Wan Tiansheng

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Wan Tiansheng (萬天聖)
Alias(es)	Director Wan; Old Wan; Academy Head Wan; Human Saint
Species/Race	Human
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Daxia Civilization Academy; Multi Divine Script Faction; later Emperor Yu's administration
Occupation/Role	Sixth Academy Head of Daxia Civilization Academy; enforcer acting on behalf of Heaven
First Appearance	73

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Peak Shanhai Realm	73	Had already reached the peak of Shanhai by age 48, when he became Academy Head; he concealed his subsequent strength for decades.
Three-Lives cultivation path	489	Once cultivated three life bodies and sought Dao through the orthodox Three-Lives Method; the path ultimately failed.
Independent Dao / Eternal-level strength	688	Returned openly after opening his own Dao. Su Yu assessed his strength as comparable to an Eternal Sixth Stage.
Third Rank	865	Reached third rank through mastery and integration of numerous Daos, including aspects of the seven emotions and six desires.

Background / History

Wan Tiansheng originated from Great Xia Prefecture and studied under the third Academy Head of Daxia Civilization Academy. After his formally accepted senior fellow disciple died, he left the academy; this led many to mistakenly assume that he came from the Seeking Realm. Nan Wujiang later accepted him as a disciple on behalf of their master, while Yun Chen raised and taught him from his teenage years. 469 603 836

At age 48, Wan became the sixth Academy Head of Daxia Civilization Academy. He was already a peak Shanhai cultivator and spent the following fifty years almost never acting publicly, allowing his true strength to remain unknown. 73 469

He was a close friend and fellow combatant of Ye Batian. During the battle surrounding Ye Batian's death, Wan and Ye Batian nearly killed two Invincibles before hidden enemies destroyed Wan's three life bodies and killed Ye Batian. 450

Following Ye Batian's death and the collapse of the Multi Divine Script Faction, Wan secretly bore much of the faction's burden. He developed lasting resentment toward survivors such as Yun Chen and Nan Wujiang, who had feigned death while many members of the lineage died. 494 836

Appearance

Wan Tiansheng presents himself as a scholarly, kindly old man, though his appearance conceals an exceptionally dangerous and calculating cultivator. 211

• Silver hair falling to his shoulders, though his hair can shift between white and black when he uses his powers. 159 211
• Blue robe and a book in hand. 211
• Eyes described as carrying the brilliance of wisdom. 211
• Usually wears white robes; during his purge of Great Xia's corrupt cultivators, they became stained with blood. 495

Personality

Wan is observant, secretive, and exceptionally patient. He spent decades concealing his strength and intentions, while quietly monitoring Daxia Civilization Academy and waiting for opportunities to address the Human Race's internal corruption. 73 335 447

He views events through cause and effect, but his judgments can be harsh. He considered even Ye Batian's actions partly responsible for the later suffering of Liu Wenyan and the Multi Divine Script Faction, arguing that perspectives on guilt differ depending on one's position. 211

Despite his cold pragmatism, Wan deeply values the people and lineage connected to Ye Batian. He repeatedly protects and advises Su Yu, yet insists that Su Yu must not rely blindly on anyone—including Wan himself. 494

His greatest resentment is directed toward those who abandoned responsibility while others died. This resentment eventually drove him to purge Sun Moon experts and descendants of Invincibles, accepting exile from the Human Realm rather than remaining a celebrated hero. 494 495

Abilities & Skills

Future Sight

Wan can perceive glimpses of possible futures.

• Saw a possible future in which the Divine Script lineage rose through Su Yu. 159
• Spent roughly a hundred years of lifespan to obtain one such glimpse. 159
• Showed Su Yu a possible future in which Su Yu slaughtered the academy, while warning that it was only one possibility among countless outcomes. 211

Willpower Suppression

Wan possesses overwhelming control over willpower within the academy.

• Can bypass Hong Tan's defenses and control his willpower despite Hong Tan being a Stage Eight Shanhai expert. 159
• Recognized Su Yu through disguises that deceived most other cultivators. 335 465

Three-Lives Method

Wan formerly cultivated the Three-Lives Method.

