The Stage of a Pathway was usually represented by different names, like it was called Rank for the Body Pathway and Stars for the Mage Pathway.
The glowing spheres represented the number of Stars formed within one's Mana Core. The more the stars, the greater the Mana capacity in the mana core.
Normally, everyone was given a total of twelve years since their awakening to master the basics of the Mage Pathway and increase the number of stars in their Mana Core, which would eventually serve as the fuel for their Spells.
However, it was incredibly difficult to do so. Much of it depended on the Rank of the Mana Circulation Technique one practiced as a higher-ranked Technique would give them denser mana reserves and faster circulation speed.
As the crowd watched the spheres light up, they weren't sure if they could even feel more shocked than they already were so they simply waited for the final result.
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