Demon Prince

Biodata

Name	Demon Prince (魔王子)
Alias(es)	Moloshangfan; Shang Fan; “Uncle Mo”
Species/Race	Direct child of the Heavenly Demon, formed from pure demonic energy 483
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Heavenly Demon and the demonic path (formerly); later opposes the Heavenly Demon as a Pratyekabuddha 846 1076
Occupation/Role	Heavenly Demon’s envoy; demonic-path combatant and cultivator
Status	Half a First Rank; renounced the demonic path and became a Pratyekabuddha 1076
First Appearance	479

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Seventh Rank — limit broken	491	Had already shattered the shackles of Seventh Rank, but deliberately suppressed his ascension to Sixth Rank to preserve his Overlord Dao foundation.
Fourth Rank	889	Advanced after the Dream City conflict; his Heart Qi was stimulated by finding Li Qi as a genuine rival.
Half a First Rank / Pratyekabuddha	1076	Independently reached “half a First Rank,” renounced the demonic path, and joined the resistance to the Heavenly Demon.

Background / History

The Demon Prince was born as the direct child of a Heavenly Demon, a being of pure demonic energy expected to occupy an exceptionally high position. His status made direct intervention against him dangerous: even if slain, the Heavenly Demon could retrieve him from the river of time. 483

He was born profoundly incomplete, lacking his right eye and right leg and possessing no Yin energy in his inner world. Before acquiring the Earth Mother Dao Charm, he fought simply to survive despite this crippled body, forcing his way to the Seventh Rank through desperate struggle. The Earth Mother Dao Charm compensated for his deficiencies and became the foundation of his later Overlord Dao. 490 635 1075

Appearance

The Demon Prince presents himself as an imposing young man in black, usually masked and supported by a bamboo staff that also serves as his Dao Charm. Beneath the mask, his beauty and physical incompleteness are equally striking. 486 490 869

• Handsome, delicate, and somewhat feminine-faced; he is described as beautiful enough to pass for a woman in different attire. 490 869
• Has no right eye socket; later, the missing eye appears as a black void. 490 869
• His right leg is crippled and shorter than the other, requiring him to walk with a cane. 490 869
• Wears a majestic black cloak, a nine-ring belt, and black leather six-harmony boots. 486
• Commonly wears a black jade mask and carries a gold-inlaid black jade tiger pendant. 486 490
• Uses an ink-black bamboo staff, which conceals the Earth Mother Dao Charm. 486 491 635

Personality

The Demon Prince is intensely self-assured, fearless, and dismissive of authority. As the Heavenly Demon’s envoy, he shows no intimidation even before Second Rank figures, reasoning that danger is meaningless when they cannot harm him. He has never considered himself a mortal. 846

His demonic path is rooted in absolute self-certainty. He does not seek consensus, accepts no existing answer as final, and considers self-doubt fatal to a demonic cultivator. This single-mindedness gives his cultivation extraordinary stability, but also makes him frighteningly direct: he follows only the path in front of him and disregards every alternative. 846 890 1073

Despite his coldness, he is not naturally bloodthirsty or scheming. In battle, he prefers overwhelming frontal pressure rather than ambushes, and ordinarily directs his attention almost entirely toward finding stronger opponents. However, when he chooses to kill, opponents generally must surrender or die. 490 659 890

His apparent gentleness is linked to the Yin-balancing influence of the Earth Mother Dao Charm, contrasting sharply with his inherently extreme Yang body and demonic nature. 635

Abilities & Skills

Four Demons Integration

The Demon Prince commands and perfectly integrates the powers of the Heavenly Demon, Death Demon, Five Aggregates Demon, and Affliction Demon. 487

• Manifests the Four Demons’ demonic energy through his body and attacks. 487
• Uses demonic thoughts to erode enemies’ minds and interfere with cultivation breakthroughs. 490 493
• His planted demonic thoughts forced Li Qi to accept and synthesize multiple demonic paths during their battle. 493

Earth Mother Dao Charm

His ink-black bamboo staff is the Earth Mother Dao Charm, a treasure that compensates for his congenital lack of Yin and supports his crippled body. 491 635

• Functions as both a walking staff and his principal Dao Charm. 491
• Produces an ink-black Yin barrier capable of suppressing his otherwise catastrophic Yang imbalance. 491
• Its underlying nature is the She, or Altar of Earth. 492
• Without it, his incomplete inner world is vulnerable to Yin–Yang imbalance. 490 635

Heavenly Imperfection and Extreme Yang

The Prince’s missing eye and leg leave his inner world without Moon or winter qi, making him an extreme Yang existence with no inherent Yin energy. 490

• Can deliberately abandon balance and turn his body fully toward extreme Yang. 490
• His blood and demonic fire carry enough Yang force to melt Li Qi’s makeshift magic-treasure exoskeleton. 490
• His physical incompleteness is a real tactical vulnerability; disruption of his celestial timing can slow his sorcery and stiffen his body. 490
• He has endured this imbalance since childhood and is highly experienced at fighting through it. 490

