Biodata
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Earth Fiend (地煞); named Disha by Shen Shihuang 47 |
| Alias(es) | Earth-Fiend Heaven-Tearing Python 42 47 |
| Species/Race | Earth-Fiend Heaven-Tearing Python, an ancient magical beast born of extreme yin energy 42 82 |
| Gender | Male 47 |
| Affiliation | Shen Shihuang and his companions 47 83 87 |
| Occupation/Role | Shen Shihuang’s sworn servant and protector 47 56 |
| First Appearance | Chapter 42 42 |
Power Progression
| Stage / Realm / Level | Chapter | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Early eighth-rank magical beast | 43 | Heaven Eye Pupil Elder assesses his strength during the fight at the Seven-Colored Altar. |
| One-star Dou Zun | 47 | States his strength after Shen Shihuang purges the flames that had hindered his growth. |
| Two-star Dou Zun | 50 | His strength has improved during his stay with Shen Shihuang. |
| Five-star Dou Zun | 53 | Reaches this level immediately after taking the Yin Origin Pill Shen Shihuang gives him. |
Background and History
Earth Fiend dwelt in the Ancient Venerable Abyss, where Shen Shihuang’s group encountered him at the Seven-Colored Altar. Flames within his body had tormented him for years and obstructed his growth. He had sworn to serve whoever purged them; when Shen Shihuang did so, Earth Fiend took human form and pledged himself to him 42 43 47.
Earth Fiend later accompanied Shen Shihuang to the Emerald Forest to recover the ancestral blood of the Earth-Fiend Heaven-Tearing Python clan. According to his inherited memories, the clan’s experts hid the blood beneath Evolution Mountain after the clan was wiped out. Earth Fiend swallowed the blood and expressed confidence that it could help him reach Dou Sheng, though a breakthrough is not shown there 83 87 89. He was subsequently taken to Demon Saint Mountain to cultivate; his aura was reported to be nearing a Dou Sheng breakthrough 113 125.
Appearance
Earth Fiend can change between his enormous python form and a human form 43 47.
- In human form, he has effeminate features, wears black robes, and bears a miniature python mark on his forehead 47.
- His eyes have slit-like pupils that can become vertical pupils 47 82.
- His voice is masculine but notably effeminate 47.
Personality
Earth Fiend is direct about both his loyalty and his interests: serving Shen Shihuang lets him benefit from the flame that once hindered him 47. He readily proposes taking the Heavenly Flame from Jianan Academy’s tower, but accepts Shen Shihuang’s reasons for waiting 49.
Away from combat, he enjoys quiet tea-drinking. Having never eaten during his long confinement in the abyss, he asks Zi Yan for fruit and offers to show her places where medicinal herbs grow 48 50. He also urges Shen Shihuang to help a Three-Feather Golden Eagle survive its attempted evolution, fearing the loss of its ancient bloodline 84.
Abilities & Skills
Python bloodline and yin energy
- As an Earth-Fiend Heaven-Tearing Python, he is born of extreme yin energy. He says his own bloodline would be incompatible with the desert-dwelling Snake-People Tribe 82.
- He recognizes ancient magical beast bloodlines and senses his clan’s ancestral blood within Evolution Mountain 82 84 87.
Combat and spatial power
- His Heaven-Tearing Rift manifests a massive black python that attacks by swallowing its target 88.
- A black beam from his python form disperses power that Earth Demon Old Ghost had not fully assimilated, reducing him from nine-star to seven-star Dou Zong 47.
- He helps Shen Shihuang tear open a spatial rift 60.
Knowledge of ancient sites
- He guides Shen Shihuang to the Emerald Forest, identifies Evolution Mountain, and explains the conditions for retrieving his clan’s ancestral blood 83 84.
- He knows of a possible Exotic Flame location but warns that their strength may be insufficient to enter safely 50.
Relationships
- Shen Shihuang — His master, who purged the flames within him, named him Disha, and gave him a Yin Origin Pill. They later cooperate to seek Earth Fiend’s ancestral blood 47 53 83.
- Zi Yan — Gives him fruit after learning he has never eaten; he offers to lead her to medicinal herbs 48.
- Heng General — Earth Fiend recognizes him as a Thunder Origin Beast and envies Origin Beasts’ freedom from bloodline-based cultivation 47 85.
- Maha Boundless — An allied ancient magical beast; they fight the Heavenly Eye Spirit Snake together and search for the Nine-Colored Primordial Stone 87 88 89.
- Earth Demon Old Ghost — A separate character whom Earth Fiend attacks after the Old Ghost attempts to kill Shen Shihuang 47.