld/The Abyss: It is the forbidden void, a world that contains nothingness or void energy of chaos and destructionVolume 16, EpilogueVolume 20, Chapter 3Volume 14, Chapter 4. The power of the void originally exist from "The Abyss"Volume 21.
**The Place of Beginnings also known as The Star Palace: It is a world that existed right before all worlds existed. It is isolated yet connected to all worldsVolume 18, Chapter 3.
**The Outer Edge also known as the Labyrinth: It is the figurative "exit" of the multiverse, the edge of all worldsVolume 21.
|-|Isolated Dimensions=
An Isolated Dimension in Tensura is often just a metaphysical world, an imaginary world, although this is still part of" The World" in a literal sense, most times it comes with a skill, skills like Uriel which has a complex number of spatial dimensionsVolume 5, Chapter 5, and we also have the Infinite Prison that is a bottomless dark abyss of void and chaosVolume 11, Chapter 5, then there's Imaginary Space which is confirmed to indeed be metaphysicalTensei Slime Manga, Veldora's Observation Journal; furthermore, this space has its own time as wellVolume 15, Epilogue, which is a size of a world, there are many other unknown number of isolated dimensions, but these are the current one we know in the series.
|-|Cycle of Time=
Multiple worlds does not exist but the world was branchingVolume 11, Chapter 5, that's why each event or each time Chloe decided to jump she ended up going to a new time axis, all the Rimuru she had met were from different time axis from the originalVolume 12, Chapter 1, the world prevent contradictions like someone from an entire different time axis appear in another one where he or she already existVolume 11, Chapter 5, in other words each of every time Chloe made a jump she jumped to an entire new time axis or cycleVolume 11, Chapter 5 and there are infinite numbers of cycles that existTensei Slime Anime, Episode 24Volume 11, Chapter 5Volume 12, Chapter 1, only things like the mask can shove and truly exist as a paradox throughout time. 
For each plane of existence, there exists a branched multiverse rather than worlds, to fully shift paradoxes into another timelineVolume 11, Chapter 5, Hinata confirms this not once but twiceVolume 11, Chapter 5, as proof of this, the recent cycle in which they exist in, is the one where Rimuru had became a demon lord and gave Velgrynd her skill which have led to Velgrynd having the ability to traverse the multiverseVolume 17, Chapter 2 in her plane of existence, and by doing this she also had also affected time itselfVolume 1, Chapter 1Volume 15, Chapter 5Volume 17, Chapter 2Volume 15, EpilogueVolume 17, Chapter 2 , making an infinite number of 2-C worlds, and the entirety of time 2-A, this also covers other isolated dimensions in Tensura, whose numbers are unknown.
*The Cycle of Reincarnation is an entirely new system of death and rebirth that takes souls to different point in time and spaceVolume 1, Chapter 1Volume 15, Chapter 5Volume 17, Chapter 2Volume 15, EpilogueVolume 17, Chapter 2 throughout the multiverse.
|-|Sub Space=
Sub Space as the name implies is a gap between universes and their timelinesVolume 17, Chapter 2, and it always has a distorted flow of time, usually time there is always zero as if it doesn't exist there but the spread of space has stopped so there is no way time can flow through the space-less void, in other words, "time" expand itself with spaceVolume 21 even though space and time are nonexistent there, by using the subspace one can go through any universe and a specific time axis of itVolume 21. In conclusion, Sub Space is a place that exists outside the limitations of time.
 
|-|Great Spirits=
==Summary==
Great Spirits are individual Spiritual beings that exist as the very fundamental of the worldVolume 14, Chapter 4Volume 14, Chapter 6, a higher concept than even True Dragons because without them nothing will exist. They also embody the entirety of existence on a conceptual level, they are the source of all attributes that govern reality. 
Notable Abilities:
*Conceptual Manipulation (Type 1), Abstract Existence (Type 1), Large Size (Type 9), Elemental Manipulation and Creation
Natural Great spirits
*These are spirits that govern only the natural aspect of existence and its conflicting relationshipsVolume 14, Chapter 4
**Earth Spirit: Governs the earth in other words, index, and lands without the index you won't know which direction you're going, like earth index space
**Flame spirit: Governs flame and combustion of anything, a flame which is mentioned to be higher than fire, like the flame that burns the earth
**Water Spirit: Water governs motion, it also governs the water attribute which summons water and creates water, like water extinguishes flame
**Wind Spirit: source of the wind that cuts through anything even dimensionsVolume 16, Chapter 1, they also dissipate water
**Space Spirit: which is space itself isolates anything, and it isolates wind
Dual Great Spirits
*These are the spirits whose existence is opposite to the otherVolume 16, Epilogue, and everything under them also exists as opposite forces that make the world have connectionsVolume 18, Chapter 1, they are the true balancing spirits of the worldVolume 16, EpilogueVolume 20, Chapter 3Volume 14, Chapter 4. Even the magic reproduced from them are related such as the holy magic of DisintegrationVolume 5, Chapter 3, while void is of darkness, they are also counterpart to DisintegrationVolume 20, Chapter 3. Holy magic was also used to heal and recoverVolume 17, Chapter 2 while the other destroys. 
**Great Spirit of Light: This spirit represents Light, Positive , Purity , Holy and so much more. Angels' true nature originated from it as well.
**Great Spirit of Darkness: This spirit represents Darkness, Demonic, Emptiness, Negative, and so much more. Demons' nature is rooted back to the Great spirit of darkness, who had created the World of Darkness or Hell.
Great Spirit of Everything
*Spirit of everything either known as the Great Spirit of Time, which is unbound by everything and rules over everythingVolume 14, Chapter 4, the spirit of time exist across all timelinesVolume 11, Chapter 5 or time cycles.
Notable Abilities:
*Higher-Dimensional Existence, Nonduality (Type 1), all other abilities from other Great Spirits
|-|Promise Land=
The Promised Land is a land where everything there just happens to be a dream, a dream as in reality becomes unrealVolume 11, Epilogue, however it's unknown whether this is some a future world or ending world, what we know for sure is that everything that have ever existed, including The World are all dreams, we can call this place the unreal version of the already existing world, because to go to the Promised Land one has to abandonVolume 15, Chapter 5 their entire body and soul, making them no longer exist, as proof of this, they were called fictional entitiesVolume 19, Chapter 4 when they came to the real world, Rudra also stated that the Promised Land is just the other sideVolume 19, Chapter 4 of everything else, given the entirety of our explanation, it should be noted that "The Promised Land" is unreality and "The World" is reality, they are opposite sides to each other, everything from the Promised Land is unreal and thus does not exist.
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===Note===
The series number of dualities are unknown as Rimuru said "there are many", but the ones we know of are:
*Regeneration & Destruction
*Life & Death
*Existence & Non-existence
*Holy & Evil (Corruption)
*Purity & Sin
*Light & Darkness
==Conclusion==
*The infinite cycles of time of the multiverse are 2-A
*Sub Space is 2-A
*Great Spirits are 2-A
*Great Spirit of Time is 2-A
==References==
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