Nine Provinces

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Nine Provinces (九 Provinces)
Alias(es)	Nine Provinces World; Nine Provinces Continent
Status	Extant 766
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Geography and Political Structure

Aspect	Details
Core political bodies	The Human Emperor Palace, Nine Imperial Dynasties, Six Great Sects, and Dragon Palaces of the Four Seas are the principal powers recognized across the continent. 169
States	The continent contains over a thousand smaller countries alongside nine great Imperial Dynasties. 2
Great Dynasties	A state must maintain its national fortune for ten thousand years without decline to be recognized as a great dynasty. 2
Nine great dynasties	Great Zhou, Heavenly Origin, Great Wei, Meng Jiang, Bai Ze, Great Yong, Great Sui, Wu Yue, and Wu. 640
Common language	The Nine Provinces language has long been unified. 169
Human Emperor Palace	Holds a transcendent position and mediates disputes between major powers to prevent cultivation conflicts from devastating the continent. 2

Governance

Human Emperor System

The First Human Emperor established a model in which sects and dynasties coexist, compete, and receive support rather than being completely suppressed. This policy gives cultivators an outlet for conflict while fostering the emergence of new geniuses. 2

The Human Emperor Palace oversees the continent’s overall stability. During Jiang Li’s reign, it convened the Nine Provinces Council Meeting, assigning major forces responsibilities to address the lingering effects of Extraterrestrial Demon schemes. 104

• The Human Emperor is selected from candidates chosen by the Nine Provinces Earth Veins. 359
• Jiang Li is the Seventy-Second Human Emperor. 510
• The Palace later expanded from managing internal affairs to mediating conflicts between other worlds that established relations through the Nine Provinces. 701

Nine Provinces Earth Veins

The Nine Provinces Earth Veins are the core of the world and lie directly beneath the Human Emperor Palace. They possess no intelligence. 359

• Created by the First Human Emperor after his battle against the Extraterrestrial Demons. 359
• Collect the beliefs of all living beings and stabilize them as Faith Power for the Human Emperor’s use. 359
• Control the world’s Spiritual Qi and select Human Emperor candidates. 359
• Jiang Li’s body was created from the Earth Veins’ Sentient Wish Power to protect the Nine Provinces from Extraterrestrial Demons. 669

Society and Development

Maps and Information

Jiang Li organized the Nine Imperial Dynasties, Six Great Sects, Four Seas Dragon Kings, and other powers to produce a standardized Nine Provinces Map. Each faction mapped its own territory while the Human Emperor Palace surveyed the remaining regions. 27

• The resulting map was several times more detailed than the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion’s version. 27
• It was printed onto jade slips and sold at only slightly above cost. 27
• Commander Liu later maintained its accuracy by continuously surveying changes to the continent’s terrain. 439
• Books such as Nine Provinces Customs and the Cultivation Outline provide mortals and cultivators with accessible information on cultivation paths, major forces, and regional conditions. 271

Cultivation and Education

The Nine Provinces maintains a broad cultivation education system that teaches restraint before children begin cultivating. Cultivation is presented as a path toward longevity rather than unchecked combat. 467

• Public knowledge-sharing covers fields including talismans, formations, sword cultivation, and the Space Dao. 271
• Integration Stage cultivation methods eventually became openly available rather than rare prizes worth risking one’s life for. 647
• The Five Elements Qi Refining Art became widely studied among mortals; its complete form could raise the general cultivation standard of mortals to the Foundation Establishment Stage. 647 765
• Cultivation and technology were integrated into daily life, including automated production of inexpensive low-level talismans and widespread Five Senses Receiving Mirrors. 647

Sentient Spiritual Treasures

During the Yin-Yang Heaven Seal’s self-refinement, it granted sentience and freedom to spiritual artifacts, magical artifacts, Dao Artifacts, Immortal Artifacts, and the Heaven Desolate Halberd. 54

• The sudden awakening of spiritual treasures initially caused a movement to establish a Spirit Treasure Imperial Dynasty. 54
• Most rebelling treasures ultimately surrendered after being opposed by the Nine Provinces’ experts. 56
• Great Zhou later established Spiritual Treasure Law and Spiritual Treasure Pavilions to protect sentient treasures’ rights and help cultivators cooperate with them. 321
• Dao Sect researchers publicly taught the Yin-Yang Heaven Seal’s Spiritual Treasure cultivation method, allowing many spiritual treasures to advance. 321

Defenses and Military Strength

Nine Provinces World Protecting Array

Jiang Li and Bai Hongtu conceived the Nine Provinces World Protecting Array as a defense against Extraterrestrial Demons. It requires ongoing maintenance from Integration Stage cultivators of major sects and dynasties. 48

• Bai Hongtu initially proposed the Yin-Yang Heaven Seal as the array eye. 48
• Before departing for another world, Jiang Li arranged the array with the sentient Heaven Desolate Halberd as its core. 57
• The world also possesses an Immortal-laid suppression array that reduces the strength of all cultivators within the Nine Provinces, including its own residents. 640

