- "Your body submits, your heart succumbs... so why does your mind resist?!"
- ― Xehanort, Kingdom Hearts
- "He's not dead. He just doesn't have a body anymore."
- ― Kate Corrigan on Johann Kraus, Hellboy/BPRD
- "You could say I'm alive...in a way. Ultimately, I'm the afterimage of the mind that was Akihiko Kayaba. An echo."
- ― Akihiko Kayaba (Sword Art Online)
The power to retain one's consciousness after the body dies. Sub-power of Mental Evolution and Self Transcendence.
Also Called[]
- Consciousness Continuation
- Eternal Consciousness
- Mental Independence/Immortality
- Eternal Mind
Capabilities[]
The user's consciousness transcends physical death and persists even when their body is destroyed. When their physical form ceases to exist, their mind endures independently as a pure entity of thought and will. This ability preserves their identity, personality, memories, and any powers they held in life, granting them a unique form of immortality.
In this disembodied state, they retain the capacity to perceive, communicate, and, to some extent, interact with the physical world. As an ethereal presence, they can observe their surroundings and may influence others through thoughts, emotions, or impressions. Over time, they might even develop the ability to affect the physical plane, creating phantom sounds, subtle shifts in objects, or ghostly illusions.
Moreover, the user's consciousness becomes a vast reservoir of memory and knowledge, allowing them to impart wisdom, secrets, or experiences directly into the minds of the living. This continued existence as a being of pure consciousness enables them to remain present and powerful, bound to the world by sheer force of will and a mind that refuses to fade.
Applications[]
- Astral Projection
- Disembodied Intelligence
- Indomitable Will
- Mental Regeneration
- Mind Transcendence
- Immortality mentally
- Transcendent Consciousness
Associations[]
- Ascended Physiology
- Ghost Physiology
- Spirit Physiology
- Psychic Entity Physiology
- Uploaded Consciousness
Limitations[]
- Users of Absolute Character Erasure, Absolute Destruction, Absolute Erasure can destroy/erase the users consciousness.
- May be unable to interact with the physical world.
- May be unable to corporealize.
Known Users[]
- Brotherhood of Guardians (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Time Lords (Doctor Who); via the Ultimate Sanction
- Rassilon
- Infinite Zamasu (Dragon Ball Super)
- Aerith Gainsborough (Final Fantasy VII series)
- Sephiroth (Final Fantasy VII series)
- Johann Kraus (Hellboy/BPRD)
- Terra/Lingering Will (Kingdom Hearts)
- Dr. Light (Mega Man)
- Dr. Wily (Mega Man)
- X (Mega Man X); via Digital Soul
- Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki (Naruto)
- Hamura Ōtsutsuki (Naruto)
- Mold infectees (Resident Evil)
- The Scotsman (Samurai Jack)
- Force Ghosts (Star Wars)
- Lucy Miller (Lucy)
- Silas Burr/Cyber (Marvel Comics)
- Phantom Bison (Street Fighter V)
- The Absence/SCP-1915 - Status Quo (SCP Foundation)
- Desmond Miles/The Reader (Assassin's Creed series)
- Akihiko Kayaba (Sword Art Online); via Digital Form
- Hamato Yoshi/Splinter (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012)
- Adam Malkovich (Metroid); via Digital Form
- Norwell/The Weasel Guardian (Charlie The Unicorn)
- Nyx En Why Ex (Charlie The Unicorn)
- Galina Demidova (Demon Accords)
Gallery[]
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Due to their connection to the Chaos Force, the members of the Brotherhood of Guardians (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog) retain their consciousnesses after their physical deaths, evolving to a higher plane and becoming part of the Next Evolution.
After falling into the Lifestream, Sephiroth's (Final Fantasy VII series) willpower was strong enough to keep his mind and identity separate from it. Even when his physical bodies are killed, his will and consciousness live on within the Lifestream as a kind of poison.
After her death at Sephiroth's hands, Aerith Gainsborough (Final Fantasy VII series) was powerful enough to retain her consciousness and sentience, keeping her mind and identity separate from the Lifestream.
If they had succeeded with the Ultimate Sanction. Rassilon (Doctor Who) and the other Time Lords would have created a paradox so severe that it would have resulted in a spatial temporal rupture that would have ripped the time vortex apart. Rassilon and the others would have then shed their physical bodies and become beings of pure thought to escape this suicidal mission.
Infinite Zamasu (Dragon Ball Super) is the surviving will and consciousness of Fused Zamasu left over from his destruction because of Future Zamasu's immortality.
After his body was destroyed, Johann Kraus' (Hellboy/BPRD) mind and consciousness remained as an ectoplasmic entity, surviving through a special containment suit.
The Lingering Will (Kingdom Hearts) is the mind of the Keyblade wielder Terra, which took control of his discarded Keyblade Armor when Xehanort possessed his body.
Those infected by the Mold (Resident Evil) retain their consciousnesses even after their physical deaths, with Jack Baker able to communicate with Ethan Winters as a spirit...
...and the Megamycete possessing an entire Realm of Consciousness, a mental representation of archived memories of the people it has consumed over the centuries and their consciousnesses...
...enabling Ethan Winters to live on and communicate with his daughter Rose as an archived consciousness.
Qui-Gon Jinn (Star Wars) was the first Jedi to become a Force spirit when he died, however, due to his incomplete training Qui-Gon was only able to speak to the living, and could not show himself like most, but their were exceptions like on Mortis which had strange properties of the Force.
Qu Rahn (Star Wars Legends)
Luke Skywalker (Star Wars Legends)
Phantom Bison (Street Fighter V) is a form M. Bison takes after his body is destroyed, his consciousness living on in an incorporeal form through Psycho Power. Despite the lack of a physical body, his will and power remain intact.
After his physical death, Desmond Miles' (Assassin's Creed) mind and consciousness lived on within the Grey, becoming a being of light known as the Reader.
After his death at Kirito's hands, Akihiko Kayaba's (Sword Art Online) mind and consciousness live on as an AI within the Internet.
After his death at Shredder's hands, Hamato Yoshi/Splinter's (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012) mind and consciousness attained a higher plane of existence, allowing him to continue watching over and guiding his family in spirit.
After his physical death, Adam Malkovich's (Metroid) mind and consciousness live on as an AI.
After being separated from his body to seal the Dark Elf, Mega Man X's (Mega Man series) Digital Soul and consciousness live on as a Cyber-elf.
Despite his physical demise a century earlier, Dr. Wily's (Mega Man) mind and consciousness live on as one with the Maverick Virus.
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Analysis & Discussions[]
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