Ancient Demon

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Ancient Demon
Original Name	古魔
Species/Race	Ancient Demon Clan; a race originating from Reincarnation rather than one of the ordinary races of heaven and earth 398 662
Affiliation	Ancient Demon Clan, including royal clans and organized territories commanded by higher-ranking demons 402 527 530
Status	Extant; a major threat to the True World and its allied races 414 420
First Appearance	Chapter 398

Background

Ancient Demons escaped after Reincarnation collapsed. Their emergence caused the ancient cataclysm and greatly contributed to the true realm’s decline, forcing immortals, gods, and other races into a devastating war 398.

They regard the myriad races as food, including ordinary demons. Their strength, rapid reproduction, and exceptionally fast cultivation allowed them to spread like locusts through the True World 400 420 613.

Ancient Demon society is highly hierarchical. Lower-ranked demons obey superior demons without resistance, while territories are controlled by leaders and may be mobilized by Ancient Demon Commanders for war 402.

Appearance

Ancient Demons possess diverse forms, but their true bodies are generally enormous, savage, and unnaturally resilient. They may conceal their identities or imitate human appearances, making aura detection and behavioral clues important.

• A First Order Ancient Demon was described as a gigantic, bat-like creature with bare skin, dark-red veins in its wing membranes, dragon-like claws, a spiked python-like tail, and overwhelming evil intent 398.
• Third Order Ancient Demons of the same race could reach hundreds of zhang in size; some had twisted or broken wings and appeared polluted or malformed 398.
• Some royal Ancient Demons can assume convincing human forms. Mi Xueyao concealed her demonic aura while appearing as an injured woman, though Li Hao identified her by her scent 470.
• An Ancient Demon royal’s exposed form included eight wings and surging demonic qi 478.

Power Classification

Classification	Relative Strength	Notes
Third Order Ancient Demon	Comparable to a Supreme Saint	The lowest documented Ancient Demon rank; they possess Saint Domains and can threaten saint-level cultivators in groups 398.
Second Order Ancient Demon	Between the extreme limit of Supreme Saints and True Immortals	More durable and structurally complex than Third Order demons; their fleshly bodies cannot be killed as easily by Li Hao’s anatomical technique 398 400.
First Order Ancient Demon	Capable of devouring ordinary True Immortals	Their innate soul-devouring arts make them especially dangerous even to cultivators of equivalent realm 398.
Ancient Demon Leader	Can possess True Immortal-level cultivation	One leader entered the false world as a Second Order Ancient Demon, then restored its true-immortal-level strength 414.
Ancient Demon Commander	Comparable to a True Lord; above First Order	Commands lesser Ancient Demons and is considered beyond the ability of an ordinary True Immortal to confront 402.
Royal Clan Ancient Demon	Far stronger than ordinary demons of the same realm	Dijiang Royal Clan members are estimated to be three to five times stronger than ordinary Ancient Demons of equal realm 527.

Abilities & Traits

Regeneration and Primordial Spirit Separation

Destroying an Ancient Demon’s body does not necessarily kill it. Its Primordial Spirit can leave the corpse, reattach itself, and restore the fleshly body; some can regenerate from as little as a drop of blood 398.

• Li Hao developed a “deboning” method by repeatedly studying their anatomy, allowing him to sever a Third Order Ancient Demon’s bodily structure in a single strike 398.
• Complete destruction requires eliminating both the fleshly body and its remaining blood, or destroying the separated Primordial Spirit 398.
• Second Order Ancient Demons have more complex internal structures and regenerate rapidly while their anatomy remains unexploited 400.

Soul Devouring

Ancient Demons innately wield corrosive black mist and soul-based attacks. This is their most dangerous shared trait, allowing them to threaten opponents whose physical strength might otherwise rival theirs 398 414.

• Their black mist corrodes Primordial Spirits and can injure even Li Hao’s highly cultivated soul 398.
• Their soul attacks can interfere with a target’s Primordial Spirit, inflict piercing pain, and attempt to drag souls from their bodies through black vortices 414 416.
• The mist can corrode Saint Domains because the domains themselves contain Primordial Spirit power 414.
• First Order Ancient Demons use these innate arts to threaten or devour ordinary True Immortals 398.

Domains and Immortal Power

Higher-ranked Ancient Demons wield Saint Domains, immortal domains, and coordinated formations.

• Third Order Ancient Demons can use Saint Domains to suppress weapons, grind down defensive arrays, and obstruct object-control techniques 398.
• A True Immortal-level Ancient Demon Leader used an immortal domain that rendered the Great Dao powers within Li Hao’s Eternal Dao Domain ineffective 416.
• Ancient Demon groups can combine their power and Primordial Spirits into larger manifestations, such as a nether god-like shadow controlled by Dijiang Royal Clan members 527.

