Pig Demon

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Pig Demon (Zhu Yan)
Alias(es)	Black-clad Sword Immortal
Species/Race	Pig Demon
Gender	Male
Occupation/Role	Bone-Chiming Great Demon; antagonist of the Jincheng County incident
Realm	Bone-Chiming Realm
Status	Deceased; killed by Jiang Yuechu 16
First Appearance	Chapter 13

Background / History

Zhu Yan was a Bone-Chiming Realm pig demon who called himself the Black-clad Sword Immortal. A demon using that title had massacred six villages in Lanzhou, prompting the Demon Suppression Office to investigate 8.

He was the father of two String-Hearing Realm Pig Demons. While taking them out to “gain experience,” Zhu Yan slaughtered people himself and left his sons seeking living victims along the official road. Jiang Yuechu killed both sons after they threatened fleeing commoners 11.

Zhu Yan later arrived in Jincheng County searching for traces of his sons. He encountered Xu Nian and the Demon Suppression Office while carrying an abducted, mutilated woman on a wooden stake. Realizing that his sons had likely been killed by the Office, he attacked without restraint 13.

Appearance

Zhu Yan possessed a pig’s head atop a massive humanoid body. He could further enlarge himself by making the fat across his body writhe and swell, bursting through his tattered clothing 13 14.

• Fine black bristles covered his face.
• He had a protruding snout, dense tusks, and scarlet eyes.
• His body was exceptionally fat and physically resilient.
• During combat, foul blood mist seeped from pores across his body 14.

Personality

Zhu Yan was cruel, bloodthirsty, and contemptuous of humans, treating them as prey. He derided the Demon Suppression Office as “lackeys” and killed captured guards by biting off their heads 14.

Despite his brutality, his rage toward Jiang Yuechu came from genuine paternal attachment. Upon recognizing the blade technique that killed his sons, he abandoned all restraint and pursued vengeance against her 15.

Abilities & Skills

Bone-Chiming Realm Physique

As a Bone-Chiming Great Demon, Zhu Yan possessed immense physical strength, resilience, and blood vitality.

• His neck muscles and tendons clamped down hard enough to trap Jiang Yuechu’s saber after it cut deeply into his neck 15.
• He seriously wounded Xu Nian, another Bone-Chiming Realm combatant, with a single kick 15.
• His body was ultimately overwhelmed by Jiang Yuechu’s Tiger Mountain God Demonization, which allowed her to pierce his chest with a punch 16.

Blood Mist Divine Ability

Zhu Yan could release a foul, blood-red mist from his body and shape it into numerous tentacle-like appendages. This was identified as a rare innate supernatural ability among Bone-Chiming Realm demons 14.

• Formed blood-mist tentacles that seized and killed Demon Suppression Guards 14.
• Condensed the mist into a viscous shield capable of stopping Jiang Yuechu’s Supreme-grade Fierce Tiger Swift Blade 15.
• Could spread the tentacles across an entire street in a wide-area assault 15.

Blood Sustenance Art

After Zhu Yan was recorded by the Hundred Demons Register, Jiang Yuechu received the Blood Sustenance Art, a cultivation method derived from the bloodline talent of Zhu Yan’s race 18.

• Refines devoured demon and devil flesh into purified qi, blood, and vital energy.
• Greatly improves the efficiency of using demon flesh to strengthen one’s foundation.
• Jiang Yuechu’s earlier consumption of Zhu Yan’s sons was refined after she acquired this art, helping her reach Perfected String-Hearing Realm 18.

Swordsmanship

Zhu Yan had attempted to emulate human customs, including learning swordsmanship and poetry. He wielded a rusty longsword against Xu Nian, though the weapon broke during their first exchange 14.

Equipment

• Rusty longsword — Broken by Xu Nian’s saber during their initial clash 14.
• Wooden stake and iron chains — Used to carry an abducted woman through Jincheng County 13.

Relationships

• Unnamed Pig Demon sons — His two sons; Jiang Yuechu killed them on the official road, driving Zhu Yan to seek revenge 11 15.
• Jiang Yuechu — Enemy and killer of his sons. Zhu Yan fought her in Jincheng County and was killed by her Demonization-enhanced punch 15 16.
• Xu Nian — Demon Suppression Office commander who confronted Zhu Yan and was severely injured during the battle 13 15.
• Demon Suppression Office — Hostile faction; Zhu Yan blamed its members for his sons’ deaths and slaughtered several guards 14.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Jincheng County Incident

Zhu Yan entered Jincheng County while searching for his missing sons and encountered Xu Nian’s Demon Suppression Office squad. After identifying them as likely responsible, he unleashed his blood-mist divine ability and overwhelmed the guards 13 14.

Battle Against Jiang Yuechu

Jiang Yuechu revealed that she had killed Zhu Yan’s sons, provoking him into a furious attack. Her strongest saber strike wounded his neck but could not sever it, as his flesh trapped her blade 15.

Jiang Yuechu then activated Tiger Mountain God Demonization. With only moments of vitality remaining, she crossed the distance at extreme speed and punched through Zhu Yan’s chest, killing him 16.

Posthumous Recording

Jiang Yuechu received 350 years of Dao Cultivation for killing Zhu Yan and spent 230 years to record him as Zhu Yan (Shadow Tracing) in the Hundred Demons Register. The recording granted her the perfected Blood Sustenance Art 18.

Notable Quotes

“When you killed my children, did you ever think this day would come?” 14

“We pig demons were born to tear flesh with claws and fangs, to crush sinews and bones beneath our tusks.” 14