New Earth

New Earth

Immigrants:

* Torrid Demons
* Sky Gnomes
* Tal-Eladar
* Gemlings
* True Sky Faction
* Lunar Tribe

## Planetary Situation

First was the fact that he was currently staring up at two suns, only one them being the familiar yellow.

The other sun was a far smaller star that shone in a piercing aquamarine. It hovered close to the other celestial body and seemed to orbit it like a satellite. **Chapter 2**

There are 4 moons. **Chapter 373**

"The new planet Was graded D-Ranked in both mass and energy by the System, meaning that it would be able to sustain D-Rank powerhouses and beasts. There was one small solace in the fact that the animals were getting stronger though. As monsters evolved they became smarter and created their own societies in a sense.

They wouldn’t go randomly attacking settlements, especially not if they knew it was guarded by arrays or powerhouses. Of course, that was predicated on there actually being those kinds of defenses, otherwise the town would be fair game." - **Chapter 137**

Earth was fused with 3 other worlds when it was integrated into the System. Both Earth and the Ishiate Planets were almost completely lacking Cosmic Energy before, and the Zhix planet was only slightly better off. Worst off was the moleman planet, since it was essentially half-dead. - **Chapter 395.**

"... Earth could be considered a very small planet even after having grown by a huge degree due to the merging of planets. But it was pretty much as small as a D-Graded planet could be, where the larger ones could have a surface area that was hundreds of times larger.

As for C-Graded worlds, the whole area of Earth would barely be considered a clan's fiefdom, a small corner of a single kingdom. " - **Chapter 425**

### Adapting to the world after the Fall

The situation on Earth was becoming increasingly stable as time passed. The population of Earth had even started growing again, albeit barely.

There was the issue of the increasing number of monster tides plaguing the towns. There was a huge number of beasts that had reached E-grade by this point, and many of them looked to expand their territories. It was still a common occurrence for towns to be overrun or badly hurt.

It wasn’t that Zac didn’t want to help, and there were quite a few elites in Port Atwood who would be more than willing to jump from town to town and clear out monsters. The System unfortunately didn’t want that to happen. It often disabled the teleporters when the beasts came running, creating trials for the township. If they succeeded, someone would probably make some sort of breakthrough in the town. If they failed and were eaten, the System would save on resources. **Chapter 662**

Too many have slowed down their progress after Earth stabilized. It might sound odd, but we might have made our cities too safe with powerful arrays and fortifications. Few beast tides can threaten our people, so people aren’t feeling the sense of urgency and pressure from before. **Chapter 933**

Earthling humans have peace and individualism ingrained in their bones according to Ogras. As a result of the upcoming Space Gate War Zac has initiated conscription with the hopes of raising 25 million E-grade warriors before the war starts. Targeting the humans of Earth and having the pacifist Ishiate factions provide support staff. **Chapter 933**

## Leadership

It was also a bit odd to hear the term ‘**Atwood Empire**’, but he guessed it was the most apt description. His faction couldn’t be considered a town any longer, and it was neither a sect nor a clan. A budding single-planet Empire was probably correct, though it was definitely a bit weird to be called an Emperor, especially considering Earth’s cultural norms. **Chapter 646**

Zac has achieved planetary Hegemony via the Path to Hegemony Quest and maintaining control of the planet against all opposition and thus become the **Planetary Lord** (**Chapter 660**). This was greatly aided by the fact that Thea was his girlfriend and the remains of the New World Government integrated into Port Atwood, there was not much opposition. Most of the Ishiate didn’t care one way or another. In fact, it turned out that Starlight had actually left Earth already thanks to some sort of opportunity he had gained.

The Zhix were solidly in his camp as well, and that alone was enough to make others think twice before making their move. The only potential threat was the natives of the fallen Mystic Realm, but Zac had already made his arrangements for them (**Chapter 660**).

## World Core

The System added a Life/Death attunement to the planet as a reward for Zac's achievement in the Death Defiance (Unique, Limited) Quest (**Chapter 496**). It is later revealed that the planet didn't suffer the same instability as Ensolus due to a nascent Realm Spirit having formed within the planet core (**Chapter 841**)

## Geography

"...according to astronomers our planet is enormous, with a diameter of at least twenty times that of our old World." - **Chapter 293.**

"The ships he had bought from the Creators were extremely swift, but it had taken months until they finally found the mainland. It also showed just how huge the new planet was. It felt as though their current mass was far larger than just the combination of the four integrated planets.

Perhaps the system had thrown some random landmass into the mix to make the distances larger."

