Taiyi Imperial Palace

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Taiyi Imperial Palace
Original Name	太一帝宫
Type	Imperial-level cultivation faction and its headquarters
Location	Connecting Heaven Continent, Upper Realm 203 204
Founder	Taiyi Great Emperor 251
Leadership	Wang Ping becomes Palace Master; the Supreme Palace Master subsequently handles most administrative duties 270 271
Presiding Great Emperor	Heaven Feather Great Emperor 217 270
Heritage	Has produced five Great Emperors 203
Signature Artifact	Taiyi Imperial Pagoda 209 254
Status	Active under Wang Ping’s leadership in the later story 303
First Appearance	Chapter 203, “The Golden Age Arrives! Heavenly Calculator” 203

Background and Standing

Taiyi Imperial Palace was founded by Taiyi Great Emperor. When Wang Ping first considers joining it in a simulation, it possesses the longest inheritance among the imperial-level factions he is comparing, has produced five Great Emperors, and still has a Great Emperor overseeing it. Wang Ping judges its foundations stronger than those of the alternatives, although imperial-level factions have no publicly accepted ranking 203 251.

Its influence extends beyond the Connecting Heaven Continent. At Thunder Flame Valley, even the resident Supreme treats Wang Ping’s arrival as an Imperial Son with unusual courtesy. His affiliation also makes the mistreatment of his disciple Ye Chen a matter involving the palace rather than merely a local dispute 204.

Organization

Hierarchy

Position	Responsibilities or Standing
Presiding Great Emperor	Provides the faction’s highest-level protection. Heaven Feather Great Emperor intervenes when other imperial forces threaten the palace 240.
Palace Master	Oversees recruitment, resources, and arrangements for disciples. The office is held by a Supreme during the Era of Dharma Decline; a Quasi-Emperor Palace Master takes over after the Golden Age begins in the discussed simulation 228 246.
Old Ancestors	Include Quasi-Emperors, one of whom is at Great Perfection. They make emergency decisions, protect the inheritance, and regulate access to dangerous trials 240 251.
Elders	All elders encountered during Wang Ping’s initial visit are Saint Realm experts; some have cultivation he cannot discern 203.
Imperial Sons / Imperial Children	Elite disciples with numbered positions. Their rankings can change through challenges; the First Imperial Son represents the palace’s younger generation 212 214 217.
True Disciples	A documented disciple category below Imperial Child status. Wang Ping becomes a True Disciple and receives a Supreme’s instruction in an early simulation 203.

Recruitment and Disciple Treatment

• Background checks: The Palace Master openly requires a clean background. Once trust is established, rapid cultivation growth is not itself grounds for suspicion 228.
• Long-term investment: The palace aims to cultivate trusted talents into Quasi-Emperors or Great Emperors 228.
• Independent cultivation: Imperial Children still have to compete for opportunities. The palace deliberately avoids raising prodigies who cannot shoulder responsibility or struggle for themselves 203.
• Exceptional admission: Cai Yonglong and Wan Yu are admitted without talent testing because they accompany Wang Ping 228.
• Self-sealing: The palace arranges for Wang Ping and his companions to seal themselves until the Golden Age, nearly one hundred thousand years later in several simulations 212 223.
• Personal privacy: Exclusive cultivation grounds can be protected against entry and scrutiny even by Supremes and Quasi-Emperors 228.

Grounds and Cultivation Facilities

Spirit Dust Peak

• A beautiful, spiritually rich mountain assigned exclusively to Wang Ping upon his real-world admission 228.
• Granted as an exception before he formally becomes an Imperial Son, giving him treatment equivalent to that rank 228.
• Protected by a Grand Array: no one can enter without his permission, and even Supremes and Quasi-Emperors cannot pry into its secrets 228.

