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Zhen Chan is a God, which in his world runs upon a series of rules-
1) Every God has a Divine Power, separated into many categories. This Divine Power is something they are born with and cannot change. These powers are usually separated into groups and then into more specific subsections. For example, Divine Power: Heaven and Earth has been shown in three forms- one for control of lighting, one for control of wind and one for control of earth. Each user can only control that one area of influence.
2) Gods can learn Divine Skill, mastering the power they have and releasing a great deal of strength in an instant. Divine Skill can be completely different or complementary to their Divine Power.
3) Gods can learn Mantra, essentially casting spells by consuming an amount of Transcendent Vigour, their life force. Mantra has many uses, ranging from defensive enchantments to binding spells to cursing beings to undeath to controlling minds.
All Gods are more physically powerful in all respects than humans, a child stronger than tens of humans. They are also much more inherently intelligent than humans. They are also able to sustain themselves in harsh environments such as Hell. On average they live three hundred years or so, aging and maturing much more slowly than humans, but more powerful individuals live longer- the oldest is over ten thousand years old.
Zhen Chan is an especially unique God. He possesses the Divine Power: Eternal Life, an ability used for healing and protection primarily, but his skill in it is so incredible he is one of the five given the warrior title of Sage King, a title given only to the utmost of the elite and usually reserved for those who had become Great Gods, the winners of combative competitions. He is also very skilled in Mantra and has an advantage over other users in that his Divine Power restores his Transcendent Vigour immediately. He possesses great strength and durability, far beyond that of most warrior gods but there is little chance of him directly utilising them. His 'fighting style' in fact has very little directly offensive abilities and of those, none are physical. He is also agile and able to fly. As with all users of Divine Power: Eternal Life he can heal others. His is great enough he is effectively immortal himself- the true manifestation of Eternal Life. Often as an unintended side effect of using his powers, plants and animals come into existence, usually just flowers, grass, butterflies and birds but he can conciously control it.
It is unclear sometimes whether the abilities Zhen Chan uses are Divine Power, Divine Skill or Mantra and I choose not to speculate. The following is a list of the powers he uses.
Unnamed Blessing; Using Divine Power he spreads light to his companions to grant them incredible regeneration. Even this weaker version can restore serious wounds.
Divine Power: Eternal Life- Endless Reincarnation Increasing the blessing, even fatal wounds are negated. However it cannot revive those already dead, and decapitation will still kill.
Unnamed Blossom Skill Zhen Chan turns himself into blue blossoms and travels quickly through the air. He can also make small platforms of blossoms around his feet to float on. He can communicate in this form.
Binding Curse A curse that binds.
Over powering A simple but effective ability to release his power in a manner that can even breach dimensional walls. Effective physically and on energy.
Divine Skill: Wheel of Judgement Using Divine Skill Zhen Chan inflicts the wounds the target has created in the past upon them themselves.
True Form of Arhat This skill creates a huge statue like form used for brute force combat. Zhen Chan is inside.
Divine Power: Empty Reflection of the Moon Zhen Chan focuses his power to become intangible. He is unaffected by attacks and instead the attacker receives the damage.
World Within The World More of a side effect than a skill. When Zhen Chang gets serious the landscape changes, creating a small universe.
Boundless World A more focused and effective version of the above, Boundless World creates a real world that plays out the life of the target changing it through countless reiterations to enlighten them. This requires the creation of a stone totem that is hard to leave quickly for Zhen Chan. It is possible to escape the Boundless World with an incredibly clear mind that values the things changed too much to let them go. Boundless World does not have to be damaging and can be used to save someone's soul from dangerous influences, or allow people to learn more about themselves.
Prayer Bead Binding By wrapping his beads around an opponent he can attune them to that person at which point they will tighten and drain the target's strength whenever that person has evil thoughts, making them unable to harm others so long as the beads remain.
This collection of sophisticated abilities lend themselves well to a defensive style, that overcomes opponents with non-violent means and allows Zhen Chan to not take responsibility for the death of his opponents as they (often literally) bring it upon themselves. Even his direct attacks are not done by himself but rather by a construct.
However, under certain circumstances Zhen Chan transforms into Er Chan (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
listenhereyoushit), a representation of his internal struggle with enlightenment and the world. Physically and mentally the opposite of the serene Zhen Chan, Er Chan also has very different abilities.
His physical durability is utterly insane and his 'overpower' is always in effect. However, his Divine Power: Eternal Life is inverted. His great physical strength makes just his voice a weapon and his speed and skill are not lacking either.
