Human Race

Biodata

Power Progression

History

In the eras of Chaos, Primordial, Ancient, High Ancient, and recent antiquity, humans were physically frail, lacked innate talents, and were preyed upon as blood food by stronger races. At the end of recent antiquity, human sages abandoned the path of worshipping gods and demons and established the Martial Dao. 524

Over subsequent epochs, Human Race kings rose through the Martial Dao, defeated numerous rival races, and secured humanity's place as one of Hantu's strong races. Their kings often expanded human territory and founded imperial courts after attaining the Dao Realm. 524 769

The Human Race's first Origin Emperor rose despite humanity's innate disadvantages, reaching the Human Supreme Realm within five hundred years before attaining the Origin Dao after three million years of cultivation and exploration. He established humanity as one of the Hundred Races of the Mother River, founded the Human Imperial Court, and later appointed his eldest son Tianxin as Crown Prince and regent. 1331

The Black Tide devastated human civilization. The Great Dry Imperial Dynasty, once ruler of an entire continent, was reduced to controlling only the Dao within its passes; much of the continent fell into darkness, leaving the Three Prefectures as the remaining Human Race stronghold. 926 986

Following escalating Monster and Darkness threats, Jie Realm martial artists sought to escape through the Five Divine Weapons Great Chaos Array. Human survivors from Hantu later reached the Golden Great World, where they discovered that humanity was no longer an overlord among the myriad races. 981 1022 1037

The crisis surrounding the corrupted True Dragon exposed severe divisions among Human Supremes, who fought over the True Dragon, a portal, and the Yu Long Sect's foundation. Crown Prince Tianxin's maidservant Xiao Qing invoked the Tianxin Wisdom Sword to suppress the disputing Supremes, enforce Imperial Court law, and compel Empress Qingyao and three other Supremes into a thousand years of Imperial Court service. 1328 1331

Jiang Yan's later ascent to the Human Supreme Realm strengthened the Human Race's high-level forces. After returning to Yu Long Sect, he publicly announced his attainment of the Fire Ultimate Realm, “Liao,” helping establish the sect as a resurgent force supported by three Supremes. 1372 1382

Characteristics

• Humans are born with comparatively weak bodies, weak souls, and no universal bloodline talent. 524 949
• Their defining strength is the Martial Dao, a system of using cultivation techniques to continuously temper internal power and transcend mortal life. 643 949
• Before reaching the Talisman Realm, Human Race martial artists cannot naturally take flight. 524 468
• Unlike races that unlock power through inherited bloodlines, humans generally cultivate by drawing on the spirit of heaven and earth to supplement themselves. 949
• Exceptional human physiques—including spiritual bodies, dharma bodies, Dao bodies, and divine bodies—exist, but most human martial artists must struggle against ordinary innate limitations. 931
• Incorporating powerful foreign bloodlines may grant strength, but risks assimilation or possession by that bloodline's power. 1129
• Human bloodlines are not fixed in the manner of many Innate races. Their adaptability allows them to integrate and cultivate myriad laws, although this potential alone does not make them innately exceptional. 1331
• Human Supremes differ from ordinary Great Dao cultivators by creating wholly new concepts and powers rather than simply controlling pre-existing laws. 1373

Society and Institutions

• Human Imperial Court (Human Race Origin Imperial Court) — The Human Race's core sacred land, gathering major powers and exceptional geniuses. It was founded by the Human Emperor, while the Boundary River both protects it from external enemies and imprisons dangerous beings from the Weird World. 1176 1331 1394
• Crown Prince Tianxin's faction — Tianxin, the eldest son of the Human Emperor, serves as regent and actively recruits exceptional cultivators, including Human Supremes and fortunate younger geniuses. His authority rests on the Emperor's bloodline, the Human Race's fortune, and the Tianxin Wisdom Sword. 1331 1332 1372 1393
• Blazing Sun Dao Tradition — Jiang Yan's newly granted lineage within Crown Prince Tianxin's territory of the Human Imperial Court. It encompasses the resource-rich Blazing Sun Mountain Range and lies near a sealed passage toward the Weird World. 1394 1396
• Yu Long Sect — Nominal ruler over more than one hundred Human Race star domains in the Golden Great World. Its subordinate sects retain considerable autonomy, functioning more like feudal powers than direct branches. Following Jiang Yan's ascension, it has reemerged as a sect supported by Jiang Yan, the True Dragon Supreme, and Li Longzi. 1057 1382
• Feather Transformation Sect — Once governed ten major star domains and rivaled weaker foreign races; it later declined to five domains and only three Dao Realm martial artists. 1038
• Li Kong Sword Sect — A first-class Dao Realm force governing the White Bird Star Domain. 1042
• Dao Sect — A major Human Race force active in the Three Prefectures, involved in regional defense, migration planning, and the Five Divine Weapons Great Chaos Array. 981 1018
• Reincarnation Dao Field — One of the Human Race's supreme powers, rooted in the origin of reincarnation and centered upon the Wheel of Six Paths of Reincarnation. 1253

Relations and Conflicts

• Demon Race — The Demon Race historically declined through conflicts with the Human, Barbarian, and Feathered Races. During the Black Tide crisis, the Eight-Headed Demon Court sought to seize Human Race territory for survival and reproduction, while avoiding an outright war of extermination. In the Mother River era, the Demon Race remains powerful but internally fragmented by bloodline conflicts and is held together by the Demon Emperor's authority. 944 517 1349 1370
• Barbarian Race — Barbarian infiltrators attempted to sabotage Human Race formation nodes during the Black Tide. Their king planned to exploit any flaw in humanity's sealing formation, while powerful Monsters waited outside the Human Race Domain. 919 921
• Spirit Race — A powerful neighboring race, regarded as stronger than humanity in the Golden Great World. The Spirit Race supported the Huo Luo Clan's expansion into Human Race territory and tested the Yu Long Sect's strength through the destruction of the Feather Transformation Sect. 1108 1118 1123
• Huo Luo Clan — A declining fire-affiliated clan that pledged allegiance to the Spirit Race, then launched war against the Human Race's Feather Transformation Sect to revive the Emperor Red inheritance. 1063 1114
• True Spirit Race — Heaven-and-Earth True Spirits are vastly superior lifeforms by birth. Human martial artists may imitate or seek their power, but True Spirit bloodline pressure remains difficult for humans to resist. The corrupted True Dragon's presence within Yu Long Sect also drew conflict from several Human Supremes seeking to exploit its inheritance. 857 1139 1317 1328
• Weird World and Evil Wraiths — The Human Imperial Court's Boundary River serves not only as a defensive formation but also as a prison for powerful beings from the Weird World. Corruption from sinister and Evil Wraith power can mutate Human Race cultivators and threaten their identities. 1327 1394

Major Arcs