Human Race

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Human Race (人族)
Species/Race	Humans; initially includes Innate Humans created by Nuwa, followed by Acquired/Houtian humans born through reproduction 301
Creator	Nuwa 298
Affiliation	Human Dao; historically protected and guided by Nuwa, the Human Ancestors, and successive Human Emperors 298 550 780
Occupation/Role	The eternal protagonist race of the Primordial World; collective bearer of Supreme Creation and Human Dao Destiny/Fortune 299 313
Status	Extant; later established as a major power through the Twelve Human Cities 829
First Appearance	Mentioned in discussion 92; created and emerges in the Primordial World 298

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Nascent Human Dao	298	The Human Dao is born alongside humanity, but is initially weak and merges into Nuwa's imperial seal.
Human Dao Golden Pill Method	348 349	Xiao establishes a cultivation path tailored to humans, capable of reaching Grand Luo Golden Immortal; the completed teaching causes many Innate Humans to advance.
Over 1,000 Grand Unity Golden Immortals	349	Many Innate Humans break through after receiving the Human Dao Golden Pill Method, giving the race a substantial high-level cultivator base.
Grand Luo Golden Immortal leadership	550	Human officials who aided Fuxi receive Human Dao Destiny/Fortune and nearly all reach Grand Luo Golden Immortal before returning to the ancestral land.
Manifest Human Dao pillar	550	Human Dao Saint status grants Fuxi and the Queen Mother of the West a pillar of Human Dao light, expanding the Primordial World.
Completed Human Dao and stabilized Destiny/Fortune	780	Da Yu forges the Nine Cauldrons, establishes the Nine Provinces, and stabilizes the Human Race's Destiny/Fortune behind a territorial barrier.
Human Dao Saints rival Heavenly Dao Saints	785	Following Heaven and Earth's metamorphosis, Human Dao Saints reach parity with Heavenly Dao Saints in power.

Characteristics

• Humans are physically weak compared with most Primordial races, have short lifespans, and originally lack innate cultivation methods. 92 299
• The first humans are Innate Humans, while later generations are Acquired/Houtian humans produced through reproduction. Houtian humans require food and are described as the only intelligent acquired beings in the Primordial World who are not Immortals. 301
• Humans possess three souls and seven souls. Their Heavenly and Earthly Souls merge with the Dao nature of Heaven-and-Earth Laws, while the Life Soul governs the body and contains the Seven Souls. A damaged soul can be regenerated by the remaining souls. 297
• Individuals are generally weak, but the Human Race's collective Destiny/Fortune is exceptionally powerful because it embodies a dispersed manifestation of Supreme Creation. 313
• Unlike Innate beings, humans receive no Heavenly Dao inheritance. Their path depends on creating their own tools, institutions, cultivation methods, and culture. 536
• Humans are portrayed as diligent, peaceful, respectful of elders, protective of the young, and bound by moral customs imparted by Nuwa. 316

Background / History

Creation and early survival

Nuwa creates the Human Race after 500,000 years of effort, receives immense merit, and attains the Dao. She teaches the newborn humans morality, while the newly born Human Dao remains weak within her imperial seal. 298

The earliest humans struggle to protect and feed their Houtian descendants. Xiao encourages them to hunt for themselves and forges spears and ropes, earning Heavenly Dao Merit for the first human hunting tools. 301 302

Sui Ren Shi discovers fire, then invents drilling wood to create the first Hearth Fire. Fire allows humans to cook meat, reduce its violent energy, resist cold, and avoid the illnesses caused by eating raw flesh. 311 Nuwa later appoints Sui Ren Shi as the First Ancestor of the Human Race. 312

Zi Yi Shi invents clothing to protect humans from wind and cold, while You Chao Shi builds the first shelters after observing birds' nests. Nuwa appoints them the Second and Third Ancestors, forming the Three Ancestors with Sui Ren Shi. 313

Expansion and calamities

As humanity multiplies, later-born humans become increasingly weak and lack cultivation methods. The Three Ancestors therefore send clansmen into the dangerous Primordial World to seek immortality and the Dao. 315

The Witch Clan initially exchanges knowledge with humanity, including body-refining techniques. This relationship ends in humanity's first major calamity, when Witch Clan members abduct human women and children in an attempt to preserve their own bloodline. 343

