Ki

Ki
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> Uh... Ki is... Well, maybe you call it something else... It's the energy that flows throughout your body.
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> Son Gohan explaining Ki to Videl.

**Ki** (also written as "**chi**") is the metaphysical energy that every living being possesses deep inside them and can emit. Mastering **Ki** allows the user many abilities, such as using it for attacks, protection, materializing it as a weapon, or even having great senses. Having a powerful **Ki** isn't enough in battles; the most important task is to master it, which is a very difficult process. This explains why most mortals don't use **Ki** or aren't aware of it. There are different versions of **Ki**, which will be listed below. Every type of **Ki** grants the user new abilities, making each type of **Ki** unique.

## Usage

Ki in general allows the user to be much more powerful than their body can allow, which is why Ki control is a very big factor in combat, a character can have an overpowering Ki but will not be better as a being who is much more experienced in combat and strategy. Having a great Ki most of time means the user have a great stamina. Ki is unique to each users, some can have a terrifying Ki, evil Ki, calm Ki, etc... Once a user knows how to feel Ki, they have access to a lot of informations about their opponent by just feeling their Ki.

The most experienced warriors with Ki use it as a sort of protection for their body during combat allowing them to withstand attacks going far beyond the durability of a (human) body and increase their striking strenght, that's how a master of Ki can destroy a planet by just hurting it. By lowering your guard, the Ki protection becomes weaker and the body is therefore less protected. This explains why Son Goku was able to be damaged by a laser during his fight against Golden Freeza.

Ki is also used as a supplement for weapons, for example, putting Ki into a wooden sword can allow it to cut stones or even a mountain. All thanks to Ki, by giving it a better protection, a better durability and striking efficiency. Ki can be increased in the long term with physical or, in *certain* cases, spiritual training but a user can also hide/suppress the Ki they emit for the purpose of not being discovered.

One of the most common uses of Ki is the ability to fly, most characters in *DRAGONBALL HYPER* can fly without any problem. If a physically weak being no longer possesses Ki, he could die immediately because as explained earlier, Ki is energy and stamina. To overcome this problem, all living beings have vital energy ("Genki"):

Genki is the vital energy of a being, it can be enhanced if the user is in good health. Lacking Genki can make the user more tired, as shown by Earthling given their vital energy to Son Goku when he creates the Super Genkidama against Buu.

Back with Ki, what does a powerful Ki means? Power is how strong/powerful is your Ki (also called 'Ki Power'), it can be hidden from other beings and the outside world. A being's Ki power can be temporarily increased by emotions such as anger or a transformation/power up. Some civilizations like Plant Saiyans people have designed devices with the brief ability to measure a being's Ki in 'Power Level (PL)'.

### Power Level

Power Level is a unit to quantify the shown Ki Power of a being, it can be mesured with Scouters, device originaly created by Saiyans, they were upgraded multiples types. But they quickly became irrelevent when Scouters couldn't measure great Power Level such as a Super Saiyan's PL. Some type of Ki cannot be quantified with Power Level as mathematics cannot measure such great power.

### Ki Signature

The Ki signature is unique to each being, if we can sense it, we can know a lot of information about an individual such as their power, their race, and their emotions. Compared to Ki Power, this factor is more difficult to supress.

## Variations

### Regular Ki

The classic Ki that every being possesses. It is perceptible by any being who knows how to recognize Ki.

### God Ki

God Ki is a unique type of Ki that mortals can get through a ritual like how Saiyan do with the Super Saiyan God's ritual. This Ki can't be sensed by oridinary Ki users but they can feel the pressure it creates. While the being has God Ki, his soul and being isn't considered godly just like how Son Goku and Vegeta are not considered godly being or "gods".

God Ki is often represented metaphorically and literally by flames. The best example for this are the God Path transformations, Super Saiyan God is the regular red-colored fire while Super Saiyan Blue is the next step, a high-temperature combusted fire.

### Divine Ki

Divine Ki is a type of Ki higher than God Ki, granted when someone has a divine soul. The only way for a mortal to get this Ki is to go through a divine ritual, like the one to become a Hakaishin or Kaioshin, which will make their soul divine. The other way to acquire this type of Ki is to be born as a divine being, like certain Kaioshin and Angels. It isn't that much different from God Ki, but it provides access to more abilities, such as the capability to interact with and manipulate souls and the surrounding environment.
In comparison to God Ki, where the former is depicted as 'more calm,' and its user's soul remains normal, Divine Ki is depicted as 'more destructive,' and its user's soul is divine. One of the most famous users of Divine Ki is Son Goku Black, also known as Zamasu.

## Aura

Auras (often called 'heat') are the materialization of Ki into heat. The color of an aura varies on the type of Ki and the signature of Ki. The more intense an aura is, the more heat it will create, this does not necessarily mean that it is more powerful but rather more intense and dense. This varies between individuals.