Source Realm
Game Invasion: I Have Ten Thousand Talents
Biodata
| Feature | Information |
|---|---|
| Name | Source Realm (源界) 626 |
| Alias(es) | Source Realm Continent 599 |
| Classification | True Realm 720 |
| Status | Extant; maintains a fragile truce and alliance with the Six Source Ancestral Land against the Nine Heavens World while facing renewed Dark Mist Realm incursions and infiltrations. 1286 1316 1325 |
| First Appearance | Chapter 599: Source Realm Continent |
Nature and Cosmology
The Source Realm outwardly resembles a single continent, but exists in a special space-time that links countless worlds and realms. Tianqi Continent, for example, is a foreign world under Starfall City's jurisdiction. 627
As a True Realm, it is described as a core of the Myriad Worlds: a realm that connects other worlds while transcending ordinary Great, Small, and Miso Realms. The known True Realms include the Source Realm, Dark Mist Realm, and Tidal Spirit Realm. 720
The Source Realm and Tidal Spirit Realm exist on the same level. They intersect but neither contains the other; the Tidal Spirit Sea separates worlds across vast distances. 781
Starfall Academy sources characterize the Source Realm as the largest True Realm in the known heavens, a status built through millions of years of expansion and realm wars. 723
The Source Realm's conventional terminology broadly classifies worlds by size and territory as Small Worlds, Great Worlds, and True Realms. By contrast, Outer Realm systems also judge worlds by their origin foundation, abundance of World Origin, and completeness of heaven and earth. 1216
Background and History
Ancient Martial Domain records describe the Far West Black Mist as a western region containing an isolated continent behind towering iron walls. The Blood Drop Face states that this account is incomplete: the Source Realm existed even before the Martial Domain's mutation, and its origin is tied to the recklessness of rulers from that era. 626
A historical account from the Heavenly Palace era places the Source Realm's rise roughly three hundred thousand years before that period. It reportedly appeared from the central Tidal Spirit Sea and established its first Immortal main city, Taiyi City. Within several tens of thousands of years, Taiyi's forces had grown strong enough to rival the Heavenly Palace. 1081
Taiyi City remained the Source Realm's only main city during an earlier period of conflict with the Heavenly Palace, when the Heavenly Palace restricted its resources and targeted it relentlessly. The Source Realm sought the Heavenly Palace Secret Realm's Great Dao inheritance as a means to reverse this disadvantage. 1082
Later records identify Venerable Taiyi as the Source Realm's founder and confirm that its other main cities were built after Taiyi City. 1095 Venerable Taiyi ultimately obtained a Dao-Proving Method from the Heavenly Palace Secret Realm, reached the Great Dao Realm, and gained renown for fighting three Great Dao Realm opponents alone. 1095
The Source Realm eventually joined the coalition that destroyed the Heavenly Palace faction, becoming the dominant power after its rival's fall. 1099 1169 However, the subsequent struggle for the Heavenly Palace's remaining Great Dao inheritances caused a suppressed period of civil unrest in which more than ten peak Emperor Realm cultivators died; some survivors attained the Great Dao Realm, while others were branded World Betrayers and exiled into the void. 1169
Territorial Organization
The Source Realm has Ten Great Main Cities, several of which are not controlled by humans. These cities govern themselves independently and frequently compete or go to war over resources. 627 691
- Taiyi City — The Source Realm's first main city and the center founded by Venerable Taiyi. 1095
- Starfall City — The largest and most renowned human main city. Its City Lord, Ten Starfall Envoys, and Emperor-level officials supervise the city's Emperor-level alliances. 691
- Dark Mist City — A main city closely tied to the Dark Mist Realm and a long-standing enemy of Starfall City. 756 1241
- Ascension Cities — Cities subordinate to major centers such as Starfall City. They receive lower-realm ascenders and enforce entry procedures. 691 1013
Ascension Cities were deliberately established along the Dark Mist Realm's borders to resist incursions, extract resources from connected Small Worlds, and receive displaced powerhouses who crossed through the black mist. 1296
Taiyi City later entered a period of turmoil after Great Emperor Zi Wei led a rebellion against Emperor Zhoutian. 1185
Emperor-level alliance factions operate within the main cities like guilds: they complete city-issued tasks in exchange for cultivation resources and advancement opportunities. 627
Access and Ascension
Entry into the Source Realm requires a quota. Such quotas can be acquired by capturing Descenders or through the World Origin associated with them. 626
Newborns can enter by carrying a blessing from their native world's Heavenly Dao. During realm wars, the Source Realm may extract a conquered world's Heavenly Dao power and turn it into entry tickets; stronger worlds command higher prices for these tickets. 783
Ascension Iron City provides another formal route of entry:
- Trials occur once every ten years and have a high mortality rate. 661
- Survivors lose their memories of the trial. 662
- Passing grants recognition as a human elite and teleportation access to the Source Realm Continent's main cities. 661
