Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos

**Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos** (三荒大界, Sān huāng dà jiè) is one of the Expanse Cosmoses in the universe, where Su Ming was born.

Spoiler - Book 6

Arid Triad has a mirror world. It is Harmonious Morus Alba Expanse Cosmos. It also is the arch enemy of Arid Triad's will.

Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos exists inside the body of Harmonious Morus Alba.

## About

Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos contains the nine Great True Worlds, which are the earth of the Lower Realm, and the three Great Ancient Kingdoms, which are the sky of the Higher Realm. It lies beyond Dark Dawn's 180 Expanse Cosmoses, and Saint Defier's 180 Expanse Cosmoses.

The current Great True Worlds are True Morning Dao World, the Emperor of Abyss' True World, True Sacred Yin World and True Spirit Hell World.

Arid Triad's will is the master of this Expanse Cosmos. It can seal True Worlds' wills with just one thought. It created the Arid Disaster. It will not allow Antecedental Spirits to exist, because they could possess it. It is unbothered by the survival of all forms of life. It can ignore the changes in the universe, but it places a lot of attention in whether a True World would die.

Spoiler - Book 6

Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos is located on the large left wing of Harmonious Morus Alba butterfly.

If people from Harmonious Morus Alba Expanse Cosmos would enter Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos, a disaster would be sent on them. If the same two people from two different Expanse Cosmoses appear in the world in the vortex, they will be wiped off. This is the law set by Arid Triad's will.

## Background

Spoiler - Book 6

In ancient times, nine Harmonious Morus Alba butterflies were travelling through galaxies. One of them seemed to be sentimentally attached to one galaxy. It stayed there. Gradually, the butterfly stopped moving, except its wings, which still slowly moved. On the large right wing one galaxy appeared, which became to known as Harmonious Morus Alba Expanse Cosmos, and on the large left wing was another galaxy which became to known as Arid Triad. With time, many cultivators were born. When the lives in the galaxy in the right wing reached the peak in their development, one day, the butterfly flapped its wings slowly, and then two wings overlapped with each other. Then both Expanse Cosmoses were destroyed. This was one aeon ended by the Aeonic Disaster. After some time, the butterfly spread its wings and new lives appeared, new cultivators rose to power, then the wings overlapped again and another aeon was over.

In one aeon, a person was born as an ordinary mortal in Expanse Cosmos on the large left wing. He rose to power though, until he stood on the peak and became the Chosen of Arid Triad. He was the most powerful person who had ever appeared in the two Expanse Cosmoses. At the same time, another version of him appeared in Harmonious Morus Alba Expanse Cosmos on the large right wing. That version of this person also became a Chosen in other Expanse Cosmos. When the butterfly's wings were about to overlap, that person chose to fuse with his other self on the other wing. He was the first life to do that. He was unwilling to accept that he would be destroyed by the Aeonic Disaster. He tried to possess Harmonious Morus Alba. Because of Harmonious Morus Alba's counterattack, he only occupied the left wing. He also chased away Harmonious Morus Alba's will from Yin Death Vortex, which existed between the wings, causing the vortex to truly become a vortex from then on, a tunnel that connected the two Expanse Cosmoses together. When next aeon began and the wings split apart, Arid Triad sank into deep slumber waiting for the next time the wings would overlap. One time, Arid Triad had also possessed the small left wing and then during attack, Harmonious Morus Alba's will was forced to give up on the small right wing, which got possessed by Arid Triad too. Every next time Harmonious Morus Alba's wings overlapped, the two wills fought. With time Harmonious Morus Alba's will started to hide itself in the big right wing. Since then Arid Triad couldn't finish the possession.

There were four eras in the current aeon. In the first era lived the Ancestral Spirits. They taught all manner of lives everything they knew. As the Ancestral Spirits formed their own camps and divided themselves into three races. These three races were Dark, Saint, and Arid. There were plenty of tribes among each race. The Dark race developed in the period of time after the era of the Ancestral Spirits. Under the call of their Ancestral Spirit, all their tribes were uniformly known as Wu. The Saint race also declared themselves as Shu under the orders of their Ancestral Spirit. The Arid race is the Ancient Wei. This era ended because of a disaster, which was what remained of the Aeonic Disaster. It destroyed all the people who did not merge with their other selves from Harmonious Morus Alba Expanse Cosmos from the previous aeon and had managed to escape the Aeonic Disaster. Yet before the people of that time died, they summonned the All Spirits Hall.

The next era began. It was filled with tribes and plagued by wars and slaughter.Antecedental Spirits rose to power, but the legacy halls were lost. The massacre brought upon by those who failed in the ascension of their spirits caused a great war between the three races. In that war, Wei disappeared. The Arid race, who represented Wei, scattered, but Wu and Shu also paid a devastating price. This war meant the end of the tribal era after the era of the Ancestral Spirits came to an end. It also meant that Arid Triad was no longer suitable for the races to live. This was why besides a few people, most of those remaining in Wu and Shu chose to leave in search for a place which they could mold into a home suitable for their survival.

Spoiler - Book 6

Wu and Shu races migrated to the small left wing on Harmonious Morus Alba butterfly. There were created Dark Dawn and Saint Defier Expanse Cosmoses. It was all planned by Arid Triad's will.

Then the third known era began after the age of tribes. Nine True Worlds were created by Wei. Sui Chen Zi was an owner of one of them. This was the age of Successor Spirits. In this era, Old Man Extermination arrived to Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos. At the end of the era, they all turned into the Empty Dust.

