From a higher-dimensional perspective, the Main Continent, Yadra Continent, was divided into five great realms: east, south, west, north, and central. Beneath each realm lay countless regions.
The various nations, secret realms, and special domains were scattered across numerous areas.
Blackwater City was located in the Barren Realm of the far north. Aside from tireless temple personnel, anyone with even a little strength was unwilling to come here.
Origin Power was weak, resources were scarce, and it was difficult to receive the World Will's favor.
Any stronger existence who came here would likely struggle even to maintain their usual cultivation, let alone advance further.
Of course, the influence between people and their environment was mutual. The resources were already barren, and no one was willing to develop or nurture the place, so it could only become even more desolate.
Professionals absorbed the Origin Power hidden within Heaven and Earth, and after death, their bodies returned to Heaven and Earth. To some extent, this was also a form of nurturing and transformation.
However, due to the clustering effect of populations, many talented people who left impoverished lands took great amounts of favor and Origin Power with them, eventually taking root and flourishing in prosperous places.
This made already barren places even worse.
While the total amount remained unchanged on the scale of the entire world, the differences in specific locations became immense.
Places like the Barren Realm could never catch up to the central regions unless some supreme powerhouse personally acted and spent their own Origin Power to nurture them.
Usually, only people like Ancestor Stan, who truly had no other options, would choose to develop such barren lands while hoping that one day they could head to the core regions.
Quite a few temples offered corresponding support to those who