So during the translation process, I faced a lot of difficulties regarding naming. Trying to match them with the previous translation was hellish, since they weren't that correct in that translation either. It's also kind of difficult to remember all the nations and whatnot, so I put together a little 'wiki'. It will be updated regularly the further I translate.
Geography:
- Basically there are 2 worlds, which were translated as 'Lower Realm' and 'Higher Realm' in the previous translation (P.T.). I referred to the original and they aren't correct. So from now on they are literally translated as 'Small World' and 'Big World' Small World is the current world all the characters are in. Big World was mentioned but not explained/explored.
- Right in the middle of the Small World is a region (where Miao Yi went in in the first few chapters). It was translated as 'Boundless Secular World'. In the original it's 'Ten Thousands Miles of Rest Dust'. Well, it can be translated as secular world, but in my opinion it should be translated literally. In the first chapter, it was described as endless blood-shaded mist anyway. Also, in Chinese, ten thousands miles means boundless, endless, immeasurable, etc. But there is a country called Boundless Nation, so using 'Boundless Secular World' was a bad idea. I'm stumped for a better translation as well. So after some deliberation, I will just use 'Endless Red Dust Region'. If you can think of a better translation, let me know.
- On the east side of this Endless Red Dust Region, there is a crescent shaped land, which is divided into 3 nations: Celestial Nation, Boundless Nation, and Buddha Nation.
- On the west side there is another crescent, formed by other 3 nations: Devil Nation, Ghost Nation, and Yao Nation. I wonder why they didn't translate Yao. It means Demon. So from now on it's Demon Nation! Devil and Demon are different folks! So how to differentiate between them? In the context of this novel, Devil Nation citizen are human, they just cultivate some devil arts or something. On the other hand, in the Demon Nation, there are demons (of course), monsters, but they can cultivate and transform into human. That's it.
- At the tips of the crescents there is a desert called 'Flowing Cloud Dune Sea'. It didn't mention the north or the south tip though. Or maybe it did but I missed it.
- A little note on the places where the sages (best cultivators and heads of the nations) resides, basically the 'capitals' of the nations. I think there are 4 that were mentioned, 'Realm Beyond Heaven', 'Boundless Realm', 'Great Devil Realm' and 'Realm of Ten Thousands Demons'. Okay too many realm and world for my taste. They are freaking capitals. They have to be changed.
+ Realm Beyond Heaven - Changed to Sky Beyond Domain
+ Boundless Realm - Changed to Boundless Domain
+ Great Devil Realm - Changed to Great Devil Domain
+ Realm of Ten Thousand Demons - Change to Ten Thousands Demons Domain
- Lastly, the political structure of Celestial Nation (where Miao Yi is from). The previous translator did a very lazy job with the naming:
+ The entire nation is divided into 12 domains (exclude the capital), each has a name, following the Chinese zodiac. The previous translator named them First Earthy Branch to Twelve Earth Branch...which is not wrong, but funny. I will change them back like this: Zi Domain (1st/Rat), Chou Domain (2nd/Ox), Yin Domain (3rd/Tiger), Mao Domain (4th/Rabbit), Chen Domain (5th/Dragon), Si Domain (6th/Snake), Wu Domain (7th/Horse), Wei Domain (8th/Goat), Shen Domain (9th/Monkey), You Domain (10th/Rooster), Xu Domain (11th/Dog), Hai Domain (12th/Pig).
+ Each Domain is ruled by an Overlord, and consists of 10 Palaces.
+ Each Palace consists of 10 Halls
+ Each Hall consists of 10 Manors
+ Each Manor consists of 10 Mountains
+ Each Mountain consists of 10 Caves
As of chapter 538, Miao Yi is the Manor Head of RainCloud Manor, in Suppressing Tenth Hall, Traversing Water Palace, Chen Domain.