Kouyate[]
- "You remind me of a swordsman I met, known as Kouyate after having become King… where he was known as Sasaki Kojiro no Musashi. The greatest swordsman on Earth who bore thy very sword, where we fought for a long amount of time, a thrifty minutes at most for him as I beat him in one slash with the sword known as Nandaka. For he useth the technique known as Secret Art of the Angels: Divine Strike… where his skill was truly divine as I recognised that he stepped into Sunyata, the realm of Emptiness and gained a weatherbeaten form of Anatta than the one I hath gained; as I noticed his strikes were rupturing the clouds themselves as I were his final battle… as I soon slashed him with the Sword of Nandaka, for he used its full technique of all eight slashes on me for it had killed all who witnessed it, wherein I had survived with what seemed to him to be some difficulty, as I was no god in any way, for I instantly let him live, only to slash him once more, walking away as I buried him in the grounds of the Country of Imperial Light, for the dawn rose in a beautiful form of orange. The Nameless Warrior was he known to that Land, for he in actuality, survived therein for he would live to train a Hero o’ Mercy as he died to the hands of a corrupt man.
- - Ashoka to Tatsuryuu regarding Kouyate's true legacy
Kouyate was an angel who taught Satoshi and Aloa, ultimately dying at the hands of a corrupt man.
Supremacy of the Lanes[]
A portal appeared with a man who bore angelic wings. “Kouyate?” Minamoto asked himself as Satoshi felt a presence from the past finally appearing as he then summoned a purely golden sword with a beautiful golden sheath. “Let us end this.” Kouyate said, as Minamoto was so slow that he could hardly perceive. “Sasaki Kojiro no Musashi. The greatest swordsman on Earth who bore thy very sword, where we fought for a long amount of time, a thrifty minutes at most for him as I beat him in one slash with the sword known as Nandaka. For he useth the technique known as Secret Art of the Angels: Divine Strike… where his skill was truly divine as I recognised that he stepped into Sunyata, the realm of Emptiness and gained a weatherbeaten form of Anatta than the one I hath gained; as I noticed his strikes were rupturing the clouds themselves as I were his final battle… as I soon slashed him with the Sword of Nandaka, for he used its full technique of all eight slashes on me for it had killed all who witnessed it, wherein I had survived with what seemed to him to be some difficulty, as I was no god in any way, for I instantly let him live, only to slash him once more, walking away as I buried him in the grounds of the Country of Imperial Light, for the dawn rose in a beautiful form of orange. The Nameless Warrior was he known to that Land, for he in actuality, survived therein for he would live to train a Hero o’ Mercy as he died to the hands of a corrupt man.” Ashoka calmly explained to everyone with the other Emperors being far too slow as even the Jade Emperor was visibly stunned. However… every single King of the Purple Lane who remained was swiftly cut down except Danjong who created multiverses and even… 5th dimensional creations in the form of universes with this being casually cut down. “This technique is one where three blades simultaneously form themselves as one, creating a prison where escape is meaningless. For he is angel, disregarding all time-space and existence within his slash, defying all notions of directions. The very notion of ten dimensions… or even infinite dimensions are inevitably meaningless. Physics… science, space-time or even definitions themselves become utterly mundane and merely an impudent barrier to his objective: leading to absolute death… the inevitability. The first strike comes at the opponent with overwhelming speed, creating a circular arc horizontally to surround them. When I fought him, this was no form of trouble yet the attack… was a challenge to devils and angels. It is impossible to block and even if blocked, the other two slashes shall impede themselves unto thy bosom and slice thee down. It is a sword of transcendent infinity. Absolute Infinity of the Dragon Palace cannot cut the attack down for even if Ryujin tried to block it… it would still slash him. His slash was known as Secret Art of the Angels: Divine Strike, bisecting all laws of space-time. The finiteness of his blade became nothing more than Divine Simplicity itself… where his skill was truly divine as I recognised that he stepped into Sunyata, the realm of Emptiness and gained a weatherbeaten form of Anatta than the one I hath gained; as I noticed his strikes were rupturing the clouds themselves as I were his final battle… as I soon slashed him with the Sword of Nandaka, for he used its full technique of all eight slashes on me for it had killed all who witnessed it, wherein I had survived with what seemed to him to be some difficulty, as I was no god in any way, for I instantly let him live, only to slash him once more, walking away as I buried him in the grounds of the Country of Imperial Light, for the dawn rose in a beautiful form of orange. The Nameless Warrior was he known to that Land, for he in actuality, survived therein for he would live to train a Hero o’ Mercy as he died to the hands of a corrupt man. I knew not that he was an angel… a transcendent form and being. Weaker than Gabriel and Michael he were but he wert stronger than any other. His humane visage did not conceal his truest strength. (As in: He still bore his heavenly power even as a Human.)” Ashoka explained with Danjong feeling himself slightly damaged by one of Kouyate’s slashes as he then summoned a golden sword with black suns that released a mystical golden flame with Danjong himself using his power to summon 100 universes that went up from 5th dimensional up to 26-dimensional however he was sliced down by Kouyate in one slash. Needless to say… the Jade Emperor stood alone as the only survivor. “The Red Lane is the winner.” Satoshi said confidently as Kouyate disappeared, just as quickly as he appeared.
