Primordial Wilderness

Biodata

Background / History

Pangu supported and expanded the newly opened world for a hundred thousand years. After his strength ran out, his body became part of it: his eyes became the sun and moon, his blood became spiritual energy and spiritual veins, his hair became innate plants, and his bones became treasures buried underground 3.

The land was initially a single whole. East, west, south, and north could be distinguished by the sun, but the four continents had not yet formed 33.

Geography

• East — Later the most prosperous and populous region. Mount Taixuan lies in a remote, spiritually poor corner of the eastern wilderness 26 64.
• South — A region rich in spiritual energy; Peacock Ridge is located there 105 132.
• North — The largest region by area, with cold weather and relatively few inhabitants. Houtu’s Fenwei Mountain lies deep within it 64.
• West — Formerly home to Mount Sumeru, a spiritually rich cultivation site and Luohu’s Demon Cult headquarters. Luohu’s final explosion devastated the western land; deserts predominated afterward, though oases and mountain ranges later supported renewed life and cultivation 41 46 47 146.
• Buzhou Mountain — A towering mountain that Gonggong broke, damaging the layer that separated the world from chaotic energy 83.

Major Events

• Fierce Beast Calamity and the three tribes — After the fierce beasts were wiped out, the wilderness’s living beings came to be grouped as Birds, Beasts, and Scaled Creatures. Their populations grew, and increasing friction ended their period of peace 8.
• Dragon-Phoenix Calamity — The Scaled and Feathered tribes allied against the Beast Clan. After the Prime Kirin’s lineage fell, conflict between Ancestor Dragon and Primordial Phoenix escalated into a devastating war 15 25 26.
• Mystic Gate–Demon Cult war — Luohu sought to conquer the wilderness from the west, while Hongjun’s Mystic Gate rallied resistance in the east. Luohu’s defeat and final explosion left much of the western land barren 39 42 46 47.
• The broken sky — Gonggong’s collision with Buzhou Mountain tore open the sky, allowing chaotic energy to pour into the eastern world. Houtu later mended it using a method devised by Li Xuan 83 85.
• Rise of humanity — Following the Witch–Demon conflict, humans and witches fought for control of the east. Humanity’s narrow victory made it the dominant race of the Primordial Era 104 135 139.
• The great flood — A vast rainstorm flooded much of the eastern region. Yu proposed guiding the waters through dredged river channels and canals rather than continuing to block them 149.

Heavenly Dao

• The wilderness’s will responded to the broken sky with thunder and rain intended to dilute the invading chaotic energy 83.
• The formed Primordial Heavenly Dao is hostile to beings entering from outside the world. It also subjected Li Xuan, a Chaos Being, to exceptionally dangerous tribulations 68 143.
• The Heavenly Dao could restrict even a Saint: Nuwa was forbidden from interfering in the wilderness’s calamities 104.