Returning Origin Holy Land

Biodata

Power Progression

These milestones track the organization’s revealed reserves and changes in standing, rather than individual cultivation breakthroughs.

Background and History

Origins and Concealed Purpose

The holy land’s roots lie in the Returning Origin Immortal Sect. The parent sect established it in the Three Thousand Dao Domains because it suspected that the lost Central Immortal Domain had been sealed there. Its initial gamble was to obtain a blessing of fortune through the branch when the Central Immortal Domain reappeared 487 520 657.

Its history predates that of the Returning Unity Sect by an immense span. A Returning Unity ancestor identifies it as the only power to survive a particular cataclysmic war. It also won an overwhelming victory during the first Human-Demon War, leaving lasting grudges among Demon Race factions 32 73 370.

For thousands of years, it avoided displaying its full strength. Numerous outstanding cultivators emerged from its ranks and later vanished into unknown worlds, while outsiders believed some of its strongest ancestors had died or disappeared. In reality, its concealed leadership remained active 6 27 70.

Appointment of Su Changge

Su Changge appeared among applicants at the holy land’s recruitment gathering. After his Innate Saintly Body Dao Embryo attracted competing sects, Ancestor Po Jun offered him unrestricted cultivation resources and the holy land’s full protection, securing the promise with a Great Dao Oath 1 3.

Po Jun appointed him Divine Son, a position previously unknown to the gathered observers. His standing equaled Po Jun’s and exceeded that of the Holy Master; his will was to represent the holy land’s will 3.

Some ancestors initially opposed the appointment because the First Holy Son possessed Ancient Double Pupils and already had extraordinary potential. Su Changge’s subsequent manifestations overturned their objections. The senior leadership identified him as their opportunity to open the Path to Immortality and ordered every ancestor to protect him, even at the cost of their lives 6.

First Immortal War

Conflict with the Returning Unity Sect intensified after Su Changge killed its deacon and, later, its sect master’s son. The Limitless Dao Sect, Heavenly Wolf Clan, Wind Splitting Sparrow Clan, and Thunder Tiger Clan joined the Returning Unity Sect in declaring war 71 73.

The invasion met the holy land’s Primordial Sword Formation, enormous armies, and unusually powerful Quasi-Emperors. After defeating the coalition, the holy land attacked the five factions’ home worlds and destroyed their remaining resistance 74 83.

It retained the five Emperor Armaments recovered from the war but distributed the other treasures, medicines, and pills among subordinate factions that had participated. This substantially strengthened their loyalty 83.

War Against the Six Powers

Losses among the younger generation at Kunlun Divine Mountain prompted another coalition. Dragon God Island, True Phoenix Cave, Heaven Mountain Sect, and Little Western Heaven attacked, while Prison God Palace and Demon God Abyss joined after receiving promises from the Heavenly Dao Overseers Alliance 188 189 197.

The coalition was routed. Su Changge supported the holy land’s army with his Formation Breaking Melody, while its Great Emperors and ancestors overcame successive enemy reinforcements. Heavenly Demon God Mountain’s attempted intervention ultimately failed to save Dragon God Island and True Phoenix Cave 203 211.

Desolate Heaven Great Emperor destroyed those two factions’ ancestral lands despite warnings from the Ancient Dragon and Ancient Phoenix Clans. Heaven Mountain Sect retained only Purple Gold Great Emperor’s direct bloodline after he appealed to an unnamed teacher within the holy land. Sword Heart Old Ancestor forced Prison God Palace and Demon God Abyss to surrender resources and Emperor Weapons 211 212.

Emperor’s Path and Renewed War

After the Nine Netherworlds expedition, six ancient experts demanded an explanation for the deaths of their factions’ prodigies. The holy land rejected their demands and revealed the Returning Origin Chaos Bell. Its leadership prioritized protecting Su Changge’s route to the Emperor’s Path over immediately launching another war 355 356.

It subsequently monopolized the Emperor Dao Pool with fifteen Great Emperors. After Extinguish Delusion Immortal’s defeat, it threatened to erase the Underworld, but spared it when the Ferryman invoked a debt owed to its first Palace Master. The Underworld then sealed its gates for one million years 362 369 370.

The Demon Race later proclaimed the Second Human-Demon War. The holy land recalled the Returning Immortal Dao Army and mobilized its subordinate powers against enemies including the Demon Race and Heavenly Dao Overseers Alliance. Fighting devastated worlds across the Three Thousand Dao Domains, and the holy land’s own army suffered considerable losses. The Demon Race was ultimately defeated 420 437 438 450 460.

Outer Lands Campaign and the Central Immortal Domain Plan

After Su Changge attained emperorship, the holy land welcomed him home. Recognition of his newly created Dao brought gifts and reconciliation attempts from forces across the domains; the Great Dao’s blessing also restored North Abyss Dao Domain and strengthened its spiritual energy 471 472.

The holy land then launched campaigns against the Outer Lands and the Life Forbidden Zone. Its armies rapidly broke the Outer Lands’ defenses, while its leadership deliberately treated the forbidden-zone enemies as trials for Su Changge. Imperial Heaven Great Emperor explained that the intended outcome was for him to defeat the Six Great Forbidden Zone Masters and gain recognition as the Eternal Heavenly Emperor 493 503 527.

When the Taboo Su Family arrived, the ancestors activated the defensive formation and Chaos Bell, determined to prevent Su Changge from being taken away. The visitors instead bowed to him and announced that they had come to escort him back to the Huang Ji Immortal Domain 606.

The parent sect’s larger plan was later disclosed: make Su Changge Lord of the Central Immortal Domain and ultimately lead the Immortal Domain and all heavens. Its leaders stated that they had recognized him as the person they awaited from his first arrival at the holy land 657.

