Blood Manipulation

There has always been a fundamental question asked across the sprawling territories of the continent, debated endlessly within the prestigious military academies and top mercenary guilds of the Ranker world.

Why do talent grades exist?

In a world governed by bloodlines, magic, and sword ascension, talent grades are not merely arbitrary labels conferred by imperial scholars.

They represent the precise ceiling of a combatant's authority over the world around them.

A measure of how deeply an individual's soul can impose its will upon the physical universe.

• E-Grade Talents: The absolute floor of human awakening. These abilities offer minor physical adjustments or subtle sensory tweaks, such as low-light sight or baseline fatigue reduction.

They consume virtually no mana, but they lack any capability for combat evolution or conceptual impact.

Superhumans with such Talent could never be a Sword Master.