He possesses a single seen power-
Wheel of Sin This skill traps the target in realm of gears that reflect their sins. In this way it is similar to Wheel of Judgement, but with the difference that the boundary is infinite. Because the universe of Wheel of Sin exists in the palm of his hand he can crush it at any time. Wheel of Sin can be escaped by a force great enough to hold it together and punch outside.
Although his destructive capacity has increased massively, it is a brute power that (barring Wheel of Sin) lacks the unconventional nature of Zhen Chan's abilities and thus is in some ways easier to deal with.
Weaknesses
Although generally lacking in any specifically crippling holes in his armour, Zhen Chan does have his weaknesses.
Heaven Punisher is a sword wielded by the strongest human swordsman, Zi Yu. It is created by the power of Smelting Aura, an ability to forge objects with special qualities by using material from another world. The special quality of Heaven Punisher is a flame that burns Transcendent Vigour and can therefore destroy the power of the Gods. It renders Divine Power: Empty Reflection of the Moon useless (as the flames do minimal damage to anything but Gods and the process still sets Zhen Chan alight), though he can still dispel it by overpowering the flames when in small amounts. Similar powers would have the same effect.
Divine Power: Monochrome is the rarest divine power, and possesses the ability to suppress all forms of attack or defence within its colour draining field of effect, draining the power of all skills by an amount equal to the user's power. Although Zhen Chan has not fought anyone with the power, I would imagine it would be quite effective on him due to his reliance on his abilities, although they would still have to over power him.
Psychological fighting is likely to be fairly effective, as Zhen Chan ultimately would like to resolve matters without bloodshed and seeks only truth and peace. By manipulating his feelings, either purposefully or not, it is possible to cause him to cease fighting. Although he firmly holds his beliefs, successfully causing him to question them demoralises him. Additionally, Er Chan is easy to anger and trick into making mistakes.
Lack of Battle Experience as a result of his low number of fights and abilities that help him to avoid conventional combat, Zhen Chan can be taken by surprise by more experienced warriors or especially tricky ones.
Focus is required for most of Zhen Chan's techniques and he can only use one at a time. Shortly after the use of one, there is a window where it is difficult to use another.
1) Every God has a Divine Power, separated into many categories. This Divine Power is something they are born with and cannot change. These powers are usually separated into groups and then into more specific subsections. For example, Divine Power: Heaven and Earth has been shown in three forms- one for control of lighting, one for control of wind and one for control of earth. Each user can only control that one area of influence.
2) Gods can learn Divine Skill, mastering the power they have and releasing a great deal of strength in an instant. Divine Skill can be completely different or complementary to their Divine Power.
3) Gods can learn Mantra, essentially casting spells by consuming an amount of Transcendent Vigour, their life force. Mantra has many uses, ranging from defensive enchantments to binding spells to cursing beings to undeath to controlling minds.
All Gods are more physically powerful in all respects than humans, a child stronger than tens of humans. They are also much more inherently intelligent than humans. They are also able to sustain themselves in harsh environments such as Hell. On average they live three hundred years or so, aging and maturing much more slowly than humans, but more powerful individuals live longer- the oldest is over ten thousand years old.
Zhen Chan is an especially unique God. He possesses the Divine Power: Eternal Life, an ability used for healing and protection primarily, but his skill in it is so incredible he is one of the five given the warrior title of Sage King, a title given only to the utmost of the elite and usually reserved for those who had become Great Gods, the winners of combative competitions. He is also very skilled in Mantra and has an advantage over other users in that his Divine Power restores his Transcendent Vigour immediately. He possesses great strength and durability, far beyond that of most warrior gods but there is little chance of him directly utilising them. His 'fighting style' in fact has very little directly offensive abilities and of those, none are physical. He is also agile and able to fly. As with all users of Divine Power: Eternal Life he can heal others. His is great enough he is effectively immortal himself- the true manifestation of Eternal Life. Often as an unintended side effect of using his powers, plants and animals come into existence, usually just flowers, grass, butterflies and birds but he can conciously control it.
It is unclear sometimes whether the abilities Zhen Chan uses are Divine Power, Divine Skill or Mantra and I choose not to speculate. The following is a list of the powers he uses.
Unnamed Blessing; Using Divine Power he spreads light to his companions to grant them incredible regeneration. Even this weaker version can restore serious wounds.
