Ninth-Level Life
Wizard's Journey Starting from a KnightContents
- 1Biodata
- 2Nature of Ninth-Level Life
- 3Defining Traits
- 3.1Eternal Essence
- 3.2Transcendence of Spacetime
- 3.3Life Tier and Combat Power
- 4Classification
- 4.1Current Six-Level Hierarchy
- 4.2Special Tiers
- 4.3Earlier Five-Stage Scheme
- 5Relationship with Voids
- 6Subjective and Objective Existence
- 7Known Representatives
- 8Relationships
- 9Trivia
Biodata
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Ninth-Level Life |
| Original Name | 9级生命 |
| Type | Neutral Character (AI) |
| Species/Race | Ninth-Level Lifeform |
| Occupation/Role | Transcendent life tier of Hyperspace |
| First Appearance | Chapter 558 |
Nature of Ninth-Level Life
Ninth-Level Life is the theoretical pinnacle of life in Hyperspace; no Tenth-Level Lifeforms are known to exist. It represents a life essence that has transcended ordinary spacetime rather than a fixed measure of combat strength 891.
- A conventional Ninth-Level Lifeform is created when a Half-Ninth-Level Life survives the end of its Void Era and undergoes a qualitative transformation at the Void’s termination and birthplace 891 926.
- The decisive requirement for conventional ascension is an absolutely unbreakable will. The trial may take the form of temptation, a crucial choice, or another deeply personal ordeal 909.
- Green identifies Creation Force and Nihility Force as an alternative route to Ninth Level, bypassing the usual need to endure Void’s End 833 906.
- Ninth-Level Lives exist beyond normal spacetime. Their past and future manifestations within spacetime are only projections that preserve timeline integrity 901.
Defining Traits
Eternal Essence
Ninth-Level Lives possess eternally indestructible bodies and souls. Their essence cannot be destroyed by ordinary lower-level power, and even other Ninth-Level Lives generally suppress rather than permanently kill one another 891 896.
- Their existence is not bound by natural death or ordinary change 891.
- A Ninth-Level Life may lose accumulated power, but this does not necessarily destroy its life essence; it can rebuild from weaker Voids over immense periods 901.
- Their Undying Will steadily erodes seals, meaning lasting imprisonment requires continual reinforcement or direct supervision 930.
- Green’s later experiment shows that perfected Omniscience and Omnipotence Force can erase a Ninth-Level Life’s body, soul, and will. Its core essence nevertheless remains and may return if the erasure command is revoked 1221.
Transcendence of Spacetime
Ninth-Level Lives are compared to pedestrians walking along the banks of a river of time: they can enter or leave the Spacetime River and move between Void Eras without being trapped by its current 626.
- Their transcendent nature allows them to exist outside a Void’s normal temporal restrictions 626.
- Their presence is too complete for an ordinary Void to contain in its original form 909.
- A true Ninth-Level Life entering a Void must adapt its existence; otherwise, the Void’s resistance may escalate into catastrophic conflict or even trigger the Void’s end 909.
Life Tier and Combat Power
“Ninth-Level” describes life essence, not guaranteed combat superiority. Ninth-Level Lives from weak Voids may be weaker than Eighth-Level beings born in powerful Voids 890 891.
- Most of the Ninth-Level Lives observed approaching the Endless Void possessed only roughly Eighth-Level combat power, with none exceeding the Half-Ninth-Level boundary 898.
- A Void Will may suppress an intruding Ninth-Level Life so thoroughly that it cannot defeat the Will within that Void 890.
- Power differences among Ninth-Level Lives remain extreme despite their shared eternal essence 920 922.
