Biodata
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Chaos City (混沌城) |
| Type | City; sacred cultivation ground of the Human Race 21 |
| Location | Initial Universe 9 21 |
| Affiliation | Human Race; jointly governed by the Five Great Powers 21 |
| Governing Powers | Virtual Universe Company, Giant Axe Dojo, Cosmic Mercenary Alliance, Cosmic Galaxy Bank, and Cosmic First Bank 21 |
| Overseer | Initially Chaos City Lord; later Shadow Blade Master, Ye Muxuan 9 244 |
| Guardian | Kandeli 24 67 |
| Primary Functions | Law comprehension, Chaos Stele study, instruction, and cultivation of human geniuses 21 23 35 |
| First Appearance | Chapter 9, “Reactions from All Sides” 9 |
Layout and Landmarks
- Residential districts: Wide streets are lined with standardized small buildings. Cultivators commonly meditate on their rooftops while observing the manifestations of the universe’s origin laws overhead 21.
- Cultivation terraces: Special-stone rooftop terraces retain inscriptions and scratches left by previous residents recording their law insights 22.
- City Lord Mansion: Houses the Chaos Steles and their cultivation chambers. The characters on its entrance plaque appear to form an independent space-time, drawing observers into contemplation 22 23 24.
- Chaos Ruins: Located within Chaos City and used by its overseer for cultivation and important audiences. Chaotic air currents and scattered remains characterize the location 9 152 286.
- Treasure-exchange side hall: Provides appraisal and contribution services for valuable treasures. Ye Muxuan and Luo Feng both use it to submit their acquisitions 131 156 368.
- Exclusive residences: Particularly distinguished powerhouses may have buildings beyond the standard dwellings. Kandeli occupies a large, imposing residence in a remote district; the Human Race’s five top Overlords later each possess exclusive buildings 67 278.
Governance and Rules
Chaos City predates some Universe Kingdoms. Although jointly governed by the Five Great Powers, it is initially overseen by Chaos City Lord, who also presides over the Initial Universe. After his advancement to Chaos True God, responsibility for the Initial Universe and the Virtual Universe Company headquarters formally passes to Shadow Blade Master 21 244.
- No fighting or killing: Humans are forbidden to kill one another in the Initial Universe. The reception envoy warns that whoever strikes first will die; even a Universe Kingdom Lord cannot challenge the rules 22 288.
- No disturbing cultivation: Interrupting a powerhouse’s law contemplation results in expulsion from the Initial Universe and termination of the offender’s enlightenment opportunity 21.
- One standard dwelling per person: Touching the door of an unoccupied residence activates its sensing system and registers the resident. Pale-white doors indicate vacancy; dark-gray doors indicate ownership 22.
- Reception for newcomers: Immortal envoys introduce first-time visitors to the city’s rules and guide them through Chaos Stele selection. Returning residents such as Ye Muxuan do not require this orientation 21 23 93.
- Screening of arrivals: While guarding the city, Ye Muxuan’s Nine Nether Clone uses control over space-time to examine newcomers’ backgrounds. Immortals require longer-term monitoring 243.
Enforcement
Witeser and Leibo’s clash is the first fight between Immortals in Chaos City during Shadow Blade Master’s hundreds of thousands of epochs of oversight. Their exchange interrupts the cultivation of millions of residents, including Venerables and Overlords. Ye Muxuan destroys the two combatants with a palm formed from chaotic airflow 283 286.
The subsequent investigation involves three families. Blood Sword Venerable kills Leibo’s family’s Immortals and sends some Immortals from Witeser’s family to Star Prison 288.
Entry and Residency
| Entry or Residency Route | Conditions and Benefits |
|---|---|
| Genius and Fighter Battles | Selected groups of one thousand geniuses enter for cultivation. One documented group receives more than thirty years in the city 96 243. |
| Universe Kingdom auctions | World Lord places cost tens of thousands of Hunyuan Units; Immortal places usually cost more than one hundred million 21. |
| Outer Battlefield military merit | Cultivators may exchange military merit for entry, but these places do not grant an indefinite stay 21 41. |
| Extended cultivation | Points are required to extend allotted cultivation time. Before becoming Immortal, cultivators cannot purchase points with money 22. |
| Permanent residency | Clearing the eighteenth level of the Heavenly Bridge grants qualification to reside permanently 25 93. |
| Soul-slave accompaniment | Permanent residents may bring a limited number of soul slaves. These companions may observe the manifested law patterns but cannot access the Chaos Steles or Heavenly Bridge, even if they are Venerables 93. |
| High-ranking members’ quotas | With mid-level Venerable authority, Ye Muxuan receives ten places per epoch for sub-Immortals to study steles and challenge the Heavenly Bridge, plus ten residence-only places without those privileges 135. |
- Returning to the Initial Universe for a second visit does not grant the initial reward points or secret-technique credit quotas, even after joining one of the Five Great Powers 41.
- Time passes differently from the Primal Universe: one account equates more than three hundred years in Chaos City with one thousand years outside 310.
