Tianshu

Biodata

Power Progression

Tianshu's documented growth concerns its personnel, military reach, and subordinate factions rather than a single cultivation realm.

Origins and Early History

Wei Lin built Tianshu's initial organizational framework using NPCs whose appearances he could customize. Its rapid expansion soon outpaced his administrative experience: a gift pack supplied 200,000 residents, leaving him responsible for an entire city only fifteen days after his circumstances changed 5 15.

The city already possessed farming, mining, manufacturing, and residential districts that operated in a self-sufficient cycle. Nevertheless, disputes and administrative decisions overwhelmed Wei Lin. He summoned Ganyu and three accompanying secretaries, and Ganyu agreed to take over the paperwork 15.

Tianshu's underlying purpose is broader than Wei Lin's municipal government. Xuejian explains that it is an anchor point established by the universe within the Douluo Plane, serving to guard the universe's property there 31.

Government and Organization

Leadership and Administration

• Wei Lin — City lord and central authority; also the first headmaster of Tianshu's main academy and a special-grade teacher 15 92 103.
• Ganyu — Takes responsibility for city administration and regularly briefs Wei Lin on operations. Although he trusts her to make decisions, she insists that he remain involved 15 35.
• Ningguang — Directs commercial strategy and prepares institutional agreements, recruitment plans, and faction deployments 60 62 74 103.
• Yunxiao — Becomes Tianshu's most recognizable representative on the Douluo Continent. His Praise of Life Martial Soul, which guides Martial Soul evolution, attracts widespread interest 97 99.

Subordinate Factions

• Faction ranks: Third-rate, second-rate, first-rate, planetary, galactic, and universal. The documented qualification for first-rate status is having a member obtain a seat in Tianshu Tower 74.
• Nine great elemental sects: All rank among Tianshu's top hundred first-rate factions. Their Soul Masters possess Ultimate Attributes, and their deputy sect masters are level 98 Super Douluo 74 91.
• Mirror Palace: Ranked twenty-third among the three thousand sects; Mo Xuan belongs to it 74.
• Hundred Flowers Palace: Lu Rongrong holds its twelfth seat. Wei Xi proposes it as a buyer for Dugu Bo's medicinal herbs 16 43.
• Five Guards Camp: A military institution frequently visited by Xu Qingyu, where obedience to orders is taught as a soldier's sacred duty 46.

Four Battalions

Territory and Infrastructure

Principal Locations

Tianshu Tower

The tower contains 9,999 floors, divided according to Wei Lin's initial plan 8.

All floor allocations are described in 8.

Transportation and Territorial Access

• Teleport Waypoints allow the Game System to recognize department-store sites as Wei Lin's territory. Tianshu forces can then be stationed there, with a movement radius extending fifty kilometers from the territory's center 60.
• Ranged attacks are not confined by that movement boundary, allowing otherwise restricted personnel to project force beyond their permitted area 60.
• Visitor teleportation is expensive by outside standards: the first visiting group pays 200 Credit Points per person to reach Tian Heng Island 61.
• Cross-world passages support expansion into another Douluo setting. Silver Wolf prepares a passage through which Ningguang can send additional factions 67 74.
• Cross-era communications remain functional: Tang Wuling video-calls Wei Lin while he is in an era twenty thousand years before hers 97.

Education and Public Services

Free Education

• Thousand Stars Education is free to every Tianshu City citizen and covers general knowledge, Martial Soul development, and basic cultivation techniques. Advanced techniques are also accessible to ordinary residents 43.
• Department-store libraries permit free reading and copying. Staff may answer questions without charge while on break 64 85.
• Martial Soul Awakening is provided free to children who reach the appropriate age 85.
• Compulsory schooling lasts six years, from age six to twelve, with tuition waived. Children unable to become powerful Soul Masters can learn a trade 114.
• Affiliated academies provide their own land and labor while receiving Tianshu's educational resources. They must satisfy its operating requirements rather than surrender all independent management 103.

Cultivation Instruction

Healthcare and Technical Knowledge

• Free medical care becomes an important source of Tianshu's popularity in the Heavenly Soul Empire; Phainon's Garden of Repose helps free residents from disease 121.
• Published pill recipes allow outsiders to manufacture some low-level medicines, although Tianshu's inexpensive, high-quality products remain difficult to compete with 99.
• Open technical instruction encourages Soul Engineers to regard themselves as Tianshu's students. The organization does not attempt to prevent outsiders from learning its technology 114.

