Perennial World

## Introduction

The Perennial World exists upon the Mother Tree which held onto the land. The Perennial World consists of the Dominion Realm, the Higher Realm, the Middle Realm, and the Lower Realm. The Perennial World was once ruled by the Lu Family but they were banished by the four powers; White Dragon Clan, Celestial Frost Sect, Shenwu's Sky, and the Wang Family.

## Information

The Fifth Mainland once contained their Daosource Sect, ruled by the Lu Family alongside the ruling powers that exists in the Perennial World. The eagle apparently came from a similar era as the Python Ancestor, and it had been alive since the dawn of human civilization. The eagle spent most of its time sleeping, but it was treated more as a legend than anything else, and many ordinary people were not even aware of the creature’s existence. When the Daosource Sect was destroyed in the war against the Sixth Mainland, the Lu Family and most of the Perennial World powers had migrated out of the Fifth Mainland with the Mother Tree. Due to the attack of the Aeternals, the Lu family had taken on the infamy of abandoning the Fifth Mainland in order to defend the Fifth Mainland on the Mother Tree as the main battlefield with the Ceaseless Impetus sourcebox array created by Progenitor Hui.

The Perennial World had a very close relationship with those of the Fifth Mainland which the Fifth Mainland was known as the Forsaken Land to the inhabitants of the Mother Tree. Although the Fifth Mainland had the most inheritance due to the collect of the other fallen Four Mainlands, the Perennial World contained more powerful families and Primeval Surnames that ruled the Mother Tree with many Progenitor Realm experts, as well as Semi-Progenitor realm cultivators across the different realms.

The family of the Celestial Frost Sect’s master was surnamed Bai, and the Xia family oversaw Shenwu's Sky. The Middle Realm had the Seed Garden that was overseen by the Nong family, and the Sword Monument was guarded by the Liu family.

## The Realms

Every realm that exists was huge, although one could see the Mother Tree, that was only due to the Mother Tree’s sheer size, which allowed it to act as a barrier that blocked off a portion of the universe. There, existed a rainbow bridge known as the Bifrost that spanned the three realms. Even an Envoy needed a great deal of time to traverse an entire realm. There was the Python Ancestor which wrapped itself around the Mother Tree several times, and the python was deep in slumber most of the time, but it would occasionally rouse from its sleep. The Higher Realm, Middle Realm, and Lower Realm were no smaller than the Fifth Mainland’s Outerverse. In fact, they might even be larger as each realm also had a cosmos above them. Compared to the Fifth Mainland, space in the Perennial World was much more stable; while Hunter can tear through the void in the Fifth Mainland, at the Perennial World, not even Envoy realm could tear the void.

### Outer Realm

The Outer realm was the region of the universe that surrounded the Mother Tree, but it was also beyond the Mother Tree. The Mother Tree had a specific location in the universe, and the Perennial World was the area within the Mother Tree’s domain. Any space beyond the Mother Tree was referred to as the Outer Realm. For example, the stars that could be seen from the Higher Realm were actually in the Outer Realm. The most famous one was a planet known as Green Hills that could only be seen from the Blue Moon District. It was a planet in the Outer Realm, but it could only be seen from Blue Moon District and nowhere else in the entire Perennial World. The seven planets that make up the Outer Realm are actually planet sized sourceboxes that are part of Ceaseless impetus and each is protected or ruled over by a Progenitor. Two of which are revealed to be Progenitor Ominion (Nutjob Lu) and Progenitor Sheng (Bai Sheng).

### Lower Realm

The Lower Realm was the most dangerous place in this universe, and among the Mother Tree's roots with the place being with terrifying creatures. These creatures survived by attacking the Mother Tree and even the Mother Tree could be destroyed, not to mention the people who lived on the Mother Tree. The Python Ancestor lived at the Lower Realm. Without the Python Ancestor, the creatures in the Lower Realm would surge into the Middle Realm. The Python Ancestor suppresses the entire Lower Realm all by himself.

