Demonic Beast

Biodata

Characteristics

Demonic Beasts have no single appearance or body plan. They range from ordinary animals enlarged and mutated by demonic power to humanoid monsters and colossal aberrations.

• Bestial forms include Demon Hounds the size of small calves, wolves, tigers, bears, oxen, serpents, insects, and birds. Demon Hounds have matted fur, protruding fangs, black mist around their bodies, and strength at the Body Tempering Realm. 6
• The Black-Ridge Demon Wolf possesses tough hide, thick flesh, venomous fangs, and greater ferocity than a Demon Hound. 14 15
• Humanoid forms may possess humanlike bodies alongside multiple heads, extra arms, claws, horns, scales, or additional eyes. 404 409
• Colossal forms can measure hundreds or thousands of meters, including monstrous birds, mountain-sized creatures, and enormous Dharma Body Realm beasts. 413 427
• The Cave Heaven Realm two-headed winged beast had golden feathers resembling armor, three claws, two maws, and the ability to fire separate azure and white energy beams. 589
• Their bodies are commonly thick-skinned and tough-fleshed, making them difficult for ordinary blades and swords to wound. 70
• Powerful individuals can speak human language, such as the black tiger Demon King. 501
• High-level specimens can employ elemental, soul, and spiritual attacks in addition to physical force; Abyssal great demons have attempted to destroy opponents through soul attacks, while Cave Heaven Realm combatants can wield world-shaking fire, sand, sword qi, and sacred artifacts. 428 604 605
• The Abyss has fielded Late-Stage Cave Heaven Realm Demonic Beasts in large groups, while its upper-echelon commanders can contend at the Heavenly Human Realm. 649 675 677

Documented Strength Levels

Power Progression

Classification and Distinctions

Behavior and Tactics

Predation and Consumption

Demonic Beasts eat humans, while humans hunt them for their valuable bodies and materials. 245

• In Great Stone Village, a tide of black beetles stripped a villager to a skeleton almost instantly. 404
• Their corpses can be refined into pills and are valuable enough to motivate organized hunting expeditions. 245 385
• Villages use intact Demonic Beast corpses as fuel for protective torches. 405 406
• Powerful cultivators can consume Demonic Beast remains directly for advancement; Bai Meng repeatedly devours their corpses, including a Dharma Body Realm specimen, to strengthen himself. 501 569 590

Invasion and Growth

Abyssal Demonic Beasts are driven to expand the Abyss through conquest.

• Invading great worlds is described as the fastest way for Abyssal Demonic Beasts to increase their cultivation. 621
• Their instinctive goal is to sacrifice conquered worlds to the Abyss, a compulsion reinforced by the Abyssal Will. 621
• During the Wild Continent and Divine Dynasty wars, the Abyss repeatedly used relentless offensives to force defenders into a costly war of attrition. 527 590
• The Abyss deploys Demonic Beast invasions to prevent hostile world-transformations, including its attempt to halt the Buddha Realm's contraction and awakening. 669
• Although the Abyss and Insect Race are mutual enemies, they temporarily coordinated their invasions of the Heaven-Abandoned Land to destroy the Eternal Divine Dynasty. 669 677

Relentless Assaults

Many lower-ranked Demonic Beasts display little fear or self-preservation.

• Even after Li Xuancang killed multiple Profound Connection Realm beasts, the remaining horde continued charging without hesitation. 405
• During the Abyss invasion, massed beasts used suicidal attacks to exhaust Human Race defenders, often forcing cultivators to fight until their strength ran dry. 482 527
• Some Mid-Stage Dharma Body Realm beasts self-destructed to breach defensive lines and kill enemy experts. 545
• Higher-ranking beasts may still retreat when faced with overwhelming suppression; five Late-Stage Cave Heaven Realm beasts fled only after an Abyssal hand rescued them from the God Emperor's attack. 649
• The Abyssal Will can compel its forces to attack recklessly even at catastrophic cost, as demonstrated during the Imperial Capital assault intended to stop the God Emperor's recovery. 675

Coordinated Warfare

Stronger Demonic Beasts direct weaker ones as expendable forces.