Taking Port Atwood as the central point... "We have found the continent that you humans now refer to as Pangea to the east," Adran explained with a shake of his head. "We have already made the first contact with a few settlements along the shoreline. [...]

But the land in the opposite direction is something else?" Zac asked with interest.

"Yes, though it was further away compared to the main continent. The first one we found one week after you left for the hunt. The second we only found ten days ago. We didn't find any settlements or people on that continent, though we have only begun our exploration recently," Abby explained." - **Chapter 268.**

### Pangea

"I can't say that we have a full grasp of our new world so far, but we have successfully mapped out almost our supercontinent. However, according to our astronomers our planet is enormous, with a diameter of at least twenty times that of our old World. And according to our calculations, Pangea takes uponly around 20% of the total surface. [...]

[...] Pangea was simply massive. The Undead Incursion was as large as the former United States, but it was only a small section of the massive continent. To think that such a huge chunk of land was only twenty percent of the total.

But it also made Zac more certain that the other landmass was another continent rather than a large island. Zac had even thought it possible that they simply had reached Pangea from both ends, but that one of the coasts was uninhabited." - **Chapter 293.**

### Elysium

"Along the coastal edge is a lush forest, but after a few hours walk inland there is an impossibly vast desert. The heat there is scorching even to the demons, and there did not seem to be any life as far as we could tell. The cosmic energy was however very dense, so if we could transform the desert it would become great unoccupied land.

[...] If I'm not mistaken the other continent might be the remains of this fourth world. Since it was scorched by their sun for millennia there should have only been unlivable deserts on the surface. Perhaps the System simply took their uninhabitable land and made a continent out of it. Perhaps merged it with parts of Africa and the middle-east. I haven't really heard anything from those regions since the Integration." **Chapter 268**

"It had to be at least 45 degrees from what Zac could tell, and if this had been him from before the integration he would have been incapacitated in no time from the billowing heat." - **Chapter 324.**

Their population was just a fraction of the number of living citizens, but Elysium was producing an excessive number of extraordinarily talented cultivators because of him. It hadn't been an issue when there was only Vilari and Rhuger who stood out. But the Echelon Class would blaze through the ranks until Peak E-grade, as the foundations for the first two grades had already been set by their predecessors. Between their talents and Earth's upcoming upgrade, they wouldn't need to waste much time before pushing for Hegemony.

If nothing changed, the Atwood Empire would eventually be divided into a small group of powerful undead ruling over a larger population of living citizens. Take it further, and a day might come when the undead feel it is a waste to have a bunch of dreamers running around. If all the leaders and guardians of the empire were undead, why not just realign the whole faction? **Ch 1,179**

#### Underworld

"The Underworld was quite different from how Zac had imagined it, and it was only after travelling for the last hour he realized that the Underworld wasn’t an intricate network of tunnels and caverns. Most of the Underworld was actually an open expanse.

The prevalent belief among those who were teleported here was that the underworld was between two layers of tectonic plates or just between two rock sediments. It created a continuous subterranean landscape that sometimes had a ceiling height of thousands of meters, and sometimes it was so narrow that one had to crouch to move forward.

There were even forests and arable farmland, though the things that could be grown were generally different types of edible moss or mushrooms. Rivers ran across the hilly grounds, and it if wasn’t for the utter lack of sunlight, one might have forgotten they were underground. Instead, everything was illuminated by luminescent plants, creating a mesmerizing display of colorful spots that lit up the boundless darkness.

Most towns were constructed in caves like the one they were spectating through, as the open world was quite dangerous for most people. Enormous packs of mutated bats roved in the sky, and all kinds of subterranean beasts walked the ground.

Even the insects had mutated and turned into monstrous creatures in the underworld, perhaps due to the massive amount of Nexus Crystals boosting the energy in the atmosphere. Getting caught in ten-meter tall spiderwebs or skewered by a scorpion pincer were both real risks in the underworld.

The extremely solid rock walls of the caverns made for a natural defense against the horrors of the underworld, and people only had to fortify the cave exits to create a safe space. Top tier caves were the ones who possessed a natural ecosystem to sustain them, like the cave the Underworld Nexus was built inside, with its own lake." - **Chapter 330.**

"We are surrounded by pockets of Nexus Crystals and other heavy elements we haven’t seen before, perhaps that interferes somehow,” she said with a shake of her head.

