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I spent a few months outside the webtoon community and when I returned, I saw this crazy rise with AI generated comics among indie creators and my main question is WHY?

- No AI can work with sequential art, videos can't do much more than a few seconds. And for image generation, it looks awfully slop without a lot of work editing.

- People generally hate AI or just don't care. There's no commitment with AI generated content. It's not remarkable and it's made to be consumed fast because if you look too long, it gets bad.

-No one will commit to it, even though pay for it.

So, based on the hypothesis that you actually wrote the story and care about it, why would you destroy it with cheap AI slop?

This is how I understand The World After The Fall after reading this manhwa.

This will only answer the most asked questions about this manhwa.

This is all information you can obtain by reading the current chapters of the manhwa so there are spoilers if you haven't caught up.

(Most of the terms used are based on the Webtoon TL)

Universe of the [Tree of Illusion]:

In the center of the universe is the [Great Realm] with the [Tree of illusion] planted on it. (Imagine a huge tree (Tree of Illusion) planted on a massive floating island (Great Realm) with the roots (Nightmare Towers) extending through the bottom of the island (Great Realm) to the far edges of the universe). This makes up the center of the universe.

At the edges of the universe are countless smaller worlds (Earth for example), these worlds are connected to the [Tree of Illusion] by the countless roots [Nightmare Towers] of the [Tree of Illusion].

The [Tree of Illusion] is the land of Spirits and can only be entered by Spirits, all locations in the Tree (Chaos and Abyss) are only inhabited by Spirits therefore they bleed white as they are not physical bodies.

People that die in the [Tree of Illusion] die completely and become nutrients for the Tree.

Locations in the [Tree of Illusion]:

[Chaos], The trunk of the Tree, is called the land of the dead, it is named that due to the fact that those that die in the [Great Realm] with their physical bodies have their Spirit summoned to [Chaos].

[Abyss], The branches of the Tree, is called the land of the Gods and is divided into 8 sites (basically territory) the rulers of these sites are called the 7 Divinities, the eighth site Caspion is not ruled by anyone and is a free site.

All Gods exist only as concepts and require Agents to carry out their will, each God has their own [Worldview] (similar to a [Unique World]) and provide their [Worldview] to their Believers, a God gains more power with the more Believers they have.

Gods use [Settings] (basically skills) and can manifest their [Worldview] into reality, known as summoning Holy Ground. [Awoken] ones that have reached the 4th Stage have similar power as Gods, and can also manifest their [Unique World] into reality.

The [Great Realm]:

The [Great Realm] is the foundation on which the [Tree of Illusion] stands and is outside the [Tree of Illusion], everyone in the [Great Realm] have physical bodies and bleed red as they are outside the Tree.

The [Great Realm] is divided into 12 zones, the rulers of these zones are called the Grandmasters (also referred to as the 12 Masters), and are among the most powerful [Adapted] Players.

"Products" (Players) that have completed the tutorial [Nightmare Tower] and [Adapted] to the System are sold by Cultivators to the Grandmasters.

The Grandmasters bolster their forces with these "Products" to aid in the unending wars of the [Great Realm].

The Masters can enter [Chaos] (even though they have physical bodies) through the use of an object called the narrow gate, this gate separates their physical bodies from their Spirits then sends their Spirit into [Chaos].

Those that have entered [Chaos] while their physical bodies are alive will have a link connecting their body and Spirit, and they will bleed white even though they are alive because they are in Spirit form in [Chaos].

Those with the link will return to their physical bodies when they die inside the [Tree of Illusion].

[Nightmare Towers]:

[Nightmare Towers] are items made by Dream Demons that are then sold to Cultivators (Beastreign for example) to Cultivate various worlds, Those that answer the call of the tower enter a collective "Dream" (have their Spirit pulled into the Tower along with others) leaving their physical body in a coma and begin the tutorial.

[Regression Stones/Nightmare Stones]:

Users of these stones are left in an Eternal Dream (basically a coma).

Those that didn't use the stones and died in the Tower have their Spirit returned to their physical body and their memories of their time in the Tower are erased, and they continue their life in their world as if nothing happened.

Players who couldn't have their memories completely erased (such as Yunhwan and Seoyul) have their Spirits brought to the [Abyss] by Dream Demons and are sold as Believers.

[Adaptation] and [Awakening]:

[Adaptation], Players that have accepted the System through the tutorial, [Adapt] to the System and use the power of the System, they see the world through the Systems many interfaces and are therefore limited by its rules and stats, Players reach higher stages of [Adaptation] through training, and experience gained from learning Skills.

[Adaptation]'s power scale is divided into 15 stages, higher stage [Adaptation] indicate that individual wields greater power under the System.

[Awakening], Players that begin to doubt the Systems validity and reject it eventually break free from the System and gain great power as they are not limited by the Systems rules and stats. [Awoken] ones reach higher stages through sudden enlightenment.

[Awakening]'s power scale is divided into 6 stages.

Obliteration, the first half to break away from the current world.

1st Stage - Suspicion (see the true nature of reality).

2nd Stage - Understanding (understand the true nature of reality).

3rd Stage - Oblivion (forgetting the identity created by this world).

[Awoken] ones that have reached the 3rd Stage break free from the System and see the world through their own eyes instead of an interface, each [Awoken] one perceives the world differently, the way they perceive the world is known as their [Unique World].

Genesis, the second half to create a new world after breaking free from the old one.

4th Stage - Hypothesis (manifest your [Unique World] into reality).

5th Stage - Proof (your [Unique World] becomes reality)

6th - Stage (unknown).

Jaehwan's goal:

To save countless worlds and countless peoples lives while avenging his friends by ending the world of the [Tree of Illusion] and killing Big Brother, thus ending future Cultivation.

If you've read this far, I Thank you for reading my long essay on this.

This is my explanation for the worldbuilding and the concepts used in this manhwa.

Is this a perfect Story? - No.

Does this Story have its flaws? - Yes

Do I think its still worth reading? - Absolutely.

So if you have read this but dropped it, I recommend giving it another chance and referring back to this if you don't quite understand something.

I hope you readers found this post helpful.

Hey everyone,

I want to share something personal because I think a lot of you will relate to this.

I was personally censored on Canvas. They forced me to change parts of my story — scenes that were important to the narrative, characters that had been carefully developed — all because of arbitrary rules that made no artistic sense. And I wasn't alone. Several of my creator friends went through the exact same thing: work rejected, accounts restricted, stories gutted just to comply with policies that change without warning.

Fed up with that, I decided to build something different.

I created Domhwa (domhwa.com), a webcomic platform available in both English and Spanish where creators can publish their stories without anyone telling them how they have to be. No arbitrary censorship. No forcing you to change your artistic vision.

The best part? Those same friends who got censored are now publishing on Domhwa — and they can finally tell the stories they always wanted to tell.

We're still a small community, but that means creators who join now get way more visibility than on oversaturated platforms.

Has this happened to you? Have you ever had your content censored or rejected on other platforms?

All feedback welcome — I'm here to build this together with the community.

Domhwa founder

The Peanut gallery will be live this saturday everyone! Your favorite group of gremlins have returned to ad lib and critiqe your comics.

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