Great Desolation

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Great Desolation (大荒)
Alias(es)	Great Desolation World; Earth Immortal Realm (after its reconstitution) 319
Status	Extant; undergoing a world-scale transformation and concealed within a protective grand array 417 434
First Appearance	1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Creation-era Great Desolation	221 449	Pangu opened the Great Desolation; its earliest era included an invasion by Saint-level Extraterrestrial Demons.
Star-Origin Replenishment	141 143	Hongxuan established the Grand Zhou Heaven Star Chaos Return Origin Formation, drawing in Chaos Qi and converting it into heaven-and-earth spiritual energy. Seven-tenths of its output was initially reserved for the starry sky’s recovery.
Spiritual-Energy Expansion	193	The formation sustained the realm’s spiritual energy and enabled widespread growth of sects, inheritances, and cultivation lineages; Hongxuan later increased the share sent to the land.
Shattering and Reconstitution	319	A Sage battle shattered the Great Desolation. Hongjun restored its environment, renamed it the Earth Immortal Realm, formed four main continents, and turned scattered land fragments into planets.
World-Scale Defensive Formation	417	Hongxuan used the world as the core of a grand array capable of concealing it, warning him of intruders, and trapping Heavenly Dao or Grand Dao Realm enemies.
Primordial Transformation	434 437	A bead containing the essence of a fallen Grand Dao Realm expert was integrated into the world’s core, producing primordial energy, strengthening the realm, and beginning the formation of the Three Realms and starry sky.

Background / History

Creation and ancient dangers

The Great Desolation was opened by Pangu. At its creation, it was invaded by Extraterrestrial Demons, including several Saint-level entities; Hongjun was not considered among the strongest defenders at the time. 221 449

It contains hidden locations and inheritances beyond the understanding of its known powers. Complete, damaged, and degraded Chaos Supreme Treasures are concealed in these places, including treasures associated with time, karma, and reincarnation. 162

Early calamities

Li Hongxuan transmigrated into the Great Desolation as a dying infant, immediately recognizing it as a place where even a weak creature could kill him. His arrival began disrupting the realm’s previously fixed destiny. 1

The Witch–Demon war engulfed the Great Desolation for 30,000 years and killed numerous powerful beings. During its aftermath, Gonggong struck down Buzhou Mountain, causing the sky to collapse and the Heavenly River’s waters to flood the land. 102 103 104

Investiture of the Gods and destruction

The Investiture of the Gods conflict turned the Shang–Zhou war into a broader killing tribulation involving sects, lineages, and cultivators throughout the Great Desolation. Its escalating battles filled positions on the Investiture of the Gods while devastating the realm’s population. 269 303

A later battle between Sages destroyed mountain ranges, extinguished countless Dao practitioners, and ultimately shattered the Great Desolation itself. Hongjun restored the ruined environment and reconstituted the broken land as the Earth Immortal Realm. 319

External threats

The Evil Race later discovered the Great Desolation and inflicted catastrophic damage on the Three Realms. A Corruption Clan invader nearly devastated the Earth Immortal Realm, while later Grand Dao Realm infiltrators posed a direct threat of total destruction. 389 395 402

Hongxuan eventually established a world-encompassing defensive formation and warned the realm’s inhabitants through the Great Desolation Heavenly Dao. The formation concealed the world from outside forces and was designed to restrain powerful invaders until Hongxuan could respond. 417 447

World Structure

Region / Component	Description
Earth Immortal Realm	The name given to the reconstituted Great Desolation after the Sage battle; it was organized around four main continents. 319
Mortal Realm	One of the realms formed during the later primordial transformation. 434
Heavenly Court and Underworld	Included in the transformed Three Realms structure and infused with primordial energy. 434
Starry Sky	Connected to Ziwei Star and the Chaos Return Origin Formation; it receives spiritual energy to restore its origin and support the wider world. 141 143
Planetary fragments	Pieces of the shattered original land that Hongjun gathered and transformed into individual planets. 319

Characteristics

Spiritual-energy cycle

The Grand Zhou Heaven Star Chaos Return Origin Formation absorbs chaotic spiritual energy from beyond the Great Desolation and refines it into usable heaven-and-earth spiritual energy. This both repairs deficiencies in the starry sky’s origin and continuously nourishes the land. 142 143

The formation prevented a decline in spiritual energy after the collapse of Buzhou Mountain and contributed to the proliferation of sects, family powers, and independent cultivation traditions. 193

Hidden treasures and inheritances

The Great Desolation holds numerous concealed Chaos Supreme Treasures and related inheritances. Some remain intact, while others are damaged or have fallen in rank; the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk is stated to have once been a Chaos Supreme Treasure. 162

These secrets exceed what the Six Sages are known to understand, and some are connected to beings stronger than the Great Desolation’s Heavenly Dao. 123 162

World transformation

After Hongxuan integrated Pangu’s gifted bead into the world’s core, primordial power began manifesting throughout the Great Desolation. The transformation is expected to expand the realm, create treasures and spiritual items, and give its inhabitants opportunities to pursue the Primordial, Heavenly Dao, and Grand Dao Realms. 429 434

The transformation also deepened the realm’s Dao rhythm, allowing even high-level cultivators to benefit from comprehending it. 437

Defensive grand array

Hongxuan’s grand array surrounds the Great Desolation World and uses it as its core. Its functions include:

• Concealing the world from observers in the Chaos Sea. 417 454
• Detecting approaching Heavenly Dao and Grand Dao Realm enemies. 417
• Trapping invaders long enough for Hongxuan to return and eliminate them. 417
• Protecting the realm against the impending Evil Race invasion. 445 447

Relationships

• Li Hongxuan / Emperor Ziwei — Transmigrated into the Great Desolation and became its principal protector, spiritual-energy benefactor, and architect of its defensive formation and transformation. 1 193 417 434
• Pangu — Opened the Great Desolation and later provided Hongxuan with a bead containing Grand Dao Realm essence to transform it. 449 429 434
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun — Restored the realm after its destruction, renamed it the Earth Immortal Realm, and remains linked to its Heavenly Dao through the Creation Jade Plate. 319 391
• Great Desolation Heavenly Dao — Secretly aided Hongxuan’s star formation and later transmitted his warning of the Evil Race invasion to the realm’s powerful beings. 142 447
• Houtu — A major defender whose connection to the Earth Dao makes the Great Desolation’s protection especially important to Hongxuan. 416 460
• Evil Race — External enemy faction whose Corruption, Insect Lord, and other clans have repeatedly sought to invade or destroy the Great Desolation. 389 406 447