Demon Tribe

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Demon Tribe
Original Name	妖族
Species/Race	A collective of numerous smaller races, rather than a single species 119.
Affiliation	Originally governed through the Demon Court; later based primarily in the Demon Realm 1 122 224.
Occupation/Role	Former rulers of the heavens and a leading power of the Primordial World; later contributors to the war against darkness 26 49 169.
Leadership	Di Jun and Taiyi initially lead the tribe. Both are later removed from imperial office and become supreme elders 1 268.
Principal Homeland	Demon Realm; substantial demon populations also remain on the Northern Kuru Continent 224.
Status	Surviving; a Ten Thousand Demons Ceremony is announced to select a new emperor from the younger generation 268.
First Appearance	The Demon Court appears as Di Jun and Taiyi investigate the disturbance at Buzhou Mountain 1.

Power Progression

The documented advances below concern the tribe’s leading cultivators, not a shared cultivation level for every demon.

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Di Jun — Quasi-Saint	27	Severs his Good Corpse during the Fierce Beast calamity.
Taiyi — Quasi-Saint	27	Severs his Good Corpse immediately after Di Jun, despite also managing the Demon Court’s affairs.
Nuwa — Saint	59	Attains Sainthood through the merit of creating humanity. Her position as a Demon Tribe elder and Demon Court figure disrupts the balance between factions.
Di Jun — comprehension of the Demon Tribe Great Dao	120	Studies with Wang Shi in the Primordial Origin Sea and comprehends the Dao after a thousand years there.
Di Jun — mastery of the Demon Dao and Golden Crow’s Supreme Yang Dao	121	Completes ten thousand years of study and identifies establishing the Demon Realm as his route to Sainthood.
Di Jun — Saint	123	Merges with the Demon Realm’s Great Dao. Hongjun diverts his expected merit and karmic fortune, costing him the opportunity to become a Great Dao Saint.
Taiyi — Saint, confirmed	169	The Demon Tribe’s Saints are occupied on the dark front during the invasion of their homeland. His breakthrough itself is not described in the provided account; later chapters explicitly identify him as Demon Saint Taiyi 255 256.
Lu Ya — Quasi-Saint, confirmed	170	Has already advanced by the time he volunteers for the Demon Realm’s defense, but Bai Ze considers his combat experience insufficient for the front line.

History

Heavenly Rule and the Fierce Beast Calamity

The Demon Tribe initially possesses an established imperial court under Di Jun and Taiyi. Its senior ranks include the Ten Great Demon Marshals, the Four Directional Guardian Spirits, and the elders Nuwa and Fuxi. When Wang Shi begins taking form, the emperors mistake the disturbance for an emerging treasure and travel to Buzhou Mountain 1 33.

Conflict with the Witch Clan repeatedly threatens the surrounding world. During one battle, the demons rely on numerical superiority while Taiyi’s bell suppresses Dijiang. A division of authority subsequently places the heavens under demon rule and the earth under witch rule, but Fierce Beasts spread into both jurisdictions 24 26.

Seeking reinforcements, the court brings Kunpeng into its orbit and offers him formal recognition as Demon Master for creating demon script. The recruitment ends catastrophically when Shen Ni emerges from Kunpeng’s body and attacks the court. Taiyi is gravely wounded, Di Jun escapes, Ci Tie is killed, and numerous senior demons are injured or disappear. Nuwa and Fuxi, absent during the attack, begin organizing survivors and rebuilding the army 28 33 36.

The disaster eventually prompts military cooperation with the witches. Di Jun organizes a joint force under Taiyi to support the campaign against the Fierce Beasts 42.

Renewed Witch–Demon War

Di Jun later launches a surprise attack on Witch settlements and demands submission to the Heavenly Court. He believes unifying the Primordial World will allow him to attain the Great Dao; his preparations include a Witch-Slaying Sword forged through the slaughter of humans. Taiyi identifies Kunpeng as the source behind the renewed conflict 69.

Kunpeng argues that the tribes must destroy one another to discharge the Witch–Demon Tribulation and permit humanity’s rise. Wang Shi rejects this as an unnecessary revival of a conflict that had already been reconciled. He forcibly stops both armies and defeats the witches’ Pangu Phantom when they refuse to stand down 70 74.

