Map of Tiannan |
(After the invasion of the State of Yue and other neighboring states by the Six Demonic Sects of Tianluo (1), resulting in the restoration of the Demonic Dao Alliance's territorial control)
Season 1 Location: State of Yue, Tiannan | |
Seven Sects Alliance of Yue | |
Yellow Maple Valley (黄枫谷) |
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Masked Moon Sect (掩月宗) |
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Spirit Beast Mountain (灵兽山) |
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Clear Void Sect (清虚门) |
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Giant Sword Sect (巨剑门) |
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Heavenly Gate Fort (天阙堡) |
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Bladification Dock (化刀坞) |
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Six Demonic Sects of Tianluo (Demonic Dao Alliance) | |
Ghost Spirit Sect (鬼灵门) |
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Joint Pleasure Sect (合欢宗) |
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Demonic Flame Sect (魔焰门) |
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Spirit Controlling Sect (御灵宗) | Won't be showing up until much later |
Heavenly Fiend Sect (天煞宗) | Won't be showing up until much later |
Thousand Illusions Sect (千幻宗) | Won't be showing up until much later |
Season 2 Location: Scattered Stars Sea (...) |
The Scattered Stars Sea is very distant continent where Han Li teleported to using the ancient teleportation array. It's an accumulation of many islands where human and beast cultivators "co-exist". It would take many years flying as a Nascent Soul to get there from Tiannan.
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1) Every major sect has one or more Nascent Soul cultivators overseeing them, which is the case for both sides. However if they were to participate in this war, the Seven Sects Alliance would still have been heavily outmatched by the Demonic Dao Alliance, when it comes to the numbers and strength of these Nascent Soul cultivators.
2) The Three Great Cultivators of Tiannan are the only three cultivators in Tiannan at the Late Stage of Nascent Soul. These are, Wei Wuya of the Nine Nations Alliance, Venerable Master Zhiyang of the Righteous Dao Alliance, and Old Demon Hehuan of the Demonic Dao Alliance.
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Rules of Body Possession |
Cultivators cannot take over the bodies of mortals, otherwise the body will collapse on its own because it cannot withstand the possession.
Only when a person with higher cultivation takes over the body of a person with a lower cultivation can they succeed and avoid being retaliated by the other party, and the greater the cultivation gap, the safer it is.
Cultivators can only possess another person's body once in their lifetime, no matter how powerful they are. If they try it a second time, their soul will cease to exist. Exceptions are cultivators cultivating the ghost dao, and cultivators using their nascent soul.
Spiritual Roots |
Spiritual roots come in five elements: wood, fire, earth, metal and water. It enables a person to cultivate by absorbing the spiritual qi (灵气) (1) of heaven and earth in the respective element. Fewer spiritual roots means fewer types of spiritual qi needed to absorb, resulting in a faster cultivation speed. |
Type | Amount | Description |
Heavenly (天) | 1 | One element. The cultivation speed is several times that of ordinary spiritual roots, and there are no bottlenecks when forming a golden core. These are uncommon and therefore sought after by sects. |
True (真) | 2-3 | Two to three elements. The average cultivator. |
False (伪) | 4-5 | Four to five elements. Extremely hard and slow cultivation, as it requires a huge amount of resources. But beneficial beyond the mortal realm. |
Mutated (变异) | 1 | A combination of two or three of the five elements. The cultivation speed rivals that of the Heavenly Spiritual Roots, but there are still bottlenecks when forming a golden core. These are however less uncommon than Heavenly Spiritual Roots. |
Cultivation (Mortal Realm) |
The realm of cultivators is divided into five realms. Each higher realm leads to a more condensed spiritual energy (灵力), stronger magical energy (法力), a stronger soul (元神) and a stronger spiritual consciousness (神识) (2). Except for Qi Condensation, which has 13 Layers, each realm is divided into Early, Middle, Late Stage. There are also more specific terms within these realms and stages, such as Peak, Great Perfection and Half-step. Peak is at the pinnacle of a stage. Great Perfection is at the pinnacle of a realm. Half-step is one step away from breaking through to the next realm. |
Realm | Lifespan | Description |
Qi Condensation (炼气) | ~100 | Practitioners can use the spiritual roots to absorb and circulate spiritual qi, and accumulate and condense the gaseous spiritual qi in the Dantian (4). Also purifying the body and opening the meridians to form a sea of consciousness to grow the spiritual consciousness in the process. |
Foundation | ~200 | Cultivators can start learning more advanced spells and techniques and they have a heightened spiritual consciousness. The innate true fire coming with this cultivation can be used to refine pills and magic instruments. |
Core Formation (结丹) | ~500 | Cultivators can use the alchemy fire from the golden core to refine magic treasures and their own natal magic treasures (6), which is connected to the soul and grows in strength along with their cultivation level. Magic instruments are no longer needed for flight. |
Nascent Soul (元婴) | ~1000 | Cultivators can have their nascent soul separate from their body. This can be used to survive if their body gets destroyed. They can possess another body, however every possession will weaken the nascent soul. |
Soul Transformation (化神) | ~2000 | The highest realm attainable in the mortal realm, which is needed to ascend to the spirit realm. |
1) Spiritual qi (灵气) is energy that exists in the world that gets distributed via spiritual veins where it's also the most concentrated, this is often the location sects are built upon.
2) Spiritual energy (灵力), is the spiritual qi absorbed, accumulated and converted inside the body into true essence (真元), which in turn can be used by the cultivator. Magical energy (法力) is the output ability of the cultivator's spiritual energy. The soul (元神) is what gets cultivated to come closer to heaven and earth to transcend beyond the mortal body. The spiritual consciousness (神识) is used to sense the surrounding area and people, and to control magic instruments/treasures, puppets and spirit beasts.
3) Combat power = Cultivation level + Cultivation techniques + Items (eg. magic weapons, spirit beasts, elixirs) + Spiritual consciousness
4) The Dantian (丹田), or sea of qi, is where the spiritual qi gets accumulated and condensed.
5) Magic instruments (法器) are usually used by Qi Condensation and Foundation Establishment cultivators, due to the low barrier of refining and use.
6) Magic treasures (法宝) are usually used by Core Formation cultivators and higher. The difference between magic instruments and treasures is in the materials, difficulty and cultivation used to refine it, the cultivation required to fully make use of it, and its strength. Natal magic treasures (本命法宝) have the ability to grow in strength along with cultivation level and with the time nurturing them.
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Han Li's Items & Skills |
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1) Technique levels and cultivation levels aren't synonymous. Higher levels gives access to more advanced and stronger skills. Forcing oneself to cultivate a higher level technique before reaching a certain level of cultivation can lead to a reversal of one's true essence and disrupted meridians.
Anthony Tumiwa:
How far is it from Tiannan to Great Jin? I see Mulan Grassland on the map, but I don't know how vast it is? can Tiannan people fly there without using teleport array?
Not that far, takes several months flying from Tiannan through the Grasslands to the border of Great Jin as a Nascent Soul as it's still the mainland. Each Grassland is like the same size as Tiannan, and Great Jin is like 10 times the size of Tiannan. The Scattered Stars Sea is just insanely far.
Added the updated the Map of Tiannan from the latest donghua episode (159), change in borders and (sect) locations. (Old version)
Also one with the Three Great Cultivators of Tiannan 
(The Three Great Cultivators of Tiannan are the only three cultivators in Tiannan at the Late Stage of Nascent Soul. These are, Wei Wuya of the Nine Nations Alliance, Venerable Master Zhiyang of the Righteous Dao Alliance, and Old Demon Hehuan of the Demonic Dao Alliance)
