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The Martial Peak pages and verse as a whole uses a mix of Manhua and Novel feats, descriptions, vocabulary and numericals, which makes their entire scaling somewhat iconsistent. It was a necessity seeing how the novel was not fully translated up until some months ago. Now we have a clear go-to for the novel cosmology, allowing us to establish a full hirarchy.
With 6009 chapters, the following cosmology revision focusing solely on the Novel content will inevitably take a long time and hence I will go one at a time. When it is done, we can use it to accurately scale the verse from a single source. The cosmology scaling will not follow the stories progression chronically but often valuable information from later arcs explore the scope of previous locations. If you have not read the entire novel but plan to, this is a massive spoiler warning.
Alright, here goes nothing.
Martial Peak Novel Cosmology Entry 1: Cultivation Stars (TLDR at the end)
What is a cultivation star?
How cultivation stars are created
Cultivation Stars populations
Cultivation Star Sizes
Special Trivia - Star Masters
Cultivation Stars TLDR
With 6009 chapters, the following cosmology revision focusing solely on the Novel content will inevitably take a long time and hence I will go one at a time. When it is done, we can use it to accurately scale the verse from a single source. The cosmology scaling will not follow the stories progression chronically but often valuable information from later arcs explore the scope of previous locations. If you have not read the entire novel but plan to, this is a massive spoiler warning.
Alright, here goes nothing.
Martial Peak Novel Cosmology Entry 1: Cultivation Stars (TLDR at the end)
What is a cultivation star?
“These big forces all occupy a number of Cultivation Stars, two or three on the low end, seven or eight at the high end, each one is different,” Shen Tu was clearly more informed about the Star Field than Yang Kai, and seeing how the latter seemed to be ignorant of even these basic facts, he patiently explained.
“Cultivation Stars?” Yang Kai frowned.
“Stars that are suitable for cultivators to inhabit,” Shen Tu explained, “The Star Field is indeed vast and contains a countless number of stars, but for various reasons, most of them aren’t suitable for long term living. Stars that can support life are called Cultivation Stars.”
“Got it,” Yang Kai nodded lightly, indicating he understood.
“However, those stars that aren’t suitable to permanently occupy aren’t worthless. Some of those stars are rich in rare ores while some of them have environments suitable for raising precious spirit grasses and medicines, such stars are respectively called Ore Stars and Medicine Stars. The big forces occupy many Ore Stars and Medicine Stars, allowing them to obtain massive amounts of resources to help develop themselves. Of course, there are many Death Stars out there too, stars covered in Death Qi without ores, herbs, or even World Energy.”
How cultivation stars are created
Example 1: Tong Xua Realm
Example 2: Shadowed StarSuddenly, a mystical aura began to defuse through the underground abyss, one that soothed Yang Kai’s irritable mood.
Frowning slightly, he immersed himself in sensing this aura.
Faintly, he seemed to be able to comprehend something.
Hastily closing his eyes, Yang Kai began to investigate carefully.
In the vast Star Field, amidst the endless darkness, there was nothing, not even light. This seemed to be an extremely ancient age, one that was impossible to trace.
Yang Kai looked around but could not see anything, not even himself.
Time passed little by little in this desolate loneliness.
He didn’t know how many hundreds of thousands of years passed, but all of a sudden, one day, amidst the dark and boundless Star Field, a little light suddenly appeared. This light was small at first, but it soon spread out like fire across a prairie.
The entire Star Field became turbulent from this massive shockwave of energy.
Millions of large or small meteorites flew about before gathering together and merging under the influence of some kind of magical force.
Many grains of sand would eventually build a tower, and gradually, a star appeared in the Star Field.
This was a newly born star, without any energy fluctuations, and still engulfed in darkness. It drifted along like a helpless child wandering the vast Star Field without any destination, even forgetting where it originally came from.
Millions of years passed, and finally, this wandering star arrived at a massive Sun Star and for the first time felt a gentle light full of warmth.
It stopped here and began to orbit around this Sun Star.
Gradually, life began to sprout on its surface as green plants and flowers pushed up from the ground.
After millions of years of evolution, finally, sentient creatures began to appear on this star. They were ancient creatures belonging to the oldest of races.
