Human Clan

Biodata

Power Progression

These milestones describe humanity’s collective recovery and changes to its cultivation leadership, rather than a single cultivation realm.

History

Creation and Early Disasters

Nuwa molded humanity from clay and attained sagehood through the merit of its creation. During the Witch-Demon Tribulation, however, the Demon Clan slaughtered hundreds of millions of humans and used them to forge the Witch-Slaying Sword. The Great Dao Diary attributes Nuwa’s inability to intervene to the Heavenly Dao; Nuwa’s recollection also identifies Taishang, Yuanshi, Jieyin, and Zhunti as the Sages who blocked her at Wa Huang Palace 54 81 215.

After the tribulation, the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors ushered in a golden age. The Human Emperor wielded the Human Dao, which originally existed alongside the Heavenly Dao and Earth Dao without being subordinate to either 254.

Suppression and Decline

The Human Dao was subsequently suppressed by the Heavenly Dao. Fuxi, Shennong, and Xuanyuan entered Fire Cloud Cave Heaven to stabilize humanity’s fortune, but became confined there and lost contact with the outside world. When they eventually emerged, they discovered that humanity’s fortune had continued to decline despite their confinement 258.

By the Investiture of the Gods period, human lands had little spiritual Qi, cultivation was rare, and productivity was low. Even Chaoge’s surroundings contained thatched huts and impoverished settlements. Taishang held the Kongtong Seal but neglected humanity, while Nuwa remained secluded 188 190.

Di Xin later uncovered Heavenly Dao Divine Chains of Order enclosing Human Clan territory. He recognized these restrictions as the cause of humanity’s frail bodies, short lives, illnesses, and obstructed cultivation—not simply its natural condition 256.

Investiture of the Gods Conspiracy

Hongjun designated human lands as the battlefield for the Investiture of the Gods. Tongtian objected that hundreds of millions could die, emphasizing that humans already suffered from weak cultivation foundations and Heavenly Dao restrictions. Hongjun refused to reconsider 133 134.

The Great Dao Diary exposed a further objective: destroying Great Shang would eliminate the independent Human Emperor and replace him with a ruler styled the Son of Heaven. This predicted outcome would subordinate humanity to Hongjun, the Heavenly Dao, and the Heavenly Court; it was not an outcome Di Xin accepted 151 152 251.

Taishang directed the Chan Sect toward Xiqi, claiming Great Shang had fewer than twenty-eight years of fortune remaining. Jiang Ziya was chosen to assist Ji Chang and Ji Fa, carrying the Investiture of the Gods and God-Beating Whip. Great Shang, meanwhile, had the Interception Sect’s support 146 147 157.

Jieyin and Zhunti exploited Great Shang’s declining providence to influence Di Xin through dreams. They then used his insulting poem at Nuwa’s palace to draw her into the conflict. Nuwa dispatched the Three Demons of Xuanyuan Tomb against Great Shang and subsequently demanded thirty percent of the Western Sages’ gains from humanity 188 191 195.

Di Xin’s Resistance and Humanity’s Revival

Lin Tian learned that a loyal human minister had accessed a copy of his diary and decided to use it to convey warnings about the coming calamity. Di Xin later read the Great Dao Diary Scroll’s explanation of the conspiracy and its instructions for reclaiming the Kongtong Seal 192 198 251.

After regaining the seal and awakening Human Dao power, Di Xin rejected Taishang’s authority over the Human Emperor. He exposed the Heavenly Dao’s restraints and summoned the Three Sovereigns from Fire Cloud Cave Heaven 253 254 255 256.

The ancestral land’s revival brought widespread healing and rejuvenation. Nevertheless, Fuxi observed that almost no ordinary humans possessed cultivation, while Shennong found no trace of the medicinal tradition he had left behind. Their return restored protection and opportunity, not an instantly powerful population 258.

Taishang and Yuanshi attempted to seize the Kongtong Seal, forcing the Three Sovereigns and Di Xin to defend it. The Great Dao Diary Scroll ultimately drove the Sages away; Taishang fled after its power damaged the Taiji Diagram. Di Xin and the Sovereigns then returned their attention to strengthening humanity 260 265.

By the time Hongjun fought Pingxin, the Human Clan was rebuilding under a Sage’s protection. Hongjun acknowledged that its escape from his control had disrupted his plan to make it subordinate to the Heavenly Dao 282.

Humans in Another World

In a separate world, an Extraterritorial Godfiend discovered skeletal beings disposing of human corpses and treating humans as livestock and sources of souls. The inhabitants also knew a prophecy that Human Clan saviors would enter the Saints’ Kingdom and bring catastrophe 367.

