Civilization Devourer

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Civilization Devourer (文明吞噬者)
Alias(es)	Black mud monster 860
Species/Race	Civilization Devourer; a civilization-scale predator born to devour war and civilizations 967
Affiliation	Its own devoured civilizations, clones, puppets, and minion legions 797 851 989
Occupation/Role	World-cluster-level devourer; instigator and consumer of civilization wars 763 797 939
Status	Active; reborn as a Level 8.5 creature and continued devouring Dominators 998 999
First Appearance	Chapter 763, where its escape and million-year seal are discussed 763

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Infant Civilization Devourer	860 861	Traversed the Black Domain into the World Cluster four million years ago; at the time, any Dominator could have killed it, but its Dominator potential made it coveted.
Prime Civilization Devourer	797	Grew larger than a Large World, with countless devoured souls wailing across its body.
Transcended Dominator / Level 8.5-class past state	940	Richard states it had once transcended the Dominator realm before being struck down by the previous generation and falling back to Dominator level.
Sealed, heavily weakened remnant	763 851	The Previous Civilization Alliance sealed it for one million years; after escaping, its remaining strength was said to be less than one percent of its peak.
Recovering active Dominator threat	823 937	Used the Great Star River World as a reception array to enter the Material World; later deployed Limit Breaker-class clones.
Promotion-ready Civilization Devourer	995	The final war’s scale met its promotion conditions after multiple civilizations, Civilization Treasures, and nineteen mercenary Dominators became involved.
Reborn Level 8.5 creature	998 999	Reappeared with inherited memories and power but without the Curse-corrupted personality; began devouring trapped Dominators to build its foundation.

Background / History

The Civilization Devourer entered the World Cluster four million years ago by crossing the Black Domain between World Clusters 860. It was still a “baby” then, weak enough for any Dominator of that era to kill, but its potential caused the first Civilization War of the newly formed World Cluster 861.

During the previous era, it hid behind the scenes and repeatedly reignited wars whenever peace became possible 797. After only the three strongest civilizations remained—the Star-Herding Titans, the Supreme Beings, and the Furnace People—it emerged openly and began waging war with the armies of previously devoured civilizations 797.

The Previous Civilization Alliance discovered that it had no visible thread of Fate; to Fate perception, it appeared as a black hole devouring nearby Fate threads 797. The alliance judged that its resources could not win a normal war, so it enacted a final plan that sacrificed the future of the three civilizations and sealed the Civilization Devourer for one million years 763 798.

After breaking free, its escape caused a Fate tremor sensed by nearby Dominators and even powerful Great Wizards 763. It had left parts of its body disguised as relics in previous-civilization ruins; these contingencies destroyed the Star River Mayflies’ research institute, spread a Meme Curse through their mental network, and triggered the black slime that consumed the Great Star River World 823.

In the modern war, it targeted multiple civilizations, including the Gods Civilization, Eye Demon Civilization, Spirit Desert Civilization, Great Ghost World, and Wizard Alliance 851 962 974 983. Its strategy relied on war itself as sustenance, making direct escalation dangerous because even failed attacks could accelerate its recovery 939 945.

In the final war, it merged with the Curse Crown’s Meme and became more human-like, gaining traits such as mockery, dignity, and shame 989 994. It then used the scale of the war as a Promotion Ceremony, recalled its clones, and was reborn as a Level 8.5 creature after the previous body’s scheme succeeded 995 998 999.

Appearance

The Civilization Devourer’s true form is vast, mutable, and world-scale. It is repeatedly associated with black mud, black slime, asphalt-like oceans, and tentacles bearing the traits and wailing faces of devoured beings 797 823 976.

• Larger than a Large World at its prime 797.
• Manifests as black liquid, slime, or a black ocean capable of covering and consuming an entire world 823.
• Produces tentacles thick as stars, with the physical characteristics and faces of devoured creatures visible beneath the surface 976.
• Its clones can imitate other forms, including Titan-like bodies, but retain an unmistakably inhuman aura 937.
• After devouring the Curse Crown’s Meme, it became more talkative and expressive, though this humanized personality was not inherited by the reborn form 989 998.

Personality

The Civilization Devourer is usually calm, efficient, and emotionless, but beneath that restraint is extreme greed. Richard describes it as never satisfied: if any profit can be gained, it will not abandon the opportunity 967.

