Great Wilderness

Primordial Era: Seizing Yuanshi, Merging Jie Sect to Establish the Daoist Gate

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Original Name:洪荒Gender:NeutralScope:Novel-specificStatus:ActiveSource:AIOccurrences:947Chapters:85
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Name Great Wilderness
Original Name 洪荒
Classification World / cosmic realm
Status Extant; its order has been repeatedly reshaped by successive calamities and the rise of the Daoist Gate 87 92 94
First Appearance Chapter 1

History

Era / Event Developments
Dragon-Han Initial Tribulation The Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans declined, after which the Witch and Demon Clans rose to govern the world. 93
Creation of the Human Race Nuwa used Nine Heavens Breathing Soil and Nine Heavens Spiritual Water to create humanity, attaining sainthood through merit. 1
Rise of the Saintly Teachings The Three Pure Ones established their teachings and attained sainthood; the Two Sages of the West likewise became Saints through great vows. 1
Witch-Demon Calamity Kunpeng stole the River Diagram and Luo Scroll, breaking the Demon Court's formation. Demon Emperor Jun, Eastern Emperor Taiyi, and the Twelve Ancestral Witches perished; the Witch and Demon Clans withdrew from the Great Wilderness. 1
Haotian's ascent Haotian took control of the Heavenly Court, while the Human Race entered an age of prosperity. 1
Three Teachings' reconciliation The Human Sect, Heavenly Origin Sect, and Intercepting Sect ended their internal hostility, united against the Western Teachings, and later moved into the Three Pure Ones Realm. 56 57
Human Dao established Nuwa severed ties with the Mystic Gate and proclaimed the Human Dao, allowing the Human Race to break free from Heavenly Dao control. 70 88
Investiture of the Gods Tribulation The conflict between the Three Teachings, Western Teachings, Heavenly Court, Demon Race, Human Race, Witch Clan, and Phoenix Clan escalated into a major world-spanning calamity. 78 81 84
Daoist Gate founded The Human Sect, Heavenly Origin Sect, and Intercepting Sect unified as the Daoist Gate, directly challenging the Mystic Gate and Heavenly Dao. 86 87
Earthly Dao established Houtu emerged from the Underworld and established the Earthly Dao Divine Wheel, creating a three-way struggle between Heaven, Earth, and Human. 87 88
Heavenly Dao conflict The Heavenly Dao True Body descended, devastating the Great Wilderness during its battle with the Daoist Gate. It ultimately retreated into the Heavenly Dao Divine Wheel. 88 91 92
Journey to the West Calamity Soon after the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation, a new calamity emerged, intended to spread Buddhist teachings eastward and make the West prosper. 93

Cosmology

Scope

The Great Wilderness is described alongside the Three Thousand Great Worlds, myriad small worlds, outer stars, and Boundless Chaos. High-level Saint battles can threaten not only the central world, but this broader cosmological order. 17 85 86

Major regions and realms

  • Heavenly Court — The heavenly authority controlled by Haotian after the Witch-Demon Calamity. 1
  • Underworld — Realm of reincarnation and the base of Houtu, Fengdu, the Ten Yama Kings, the Five Ghost Emperors, and other Yin officials. 28 31
  • Western Heaven — The domain of the Western Teachings, centered on Mount Sumeru. 55
  • Three Pure Ones Realm — Realm established after the Three Pure Ones united their teachings and households. 57
  • Earth Immortal Realm — A world created by Zhenyuanzi with Primordial Lord's assistance. 45
  • Human Race territories — Central to the Human Dao and the Human Emperors' succession; major events occur at sites including the Fengyan Tribe, Zhuolu, Xi Qi, and Yin Shang. 17 37 79
  • Boundless Chaos — The external battlefield where Saint-level conflicts and the war with the Mystic Gate unfold. 57 86

The Three Daos

Dao Role in the Great Wilderness Recorded condition
Heavenly Dao The original supreme order of the Great Wilderness; it possesses consciousness, the Heavenly Dao Divine Wheel, and a manifested True Body. 87 90 It suppressed the Human and Earthly Daos for countless years and fought the Daoist Gate after its authority was challenged. 88 90
Human Dao Rooted in the Human Race and represented by Nuwa's Human Dao Divine Wheel. 70 88 Its consciousness revived after humanity's creation but was previously weakened by Heavenly Dao schemes and the Witch-Slaying Sword; Nuwa formally established it. 88
Earthly Dao Connected to the earth, reincarnation, the Underworld, and Houtu. 87 90 Its will fell dormant after the western earth veins were destroyed during the Dragon-Han Initial Tribulation; Houtu later established the Earthly Dao Divine Wheel. 90 87

Effects of Calamities

  • Time in the Great Wilderness is measured on immense scales; thousands or hundreds of thousands of years may pass during a cultivator's Dao comprehension. 1 13
  • Successive immeasurable calamities greatly reduced the number of powerful beings. In the later era, even Grand Luo Golden Immortals are regarded as major figures. 54
  • The world's territory has diminished through the Dragon-Han Initial Tribulation, Witch-Demon Calamity, and Investiture of the Gods Tribulation. 94
  • Innate Spiritual Roots became scarce after repeated calamities, while Chaos Spiritual Roots are rare enough to provoke conflict even among Saints. 23 94
  • Saint battles can fracture the void, extinguish stars, destroy mountains, and threaten to split or shatter the Great Wilderness itself. 17 18 67
  • Nuwa repeatedly used the Mountain and River Geographic Map to protect the Great Wilderness from the residual force of Saint-level warfare. 18 55
  • During the battle of the Heaven, Earth, and Human Daos, the world suffered widespread disasters including lava eruptions, Purple Heaven Divine Lightning, Nine Heavens Gales, Rootless Weak Water, and World-Ending Flames. 88

Current Political Landscape

  • The Daoist Gate is the foremost emerging power after the unification of the Three Teachings, with Saints, Great Daos, more than a thousand Quasi-Saints, and vast numbers of lower immortals. 87 91
  • The Mystic Gate remains opposed to the Daoist Gate under Dao Ancestor Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao True Body. 85 91
  • The Western Teachings suffered severe losses during the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation, with many of their disciples placed on the Investiture of the Gods List. 85 93
  • The Human Dao and Earthly Dao now stand as independent forces capable of contesting Heavenly Dao authority. 87 90
  • The impending Journey to the West Calamity threatens to again alter the Great Wilderness's balance by promoting the West at the East's expense. 92 93