Classification
Current Six-Level Hierarchy
The older classification system was replaced by a more refined hierarchy in which newly acquired powers are immediately usable at full control 902.
| Level | Description |
|---|---|
| Transcendent Eternity | Eternal, indestructible life essence that transcends ordinary spacetime 902 |
| Void Omnipotence | Reaches the power standard associated with a Void and the Infinite Domain 891 902 |
| Total Sight | Perceives phenomena and traces across past, present, and future; perception does not guarantee truth or the ability to intervene 902 |
| Omniscience | Understands facts, motives, karma, and schemes within the past and present 902 |
| Total Authority | Holds near-omnipotent power while remaining constrained by objective logic 902 |
| Omnipotence | Transcends logical restrictions and can reshape objective reality through subjective power; no known Ninth-Level Life in Hyperspace possesses it 902 |
Special Tiers
| Tier | Description |
|---|---|
| Unknowability | Prevents other Ninth-Level Lives from discovering the bearer’s information, even through Total Sight or Omniscience 902 |
| Unknown | Grants power not found elsewhere in Hyperspace; this tier is currently unattained 902 |
Earlier Five-Stage Scheme
An earlier model divided Ninth-Level Life into Transcendent Eternity, Void Omnipotence, All-Seeing and All-Knowing, Omnipotent Authority, and Omniscience and Omnipotence 891. Olorusville’s unfamiliarity with this framework later reveals that it was outdated or incomplete 901 902.
Relationship with Voids
Ninth-Level Lives and Voids have an adversarial but dependent relationship. A Void provides resources and opportunities, while its Will resists outsiders whose existence threatens its stability 890.
- Ninth-Level Lives commonly infiltrate Voids quietly and wait for the Void Era to weaken before stealing resources and power 890.
- Repeated plundering permanently lowers a Void’s potential and can eventually cause it to downgrade 890.
- When entering the Endless Void, a Ninth-Level Life’s transcendent essence is reduced into a form the Void can contain, effectively lowering it to Half-Ninth-Level status 909.
- Powerful Void Wills can expose hidden Ninth-Level infiltrators, strip their acquired power, and expel them into Hyperspace 1189 1216.
- A strong Void makes ascension more difficult: its Creation Force and the Nihility Force generated at Void’s End are correspondingly more dangerous 896.
Subjective and Objective Existence
Green’s research concludes that conventional Ninth-Level Lives transfer their life boundaries from the Objective Domain into the Subjective Domain through unwavering will, while retaining the ability to extend power back into objective reality 933.
- Within the Subjective Domain, a firmly held belief can become reality 933.
- Green theorizes that the Undying Essence of Ninth-Level Life is sustained by the collective belief of Ninth-Level beings that they are eternal 933.
- Creation Force and Nihility Force originate from the Objective Domain and therefore cannot, by themselves, permanently destroy a Ninth-Level Life rooted in the Subjective Domain 933.
- Green later determines that the “Subjective World” he had been studying was another Hyperspace, making subjective and objective reality relative to the observer’s position and awareness 1221.
Known Representatives
- Green — Achieved Ninth Level by completing his Creation Force Model and merging Creation Force with Nihility Force, rather than surviving Void’s End by conventional means 906.
- Olorusville — Ninth-Level Life who supplied Green with updated information on the modern hierarchy and gave him the pointer to the Eternity Gathering Place 901 902.
- Bratoros — Ninth-Level Life sealed alongside Olorusville; surrendered one-tenth of his power essence in exchange for release 901 902.
- Baro — A knowledgeable Ninth-Level Life who traded information to Green for Law Crystals 923 924.
- Callistool — A Ninth-Level Life previously suppressed for tens of millions of billions of years and used as an experimental subject and energy source by a Top-Tier Void civilization 896.
Relationships
- Void Wills — Natural suppressors and adversaries of intruding Ninth-Level Lives; they can reduce, erase, or expel outsiders’ power within their own Voids 890 909 1189.
- Half-Ninth-Level Lives — Potential ascendants whose conventional path requires enduring the destruction of a Void Era without losing their wills 891 926.
- Green — An exceptional Ninth-Level Life whose Creation Force and Nihility Force route gives him power far beyond ordinary newly ascended Transcendents 906 1216.
- Eternity Gathering Place — A regulated meeting place where Ninth-Level Lives communicate and issue missions; combat and theft of the gathering Void’s power are forbidden 911.
Trivia
- Ninth-Level Lifeforms may be immortal, but immortality often makes long-term hatred meaningless; suppressors commonly abandon eternal grudges after several Void Eras 891.
- Fewer than one million Ninth-Level Lives are believed to exist in Hyperspace 920.
- Ninth-Level Lives are drawn to Voids partly because Hyperspace is monotonous and lacks ordinary spacetime, while Voids offer variety, activity, and companionship 912.