None on too grand a scale, because Apate was more focused on countless minor plots to forment dissent and unease throughout the universe. It was her that was responsible for the regular splintering of the Dryads in the age before their fall.
Because splintering and unrest tended to give rise to new more complex systems systems to deal with the new issues or warfare that would cull one side or the other.
Before then she was personally trying to understand the universe and working on her own personal magic style. But that effort failed considering her developing style was using both Gardener and Winnower Mana and since they are now corruptible they are a no go.
Stellar to modify the power system.
Rather than Higher Truths allowing to cultivate to ascension too fast it is actually self soft locked because a lot of mortals do not want to evolve into some alien thing so they are essentially able to ascend to an immortal spirit of mana but choose not to go beyond that. Potent but in the sense of being able to threaten a town and little else.
The source of the skyrocketing power is due to the sheer amount of buffs the players have provided.
There are the blessings given the by Dreaming SKy, The Magical Bond made with Heroes, The Brathi Arts, Sorcery, etc.
All of them tend to stack and they are done in such a way as to focus on the local Champions of the people, elevating those beings to being able to shatter cities at a minimum with the strongest able to destroy worlds. Though those on the world scale were the Dryads who lost themselves to Necromancy and essentially killed all living things in their worlds.
What end goal do you want to pursue?
