Nine Mountains and Eight Seas

## Introduction

The Nine Mountain and Eight Seas (九山八海) were inheritance left for humanity and have existed since the Heavens Sect era. Every Mountain and Sea has a unique inheritance. The Mountains and Seas don’t belong to specific people, as they are inheritances passed down from ancient times to all of humanity.

## Information

During the Heavens Sect era, the masters of the Nine Mountains and Eight Seas had been second only to the masters of the Three Realms Six Paths. The trials to receive the Mountains and Seas’ inheritances are open for all cultivation realms, but most people don’t succeed until they become Progenitors. That’s why there’s something that’s commonly accepted about these inheritances: the rare individuals who are able to receive an inheritance before becoming a Progenitor are guaranteed to become a Progenitor.

During the Daosource Sect era, the Nine Mountains and Eight Seas had all been under the control of the Fifth Mainland, and it was only during this era by which all Nine Mountains and Eight Seas had a master. Before that, aside from the Heavens Sect era, there was no point in human history when all of the Nine Mountains and Eight Seas had masters. Although humanity could not compare to it's peak during the Heavens Sect era, it still ushered in it's own brilliance during the era of Progenitor Chen, with all Nine Mountain and Seas had been occupied by a Progenitor.

## Locations of the Nine Mountains and Eight Seas

After defeated of the Fifth Mainland, the locations of the Nine Mountain and Eight Seas have changed:

* Five Mountains and Five Seas remained in the Fifth Mainland and used as the Cosmic Tower in order to chose the Cosmic Five who would inherit these Five Mountains and Five Seas. The truth was it was a bait set by Progenitor Hui and denotated, which lead the Aeternals to invade the Sixth Mainland as a revenge from the previous war which Sixth Mainland had with the Fifth Mainland.
* Two of the Mountain and Sea was located in the Fifth Mainland Daosource sect ruins which the ruins were at the Sixth Mainland after the war.
	+ One of the Mountains was a fire inheritance.
* One was located in the Cosmic Sea which was Progenitor Smoke's Mountain and Sea.
* One of the Mountain and Sea was located at the Virtue Archive.
* One of the Mountain and Sea was the light that was above the Wang family land, and belonged to Wang Fan.
* One of the Mountain and Sea was the clouds above the Celestial Frost Sect, and belonged to Bai Wangyuan. The Mountain and Sea was the Sky Beyond the Sky trial.

*Note: The source are accurate but it is not determined if the author miscounted or the Five Mountains and Five Seas were not the same ones.*

## Mountain and Seas Masters

During the Daosource Sect era, the nine masters include: Lu Tianyi, Progenitor Chen, the Celestial Frost Sect’s Bai Wangyuan, the Wang family’s Wang Fan, Progenitor Hui, the Rune Progenitor, Progenitor Ku, and Progenitor Smoke, with Progenitor Chen controlling two Mountains and a Sea. Progenitor Smoke was the first of their generation to receive the Nine Mountain and Seas Inheritance. Progenitor Chen inherited his Mountain and Sea when he was just a Semi-Progenitor.

## Trivia

* Progenitor Smoke's Mountain and Sea contained the unique inheritance of thought.
* Progenitor Chen took control over Two Mountains and One Sea in order to deny the Xia family from the inheritance.
* One of Progenitor Chen's Mountain and Sea has the inheritance of water, possess the ability to heal.
	+ Progenitor Wang's Mountain and Sea inheritance is the battle technique, **Shadows of Life** which creates a shadow/clone of the user. This Mountain and Sea inheritance might have been the precursor to the Nine Clones Secret Technique which the Xia family had got the inspiration.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 2129
2. ↑ Chapter 2280
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chapter 2273
4. ↑ Chapter 1148
5. ↑ Chapter 1573
6. ↑ Chapter 2128
7. ↑ Chapter 2236
8. ↑ Chapter 2254
9. ↑ Chapter 2274
10. ↑ Chapter 1840