Divine Power: Eternal Life- Endless Reincarnation Increasing the blessing, even fatal wounds are negated. However it cannot revive those already dead, and decapitation will still kill.
Unnamed Blossom Skill Zhen Chan turns himself into blue blossoms and travels quickly through the air. He can also make small platforms of blossoms around his feet to float on. He can communicate in this form.
Binding Curse A curse that binds.
Over powering A simple but effective ability to release his power in a manner that can even breach dimensional walls. Effective physically and on energy.
Divine Skill: Wheel of Judgement Using Divine Skill Zhen Chan inflicts the wounds the target has created in the past upon them themselves.
True Form of Arhat This skill creates a huge statue like form used for brute force combat. Zhen Chan is inside.
Divine Power: Empty Reflection of the Moon Zhen Chan focuses his power to become intangible. He is unaffected by attacks and instead the attacker receives the damage.
World Within The World More of a side effect than a skill. When Zhen Chang gets serious the landscape changes, creating a small universe.
Boundless World A more focused and effective version of the above, Boundless World creates a real world that plays out the life of the target changing it through countless reiterations to enlighten them. This requires the creation of a stone totem that is hard to leave quickly for Zhen Chan. It is possible to escape the Boundless World with an incredibly clear mind that values the things changed too much to let them go. Boundless World does not have to be damaging and can be used to save someone's soul from dangerous influences, or allow people to learn more about themselves.
Prayer Bead Binding By wrapping his beads around an opponent he can attune them to that person at which point they will tighten and drain the target's strength whenever that person has evil thoughts, making them unable to harm others so long as the beads remain.
This collection of sophisticated abilities lend themselves well to a defensive style, that overcomes opponents with non-violent means and allows Zhen Chan to not take responsibility for the death of his opponents as they (often literally) bring it upon themselves. Even his direct attacks are not done by himself but rather by a construct.
However, under certain circumstances Zhen Chan transforms into Er Chan (
listenhereyoushit), a representation of his internal struggle with enlightenment and the world. Physically and mentally the opposite of the serene Zhen Chan, Er Chan also has very different abilities.
His physical durability is utterly insane and his 'overpower' is always in effect. However, his Divine Power: Eternal Life is inverted. His great physical strength makes just his voice a weapon and his speed and skill are not lacking either.
He possesses a single seen power-
Wheel of Sin This skill traps the target in realm of gears that reflect their sins. In this way it is similar to Wheel of Judgement, but with the difference that the boundary is infinite. Because the universe of Wheel of Sin exists in the palm of his hand he can crush it at any time. Wheel of Sin can be escaped by a force great enough to hold it together and punch outside.
Although his destructive capacity has increased massively, it is a brute power that (barring Wheel of Sin) lacks the unconventional nature of Zhen Chan's abilities and thus is in some ways easier to deal with.
Weaknesses
Although generally lacking in any specifically crippling holes in his armour, Zhen Chan does have his weaknesses.
Heaven Punisher is a sword wielded by the strongest human swordsman, Zi Yu. It is created by the power of Smelting Aura, an ability to forge objects with special qualities by using material from another world. The special quality of Heaven Punisher is a flame that burns Transcendent Vigour and can therefore destroy the power of the Gods. It renders Divine Power: Empty Reflection of the Moon useless (as the flames do minimal damage to anything but Gods and the process still sets Zhen Chan alight), though he can still dispel it by overpowering the flames when in small amounts. Similar powers would have the same effect.
Divine Power: Monochrome is the rarest divine power, and possesses the ability to suppress all forms of attack or defence within its colour draining field of effect, draining the power of all skills by an amount equal to the user's power. Although Zhen Chan has not fought anyone with the power, I would imagine it would be quite effective on him due to his reliance on his abilities, although they would still have to over power him.
Psychological fighting is likely to be fairly effective, as Zhen Chan ultimately would like to resolve matters without bloodshed and seeks only truth and peace. By manipulating his feelings, either purposefully or not, it is possible to cause him to cease fighting. Although he firmly holds his beliefs, successfully causing him to question them demoralises him. Additionally, Er Chan is easy to anger and trick into making mistakes.
Lack of Battle Experience as a result of his low number of fights and abilities that help him to avoid conventional combat, Zhen Chan can be taken by surprise by more experienced warriors or especially tricky ones.
Focus is required for most of Zhen Chan's techniques and he can only use one at a time. Shortly after the use of one, there is a window where it is difficult to use another.