Primordial World

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Primordial World
Original Name	洪荒
Type	World / realm
Status	Extant
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Overview

The Primordial World was created when Pangu split the Chaos with the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe, establishing earth, water, fire, and wind. It is administered by the Heavenly Dao, exists beneath the greater authority of the Great Dao, and has subsequently seen the emergence of the Human Dao. 1 68 116

Its history is shaped by successive calamities, struggles for hegemony, and the rise of innate divine beings. Spiritual energy is unevenly distributed: the Eastern Lands are rich and flourishing, while the Western Lands remain barren after Luo Hou detonated their spiritual veins. 1

Although the world once followed a relatively fixed greater trend under the Heavenly Dao, Tianlu's interventions, the emergence of Great Dao-recognized sovereigns, and the creation of the Chaos Bead's second heaven and earth have substantially altered that trajectory. The world's growing population and the consumption of its finite origin spiritual energy have also raised the prospect of an End of Dharma Age. 101 148 201 203

History

Early cataclysms

The world endured the Tribulation of Ferocious Beasts, when Beast Emperor Shen Ni led ferocious beasts born from the resentment of Chaos Demon Gods against the myriad races. Shen Ni and his forces were ultimately slain by the great powers. 1

The Dragon-Han First Tribulation followed, as the Ancestral Dragon, Yuan Feng, and the Primordial Qilin fought for supremacy. Their conflict devastated the world; the three clans retreated under heavy karmic debt. 1

During the War of Dao and Devil, Hongjun defeated Luo Hou at Mount Sumeru after the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation was broken. Luo Hou's destruction of the Western spiritual veins left the West impoverished, while the world entered a period of recovery. 1

Era of innate divinities

Following the Dao-Devil War, numerous innate sacred beings emerged across the world, including the Three Pure Ones of Kunlun, Di Jun and Taiyi of the Sun Star, Nuwa and Fuxi, and the Twelve Ancestral Witches. 33

Hongjun's Purple Heaven Palace became a focal point for the world's great powers. His lectures and the sacred seats within the palace influenced the future paths of several innate divinities. 36 41

Rise of the Witch and Demon Races

Di Jun and Taiyi established the Demon Race and Heavenly Court, claiming to protect and govern the myriad races. The Heavenly Dao answered their declaration with merit and fortune, greatly increasing the power of the Demon Race's leaders. 58 90

The Twelve Ancestral Witches established the Witch Race in response, creating a rival power centered on Pangu's legacy. The two races later entered open war near Mount Buzhou. 58 99 103

During their major confrontation, the Demon Race deployed the Primordial River-Luo Formation and the Celestial Star Formation, projecting the power of the Sun Star, Lunar Star, and the multitude of celestial stars across the battlefield. The Witch Race answered with the Twelve Capital Heavenly Gods Baleful Formation, summoning Pangu's phantom through the combined baleful qi and power of the Twelve Ancestral Witches. 165 166

After later clashes and an unsuccessful attempt by Di Jun to pressure Mount Buzhou, the Demon Race withdrew into the starry sky rather than risk a decisive war against the Witch Race. The Witch Race subsequently became the dominant power on the Primordial lands and continued to hunt the myriad races for flesh and blood. 204 205 207

Emergence of the Human Dao

Nuwa traveled throughout the Primordial World, saving threatened clans and teaching the Dao of Creation. The races she aided revered her as the Wa Sovereign and Empress of Creation. 114

At the East Sea Coast, Nuwa created the Human Race from Nine Heavens Breathing Soil, Three Lights Divine Water, and her heart's blood. The will of all spirits condensed into the Human Dao, crowning her as its representative. 116 117

Nuwa's creation of the Human Race drew immense Great Dao Merit, which elevated her to the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal of the Origin and strengthened the Human Dao's connection to all living beings. The Human Race later intermarried with the Witch Race at the margins of the world, producing Human-Witches with both primordial-spirit aptitude and powerful physical bodies. 117 207

Great Dao sovereigns and divine positions

Houtu attained the Dao and was enfeoffed as the Houtu Imperial Earth Deity, a Great Dao-recognized sovereign who commands the earth veins and soil of the Primordial World. Her status surpassed the Heavenly Dao's authority in this respect and made her an irreplaceable pillar of the world's order. 134 135

Yang Hui and Changxi later proved the Dao with merit, becoming the Nine-Spirit Grand Wonder Golden Mother Primordial Sovereign and the Lunar Sovereign respectively. Their attainments produced realm-wide heavenly phenomena and bestowed fortune and prosperity upon the world's living beings. 142

The rise of Nuwa, Houtu, Yang Hui, Changxi, Tianlu, and other beings recognized by the Great Dao progressively weakened the Heavenly Dao's ability to impose its former arrangements upon the Primordial World. 142 148

Rise of the Numinous Treasure Clan

Creation, Chaos, and Flame used transformation pills to grant sentience and human forms to Xiantian Spiritual Treasures. They gathered tens of thousands of awakened treasures and established the Numinous Treasure Clan, proclaiming its intent to liberate Numinous Treasures from their cultivator owners and reclaim them throughout the Primordial World. 175 187