• Divine Repository Realm beasts withheld their attacks while lower-ranked hordes attempted to wear down Li Xuancang's Blood Qi Dharma Manifestation. 417
• A two-headed Cave Heaven Realm beast coordinated surrounding Demonic Beasts into an organized assault on Li Xuancang. 589
• Abyssal armies establish defensive lines, deploy high-realm experts, and use formations in major campaigns. 525 547 564
• At Blackstone Fortress, the Abyss concentrated Cave Heaven Realm forces and used prolonged attrition warfare to pressure the Eternal Divine Dynasty. 590 604
• Mid-Stage Cave Heaven Realm Demonic Beasts, including Great Sage Nanli, Yellow Sand Great Sage, and Jian Lingzi, cooperated with the Shadow Demon to besiege Li Xuancang. 604 605
• In the Imperial Capital campaign, thirteen Late-Stage Cave Heaven Realm Demonic Beasts were dispatched together, while Heavenly Human Realm commanders divided their forces to contain the Eternal Divine Flame and strike at the recovering God Emperor. 675
• The Abyss later committed multiple Late-Stage Cave Heaven Realm experts and Heavenly Human Realm commanders to eliminate Bai Meng and Su Xinghai before their continued growth could threaten it. 670 677

Abyssal Corruption

The Abyss can assimilate living beings into Demonic Beasts.

• Li Xuancang identified being dragged into the Abyss as a danger because assimilation would turn him into a Demonic Beast. 424
• Beings that fall into or are born in the Abyss gradually lose themselves and place the Abyss above all else under the Abyssal Will's influence. 562

Countermeasures

• Torches — Their radiance suppresses Demonic Beasts, burns low-level beasts to ash, and weakens even Divine Repository Realm beasts. 484 569
• Dawn — At Great Stone Village, the attacking horde retreated immediately when daylight appeared. 405
• Demon-Slaying and Demon-Subduing powers — Righteous spiritual techniques can purify demonic qi, disrupt enemy recovery, and weaken demonic formations. 184 363
• Judgment Jade Disc — Its divine light annihilated countless Demonic Beasts, damaged their bodies and souls, and sealed an Abyss passage to prevent retreat. 550
• Devouring Cave Heaven — Su Xinghai's Cave Heaven can swallow large numbers of Demonic Beasts and convert them into nourishment. 583
• Buddhist light — The awakening Buddha Realm's radiance suppressed Abyssal forces and reduced the Demonic Beasts' strength by roughly thirty percent. 670
• Eternal Divine Flame — As wielded through the God Emperor's power, the flame instantly annihilated most beasts emerging from an Abyssal Rift and severely injured the hand that rescued the survivors. The God Emperor later spread it across the Heaven-Abandoned Land to destroy every invading Demonic Beast there, including Cave Heaven Realm specimens. 649 676
• Purple-Gold Gourd — Li Ling'er's artifact can slaughter large numbers of Demonic Beasts, while its flying blade cuts through them with ease. 569 667
• Overwhelming Blood Qi — Li Xuancang's Blood Qi Force can melt invading demonic qi from his Dharma Avatar and repair the resulting damage. 417

Resources

• Every part of a Demonic Beast is considered valuable, especially the corpse of a Divine Repository Realm specimen. 245 385
• Intact corpses provide fuel capable of keeping village torches lit for years. 406
• Demonic Beast remains are sought for cultivation; Bai Meng repeatedly consumes their corpses to strengthen himself and advance. 501 569 590
• A living great demon may be captured for military merit or investigation rather than immediately killed. A supposed demon retained for investigation in a later incident was ultimately exposed as a Corpse Demon Sect puppet. 410 449
• Demonic Beast corpses and absorbed attacks can also nourish Su Xinghai's Devouring Heaven techniques, allowing him to sustain prolonged battles against Abyssal forces. 669 670