Powers and Stats[]
Tier: 6-B, at least 6-A, 5-B, 4-C or 2-A
Name: Kouyate, Kouyate-Dono
Origin: Monogattari no Jūnen (物語の十年)
Gender: Male
Age: Unknown, likely billions of years old
Classification: Angelic Samurai, Teacher, Dojo master
Powers and Abilities:
- Martial Arts, and Weapon Mastery, Possession, Immortality (Type 1 - He lived for many thousands of years as a human; In the Original Story, he only died because he willed himself to become human) and Light Manipulation (After Satoshi beat him at 10 years old, he emitted enough light to devour the arena he was fighting in), Illusion Manipulation (He trained Satoshi who can cast illusions such as making and destroying planets, universes or multiverses which can affect other Angelic beings or affect conceptual and non-dual entities as he is stronger than every version of Satoshi with the sole exception of him as Moon Sage), Fate Manipulation, Clairvoyance, Precognition, Omni-Perception, Omni-Precognition (In the original Story, Kouyate was an angel who could see through time as he foresaw Satoshi overpowering him, thus letting it happen)
- Statistics Reduction (He can also reduce a person's power by 50%, 100% or an infinite amount since he upscales from Satoshi who can do this casually)
- Probability Manipulation, Meta Miracle Manipulation and Spiritual Fire (Via the Sword of Miracles which can create miracles)
- Conceptual Durability Negation (He can nullify a person's durability completely via his sword strikes) Invulnerability (In the Original Story, he was the strongest and one of the first beings to appear in Creation, making him virtually invulnerable), Soul Manipulation and instant Conceptual Obstacle Transcendence, Death Manipulation, Law Manipulation, Space-Time Manipulation, Mathematics Manipulation, Regeneration Negation (High-Godly), Immortality Negation (All forms of immortality), Statistics Amplification (Of Kouyate himself), enhanced Statistics Reduction (Of an enemy), Status Effect Inducement, Mind Manipulation, Reactive Evolution, Adaptation, Non-Physical Interaction and resistance to these abilities via Secret Art of the Angels: Divine Strike (This same attack could affect people significantly stronger than him as Ashoka states that he survived with some difficulty and it is impossible to block or dodge in any capacity since not even infinity itself is able to perceive the slash. In addition, the moment the attack occurs, the enemies' speed and capabilities are reduced infinitely as even Minamoto, someone on Kouyate's level of strength, could not perceive the strike as it can strike down gods, angels and devils, instantly killing them. The attack can also adapt to the durability of the target even if they are stronger than him by an infinite amount)
- Portal Creation, Sealing, Dimensional Travel and BFR (He is shown creating portals which can trap a person in Heaven, sealing them away forever) as well as every ability in his True Form
Same abilities as before, but infinitely enhanced, plus:
- All Aura Types (By virtue of his Angelic Physiology, he has: Purification (Type 3), resistance to Unholy Manipulation, Conceptual Fear Manipulation, Existence Erasure, Perception Manipulation, Empathic Manipulation, Power Nullification, Forcefield Creation, Pocket Reality Manipulation, Paralysis Inducement, Death Manipulation, Age Manipulation, Madness Manipulation and Empathic Manipulation, Causality Manipulation, Time Manipulation, Time Stop, Acausality (Type 1, 3 and 5), Spatial Manipulation, Law Manipulation, Space-Time Manipulation, reduction of Supernatural Willpower as well as Light Manipulation - All aforementioned powers at the highest level: He scales infinitely higher than every single Emperor and as an Angel, his mere presence is able to purify his enemy if they have any evil intentions towards him, erasing them from existence. In addition, in the Original Story, it is implied that his presence causes him to emit light and that can age targets beyond the point of natural causes, killing them afterwards. He would also scale above Michael and Gabriel whose mere presence on Earth stopped all causes, laws, time and space around the entirety of existence which was ultimately condensed to the Earth in a forcefield-esque bubble. Furthermore, he can purify a person's mind if they harbour evil intentions. Because of his status in the Original Story, he would upscale from every single Angel which would also include the aforementioned Gabriel and Michael who can both restart existence. In addition, his mere presence can affect the soul of a person whilst simultaneously draining any of their hope to fight)
