True God
Swallowed Star: Dongguan's AwakeningContents
- 1Biodata
- 2Power Progression
- 3Cultivation Paths
- 3.1Law Path
- 3.2Divine Power Path
- 3.3Bloodline Cultivation
- 4Abilities & Characteristics
- 4.1Words Become Law
- 4.2Miniature Universe
- 4.3True God Heart
- 4.4Movement Limitations
- 5Equipment & Combat Enhancement
- 6Place in the World
- 6.1Universe Ocean
- 6.2Jin World
- 6.3Origin Continent
- 7Notable Examples
Contents
- 1Biodata
- 2Power Progression
- 3Cultivation Paths
- 3.1Law Path
- 3.2Divine Power Path
- 3.3Bloodline Cultivation
- 4Abilities & Characteristics
- 4.1Words Become Law
- 4.2Miniature Universe
- 4.3True God Heart
- 4.4Movement Limitations
- 5Equipment & Combat Enhancement
- 6Place in the World
- 6.1Universe Ocean
- 6.2Jin World
- 6.3Origin Continent
- 7Notable Examples
Biodata
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Name | True God |
| Original Name | 真神 |
| Alias(es) | Universe Strongest One 410 |
| Classification | Cultivation realm 608 1025 |
| Preceding Realm | Universe Master, also called Lord of Laws 608 690 |
| Next Realm | Void True God 639 |
| Defining Features | A Miniature Universe, a True God Heart, and access to Words Become Law 498 588 1025 |
Power Progression
- Cultivation realm and combat power are not interchangeable: Universe Masters can fight at True God-level strength through exceptional techniques and treasures without becoming True Gods 654 715.
| Stage / Realm / Level | Chapter | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Elementary True God | 639 | Corresponds to Tier 7 combat power. |
| Intermediate True God | 639 | Corresponds to Tier 8 combat power. |
| True God limit | 639 | Corresponds to Tier 9 combat power. |
| Tier 10 combat power | 639 687 | Generally requires a limit-level True God to use a powerful treasure. Mechanical Flow Treasures provide another means of reaching this strength. |
| Quasi-Void True God | 639 | A description applied to Original Ancestor because he could create Tier 10 secret arts; only the breakthrough process separated him from Void True God. |
| Void True God | 498 639 | The next cultivation realm. Its signature ability, One Thought Void, is an enhanced counterpart to Words Become Law. |
Cultivation Paths
Law Path
- A recognized route from Lord of Laws to True God; the True God captain describes himself and ordinary True Gods like him as Law Path cultivators 608.
- Wu Qi Tower offers a Law Path inheritance alongside the Divine Power Path. Five of the fourteen soldiers choosing rewards select it 635.
- A cultivator’s chosen fusion law can affect compatibility with equipment. A True God whose cultivation path matches a treasure’s fusion law can unleash greater power from it 623.
Divine Power Path
- Develops the cultivator’s genetic foundation before the True God breakthrough, benefiting both the resulting True God and later cultivation 608.
- A gene multiplier of 30,000 produces a foundation far stronger than that of ordinary Law Path True Gods 608.
- A gene multiplier above 90,000 qualifies a cultivator for a title from the God King of Jin 608.
- Before the later stages of this path, improving divine power does not increase immediate strength as much as actually becoming a True God 608.
- Wu Qi Tower’s Divine Power Path tests include completing Life Structure Diagrams 635.
Bloodline Cultivation
- Bloodline cultivation also supports progression through the True God realm. Jiaomu Rong is described as being at its ninth layer 751.
- Even after reaching the tenth layer, a bloodline cultivator faces an enormous bottleneck before becoming a Void True God 751.
Abilities & Characteristics
Words Become Law
- Allows a True God to change laws through their own power once the Primal Universe’s restrictions are lifted 582.
- It is not simply commanding laws to obey: the distinction is described as “Speak, and the laws change” 582.
- The Primal Universe suppresses this ability when a True God fights a Universe Master 498.
- Without the Primal Universe’s suppression, Lords of Laws can hardly match True Gods under ordinary circumstances 602.
Miniature Universe
- After the True God breakthrough, the cultivator’s Miniature Universe leaves the Primal Universe and connects more directly with the Source World 745.
