Taihua Sacred Ground

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History

The Taihua Goddess founded the Sacred Ground after the Second High Antiquity War, establishing it on Taihua Divine Mountain, her former Dao field. She had left the Profound Maiden Palace and created Taihua’s sect-defending cultivation methods herself. Descendants of her disciples formed branches including the Jiang and Ye clans 481 534 545.

Roughly ninety million years before Lu Changsheng learned of the incident, Lin Beichen, a gifted disciple of Household Ancestor Lin, betrayed Taihua after learning portions of its two supreme arts. His defection to the Demon Realm became one of the Sacred Ground’s closely guarded disgraces 496 500 562.

Taihua rarely appeared before the world, relying on protected Immortal Gates to gather resources. It nevertheless mobilized them when needed: after an expedition became trapped on Ancient Mulberry Island, it assembled a rescue squad led by the Taihua Saintess 357 368.

Lin Qinghan later brought guards to Shushan’s aid and invited Lu Changsheng to join Taihua. He entered with several disciples, became Lin Xuantong’s personal disciple, and eventually defeated Jiang Yu for the Holy Son position 392 393 395 482.

Territory and Facilities

Taihua directly manages the Taihua Divine Domain. Its central mountain range contains numerous peaks and palaces, while a Spirit-Gathering Grand Array draws the domain’s spiritual Qi toward the Sacred Ground. The domain’s inhabitants also provide Power of Faith, which accumulates as Taihua’s Fortune 392 393 406.

Mountain-Guarding Formation

The formation left by the Taihua Goddess protects an area extending ten thousand li in every direction. Its first layer provides defense and its second is a killing formation. More than a hundred God Kings working together can unleash its power even without a Great Expert 599 726.

During the Demon Realm siege, Taihua divided its defenders into five groups to maintain the formation in shifts. The spiritual Qi needed for both the formation and the millions sheltering inside made a prolonged defense difficult 726.

Organization

Taihua traditionally raised its own geniuses, many of whom descended from High Antiquity Great Experts. Outsiders were rarely admitted, partly because of fears that spies might leak its cultivation methods 363 393.

At formal gatherings, the Sacred Lord sits above the Grand Supreme Elders, followed by Holy Sons, Saintesses and their candidates, ordinary elders, and disciples. The Sacred Ground also contains several powerful bloodline factions; the Jiang Clan is second only to the Lin Household in strength 395 407 413.

Members can exchange contributions for cultivation methods and Law Treasures, although certain special methods are restricted to Holy Sons, Saintesses, and their candidates. Ordinary disciples with sufficient contributions can exchange for Saint-tier methods, while Holy Sons and Saintesses receive a fifty-percent discount on cultivation methods at the Scripture Repository 393 394.

Notable members

• Taihua Goddess — Founder and creator of Taihua’s sect-defending arts 481 534.
• Lin Shiyu — The founder’s younger sister and a High Antiquity ancestor who guards Taihua Mountain 619 725.
• Lin Xuantong — Sacred Lord, Lin Qinghan’s father, and Lu Changsheng’s master 392 395 407.
• Lu Changsheng — An outsider who became Taihua Holy Son and later Sacred Lord 395 482 726.
• Lin Qinghan — Taihua Saintess and later Deputy Sacred Lord 392 691 726.
• Jiang Yu — A former Taihua Holy Son who lost the position to Lu Changsheng 413 482.
• Ye Feng — A former Holy Son defeated by Jiang Yu; he later served as a Taihua elder 413 726.
• Lin Beichen — Household Ancestor Lin’s former disciple, who betrayed Taihua and joined the Demon Realm 500 562.

Cultivation Methods

Taihua is especially known for swordsmanship and its control of Purple Tenuity Heavenly Fire 426.

One Sword Across the Ages

Taihua’s founding sword art fuses the Daos of space and time. Its prerequisites include the Space Sacred Canon and Eternal Sacred Canon, both Middle-Grade Emperor-Grade methods, as well as an understanding of the two Daos 421.

• The first four Sword Realms sever space, time, Fortune, and Cause and Effect, respectively 431.
• The legendary Fifth Sword Realm can seize the fortune of heaven and earth and kill beings who otherwise live forever 431.
• Lin Shiyu later displayed a Sixth Sword Realm identified as the Taihua Goddess’s true ultimate art 605.

