Battle Saint Ape

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

According to legend, the Phoenix God’s creation power formed a divine stone in the far east when Phoenix God Continent first took shape. The stone endured ten thousand years of wind and another ten thousand years of rain, absorbing heavenly and earthly energy and the essence of the sun and moon before the Battle Saint Ape emerged 8.

The Ape’s birth shook the continent. After cultivating to 990,000 years, the Ape became its Soul Beast sovereign and a living legend whose seniority commands respect even from the imperial family and Quasi-God experts 8.

Feng Xuanyuan personally created and taught the Ape skills including Fiery Eyes of Truth and the Seventy-Two Transformations. Finding the Ape reminiscent of Sun Wukong from his previous life, he also custom-made the Ruyi Jingu Bang from primordial refined gold gathered on Phoenix God Continent 36.

Upon leaving seclusion, the Ape noticed the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s message on the Sky Screen. Recognizing her as an Emperor Auspicious Beast, the Ape decided to invite her to Phoenix God Continent, where her presence could increase every Soul Beast’s cultivation speed by thirty percent. The stated beneficiaries were the younger beasts rather than the Ape personally 8.

Although initially described as one step short of the million-year realm, the Ape is later revealed to have deliberately kept cultivation at 990,000 years. Attachment to the mortal world, and reluctance to enter what the Ape regards as a cold, desolate Divine Realm, explain the delayed ascension rather than an inability to advance 55.

Appearance

• True form: A monkey with loose golden fur, golden eyes, and a relaxed bearing. At the Divine Mountain, the Ape wears a plain blue Daoist robe and walks with paws clasped behind the back 8.
• Facial features: Shi Xing describes a hairy face and a “thunder-god’s beak” 14.
• Human disguise: Appears in the Star Dou Great Forest as a sharp-featured young man with a monkey-like face 21.
• Activated eyes: Golden flames blaze in the eyes when using Fiery Eyes of Truth 21.
• Later attire: Continues to wear an azure Daoist robe at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, keeping Feng Xuanyuan’s Divine Feather in a trouser pocket beneath it 55.

Personality

The Battle Saint Ape is irreverent and informal despite immense seniority. The Ape takes fruit and wine from the Divine Mountain’s offerings, addresses Empress Feng Jiuge as “little girl,” and casually praises the Quasi-God Xu Yi as a youngster who has made something of himself 8 15.

Concern for younger Soul Beasts motivates the mission to recruit the Emperor Auspicious Beast. Against opponents, however, the Ape favors theatrical punishment: Xuan Zi is publicly humiliated, while the Scarlet King is beaten by summoned monkeys as the Ape eats a peach 8 17 21.

The Ape respects composure and sound judgment. Mu En’s apology secures Xuan Zi’s release, though the Ape warns that the approaching imperial army will be less forgiving. Loyalty to the Phoenix God also comes with an explicit rejection of the Dragon God’s authority over the Ape 17 21.

The Ape avoids fighting Di Tian in the Star Dou Great Forest because a clash could kill innocent Soul Beasts, instead proposing a contest against Da Ming and Er Ming. This concern does not extend to the two Divine Officials, whom the Ape condemns for serving Tang San and helping him interfere in the lower realm 35.

Before Feng Xuanyuan, the normally flippant Ape becomes obedient and stands at attention. Even the instinctive temptation to consume the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ Dragon Cores is quickly suppressed in favor of completing the assigned mission 45 55.

Enjoyment of mortal pleasures is a lasting trait. The Ape drinks monkey wine taken from King Kong Baboons in Sunset Forest and has deliberately postponed ascension rather than leave the mortal world 52 55.

Abilities & Skills

Physical Strength and Durability

• A seemingly effortless punch sends Xuan Zi through Shrek City’s wall 16.
• A strike with a hair-created staff breaks Xuan Zi’s earth-powered defense and Martial Soul Avatar, destroys the eastern gate and a stretch of wall, and gouges a deep trench 16.
• Stops Xiong Jun’s Sky-Rending Claw with one palm, extinguishing its spatial rifts and suffering only faint white marks 21.
• Describes the body as being “as indestructible as diamond”; the encounter with Xiong Jun demonstrates exceptional durability, not proven absolute invulnerability 21.
• As a heaven-born stone monkey, is explicitly described as immune to poison and impervious to ice and fire. These qualities make the Ape particularly difficult for the plant-type Soul Beasts of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to oppose 52 54.

