Ascension Stage

The Ascension stage was so important. It was at this stage that cultivators would truly be able to use their heavenly will to witness the primordial state of the universe. If the ones who flew in the sky were gods, then the Ascension stage would be the first stage of godhood. The transformation began when heavenly will turned into divine will and spread out across the sea of consciousness. After that, it would dissipate into billions of fragments and seep into the cultivator's body. Bodies were formed from countless discrete units that the eye couldn't see. Each of those discrete units would be infused with divine will and be able to store power. The cultivators of the astralscape of order called each of these discrete units an albus. Albi could be infinitely small or large. Once each albus possessed divine will, it would become a simplified version of the universe able to store fundamental cosmic force. In other words, divine will existed inside albi. Each albus would be able to form new saint palaces that stored energy. That was the key to breaking through to the Ascension stage. That way, the body would grow to be able to store far more energy than before. Once the new energy entered the albi and fell under the control of divine will, it would form an astral disc, which was a new energy vortex akin to saint springs. Every single albus had its own astral disc, in the middle of which was the divine will. In other words, cultivators would have billions of energy cores, each with their own astral discs. Every astral disc had infinite growth potential, assuming that the divine will was capable of controlling the power stored within. For each breakthrough in the Ascension stage to be possible, one would have to grow their divine will. All ascendants had astral discs, and the force within them was called astralforce, which was far superior to tribulation force.

The Ascension stage was so powerful because of the astral discs that could be used to absorb stellunar source. That transformation was also what differentiated a saint body from a divine body. Once one reached the Ascension stage, their body with heavenly will and saint springs would be converted into one with divine will and astral discs. That was the hallmark of divine bodies. It was also said that the terra, caelum, and vita would all undergo some changes. According to information the twelve levels of the Ascension stage had something to do with the astral arrangement of the lower levels of the cosmic aether. Long story short, the stronger the astralforce, the easier it was to escape the bindings of the Welkin plane to reach the Divine Moon Realm, and eventually Orderia, in the astralscape of order. The Divine Moon Realm was situated in the 'middle’ part of the lower areas of the cosmic aether, called the Brightmoon Sky. Beyond that were the Dipole and Trisource Skies.

For those who were able to reach the Brightmoon Sky, where the Divine Moon Realm was, they would be first-level ascendants. If one was able to reach the Dipole Sky, they would be second-level ascendants. Those that could reach the Trisource Sky were third-level ascendants and so on.

As such, the twelve levels of the Ascension stage were named for the skies they could reach. The four lower skies were namely the **Brightmoon**, **Dipole**, **Trisource**, and **Quadseal** Skies. The four center skies included the **Pentarcanic**, **Hexaunity**, **Heptaglory**, and **Octasaint** Skies. The four higher skies were the **Nonahonor**, **Decapath**, **Lifecycle**, and **Orderian** Skies respectively. In other words, the name for the eleventh level was Lifecycle Sky, while Orderian Sky was the name of the peak of the Ascension stage. At that point, the astralforce in one’s body would allow one to completely free themselves from the binding of the Welkin plane to reach the Orderian Sky, or in other words, the astralscape of order. As for the eleventh stage, Lifecycle Sky, it was the bottom layer of the highest level.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 984
2. ↑ Chapter 985