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Primordial World
Honghuang: I, Zhao Gongming, Refuse to Be an Experience Pack
Biodata
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Name | Primordial World (Honghuang; 洪荒) |
| Type | World / cultivation realm |
| Status | Extant |
| First Appearance | Chapter 1 |
| Novel | Honghuang: I, Zhao Gongming, Refuse to Be an Experience Pack |
Background / History
The Primordial World emerged after World Creation and contains remnants, treasures, and secret realms associated with ancient Chaos, Chaos God-Demons, and earlier conflicts. Chaos Qi is treated as an exceptionally rare primordial substance that can temper a cultivator's foundation or elevate Spirit Treasures. 20 21 22
Its history includes the wars of the three tribes and the struggle between the Wu and Yao. Ancient ruins and primordial secret realms left by these eras remain scattered throughout the world, offering both opportunities and lethal dangers. 11
The world is approaching the Great Tribulation of Investiture of the Gods. Its looming conflict shapes Zhao Gongming's efforts to gain sufficient strength to avoid becoming a pawn in the coming calamity. 1 14 21
Appearance
The Primordial World is a vast land of immortal mountains, boundless seas, dense spiritual energy, and perilous wilderness. Sacred grounds contrast sharply with marshes, ruins, and cursed regions inhabited by powerful beasts. 1 14
- Jin'ao Island contains cloud-shrouded mountains, ancient trees marked with Dao Patterns, spirit beasts, waterfalls, and abundant Innate Spiritual Energy. 1 2
- The Primordial Continent includes towering divine mountains, vast poisonous marshes, and remote regions where a single mistake can lead to death and dissipation of one's Dao. 14
- Spiritual Energy varies dramatically by location; at major spiritual nodes, it can condense into liquid or even form crystals. 6
- Ancient formations can conceal cave abodes, treasures, and other isolated spaces from ordinary detection. 11 23
Notable Locations
| Location | Description |
|---|---|
| Jin'ao Island | An overseas immortal island formed from a colossal ancestral dragon vein. It is home to Biyou Palace and the Intercepting Sect. 1 6 |
| Biyou Palace | A Saint's sacred ground on Jin'ao Island, where Sect Master Tongtian teaches and where ten thousand immortals pay homage. 2 |
| Myriad Laws Return to Origin Pool | A core spiritual-energy node near Biyou Palace. Its energy is said to condense into liquid, while its core can form Spiritual Energy crystals. Entry normally requires sect merit or special permission. 6 |
| East Sea Coast | The site of an ancient God-Demon Cave Abode hidden behind a water-elemental concealment formation. 11 |
| Fallen Immortal Ridge | A dangerous mountain range believed to be where a mighty being of the Dragon-Phoenix Era fell. Its lingering resentment and Sha Qi make it hazardous to ordinary immortals. 15 |
| Profound Water Black Marsh | A fierce water-elemental marsh saturated with resentment and bloodlust; it serves as the lair of the Profound Water Qilin. 17 |
| Myriad Lotus Pond | A vast blessed marsh south of Buzhou Mountain, believed to have formed where a fragment of the Thirty-Six-Petal Chaos Green Lotus fell. Grand Unity Golden Immortals occupy parts of its depths. 22 23 |
| Kunlun Mountain / Jade Void Palace | The seat of the Heavenly Origin Sect, where Chi Xiazi and Mingguang Daoist seek support from True Lord Yuding after their defeat. 17 18 |
Cultivation Environment
The world's cultivation depends heavily on a practitioner's foundation, spiritual root, cultivation method, available Spiritual Energy, and access to treasures or chance encounters. Innate Spiritual Energy carries a higher-grade Dao rhythm than ordinary Postnatal Spiritual Energy. 5 6
- Spiritual-energy nodes can accelerate cultivation and the accumulation of Primordial Points by enormous margins. 6
- Innate Spirit Treasures may contain Great Dao laws and can grant their holders greater control over corresponding elements or principles. 8
- Ancient ruins and secret realms are sought for spiritual herbs, cultivation techniques, Chaos remnants, and ownerless treasures. 9 11
- Formations protect important sites and treasures; understanding their Dao Patterns is necessary to safely bypass or dismantle them. 11 23
- Great Dao affinity can allow cultivators to perceive the laws, spiritual-energy flow, and underlying patterns of the world with greater clarity. 5 16
Inhabitants and Powers
- Intercepting Sect — A major sect based on Jin'ao Island and led by Sect Master Tongtian. Its disciples include Zhao Gongming, the Outer Sect Grand Disciple, and the San Xiao Fairies. 1 3
- Heavenly Origin Sect / Chan Sect — A rival force whose disciples display hostility toward the Intercepting Sect. Its known members include Chi Xiazi, Mingguang Daoist, True Lord Yuding, and True Lord Taiyi. 15 17 18
- Western Sect — Described by Tongtian as ambitious and prone to exploiting crises. 21
- Plant and flower spirits — Numerous low-cultivation transformed spirits live and cultivate around the outer edge of the Myriad Lotus Pond. 23
- Ferocious beasts — Powerful beasts inhabit dangerous regions, including the Late Golden Immortal-level Profound Water Qilin of the Profound Water Black Marsh. 17
- Ancient God-Demon remnants — Their cave abodes, techniques, formations, and possible Chaos remnants continue to influence the world long after their disappearance. 11 20
Role in the Story
The Primordial World is both Zhao Gongming's source of opportunity and the primary obstacle to his survival. Jin'ao Island provides sanctuary and sect resources, but Zhao regards remaining there as insufficient preparation for the Great Tribulation. 9 14
Its ruins, spiritual lands, hostile sects, formations, and powerful inhabitants drive Zhao's search for Primordial Points, cultivation resources, and treasures. His travels through Fallen Immortal Ridge, the East Sea, Profound Water Black Marsh, and Myriad Lotus Pond demonstrate that fortune and danger are inseparable within the world. 11 15 17 23
Trivia
- The world is described as so vast that even Saints cannot know all of its mysteries, undiscovered treasures, or unrecorded techniques. 20
- Zhao Gongming's past-life knowledge of the Investiture of the Gods gives him foreknowledge of his own intended fate within the Primordial World's coming tribulation. 1
- The Myriad Lotus Pond's World-Purifying White Lotus contains faint Chaos Green Lotus Origin and can potentially be deduced toward the legendary Thirty-Six-Petal Chaos Green Lotus. 23