Later Era

Once the Immortal Domain and Lower Realm became fully connected, the Three Thousand Dao Domains underwent a revival of laws and immortal power. As a branch of the Returning Origin Immortal Sect, the holy land possessed an especially dense concentration of immortal power 1053.

By the later recruitment era, it was universally recognized as the domains’ strongest power. Its annual ceremony attracted countless exceptional cultivators, who paid respects before Su Changge’s statue. Although it had gained innumerable Holy Sons and Holy Daughters, it no longer had a Divine Son; the ancestors mourned the absence of the young man they remembered appointing 1464.

Grounds and Facilities

Organization and Notable Members

Leadership

• Great Emperor forces — Named combatants include Emperor Zhan, Desolate Heaven Great Emperor, Hundred Battles Great Emperor, Profound Feather Great Emperor, and Imperial Heaven Great Emperor 438 527.
• Concealed senior leadership — Two ancient ancestors and a Distant Ancestor initially appear through avatars. The Distant Ancestor’s true body is described as residing Above the Immortal Realm 6.

Disciples

• Ye Lintian — Possesses Ancient Double Pupils; forms the Returning Origin Two Sages with Li Haotian and fights across the Emperor’s Path 430.
• Li Haotian — Possesses an Ancient Sacred Body; joins Ye Lintian in defeating rival prodigies on the Emperor’s Path 430.
• Bi Qingxia — Publicly declares that the holy land’s prodigies will follow Su Changge and prepares to defend him against a Saint Army 151 167.
• Wang Kaihe — Former Fifth Holy Son who defects to the Luo River Sword Sect, provoking outrage within the holy land 20.

Military Forces and Resources

Dao Armies

• Conventional forces — Deploy millions of armored cavalry and hundreds of millions of troops during the first Immortal War 74.
• Returning Immortal Dao Army — Veteran force commanded by the Returning Immortal Dao Lord. Its soldiers wear battle-scarred, starlight-emitting armor and train within the Returning Origin Chaos Gate 437 441.
• Fate Divine Sea garrison — The Returning Immortal Dao Army had guarded this territory, which the holy land controlled for countless eras, before being recalled for war 438.
• Punishing Heaven Army — Responds to threats against Su Changge on the Outer Territory Battlefield, fighting with divine spears and longswords 483.
• Subordinate forces — Answer wartime summons with ancient warships and troops arriving through Gates of Light 437.

Cultivation Support

• Treasury — Contains undying divine medicine, ten-thousand-year ganoderma, Secret Realm Divine Fruit, and other resources; the large collection delivered to Su Changge is described as only a negligible portion of its reserves 5.
• Sacred artifacts — Elite disciples receive valuable weapons forged from supreme-grade divine iron and precious jade 304.
• Sacred-body awakening — An ancestor helps younger disciples fully awaken their Saintly Bodies, enabling them to contend with ancient-generation opponents 326.
• Coordinated combat — Disciple formations combine golden defensive walls with artifact-based attacks, though the predictive dark ancient beasts withstand and evade these methods 304.

Formations and Artifacts

• Primordial Sword Formation — Creates tens of thousands of arrays across the sky and rains sword energy upon invading armies 74.
• Returning Origin Chaos Bell — Ancient deterrent manifested through primordial purple qi and chaos light. It intimidates six ancient experts and later appears above the Yellow Springs Realm when the holy land threatens the Underworld 356 370.
• Defensive Grand Formation — Envelops the holy land in a barrier resembling an upturned glazed bowl; activated alongside the Chaos Bell before the Taboo Su Family’s arrival 358 606.
• Returning Origin Chaos Gate — Portal containing the veteran army’s training grounds and serving as its deployment route 437.
• Bronze Divine Mirror — Allows the ancestors to observe Su Changge’s Yellow Springs journey 286.
• Five captured Emperor Armaments — Retained as the holy land’s share of the first Immortal War’s spoils 83.
• Three Lifetimes Bronze Coffin fragment — Obtained by an Ancient Ancestor’s avatar after Extinguish Delusion Immortal’s death 369.

External Relationships

• Returning Origin Immortal Sect — Parent organization and source of the holy land’s taboo-level backing; uses the branch as part of its Central Immortal Domain plan 520 657 1053.
• Jade Pool Sacred Ground — Friendly power whose disciples cooperate with the holy land in the Nine Netherworlds and attend its celebratory banquet 304 313 358.
• Heaven’s Secret Island — Protected by Chu Jianxin from an Overseer Alliance attack; its master is subsequently compelled to swear loyalty to Su Changge 134.
• Heavenly Dao Overseers Alliance — Investigates the holy land, uses Prison God Palace to probe its strength, and later participates in open war against it 135 197 438.
• Heavenly Demon God Mountain — Longstanding enemy that plots against its disciples and leads preparations for the Second Human-Demon War 304 420.
• Ancient Dragon Clan and Ancient Phoenix Clan — Become openly hostile following the destruction of Dragon God Island and True Phoenix Cave, their respective branches 212.
• Prison God Palace and Demon God Abyss — Survive the six-power war but are forced to compensate the holy land after Sword Heart Old Ancestor attacks their ancestral grounds 211.
• Underworld — Spared in repayment of the guidance once given by its first Palace Master; subsequently seals itself for one million years 370.
• Life Forbidden Zone — Military target deliberately preserved as a series of trials for Su Changge rather than immediately destroyed with the holy land’s full strength 493 527.
• Taboo Su Family — Its arrival triggers defensive mobilization, but its members reveal that they have come to respectfully welcome Su Changge back to his clan 606.
• Eternal Heavenly Court — Later affiliation of several former holy land associates, including Emperor Zhan and Profound Feather Great Emperor, who continue visiting their old home 1464.