Economy and Citizenship

Credit Points and Trade

• Credit Points purchase goods unavailable for Gold Soul Coins. Department-store merchandise beyond the basic first-floor range generally requires them 60 64.
• Cultivation products include manuals, pills, and limited supplies of Marrow-Cleansing Liquid. The liquid can raise Innate Soul Power to levels six through eight; stronger pills can produce still greater improvements 64.
• Rare resources become a route for outsiders to obtain Credit Points. Buyers bid heavily for Cold Heart Iron Essence because they hope to resell it to Tianshu 64.
• Industrial production already supplies metals such as mithril, fine gold, and titanium in quantities that make ordinary auction specimens unremarkable to Wei Lin 64.
• Financial influence grows alongside the store network. By the Suotuo City events, nearly seventy percent of the Douluo Continent's wealth is stated to have entered Tianshu's hands 109.

Residency and Advancement

• Citizen income: Visitors learn that local citizens receive more than 6,000 Credit Points each month 62.
• Residency places: Dugu Bo asks for two ordinary resident places rather than a continuing share of profits from his medicinal garden 43.
• Naturalization: Tianshu is reported to be preparing slots obtainable with 10,000 merit points 62.
• Basic support: Xiao Wu learns that Tianshu provides food, lodging, and ordinary necessities, but upward advancement requires effort and results 98.
• Performance rewards: Wei Lin offers Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo resident status and homes if they perform well as tournament substitutes 114.

Laws and Institutional Culture

Tianshu combines broad public services with uncompromising enforcement. Its enforcement teams obey Tianshu's laws rather than local aristocratic authority; in the Heavenly Soul Empire, they kill offending nobles and entire extended bloodlines. Ling later warns Vina that no one may overstep those laws, regardless of status 121 124.

Internally, ambition is encouraged rather than treated as a threat. Yunxiao explains that members can expand into new territory according to their abilities. Rival sects may fight fiercely among themselves, but are expected to unite against outsiders 97.

• Protection of children: Tianshu threatens collective retaliation against anyone who harms children under its protection and demonstrates that it can carry out those threats 92.
• Educational standards: Wei Lin can assess whether an academy deserves to retain its official status, as shown during his visit to Eastsea Academy 95.
• Commercial exclusion: Tang San and Yu Xiaogang are blacklisted, forcing them to seek more expensive cultivation supplies on the black market 99.
• Soul Beast contracts: Yunxiao describes raising compatible contracted Soul Beasts in exchange for Soul Rings and resources, rather than valuing every powerful Soul Beast principally as prey 53.

Major Expansion Arcs

External Relationships

• Skywater City and the Shui family — Early contacts seek Tianshu's opportunities for their children. Shui Wuyue's group works to afford a visit during the celebration 33 61.
• Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan — Dugu Bo trades away his medicinal garden and requests ordinary residency for two people 43.
• Ye Susu's family — Seeks Credit Points, possible naturalization, and treatments for its hereditary curse 62.
• Lou Gao — Accepts Wei Lin's recruitment; Tianshu's free dissemination of knowledge is a major reason for his allegiance 63 64.
• Spirit Hall — Qian Daoliu agrees to provide land for a department store after negotiating with Stelle 60.
• Tang Sect — Tang Ya applies to join Tianshu. Wei Lin offers registration but makes clear that acceptance depends on the sect's own efforts 113.
• Heavenly Soul Empire — Receives education, healthcare, and enforcement support before becoming a Tianshu-aligned subordinate state 121 124.

Tianshu Celebration

• Significance: Tianshu's most important festival; Wei Lin connects its observance with celebrating the Nine Provinces' birthday despite being unable to return to his old home 60.
• Participation: Citizens in Tianshu City, Tian Heng, the space station, and Frost Moon stop work together for the ceremony 60.
• Public events: The celebration includes military processions, free food, flags, and broadcasts available through every phone platform 60 62.
• First outside visitors: The Shui family, Dugu Bo's party, and the Ice and Snow Empresses form the first group received in Wei Lin's realm during the festivities 61.