Di Tian

Biodata

Power Progression

Background

Lin Mo awakened as Di Tian beside the Lake of Life in the Star Dou Great Forest. Recognizing that he was in the golden age of Douluo I, he resolved to change the Soul Beasts’ future rather than wait for their decline. The Silver Dragon King was secluded in recovery and had ordered Di Tian not to disturb her except in a grave emergency 1.

Because Di Tian had passed the usual opportunity to take human form, he planned to possess a human body and cultivate anew. He also began collecting Soul Bones and building human forces to protect himself and the other Ferocious Beasts after their transformations 1 2.

Appearance

In his original humanoid appearance, Di Tian was a thin man with golden eyes, long black robes, and black dragon scales covering his arms 1.

• His Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King true body was hundreds of meters long 10.
• After possessing Tuo Ba Tian, he cultivated in a young human body; he later appeared as a long-haired child 26 30.

Personality

Di Tian is determined to break the restriction preventing Soul Beasts from becoming gods. He makes long-term preparations for that goal, building bloodlines, gathering resources, and delaying his own transformation while researching the Soul Spirit Method 2 12 24.

He combines rewards and instruction with coercion. He shared Tian Meng’s energy and taught Ferocious Beasts to condense Soul Cores, but also forced submission through threats and Slave Seals. His ruthlessness surprised beasts who remembered the earlier Di Tian as a guardian who did not oppress his own kind 7 8 11 13.

Abilities & Skills

Dual Soul Cores

Di Tian’s first Soul Core, Eclipse, and second Soul Core, Purple Moon, operate in Yin-Yang Complementarity 5 6.

• Forming Purple Moon was dangerous: Eclipse repeatedly rejected the new core, causing explosions that injured him 5.
• The completed cores helped him absorb the Mountain Dragon King Torso Bone and refine tribulation lightning 10.
• He taught the Soul Core Method to Bi Ji and other Ferocious Beasts 4 8 12.

Ultimate Darkness and dragon techniques

Di Tian wields Ultimate Darkness, dragon might, and powerful claw and sword techniques 1 6 13.

• Dragon God Claw: Defeated Xiong Jun and, while possessing Tuo Ba Yun, overwhelmed Qian Daoliu. The latter attack shattered Tuo Ba Yun’s Soul Bones and sacrificed his eighth and ninth Soul Rings 11 20.
• Myriad Dragon Flame: Uses compressed dark energy to devour elemental energy. Di Tian taught the technique to Zi JI 5.
• Myriad Dragons Devouring the Abyss: A Black Dragon Sword attack that produces dark dragon heads. It shattered the Ice and Snow Empresses’ combined fusion skill 13.
• Black Dragon Domain: Spread dark energy across the battlefield during his confrontation with the Ice and Snow Empresses 13.

Spatial movement

Di Tian can tear through space with his dragon claw to travel or open entrances to separate spaces 6 9.

• He transported Bi Ji and Zi JI from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest 6.
• He opened the entrance to Dragon Valley near the Star Luo Imperial Palace 9.

Mountain Dragon Domain and tribulation lightning

The Mountain Dragon King Torso Bone granted Di Tian greater physical defense and the Mountain Dragon Domain 10.

• He used the domain as a protective shield while swallowing tribulation lightning to refine his body.
• Refining the lightning gave him a nascent power of destruction, but the final wave exceeded what he could devour 10.

Possession and Slave Seals

Di Tian can use possession to act through a human body and can impose Black Dragon Slave Seals on others 11 20 26.

• He temporarily possessed Tuo Ba Yun at the Black Dragon Sect’s founding ceremony, then later restored his damaged cultivation 20 21.
• He placed Slave Seals on Xiong Jun, the Scarlet King, and the Myriad Demon King; he later removed the first two seals 11 22.
• He dissolved his dragon body and possessed Tuo Ba Tian to begin cultivating as a human 26.

Soul Spirit research

Di Tian studied the Soul Spirit Method as a potential path to creating his own godhood 24.

