Primordial World

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Primordial World (洪荒)
Alias(es)	Primordial Era
Species/Race	Greater world
Status	Restored; its spiritual energy, laws, and living beings flourish under the balance of the Heavenly, Earthly, and Human Daos 308
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Cosmic Structure

Aspect	Details
Early central pillar	Mount Buzhou originally connected heaven and earth and served as the world’s pillar. Its collapse later destabilized the four directions and unleashed earth, water, fire, and wind 2 122 136.
Heavenly Dao	Governs order, ethics, rewards, punishments, and the principles of all things; it is one of the foundations supporting the world rather than its sole sustaining force 63.
Earthly Dao	Emerged around the Netherworld and Six Paths Reincarnation. It governs reincarnation, earth veins, and the cycle of life and death 93 143.
Human Dao	A nascent but resilient force rooted in the Human Race’s destiny. It develops into a governing pillar alongside Heaven and Earth 143 308.
Reincarnation	The Six Paths Reincarnation system radiates across the entire world, providing wandering souls with an ordered destination after death 92 93.
Heavenly Court	An institution meant to govern spirits, the Great Zhou Heavenly Stars, yin and yang, and the world’s cosmic order; its vacancies prompted the Investiture of the Gods tribulation 215.

History

Early Primordial Era

The world begins as an immense, desolate realm rich in innate spiritual energy, ancient mountains, spiritual roots, ores, true water, savage beasts, and powerful cultivators. Mount Buzhou dominates this early landscape as the pillar of heaven 2.

The Dragon, Phoenix, and Kirin clans initially stand as its foremost powers. Their war devastates the Western lands, breaks spiritual veins, and leaves much of the world scarred by resentment and tribulation qi 6 8.

Rise of New Orders

Following the Dragon-Han Initial Tribulation, the three great clans retreat or disperse, while figures such as the Three Pure Ones, Zhen Yuanzi, Hong Yun, Di Jun, Tai Yi, Nuwa, and Ming He rise into prominence 8 9.

Nuwa’s creation of humanity introduces a new race whose destiny becomes increasingly central to the world’s future. Xuan Wazi’s teachings give the Human Race cultivation methods, combat knowledge, and practical survival skills suited to the Primordial Era 42 43.

Houtu’s establishment of the Six Paths Reincarnation creates a world-spanning system for souls and death. The resulting merit transforms her into the manifestation of Reincarnation, while the Earthly Dao becomes a force capable of standing against the Heavenly Dao 92 93 131.

Collapse and Mending of Heaven

Mount Buzhou eventually fractures, causing the heavenly structure to fail, the Heavenly River to overflow, and primordial forces to rage across the land 122 136.

The world is stabilized through the erection of four heavenly pillars and Nuwa’s mending of the sky. The restored structure is less indestructible than the former Mount Buzhou-supported heaven, but the immediate threat of collapse ends 137.

The mending revitalizes the four continents: spiritual energy becomes abundant, rivers settle, mountains and lands recover, and the wounds of the Witch-Demon Great Tribulation begin to heal 145.

Tripartite Era

After the Earthly Dao’s completion and the rise of Human Dao destiny, the world enters a tripartite balance between Heaven, Earth, and Humanity. The Heavenly Dao’s former dominance is reduced, while the Earthly Dao controls reincarnation and earthly authority and the Human Dao spreads through the growing Human Race 131 143.

After Hongjun’s defeat, the balance becomes formalized: Hong Lei governs the Heavenly Dao, Houtu governs the Earthly Dao, and the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors administer the Human Dao. The Nine Saints withdraw into guardianship rather than directly ruling the world 307 308.

Age of Dharma Decline and Restoration

In the era after the Journey to the West, the world enters a prolonged peace, but its spiritual qi and origin begin to decline. Xuan Wazi discovers that the Primordial World’s origin is being extracted toward Purple Cloud Palace 301.

Hongjun’s plan uses the world’s origin, the cultivation of the Nine Saints, and the laws of three thousand demon gods to pursue Creation Godhood, placing the entire world at risk 302.

After Hongjun is suppressed, Xuan Wazi extracts the stolen origin and returns it to the land. He then transforms and integrates the demon gods’ law powers into the Heavenly Dao, enriching the world’s spiritual energy and making its laws more complete 307.

Major Tribulations and Crises

• Dragon-Han Initial Tribulation — The Dragon, Phoenix, and Kirin clans nearly destroy one another, ending their dominance and leaving extensive destruction across the world 8.
• Dao-Demon Conflict — The collapse of the three-clan order gives rise to a conflict between Hongjun’s Xuanmen path and Luohu’s demonic path 8 9.
• Witch-Demon Great Tribulation — The struggle between major powers culminates in the fall of Mount Buzhou and a near-collapse of heaven and earth 122 136.
• Investiture of the Gods — The world’s unstable Heavenly Court and vacant divine offices require 365 True Gods to fill predestined positions and restore cosmic administration 215.
• Age of Dharma Decline — The gradual loss of spiritual qi reveals that the world’s origin is being siphoned away, threatening its long-term survival 301.
• Hongjun’s Ascension Scheme — Hongjun attempts to sacrifice the world’s foundations in order to become a Creation God; his defeat enables the world’s origin and laws to be restored 302 307.
• Ancient Beast Threat — Even after restoration, an ancient beast emerges from Chaos and threatens the Primordial World, prompting Lin Dong to defend it 325.

Notable Locations

• Mount Buzhou — The former pillar of heaven and earth; its fall triggers a global catastrophe 2 122.
• Kunlun Mountain — A major sacred mountain and the later site where the restored Primordial World origin is returned to the land 145 307.
• Sea of Blood — A realm of resentment, death qi, and primordial yin where the Six Paths Reincarnation foundation is established 92.
• Netherworld — The center of the Earthly Dao’s authority and the realm overseeing reincarnation 93 143.
• Thirty-three Heavens — The location of the Heavenly Court and a principal manifestation point of Heavenly Dao authority 145 215.
• Flower-Fruit Mountain — Home of the Stone Monkey and, later, Sun Wukong 271 300.
• Purple Cloud Palace — Hongjun’s dojo, where he imprisons the Nine Saints and extracts their origin power 301 302.
• North Sea Abyssal Eye — A deep natural prison linked to the boundary between Chaos and the Primordial World; Hongjun is confined there under eighty-one seals 306 307.

Trivia

• The Primordial World is described as Pangu’s life-created home, a fact that strengthens Xuan Wazi’s resolve to restore it after Hongjun’s scheme 307.
• Xuan Wazi identifies the Primordial World as the “chessboard” in his cosmic struggle against Hongjun, with living beings serving as the pieces affected by their contest 51.
• Its post-restoration spiritual energy becomes richer than before the Age of Dharma Decline due to the integration of the three thousand demon gods’ law powers 307.