Demon

Biodata

Power Progression

Background

The original Demon formed from the resentment of souls consumed by the Lord of the Netherworld. It embodied the Lord’s darkest side and eventually separated from him. Although they became distinct beings, their lives remained linked: the death of either would immediately kill the other 227.

Before his death, the Lord left a contingency against an invading god. Shen Hao, a native of the Netherworld whose personality closely resembled the Demon’s, was chosen to inherit its power. The Lord had also arranged Shen Hao’s reincarnation and second life in the mortal world 202 227.

Class Mechanics

Disaster from the Heavens

The Demon replaces an instance’s original boss, inheriting its attributes, abilities, and items during the mission. Afterward, the Demon can permanently gain the boss’s attributes, an ability, or an item 1.

• In Qingshan Hospital, Shen Hao took the Horse-Faced Butcher’s place and hunted the players 1.
• The Special Instance was an exception: it had no original boss, and Shen Hao attacked the players’ holy city as the Demon himself 210.

Legend of the Demon

Players killed by the Demon in an instance return to the real world rather than dying permanently, but lose 90% of their experience. Their accounts spread the Demon’s reputation 1.

Shen Hao later concluded that the game’s creator resurrected matched players after instances. People who entered without matchmaking did not necessarily have that protection 122.

Demon Nature and Demon Bloodline

Demon Nature grants Fear Points when creatures experience fear or despair. Fear Points can substitute for experience, and ordinary people can contribute them outside instances 1 8.

At level 10, Demon Bloodline gave Shen Hao additional uses for those points 41:

• Demon Power: Fear Points can be converted to power Demon abilities, improve items, or raise ability levels.
• Constitution: His Constitution is calculated at twice its base value.
• Organ compatibility: His body can withstand the power of Demon organs.

Abilities & Skills

Demon Domain

A blood-red domain in which the Demon can perceive events and control what lies inside. Intelligent life gradually loses reason and becomes more susceptible to fear. Maintaining it continuously consumes Fear Points, with larger domains costing more 94.

• Shen Hao assimilated a corrosive Mist into the domain, where it became scarlet fog under his control 150.
• After gaining the Demon Heart, he could control the flow of time within the domain if he had enough Demon Power 172.
• The domain is not invulnerable: the temple’s sacred power suppressed it, and the invading god later caused it to collapse 223 229.

Demon Eye

• Gaze into Death: Reveals the end of a target. Its initial form affected one target at a time and cost 10,000 Demon Power per use; the Demon Heart later enabled it to affect multiple targets 45 172.
• Soulfire: Ignites souls within sight, using them as fuel. Its documented cost was 1,000 Demon Power 63.
• Eye of Cause and Effect: Follows causal connections from clues to their origins. Its cost depends on the complexity of the inquiry 172.

Possession

Possession initially required a target to fear Shen Hao and scream. It split his Mental Attribute between his own body and the possessed person 22.

• At level 10, he could possess a fearful living target with a lower Mental Attribute, or a recently dead, mostly intact corpse. He could also use a possessed target’s abilities and read important memories 120.
• After obtaining the Demon Heart, he could spend additional Demon Power to possess targets with higher Mental Attributes or immunity to mental attacks 172.

Demon Body and Left Hand

After absorbing all of the Demon’s organs, Shen Hao obtained a complete Demon Body. It can store unlimited fear and convert it into Demon Power; it also allows him to survive without food or air. If no one fears or remembers the Demon, however, he will disappear 228.

The Demon's Left Hand can absorb living beings as energy and may acquire their special abilities. It can also tear objects apart at a distance, including spatial barriers 228 229.

Notable Demon Items

• Demon Blade — A blade that inflicts wounds that cannot heal and grows by devouring spirits. Its side effects can reduce its owner’s Spirit, and it may kill an unsuitable owner if it becomes too powerful 13 22.
• Demon Blood — A source of immense power recovered from a goddess. Its description warns that those who are not Demons cannot control it safely 82.
• Demon Heart — The source of a Demon’s power; it enhances Demon abilities and allows Demon Power to replace other ability costs 170 172.
• Demon’s Left Arm — The final Demon organ Shen Hao sought. Its fusion completed his Demon body and revealed memories of the Lord of the Netherworld 210 227.

Story Role

• Qingshan Hospital: Shen Hao discovers his class after finding the original boss dead, then takes up the Butcher’s mask and axe to begin the hunt 1.
• Netherworld instances: He replaces bosses including the Headless Knight, the Executioner, the warden, and the Mad Scientist, acquiring powers and Demon organs while opposing players’ objectives 50 82 124 155.
• Holy City: Tasked with stopping the Outer God’s descent and finding the Demon’s Left Arm, he attacks a city defended by believers and players 210 211.
• Final confrontation: After completing the Demon body, Shen Hao refuses the Netherworld’s Divine Authority because its duties would restrict him. He absorbs the invading god’s avatar, enters the god’s world, and kills him 227 229 234.