Its intelligence is strategic rather than impulsive. It exploits fear, stages wars to feed itself, hides contingencies in ancient relics, and manipulates battlefield scale to satisfy promotion conditions 823 939 945 995.

After merging with the Curse Crown’s Meme, it developed more human-like behavior, including mockery, irritation, and a stated sense of “dignity” and “shame” 989 994. The reborn Level 8.5 Civilization Devourer discarded that corrupted personality and retained only memory and power 998.

Abilities & Skills

War Consumption and Civilization Devouring

The Civilization Devourer feeds on war, not merely victory. Defeated civilizations become its food, while drawn-out conflict serves as nourishment 763 939.

• Devours worlds, civilizations, and Civilization Dimensions 936.
• Recreates devoured civilizations within itself and controls their legions, knowledge, and resources 797 936.
• Uses devoured worlds as armor, weapons, and internal battlefields for its massive form 984.
• Requires energy while maintaining a physical form; its black ocean extracts Earth Vein energy from consumed worlds 823.
• Killing it requires purifying every devoured world and killing every minion it has created 867.

Corruption, Pollution, and Meme Curses

Its corruption works across matter, soul, memory, and information. Richard notes that the mind is also a battlefield against it 809.

• Leaves disguised body parts in ruins as traps and contingencies 823.
• Spreads Meme Curses through mental networks, causing mass infection before eruption 823.
• Pollutes souls and devours memories 851.
• Imprisons Dominator souls to power puppets 851.
• Minions can make enemies forget memories when struck and erode Physique and Soul, permanently lowering Physique and Spiritual Power 829.
• Its slime is vulnerable to Miracle Fire, which rapidly shrinks and purifies it 823.

Fate and Information Warfare

The Civilization Devourer is deeply abnormal in relation to Fate. The Giant Leader of the previous era could not see Fate connections on it, only a black hole consuming surrounding Fate threads 797.

• Its escape from the seal caused a Fate tremor sensed across the nearby World Cluster 763.
• Manipulates Fate threads, including Richard’s, to influence major events 767 779 802.
• Uses monitoring eyes across the Endless Dimensions to detect targets such as Richard 873.
• Can sever informational links with a Civilization Dimension during combat 975.
• Its clones and occupied legions contain a Soul anchor-like weakness that Richard can force it to reveal 961.

Clones, Minions, and Puppets

The Civilization Devourer fights through clones, devoured civilizations, puppets, and occupied fleets as much as through its main body.

• Deploys Limit Breaker-class clones 937 938.
• Restores destroyed clones using power from the main body 965.
• Controls fleets directly, transforming their armor into black liquid to resist Aether erosion 961.
• Uses devoured Dominators and civilizations as puppet combatants, including Titan Dimension avatars, Furnace Person clones, and fallen Sand Spirit Dominators 989 991.
• Recalls its clones when preparing to enter its Promotion Ceremony 995.

Adaptation and Knowledge

The Civilization Devourer has devoured many civilizations and possesses near-countless knowledge, making prolonged combat extremely dangerous 899.

• Rapidly analyzes new techniques and searches databases from civilizations older than the Previous Civilization Alliance 965.
• Records Dominators’ methods, making repeated tactics less effective 940.
• Can regain control of a battle if it is not defeated quickly 899.
• Mass-produces anti-Dominator weapons when materials are available 967.
• Its main development bottleneck is often rare materials rather than technical capability 967.

Mental and Soul Attacks

The Civilization Devourer attacks directly through the soul, perception, and conceptual pressure.

• Emits wails that strike Dominators’ souls without a medium 976.
• Uses blasphemous whispers to corrupt Richard’s soul 967.
• Issues a “death decree” that makes targets feel they should not exist 976.
• Follows the death decree with “punishment,” causing intense pain to Dominators 976.
• Its attacks are not limited to the Material World; mental resistance is essential against it 809.

Known Counters and Limitations

The Civilization Devourer is not invincible, but countering it requires civilization-scale preparation.