They eagerly learnt, grew, and became stronger as they lived.
They branched out and soon split into different races.
Human Race, Monster Race, Demon Race, and many other strange races.
No longer satisfied with the life they currently had, these races began to fight for various resources, discovered ways to make themselves stronger, and eventually began to cultivate.
Some races perished while others rose and became stronger.
As time passed, and as the evolution of the various races continued, this star gradually became colourful and filled with energy. As the major races grew prosperous, the star itself also prospered.
All living beings drew energy from the star unrestrainedly, obtaining various things that were beneficial to themselves.
At some point, however, the star began to grow old.
It no longer had as much energy for the beings to cultivate with, and it no longer had excess energy to give birth to precious and rare cultivation materials.
It began to become barren. It was strong in will but weak in strength, and looking at the countless creatures living on it, it felt helpless.
The prosperity of ancient times gradually faded away and the World Energy aura became thinner and thinner. At the same time, the cultivation realms of cultivators became lower and lower.
No one could sense higher levels of the Heavenly Way and Martial Dao.
It had grown old, like a kind father, a kind mother, who took pains to raise its children, raising them with unconditional love, granting them every request it could without complaint.
However, it could no longer provide any more help to its children.
It had once been youthful and full of vitality, but now, it could barely manage to maintain its feeble existence.
Its children call it Tong Xuan Realm!
…..
Yang Kai woke up from that mysterious state, and his eyes flashed with the vicissitudes of life.
He had witnessed the birth of a Cultivation Star, watched it prosper, weaken, and gradually tread upon the path to death. Like this Cultivation Star, he had seemingly experienced hundreds of millions of years, giving him an indescribable feeling.
Yang Kai’s state of mind and mood received an unprecedented consolidation. At this moment, his understanding of the world had reached an incredible height, just like a wise man who had lived countless years, his eyes flashing with wisdom.
After some unmeasurable amount of time passed, a massive star appeared in Yang Kai’s field of vision. This star had no vitality, not even simple plants, a barren Dead Star by all accounts.
Staring at this massive star, however, Yang Kai felt it was a little familiar.
“Shadowed Star!” An epiphany struck Yang Kai as he observed Shadowed Star from the Starry Sky. It had the size and appearance of the current Shadowed Star, but none of the vitality.
“I understand now,” Yang Kai had not comprehended what Yang Yan had done to him until this moment, and feeling grateful in his heart, he quickly focused his attention to fully grasp this extremely rare and precious opportunity.
In his disembodied state, Yang Kai was unable to perceive the passage of time at all. It seemed that only a moment had gone by, while at the same time hundreds of millions of years had passed. Finally, traces of life began to appear on the dead Shadowed Star, the sea ebbed and flowed while plants and greenery began filling the land. Soon, flesh and blood creatures were also born.
One by one, different races rose, carving their mark into the long river of history before disappearing once more.
Many different civilizations rose and fell as Yang Kai looked on.
He felt auras from ancient and primordial times, and as he observed these epochs change, part of them seemed to integrate into his being, as if he had passed through all the aeons together with this star.
He witnessed its birth, development, peaks and troughs with his own eyes…
Gradually, Yang Kai began to have a peculiar feeling that he was this star, and the star was him!
A Star Master!
Only a Star Master would experience such a sensation.
When Xia Ning Chang refined the Star Source of Tong Xuan Realm, Yang Kai had accompanied and assisted her, granting him the opportunity to observe the evolution and development of Tong Xuan Realm, so now seeing such a similar scene again, how could he not understand?
This was clearly the process one needed to undertake when refining a Star Source and become a Star Master!
Yang Kai opened his eyes and a strange feeling filled his heart.
It was as if all of Shadowed Star had become a part of his body. He could feel any piece of land on Shadowed Star he wanted to, perceive the fertility or barrenness of any location on this Cultivation Star and discover any creature living upon it!
If he wanted to, he could easily reach any place on Shadowed Star without any restrictions, and if he so desired, he could cause the sky to fall, the earth to crack, or tsunamis to rise with but a single thought…
Clenching his fist lightly, Yang Kai felt the entire world’s aura shake slightly as a bell-like sound echoed across the sky.
