Domination

**Dominance** or **Domination** is the ability to force one's will into someone else's spell as well as its mana. It is a great tool, but not all-powerful; only spells without willpower can be easily hijacked. The first step is to learn how to sense **willpower**. The second step involves identifying willpower's focus points in a spell and replacing it with one's own will into the spell along with their mana. The caster must use enough mana and willpower to make it harmful for the opponent but not so much as to replace all of its mana with their own. Dominance can rarely be used to affect spells with willpower, as the caster needs to imbue enough willpower to overpower the willpower already imprinted in the spell.

Dominated spells cannot harm the hijacker as they become extension of the hijacker's will and can be reversed to hurt the original caster. Talented geniuses can even go so far as to absorb spells using Dominance. Dominance also requires at least twice as much mana as the hijacked spell in order to be cast. Domination is akin to controlling one's mana flow; it requires finesse, not strength. True Domination requires barely more mana than elemental mastery but much greater focus, while an inexperienced user will just overpower foreign spells with their mana.

The only difference between Dominating spells Tier 0 to 3 is the amount of mana they use. By learning how to control chore magic the rest will come naturally. Tier 4 requires learning how to Dominate more than one element at a time which is not much different from multicasting. Tier 5 magic, however, is much more complicated. Such spells are controlled by the willpower of their caster and can be freely provided with new mana hence Dominating a single tier five spell is harder than Dominating three tier four spells at the same time.

Domination isn't about keeping about thinking, but about reacting the moment one perceives a threat and then learn how to control the amount of mana the ability uses. It requires emptying the mind to feel the fleeting moment when fear sparks Domination into action, then learning how to control their impulses in a split second. While useful, Dominance is not something just meant for battle. It is a tool meant to achieve control over someone else's power and perfect mastery over one's own.

## Users

The shades in someone's hair indicate which elements they're attuned with, and in turn, that they can achieve mastery over. In theory, Domination is not exclusive only to Awakened mages, but only a few select races of Awakened know about it (i.e. Hydras). It is a secret among Awakened as much as Awakening is a secret to fake mages. Domination is the secret behind the survival of species such as Hydras and Tyrants - if it leaks out, it would compromise the lives of every single Hydra and Tyrant since it makes up for Hydras' inability to fly and lack of Origin Flames while for Tyrants it makes them unstoppable war machines even though their body is barely bigger than that of a human.

Once Domination is used, they can't afford to leave a living witness unless they can disguise it as elemental mastery, which why the elders of all species capable of using Domination teach their youths faulty techniques. Their purpose is to keep their youths from using Domination by instinct during a stressful situation and throw its secrets into the gutter. The faulty techniques only work at the early stages of development of their species, otherwise, they will not be able to control their abilities when they reach the sixth eye. If that happens during a fight, the consequences might be disastrous.

Usually, only Emperor Beasts develop Dominance, though in rare cases genius magical beasts can as well.

## Spirit Dominance

**Spirit Dominance** can be used to enhance an element in a mana crystal and make up for a lack of mastery in that element, as well as create Spirit crystals.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 822: Poisonous Tree (Part 2)
2. ↑ Chapter 781: Loyalty or Wisdom (Part 1)
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chapter 779: Dominance (Part 1)
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Chapter 1331: Domination (Part 3)
5. ↑ Chapter 1332: Domination (Part 4)
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Chapter 1620: Life and Death (Part 2)
7. ↑ Chapter 780: Dominance (Part 2)