Human Realm

Biodata

Power Progression

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.

Before the separation of the three races, the Human Realm was much larger, and the Human Race and Beast Race fought for dominion over it before the Heavenly Dao had condensed. The ancient conflict eventually turned in humanity’s favor when humans used tamed God Lord Realm beasts against other powerful beasts 2005 2007. Later accounts explain that the shattering of Chaos Space severely damaged the Human Race’s cultivation environment and prevented it from producing a sufficiently powerful leader in time to control the separated Human Realm. It subsequently endured invasions from the other two realms and several thousand years of God Race enslavement 2349.

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.

The failed rebellion against the God Realm also destroyed the Human Realm’s Divine Nature, while the victors stripped away its source Primal Qi. The Human-God Formation is identified as a cause of the loss of Divine Nature. Subsequent struggles for power and resources among surviving Human Race martial artists deepened the decline, and departing cultivators carried away many of the race’s treasures 1005 1517 1518 1555 1567. The later revelation that the ancient Holy Master and other Supreme God Realm experts had resisted the catastrophe establishes that the realm’s ancient martial civilization was far stronger than its surviving records initially suggested 1567.

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.

Although the Divine and Nether Realms continued to regard it as a God Race possession, Jiang Liu concluded that this no longer reflected its actual situation. Its spatial rejection had allowed it to survive outside effective foreign control, and its coordinates eventually disappeared from outside knowledge for thousands of years 1040 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.

Jiang Liu suspected that the disappearance of Boundless Space had inadvertently exposed the realm’s coordinates. The Nether Demon Lord subsequently used his acquisition of Boundless Space to locate it 1039 1051. Meanwhile, Zhang Da Fu, assigned to investigate by Yang Hao, initially planned to avoid the danger of entry by disguising himself as a Divine Realm martial artist and threatening the guardian from outside the boundary wall 1043.

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.

The new Heavenly Dao manifested as an axe-bearing Golden Giant and cut a deep gash into a Divine Artifact Starship, driving the remaining ships away. Its initially intimidating strength soon declined to approximately the first level of the Divine Realm. Jiang Liu’s purification of the invaders’ Dark Primal Qi had also been decisive: it prevented corruption and supplied replenishing energy to the defenders 1090. The Heavenly Dao later purged residual Dark Primal Qi and corrupted martial artists throughout the mainland and overseas islands, although the effort substantially weakened the Golden Giant 1105.

Later revelations identified the Human Realm’s three Sovereigns:

The Essence Spirit specifically governs the concentration of Heaven and Earth Essence. The ancient calamity gravely wounded it, causing its manifested consciousness to disappear; the recovering essence offered the possibility of its eventual reappearance 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.

The pollution had subtly altered the Core’s temperament despite its ability to suppress the foreign aura for a long time. Its resulting hostility and destructive actions had contributed to the realm’s ancient calamity and the subsequent decline of Human Race martial cultivation 1584.

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. The doomsday-like disturbances stopped, and the sudden abundance of Heaven and Earth Essence drew the inhabitants into cultivation 1607. 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.

War of Rules and the blood-sacrifice threat

The gathering of Supreme God Realm experts around the Human Realm threatened to shatter its space. Heaven’s Mandate Pavilion, recognizing the danger, resolved to rescue Human Race martial artists if the realm collapsed 1906. The intended battlefield was not merely the surrounding void but Human Realm Space itself 1916.

The Netherworld Master proposed sacrificing the Human Realm’s martial artists to open a passage into Battlefield Space. Although the Holy Master of the Human Realm initially opposed the proposal, the ensuing confrontation placed the realm under attack by forces associated with the Three Rule Lords 1917 1926. The Golden Giant intensified spatial suppression and expended Heavenly Dao Origin to strengthen the boundary wall, while Jiang Liu defended the realm against the attackers 1918 1926.

During the battle, the Holy Master revealed that he and the other two Rule Lords had killed an earlier Heavenly Dao and controlled its successor, deliberately obstructing its advancement to the Divine Realm 1924. The Netherworld Master also secretly spread Black Mist through the realm using the Demonic Sealing Heaven Art, converting the Power of Life into the Power of Death to pressure Jiang Liu into submission 1940.

