User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Discussion of the Week: Elder Dragon-Level Monsters/@comment-26202836-20160331142405/@comment-5569775-20160331151133

I guess Loa-Shan shouldn't be an ED, since it doesn't actively attack or eat other ED's and has no elemental manipulation.

Also, while you can't imagine people viewing Shen Gaoren as a God, being seen as a god isn't a requirement to be an ED, or ED-level.

If you don't like it, just say so and move on. Cause when you try to justify why you don't like something, especially with so many words, you only give people ammunition to turn on you.

Several ED's aren't seen as gods, so they must not be ED's or are at least not worthy, then right? Not to mention a god of lighting getting killed and eaten by something that isn't seen as a god, so much as a beast. Already covered Lao's lack of elemental manipulation and technically Cham fits here too. Only the most aggressive and mobile ED's go out of their way to attack other ED's, and then only a few of the would eat the ones they attack.