Ziwei Holy Land

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Organization and Hierarchy

Leadership and Notable Members

• Li Changsheng — Current progenitor, also addressed as patriarch or Old Ancestor. A Quasi-Emperor who personally recruited Ji Zining and ordered an exceptional recruitment ceremony 2 5 32.
• Hua Qianyan — Holy Lord and public leader. A Peak Saint King Realm expert who oversees sect affairs and defends the Divine Son’s authority 15 20 37.
• Ji Zining — Divine Son, also called Divine Child. Her office carries the same status as the Holy Lord, allowing Hua Qianyan to treat her as an equal rather than a junior 17 19.
• Ji Chenkong — Former outer disciple who left and founded the Flowing Moon Dynasty. He later returned as an outer guest elder and advanced to the Spirit Transformation Realm 10 20 27.
• Li Changlong — One of the elders involved in recruitment testing 17.
• Ma Yan — Inner disciple and body cultivator at the Spirit Transformation Realm Third Level; challenged Ji Zining to a spar 27.

Disciple Ranks

Under the former age rule, outer disciples who failed to reach the Nascent Soul Realm in time had to leave or become lowest-ranking attendants. Those who stayed would remain attendants even after a later breakthrough. After hearing Ji Chenkong’s experience, Hua Qianyan promised to abolish this rule 10 20.

Recruitment

• Regular schedule: A disciple recruitment ceremony is normally held once every ten years 2 5.
• First round: Candidates must possess at least five-star talent. Most participants fail this aptitude test 13.
• Second round: Candidates are assessed on cultivation and age; the precise thresholds are not stated 13.
• Internal slots: Certain major factions receive places allowing their prodigies to undergo testing without waiting for the public ceremony 15.
• Holy Lord’s attendance: Routine recruitment ordinarily does not require the Holy Lord’s presence 15.

The competition is severe even for regional talents. At the recruitment held three years before Ji Zining’s admission, only one candidate from the Flowing Moon Dynasty—a member of a lineage’s collateral branch—passed 5.

Grounds and Facilities

Resources and Treasures

Great Emperor’s Edict

An edict left by the founding Great Emperor serves as one of the Holy Land’s emergency safeguards. It can unleash a Great Emperor’s might, making its use during Ji Zining’s appointment an extraordinary expenditure 17.

• Li Changsheng invoked it to seek a fortune blessing for the newly appointed Divine Son 17.
• Its golden light strengthened Ji Zining’s cultivation and foundation 17.
• The Heavenly Dao Golden Pupil subsequently appeared and bestowed half the True Martial Dao Domain’s fortune upon her 17.

Other Known Resources

• Dao Comprehension Tea — Offered by Li Changsheng to Ji Chenkong; helped him advance to the Spirit Transformation Realm and comprehend Fist Intent 20 27.
• Supreme-grade spirit stones — An ancestor supplied Ji Zining with a welcoming gift before recruitment. She later gave five million of these stones to Ji Chenkong for the Flowing Moon Dynasty 31.
• Void-Soaring Sword — Li Changsheng’s former sword, a Peak Saint Rank weapon given to Ji Zining 23 24.
• Sword Slashes the Eight Desolations — High Saint Rank sword divine ability supplied to Ji Zining 23 24.
• Divine Expansion Step — High Saint Rank movement divine ability supplied alongside her sword technique 23 48.
• Tribulation preparations — Hua Qianyan provided Ji Chenkong with treasures and pills before his Spirit Transformation tribulation 23.
• Holy Lord’s carriage — An enormous golden carriage drawn by nine Fire Qilins 15.

History

Founding Legacy

Ziwei Holy Land was founded by a Great Emperor whose surviving edict remained available to later generations. Li Changsheng hoped that Ji Zining could eventually become a Great Emperor herself, restoring the Holy Land to its former peak and allowing it to dominate the True Martial Dao Domain once more 17.

Recruiting Ji Zining

After sensing the Immortal Spirit Qi and 108 phenomena produced by Ji Zining’s Exquisite Immortal Physique, Li Changsheng moved the next recruitment ceremony forward by seven years. He traveled to Flowing Moon City to secure a connection with her before rival holy lands learned of her awakening 2 5.

Ji Zining chose Ziwei Holy Land for its strength and its location within the Eastern Domain, which would allow her to maintain contact with her family. At the ceremony, her talent exceeded the testing stele’s capacity and caused it to explode 5 15.

Li Changsheng appointed her Divine Son and publicly declared that insulting her meant insulting the Holy Land. Following the fortune blessing and her tribulation, she entered without needing to complete the remaining admission tests 17 19.

Ji Chenkong’s Return

The leadership invited Ji Chenkong inside to discuss protection for Ji Zining’s family. Learning that he had once left because of the outer disciples’ age rule, Hua Qianyan offered him a guest elder position, while Li Changsheng supplied Dao Comprehension Tea to aid his cultivation 19 20.

Ji Chenkong subsequently survived his Spirit Transformation tribulation using Fist Intent. His new cultivation and sect position strengthened the protection surrounding the Flowing Moon Dynasty 27.

Confrontation with Visiting Factions

News of Ji Zining’s appointment brought envoys and prodigies from across the True Martial Dao Domain. Their visits also served as attempts to defeat her and undermine the Holy Land’s rising prestige 22 34 42.

With Hua Qianyan’s backing, Ji Zining defeated the visiting prodigies and accepted challenges from senior envoys whose cultivation was sealed to match hers. Qianchenzi and the Wuji Divine Sect envoy Ji Yan were killed; the remaining envoys apologized, removed the bodies, cleaned the plaza, and withdrew 35 41 42 44.

External Relations

• Wuji Divine Sect — Northern Domain peer and rival. Its envoy Ji Yan became involved in the confrontation over his nephew’s disrespect toward Ji Zining and was ultimately killed in a cultivation-restricted duel 32 36 44.
• Heavenly Sound Buddhist Temple — Western Domain faction ranked alongside Ziwei Holy Land among the domain’s four great powers 32.
• Great Emperor Wang Lineage — Southern Domain faction of comparable standing 32.
• Flowing Moon Dynasty — Founded by former disciple Ji Chenkong. His guest elder appointment and Ji Zining’s Divine Son status provide the dynasty with a powerful deterrent against hostile forces 10 19 27.
• Innate Dao Sect — Sent Qianchenzi to the gathering; he challenged Ji Zining after Hua Qianyan sealed his cultivation at the Peak Nascent Soul Realm and was killed 42 44.
• Heavenly God Ancient Sect — Sent Li Chuan, a Spirit Transformation Realm Seventh Stage cultivator who was defeated by Ji Zining 38.

Disciple Culture

• Disciples challenged Ji Zining partly for the future distinction of having fought her before she became more powerful 26 27.
• Her victory over the visiting factions prompted mass celebrations praising both the Divine Son and the Holy Land 44 45.
• She spent an afternoon signing autographs for hundreds of thousands of disciples. Signed robes became fashionable, attracting elders and counterfeiters as well 48 50.
• Li Changsheng interpreted the autograph craze as a calculated effort to build future authority; Ji Zining was unaware of his interpretation and fled back to cultivation after seeing the signed robes 50.