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Material World
Extraordinary Voyage
Biodata
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Name | Material World (物質界) |
| Alias(es) | Material Plane; First Realm of the Tree of Life 327 |
| Type | Neutral character (AI); world/plane |
| First Appearance | Chapter 259 259 |
Cosmology
Position in the Tree of Life
| Aspect | Details |
|---|---|
| Realm | The first of the Tree of Life's four realms, symbolizing Earth. 327 |
| Function | The world inhabited by humans, where souls obtain bodies and primal light crystallizes into matter, nature, and human existence. 327 |
| Conceptual role | Abstract concepts become concrete things here. 327 |
| Prime Matters | Corresponds to the three lowest Prime Matters: Splendor, Foundation, and Kingdom. 327 |
| Other half of reality | Forms one side of the complete world alongside the spiritual side, represented by the Spirit World. 660 |
| Physical laws | Planetary epochal changes profoundly affect spiritual conditions, but do not alter physical constants; ancient technology can therefore remain functional across eras. 533 |
Connections to Other Realms
| Realm / force | Relationship to the Material World |
|---|---|
| Spirit World | The source of Magic Element and extraordinary knowledge. Formal Wizards can traverse there in spiritual form, but ordinary material items generally cannot be carried across. 313 362 364 |
| Spirit World time | Time in the Spirit World flows thirty-six times faster; a one-hour Spirit Communication Potion permits roughly a day and a half of exploration there. 364 |
| Shadow Realm | A dark, faintly glowing world that exists parallel to and coexists with the Material World. It mirrors mountains, rivers, continents, oceans, and human cities. 259 540 |
| World Consciousness | The planetary consciousness grows by absorbing refined Soul Origin carried through the Underworld River after souls complete their life cycles. 928 |
| Catreo's Wheel | Tier 5 beings are bound to the Material World and cannot escape it or interfere with the Wheel. 951 |
Properties and Limits
- Magic Element originates from the Spirit World. Its overall quantity is constant throughout the Material World, but its activity varies by region; highly active areas experience more frequent strange phenomena and greater danger to mortals. 313
- Souls of intelligent beings serve as anchors between the Material World and the Spirit World. A lifetime of knowledge, experience, emotion, and ability enriches the soul before its eventual return to the world's cycle. 928
- True Gods cannot descend in their true forms. The highest beings able to act directly in the Material World are demigods and Angels, who possess both Divinity and Humanity. 728
- Technological products and knowledge founded on stable physical laws can be removed from time-based Secret Realms, while extraordinary items and flesh from those spaces rapidly deteriorate outside them. 820
Natural Phenomena
- Decapitation Waves — Abnormally large deep-sea waves whose crests and troughs can differ by nearly forty meters. They can snap even a First-Rate Battleship and drag it to the seabed. 259
- Blue Holes — Phenomena associated with unexplained disappearances. Their destination is unknown; theories include the deep seafloor or another world, but even powerful Wizards avoid entering one to investigate. 259
- Black Embankments — Events or locations directly connected to the Shadow Realm. 259
World Consciousness and World's Favor
The World Consciousness depends on intelligent life to advance the world. Ordered civilization cannot arise spontaneously from inert matter, making the growth, labor, and accumulated experience of sentient beings essential to the Material World's development. 928
Large-scale human progress can draw World's Favor. The completion of a stage of the Steam Industrial Revolution caused the Spirit World to react and directed a vast amount of World's Favor toward the Faletis Kingdom, greatly assisting Mennon Watt's advancement to Truth Embodiment. 831
Human exploration, industrialization, and the exploitation of resources from the Shattered Star Sea continued to accelerate the Material World's technological development through the Steam and Electrical Industrial Revolutions. 933 938
History
Origin of Humanity
Three million years before the present era, the extraterrestrial Observer Civilization intervened in the evolution of Helag Star's native apes. Using the Mobius Ring, they selected thirty-two evolutionary paths, including the Boskop People, who later founded the Zero Civilization. 915
After the Observers withdrew from Helag Star five thousand years ago, the Boskop People used their remaining technology and instruments to establish Zero, connect with the Spirit World, and become the planet's dominant civilization. The World Consciousness awakened after the long accumulation of intelligent life. 915
Era Cataclysms
The Spirit World projects extraordinary power into the Material World as bait, while the Era Cataclysm—occurring once every five hundred thousand years—serves as its harvest. Its ultimate objective is to draw the World Consciousness into the Spirit World and use the Material World as fuel for advancement. 950
During the Spirituality Tide, the Spirit World Lord Rainbow Light used the Mobius Ring's timeline convergence to establish an anchor to Helag Star. After Shudemeier's death disrupted the original plan, Rainbow Light forcibly infiltrated the Material World and attempted to devour the World Consciousness. 960
Evan Garratt, acting as the Proxy Creator, assumed his ultimate Mythical Form to oppose Rainbow Light's incursion. 960