- Worldview: The Three Realms (Mortal Realm, Spirit Realm, and Divine Realm) are being corrupted by "Chaos Turbid Qi." Cultivators must devour both spiritual energy and turbid qi to advance. The stronger they become, the more fiercely the turbid qi strikes back, and they may eventually turn into "Mindless Ones," monsters devoid of reason. Hidden in the Mortal Realm is an ancient "Boundary Rift," the only passage to the Spirit Realm, and all the major factions are fighting to claim it.
- Cultivation system (each stage has nine levels, including "Pseudo-Stages," "True Stages," and "Perfection Stages"):
- Mortal Stages: Body Tempering, Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, and Nascent Soul. Cultivators mainly devour spiritual energy, while accumulated turbid qi gives rise to inner demons.
- Spirit Stages: Deity Transformation, Void Refining, Body Integration, Mahayana, and Tribulation Transcendence. Cultivators must actively absorb turbid qi to temper their souls. Failure turns them into Mindless Ones, while success allows them to tear through space.
- Divine Stages: Realm Lord, Divine Emperor, Divine Venerable, and Chaos. These are stages in the Spirit Realm, and advancing requires devouring the laws of a realm, at the cost of forgetting one's humanity.
- Core conflicts: Cultivators struggle between "seeking the Dao and eternal life" and "resisting mutation by turbid qi"; factions in the Mortal Realm battle over the Boundary Rift; and the Spirit Realm's "harvesting plan" for the Mortal Realm, whose cultivators it regards as vessels for turbid qi.