Shamanic and Demonic Sorcery

Despite his demonic-path origin, the Prince possesses extensive Shamanic Way knowledge and can employ sacrifices, curses, and summoned divine generals. 483

• Summons divine generals—mostly demon gods—to attack across the battlefield. 483
• Dismantled Li Qi’s prepared formations and small-world traps with a glance. 486 487
• Combines demonic sorcery with exceptional close-quarters combat, speed, and control of battle tempo. 487 490
• Relies less on complicated sorcery than Li Qi, often crushing opponents through direct force. 491

Demonic Fiend Manifestation

His emotions can become world-threatening natural phenomena rather than merely personal feelings. 869

• During his fury, generated countless demonic fiends as derivatives of his aura without expending sorcery. 869
• The fiends embody destructive demonic thoughts and can devastate worlds or world clusters if unrestrained. 869
• His Dharma Form and demonic energy once covered an entire region of one of the Nine Lands. 870

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Earth Mother Dao Charm / ink-black bamboo staff — Balances his Yin-deficient body, serves as a cane, and is his principal Dao Charm. 491 635
• Black jade mask — Usually conceals his face and missing eye. 490 852
• Gold-inlaid black jade tiger pendant — A fierce tiger carving with golden eyes and golden energy issuing from its mouth. 486
• Black cloak — Described as darker than night and visually overwhelming in battle. 914
• Spoils of war collection — His residence holds high-value magic treasures from other Dao lineages, including life-bound treasures taken from defeated opponents. 821

Relationships

• Heavenly Demon — His direct progenitor and the source of his princely status; the Prince later turns against it and joins the resistance. 483 846 1076
• Li Qi — Principal rival and eventual ally. Their first major battle pushed both beyond their former limits; later, they cooperate against the Heavenly Demon. 483 493 1007 1061
• Li Shiwei — Calls her his “little niece,” aids her when she seeks him out, and guides her toward self-discovery in the City of the Demonic Path. 635 821 832
• Demon Lord Moloyan — Allied demonic cultivator who called on the Prince for help against Li Qi and Canghou. 479
• Crown Prince Chang Qin — Met as the Heavenly Demon’s envoy to negotiate the Shamanic Way’s position on Li Qi and the limits of their conflict. 846 847
• Little Heavenly Master — A rival who challenged him directly; later reported that the Prince seemed manipulated or not fully free. 640 659
• Shariputra — A Buddhist opponent whose reincarnation the Prince treated casually; later, the Prince sought to study Buddhist Dharma in the pagoda containing the Great Tripiṭaka. 635 1021

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Underworld confrontation — Moloyan calls for the Demon Prince’s intervention after Li Qi and Canghou counter his Human Desire technique. The Prince enters the conflict and tests Li Qi directly. 479 480
• Battle against Li Qi — The Prince tears apart Li Qi’s prepared small world, overpowers him with the Four Demons and direct combat, and reveals the extreme Yang nature of his incomplete body. Li Qi ultimately outmaneuvers him, though later accounts state that Li Qi would have lost had the Prince fought to the death. 486 487 490 493 518
• Li Shiwei’s protector — He assists Li Shiwei, brings her into his residence, and offers her the chance to follow him despite the dangers attached to doing so. 635 821
• Demonic-path envoy — He visits Crown Prince Chang Qin on behalf of the Heavenly Demon, seeking the Shamanic Way’s position on Li Qi and securing an agreement limiting the conflict to the Fourth Rank. 846 847
• Dream City fury — Enraged at being surpassed by Li Qi, he uses Fourth Rank Heavenly Patrol Officers as stepping stones for his own advancement, leaving many incapacitated or dead. 869 889
• Three Realms plot — He and Li Qi cooperate to use the Desire Realm, Form Realm, and Formless Heaven against the Heavenly Demon. 1061
• Renunciation and awakening — While attempting to seize Great One’s body, he realizes that his pursuit of invincibility was fundamentally a desire to become human. He abandons the possession, relinquishes his demonic-path obsession, and becomes a half-First-Rank Pratyekabuddha. 1075 1076

Notable Quotes

“I am not a mortal.” 846

“Canghai Jun? He’s no match for me.” 846

Trivia

• The name Moloshangfan incorporates Moro, a title for “Heavenly Demon”; Shang is his given name, while Fan carries meanings including “Lord” and “All Things.” 870
• Li Qi’s True Knowledge Dao Charm and detection sorceries failed to perceive the Demon Prince despite Li Qi physically seeing him. 635
• His residence is unexpectedly luxurious and heavily decorated, contrasting with his cold public persona. 821
• He endured an externally brief but subjectively tens-of-billions-of-years-long cycle of reincarnations and bodily destruction inflicted by the Heavenly Demon. 919