The red stripe of the Bifrost leads to the Lower Realm. There are expeditions hired by the Root Organization to destroy the creatures which are parasitic to the Mother Tree. There are many different areas in the Lower Realm and it is actually much larger than the Middle Realm or the Higher Realm. Over the course of the Perennial World's countless years of existence, Aeternus had always done their best to destroy the Mother Tree’s roots, which meant that they had also tried to find ways to get to those roots. Over the years, 100,000 currents had formed in the Middle Ocean, and these currents served as underwater paths that led straight to the Mother Tree’s roots. Later on, the Lu family had built islands outside each current, both large and small, that corresponded to the size of the current. The guardians placed on the islands were also selected based on the size of the current, and the largest current was protected by a six-tribulation Envoy.

There were 100,000 currents that connected the Middle Ocean to the Lower Mortal Realm, which no one could find these 100,000 currents. This was because the Aeternals had once launched a massive attack on the currents through a Redback who had had a very high status, all in an attempt to destroy the Mother Tree’s roots with Vitality Poison. After that, the Lu family had worked hard to seal off all the currents to preemptively stop any similar attempts in the future. The Lu family knew that Aeternus was constantly researching poisons, possibly in order to destroy the Mother Tree, and in response, they had spent endless resources to create an enormous sourcebox array. After it was set up, all 100,000 currents had been concealed so that no one could find or approach them. The 100,000 currents were still there, but they could not be accessed by anyone other than the members of the Lu family. Even powerful forces like the Celestial Frost Sect or Shenwu's Sky believed that the 100,000 currents had been destroyed when the Redbacks’ attack on the Mother Tree’s roots by the Lu family’s sourcebox array had been stopped. The Lu family had deliberately hidden all information about the 100,000 currents because there were simply too many Redbacks hidden throughout the Perennial World.

Given the fact that the currents existed beneath the surface of the Middle Ocean, it was possible for new currents to form and connect to the roots of the Mother Tree at any time, which would have added an additional 10,000 to 20,000 currents.

### Middle Realm

The Middle Realm contained the Middle Ocean, with an almost endless sea. Here was where the four ruling powers used to have been until they had exiled the Lu family and taken over the Higher Realm.

The Middle Realm consisted of nine districts, each with its own unique aspect:

1. Huaiyuan District (淮源区): Huaiyuan is to the south of the Yinshan Mountains, and there is also a Humility's Gate base there.
2. Yinshan District (阴山区) : Extensive, but most of its territory was practically wilderness. In that region, people would get the chills if they left the cities and roamed the mountains. It was a location with Humility Gate's bases.
3. Blue Moon District (青月区): It had received its name because it was the only place in the Middle Realm from which it was possible to see Azure Hills in the Outer Realm. The planet looked like a full, blue-colored moon from below.
4. Ultramarine District (湛蓝区) : the Ultramarine District was close to the Middle Ocean, which made it an ideal place for people to hide, and there were many Redbacks hidden in the region.
5. Virtue District (忆贤区) : which had been given that name solely because of Virtue Archives’ presence.

### Higher Realm

The Higher Realm was once the location which the Lu family had resided in while the other powers had been at the Middle Realm. When the Lu family was exiled, the four ruling powers had taken over the Higher Realm.

There was an unspoken rule among the four ruling powers in the Higher Realm, which was that the height of each of their headquarters could not be higher than the others. There was the cloud that the Celestial Frost Sect sat upon, the peak of Dragon Mountain, the cage of the jiao imprisoned by Shenwu's Sky, and the orb of light that floated above the landmass that housed the Wang family. If a perfectly level plane was placed in the Higher Realm and the heights of the four ruling powers were compared, then each of the four headquarters would be at the exact same height.

### Dominion Realm

The Dominion Realm houses several powerful Progenitor Realm experts as well as the Divine Eagle. The Dominion realm contains many inheritances from ancient times. The Dominion Realm is the location of which the Progenitors hold back the Aeternals' Progenitors.

