Southern Heaven Domain

Rebirth of a Faded Martial Arts Master: Thirty Years Back

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Name Southern Heaven Domain (天南域之地)
Location A remote domain of the Eastern Continent; one of its Thirty-Six Domains 578 893
Status Extant; the Sacred Extremity Sect is rebuilt within it by the later story 943
First Appearance Chapter 245

Geography and Notable Locations

The Southern Heaven Domain is regarded as a remote, barren, and inconspicuous region by the standards of the Eastern Continent, yet its landmass exceeds the entire surface area of Earth. Its vast scale and scattered factions make complete control of the domain impractical even for its strongest sects 578 828.

It has a dense river network and broadly temperate, flat terrain suitable for habitation, contrasting sharply with the dry and rocky Western Mountain Land 425.

  • Heaven Spine Mountain Range — A vast, dangerous mountain barrier separating the borderland Seven Nations from the domain; lower-realm martial artists generally cannot cross it 402.
  • Sacred Extremity Sect ancestral mountains — A thirty-thousand-li mountain range whose Earth Vein Essence was gathered and transformed into Spiritual Qi by sect experts 104.
  • Thunder Accumulation Mountain — A thunder-shrouded spiritual land created where Earth Veins and heavenly mechanisms converged, drawing continual lightning from the Nine Heavens 224.
  • Death Forbidden Zone — A perilous region whose appearance of the Saber Path True Monarch’s saber destabilized the domain; it later drew martial artists seeking treasures such as Dragon Blood Grass 552 565.
  • Ancient Grotto-heaven fragment — An ancient-era secret realm fragment large enough to be considered a small world. It was discovered two to three centuries ago and is jointly explored by major factions every twenty years 245.
  • Three Realms Mountain — The site of ancient cave-heaven ruins, where Yang Qingyun previously advanced to the Grandmaster Realm and fought a Profound Spirit Sect disciple 885.
  • East Sea secret realm — The resting place of an ancient Flood Dragon’s body; its surrounding secret realm contained opportunities capable of dramatically advancing cultivation 893 903.

Martial World

Cultivation Environment

The domain offers greater Spiritual Qi, resources, and cultivation opportunities than the borderland Seven Nations, allowing sect disciples to establish stronger foundations from the beginning of their Martial Path 282.

Despite this, it was historically among the weakest regions of the Eastern Continent. Before Yang Qingyun’s rise, it had only four or five Cave-Heaven Realm cultivators, all at the early stage, and was significantly behind neighboring domains 723.

  • In the earlier era, the Void Realm was recognized as the peak of the domain’s Martial Path and its practitioners were treated as living legends 402.
  • Cave-Heaven Realm experts could determine the survival or destruction of a sect, making them the domain’s highest conventional strategic force 843.
  • Martial artists from the Central Continent often viewed the domain as an inferior frontier and initially relied on their superior inheritances to dominate local factions 556 578.

Political Landscape

The Southern Heaven Domain contains nations, sects, aristocratic families, and independent factions. Sects do not maintain the clearly defined territorial borders of dynasties; buffer zones between major powers developed into complex regions of autonomous forces and states 197.

  • Sacred Extremity Sect — The domain’s dominant power after the destruction of the Profound Spirit Sect; its influence and Yang Qingyun’s reputation made it the acknowledged overlord for a period 401 472.
  • Profound Spirit Sect — The Sacred Extremity Sect’s longtime rival and a former leading power, ultimately destroyed along with its high-level experts 401 402.
  • Sky-Piercing Sword Sect — One of the surviving major local sects; it possessed a Cave-Heaven Realm ancestor after the war with the Profound Spirit Sect 472.
  • Moon Show Valley — Another major local sect with a Cave-Heaven Realm ancestor and a participant in efforts to address Outer Region threats 472 545.
  • Outer Region martial artists — Arrived amid Eastern Continent turmoil, with some violently seizing families, sect lands, and Earth Veins 544 545.

History

Period Event Consequences
Ancient era A great war took place in the Southern Heaven Domain and significantly altered its later environment 893. Ancient ruins, spiritual medicines, and hidden legacies remained within the domain.
Ancient origin The domain was later revealed as the place where the Creation Seven Ancestors first descended and the starting point of the world 975. Its remote location conceals an exceptional concentration of ancient secrets.
Two to three centuries before the main story The ancient Grotto-heaven fragment was discovered, causing a major conflict among local factions before they agreed to jointly develop it 245. Major factions began sending their prodigies into the ruin every twenty years.
Before the Profound Spirit Sect’s fall The Sacred Extremity Sect spent nearly two centuries bringing four countries, five great families, and smaller forces under its influence 382. Its territory later shrank by more than half during wartime setbacks.
Sacred Extremity–Profound Spirit war Mu Xiangzi’s final technique destroyed two Cave-Heaven Realm and thirteen Void Realm experts of the Profound Spirit Sect, though Mu Xiangzi died after using it 401. The Profound Spirit Sect collapsed, and no faction dared openly challenge the Sacred Extremity Sect.
After the war The Sacred Extremity Sect became the domain’s uncrowned overlord despite lacking a resident Cave-Heaven Realm expert 472. Its hidden legacy and Yang Qingyun’s rise deterred rival powers.
Eastern Continent unrest The conflict between the Wind Thunder Pavilion and Eastern Continent powers spread chaos into the domain; forces outside the Sacred Extremity Sect’s sphere began expanding through conquest 465. Local order weakened as independent factions fought for territory and resources.
Outer Region incursions Central Continent martial artists seized ancestral lands and Earth Veins, defeating local Void Realm experts who attempted to intervene 544. Native factions recognized the widening gap between their inheritances and those of more prosperous regions.
Spiritual Qi Resurgence Countless meteors crossed the sky, beginning the Spiritual Qi Resurgence 659. Conflict, rising demonic beasts, sudden breakthroughs, and the destruction of established powers became widespread 662.
Yang Qingyun’s dominance Yang Qingyun’s strength became recognized as the absolute pinnacle of the Southern Heaven Domain’s Martial Dao world 662. The Sacred Extremity Sect gained influence over surrounding domains as well as its own territory 723.
Later chaos During the Sacred Extremity Sect’s absence, factions throughout the domain fought and slaughtered one another; its former mountain gate had become a plain basin 885. Yang Qingyun preserved the site with a barrier for the sect’s eventual return.
Heavenly Gate Dao Venerable’s scheme The Heavenly Gate Dao Venerable chose to refine the entire Southern Heaven Domain to locate a hidden Grotto-Heaven World connected to the Xuantian Ancestor 916. The refining process began as an apocalyptic disaster, darkening the sky and spreading dread among all living beings 917.
Sacred Extremity Sect reconstruction With Yang Qingyun’s Dao Integration Realm protection, the sect returned and rebuilt its mountain gate within six months 943. Major powers from the domain and beyond sent envoys and gifts to mark its return.