Taiyi Heaven Road

Feature	Details
Purpose	Assessment for Imperial Child eligibility 203.
Criteria	Tests talent, will, and related qualities rather than cultivation level 203.
Qualification Threshold	Reaching the tenth layer qualifies a candidate to become an Imperial Child 203.
Higher Layers	Become increasingly difficult; few candidates succeed beyond the tenth layer 203.
Alternative Eligibility	Descendants of Great Emperors can also become Imperial Children 203.
Wang Ping’s Results	Reaches the eleventh and twelfth layers in different simulations; later breaks the road’s record after perfecting his Space-Time Dao Body 212 217 223.

Taiyi Imperial Pagoda

• Cultivation support: Assists law comprehension and is regularly used to train palace disciples. Wang Ping attains Great Perfection in both the Laws of Space and Time after fifty years of cultivation within it in one simulation 209 217 254.
• Combat functions: Can be used for offense and defense. Wang Ping also seals the Innate Emperor Flame inside it 209 254.
• True origin: Initially described as Taiyi Great Emperor’s life-bound artifact, it is later revealed to be a naturally formed Emperor Artifact that he nurtured to a level close to a Quasi-Immortal Artifact 209 251.
• Secret Realm key: Full recognition by the pagoda, following completion of the Supreme Heaven Road, enables access to an ancient Secret Realm 251.
• Immortal Pagoda connection: The Taiyi Imperial Pagoda and Golden Light Jade Talismans combine to open the Immortal Pagoda’s barrier 258 265.
• Institutional importance: Wang Ping initially leaves it at the palace despite becoming its sole owner because removing it would disrupt disciple cultivation and deprive the faction of a symbol 254.

Supreme Heaven Road

The Supreme Heaven Road is a small world on the highest level of the Taiyi Imperial Pagoda, left behind by Taiyi Great Emperor 251.

Feature	Details
Trial	Successive battles against manifestations of outstanding Supremes from ancient times to the present, including figures who later became Great Emperors 251.
Fairness	Opponents who attained the Emperor realm are faced at the challenger’s realm 251.
Pressure	Rest periods are short. Remaining stationary does not prevent a stronger opponent from appearing 251.
Failure	Death within the trial 251.
Completion Rewards	Enlightenment and a cultivation increase to Heaven Venerable peak; Wang Ping also obtains full control of the pagoda 251.
Access Restrictions	Rarely opened because nearly all Imperial Sons who entered died. The ancestors once prohibited Heaven Feather Great Emperor from attempting it as a Supreme 251.

Resources and Protection

• Intelligence network: Locates Wind Demon Supreme in the Thunder Origin Forbidden Land and helps Wang Ping find the concealed Black Abyss Demon Lord inheritance 203 204.
• Ancient records: Provide information about powerful constitutions’ heavenly tribulations and help identify an Emperor Scripture fragment associated with the Dao of Time 217.
• Cultivation supplies: Imperial Sons can seek Saint Medicines and elixirs. Wang Ping later negotiates for three and a half million catties of Top-Grade God Source 209 246.
• Emperor Artifacts: Wang Ping receives authorization to mobilize the palace’s artifacts. Restrictions prevent an ordinary borrower from simply taking them away 246.
• Dao Protectors: Supplies Supreme and Quasi-Emperor protectors capable of escorting Wang Ping between universes 225 230.
• Recovery facilities: Allow Yu Daoyi to stabilize severe Origin injuries, although the palace lacks medicine sufficient to fully repair damage of that magnitude 255.
• Inheritance Seed Plan: Activated before the confrontation over the Secret Realm incident to preserve the lineage even if the headquarters is destroyed 239.