The Three Rule Lords ultimately withdrew, and the Three Great Power Alliance of the Void pledged allegiance, greatly reducing the realm’s external pressure 1957. Upon returning, Huangfu Hao and Zhuge Cheng found that the realm’s Heaven and Earth Essence had become far denser than expected and recognized that its recovery was no longer merely temporary 1950.

Extraterrestrial breach and reunification

After most Human Race inhabitants had migrated, the Human Realm initially withstood the unknown force that breached the Divine and Nether Realms. Its Heavenly Dao retained strength comparable to the Divine Realm guardian Tian Lan, although the loss of population temporarily prevented further advancement. The continued resistance surprised void factions that had previously dismissed Jiang Liu’s evacuation as excessive 2259 2260.

The defense eventually failed. The unknown force breached Human Realm Space and shattered the Golden Giant’s consciousness. Returning to the imperial palace in Qian Prefecture, Jiang Liu found the imperial city overrun by unfamiliar creatures and sensed black power throughout the realm 2261. Although evacuation had kept its immediate losses comparatively small, the occupation and pollution of its Core made the full consequences impossible to estimate 2268. Jiang Liu subsequently restored the Core with the Chaos Sutra 2270.

Growing chaos energy then spread through Chaos Space and the Three Realms, suppressing the extraterrestrial invaders. The Divine and Nether Realms began moving toward the Human Realm, apparently approaching fusion, while Jiang Liu initially remained unaware of the movement 2272.

By the time Jiang Liu later reviewed the completed fusion, the reunited Chaos Space was centered on the Chaos Core, with Human Realm Space forming its central region. Jiang Liu intended to make the Human Race the leading population of the reunited space, assisted by the God and Demon Races, although the involvement of the Eight Great Divine Lords introduced complications into that plan 2349.

Properties and Defenses

Spatial suppression

The Human Realm is distinguished from the Divine and Nether Realms by its powerful rejection of outsiders.

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.

The rejection also interferes with cultivation and replenishment: invading Demon Race cultivators could not freely absorb the Dark Primal Qi they required 1185. It is not absolute against every opponent, however; the Netherworld Master could approach without concern during the War of Rules, indicating that the realm’s suppressive force was ineffective against him at that time 1940.

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.
• The barrier weakens attacks passing through it and blocks much of the Primal Qi that defenders attempt to transmit outside, although mental attacks can still cross it 1054 1072.
• The Golden Giant can arrange passage for approved vessels; during migration, Jiang Liu instructed it to permit Divine Artifact Starships bearing his aura to enter and leave 2066.
• Even after the Divine and Nether Realms were breached, the Human Realm’s defenses initially continued to resist the unknown invading force. They were eventually overcome, demonstrating that the barrier was not invulnerable 2260 2261.

Geography and concealed spaces

• Habitable mainland — The surviving population came to regard the land on one side of a vast mountain barrier as the realm’s principal habitable territory, obscuring the true extent of its former geography 1594.
• Former central region — Once the center of the realm, this area became a desert after the ancient calamities and was cut off by the main range of the Ten Thousand Mountains 1594 1601 1607.
• Qian Province and Qian City — Location of the imperial palace and Hall of Governmental Affairs, and a major administrative center for the realm 1518 1951.
• Frost Race settlement — Located in the snowy mountain range between Xun Province and Zhen Province 2066.
• Overseas islands — Numerous islands formed part of the inhabited realm; some concealed corrupted martial artists until the Heavenly Dao’s purge 1105.
• Mystic Beast Realm — A concealed inheritance realm beneath the desert, also known as the Saintly Grounds. Its existence preserves traces of the ancient conflict between the Human and Beast Races 1995 2005 2007.
• Yin-Yang Fish Array — Jiang Liu deduced that escaped Human Race experts had established this array to monitor changes in the Human Realm; its recognition of dual-Rule cultivators provided protection and access 1554 1555.

