Monster

Biodata

Identification

• Monsters can be distinguished from ordinary animals by their unnaturally colored pupils, most commonly eerie green or blood red. Lin Yi identifies the red-eyed wild boar in Linhe as a Shocking Pig using this criterion. 20
• Known monster forms include wild boars, corpse monsters, Mirage Crows, wolves, snakes, tigers, rock turtles, fish-like amphibians, Flood Dragons, and Dragon Loaches. 15 20 37 50 126 172 187 211 346 362
• Monsters and Ghost Spirits are separate threats: ordinary guns and blades generally cannot harm Ghost Spirits, whereas monsters can be physically fought, killed, and dissected for materials. 124 126
• Bruce characterizes monsters as creatures whose extraordinary power has been tainted by Black Qi; their bloodthirsty nature can only be suppressed by sufficiently high realms. 578
• Low-level monsters are generally driven by bloodthirst and instinct. Those who reach the two-star or three-star Demon King level can usually regain consciousness, although many have already become accustomed to consuming human flesh and cannot peacefully coexist with humans. 688

Known Rank Designations

Power Progression

Biology and Behavior

Corpse Monsters

Corpse monsters are buried beings that can remain underground for years. Loud disturbances can wake them, causing them to emerge and hunt. 37

• The Ancient Tomb Valley variety is described as two meters tall and hungry upon awakening. 37
• Corpse Monsters may possess external skills such as Vajra Art. 37
• A Level 10 Corpse Monster King retains tenacious vitality even after being dismembered and reduced to 23 Health Points. 50
• The Corpse Monster Corrosive Heart dropped by a Corpse Monster King can accelerate the evolution of a Level 9 Corpse Fiend when fed to it. 50

Bloodthirst, Intelligence, and Evolution

Monsters are ordinarily hostile to humans and other living creatures, regarding them as Blood Food. Their conduct becomes more deliberate as their realm rises. 578 688

• Powerful Monster Kings can control territory and restrain weaker monster populations; Lin Yi considers leaving some Monster Kings alive because they prevent lower-level monsters from fleeing the Hundred Wilds Mountain Range. 211
• Some monsters can evolve by devouring resources or corpses. Adult Four-claw Black Fish can evolve into Monster Kings after consuming sufficient corpses of their own kind. 258
• The Flood Dragon King elevated a Level 10 sow Demon into a Demon King by using precious Spiritual Objects to transform her bloodline. 210
• A sufficiently powerful aura can terrify and disperse ordinary monsters. During the Great Invasion, monsters fled from Lin Yi's unconcealed Martial Saint aura, though some remained attracted by human Blood Food. 409
• A Demigod's aura can summon monsters over a wide area, but not all monsters will obey such a call. 408

Purification and Bloodline Beasts

The monster state is not necessarily irreversible.

• The Pure Divinity of the Fuzhu Sequence can suppress monsters' bloodthirsty urges, remove negative effects, and gradually return a monster repeatedly exposed to purification to ordinary bestial nature. 59
• Bruce's Bloodline Witchcraft extracts Bloodline Factors from monsters and implants them into ordinary animal embryos to produce non-hostile Bloodline Beasts, also called Spirit Beasts in the Ancient Domain. 578
• Bloodline Beasts created through this process retain extraordinary abilities but, at the time of Bruce's research, none had reached the strength of an ordinary Monster King. 578

Demon Kings and Monster Kings

Monster Kings and Demon Kings are exceptionally dangerous monsters that can dominate territories and challenge organized supernatural forces.

• The Black Octopus ruling a body of water is a Demigod-level Monster King that commands Demon Fish minions and seeks to open spatial passages. 287
• A four-star Dragon Loach is powerful enough to devastate the terrain with its struggles, though it can be subdued by a stronger opponent. 362
• During the Great Invasion, one-star Demon Kings emerge alongside lesser monsters from one-way spatial passages. 407
• The three-star ground-dwelling Flood Dragon can fly at low altitude, spew miasma, and command earth, trees, and forests. 187
• The Five-Clawed Dark Fire Dragon can mobilize the Monsters of the Endless Fire Domain into an organized army against the Ancient Domain's Tong Passes. 412

