Gods and Devils

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Gods and Devils (神魔)
Species/Race	Collective term for divine and devilish beings and their associated paths of cultivation
Status	Active
First Appearance	Devilish beings: 81; true gods: 352

Cosmological Position

• The Immortal Realm and Devil Realm are described as eternally hostile powers with separate jurisdictions over lower realms. Devil Commanders operating in the Heavenly Realm are therefore treated as a major escalation by Immortal Realm forces 147.
• Gods are worshipped as transcendent rulers in the Great Ruin Realm. Devout faith and sufficient incense offerings may obtain divine blessings, while statues receiving worship can manifest avatars containing part of a god's power 426.
• The God Domain stands above Star Domains and commands the realms beneath it. Star Realms form Star Wheels, which form Constant Realms, Star Systems, and ultimately Star Domains 476.
• The Yang Realm's Hall of True Gods offers chosen races Yang energy, methods beyond the Saint Dao, and protection from a future extinction calamity; the chosen are also the origin of the world's Yang Forbidden Lands 377.

Documented Divine Ranks

Rank / Title	Known details
Wandering God / High God	Lu Yang and Xuan Yin are worshipped as High Gods in the Great Ruin Realm, yet are also identified as Wandering Gods. Their manifested Dharma bodies store incense and fire power 446 451.
God Lord	Cultivators seeking to become Divine Monarchs must obtain a Dao fruit through a ritual recognized by heaven and earth 533.
Divine Monarch	A level above God Lord; Divine Monarchs can safely remain in spaces constructed from Dao principles without damaging the universe 562.
Divine King	Treated as an unparalleled height even in the God Domain. Tianji Divine King descends to investigate lower-realm disturbances and seeks traces of the Creation Supreme Being 563.
True God	The Hall of True Gods is connected to true gods of the Yang Realm. A true god's Dharmakaya can bestow Three Lives Soil after awakening 352.
Divine Envoy	Envoys descend from the Hall of True Gods to select Yin spirits for ascension, distribute Yang Dao energy, and declare divine will 377 378.

Documented Devilish Ranks and Paths

Rank / Title	Known details
Devil Commander	Blood Halberd is a renowned Devil Commander. Xin Ning defeats him after he challenges her with a blood-red halberd 147 148.
Devil Master	Xin Ning holds the title of Devil Master. After absorbing five Primordial Souls, she reaches the sixth heaven of the Great Luo Golden Devil realm and gains three Great Devil Lords as subordinates 148.
Devil King	Black and White is identified as the legendary Black and White Devil King, a figure who cultivated both immortal and devil arts 227.
Devil Emperor	The Extinguishing Yin Devil Emperor leads one of the Devil Realm's Emperor-level invasion forces against the Immortal Realm 404.
Devil Venerable	The Devil Fiend is revered by the Devil Race as the Devil Venerable after leading them to victories against the human race 1259.
Devil Ancestor	Wu Ye claims the title of Devil Ancestor and possesses knowledge of the Devil Venerable Secret Scroll, though the Heavenly Devil King later questions the reliability of his answers 869.
Four Sees	A Devilish Dao attainment divided into Seeing Ghosts, Seeing Immortals, Seeing Sages, and Seeing Gods. The ultimate demonic codex is said to contain enough Law to complete all four stages 869.

Divine Practices and Authority

Worship and Incense

Gods derive power and influence through worship, incense, sacrifices, and divine statues.

• Divine statues can act as avatars, but they remain far weaker than the gods they represent 426.
• Lu Yang and Xuan Yin's incense and fire power is stored in their sculpted Dharma bodies; when those bodies are destroyed, that accumulated power is lost 451.
• Divine spirit artifacts are cultivated using a god's life force and surpass ordinary divine bodies and divine spirit magic tools 470.
• The scroll bearing the words “Punish evil and promote good” is mistaken for a divine spirit edict because it commands the Daos of heaven and earth and destroys the Wood Spirit Imperial Dynasty's ancestral artifacts 445.

Selection and Ascension

The Hall of True Gods uses the promise of ascension as a means of control over Yin Realm powers.

• Divine envoys grant Yang Dao energy to selected clans and may take them to the Yang Realm 377.
• The blue-robed envoy explains that the Yang Forbidden Land and ascension are bait for Yin spirits, while the periodic destruction of the Yin Realm is compared to harvesting leeks 378.
• The same envoy brands Jiang Xue a “defiant god” and promises divine blessings to anyone who kills her 378.

Devilish Cultivation

Primordial Souls and Devil Spirits

Devilish cultivators may use Primordial Souls to strengthen themselves, though high-level Devilish Dao cultivation ultimately depends on comprehension rather than simple devouring.

• Xin Ning absorbs five Primordial Souls to advance her cultivation and acquire Great Devil Lord subordinates 148.
• The Yin Yang Devil Furnace's Devil Spirit seeks to consume seven missing Primordial Souls, believing this will make her the strongest Devil Spirit and enable her to control the furnace as a Devil Emperor-level existence 395.
• At higher levels, devouring cultivation and Primordial Souls is considered ineffective; the Devilish Dao instead requires precise understanding and enlightenment 869.

