Immortal Realm

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Immortal Realm (仙人境)
Type	Higher realm; a colossal World Tree-based cosmology
Status	Destroyed after Zhuo Shan destroyed its World Tree, killing the lifeforms that remained within it; he later recalled devouring the entire World Tree 1340 2309
First Appearance	An ascension doorway is opened in 435; the higher realm is described in 464

Background / History

Ancient records disagree on the Immortal Realm's origin. Before the era of the Great Emperors, no Immortal Realm existed; some accounts credit the Great Emperors with creating it, while others hold that they merely opened the path to it. 219

The Immortal Realm lies above the Barren Realm and Origin Realm. It is not a peaceful paradise: its conflicts can destroy the lifeforms of entire worlds, while major factions cultivate and plunder the Small Worlds under their control. 464

Immortal Realm powers treated some Lower Realms as resource territories. The family controlling the Barren Realm periodically harvested the Eighteen-Claw Octopus, while the Three Great Forbidden Zones were formed by earlier overlords that concealed themselves to avoid being similarly plundered. 464

The connection between the Barren Realm and the Immortal Realm was severed by the Great Emperor. This prevented Barren Realm cultivators from reaching the higher realm through ordinary means, though the Darkness Forbidden Zone retained a route to it. 578

Xuan Yuan ChaoGe later explained that restrictions on ascension had been established to protect the Barren Realm's descendants, since intense Immortal Realm conflicts had killed many ascended Immortals. 1126

White Willow attempted to ascend by confronting a heavenly tribulation with the Judge's Brush. Although the tree demon opened a doorway to the Immortal Realm, it was blasted back and severely injured rather than completing its ascent. 435

Jiang Ping An eventually entered the Immortal Realm through a teleportation gate and was directed to the Feather Emperor Immortal Sect's Outer Sect as a nominal disciple. 626

He paid with an Anti-Injury Shield to avoid a three-hundred-year sect service requirement. Wang Yang helped him obtain information about the sect before his arrival. 626

Jiang Ping An later provided Barren Realm experts with passage to the Origin Realm, where they could attempt to become Immortals and seek entry into the Immortal Realm. Ordinary Origin Realm cultivators faced demanding assessments, but a transmission gate token obtained by Miao Xia allowed direct travel to the Feather Emperor Immortal Sect without a limit on accompanying relatives. 840 849

Historical Powers and Conflicts

Wen Cangtian, the third Academy Head of Azure Branch Academy, was an overlord of the Immortal Realm before his disappearance. He had ended a great war between humanity and the Demon Race and led humanity to the realm's pinnacle. After reincarnating as Ancient Emperor, he founded the Desolate Alliance and defended humanity's frontier, fighting Immortal Lords without defeat while at the Golden Immortal Realm. 750 1310

The Illusory Moon Dynasty and Ye Clan Immortal Dynasty were longstanding rivals. After the Illusory Moon Dynasty's destruction, the Ye Region annexed surrounding Small World Domains, while the dynasty's imperial descendants established the Spirit Moon Kingdom and continued the rivalry. 713 714

The Ye Clan Immortal Dynasty subsequently threatened the Illusory Moon Region's major powers. It proposed a contest in which victory for the region would prevent invasion for ten thousand years, while defeat would require each faction to surrender a realm; Heavenly Immortal-grade treasures were also pledged as stakes under an Immortal Dao Contract. 856 862

After Ye Huangzun stabilized his breakthrough into the True Immortal Realm, he led the dynasty into the Illusory Moon Region and demanded its surrender. The regional powers refused. 1058 1068

Cosmology

World Tree

The Immortal Realm was born from an enormous World Tree. The tree has four great branches, and its leaves form World Domains. 807

• Great regions, such as the Illusory Moon Region, grow from leaves on the World Tree. 655
• Fallen leaves form Lower Realms or Small Worlds, including the Barren Realm, Origin Realm, and Ancient God Small World. 655 819
• Major factions control multiple Small Worlds beneath their territories. 655
• Human, Demon, and Devil races are native to this World Tree, unlike the Curse Spirit Race, which originated from another World Tree. 1258

World Trees are treasures originating from Creation Mountain in the God Realm. They contain immense energy and a trace of the power of creation, making them valuable enough to attract the covetousness of God Realm experts. 1335

Absorbing a World Tree allows an expert to obtain its trace of creation power. The surrounding World Forest's trees were largely already occupied by god-level experts, making an unclaimed World Tree an especially dangerous prize for its inhabitants. 1335

The Immortal Realm's laws were imperfect compared with those of the God Realm. Jiang Ping An later recognized that these imperfections had caused innate deficiencies in his talent and prevented him from fully realizing his potential before the Heaven Mending Art strengthened it. 1597

