World Lord

Biodata

Power Progression

Xia Manggan's documented progression through the World Lord rank:

Realm Characteristics

• World Lords possess World Force, created by the fusion of spiritual force and origin energy; it carries the cultivator's soul consciousness and can create all things. 192
• The birth of World Force gives a World Lord a direct resonance with the Universe Origin Land, allowing them to perceive it in a way unavailable at lower realms. 192
• A World Lord's Life Core evolves into an Origin Bead after their internal world is formed. 192
• Cultivation at this stage is described as a period of explosive growth, leading many cultivators to remain World Lords for extended periods rather than advance immediately to Immortal Godhood. 192
• A World Lord's approximate natural lifespan is 1,000 epochs. 302
• Advancing to Immortal Godhood permanently changes one's cultivation conditions: an Immortal normally becomes attuned to a specific lower origin law and loses the ability to study unrelated laws, unless those laws had already gained origin recognition while the cultivator was a World Lord. 186

Internal World

Formation

Upon a Domain Lord's breakthrough, the universe origin grants a one-time influx of World Force to create and fill their internal world. The same opportunity does not recur until the later transition to Immortal Godhood. 192

Physical Metamorphosis

The influx of World Force also transforms the cultivator's physical body. Xia Manggan's body grew from 29 kilometers at Domain Lord level nine to 100 kilometers upon becoming a World Lord, with his skin, muscles, and bones becoming more than one hundred times stronger and denser. 192

Institutional Role

• Virtual Universe Company core members are expected to leave the Company's protection upon reaching the World Lord stage and venture through the universe independently. 191
• Every World Lord-level core member must undertake a Life and Death Trial, usually in the Outer Battlefield or a universe secret realm beyond human territory. 191
• This is regarded as the highest-mortality stage in a genius's rise, as World Lords must confront alien experts without the protection previously available to lower-ranked core members. 191
• World Lords may operate as three-star Universe Mercenaries, though the Thunder God Palace Secret Realm requires either a World Lord squad with at least five three-star mercenaries or an individual four-star mercenary. 301

Notable World Lords

• Xia Manggan — A humanoid special life form and personal disciple of the Chaos City Lord. He entered the World Lord realm with a 10-million-kilometer internal world and later displayed combat power at the limit of King level while still a World Lord. 192 326 333
• Heart Trace — A blade prodigy who cleared the Original Heavenly Mountain at both Universe and Domain Lord levels. As a World Lord, he created the Heart Trace blade manual and possessed combat power comparable to a Marquis Immortal. 184
• Bei Qiu — The Golden Horn Race's strongest World Lord of his generation; he challenged Xia Manggan after witnessing the ninth form of the Yan God Weapon. 303
• Thunder God — A member and leader of the World Lord-level Thunderbolt Mercenary Squad during the Thunder God Palace Secret Realm expedition. 300 309

Exceptional World Lord Feats

Xia Manggan

• As a first-rank World Lord, Xia Manggan could raise his physical power to 3,240 times that of a peak ninth-rank World Lord by combining Xueluo Power, the second refinement of Nine Refinements of the Chaotic Hole, and Law of Heaven and Earth. 195
• At peak World Lord level, Law of Heaven and Earth could multiply his body size, weight, density, and life-gene multiplier by nine, though its extreme World Force consumption limited its duration to 7.2 seconds. 306
• He matched the power of near-Invincible King-level Immortal King Qianxing through superior World Force control, origin-law comprehension, and the domain-type heavy treasure Illusion Light Pool. 316
• He could wield a World Projection strong enough to suppress King-level Immortal law domains, a defining advantage for exceptional World Lords confronting Immortal Gods. 306 321
• He reached the third level of the Beast God Inheritance after only ten years of study, an achievement that surprised Universe Venerable Jiufeng. 342 343

Trivia

• World Lords are extremely rare on Bauhinia Island; fewer than ten were believed to have arrived there since the universe's birth. 341
• A World Lord requires at least King-level strength to safely endure the will-pressure involved in receiving Beast God Inheritance. 341
• A World Lord capable of clearing the twelfth floor of the Heavenly Bridge is considered a human genius, while the tenth floor already represents law comprehension sufficient for direct advancement to Immortal Godhood. 302