At that moment, the trillions of lives on Shadowed Star shook as they looked up towards the Heavens, wondering what had just happened.
Shadowed Star underwent a very subtle change when Yang Kai became its Star Master. This change was indistinct and only a few masters were even aware of it, everyone else remaining completely ignorant.
From now on, Shadowed Star’s prosperity would be tied closely to Yang Kai’s, and with the improvement of his cultivation, the vitality of all of Shadowed Star would also burgeon more and more radiantly.
Yang Kai examined himself and found that inside his dantian there was now a tiny sphere which resembled Shadowed Star, only shrunk down hundreds of millions of times. It sat in place there, spinning at a subtle speed.
[Star Source Strength!]
If one wanted to become the Star Master of a Cultivation Star, they would first need to refine that Cultivation Star’s Star Source, and what Yang Yan had implanted into his body before was undoubtedly the Star Source of Shadowed Star.
From the miniature Shadowed Star, Yang Kai felt a subtle power nourish his body with every rotation it made, while at the same time drawing on his power to strengthen itself.
This was a mutually beneficial, symbiotic process.
While Yang Kai was extremely excited and happy, he also had many doubts.
Had he really just become the Star Master of Shadowed Star? The lord and ruler of this vast Cultivation Star?
Cultivation Stars populations
Example 1: Green Mountain Star
Example 2: Scarlet Wave Star:
Example 3: Shadowed Star
Example 4: Purple Star
Luo Hai’s angry roar instantly resounded through the sky and directly impacted the surrounding Star Field.
Green Mountains Star shook in response to its Star Master’s anger.
At this moment, the entire Green Mountains Star seemed to tremble, with the earth trembling and tsunamis forming, as if it was the advent of Armageddon.
Green Mountains Star’s trillions of inhabitants all paled.
Old Jiu and the others leapt to their feet as well, their faces filled with shock.
“It’s Sir Luo Hai!” A hint of panic appeared on the face of the old woman surnamed Lei.
“Who made him so angry?”
“Who could make him so angry?”
Example 2: Scarlet Wave Star:
At that moment, on Scarlet Wave Star, every bird in flight fell from the sky, and every beast on the ground curled up and cowered.
In giant cities, small villages, headquarters of powerful Sects, and homes of tiny families, trillions of people all felt a terrifying aura press on their hearts.
This pressure was so horrifying it felt as if they would die at any moment.
Example 3: Shadowed Star
Clenching his fist lightly, Yang Kai felt the entire world’s aura shake slightly as a bell-like sound echoed across the sky.
At that moment, the trillions of lives on Shadowed Star shook as they looked up towards the Heavens, wondering what had just happened.
Shadowed Star underwent a very subtle change when Yang Kai became its Star Master. This change was indistinct and only a few masters were even aware of it, everyone else remaining completely ignorant.
Example 4: Purple Star
At this moment, most of the memorial tablets in the hall had broken. Even if a few of them had not shattered completely, they had countless cracks on their surface and were clearly on the brink of collapse.
These tablets represented the ancestors who had made great contributions to Purple Star in the past. Each of these ancestors had been a powerful master who was famous in his or her time and that even today was admired and respected by the trillions of cultivators who lived under Purple Star’s rule.
After their deaths, their descendants would place a tablet here to be forever remembered by future generations.
Cultivation Star Sizes
Example 1: Shadowed Star
Example 2: Tong Xua Realm
Example 3: Scarlet Wave Star
Realizing he had been insensitive, Yang Kai wanted to apologize, but just as he was thinking about how he should comfort her, Dai Yuan smiled and said, “That was her fate. Since she chose this path for herself, she should not have any complaints about It. However, before achieving at least the minor accomplishment stage of this Secret Art, no one can unleash its full power, and over time they will build up toxicity in their body. Eventually, it will reach a point where it can no longer be expelled and advancing further will become precarious. This is knowledge I have acquired from my predecessor and my own life experience. Now, if I want to break through to the Origin Returning Realm, I first need Junior Brother Yang’s help to resolve the Coloured Glass Toxin accumulated in my body over the years, otherwise, I will die!”
