The first life forms created by the Grand Monarchs were the nine Greater Spirits, or Divine Spirits. Each of the spirits has a different domain that together encompass all aspects of life, and though all of them are very different they are equal in power. As the Grand Monarchs don't interact with the other races, the Greater Spirits govern life in all the realms, though they mainly focus on the Gods and Lesser Spirits and leave them to govern the mortal races.
The spirits appear in an ethereal form when in The Divine Realm and The Elemental Planes but have unique, physical forms in Luxum and Noxum.