The Great Dao acknowledged the Numinous Treasure Clan's establishment by bestowing fortune upon it. Its rise disrupted the balance among the established factions, as its members seized treasures and subjugated clans across the Eastern Lands. 187 190

Renewed tribulation and the Ferocious Beasts' return

As living beings multiplied and consumed increasingly vast amounts of spiritual energy and cultivation resources, the Heavenly Dao concluded that the Primordial World's finite origin would eventually be exhausted. It sought to begin a new tribulation so that the origins held by slain beings would return to heaven and earth. 148 201 203

After the Witch-Demon conflict failed to develop into the desired realm-wide calamity, Hongjun planted the God-Slaying Spear within the Ferocious Beast Mountains of the North Underworld, disturbing the dormant resentment of the Three Thousand Chaos Demon Gods. 204

Shen Ni subsequently awakened and used that resentment to revive the Ferocious Beast Clan. Countless ferocious beasts condensed from baleful qi and resentment, while Houtu—moved by the wronged souls left without a destination after death—began to seek a means of completing the world's order of life and death. 207

Geography

Location	Description
Kunlun Immortal Mountain	The ancestral vein of all mountains and the core of the Eastern Lands. 1
West Kunlun Sacred Realm	A premier Cave Heaven Blessed Land containing self-formed divine halls, spiritual veins, and abundant spiritual roots; it was the intended Dao field of the Primordial Yin Qi that became Yang Hui. 8 9
Western Lands	A barren region after Luo Hou destroyed its spiritual veins. 1
Eastern Lands	A spiritually rich region where all things flourish. 1
Mount Buzhou	Formed from Pangu's spine; serves as a pillar supporting heaven and earth. It is also the center of the Witch Race's territory and Pangu Hall. 26 28 131
East Sea	Location of Penglai, Yingzhou, and Fangzhang, three blessed islands formed from Chaos fragments. 28 69
East Sea Coast	The shore where Nuwa created the Human Race and where the Human Dao emerged. 116 117
Penglai Immortal Island	A hidden island rich in Xiantian and Chaos spiritual energy. 32
Three Immortal Islands	Penglai, Yingzhou, and Fangzhang after Tianlu merged them through the authority of Fangzhang's stone stele. 69
Chaos Immortal Island	Tianlu's East Sea sanctuary and the site of major gatherings among the world's leading powers. 114 197
North Underworld	A region ruled by Kunpeng, later strained by an influx of displaced races and the site of the Ferocious Beast Mountains. 137 204
Ferocious Beast Mountains	A desolate North Underworld forbidden land saturated with baleful qi, containing Beast Emperor Hall and the dormant resentment of the Three Thousand Chaos Demon Gods. 204 207
Nether Blood Sea	The sea reached by Houtu while searching for a means to resolve the plight of the world's wronged souls. 207
Five Villages Temple	Zhenyuanzi's residence, where Di Jun and Taiyi ambushed Patriarch Red Cloud for his Grandmist Purple Qi. 161
Shouyang Mountain	The mountain to which Taiqing Laozi departed after the Three Pure Ones separated. 207
Lunar Star	One of the supreme stars of the firmament and a necessary focal point of the Celestial Star Formation. It is the domain of the Lunar Sovereign. 111 142 165
Thirty-Three Heavens	Site of the Demon Race's Heavenly Court; after retreating from the Primordial lands, the Demon Race remained based in the starry sky. 90 111 207

World Order

Heavenly Dao

The Heavenly Dao is the world’s governing order. It administers tribulations, responds to major declarations, conceals opportunities, and seeks to preserve the world’s established development. 5 28 90

It can employ Purple Heaven Divine Lightning to punish anomalies or those who act against its will. However, it is unable to effectively punish Tianlu due to his protection as a Child of the Great Dao. 5 28 68

Since the Great Dao retreated into Chaos after the Dao-Devil War, the Heavenly Dao has obscured the Great Dao laws, making it extremely difficult for ordinary Primordial World beings to advance beyond the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal level by comprehending their origins. 71

The Heavenly Dao also oversees the cycle by which living beings absorb the world's spiritual energy during life and return their origins to heaven and earth after death. Fearing that unchecked cultivation and population growth will exhaust this finite foundation, it has sought to initiate tribulations to reclaim origin spiritual energy through mass death. 148 201 203

Its control has weakened substantially as Great Dao-recognized powers have emerged and escaped its intended arrangements. The Heavenly Dao nevertheless continues to seek a realm-wide tribulation, including through Hongjun's disturbance of the Ferocious Beast Mountains. 148 204

Great Dao

The Great Dao stands above the Primordial World and its Heavenly Dao. It recognizes Tianlu as a second-generation Child of the Great Dao and grants him protection that renders Primordial World karma ineffective against him. 19 68

The Great Dao also answers proclamations with merit, including Tianlu's opening of the Chaos Bead's myriad worlds. 117

It has directly recognized several sovereign powers and divine positions within the Primordial World, including Nuwa as representative of the Human Dao, Houtu as the Houtu Imperial Earth Deity, Yang Hui as the Nine-Spirit Grand Wonder Golden Mother Primordial Sovereign, and Changxi as the Lunar Sovereign. 116 134 142

