Myriad Races

Biodata

Definition and Scope

• Not a single species: The Myriad Races possess distinct bloodlines, inheritances, racial talents, and forms 291 486.
• Humans are excluded from their disciple-training realm: The Myriad Races Secret Realm explicitly does not count the Human Race among its participating races 191.
• The terminology varies by context: One explanation distinguishes the Myriad Races from the Demon Race and non-transforming Immortal Beasts, while later Demon Race representatives explicitly identify themselves as members of the Myriad Races 291 1349.
• Membership does not guarantee solidarity: Races frequently prioritize their own survival, withhold reinforcements, or hope rival factions and humans will weaken one another 896 1643.

Organization

Alliances and Leadership

The Myriad Races generally act through their own patriarchs, elders, sect leaders, and military commanders. Large coalitions form when individual factions cannot withstand the Human Race alone, but disagreements over strategy and self-preservation repeatedly undermine cooperation 467 478 1643.

The ancient alliance described in one account is not the only coalition bearing the name: the Dragon Pass world’s races also organize a Ten Thousand Races Alliance during their struggle against the advancing human army 486 592.

Notable Races and Factions

Historical Background

The ancient Ten Thousand Races Alliance originates in an era when heaven and earth have not yet separated. Races join forces to survive threats from chaos, establish a covenant, and gradually blend aspects of their cultures. Its history also includes the extermination of the Human Race 486.

Other accounts describe humanity as a former dominant power rather than an inherently weak species. Following the catastrophe connected to a forbidden great tomb, the Myriad Races blame humanity for endangering the heavens. Their fifth alliance leader orders a massacre; subsequent campaigns destroy human settlements, books, inheritances, and civilian populations 1537 1539.

On the Invincible Plain, the loss of humanity’s three great pillars leaves its tribes divided. The Myriad Races exploit this weakness, capturing ancient cities and killing hundreds of millions. Surviving human experts open a passage to Samsara for younger bloodlines while remaining behind to cover their escape 1610.

By the time humans return, some younger Myriad Races cultivators no longer recognize them. Older traditions nevertheless preserve warnings against provoking humanity, rooted in an earlier age when powerful races themselves served as human food 1644 1645.

Major Conflicts

Military Strength and Resources

Racial Talents and Cultivation

The Myriad Races draw strength from different bloodlines and inheritances rather than one shared cultivation technique 291.

• Elemental attacks: Black flood dragons wield fire, lightning, and storms 518.
• Specialized physiques: The Golden Giant Elephant Race is renowned for its ancient physical strength and bloodline reserves; the Metal and Stone Race possesses powerful bodies and abundant magical power 1287 1439.
• Innate living beings: Elders of several Black Hole Universe races are described as primordial beings accompanied by Heavenly Dao power from birth 1268.
• High-level reserves: Later coalitions include Zero Realm rulers, Finality Realm ancestors, and true Invincible Realm experts 1503 1541 1629.

Coalition Warfare

• Mass mobilization: The Divine Realm coalition requires participating races and factions to provide ten million troops, ten God Kings, and two God Venerables each 467.
• Large allied armies: A northeastern coalition fields 1.5 billion troops outside the Sea of Death 482.
• Combined racial advantages: Allied forces coordinate distinct divine abilities and secret arts rather than relying exclusively on numbers 484.
• Scouting and traps: Dragon Pass defenders divide responsibilities among reconnaissance, traps, and direct confrontation 592.
• Command vulnerability: Dadida’s defeat produces immediate disorder; the death of the nine-headed lion commander instead leads many troops to surrender 330 467.

Training Grounds and Artifacts

• Myriad Races Secret Realm: Jointly established small world containing eighteen cities and numerous opportunities. Once closed, it resists interference even from Great Luo Golden Immortals; reopening it requires an Immortal Venerable’s intervention 189.
• Ancient Ancestor Artifacts: Carried by the Half-Step Ancient Ancestors gathering against Ye Changge and Black Slave 139.
• Reincarnation Disc: Blocks human cannon fire and channels the Reincarnation Hall master’s reincarnation power 482 483.
• Invincible Emperor Weapons: Deployed by the reinforcements defending Desolate City. Ye Changge ultimately shatters the Flower Clan patriarch’s weapon 1629 1630.
• Hidden refuges: Survivors use underground shelters, complex formations, and ancient inheritance grounds to evade human pursuit 1100.

Desperate Resistance

• Defenders burn bloodlines, lifespans, Dao foundations, or Origin to increase their fighting strength 667 1503 1630.
• Some employ self-detonation to inflict losses even when unable to halt humanity’s advance 518 1503.
• These measures are not always available: Ye Changge’s lightning talisman suppresses bloodlines and prevents attempted self-destruction 1574.

Relations with the Human Race

• Historical domination and persecution — Myriad Races campaigns seize human lands, enslave populations, consume humans as food, and destroy cultural inheritances 1480 1500 1539.
• Ye Changge’s retaliation — He pursues not merely military victory but the destruction of hostile races’ bloodlines, writing, books, and cultures. Captives may be transformed into mindless livestock rather than accepted as subjects 790 1109 1506.
• Uneven responses to coexistence — Some races attempt diplomacy or withdrawal, while others secretly gather strength for another attack. The Peace Envoy’s appeal divides Myriad Races soldiers rather than producing a common position 478 572.
• Fear and inherited contempt — Repeated defeats coexist with beliefs that humans are naturally inferior. Isolated lineages and younger generations sometimes remain unaware of humanity’s resurgence or former power 1372 1436 1644.
• Internal disagreement over surrender — The Five-Colored Divine Ox grand elder kills his own patriarch, condemns his compromises, and calls for a fight to the death 1109.
• Human collaborators — At least one human expert takes refuge with the Myriad Races; Ye Changge condemns him as having willingly become their subordinate 1517.