A Phoenix was domineering.
A Phoenix was powerful.
A Phoenix… spread presence with her power alone!
And at this moment, Achilles was facing the power of a Phoenix alongside Rose, as the power of an Astral Core Ascension—one that made them so terrifying—was unfolding.
The first stage of Astral Core Ascension, one of its three stages, was called… the Luminblood Stage, also known as the Astral Circulatory Infusion, as one absorbs Astral Light through their Ethereal Selves and into the bloodstream.
Luminblood.
If one did not form their Ethereal Selves,
they would not be able to attract starlight.
The once illusory, and then solid, Ethereal Stars—fused into one's being as they progressed to become Land, Sea, and Sky Dharma Kings—were critical in defining how powerful an Astral Core Ascension could be.
The more unique an Ethereal Self was determined everything as an Astral Core Ascension.
The power they could express.
How quickly they absorbed starlight.
