Awakening

Awakening (覚醒) is a term used to refer to the process of becoming a higher form of existence.

Examples include: Developing Heroes and Demon Lords awakening and becoming True Heroes and True Demon Lords, Demi-Spiritual Lifeforms awakening and becoming Spiritual Lifeforms or Spiritual Lifeforms awakening and becoming Divine Beings.

Hero's Egg
Hero's Egg (勇者の卵) refers to those who obtain the blessing of an Elemental of Light or Darkness as well as the Elemental Queen.

True Hero
True Heroes (真なる勇者) or The One who Hatched the Hero's Egg (勇者の卵が孵った者), are those who hatched a Hero's Egg, merging with their elemental and became an Awakened Hero.

Notable True Heroes
For the list of all known True Heroes, see Known True Heroes.

Demon Lord Seed
Demon Lord Seed (魔王種) refers to individuals who have met the necessary qualifications to be able to undergo the Harvest Festival and become Demon Lords.

Harvest Festival
The Harvest Festival (魔王ヘの進化) occurs once all the requirements to become a Demon Lord are met by a Demon Lord Seed. The World Language will confirm the user's intent to become a Demon Lord and the "Initiation" will start.

True Demon Lords
True Demon Lord (真なる魔王) – sometimes referred to as Awakened Demon Lord (覚醒魔王) are those who have undergone the Harvest Festival and become actual Demon Lords by awakening.

Notable True Demon Lords
For the list of all known True Demon Lords, see Known True Demon Lords.

Saints
Saints (聖人, seijin?) is a term used by Humans to refer to those among them who have "evolved the correct way" and become Spiritual Lifeforms. The exact criteria for being considered one seem to be arbitrarily decided, but isn't incorrect to call any Human or Demi-Human who has become a spiritual lifeform as a "Saint".

Awakening
The typical process of becoming a Saint involves an Enlightened who has pushed their mind and body to the absolute limit breaking completely through the mental barrier and becoming a spiritual lifeform. This isn't something that can acquired via training for most individuals, instead requiring immense life and death situations to push them past their limit to achieve.

Blocked Demon Lord Seeds
Blocked Demon Lord Seeds refers to individuals who would have met the necessary qualifications to be able to undergo the Harvest Festival and become Demon Lords, but are recognized subordinates to other individuals. This blocks the path to naturally awaken and other measures are needed.

Harvest Festival Ritual
Ciel developed a method to artificially awaken qualified candidates into beings similar to True Demon Lords by using Beelzebuth and ten times the amount of souls needed for a Demon Lord Seed to awaken.

Artificially Awakened Demon Lords
Artificially Awakened Demon Lords refers to individuals who have undergone the Harvest Festival Ritual and become similar to True Demon Lords by awakening.

Notable Individuals
Those who are known to have been artificially awakened.

Cultivation
By cultivating ones Skills, learning and mastering Arts, gathering Energy and training Body and Mind it is possible to awaken.

Notable Individuals
Individuals that awakened using cultivation methods.

Gift
It is possible to awaken as a recognized subordinate even if one doesn't have the qualifications for being a Demon Lord Seed. If ones superior undergoes a version of the Harvest Festival, Gifts are distributed to their subordinates and it is possible for them to awaken as well.

Notable Individuals
Individuals that awakened by receiving a Gift.

Equipment
By using equipment of God-Grade or high-class Legend-Grade like Holy Mail, it is possible to temporarily awaken.

Skill
By using certain skills like Magic Flame Transformation or Divine Berserker it is possible to temporarily awaken.

Merging with Elemental
By merging with a high ranking Elemental it is possible to awaken even for a short time using ability like Fusion skill. A High ranking Elemental needs to like an individual to form a contract with them, which can be tricky because they tend to have high standards for whom they trust.

Incomplete Awakening
It is also possible to awaken incompletely by forcing a method, like Clayman, who tried to awaken by sacrificing an insufficient amount of Souls and achieved an incomplete awakened state.