• Created three life bodies and pursued Dao through the orthodox Three-Lives path. 489
• His three life bodies were destroyed during the battle in which Ye Batian died. 450
• After this failure, he abandoned reliance on past and future selves and followed his own path. 495 687

Human Dao

Wan later opened a personal Dao founded on human experience, learning, and emotion.

• His Dao manifests through countless versions of himself reading books and expanding his tributary of the Great Dao. 688
• He had thoroughly comprehended more than a million books by the time he opened his Dao. 688
• His Human Dao incorporates life, death, separation, reunion, hope, despair, and other lived experiences. 689 705

Seven Emotions and Six Desires

Wan's cultivation includes mastery of emotional and desire-based Daos.

• He attributes the origin of this path to Ye Batian's influence. 840
• His understanding includes joy, anger, sorrow, pleasure, greed, ignorance, evil, longing for life and death, pursuit of knowledge, desire for power, and need for stability. 865
• Several of these Daos remain integrated rather than fully controlled. 865

Relationships

• Ye Batian — Close friend and fellow member of the Multi Divine Script lineage; fought beside Wan against Invincibles before Ye Batian was killed. 450 469
• Su Yu — Student and successor figure whom Wan protects, tests, and repeatedly advises on survival, secrecy, and political strategy. 159 211 494
• Xia Longwu — His student; Wan supported Xia Longwu's attempt to achieve Dao. 451 494
• Liu Wenyan — Member of Ye Batian's lineage; Wan planned to use him after advancing to Sun Moon, though their shared history is tied to the faction's suffering. 306 494
• Nan Wujiang — Nominal teacher who accepted Wan on behalf of Wan's master; Wan remains distant and distrustful of him. 494 603
• Yun Chen — Senior fellow disciple who raised Wan in his youth; Wan resents Yun Chen's disappearance during the Multi Divine Script Faction's persecution. 494 836
• Marquis Xia — Political associate who knows Wan is concealing his strength; their interactions are openly sarcastic and distrustful. 110
• Zhu Tiandao — Ally during the conflict surrounding the Human Realm; Wan nevertheless warns Su Yu not to reveal everything even to Zhu. 494
• Lan Tian — Accompanied Wan during his purge and invited him to join the Holy Cult. 495

Story Role / Major Arcs

Academy Head of Daxia Civilization Academy

Wan serves as the academy's hidden authority, suppressing open escalation between factions while observing Su Yu's development. His residence in the Heart Cultivation Pavilion becomes a place where Su Yu experiences visions tied to the academy's history and possible futures. 159 211

Guardian of the Multi Divine Script Legacy

Although he outwardly remains detached, Wan has carried the legacy of Ye Batian's lineage for decades. He sees Su Yu as a possible path for the Human Race's Divine Script lineage to rise again. 159 494

Purge of Great Xia

After the Human Race's victory, Wan chooses to settle old accounts rather than accept praise. He kills Sun Moon cultivators connected to negligence, power-grabbing, and abandonment of responsibility, declaring that he too is guilty. 494 495

His actions prevent him from returning to the Human Realm and transform his public image: some condemn him as a Human Demon, while frontline soldiers regard him as a saint. 495 608

Return and Dao Opening

Wan later returns openly to Emperor Yu's domain. Su Yu appoints him as an enforcer acting on behalf of Heaven and publicly declares him the Human Saint. Wan then opens and expands his Human Dao through his accumulated knowledge and experience. 688 689

Trivia

• Wan was 98 years old when Su Yu first learned of him and 99 by the time Heaven Hunting Pavilion intelligence reviewed his background. 73 469
• He lived on the 35th floor of the 36-floor Heart Cultivation Pavilion rather than the top floor. 211
• His Academy Head title concealed strength far beyond the peak Shanhai Realm he publicly claimed. 110 447
• He is described as potentially more talented than Ye Batian, despite Ye Batian's greater public fame. 687