Ink

Ink, or **Mo**, is a primordial and extremely powerful existence of the Outer Universe that precedes even the existence of Ancient Divine Spirits. Residing in what is known as Ink Battlefield, Ink is said to have been born with exceedingly low Spiritual Wisdom that initially seems to have only managed to reach the level of a child in modern times. Though not inherently evil by disposition, Ink is extremely detrimental to all other living organisms due to the fact that it feeds on World Force and parasitizes all living beings. As such, Ink was historically sealed by the Ancestral Human Race in Ink Battlefield for over a million years.

## Past

### Sealed

Having been trapped within a Heavenly Treasure known as the **Mysterious Gate** for as long as it could remember, a sentient Ink was eventually discovered by the strongest Human Race Martial Ancestor, Mu, during the Monster Race Era of the Outer Universe. After later reaching the 9th Rank Open Heaven Realm, Mu proceeded to free Ink from its prison before naming it “Ink” due to its extremely dark appearance, and they subsequently developed an older sister/younger brother relationship respectively. Ink in turn then used its immense power to help the Human Race to eventually achieve victory over the Monster Race, leading to the dawn of the Human Race Era.

However, this was largely achieved by turning other beings, including entire Universe Worlds full of humans, into Ink Disciples as Ink itself grew more and more powerful. Fearing the uncontrollable threat of Ink's rapid growth, immense power, and corruptive nature, Mu and the other 9 Ancestors later tricked Ink into returning to its original sealing place, where they then subsequently trapped it within the Heavenly Beginning Great Restriction.

## Ink

### True Body

Once known as the **Queen's Nest** or **Source,** the original Ink is the source of all other forms of Ink Clan. Though it is initially, and incorrectly, thought to not have the most exceptional combat ability by itself, the indestructible Queen's Nest is known to forge all other Ink Clan and Ink Nests. It is initially believed that Ink may have reached the level of a Creator, and that, in addition to allowing its power to far surpasses the means of the Open Heaven Realm, it may be the power of Creation that allows Ink to directly create innate Royal Lords, innate Territory Lords, and Ink GSGs. However, it is later confirmed by Ink itself that it never truly reached the World Creation Realm, and that its ability to create the extremely powerful Ink Clan armies was due to its own natural talent.

### Origin

Ink was born within the Primordial World of the Outer
Universe.

### Xiao Shi Yi

Xiao Shi Yi, aka “Little Eleven”, is the child-like sentient consciousness of Ink, and the one who befriended Mu in the Antiquity. Despite its somewhat innocent nature, and much like Sun's Burning Light and Moon's Serene Glimmer, Xiao Shi Yi is admittedly unable to fully control its own immense dark power, making Ink a massive threat to all other forms of life in the long run. After its true body was sealed within the Heavenly Beginning Great Restriction, Xiao Shi Yi spent over a million years trying to break free from its confines until it was put to sleep and its source was split into 3,000 pieces by the back-up plan of Mu. Xiao Shi Yi was then kept company by a silhouette of Mu within the Primordial World for the next several thousand years.

Later, after awakening during the Human Race’s Final War against the Ink Clan, Xiao Shi Yi holds a nihilistic view toward human life without Mu, and determines that, as a superior being, it has the right to exist over anything else despite its nature. However, after failing to defeat Yang Kai in the Human Race’s Final War, Xiao Shi Yi’s consciousness is preserved by the latter, who resealed the vast majority of its power within the Mysterious Gate. Likewise, Xiao Shi Yi is later able to achieve its wish of viewing the outside world, without the consequence of harming other life, at the side of the World Creation Realm Yang Kai. Later, Xiao Shi Yi is left by Yang Kai to guard Void World alongside its World Masters, Fang Tian Ci and Ying Bao, as the latter travels to explore the other worlds beyond Chaos.

