Nine Provinces

Biodata

Background / History

Formation of the Nine Provinces

The Nine Provinces formed around Immortal Relic Province, a tract of immortal soil containing ancient opportunities that fell into the Lower Realm. The other eight provinces joined it through successive convergences in ancient times. Qian Province connected first, giving its cultivators an early advantage in resources and development 141 143.

Incorporation of the Void-Slaying Realm

At the end of the Ancient Immortal Secret Realm trial, powerful sword cultivators opened the Void-Slaying Realm to the greater world. The Nine Provinces began assimilating it and swallowed its Heavenly Dao, causing Li Yang’s trial-bestowed cultivation to fall 89.

The Dao Alliance arranged the realm’s merger and allowed the Heavenly Origin Dynasty to choose its destination. Its empress selected Qian Province and affiliation with the Xuanyuan Sword Sect. The sect’s sword cultivators subsequently transported the entire realm domain and its inhabitants 90 91.

Conflict with the Demon Savage Continent

The approaching Demon Savage Continent was expected to meet the Nine Provinces at Kun Province, placing the Ning Lineage directly in its path. The Dao Alliance used the Heaven and Earth Matchmaking gathering to bring powerful Qian Province prodigies into Kun Province before negotiations 100 115 117.

Yinglong’s delegation demanded a battle of Heavenly Prodigies to determine which side would yield a hundred thousand li of territory as a buffer zone. The Dao Alliance approved the stakes, and both sides swore great dao oaths. The contested land was especially valuable because the approaching convergence would generate extraordinary treasures 117 118 137.

The Nine Provinces suffered ninety-nine losses before Li Yang entered the contest. He reversed its course, secured victory, and later killed Yinglong. The Sword Chief allowed the Demon Immortal Supremes to leave and upheld the territorial agreement rather than proceeding with a declaration of war 121 134 138.

During the contest, more than twenty Human Immortal sword cultivators had invaded the Demon Savage Continent and exterminated the Yinglong Clan, leaving the delegation’s leader as its final survivor. This intervention demonstrated the Nine Provinces’ military superiority beyond the arena 137.

Joining and the Heavenly Dao Crisis

As the two domains approached, observers witnessed displaced celestial phenomena, intertwined laws, and Great Dao resonance. Their boundary became a site of destruction and new opportunities when the Joining began 148 155.

Devil Ancestor Mountain sought to devour the Heavenly Daos of both the Nine Provinces and the Demon Savage Continent. Chu Mu’s scheme ultimately targeted all Three Great Domains, including the newly formed domain of the Great World of Ten Thousand Immortals 231 249.

After consuming the Demon Savage Continent’s Heavenly Dao Will, Chu Mu trapped and began eroding the Nine Provinces Heavenly Dao Will. Daoist Xuanzhen rallied more than a million cultivators against him, while demon beasts joined their assault from the Bordering Lands. Their attacks barely disturbed the domain membrane and could not interrupt his absorption 270.

Li Yang sacrificed his life to kill Chu Mu before he could become sovereign of all three domains. The inhabitants escaped the Great World of Ten Thousand Immortals, which was sealed, while the Joining of the Nine Provinces and Demon Savage Continent reached completion 277.

Nine Heavens and Ten Lands

The final outcome was victory for the Nine Provinces Heavenly Dao, which entirely devoured the Demon Savage Continent’s Heavenly Dao Will. The domains’ barriers dissolved, their membranes became one, and the former continent became the tenth province 278.

Over the following decade, the Dao Alliance organized territorial surveys, earth-vein surveys, spirit-vein clearing, and the pacification of inhabitants. Xun Province’s Demon Court helped persuade the resisting demon beasts to accept the new order 278.

The Dao Alliance formally named the new territory Demon Savage Province and renamed the united realm Nine Heavens and Ten Lands. It also posthumously honored Li Yang as the Demon-Slaying Sword Lord, while the Sword Alliance began a sixty-year campaign against evil fiends and their supporters 278.

Geography

Documented Regions

Domain Structure and Travel

• Domain membrane: The outer boundary separates the realm from the surrounding cosmos. Even Human Immortal Supremes require secret arts to pass through it rather than leaving freely 152.
• Heavenly Dao Will: Manifests as nine-colored radiance. During Chu Mu’s attack, it retained enough strength to resist despite its weakened state and was stronger than the Demon Savage Continent’s will 270.
• Interprovincial transportation: Teleportation formations connect provinces and can accommodate flying-boat journeys 91 93 107.
• Convergence zones: When domains meet, their origins collide and their Heavenly Daos fight. The resulting collisions of laws produce natural treasures; chaotic world essence can even transform ordinary spirit herbs into immortal herbs 137 141.

Government and Organizations

Political Divisions

• Human–demon balance: Humans hold the dominant position. Before the Joining, Xun Province’s demons had reason to welcome another demon domain as a counterweight to human strength 116.
• Internal rivalry: Kun Province’s orthodox lineages compete with one another, but several set aside their disputes when Yinglong threatened the Ning Lineage 117.
• Leadership succession: Dao Alliance leadership is fiercely contested. Ning Qingfeng and the Palace Master of the Supreme Truth Jade Radiance Palace are among its candidates 26 117 281.
• Upper Realm influence: Devil Ancestor Rahu’s reputation limits how aggressively the Dao Alliance can pressure Devil Ancestor Mountain 238.
• Post-merger balance: Five hundred years later, eight provinces are described as human-held, while Xun Province and Demon Savage Province form the demon-held portion of the united realm 281.

Cultivation and Resources

Heavenly Prodigy Rankings

• Selection authority: The Heavenly Prodigy Ranking carries substantial weight. The territorial contest’s initial roster comprised thirty Nascent Soul Crown Champions and seventy Golden Core Crown Champions selected from the two provinces’ top hundred rankings 119.
• Orthodox-lineage resources: Supreme lineages provide exceptional body-tempering elixirs, protective equipment, and high-grade magic treasures to their Crown Champions 58.
• Dao Alliance treasury: Many Immortal Relic Province opportunities are managed by the alliance and distributed among Great Orthodox Lineages, with the alliance retaining the largest share 118.
• Military rewards: Each qualifying kill of an Ancestor-Blood Rank prodigy from the Demon Savage Continent entitled a Nine Provinces cultivator to select one supreme treasure from the treasury, without an upper limit 143.
• Ascension heritage: Numerous predecessors have reached the Ascension Realm, giving the Nine Provinces established connections and knowledge concerning the Upper Realm 137.