Wang Shi then demonstrates the war’s likely consequences through simulations. Even after Di Jun requests a revised strategy targeting Houtu, the projected conflict devastates both factions and leaves Di Jun as the demons’ only major survivor. These are simulated outcomes, not actual deaths. The leaders accept a renewed settlement in which demons govern the heavens and witches govern the earth 75 76.

Taiyi’s disappearance further weakens the court. After finding him in Chaos, Wang Shi learns that Yang Mei has accepted him as a disciple and ordered him to remain until he becomes a Saint. Wang Shi promises to keep the tribe stable during his absence 78.

The Golden Crow Crisis and Withdrawal

By the time of the Heavenly Marriage, the tribe faces shrinking territory and severe infighting. Bai Ze warns that its constituent races increasingly fight for themselves rather than act together. Wang Shi helps arrange Di Jun’s marriage to Xihe and Changxi, which Nuwa endorses as a union that will strengthen the tribe 98 99.

The birth of the Ten Golden Crows briefly renews confidence in the imperial succession. Nine princes later leave the Sun Star against Lu Ya’s warnings, scorching the world and killing demons as well as other beings. Hou Yi shoots down the nine, and Di Jun’s grief nearly reignites war with the witches 100.

Wang Shi reveals that he has preserved the princes’ lives and persuades Di Jun to abandon the throne. With the Saints’ approval, the Demon Tribe withdraws to the Northern Kuru Continent, the Demon Court collapses, and humanity expands into its former territories. Di Jun chooses seclusion but promises to answer Wang Shi’s call if the world is threatened 101.

Reform and the Demon Realm

Withdrawal does not end the tribe’s internal violence. Wang Shi warns that continued killing on the Northern Kuru Continent increases karmic sin and could help trigger another calamity. Rather than destroy the tribe, he proposes education, standardized cultivation, regulated tribulations, and a dedicated Demon Realm 118 119.

Hongjun supports the project because the war against darkness requires additional powerful defenders. Wang Shi secures access to the Primordial Origin Sea, helps Di Jun comprehend the relevant Daos, and provides resources for the realm’s construction. Di Jun shapes its rules while Wang Shi helps establish its foundational laws and living environment 119 120 121 122.

Di Jun attains Sainthood through the new realm, but Hongjun diverts the merit and fortune due to him. Wang Shi confronts Hongjun over this interference. The realm’s subsequent development remains slow until Houtu shows Di Jun the Underworld’s reforms, prompting him to ask for her guidance 123 132.

Invasion by the Dark Forces

Dark Deities and allied Otherworlders invade while the Demon Tribe’s strongest fighters are occupied elsewhere. More than half the realm falls within days, and the invaders establish breeding camps on captured land. Xihe and Changxi oversee the homeland’s defense while Bai Ze struggles to hold the remaining territory 169 172.

Lu Ya joins the campaign with Kong Xuan and the Golden-Winged Great Peng. Wang Shi rescues them from Dark Deities, then strikes through the enemy rear while instructing the younger fighters. The resulting collapse of enemy resistance allows demon units to advance and reclaim ground 173 176.

Conflict with Humanity

Despite most demons having moved into the Demon Realm, large populations remain on the Northern Kuru Continent. Nuwa mobilizes demons in support of Northern Di against Xuanyuan’s unification campaign 224.

Xuanyuan combines propaganda, fortified positions, explosives, and coordinated cultivator formations to undermine and defeat the coalition. Taotie and the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox surrender, while Di Jun, Taiyi, and Nuwa withdraw. Taiyi briefly recognizes that his hostility toward Wang Shi feels unnatural, but the suspicion is overwhelmed by renewed hatred 225 226.

System Crisis and Leadership Change

System Lifeforms bring another upheaval. Di Jun and Taiyi retreat into the realm’s origin source to resist infections that consume their bodies, leaving the tribe’s clans fighting without effective leadership. Wang Shi intervenes and destroys the lifeforms devouring Taiyi 252.

