Indeed.
According to ancient records and certain hidden rumors passed down in secrecy, some of the most powerful Seventh-Rank factions were said to worship beings whose power was nearly godlike.
At the peak of the Master Rank, such individuals could draw upon the forces of heaven and earth themselves; their words alone carried the weight of law.
And in the even deeper foundations of the Eighth-Rank forces, the number of these Master Rank pinnacles was said to be greater still, their methods more obscure, their techniques more unfathomable.
Between the average Master Rank expert and one who had reached the pinnacle of that stage, there existed a gulf as wide as the heavens themselves.
The powers they commanded were not merely stronger—they were fundamentally different, a mysterious and overwhelming control of abilities beyond comparison with ordinary energies.
