Nox

The Nox are a mysterious and malevolent race originating from the Abyss outside of Grand Heaven's Boundary and are hellbent on thoroughly destroying Grand Heaven's Boundary for unknown reasons. Nox are known to originate from an extremely massive world within the Abyss called Al'Katra, also known as the "Motherworld". Most of the Nox within Grand Heaven's Boundary have never been there, but yearn to, as it is treated as both a forbidden utterance and a holy land. It is said that Once a Nox born on the Motherworld leaves, they can never return. Al'Katra is absurdly huge, to the point where a distance of millions of kilometers is negligible, and the entire planet is full of Nox.

## Origin

The Nox are a virus, an artificially created species that should not exist and were created by an unknown faction that resides in the Heavenly World, known currently as Demons for lack of their real identity, hundreds of millions of years ago. The Nox race were enslaved to the will of their creators, similarly to how lesser Nox are bound to the will of Nox with stronger bloodlines, by proxy of a 'Control Core' located at the bottom of a colossal chasm on Al'Katra called the Demon Abyss, which is also where the Nox are grown and birthed. All Nox beings learn of their curse once they inherit their bloodline memories but cannot speak of it or else they will be killed by it. It is also said that others cannot speak of it out loud lest it notice them. Most Nox resign themselves to or embrace this, but there is a very small faction who hate it and wish for freedom; in particular, Saint King and Thaddeus Church.

The control that the Core has over Nox beings weakens as they gain strength. It can outright kill any lesser Nox, and can force its will on Higher Nox, but once a Nox reaches Demigod level it can no longer control them. Consequently, most Nox who undergo Cosmic Rebirth choose to defy their masters and ascend to the Heavenly World. Therefore, many of the Nox Demigods who have stayed are those who are loyal to, or worship their Masters.

The purpose for which the Nox were created and ordered to destroy is to harvest World Cores and Universe Cores, most of which are sent to their Masters for unknown purposes. A few of the Cores are sent to the Control Core, which uses the Universal Law it gets from them to evolve the Nox closer to being true life forms. At the start of their existence, the Nox were purely belligerent monsters with no resemblance to real creatures, but over time they have grown closer to being real beings, thanks to the influence of the Core.

## Appearance

As Nox are technically closer to beasts than true humanoids, the forms of lesser Nox are inky-black abominations of varying shapes and sizes, some looking like crude and monstrous imitations of existing creatures. Once they reach the Fourth Class, they gain humanoid forms. These Higher Nox are gray skinned, usually black haired and have crimson eyes. No Higher Nox have been seen taking their old form so it's not certain if they are able to.

## Nature

The Nox are feral, belligerent, extremely violent and destructive in nature, not gaining any degree of spiritual intelligence until they reach fourth class, and even then, their spiritual intelligence is undeveloped. In reality, the vast majority of Nox are this way, with only very talented Nox possessing the ability to use their intelligence properly. However, this intelligence has no effect on their violent impulses but rather amplifies them. These Higher Nox comprise the elite.

## Powers

Their strength of the Nox Army comes from their ridiculous numbers, possessing an nigh-inexhaustible supply of mindless, expendable 2nd and 3rd class feral abominations that they overwhelm native populations with, in addition to the brilliant tactical minds of their leaders and high proficiency in making native populations turn traitor or desert in hope of saving themselves. Another ability of the Nox is to inherit bloodline memories. An extension of this is 'Demonic Providence', which is in essence the coagulation of a Nox being's life and power before they were sentient. This Demonic Providence is received upon gaining sentience and grants them special powers, such as Saint Emperor's ability to mimic elements and Plaguelord's affinity for disease.

Little is known about Nox magic and how they use it. Described as "inky black", Nox mana is mysterious in nature; it is similar to Death mana and has strong properties of Death, annihilation, extermination, corrosion and corruption. It has been said to feel "disgusting". Sebastian's mana was described as carrying Laws of Wind and Space in addition to Death.

When Nox perish they dissolve into an inky black substance that can merge with the inky remains of other Nox beings, giving rise to an abomination that has power equal to when it was alive. Because of this, Nox must be thoroughly annihilated.

## The Seeds

The "seeds" that the Nox are obsessed with finding are in fact special and unique Nox-related constitutions that give great power to their bearer. They differ in nature and specialty. Due to the danger posed by their existence, Heaven's Army attempts to track down and neutralize any they come across.

**Dark God Seed:** was believed by Saint Emperor to be held by Damien, but it doesn't actually exist. What the Nox worship as the Dark God is in fact the Void and as its manifestation Damien is the Dark God Seed.

**Yin-Yang Heaven Seed:** is two individuals, Yin Zara and Yang Alea, who are two sides of the same coin and together form Yin-Yang Heaven

**Empyrean God Seed:** The Empyrean God Seed is Saint King, and is what gives him control over Abyss.

## Named Nox

### **Fourth Class**

* **Sebastian**
* **Saint King**
* **Thaddeus Church**
* **Jared**
* **Jahad**
* **Aarish**

### **Demigod Emperors**

* **Divine Emperor**
* **Saint Emperor**
* **Soul Emperor**
* **Inhuman Emperor**
* **Karmic Emperor**
* **Death Empress** *(dissident)*

### **Demigod Lords**

* **Wrath** *(deceased)*
* **Plague Lord** *(deceased)*
* **Marionette Lord** *(deceased)*
* **Blade Lord** *(deceased)*
* **Poison Lord**
* **Insect Lord** *(deceased)*
* **Void Lord** *(deceased)*
* **Purgatory Lord**
* **Royal Lord**
* **Strength Lord** *(deceased)*
* **Bow Lord** *(deceased)*
* **Venom Lord** *(deceased)*
* **Assassin Lord**
* **Darkness Lord**

1. ↑ Chapter 797