Ancient Force Realm is a Middle Realm in the Sun and Moon Heavenly Domain that attracts remnants of destroyed worlds and corpses of True Immortals. It is the corpse of Ancient Force Lord Hae Nyeong, who died after fighting [Something] alongside Vast Cold. The Ancient Force Realm is, quite literally, a world made up of the corpses of countless True Immortals.
Heaven Immortals who failed in their prophecies, forgotten Immortal Beasts erased from history. The deaths of countless True Immortals overflow in the form of the Deep Sea. Among the fragments in the Deep Sea, some appear to be pieces that can only be described as remnants of 'Heavenly Domains'.
Overview
The condition to ascend to this realm is to possess the strength/artifact of a destroyed world or dead True Immortal. This realm does not have a Stable Realm and Chaos Realm, but rather sea domains and the deep sea. Within air bubbles amidst the deep sea, the people of Ancient Force lives under blue skies. The roof of such air bubbles is called the Dome Sky (穹蒼) which itself is the deep sea. These are the sea domains, and Ancient Force Realm is composed of countless sea domains gathered together. There are three regions in this realm:[1]
- Water Flow Region - the sea domains on the outskirts of the entire Ancient Force Realm.
- Dao Departure Region - the largest sea domain at the very center of Ancient Force Realm. The closer the sea domain is to the center, the larger their size. The Dao Departure Region possesses its own attraction force which pulls the smaller sea domains towards it, preventing them from scattering into the deep sea.
- Xiezhi Worship Region - a vast continent - the only continent - located at the center of the Dao Departure Region, contrary to the islands of all other sea domains. It is where the Sacred Master Hae Lin of the Ancient Force Realm resides.
Since the sky of Ancient Force Realm is covered by the deep sea, Heaven Tribe cultivators cannot read the celestial energy, rendering them at a disadvantage in information-gathering compared to the Earth Tribe which reads the flow of yin and yang. Thus, this realm is almost entirely dominated by demon beasts.[1]
Ancient Stones
The deep sea consist of dimensions overlapping so densely that they appear like water. Entering the deep sea unprepared traps one in the distorted space, or even sends them to a different dimension. A common method to safely traverse the deep sea is to bring ancient stones, a unique substance found only in Ancient Force Realm which possess the property of accumulating history. Crushing one ancient stone highlights the path one had taken, while crushing ten simultaneously enacts an attraction force that pulls one back along the path they had thread. It is a safety line to return from the deep sea to the surface at once. Ancient stones can only be found in the deep sea, either through mining or by extraction from deep sea monsters. Ancient stones are used to power artifacts and also traded as currency.[1]
The islands in the sea domains do not sink into the deep sea as they are suspended by veins of ancient stones throughout the landmass. The ancient stone keeps the island stationary, and mining these ancient stone veins is illegal. The punishment for illegal mining is to obtain ten times the mass mined from the deep sea; a roundabout death sentence.[1]
Ancient force
The Ancient Force is something that originates entirely from the Head Realm. All beings who control the Plane of Qi and walk the pathway of history...when they observe the threads of history, they inevitably perceive threads of [lost] history among them. And when they connect with those [lost histories] through their unique powers, what they gain is ancient force.
Through that ancient force, some Immortal Beasts gain special authorities, some uncover unknown truths, and some are said to acquire Seats that were lost long ago. However, the crucial point is that anyone who obtains ancient force is said to be able to discern its origin. And the origin of all ancient force is the Head Realm.
In this world, there are many [forgotten histories] and [disappeared truths]. And all those who gather ancient force are, in essence, beings who [excavate the truths of forgotten history].
Ancient Force True Lord Hae Nyeong devoted their entire life to uncovering the hidden truths of the world and 500,000 years ago, followed the Vast Cold Heavenly Lord, believing that by following, they could uncover the entirety of ancient force. But they were ultimately defeated.
Power Structure
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Trivia
- Kim Young-hoon, Buk Hyang-Hwa, Seo Ran, and Song Jin ascended here from the Head Realm; the first to find information to restore the transformed Cheongmun Ryeong from a salt pillar to his original state, the second to strengthen the strange stones coming out of Cheongmun Ryeong's body powering the Buk Hyang Fleet, while the latter two having uncovered Seo Hweol's true insidious nature searches for a way to stop him.[2]
- The travel time back and forth between Bright Cold Realm and Ancient Force Realm is 1000 years for a typical Four-Axis cultivator.[3]
- The names of the three regions of sea domains are identical to the first, second, and fourth floors found in Lofty Dragon True Person's storage scroll in Bright Cold Realm.[1]
- This realm is formed from the corpse of candidate King of Immortal Beasts Hae Nyeong.
References
- [1] Chapter 357
- [2] Chapter 272 - "Me, in order to save Cheongmun Ryeong; Buk Hyang-hwa, to further strengthen the seal on the power emanating from the strange rocks that came out of Cheongmun Ryeong's body; Seo Ran and Song Jin, to find a countermeasure against someone named Seo Hweol. Each of us with our own reasons decided to ascend to the Ancient Force Ream." —Kim Young-hoon
- [3] Chapter 272