Primordial Wilderness

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Primordial Wilderness
Alias(es)	Honghuang (洪荒)
Type	Neutral Character (AI); primordial world
Occupation/Role	The original world and cosmic order of the Three Realms
Status	Extant, but threatened with absorption and replacement by Qingyuan’s New Primordial Wilderness 1569 1574
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Nature and Structure

The Primordial Wilderness is an immeasurably vast world containing immortal mountains, blessed lands, earth veins, innumerable races, and worlds nested even within minute natural objects. Kunlun Mountain Range alone is described as so vast that a flower, blade of grass, or speck of dust may contain Great, Middle, or Minor Worlds 1 76.

Its original foundations were formed through Pangu’s Heaven-Opening:

• Pangu’s body became its mountains and land; his blood became rivers and lakes; his Primordial Spirit became the sun, moon, and stars; and his breath became wind, cloud, thunder, and lightning 1543.
• The remains, essence blood, and lingering wills of slain Chaos Demon Gods became spiritual veins, spiritual springs, law fragments, and early sources of life 1543.
• The Creation Jade Disk suppresses its Fortune Aura, while the Creation Axe stabilized its Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind 1543.
• The Four Directions Heaven forms its outer barrier, transforming Chaos Qi into Primordial Qi, Innate Spiritual Energy, Dao resonance, and other vital energies while shielding the world from Chaos disasters 1017.
• Its River of Time preserves historical traces, including the lingering presence of Pangu in the world’s past 264.

Buzhou Mountain

Buzhou Mountain was the world’s first Heavenly Pillar, formed from Pangu’s spine and supporting Heaven and Earth. It also contained Turbid Dirt Yin Earth, one of the world’s earth sources and a foundation of Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind 197 755.

Gonggong shattered Buzhou Mountain after the Witch-Demon war, splitting Heaven and Earth, unleashing rampant elemental forces, rupturing the sky, and causing devastating floods 242. Its loss left the Primordial Wilderness structurally and spiritually incomplete; attempts to rebuild it are considered impossible 730 755.

History

Early Political Order

The Primordial Wilderness was initially a savage, conflict-ridden land. Hongjun’s three lectures at Zixiao Palace organized its cultivation realms and distinguished orthodox from side paths, helping establish the outer order of Immortal Dao 45.

The Demon Race, led by Di Jun and Tai Yi, united many races and founded the Heavenly Court, while the Witch Clan became its principal rival 58 215. Their prolonged struggle mobilized Demon Gods, Great Witches, Ancestral Witches, Demon Saints, Witch-Humans, and countless affiliated races 215.

Ancestor Minghe’s creation of the Asura Race introduced another powerful Acquired Race. The Asuras’ violent nature, inability to reproduce, and dependence on the Sea of Blood limited their long-term ability to contend for dominion 117.

Witch-Demon Tribulation

The Witch and Demon Clans destroyed one another in a catastrophic final war. Their major leaders, including the Twelve Ancestral Witches, Di Jun, and Tai Yi, perished; Kunpeng’s theft of the River Diagram and Luo Book contributed to the collapse of the Demon Race’s great formation 242.

Gonggong’s destruction of Buzhou Mountain transformed the clans’ war into a world-ending disaster. The Saints, Qingyuan, Xuanming, and the Mysterious Tortoise’s remains were required to restore the damaged world, while Sky-Mending Stones repaired the broken heavens 242.

The aftermath ended the era of Witch and Demon supremacy. Survivors scattered to the north and south, entered the Netherworld, or sought refuge with the Interception Sect 242.

Decline and Restoration

Repeated Tribulations of Calamity, Buzhou Mountain’s collapse, and damage to the Sea of Laws weakened the Primordial Wilderness’s origin. Its Dao rhythm diminished, Innate Spiritual Energy receded, and the cultivation of Heaven-and-Earth Laws became increasingly difficult 273 730.

The rise of the Human Dao later repaired shattered earth veins and holes in the sky. Innate Spiritual Energy began circulating more widely rather than remaining confined to major blessed lands, restoring vitality across the world 528 529.

Era of Saintly Traditions

After the Witch-Demon era, Saintly Traditions and new cultivation systems increasingly shaped the Primordial Wilderness. Humanity spread rapidly, supported by the Golden Core Great Dao, Shangqing Immortal Method, Qi Refining, Martial Path, and Divine Path 283.

The Interception Sect became the dominant worldly force through Immortal Markets, trade, teleportation arrays, Divine Path and Martial Dao promotion, and later its Internet infrastructure 475 988 1248. Its influence created an era of commercial and cultural exchange in which reclusive powers and previously isolated factions re-entered public life 475.

The world entered a comparatively peaceful golden age of Immortal Dao after the major conflicts subsided. Major factions adopted an implicit coexistence, while the Heavenly Court and Interception Sect expanded through bureaucratic and institutional systems rather than open war 1248.