Outer Space

Beyond the World Tree is Outer Space: a directionless void without stars, light, or energy. Sound Transmission Talismans cannot function there, and even Heavenly Immortals can lose their way and die. 807

Evil demons generally drift through Outer Space, while the Immortal Realm's exploration parties rely on accumulated coordinates, sensing formations, and warships to navigate its dangers. 855

Treasures from the God Realm

The Crystal Ball revealed that it had been created by the Lord of Primordial Beginning, one of the God Realm's Five Main Gods. Before dying after a conflict with the other Four Great Main Gods over their control of the Divine Dao, its creator cast both the Crystal Ball and the Heaven Mending Art out of the God Realm. The Crystal Ball subsequently fell into Jiang Ping An's Immortal Realm. 1439

Environment and Society

The Immortal Realm possesses dense Immortal Dao Laws and far richer cultivation conditions than the Barren Realm. Jiang Ping An sensed his immortal seed awakening upon arrival, while even ordinary inhabitants near the Feather Emperor Immortal Sect were at least Body Integration Realm cultivators. 626

Its regions vary greatly in scale and conditions.

• Illusory Moon Region — One of the World Tree's great regions; it contains five top-tier immortal sects, including the Feather Emperor Immortal Sect, Heavenly Orchid Immortal Abode, and Northern Wilderness Immortal Sect. 655
• Azure Branch — One of the Immortal Realm's four great branches. Azure Branch Academy is the Northern Branch's strongest academy, gathering geniuses from major realms; Immortals are found throughout its grounds, and even Earth Immortals must remain inconspicuous there. 732
• Blood Region — A dangerous region formed around an ancient battlefield; its depths are feared even by Golden Immortals. 1193
• Demon Domain — A former central World Tree trunk that broke away after war between humans and demons; its strength is comparable to that of the Human Race. After the Demon Race Immortal Lords fell, major Human Race forces invaded and divided the Demon Domain among themselves. 1115 1338
• Ye Region — A Domain controlled entirely by the Ye Clan Immortal Dynasty, renowned among the Azure Branch's hundreds of World Domains. Its strength increased after it annexed territories surrounding the fallen Illusory Moon Dynasty. 713
• Shattered Star Realm — A battlefield for Heavenly Immortals. Repeated fighting shattered its original continent into countless stars, and its scarce immortal power made energy management and replenishment resources essential. 1142

Azure Branch Academy is so vast that even an Immortal may require several thousand years to traverse it by flight, and it encompasses dozens of realms connected through teleportation gates. 733

Its Azure Branch Divine Hall is a holy land of cultivation recognized throughout the Immortal Realm. Generations of Immortals and overlords left cultivation projections and traces of Immortal Dao Laws there, allowing later cultivators to study numerous paths, including rare time-based laws. 752 753

Cultivators native to the Immortal Realm often possess powerful bloodlines that permit comprehension of Heavenly Dao Laws from birth. Some exceptional bloodlines can even produce children born as Immortals, placing Lower Realm cultivators at a substantial initial disadvantage. 716 722

Resources are central to Immortal Realm politics. Immortals are effectively ageless under sufficient cultivation conditions, causing the number of powerful figures to rise while resources become scarcer; this scarcity drives many racial and factional conflicts. Continued life nevertheless requires adequate resources, and an Immortal deprived of them can exhaust their lifespan. 578 1261

The treatment of Lower Realms reflects this competition: powerful factions may regard entire Domains and their inhabitants as resources to be refined for power. 1044

Ordinary Immortals without specialized skills or powerful backing often work for others and earn barely enough to sustain themselves. By contrast, a reward from a great sect or family may exceed ten thousand years of an ordinary Earth Immortal's earnings. Some powerful cultivators establish families and factions partly to have descendants gather resources for them. 1101 1253

Wandering Immortals with nothing to lose are particularly feared because their retaliation can occur after immense spans of time. A single Golden Immortal can destroy all life in a Domain, and the risk of such vengeance discourages major powers from indiscriminately occupying low-level Domains. 1270

Institutions and Inheritances

Immortal sects preserve and transmit cultivation memories and experience across generations, continually refining their techniques. Their foundational cultivation methods influence immortal power reserves, cultivation speed, comprehension, and the likelihood of producing supreme experts. 729 1274

Refining Masters and Pill Refining Masters are important to factional survival. Although specialized refinement sects generally produce better and more numerous artifacts, most factions maintain their own refiners to meet daily needs; warfare sharply increases demand for their services. 856

