Desire World

The Desire World (Japanese: 欲求レルム Desire Realm) is the name given to the alternate dimension that can be only accessed within the region of Xeno that appears within Pokémon Aether, Nether, and Tether Versions. Created by the battle between Naraka, Savara, and Vinipatika, the dimension was used as the storage place for the Dharmic Keys by the Pokémon Trainers of the period, the only tools capable of awakening the two sleeping Legendary Pokémon. With each of the two keys split into three pieces, they were scattered throughout the various 'climates' of the new dimension, each inhabited by various Pokémon of different types who had been sucked into the world at its creation, each slightly distorted and changed by their surroundings from that point forth. It is the only known way to acqurie the Dharmic Keys, though the method of reaching it remains only known to the scholars of Granthala City. Divided into six 'zones' corresponding with the six pieces of the two keys, one must make their way through the entirety of the zones, overcoming their various trials and tribulations in order to acquire the pieces of the keys and eventually reassamble them properly. It is a heavily targeted location by Team Samsara, being vital to their goal, and contrasts with the Formless World, where the keys can be used to awaken both Savara and Naraka.

It plays a major role within the events of Pokémon ANT.

Trivia

 * The Desire World is direclty inspired by the desire realm of Buddhist cosmology, with its name literally being "Desire Realm" in Japanese, though it has been heavily retooled in order to fit the Pokémon universe. The names of the various "zones" within the Desire World are also derived from the original Desire realm, being based around the various domains that act as the various destinations for reincarnation within the realm itself. The original Desire realm is described as being one of the three possible realms a soul undergoing Saṃsāra can be reborn into. Due to its connection to Samsara, the Sanskrit language, and Buddhism itself, the author used base concepts and names in order to build the alternate world in which the Dharmic Keys could be located. There were alterations made (with a new Heaven zone acting as a parallel to the Hell Zone), the most notable of which was the modification of the original animal domain into the Pokémon Zone, in order to reflect the apparent lack of regular animals within the Pokémon world.
 * It was originally planned to share the same function with the Formless World, and vice-versa, but the author modified them into two seperate worlds in order to make the awakening of Naraka and Savara much more difficult.