Society and Cultivation

Major Cultivation Paths

The Primordial Wilderness supports several major systems of cultivation:

• Immortal Dao — The orthodox cultivation tradition organized through Zixiao Palace teachings and Saintly Traditions 45.
• Martial Path — Spread through Martial Dao Monuments and later the Martial Hunyuan Golden Immortal Chapter; it enabled many cultivators to reach Grand Unity Golden Immortal status 195 475.
• Divine Path — Developed alongside Martial Dao and contributed to the rise of Divine Kingdoms 475.
• Human Dao — A growing force tied to humanity’s fortune, authority, and future development 528 529.

Immortal Markets and Trade

Immortal Markets were established to facilitate exchange, spread Mystic Gate customs, and connect previously isolated regions. Their creation received Heavenly Dao recognition and descended Merit 45 59.

Later, teleportation arrays linked markets across the world, enabling large-scale movement by cultivators, merchants, tourists, and caravans. This accelerated trade, consumption, and regional integration 475.

Internet Era

Qingyuan’s Internet spread throughout the Primordial Wilderness and transformed communication, governance, commerce, entertainment, and religious life.

• The Jade Emperor issued announcements and responded to ordinary cultivators online 1541.
• Buddhist figures used short-video accounts to compete for attention 1541.
• The Ten Yama Kings operated an “Underworld Express” news column and investigated karma for online users 1541.
• Mobile-payment Dharma artifacts became widespread 1541.

Major Crises

Event	Consequences
Witch-Demon Tribulation	Ended the dominance of both ancient clans and led to Buzhou Mountain’s destruction 242
Breakthrough of the unknown Strength cultivator	Great Dao Laws withdrew from cultivators’ control; the world darkened as the Law of Strength suppressed the Three Thousand Great Dao Laws 260
Severance of the Ways	Haotian separated Heaven and the Mortal Realm, altered the calendar, and used the Heavenly Veil to block the Primordial Stars Domain 274
Saint-level conflicts	Battles among Heavenly Dao Saints and foreign Hunyuan Saints repeatedly endangered the world and generated universal sorrow when Saints fell 613 665
Chaos disturbances	Destruction aura from Chaos caused world-wide fear and drew even secluded powers from cultivation 612
Removal of the Moon Star	Qingyuan pulled the Moon Star from the River of Time, darkening the sky and triggering severe Heavenly Dao punishment and disasters across the Three Realms 1537
Great Flood game scheme	The world’s inhabitants were lured into a New Primordial Wilderness through a cultivation game that secretly collected their True Spirit Imprints 1544 1547
Approaching devouring crisis	Qingyuan’s plan escalated into an attempt to absorb the Primordial Wilderness, replace its Heavenly Dao, and remove Hongjun’s control 1569 1574

Relationship with the New Primordial Wilderness

Qingyuan created the New Primordial Wilderness as an independent world with Earth, Water, Fire, Wind, and a framework of Three Thousand Great Dao Laws. He enriched it with Chaos Demon God essence blood, merged three thousand Great Thousand Worlds into it, and used three thousand Innate Spiritual Treasures as stabilizing “bones” for its laws 1543.

Although initially barren, the new world developed spiritual veins, natural life, weather cycles, stars, reincarnation, and self-renewing Creation-Destruction cycles 1543. Qingyuan’s true body became its central Divine Mountain and permanent stabilizing pillar 1543.

To populate it without alerting Hongjun or the Heavenly Dao, Qingyuan released it through the Primordial Wilderness Internet as the virtual-reality game Great Flood 1544.

Great Flood System

• Players projected their consciousness into real bodies formed within the New Primordial Wilderness 1544.
• Insights gained from cultivation and Dao comprehension synchronized with their real bodies 1544 1545.
• One day in reality equaled ten thousand years in the game 1545.
• Death normally caused projected-body loss and resurrection, but the world-destroying floods secretly recorded players’ True Spirit Imprints in the New World’s origin 1544 1547.
• Qingyuan intended for roughly seventy percent of intelligent beings in the original world to leave imprints before initiating the final replacement 1559.

The system was designed as preservation as well as conquest: if the original Primordial Wilderness collapsed, beings with imprints could be reborn in the New World 1547.

Current Threat

Qingyuan concluded that Hongjun’s fusion with the Heavenly Dao had turned the existing cosmic order into a system that weakened and consumed the Primordial Wilderness. He believes attempts to repair and strengthen the world merely provide Hongjun with more resources 1574.

His stated solution is to swallow the Primordial Wilderness with the New Primordial Wilderness, strip Hongjun of his foundation, and establish a new Heaven and Earth through his Chaos Great Dao 1574.

The world’s own consciousness, the Heavenly Dao, Earthly Dao, Human Dao, and its Saints are expected to resist being replaced 1558.