Immortal Realm
Immortality System: Living Long Enough to Be InvincibleContents
- 1Biodata
- 2Power Progression
- 3Geography and Cosmology
- 3.1Scale and Structure
- 3.2Major Regions
- 3.3Natural Phenomena
- 4Environment and Cultivation
- 4.1Immortal Spirit Qi and Longevity
- 4.2Native Immortal Paths
- 4.3Great Dao Competition
- 5Ascension and Travel
- 5.1Lower-Realm Ascension
- 5.2Transport and Communications
- 6Powers and Institutions
- 7History
- 7.1Formation and Early Settlement
- 7.2Major Historical Developments
- 8Culture and Economy
- 9Related Realms
- 10Notable Quotes
Biodata
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Immortal Realm |
| Original Name | 仙界 |
| Alias(es) | True Immortal Realm; Boundless True Immortal Realm 1676 1680 |
| Type | Higher realm encompassing immortal territories, layered heavens, underground worlds, and star regions 1676 |
| Extent | Described as boundless; known territories represent only its observable portion 1978 |
| Inhabitants | Innate lifeforms, lower-realm ascenders, myriad races, and cultivators following numerous immortal paths 1675 1711 2483 |
| Major Regions | Three Thousand Immortal Territories, Immortal Soil Beyond the Domains, Heavenly Frontier, and Earth Frontier 1676 1862 2228 |
| Status | Continually expanding and undergoing transformations of its terrain and Great Dao 1978 2569 |
| Calendar | Immortal Realm Calendar; later developments are dated using the Heaven and Earth Calendar 1699 2569 |
Power Progression
The realm’s documented progression concerns transformations of heaven and earth rather than an individual cultivator’s ranks.
| Stage / Realm / Level | Chapter | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Ten sublimations completed | 1676 1699 | Following a million years and ten transformations of the Three Thousand Great Worlds, the True Immortal Realm reveals its full appearance. |
| Great Dao materialization begins | 1957 | After the Heaven-Opening Era, Great Dao Markings become clear, Ten Thousand Daos Resonating emerges, and Ancestors of Dao Creation appear. Heavenly Dao Transmission is anticipated as a further development. |
| Immortal Qi Tides and renewed expansion | 2569 | In Heaven and Earth year 2.3 billion, a Heaven and Earth Tribulation overturns mountains and rivers and triggers another vast expansion, weakening entrenched ancient powers. |
Geography and Cosmology
Scale and Structure
| Layer or Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Heavens | Ninety thousand layers, each containing different Dao Principles 1676. |
| Upper star regions | An infinite sea of star rivers lies above the heavens, together with the Thirty-Three Immortal Realms of Heaven’s Borderland 1676. |
| Underground worlds | Ninety-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine layers beneath an unfathomably thick earth 1676. |
| Immortal bridges | Ordinary bridges are a million miles wide and of unknown length. Greater Heavenly Bridges reach hundreds of millions of miles in width and carry Chaos Immortal Qi 1676. |
| Void Sea of Time | Separates Immortal Soil Beyond the Domains from the Three Thousand Immortal Territories 1676. |
| Territorial veins | Continue expanding; their movement can carry entire regions, including the Realm Sea 1978 2430. |
- No established boundary: Ji Yan identifies the Four Extremes Immortal Soil and Six Harmonies Immortal Territory as observable territory, not the realm’s full extent 1978.
- Incomplete surveys: After more than four hundred thousand years of information gathering, newly emerging races and immortal plants already exceed the surveyors’ capacity to record them 1978.
- Extreme travel distances: Some cultivators cannot leave a single Immortal Mountain or vast sea within their lifetime. World Domain Gates and cross-domain Teleportation Arrays provide advantages unavailable to many ordinary cultivators 2337.
- Uneven development: Prosperous immortal cities coexist with remote frontiers whose inhabitants remain in the Wildlands Era 2357 2451.
