God Race

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	God Race (神族)
Alias(es)	Divine Race 421
Species/Race	One of the Black Ruins' former two dominant top-tier races, alongside the Demon Race 348
Affiliation	Black Ruins Universe; deeply connected to the Mother River 359 360
Status	Extant; ceded territory and follows the Human Race's lead after Jiang Hao became the Space-Time Demigod 464
First Appearance	Mentioned in records on the Black Ruins' major races 348

Background

The God Race was nurtured by the Mother River and treats it as supreme and unparalleled. The Mother River is closely tied to the race but has never fully belonged to it; the God Race cannot completely control it or defy its invitations to outside prodigies. 359 360

Before the Human Race's rise, the God Race and Demon Race held the Black Ruins' largest territories and uncontested overlord status. Their long-term dominance rested on foundations accumulated by successive supreme experts returning from outside the Black Ruins with treasures, powerful remains, and other resources. 348 417

God Race Saint Lords establish individual territories called divine kingdoms. Their ancestral land lies within a Divine Mountain left by the race's first supreme expert and is said to be able to withstand attacks from supreme experts. 405 415

Mother River

• The Mother River is the God Race's supreme divine artifact and is regarded as the foundation of the race's continued survival. 357
• It produces the Myriad Races Prodigy Ranking once every thousand years, ranking the Black Ruins' hundred strongest Void Realm lifeforms. Its judgments are accepted by the myriad races because ordinary God Race members cannot influence it. 357 358
• The river independently invites ranked prodigies for a month-long baptism. The God Race cannot oppose these invitations despite its competitive relationship with the invited races. 360 362
• God Race members possess a special connection to the Mother River because it gave birth to their race. 405

Power Structure and Foundation

Saint Lords

God Race Saint Lords are the race's principal high-level combatants and rulers of divine kingdoms. During the war with the Human Race, thirteen Saint Lords combined their power to attack Jiang Hao's lotus treasure. 405 411

Supreme Experts

The God Race preserves a succession of supreme experts through resources and inheritances gathered beyond the Black Ruins. The race's Saint Lords were urged to cultivate their minds toward the Eighth Realm, which is presented as necessary for aspiring to that level. 417 419

• Lord of Void Light — The God Race's ultimate expert, also called a Sovereign. He returned after the race's defeat and treated Jiang Hao as a potential companion rather than an enemy. 419 421
• The Lord of Void Light intended to use his resources to cultivate two additional ultimate experts for the God Race. 419

Ancestral Land

• Located within a Divine Mountain rather than the Mother River. 415
• Serves as the gathering place of the God Race's Saint Lords during crises. 415 418
• Its defenses blocked Jiang Hao's Mind Power, though Jiang Hao later used his lotus to seal the entire ancestral land and compel the Saint Lords to surrender five Supreme Expert Methods. 416

Notable Members

• Lord of Void Light — God Race Sovereign and ultimate expert; personally explored the Great Void alongside the Demon Race's Lord of Blood Curse. 419 420
• Glorious Saint Lord — Saint Lord whose death at Jiang Hao's hands triggered the God Race's demand for Jiang Hao's surrender. 405 407
• Azure Saint Lord — One of the God Race's oldest Saint Lords, second only to its ultimate experts; suppressed and killed by Jiang Hao at the Azure Moon Battlefield. 409 411
• Galaxy Saint Lord — Newly promoted Saint Lord whose divine ability manifested as a massive silver river during the Azure Moon Battlefield war. 409

Relationships

• Mother River — Origin and supreme divine artifact of the God Race; revered by the race but not fully controlled by it. 359 360
• Human Race — Formerly treated as an inferior first-rate race. Conflict over the Glorious Saint Lord's death escalated into war, after which the God Race conceded one hundred domain realms and later accepted Human Race leadership. 407 411 464
• Demon Race — Rival dominant race within the Black Ruins. Despite this rivalry, the Lord of Void Light and the Lord of Blood Curse are sworn friends and trusted Great Void expedition partners. 419 420
• Affiliated races — The God Race maintained races secretly pledged to it, including groups with Saint Lords that could support it during the war against the Human Race. 409

Story Role / Major Arcs

Myriad Races Prodigy Ranking

The Mother River's ranking elevated the God Race's influence beyond its own territory, as all Black Ruins races recognized the artifact's assessment. Its invitation brought Jiang Hao and other top-ranked prodigies to the Mother River for baptism alongside God Race and Demon Race prodigies. 357 360 362

War with the Human Race

After Jiang Hao killed the Glorious Saint Lord and escaped through the Mother River, the God Race investigated the death and traced the evidence to him. It demanded that the Human Race surrender Jiang Hao within a set period, threatening war upon refusal. 407

The resulting Azure Moon Battlefield conflict drew Void Realm, Dao Realm, Dao Venerate, and Saint Lord combatants from both races. The God Race initially gained an advantage through the intervention of the Azure Saint Lord and its affiliated races. 409

Jiang Hao returned through the Mother River, admitted killing the Glorious Saint Lord, and used his lotus treasure to suppress the Azure Saint Lord. Thirteen God Race Saint Lords failed to breach the lotus's defensive barrier; Jiang Hao then killed Azure Saint Lord, forcing the God Race to cede one hundred domain realms. 410 411

Humiliation and Strategic Retreat

Following its defeat, the God Race endured Human Race demands while awaiting the return of its supreme expert. Jiang Hao's visit to the ancestral land ended with the God Race surrendering five volumes of Supreme Expert Methods after he sealed the site with his lotus. 412 413 416

The race remained highly restricted for roughly twenty years, with members ordered not to leave its territory casually. Its Saint Lords feared that provoking Jiang Hao before their ultimate expert returned could invite extinction. 418

Return of the Lord of Void Light

Upon returning, the Lord of Void Light rejected the Saint Lords' desire for revenge. He considered racial grievances insignificant compared with the value of gaining another ultimate expert capable of exploring the Great Void. 419

After Jiang Hao became the Lord of Space-Time, the Lord of Void Light and Lord of Blood Curse invited him to travel with them beyond the Black Ruins. They offered to support the Human Race's position as an overlord rather than continue the God Race's conflict with it. 421 422

Acceptance of Human Race Supremacy

When Jiang Hao returned as the Space-Time Demigod, the Lord of Void Light publicly explained his status to the God Race Saint Lords and warned them that hostility toward the Human Race would be self-destructive. The God Race subsequently ceded territory, helping establish the Human Race as the Black Ruins Universe's undisputed overlord. 464