Shaman

**Shamans** (巫, Wū) are a race born from Berserkers. They are descendants from Nine Li Tribe.

## About

The Shamans were similar yet completely different to Berserkers. They had **Patriarchs** in their tribes, not Elders, like Berserkers had. Their techniques were called **Spells** and not Arts like Berserkers'. They mostly lived in South Morning continent, in the area outside Sky Mist Barrier and prevented the Berserkers there from completely controlling the entire Land of South Morning. They also prevented countless people from leaving the place, forcing them to be unable to leave the Land of South Morning as well as meet other Berserkers in the other continents in this world, so keeping them from knowing whether they had any other comrades.

Shamans had a blood feud with Berserkers from thousands of years ago. There was a hatred between the two races. Many tribes were massacred. Berserkers had Sky Mist Shaman Hunt event once every decade on South Morning continent. It was about invading the land of Shamans, learning about them and testing their strenght. To the Shaman Tribes, this activity was known as the **Berserker Hunt**. This was just like an agreement made by both races. It was a game.

Shamans also existed in Divine Essence Star Ocean. Tai Ci Family had the legacy of the Shamanic Dao. And Ninth Summit Tribe was a tribe of Shamans.

## History

Before the Land of Berserkers was divided into five continents, there was a powerful tribe to the south. It was Nine Li Tribe. The leader of the tribe was so strong that his power was at an equal level to the Second God of Berserkers. Something happened between Nine Li's Lord and the Second God of Berserkers. When the Second God of Berserkers was killed by the Immortals from the other worlds, he was cut into pieces, and once the Land of the Berserkers was divided, Nine Li Tribe was also divided and scattered. When Nine Li's Lord died, he left behind a will declaring that the tribe’s Berserkers would be hence known as Shamans. A large amount of these people gradually increased in number and developed into small tribes in the Land of South Morning.

At some point, the World of Nine Yin was discovered by the Nine Li Tribe, when the Shamans just appeared in the Land of Berserkers. It was located outside of the world of the Berserkers. Nine Li Tribe explored that place and encountered the Yin Spirit Tribe. Two races made a treaty. Shamans were allowed to occupy an area of one million lis and built Shaman City. Spirits of Nine Yin willingly served Shamans for payments, like Shaman Crystals or pills. From then on, it became the territory of the God of Shamans Temple and they built the one and only city in this place with the help of Yin Spirit Tribe.

Shamans are the descendants of the Nine Li Tribe, and they kept the blood of Nine Li pure in wait for the blood descendant of their Shaman Lord to awaken the power that belongs to the Nine Li. During the long span of time they waited for the descendant of our Shaman Lord to awaken, a part of the Shamans have changed. They gave up on the glory of the Nine Li and contacted the Immortals who came from the other worlds. They’re not fit to be called Shamans, who don't bow to any authority in the world. They were called the lapdogs of Immortals of the other worlds. Each time the Immortals from the other worlds have descended upon the Land of Berserkers, there would be traitors who would ally themselves to them to obtain the skill to reach immortality by offering their blood right to them.

With the incoming of the Catastrophe of the Eastern Wastelands, even more Shaman Tribes become affiliates of the Immortals. The temptation of breaking through the End for End Shamans was significant.

After the Catastrophe of the Eastern Wastelands, many changes happened in South Morning. Remnants of God of Shamans Temple, lived with the Great Patriarch on God of Shamans Island. Some other Shamans lived together with Berserkers on other islands.

## Cultivation

The Shamans’ constitution was created by Nine Li's Shaman Lord after he discarded his identity as a Berserker in the past. Due to the strangeness of our divine abilities, all our Realms that are below End are stronger than the Berserkers’.

* Shamans have six paths they can choose after their coming of age ceremony.

* In their cultivation Shamans have five stages:

## Quotes

*"This is the smell belonging to a Berserker. This smell is the sweet smell of a Berserker’s blood… A Berserker has entered the forest where our Lizard God lives. He has walked on our land and killed a warrior of the Shaman Tribe!*

*He has disturbed the Lizard God within the forest!*

*Kill him. Take his head and hang it outside our tribe. Dig out his heart and squeeze the blood out. His blood will be drunk by the powerful Shamans of our tribe!*

*Kill him, and pull out his teeth so that we can hang them off our necks as trophies!"*

## **Reference List**

1. ↑ Ch. 250
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ch. 272
3. ↑ Ch. 247
4. ↑ Ch. 893
5. ↑ Ch. 919
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Ch. 369
7. ↑ Ch. 420
8. ↑ Ch. 496
9. ↑ Ch. 438
10. ↑ Ch. 525
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Ch. 332
12. ↑ Ch. 374
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Ch. 259
14. ↑ Ch. 262