National Luck

The rulers of the Nine great Imperial Dynasties can mobilize National Luck to temporarily amplify their cultivation. 640

Ruler(s)	Result of National Luck Empowerment
Yu Yin of Heavenly Origin	Reached Tribulation Stage Peak. 640
Ji Zhi of Great Zhou	Reached the Tribulation Stage. 640
Seven other Imperial Lords	Reached Half-Step Tribulation Stage. 640

During the conflict with the Eight Desolations, the Nine Provinces fielded nine Half-Step Tribulation Stage combatants through its dynasties’ National Luck. 640

Reputation

The Nine Provinces remained connected to neither the Immortal Realm nor its ascension system for nine thousand years, yet retained enough strength to alarm the Eight Desolations and the Immortal Realm. 677

• It has produced numerous Tribulation Stage cultivators, Earth Immortals, and Great Ascension Stage cultivators. 193 415
• Jiang Li’s Great Ascension Stage power made him the undisputed strongest figure in the Nine Provinces. 1
• Other worlds consider even an ordinary Nine Provinces force comparable to the total military strength of their own worlds. 701

History

• Nine thousand years ago: The Nine Provinces experienced unchecked growth of powerful cultivators, frequent Tribulation Stage appearances, Demonic Path blood sacrifices, and widespread disregard for mortal life. 398 399
• First Human Emperor era: The First Human Emperor defeated Extraterrestrial Demons and created the Earth Veins to stabilize Faith Power and establish the Human Emperor candidate system. 359
• Jiang Li’s rise: Jiang Li began as a transmigrator with no external aid, eventually reached the Great Ascension Stage, and became Human Emperor. 1
• Early Jiang Li era: After the death of the previous Human Emperor, an Ancient Sect and the Great Zhou Monarch’s conflict engulfed half the continent. Jiang Li ended the disaster after ascending as Human Emperor. 2
• Map reform: Jiang Li’s public map initiative broke the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion’s monopoly on reliable geographical information. 27
• Spiritual Treasure Awakening: The Yin-Yang Heaven Seal granted sentience to the Nine Provinces’ spiritual treasures, prompting a brief but dangerous rebellion. 54 56
• First interworld exchange: Jiang Li opened contact with Ming Zhong’s world, intending mutual development and protection against future Extraterrestrial Demon threats. 139
• Council diplomacy: The Nine Provinces Council Meeting expanded to include representatives from other worlds and secured cooperation agreements with six worlds. 436 443
• Myriad Realms exploration: The Myriad Realms Exploration Festival formalized the Nine Provinces’ mission to explore other worlds, rescue them from Heavenly Devil threats, and advance the Human Path. 617
• Eight Desolations conflict: The Eight Desolations attempted to exploit the Nine Provinces’ strength and ultimately initiated war after accusing it of cheating during a friendly exchange. 638 640
• Post-Immortal Realm era: After Jiang Li destroyed the Immortal Realm, the Nine Provinces accelerated interworld exploration, diplomacy, and development. 702 713

Interworld Relations

Diplomatic Policy

The Nine Provinces promotes cooperation while formally recognizing every world’s right to remain independent and reject diplomatic contact. 476 696

• Ming Zhong’s world was the first world to establish contact with the Nine Provinces and introduced scientific technology to it. 437
• Jiang Li proposed mutual-assistance agreements among the Ming Zhong, Zombie, Huan Yu, Ancient Passage, Spirit Creek, and Wei Gu worlds. 437
• The Human Emperor Palace became a diplomatic intermediary for worlds seeking relations with one another. 701
• The Nine Provinces publicly released Myriad Realms coordinates, allowing cultivators to explore other worlds according to their own preferences and luck. 612

Myriad Realms Friendship Treaty

The original Two Worlds Friendship Treaty expanded into the Myriad Realms Friendship Treaty. 766

Treaty detail	Information
Signatory worlds	100,000 worlds. 766
Meeting venue	A temporary space opened within the Human Emperor Palace by the Brahma Heaven Pagoda. 766
Language solution	Bai Hongtu’s grand formation automatically translated speech into the Nine Provinces language and each listener’s native language. 766
Primary objective	Cooperation and development among worlds after the establishment of Order. 766

Notable Locations

• Human Emperor Palace — The Human Emperor’s seat of authority, center of continent-wide councils, and location directly above the Nine Provinces Earth Veins. 104 359
• Great Zhou Dynasty — Jiang Li’s homeland and a long-standing major dynasty noted for its law-based governance and stability. 2 529
• Northernmost Land — A remote region where A Bu was discovered frozen after arriving from another world. 169 178
• Mount Sumeru — The Buddhist Sect’s holy site and a venue for major Dharma assemblies. 138
• Profound Mystery Realm — A realm on Great Zhou’s border, periodically opened for exploration. 321