Xiao refuses to ask Nuwa to solve the crisis. Instead, he teaches humanity that weakness invites oppression and that the race must become self-reliant, resilient, and willing to grow through hardship. 346 Inspired by this lesson, Sui Ren Shi leads a mass migration from the Yellow River Basin so humanity can take root throughout the Primordial Land. 347

The migration costs nearly sixty percent of the Human Race, but establishes new human settlements across the world. The survivors build a grand hall beside Nuwa's palace to honor those who died during the expansion. 348

The Demon Clan later hunts and slaughters humans on a massive scale, leaving only scattered remnants in many regions. Despite losing roughly fifty to sixty percent of the humans on the Primordial Land, the race refuses to seek aid from the Witch Clan and resolves to rebuild through cultivation. 439

Rise of human civilization

Fuxi reforms the Feng Gun Tribe by domesticating animals, introducing fishing nets, suppressing superstition, and promoting self-improvement. 537 He then transforms the settlement into the First Human City, drawing in members of other tribes and beginning a new urban civilization. 538

Fuxi establishes human marriage and family rules after identifying close-relative marriage as the cause of widespread birth defects. 540 He also creates the Eight Trigrams Divine Ability, enabling humans to seek fortune and avoid disaster through deduction. 543

Lie Shan Shi, later known as Shennong, discovers and cultivates the Five Grains—rice, millet, sorghum, wheat, and beans—ending recurrent food shortages and securing humanity's survival. 546 During Shennong's era, the Human Race forms an alliance with the Dragon, Phoenix, and Kirin Clans to resist Buddhist influence; the Three Clans' totems provide rain, fire abilities, blessings, cultivation benefits, and protection from illness. 564

Xuanyuan succeeds Shennong and confronts tribal division, rebellion, and warfare. He abolishes the tribal system, divides humanity into four territories and twelve capitals, appoints officials, builds an army, and establishes new methods of governance. 578 Cangjie subsequently creates three thousand Human Race characters, giving humanity its own script and strengthening the river of Human Dao Destiny/Fortune. 584

Later development

During the Five Emperors era, Duobao assists Zhuanxu in establishing rules and systems that further develop the Human Race. 611

Da Yu later establishes the Nine Provinces with the Nine Cauldrons, stabilizing Human Dao Destiny/Fortune and securing humanity's territory. 779 780 After the separation of the Mortal and Immortal Realms, humanity's Earth domain becomes centered on Kyushu behind a formation barrier. 785

The Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors eventually rebuild the Human Race's elite power within the Twelve Human Cities. The cities become a major force in the Immortal Realm, offering protection to human cultivators and ascendants from lower realms. 829

Abilities & Skills

Creation and innovation

Humanity's defining strength is its ability to create solutions suited to its own needs, repeatedly turning survival problems into advancements recognized by Heaven and Earth. 313 536

• Hunting tools — Xiao creates spears and ropes so Houtian humans can hunt rather than depend entirely on Innate Humans. 301
• Hearth Fire — Sui Ren Shi invents drilling wood to make fire, allowing reliable cooking, warmth, and protection from the cold. 311
• Clothing and shelter — Zi Yi Shi creates clothing, while You Chao Shi develops houses. 313
• Agriculture and domestication — Fuxi domesticates beasts and develops fishing; Shennong discovers the Five Grains and expands cultivation. 537 546
• Craftsmanship — Humans later develop farming tools, looms, cookware, stoves, weights, measures, currency, and other practical inventions. 601

Cultivation adaptability

Humans can develop and combine cultivation systems that are normally associated with different races.

• Human-Witches can cultivate both Witch Clan body-refinement and Immortal-and-God methods. 343 377
• Xiao's Human Dao Golden Pill Method removes the need for external elixirs and enables human cultivation toward Grand Luo Golden Immortal. 348 349
• The Three Clans' totems provide humans with Dragon Clan Divine Abilities, Phoenix fire techniques, Kirin blessings, and faster cultivation. 564
• Some regional human groups develop specialized practices, including Gu cultivation in the north and formations drawing on the Sea of Blood in the west. 571

Human Dao Destiny/Fortune

Humanity possesses collective Destiny/Fortune powerful enough to elevate leaders, support the Human Dao, and affect the wider Primordial World. 313 550

• Contributions that alter humanity's fate can attract Heavenly Dao Merit. 311 313
• Fuxi, Shennong, Xuanyuan, and Da Yu each advance through changing humanity's circumstances and consolidating Human Dao Destiny/Fortune. 536 546 780
• The Human Dao is not limited to humans; it represents the aggregate will and direction of all living beings in the Primordial Land. 552
• Human Dao Destiny/Fortune solidifies after Cangjie's creation of the Human Race script. 584

