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World Lord
Swallowed Star: Nightmare of Time
Biodata
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Name | World Lord |
| Alias(es) | 界主 |
| Occupation/Role | Fifth major cultivation level for fighters and Spirit Readers; a cosmic powerhouse capable of freely roaming the universe 4 |
| First Appearance | Chapter 4, Intelligent Lifeform “Lord Shen” 4 |
Power Progression
| Stage / Realm / Level | Chapter | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Domain Lord level 1–9 | 119 126 | A collapsed galaxy forms a Life Core singularity, within which a world gestates throughout the Domain Lord stage. |
| World Lord level 1 | 119 126 | Reached when the gestated world becomes a true internal world; the cultivator gains World Power. The initial energy increase is more than tenfold over a Domain Lord level 9. |
| World Lord level 3 | 126 | Possesses four times the energy of a World Lord level 1. |
| World Lord level 6 | 126 | Possesses four times the energy of a World Lord level 3. |
| World Lord level 9 | 126 | Possesses four times the energy of a World Lord level 6, totaling over 640 times the energy of a Domain Lord level 9. |
Rank Characteristics
A World Lord is created when the world gestating within a Domain Lord's Life Core fully forms into a true internal world. This internal world can sustain living beings and store items, while its owner can wield its power as World Power. 119 126
World Lords are a major threshold in cultivation. Their consciousness can enter the Origin Place of the Universe, where the fluctuations of origin laws are perceived with exceptional clarity. This access, together with a qualitative improvement in affinity for laws, makes the World Lord stage a period of unusually rapid comprehension and growth. 11 176 177
Internal World and World Power
- An internal world is a genuine self-contained world that can support life and hold objects. 119 126
- World Power is the standard power of a World Lord and can be projected outward through the internal world. 126
- A sufficiently vast projection of World Power can distort space across thousands of kilometers. 126
- The internal world's energy essence condenses into a World Stone; its form differs by race, but all World Lords possess one. 175
- A World Lord's Life Core remains a critical target. Lu Yan'an defeated World Lord opponents by destroying their Life Cores after exhausting the value of their World Power for training. 131
Access to the Origin Place
- The birth of World Energy allows a World Lord's consciousness to resonate with the Origin Place of the Universe. 175
- Origin-law perception is clearer there than through ordinary cultivation, since the consciousness is extremely close to the laws' source. 11
- Only peak World Lords normally obtain recognition from an Origin Law; Lu Yan'an's recognition at the Universe Level was considered exceptionally rare. 87
- After advancing to Immortal, World Power transforms into Immortal power, but the cultivator loses the ability to project consciousness into the Origin Place, sharply reducing this stage's comprehension advantage. 11
Law Comprehension
- Every lifeform undergoes a qualitative increase in law affinity upon becoming a World Lord. 176
- Many powerhouses deliberately remain World Lords longer to use this period of rapid progress rather than rushing into Immortality. 176
- The Virtual Universe Company particularly emphasizes law comprehension during the World Lord stage, while Xueluo World favors immediate combat power for survival. 130
Technological Immunity
A cultivator's soul returns to the Life Core upon reaching Domain Lord, removing the brain's sea of consciousness as a decisive weakness. As a result, technology cannot enslave Domain Lords or World Lords in the manner possible for Universe-level slaves. 119
Military Classification
Human World Lords entering the Outer Region Battlefield receive an authority rating based on their demonstrated strength in the Virtual Universe Network. The rating determines military status, available resources, squad-selection privileges, and military-merit requirements. 186
| Classification | Standard | Military-Merit Quota |
|---|---|---|
| Ordinary World Lord Warrior | The most common classification among World Lords. | 1 million–10 million 187 |
| Elite World Lord Warrior | Generally requires recognition by an Origin Law. | 10 million–100 million 186 187 |
| World Lord General | Highest World Lord military authority; ordinarily, only one emerges per hundred Elite World Lord Warriors. | 100 million–1 billion 186 187 |
A one-billion merit quota is the upper limit for a World Lord General and indicates combat power no weaker than that of an ordinary Immortal God. 187
Lu Yan'an's World Lord Stage
| Event | Details |
|---|---|
| Breakthrough at the Origin Place | After resurrection through the Rebirth Dao Talisman, Lu Yan'an chose to break through. His internal world formed with a Central Continent, eight attribute-aligned peripheral continents, an Endless Sea, and an Inner Sea centered on a World Stone. 175 176 |
| Exceptional internal world | Lu Yan'an's internal world exceeded one million kilometers in diameter, compared with the roughly ten-thousand-kilometer diameter commonly cited for ordinary World Lords. It also incorporated time-space origin-law suppression. 176 |
| Clone advancement | His Kong Yu and Time Demon Beast clones also became World Lords. Kong Yu grew to 1,500 kilometers and gained greatly increased Teleportation and Space Control, while the Time Demon Beast's Time Fusion Law comprehension improved. 176 |
| Outer Region Battlefield | Assigned as the sole World Lord General among one hundred recruits, Lu Yan'an received the maximum one-billion military-merit quota. 186 187 |
| Battlefield record | He completed his quota by killing a peak Military Lord Immortal, then continued fighting independently on Yuanming Continent. 187 188 |
| Hong Alliance admission | The military system credited him with killing a high-level King-level Immortal, prompting the Hong Alliance to invite him despite the extraordinary disparity between a World Lord and a King-level Immortal. 228 229 |
| Huanshi King exposed | His identity as the World Lord Huanshi King became public after he survived the attacks of alien Universe Masters, drawing assassination bounties and attention from major races. 240 249 250 |
| Ancestral God Religion | As a fifth-level Beast God inheritor, he accepted thousands of Glory World challenges from alien inheritors. He ultimately achieved a 2,000-match winning streak and reached the sixth level of Beast God Inheritance while still a World Lord. 265 269 278 305 |
| Advance beyond the rank | Lu Yan'an eventually broke through to Immortal, ending his World Lord stage before rapidly progressing to Universe Venerable. 300 304 |
Notable Quotes
“World Lords can basically roam the universe freely!” 4
“World Lords rely on World Energy to create a world.” 177