Yang Kai nodded lightly, somewhat understanding now why she had run millions of kilometres to Dragon Cave Mountain to ask for his help.
However, Dai Yuan had said that before achieving minor accomplishment in this Secret Art, no one could display its full might, something that made Yang Kai realize that the last time he saw Dai Yuan take action, she was not actually using her full strength.
Example 2: Tong Xua Realm
Although the Three Clans had joined forces once thirty years ago, there had been many small scale conflicts between them over cultivation resources over the past few decades, and the friction between the Monster Race and Demon Race had been the most serious.
Fortunately, both the Monster Race Great Seniors and the Demon Generals understood how to exercise restraint and had not acted personally, otherwise, the conflict would definitely have escalated greatly.
Since it was just the younger generation and lower-level subordinates who were competing with one another, there was still some room for compromise.
The situation could remain calm when the masters from these two races were separated by millions of kilometres, but now that they were all here together in Nine Heavens Holy Land, and after spending many days in boredom, everyone was beginning to feel irritable, and Meng Wu Ya was beginning to have trouble suppressing the tensions between the two groups.
Example 3: Scarlet Wave Star
Millions of kilometres away from Pure Ice Island stood Scarlet Wave Star’s other peak force, Brilliant Flame Sect.
Brilliant Flame Sect’s headquarters was located in the best cultivation environment on Scarlet Wave Star. Its headquarters was extremely beautiful and filled with outstanding masters. In this place, Brilliant Flame Sect’s disciples could cultivate at an extremely rapid pace.
Scarlet Wave Star’s two great forces had always stood as equals; however, in recent years, Brilliant Flame Sect had slowly been gaining the upper hand in their millennia-old battle. The reason for this was the rumour that Ice Heart Valley’s Supreme Elder had experienced a cultivation dissonance and been badly wounded.
Special Trivia - Star Masters
Explanation 1:
Explanation 2:
Explanation 3:
Yang Kai couldn’t help raising his brow and asking, “Does that mean they could control that Cultivation Star?”
“Exactly! Throughout the Star Field, every Star Master that controls the Star Source of their Cultivation Star can draw energy from that entire star to supplement their own. While standing on their own Cultivation Star, their strength will never dry up, it’s literally inexhaustible! Little brat, do you now understand the power of a Star Master?”
“I understand,” Yang Kai turned pale, “Then this place…”
Explanation 2:
Refining a Star Source was extremely difficult and only Origin King Realm masters were qualified to even attempt it. Once one successfully refined the Star Source of a Cultivation Star though, they would become that Cultivation Star’s Star Master!
Explanation 3:
Example 4:As his hands rose, the entire Cape Mountain Range trembled, and a violent sound rang out from inside. It was like the beating of a thousand war drums that spread to every corner of the Cape Mountain Range.
Visible to the naked eye, the entire mountain range which stretched over a hundred thousand kilometres slowly began to rise.
Qian Tong sucked in a cool breath as he felt a deep sense of yearning in his heart.
This was the power of a Star Master. With a single thought, one could transform the world itself, moving mountains and seas…
Moreover, Yang Kai’s actions didn’t destroy this mountain range, otherwise, he could have just completely flattened it.
Example 5:“So, the Starships outside Shadowed Star all come from Grand Desolation Star Field?”
Ye Xi Yun nodded, “That’s right. Shadowed Star is one of the main battlefields. They’ve deployed quite a large force to this place to specifically target us.”
“How dare that old fart lie to me!” Yang Kai snorted.
They didn’t know who Yang Kai was referring to, so they were all somewhat puzzled.
Ye Xi Yun set aside her confusion though and went on to say, “We were arguing whether we should directly attack those Starships to destroy their cannons, or split up and kill the enemies that are scattered around Shadowed Star. Since you’re back, there’s no need to argue anymore though.”
“Good.” Yang Kai nodded his head, “Just wait a moment.”
All of a sudden, he closed his eyes and raised his arm. Then, he twisted his wrist and extended his hand into the void. His movement appeared swift, but it was actually quite slow.
