Human Race

Biodata

Power Progression

History

Creation and early survival

Nuwa created the Human Race on the shores of the East Sea using the Nine Heavens Breath Soil, Three Lights Divine Water, and Creation Cauldron. After shaping the first humans individually, she used the Innate Gourd Vine to create them in great numbers. 96

While Zhou Ming drew the Heavenly Dao’s attention by proving his Dao, Nuwa secretly completed an additional 129,601st human. Houtu concealed this figure with the Dao Origin Divine Pearl and infused it with a Primordial Spirit carrying Zhou Ming’s hopes before Nuwa formally proclaimed the establishment of the Human Race. 98

The creation of the Human Race brought Nuwa an immense bestowal of Heavenly Dao merit, allowing her to attain sainthood. Its magnitude alerted the Primordial World’s great powers to the unusual significance of the seemingly weak new race. 99 100 106 107

The newborn race was physically weak and lacked even basic survival knowledge. Early humans died to demonic beasts, poisonous plants, natural disasters, and the dangers of the Primordial World. 100 109 Nuwa declared the Human Race under her protection, while Zhou Ming insisted that its future must rest on self-reliance rather than dependence on the Witch Clan. 100 94 95

Guidance and cultural growth

Hou Yi was sent to protect the Human Race discreetly and entrusted with the Innate Gourd Vine. His Witch Clan techniques gave Wu an initial, imperfect basis for a human cultivation method. 105 109

Zhen Yuanzi and Hongyun later remained in the ancestral land for tens of thousands of years, preaching the Dao three times and guiding the Human Race’s early leaders. Their teachings supported the race’s multiplication and cultivation, though they ultimately left its future to the humans themselves. 113

After their departure, Human Race destiny began actively bolstering both teachers. Zhou Ming explained that this initially modest benefit would grow alongside the race’s population and prosperity. 114

Wu subsequently completed Wu Jing, establishing the Martial Dao as a distinct cultivation path suitable for the Human Race, including ordinary postnatal humans whose aptitude had declined over successive generations. Its initial form could support cultivation to Grand Unity Golden Immortal. Representatives from the tribes studied it in the ancestral land and returned home to spread it, while Wu traveled among the tribes to resolve cultivation difficulties. 109 127 128

To avoid Taiqing’s wrath, undertake further development, and prepare for a possible Great Tribulation, Wu proposed relocating the race. The founding ancestors and Xuandu supported the decision, and Hou Yi and Kua Fu helped move the humans near the Houtu Tribe. 189 193

After achieving stability near the Houtu Tribe, Wu created a written language for the Human Race. The first characters could record its knowledge, history, and civilization, ending reliance on oral transmission alone. 193 194 Wu also promoted animal husbandry, agriculture, irrigation, and the cultivation of edible plants, reducing the race’s dependence on dangerous hunting. 195

Independence and human governance

Before the era of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, Zhou Ming advised recalling the Human Race’s strongest cultivators to the ancestral land. They would preserve its ultimate foundation rather than routinely intervening in the challenges through which future rulers were to establish their merits. 269

Fuxi’s leadership united scattered tribes under a common Co-Lord. With support from the ancestral elders, he led the Human Race out of Witch Clan territory, established the city of Chen, and became the first Human Emperor. 276 277

The migration initially met resistance from tribes accustomed to Witch Clan protection, especially after the Demon Clan’s massacre. The ancestral land’s public endorsement of Fuxi’s decision ended the opposition, and Witch Clan assistance made the relocation orderly and successful. Fuxi then appointed capable officials from the tribes to govern the new human state. 277

Under Fuxi, the Human Race formalized human ethics and marriage, accepted the Dragon Clan as a totem, and received the Innate Eight Trigrams for avoiding danger and perceiving heavenly secrets. 278 The succession of Human Emperors continued through Shennong, Xuanyuan, and later rulers, creating a lasting political order for the race. 278 285 307

