Biodata
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Great Xia (大夏) |
| Occupation/Role | Human nation whose people widely practice martial arts 339 466 |
| First Appearance | Chapter 41 41 |
Background and Development
Great Xia faces pressure along its borders from Demonic Beasts and nearby Secret Realms. Its arable land shrinks each year, and limited resources once left some border residents struggling to obtain enough food. Border strongholds such as Eight Treasures Stronghold are guarded by martial artists but remain vulnerable to beast tides 41 180.
Ji Ruo's friendship with the Tree Demons of Ten Thousand Beast Mountain led to cooperation that made low-grade Spirit Herbs inexpensive and widely available. Great Xia later housed a Star Tribulation thundercloud in a power station, where it generated electricity while receiving care. The Myriad Souls Banner also enabled departed souls to work on the development of Ten Thousand Beast Mountain 106 236 262 416.
Over the following twenty years, widespread Taiji Fist practice and plentiful Spirit Fruit raised individual combat prowess. Great Xia revised its cultivation system as its first three realms became easier to practice 386.
Martial Arts and Cultivation
| Development | Effect |
|---|---|
| Accessible martial arts | Great Xia's martial arts are intended for broad human use rather than only those with exceptional talent 339 416. |
| Taiji-based calisthenics | Simplified internal-martial-arts principles help improve fitness and clear meridians 386. |
| Revised realms | The Martial Apprentice realm was abolished; the revised system merges the former Martial Apprentice and Qi Pulse stages into Qi Refinement 386. |
Government and Infrastructure
- General Affairs Department — deploys Fantasy Creations, including a vast curtain used to shield residents from an approaching Great Demon while they celebrate a tournament victory 467.
- High Mystery Academy — researches newly encountered rules, gods, and Netherworld phenomena 262.
- Border networks — are isolated from domestic networks to prevent Demonic Beasts capable of entering electronic signals from infiltrating them. This delays news reaching border communities 236.
- Fantasy Creation containment — some Celestial Realm martial artists contain dangerous Fantasy Creations within their bodies 468 469.
Relations with Other Realms
- Ten Thousand Beast Mountain — its Tree Demons supply Spirit Herbs and Fruit; Great Xia develops parts of the Secret Realm for human habitation 106 262 386.
- Earthmother Continent — establishes diplomatic relations with Great Xia and relies on its assistance in rebuilding. Its renewable minerals, magic, and artifacts also provide subjects for research 414 464.
- Blessed grotto-heavens — house ancient martial artists whose ancestors came from Great Xia. Their relationship with Great Xia is strained by disputes over resources and the World's Number One Martial Arts Tournament 416 419 424.
World's Number One Martial Arts Tournament
Great Xia hosts the tournament in a Martial Dao Secret Realm controlled by humanity, though Great Xia does not have sole authority over it. Entrants must be between fifteen and sixty years old and no higher than the Star Vortex Realm upon entry. Ancient martial artists from the blessed grotto-heavens won ten consecutive tournaments, often breaking through immediately after entering and leaving Great Xia's contestants at a disadvantage 416 424 425.
A winner can make a wish related to the Martial Dao, including a wish to improve its cultivation system. Ji Ruo later helps shape one tournament's rules in ways beneficial to Great Xia's martial artists 419 425.