- Statistics Amplification and Law Manipulation, Shapeshifting, Absolute Condition, Absolute Existence, Absolute Potential, Power Manipulation, Causality Manipulation, Omniarch, Death Manipulation, Soul Manipulation, Constant Resurrection, Combat Mastery, Absolute Unarmed Mastery, True Weapon Mastery, Unlosability, Omnipresence, Victory Control, Peak Condition, Space-Time Manipulation, Flight, Omni-Protection Plot Manipulation, Information Manipulation, Text Manipulation, Author Authority, Reader Embodiment and Intangibility (All powers to the highest degree: In the Original Story, he was stronger than Michael the Archangel and Gabriel, granting Kouyate these powers since he would be significantly stronger than Kasera as Queen)
- Immortality (Types 2, 5, 8 and 9), Clone Creation, Flight, Teleportation, Telekinesis, Telepathy, Size-Shifting (As an angel, he can control his size. Via the Original Story, he would upscale from Gabriel whose wings span the entirety of the universe and heavens)
- Death Manipulation (Upscaling from Gabriel whose true form could instantly kill people), Superhuman Physical Characteristics (Also upscaling from the five billion angels who carry Hellfire on the Last Day)
- Beyond-Dimensional Existence (Type 2 - He would transcend everything in Creation as an Angel. The Angels themselves are higher-dimensional entities who transcend the very meaning of dimensions themselves), Transduality (Type 1 and 3; As an angel, he would transcend everything in Creation including Buddhas and Bodhisattvas who see everything as unreality. This would include the Dharmakaya), Creation (His powers should likely be beyond everything in the cosmology), Large Size, Acausality (Type 5 - As an angel, he is unchanging since he existed in Heaven, a place that transcends all notions of logic, cause and effect), Regeneration (High-Godly, can only die if he wished himself to die), Space-Time Manipulation (His powers can do whatever he wants), Flight (His angel wings allow him to fly), Matter Manipulation (Can make matter conceptually), Biological Manipulation (Bears complete control of biology on the conceptual level)
- Curse Manipulation (He upscales from a younger Ashoka who fought the Hindu Pantheon, meaning he can curse a being in any way he wants such as: being cursed into a rock, suppressing a person's intelligence, being born into a different race, being cursed to die at a certain person's hands and loss of life in an immediate fashion, impotency, loss of senses, powers and even a person's soul, ageing and "gradual decline", being sent out of heaven, burn Creation, burn concepts, nullify a concept, nullify power, manipulate a person's mind and biology alongside controlling their heart, control emotions on the conceptual level, be cursed to die in specific situations or in elemental damnation, be born as demons and rule the whole universe only to be defeated by Shiva, control ignorance and the minds of conceptual or formless beings and cause misery and misfortune, become demons and control biology, suffer from perpetual loss of energy, curse an entire city, eating all things in Creation, being turned into an animal, becoming a slave, having Agni curse all beings, again becoming animals, cause a death within seven nights, shorten a person's lifespan, become a fish, being born in a different body, being reborn, burn all of existence, instantly kill a person and destroy endless trees as well as age someone to the point of old age, make someone decrepit and weaken their physical form for a thousand years to the point where they cannot move a single muscle, instantly kill someone and many, many more)
