The catalysts can "break" your normal ceiling, yeah. This is because they don't actually change your invested essence, they just boost the effects of what's there.
No problem!Thanks for explaining.
That's correct. You can move the catalyst around (generally outside of combat), but you'll only have one veil with that boosted cap. Assuming you have one of each type, that would put your top 3 at 11, 9, and 8 (assuming you arranged to have one veil at the maximum possible capacity without using temporary boosters like Divine Essence).You can only have one of each akashic catalyst right? So only 1 veil can have 11.