After Xuanyuan succeeded Shennong, many tribes withheld their allegiance, while Chi You’s Jiuli Tribe openly challenged his authority. Xuanyuan initially rejected a campaign of conquest and sought a peaceful agreement, even offering to abdicate if Chi You could better lead the race. The Heavenly Origin Sect’s attempt to capture Chi You during their meeting undermined this approach and escalated the conflict. 289 290 291 292

Xuanyuan later used the Human Emperor Sword to suppress Chi You and brought the previously divided tribes under unified Human Emperor rule. 303 304 After he spread the Immortal Scripture and completed his merits, the Three Sovereigns returned to Huoyun Cave alongside the Human Race’s ancestral sages to suppress and safeguard human destiny. 306 307 311

The Five Emperors likewise completed their merits and entered Huoyun Cave. Under their governance, the Nine Provinces became prosperous and populous, and Human Race destiny flourished beyond its level during the Three Sovereigns’ era. The emergence of the Human Dao also intensified efforts by saintly lineages to establish teachings among humans and gain access to its authority. 311

Later consolidation and sovereignty

During the Investiture of the Gods Calamity, the Human Race again became the focal point of conflicts among the saintly lineages. 363 The Human Emperor Sword recognized Zi Shou as its master at birth, and his enthronement as Di Xin broke the seal on his memories as Wu’s reincarnation. 405 409

As Human Emperor, Di Xin sought to use Human Dao destiny to establish a formation defending Chaoge and the Human Race. He secured the assistance of Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, Bixiao, and the Ten Heavenly Lords of the Intercepting Sect in this undertaking. 413 416 430

When Di Xin integrated Human Dao destiny into the completed framework, Chaoge became an Immortal and God Forbidden Zone. The formation suppressed immortal magic power rather than ordinary life, and Di Xin granted its builders permission to bypass the suppression. Its ability to render True Lord Taiyi powerless subsequently drew Yuanshi’s attention. 425 430

After Wu returned to Huoyun Cave, the Human Race’s territory had been unified and its destiny grew more concentrated. This prosperity prepared Hongyun for his own attempt to attain Hunyuan and gave Wu the foundation to complete the Martial Dao’s later realms. 557

Hongyun subsequently represented the Human Race as its Saint in negotiations with Jieyin and Zhunti. Although Huoyun Cave agreed to facilitate the eastward spread of Buddhist teachings, it forbade methods that caused substantial harm or sacrificed human lives. Hongyun also sought compensation for the race’s labor and future karmic burden, initially demanding ten percent of Western Prosperity’s merit before agreeing to discuss a contribution-based distribution in detail. 594 595 596

After attaining the Dao through the Martial Dao, Wu retrieved the Kongtong Seal and prepared to truly grasp the Human Dao, with Hongyun’s protection and assistance. Fuxi, Shennong, and Suiren Shi received Wu’s later-stage Martial Dao methods and entered seclusion to pursue their own advancements. 647 649 658

Appearance

Humans are modeled after the Innate Dao Bodies of the beings of the Primordial World. Though initially frail compared with the Witch Clan and many other races, their form is exceptionally compatible with the Great Dao. 91 101

• Possess Innate Dao Bodies. 97 101
• Initially have weak Blood Essence and no obvious innate divine abilities. 106
• Reproduce rapidly and expand across vast territories. 111
• Early postnatal generations display progressively declining cultivation aptitude, prompting Wu to develop a method accessible to ordinary humans. 109 127
• Include Witch-Humans, descendants with both Human Race and Witch Clan bloodlines. 277
• Have grown into a population numbering in the billions, allowing exceptional individuals with great destiny to emerge despite the generally weaker innate talent of ordinary humans. 363 372

Personality

The Human Race is characterized by resilience and vigilance. Its early tribes survived only by remaining alert to unknown visitors, dangerous beasts, and the hostile environment around them. 109 111

Its leading figures repeatedly favor independence over comfortable dependence. Wu resists becoming a tool of the Heavenly Dao or a subordinate of stronger factions, while Fuxi’s migration establishes a human state outside Witch Clan territory. 95 276 277

The race is also strongly oriented toward preservation and progress. Its leaders seek cultivation methods, writing, agriculture, governance, and later an independent Dao so that future generations will not be constrained by the limitations of the past. 109 193 195 647

