Astral Realm

Biodata

Power Progression

The milestones below concern the Astral Realm’s development as a domain, rather than an individual cultivation rank.

Cosmology and Structure

Scale and Terminology

• The Astral Realm is described as the largest known multiverse system, expanding continuously as worlds enter its reach 270 611.
• Its “stars” are individual universes or planes, not merely the stars contained inside those universes 450.
• Known Cosmic Sea specifically refers to discovered universes incorporated into the Astral Realm’s rules. These worlds are governed by its system, rather than merely observable from afar 450.
• Plane and universe describe the same category of world in magical and technological terminology respectively. Each plane has a crystalline wall and its own rules, which form part of the Astral Realm’s larger rule system 270.
• From outside, the realm resembles a supermassive celestial body composed of countless luminous spheres, each representing an independent major world 1288.

Three Great Dimensions

• Circulation: Energy rises and condenses into matter; matter supports life; intelligent life contributes to the Fantasy Dimension; that dimension converts incoming substances into pure origin energy 450 1174.
• Balance: A supreme rule bridges the three dimensions and maintains their stability 450.
• Fantasy Origin: After the domain ruled by the Truth Wizard Civilization fell, its Fantasy Origin entered the Infinity Dimension, transforming that dimension’s importance and development 801.

Territorial Hierarchy

• Planes include ordinary and great planes, with the Abyss, World Tree Universe, and Divine Realm recognized as the three superplanes 450.
• Void celestial bodies can resemble mountains, trees, rivers, or continents. They are distinct from planets and stars inside a universe; universes themselves are their most common form 450.

Regions of Rule Influence

These zones are distinguished by the strength of the Astral Realm’s rules, rather than by the territorial hierarchy above 611.

Fundamental Rules and Natural Processes

Astral Realm Will

• The Astral Realm Will is the domain’s “soul”: an accumulated consciousness of heaven and earth. It is described as instinctive rather than independently reasoning and naturally resists complete external control 1288.
• Native beings carry the realm’s origin mark in their life imprint. Logo exploits this connection to disguise his miniature realm as part of the Astral Realm’s own structure 1290.
• Its acknowledgment is central to true mastery of the domain. After the final battle, it bows to the Lord of Truth and recognizes him as its master 1315.

Order, Chaos, and the Abyss

• Order and chaos are the realm’s two origin forces; neither is inherently superior. Order creates stable conditions in which civilizations can develop and eventually contribute to the realm 545.
• The Abyss is the sole source of chaos and the gathering place of negative energy. It stretches between all three dimensions and can connect to any plane 545.
• Abyssal demons are exceptions to the usual consequences of destroying worlds: their destruction fulfills an inborn function and does not incur the Astral Realm Will’s loathing 545.
• Matter and souls are fundamental rules of existence. Native beings below Third-Step Eternity remain dependent on these rules, including Eternals 1305.

Expansion and Chaos Tides

• During a Chaos Tide, the Astral Realm draws planes, matter, energy, and peculiar life-forms from the Chaos Zone toward the Expansion Zone—its equivalent of feeding 611.
• The Fantasy Dimension acts as the realm’s digestive organ, breaking down incoming worlds and fragments into usable origin energy 1183.
• Expansion-zone resources include lesser world origin force, obtained from worlds outside the Astral Realm. Though weaker than genuine world origin force, it can improve bodies, souls, and bloodline fusion through suitable techniques or devices 616.

Guardians and Hazards

Civilizations and Political Order

Civilization Grades

Civilization rank depends on territory and broader development. God-level military power—whether technological or embodied in an individual—is the basic threshold for recognized standing 450.

Institutions and Legal Protection

• The Holy Alliance, Civilization Council, and Hell Alliance emerged around the transition from the Second to the Third Era. Their balance produced a largely peaceful political order 450.
• Their framework included the Astral Realm Council, encompassing ninety-five percent of the realm’s powerful forces, a unified Star Wheel currency, and formal territorial divisions 450.
• Non-civilization organizations can obtain comparable standing through registration. Examples include the Spellcaster Association, Star Sea Bank, and Void Colosseum 450.
• Members of recognized civilizations theoretically receive protection under the Astral Realm Civilization Council Joint Agreement and Astral Realm Council Peace Declaration. Serious violations can provoke pursuit by advanced civilizations’ armies 450.
• Communities without god-level backing lack comparable protection. Temporary identification from the Spellcaster Association nevertheless provides a legal identity and access to specified civic rights 450 452.
• Political backing affects enforcement: even powerful organizations weigh an offender’s affiliations before responding to provocations 589.

Cultivation and Technology

• Ability users evaluate powers through potential and development level. Progress beyond an ability’s normal ceiling is possible through exceptionally difficult limit-breaking 19.
• Civilization-wide power is not reducible to individual cultivation. Some peak civilizations can oppose Eternal-level forces through the Power of Civilization 878 1224.
• The realm has nine true Eternals at one documented stage, rising to ten after the Goddess of Fate’s breakthrough. This excludes beings whose Eternal-level combat power depends on remaining inside the Astral Realm 1074 1088.

