Ki'Nua closed her eyes, deeply focusing on her meridians, sensing the Ghost Qi flow through them, as if it was the most natural. She then tried to activate her Clan's cultivation technique, noticing how she had forgotten it entirely.

And, in place of it was a new cultivation technique, a derivation of her Clan's cultivation technique. Just this fact alone proved that the master of the Withered Courtyard was the First Celestial Emperor.

After all, only the four Celestial Emperors had mastered the cultivation technique to the extent they could change or modify it. As it was already perfect from the start, because it was created by the world, no Celestial Emperor bothered to upgrade it. But, that didn't mean they hadn't mastered the cultivation technique.

Rather, they had only become the Celestial Emperor after mastering the cultivation technique. That was one of the conditions, one they used to make their respective elements submit to them.

And now, the same technique had been modified and imbued in her, causing her Ghost Qi to circulate accordingly. She could trace the roots of the cultivation technique to her Clan's cultivation technique. But the modifications shocked her. For, she was unable to understand just how something like that resulted in Ghost Qi circulating through her meridians without any issues.

'So, sister Re'Luk…Re'Kha has the Wind and Wood elements in her, just like me.' She thought, then focusing on her Pranic Heart that was thumping and causing the Ghost Qi to circulate without pause.

As she focused, she peered right into it, meditating in such a state as the image of her Pranic Avatar outlined in her mind. This too was a technique taught to her. Only through it would her performance be impeccable and prevent people from noticing anything amiss.

A beast with the mane and lower jaw of a lion, an upper jaw, trunk, and the tusks of an elephant, it had a frightening face. With the massive body of a lion, it was covered by a layer of scales, through the gaps of which grew hair, creating a fur-like mane throughout its body, almost shaped into feathers.

The skin over its stomach flesh was tough, connected by a pair of tough hinge bones along the spine, allowing it to be retracted and unfurled like wings any time. And finally, it had a long tail of a snake.

Overall, it was a hulking beast with zero weakness and was the apex predator of their race, one born to live in all of their four elements. Moreover, along with their cultivation technique, this Pranic Avatar too was created by the world and given to the First Celestial Emperor, starting the legacy of the Royal Clan, and invariably, their race.

Yali!

And, it was the sole Pranic Avatar with five foundations, giving it the status of a Divine Beast. The foundation of a Pranic Avatar was basically its developmental and growth potential. The higher the foundation, the stronger it was.

Pranic Avatars had restrictions placed on them based on their foundations. A Pranic Avatar with a single foundation was typically addressed as a Magic Animal. It consumed 10 units of Elemental Qi to materialise and could exist in the material world for 120 breaths.

The Pranic Avatar of the Burkurel Re Clan had one foundation.

A Pranic Avatar with two foundations was called a Beast. They were on par with the beasts in the wilds. They needed 20 units of Elemental Qi to materialise and could last for 240 breaths in the material world. Moreover, they could unleash a breath attack that was on par with the beasts in the wilds.

But, they could only unleash a breath attack in one element. Moreover, it would be fixed upon the first launch. So, if a Harmoniser wielded the elements of water and metal, suppose his Pranic Avatar launched a breath attack in the water element, it would be fixed. After that, it could only unleash breath attacks in the water element until the Harmoniser's death. It would never be able to unleash a breath attack in the metal element.

A Pranic Avatar with three foundations was called an Elemental Beast. It was stronger than a regular beast in the wild. It needed 40 units of Elemental Qi to materialise and could last for 480 breaths in the material world.

It can unleash one breath attack per element. So, if a Harmoniser wielded two elements, it could unleash two breath attacks, one per each element. The Pranic Avatar of the Burmat Re Clan had three foundations.

A Pranic Avatar with four foundations was known as a Martial Beast and was on par with Beast Kings in the wild in terms of strength. It needed 80 units of Elemental Qi to materialise and could last an entire day in the material world.

From the Pranic Avatar with three foundations to one with four was a major leap in strength, achieving a qualitative change. Such a Pranic Avatar could unleash 10 breath attacks in total. Moreover, the reason it was called a Martial Beast was because it could also use one of the Harmoniser's Pranic Arts.

Once fixed, it could never be changed. But still, being able to wield a Pranic Art would make it tremendously powerful to the extent it could go toe to toe with a Beast King in the wilds without the help of the Harmoniser.

The three-headed beast of the master of Re'Kha was at this level. The Pranic Avatars of Clansmen from the main family of the Four Great Clans—stationed in the capital—too were at this level. Their subsidiary families though, stationed in the other cities only had three foundations.

And finally, the Pranic Avatar with five foundations, standing at the apex of all Pranic Avatars was known as a Divine Beast. It needed 100 units of Elemental Qi to be summoned and could last for one entire season.

Moreover, it could unleash a total of 10 breath attacks and wield two Pranic Arts. It would become an unstoppable force in any battle. But, the reason it had attained the Divine Beast status wasn't because of this.