So I’m thinking of writing an eastern fantasy novel. However I can’t seem to think of a suitable martial arts cultivation world. I want to put in elements such as fire earth water lightning and limit cultivators to only one. And give the Mc multiple abilities. However I feel like this makes the Mc look normal and everyone else pitifully weak.

My question is what sort of powers can I introduce that makes the Mc look overpowered and the others normal. A fire cultivator only cultivating fire elements is good but after the 100th fire enemy it kinda gets boring.

    How about giving MC some gaming elements(Appraisal, World Map etc.)

    -Appraisal -Knowing what you are facing before battle is OP know what your opponent might do is niche
    -World Map -Know where enemies are, Herbs, Minerals etc.
    -Level tacker(cultivation progress) -or just some general talent tree based on actions he will he will unlock different path in his fire cultivation for example others will not be able to know what will their fire become but MC can make decision when he is doing stuff to navigate his path

    or you can make it as in many other novels separate this system to spirit/body, spirit you cultivate in mind and body with body and make MC to be capable to cultivate both

    hope it helps :)

    Idea 1
    Change fire magic to heat manipulation and water earth wind to liquid solid gas
    Idea 2
    Everyone can use the elements but the truly powerfull ones are those who can conbine them
    (think it like in Naruto )
    Idea 3
    introduce levels of compatibility with the ellements where the MC has 3/5 with every ellement but others have 5/5 with a single one

    maybe giving these element systems different tiers of difficulty so as you progress you can do more complex uses to not have 100 wizards using fireball and the MC can have a reason to be able to comprehend or grasp more difficult constructs at a lower tier than socially accepted as the norm for example: in the book MGA the mc grasps spirit power usage better due to his bloodline from his mom

      this could be with an artefact hes simply he has better bodily function that you shouldn't receive until a lot later because of an unknown fruit or a legacy from some great being that has chosen him etc etc etc

      you could make them based on like 4 main elements similar to avatar and have rarer elements for example ice lightning magma come out occasionally and make mc avatar like with ability to wield all elements potentially ? or an interesting idea is like everyone gets kind of like a dantian and in it is the ability they wield whether it be fire or water or earth but mc has an animal in there ? and he can combine and summon it and use it to manipulate the elements maybe ? make him a summoner in a world of elements ?

      and if you want to make things a bit more interesting you can make the fire or element have different properties based on the "dao" of the cultivator for example if someones a fire cultivator if they focus on the destructive properties of fire then the fire they create would be deadly without equal burning everything if they think of it more as a tool for progress and such it would be more creative and sturdy ? and like if they see water as a deadly ocean that causes terrible storm its a deadly weapon but if they see water as life giving its a healing element and if they see light as a utility element then it would boost others powers but if they see it as lightning or the sun it would raze the ground around them more focused on their interpretation of the element than the actual element makes it a bit easier to have more depth in your characters to by voicing out what their possible mindsets would be

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