Top-level Qi Luck: Leading My Clan to Cultivate Chapter 3 - 3 - 1: Nine Provinces Continent (Please Bookmark and Recommend)_1

Chapter 3 – 1: Nine Provinces Continent (Please Bookmark and Recommend)_1

Chapter 3: Chapter 1: Nine Provinces Continent (Please Bookmark and Recommend)_1 The Nine Provinces Continent hosts numerous races rising prominently and endless creatures flourishing, stretching across billions of miles where vast oceans occupy a staggering 80%, and just 20% remains as solid ground.

From the far-off heavens, it appears like a massive aquatic sphere, mixing deep blue and lush green hues, utterly stunning in its splendor.

Human Race chronicles name this world the Huarong Realm.

Legends suggest it has endured for billions of years, though the precise length stays shrouded in the mists of antiquity.

The terrain splits into nine grand provinces: Qingzhou, Jingzhou, Yangzhou, Binzhou, Xuanzhou, Yunzhou, Huazhou, Youzhou, and Jizhou, forming enormous domains.

Every province stretches boundlessly, covering millions upon millions of miles.

This realm belongs to those who practice Cultivation, so even regular folks struggle to cross one province over an entire lifetime.

South of Jingzhou's territory, over ten thousand islands dot the sea in all sizes; the biggest rival half a province in scope, the tiniest cover only a hundred miles, and myriad tiny isles measure tens of miles each.

This zone marks the fringe of the Nine Provinces Continent. Its proximity to the waves brings plentiful marine bounty, and everyday islanders in the inner sea sustain themselves via fishing.

Elder fishermen once shared tales with me about horrifying demonic beasts lurking past the outer sea.

These creatures take diverse shapes, show savage ferocity, and occasionally devour people, like sharks reaching dozens of meters or enormous turtles as big as hills, but nobody knows if such stories hold truth.

Because of that, fishers stick to within a hundred miles of the inner sea, scraping by with fishing and raising sea life.

Beyond the sweeping southern sea islands and the continent's edge dwell mighty groups such as Sea Demons, the Demon Race, and the Barbarian Race.

Qingzhou sits in the southwest of the Nine Provinces Continent, touching Jizhou up north and Jingzhou down south.

West of Qingzhou and Jizhou, a formidable Demon Race resides in an immense ancient woodland packed with endless peaks and waterways, where colossal trees soaring hundreds of feet blanket the area.

Here, demonic beasts breed and endure, feeding on Spiritual Trees, Spiritual Medicine, and ore deposits; it stands as a taboo zone seldom trodden by humans.

From the Human Race's emergence, a million years have elapsed, whereas the Demon Race has multiplied over several million years. They enjoy lifespans vastly outpacing humans, often several folds greater.

The Demon Race's extended lives, paired with their sturdy builds, position them as heaven's darlings.

Human cultivators have long coveted the Demon Race's remarkable natural talents, but their path to progress proves far tougher than for humans.

Low-level monster beasts possess wits akin to a toddler's; merely Third Order demonic beasts and higher gain a sharp surge in smarts.

Across a million years, the Demon Race's overwhelming might has quietly eclipsed the Human Race's power.

The Nine Provinces Continent frequently suffers the Demon Race's rampages, as beast tides surge often, each turning into a brutal survival ordeal for human cultivators.

Hence, humans and demons have clashed as sworn foes since time immemorial.

South of Jingzhou and east of Yangzhou and Binzhou stretches a broad ocean realm home to the even mightier Sea Demon Race. The land-dwelling Demon Race merely branches from the Sea Demon Race.

Rumors hold that millions of years prior to humanity's rise, segments of the Sea Demon Race shifted to terrestrial existence.

Through a million years of change, those ocean dwellers who took to land evolved to thrive ashore, spawning diverse odd and wondrous beasts with distinct born abilities.

In our era, the Nine Provinces Continent stands as a settled domain forged by tens of thousands of years of fierce human-demon conflicts, where legions of supreme powerhouses battled relentlessly.

North of Youzhou expands a huge swath of endless deserts and grasslands, habitat of the untamed Barbarian Race.

They descend from unions of Human and Demon Races, displaying diverse builds and peculiar shapes—like bodies with twin wings, human frames topped by bull heads—blending human and demon traits while boasting extraordinary gifts.

The Barbarian Race's domain overflows with fire and metal attribute Spiritual Objects, turning it into a haven for fire and metal path cultivators.

By contrast, Qingzhou, Jizhou, and Demon Race territories brim with wood, metal, and earth attribute Spiritual Objects, whereas spots like Jingzhou and Yangzhou favor water attribute ones.

