Violet Core

A blue core is the natural apex for most bodies. Very few can host a **violet core** because the mind, body, and mana must be in perfect synch. Up to the blue core, one only need to refine their body and lower the resistance it offers to the mana flow by removing impurities. A violet core, however, requires that even the mind must not be a hindrance. Using magic must become akin to breathing. Moving a finger or casting a spell should require the same focus. Very few reach the violet core simply because they fail to see it as something more than a power source. Those stuck at the blue core consider magic as they do with their clothes and their equipment - something they owned instead of something they are.

Humans have a hard time getting a violet core because of their flimsy bodies, beasts because of their powerful bodies. It is not a matter of practice, but of understanding the nature of magic, to make it flow instead of letting it flow. Some creatures are born with a perfect mana body and a twisted mind. Only such individuals if incredibly lucky can host a violet core, yet it comes at a cost. In their case, the impurities left are a safeguard. If they Awaken, they die because their bodies are synched to a static mana, not to a flowing one.

Safely awakening a bright blue-cored individual is something that only a few can do because the damage that such a powerful core causes exceeded the regenerative abilities that Invigoration has.

## Brief

At bright blue an Awakened's organs generate vortexes that increase their mana flow and store mana. The vortexes need to be Awakened with fusion magic to become auxiliary cores, which enable body casting and achieves the violet. The auxiliary cores divert the excess energy from the mana core, creating a network that distributes the mana flow evenly without overloading the core. To grow past the deep violet, not only the mana core, but also the auxiliary cores must grow in power and increase their mana capacity.

## Traits

Those who reach enlightenment for the violet core on their own without any guidance gain colored violet bursts at the fringes of their blue core aura. This is also reflected in abilities such as Origin Flames, creating blue-violet flames.

## Auxiliary Cores

The violet core is achieved when an individual's vortexes overlap, forming bright blue **auxiliary cores**. The auxiliary cores divert the excess energy, creating a network that distributes the mana flow evenly without overloading the core. To grow past the deep violet, not only the mana core, but also the auxiliary cores must grow in power and increase their mana capacity.

Based on their size, normal violet-cored Awakened have one or more auxiliary cores per organ. Their purpose is to evenly spread the power of the mana core throughout the whole body and amplify it thanks to the world energy they collect. When the auxiliary cores fuse with the organs, it empowers the mana flow.

### Vortexes

At bright blue an Awakened's organs generate **vortexes** that increase their mana flow and store mana. They support their mana core and improve all of their abilities, though the Awakened has no control over them. Vortexes are akin to non-Awakened mana cores - the energy spreads outward from the vortex, like that of a non-Awakened core, without generating any flow. This is also the reason behind the limitation to first magic body casting. A vortex isn't a core that lacks power so much as one that has no coordination. A spherical core is akin to a hand that can form a perfect fist whereas a vortex is like a limb with no muscle memory that the brain doesn't even recognize as its own.

Though vortexes don't work as well as auxiliary cores, with enough time, talent, and effort, one can research a powerful breathing technique (such as Scarlett's Aura technique) even at the bright blue core.

Few Awakened reach the violet core because they try to strengthen the vortexes with Accumulation whereas they need to be Awakened with fusion magic. All Awakened with a bright blue core can see the vortexes with their breathing technique. By combining body spellcasting with the circulation of fusion magic, the vortexes stabilize much faster. Also, the closer they get to an auxiliary core, the greater the changes in one's body. The vortexes don't just avidly suck the world energy, making the violet bursts flood the Awakened's aura, but they also absorb matter from the outside, increasing their mass.

#### Analogy

Imagine a crackling fireplace. To make it hotter, an Awakened needs but a thought to make their hand pick up more wood and throw it into the fire whereas a fake mage has to tell their hand how to move and where to throw the wood to achieve the same result. It's akin to having a dumb dog for a hand that needs precise instructions every time they want it to do something right. Achieving a violet core is akin to having many more hands that don't just pick and throw the wood, but even restock the woodshed.

