Witch Tribe

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Witch Tribe
Original Name	武族人族
Species/Race	A race that differentiated from the Human Race in the Primordial era by developing its own unique system 1204
Affiliation	Main lineage on Tianwu Star; three major branch lineages, including the Tianming Star branch 1171 1697
Status	Surviving but repeatedly devastated, displaced, and reorganized across later eras 2004 2095 2131 2972
First Appearance	Chapter 1171

Appearance

Witch Tribe members generally resemble humans, but their bloodline manifests as a distinctive tribal seal: a trident-shaped mark between the eyebrows. The mark cannot be forged and identifies a true member of the tribe 1171 1173.

• A trident-shaped tribal mark appears between the brows of every documented member 1171.
• The mark is formed from bloodline power rather than being an external emblem 1173.
• Clan Leaders, Priests, core elders, and the Young Chieftain may wear black-and-white robes marked with a large three-pronged trident insignia on the chest 1291.

Origins and Rank

The Witch Tribe originated from the Human Race but became a separate race after establishing its own system in the Primordial era 1204.

Measure	Recorded Standing
Primordial Myriad Races Ranking	385th among the ten thousand strongest races 1204
Ancient Spirit Star River	One of the Four Great Other Races alongside the Flying Spirit Tribe, Giant Spirit Tribe, and Black Scale Tribe 1381
Void God realm strength	The tribe had three Void God realm experts in the Ancient Spirit Star River during Wujing's era, while additional powerful members were active on the Divine Path 1798 1804

Society and Organization

Main Lineage and Branches

The Witch Tribe is organized around a main lineage and three major branch lineages. Each branch controls its own star and answers to its branch Clan Leader 1171 1273 1697.

Lineage	Base	Notes
Main lineage	Tianwu Star	The tribe's principal base; Tianwu Mountain is its sacred land 1688
Tianming Star branch	Tianming Star	Controlled an estimated 30 billion members; Tianming Holy City and nine Guard Cities contained most of its experts 1269
Cangyun Star branch	Cangyun Star	One of the three major branch lineages 1171 1697
Hualing Star branch	Hualing Star	One of the three major branch lineages 1171 1697

The Tianming Star branch maintained a strict territorial chain of command: small towns answered to cities, cities answered to the Nine Guard Cities, and Tianming Holy City governed the branch as a whole 1316.

Leadership

• Clan Leader — Commands a lineage; all Witch Tribe families, regardless of size, owe allegiance to their branch Clan Leader 1273.
• Priests and High Priests — Senior authorities with access to forbidden sorcery. The Tianming branch had a branch leader and four High Priests, each at the Martial Saint realm 1270.
• Core elders — Elite leaders who may possess Soul Honoring Banners and wear the tribe's formal insignia 1291 1394.
• Young Chieftain / Young Master — A prestigious core position selected through trials; the holder stands below only the core elders within the Tianming branch 1292 1309.

Every five years, the Tianming branch selects Young Masters for focused cultivation under its Martial Saint realm Priests. After fifty years, these Young Masters become core elders 1275.

Territories and Population

Tianwu Star

Tianwu Star served as the main base of the Witch Tribe. It possessed abundant resources and spiritual energy, tens of billions of inhabitants, innumerable cities, and Tianwu Mountain as its sacred land 1688.

• Dozens of cities surrounded and protected Tianwu Mountain 1688.
• The main lineage later deployed the Myriad Souls Sealing Heaven Formation, reinforced by innumerable refined Yin Souls 1997.
• After the destruction of the main lineage and branches, the tribe rebuilt its foundation on True Witch Star 2095.

Tianming Star

Tianming Star was the home of one of the three major branch lineages 1268 1697.

• The branch reportedly had 30 billion members 1269.
• More than half lived in Tianming Holy City and its nine Guard Cities 1269.
• Tianming Holy City and the Guard Cities contained over 90% of the branch's peak experts 1269.
• The star was later fortified with powerful defensive formations following repeated attacks by Su Mo 1862.

Forbidden Sorcery and Artifacts

Soul Honoring Banner

The Soul Honoring Banner is a treasured Witch Tribe artifact used to perform forbidden sorcery. Only core figures—including Clan Leaders, Priests, core elders, and Young Masters—are permitted to possess one 1394.

• It is refined from Martial Souls, Battle Souls, and the lives of warriors 1394.
• Its power differs greatly according to its owner and grade 1394.
• Soul Honoring Banners can contain vast numbers of vengeful spirits created from refined Martial Souls and Battle Souls 1688.
• Wu Shang used one to perform Necromancy and summon more than a thousand skeleton warriors 1394.
• Wu Fengtian used his banner to imprison Su Mo and Red Dragon Camp soldiers alongside the Seven-Colored Glazed Pagoda 1688.

Soul and Corpse Refinement

The Witch Tribe harvested Martial Souls and Battle Souls from controlled small worlds for use in Soul Honoring Banners and other forbidden arts 1171 1394.

• Trialists entering the Azure World were assigned to hunt powerful natives and collect high-level Martial Souls 1171.
• The tribe controlled hundreds or possibly thousands of small worlds as sources of souls and bodies 1394.
• Captive populations were treated as resources: Battle Souls were refined into Yin Souls, while bodies were refined into dead spirits 1696.
• Witch Tribe settlements were documented refining Human Race corpses into skeleton people with formations and green flames 1696.
• After occupying True Witch Star, the tribe refined one billion dead spirits and ten billion Yin Souls 2101.