- Supplies a continuing source of divine power, though replenishment still takes time 588.
- Abundant reserves do not remove the limit on how much divine power can be used at any given instant 766.
- A Universe Strongest One’s death can be identified through the decay of their Miniature Universe 520.
- Losing a Miniature Universe can end further cultivation prospects, as shown by the Purple Moon True God 694.
- A True God’s own Miniature Universe can provide a refuge that attackers cannot necessarily overcome 654.
True God Heart
- A life core formed upon reaching True God; it persists through the True God, Void True God, and Eternal True God realms 1025.
- The True God Heart is the cultivator’s true vital point, not necessarily their anatomical heart. Dongguan tearing out Luo Feng’s physical heart does not strike this vital point 740.
- Repeated powerful attacks can shake the True God Heart and impair the target’s condition 610.
- Destroying its remaining vitality can kill even an Eternal True God 768.
- Upon advancement to Chaos Master, the True God Heart transforms into Chaos Space 1025.
Movement Limitations
- On the Origin Continent, the vast majority of True Gods cannot fly unaided and require transportation 748.
- For beings without an innate flight ability, flying without external objects or special secret arts is a hallmark of Void True God 745.
Equipment & Combat Enhancement
| Equipment | Effect or Limitation |
|---|---|
| Supreme True Treasures | Most Universe Strongest Ones outside the Holy Land Universes possess only one. Weapon types emphasize offense; palace types provide the strongest defense but lack flexibility 472. |
| Mechanical Flow Treasures | Can enable True Gods to reach Tier 10 combat power 639 687. |
| “Fiend” series | Eight suitable True Gods, each perfectly operating a different treasure in the series, can briefly contend with the weakest Void True God 623. |
| Pu Luo Heaven Realm | A combination treasure operated by over one hundred True Gods; a single strike can kill a Void True God 679. |
Place in the World
Universe Ocean
The title Universe Strongest One reflects the realm’s position among the Universe Ocean’s established powers. The Divine Eye Clan is initially considered its strongest current faction despite having only seven True Gods. By comparison, the ancient Second Star Demon Race possessed twenty-three 410.
Access to Jin World’s resources greatly expands the number of True Gods. The Lord of Darkness breaks through one million epochs after the stated starting point, followed by veterans such as the Lord of Ice Peak and Lord Huang Jian. Other races, smaller factions, and lone cultivators also produce new True Gods 706.
By the end of the reincarnation era, the number of True Gods reaches four digits, with humans making up the vast majority. Many breakthroughs follow cultivators tempering their wills to the required level 896.
Jin World
- True Gods serve as soldiers in both military operations and specialized squads 600 603.
- Regular-army True God missions occur once every ten epochs and require 10,000 military merits, ten times the requirement of Dongguan’s special-army Lord of Laws mission 602.
- In the Blood Domain Mountains mission, a True God corpse is worth 10,000 military merits 602.
- Promising regular-army True Gods can receive improved benefits, including special-army-style standard armor 603.
Origin Continent
- True Gods generally remain within their own tribes for safety; those who enter cities already count as “city folk” 790.
- They may serve under Void True Gods in hunting teams, where retrieving materials and other dangerous chores fall to them 749 750.
- Their opportunities can disappear when stronger realms enter an area. In the Black Region, True Gods largely withdraw after Void True Gods begin entering 793.
Notable Examples
| Cultivator | Significance |
|---|---|
| Original Ancestor | Humanity’s first True God. His ability to create Tier 10 secret arts places him at the Quasi-Void True God level 639 697. |
| Giant Axe Founder | Identified by the Star Divine Palace’s artifact spirit as a True God, establishing the equivalence with Universe Strongest One 410. |
| Sunfall True God | The Second Star Demon Race’s twenty-third and final True God; reaches the realm’s limit in a little over a trillion epochs 410. |
| Dongguan | Reaches True God with an 80,648-fold gene multiplier through an unusual, incomplete breakthrough while retaining a Universe Master body capable of further Divine Power Path cultivation. Initially misses Chaos Evolution 690 692. |
| Luo Feng | His True God breakthrough draws the Supreme Rule’s descent. He possesses a Perfect Divine Body 878 930. |