All of them in the hall felt their chests tightening suddenly. Following Yang Kai’s movement, it was as though their hearts were grabbed by someone, causing them to suffocate.
Just then, Yang Kai clenched his fist.
“It’s done!” He opened his eyes and lowered his hand, upon which the horrifying pressure vanished.
Everyone traded glances and appeared puzzled, as they didn’t know what he was talking about. But soon, sounds of intense explosions could be heard from a faraway place. All of them immediately focused their attention on this new development. Some of them seemed to have figured out something as they dashed out of the hall and looked up at the Starry Sky.
High up in the sky, huge explosions could be seen clearly even though it was now daytime. The location of these explosions was a few tens of thousands of kilometres away, but the sound from them could still be heard clearly.
The location where the explosions took place was where those Starships from Grand Desolation Star Field were anchored.
After everyone became aware of what just happened, they were left dumbfounded.
Although they knew that Yang Kai was the Star Master of Shadowed Star who could rule over everything on this Star, those Starships from Grand Desolation Star Field were parked in the Starry Sky, not on the ground of Shadowed Star. How was he able to destroy those Starships that were so far away with such ease? How powerful must he be?
Moreover, many Origin King Realm Masters were aboard those Starships. However, it was likely that none of them managed to escape with their lives.
Example 6:As such, he raised his hand and pushed out his palm at the young man.
The young man also lifted his hand and nonchalantly pushed down his palm, as though he was facing a leaf that was swept up at him by the wind instead of the blow of an Origin King Realm Master.
With an inscrutable smile on his face, the young man simply uttered, “Fall.”
In an instant, Bian Hong widened his eyes as his body trembled uncontrollably. The young man’s attack appeared slow and harmless, but when he pushed down his palm, it felt as if the entire world was pressing down on him.
Bian Hong’s vision darkened as he couldn’t see any light at all, and for reasons he could not comprehend, he found himself plummeting down rapidly.
He walked up to a stone bed and sat down on it with his legs crossed. Then, he emptied his mind and let the Source Strength within his body resonate with Shadowed Star.
A moment later, he lay down on the stone bed. After some time, he turned and slept on his side as he appeared serene like a baby that was still being nurtured in a mother’s stomach.
Just then, some sounds could be heard. At first, he couldn’t make out what the sounds were, but soon, they became clearly audible.
The sounds were chaotic and continuous as though a piece of indescribable music had been composed and played out in his mind.
[This is…] He was astounded as he listened attentively to it.
Soon, he realised that these sounds were coming from every part of Shadowed Star. He didn’t use any force or even try to communicate with the World Principles here, nor did he use any of the powers that were bestowed on him as the Star Master of this Star. By just lying down on the side, he was able to listen to everything on the Star.
The languages of birds and insects were alien to him in the past, but at this moment, he seemed able to understand them.
Two dung beetles were fighting over a ball in the wilderness. They clashed with each other with their horns as they were having an argument, “This is my dung! Go away!”
“You should go away because this is mine. Otherwise, I’ll beat you up!”
“Try me!”
“Alright, then!”
After they argued for a bit, they started trying to snatch the dung ball, then it turned into a scuffle. Neither of them was willing to back down and the fight went on for a long time.
On the other hand, a moth was struggling on a spider web. An eight-legged spider giggled as it climbed towards the centre and injected its poison into the moth before having its meal, “This is delicious! It’d be nice if I could have such a delectable meal every day.”
A pair of ants were shouting a chant in an orderly manner as the other ants diligently brought the food back to the ant nest kilometres away.
Pleading voices could be heard as well. Yang Kai followed these voices and realised that there had been a drought in a certain area for several years, leading to a famine where many had died of hunger and those who had survived were barely hanging on. The situation had become so desperate that some had even resorted to cannibalism. There were also people who had invited mediums to communicate with the Heavens to beg for rain to alleviate their suffering.
Yang Kai, who seemed to be asleep, saw this and impatiently waved his hand.
Just then, thunder could be heard from above the peoples’ heads. The sky, which was filled with nothing but blue, suddenly turned gloomy as dark clouds had gathered above them, covering an area that spanned ten thousand kilometres in every direction. Lightning struck, then rain started pouring down.
