Genetic Ascension

Chapter 1404: Astral

Sylas didnʼt need more words than this to know what Gwenu meant. It seemed that he would be able to trade for the legacies of the other Lineages after all. Now it was just a matter of… how much.

Seeing the prices for trade, though, Sylas had no choice but to temper whatever excitement he was feeling. He had expected as much, but the prices were still incredibly steep.

The division system of War Points was quite straightforward. There was a formula to understand the value of everything.

The first division was by Tier Grade. There were F-tier, E-tier, D-tier, and even C-tier challenges set up.

However, this was just the first and most basic division.

Beyond this, every Tier Grade was further divided into three divisions. These divisions were known as the Soldier Grade, the General Grade, and the Warlord Grade.

These were essentially difficulty scalings.

There were by far the most Soldier Grade challenges. These were the sort of challenges that the Sanctum expected their disciples to be capable of clearing.

Of course, they were still a great challenge. It could be said that most disciples of median strength would be facing crises of life and death when facing off against these Soldier Grade challenges.

Then there were General Grade challenges. These were challenges that would threaten the life of even those in the top 100 of the Tier Rankings.

Finally, there were the Warlord Grade challenges. These were challenges designed for those who were reaching beyond the realms of normalcy. Even the likes of Gwenu and Morvok, who ranked two and one respectively on their leaderboards, would have better than 90% odds of death when facing such a challenge.

The only disciples who could easily clear a Warlord Grade challenge would be those ranked quite high in a superior tier of strength. But… one was only allowed to challenge within oneʼs tier and higher—never lower.

It could be said that when they formed these Warlord Grade challenges, they didnʼt expect anyone to be able to clear them. However, the rewards for doing so were likewise excellent.

A Soldier Grade challenge could be worth anywhere from around 3 to 10 War Points. A General Grade challenge was worth anywhere from 50 to 100 War Points.

A Warlord Grade challenge, though? Their lowest War Points rewarded started at five figures.

However, Sylas saw several problems with this.

The first was that there were too few of these Warlord Grade challenges.

In the F-tier, there were only four of them, and one of them required leaving this Sector entirely. The other three were all related to Dungeons.

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[Kaleidomire (Astral)]

[Level Maximum: 50]

[Recommended: 20,000 Mental]

[Entry Limit: 3]

[Description: Warped in mystery and steeped in illusions, sparkling with the colors of the universe and painted with the Wills of the dead. Hidden in the shadows of these questions, marred by the taste of failure, lie the answers in wait. Face the beginning of the universe with the conviction of one that stands at the end] [War Points: 37,000]

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[Vault of the Chrono Paradox (Astral)]

[Level Maximum: 50]

[Recommended: 25,000 Mental]

[Entry Limit: 5]

[Description: The touch of time and the advent of humanity. The fourth dimension is real to us, but fleeting to the universe, a paradox of reality, a misconception of realization. Does a tree falling in an abandoned forest make a noise? Does time exist without perception? Is reality true without anyone there to experience it] [War Points: 55,000]

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[The Abyssal Cathedral (Astral)]

[Level Maximum: 50]

[Recommended: 15,000 Physical]

[Entry Limit: 50]

[Description: A temple of warship and the pleading tides of a fallen god. Buried beneath the blackened waters of time, history, and deathly oceans, the tides pull at your very soul and crush you beneath their heft. Reach toward the pearly depths and face off against enemies lurking in the dark] [War Points: 147,000]

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[The Champion Arena (Empyrean)]

[Level Maximum: 50]

[Recommended: ???]

[Entry Limit: N/A]

[Description: N/A]

[War Points: 1,150,100]

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Astral and Empyrean. It was probably the second thing Sylas noticed after the War Points that were available.

Classic Rank Dungeons were Dungeons ranked in the top 1,000 of a District, a mere segment of a Galaxy. Mythic Dungeons were top million in a Galaxy as a whole. Epic Rank Dungeons were top 100,000 in a Galaxy, and Ascendent Rank Dungeons were top 10,000 in a Galaxy… all before you got to Eternal Rank and Titan Rank, top 1,000 and top 100 in a Galaxy respectively.

But then there was an enormous watershed moment. Beyond that, one was speaking not of Galaxy rankings, but Sector-wide rankings.

However, it wasnʼt just this… this wasnʼt a mere matter of rankings.

An Astral Rank Dungeon was top 100 in an entire Sector. Even someone who managed to clear a Titan Rank Dungeon would find themselves dead in such a Dungeon. The gap was far too large.

An Empyrean Rank Dungeon was top 10 in an entire Sector, a behemoth of a Dungeon, the sort that could reap the lives of even Imperiums.

But as was said… this wasnʼt a simple matter of rankings. And just looking at the recommended stats, it was clear enough why this was the case.

Gwenu was one of the strongest E-tiers in the entire Sector and she barely had stats that were half the recommended stats of these Ranked Dungeons. And these were F-Grade Dungeons! Not E-Grade ones.

So how was that possible?

That was because these Dungeons… they had never been cleared by people of this Sector in the first place. The only reason the Sector hadnʼt been overrun was because of special permissions given to those outside the Sector to partake in these Dungeons.

What truly separated Astral Rank Dungeons from Titan Rank ones was hidden in the name. It was intergalactic, and they were the few territories where suppression of the system against outsiders was nullified.

The system knew when Astral Rank Dungeons appeared in a Sector, its inhabitants would be most likely unable to clear them themselves.

As such… these Dungeons became hubs for geniuses from outside the Sector to come and collect rewards and stop large segments of the universe from being wiped out.

One could imagine, then, if an Astral Rank Dungeon was already such an ordeal…

Then what was an Empyrean Ranked one?

This was why, looking at the War Points, Sylas was completely unmoved.

They actually dared to reward him so few points?