Great Curse Technique

The Great Curse Technique is a taboo form of Witch Tribe forbidden sorcery. During the conflict with the Three Gods Sect, Ancestor Jiashen was stated to be the only known member of the tribe capable of using it 1805.

• Demon Sealing God Binding Curse — Placed on Su Mo by Ancestor Jiashen; it manifests when the victim attempts a cultivation breakthrough, obstructing advancement and potentially proving fatal 1805.

History

Azure World Trial

A thousand Tianming Star branch geniuses entered the Azure World through a space passage. They regarded the world as weak and beneath them, but were ordered by Wu Tianyu to complete two objectives: gather high-level Martial Souls and locate the descendants of their High Priest 1171.

The trialists initially deployed across the Azure World, with roughly 700 under Wu Tianyu and Wu Xian moving to confront Su Mo and the Azure Divine Palace at the Sea of Death 1172. Their confidence collapsed after Su Mo's resistance; the trialists suffered severe losses and retreated to wait out the trial period 1182 1185.

By the end of the trial, Wu Xian had been captured and more than 900 Witch Tribe geniuses had died, causing the Tianming Star branch to launch an extensive search for Su Mo and Qin Budai 1270.

Infiltration of the Tianming Star Branch

To rescue Hong Qingxuan and gather intelligence, Su Mo infiltrated the Tianming branch by body-snatching Wu Chen, an orphaned Witch Tribe member of Black Obsidian City 1273.

As Wu Chen, Su Mo:

• Defeated numerous Witch Tribe geniuses in the martial arena 1283 1286.
• Entered the Young Chieftain selection as a candidate 1290.
• Defeated the Witchman King and became the Tianming branch's new Young Master 1309.
• Used his position to move among Tianming Holy City and the Guard Cities while monitoring the branch's response to attacks on its settlements 1316.

War with Su Mo

The Witch Tribe destroyed the Azure World in retaliation for Su Mo's actions, killing its inhabitants 1270. This massacre became a central cause of the lasting enmity between the tribe and Su Mo's allies.

Su Mo later retaliated by attacking Tianwu Star and Tianming Star. His forces destroyed cities and towns, while Su Mo used the Devouring Battle Soul to eradicate entire settlements 1695 1696 1697. Reports attributed the deaths of approximately 20 million Witch Tribe members to these attacks, prompting the tribe to offer a bounty of 10,000 Peak-grade Spirit Crystals for information leading to Su Mo 1700.

The tribe subsequently besieged the Three Gods Sect on Sanyuan Star to seize Su Mo. Clan Leader Wujing, Ancestor Jiashen, and Wuchong jointly assaulted the Nine Heavens God Slaying Array, but withdrew after the arrival of Li Tongtian 1799 1802 1804.

Collapse of the Ancient Spirit Star River Foundation

Su Mo and his allies later struck the main lineage and its branches directly. The attacks targeted Tianwu Star, Tianming Star, Cangyun Star, and Hualing Star 1996.

• The main lineage defended Tianwu Star with the Myriad Souls Sealing Heaven Formation 1997.
• Ancestor Jiashen ordered all members to scatter and flee after the formation fell and he could not defeat Su Mo 2000.
• Su Mo declared that the main lineage and all three major branches had been erased, with their foundations destroyed across the four stars 2004.
• The Witch Tribe nevertheless retained surviving members and powerful experts, including those on the Divine Path 2004.

Re-establishment on True Witch Star

Seven Witch Tribe great powers later restored the tribe's foundation in the Ancient Spirit Star River, expanding its influence from True Witch Star 2095. The rebuilt tribe allied with the True Demon Race against Su Mo and the Dragon Clan 2101 2105.

When Su Mo prepared another attack, Bone Spirit evacuated the Witch Tribe from True Witch Star using a Spatial Treasure Artifact in an effort to preserve the tribe's remaining foundation 2131.

Later Subjugation and Recovery

In the Li Tian Domain, Witch Tribe powers became servants of the Soul Clan and were required to provide regular contributions. The Heavenly Soul Divine Palace generally did not interfere in conflicts between Witch Tribe factions as long as contributions continued 2972.

The Soul Clan later abolished the Witch Tribe's slave status and elevated its standing to equal that of the Soul Clan within the Heavenly Soul Source World 3304 3314. This change allowed Witch Tribe factions such as Yun Tian Sect to consolidate influence across the Li Tian Domain 3009.

Relationships

• Su Mo — Principal enemy. His conflict with the tribe began during the Azure World trial and escalated into the destruction of its main and branch foundations 1171 2004.
• Azure Divine Palace — Enemy faction formed around survivors and allies of the destroyed Azure World; its members regard the Witch Tribe as enemies for life 1729.
• True Demon Race — Later military ally against Su Mo and the Dragon Clan 2101 2105.
• Dragon Clan — Major opponent during the conflict over Ancestral Dragon Star and the later campaign against True Witch Star 2105 2129.
• Soul Clan — Later overlords of Witch Tribe powers in the Li Tian Domain and Heavenly Soul Source World; eventually raised the tribe's legal status 2972 3314.
• Human Race — The Witch Tribe's ancestral origin, though it later became a distinct race through its separate system 1204.