Purple Tenuity Heavenly Fire True Art

One of Taihua’s two supreme arts, this secret method can surpass the scope of Emperor-Grade cultivation methods at its highest realm. The Taihua Goddess created it after forging a second Great Dao 422 501 728.

Positive Yang Fire Essence Art

A Middle-Grade Emperor-Grade internal method that produces True Qi effective against cold Qi, demons, evil, Devil Cultivation Methods, and evil thoughts. Its power can stack when multiple cultivators use it together. It has nine layers and is cultivated by Taihua’s Holy Sons, Saintesses, candidates, and Grand Supreme Elders 406.

Treasures

• Enlightenment Tea Tree — Taihua’s most prized treasure, located on Rear Mountain. It is harvested once every ten thousand years; most leaves remain at Taihua, while a portion goes to protected Immortal Gates. The leaves help Great Luo Golden Immortals comprehend the Dao 357 358 416.
• Divine Splendor Bottle — A Law Treasure associated with the Taihua Goddess. Lin Shiyu used it to restore battle-damaged land 606.
• Myriad-Flower Divine Parasol — One of the Taihua Sword Maiden’s bonded Law Treasures, wielded by Lin Qinghan during the Demon Realm attack 728.

Affiliations and Relations

Protected sects

Taihua’s dependent sects provide tribute and cultivation resources in exchange for protection and periodic distributions of Enlightenment Tea. Taihua can also summon their experts for missions or defense 368 406 726.

These ranks are described in Chapter 692. At the succession ceremony, Taihua counted more than 300 heaven-ranked sects, several thousand earth-ranked sects, countless lower-ranked sects, and over 1,000 Human Race dynasties within its territory 692 694.

• Sage-Proving Mountain — A protected Immortal Gate where Lu Changsheng once cultivated. Its connection to him later earned it exceptional treatment at Taihua 357 692.
• Wind Sword Sect — One of the Immortal Gates that worked for Taihua 406.
• Yaochi Holy Land — A close ally; its ties to Taihua include Lin Xuantong’s marriage to a former Yaochi Saintess candidate 426 575.
• Changliu Holy Land and Moon Palace — Friendly Holy Lands whose ties with Taihua grew closer through personal relationships 575 626 691.
• Blood Sea Hall — An enemy that laid a trap connected to the Ancient Mulberry Island mission and later fought Taihua’s forces 372 562.

Major Events

• Campaign against Blood Sea Hall: Taihua hosted delegations from Yaochi and many other Holy Lands to discuss action against the organization 418 424.
• Divine Maiden Dao Ruins: Taihua’s ancestors sent Lu Changsheng, Lin Qinghan, Jiang Yu, Ye Feng, and others to seek the Taihua Goddess’s suspected inheritance when the ruins opened for the forty-ninth time 481.
• Qianyuan Grotto-Heaven: Warned by Lu Changsheng, Taihua prepared an expedition led by Household Ancestor Lin and the Jiang Clan Ancestor. After the survivors returned, the Sacred Ground greatly increased cultivation resources to prepare for a calamity 497 512.
• Succession: Lin Xuantong named Lu Changsheng and Lin Qinghan his successors. Invitations to their inauguration drew delegations from surrounding sects and major Holy Lands 559 691 692.
• Demon Realm siege: Lin Qinghan gathered affiliated sects, ordered them to shelter mortals where possible, and organized Taihua’s defenses. Absolute Yin Demon Venerable’s army besieged the mountain; the subsequent invasion left the Sacred Ground in ruins and cost many lives 726 733.
• Return of past geniuses: Experienced Taihua figures returned during the crisis. Lin Shiyu, Chu Wu, Qiao Wei, Shi Niandao, and Zhu Xinguang were later stationed at Taihua Divine Mountain as five Great Experts 733 739.
• Torch Dragon’s return: After the Torch Dragon broke its Netherworld Sea seal and planned to confront Lu Changsheng, Lu left Taihua Mountain. The Torch Dragon subsequently searched the Sacred Ground with its Divine Sense and found him gone 780 781.