Sky Pillar World

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Sky Pillar World
Original Name	天柱界
Entity Type	Cultivation world / realm
Status	Extant; its Heaven and Earth spiritual energy is in long-term decline 715
First Appearance	167

History

More than 20,000 years ago, the Sky Pillar World was controlled by the Spirit Race. The Ghost Chi Clan, then an overlord race, aided the weak human race in bringing Ancient humans from the Grand Yi Spirit Realm into the world; the resulting war ended in a human victory, establishing humanity as the new ruler of Sky Pillar World 257.

The world has maintained an ascension connection to the Grand Yi Spirit Realm for tens of millions of years. When a new Spirit Transformation True Lord ascended, senior True Lords in the Grand Yi Spirit Realm could transmit secret arts and cultivation methods back through the Ascension Passage. These inheritances were largely monopolized by major sects and cultivation families with Golden Core cultivators or stronger 56.

Heaven Burial Plain was once a prosperous cultivation region. Ten thousand years ago, a spatial-temporal rift opened through the Ten Thousand Souls Blood Sacrifice Grand Formation there, allowing the Nether Ghost Realm to invade; the plain was reduced to ruins in the aftermath 56.

The world later faced repeated inter-realm crises. During the Nine Stars Align, the Nether Ghost Realm opened a spatial rift and launched an invasion, which Sky Pillar World's True Lords initially repelled 295. A later counterattack force entered the rift and never returned, while the Netherworld's leading powers prepared a renewed offensive 299.

The Ascension Grand Array on Heaven Pillar Mountain was nearly destroyed after the Second War of the Two Worlds, reportedly by an upper-realm great power. Its damage severed the reliable ascension route for subsequent Spirit Transformation True Lords 415.

By the time of Zhao Sheng's later return, the world's spiritual-energy environment had deteriorated toward a “spiritual desert.” The Supreme Induction Sect's proposed World-Saving Voyage sought to relocate a portion of its cultivators to the Spring Birth World, while the Sky Pillar Zhao Clan's Autonomy Faction opposed dependence on another world's civilization 715.

Geography

Heaven Pillar Mountain

Heaven Pillar Mountain is the world's central landmark, known as the “axis of heaven,” the center of the world, and a refuge for rogue cultivators. Its circumference spans thousands of miles, its summit cannot be seen from below, and it is perpetually surrounded by seas of clouds 12.

• The mountain has nine layers of Cloud Sea; higher layers are blocked by ancient sealing and isolation restrictions 47 415.
• Its summit holds the damaged Ascension Grand Array and Ascension Platform, which connect to the Grand Yi Spirit Realm 380 395.
• Its main Spiritual Vein is a fifth-order vein linked to the Ascension Grand Array 415.
• The shady side is called the Death Treasure Land by herb gatherers: an unexplored wilderness rich in spirit herbs and beasts, but fatal to countless explorers 17.
• Its unique climate produces Heaven Pillar Cold Tides and Yin Wind Cold Tides; these can force herb gatherers off the mountain for entire seasons 49 52.
• Above the sixth Cloud Sea, the terrain shifts from frozen wasteland to dense ancient vegetation, ruins, and rare spirit herbs. Zhao Sheng regarded this region as highly dangerous 415 416.

Other Major Locations

Location	Description
Cave Heaven City	A vast cavern-city on Heaven Pillar Mountain's southern foothills and one of the Sky Pillar World's four renowned rogue-cultivator cities 56.
Heaven Burial Plain	Formerly a prosperous region; ruined by the Nether Ghost Realm invasion and later became a dangerous refuge for heretics, devils, and treasure seekers 56 717.
Star God Island	Core region of the Shattered Star Sea and site of the Star God Palace. During the Star God Ceremony, it becomes one of the world's greatest concentrations of powerful cultivators 224.
Golden Wall Great Wall	A principal defensive line during the Nether Ghost Realm invasion, defended by formations, Daoist soldiers, and Flying Immortal City 295 296.
Flying Immortal City	A silver-white floating city, the Immortal Artifact Sect's outer mountain gate, and later the Central Continent Alliance's headquarters 294 520.

Cultivation and Ascension

The Sky Pillar World follows the Grand Yi Calendar, rather than the older Void Spirit Calendar remembered by an ancient remnant soul 167.

The Ascension Platform atop Heaven Pillar Mountain is an exceptionally spirit-rich site, containing eighty-one immense Crystal Pillars and a nine-story tower built entirely from Top-Grade Spirit Stones. The tower's levels correspond to elemental attributes, with its highest level representing time and space 395.

The associated Ascension Tower also serves as the world's space-time beacon. The Blood God Children repeatedly targeted it because destroying it would prevent cultivators in the Spirit Realm from locating Sky Pillar World's coordinates 518.

Society and Factions

Humanity has been the dominant race since its ancient victory over the Spirit Race, though the world still contains Spirit Race remnants, demon races, Ghost Chi descendants, and other alien peoples 257.

The spiritual-energy decline has altered the world's cultivation landscape:

• Ghost cultivation has expanded because it relies on Yin Fiend turbid Qi rather than abundant Heaven and Earth spiritual energy 715.
• The Ghost God Sect rose into a major power within less than a millennium, contributing to the trend of “Dao diminishing and demons flourishing” 715.
• The Sky Pillar Zhao Clan eventually fragmented into the Central, Southern, Northern, and Overseas branches 715.
• The Central Sect occupies Heaven Pillar Mountain and Divine Dragon Valley, while the Southern Sect is based around Rising Dragon City and allied with the Dan Ding Sect and Beast Taming Sect 715.
• The Northern Sect migrated to Northern Cold Continent, annexed Water Mother Palace, and allied with Ancient Buddhism against demonic forces 715.

Inter-Realm Relations

Realm	Relationship with Sky Pillar World
Grand Yi Spirit Realm	Destination of the traditional ascension route; ascended True Lords historically transmitted cultivation inheritances back to Sky Pillar World 56.
Nether Ghost Realm	Invaded through a rift at Heaven Burial Plain and later launched further large-scale incursions through spatial rifts 56 295.
Secluded God Realm	A rival world connected through the periodically opening Star Gate; both sides conduct infiltration and intermittent warfare 389 390.
Nether Night Realm	Not directly connected to Sky Pillar World and therefore comparatively distant from its wars 432.
Spring Birth World	Proposed destination for the World-Saving Voyage migration plan 715.

Notable Traits

• Heaven Pillar Mountain's abundant spirit herbs, including Purple Qi Ganoderma and the extremely high-altitude Moon Dew, made the surrounding region a major destination for herb gatherers and rogue cultivators 12.
• Falling objects are considered the leading cause of death for Heaven Pillar Mountain herb gatherers; the Cloud Sea Heavenly Barriers intercept some debris from higher elevations 47.
• Ancient super-large stone caves and ruins within Heaven Pillar Mountain are associated with Nascent Soul-era construction, deadly spatial cracks, and unknown treasures 255.
• A mountain created within a later Dongtian was deliberately modeled after Heaven Pillar Mountain, sharing more than seventy percent of its appearance 798.