Ancestor

Biodata

Meaning and Usage

• Ancestral title: The Liehuang Imperial Clan calls the Wood Emperor its ancestor. Tianming and Guangming are known as the two founding Ancestors of the Great Ming Heaven Realm 414 1815.
• Cultivation title: In the Primordial Land, “Ancestor” denotes someone who has reached the Ancestral, or Progenitor, Realm above Sage Constant 1974 2019.
• Half-Step Ancestor: This rank falls short of the Ancestral Realm. Many Half-Step Ancestors remain in the Forbidden Zone, studying the Gate of Myriad Wonders in hopes of taking the final step 2043.

The Seven Supposed Ancestors

Seven figures were widely believed to have become Ancestors during the Evil Wind and entered the Gate of Myriad Wonders. Cang Jiulong later revealed that their ascension had been an illusion: all seven died inside the Gate. His forebear Sage Canggu cast out a Progenitor Mark before dying, bearing the warning, “Without All Wonders, no one becomes an Ancestor!” 2019 2020

Cang Jiulong interprets “All Wonders” as the Heavenly Scripture of Myriad Wonders, one of the Four Great Wonder Books, and says it is necessary to attain the Ancestral Realm 2020.

Later References

• A soul leading the arrival of Azure Dragon War Academy appears to surpass the Half-Step Ancestor rank; observers identify its apparent level as “Ancestor” 2078.
• Li Yun is described as the sole Ancestor of the Primordial Land 2085.