Cultivation Resources
Three Treasures
| Treasure | Benefits | Limits and Access |
|---|---|---|
| Manifested law secret patterns | The Initial Universe’s early evolutionary state exposes its origin laws as visible patterns. Observing them can increase law-comprehension speed dozens or even a hundred times 21 22. | Visible overhead; accessible even to accompanying soul slaves without stele privileges 93. |
| Chaos True Spirits | Obtained from Chaos Beasts. Absorption improves the soul’s affinity for law perception and repairs Ye Muxuan’s previously unknown soul deficiency 37 54 285. | Described as useless to Immortals; introductory information is posted at the city gate 22 27. |
| Chaos Steles | Systematic records of supreme cultivation paths, considered the most important of the three treasures. According to the reception envoy, fully comprehending any one can enable a cultivator to become a Kingdom Lord 22 23. | First-time visitors select through rubbings and receive one free seven-day contemplation period 23. |
Chaos Steles
New arrivals are given half an hour to select a stele through its rubbing. Kandeli oversees entry into the cultivation chambers. Additional Heavenly Bridge levels provide further opportunities to contemplate the steles 23 24 93.
| Stele | Documented Significance |
|---|---|
| Universe Chaos Stele | Left by Chaos City Lord; expounds time and space. Among the original fifty-two, it ranks second in profundity but first in difficulty 23. |
| Jinghong Chaos Stele | Ye Muxuan’s initial choice, emphasizing the Time Origin Law. Its associated Heavenly Bridge has twenty-seven levels 24 25. |
| Giant Axe Chaos Stele | Associated with Giant Axe Founder and a thirty-two-level Heavenly Bridge 25. |
| Wind Shadow Chaos Stele | Chosen by Li Zheng on his teacher’s advice 23. |
| Nine Universe Chaos Stele | Studied by Lian Luo and Luo Feng. Lian Luo’s Floating Blood becomes a foundational manual for its first three diagrams 244 285. |
| Muying Chaos Stele | Carved and contributed by Ye Muxuan. Qingmei Venerable Qing Shuang lectures on it, supporting the establishment of the Muying School 236. |
| Mingwu Chaos Stele | Its introduction offers Immortals and sub-Immortal core members a free trial contemplation to consider changing paths 278. |
| Collection Milestone | Chapter | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 52 steles | 23 | Collection available during Ye Muxuan’s first visit. |
| 53 steles | 236 243 | Confirmed after the contribution of the Muying Chaos Stele. |
| 62 steles | 278 | Total upon the introduction of the Mingwu Chaos Stele. |
Inscriptions and Lectures
- Rooftop insights: Include Gold, Water, Space, and Time Law insights. Most are fragmented rather than systematic, making them supplementary references rather than complete cultivation methods 22.
- School instruction: Established masters lecture on their cultivation lineages; Tianjing King is one documented teacher of the Jinghong lineage 35.
- Lecture qualification: Clearing the third Heavenly Bridge level qualifies cultivators to attend lectures by King Rank masters who have founded schools 287.
- Ye Muxuan’s teaching: During his long residence, he lectures for hundreds of thousands of years, attracting many Immortal Kings 166.
Major Events
Ye Muxuan’s First Stay
Ye Muxuan arrives with a group of 1,501 powerhouses and selects the Jinghong Chaos Stele rather than immediately attempting simultaneous time-and-space cultivation. During his approximately three-thousand-year stay, he repairs his soul through Chaos True Spirit absorption, becomes White Phoenix Palace Master’s disciple, and clears the eighteenth Heavenly Bridge level, qualifying for permanent residency 21 23 37 44 46 50.
He later returns with Dust-Shatterer and uses the city as a long-term base for law comprehension and secret-technique creation while his clones explore elsewhere 93 134.
Transfer of Oversight
When Chaos City Lord prepares to pursue his breakthrough, Ye Muxuan agrees to guard the Initial Universe and the Virtual Universe Company headquarters. His Nine Nether Clone takes up residence in the Initial Universe. The arrangement becomes official after Chaos City Lord becomes Chaos True God, and Ye Muxuan later gains the informal title City Lord Shadow Blade 242 244 283.
Later Generations
Lian Luo develops Floating Blood during a thousand years of secluded cultivation in the city. Much later, Luo Feng studies that manual alongside the Nine Universe Chaos Stele and becomes Ye Muxuan’s named disciple after an audience in the Chaos Ruins 244 285 286.
Chaos City also receives Earth’s cultural ancestors for cultivation. Luo Feng subsequently spends several hundred years there studying the Beast God path, mastering the first layer of the Chaos Golden Wings, and assisting with the cultivation of Earthlings 282 301 310.
Namesake
- Chaos City is also the name Chaos City Lord gives his palace-type Origin Embryo, a personal formation disk suited to suppression arrays. This treasure is distinct from the city in the Initial Universe 234.
- Hong Alliance City is a separate city in the Virtual Universe’s Hong Alliance space; Ye Muxuan accesses it virtually while residing in Chaos City 93.