Essence ofAshborn (Solo Leveling)

By drinking this Essence of shadows and death, you gain the powers of the Shadow Monarch: the former Ruler known as Ashborn.

• You may remake your body however you want. The exact details are up to you, but, as a default, you will be at the peak of health in all aspects (physical, mentally, emotionally, genetically, etc), and extremely resistant (if not outright immune) to degradation of that health in any fashion.

• You have become the inheritor of powers belonging to what can best be described as a dark god, or perhaps a fallen Angel: Ashborn, the King of the Dead. Hosting Ashborn's power has a wide range of benefits, even without accounting for his myriad of powers.

• You possess strength to pulverize a skyscraper with your punches, durability to survive hits of those equal to you, moving speed that leaves all modern jets in the dust and combat speed fast enough to react and fight opponents fighting at light speed. To put it bluntly, you can easily pulp even National level Hunters with casual ease, to say nothing of what you can do with actual effort.

• You become ageless, permanently locked at whatever age and physical state you wish. Moreover, you can also shapeshift your body in any way you please, including altering your age.

• You exist on both a physical and spiritual level, meaning any attempts at harming you must harm both the body and soul to even have a hope of hurting you.

• You are immune to the negative effects of time manipulation and reality manipulation, meaning no paradoxes can ever effect you in any way save the most beneficial (such as giving you a second chance to do things over).

• Ashborn had a wide range of abilities as the Shadow Monarch, making him one of the most powerful beings in his universe. And, through this Essence, you too possess these powers, such as the following:

• As the title implies, the Shadow Monarch can manipulate darkness and shadows in every way and level imaginable, an absolute authority beyond any others. One of the most obvious uses of this ability is turning shadows into objects like armor or weapons. In your case, you can create anything you desire from shadows and magical energy, including magical potions and powerful weapons like the Knight Killer or Demon King Longsword.

• You possess the Monarch's Heart, a secondary heart that acts as a potent reactor for any and all supernatural energies, granting you an ungodly amount of energy for whatever you might need. Moreover, this supply will increase with time and use, and will never cause negative effects for you.

• You possess the Monarch's Domain, the ability to create a field of space around you with various benefits, such as preventing the escape of enemies, the manipulation of the environment according to your will, and, most importantly, augmenting the power of your troops and allies.

• You are capable of using the technique known as Spiritual Body Manifestation, allowing you to take on your "true state" as a higher entity. This can be considered removing any limiters you might have, dramatically increasing your powers and the potential cost of ravaging the surrounding environment and everything (and everyone) in it. Unlike the Monarchs, however, you have full control of this, so you do not threaten anything you do not want to.

• Finally, you possess Ashborn's signature ability, the power that made him the most feared among all Monarchs: Shadow Extraction. With a flex of will, you can resurrect the fallen and turn them into Shadows completely and absolutely devoted to you. These Shadows are the complete pinnacle of Undead, with any other example being a poor imitation in comparison. Your Shadows possess all the power and prowess they had in life (internalized and made intrinsic if it otherwise relied on an outside source), can grow even stronger than their previous selves, and can endlessly restore and reform from any kind of damage or harm (even complete erasure) so long as you can supply them with energy, among others. Shadow Extraction also has many "sub-abilities", such as allowing Shadows to hide within shadows (such as your own), allowing to retain an infinite amount of Shadows (Shadow Storage), allowing you to share senses with Shadows, allowing you to instantly switch places across any distance with any Shadows you have manifested (Shadow Exchange), and so on.

• Moreover, unlike Ashborn, you may turn any entity into a Shadow, including beings like the Rulers and Monarchs.

• You may also take the entire Army of the Dead, a force of billions of Shadows raised by Ashborn and his successor Sung Jinwoo. This includes powerful Shadows such as Bellion, Igris, Beru, Kaisel, and more.

• As the King of the Dead, you are the closest thing possible to an incarnation of Death as a force, entity, or concept. Any and all death based powers are available to you and subject to your absolute authority: necromancy, soul manipulation, death magics, ruling afterlives, reincarnation, empowering yourself with death, and so on and so forth. Moreover, you are fundamentally immortal in all regards (without the pitfalls, negatives, or weaknesses of other forms), for you have mastered death. Any being affiliated with death, such as necromancers, the undead, and even manifestations of Death can recognize your nature and will beg and scrape in due to your absolute authority over them.

• As a former Ruler, you have access to their unique ability: Ruler's Authority. This telekinetic power costs absolutely no energy to use, and can be used over vast distances with incredible finesse and precision. You can toss enemies across the battlefield and snipe them out of the sky with your controlled weapons, should you wish. This ability is strong enough to affect even godlike beings such as Rulers and Monarchs. Moreover, you will have absolutely no issue using this power in battle alongside your other skills and abilities.

• As with the Rulers, you possess the ability to create Gates: portals to other dimensions known as Dungeons (which you can also create and manipulate). You can completely customize any and all details of the Dungeons you create, whether they are death traps filled with bloodthirsty monsters just waiting for an unlucky explorer or a virtual paradise filled with treasure and attractive women. Yes, you can also use this to make your own fortress. Moreover, the Gates you create are the only way to access these Dungeons, and absolutely no force or entity can enter or exit without your willing consent.

• You also possess all of Ashborn's experience, knowledge, skill, and talent, granting you literal ages of combat skill and knowledge (among other fields). This knowledge will never overwhelm or negatively affect you, and you will never have any issues keeping your sense of identity and self.

• Your infinite willpower is the stuff that even legends aspire to. You possess the ability to force yourself forward regardless of trauma, pain, or suffering, and can shrug off any negative condition that may be afflicted upon you, such as mind control or mental instability. No one may control you, for you are the master of your own soul.

• Unlike the many powerful beings of Solo Leveling, you can control whether or not you (by direct or indirect means) cause Eternal Slumber, a condition caused by an intolerance of supernatural energies.

• As Ashborn defeated the Monarch of White Flames known as Baron, you have the loyalty of Baran's own subjects, the Demons. These Demons are a race of powerful mana-based beings, capable of devouring souls to grow in strength, and have their own culture based on hierarchies and personal power. Of course, their obedience and devotion to you is second only to your Shadows (in that there is the ever-infinitesimal chance of disloyalty unlike your absolutely devoted Shadows), but they will still serve you with all that they can muster.

• As part of this, you can optionally create your own Demon servants, with every aspect and detail of them being up to your whims and desires. Regardless of how they turn out, they will be absolutely loyal to you and you alone.

• Much like Ashborn and his successor Sung Jinwoo, you possess a phenomenal power: you have no true cap on your abilities. Unlike others with more static strength, your power is akin to a dark and bottomless abyss, constantly growing larger, denser, and darker. This also applies to your various skills and abilities, allowing them to gain new traits and objectively better functionality as you need: your Domain may grant additional effects, your Ruler's Authority may go into atomic manipulation, Shadow Extraction may be able to convert living beings, and so on. The only limit to how far you can go is the effort you're willing to put in.

• You are also capable of granting others access to the System: a magical construct evoking a video game meant to empower others in a variety of methods. You have absolute authority over the System at all times, and can revoke it's power should it be turned against you. You can determine exactly how the System manifests, what benefits it has, and any other details.

• If you feel anything is missing from this Essence or should be otherwise altered…..Fanwank responsibly.