Resources

• Monster drops include essence blood, meat, edible organs such as hearts, hides, bones, equipment-refining materials, monster techniques, illustrated guides, and monster souls. 560
• Monster Drops can include demon arts. The Great Demon Mirage Crow dropped Mirage Sound, a demon art capable of damaging the ears and soul and eventually trapping victims in illusions. 15
• A monster's heart's blood is a key material for Warrior profession advancement. 50
• Monster King Blood is also considered crucial for Martial Artists changing professions, leading Gu Tianci to personally harvest blood from the Demon King Xuan Snake rather than relying on random Drops. 106 111
• Descenders may receive random drops after killing monsters; harvesting a living, subdued monster allows more deliberate collection of desired materials. 362
• Lin Yi extracts the heart of a four-star Dragon Loach for body tempering. 362
• The Bund toad Monster yields red long tongues, slime, and beast hide, all of which are preserved as supernatural resources. 126
• Monster corpses release contaminating Yao power after death. Official personnel use Vacuum Device Bags to slow its spread while wearing protective equipment during dissection. 126
• Three-star and four-star Demon Kings can drop high-quality or premium Blue materials, while Demigod-level monsters can drop Purple-grade organ materials. 211 289
• Yao Gods can drop Purple materials for Spiritual Treasure-level artifact refinement, while Heaven-Piercing Demon Gods may additionally yield the Heaven-and-Earth power integrated into their bodies. 537
• Lin Yi selectively raises monsters with useful meat, artifact-refining materials, or unusual abilities, while killing irredeemably violent monsters and those known to have eaten humans. 537

Blue Star Incursions

Notable Encounters

• Great Demon Mirage Crow — Lin Yi receives 300 Experience Points from the Level 10 Great Demon and obtains the Mirage Crow Iron Feather, Intermediate Demon Blood, and Mirage Sound. 15
• Ancient Tomb Valley Mutant Corpse Monster — Lin Yi defeats one of three Corpse Monsters using the Level 6 Blazing Sun Saber Technique. 29
• Ancient Tomb Valley Mutant Corpse Monster King — After Gu Tianci's Divine Puppet cripples it, Lin Yi delivers the finishing blow and receives 90 Experience Points, a Corpse Monster Corrosive Heart, a Corpse Fang, and the Blazing Sun Saber Technique. 50
• Demon King Xuan Snake — Gu Tianci kills the Monster King with an inherited Divine Talisman after Lin Yi's actions provoke it; Lin Yi and Gu Yun dissect the corpse for Monster King Blood and other valuable materials. 111
• Black Mud Fish Beast (Black Catfish Monster King) — Lin Yi, He Huan, and Gu Yun wound the underwater Monster King; Gu Yun lures it back with Witchcraft, allowing Lin Yi to kill the one-star Demon King with Starfall Archery. 153 154
• Rock Turtle Demon King — Zhao Yilong's team lures the two-star Rock Turtle Demon King with blood cattle and kills it using a prepared trap. 172
• Desert Worm Fish — Lin Yi kills the one-star Demon King after exposing its grotesque sand-dwelling fish form. 180
• Ground-dwelling Flood Dragon — Lin Yi kills the three-star Monster King with his bow and receives the Blue-quality Miasma Poison Sac, Dragon Head, and Flood Dragon Pearl. 211
• Demigod Demon Devouring Demon Eye and Mystic Crocodile Turtle — Lin Yi kills the Demigod monster and the four-star Demon King during the Yellow Sand River Domain conflict, obtaining Purple-grade Cellular Blackflow and other materials. 289
• Four-star Black Tiger Demon King — Lin Yi uses the Twelfth Tong Pass against the black-flamed tiger when it blocks his route to the Black Mountain Secret Realm, then brands it with the Tong Pass's mark rather than immediately killing it. 346
• Four-star Dragon Loach — Lin Yi subdues the enormous monster, extracts its blood and Monster King Heart, then harvests it for cultivation material. 362
• Supreme Demon Domain Monster Army — Lin Yi suppresses vast numbers of Monster Kings and five Envoy Demon Gods during the battle for Second Tong Pass, later sorting the captured monsters by resource value and disposition. 528 537