Ancient God

Biodata

Background / History

The Ancient God took shape within the Origin of Truth. Over long ages, the consciousnesses within it devoured and fused with one another, forming its central consciousness 514. As Truth’s destructive aspect, it opposed the Universe’s drive to foster civilization and achieve Ascension 542 543.

In the Primordial Era, it attacked the Three Realms during the Dark Crown Ritual. Its Myriad Forms Embryonic Treasury · Shadow Seed Demon killed the humans who might have claimed the second Crown; humanity’s Law-level Imagos grievously wounded the Ancient God, but the ritual failed and civilization began to collapse 443 460. The Ancient God subsequently controlled what remained of the Three Realms. It transformed the Demon-Suppressing Heavenly Venerable into a servant tasked with raising souls for it 433.

Xu Yuan later learned that the Ancient God had planned its apparent mutual destruction with the Universe: it intended to take the Universe’s power afterward and become the master of truth 460. Although its present-day body appeared dead, a Flesh Maggot carrying its Primordial Era self reached that body, revived its organs, and took control. It then sacrificed the corpse to itself under Dark Staircase rules to pursue a rank beyond Silver 507.

Appearance

The Ancient God’s form can change or break apart rather than remaining a fixed humanoid body 507 543.

• It is depicted as a giant when pursuing Lu Feiming through the Truth Void 542.
• It can disperse its arms, organs, flesh, bones, and other body parts into Fiendish Monsters 543.
• After discovering a parasite within its mind, it tears off its own head and impales it on its spear. It later fights while headless 619 621.

Personality

The Ancient God is calculating as well as destructive. It planned around the Universe’s apparent victory, exploited the Dark Staircase’s sacrifice rules, and revived Primordial cultivators as concealed informants among humanity’s forces 460 507 544. When Xu Yuan’s reset-based Crown gave humans repeated chances to improve, it objected that the contest was unfair and changed tactics by sending its own organs to direct the invasion 542 543.

Its apparent fixation on annihilation is later called into question. Xu Yuan finds a black, centipede-like Truth Monster inside its mind and argues that the force of “Death” influencing it is a parasite, not its true nature. The Ancient God verifies this for itself and immediately attacks the intruder 619.

Abilities & Skills

Myriad Forms Embryonic Treasury · Shadow Seed Demon

An autonomous initial secret art that the Ancient God left hidden across the Three Realms 443.

• Begins with combat strength one realm above the strongest Crown-Bearer and tests that opponent across different forms of combat 443.
• If it wins, it evolves into an Observer whose Gaze causes its target to collapse and permanently destroys their soul 443.
• If it judges that it cannot win, it resorts to indiscriminate destruction in order to evolve 443.

Body and Origin of Truth Power

The Ancient God can act through its immense body and its constituent organs 507 543.

• A Primordial Era version revives and occupies its decaying present-day body 507.
• It disperses body parts into Fiendish Monsters, which direct an assault on the Primordial Battlefield 543.
• Its origin is tied to Annihilation; it attempts to draw on that power to swallow the Three Realms Universe 652.

Servants and Infiltration

• It reshapes the Demon-Suppressing Heavenly Venerable into an Immortal Species servant charged with supplying souls 433.
• It resurrects Primordial cultivators, many of whom secretly serve it while posing as humanity’s allies 544.
• It sends the Immortal Lord to crush resistance, establish worship, and prepare a method aimed specifically at Xu Yuan 463.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Crimson Spear — wielded on the Primordial Battlefield; a strike from it devastates Xu Yuan’s underground shelter. The Ancient God later uses it to pin the parasite exposed within its severed head 497 604 619.

Relationships

• Universe — opposing aspect of Truth. Their apparent mutual destruction is part of the Ancient God’s plan to seize the Universe’s power 459 460 480.
• Xu Yuan — principal opponent. Xu Yuan investigates its past, counters its arts and plans, then reveals the parasite influencing its mind 443 460 619.
• Lu Feiming — battles the Ancient God as Truth’s third aspect and seeks to kill it to bring peace to the Three Realms 540 604.
• Demon-Suppressing Heavenly Venerable — servant transformed and assigned to maintain the Three Realms as a source of souls 433.
• Immortal Lord — devoted agent sent to suppress resistance and spread worship 463.

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Dark Crown conflict — sabotages humanity’s ritual, then maintains control over the surviving Three Realms through servants 433 443.
• Return and Dark Staircase — revives its present-day body through its Primordial Era self and sacrifices that corpse to fuel advancement 507.
• Ten Days War — counters humanity’s repeated resets with an organ-led monster invasion and resurrected infiltrators 542 543 544.
• Parasite revelation — learns that a Truth Monster has been influencing its mind and turns against it. Xu Yuan subsequently takes the Ancient God Position of the Three Realms 619 626.