Devilish Dao Inheritances

• High-level Devilish Dao inheritances are preserved as secret scrolls because incomplete understanding can lead practitioners to death 869.
• The Devil Venerable Secret Scroll contains difficult questions of Devilish Dao; the Heavenly Devil King studies it for countless years and attracts Wu Ye after forcibly manifesting an answer to its first question 869.
• The ultimate demonic codex contains one hundred ultimate Devilish Dao questions and can form a Deprivation Realm that strips living beings of their spiritual power, spells, and bodies 869 882.
• The Devil Fiend Evil Corpse solves five questions from the codex, surpassing the Devil Ancestor's displayed understanding 886.

Known Gods and Devils

Divine Figures

Name	Designation	Notable actions
Profound Yin True God	True God; blue-robed Daoist	Summons the eight Emperors of Nine Emperor Mountain, severs Jiang Hanshuang's contaminated memories, and announces the Hall of True Gods 376.
Lu Yang	High God / Wandering God	Joins Xuan Yin against Gui Qi but flees when overwhelmed by the old ghost's power 451.
Xuan Yin	High God / Wandering God	Shares worship territory with Lu Yang and loses his manifested Dharma body to Gui Qi 446 451.
Tianji	Divine King	Descends to the Forty-Ninth Star Domain, annihilates Star Annihilation Divine Monarch, and uses the Heavenly Machine Grand Array to seek the Creation Supreme Being 563.
Heavenly Pole Divine King	Divine King	Cooperates with Liaochen and Dao Wuyi to investigate the Heavenly Dao of the First Sub-Realm 565.
Divine Envoy	Servant of the Hall of True Gods	Distributes Yang Dao energy and incites Emperor Clans to wage war against Jiang Xue 377 378.

Devilish Figures

Name	Designation	Notable actions
Xin Ning	Devil Master; later the Poem King	Defeats Blood Halberd with a poem, later manifests the ultimate Devilish Dao palace through a single “Devil” character 148 897.
Black and White	Black and White Devil King	A legendary Devil King who cultivated both immortal and devil arts 227.
Blood Halberd	Devil Commander	Previously terrorized the Senluo Sacred Sect; later becomes Xin Ning's subordinate and fights for her at Devil Suppressing City 147 402.
Extinguishing Yin	Devil Emperor	Leads an Emperor-level Devil Realm force during the invasion of the Immortal Realm 404.
Wu Ye	Devil Ancestor	Attempts to interpret the Devil Venerable Secret Scroll but is manipulated through the curse contained in the ultimate demonic codex 869 886.
Devil Fiend	Devil Venerable; Devil Fiend Evil Corpse	A naturally invincible Devil Body who became the Devil Race's savior and later fought Gray Mist Sea experts beside Xin Ning 891 897 1259.

Major Events

Hundred Realms and Heavenly Realm Era

Devilish forces begin appearing around the newly formed Heavenly Realm when five Devil Commanders enter a world in the Void Sea, each carrying an identical little girl. Senming Immortal General suspects that the primordial souls of these girls are being used to control a forbidden ground left behind by the Nine Saints Devil Master 147.

Xin Ning then uses a Primordial Soul trap to draw in her sisters' souls. After absorbing five souls, she defeats Blood Halberd with Li Fan's poem about plum blossoms, dispersing his blood energy with a single blooming plum blossom 148.

Yin Yang Devil Furnace

The Yin Yang Devil Furnace is designed to refine the collapsing Yin Realm and capture its strongest Yin spirits. Yang Duanxiao intends for its Devil Spirit to devour the residual spirits of the Vermilion Bird and Great Yin Jade Rabbit, then consume Xin Ning's remaining Primordial Souls 395.

When the furnace activates, chaotic Yin Yang energy devastates the Devil Realm. The Devil Race, unable to escape the approaching calamity by other means, crosses the Narrow Sea and invades the Immortal Realm 396.

Hall of True Gods and the Yin Realm Hunt

The Hall of True Gods appears in the Central Immortal Realm, beginning the Golden Great Era and drawing Emperor Clans to seek divine favor 376 377. The divine envoy later reveals the gods' exploitation of Yin Realm beings and turns the Emperor Clans against Jiang Xue by naming her a defiant god 378.

The divine envoy and his statue are ultimately destroyed during the Northern Wasteland conflict, leaving the Emperor Clans terrified that even true gods cannot suppress the powers hidden in the Yin Realm 394.

Devil Wasteland Conflict

Ge Qianming, Lu Fei, and Ya Fei seize the Heavenly Devil Palace and use the ultimate demonic codex to lure Devil Ancestor, Blood Ancestor, and Artifact Ancestor to the Devil Wasteland 869 876. Their plan is to strip visiting cultivators of their power and turn them into specimens 882.

Xin Ning and the Devil Fiend ultimately fight together against Gray Mist Sea experts. Xin Ning's fusion of her past life's devilish battle aura, her current life's mortal experiences, and the poetry and stories she learned produces an ultimate Devilish Dao palace that suppresses the enemies' Dao Landscapes 897.

Trivia

• The Devil Fiend states that, despite her reputation as a slaughtering Devil Venerable, she prefers fishing, gathering honey, catching loaches, and raising goldfish 891.
• The Devil Fiend's past life records that she was born from a devil woman's corpse after a Ghost Fiend attempted to devour the stillborn child 1259.
• Black and White's reputation in the Devil Realm stems specifically from embodying both good and evil through the joint cultivation of immortal and devil arts 227.