Hair Transformations and Monkey Summons

• Transforms a plucked golden hair into a pitch-black Dark Iron Staff 16.
• Creates three staff-wielding monkeys from three hairs. They obey commands and later revert to hairs when recalled 17.
• The summons badly injure Xuan Zi and overwhelm the Scarlet King, blocking his flames while attacking from multiple directions 17 21.
• Transforms into a single golden hair when departing the Divine Mountain 8.
• Knows the Seventy-Two Transformations, a skill personally created and taught by Feng Xuanyuan. The full range of its forms is not enumerated 36.

Wind and Rapid Movement

• A light breath becomes a powerful gale that flips the Level 98 Xuan Zi headfirst into the ground 15.
• Moves out of sight and reappears directly before Xuan Zi during their fight 16.
• Can cross between Phoenix God Continent and Douluo Continent without a Soul Tool; the departure is followed by a white cloud drifting toward Douluo Continent 8.

Fiery Eyes of Truth

• Golden flames in the Ape’s eyes pierce the darkness surrounding Di Tian’s arrival 21.
• The skill was personally created and passed down by Feng Xuanyuan 36.
• The eyes flash while the Ape observes Da Ming and Er Ming and identifies the Blue Silver Emperor Vines guarding the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. These scenes do not separately define additional functions of the ability 35 52.

Cultivation Insight

• Recognizes Mu En’s old injuries and failed attempt to absorb a Dragon Core without being told 17.
• Judges that Mu En might have reached Quasi-God if his injuries and unsuccessful absorption had not obstructed him 17.
• Explains, using knowledge supplied by Feng Xuanyuan, that plant-type Soul Beasts cultivate ten times faster within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well 53.
• Recognizes the red and blue spheres forming around the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ remnant souls as Dragon King Dragon Cores 54.

Bloodline Suppression

• The Ape’s bloodline naturally suppresses Er Ming, the Titan Giant Ape, despite Er Ming’s status as a Divine Official 36.
• The narration identifies the Ape as the undisputed strongest among ape and monkey Soul Beasts and suggests the Ape could be considered the strongest Soul Beast in the entire Douluo Plane 36.
• King Kong Baboons in Sunset Forest submit to the Ape’s authority and surrender their treasured monkey wine 52.

Cudgel Techniques

• Uses Forcefully Split Mount Hua, a leaping downward cudgel strike, against Er Ming 36.
• Commands the Ruyi Jingu Bang to enlarge after releasing it into Er Ming’s Gravity Control Domain. The sudden increase in size and weight overwhelms Er Ming and crushes him into the ground 36.
• Smashes the vines of the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass when they attempt to seize the Dragon Cores 55.

Divine Feather-Assisted Powers

• Breathes crimson flames that burn through the divine-level Blue Silver Emperor Vines guarding the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Di Tian judges the flames to surpass ultimate fire 52 53.
• Later reveals that this fire was released through the red side of Feng Xuanyuan’s Divine Feather, rather than establishing it as an unaided innate flame ability 55.
• Uses the feather’s gray side to unleash annihilation power, erase the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ remnant souls, and strip a hundred thousand years from Di Tian’s cultivation 55.
• These feats depend on a divine item supplied by Feng Xuanyuan and do not represent a stated increase in the Ape’s own cultivation 55.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Ruyi Jingu Bang / Golden Cudgel — Divine artifact bestowed by the Phoenix God. Stored in the Ape’s ear at needle size, it expands into a person-height staff with solid-gold end bands and a lustrous silver shaft. Its pressure dims the Dragon God Claw’s radiance and forces Di Tian backward; the following chapter explicitly describes it as superior in quality. Feng Xuanyuan custom-made it from primordial refined gold. Against Er Ming, it grows from roughly sugarcane thickness to a width too large for two people to encircle, increasing its weight more than a hundredfold from a little over ten thousand jin 21 22 36.
• Dark Iron Staff — A separate weapon formed from a golden hair and used against Xuan Zi’s Martial Soul Avatar 16.
• Orange Smash — The orange drink offered to the Three-Eyed Golden Lion as an incentive to visit Phoenix God Continent 17 22.
• Feng Xuanyuan’s Divine Feather — A feather with one crimson half and one gray half, provided before the mission to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Its pressure interrupts Di Tian’s empowered Dragon God Claw and presses the surrounding plant-type Soul Beasts into the soil. The red side releases fire capable of destroying Tang San’s defenses; the gray side releases annihilation power. It subsequently carries the Dragon Cores to the Phoenix God Realm 55.
• Vermilion wine gourd — Retrieved from Shrek City’s ruins and filled with monkey wine brewed by King Kong Baboons in Sunset Forest 52.
• Golden hair used as a credential — Mu Qing presents a hair belonging to the Ape to an imperial officer and is immediately permitted to board the fleet bound for Phoenix God Continent 54.

