In Aurora, there were two major cultivation systems.
The Knight system and the Mage system.
The Knight path was the more commonly practiced of the two, largely due to its lower talent requirements.
Mages were individuals who naturally awakened am Acu Point from birth—the internal node that allowed them to sense and interact with mana.
In contrast, Knights had to first reach a certain level of strength before they could awaken this same point.
For Knights, the first step to accessing supernatural power was to condense a Life Seed, a unique organ-like construct formed by slowly accumulating mana within the body.
Once formed, the Life Seed acted as a core through which knights could channel mana to open more acu points—granting them stronger bursts of power.
In the Lionheart Kingdom, the system was largely the same, though acu points were instead referred to as meridians.
The mechanics remained similar.
