Difficult Dao Era

## Timeline

 **Primordial Beginning**

**Remote Epochs**

**Trinity Epoch** or **Nine Worlds Epoch** or **Heaven's Will Epoch**
Legendary Era • Desolate Era • Desolate Expansion Era
Ancient Ming Era • Emperors Era
**Difficult Dao Era** • Current Era

**Seven Nights Epoch** or **Eight Desolates and Six Heavenly Continents Epoch**
Resplendent Age • Chaotic Era • Blessed Era • Myriad Dao Era

Treefathers| 1. Silver Treefather
2. Golden Bamboo Father
3. Peacock Treefather
4. Heavenvine Treefather

The Difficult Dao Era started 30,000 years ago, after Immortal Emperor Ta Kong was defeated and the Heaven's Will was torn by the Black Dragon King, and offered it as a sacrifice to the Immortal Demon Grotto in order to obtain Li Qiye's true body.

Without the Heaven's Will, the world's energy was depleted, and the cultivators had a hard time practicing the Dao. This was why this era was called the Difficult Dao Era.

Cultivators that had reached Enlightened Being and Ancient Saint couldn't take another half step forward because of the dried up world's energy, so their cultivation remained at the same place. This Era caused countless Enlightened Beings and Ancient Saints to die from old age. The ones that managed to escape this fate all halted their longevity and went into isolation and didn't dare to appear in the world. This Era had entirely tortured cultivators of the Nine Worlds for the next 30,000 years.

The loss of the Heaven's Will also cut the paths between the Nine Worlds and travel between them became impposible.

The Difficult Dao Era ended when the world's energy began to recover, heralding the start of the Current Era.

## History

#### 30,000 years ago

* The Cleansing Incense Ancient Kingdom was destroyed by the Heavenly God Sect.
* The Heavenly God Sect established the Heavenly Jewel Kingdom.

#### ~3,000 years ago

* Dong Shenglong was born.
* Violet Mountain Noble was born.

#### ~1600 years ago

* Gu Tieshou was born.
* Previous Sect Master and Gu Tieshou visited Liu San Jian and Tu Bu Yu. It was the last time Gu Tieshou and Tu Bu Yu saw Liu San Jian.
* Liu San Jian sent Tu Bu Yu to find Min Ren's descendants.

#### ~1000 years ago

* Elder Qian was born.
* Elder Sun was born.
* Elder Zhou was born.
* Elder Wu was born.
* Jiangzuo Tieyi became a Royal Noble.

#### ~50 years ago

* Sectional Leader Zhou was born.
* Da Dan was born.
* Primordial Origin Noble became a Royal Noble.

#### 20 years before Novel's start

* Leng Shizhi was born.
* Noble Jiangzuo was born.

#### 18 years before Novel's start

* Li Shuangyan was born.
* Zhang Yu was born.

#### 13 years before Novel's start

* Su Yonghuang became the sect master of the Cleansing Incense Ancient Sect.

#### 10 years before Novel's start

* The Difficult Dao Era ended ten years before the beginning of story.

## Links

- 36 Mention(s) of Difficult Dao Era
- 23 Race(s) from Difficult Dao Era
- 415 Character(s) from Difficult Dao Era
- 246 Location(s) from Difficult Dao Era
- 171 Item(s) from Difficult Dao Era
- 123 Technique(s) from Difficult Dao Era
- 2 Event(s) during Difficult Dao Era
## References

	1. ↑ Chapter #4876(WuxiaWorld)
	2. ↑ Chapter #0032(WuxiaWorld)
	3. ↑ Chapter #0044(WuxiaWorld)
	4. ↑ Chapter #0077(WuxiaWorld)
	5. ↑ Chapter #0080(WuxiaWorld)
	6. ↑ Chapter #0038(WuxiaWorld)
	7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Chapter #0097(WuxiaWorld)
	8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Chapter #0084(WuxiaWorld)
	9. ↑ Chapter #0066(WuxiaWorld)
	10. ↑ Chapter #0120(WuxiaWorld)
	11. ↑ Chapter #0042(WuxiaWorld)
	12. ↑ Chapter #0071(WuxiaWorld)
	13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Chapter #0099(WuxiaWorld)
	14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Chapter #0093(WuxiaWorld)
	15. ↑ Chapter #0039(WuxiaWorld)
	16. ↑ Chapter #0100(WuxiaWorld)
	17. ↑ Chapter #0023(WuxiaWorld)
	18. ↑ Chapter #0048(WuxiaWorld)
	19. ↑ Chapter #0046(WuxiaWorld)
	20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 Chapter #0082(WuxiaWorld)
	21. ↑ Chapter #0079(WuxiaWorld)
	22. ↑ Chapter #0178(WuxiaWorld)### Notes

	1. ↑ It is mentioned in Chapter #0089(WuxiaWorld) that this happened after Immortal Emperor Ta Kong's death.
	2. ↑ He called Dong Shenglong (who is 3000 years old) a brother, and Gu Tieshou (who is more than 1000 years old) considered him to be from the previous generation.