Canglan Realm

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Canglan Realm (沧澜界)
Alias(es)	Deadlands; Dead Zone 134 135
Type	Neutral Character (AI)
Status	Devastated by the Bizarre Emperor's influence; the Five Continents fell, and fewer than one in ten remaining humans survived. Many viable survivors had already been evacuated to the Weiyang Immortal Domain. 738 740
First Appearance	Chapter 13

Names and Cosmology

• The name Canglan Realm is used for a realm connected to the Immortal Realm rather than a conventional lower realm. Yue Liuli identifies the place known locally as the Deadlands as a former part of the Canglan Realm. 134
• A later explanation states that the polluted Heavenly Dao of the Canglan Realm was forcibly split; the severed portion was cast into the Deadlands, which became the lower Canglan Realm. 157
• The lower Canglan Realm is described as belonging to the Canglan Immortal Domain. 462
• This layered terminology causes persistent ambiguity: travelers use “Canglan Realm” for both the Deadlands and the broader realm connected to the Canglan Immortal Domain. 134 267 462

Environmental Condition

Period	Condition
Ancient era	The Cunning Insect clan polluted the realm's Heavenly Dao, tainting its Immortal Qi. 135
Before liberation	Spiritual Energy became polluted; cultivators below the Immortal Realm risked Cunning Insect parasitism through cultivation. 268 554
After the Cunning Insect Progenitor's death	Immortal Qi became dense enough to appear nearly liquefied, although Spiritual Energy required at least ten years to fully recover. 553 554
Abnormal Clan invasion	Five black pillars extracted the realm's Spiritual Energy and converted distorted Space Law into stable invasion channels. 611
Bizarre Emperor's devastation	Oceans blackened, vegetation died, mountains collapsed, and abnormal matter filled the atmosphere. 738

Geography and Sites

Location	Description
Dongdao Divine Continent	A remote mountain range where Su Ming and Xuanyuan Tian Ji first arrived; a map identifies it as one of the realm's seven major continents. 136
Zhongzhou	A core territory later entrusted to the Sacred Heaven Immortal Sovereign; its old sect sites, including Sacred Heaven Sect, were ruined during the final devastation. 554 738
Youzhou	Territory assigned to Jian Lingtian for rebuilding the Sword Pavilion. 554
Qingzhou	Territory associated with the Azure Sky Empress and the Star Immortal Veins. 554
Xuanzhou	A coastal territory assigned to the Tidal Empress. 554
Arid Continent	A region rich in medicinal herbs, assigned to Shen Nong Immortal Emperor. 554
Desolate Deathland	A forbidden land containing the Peerless War King's sealed Bronze Coffin and severe Source of the Weird contamination. 395 738
Heavenly Dao Space	An internal space within the realm where black vines—identified as the Cunning Insect Progenitor's tentacles—were found. 269
Myriad Demon Secret Realm	Holds a teleportation array once used by the Qingqiu Fox Clan; its Immortal Source had dried up. 202

Inhabitants and Threats

• Human Race — Once dominant in the ancient Canglan Realm, but later reduced to blood food and driven toward extinction by successive invasions. 66 135
• Cunning Insect Clan — Parasitic invaders capable of possessing humans and continuing human cultivation methods. Their Progenitor polluted the Heavenly Dao and used the realm as a base of control. 135 268 554
• Guixian Clan — Mutated, red-haired creatures that feed on human flesh and blood. Their invasion began roughly three thousand years before the events of Chapter 135 and eliminated the realm's Immortal Realm experts. 135
• Abnormal Clan / Bizarre Creatures — Later invaders who used Space Rifts, black pillars, and the Source of the Weird to turn the realm into a battlefield. 556 611
• Bizarre Emperor Gluttony — The force associated with the realm's final ruin; its influence accompanied the five black pillars that sealed the Five Continents. 738 740

History

Ancient Separation and Corruption

Humanity once dominated the Canglan Realm. After the Cunning Insect clan polluted its Heavenly Dao, major human powers discovered that the insects could recover even after near-eradication. A portion of the corrupted Heavenly Dao was eventually severed and cast into the Deadlands, creating the isolated lower Canglan Realm. 66 135 157

