Conformation of Supremacy

*Power through the wisdom of the ancients.*

## Summary

Conformation of Supremacy is a "top-quality" E-Grade skill, one of the fourteen available on the second floor of the Towers of Myriad Dao; and one of the six related to one of the base attributes; in this case Strength. The skill empowered each of Zac's swings with great power based on an user determined image placed in a three-meter halo behind him. The swings don't shoot out fractal blades, but the power of the swing can travel scores of meters.

Zac used the lesser enlightenment reward of his Flamebearer of Zecia (2/?) quest to create the skill fractal to upgrade Conformation of Supremacy to D-grade with enough alterations to change it's name.

## Acquisition

* It was all thanks to his recently acquired skill, **[Conformation of Supremacy]**, the skill in the Dao Repository that was linked to the Strength attribute. **Book 5, Page 526**
* It was the third skill he had picked up, and his only regret was that he couldn’t get it in his Draugr side as well. **Book 5, Page 526**

## Skill Location

**Lower End of his spine.**

A huge amount of energy surged toward an intricate fractal at the lower end of his spine, and it quickly started to radiate a shocking amount of power. There hadn’t even been a chance to test the skill out, but Zac saw no option but to activate **[Conformation of Supremacy]**. **Book 6, Page 627**

## Skill Window

[E] Conformation of Supremacy - Proficiency: Middle. Power through the wisdom of the ancients. Upgradeable. **Discord**

## Early Proficiency

* A shockwave erupted from Zac’s body, causing the closest wolves to be thrown away as their bodies twisted and deformed. Zac wasn’t focused on that, but rather the three-meter halo that had appeared behind him. It was a circle that shone in silver, .... It was covered in dense scripts, but the true core of the skill was the image in the middle of the halo. It was the deceptively unadorned axe that Zac had witnessed in his very first Dao Vision, ... and the image infused the halo with an almost blinding sharpness. **Book 6, Page 524**
* Zac swung **[Verun’s Bite]** toward the closest clump of wolves when they were just twenty meters away, ... The mournful cries were cut short as a dozen E-grade wolves were flung away like they were pieces of trash, their bodies mangled almost beyond recognition. The ground itself was crushed and split apart as well, forming a deep chasm that stretched almost fifty meters before the power in Zac’s swing lost its strength. **Book 6, Page 524**
* His targets weren’t cleanly bisected as they would have been from **[Rapturous Divide]** or the final swing of **[Blighted Cut]**, but they rather looked like they had been cut and bludgeoned simultaneously. **Book 6, Page 525**
* Each swing of his axe contained not only his own strength, but it also contained a fragment of the boundless conviction and power of the original wielder of the simple woodman’s axe. **Book 6, Page 629**
* It simply infused his normal swings with the power of the object depicted in the avatar. **Book 6, Page 525**
* First of all, **[Conformation of Supremacy]** didn’t need to be charged for every attack like the skill he’d gotten from Mhal required. The halo did dim down a bit after every attack, but Zac could push more Cosmic Energy into it to reignite its power. The effect also wasn’t limited to an increase in physical strength, but it rather imbued his swings with a mysterious energy based on the avatar, almost like it gained an additional Dao Seed. **Book 6, Page 525**
* The only downsides to the skill were the high energy consumption and the fact that the skill could be considered a mid-range attack at best since it didn’t actually launch any projectiles. **Book 6, Page 525**
* The fact that the picture within the halo looked just like the axe in his Dao Vision obviously wasn’t a coincidence, but the skill actually had no connection to that axe-wielding master at all. **[Conformation of Supremacy]** was rather a blank slate, where you could create your own avatar of supremacy. **Book 6, Page 526**
* The image was interchangeable, and it could be different every time the skill was activated. However, the better the image resonated with your current intent, the more power it would provide, albeit at a higher energy consumption. **Book 6, Page 526**
* ... but its range was limited to around fifty meters, and it weakened the further away from Zac the strike was. **Book 6, Page 527**

## Middle Proficiency

* ... and both **[Conformation of Supremacy]** and **[Surging Vitality]** stepping into Middle grade. **Book 7, Page 427**
* However, he found his axe impeded by a powerful barrier that didn’t even crack when attacked by **[Conformation of Supremacy]**. That was saying something, considering that he had already reached Middle mastery for the skill, which had kicked its offensive power up a notch. **Book 7, Page 689**

## Late Proficiency

* It was **[Conformation of Supremacy]**, a skill that Zac had somewhat phased out of his repertoire as of late since it wasn't a great fit with his stances. But now that he couldn't use his Branch of the Kalpataru [*he was hiding he had this branch*], it had found some use again, and he was thankful he had the foresight to push the skill to Late Proficiency during his stay in the Orom World. **Chapter 869**
* The upgrade hadn’t added any new abilities to the skill, but it had increased its power and reach noticeably. **Chapter 869**
* It wasn’t nearly as good at dealing with crowds as the explosion of blades **[Nature’s Edge]** could release, but its lethality was close to half of **[Rapturous Divide]**’s while still being a repeatable attack. **Chapter 869**

## Peak Proficiency

* By this point, almost all of his skills were already pushed to E-grade Peak Mastery, **Chapter 978**
* No other textual information.

## Upgrade to D-Grade

* There was nothing wrong with the skill. It was among the best skills he'd gotten from outside sources. It was also very flexible, providing different benefits depending on what avatar Zac picked. The skill's issue lay in the simple fact that it filled the same role as **[Evolutionary Edge]**, and he couldn't use both simultaneously. **Chapter 1,166**
* What if instead of transforming his attacks with aspects of supremacy, he instead transforms himself? Like his Evolutionary Stance, he would become everchanging and unpredictable as he evolved during a battle. **Chapter 1,166**
* Everything superfluous was shed while the essence was expanded and aligned with his path. **Chapter 1,166**
* Instead, he memorized the reborn Skill Fractal before moving on to the original skill. **Chapter 1,166**

## Commentary

* Six of the fourteen skills were heavily related to the six base attributes, without possessing a connection to a specific Dao. They also seemed to follow the concept of greatness from simplicity, which not only made them powerful but also easy to fuse with other skills down the line. **Book 6, Page 493**
* But it still produced an effect far beyond the destruction he could cause with his most similar skill, **[Unholy Strike]**, while also having a slew of other benefits. **Book 6, Page 525**
* The skill was simple and direct, just how Zac liked it. **Book 6, Page 526**
* There was probably no avatar that was as defining of Zac’s cultivation path as that lone axe, making it the optimal choice for an avatar. **Book 6, Page 526**
* ... the avatar didn’t depict the unadorned axe of the axe-man, but rather the insanely powerful shield of the Grand Protector ... A surge of power filled his body, ... However, no fractal barrier appeared to protect his front as he swung **[Verun’s Bite]**. He rather found his strikes gain a tremendous weight, like each of them carried the weight of a world. His attacks were heavy enough to cause scars in the air, but the damage to the ground looked completely different than the long scars before. **Book 6, Page 561**
* It would appear that the choice of projection also impacted what Daos were infusible. **Book 6, Page 565**
* A barrier appeared in front of him, but it cracked before Zac’s overhand swing even reached it, the massive pressure of **[Conformation of Supremacy]** alone enough to shatter it. **Book 7, Page 167**
* He did have **[Conformation of Supremacy]**, but that was ultimately a skill that didn’t really conform to his path. **Book 7, Page 683**
* “Oh my god! Our contestant has borrowed the image of the Heavenfall Autarch's cleaver! Is this a testament to his ambition? To follow in the path of the father of axes?” **Book 7, Page 688**