Wu Xing Manipulation

The power to **manipulate the five elements of Wu Xing**. Combination of Earth Manipulation, Metal Manipulation, Water Manipulation, Wood Manipulation, and Fire Manipulation. Variation of Elemental Manipulation.

## Also Called

* Five Elements/Phases/Agents/Movements/Processes/Steps/Stages
* Wu Xing Control

## Capabilities

User can create, shape and manipulate any of the five elements of Wu Xing, a fivefold conceptual scheme that many traditional Chinese fields used to explain a wide array of phenomena, from cosmic cycles to the interaction between internal organs, and from the succession of political regimes to the properties of medicinal drugs. The "Five Phases" are Wood (木 mù), Fire (火 huǒ), Earth (土 tǔ), Metal (金 jīn), and Water (水 shuǐ), and in which this order of presentation is known as the "mutual generation" sequence. In the order of "mutual overcoming" (相克 *xiāngkè*), they are Wood, Earth, Water, Fire, and Metal.

## Applications

* Earth Manipulation
* Fire Manipulation
* Metal Manipulation
* Water Manipulation
* Wood Manipulation

### Elements Combined (Wu-Xing):

*See Elemental Recomposition*

* Acid Manipulation - Fire/Water
* Ash Manipulation - Wood/Fire
* Corrosion Manipulation - Metal/Water
* Glass Manipulation - Earth/Fire
* Magma Manipulation - Fire/Earth
* Molten Metal Manipulation - Metal/Fire
* Mud Manipulation - Earth/Water
* Nature Manipulation - Earth/Metal/Water/Wood/Fire
* Sap Manipulation - Wood/Water
* Steam Manipulation - Water/Fire
* Swamp Manipulation - Wood/Earth/Water

## Variations

* Godai Manipulation (*Earth, Fire, Water, Wind, Void*)

## Associations

*See Also: Classical elements in popular culture*

* Aether Manipulation
* Classical Element Manipulation
* Color Manipulation
* Elemental Manipulation
* Esoteric Element Manipulation
* Feng Shui Manipulation
* Four Symbols Physiology
* Nature Manipulation
* Onmyōdō
* Organic Manipulation
* Planetary Empowerment
* Quintessence Force
* Supernatural Life-Force
* Yin & Yang Manipulation
* Zodiac Empowerment (Chinese Zodiac only)
* Zodiac Physiology (Chinese Zodiac only)

### Wu Xing Associations:

*See Also:* *Wu Xing* In Wu Xing, each of the five elements are associated with several unique associations. The user, depending on skill and experience in Wu-Xing, may manipulate one or more these known association sub-powers in addition to the elements of Wu Xing:

**The Wood Element**

* Acid Manipulation
* Air Manipulation
	+ Oxygen Manipulation
	+ Sound Manipulation
* Anger Manipulation
* Artificial Element Manipulation
	+ Plastic Manipulation
	+ Rubber Manipulation
* Beginning Dominance
* Biological Manipulation
	+ Health Manipulation
* Charity Embodiment
* Companion Allegiance
* Desire Manipulation
	+ Sex Specialist
* Ethereal Manipulation
* Elasticity
* Enhanced Flexibility
* Fertility Embodiment
* Ink Manipulation
* Life Creation
* Life-Force Manipulation
* Mana Manipulation
* Omni-Psionics
* Paper Manipulation
* Patience Manipulation
* Poison Manipulation
* Psychological Intuition
* Size Enhancement
* Social Embodiment
* Spring Manipulation
* Strength Manipulation
* Synchronization
* Undying Loyalty

**The Fire Element**

* Anger Manipulation
* Anxiety Inducement
* Cardiology Manipulation
* Chivalry
* Cycle Manipulation
	+ Creation
	+ Destruction
* Day Embodiment
	+ Day Empowerment
* Diligence Embodiment
* Dry Season Manipulation
* Excitement Inducement
* Fanaticism Inducement
* Happiness Inducement
* Hatred Manipulation
* Heat Manipulation
* Light Manipulation
* Magma Manipulation
* Nuclear Manipulation
	+ Radiation Manipulation
		- Particle Manipulation
		- Subatomic Manipulation
		- Thermal Manipulation
* Oil Manipulation
	+ Napalm Generation
* Power Embodiment
* Pulse Manipulation
* Smoke Manipulation
* Stellar Manipulation
	+ Solar Manipulation
		- Eternal Day Inducement
* Strength Embodiment
* Strong Soul
* Summer Manipulation
* Tongue Manipulation

**The Earth Element**

* Ambition Manipulation
* Anxiety Inducement
* Ash Manipulation
* Carbon Manipulation
* Chi Manipulation
* Dust Manipulation
* Earthquake Generation
* Empathy
* Gravity Manipulation
* Magma Manipulation
* Mineral Manipulation
	+ Bone Manipulation
	+ Crystal Manipulation
	+ Sand Manipulation
* Muscle Manipulation
* Nature Manipulation (earth, metal, water, wood, fire)
* Order Embodiment
	+ Order Manipulation
* Paranoia Inducement
* Patience Manipulation
* Season Manipulation
* Soul Manipulation
* Spatial Manipulation
* Stability Manipulation
* Transmutation
* Water Absorption
* Yin & Yang Manipulation

**The Metal Element**

* Autumn Embodiment
	+ Autumn Manipulation
* Change Embodiment
	+ Transformation
	+ Transmutation
* Courage Manipulation
* Crystal Manipulation
	+ Diamond Manipulation
* Ductility Manipulation
* Economy Manipulation
	+ Strategy Manipulation
* Electromagnetism Manipulation
	+ Electricity Manipulation
		- Electric Conductivity
	+ Magnetism Manipulation
* Encyclopedic Knowledge
* Enhanced Crafting
* Golden Luck
* Good Embodiment
* Indomitable Will
* Infinite Supply
* Loneliness Embodiment
	+ Melancholy Manipulation
* Milk Manipulation
* Mirror Manipulation
* Patience Manipulation
* Respiratory System Manipulation
* Silver Manipulation
* Skin Manipulation
* Stability Manipulation
* Strength Manipulation
* Subordination Manipulation
* Technology Embodiment
	+ Technology Manipulation
* Trickster

**The Water Element**

* Blood Manipulation
* Bodily Fluid Manipulation
* Bone Manipulation
* Cold Manipulation
* Darkness Manipulation
* Ductility Manipulation
* Fear Manipulation
* Hypnotic Vision
* Ice Manipulation
	+ Snow Manipulation
* Life and Death Manipulation
* Lunar Manipulation
	+ Eternal Night Inducement
* Monetary Manipulation
* Night Embodiment
	+ Night Empowerment
* Probability Manipulation
* Ocean Manipulation
* Pure Water Manipulation
* Pressure Manipulation
* Rigidity Removal
* Salt Manipulation
* Serenity Inducement
* Slime Manipulation
* Steam Manipulation
* Reflection Manipulation
* Time Manipulation
* Knowledge Embodiment
* Weather Manipulation
	+ Cloud Manipulation
	+ Electricity Manipulation
	+ Rain Manipulation
	+ Storm Manipulation
* Winter Embodiment
	+ Winter Manipulation

## Limitations

* User may be unable to create elements, being limited to manipulating already existing ones.
* User may not be able to control all five elements and/or unique associations within Wu-Xing.
* May not be able to tap into the combined elements made through Wu-Xing.
* Control, discipline, and restraint are extremely important. Unconscious, emotion-influenced, impulsive, or reckless use of this power can be catastrophic.
* Distance, mass, precision, max power, etc. depend upon of the knowledge, skill, and strength of the user.