After the disaster ending third era, there were four Great True Worlds born in the fourth era of Arid Triad. Cultivators of in that age are known as Succeeding Spirits. At some point, the Fifth True World appeared, after being separated from the Emperor of Abyss' True World. Later, four Great True Worlds waged a war on the Fifth True World and managed to destroy it.

With every era, cultivation systems changed. The incomplete cultivation methods were the result of lost legacies.

## History

### Book 5

Arid Triad's will allowed the gap between Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos and Saint Defier to be created by explosion of One Billion Corpse Soul Seal.

### Book 6

After reaching a consensus, forces from Saint Defier and Dark Dawn advanced towards Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos. They killed defenders from the three Great True Worlds very quickly. True Morning Dao World was overrun. But Ninth Summit Sect was left alone after battle, when forces from Saint Defier and Dark Dawn were destroyed with help from Su Ming. True Sacred Yin World was conquered by invaders. The Fourth True World managed to withstood the onslaught.

Arid Triad watched Su Ming used Art of Time to reverse deaths of one million cultivators killed by Yr Morkh. Su Ming reminded him about his past self. When Su Ming was about to leave with Yu Xuan and his elder, he noticed a person, who became Arid Triad. They discussed their paths. Arid Triad veiled threats with a choice to work with him and he guaranteed that True Morning Dao World would not perish during Aeonic Disaster. He gave Su Ming a hundred years to think about it.

When Su Ming travelled to Heaven Lacking Expanse Cosmos, Arid Triad's will attacked him by using three Lords Saint Defier. With Art of Time, Su Ming sent white ring infected with Arid Curse back in time to curse Fei Hua. Arid Triad's will admitted defeat, after it miscalculated Su Ming's strength.

100 years before the last disaster of Harmonious Morus Alba, the spiritual aura was erupting. Powerful cultivators from the previous aeons were causing mayhem. All of Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos fell into chaos, each year, many lives fading away. Every galaxy was crumbling, except True Morning Dao World, which was protected by Su Ming. Many people found a refuge there, because old monsters didn't dare to invade it. Slaughters stopped 50 years later, after Su Ming killed many cultivators from previous aeons. Before there were 5 years left, wings of Harmonious Morus Alba were so close, that cultivators could see the other wing. The booming sounds were resounding, which was known as the legendary funeral bell announcing the arrival of the disaster. It killed many cultivators not in Avacaniya Realm. Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos crashed with Harmonious Morus Alba Expanse Cosmos.

Before there were 5 years left, Arid Triad's will finally showed up to fight Su Ming. Harmonious Morus Alba's will joined them. Harmonious Morus Alba's will had a form of seven-colored butterfly, Arid Triad's will was white colored butterfly, and Su Ming was black. When Harmonious Morus Alba tried to use Su Ming's friends, he turned against it. After powerful strike, Arid Triad's will moved onto Harmonious Morus Alba's will to possess it. After devouring Harmonious Morus Alba and becoming the master of the universe inside its body, he noticed Xuan Zang, He admitted to Su Ming for being wrong and that it was his disaster. He wanted Su Ming to escape. He himself charged at Xuan Zang, only to burn into nothingness.

All was reduced to nothingness, when Xuan Zang absorbed the butterfly.

## Powers

Arid Triad's will was in the later stage of Avacaniya Realm.

## Quotes

*"When the sun sets, everything in the world becomes dark. You don’t understand the darkness at night, and you won’t understand why living beings would close their eyes in the dark as well.*
*Neither will you understand why living beings open their eyes when the sun rises.*
*That is why you will not understand the brilliance of the disaster. It is why… you are scared, but the more scared you are, the more you will want to see… your family, your friends, and everything beside you… never open their eyes in the darkness."*

*"I don’t know how many years I’ve lived. I thought I’ve already forgotten the past, but I still remember that tree… I still remember by family and friends of the past… Su Ming, I’ve become Harmonious Morus Alba. This is my disaster, but it’s not known as Harmonious Morus Alba’s disaster. It has the name… Arid Triad’s disaster!"*

*"Death isn’t frightening. I’ve already completed my Dao, so why should I be afraid of Death?!*
*My death will verify my Dao. My death isn’t brought by the heavens who have come to destroy me, but my pursuit of Dao which I will do in an even more resplendent fashion!’*
*Arid Triad’s disaster… Arid Triad’s disaster. I, Arid Triad, shall laugh for being able to go through this disaster!"*

## **Reference List**

1. ↑ Ch. 1188
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ch. 1256
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Ch. 1275
4. ↑ Ch. 964
5. ↑ Ch. 1225
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Ch. 1276
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Ch. 1277
8. ↑ Ch. 1188
9. ↑ Ch. 1293
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Ch. 1201
11. ↑ Ch. 814
12. ↑ Ch. 785
13. ↑ Ch. 1185
14. ↑ Ch. 1219
15. ↑ Ch. 1250
16. ↑ Ch. 1273
17. ↑ Ch. 1286
18. ↑ Ch. 1288
19. ↑ Ch. 1300
20. ↑ Ch. 1301
21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 Ch. 1302
22. ↑ Ch. 1326
23. ↑ Ch. 1331
24. ↑ Ch. 1361
25. ↑ Ch. 1365
26. ↑ Ch. 1366
27. ↑ Ch. 1367
28. ↑ Ch. 1370
29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 Ch. 1373
30. ↑ Ch. 1376
31. ↑ Ch. 1332