- Reality Warping (Also, he can give himself boons: Giving control over ancestral rites, give divine vision, give the power to control bodies and control of wealth on the conceptual level, control birth and lust, be married to the desired person, giving powers, adamantine bones, invincibility, immunity to death and fearlessness, power of concepts, making all of Creation miserable, not having a man in the entire universe equal to the person and having the son of a god kill him, show love, immunity to all gods and beings, indestructibility to all, immunity to old age, life, death, sickness and granting others instant death, gain power, devotion, comradeship and immunity to bloodlust, master of all lores, invincible, invulnerable, emperor of the universe and bearer of women who grant good fortune, force gods to stay with a person, enhanced invulnerability, invincibility and complete victory, becoming the material of heaven and earth and beyond the sun in glory and power as well as giving wisdom and curses, gaining a son, being immune to death, the elements, weapons, any living beings during the day, night, inside, outside, above and below, being endowed with vision and making the gods the person's slaves, depowering them forever such that no-one could kill them, control of blood-based clones with the same form and power, attaining happiness, never fearing death, not being killed by a man or woman of lust as well as being invincible to all gods, all beings in the universe and all things forever and many, many more)
- Enhanced Reality Warping, Power Bestowal, Statistics Amplification, Creation, Subjective Reality, Pocket Reality Manipulation and Conceptual Manipulation, Nonexistent Physiology, Higher-Dimensional Existence, Plot Manipulation, Immortality (Type 5 and 9 - The people of Jannah will have beautiful characteristics, their physical forms likening the form of the First of Men peace be upon him — 60 feet tall and forever the age of thirty-three. Paradise will be lined with immense mansions made of gold on top of silver. Rooms upon rooms upon rooms inside these palaces will feature waterfalls falling beneath their rooms. No cracks will mar their facades, nor any repairs will ever be needed. The Soil of Jannah is of pure white musk, and the pebbles are made of pearls, rubies, diamonds, and jewels) and any other power desired such as Intangibility or Invulnerability (All at the highest levels: Those on the level of Paradise that is lowest see those above them as though they are stars due to the superiority of deeds done in the world. Paradise as vast as the heavens and the earth, in which is that which no eye has ever seen, no ear has ever heard, nor has it ever entered the mind of man) and resistance to these powers at the highest level (By virtue of existing in Jannah, he can give himself every power he has resistance to and use them since Anhaben and Ahsedar both could, and they also exist in Heaven)
Everything mentioned prior
- Resistance to Soul Manipulation (His Soul keeps the properties of his normal body. He survived the full brunt of a weapon that melts souls and causes the spirit of who it hits to leak. He is also resistant to soul damage since he never died by the same disease Hajime's mother did, which specifically affected her soul)
- Resistance to Healing (By the True Samādhi Fire where Hajime attacked Damien with the flames on the spiritual and conceptual level, nullifying his ability to heal)
- Resistance to Invulnerability (Upon physical contact, the Ruyi Jingu Bang can damage even invulnerable beings including Satoshi himself who has an invulnerable body)
- Resistance to Existence Erasure and Explosion Manipulation (He survived Bakunawa's explosion which erased things from existence, only because of the Ruyi Jingu Bang)
- Resistance to Poison Manipulation and Body Control/Body Puppetry (Satoshi, after Wu's death, used one of the 180 skills: Huifeng Fanhuo (Repelling of wind and fire) to repel poison)
- Resistance to Physics Manipulation/Mathematics Manipulation/Spatial Manipulation (The Ruyi Jingu Bang can be used to damage someone like Thomas, who defies physics and mathematics; also via the Ruyi Jingu Bang being able to attack Azathoth's Void a timeless dimension which transcends the concept of distance and spatio-temporality by extending the staff's range and striking him with it)
- Resistance to Spatial Manipulation (Satoshi, after Wu's death used the staff to survive a black hole which could end a universe)
- Resistance to BFR (Upscaled from Tatsuryuu who could teleport from Naraka and from Death itself back to the real world with ease)
- Resistance to Gravity Manipulation (The Ruyi Jingu Bang could attack Ashoka, who has Garima, a power which controls gravity and weight)
