A - Celestial Harmony Technique

Name: Celestial Harmony Technique

Technique Power Ranking: A

Description: The Celestial Harmony Technique is a rare and ancient Ki method built on the ideal of true internal balance, between magic, body, and eventually the soul. Born from the teachings of a long-lost civilization that sought perfection not through raw power, but through synchronicity, this technique tempers the user through disciplined dual cultivation of mana and body. Few records remain, and those who follow this path are considered walking contradictions, unshakable yet flowing, firm yet free.

Pathways:

Stage One: To master the first stage, the practitioner must spend 50 days and nights in silent meditation, unmoving, allowing only passive absorption of mana through their breath. No speech, movement, or stimulation is allowed, only attunement to magic.

• Bonus: Increases the practitioner’s base magical abilities by 2x.

• Backlash: Temporarily reduces physical strength by 50% due to magical over-saturation.

Stage Two: The practitioner must undergo 50 days of ceaseless physical training, never sleeping, constantly healing through natural rest cycles or medicinal support. They must break, rebuild, and endure to temper the body in equal hardship.

• Bonus: Increases the user’s base physical strength by 4x.

• Backlash: Lowers the user’s lifespan by 5% and leaves their body in a weakened state for 20 days following completion.

Stage Three: The practitioner must complete 30 days of active combat with other people or creatures, alternating between physical and magical actions within each encounter. True mastery comes when they learn to weave mana and muscle together fluidly, without one dominating the other.

• Bonus: The practitioner unlocks Balanced Conversion, allowing them to:

  • Spend stamina to restore up to 20% of mana, or spend mana to restore up to 40% of stamina, twice per combat encounter.

  • They gain an additional 1x in Magic and 2x in Physical, respectively.

  • Additionally, they gain 20% faster casting/recovery speed when rotating between magic and melee in short succession.

• Backlash: If the practitioner neglects one side of their training (e.g., going more than 3 days without using both magic and physical combat in some capacity), the balance begins to unravel.

  • After 5 days of imbalance, the user loses this stage's bonus until they perform a 3-day rebalancing ritual involving focused dual practice.

  • Stat changes from equipment, buffs/debuffs, or racials do not count toward this imbalance. Only behavior and usage matter.

Stage Four: The practitioner must train under unstable or chaotic conditions, shifting terrain, volatile mana fields, or extreme weather, while actively using both their physical and magical abilities in tandem for 50 days.

• Bonus: Grants an additional 4x to both base physical and magical stats. Also enables the practitioner to maintain stable output even in chaotic battlefields.

• Backlash: If the practitioner fails to complete the Final Stage within 10 years, the accumulated dual energy will fracture, causing internal disharmony that rapidly decays both physical and magical capabilities.

Final Stage: To master the technique fully, the practitioner must undergo a ritual to align body, mana, and soul.