The relationship subsequently turns hostile. Demons and system-aligned outsiders accuse Wang Shi of seeking control of the Primordial World and trap him in the Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Array. He escapes by identifying its Life Gate 254 255.

Later investigation establishes that the native emperors are not simply helpless system puppets: they have obtained weapons, medicines, and other benefits through a symbiotic agreement while restricting system activity. Nevertheless, the realm remains sealed and relations with Wang Shi deteriorate 256 260.

When Wang Shi and the Saints confront the tribe, the apparent Di Jun secretly prepares to sever the realm from the Primordial World. He reveals that he has used the Fiend God Pearl to disguise himself. Taiyi, suspecting that this figure is not his brother, seeks Wang Shi’s help to capture him without endangering the real Di Jun 264 265.

After further discussions, both emperors are stripped of office and made supreme elders. Wang Shi announces a Ten Thousand Demons Ceremony for one year later, with the strongest eligible member of the younger generation to become emperor 268.

Organization and Society

Leadership

Position	Known Figures	Function or Significance
Demon Emperors	Di Jun and Taiyi	Lead the original court; later become the tribe’s Saints and eventually supreme elders without responsibility for realm administration 1 256 268.
Demon Empresses	Xihe and Changxi	Direct the Demon Realm’s defense while the emperors are absent 169.
Demon Master / Imperial Preceptor	Kunpeng	Creates demon script and receives recognition for preserving the tribe’s written legacy; later serves as imperial preceptor 28 98.
Ten Great Demon Marshals	Bai Ze, Ci Tie, and others	Senior military and administrative figures. Bai Ze advises the emperors and commands the homeland’s defense; Ci Tie dies during Shen Ni’s attack 27 36 169.
Four Directional Guardian Spirits	Names not specified	Senior court forces badly wounded during Shen Ni’s pursuit of the emperors 36.
Elders	Nuwa and Fuxi	Hold special standing and need not attend court unless summoned; organize recovery after its destruction 33.
Imperial heirs	Ten Golden Crows	Di Jun’s sons. Lu Ya is the Tenth Crown Prince and a succession candidate supported by Wang Shi 100 120.

Social Structure and Reform

• Composite identity: The tribe gathers countless smaller races with different habitats and customs; nominal membership does not guarantee political unity 98 119 132.
• Traditional hierarchy: Strength determines status, with the weak vulnerable to the strong. The later succession contest retains selection through combat 119 268.
• Written heritage: Kunpeng’s demon script gives the tribe a means of transmitting its legacy across generations 28.
• Proposed academy system: Wang Shi calls for a Demon Tribe Academy, unified cultivation methods and realms, and lightning tribulations at every breakthrough 119.
• Merit-based advancement: Under the proposed reforms, demons with sufficient merit may assume human form and enter the tribe’s Heavenly Court to cultivate proper arts 119.
• Development priorities: Houtu argues that social reform and a suitable Great Dao system matter more than Di Jun’s slow, personally supervised construction projects 132.

Abilities & Skills

Physical Strength and Vitality

• Demons are renowned for powerful bodies and endurance, although the witches possess an advantage in prolonged physical combat in Wang Shi’s war simulation 75 122.
• Some powerful Demon Kings survive decapitation, though the injury leaves them unable to resist capture 226.
• Within the Demon Realm, its origin source can restore injured demons if their souls survive 254.
• Exceptional innate talent does not guarantee rapid Dao comprehension; Wang Shi identifies slow comprehension as a major obstacle to the tribe’s advancement 120.
• Producing descendants can require thousands or tens of thousands of years, making sustained losses against rapidly reproducing Otherworlders particularly dangerous 173.

Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Array

Also called the Heavenly Cycle Star Dou Great Array, this formation combines the tribe’s forces into a collective defense.

• In Wang Shi’s war simulation, continuous demon reinforcements allow it to contest the witches’ Dutian Divine Fiends Formation, but it eventually fails when the tribe cannot sustain the effort 75.
• A later array is prepared specifically to contain Wang Shi, with Taiyi crediting Fuxi’s assistance 255.
• The two Demon Saints sustain this trap, distribute injuries among participants, and draw on the Demon Realm’s origin to heal them 255.
• It possesses a Life Gate and a Death Gate. Wang Shi escapes through the Life Gate after studying it during a day of combat 255.