Nether Moon Palace demonstrates the scale of a top-tier faction beyond regional powers such as the Illusory Moon Region. Immortals below the Heavenly Immortal Realm proceed on foot in its Core Region, while even True and Profound Immortals behave deferentially at its celebrations. Its Nether Moon contains the graves of ancestors honored before each celebration. 1179 1180

Blood Region

The Blood Region's ancient casualties and lingering rules produced Blood Spirits, creatures formed from masses of flesh and blood. They grow by devouring living beings rather than cultivating normally. Its reputation as a forbidden zone followed reports that Golden Immortals entered its depths and never returned. 1193

The Outer Area is comparatively safer and supports entrenched factions and trade. Nether Moon Palace established a city there, and Bao Zhi operated a River Pavilion shop to earn resources for her Heavenly Immortal breakthrough. 1193 1204

Cultivation System

Immortal Seeds and Immortal Roots are foundational to cultivation in the Immortal Realm. Immortal Roots develop under the influence of Immortal Dao Power and permit advancement through its cultivation system. 618 670

Immortal Roots possess nine star grades. One to three stars are Low-Grade, four to six are Medium-Grade, and seven to nine are High-Grade; the quality of an Immortal Seed influences an Immortal Root's grade and a cultivator's potential. 618

A High-Grade Immortal Root increases the chance of reaching higher realms but does not guarantee success. Diligent cultivation and sufficient resources remain necessary even for cultivators with exceptional roots. 618

Before entering the Human Immortal Realm, cultivators in the Immortal Realm refer to the Great Ascension Realm as the Domain Level. Domain Level cultivators can comprehend Domain Laws and establish domains that permit teleportation, rule manipulation, enhanced combat power, and accelerated recovery. 630

The Body Integration Realm is also called the Profound Realm in the Immortal Realm's local terminology. It is distinct from the much higher Profound Immortal Realm. 676

Immortal Roots develop Origin Fruits as Domain Level cultivation advances. Ripened fruits provide an opportunity to attempt immortal ascension. A cultivator who fails the immortal breakthrough and becomes a Loose Immortal comprehends the ordinary Great Dao rather than the higher-ranked Immortal Dao. 670 688 753 792

Realm	Known characteristics
Human Immortal Realm	The first Immortal Realm cultivation level. 812
Earth Immortal Realm	Allows the comprehension of Earth Immortal rules; an Earth Immortal's Inner World and Source Tree undergo major growth. 1018
Heavenly Immortal Realm	The third Immortal Realm realm; Source Stars begin transforming into Immortal Dao Truth, and a practitioner's actions can destroy heaven and earth. 1046
True Immortal Realm	A cultivator's origin merges into a true spirit, freeing them from Immortal Dao Contracts; they can reconstruct their body so long as their soul survives. 1134
Profound Immortal Realm	A realm above True Immortal; its experts are decision-makers of major factions and can establish enduring legacies. 1253
Golden Immortal Realm	Above Profound Immortal; ordinarily the minimum realm capable of mobilizing a realm's power. Golden Immortals can independently enter Reincarnation and be reborn. 812 846 1214
Immortal Lord Realm	A higher realm whose experts are nearly impossible to kill except through divine artifacts. Their immortal power transforms into Divine Power, and they can resurrect the dead. 1180 1214 1248
God Realm	A god-level state beyond the Immortal Lord Realm. Its practitioners wield god-level laws, and a breakthrough can produce an aura spanning the entire Immortal Realm. Ancient Emperor's breakthrough is identified as entry into the God Enlightenment Realm. 1337 1338

At the Profound Immortal Realm, even the destruction of both body and soul may not ensure death if traces such as Divine Soul Imprints remain. 1214

Immortals do not have fixed early, middle, or late stages within a realm; the method by which they prove the Dao determines their relative strength. 790

After becoming an Immortal, individuals are not restricted to a single fixed cultivation system. Exceptional cultivators may create their own paths, though most follow systems established by stronger predecessors. 812

True Immortals are no longer required to rigidly complete a fixed set of Immortal Dao Rules before advancing. They may choose laws and immortal arts suited to their own needs, with artifacts and techniques becoming major determinants of relative strength. Higher-grade arts require comprehension of Immortal Runes formed from multiple laws rather than isolated laws alone. 1134 1252

Inner Worlds and Survival

Immortals can open Small Worlds within their bodies and use immortal qi to nourish heavenly treasures planted there. An Immortal's Small World fuses with their body, and the immortal energy within it constitutes most of their stored immortal energy. 582 665

Cultivators in the former Immortal Realm could imprint Divine Soul Imprints upon its Heavenly Dao Laws and reconstruct their bodies provided their consciousness survived. Golden Immortals could also reincarnate. These opportunities contrasted with the God Realm, where the Four Great Main Gods controlled access to Divine Dao imprints and resurrection. 1421