Human leaders also maintain a firm collective bottom line against outside powers. While willing to cooperate with Western Prosperity in spreading teachings, Hongyun and the sages refuse to permit human lives to become sacrifices or stepping stones for another faction’s prosperity. 594 595

Their advocacy extends beyond immediate protection to fair recognition of the race’s contribution. Hongyun argues that humans cannot be expected to supply Buddhism’s believers, labor, and future karmic obligations without receiving a corresponding share of merit. 595 596

Abilities & Skills

Innate Dao Bodies

The Human Race’s greatest inherent advantage is its compatibility with the Great Dao. Zhou Ming identifies this trait as the source of its immense potential despite its weak beginning. 101

• Enables exceptional long-term cultivation potential. 101
• Allows humans to follow both Martial Dao and Immortal Dao paths. 306
• Does not grant immediate physical strength or innate divine abilities. 100 106

Martial Dao

Wu develops the Martial Dao from early Witch Clan body-tempering techniques and his own deductions. It becomes the Human Race’s principal self-reliant cultivation system. 109 128

• Its initial scripture, Wu Jing, provides cultivation methods through Grand Unity Golden Immortal and is designed to give ordinary postnatal humans access to cultivation. 127
• Refines body, qi, and spirit. 648
• Uses combat and tempering to advance cultivation. 195
• Progresses toward the principle of “Body as Universe,” in which a cultivator develops an embryonic world within their body. 648
• Is open to all Human Race cultivators and can lead to the Hunyuan Martial Saint realm. 647 648
• Replaces the Method of Slaying Three Corpses with the Dao of Laws among Human Race cultivators. 367
• Its later-stage methods are transferable rather than exclusive to Wu; Fuxi, Shennong, and Suiren Shi receive them and enter seclusion to cultivate further. 658

Immortal Scripture

The Immortal Scripture was jointly deduced as an alternative for humans whose talents are better suited to immortal cultivation than Martial Dao. 306

• Provides a human-specific immortal cultivation method. 306
• Allows Martial Dao and Immortal Dao to develop in parallel. 306
• Was spread throughout the Human Race by Xuanyuan, triggering widespread immortal cultivation. 306
• Addresses limitations in Taiqing’s Golden Core Great Dao, which was unsuitable for most humans and did not serve the race’s collective development. 306

Human Dao

The Human Dao emerges from the accumulated destiny, struggle, knowledge, and inheritance of intelligent beings in the Primordial World. The Human Race is its central foundation, but the Human Dao is not exclusively its possession. 307 651

• Gives the Human Race a basis to stand as equals with the Witch Clan and Heavenly Dao. 307
• Is linked to the Kongtong Seal, making comprehension and control of the Human Dao far easier through the treasure. 307
• Contains nine Saint positions, some of which the Human Race can share with beings willing to bind their destiny to its interests. 272 273
• Its vast destiny can serve as the core power source of a formation protecting the Human Race. 413 416 430
• Must bless all living beings rather than becoming a private source of power for the Human Race alone. 651
• After his Martial Dao attainment, Wu prioritizes truly grasping this power and secures Hongyun’s assistance for the undertaking. 649

Destiny-powered defensive formations

Di Xin demonstrates that Human Dao destiny can be integrated with earth veins and formation patterns to protect a mortal population from supernatural interference. The resulting Chaoge formation makes the city inseparable from its Destiny Golden Dragon. 425

• Suppresses powers that transcend the mortal level, including immortal magic power, rather than targeting living beings themselves. 425
• Creates an Immortal and God Forbidden Zone around Chaoge. 425
• Can suppress Grand Unity Golden Immortals, as demonstrated by True Lord Taiyi’s loss of magic power in the city. 430
• Allows authorized individuals to bypass its restrictions through permission granted by Di Xin. 425
• Draws on a reservoir of destiny that even Saints cannot casually mobilize. 430

Writing and civilizational inheritance

Wu creates three thousand characters specifically suited to the Primordial World and its Great Dao, providing the Human Race with a lasting means of preserving civilization. Their creation produces phenomena throughout heaven and earth. 193 194