Relationships

• Phoenix God / Feng Xuanyuan — Creator and divine patron. The Ape identifies with the Phoenix God’s lineage and possesses a divine weapon bestowed by him. Feng Xuanyuan also personally teaches the Ape skills, comments on the delayed ascension, and entrusts the Ape with retrieving the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ Dragon Cores. The Ape is conspicuously respectful and obedient in his presence 8 21 36 45 46.
• Feng Jiuge — Familiar junior who respectfully addresses the Ape as Lord Saint Ape. The Ape accepts her request to punish Xuan Zi 8.
• Xu Yi — Longstanding acquaintance who paid respects to the Ape as a child. The Ape approvingly comments on his later achievements. Xu Yi collects the Divine Soul Rings left by Da Ming and Er Ming after their defeat 15 36.
• Three-Eyed Golden Lion — Recruitment target whose auspicious influence could benefit Phoenix God Continent’s Soul Beasts. The Ape offers drinks, food, and Soul Tool excursions to entice her. Winning the contest against Di Tian secures his agreement to let her travel to Phoenix God Continent, though her actual arrival is not shown in the supplied passages 8 22 35 36.
• Xuan Zi — Punished for insulting the Phoenix God. The Ape defeats him, hangs him from the ruined wall, and orders summoned monkeys to beat him. Xuan Zi visibly shudders upon encountering the Ape again outside Shrek City 16 17 35.
• Mu En — Respected for talent and diplomacy. His apology persuades the Ape to end Xuan Zi’s punishment 17.
• Scarlet King — Opposes the Ape’s attempt to meet the Auspicious Beast and is overwhelmed by the monkey summons 21.
• Xiong Jun — Attacks with Sky-Rending Claw, then retreats in fear when the Ape blocks it nearly unscathed 21.
• Di Tian — Rival Soul Beast authority. The Ape rejects his invocation of the Dragon God and threatens to fight over taking the Auspicious Beast. They instead wager on defeating Da Ming and Er Ming, with the Ape winning. Later accompanies the Ape to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well under Feng Xuanyuan’s orders, but turns against the mission to claim the Dragon Cores for the Silver Dragon King. The Ape defeats him with the Divine Feather and strips away a hundred thousand years of his cultivation 21 22 35 36 45 53 55.
• Da Ming and Er Ming — Condemned for serving Tang San and interfering in the lower realm. The Ape and Di Tian use battles against them to settle the Auspicious Beast wager; the Ape personally kills Er Ming 35 36.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo — Feng Xuanyuan instructs the Ape to take Golden Crocodile along to retrieve the Dragon Kings’ remains and the immortal herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well 46.
• Huo Yuhao — Intended recipient of the possessions Tang San left at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. The Ape demands that the plant-type Soul Beasts surrender those treasures on Feng Xuanyuan’s instructions 54.
• Mu Qing — Holds a golden hair belonging to the Ape, which serves as a credential when she boards the Spirit Hall Empire’s fleet 54.
• Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King — Targets of the retrieval mission. After Di Tian awakens their remnant souls, the Ape takes their Dragon Cores for Feng Xuanyuan and erases the remnants during the ensuing confrontation 45 54 55.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Punishment at Shrek City

• Accepts Feng Jiuge’s request to discipline Xuan Zi while traveling toward the Star Dou Great Forest 8.
• Arrives outside Shrek City and challenges Xuan Zi, then defeats him with wind, a punch, and a staff strike 14 15 16.
• Makes the punishment a plane-wide spectacle through the Sky Screen. Mu En negotiates its end, and the Ape warns of the approaching army 17.
• The destroyed eastern wall leaves defensive Soul Tools and cannons unusable; hurried repairs provide weaker protection when the imperial fleet arrives 23.
• Later returns with Di Tian, frightening Xuan Zi merely by smiling at him 35.