Major Regions
| Region | Notable Features |
|---|---|
| Three Thousand Immortal Territories | Connected by immense immortal bridges; possess highly developed cultivation infrastructure and later expand extensively into the wider realm 1676 2337 2341. |
| Immortal Soil Beyond the Domains | A collective name for lands of unknown extent, containing fertile territory and immortal-grade mines that cannot be fully excavated 1978 2228. |
| Southern Heaven Four Extremes Immortal Soil | The Four Extremes Immortal Soil explored by the Eternal Immortal Frontier is only the southern portion of the wider immortal soil. The Frontier would occupy less than a palm-sized area on its map 1862. |
| Northern Heaven Ancient Desert Great Wasteland | One of the great territories encountered by the Immortal Court; its forces fight the Six Harmonies Twin Heavenly Princes for more than three hundred thousand years 2110. |
| Eastern Heaven Six Harmonies Immortal Territory | Houses hundreds of millions of races and countless inheritances. Some sects occupy cave heavens grown within movable Immortal Trees 1940 2110. |
| Western Heaven Seven Mansions Vast Sea | A vast western territory. The sea explored by the Eternal Immortal Frontier exceeds even its immortals’ expectations 2110 2122. |
| Heavenly Frontier | Contains layered heavenly realms. Its Thirty-Two Layered Heaven Realm becomes a major arena for immortal battles and disputes over Innate Dao Embryo rankings 2228 2230. |
| Earth Frontier | Contains immense underground Cave Realms. Exchanges established with surface cultivators reveal their scale 2228. |
| Boundless Immortal Domain | Becomes a gathering hub for cultivators across the realm and a major site of diplomacy 2228. |
| Human Ancestor Domain | Former center of human glory, later left in ruins by ancient immortal warfare. The Human Emperor Hall survives as a ruined site 1909 2221. |
| Realm Sea | Known as a pillar of the realm’s Myriad Heavens and Worlds. It connects countless worlds whose level is closer to the Immortal Realm, making ascension unnecessary 2430. |
Natural Phenomena
- Innate Immortal Trees: One tree beyond the domains has a trunk that ten million people holding hands can barely encircle, a crown spanning hundreds of millions of miles, and roots extending to an unknown underground layer 1676.
- Visible history: In part of the Six Harmonies Immortal Territory, solidified clouds refract scenes from tens of thousands of years earlier 1938.
- Unusual terrain: Hexagonal mountain ranges change between scarlet gold and indigo blue, while coral-like heavenly pillars grow from their peaks 1938.
- Living immortal medicines: Some medicines develop legs or human forms. Their emitted aura can bring nearby innate lifeforms to Foundation Establishment in a single day 1730.
- Dao-bearing weather: In an explored corner of the True Immortal Realm, rain forms crescent-shaped crystals, while breezes contain spatial Dao Principles shaped like fish 1842.
Environment and Cultivation
Immortal Spirit Qi and Longevity
- Immortal Spirit Qi doubles the lifespans of living beings and immortals 1699.
- By the later era, lower-realm Foundation Establishment cultivators can approach a thousand years of life, while Tribulation Transcendence cultivators can live for fifty thousand years 2013.
- Immortal herbs, Great Dao Origins, mineral veins, and other creation resources continually open new routes toward longevity 2026 2122 2451.
- Long life does not ensure survival: immortals die in warfare, and battles between Nine Tribulation Immortals can last a million years 1933 2501.
Native Immortal Paths
- Early innate lifeforms develop racial cultivation paths independently rather than following a universally transmitted Spirit Qi Immortal Path 1711.
- Their earliest cultivation centers on visible Heaven and Earth Rules: wind, rain, thunder, lightning, vegetation, and stars 1711.
- Powerful innate constitutions do not replace suitable methods. During the first ten thousand years of the Heaven-Opening Era, many lifeforms die from Qi Deviation, environmental dangers, or mishandling their own strength 1755.
- Native lifeforms possess Forehead Patterns of Law; cultivators of the Six Harmonies Immortal Territory begin developing them from youth 1940.
Great Dao Competition
- Increasingly clear Great Dao Markings support Ten Thousand Daos Resonating and the rise of Dao-creating ancestors 1957.
- By Immortal Realm year 250 million, cultivators understand that only one person can ultimately master a given Great Dao and attain True Immortalhood through it. Powerful practitioners can obstruct others following the same path 2483.