- Void Crystal Coins can purchase city-entry slots, while those favored by World Will may enter unconditionally. 662
- Teleportation through Ascension Iron City's array costs ten thousand Void Crystal Coins, though sufficient Realm War contributions can provide an alternative means of passage. 673
Economy and Cultivation
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Void Crystal Coins | The Source Realm's trade currency. Each coin seals Profound Yellow Qi, giving the currency intrinsic value. 607 |
| Material prices | An ordinary Gold-grade material commonly costs one Void Crystal Coin, while a Red-grade material costs roughly ten. 627 |
| Academy credits | Starfall Academy credits can be exchanged at a rate of roughly one credit per ten Void Crystal Coins; an Immortal Pill priced at three thousand credits is therefore worth about thirty thousand Void Crystal Coins. 733 |
| Emperor Realm | The Source Realm's Class Six Star rank; “Rank Six” is the common Newborn term, while non-Newborn cultivators generally use “Emperor Realm.” 627 690 |
| World Gestation Realm | A stage at the threshold of half-step Emperor Realm, marked by an undeveloped or void Small World. 627 |
| Initial World Realm | The early Emperor Realm stage, in which a Small World possesses terrain, celestial cycles, life, and a stabilizing life cycle. 627 |
| World Transformation Realm | A subsequent Emperor Realm stage following the Initial World Realm. 627 |
| World Law | The Source Realm's foremost Emperor Realm method. Its established framework uses the Thirteen Secrets to construct and develop an Inner World. 868 880 |
The Seven-Star profession system encompasses numerous supernatural paths, including Witches, Martial Artists, Curse Mark Masters, Rune Swordsmen, and Divine Clan inheritances. Many paths peak at Five Stars and must incorporate World Law or the Immortal Physique Method to reach the Emperor Realm. 690
Realm Wars and External Relations
Heavenly Palace
The Source Realm and the Heavenly Palace were historical mortal enemies. During the Heavenly Palace era, their forces clashed within the Heavenly Palace Secret Realm, where both sides sought inheritances capable of leading to the Great Dao Realm. 1081 1082
The Source Realm ultimately participated in the coalition that destroyed the Heavenly Palace. Its surviving secret realm remains a major source of ancient inheritances, Emperor-level resources, and conflict among the Source Realm's factions. 1099 1169
The Heavenly Palace Secret Realm is known to contain eighteen complete Great Dao Realm inheritances, many of which remained unclaimed even after the Heavenly Palace's destruction. 1169
Dark Mist City
Dark Mist City is regarded by other main cities as a dangerous internal threat due to its ties with the Dark Mist Realm and its cultivation of Emperor Evil Methods and forbidden arts. Starfall City has fought it for generations over resources and enmity between the two cities is described as irreconcilable. 1095 1241
Venerable Xuantian later proposed destroying Dark Mist City before it could rebel during the wider crisis. 1240
The Heaven Python Evil Emperor's attempt to seize Source Qi from a Small World was ultimately traced to Dark Mist City rather than its claimed patron, Cangxue Mang Mountain, further confirming the city's ongoing covert operations. 1306
Six Source Ancestral Land
The Six Source Ancestral Land is an independent world connected to the Heavenly Palace Secret Realm and sealed by six distinct powers. It became a focal point after its native forces discovered the Source Realm and could potentially relay that information to an upper realm. 1198 1240
In response, nine main cities formed the Source Realm Allied Forces. Dark Mist City was excluded, while each remaining city was required to send at least one peak Emperor Realm representative to investigate the ancestral land and defend the Six-Colored Barrier. 1242
The crisis escalated when it was revealed that the Six Source Ancestral Land is connected to the Nine Heavens World, an upper realm whose supreme beings arranged both the ancestral land and the Heavenly Palace Secret Realm. 1272
When the Nine Heavens World forcibly reopened the interworld passage through the six pillars of the Control of Six Qi Dao foundation, more than twenty Source Realm peak Emperor Realm experts proved unable to close it by force. Great Emperor Zi Wei therefore chose to assess the arrivals rather than provoke a Great Dao Realm existence irreconcilably. 1271
After the immediate Nine Heavens World threat was repelled, the Source Realm and the Six Source Ancestral Land concluded a truce. The Ancestral Land agreed to share its Qi Cultivation Method inheritances, while the Source Realm was required to return the territories it had occupied. 1286
Dark Mist Realm
The Dark Mist Realm's Evil Venerables formed the Ten Thousand Evils Alliance in response to the Source Realm's revival and its acquisition of Six Source Ancestral Land inheritances. Their stated objective is to destroy the Ancestral Land, force a route into the Nine Heavens World, and prevent the Source Realm from producing more powerful cultivators. 1316
The alliance organized multiple elite armies for a multi-directional invasion of the Source Realm. Forewarned of the assault, six Source Realm peak Emperor Realm experts ambushed and annihilated five elite evil armies, prompting four Evil Venerables to abandon their advance through the spatial passage. 1319
The threat remains active: seven Evil Venerables have since been reported near Taiyi City while invading the territories of multiple Small Worlds. 1325