Relationships

• Abyssal Will — Controls the souls of Abyssal Demonic Beasts, rewards those that kill a Marked One, and drives its armies into reckless assaults to achieve the Abyss's strategic aims. 556 562 675 |
• Great Sage Nanli — Commands Abyssal invasion forces that include vast numbers of Demonic Beasts; they react to his arrival with fanaticism, and he later fights as a Mid-Stage Cave Heaven Realm Abyssal commander. 525 604 |
• Li Xuancang — A major predator and adversary of Demonic Beasts, responsible for mass killings from village sieges to Abyss raids. His Abyssal Mark causes them to actively hunt him, while his later strength lets him confront multiple Mid-Stage Cave Heaven Realm beasts at once and protect allies against Abyssal Heavenly Human Realm attacks. 245 555 556 589 604 605 670 677 |
• Bai Meng — A major battlefield opponent who devours Demonic Beast corpses to advance. He later uses the World-Destroying Mill and overwhelming physical force to destroy vast numbers of beasts and suppress powerful Abyssal commanders. 501 569 669 670 |
• Su Xinghai — His Devouring Cave Heaven and Devouring Heaven Demon Art consume Demonic Beasts and their attacks as nourishment, making him a central countermeasure against Abyssal swarms. 583 669 670 |
• Human Race / Eternal Divine Dynasty — Their principal prey and battlefield opponent; Human settlements depend on torches, defensive formations, divine artifacts, and organized armies to survive their assaults. 405 527 649 |
• Demon Race — A separate power whose territory is repeatedly attacked by Abyssal Demonic Beasts, even as it deploys its own demonic beast tides. 559 564 |
• God Emperor — The Eternal Divine Dynasty's supreme ruler used the Eternal Divine Flame to annihilate invading Abyssal Demonic Beasts, force their rescuers back into the Rift, and later eradicate the entire Demonic Beast army attacking the Heaven-Abandoned Land. 649 676 |
• Insect Race — Another invading force and natural rival of the Abyss. The two sides oppose one another over worlds and resources but temporarily allied in an attempt to destroy the Heaven-Abandoned Land. 669 677 |

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Early hunting expeditions — The Black-Ridge Demon Wolf's death establishes Demonic Beasts as dangerous military threats, while Sunset Glow Canyon becomes a profitable hunting ground for cultivators. 15 245
• Mystic Sun City siege — Demonic Beasts lead the initial assault against the city, and Li Xuancang later kills the Great Azure Wolf Demon while reinforcing the defenders. 141 142
• Heaven-Abandoned Land attacks — Nightly beast tides besiege villages and towns. The torches become essential defensive tools, while Li Xuancang repeatedly holds the line alone. 404 405 417
• Jinghui County crisis — Demonic Beasts exploit the destruction of the Torch and attempt to drag Li Xuancang into the Abyss for assimilation. 423 424
• Abyss invasion of the Wild Continent — The Abyss assembles over a hundred Dharma Body Realm experts and innumerable lesser beasts, launching a full-scale invasion that pushes the Human Race toward collapse. 525 527
• Allied counteroffensive — Li Xuancang's Ten-Thousand-Meter Dharma Avatar breaks the Demonic Beast defensive line, allowing the allied army to reclaim territory. 547
• Continued Abyss war — The beasts remain an existential threat after the Wild Continent's devastation, targeting Marked Ones and contesting Demon Territory against multiple races. 556 562 564 589
• Blackstone Fortress holy war — Abyssal forces commit numerous Cave Heaven Realm Demonic Beasts to a sustained siege of Blackstone Fortress. Li Xuancang's arrival checks Great Sage Nanli, Yellow Sand Great Sage, Jian Lingzi, and the Shadow Demon, and he ultimately kills Jian Lingzi despite sustaining a pierced heart. 590 604 605
• Myriad Realms escalation — As the Abyss turns toward invading and sacrificing other great worlds, Demonic Beasts emerge directly through rifts near the Eternal Divine Dynasty's Imperial Capital; the God Emperor's Eternal Divine Flame destroys most of the invasion force. 621 649
• Buddha Realm battle — Demonic Beasts emerge through a rift to obstruct the Buddha Realm's transformation. Su Xinghai devours vast numbers of them, Bai Meng shatters the Rift with the World-Destroying Mill, and the Buddha Realm's radiance suppresses the remaining Abyssal forces. 669 670
• Imperial Capital invasion — The Abyss attacks the Eternal Divine Dynasty with countless Demonic Beasts, thirteen Late-Stage Cave Heaven Realm beasts, and Heavenly Human Realm commanders in an attempt to prevent the God Emperor's recovery. 675
• Heaven-Abandoned Land total war — The Abyss and Insect Race launch attacks from opposite sides, inflicting enormous casualties. Li Xuancang withstands the siege of six Heavenly Human Realm enemies and captures the Scarlet Spirit King, forcing the remaining attackers to retreat. 677
• Origin Continent invasion — Following the destruction of the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms, Abyssal Demonic Beasts mass at Origin Continent's border and later pour through a breach in its barrier, turning the wider conflict into a final continental defense war. 682 692 695