Diagram of Mountains, Rivers, and the State

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Diagram of Mountains, Rivers, and the State
Original	山河社稷图
Affiliation	Zhang Jian — self-created and life-bound Dao art 199 384
Occupation/Role	Natal Dao art / Primordial Spirit immortal art; a statehood- and earth-aspected world-domain technique 384 405
Status	Active; later evolved beyond what the original name could fully describe 844
First Appearance	Chapter 199 199

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Statehood Dao Diagram conception	199	Zhang Jian begins deriving the technique from the principles of statehood, intending to create a private void realm capable of overturning heaven and earth. 199
Initial completed diagram	200	The diagram takes shape as an exceptionally complex world-map-derived Dao art containing mountains, rivers, sun, moon, and stars. 200
Nine-colored State Dao Diagram	248	It manifests a vast nine-colored diagram carrying the Dao rhythm of statehood, though it initially lacks a complete self-contained domain and full illusion–reality transformations. 248
Five true intents	275	Its foundation incorporates the true intents of statehood, stars, yin and yang, five elements, and illusion and reality. 275
Third-rank immortal art	459	After absorbing the Dimension Heart, it develops a self-formed dimensional void and greatly strengthens its command of space-time laws. 459
Fifth-tier immortal art	516	Having reached the fifth tier, it becomes the central trunk of Zhang Jian’s natal immortal-art system; earth and life-and-death arts are identified as its two principal supporting branches. 516
First-tier eternal Dao technique	626	It silently draws Qingyang Daojun and an entire demon force into its scroll, obscuring the Daojun’s eternal will before he realizes he has been trapped. 626
Diagram of the Ten Lands	664	Its manifested terrain expands to include Bell Sea Continent, the Origin Candle Realm, the Zi Yuan Realm, and parts of other lands while Zhang Jian refines the Root of Earth’s Immovability. 664
Third Transformation realm	807	Its internal roots of the three thousand Great Daos achieve preliminary perfection, allowing it to deceive even powerful Primordial Spirit wills without leaving a detectable flaw. 807
Foundation-completed evolved form	844	The Earth Sovereign Seal and portions of the Wild Wasteland Land True-Form Map merge into it, granting it earth authority spanning the myriad heavens and worlds. 844

Background / History

Zhang Jian conceived the Diagram of Mountains, Rivers, and the State after accelerating his study of Dao techniques following the battle at the Three-Eyed Baleful-Suppressing Well. He based it on the principle of statehood, the shared foundation of the Paulownia Mountain Pure Record and the King Cauldron Demon-Suppressing Record. His intended model was a mythical supreme treasure that could create its own void realm and bury powerful opponents without trace. 199

Its earliest structure was informed by the Ancient Map of Mountains and Rivers. Zhang Jian could perceive divine mountains and rivers within that map at a glance, grasping both their forms and spirits; this allowed his own diagram’s terrain to become more than an empty image. 145 200

The art was originally created with the Sheji King Cauldron as a foundation, making the two exceptionally compatible. As Zhang Jian’s cultivation, statehood authority, and understanding of earth, stars, life and death, creation, destruction, and space-time expanded, the Diagram became the core of his divine Emperor and Earth Sovereign paths. 384 496

Appearance

The Diagram commonly manifests as a nine-colored divine scroll or Dao diagram. It can display a complete world of mountains, rivers, peaks, clouds, living beings, the sun, moon, stars, yin and yang, and cosmic space. 248 496

• Nine-colored divine radiance surrounds its manifested form. 248 405
• Its terrain possesses both form and spirit rather than being a flat illusion. 200
• Later manifestations include entire continents, heavenly realms, and cosmic dimensions. 664 740
• Its central governing concept is: “Think of mountains, and mountains appeared. Think of water, and water appeared.” 405

Abilities & Skills

World Manifestation and Illusion–Reality Control

The Diagram can create landscapes, living scenes, and environmental phenomena that are extremely difficult to distinguish from reality.

• It recreated the Seven-Tailed Heavenly Fox’s Wasteland Fox Mound, including fox clansmen and scenes from her memory, to trap and provoke her. 205
• The Seven-Tailed Heavenly Fox’s Heavenly Fox Vision-Breaking could not produce even a ripple in the Diagram. 205
• Its illusion-and-reality principle is proactive rather than concealment-based: it manifests what Zhang Jian wills into being. 807
• At an earlier Dao Integration-level stage, it could not fully conceal itself from a True Immortal’s spiritual perception, even though it could still trap such a target. 405

Spatial Domain and Containment

The Diagram forms an independent dimensional world capable of isolating targets from the outside world.

