Demon

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Demons are a varied group rather than a single faction. Qin An’s first encounter is with a pig-headed, human-bodied Demon in Ding County. He later faces demons organized into clans, caves, halls, and other forces across Ling Prefecture, Xunyang Prefecture, and the Skycloud Circuit 3 137 163 208 545.

Their conflicts are not limited to humans. The Dragon Palace and Phoenix Demon Tribe are sworn enemies whose wars have inflicted heavy losses on both sides. The Dragon Palace nevertheless receives covert aid from the Evil Extermination Division and later uses pills refined by Qin An 545 546.

Abilities & Characteristics

Cultivation and combat

• Demon strength varies widely. Returning Treasury Realm demons can dominate a region in Ling Prefecture but are common on a major battlefield in Xunyang Prefecture 227.
• Numbers can offset a shortage of top-tier fighters: the Demon Hall fields tens of thousands of Jade Bone Realm demons against the Evil Extermination Division 208.
• Frenzied Blood Pills can briefly raise Jade Bone Realm demons to Half-Step Return to Concealment by driving their blood into a frenzy 145.

Remains and cultivation resources

• Qin An obtains a Blood Crystal from a slain Wild Boar Demon and refines it to store its power 12.
• Other slain demons yield resources described as Demon Cores, Demon Spirits, Demon Consciousness, or Demon Souls 180 409 481.

Distinctions

• Half-Demons carry both human and demon essence. They can cultivate human methods and inherit demonic legacies, but face persecution from humans, demons, and False Gods 496.
• False Gods are treated as distinct from demons, although the two sometimes fight together. Qin An explicitly identifies the figures called the “Skin-Peeling Demon” as neither demons nor False Gods 215 457.
• Heavenly Demons are identified as people from other, more powerful worlds; the name does not make them the same as the local demon factions 701.