- Resistance to Immortality (Type 1 to 9), Size Manipulation and Regeneration (Low-High or High-Godly; In the Green Lane, he attacked the Bakunawa who is as large as the Earth and can heal nigh-instantly; and scaling from Satoshi who used the staff after the Emperor's death originally to attack the Jade Emperor, a person who is deathless, transcendent and someone who can regenerate from his entire body being burned physically and on the spiritual level)
- Resistance to Cosmic Radiation (Can travel to Heaven which lies on top of the cosmos and he can survive in space whilst being attacked by radiation)
- Resistance to Death Manipulation & Life Manipulation (By upscaling from Hajime who has the book of Life and Death which can remove lives from the cycle of Reincarnation via the removal of names from the Book)
- Resistance to Fear Manipulation (On the conceptual level. Via scaling from Satoshi who fought beings from the World of Darkness, a world which contains beings that cause negativity upon spawning onto the Earth, as he fought every single being there, each of whom put fear into Damian Alanis' heart, someone who hardly feels fear)
- Resistance to Fate Manipulation and Causality Manipulation (Alongside being free from Life & Death, he is free from Cause and Effect)
- Resistance to Elemental Manipulation (He cannot be harmed by any elements as demonstrated during the fight against the Bakunawa where he tanked a blast of sunlight to the face)
- Resistance to Mental Manipulation, Perception Manipulation (Is immune to genjutsu or illusionary warfare that can harm conceptual beings)
- Resistance to Reactive Evolution/Accelerated Development (Demonstrated by Satoshi who managed to fight against Tatsuryuu whilst both were using the Ruyi Jingu Bang with Tatsuryuu constantly adapting to his abilities instantly)
- Resistance to Disease Manipulation (Having learned the Way, he is free from all diseases. Fought against the entirety of Heaven yet was uninjured and couldn't be executed by them. That would include the Five Plagues. These are suggested to be phenomena that make your eyes bleed, nose bleed, ears pus, jaw lock & make anything you taste seem foul.)
- Resistance to Curse Manipulation, Petrification, Power Nullification, Power Absorption and Paralysis Inducement (Overwhelming Aura, by scaling from Satoshi who withstood a curse from Ur, the Black Dragon, who can curse you to 20,000 years of permanent damage on the spiritual/conceptual level with Ur causing fear to Satoshi upon attacking him)
- Resistance to Corruption (His body is incorruptible by all physical, mental, spiritual or conceptual means)
- Resistance to Radiation Manipulation and Reality Warping (Directly survived the Bakunawa's beams which caused nuclear, cosmic and solar radiation to irradiate Akaria, a country composed of multiple continents. These beams also altered reality by warping the structures of buildings)
- Resistance to Conceptual Manipulation (Is resistant to the Five Phases, those of metal, wood, water, earth and fire as well as every conceptual notion and idea they are associated with such as metallurgy, the human mind, soul, body and personality to name a few; also upscales from Hajime and the Four Beasts, the latter of which can make the concept of emotions, data and archetypes themselves)
- Resistance to Illusion Creation, Mind Manipulation, Telepathy, Dream Manipulation and Empathic Manipulation (He can see through illusions with raw visual prowess and by virtue of upscaling from Tatsuryuu, he is resistant to Maya which is the illusory world that deludes one into believing they are real with Maya itself being both real and unreal simultaneously. Maya itself is analogously compared to dreams)
- Resistance to Fire Manipulation (Fire can't burn him including the True Samādhi Fire)
- Resistance to Subjective Reality (He can survive being killed in a pocket dimension)
- Resistance to Darkness Manipulation & Light Manipulation (He fought against Bakunawa who ate the Moon and the Sun, darkening the entire Earth)
- Resistance to Nonduality and Acausality (Type 3 Nonduality and Type 5 Acausality - Upscaling from Tatsuryuu who could attack Shiva with the Ruyi Jingu Bang, someone who is beyond dualism, non-dualism, distinctions, non-distinctions, description, cause, effect, illusions, delusions, time and space to name a few)
- Resistance to Time Manipulation (He can move in stopped time very easily despite being frozen in time; Satoshi can also use the Ruyi Jingu Bang to destroy the concept of time, meaning Wu as its original user should be able to do so) and many more (Via upscaling above every Emperor and thus their abilities including a younger Wu Zetian) as well as complete resistance to Minamoto's abilities))