Cultivation Environment

Human martial progression originally follows this structure:

• 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.
• The Frost Race also benefited from the breakthrough wave: several members advanced within the Saint Realm, while some Peak Grandmasters became Saints. Their overall strength more than doubled after settling in the Human Realm 1067 1071.
• Nearly a year after the Demon Race invasion, the realm’s vital energy concentration exceeded twice its former level. Within the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation, it was more than twice as pure and dense as in the outside environment 1107.
• Opening the path did not immediately remove every obstacle to Divine Realm advancement. Jiang Liu stalled at the peak of the Fourth Tier of the Saint Realm and concluded that he needed the gathered will of the realm, prompting his plan to establish Holy Master Temples in every city 1107.
• Jiang Liu later reasoned that the ability of both his temples and the Halls of Yama’s statues to collect Faith Power showed that Divine Nature had already returned at an earlier point. He anticipated that a fuller reawakening could eventually permit breakthroughs without his exceptional reliance on widespread worship 1518.
• Despite its improvement, the realm’s energy supply remained inadequate for Jiang Liu’s prolonged use of the Heavenly Evolution Codex; he feared sustained cultivation would deplete the entire realm again 1385.
• Before the recovery, the realm had been too barren to produce essence-stone mines and lacked adequate high-level techniques. The returned Human Race manuals were especially valuable because previously supplied God Race techniques became less suitable for human practitioners at deeper stages 1518 1534.
• Humans later occupied the origins of Heaven and Earth Essence eruptions while the Beast Race retained enough strength to threaten them without Jiang Liu’s protection. Jiang Liu favored a balance between the races rather than an unrestricted war, viewing competition as a means of maintaining human martial development 1871.

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. The guardian’s strength is also closely related to the number of humans residing within the realm; their mass departure curtailed its further advancement 2259 2260.
• 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.
• Essence Spirit — Governs the realm’s Heaven and Earth Essence; gravely wounded in the ancient calamity, it had not yet re-formed a consciousness-body when the three Sovereigns were explained 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. He regarded it as his roots and foundation, and sensed a connection with it after reaching the Supreme God Realm 1517.
• Frost Race — Migrants who adopted the Human Realm as their homeland, benefited from its resurgence, and joined its defense against invasion 1067 1071.
• Beast Race — Ancient competitors for dominion over the realm and later rivals for cultivation resources. Selected groups eventually received Jiang Liu’s permission to evacuate to Chaos Space 2005 2007 2105.
• Heaven’s Mandate Pavilion — Human Race faction with longstanding knowledge of the realm’s decline; its members prepared to rescue inhabitants during the War of Rules and later returned to witness its recovery 1906 1950 1951.
• Holy Wang Pavilion — Founded by Human Race emigrants after the ancient war. Its preserved cultivation manuals became a crucial source for rebuilding the realm’s lost inheritance 1509 1517 1534.
• 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. After reunification, Human Realm Space formed the central region of the reunited Chaos Space 2349.

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.
• As preparations took effect, the Star Cloud Holy Dynasty’s withdrawal and rumors concerning Jiang Liu unsettled Jianghu factions. His return quieted potential challengers, while factions informed by Qin Bailian hurried toward Qian Province to join the evacuation 2060.
• Jiang Liu returned with Han Yi and Han Yue to arrange the Frost Race’s migration and assess whether its cultivation methods would suit Chaos Space. He also coordinated authorized starship passage with the Golden Giant 2066.
• The evacuation extended beyond humans. Jiang Liu had the Golden Giant communicate with Beast Race groups seeking refuge, approved selected groups, and brought them into Chaos Space, where the Fire-Winged Monkey and Sea Turtle guided them toward settlement 2105.
• By the extraterrestrial crisis, most of the Human Race had already left the Human Realm. This reduced the immediate losses when the realm was occupied, although the Core’s pollution remained a grave danger 2260 2268.
• The migration’s destination initially remained unknown to outside factions. Once the Divine and Nether Realms were breached, leaders who had ridiculed Jiang Liu’s precautions recognized the decisiveness of his evacuation 2260.
• The Human Race’s arrival enriched the Chaos Space’s Chaos Qi, accelerated cultivation, and strengthened its consciousness through Faith Power 2560.

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