Origin of the Demon Seed

Origin of the Demon Seed is a long fantasy novel set in an alternate-world continent, written by the web novelist Shi San. It began serialization on platforms such as Qidian Chinese Network in June 2010 and was completed in June 2011, running to about 740,000 characters (Baidu Baike gives a different figure of about 580,000). The protagonist is reborn with memories of a past life into "Moyuan," a world dominated by demon races: here the Shenglong Dynasty, founded by the demon dragon race, rules, noble races such as the blood-sucking clan each hold their own territory, and people are measured by indicators such as bone grade, muscle quality, demonic sensitivity, and demon-control index. Ordinary people can inject "demon energy medium" only three times in their lives to strengthen their bodies. The protagonist, Gaia, is born into the prominent Gangrel family, but because his talent is too low and he refuses to drink human blood, his father exiles him at fourteen to the cold, remote Greenland territory. Unwilling to fade away, he uses management experience from his past life to run the territory and recruit adventurers to accumulate resources; by chance he obtains the "Infinite Devouring Body," which lets him break through the injection limit and continuously strengthen himself, and he masters a high-tier battle-aura inheritance, growing step by step from an abandoned "loser" into a powerful figure, maneuvering through family feuds, royal coups, and the machinations of the Church. The work blends magic, battle aura, alchemy, and mechanical constructs; settings such as demon cannons and secret mechanical heavenly soldiers have a distinctly "magical-industrial" flavor. The early part emphasizes territory management and commercial maneuvering, the middle and later parts turn to contention for supremacy and world-saving, and it concludes with the protagonist reshaping the world. The novel has a brisk pace and a clear progression line, and is one of the representative works of the "farming plus comeback" genre on Qidian Chinese Network.