## Ink Clan Structure

### Ink Nests

The **Ink Nests** belong to the top ranking Ink Clan and are related in cascading order. The initial nests are created through the natural talent of Ink. Thus, if a higher nest is destroyed, then the lower nests connected to it will also fall. Ink Nests are ranked in tandem with their equivalent top ranked Ink Clan, which are **Royal Lords**, **Territory Lords**, and **Feudal Lords**. These Ink Clan are respectively equivalent to 9th, 8th, and 7th Rank Open Heaven Realm. Ink Clan of the Royal and Territory Lord levels can be **innate** or **acquired**. Innate Royal and Territory Lords are created by Ink itself, and are thus significantly more informed, intelligent, and, at least initially, more powerful than their acquired counterparts.

Innate Territory Lords are comparable to a Peak 8th Rank Open Heaven Realm cultivator, but are unable to promote past their innate rank. Innate Royal Lords, on the other hand, are born comparable to an established Human Race 9th Rank Open Heaven Realm cultivator, and can only slowly improve their strength. Likewise, acquired Ink Clan can potentially increase their strength all the way up to the level of a Royal Lord, but are generally weaker than their equivalent rank of Open Heaven Realm for most of their growth period. However, the higher their rank, the smaller this disparity becomes, with acquired Royal Lords being virtually no different from 9th Rank Open Heaven Realm cultivators. Historically, the vast majority of Ink Clan on Ink Battlefield have been acquired Ink Clan, as they can be created by any Ink Nest with sufficient resources.

Ink Clan and their respective Ink Nests are ranked as such:

### Royal Lord

Royal Lords are the Ink Clan equivalent of the 9th Rank Open Heaven Realm, as well as the primary opponents of Old Ancestors.

* **Royal Lord Nest (King's Nest)**: Each Royal Lord Nest is bred from Ink itself, and likewise produces an initial and limited number of innate Territory Lords. After this, a King's Nest will only be capable of producing acquired Ink Clan. When a acquired Ink manages to reach the level of a Royal Lord, they do not get their own King's Nest, and can only share in the benefits of a previously existing one. King's Nests produce Territory Lord Nests. Territory Lords need King's Nests in order to promote to the Royal Lord level. Each Royal Lord Ink Nest determines the survival of over a hundred Territory Lord Nests and tens of thousands of Feudal Lord Nests.

* Innate Royal Lords are born comparable to an established 9th Rank Open Heaven Realm Human Race cultivator, and it is very difficult for them to improve their strength. On the other hand, acquired Royal Lords initially have about the same strength as an initially acquired 9th Rank Open Heaven Realm cultivator, but have a large potential for growth.

### Pseudo-Royal Lord

Later, it is revealed that innate Territory Lords can practice an ancient and extremely dangerous Secret Technique within a King’s Nest to potentially become a **Pseudo-Royal Lord**, i.e. a false Royal Lord. This process often costs the lives of numerous and precious innate Territory Lords due to its high chance of failure. Furthermore, when it is successful, it costs the enormous loss of a Royal Lord Ink Nest and all the Nests attached to it.

However, success will allow an Innate Territory Lord to gain more of Ink’s Source Power to very quickly achieve strength just under that of a normal Royal Lord. Because of the extraordinary risks and losses associated with its use, this technique is first used out of desperation by the Ink Clan. Though Pseudo-Royal Lords are extremely powerful, they are unable to truly and fully control their strength like a true Royal Lord. Likewise, a Pseudo-Royal Lord can generally display anywhere from 70-80% of the strength of a true Royal Lord.

### Territory Lord

Territory Lords are equivalent to the 8th Rank Open Heaven Realm.

* **Territory Lord Nest**: With sufficient resources, Territory Lord Nests are capable of producing Feudal Lord Nests. Feudal Lords need Territory Lord Nests in order to promote to the Territory Lord Level.

### Feudal Lord

Feudal Lords are equivalent to 7th Rank Open Heaven Realm.