Royal Clan Secret Arts

The seven great Ancient Demon clans possess distinct bloodline abilities, though the full conditions of many arts remain unknown 530.

• Dijiang Royal Clan — royal members can command and combine the power of surrounding Ancient Demons into a shared manifestation 527.
• Death Name Clan — its royal secret art is said to kill a target by engraving the target’s name into the void after learning it 530.
• Reincarnation Royal Clan — represented by powerful royal Ancient Demons such as Mi Xueyao; their specific ultimate ability is not detailed in the available accounts 471 478.

Weaknesses and Countermeasures

• Anatomical destruction — Li Hao’s repeated cuts allowed him to map an Ancient Demon’s bones, organs, veins, and bodily structure, then destroy its fleshly body in one decisive strike 398.
• Primordial Spirit elimination — a demon whose body is destroyed can still regenerate unless its Primordial Spirit is also neutralized 398 401.
• Overwhelming sword intent — the middle-aged soldier’s swordsmanship inflicted wounds that Ancient Demons could not heal and annihilated their bodies outright 398.
• Specialized weapons — Li Hao’s broken Immortal Sword could cut through an Ancient Demon Leader’s Immortal Bones and Dao patterns, though sustained combat dulled the weapon and reduced its lethality 416.
• Caution against corpse refinement — Ancient Demon corpses can be made into Primal Spirit Pills, but long-term use corrodes the soul and may cause irreversible mutations 480.

Relationships

• Li Hao — principal enemy and hunter. He learned to dissect their anatomy in battle, slew large numbers on the ancient road, and cooks their flesh to nourish his Primordial Spirit 398 400 401.
• Middle-Aged Soldier — long-standing adversary who guarded the Mysterious Female Gate and had already slain multiple First Order Ancient Demons before joining Li Hao in an offensive campaign 398 400.
• Mi Xueyao — an Ancient Demon royal who concealed her identity, later aided Li Hao against her own race, and benefited from consuming cooked Ancient Demon flesh 471 473 475.
• Demon Subduing Division — a human organization that slays Ancient Demons for immortal merit and studies their corpses in search of countermeasures 457 467 480.
• The Myriad Races of the True World — prey and enemies in the Ancient Demons’ war of expansion; humans, demons, immortals, and gods all face the same existential threat 400 613.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Ancient Road and the Ancient Demon Cataclysm

Li Hao first encounters Ancient Demons on the ancient road beyond the Mysterious Female Gate. A middle-aged soldier explains their role in the destruction of the true realm, while Li Hao discovers their regenerative bodies and soul-corroding Primordial Spirits firsthand 398.

Li Hao and the soldier then begin systematically hunting Ancient Demon territories. Their campaign kills hundreds of demons, including First Order Ancient Demons, while cooked Ancient Demon flesh rapidly strengthens both men’s Primordial Spirits 400 401.

Invasion of the False World

After the ancient road is breached, Second Order and True Immortal-level Ancient Demons enter the false world. Source Ancestor, God King, and the saints struggle to contain them, suffering severe Primordial Spirit injuries from their soul-devouring arts 408 414.

A True Immortal Ancient Demon devastates Silver Rainbow Small World, consuming souls and destroying sacred lands before Li Hao returns to confront the invasion 420.

Extraterritorial Battlefield

Ancient Demons become the principal targets of the Demon Subduing Division and the border immortal armies. Their kills are measured in immortal merit, with even a first-level True Immortal Realm Ancient Demon worth one thousand merits 467.

Li Hao fights through their hordes, saves human cultivators, collects their corpses, and encounters Mi Xueyao—an Ancient Demon royal infiltrating the battlefield in human disguise 470 471.

True Immortal Secret Realm

During the True Immortal Secret Realm trial, Ancient Demons organize ambushes and gather in large groups around royal clan members. Li Hao and other elite prodigies use them as opponents and sources of Dao fire, while the demons seek to publicly kill human heaven prides 527 530.

Eastern Region War

Ancient Demon hordes assault the Eastern Region’s border defenses, breach Dragon Seeing Pass, and force major human mobilization toward Ancestor Dragon City 671. Their numbers and coordinated arrays remain a continuing threat even against Immortal King Realm cultivators 675 681.

Trivia

• Ancient Demon flesh contains soul power that can nourish a Primordial Spirit when properly cooked; Li Hao’s Dao-level cooking is stated to make it absorbable without side effects 400.
• Li Hao and the middle-aged soldier consumed more than 800 Ancient Demons during their ancient-road campaign 401.
• Ancient Demon corpses are valued as materials for weapons, medicine, and Primal Spirit refinement, though conventional refinement methods carry severe risks 409 480.
• Ancient Demons can be intelligent, strategic, possessive, and capable of political conflict; the First Order demon Zheng refused an alliance with Man because it did not want to share its expected reward 400.