LazySageDao
Author you can use paragon runes to upgrade the 9 mana circles around eather core and break soul limit making mc tier 9 . Then genuine primordial runes to upgrade those 9 mana circles Making mc tier 10 then using will power to exert dominance over his variant and making his primordial rrunes the real deal and rest clones making mc tier 11. You can use this idea after the threat of guardian is gone as i think you have planed out the general direction of this volume. Hope its helpful