* **Feudal Lord Nest**: Feudal Lord Nests are largely responsible for the countless High and Low Rank Ink Clan armies. High Rank Ink require Feudal Lord Ink Nests in order to promote to the Feudal Lord level.

As inferred earlier, Ink Clansmen are extremely reliant on their Nests. They are not only the source of their strength, but also their main means of mass communication, cultivation, and healing. Likewise, if a Ink Nest is destroyed, all Ink Nests that were bred from it will collapse, causing their respective Ink Clansmen to be effectively crippled.

### High Rank Ink Clan

Roughly equivalent to Middle Rank Open Heaven Realm, High Rank Ink Clan are dangerous not because of their strength, but because of their massive numbers. Due to Ink Nests, High Rank Ink Clan can be produced in large quantities with sufficient resources.

### Low Rank Ink Clan

Known as Ink Soldiers, these Ink, though not very powerful, are innumerable and nearly inexhaustible as long as there is an Ink Nest and sufficient resources around. They are equivalent to Low Rank Open Heaven Realm.

### Ink Disciples

Ink Disciples are Human Race that have been corroded by Ink. They retain the strength of their innate cultivation, but are able to practice past their limits. In this way, a 6th Rank Ink Disciple has the potential to reach 9th Rank Open Heaven Realm. However, this causes them great physical deformities and for their Small Universe to become somewhat unstable, making them weaker and more fragile than the general Open Heaven Realm cultivator of the same rank once they exceed their limit. It is said that an 8th Rank Ink Disciple carries a lower status than a 1st Rank Open Heaven Realm equivalent Low Rank Ink Clan.

#### "False Open Heaven"

In order to avoid being corroded by Ink, Open Heaven Realm cultivators often give up the part of their Small Universe's Background that has been corrupted. However, this causes their Small Universe to become incomplete, and can even lead to a fall in rank. Even at the same rank, these martial artists are also largely weaker than the general cultivator of the equivalent rank. What's more, those that have given up a piece of their Small Universe are even more susceptible to future Ink corrosion. This also largely contributes to the fact that Ink Disciples are generally weaker than their equivalent rank in Open Heaven Realm.

As long as their Small Universe is incomplete, these cultivators are at constant risk of facing its collapse. A special fruit, known as the Profound Valley Spirit Fruit, can repair the damaged Small Universe of an Open Heaven Realm cultivator that gave up some background, and is highly valued on Ink Battlefield.

### Ink Giant Spirit God (Clones)

Ink is capable of creating Ink Giant Spirit Gods through its natural Divine Ability. These beings, like their normal counterparts, massively exceed the power of the 9th Rank Open Heaven Realm. Likewise, one has been seen to be capable of suppressing over a dozen 9th Rank Open Heaven Realm Old Ancestors with only a half-formed body. In the Antiquity, one of these indomitable beings killed countless High Rank Open Heaven Realm equivalent Divine Spirits in Ancestral Land as if they were nothing, before finally being sealed at the cost of the 3rd generation Dragon Emperor, Phoenix Empress, and the precious Sacred Objects of numerous Divine Spirit Clans.

Later, it is discovered that BGSGs are also clones of Ink itself, and likewise have a virtually indestructible flesh body. All that is required for them to live is a Soul Wisp from Ink itself.

## Other

For a list of Notable Ink Clansmen and their fates, check out the Notable Ink Clansmen page.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 5975
2. ↑ Chapter 5977
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chapter 5414
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Chapter 5470
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Chapter 5505
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Chapter 6008
7. ↑ Chapter 5947
8. ↑ Chapter 6009
9. ↑ Chapter 5079
10. ↑ Chapter 5413
11. ↑ Chapter 5565
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Chapter 5482
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Chapter 5390
14. ↑ Chapter 5132
15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Chapter 5626
16. ↑ Chapter 5629
17. ↑ Chapter 5708
18. ↑ Chapter 4916
19. ↑ Chapter 4938