• Miracle Fire can purify Civilization Devourer contamination and save souls not fully corrupted 828 940.
• Unknown or newly developed techniques are more effective because recorded methods are easier for it to counter 940 976.
• The Previous Civilization Alliance created World Tree modifications that allow extreme resistance to its corruption and emergency absorption of its power 976.
• Direct war can strengthen it, so proactive attacks may help its recovery if poorly timed 945.
• Full eradication requires purifying all worlds it has devoured and eliminating every minion 867.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Anti-Dominator weapons — Mass-produced and deployed through numerous Dimensional Gates; limited mainly by rare materials 967.
• Dimensional Gates — Used to deploy weapons, harass Dominators, move forces, and support devouring operations 967 977 999.
• Disguised relic-body parts — Left in previous-civilization ruins as traps; used to trigger the Mayfly catastrophe 823.
• Black slime contingencies — Consume matter, spread pollution, and can serve as world-scale formation bases 823.
• Devoured civilization fleets and legions — Includes Furnace People fleets and other puppet armies reborn within its control 797 999.
• World-scale body armor — Created from devoured worlds, which can resist attacks, act as weapons, and serve as battlefields 984.

Relationships

• Richard — Prophesied and recognized as the creature destined to defeat it; repeatedly targeted through Fate, clones, and direct combat 823 873 937 995.
• Titan King / Qi — The being whose hidden survival threatened its Promotion Ceremony; the Civilization Devourer remembers and hates him for putting it in its past predicament 998.
• Curse Crown — Devoured and merged with his Curse Meme, gaining a more human-like but troublesome personality before the reborn form discarded it 962 989 998.
• Previous Civilization Alliance — The Star-Herding Titans, Supreme Beings, and Furnace People formed the alliance that defeated and sealed it for one million years 763 797 798.
• Wizard Alliance — Its main modern opponent; the alliance reorganizes militarily under Richard to fight it 851 956 989.
• Gods Civilization — Struggled against it and joined the Wizard Alliance because of the threat 851 852.
• Eye Demon Civilization — Targeted by it during the Eternal Dark World campaign; joined the Civilization Alliance for survival 961 962.
• Spirit Desert Civilization — Its mother world fell to the Civilization Devourer, forcing the Sand Spirits to preserve their civilization seed 983 984.
• Great Ghost World / Ghost Artisans — The Civilization Devourer tried to devour them over three hundred epochs earlier, and later attacked their world with its main body 860 974.
• Star River Mayflies — Destroyed through disguised relics, a Meme Curse, and black slime that consumed the Great Star River World 823.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Arc	Chapters	Role
Escape and historical reveal	763 797 798	Its escape confirms the Previous Civilization Alliance’s final enemy and reveals the million-year seal.
Great Star River World fall	823	Its hidden contingencies activate, spreading a Meme Curse and turning the world into a black ocean.
Alliance formation	851 852	Its threat forces the Wizard, Gods, and Abyss civilizations into alliance discussions and technical sharing.
Origin investigation	860 861	Richard learns it crossed the Black Domain four million years ago and began as a coveted infant predator.
Eternal Dark World campaign	961 962 965 967 968	Deploys fleets, clones, anti-Dominator weapons, and large-scale battlefield corruption against the Eye Demons.
Great Ghost World battle	974 975 976 977	Its main body appears, devouring the Great Ghost World from outside and fighting multiple Dominators directly.
Final war and Promotion Ceremony	989 995 997 998 999	Uses the scale of the ultimate war to complete its promotion conditions and reappears as a Level 8.5 creature.

Notable Quotes

“Fate, you lost! I defeated you! Hahaha...” 997

“...It’s been a long time. Qi.” 998

“You persistent bastard, I should have chewed you to pieces back then!” 998

“Honestly, I didn’t want to do this... Because after devouring that curse, I gained something. Something called dignity, shame.” 994

Trivia

• The Ghost Artisans provide information about it for free because it tried to devour them over three hundred epochs ago 860.
• Its remaining strength after escaping the seal was stated to be less than one percent of its peak 851.
• Richard considers Miracle Fire naturally advantageous against it because the flame detects and purifies Civilization Devourer power first 828.
• The previous Civilization Alliance’s technology was later suspected and discussed as corrupted, complicating inheritance from their ruins 798 852.
• Its promotion conditions counted not only living civilizations but also Civilization Treasures as extensions of civilizations 995.