Looking up at the sky, those mortals fell on their knees and pressed their heads against the ground as they thanked the Heavens for their blessing.
Inside Coloured Glass Sect, Dai Yuan had activated her Coloured Glass Body, forming a nigh unbreakable barrier around herself. Right now she was battling against several people at the same time, but just as she was on the brink of defeat, the World Energy around her surged and condensed into a series of blades that slashed her enemies in half. In an instant, their blood and organs splattered everywhere.
Dai Yuan was flabbergasted as she didn’t understand what was going on.
Those who were cut into half appeared horrified as well because they couldn’t tell who had launched a sneak attack on them. Whoever it was, they were unable to even sense their presence.
Chi chi chi chi…
More blasts of World Energy formed and began cutting down the enemy forces. All the disciples from Coloured Glass Sect were dumbfounded as they watched as some mysterious force slaughtered all their opponents while they remained unharmed.
“Senior Sister, what’s going on?” Yin Su Die flew towards Dai Yuan and stood beside her before asking this question.
Dai Yuan shook her head, “I have no idea.”
Then, they turned to look at Gong Ao Fu, who appeared surprised as well. After their enemies were all killed, Gong Ao Fu cupped her fists and said gently, “May I know who has helped us? Please show yourself Your Excellency, so we may offer you our sincere gratitude.”
Even after she shouted three times though, she still didn’t receive any reply, as though the Master who had helped them earlier didn’t exist.
Gong Ao Fu heaved a sigh, as she knew that their saviour wasn’t willing to show up, and she probably had no way to find him. So, she could only remember this favour in her heart so that when she found out their saviour’s name one day, she could repay this grace.
Similar sights could be seen all over Shadowed Star.
Initially, those cultivators from Grand Desolation Star Field wanted to flee because their Starships had been destroyed. Certainly, those from Shadowed Star wouldn’t let them go easily, so they raced after them and engaged them in fierce combat.
For some mysterious reason though, before many of the battles could even be joined, their enemies were all killed. In just one hour, Shadowed Star fell silent as no more battles were left to be fought.
Countless people were befuddled as they didn’t understand what happened. They also wondered who the mysterious benefactor was that had helped them.
Just then, World Energy started swirling high up above as a kind of illusionary phantom appeared in the distance. When the shadow first appeared, no one could clearly make out what it was. They just knew that it was immense as it was covering half the sky like a black screen.
All living creatures on Shadowed Star, regardless of where they were, could see this shadow as long as they looked up.
An indescribable feeling then rose within everyone’s heart, as they had the urge to worship that phantom. As everyone gazed dazedly at this image, it started going through a transformation. The phantom’s image grew clearer, as hands and legs became visible. Eventually, it assumed the form of a human, an enormous human that towered above the world. All were astounded at this sight and couldn’t come to their senses for a long time.
Moments later, the shadow’s face became clearer, causing the sluggish eyes of the masses to glow with excitement and ecstasy as utter surprise and joy came over them, for many of them recognised this person’s face.
Cultivation Stars TLDR
Name: Cultivation Stars
Designation: A celestial body within a Starfield specifically suited for martial artists to train and cultivate their strength. The real-life equivalent would be a planet.
Created: Naturally over the aeons / hundreds of millions of years
Size: No diameter or circumference given but the distance between just two locations can reach up to millions of kilometers, making most of them bigger than our sun, which is 1.4 million kilometer in diameter
Population: Trillions of people
Special Trivia: Star Masters are the highest authority on a star, having merged the source of the star within themselves and gaining the ability to control anything on a cultivation star
Location: Within a Starfield
Designation: A celestial body within a Starfield specifically suited for martial artists to train and cultivate their strength. The real-life equivalent would be a planet.
Created: Naturally over the aeons / hundreds of millions of years
Size: No diameter or circumference given but the distance between just two locations can reach up to millions of kilometers, making most of them bigger than our sun, which is 1.4 million kilometer in diameter
Population: Trillions of people
Special Trivia: Star Masters are the highest authority on a star, having merged the source of the star within themselves and gaining the ability to control anything on a cultivation star
Location: Within a Starfield
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