Source Realm

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Source Realm (源界) 626
Alias(es)	Source Realm Continent 599
Classification	True Realm 720
Status	Extant; facing a crisis after the Six Source Ancestral Land's connected upper realm became aware of its existence 1240
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

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 The Source Realm eventually joined the coalition that destroyed the Heavenly Palace faction, becoming the dominant power after its rival's fall. 1099 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

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

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
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

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

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