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Biodata
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Name | Dao Realm |
| Type | Transcendent world and origin of the Great Dao 384 464 |
| Status | Extant; divided into ten known domains and surrounded by unknown regions 393 464 |
| First Appearance | Ch. 308, referred to as the “Dao Domain” 308 |
Overview
- The Dao Realm is a transcendent land where the Great Dao resides and powerful forces converge. It is regarded as the origin of all things because all things arise from the Great Dao. 384 464
- It contains all Great Daos, though not every Great Dao visibly manifests within it. 504
- The present Dao Realm is smaller than its former state; portions of the original realm became special regions or drifted into the Void after its destruction. 488 510
- Beyond its ten named domains lie unexplored regions shrouded in Great Dao power. Outside the realm is the endless Void. 464
Ten Domains
| Domain | Known information |
|---|---|
| Heaven Domain | Site chosen for Heaven’s Gate. 410 411 |
| Star Domain | Ruled by the Star Clan. 393 |
| Moon Domain | Ruled by the Xuan Yue Clan. 393 |
| God Domain | One of the ten domains. 393 |
| Immortal Domain | One of the ten domains; Qingyang Holy Land is located there. 393 445 |
| Cang Domain | One of the ten domains. 393 |
| Lan Domain | One of the ten domains; its Upper Realm is contested by Saint-level forces. 393 400 |
| Spirit Domain | Home to the Elf Clan’s ancestral territory; its rules are considered especially strict. 455 |
| Void Domain | Home to several Holy Lands, including Guimeng Holy Land. 415 |
| Dead Domain | A dangerous and unusually independent domain; visitors are explicitly warned not to enter it. 393 |
Great Dao & Cultivation Hierarchy
The Great Dao has only three thousand forms. Rules are derivatives of the Great Dao’s aura and retreat before even the aura of a true Great Dao. 308
| Stage / Realm | Great Dao Path | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Dao Touching Realm | — | Tainted by the Great Dao’s aura but unable to wield true Great Dao power; its aura can suppress rules. 308 |
| Dao Entering Realm | — | The cultivator chooses a Great Dao and establishes themselves upon it. 308 |
| Dao Opening Realm | Begins opening a path | Encompasses the continuing stages of opening and extending a Great Dao path. 393 |
| Venerable | 10,000 li | Earned by opening more than ten thousand li on a Great Dao path. 384 |
| Saint | 100,000 li | Can establish powerful forces and dominate a region; Saints are the strongest openly active figures described in the Dao Realm. 393 |
| Great Dao Supreme | 1,000,000 li | Founder-level powerhouses of Holy Lands whose actions can affect the entire Dao Realm. 393 |
| Great Dao Taboo | Billions of li recorded | Forbidden Beings may reach this realm; Phantom Moon Taboo developed 13.6 billion li on the Illusion Great Dao. 564 |
| Dao Without End | Infinite | A realm within the Great Dao Taboo level in which a Great Dao is developed without limit; Qiong Ying reached it through the Yin Yang Dao. 582 588 |
| Lord of the Great Dao | — | The highest known state. A Lord is the Great Dao itself rather than merely a being granted its power. 394 564 |
Access and Survival
- Eternal Immortal Realm cultivators may enter the Dao Realm through the final path of the Chaos Ancient Road. 390
- Eternal Immortal Realm is only the minimum level for barely surviving in the Dao Realm; most Heaven’s Gate members initially could not accompany Lin Tian there. 388
- At the end of the Chaos Ancient Road, the primary opportunity is selection by a Dao Realm force rather than treasures or fortuitous encounters. 384
- Dao Realm forces may descend to select promising cultivators from the Chaos Ancient Road. 384
Governance and Restrictions
- The Dao Realm is effectively governed by its top powers, whose rules shape the conditions under which lesser forces survive. 445
- Saints normally avoid acting openly because their intervention can destabilize an entire region; matters requiring a Venerable are governed by tacit rules. 411
- The major powers generally maintain their main bases in exclusive worlds rather than inside the Dao Realm itself. These worlds are connected to the Dao Realm through grand methods and share its Great Dao power. 455
- Great Dao Emperor Lord conflicts within the Dead Domain are heavily restrained, since such battles could destroy the domain and unleash its buried dangers into the other domains. 525
- Heaven’s Gate publicly declared that it did not intend to break the Dao Realm’s rules “for now,” while reserving the possibility that those rules could be challenged in the future. 481
History
Before the current era, the Dao Realm was larger and contained numerous special regions formed by Great Dao power. The Sea of Time was one such location before becoming associated with a fragment of the former Dao Realm. 500
The disappearance of the Time Tower for countless epochs caused an extreme disparity between time in the Dao Realm and Chaos: over a thousand years could pass in the Dao Realm while tens of billions of years passed in Chaos. This discrepancy returned to normal only in recent decades. 459
Lin Tian entered the Dao Realm through the Chaos Ancient Road with Mu Ge. Their arrival followed an encounter with a gray figure who used the Time Great Dao to isolate Chaos and the Dao Realm, causing a thousand years to pass in the Dao Realm during their absence. 390 394 395
Heaven’s Gate was subsequently established in the Heaven Domain and revealed to the entire Dao Realm. Its emergence drew the Xuan Yue Clan, Elf Clan, Star Clan, and representatives of multiple Holy Lands. 410 411 415 416
The Blood Race’s infiltration of the Dao Realm and its conflict with the Dead Domain placed the major powers under increasing strain. The possibility of a wider Dao War became an open concern. 478 479 481
Later, the Sea of Time submerged the entire Dao Realm under the protection of the Time Great Dao and opened a passage to the Primordial Era, where a Forbidden Being of the Death Great Dao awaited. 581
Associated Powers
- Star Clan — Rulers of the Star Domain and one of the Dao Realm’s foremost races. 393
- Xuan Yue Clan — Rulers of the Moon Domain; their return to prominence reshaped the Dao Realm’s balance of power. 393 412
- Elf Clan — Maintains its ancestral land directly within the Spirit Domain and is treated as one of the Dao Realm’s least provokable powers. 455 525
- Heaven’s Gate — A major force established in the Heaven Domain whose appearance shocked the Dao Realm. 410 412
- Holy Lands — Powerful factions generally founded by Great Dao Supremes. 393
- Dead Domain Emperor Lords — Powerful rulers within the Dead Domain who enforce its distinct restrictions and react strongly to incursions by outside Emperor Lords. 480 481