• After absorbing the Dimension Heart, it developed a self-formed dimensional void and became highly proficient with space-time laws. 459
• It suppressed the temporal-spatial force of a second-rank immortal residence beneath Yin Pool Mountain. 448
• Zhang Jian used it to hide Zhang Zhao’s entire bridal procession and its ten-mile dowry within a separate space. 452
• By severing a reforming Celestial Immortal soul’s resonance with the Great Dao laws outside, it suppressed the soul and converted it into a foundation stone within the Diagram. 454

Earth, Statehood, and Territorial Authority

The Diagram is closely tied to earth origin, national fortune, and Zhang Jian’s State-Society Emperor and Earth Sovereign authority.

• Blessed-land origins planted throughout Great Xia act as anchors through which it can contain and control the land. 397
• Within territory prepared through these anchors, even ancient immortals and emperors of similar realm may be restrained upon entering. 397
• Zhang Jian used earth authority through the Diagram to seize control of a star’s earth origin and pursue the Taiyin Golden Centipedes through its core. 405
• Its coverage was once limited to the Eastern Hanging Divine Continent; other continents and oceanic regions remained outside its direct perception. 489
• Its later Ten Lands manifestation supports Zhang Jian’s refinement of the Root of Earth’s Immovability. 664

Suppression and Refinement

The Diagram can suppress opponents through manifested cosmic laws and refine demonic or destructive power.

• The State-Society Emperor’s imperial qi can merge into the Diagram to freeze and suppress powerful demon entities within it. 405
• Its cycles of creation and destruction can grind down demonic baleful aura and return it to heaven-and-earth spiritual essence. 493
• In conjunction with the Sheji King Cauldron, it can evolve a cauldron-world that reverses clear and turbid heaven and earth, refining a Devil Lord’s Primordial Spirit through creation and destruction. 496
• It could not immediately swallow the entire Ancient Demon Spring; Zhang Jian noted that doing so would require either much greater territorial support or further advancement. 493

Concealment and Fate Obfuscation

Though its core principle is manifestation, the Diagram’s complete internal law network can also conceal its presence and obscure targets from divination.

• It can operate soundlessly and tracelessly while merging with surrounding phenomena. 405
• It hid Zhang Jian’s fate from Yuanhuang’s Phoenix Jade Mirror and Divine Emperor Minghuang’s derivation methods through the Primordial Unity River-Luo Diagram. 743
• When spread over Voidsource Mountain, it deceived the Primordial Spirit wills monitoring Huangyi Daoist; even stronger experts might not have discerned its reality. 807

Components and Catalysts

• Ancient Map of Mountains and Rivers — supplied the forms and spirits of divine mountains and rivers used in the Diagram’s early structure. 145 200
• Four Symbols stellar true intent — strengthened and made the Diagram’s sun, moon, and stars more realistic. 251
• Celestial Star Soul — was integrated into the Diagram’s stellar runes and composite spell model. 293
• Blessed-land origins — function as territorial anchors for the Diagram’s control of Great Xia. 397
• Dimension Heart — elevated the Diagram to the third rank and strengthened its spatial framework. 459
• Sheji King Cauldron — the Diagram’s foundational counterpart; provides vastly amplified demon-refining power when used together. 496
• Wilderness Earth Veins Diagram — greatly altered and strengthened the Diagram’s mountains, rivers, and earth-vein divine intent. 631
• Earth Sovereign Seal and Wild Wasteland Land True-Form Map — completed and transformed its earth-aspected foundation. 844

Notable Uses

Chapter	Event
205	Traps the Seven-Tailed Heavenly Fox in a near-indistinguishable recreation of Wasteland Fox Mound. 205
405	Kills demonic experts, silently captures Taiyin Golden Centipedes, and suppresses their Dao Integration-level queen within a star-core nest. 405
448	Captures the Lunar Demon Palace’s cultivators at Yin Pool Mountain without alerting them. 448
496	Joins with the Sheji King Cauldron to suppress and begin refining the Devil Lord’s Primordial Spirit. 496
626	Draws Qingyang Daojun and a demon army into the Diagram before they recognize the trap. 626
732	Envelops a nearly collapsed destruction giant god and uses origin Dao arts to tear apart and refine its remaining will. 732
759	Traps the invading gods of the Everlasting Celebration Immortal Dao Alliance within the Immortal Court Heavenly Realm. 759
807	Covers Voidsource Mountain and deceives its hidden observers so Zhang Jian can reach Huangyi Daoist. 807

Notable Quotes

“Think of mountains, and mountains appeared. Think of water, and water appeared.” 405

“The Diagram of Mountains, Rivers, and the State contains the mysteries of the earth, mountains, rivers, the cosmos, and yin and yang. Its true strength lies in its subtle concealment!” 496