- This exclusivity intensifies competition even during periods of widespread prosperity 2483.
- The realm’s dominant pursuit is longevity through the Great Dao, contrasting with the Three Thousand Universes’ emphasis on bodily longevity and cosmic research 2569.
Ascension and Travel
Lower-Realm Ascension
Xiao Sheng, the Holding Origin Sect’s Old Ancestor, is presented as the Immortal Realm’s first ascender 1680.
- He triggers an ascension immortal tribulation while at Dao Integration Late Stage, after obtaining a treasure pill and discovering an Immortal Realm relic 1680.
- His tribulation lasts three years and brings Immortal Spirit Qi to his home realm 1680.
- After another half-year, he emerges through the Ascension Passage at the edge of Jade Bamboo Continent 1680.
- The passage is later relocated to Giant Spirit City to facilitate reclamation, mining, and newcomers’ adjustment to the Immortal Domain 1725.
Transport and Communications
- Nine Evolutions Star Tower: Becomes a stable Dao corridor over a hundred light-years wide, linking the Primitive Forest Sea and Nine Extremes Immortal Domain to the True Immortal Realm beyond the Dao Sea 1847.
- Star Pivot: Connects factions and distributes information across distant territories. Its Heavenly Frontier network eventually connects with the Three Thousand Immortal Territories 2104 2157.
- Void Sea routes and Star-Shift Formation: Their opening helps integrate formerly separated regions, with the formation using endless stars as its foundation 2343.
- Four Heavens Star Gates: Allow the Eternal Immortal Frontier to recruit cultivators from across the realm 2096.
- Three Thousand Immortal Roads: Chen Xun plans to construct these routes from an ancient Immortal Bridge’s materials to connect the Eternal Immortal Frontier with the Immortal Realm 2199.
Powers and Institutions
| Organization | Role |
|---|---|
| Eternal Immortal Frontier | Explores and reclaims territories, develops resource-intensive cultivation methods, and leaves cultivation opportunities along its route 2013 2028 2122. |
| Nine Heavens Immortal Alliance | Establishes Immortal Dao Rules and the Nine Heavens Academy in the Qian Yuan Immortal Domain; oversees the Frontier’s cultivation plan and expands through communications and commerce 1772 2028 2102. |
| Five Elements Spirit Estate | An ancient organization rooted in the Eternal Immortal Frontier. Attracts young talents and eventually absorbs the Myriad Realms Spirit Bank’s external branches 2457. |
| Three Walls Immortal Court | Participates in realm diplomacy and prepares for border conflicts with powerful neighboring territories 2110 2228. |
| Heavenly Sea Dao Court | Develops stars, immortal qi, and mineral veins; accepts disciples without racial or background restrictions and commands a tenth of the Star Wilderness 2455. |
| Southern Frontier Immortal Alliance | Controls major treasure lands and backs one of the realm’s ten great auction houses 2455. |
| Immortal Court | Established in Immortal Realm year 200 million as an organization encompassing immortal beasts, true spirits, spirit beasts, and other beast lineages 2455. |
| Ten Pillars of Undying Dao Courts | Universally acknowledged as the True Immortal Realm’s ten supreme powers 2600. |
History
Formation and Early Settlement
Before the realm’s emergence, Spirit Phoenix Celestial Venerable describes a long-term plan to elevate the Three Thousand Great Worlds and open Ascension Passages for Small Realms. The severing of Heaven and Earth Reincarnation subsequently drives ancient powers to awaken and the Great Worlds to expand 660 681.
After the ten sublimations, settlement proceeds alongside the realm’s continued growth. Jade Bamboo Continent develops rapidly, and the Five Elements Immortal Domain enters a Great Wasteland Reclamation Era. Its abundant resources allow spirit-root aptitude to become a reference rather than an absolute admission standard 1676 1699.
