Mutant Beasts

Biodata

Power Progression

Classification & Threat Level

Mutant Beasts are ranked by combat level, with higher-ranked individuals generally exceeding human martial artists of the same rank in physical power and endurance. Pack encounters are especially dangerous, as even low-level beasts can overwhelm stronger martial artists through numbers. 9 15

Biology & Characteristics

• Even Level 1 Mutant Beasts possess intelligence far beyond ordinary animals and instinctively assess dangerous opponents. 21
• Beast Cores form in the brains of beasts above Grade 3. They are used to forge weapons and equipment, support cultivation, or enhance matching elemental abilities. 21 38
• Matching an Awakened’s element with a Beast Core greatly improves the core’s absorption effect. 36 38
• Some elemental beasts are born with Companion Beads. A Thunder Bead, for example, is produced alongside a Lightning-type Mutant Beast and may grant a Lightning Ability when consumed. 15
• Higher-ranked beasts exert natural suppression over weaker beasts. When the Thunder Horned Giant Wolf King killed a subordinate beast, the surrounding horde did not dare resist. 19
• Beast Emperors are highly protective of mates and offspring. Foreign infiltrators triggered the Nightmare-level Beast Tide by attacking Beast Emperors’ families and territories. 187
• Mutant Beasts reproduce more readily than powerful humans; stronger Beast Emperors can produce offspring with stronger inherited genes. 187

Beast Cores & Usable Materials

Known Varieties

Habitat & Behavior

• Wilderness zones around River City are divided by danger level. B-zone mainly contains Level 2 beasts with occasional Level 3 appearances, while A-zone commonly contains Level 3–4 beasts and occasional Level 5 beasts. 9
• Mutant Beasts frequently travel in herds or packs. A martial artist unable to handle a coordinated pack is unlikely to survive. 9
• Rivers in the Star Beast Forest serve as regular gathering points where beasts come to drink. 39
• Oceans and island chains contain especially dense beast populations. Many sea beasts are amphibious and periodically come ashore, though they must return to the sea to recover strength. 82
• Rare Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures can draw large numbers of beasts into territorial conflicts, as seen across the Qinling Islands. 82
• Dark Space Mutant Beasts are attracted to Origin Power molecules unavailable in Dark Space, motivating them to cross weak spatial barriers despite the danger. 286

Beast Tides

A Beast Tide is the mass movement of Mutant Beasts toward human settlements, usually led or triggered by powerful Beast Emperors. Large-scale tides can threaten Base Cities and require coordinated military evacuation, artillery, and martial-artist defense. 187 188

• The foreign Great Grandmasters who infiltrated Huaxia deliberately provoked top-tier Beast Emperors by attacking their mates and offspring. 187
• A previous major Beast Tide destroyed dozens of Base Cities and caused severe human losses. 187
• Nightmare-level Beast Tides include countless beasts, multiple Top-tier Beast Emperors, and specialized units such as Golden Sickle Weasels carrying Iron Thread Exploding Worms. 188
• The Iron Thread Exploding Worms parasitize other beasts, consume their flesh and blood, and detonate when the host is killed or reaches defenders. 188 189
• Following the death of a Top-tier Beast Emperor, remaining beasts may retreat in fear. 191
• Lin Mo’s intervention repeatedly broke Beast Tides, with the Demonic Vine devouring large numbers of retreating Mutant Beasts. 191 201 209

Dark Space Mutant Beasts

Dark Space Mutant Beasts originate beyond weak spatial barriers and pose a threat to all major races. Their bodies are inherently stronger than ordinary lifeforms at the same realm. 268 269

• Their poisonous saliva corrodes armor and rapidly rots exposed flesh. 268
• Domain Lord-level individuals could slaughter Cosmic Level Peak experts and prevent attempted breakthroughs to the Domain Lord Realm. 268
• Some can turn invisible by fading their skin from sight. 269
• They possess powerful regeneration; even being cut in half does not necessarily kill them, as flesh tendrils attempt to reconnect severed body parts. 269
• Their Crystal Cores contain the Power of Space, making them highly valuable targets. 269
• After Lin Mo killed thousands of them over roughly a year, nearby Dark Space Mutant Beasts became too frightened to emerge from their rift. 287 290

Notable Incidents

• Lin Mo’s earliest wilderness hunts involved Mandala Beast herds, which he used to train his combat skills and movement technique. 13 16
• The Thunder Horned Giant Wolf King drove a mixed horde of B-zone and A-zone beasts into a small Beast Tide while pursuing its stolen Thunder Bead. 18 19
• During the Elite Camp assessment, trainees were required to hunt beasts for points while crossing the Great Star Beast Forest. 31
• At the Qinling Islands, rare fruits caused surviving beasts to evolve, including several Rank 7 beasts that reached Rank 8. 88 90
• The Nightmare-level Beast Tide endangered multiple Huaxia Base Cities until Lin Mo and other defenders killed its Beast Emperors and scattered its hordes. 187 191 200
• Dark Space Mutant Beasts transformed the Ancient Void’s weak spatial barrier into a lethal battlefield for Human, Demon, and Machine Race cultivators. 268
• Over four hundred peak World Lord Ink Shadow Beasts attacked Lin Mo in a dark cave system before he forced them from concealment and harvested their cores. 335 336