Gold Devouring Beetles

Gold Devouring Beetles are a rare species of Spirit Beast originating from the Immortal Realm. The beetles holds the 12th place in the ranking of the top hundred exotic insects. The beetles are capable of eating through nearly anything physical or spiritual. The beetles are ferocious. 
== Reputation ==
Gold Devouring Beetles are renown across the Immortal and Spirit Realms. In the Spirit Realm it is considered a stroke of fortune to be the master of these beetles. "Of course, if you can nurture hundreds, even thousands of these mature Gold Devouring Beetles, then most of the Spirit Realm is your oyster as the majority of wood-attribute treasures won't be able to trap so many matured Gold
Devouring Beetles." - Qing Yuanzi
A swarm of over 10,000 mature Gold Devouring Beetles eradicated four minor races on the Thunder Continent in the Spirit Realm. The most powerful existences in the realm were unable to destroy the beetles. Instead a powerful race used their Heaven Vanquishing Hammer, a profound heavenly treasure, to banish the beetles from the realm by opening up a spatial rift. As a result, all powerful existences in the Spirit Realm fear the beetles. Body Integration stage cultivators will flee from a master of the beetles regardless of their cultivation- Mu Rui flees from Han Li after the beetles were released..
== Evolution ==
Gold Devouring Beetles mutate and evolve based on what they consume. When the beetles can evolve, they begin cannibalizing themselves in a contest of survival of the fittest. The surviving beetles lay thousands eggs which hatch into evolved beetles.
Stage 	Chapter	Description
Silver 	387 	The beetles have a silver shell. At this stage they can be restrained by webs spun by their natural enemy Bloodjade Spiders. The beetles are unable to devour the webs.
Gold Spots, Silver Shell 	398 	The beetles have a silver shell with gold spots forming. Beetles at this stage are able to effortlessly devour techniques conjured by Core Formation cultivators and ethereal bodies such as ghosts. Further evolution increases the size and number of gold spots allowing them to devour Nascent Soul cultivators.
Gold and Black Spots, Silver Shell	522 	Also referred to as Tri-colored beetles. This stage is a mutation resulting from the consumption of Ironfire Ants. Beetles at this stage have powerful bodies, however in exchange they lose their ability to reproduce. This effectively prevents this strain of beetles from further evolving.
Gold 	1357 	The beetles have a fully golden shell. Beetles at this stage are considered to be mature. Beetles need to be nurtured using special methods that use Spiritual Qi of all five elements in order to progress to this stage- Method to mature beetles uses five-elemental Spiritual Qi..
== Appearance ==
Gold-devouring-beetle-swarm-early-evolution.png|Silver-Stage Swarm
Gold-devouring-beetle-swarm-silver-stage-01.png|Silver-Stage
Gold-devouring-beetle-inkart.png|3D TV Series - Art
Gold-devouring-beetle-inkart-evolved.png|3D TV Series - Art
Gold-devouring-beetle-02.png|Beetle Form.
== References ==
Category:Spirit and Demon Beasts