• Records wisdom, experience, history, and civilization across generations. 194
• Provides a written language capable of carrying the Dao rather than merely copying the writing of later generations. 193
• Complements the race’s development of agriculture, animal husbandry, irrigation, and organized governance. 195 277

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Innate Gourd Vine — Nuwa’s tool for rapidly creating humans; later delivered to the Human Race by Hou Yi and marked with Zhou Ming’s power. 96 105 113
• Kongtong Seal — The Human Race’s supreme treasure, linked to the origin of the Human Dao and entrusted to Wu for human stewardship. After attaining the Martial Dao, Wu retrieves it from the depths of Huoyun Cave to begin his undertaking to grasp the Human Dao. 307 649
• Human Emperor Sword — Regalia of the Human Emperor, passed from Xuanyuan to Zhuanxu during succession. It later recognizes Zi Shou as its master and validates his destiny as Human Emperor. 307 405 409
• Wu Jing — Wu’s initial Martial Dao scripture, first capable of guiding human cultivators to Grand Unity Golden Immortal and disseminated through representatives of the tribes. 127
• Immortal Scripture — A jointly deduced human-specific immortal cultivation scripture, publicly imprinted in locations throughout the Human Race for widespread study. 306

Relationships

• Nuwa — Creator and Saint Mother of the Human Race; publicly declares them under her protection. 98 100
• Zhou Ming — Secret benefactor who arranges for the 129,601st human, advocates human independence, and guides its long-term development. 94 95 101
• Houtu — Assists in concealing and empowering the anomalous 129,601st human; later protects and guides figures connected to the race. 98 102 286
• Hou Yi — Early protector, combat instructor, and bearer of the Innate Gourd Vine to the Human Race. 105 109
• Zhen Yuanzi and Hongyun — Early teachers who preach the Dao three times and become deeply connected to Human Race destiny. 113 114
• Hongyun — Later accepts membership in the Human Race, binds his destiny to its prosperity, and acts as a Human Race Sage and protector of its interests. He is subsequently identified as its Saint, represents it in negotiations over Western Prosperity, and agrees to assist Wu in grasping the Human Dao. 273 557 595 596 649
• Wu — Ancestral leader, creator of the Martial Dao and human writing, and steward of the Kongtong Seal. His attainment provides the race with an independent Hunyuan path, whose later methods he passes to other ancestral sages. 127 193 307 647 658
• Witch Clan — Longtime protectors and neighbors whose aid allows the race to develop, though the Human Race later migrates to establish independent rule. Zhou Ming characterizes their protection and their enjoyment of human destiny as an equivalent exchange rather than an unpaid debt. 195 276 277
• Taiqing (Laozi) — Establishes the Human Sect through the Human Race and attains sainthood, creating a karmic obligation to teach it. Thirty percent of human destiny is initially described as the benefit he would obtain, but Nuwa and Zhou Ming’s intervention results in an oath preventing him from claiming it. He remains connected to humans through the Human Sect. 153 157 172 241 308
• Dragon Clan — Accepted as the Human Race’s totem under Fuxi and receives human destiny in exchange for aiding the race through rain and favorable seasons. It also sends Ying Long to assist Xuanyuan against Chi You. 278 298
• Intercepting Sect — Supports Human Emperor Di Xin’s plan to establish a Human Dao destiny formation in Chaoge. 413 416
• Heavenly Origin Sect — Competes for influence over the Human Race and assists Xuanyuan, but its attempt to capture Chi You undermines peaceful negotiations. During the Investiture of the Gods preparations, Yuanshi plans to recruit human children with great destiny as substitutes for his disciples’ calamities. 289 291 372
• Western Prosperity — Seeks to spread its teachings among the Human Race, but its cooperation is restricted by the Human Race’s prohibition against harming or sacrificing humans. Negotiations also concern the race’s share of merit in exchange for its labor, believers, and karmic burden. 594 595 596
• Fuxi, Shennong, and Xuanyuan — The Three Sovereigns whose completed merits help bring forth the Human Dao. 307