• He learned to separate a Soul Beast’s Soul Spirit while preserving its existence.
• He could not create a balanced human–Soul Beast contract: one party died whenever his contract formation was used. He postponed his transformation while continuing the research 24.

Equipment and Items

• Black Dragon Sword — A sword Di Tian used against the Ice and Snow Empresses 13.
• Mountain Dragon King Torso Bone — A Soul Bone obtained in Dragon Valley; absorbing it raised his cultivation to 800,000 years and strengthened his defenses 10.
• Dragon God’s Tears — A divine artifact formed by dragon souls. Its cross-realm summoning drew on Di Tian’s spiritual power and summoned the Emerald Dragon King during his tribulation 10 11.
• Black Dragon Core — Stored cultivation from his dragon body; he drew on it to condense his human Soul Rings 21 28 29.
• Taixu Whale Pearl — Obtained after a prolonged hunt. It could grant brief intangibility and resonate with a Soul Core, potentially helping Bi Ji form a second core 20.
• Reverse scales — Given to Tuo Ba Yun; one enabled Di Tian’s intervention against Qian Daoliu, while a later scale concealed and protected Tuo Ba Yun’s cultivation 15 20 27.

Relationships

• Bi Ji — His first wife and close supporter. He helped her condense a Soul Core and later kept the Taixu Whale Pearl partly for her benefit 4 20 21.
• Zi JI — A fellow dragon and devoted follower who became his wife. He taught her cultivation techniques, brought her to Dragon Valley, and helped her complete her possession transformation 4 5 9 21 24.
• Tuo Ba Yun — His human subordinate and founder of Black Dragon Mountain. Di Tian evolved his Martial Soul with essence blood, used his body to fight Qian Daoliu, and afterward restored his strength 3 20 21.
• Xiong Jun — A resistant Ferocious Beast whom Di Tian defeated and sealed. After Di Tian removed the seal, Xiong Jun continued with the transformation plan and later taunted him at the tournament 11 22 30.
• Scarlet King and Myriad Demon King — Ferocious Beasts recruited through a mixture of shared resources, promised instruction, threats, and Slave Seals 7 8 11.
• Snow Empress — A Far North ruler whom Di Tian forced to join his plan by defeating her and threatening the Ice Empress 12 13.
• Demon Spirit — A Ferocious Beast whom Di Tian assigned to protect the Auspicious Beast 22.
• Silver Dragon King — The secluded ruler Di Tian had served as a personal guard. He chose to pursue the Soul Beast revival without waiting for her awakening 1 6 7.

Story Role

Building a human foothold

Di Tian gave Tuo Ba Yun his Lifebound Essence Blood, while Bi Ji and Zi JI gave theirs to Lin Wanqing and Long Aoyang. After a century of cultivation, the three humans left to establish Black Dragon Mountain. Di Tian later ordered it reopened and a sect founded near the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well 3 12.

Gathering the Ferocious Beasts

After forming his second Soul Core, Di Tian recruited the Scarlet King and Myriad Demon King, then subdued Xiong Jun. He trained the beasts and directed them to prepare Soul Bones and human bloodlines for possession. In the Far North, he forced the Snow Empress to join after overcoming her and the Ice Empress 6 8 11 13.

Preparing for transformation

Di Tian led hunts for Whale Rubber to strengthen the beasts’ future human bodies. During the Black Dragon Sect’s founding ceremony, he interrupted his sea hunt to possess Tuo Ba Yun and defeat Qian Daoliu. He and the other beasts subsequently stored their power and arranged human vessels 14 15 20 21.

Life as Tuo Ba Tian

Di Tian ultimately possessed Tuo Ba Tian and began cultivating at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. He condensed three Soul Rings, became the Black Dragon Sect’s young sect master, and traveled with Bi Ji and Zi JI to the National Soul Master Tournament 26 28 29.

Notable Quotes

“That’s why I must possess a member of the Human Race, reclaim my godhood, and break the shackles binding our Soul Beast Clan.” 4

“Since ancient times, the Soul Beast Clan has only sought to endure heavenly tribulations. Today, I shall fight one.” 10