Guixu

Biodata

Name	Guixu (归墟)
Alias(es)	Guixu Inner Realm; Guixu Minor World 1 26
Location	Within the Ruins Sea Eye of the Northern Sea; its inner realm is housed within Lu Chen's Black Tortoise shell 1 4
Affiliation	Independent; a neutral refuge governed under Guixu's laws 31 37
Occupation/Role	Sanctuary for beings fleeing calamity; protected settlement and developing minor world 17 26
Status	Active; continues admitting screened refugees during the Dragon-Han Cataclysm 49
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Guixu Inner Realm, newly formed	1	The Guixu Womb Membrane creates a secluded space inside Lu Chen's shell; spiritual energy, a spiritual vein, and spiritual grass begin developing over time. 1
Stabilized inner realm	4	After ten thousand years of seclusion, the membrane stabilizes. Guixu contains 36,721 beings from thirty-six clans and has developed into a city-centered refuge. 4
Guixu Minor World prototype	26	Refining the Black Tortoise Sea-Calming Pearl expands the realm to roughly one million miles, creates the Northern Darkness Sea, strengthens its spirit veins, and reinforces Dragon-Suppressing Pass. 26
Permanent entrance system established	47	The Three Lives Gate becomes Guixu's formal entrance, screening all entrants through karma, heart-nature, and killing-tribulation examinations. 47

History

Founding

Lu Chen formed Guixu after choosing to hide in the Ruins Sea Eye rather than join the Dragon Clan or establish a Black Tortoise faction. The Guixu Womb Membrane created an inner realm within his shell, intended as a concealed refuge from future calamities and the fate awaiting the Northern Sea Black Tortoise. 1

Its first residents were members of the Sea Spirit Clan, whom Lu Chen sheltered for one hundred years while they fled Dragon Clan persecution. Rather than leaving when the term ended, the refugees built homes, spirit fields, training grounds, records offices, and the Northern Darkness Dao Palace. 1 3

From Refuge to City

During Lu Chen's ten-thousand-year seclusion, Guixu grew into a multi-clan settlement centered on Guixu Divine City. Though Lu Chen ordered the removal of “Divine” from the city’s name and repeatedly rejected imperial status, its residents came to regard him as the Mysterious Abyss Emperor. 4

The Book of Cause and Effect gave Guixu a system for examining newcomers, identifying dangerous karma, and assigning residence according to risk. Under Lan Shuang's administration, this became the Bureau of Cause and Effect and the Register of Ten Thousand Tribes. 4 5

Emergence as a Defensive Power

Guixu’s concealment failed to prevent Dragon Clan attention. Its Black Tortoise Sea-Calming Formation suppressed intruders, including Ao Lie and his three hundred Dragon Clan elites; Ao Lie was instead sentenced to guard Guixu’s outskirts for one thousand years. 9

Dragon-Suppressing Pass was subsequently built as a defensive border linked to Guixu’s formation and Womb Membrane. During the Blackwater Dragon King’s invasion, the Guixu Dharma Body—formed from the membrane, formation, and Lu Chen’s divine sense—repelled a Daluo Golden Immortal without exposing Lu Chen’s true body. 10 12 15

Recognized Sanctuary

Guixu’s authority grew after it accepted branches connected to all three great clans under the same laws. The Ancestral Dragon left a Reverse Scale to guide endangered Dragon Clan bloodlines there; Yuanfeng allowed the Frost Phoenix Lineage to remain; and Primordial Qilin entrusted the Water Qilin branch with an Earth-Vein Seal. 32 35 37

These tokens strengthened the realm while establishing Guixu as a potential retreat for survivors of the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans—not a military extension of any of them. 32 37

Great Tribulation Refuge

As the Dragon-Han Cataclysm escalated, Guixu developed rescue preparations, medical training, and temporary truces for wounded enemies. Its three-day rescue rule suspended old grudges so that treatment could take priority over vengeance. 45

The completed Three Lives Gate formalized Guixu’s status as a sanctuary. It admits those seeking survival while rejecting spies, demonic cultivators, and contenders for supremacy; later, it also purified vengeful battlefield souls into Realm-Guarding Yin Soldiers. 47 49

Layout and Geography

Guixu appears externally as a pitch-black, lifeless undersea forbidden zone around the Ruins Sea Eye. Its true interior is a concealed and increasingly developed world within Lu Chen’s shell. 4

• Guixu City / Outer City — The main settlement area for resident clans, administrative bureaus, spirit fields, academies, workshops, and storehouses. 4 26
• Northern Darkness Dao Palace — Administrative center associated with Lan Shuang and the Book of Cause and Effect. 4 5
• Northern Darkness Sea — Vast inland sea created when the Black Tortoise Sea-Calming Pearl merged with the Guixu Womb Membrane. 26
• Mysterious Peak Mountain — Guixu’s first true mountain range, formed from the Earth-Vein Seal; especially suitable for Water Qilin, Black-Shelled Turtles, and terrestrial races. 37
• Dragon-Suppressing Pass — Outer defensive pass with separate outer and inner gates; Ao Lie guards the outer gate, while Ancestor Xuan Jia and the Black-Shelled Turtle Tribe protect the inner gate. 19
• Three Lives Gate — The permanent entrance behind Dragon-Suppressing Pass, linking the pass to Guixu’s Outer City. 47