Story Role / Major Arcs

Human Race’s Great Tribulation

The Demon Clan discovers that human vital essence and souls can be used to forge treasures against Immortal Court cultivators, leading to a widespread slaughter of humans. 211 Nuwa battles the Sanqing to save her creation while Wu emerges from seclusion to organize resistance and evacuate the Human Race. 213

Outnumbered and outmatched, the Human Race suffers heavily. Wu’s battle against Ghost Chariot forces him to integrate the Law of Strength into the Martial Dao and advance to Primordial Golden Immortal. 217 218 A Saint ends the conflict, declares the Great Tribulation passed, and ensures the slain humans will enter reincarnation and return to the Human Race. 218

Di Jun accepts responsibility and offers compensation before withdrawing the Demon Clan. The survivors collect their fallen comrades’ remains and begin their journey home. 218 219

Great Prosperity and the Human Dao

The Human Race’s great prosperity is governed through the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. Its increasing destiny draws the attention of the Saints, who seek influence over the race and the authority that may come from it. 241 311

After Fuxi, Shennong, and Xuanyuan complete their merits, Zhou Ming proclaims the emergence of the Human Dao. He binds the Kongtong Seal to it but gives the treasure to Wu rather than retaining it for the Witch Clan. 307

This stewardship makes the Human Race a focal point of competition over Human Dao authority. The Saints regard establishing teachings among humans as a possible means of gaining recognition and access to that power, while the completed Five Emperors join the ancestral sages in safeguarding human destiny at Huoyun Cave. 307 308 311

Investiture of the Gods Calamity

The Human Race becomes the center of the Investiture of the Gods Calamity, with Wu recognizing that its billions of members cannot avoid the conflict between competing saintly lineages. 363

Zi Shou’s accession as Di Xin restores Wu’s memories through the Human Emperor Sword and gives the Human Race a ruler determined to act as its true Human Emperor. 405 409 Di Xin then cooperates with the Intercepting Sect to mobilize Human Dao destiny in defense of Chaoge and the Human Race. 413 416 430

The completed formation suppresses transcendent power in Chaoge and gives the human capital a defense against immortal interference. Its effectiveness against True Lord Taiyi forces Yuanshi to consider the Human Race’s destiny and possible backing from Huoyun Cave when planning his sect’s actions. 425 430

Completion of the Martial Dao

After long seclusion, Wu attains the Dao through martial strength and establishes the Martial Dao’s rule. This gives the Human Race a Hunyuan path that does not rely on external treasures, Heavenly Dao methods, or the Method of Slaying Three Corpses. 647 648

Wu’s achievement is followed by preparations to grasp the Human Dao through the Kongtong Seal. Other ancestral sages also begin cultivating the completed Martial Dao’s later stages: Fuxi, Shennong, and Suiren Shi enter seclusion after receiving his methods. The visiting Saints recognize that the race could consequently produce an entire group of Zenith Heaven Golden Immortals of the Origin, rather than relying on Wu alone. 649 658

Western Prosperity negotiations

The Human Race becomes indispensable to Buddhism’s proposed eastward transmission because humans form its principal prospective body of believers. Jieyin and Zhunti therefore seek Huoyun Cave’s approval after obtaining the Witch Clan’s promise not to interfere. 591 593 594

Hongyun and the ancestral sages permit cooperation only on the condition that spreading the teachings does not cause substantial harm or turn human lives into sacrifices. Hongyun then demands a fair share of merit, arguing that the race will provide the undertaking’s foundation while also bearing labor and future karma from contention between Buddhism and Daoism. 594 595 596

The negotiations move from Hongyun’s initial demand for ten percent of the merit to a proposed distribution according to contribution. He accepts that principle while insisting that its details be clearly settled, and the Western Saints arrange a wider discussion in the Heavenly Court. 595 596

Notable Quotes

“The Human Race is established!” — Nuwa 98

“Seek nothing from outside, rely not on heaven, rely not on earth, rely only on ourselves... This is the road that truly belongs to our Human Race!” — Suiren Shi 648

“But that absolutely does not mean the lives of the Human Race can become stepping stones on your road to prosperity.” — Hongyun 594

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