Biodata
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Name | Human Realm |
| Alias(es) | 人界 |
| Type | Neutral Character (AI); independent realm-space |
| Primary Inhabitants | Human Race; also home to Beast Race and other creatures |
| Status | Recovering after repeated calamities; its Core was restored, while Human Race migration to the Chaos Space was initiated for survival 2046 2270 |
| First Appearance | Identified as a low-level space ruled by the God Race 1005 |
Power Progression
| Stage / Realm / Level | Chapter | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Low-level space | 1005 | Identified as the Human Realm, a low-level space under God Race rule. |
| Heavenly Dao reaches God Realm | 1066 | The united will of martial artists and civilians empowers the Human Realm’s Heavenly Dao to break through to the God Realm. |
| God Realm path opened | 1067 | The realm’s advancement causes widespread breakthroughs and elevates it beyond its former lower-plane status. |
| Resurgence begins | 1089 | A new consciousness forms at the boundary wall; Primal Qi rises and Heaven and Earth Essence becomes purer. |
| Spatial suppression strengthened | 1918, 1926 | The realm seals or weakens approaching outsiders’ Rule power and reinforces its boundary wall through Heavenly Dao Origin. |
| Human Realm Core restored | 2270 | Jiang Liu accelerates the Core’s awakening with the Chaos Sutra, restoring its power and the realm’s Heaven and Earth Essence. |
History
Ancient origin and decline
The Human Realm was originally called the Chaos Space. The present Human Realm, Nether Realm, and Divine Realm are independent spaces within the greater Chaos Space; the Divine and Nether Realms split from the original Human Realm, while the God Race and Demon Race originated from the Human Race 2018.
Its martial civilization was once prosperous, but its inheritance later collapsed. A major war between the Human Race and God Race severely wounded the Human Realm Core, altered the realm’s terrain, and left its former central region as a desert 1571 1594. As the realm declined and became sealed off, Human Race descendants who left could no longer return; they eventually established the Holy Wang Pavilion in the Void 1517.
By the beginning of the story, no Martial Saint had appeared on the continent for more than a thousand years, and even Saint Realm advancement was controlled by the corrupted former Heavenly Dao 1 1517.
Rediscovery and Demon Race invasion
The Human Realm remained largely hidden from the Divine and Nether Realms until passages within Netherworld Space exposed its location. Divine Realm explorers considered entry troublesome because the realm severely suppressed foreign strength, while the Nether Demon Lord viewed its population as a source of labor, cultivation resources, and political prestige 1042 1043 1047.
When the Demon Race assembled at the boundary wall, Human Realm martial artists and civilians united their will. Their Blood Essence Dragon merged with the golden dragon of popular will drawn from the Imperial Palace, enabling the Heavenly Dao to reach the God Realm 1066.
The breakthrough did not end the invasion. The Demon Race shifted from attacking the boundary wall to exhausting the Heavenly Dao. To sustain itself, the Heavenly Dao extracted the spiritual essence embedded in the realm’s mountains and rivers, weakening the Human Realm’s foundation 1069 1073. It was ultimately devoured by an unknown dark shadow, after which the boundary ruptured, void power and Dark Primal Qi entered, and widespread disasters devastated the realm 1073 1074.
Resurgence and Core crisis
Despite the Heavenly Dao’s fall, the Human Realm’s suppression forced the Nether Demon Lord to retreat after entering the realm, and healing void rifts gradually cut off the invasion force’s escape routes 1074 1083. A stronger new consciousness appeared at the boundary wall, while Primal Qi, rivers, forests, and mountains began to recover 1089.
Later revelations identified the Human Realm’s three Sovereigns:
| Sovereign | Role |
|---|---|
| Heavenly Dao | Embodiment of the Human Race’s collective consciousness; administers rewards and punishments to support Human Race cultivation. |
| Essence Spirit | A Sovereign connected to the recovering Heaven and Earth Essence; it had not yet re-condensed a consciousness-body. |
| Human Realm Core | The true controller of Human Realm space; damage to it could destroy the entire realm. 1571 |
The Human Realm Core had been polluted by a trace of Nether Realm aura left by the Nether Realm Ghost Lord. Its consciousness-body acted to secure control of the realm, but its actions caused natural disasters and spatial mutations 1571. Jiang Liu uncovered the Ghost Lord’s abandoned altar and the Soaring Sky Mirror, a realm-traversal artifact that required Human and Beast Race Blood Essence as a catalyst 1597.
