Shenwu Continent

## Introduction

The Shenwu Continent is located in a different dimensional parallel space in the Darkmist Weave, located near the Astral River. The Shenwu Continent contains very powerful martial artists that are equivalent to cultivators, and is ruled by the Shenwu Empire. The Shenwu Continent consists of thirty six islands in the Shenwu Empire, with the main island being the Ming Island, where the capital of the Ming Island is called Antai City. There is a huge body of water called the Endless Eastern Sea, east of the Ming Island. The Tower of Resonating Light is the location of which Ming Taizhong's body lay to rest.

### History

A millennium ago, a powerful being had been born on the Shenwu Continent who tore through the alternate dimension with astounding strength. His actions had exposed the continent to the universe and thus triggered a long war. A thousand years ago, the empire’s strongest person, Lord Ming Taizhong, founded his dynasty and swept aside all the sects. Since then, there have been no more sects in the entire continent, and all battle and cultivation techniques were handed over to the empire.

There were countless organizations in the Darkmist Weave that tried to take over the continent, but they had all failed and suffered massive casualties in the process with no, choice they had to seek help from the Innerverse in order to conquer the Shenwu Continent. However, Ming Taizhong maneuvered the five planets to reseal the alternate space, which brought the Shenwu Continent peace once again.

Unfortunately, some organizations in the Darkmist Weave and the Innerverse still wanted to get their hands on Shenwu Continent and were still attempting to do so. They still already have the coordinates to the Shenwu Continent and there are still gaps by which cultivators can enter the Continent. However, the full scale invasion of the Shenwu Continent had been ordered to stop by the Ten Arbiters, and thus, the continent had been temporarily safe, but only to become one of the Outerverse’s examination trial zones, and set to be conquered in the future...

### Story

With the exposure to the Darkmist Weave, the Shenwu continent faces consistent threats having their location nodes revealed as well as opening up to the cultivation world. Emperor Ming Zhaotian alongside other Martial God realm experts stay upon the five planets to stop cultivators from entering. The Crown Prince believes that the Shenwu Continent is more than capable of fending off the assault from the Cultivation World while the Reverent King Zhaoshu is more realistic and knows the situation of which Shenwu is currently trapped in.

After Lu Yin and their party had invaded during the Trial taking mission, Arbiter Wen heavily injured Ming Zhaotian, and Lu Yin neglectfully gave Zhanlong Daynight as well as other captured Daynight members to Ming Zhaoshu as prisoners, but Ming Zhaoshu had a deal with the Daynight clan members and let them free in return for some support.

Ming Zhaoshu betrayed the stubborn Shenwu Empire and proclaimed himself as the emperor and then started cooperating with the outsiders. Ming Zhaoshu inherited of the dead Ming Taizhong, and with that he broke through to become a Martial Sovereign Realm as well (Cruiser) and now evenly matched with Ming Zhaotian.

With the separate between the Innerverse and the Outerverse, the Daynight Clan doesn't have as much support that can be given to obtain the Shenwu Continent. Lu Yin came back with more strength and authority to meet with Ming Yan. He stumbles upon clues that Ming Zhaotian was collaborating with the Neohuman Alliance which Lu Yin then commands the Daynight Clan alongside other Trialtakers to cooperate with Ming Zhaoshu to destroy the Neohuman Alliance as well as finally gaining control over the Shenwu Continent for Ming Zhaoshu. Ming Zhaotian abdicates his throne in exchange for Ming Hao to be set free which Ming Zhaoshu promises.

Ming Zhaotian flew into the five sealing planets and died there. Unfortunately, Ming Zhaoshu didn't plan on fulfilling his promise and Ming Hao had been silently murdered, but publicly declared missing. After a few months of trying to stabilize the Empire, the new Emperor Ming Zhaoshu is quelling the unrest as those from the previous Emperor Zhaotian's camp and those that still oppose Zhaoshu create political disturbances as well as countless assassination attempts on Emperor Zhaoshu. Ming Zhaoshu is working towards preparing the Shenwu continent to mix with the Outerverse, but unfortunately for Ming Zhaoshu, he had been secretly poisoned with a Neohuman Alliance's poison which drastically consumes his life force continuously. With no cure, and less than a year's life expectancy left, Ming Zhaoshu had no choice but to train the only possible heir of the Ming family left to the Shenwu Continent, his daughter Ming Yan. Although the kind hearted lady wished for none of this, she still accepted her role in order to complete her father's wish as well as for the sake of the Shenwu Continent to not be gobbled by the Outerverse.

Ming Yan stabilized the political climate of the Shenwu Continent and managed to enter the seal of the Resonating Light Tower, and obtained the inheritance of the Lockbreaker, Gu Yue, who created the five planet seal.

## Trivia

* The Shenwu Continent still has ancient outfits.
* The Shenwu continent is antagonistic towards those of the greater civilizations/cultivation world, and those that are discovered that is connected to the greater universe are to be exterminated.
* The Shenwu Continent does not use star energy but rather Martial Power.
* Of the Martial Emperor realm, most of them are on the five sealing planets.
* Due to outside cultivator trespassing, they developed the Heavenly Globe that detects star energy and is mounted at the cities.
	+ Later it is known that the Heavenly Globes were developed by the Starsibyl Sect.
* The Ming Constables was an organization created to detail those from the universe that intrude into Shenwu and eliminate them. Due to the shift in regime, the Ming Constable was disbanded.
* List of Tempering is a list compiled by the Crown Prince Ming Hao using information from the Demon Hunters Society. It includes everyone under the Martial Emperor realm regardless of age. It ranks them according to their level of cultivation, with the number one spot hidden. This List of Tempering is actually a trap designed by the Crown Prince to recruit those from Shenwu Empire with actual talent, while simultaneously to eliminate those that challenge those on the List and being possible cultivators from outside.
* The Demon Hunter Society hunts down the evil sects which remain after the establishment of the Shenwu Empire.

* The Martial Art's Realm Rankings
	1. Fighter Realm= Melder
	2. Martial King Realm = Limiteer
	3. Martial Emperor Realm = Explorer Rank
	4. Martial God Realm = Cruiser Rank
	5. Martial Sovereign Realm= Hunters Rank