Lin Tian confronted the Great Immortal King over humanity’s treatment. The king claimed that humans had offered up their own people to the myriad clans, but Lin Tian rejected this justification. The world’s Heavenly Dao later admitted that she had manipulated the king and targeted humanity; Lin Tian identified her motive as fear that powerful human cultivators would threaten her rule 377 379 381.

Reorganization on Earth

On Earth, the Huaxia Cultivation Alliance administered cultivation resources, techniques, instruction, missions, rank assessments, and protection for cultivators. Its leadership nevertheless included non-cultivators, including a nephew appointed by Human Clan Grandmaster Langya 410 413.

Lin Tian condemned this arrangement, stripped Langya of his strength, and appointed Mu Wanqing as Grandmaster. After Mu Wanqing killed the existing leaders and director, Lin Tian named her a clan leader. She assembled a new leadership of cultivators, while families associated with the former leadership were reduced to commoners 413 414.

Lin Tian became the Human Clan’s ancestor and passed down a cultivation technique adapted for Earth’s people. Earth’s spiritual Qi had fully revived and become stronger than before 414.

Leadership and Institutions

Abilities and Collective Strength

Human Dao

The Human Dao supplies humanity with an authority distinct from the Heavenly Dao 254.

• Territorial protection: Di Xin uses it to block Taishang and Yuanshi’s pressure over human lands 253 256.
• Collective power: Its manifestations draw together Di Xin, the Kongtong Seal, Shouyang Mountain, and the Human Clan’s people 256.
• Resistance to external rule: Its awakening undermines Hongjun’s attempt to place humanity under the Heavenly Court 255.
• Limits: Awakening does not make ordinary humans accomplished cultivators; the Three Sovereigns find their strength remains poor 258.

Providence and Human Emperor Qi

Humanity’s fortune protects its territory and supports the Human Emperor, but can weaken or be exploited 188 249.

• Human Emperor Qi prevents Lin Tian’s system from precisely locating the diary reader in Chaoge 192.
• Declining providence allows the Western Sages’ non-attacking dream techniques to reach Di Xin 188.
• Taishang uses humanity’s providence to support his cultivation and seeks to manipulate Great Shang’s fate through the Kongtong Seal 249 254.
• On Earth, Langya possesses a faint trace of Human Clan providence despite having only Earth Immortal strength 413.

Ancestral Spiritual Qi

Fire Cloud Cave Heaven’s restored spiritual Qi produces a widespread physical renewal 258.

• Heals injuries, illnesses, disabilities, and accumulated bodily blockages.
• Rejuvenates some elderly people by thirty or forty years.
• Benefits those inclined toward goodness across Great Shang and human territory, with Xiqi excluded.
• Improves bodily and spiritual condition without automatically granting substantial cultivation 258.

Territories

Treasures and Cultural Legacies

• Kongtong Seal — Humanity’s supreme treasure, tied to its fortune and the authority to enthrone or depose Human Emperors. Taishang initially controls it before Di Xin reclaims it 249 251 255.
• Great Dao Diary Scroll — Reveals the conspiracy to Di Xin, guides him toward the Human Dao and Kongtong Seal, and later protects him against Taishang 251 265.
• Great Wall Model — Given to Wen Zhong by Tongtian to protect Great Shang’s fortune; sealed in the Wind-Fire Brocade Pouch for gradual refinement 171.
• Shennong’s Hundred Herbs Classic — A medicinal legacy intended to cure disease, improve cultivation, temper the primordial spirit, and strengthen human bodies. Shennong finds that it appears to have been lost during his confinement 258.
• Fuxi’s Eight Trigrams — Devised by Fuxi through his understanding of the world’s underlying principles 258.

Relationships

• Nuwa — Creator and “mother” of humanity. Initially prevented from protecting it during the Witch-Demon Tribulation, she later withdraws from its affairs and acts against Great Shang after Di Xin’s insult 81 190 191.
• Tongtian and the Interception Sect — Support Great Shang. Tongtian opposes the decision to make human lands a battlefield and supplies Wen Zhong with a treasure to preserve the dynasty’s fortune 134 157 171.
• Taishang — Derives sagehood and cultivation benefits from humanity but neglects its welfare. His attempt to recover the Kongtong Seal brings him into direct conflict with Di Xin and the Three Sovereigns 188 253 254 260.
• Yuanshi and the Chan Sect — Back Xiqi against Great Shang; Yuanshi joins Taishang’s attempt to seize the Kongtong Seal 146 157 260.
• Jieyin and Zhunti — Manipulate Di Xin to accelerate Great Shang’s collapse and weaken the Interception Sect 188 191.
• Hongjun and the Primordial Heavenly Dao — Suppress the Human Dao and seek to use the Investiture of the Gods to end humanity’s independent sovereignty 251 255 256.
• Lin Tian — Identifies himself as human, warns humanity through his diary, intervenes against its persecution in another world, and reforms its leadership on Earth 192 377 413 414.