Human Dao

The Human Dao emerged from the collective will of all spirits when Nuwa created the Human Race. Unlike the Heavenly Dao's impersonal rules, it embodies the will, lives, and shared fortune of the world's myriad living beings. 116

Nuwa serves as the Human Dao's representative and was crowned by all beings as their sovereign. The continued flourishing of the Human Dao strengthens the origin and overall foundation of the Primordial World. 116 148

Fortune and karma

Fortune is a fundamental force in the Primordial World. Those with abundant fortune encounter opportunities, avoid disaster, and progress more readily, while those deprived of it suffer continuous misfortune. 1

Spiritual treasures carry karmic consequences for ordinary beings. Tianlu is exempt from this karmic retribution because of the Great Dao's protection. 68

• Tianlu stripped the fortune of the world's Zenith Heaven Golden Immortals, preventing many from reaching Purple Heaven Palace. 36 37
• He interfered with the gathering fortune of the Witch and Demon Races, stopping it from condensing into Rivers of Destiny. 59
• The Heavenly Dao and Tianlu directly contested control over the luck generated by Hongjun's sermon. 43
• The Numinous Treasure Clan received Great Dao-bestowed fortune upon its establishment, affirming its status as a new force in the world. 187

Origin and resource cycle

The Primordial World was formed from Pangu's transformation and the flesh, blood, and origins of the Three Thousand Chaos Demon Gods. Its total origin and spiritual-energy reserves are therefore finite rather than endlessly self-generating. 203

Cultivators, spiritual roots, and the myriad races all draw upon this fixed foundation. Should consumption continue without sufficient return of origin to heaven and earth, the world may ultimately enter an End of Dharma Age in which spiritual energy and the laws themselves decline. 201 203

Cultivation System

Realm / Stage	Notes
Golden Immortal	A cultivation realm below Primordial Unity Golden Immortal. 1
Primordial Unity Golden Immortal	A high-level realm; Tianlu reached its peak after nearly one hundred thousand years. 2
Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal	Achieved by gathering the Three Flowers; the flowers' grade reflects potential and foundation. 4 85
Golden Immortal of the Origin	A higher realm associated with proving the Dao; ninth-grade Three Flowers offer hope of reaching it. 85
Primordial Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal	A supreme station attained by figures such as Nuwa and Houtu. 117 135
Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal / Daluo Realm	A realm of supreme existence attained by figures such as Chaos and Eastern Emperor Taiyi; its pressure and authority stand far above ordinary Quasi-Sages. 185 190
Quasi-Sage	A realm reached through severing corpses or comparable cultivation methods. 90 99
Saint	A status associated with Hongjun and later attained by Jie Yin and Zhun Ti through merit and vows. 43 146
Great Dao Saint / Divine Sovereign	A Great Dao-recognized status associated with divine positions such as Houtu's Imperial Earth Deity throne, existing beyond the Heavenly Dao's ordinary control. 134 142

Notable Phenomena

• Purple Heaven Divine Lightning — the Heavenly Dao's supreme punishment for intolerable anomalies and actions. 5
• Rivers of Destiny — manifestations formed when the fortune of a race gathers and condenses. 59
• Law of Merit — a source of advancement and authority; major oaths and achievements can draw merit from the Heavenly Dao or Great Dao. 90 117
• Grandmist Purple Qi — a coveted resource pursued by Quasi-Sage experts in both the Primordial World and the Chaos Bead's realms. 120 121
• Xiantian Spiritual Treasures and Roots — innate treasures and spiritual plants sought by cultivators, often tied to opportunity and karma. 1 68
• Celestial Star Formation — the Demon Race's supreme formation, which projects the origins of the Sun Star, Lunar Star, and countless other stars to suppress opponents. 165
• Twelve Capital Heavenly Gods Baleful Formation — the Witch Race's combined formation, which gathers baleful and turbid qi from the earth veins to summon Pangu's phantom. 166
• Transformation Pills — pills refined to allow Xiantian Spiritual Treasures to awaken their sentience and assume human forms, enabling the creation of the Numinous Treasure Clan. 160 187
• Resentment of the Three Thousand Chaos Demon Gods — a vast reservoir of baleful resentment beneath the Ferocious Beast Mountains that can revive and empower ferocious beasts. 204 207
• End of Dharma Age — the potential future decline of spiritual energy and laws caused by the exhaustion of the Primordial World's finite origin. 201 203

Related Realms

• Chaos — the primordial expanse from which the world was opened; it remains outside the Primordial World and contains powerful beings and treasures. 1 69
• Chaos Bead / Chaos Myriad Heavens — a separate realm established by Tianlu within the Chaos Bead and described as the Primordial World's second heaven and earth. It permits Primordial World beings to enter using a thread of divine consciousness, seek opportunities, settle grudges, sever karma, and obtain treasures that can be brought back to the Primordial World. 116 117 120
• Purple Heaven Palace — Hongjun's palace in the Outer Chaos, where he preaches to the innate divinities. 34 41