Heaven

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Background / History

The Sky Ranking is identified as the consciousness of the world's Heavenly Dao. It monitors methods that peer into heavenly secrets: Gu Han's Black Tortoise Shell limits its divinations specifically to avoid detection by the Sky Ranking. 2

Originally described as impartial and selfless, Heaven nonetheless possesses an instinct for self-preservation. Gu Han concludes that the Heavenly Evil God's deliberate sealing, together with the Outer Realm Evil Clan's occupation of part of the Great Thousand World, likely affected the Sky Ranking's will. 461

By the time of the Sacred Domain summons, Gu Han judges that the Sky Ranking has become impure and increasingly self-interested, seeking evolution rather than merely the world's growth. 465

Authority and Influence

World Recognition

Heaven's recognition can support extraordinary advancement. Luo God is stated to have been recognized by the Sky Ranking for the Great Thousand World's recovery; upon resurrection, this recognition would allow her to enter the Tripod-Asking Realm. 411

The Tripod-Asking Realm enables increasing interaction with the Sky Ranking:

Suppression of Cultivators

The Sky Ranking's strength is portrayed as a limitation on the Great Thousand World's inhabitants. Although the world has immense potential, its cultivators largely grow by borrowing Heaven and Earth Energy, spatial power, and eventually world power. 434

Gu Han considers the Sky Ranking both the Great Thousand World's source of strength and a force that suppresses its beings' paths of growth. 434

Heavenly Tribulations

Heaven and Earth can impose spiritual tribulations during breakthroughs. When Gu Han reached the Earth Sovereign realm, the Heavenly Profound Continent's recognition could have exempted him from tribulation, but he deliberately summoned the Earth Sovereign Spirit Tribulation to temper himself and obtain tribulation lightning. 406

Relationship with Gu Han

• Gu Han — His Black Tortoise Shell initially limits heavenly-secret deductions to evade the Sky Ranking's detection. 2
• Gu Han — Later recognized as increasingly beyond the Sky Ranking's influence, prompting him to suspect that Heaven is attempting to restrain him through the Sacred Domain summons. 465
• Luo God — Her resurrection and future breakthrough are supported by the Sky Ranking's recognition. 411
• Heavenly Evil God — Believed to have influenced and corrupted the Sky Ranking through his sealing plan and the Outer Realm Evil Clan's presence in the Great Thousand World. 461 465

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Heavenly-secret restrictions — The Sky Ranking serves as the force that constrains Gu Han's early opportunity divinations, making the Black Tortoise Shell's daily limits necessary. 2
• Great Thousand World cosmology — Heaven becomes central to the explanation of the Tripod-Asking Realm, world power, and the limits imposed on Great Thousand World cultivators. 411 434
• Sacred Domain conflict — Its apparent impurity and desire for evolution make the Sky Ranking a potential opposing force to Gu Han, who has begun to operate beyond its expected control. 461 465