After Jiang Liu destroyed the Netherworld Master’s remaining consciousness and cleared the pollution, the Core recovered and the realm’s Primal Qi began a more complete revival 1601 1603. It was later polluted again amid incursions by extraterrestrial Dark Beasts, but Jiang Liu restored it by accelerating its awakening with the Chaos Sutra 2268 2270.
Properties and Defenses
Spatial suppression
The Human Realm is distinguished from the Divine and Nether Realms by its powerful rejection of outsiders.
| Realm entered by foreign cultivators | Typical strength retained |
|---|---|
| Divine Realm | Nearly 100%, except practitioners of dark techniques |
| Nether Realm | About 70% |
| Human Realm | Usually no more than half; retaining more indicates an exceptionally advanced cultivation method 1090 |
The suppression intensifies near the boundary wall and can reduce even God Realm and Supreme God Realm cultivators. During the later War of Rules, it sealed approaching enemies’ Rule power and affected even Human Race hybrids who had previously resisted suppression 1918 1926.
Boundary wall
- The boundary wall’s durability is closely tied to the Heavenly Dao’s strength; defeating the guardian weakens the realm’s defenses 1069.
- The Human Realm’s barrier was considered sturdier than the Nether Realm’s, which the three Divine Realm Honored Ones shattered with a combined strike 1123.
- Jiang Liu and the Golden Giant can jointly operate the realm’s spatial power to reinforce the wall against external attacks 1926.
- The boundary wall can heal void rifts and limit the entry of Dark Primal Qi and other external forces 1077 1083.
Cultivation Environment
Human martial progression originally follows this structure:
| Tier | Stages |
|---|---|
| Initial Stage | Body Refinement Realm: Skin Tempering, Flesh Hardening, Bone Forging, Blood Exchange |
| Intermediate Stage | Ranked Martial Artist Realm: First through Ninth Rank |
| Advanced Stage | Grandmaster Realm: Minor Grandmaster, Major Grandmaster, Peak Grandmaster |
| Highest known stage | Martial Saint 1 |
- The Heavenly Dao’s God Realm breakthrough greatly improved Human Race aptitude and opened a path toward the God Realm, triggering widespread advancement among martial artists and ordinary people 1067.
- The realm’s Primal Qi evolution particularly benefits humans; spirit beasts and battle puppets did not receive comparable gains 1105.
- Jiang Liu later deposited Human Race cultivation manuals, including God Grade techniques, in the Technique Repository to rebuild the realm’s lost inheritance 1534.
- Increasing Heaven and Earth Essence produced many new Saint Realm martial artists, forcing the Hall of Governmental Affairs to expand its oversight of newly advanced cultivators 1519.
Relationships
- Human Race — The realm’s central race. Their collective will can empower the Heavenly Dao, while their ordinary population contributes to a realm’s prosperity and spiritual development 1066 2046.
- Heavenly Dao — Guardian and Sovereign of the realm; its strength supports the boundary wall and its existence is tied to the survival of the Human Race 1069 1569.
- Human Realm Core — True controller of Human Realm space and its most indispensable Sovereign; its injury or corruption threatens the realm’s survival 1571.
- Jiang Liu — Protector of the Human Realm who defended its boundary, purified invading energies, investigated the Core’s corruption, and later restored the Core 1074 1603 2270.
- Nether Realm — Hostile neighboring realm responsible for multiple invasion plans, Dark Primal Qi pollution, and the Ghost Lord’s ancient scheme against the Human Realm 1051 1597.
- Divine Realm — Historically connected to the Human Realm through the God Race’s separation; Divine Realm forces long disregarded the Human Realm as an unimportant lower space 1505 2018.
- Chaos Space — The independent space selected as a refuge for Human Race migrants and revitalized through their presence 2046 2560.
Migration to the Chaos Space
- Jiang Liu began relocating Human Race inhabitants to the Chaos Space because of an impending world-destroying crisis and the need to revitalize the decaying Chaos Space 2046 2048.
- Martial artists were designated as the first migration group so they could prepare settlements for ordinary people 2048.
- The area surrounding the Spirit Mother Tree was divided into core, first, second, and third layers according to its radiation strength 2049.
- The Human Race’s arrival enriched the Chaos Space’s Chaos Qi, accelerated cultivation, and strengthened its consciousness through Faith Power 2560.