Attack Potency: Country Level (During his fight with Ashoka, his strikes were rupturing the clouds themselves), at least Multi-Continent Level (Scaling above the Man), Planetary (He was directly called the greatest and thus, strongest, swordsman on the entire Earth. Scales infinitely higher than Fujin and Yama, both of whom could threaten the entirety of the world), Star Level (Upscales infinitely from Xuanye whose usage of Solar Form is equated to that of a star) or Multiversal+ (Scales above everyone of the Lanes including the Man. Kouyate himself cut down the Man alongside every single Emperor of the Red Lane and King of the Purple Lane at the exact same time. He scales immeasurably higher than Himari or Ferdinand in their highest states, both of whom could create or destroy multiverses)
Speed: Hypersonic+ (Scaling above Satoshi and Aloa, both of whom can dodge gunfire) | Immeasurable (Fought a prime Ashoka for 30 minutes)
Lifting Strength: Immeasurable (Lifting is meaningless to angels as he transcends the very conception of weight due to transcending all human-bound concepts)
Striking Strength: Country Level (During his fight with Ashoka, his strikes were rupturing the clouds themselves throughout all of Japan), at least Multi-Continent Level (Scaling far above the Man who can threaten Akaria, a country consisting of multiple continents, during his fight with Wu), Planetary (He was directly called the greatest and thus, strongest, swordsman on the entire Earth. Scales infinitely higher than Fujin and Yama, both of whom could threaten the entirety of the world), Star Level (Via upscaling from Xuanye who can destroy stars) or Multiversal+ (Upscaling from practically every single swordsman in the entirety of the franchise including the Devil himself who could destroy multiverses with mere strikes; Far superior to everyone in the Lanes and Satoshi pre-Moon Sage)
Durability: Country Level, at least Multi-Continent Level (Scaling above the Man), Planetary (He was directly called the greatest and thus, strongest, swordsman on the entire Earth. Scales infinitely higher than Fujin and Yama, both of whom could threaten the entirety of the world), Star Level (Upscaling from Xuanye) or Multiversal+ (He survived being struck by both the Jade Emperor and Danjong; he also fought a prime Ashoka who can easily annihilate multiverses with his mere thoughts)
Stamina: Infinite (Existed in Heaven)
Range: Extended Melee Range, varies from Country Level up to Multiversal+ via sword strikes or via Secret Art of the Angels: Divine Strike
Intelligence: Likely at least Genius (Trained Satoshi and Aloa) | Nigh-Omniscient (As an angel)
Standard Equipment: Sword of Angels (also called the Sword of Miracles)
Standard Tactics: Kouyate is very similar to Minamoto no Yorimitsu in that he defeats his opponent with immense speed and even when against opponents at the same level of attack power and speed, he always comes out on top, typically by slicing their head off as he also usually fights for the kill. After appearing from a portal, he insta-killed all 10 Emperors of the Red Lane, all 5 Kings of the Purple Lane, Minamoto and Thomas with individual sword slashes.
Weaknesses: None
Notable Abilities/Attacks[]
Secret Art of the Angels: Divine Strike = A technique that allows Kouyate to use eight slashes that defy all laws, space-time and dimensions which instantly kill the enemy. Ashoka calls it "impossible to block and even if blocked, the other two slashes shall impude themselves unto thy bosom and slice thee down. It is a sword of transcendent infinity. Absolute Infinity of the Dragon Palace cannot cut the attack down for even if Ryujin tried to block it… it would still slash him. His slash was known as Secret Art of the Angels: Divine Strike, bisecting all laws of space-time. The finiteness of his blade became nothing more than Divine Simplicity itself… where his skill was truly divine as I recognised that he stepped into Sunyata, the realm of Emptiness". His skills had long surpassed Space, Time, Existence, Essence, etc.
Notes[]
His form that he starts in will be his "base" but he also does automatically gain access to his angelic form as mentioned in the Powers and Abilities Section.
Other[]
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