Phantasmal Beast

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Phantasmal Beast
Original Name	幻影兽
Species/Race	A broad class of supernatural creatures with highly varied forms, attributes, intelligence, and abilities.
Status	Extant
First Appearance	Chapter 1

World Presence

Phantasmal Beasts dominate the setting’s world, where they may coexist with humans, assist them, or threaten them. The Federation’s illustrated handbook records 803,596 discovered species, while many more remain unknown. 1 15

Some species are naturally peaceful or useful to human communities. Field Frogs help catch insects, while “little cleaners” sweep streets. 15 In Holy Dragon Village, powerful Phantasmal Beasts also perform routine work for villagers and interact openly with children. 192 799

Classification and Attributes

Phantasmal Beasts vary greatly in physical form and category. Documented types include Beast, Ghost, Undead, Mechanical, Shapeshifter, Dreamscape, Vampire, Insect, Domain Space, and Legendary Story types. 10 67 280 341 593 685

Their strength is assessed through both level/rank and bloodline rarity. Bloodlines range from Common and Elite to Overlord, King, Legendary, and the largely mythical Mythic grade. 10 157 251 386

Attribute	Function
Level / Rank	Measures current strength; documented ranks include Bronze, Silver, Platinum, Diamond, and King Grade. 10 141 392
Bloodline Rarity	Determines innate potential; stronger bloodlines can unlock greater potential and impose greater pressure on weaker creatures. 157 392
Evolution Count	Records completed evolutions for certain species. 67 341 593
Type	Identifies a creature’s nature and specialties, such as Ghost/Curse, Beast/Shapeshifter, or Illusion/Legendary Story. 10 230 685
Talent Skills	Innate abilities ranging from direct combat and mobility to transformation, mental attacks, support effects, and domain creation. 10 170 685

Growth and Evolution

Phantasmal Beasts can increase their level through combat, training, performing their natural functions, and consuming Spirit Herbs or Spirit Fruits. These resources can shorten growth cycles and help a creature exceed its species’ usual adult rank. 141

Growth Method	Result
Combat	Battles can improve a Phantasmal Beast’s level. 141
Natural-function practice	Functional species can grow through repeated use of their innate role; Broom Imps may gain experience by sweeping. 141
Spirit Herbs and Fruits	Can accelerate growth, shorten maturation, and enable breakthroughs beyond normal species limits. 141
Evolutionary resources	Can trigger evolution, a transformation that breaks through a creature’s original bloodline limits. 385
Self-enlightenment	Rarely, prolonged mastery of a function can lead to a spontaneous evolution. 385
Soul or life-energy consumption	Certain Ghost and Evil Spirit types increase in strength by devouring souls or life force. 433 490 557

Evolution is exceptionally difficult; many Phantasmal Beasts never obtain suitable resources or experience enlightenment in their lifetime. 385 Exceptional cases can result in dramatic bloodline leaps, such as common-bloodline creatures evolving directly into excellent Overlord-grade forms. 386

Contracting and Taming

A Phantasmal Beast Egg is especially valuable because the hatchling recognizes the first person it sees as its master, resulting in higher loyalty and faster growth. 76

• Standard contracts — A Beast Master may contract a Phantasmal Beast, store it within their body, and summon it when needed. 271
• Released contracts — A Beast Master can voluntarily end a contract, freeing the creature from their association. 234
• Forced contract erasure — Contracts can be forcibly removed and stolen, but failure can cause severe mental backlash, vegetative collapse, or death. 234
• Temporary delegated commands — A contracted creature can obey another person if its original master orders it to do so. 796
• Contract burden — Every contracted creature consumes the Beast Master’s stamina; summoned creatures consume substantially more energy than those stored within the host. 798 799
• Untamable entities — Some special Phantasmal Beasts are explicitly impossible to subdue, rather than merely too powerful to contract. 772 776

Abilities & Skills

Combat and Physical Power

Combat-oriented Phantasmal Beasts may possess overwhelming size, durability, speed, elemental attacks, or specialized killing techniques. The adult Azure Flame Golden-Eyed Beast is described as physically comparable to Dragon-type creatures and capable of destroying small mountains. 157

• Some high-ranked creatures can suppress lower-ranked Phantasmal Beasts through aura alone. 392
• Thunder-attribute creatures can inflict paralysis in addition to destructive damage. 351
• Stealth types can conceal themselves in darkness or daylight while retaining high speed and lethal claw attacks. 613

Mental, Fear, and Illusion Powers

Many Phantasmal Beasts specialize in psychological attacks rather than direct damage. Terror Puppets can grow by instilling fear, while Ghost and Curse types can induce dread, despair, madness, or loss of will. 28 221 230

• The Terror Scare Buzz feeds on fear and may cause frightened targets to suffer mental derangement or become vegetative. 221
• The Ghost Princess can create bandaged mummies and break weaker-minded targets through Ghost Attack. 230
• Illusion-type creatures can trap targets in false spaces where escape attempts return them to their starting point. 684 685
• Mental-mirror illusions can inflict mental damage severe enough to injure the victim’s physical body. 776

Transformation and Shapeshifting

Shapeshifting Phantasmal Beasts can assume other forms for deception, combat, or utility. 10 801

• The Shapeshifting Tanuki Mimicry Mutation possesses Hundred Forms Transformation. 10
• The Thousand Illusion Raccoon Cat can adopt one of a thousand creatures it has seen and gain part of that form’s abilities. 801
• At sufficient level and bloodline, the Thousand Illusion Raccoon Cat can theoretically simulate a creature’s appearance and strength perfectly. 801
• Dreamscape Phantasmal Beasts may revert to their true forms after losing courage through fear. 456

Support and Functional Abilities

Not every Phantasmal Beast is suited for direct combat. Functional and support species can provide light, mobility, buffs, perception, labor, or other specialized services. 103 170 271

• Fuzzy Lollipop — Its Doubling Aura can increase a lower-level Phantasmal Beast’s abilities by up to twofold; the effect weakens against stronger targets. 170
• Mind-Reading Imp — Perceives emotions, good, and evil, gaining vitality and growth through reading other creatures’ thoughts. 271
• Auspicious Luck Beast — Brings luck to itself and nearby creatures, increasing their chance to avoid danger, level up, or evolve; it has no offensive power. 333
• Life Beast — Has no offensive ability but can naturally live for more than 30,000 years if unharmed. 201

Human Relations

Humanity’s relationship with Phantasmal Beasts ranges from cooperation to open conflict. Beast Masters are expected to tame and command them, while the Beast Master Bureau investigates unknown species and protects humans from dangerous incidents. 15 84

Powerful or intelligent wild Phantasmal Beasts can be hostile to humans, particularly when humans steal their eggs or young. An adult Azure Flame Golden-Eyed Beast rampaged toward Jinchuan City after its cub was taken. 146 150 157

Conversely, some villages maintain unusually harmonious relationships with Phantasmal Beasts. Holy Dragon Village’s creatures assist with daily life and are treated as part of the community rather than solely as combat assets. 192 799

Trivia

• The Federation’s illustrated handbook has catalogued 803,596 Phantasmal Beast species, but the actual total is stated to be far larger. 15
• Phantasmal Beasts may be harmless helpers, city-destroying threats, or entities with abilities that defy ordinary combat. 15 157 685
• Demon beasts are distinct from Phantasmal Beasts: they cannot participate in the world’s Beast Master contract ritual and are able to cultivate independently. 790