Flexing a muscle is easy. A hand, instead, is made of several bones, muscles, and ligaments that need to perfectly coordinate between them to perform their duty. On top of that, even the nimblest of humans is born with just two hands or one core, which means that the new ones have to be trained from scratch and that one must also learn how to coordinate them with the starting two hands. It would be as if one suddenly had a third leg and had to relearn how to walk without it being a drag. In the case of high tiered spells, the core is the hand, the spell is the puppet, and the mana works like the strings connecting the two.

## Abilities

Achieving the violet requires deepening one's understanding about the nature of magic until they make it flow instead of letting it flow. When an Awakened achieves a violet core they become akin to a Mage Slayer. Unlike fake and true mages, a violet cored Awakened can perform magic just by moving their bodies (body casting). They can form the runes and weave them while they walk, gesture, and even when they fight. Even in close quarters combat, they can still cast all the spells they need.

The brighter an individual's core's shade of violet, the greater the number of spells they can keep at the ready.

### Body Casting

A violet-cored individual can cast spells simply by moving, using their bones, muscles, and even their blood flow to trace energy runes in what is called **body casting**. To go from blue to violet, an Awakened needs to learn how to body cast. Below the bright blue level, the core hogs most of the mana, leaving the body not enough energy to attempt even first magic body casting. Experienced violet cores can cast all kinds of spells with their bodies. They can cast several of them at the same time while fighting, no matter their tier.

Each first magic spell weaved with the body allows one's vortexes to become denser in mana. The elemental runes temper the vortexes, allowing the energy that is pointlessly spread over a large surface to condense towards its center. With each spell cast, the body draws both energy and matter from its surroundings, increasing the Awakened's mass. Without sufficient practice, body casting Tier 1 spells will cause great pain and distort the vortexes.

Body casting first magic has various effects depending on the element. Earth makes one's footprints disappear, water covers nearby surroundings in dew, fire conjures wisps of flames, light makes flowers bloom, darkness can kill insects nearby, and air creates sparks of electricity.

#### Progression

* When using first magic with the body instead of with the core, a mana flow through the corresponding vortex forms, but as soon as the spell is over, the flow disappears as well. By continuously casting spells and holding the flow long enough, the vortex assumes a spherical shape, yet it crumbles the moment the flow disappears. This is because the vortexes are non-Awakened and cannot sustain a mana flow on its own.
* After practice circulating fusion magic, the vortexes become able to retain a spherical shape for a while and revert slowly instead of instantly.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chapter 417: Present (Part 1)
2. ↑ Chapter 1414: Evolutions and Demons (Part 2)
3. ↑ Chapter 1445: Freedom and Prisoners (Part 1)
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Chapter 1308: Parents and Donors (Part 2)
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Chapter 1296: Condensing a Violet Core (Part 2)
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Chapter 1321: Joint Interests (Part 1)
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Chapter 1439: Birthday Party (Part 1)
8. ↑ Chapter 1358: Superior Opponent (Part 2)
9. ↑ Chapter 1415: The Final Step (Part 1)
10. ↑ Chapter 1567: Vortexes and Cores (Part 1)
11. ↑ Chapter 1592: Purified Davross (Part 2)
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Chapter 1320: Second Awakening (Part 2)
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Chapter 1309: Hands and Muscles (Part 1)
14. ↑ Chapter 1426: Filling the Void (Part 2)
15. ↑ Chapter 1360: The Power of Blood (Part 2)
16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Chapter 1310: Hands and Muscles (Part 2)
17. ↑ Chapter 1076: Core Principles (Part 2)
18. ↑ Chapter 1467: Violet Cores (Part 1)
19. ↑ Chapter 1333: Poke and Pillow (Part 1)
20. ↑ Chapter 1410: Awakened Blood (Part 2)
21. ↑ Chapter 1315: Weak Points (Part 1)
22. ↑ Chapter 1316: Weak Points (Part 2)
23. ↑ Chapter 1343: From Blackest Day (Part 1)
24. ↑ Chapter 1361: The Verhen Mansion (Part 1)
25. ↑ Chapter 416: Agenda (Part 2)