Zac’s eyes widened and he couldn’t help but feel some greed. It sounded like the underground was just a treasure trove waiting to be looted." - **Chapter 253.**

#### Atwood Archipelago

They are the islands that are between the two great continents. Where Zac started after integration and where he built his Kingdom. Port Atwood's sphere of influence covers 298 islands with a population of 83 432 citizens.

## Species

### The Four Founding Races:

#### Humans

"Humans were quite weak, usually at the bottom of the rung. But they were extremely numerous, and out of every billion of them, a powerhouse might rise. Other races had huge advantages, sometimes even becoming C-Ranking Class upon adulthood by default. But these kinds of races were always far scarcer in numbers." - **Chapter 206**

"Some races have extremely high affinities with certain Daos, essentially turning their whole population in a certain direction of cultivation. But many races, like us humans, don’t have any racial affinity" - **Chapter 283**

#### Ishiate

"The humanoids that closed in on him made him think that they were a mix of humans and animals. They seemed to have normal hands and feet, but they also possessed clear animalistic features.

They wore simple but seemingly high-quality gear, and carried various weapons, mostly spears and bows. Most of their exposed skin was covered in a brown or white fur, sometimes mottled with spots. They had large black eyes, and a normal face and a mouth. Their ears somewhat resembled those of an elf’s though. His assessment was that these beings were a seventy-thirty mix of a human and a fawn.

They didn’t look frail though, as even the fur couldn’t hide their sturdy frames and muscles." -**Chapter 95**

"Not even Starlight seems to have a great drawing power with their people, and they generally stay in small cliques." -**Chapter 297**

#### Zhix

"Their faces were mostly human, apart from their noses that were mostly two holes and a slight protuberance. The same could be said about their ears, almost looking like the cauliflower ears of professional wrestlers. Their eyes were almost human, though a bit larger and their irises were purple.

All in all their faces could have passed as ugly humans if it wasn’t for the two antennae on their heads and the fact that their skin was tinged a bit purple. Their skin was quite hard as well, but not to the point of being a chitinous exoskeleton of the Ayr Ants back on his own island.

They also had four normal appendages and even wore clothes." - **Chapter 124**

#### Molekin

Name clarified in **Author Commentary - The Road Not Taken**

".... extremely pale humanoids that reached roughly to Zac’s chest.

His best guess was that these things were Ratmen going by their hunched over posture and long tails, but they didn’t exactly match the descriptions he heard from the Valkyries about their battles at the Ratmen Incursion. They had more human-like features, and they seemed to be completely hairless." **Chapter 227**

### Immigrant Species:

#### Torrid Demons

(Remnants of a failed Incursion)

"...a skin that was tinted in a greyish-red. The skin looked coarse and almost like a cross between scales and normal human skin.

...neither this demon nor the others wore any shoes, but after an inspection it made some sense. The demon’s feet looked like a slimmer version of the barghest’s taloned paws, with three sharp claws in the front.

Finally the pair of horns that had warned him from approaching them. They were a blood red color, and looked like an artist’s rendition of fire. They started in his upper forehead, and was bent backwards along his skull. It looked like tongues of fire were reaching upwards along the horn." - **Chapter 23**

#### Tal-Eladar

(remnants of a failed Incursion)

The Tal-Eladar wasn't truly elves, but Marshall clan informally called them that due to their appearance. They had long pointed ears that slightly drooped at their tip and lithe frames, which brought to mind elves from fantasy stories. However, there were some differences between elves and the humanoids in the incursion.

First of all their eyes looked a bit creepy according to the report, and a comment likened them to goat's eyes, with oblong horizontal pupils and no sclera. Their teeth were also sharp, meaning they didn't live on morning dew and fruits like elves in the stories did.

#### (The Thayer Consortia)

"Manning the disk were a few humanoids that somewhat reminded Zac of gnomes. They were less than a meter tall but didn’t have the stockiness, or beardiness, of dwarves. Their skin was also light blue and they had deep sapphire-colored eyes, with pointed ears like elves. Perhaps they were genies?

Before Zac and Ogras could approach the clerks another genie came running toward the two. He looked much like the others, with the blue skin and no hair. He wore what looked like an old-fashioned suit, and had an ascot tied around his neck." **Chapter 76.**

#### Gemlings

Bipedal amphibious turtle like golemoids from the Mystic Realm.

#### True Sky Faction

They weren't actually a unique race at all. The Tsarun clan had apparently captured thousands of people with various bloodlines, probably in search of something valuable. These people banded together after the Cataclysm, led by a few cultivators who all carried unique powerful bloodlines.

#### Lunar Tribe

Werewolves with an affinity for the Dao of the Moon.