Taitan

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Taitan (泰坦)
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Strength Clan; associated with the Four Single-Attribute Clans
Occupation/Role	Patriarch of the Strength Clan; Soul Douluo
Martial Soul	Great Strength Ape
Status	Deceased; killed by Xia Wuyou's Spatial Strangulation 13
First Appearance	Chapter 10

Appearance

Taitan is a white-haired, stalwart elder whose presence carries an intimidating, dignified air 10.

• Short white hair standing upright like steel needles.
• Deep, inscrutable gaze.
• Possesses a naturally imposing bearing.
• His Martial Soul manifests as a huge, coarse-furred ape with enormous arms, boulder-crushing palms, and brass-colored eyes 11.

Personality

Taitan is fiercely protective of his family, publicly framing his confrontation with Yanhuang Academy as a demand for justice over his grandson Tailong's dismissal. However, he deliberately targets Xia Wuyou rather than Liu Erlong because he fears provoking the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan 11 12.

He is greedy, prideful, and reckless. Tailong's expulsion serves as a pretext for Taitan's real aim: obtaining Xia Wuyou's secret for absorbing soul rings beyond the usual level limit. He attempts to disguise this demand as a formal challenge, then invokes Tang Hao's name to intimidate Xia Wuyou 12.

Abilities & Skills

Soul Douluo Cultivation

Taitan is an Eight-Ring Soul Douluo with a conventional eight-ring configuration: two yellow, two purple, and four black soul rings 11.

• His cultivation places him one major realm above the Seven-Ring Spirit Saint Xia Wuyou.
• He relies on overwhelming physical force and the defensive qualities of his power-type Martial Soul.
• His strength proves ineffective against Xia Wuyou's spatial abilities 13.

Great Strength Ape Martial Soul

Taitan's Martial Soul is the Great Strength Ape, a power-type beast spirit specialized in physical might 11.

• Summons a giant ape phantom behind him.
• Grants immense muscular strength and a brutal aura.
• Its high-attack, high-defense style is rendered useless when confronted with spatial attacks that bypass its physical advantages 13.

Martial Soul Avatar

Taitan activates his seventh spirit skill to assume the form of a towering Great Strength Ape avatar 13.

• Enlarges his body several times over.
• Causes the ground beneath him to fracture under his increased power.
• Is activated alongside his eighth spirit skill during his final attack on Xia Wuyou.

Great Strength Divine Fist

Taitan's eighth spirit skill concentrates powerful spirit power into his fist for a mountain-shattering strike 13.

• Delivers a direct, force-focused attack.
• Was intended to strike Xia Wuyou after Taitan activated his Martial Soul Avatar.
• He is caught by Spatial Strangulation before he can advance or complete the attack 13.

Relationships

• Tailong — Grandson. Taitan comes to Yanhuang Academy claiming to seek justice for Tailong's expulsion. 10 11
• Taino — Son. Taino accompanies Taitan and Tailong to confront Xia Wuyou; both are killed before Taitan. 10 13
• Tang Hao — Master. Taitan invokes Tang Hao, the Clear Sky Douluo, as his backing and promises to present Xia Wuyou's soul-ring secret to him. 12
• Xia Wuyou — Opponent and killer. Taitan attempts to seize Xia Wuyou's secret of level-breaking soul-ring absorption, leading to his death. 12 13
• Bai Chenxiang — Member of the allied Speed Clan who later negotiates to protect the remaining old and weak members of the Strength Clan from Xia Wuyou's threatened extermination. 15 16 17

Story Role

Taitan arrives at Yanhuang Academy with Taino and Tailong after Tailong is expelled from the former Blue Tyrant Academy. Although Tailong insists that Liu Erlong—not Xia Wuyou—made the decision, Taitan demands that Xia Wuyou give the Strength Clan an explanation 10.

He reveals himself as an Eight-Ring Soul Douluo and proposes a challenge: if Xia Wuyou loses, he must join the Strength Clan; if Taitan loses, the three family members will kowtow and apologize. Xia Wuyou exposes that Taitan's real objective is to steal his secret for surpassing normal soul-ring absorption limits 11 12.

After invoking Tang Hao as protection, Taitan enrages Xia Wuyou, who immediately uses Spatial Control: Spatial Strangulation. Tailong and Taino are killed first; Taitan activates his Martial Soul Avatar and Great Strength Divine Fist but is unable to move before the spatial force tears him apart. Like his son and grandson, he vanishes into spatial rifts without leaving a corpse 13.

Taitan's death leaves the Strength Clan vulnerable to annihilation. Bai Chenxiang ultimately accepts Xia Wuyou's demands for the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng and the Breaking Clan's herbal knowledge in exchange for sparing the clan's remaining elderly, weak, and young members 15 16 17.

Notable Quotes

“My precious grandson was expelled from this academy for no reason, so as his grandfather, it's only natural I come to seek justice.” 11

“Once I present the secret of level-breaking soul ring absorption to my master, relying on the name of my master, Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao, no one and no force in the entire Heaven Dou Empire will dare to provoke your Yanhuang Academy easily.” 12

“Xia Wuyou, I'll haunt you even as a ghost! Just you wait—the other four single-attribute clans won't let this go, and my master, Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao, will avenge me!” 13