Ye Tian

Biodata

Power Progression

Foundation Establishment remained a goal, not a documented achievement: Ye Tian believed he needed it both to face guns and cannons without fear and to control acupuncture needles with qi safely 6 31.

Background and History

During university, Ye Tian built Tiansheng Group from nothing into a company with assets exceeding one hundred million. On the eve of his wedding, his sworn brother Liu Hao and fiancée Wang Ting betrayed him. Liu Hao broke his limbs and sank him into the sea, while a forged suicide note enabled Wang Ting to take the company 1 8 18.

Ye Tian survived by entering the Immortal Realm. After a thousand years of cultivation and fighting, he became the Heaven-Stepping Immortal Emperor and commanded the Heaven-Treading Legion. He eventually reversed time and space to return to Earth, risking the destruction of his soul. Despite his thousand-year absence, only two years had passed on Earth 1 6 45.

Appearance

Ye Tian is a young man with an imposing bearing and a weathered gaze 1 3 19.

• Face and eyes: A resolute, angular face and deep, sharp eyes likened to the stars 1.
• Posture: Stands straight and often holds his hands behind his back 1 3.
• Clothing on his return: The spacetime rift tore his clothes into rags, causing several people to mistake him for a beggar 1 7 21.

Personality

Ye Tian is proud of his standing as an Immortal Emperor and responds coldly to threats and insults. He is ruthless toward those he considers enemies, killing Liu Hao and Wang Ting despite their pleas and punishing He Laoliu for harming his father 3 10 46.

His family is a source of tenderness and a central reason for his return. He wept upon reuniting with his mother and finding his father bedridden, then set out to protect and avenge them 1 24 26.

Ye Tian also values loyalty and repays help. Moved by security guard Zhang Jian’s defense of him, he asked Zhang to follow him; he later acknowledged a debt to Liu Xinglong for investigating the people called Brother Biao 14 20.

Abilities and Skills

Limitless Creation Art

Ye Tian obtained this cultivation art on an ancient battlefield in the Immortal Realm and credited it with helping him reach Immortal Emperor. After his return, he used it to rebuild his true qi 6 41.

• Once the first wisp of true qi is cultivated, the art circulates automatically, including while its practitioner sleeps or fights 41.
• Earth’s depleted spiritual qi makes cultivation difficult 6 31.

Immortal Emperor Presence and Divine Sense

Although his cultivation was destroyed during his return, Ye Tian retained an Immortal Emperor’s soul and powerful divine sense 6 20.

• He released Immortal Emperor pressure against the Sea Dragon King statue, which exploded 4 6.
• He sensed footsteps approaching through the wedding hall’s VIP passage 8.
• His killing intent and aura can intimidate opponents, including Captain Wang 28 32.

Combat and Supernatural Techniques

• Pulled a young man through the air and seized him by the neck 1.
• Ordered towering waves to retreat, calming the sea 5.
• Defeated Bai Long’s Twelve Guardians with one punch each and killed Du San with a single kick 35 50.
• Produced a blue flame that reduced Xue Tao’s corpse to ashes and later set his villa ablaze 18 19.
• Survived Bai Long’s gunshot unharmed, although his cultivation was insufficient to dodge a bullet 35.

Medicine and Acupuncture

Ye Tian studied medicine under the Saint Healer Immortal Emperor. He diagnosed Captain Wang’s advanced intestinal cancer and began treating him with silver needles 28 31 32.

• He identified the separation of Ye Wen’s soul from his body as the cause of his father’s vegetative state 31.
• He estimated that treating Ye Wen safely would require Foundation Establishment, when he could control needles with qi 31.
• He also used a needle-based soul-extracting technique on He Laoliu; the technique caused a backlash that made Ye Tian cough up blood 46 47.

Command and Strategy

In the Immortal Realm, Ye Tian commanded the Heaven-Treading Legion in campaigns against the universe’s myriad races. On Earth, he devised a plan for Captain Wang to seek a county-level position, partly so Wang could better protect his family 45 48.

Relationships

• Song Qin — His mother. He reunited with her after returning to his hometown and secured compensation for the harm done to his parents 24 36 40.
• Ye Wen — His father, left in a vegetative state after being beaten over unpaid wages. Ye Tian promised to wake him and pursued those responsible 26 31 45.
• Wenwen — His younger sister. The siblings were close, and Ye Tian planned to collect her from school after his return 48.
• Du Ping — His second aunt, who bought his parents’ house cheaply while they needed money for Ye Wen’s care. Ye Tian frightened her into returning it 22 29 30.
• Liu Hao — His former sworn brother, who betrayed him and sank him at sea. Ye Tian killed him at his wedding after hearing his claim that masked people had forced him to act 8 10.
• Wang Ting — His former fiancée, who took Tiansheng Group after his disappearance. Ye Tian killed her at her wedding to Liu Hao 1 10.
• Zhang Jian — A Tiansheng security guard who defended Ye Tian despite risking his job. Ye Tian invited him to follow him 14 18.
• Liu Xinglong — Investigated possible identities for Brother Biao and earned a favor from Ye Tian 20.
• Captain Wang Sen — Initially tried to arrest Ye Tian, then sought his medical help. He assisted Ye Tian’s investigation and agreed to follow his plan for a county post 28 32 40 48.
• Lin Mengyao — Ye Tian saved her at sea and revealed that Master Wu and Hu Dong had hexed her to force her into marriage 5.
• Wang Biao — A Yunhai County figure whom Bai Long identified as the person who ordered the harassment of Ye Tian’s family 38.

Story Role and Major Arcs

Return and the cruise ship

Ye Tian returned to Earth during a storm and appeared aboard a cruise ship. He challenged Master Wu’s claimed Sea Dragon King miracle, saved Lin Mengyao from towering waves, and exposed the plot against her 1 3 5.

Revenge and reclaiming Tiansheng

After rebuilding his cultivation to Early Qi Refinement, Ye Tian went to Liu Hao and Wang Ting’s wedding. He killed President Zhao and the couple; before dying, Liu Hao mentioned a possible hidden party called Brother Biao 6 8 10.

Ye Tian then returned to Tiansheng Group, killed vice president Xue Tao, and announced that he was reclaiming control. Finding that Wang Ting’s family had occupied his villa, he drove them out and burned it down 18 19.

Family and the Bai Long Gang

Ye Tian returned to his hometown and found his parents impoverished and his father bedridden. He recovered their two-story house from Du Ping, confronted the Bai Long Gang, and forced Bai Long to transfer ten million to Song Qin. Bai Long revealed that Wang Biao had ordered him to torment the family 22 26 30 36 38.

Captain Wang subsequently brought Ye Tian to He Laoliu and the four thugs responsible for attacking Ye Wen. Ye Tian used a soul-extracting technique on He Laoliu and killed the four men 45 46.

Wang Biao’s banquet

Ye Tian arranged for Captain Wang to act amid the anticipated upheaval, then arrived at Wang Biao’s fiftieth birthday banquet carrying Bai Long’s severed head. He killed Wang Biao’s subordinate Du San, after which Wang Biao ordered him to kneel 48 50.

Notable Quotes

“Filial piety unfulfilled, vengeance unavenged.” 1

“I came to kill, so why would I need an invitation?” 6

“I am taking back control of Tiansheng Group now. Who supports me, and who opposes me?” 18

“You and Dad are worth countless times more than ten million. This is just the interest!” 40