Within the Nine Provinces Continent, Yunzhou and Xuanzhou claim the titles of largest provinces, each surpassing the combined size of Qingzhou and Jizhou.

Yunzhou and Xuanzhou serve as the Human Race's core heartlands, and over hundreds of thousands of years of legacy, they've evolved into centers for Advanced Cultivators. Booming commerce and plentiful supplies support countless Sects and Families, rendering them a cultivator's dreamland.

As the Human Race swelled in strength, the seven provinces' riches fell short for the booming Human Cultivators.

Qingzhou and Jizhou's territories were wrested bit by bit from the Demon Race across tens of thousands of years.

With their tangled landscapes and hidden spiritual veins, ore veins, and Spiritual Medicines aplenty, these areas draw hordes of bold explorers hunting fortunes and trials, positioning them as top spots for cultivators' quests and relic pursuits.

Today, the Human Race counts hundreds of millions in numbers, yet 99% are mere mortals.

Birthing a cultivator proves rare, requiring a Spiritual Root for the practice. Among mortal children, perhaps one in ten thousand gains a Spiritual Root, and most bear the ordinary Four Spirit Roots or Five Spirit Roots, dooming them to miss Core Formation without rare strokes of fate.

Yet, offspring of cultivators far outstrip mortals in odds of inheriting a Spiritual Root, often of better quality. Chances for Three or Four Spirit Roots run decent, and under good guidance, Foundation Establishment lies within reach.

For Single Spirit Root holders, the Cultivation road smooths out greatly. Save for early death, Golden Core achievement seems certain, with Nascent Soul hopes shining bright.

Still, Spiritual Root caliber doesn't seal one's Dao fate or cap a cultivator's peak.

Plenty of heaven-blessed prodigies have met untimely ends or faltered en route, while many middling talents have shattered expectations to claim human summits.

Myths tell of, hundreds of thousands of years back, a Human Race forebear with Five Spirit Roots who soared to Divinity Transformation in under a thousand years and ascended triumphantly—a rare marvel once in a million years, but not impossible.

Cultivation itself defies the heavens, each step fraught with dangers and ordeals that can topple one or claim life instantly.

Nevertheless, this fails to quench the cultivator's thirst for eternal life.

In the Cultivation World, cultivator stages split into Qi Refinement Realm, Foundation Establishment Stage, Golden Core Stage, Nascent Soul Stage, and Divinity Transformation Stage.

Qi Refinement Realm and Foundation Establishment Stage each break into nine layers: one through three as early phase, four to six medium, seven to nine late, then Great Perfection.

Once in Golden Core Stage, divisions go straight to early, medium, late, and Great Perfection.

In the Huarong Cultivation World, Demon and Barbarian Races hone their physical forms, whereas Human Cultivators refine Spiritual Power.

Mortals live past sixty years, with eighty marking venerable age. Qi Refinement grants one hundred twenty years, Foundation Establishment around two hundred fifty, Golden Core over five hundred, Nascent Soul about one thousand two hundred, and Divinity Transformation beyond three thousand.

At Golden Core Stage, one commands flight across skies and molding of terrains, earning status as a High Order Cultivator.

The craving for such might intensifies into an unyielding fixation.

Demon and Barbarian Race stages align with Human Cultivators', using first to fifth order for Monster Beasts, each split into early, medium, late phases.

First Order Monster Beasts match Qi Refinement cultivators, Second Order align with Foundation Establishment.

Third Order Demon Beasts awaken full Spirit Wisdom, equaling Golden Core; Fourth Order shift to human guise, wielding divine arts rivaling Nascent Soul Cultivators; Divinity Transformation Demon Race beings mirror humans closely.

Tens of thousands of years past, Jizhou and Qingzhou belonged to the Demon Race. Humans and demons clashed in war spanning over a century, seeing dozens of Nascent Soul experts perish and myriads of lesser cultivators slain or maimed.

Whispers suggest even Divinity Transformation ancients fell, though truth remains elusive.

Afterward, the Demon Race yielded the two provinces as a neutral buffer.

Besides, against their sprawling domains, Qingzhou and Jizhou's sizes pale insignificantly; these provinces amount to a mere speck in Demonic Lands, scarcely notable.

For almost ten thousand years, humans and demons have maintained a tentative peace. Beast tides erupt sporadically but mildly, usually Low-order Monster Beasts probing human frontiers, inflicting minimal harm to either side's core.

Through tens of thousands of years, both races have shown caution, rebuilding and expanding their numbers.