Evenly matched Immortals can fight for exceptionally long periods. Heavenly Immortal battles may last thousands of years, while Profound Immortal battles in the former Immortal Realm commonly lasted tens of thousands of years. 1190 1367

Realm Power

Realm consciousnesses cannot independently activate Realm Power or fight. Ordinarily, a cultivator must reach at least the Golden Immortal Realm and obtain a realm consciousness's consent to borrow that realm's power. 846

Jiang Ping An was an exception: his immortal tribulation trial granted him the ability to borrow Realm Power while only a Human Immortal. With the Barren Realm's power, he could confront Heavenly Immortals and force the Ye Clan's experts to retreat. 846

Major Crisis and Destruction

Evil demons infiltrated major factions before the final crisis. Nether Moon Palace discovered several hundred among its direct bloodline alone, suggesting extensive hidden infiltration elsewhere in the Immortal Realm. 1152

Fiends exposed the Immortal Realm's coordinates to other worlds, threatening to draw stronger races to the World Tree. This revelation forced Immortal Lords to choose between awaiting invasion or cooperating with the fiends' proposed route to the God Realm. 1297

The Star Luo Pavilion Immortal Lord revealed the coordinates while facing sealing. The fiends' proposed escape required sacrificing half the Immortal Realm's lifeforms, while promising access to higher cultivation opportunities beyond the Domain's restrictions. 1297

The exposure caused widespread upheaval after the Immortal Realm learned that other Immortal Realms and the God Realm existed beyond its Domain. Initial reactions included excitement about exploration, hopes of obtaining new resources, and suspicion that fiends were manipulating public discussion to obstruct their purge. The God Realm's World Trees were known to be highly valuable resources, making the Immortal Realm and its inhabitants targets for eventual absorption by outside powers. 1300 1335

The war between humanity and the Demon Race temporarily ceased while factions investigated the fiends. Most of the fiends were eventually sealed rather than killed, and Jiang Ping An became widely celebrated for helping save the realm from their immediate threat. 1300 1308

The Human and Demon races later cooperated to construct a Teleportation Array to the God Realm using seized Domains as its foundation. 1312

After scouts returned with reports of the God Realm's oppressive conditions, Yue Sha and other powerhouses planned to transfer much of their populations and resources there to preserve a spark of life, while retaining some lifeforms in the Immortal Realm in case it remained undiscovered. 1335

The reports revealed that the God Realm's ambient energy and laws were sealed, its inhabitants faced restrictions on flight, and cultivation methods controlled by the Four Great Powers imposed payments and the threat of forced mining. Many inhabitants consequently regarded their own Immortal Realm as freer, despite the mortal danger of remaining there. 1335

Ancient Emperor became a god-level expert and intended to refine the Immortal Realm into his Inner World, allowing its people to travel with him to the God Realm. 1338 1339

Jiang Ping An suggested refining the World Tree directly as a means of preserving its inhabitants and improving their prospects in the God Realm. Yue Sha supported the plan and delayed departure for a century while Ancient Emperor prepared, partly to prevent betrayal by Demon Race experts. 1336

Zhuo Shan, a God Realm expert searching for a treasure left by the Fifth Main God, followed the Immortal Realm's coordinates to its location. After killing Ancient Emperor, he destroyed the World Tree itself, annihilating the Immortal Realm and its lifeforms. 1339 1340

Ancient Emperor was killed by a single strand of Zhuo Shan's hair, without an opportunity to resist. The destruction also killed Jiang Ping An's family and friends who remained in the realm. 1340

Aftermath

Jiang Ping An was devastated by the deaths of his family and friends, while Yue Sha aided his escape from Zhuo Shan's pursuit. Zhuo Shan subsequently dispatched Energy Avatars to hunt the fleeing Immortal Lords. 1340

Jiang Ping An's hair turned white from shock, and revenge and the resurrection of his loved ones became central motivations for his subsequent cultivation in the God Realm. The Four Great Main Gods' control over resurrection obstructed this goal, and he later vowed to break their monopoly. 1340 1421 1597

Zhuo Shan was later identified as the Clan Leader of the Wildsea Royal Clan. Jiang Ping An made killing him and avenging the Immortal Realm's destruction one of his central goals. 1777

During a later encounter with Jiang Ping An, Zhuo Shan recalled searching the void beyond the Domains for objects cast out by the Lord of Order before his death. He had believed the discovered World Tree might contain an opportunity to become a Lord God. In his recollection, he intercepted Immortals using a Cross-Realm Teleportation Array, killed them, and devoured the entire World Tree. Recognizing Jiang Ping An's appearance and hatred, he was astonished to identify him as an Immortal he believed he had killed during that incident. 2309

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