Recruitment of the Emperor Auspicious Beast

• Enters the Star Dou Great Forest, defeats the Scarlet King’s resistance, and withstands Xiong Jun’s strongest attack 21.
• Answers Di Tian’s Dragon God Claw with the Ruyi Jingu Bang, establishing the Phoenix God’s rival divine authority without a completed duel 21.
• Gives the Three-Eyed Golden Lion Orange Smash and promises further attractions. Recruitment is initially unresolved when the Ape and forest beasts pause to watch Shrek City’s encirclement 22.
• While watching the Sky Screen, explains that the Phoenix God Martial Soul belongs to Feng Xuanyuan’s lineage and can suppress Yan Shaozhe’s Bright Phoenix and its Nirvana Power 28.
• Proposes settling the dispute through a wager rather than a destructive battle in the forest: whoever defeats one of Da Ming or Er Ming first will decide the Emperor Auspicious Beast’s destination 35.
• Kills Er Ming before Di Tian finishes Da Ming, winning the wager. Di Tian accepts that the Auspicious Beast will travel to Phoenix God Continent; the supplied passages do not show the journey itself 36.

Battle Against Da Ming and Er Ming

• Appears with Di Tian before the Clear Sky Sect survivors and bars Da Ming and Er Ming from assisting Shrek Academy 35.
• Accuses the two Soul Beast Divine Officials of becoming Tang San’s servants and helping an evil god who consumes mortal souls 35.
• Fights Er Ming, whose bloodline is naturally suppressed by the Ape’s own, and uses Forcefully Split Mount Hua with the Ruyi Jingu Bang 36.
• Enlarges the cudgel inside Er Ming’s Gravity Control Domain, crushing him flat and killing him. Di Tian kills Da Ming with the Dragon God Claw, and Xu Yi stores the Divine Soul Rings produced by their deaths 36.
• Remains near Shrek City afterward and notices the battle inside the city approaching its end while Xu Yi arranges the relocation of the surviving Clear Sky Sect members 37.

Retrieval at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well

• Greets Feng Xuanyuan respectfully amid Shrek City’s ruins and receives orders to take Di Tian to Sunset Forest to retrieve the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ Dragon Cores 45.
• Is additionally instructed to take Golden Crocodile and bring the Dragon Kings’ remains and the immortal herbs back to the Spirit Hall Empire. The Ape understands that Di Tian is needed to draw out the fallen Dragon Kings’ power and departs 46.
• Obtains monkey wine from King Kong Baboons in Sunset Forest, crosses the poisonous mist with Di Tian, and recognizes the Blue Silver Emperor Vines guarding the well 52.
• Burns through the divine-level vines with flames later revealed to originate from the Divine Feather. Enters the valley with Di Tian and explains its accelerated cultivation benefits for plant-type Soul Beasts 53 55.
• Orders the plant-type Soul Beasts to surrender what Tang San left for Huo Yuhao, while Di Tian’s dragon aura awakens the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ remnant souls and their Dragon Cores begin forming 54.
• Suppresses the desire to consume the cores and smashes the vines of the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass when they attempt to seize them 55.
• Confronts Di Tian when he attempts to claim the cores for the Silver Dragon King and empowers his Dragon God Claw with their power. Reveals Feng Xuanyuan’s Divine Feather, interrupting Di Tian’s attack 55.
• Uses the feather to erase the Dragon Kings’ remnant souls and remove a hundred thousand years of Di Tian’s cultivation. States that Feng Xuanyuan had originally intended to revive the Dragon Kings’ remnants as compensation 55.
• Sends the Dragon Cores to the Phoenix God Realm through the Divine Feather. Their resonance with Feng Xuanyuan’s time-space laws ends his slumber early and precedes his decision to project the Sky Screen across time and space 55.

Notable Quotes

“I might not need the Emperor Auspicious Beast’s fortune myself, but the little ones still have growing to do.” 8

“I am a king of Soul Beasts, born from the power of creation bestowed by the Phoenix God. I have nothing to do with your Dragon God!” 21

“But if we fought, who knows how many innocent Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest would die? I don't want to hurt my own kind, either.” 35

“The Phoenix God knew long ago that your Dragon Clan liked stirring up trouble, so he gave me a Divine Feather before I left.” 55