Travel and Communication

• Plane exit: Leaving a plane requires advanced internal-external space interaction technology to penetrate its internal spatial layers and reach its crystalline wall 451.
• Virtual Universes: Legal identity permits access to the Weave, Mount Celestia, and Northern Spirit Spacetime 452.
• Higher-Dimensional Information Space: The Aslant Civilization uses the Fantasy Dimension as an information hub capable of transmitting across vast territories 452.
• External reconnaissance: The Fantasy Dimension forms an information barrier against outside observation. Its guardian, the Lord of No Void, can trace exchanges of information back toward other domains 801.
• Exploration: Fantasy Hall serves as a gathering, trading, and conflict site for Explorers operating in Fantasy Planes 801.
• Postwar coordination: The Heavenly Net connects governed planes and stars for instantaneous information sharing, force deployment, and joint command 1317.

History

Primordial Age and the First Astral Realm War

Primordial Gods were born while the Astral Realm was still chaos. During the First Era, they opened the newly emerged world amid incomplete rules and undeveloped order. As life multiplied, widespread warfare killed many of these ancient beings, while some survivors withdrew into seclusion 342.

The Goddess of the Earth discovered the Power of Faith, enabling the emergence of acquired Gods of Faith. Conflict between the Old Gods and New Gods culminated in the First Astral Realm War; the New Gods’ victory began the Second Era 342.

Establishment and Breakdown of Third-Era Order

The three great political alliances established a relatively peaceful order at the transition into the Third Era. That arrangement favored established super civilizations, while restricting the development of ambitious peak civilizations and other challengers 450 710.

The Sun God’s attack on Primordial Heaven killed two Supreme Ancient Gods and gravely injured three. Logo, Lancelot, and Gustavo expected the clash to ignite disputes accumulated throughout the Third Era 710. Later, Dao Devourer attacks threatened cultivation paths and destabilized civilizations, creating opportunities for their rivals 851 920.

The Adrian Federation exploited the wider stalemate to invade the Elemental Dimension. Its campaign angered the Astral Realm Will and drew responses from Earth Guardians, the Astral Spirit Kingdom, and Void Whales 1169 1180 1181 1182.

Relations with Other Domains

The Astral Realm maintained contact with other powerful domains, while weaker domains could face direct absorption. Its scale and military strength helped deter outside predation 1092.

The Spirit Saint Domain became a particular object of interest because of its ability to purify faith. The Eternals discussed intervention after learning of its Heavenly Emperor’s rapid rise, but competing commitments and internal disagreements prevented an immediate joint invasion 1088.

The Mother of the Stars’ Attempted Unification

The Mother of the Stars sought to refine the entire Astral Realm into an Inner Universe, incorporating its matter, energy, laws, lives, and dreams into herself to approach Third-Step Eternity. She justified the sacrifice as necessary to protect her home from the Destruction Tide 1248 1249.

After absorbing the Astral Realm Will’s origin, she began rewriting laws, contracting boundaries, and refining planes. Independent Eternals opposed her because complete control would force them into submission 1249 1290. Later passages show the Will still resisting her attempt to secure final mastery 1288 1290.

Final Battle and Restoration

Logo returned in a concealed miniature Astral Realm and waited near the Golden Universe Cluster. At a critical moment, he tore away one-third of the realm’s territory, directly challenging the Mother of the Stars’ control 1289 1290 1292.

The ensuing battle damaged the realm on a fundamental level. The Mother of the Stars severed the rule supporting the existence of souls, threatening native intelligent beings regardless of cultivation below Third-Step Eternity 1305. The aftermath left collapsed planes, ruined civilizations, and shattered laws throughout the void 1315.

As the Lord of Truth, Logo subdued the remaining opposition and sent the Goddess of Fate into the Heaven-Bearing Reincarnation Disc beside the Mother of the Stars. He then restored the realm and its lost lives, received the Astral Realm Will’s acknowledgment, and declared his rule 1315.

Reconstruction and the Age of Great Conquest

The restored realm adopted the Heavenly Net and a complete Six Paths of Reincarnation. Over the following hundred thousand years, the emergence of more than a dozen Eternals further reinforced its foundation 1317 1319.

The Astral Realm Allied Forces subsequently attacked the Eternity Domain. Their Eternals benefited from the Nine Heavens of Eternity theory, which gave them a more precise understanding of cultivation and more efficient control of power than similarly ranked opponents 1320 1321.

Using the Eternity Domain as a springboard, the allied forces launched the Age of Great Conquest across the Chaos Sea. Domains including Brahma Sound, Rune, Light and Darkness, Machinery, and Myriad Phenomena were incorporated into the Astral Realm’s expanding civilization network 1323.