System-Derived Strength

• By the system crisis, almost every Demon Tribe powerhouse has acquired a Superweapon, and the tribe has stockpiled system-awarded spiritual medicines and pills 256.
• Taiyi requires approval for system missions, forbids mind manipulation, and imprisons system spirits for study 256.
• The benefits remain dangerous: system infections consume the emperors’ bodies, while system influence and outsiders exploit distrust to turn demons against Wang Shi 252 254.

Territory

Territory	Significance
Heavens / Thirty-Three Heavens	Original sphere of demon government under the settlement with the witches; also threatened by the Fierce Beast calamity 26.
Northern Kuru Continent	Refuge after the court’s collapse. Its forests and mountains continue to support large demon populations after most migrate to the Demon Realm 101 224.
Sun Star	Di Jun’s residence during the tribe’s decline and the location where he studies reform plans with Wang Shi 111 120.
Demon Realm	Dedicated homeland created by Di Jun and Wang Shi at the edge of Chaos, anchored by the Jade Disc of Creation 121 122.

Demon Realm Defenses

• Its rules suppress outside powers and make replenishing them difficult, favoring the tribe’s physically powerful members 122.
• Its origin source supports regeneration and gives native defenders a major advantage in battle 254.
• Despite these advantages, it loses more than half its territory when its strongest defenders are committed to the dark front 169.
• The realm’s incomplete development and insufficient Dao comprehension leave it unstable when its leaders consider separation from the Primordial World 264.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Chaos Bell — Taiyi’s companion treasure; suppresses time and space, captures Kunpeng, and protects Taiyi during Shen Ni’s attacks 28 35 36.
• Witch-Slaying Sword — Forged through the slaughter of humans as part of Di Jun’s preparations for renewed war 69.
• Demon Emperor Sword and Heavenly Emperor Seal — Claimed by Di Jun during treasure distribution 82.
• Jade Disc of Creation — Supplied by Hongjun for establishing the Demon Realm; anchors and influences the realm’s formation 119 122.
• Demon-Refining Pot — Given by Wang Shi to anchor the tribe’s fortune. Its proposed promotion from Innate Spiritual Treasure to Innate Supreme Treasure depends on refinement with merit 120.
• System Superweapons, medicines, and pills — Accumulated through dealings with System Lifeforms 256.
• Fiend God Pearl — Used by the apparent Di Jun to disguise his identity and deceive Taiyi 264.

Relationships

• Wang Shi / Stone Spirit — Mediator, benefactor, and later adversary. He prevents tribal wars, saves the Golden Crow Princes, helps establish the Demon Realm, and ultimately removes the emperors from office 74 101 122 268.
• Witch Clan — Principal rival for supremacy, but also a military ally during the Fierce Beast crisis. Repeated settlements divide rule between demon-held heavens and witch-held earth 26 42 76.
• Human Race — Successor to the tribe’s former dominance and a growing territorial rival. Relations range from Di Jun’s support for Shennong to armed opposition to Xuanyuan’s unification campaign 111 224 226.
• Hongjun — Supports the Demon Realm project and Di Jun’s cultivation, but diverts the rewards of Di Jun’s Sainthood and later advocates resolving the system-related threat posed by the tribe 119 120 123 260.
• Houtu and the Underworld — Rivals in prestige and development, but also a model for reform. Di Jun requests Houtu’s instruction after witnessing the Underworld’s achievements 132.
• Yang Mei — Takes Taiyi as his disciple and prioritizes his cultivation over his immediate obligations to the tribe 78.
• Fierce Beast Tribe / Shen Ni — Enemies responsible for the destruction of the original Demon Court and the deaths or injuries of many senior demons 33 36.
• Dark Forces and Otherworlders — Invaders whose territorial expansion and rapid reproduction threaten the tribe’s survival 169 172 173.
• System Lifeforms — Dangerous partners supplying substantial cultivation resources; their presence contributes to infection, distrust, and the sealing of the Demon Realm 252 256 260.