## Battlefield and the New World

The battlefield that exists on the back of the Mother Tree exists with five arrays bases that defends humanity against the Aeternals. When the Lu family existed, humanity was able to enter the New World, where the Aeternals control and put pressure onto the Aeternals. Two of the Seven Skygods were needed to hold back the Lu family from taking over the New World. When the Lu family was exiled by the four ruling powers, humanity were no longer able to enter the New World. For the four ruling power, it was arguable if it was correct for them to exile the Lu family, but for those that had been defending against the Aeternals, they understood that it was wrong as the pressure they faced from the Aeternals had increased and they no longer had the advantage and were barely holding the defense on the battlefield.

## Other Organizations

* **Realmless (无界)**
	+ Realmless is the largest assassination and intelligence gathering organization in the Perennial World. Realmless had once assassins the Celestial Frost Sect's master directly from the Celestial Frost Sect.

* **Specter Abyss (鬼渊)**
	+ Has existed for years and has a history as long as any of the four ruling powers. However, due to their cultivation methods, the rest of the Perennial World was scared of those from Specter Abyss, and they had been suppressed by many forces. They cultivate death energy which was created by the God of Death.
* **Virtue Archives (忆贤书院)**
	+ An academy that exists in the Middle Realm, and considered to be a neutral power within the Perennial World. Although they don't get involved with the four ruling powers, they despise the Celestial Frost and Shenwu's Sky. The Virtue Archives contain members of the Wen Family and have the more developed version of the Literal Prison compared to the Wen Family of the Fifth Mainland.
* **Root (根组织)**
	+ An organization in charge of clearing the parasites that attack the Mother Tree's roots in the Lower Realm.
* **Star Alliance (星盟)**
	+ The Star Alliance was actually the Envoy Alliance, which meant that only Envoys were eligible to join them. These Envoys were not from any of the influential powers such as the four ruling powers, the Liu family, or the Nong family,instead, all of the Envoys in this alliance were people who had committed major crimes and needed to atone for their actions. It was no easy feat to cultivate to the Envoy realm, and even the four ruling powers could not bear executing such powerhouses for their crimes, thus, the Star Alliance had been established as a punishment for criminals at the Envoy realm to become a sharp blade wielded on the battlefield behind the Mother Tree. The Star Alliance was mainly created by the four ruling powers to control the Envoy realm experts that did not align themselves with the four ruling powers and/or were once those who supported the Lu family. Those in the Star Alliance have restrictions placed on them by all four ruling powers so that one power cannot manipulate the Star Alliance for themselves.
* **Purple-Gold Family (紫金家族)**
	+ Purple-Gold family are those cultivators of the Undying Bird. Although the Purple-Gold Family was not as well known as the Liu family or Seed Garden, they were still considered one of the more powerful families in the Middle Realm and they were Shenwu's Sky’s subordinates,
* **Dealcut Association** (断易会)
	+ The Dealcut Association were a group of minor characters and cultivators who hoped to use their collective influence capable of making big changes and influence the overall direction of the Perennial World. Although they have high wishes, they are only a loosely based group of associates which has minor influence on the overall situation but could have impact on individual levels such as those that are at the rear battlefield, assisting them with surviving. The Dealcut Association have individuals that hold minor forms of important positions which allow them accomplish certain tasks. Furthermore, the group will actually train people to be able to join certain fields and get specific roles in different places. No matter how big they grow, there’s no way for them to ever reach the level of influence necessary for them to get involved in any of the Perennial World’s major events as they have no true high level powerhouse.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chapter 1355
2. ↑ Capter 1671
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chapter 1349
4. ↑ Chapter 2272
5. ↑ Chapter 2246
6. ↑ Chapter 1367
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Chapter 2183
8. ↑ Chapter 2172
9. ↑ Chapter 2228
10. ↑ Chapter 1362
11. ↑ Chapter 2177