Human Race
Primordial World: Reborn as Fuxi, Creating the Mythic Great Luo MethodContents
Biodata
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Human Race (人族) |
| Species/Race | Humans; an Acquired race 70 |
| Affiliation | Huaxia Imperial Dynasty; Human Path 157 185 |
| Occupation/Role | Heaven-ordained protagonists of heaven and earth; rightful bearers of the Human Path 150 185 |
| Status | Active; agreed to govern the earth under a proposed Divine Court arrangement 275 |
| First Appearance | Created in Chapter 68 68 |
Power Progression
| Stage / Realm / Level | Chapter | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Acquired | 68–70 | Created with Innate Dao Bodies, humans initially could not absorb spiritual Qi as Innate beings did or follow the usual cultivation system 68 70. |
| Innate and beyond | 71–77 | Fuxi created and imparted the Dao Scripture. Human cultivators emerged within a hundred years, and those who reached Innate cultivated rapidly 71 72 73 77. |
| Golden Immortal combat | 88 | Nuwa showed Changxi a human defeating a Golden Immortal who served Demon Saint Ji Meng 88. |
| Daluo Golden Immortal | 165 | Jieyin and Zhunti noted that at least ten humans had attained the realm in the preceding thousand years 165. |
| Quasi-Sage | 177 | Suiren Shi, Youchao Shi, and Ziyi Shi revealed their Quasi-Sage cultivation at Chentang Pass 177. |
History
Creation and early growth
Nuwa created the Human Race at the Eastern Sea Shore, using the Nine Heavens Breathing Soil and Innate Gourd Vine supplied by Fuxi. She molded the first three humans in her and Fuxi’s likeness, then used the vine to create more; their number reached one hundred thousand 68 70.
Nuwa entrusted the newborn race to Fuxi, who devised a cultivation system to overcome the limitations of their Acquired origins. He later erected a stone stele that secured them ten thousand years of peace. The humans honored Nuwa as their Holy Mother and Fuxi as their Holy Teacher 69 71 73 77.
When spiritual resources became scarce, Fuxi made the herbs and roots on the three immortal islands of Penglai available to them. Suiren Shi gathered herbs but declined an offer to move the race onto the island 77.
The Human Sect and Demon invasion
Hongjun directed Laozi to establish the Human Sect and claim the race’s Fortune. At Fuxi’s suggestion, Nuwa founded the sect herself and taught a method based on Creation, increasing the humans’ strength and Fortune 95 96 97.
After the Human Race rejected Laozi and severed its connection with him, its Fortune gathered around Chang’e, who used her increased strength to revive land devastated by the Golden Crows. Laozi then proposed a Demon Race attack on humanity to draw the Witch Clan into war 134.
The humans routed the first wave of the invasion through cooperation and the strength of their prodigies, but suffered heavy losses when the Ten Great Demon Gods entered the battle. Chang’e and human powerhouses fought back as the Witch Clan marched to their aid 138 140.
Huaxia and the Heavenly Court
After the Witch-Demon War and Nuwa’s repair of the heavens, the Human Race developed into the Primordial World’s leading race. Hongjun identified it as the future protagonist of heaven and earth and urged the Sages to target its Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors 149 150.
Fuxi founded Huaxia, uniting the human territories within a hundred years. He later abdicated in favor of Shennong. Under successive rulers, Shennong found five-colored rice and wrote the Hundred Herbs Classic, Xuanyuan promoted large-scale livestock raising, and Cangjie created writing 157 158.
Hongjun subsequently ordered the Heavenly Court and its allies to attack Huaxia. Human forces repelled the initial campaign, then assembled more than a million soldiers at Chentang Pass. The completed Mountains and Rivers, and the State Great Array countered the Heavenly Court’s Zhou Tian Stars Great Array 160 165 177 181.
During the conflict, the Human Path formed the Human Path Sword, which shattered the Heavenly Dao’s pressure over Chentang Pass. Haotian admitted the Heavenly Court’s fault, offered compensation, and agreed to live in harmony with the Human Race 183 185.
Later developments
When the Outside-Heaven Demons threatened the Primordial World, Haotian tried to leave the fighting to the Human Race. Humanity ultimately guarded the southern and northern extreme battlefields, while other factions defended the east and west 190 199.
After the worlds merged, Fuxi proposed a Divine Court. He agreed to Hongjun’s suggestion that the Human Race govern the earth while the Heavenly Court guarded the Thirty-Three Heavens 275.
Cultivation and Resources
Dao Scripture
Fuxi’s cultivation method was tailored to humans and sought to develop the potential of the body. It ranked second on the Great Dao Cultivation Technique Ranking 72 206.
- Sea of Bitter: Cultivators excavate a Life Spring and construct a Divine Bridge to the Other Shore.
- Dao Palace: Cultivates a palace corresponding to the five internal organs.
- Four Extremes: Cultivates the four limbs.
- Nine Transformations of the Dragon: Cultivates the spine.
- Immortal Platform: Follows cultivation of the physical body to its utmost 72.
The Dao Scripture’s broader lineage advocates opening worlds within the body, unlike the Mystic Sect’s path of uniting with an external Dao Fruit 214.
Creation
Nuwa taught a Creation method adapted for humans with Fuxi’s corrections. Its principles could be applied to pill refinement, artifact refinement, and formations 97.
Fortune and the Human Path
- Huaxia’s unification condensed the race’s scattered Fortune into a tangible divine dragon, initially comparable to a peak Quasi-Sage 157.
- At Chentang Pass, human support helped the Human Path form the Human Path Sword, a supreme treasure that broke heavenly punishment clouds and dispelled the Heavenly Dao’s pressure 183.
- The Hundred Schools of Thought adapted Buddhist divine abilities into techniques that consumed less magical power and were better suited to fighting Outside-Heaven Demons 199.
Governance and Notable Figures
| Figure | Role or contribution |
|---|---|
| Fuxi | Holy Teacher; created the Dao Scripture, founded Huaxia, and served as its first Human Emperor 71 77 152 157. |
| Suiren Shi, Youchao Shi, and Ziyi Shi | The Three Ancestors; early leaders who later appeared as Quasi-Sages 73 177. |
| Shennong | Succeeded Fuxi; found five-colored rice and wrote Shennong’s Hundred Herbs Classic 158. |
| Xuanyuan | Succeeded Shennong and ordered livestock raised on a large scale 158. |
| Cangjie | Created writing and later helped lead Huaxia’s forces against the Heavenly Court 158 165. |
| Di Xin | Human Emperor during the Heavenly Court war; accepted its surrender at Chentang Pass 161 185 186. |
Relationships
- Nuwa — Creator and Holy Mother of the Human Race; founded the Human Sect to protect its Fortune from Laozi’s scheme 68 77 96.
- Fuxi — Holy Teacher and protector; gave humanity a cultivation method, secured its early peace, and founded Huaxia 71 77 157.
- Witch Clan and Netherworld — The Witch Clan grew close to humanity through contact and intermarriage and marched to its aid against the Demon Race. Later, the Human Race cooperated with Houtu’s Netherworld 130 138 159.
- Demon Race — Invaded the Human Race as part of Laozi’s plan; the attack left a lasting blood feud 134 138 157.
- Hongjun and the Heavenly Court — Sought to curb humanity’s rise and seize the Human Path. The Heavenly Court surrendered after its war against Huaxia 150 160 185.
- Western Teachings — Permitted to spread Buddhist cultivation among humans, provided their experts at or above Daluo Golden Immortal stayed out of human territory 194.