Governance and Principles

Guixu is nominally ruled by the unseen Mysterious Abyss Emperor, but its daily administration is handled by Lan Shuang and its bureaus. Its order is based on conduct, karma, contribution, and survival rather than race or bloodline. 4 26 31

• Bureau of Cause and Effect — Registers newcomers, examines karma, exposes spies and wrongdoing, and manages the Book of Cause and Effect. 4 6
• Realm Guard — Defensive force sworn to protect Guixu without conquering, waging unjust wars, or pursuing external enemies. 17
• Guixu Academy — Teaches cultivation, rules, disaster avoidance, formations, evacuation, healing, and the Guixu Stillness Art. 7 28
• Guixu Treasury — Manages resources distributed according to merit, population, cultivation, duties, and contribution rather than raw clan strength. 26
• Calamity-Resolution Hall — Records old grudges for later judgment, preventing rescue zones from becoming new battlefields. 45
• Dead-Soul Register — Records purified vengeful souls that choose to serve as Realm-Guarding Yin Soldiers. 49

Defenses and Special Functions

Guixu Womb Membrane

The Womb Membrane conceals Guixu within Lu Chen’s shell and develops the inner realm into a minor world. It can stabilize the realm’s foundations and spatially transfer areas of Guixu to evade attacks. 1 14 26

• Conceals Guixu’s true location and heavenly secrets when reinforced with the Heaven-Deceiving Tortoise Shell. 27 28
• Expands alongside Guixu’s water veins, spiritual veins, and resident development. 7 26
• Forms the basis of the Guixu Dharma Body. 12

Black Tortoise Sea-Calming Formation

A formation drawing on the Ruins Sea Eye and Guixu’s defensive structures. It is the realm’s primary means of suppressing invaders without requiring Lu Chen to reveal his true body. 3 9

• Forced Han Jue, a Mid-Stage Golden Immortal, to kneel and established Guixu’s prohibition against violent intimidation. 6
• Crushed Ao Lie’s invasion force and compelled him to serve as a gate guard. 9
• Repelled the Blackwater Dragon King’s army when combined with the Guixu Dharma Body and the defenders’ collective power. 14 15
• Expanded to cover thirty thousand miles of the Outer Sea during Guixu’s defensive preparations. 28

Guixu Dharma Body

A Black Tortoise projection condensed from Lu Chen’s divine sense, the Guixu Womb Membrane, and the Sea-Calming Formation. It allows Guixu to confront powerful enemies while keeping Lu Chen’s true body hidden. 12

• Bound and destroyed the Blackwater Dragon King’s nine black dragon phantoms with Guixu heavy-water chains. 14
• Suppressed the Blackwater Dragon King through repeated stomps backed by the weight of the Ruins Sea Eye. 14 15
• Projected Lu Chen’s sleeping true-body image into Ao Cang’s dream, forcing the Great Principle Late Stage elder to withdraw. 29

Three Lives Gate

The Three Lives Gate protects Guixu from dangerous entrants and enforces its foundational laws. 47

• Causality Illumination — Examines an entrant’s karma. 47
• Heart-Nature Examination — Reflects true thoughts, motives, and concealed corruption. 47
• Killing-Tribulation Severance — Detects killing tribulation and rejects those seeking supremacy or carrying dangerous intent. 47
• Purifies battlefield resentment and converts willing vengeful souls into Realm-Guarding Yin Soldiers. 49

Residents and Allies

• Lu Chen / Mysterious Abyss Emperor — Guixu’s concealed founder and recognized sovereign; his shell houses the realm, while his Dharma Body acts publicly. 1 12
• Lan Shuang — Chief administrator and custodian of the Book of Cause and Effect; oversees admissions, bureaus, major policies, and crisis response. 4 49
• Sea Spirit Clan — Guixu’s first resident clan; their refuge developed into the realm’s original organized settlement. 1 3
• Ao Lie — Former Dragon Clan prince who guards the outer gate of Dragon-Suppressing Pass and upholds Guixu’s rules over Dragon Clan interests. 19 24
• Ancestor Xuan Jia and the Black-Shelled Turtle Tribe — Inner-gate defenders who stabilize ley lines, the Womb Membrane, and Guixu’s defensive formations. 19
• Feng Li and the Frost Phoenix Lineage — Refugees accepted after karmic examination; their Frostflame improves Guixu’s elemental balance and supports its defenses. 25 35
• Lin Yue and the Water Qilin Branch — Refugees and ley-line specialists whose Earth-Vein Seal created Mysterious Peak Mountain. 36 37
• Sea Devourer Beast Spirit — Former Beast Tribulation remnant bound by the Book of Cause and Effect; guards the Northern Darkness Sea and devours demonic contamination. 25 43

Notable Decrees

“Do not cause trouble.” 6

“If you want to fight, go to the martial arena. If you want to kill, get out.” 6

“Examine karma, not status.” 47

“Examine heart-nature, not bloodline.” 47

“Sever killing tribulation, admit no contenders for supremacy.” 47

“To enter Guixu, first learn how to survive.” 47