Heart of Heaven
The Heart of Heaven is a location that features in Marvel Comics.
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History
The Heart of Heaven was was another dimensional realm that was connected to the Seven Capital Cities of Heaven.
At some point, the white heavenly dragon T'an-Long came to guard the Seven Cities whilst ensuring evil did not escape the Eighth City. (Undead Iron Fist v1 #4)
Quan Yaozu and his Wraithlin came to butcher thee dragon T'an-Long and cast her spirit aside where she became trapped within the underworld. (Undead Iron Fist v1 #4)
Following the death of Danny Rand, he came to encounter the spirit of T'an-Long and sought to help her in her revenge. She helped guide the fallen Iron Fist to the realm of the Heliopolitans where Osiris helped empower him to become the Ghost Fist. This allowed him to return to the mortal world in order to defeat Yaozu. (Undead Iron Fist v1 #4)
Overview
The Seven Capital Cities of Heaven included:
- K'un-Lun :
- K'un-Zi :
- Peng Lai :
- Z'Gambo :
- Under City :
- Tiger Island :
- Kingdom of Spiders :
The gates of the Seven Cities were to be protected by a white heavenly dragon. (Undead Iron Fist v1 #4)
Inhabitants
- Quan Yin : a goddess who was known as the Mother of Mercy. (Iron Fist: Heart of the Dragon v1 #2)
- T'an-Long : a female white heavenly dragon who guarded the gates of the Seven Cities whilst also keeping evil trapped within the Eighth City. (Undead Iron Fist v1 #4)
Notes
- The Heart of Heaven was created by Ed Brubaker, Matt Fraction and David Aja where it made its first appearance in Immortal Iron Fist v1 #8 (October, 2007).
Alternate Versions
- In Ultimates v3 #6 (2024), an alternate version of the Heart of Heaven appeared in the new Ultimate Marvel reality that was designated as Earth-6160 in the Multiverse. The Maker came to tamper with the history of this world and rule it in secret with portions of this Earth ruled by his Maker's Chosen. Among their ranks included the Hulk who came to take over the Seven Capital Cities of Heaven and thus the Heart of Heaven. Its inhabitants came to serve him and his Children of Eternal Light where he mutated their champions that were the Immortal Weapons to be his personal warriors and enforcers.
In other media
Video games
- In Marvel Rivals, the Heart of Heaven appeared in the setting of the third person hero shooter video game. It was a unique location that was formed due to the effects of the Timestream Entanglement, a multiversal crisis instigated by a hostile meeting between Doctor Doom and his 2099 counterpart. Normally existing in separate dimensions or appearing on Earth only briefly every 88 years, the Seven Capital Cities of Heaven—including K'un-Lun, K'un-Zi, Peng Lai Island, and others—were forcefully drawn together by the shifting currents of time and space, creating a single, converged realm known as the Heart of Heaven. This convergence was a central point in the game's Season 4, titled "Heart of the Dragon," during which the supreme Immortal Beast and protector of K'un-Lun, Shou-Lao the Undying, lay frozen in time, deep in an enchanted slumber. The location became a battleground where different factions vied for control, with Doctor Doom scheming to steal Shou-Lao's chi, which had been infused with chronal energy. A rare, ancient law was invoked, mandating that if a challenge to an Immortal Weapon's title was made during a time of convergence, a great tournament among the champions of all cities had to take place, an event which was central to the season's plot. A key aspect were the Immortal Beasts that were unique, godlike entities that acted as the spiritual heart and voice of the Seven Capital Cities of Heaven. Among the beasts included the immortal dragon Shou-Lao the Undying from K'un-Lun, the flame covered black dog Huodou who represented the Under City a sanctuary for the lost, Xiezhi who was the immortal beast of the dark jungle kingdom of Z'Gambo, the white tiger Baihu, the red flame covered crane Zhuque who was the Vermilion Bird of K'un-Zi, the black tortoise Xuanwu who had a tail consisting of multiple snake heads who was from Peng Lai Island and the dark dragon Yinglong from the secret Eighth City. According to the lore, Daredevil came to confront the demonic entity known as the Beast of the Hand where he defeated it but absorbed its power into himself. The divine dragon spirit Yinglong then intervened, bringing Matt to the Eighth City, which he then transformed from a prison into a sanctuary and refuge for those displaced by the multiversal war. Thus, he gained the title of Dizang where he became a powerful, supernaturally enhanced brawler who delivered a form of divine justice.
Appearances
- Immortal Iron Fist v1: (2007)
- Iron Fist: Heart of the Dragon v1:
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