The separation left the Heavenly Dao incomplete and the laws chaotic. Immortal Qi gradually diminished, while ascension became impossible or fatal for most cultivators. 135 180

Guixian Clan Occupation

The Guixian Clan invaded the Canglan Realm approximately three thousand years before Su Ming learned its history. The clan consumed humans as blood food, wiped out cultivators above the Immortal Realm, and reduced the surviving human population to scattered tribes and controlled communities. 135 136

The Guixian Clan controlled the realm's known teleportation array, leaving ordinary humans unable to escape. 136

Cunning Insect Liberation

Su Ming returned with five Immortal Sovereigns and eliminated the Cunning Insect Progenitor after its main body was destroyed and its remnant soul attempted to flee into Heavenly Dao Space. 554

The realm began recovering over the following five years. The five sovereigns divided responsibility across Zhongzhou, Youzhou, Qingzhou, Xuanzhou, and the Arid Continent, rebuilding sects and clearing surviving Cunning Insects. 554 560

The restored environment supported extraordinary cultivation growth: in a recorded simulation, disciples could reach the Immortal Realm in five years, far faster than comparable cultivation in the Vast Immortal Domain. 560

Abnormal Clan Invasion

The Abnormal Clan later opened Space Rifts across the realm and erected five black pillars, one in each major state. The pillars drained Spiritual Energy, anchored spatial coordinates, and prevented Immortal Sovereigns from moving their battles safely into Outer Heaven. 610 611

The prolonged war forced the surviving cultivators into a centralized order under the Sacred Heaven Sect. Cities were rebuilt as fortified formation-linked strongholds, while surviving cultivators were organized into the Demon Suppression Army. 604

Ark Project and Destruction

Facing the certainty of renewed invasion, Su Ming proposed the Ark Project: evacuate the realm's elites, geniuses, cultivation inheritances, and resources to the Weiyang Immortal Domain, effectively allowing the Canglan Realm to be “killed” as an invasion target. 710

Ten years later, the realm had been devastated. The Five Continents were enclosed beneath an abnormal barrier created by five black pillars; Sacred Heaven Sect and other historic sites had been reduced to ruins. 738

The human death toll was catastrophic: fewer than one in ten remaining humans survived. However, seed disciples, promising mortal clans, and other human survivors had been relocated before the destruction. 740

Access and Restrictions

• Realm Arrays — The Guixian Clan controlled a major teleportation array, while the Myriad Demon Secret Realm contained an alternate array usable with sufficient resources. 136 202 283
• Primordial Dragon Travel — Can cross realm barriers, but travelers returning to the Deadlands must suppress themselves to the Heavenly Venerate Realm or be killed by the realm's laws. 267
• Ascension — Cultivators were led to believe that ascending offered escape, but ascension could instead deliver them to the Guixian Clan as blood food. 180 220
• Cunning Insect parasitism — In the lower realm, reaching Foundation Establishment was effectively a death sentence for ordinary humans because Cunning Insects could possess and cultivate through their bodies. 268

Relationships

• Heavenly Dao — The realm's governing force; polluted by the Cunning Insect clan and partially severed, leaving the Deadlands' laws incomplete. 135 157
• Cunning Insect Progenitor — Primary parasitic force within the realm; ultimately destroyed during its attempt to flee into Heavenly Dao Space. 269 554
• Guixian Clan — Invading predators who treated humans as blood food and controlled the realm's principal teleportation routes. 135 136
• Abnormal Clan — Later invaders who established Space Rifts and black pillars to convert the realm into a battlefield. 611
• Su Ming — Repeatedly returns to investigate, defend, liberate, rebuild, and finally evacuate the realm's surviving human population. 222 554 710 740
• Peerless War King — A Human Race war king sealed within the Desolate Deathland; his presence is one of the realm's unresolved links to the Weiyang Immortal Domain. 395 463 738