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Great Desolate Realm
Sealing the Divine Source for a Million Years, My Comprehension Doubles Daily
Biodata
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Great Desolate Realm (大荒界) 1 |
| Alias(es) | Great Wilderness 15 |
| Classification | A declined Great Thousand World with incomplete laws 108 |
| First Appearance | Chapter 1 1 |
Nature and Cosmology
- The realm contains countless starfields. Even Quasi-Emperor cultivators cannot reach its boundary within their lifespans 108.
- Its flawed rules and incomplete Great Dao leave it vulnerable to outsiders who steal fortune. The Lord of the Dark Land chose it for precisely that reason 106.
- It is one world among the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms. World barriers ordinarily prevent travel between worlds, though special races and methods can cross them 106 108.
- Its laws of heaven and earth condense into a Heavenly Heart Imprint; a Destiny Emperor can contact the world's core rules by fusing with that imprint 6.
History
The Great Desolate Realm has seen successive Destiny Emperors, flourishing and declining star domains, and repeated devastation from Dark Forbidden Zones. The Flame Phoenix Empress fought those zones by feigning death nine times, killing many of their inhabitants before perishing in her final battle. After her death, the restraints on heaven and earth loosened, and the realm's fortune surged. Rare physiques and prodigies emerged in numbers that marked a new golden age 1.
The appearance of White Jade Capital in the starry sky signaled the reopening of the Immortal Road and drew long-hidden factions and ancient prodigies back into the world 1. The Chen Family's return after a million years of seclusion then unsettled the realm's established powers 36. Its expansion and seizure of dynastic fortune led to the formation of the Divine Dynasty Alliance 110 112 143.
The Chen Family destroyed the alliance's ten-billion-strong army at the Purple Star Domain without lasting casualties. Factions across the realm subsequently sent gifts and pledged allegiance, and fear of provoking the family brought about a month of relative peace 168 169 170.
That peace ended when White Jade Capital scattered apparent Immortal Opportunities throughout the realm. Competition for the treasures caused battles and betrayals across its regions 170 171. The opportunities later turned deadly: newly ascended Great Emperors were consumed by the powers they had received, while other cultivators suffered similar afflictions. Chen Changqing saved six affected Destiny Emperors after binding them and their forces to the Chen Family 174 178 180.
Fortune and Heavenly Will
- Fortune: The Lord of the Dark Land stole fortune from the realm's divine dynasties and planned to replace its Heavenly Mandate with a Destiny Dao Seed. He intended to take the fortune released when the Immortal Road opened, leaving the realm depleted 106.
- Heavenly Dao: After Chen Changqing used the Ninefold Calamity Suppression Tower to impose tribulations, the realm's Heavenly Dao attempted to punish him. Its Heavenly Punishment Eye then withdrew and changed the threatening clouds into auspicious signs 114 115.
- Supreme will: When two wills from beyond the realm threatened Chen Changqing, the Great Desolate Realm's supreme will warned them, causing them to retreat 126.