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Human-Creating Whip — A Postnatal Merit Supreme Treasure bestowed upon the Human Race at its creation. 298
• Hearth Fire — The first fire created by humans through drilling wood; its originating wooden tool becomes a peak Post-celestial Merit Spiritual Treasure. 311
• Kongtong Seal — Appears at the Human Race's preaching square when Xiao completes the Human Dao Golden Pill Method. 349
• Nine Cauldrons — Nine Innate Spiritual Treasures forged by Da Yu to suppress spiritual-vein nodes and stabilize humanity's Destiny/Fortune. 779 780
• Human Emperor Banner — A Human Dao supreme treasure carrying Great Shang's royal destiny; it suppresses side-door immortal techniques and paths that defy Heaven's ordained order. 1027

Relationships

• Nuwa — Creator and Holy Mother of the Human Race; she imparts morality to the first humans and appoints the Three Ancestors. 298 312 313
• Xiao — A human-identifying half external avatar of Xuan Qing who teaches self-reliance, creates humanity's tailored cultivation method, and guides its early rise. 346 348 377
• Sui Ren Shi, Zi Yi Shi, and You Chao Shi — The Three Ancestors; inventors and foundational leaders responsible for fire, clothing, shelter, migration, and early human survival. 312 313 347
• Fuxi — First major Co-Lord of humanity's civilized era; founds the First Human City, establishes marriage ethics, and creates the Eight Trigrams method. 538 540 543
• Shennong — Co-Lord who secures humanity's food supply through the Five Grains and leads the alliance with the Three Clans. 546 564
• Xuanyuan — Co-Lord who dismantles the tribal system, establishes regional governance, and unifies the Human Race through military and political reform. 578
• Da Yu — Human Emperor who establishes the Nine Provinces and stabilizes humanity's Destiny/Fortune with the Nine Cauldrons. 779 780
• Laozi and Xuandu — Laozi becomes invested in humanity's Destiny/Fortune, while Xuandu guides Fuxi, Shennong, and later Human Emperors. 349 543 564
• Witch Clan — Early teachers and neighbors whose later abductions of human women and children create enduring hostility and karma. 343 439 570
• Demon Clan — A principal persecutor of early humanity, hunting and slaughtering humans for flesh and using their resentment to empower Spiritual Treasures. 430 434 439
• Dragon, Phoenix, and Kirin Clans — Allied with humanity under Shennong to counter Buddhism through clan totems and practical blessings. 564
• Buddhism / Western Saints — Opposes human independence by spreading faith among human communities and resisting the Three Clans' totem influence. 563 565

Story Role / Major Arcs

The Three Ancestors

Humanity's earliest era centers on survival through invention. Fire, clothing, and houses transform a fragile race dependent on raw meat and exposure into a society capable of sustained growth. 311 313

The first calamities

The Witch Clan's abductions and the Demon Clan's mass slaughter force humanity to abandon dependence on Nuwa's protection. Xiao's lesson and Sui Ren Shi's migration establish self-reliance as a central human ideal. 346 347 439

The Three Sovereigns

Fuxi, Shennong, and Xuanyuan respectively reshape human civilization through urbanization and ethics, agriculture and food security, then political unification and military organization. 538 546 578

The Human Dao's consolidation

Cangjie's script, the Five Emperors' systems, and Da Yu's Nine Provinces transform humanity from a scattered collection of tribes into the primary vessel of Human Dao Destiny/Fortune. 584 611 780

Rise beyond the mortal image

After the Mortal and Immortal Realms separate, the Human Race develops the Twelve Human Cities into a formidable Immortal Realm power. Its people reject the idea that humanity is merely weak or dependent on divine protection. 785 829

Trivia

• A Human Race member records Fuxi's celebratory dancing after Nuwa's Dao attainment, intending for it to become a future human celebration custom. 299
• The Human Race's first recorded dietary advancement comes from roasting meat over fire, which reduces its violent energy and makes it safer to consume. 311
• The Human Race's script is created as three thousand characters by Cangjie and is directly recognized by the Great Dao. 584
• Xuan Qing learns that the first master of the Guixu Divine Palace was rumored to be human, suggesting that humans have existed prominently across prior cycles of reincarnation and other worlds. 629