Major Historical Developments
| Period | Developments |
|---|---|
| Year 100,000 | Six immortals led by Upper Immortal Shao Ting restore order in the Qian Yuan Immortal Domain. The Nine Heavens Immortal Alliance establishes rules and educational institutions 1772. |
| Year 135,000 | Warfare devastates Dao lineages in the Myriad Mysterious Eastern Land. Gu Li Sheng intervenes, and Heavenly Palace territory shelters cultivators and gifted descendants 1830. |
| Year 160,000 | Nine Dao Sea passages stabilize. Immortal Clan lifeforms begin formal cooperation with other regions, raising cultivation limits through resources and Dao exchanges 1843. |
| Human Ancestor Domain war | Realm Lifeforms and allied races attack the Boundless Human Race and Overlord Clans, invoking the ancestral losses of the Realm Cataclysm. Meng Sheng challenges the Human Emperor Hall 1909. |
| Year 1 million | Big Black Ox seals the Heaven Realm. The Eternal Immortal Frontier becomes increasingly legendary as the first generation’s influence fades 2110. |
| Years 4.45–4.46 million | Major non-aggression covenants temporarily set aside ancestral hostility. Underground cultivators establish exchanges with the Three Thousand Immortal Territories 2228. |
| Years 30–40 million | Expansion brings war, enslavement, and weakening regional rules. Wider integration opens transport routes, while Tai Yi Heavenly Palace collapses and its inheritances scatter 2341 2343. |
| True Immortal emergence and ensuing battle | An unprecedented Immortal Sun illuminates the realm. A later battle brings expansion and warfare to a halt, enabling enormous exchanges of cultivation traditions 2347 2358. |
| Year 101 million | The Myriad Worlds and Myriad Clans Great Slaughter reaches decisive battles; Immortal Soil Beyond the Domains becomes sparsely inhabited 2434. |
| Years 190–210 million | Major organizations consolidate, the beast-race Immortal Court forms, and the realm prospers through voyages, trade, auctions, contests, and integration 2455 2457. |
| Years 240–260 million | Four Extremes trade routes expand, Great Dao exclusivity becomes widely understood, and the Eternal Immortal Frontier develops into an immense mining region 2483. |
| Heaven and Earth years 2.2–2.4 billion | Ancient ruins empower new lineages. Immortal Qi Tides weaken established powers, and opposition to the Three Thousand Immortal Territories’ Chaos Sea monopoly erupts into vast warfare 2569. |
Culture and Economy
- Resource development: Mining, immortal-field construction, artifact refinement, and wilderness reclamation underpin settlement and institutional growth 1790 1971 2013.
- Collective mining: At the later Eternal Antiquity Mining Grounds, ascenders cultivate while working and take pride in expanding the realm’s foundation 2483.
- Knowledge exchange: Integration brings formerly isolated traditions together and advances the Pills Dao, artifact refinement, and other immortal arts 2457.
- Heavenly pride competitions: Realm-wide contests affect the standing and fortune of entire races and lineages. Their changing battlefields carry participants across numerous frontiers 2450.
- Ancient Sky Immortal City: Hosts leading powers and advanced immortal arts; it is explicitly presented as representing the realm’s future rather than merely its splendor 2472 2473.
- Unequal access: Abundant resources do not eliminate practical barriers. Weak cultivators may be unable to cross the Void Sea or Star Wilderness to reach rich mining lands 2228.
Related Realms
- Three Thousand Universes — Lower-realm universes later called the Immortal Realm’s “Second Continent” because their scale rivals half the Three Thousand Immortal Territories. They develop a distinct cultivation tradition 2268 2569.
- Cosmic Sea — Its concentration of Heavenly Materials, Earthly Treasures, and Heaven and Earth Creation exceeds that of both the True Immortal Realm and Profound Universe Immortal Realm 2036.
- Eternal Ancient Immortal Realm — Created by Chen Xun and distinguished from the wider True Immortal Realm in later accounts. It continues transforming and receives ascenders from many worlds 2555 2597.
- Shadow Immortal Realm — Merges into Eternal Antiquity through an Immortal Realm passage. Big Black Ox’s attainment later removes its suppression and enables it to produce True Immortals 2499 2510.
Notable Quotes
“The Immortal Realm is likely boundless beyond measure, with infinite territory and no borders.”
— Ji Yan 1978
“And the Immortal Realm's territorial veins are still expanding madly to this day!”
— Yu Fangshuo 1978