Associated Figures

• Taiyi Great Emperor — Founder. His surviving phantom monitors the palace’s development and entrusts both the faction and its pagoda to Wang Ping, asking him to lead the lineage to the Immortal Realm 251 270.
• Heaven Feather Great Emperor — Presiding Great Emperor and defender of the palace. Takes Wang Ping as a disciple in several simulations and later supports his appointment as Palace Master 217 223 270.
• Supreme Palace Master — Receives Wang Ping, makes exceptions for his companions, and allocates cultivation resources. Continues handling most duties after Wang Ping assumes leadership 228 246 271.
• Wang Ping — Recruited prodigy, First Imperial Son in multiple simulations, and eventual Palace Master. Regarded by senior members as the hope for the palace’s collective ascension 217 229 270.
• Yu Daohong — Heaven Feather Great Emperor’s son and original First Imperial Son. Becomes Wang Ping’s rival, then assists him in clearing obstacles and pursuing immortal opportunities 214 217 234.
• Yu Daoyi — Heaven Feather Great Emperor’s daughter. Defends Wang Ping alongside palace powerhouses and later formally greets him as Palace Master after being rescued 265 303.
• Ye Chen — Wang Ping’s disciple, invited to join the palace in a simulation. Benefits from his master’s status and connection to Heaven Feather Great Emperor 217.
• Cai Yonglong and Wan Yu — Admitted alongside Wang Ping through the Palace Master’s special arrangements 228.
• Lin Qinghe — Wang Ping’s disciple. Leaves the palace in one simulation after receiving her inheritance, seeking to avoid implicating him 242.

Story Role and Major Arcs

Recruitment and Imperial Son Competition

Wang Ping first selects Taiyi Imperial Palace in a simulation after his earlier experience with the Dao Palace. Successive simulations explore different recruitment circumstances, Taiyi Heaven Road results, and Imperial Son rankings; these are alternative outcomes rather than one uninterrupted promotion sequence 203 209 212 223.

After perfecting his Space-Time Dao Body in one route, he returns, breaks the Taiyi Heaven Road record, becomes Heaven Feather Great Emperor’s disciple, and defeats Yu Daohong for the First Imperial Son position. His rise gives the palace two representatives among the Saint King Ranking’s top ten 217.

His real-world admission occurs later, when he arrives with Great Saint Eighth Layer cultivation and a Perfect Space-Time Dao Body. The Palace Master admits his companions and assigns him Spirit Dust Peak 228.

Secret Realm Confrontation

In a simulation, Wang Ping returns with news that a Secret Realm is a conspiracy. Heaven Feather Great Emperor’s absence leaves the palace vulnerable, and rival forces use the incident to demand an explanation while coveting its resources. Wang Ping leaves to distance the faction from the danger, while the ancestors activate the Inheritance Seed Plan 239 240.

Heaven Feather Great Emperor’s clone subsequently appears to defend the palace. Wang Ping presents Gu Xuan’s corpse, and Great Saint Dark Star supports the palace; the assembled forces redirect their demands toward the Longevity Gu Family 240.

Relocation and an Overseas Lineage

In a failed simulation route, the palace relocates its entire sect to the Grand Origin Forbidden Ground after the Immortal Abode Alliance fails to stop the Nine Stars Pavilion. Wang Ping and the ancestors survive the Upper Realm’s refinement there, but Heaven Feather Great Emperor dies. Their remaining cultivation resources are finite, and the forbidden ground silently shifts their settlement deeper into danger 251.

In another simulation, Wang Ping and many palace powerhouses are stranded in a different universe. After defeating Darkness Great Emperor Black Cang, they establish a new Taiyi Imperial Palace lineage there. It prospers under the Supremes’ management, though the departure of so many experts leaves the original palace weakened 265 266.

Wang Ping’s Leadership

On returning to the palace in the real world, Wang Ping is spontaneously recognized as the Taiyi Imperial Pagoda’s master. Taiyi Great Emperor’s phantom urges Heaven Feather Great Emperor to give him genuine authority and entrusts the palace to him 270.

Wang Ping becomes Palace Master but delegates most routine work to the Supreme Palace Master. In a later simulation, he refuses to flee from an impending threat because doing so would endanger Taiyi Imperial Palace and its connected forces 271 277.