Tian Ce

Biodata

Power Progression

Background

Fang Ce was a mathematics PhD and a low-profile, strategy-focused player before rising into the first echelon of Titan: Genesis. As president of the Imperial Dynasty Guild, he brought a calculation-driven command style to large battles, rapidly parsing aggro ranges, projectile paths, healer recovery rates, and other battlefield variables after unlocking Cerebral Overclocking. 29

He later joined Chen Feng and Zhao Kuo in forming the Transcendental Alliance, intended to protect players in reality and coordinate the three major guilds’ activities. Imperial Dynasty assumed responsibility for intelligence and technology within the alliance. 37

His warning about overseas black-market bounties came from a dark-web contact. He recognized that independent and mid-level guild players were more vulnerable to kidnapping than the protected leadership of the three major guilds. He subsequently monitored the rising burden of maintaining public order as newly empowered players committed robberies, violence, and other crimes. 37 44

Personality

Tian Ce is composed, analytical, and highly decisive under pressure. He treats battles as problems to be broken into variables, routes, enemy strengths, and achievable objectives rather than contests of brute force. 29 183

He is also pragmatic about risk. When facing threats beyond the team’s level, he redirects forces toward viable objectives, preserves critical personnel, and will approve high-risk sacrifices only when time, intelligence, or strategic necessity leaves no safer alternative. 201 270 303

His strategic priorities extend beyond immediate combat rewards. During the development of Companion Star S-1, he chose a transport chokepoint over more profitable resource zones and relocated a camp after recognizing that it obstructed an established beast migration route. He also warned nearby development teams not to camp or unload along that trail. 346 348

He supports sharing useful discoveries rather than hoarding them. He encouraged Brute Force Yields Miracles to publish the Molten Breathing Technique internally and later publicly released his own Mind Network adjustment records, including failed attempts and the conditions that worsened his headaches. 189 350

Despite his usual restraint, he reacted with visible anger to the Architect’s systematic recycling of defeated living creations, crushing a tactical ruler while identifying how their remains were being sent inward as raw materials. 355

Abilities & Skills

Tower of Mind

Tian Ce’s hidden Second Advancement transforms him from an individual Mind Hacker into a large-scale command node. The class was unlocked due to his unmatched contribution to commanding server-wide campaigns. 159

• Mind Network — links allied minds for rapid communication, shared commands, and synchronized tactical intent. 159 160
• Zero-latency coordination — network members can communicate without relying on conventional channels, visual contact, or audible speech. 159 160
• Shared perception — can distribute Psionic Vision data as a radar-like tactical map for allied units. 160 201
• Operational limit — Tian Ce severed the full network during the Aklay Neural Mistform incident to stop mentally induced false commands from spreading through the team. 279
• Psychic radiation range — the original mental link requires recipients to remain within his psychic radiation range. 160
• Signal interference response — during the Neural Mistform incident, he replaced network commands with shouted numerical codes because long transmitted sentences became garbled. 279
• Multi-front command — his Tier Three breakthrough allows him to maintain several coordinated points while shifting his attention between them, rather than having unattended connections immediately become disordered. 349
• Continuing limits — he does not gain omniscient perception: unscouted locations remain blank, distant signals remain weak, and maintaining connections still consumes psychic energy. He cannot indefinitely link every team. 349

Low-Bandwidth Mind Network and Distributed Coordination

During the frontier settlement campaign on Companion Star S-1, Tian Ce found that dense reports from multiple teams caused neural pain, blurred perception, and interference between connections. Increasing effort alone did not resolve the problem. 348 349

• Rhythmic separation — organizes the spiritual-energy flows sustaining different squad connections into distinct rhythms, such as rapid pulses for assault teams and slower, heavier patterns for defensive groups. 348
• Local consolidation — relies on personnel within each team to handle local details, freeing him to manage connections and broader operational priorities. 348
• Input filtering — reduces unnecessary sensory information rather than attempting to directly process every combatant’s experience. 349
• Parallel connection stability — after his breakthrough, reports and maps remain separately organized in his consciousness while he chooses which front requires active attention. 349
• Instructional records — publishes battle footage, instability patterns, headache triggers, burden-reduction methods, and failed adjustments for other mental-ability and command specialists to study. 350

Psionic Vision

Psionic Vision turns Tian Ce’s eyes into magic-energy organs capable of observing energy flows, magical circuits, and psionic reactions. 86

• Identifies the levels and positions of hostile combatants across vast battlefields. 201 203
• Reveals hidden magical activity, including Dark Spirit stealth techniques and formation structures. 203 269
• Can feed battlefield data directly into the Mind Network for allied tactical use. 160 183
• Overloads his brain when maintained for too long due to the volume of incoming information. 86
• Demonstrated perception of psionic reactions across several thousand kilometers during the aerial fighting on Companion Star S-1. 203
• Was tested successfully in reality alongside Data Maniac, allowing both to observe otherwise invisible elemental energy and magical circuits. 86

Cerebral Overclocking and Integrated Calculation

His Psionic Sequence talents enhance his logical thought and computational ability, allowing him to process combat conditions with exceptional speed. 29

• Cerebral Overclocking — improves thinking and calculation speed; after unlocking it, Tian Ce could interpret the battlefield as interlocking streams of usable data. 29
• Integrated Calculation — analyzes terrain, enemy movements, and allied capabilities, then transmits actionable data to Data Maniac for immediate tactical deduction. 183 267
• Used to identify routes for the Beast Driving Plan, directing native high-tier creatures toward Dark Spirit territory rather than engaging them directly. 242
• Uses accumulated combat recordings to identify hidden supply systems, including the fluid network sustaining a parasitic acid lesion and the parts channels supporting the Prism-Armored Fabricator’s repairs. 338 354
• Converts reconnaissance into transport plans, retreat routes, reinforcement timings, and coordinated fire missions across separated fronts. 348 349

Mind Hacker Techniques

Before his Second Advancement, Tian Ce operated as a Mind Hacker focused on crowd control, psychic disruption, and command support. 35 66

• Thought Stasis — briefly freezes an enemy’s mental activity, creating openings for allied attacks. 66
• Mind Pierce — delivers a concentrated psychic strike capable of interrupting enemy casting or immobilizing targets momentarily. 132 269
• His mental interference is especially useful against linked enemies and formation casters, though high-level targets can resist or limit its effects. 35
• Psychic Shackles — used alongside Data Maniac in an attempt to stop a fleeing Tier Three Dark Spirit general; their control attempt did not prevent the stronger enemy from continuing its escape. 221

Energy Affinity

At Level 32, Tian Ce gained Energy Affinity, strengthening the output and coordination of allied mage formations. 71

• Functions as an energy-support hub during large-scale magical assaults. 71
• Complements his command role by improving the efficiency of the team’s backline firepower. 71
• Gathers free environmental energy, slowly regenerates mana, and reduces skill cooldowns by 20%. Its reality projection allows him to attune to, perceive, and gather magical particles. 71
• During the Flame Demon Parasite Emperor battle, he mentally directed hundreds of Blue Slimes to release mana bubbles, combining their output with Energy Affinity to sustain the Mage Corps’ bombardment. 71

Relationships

• Vanguard Across the Realm / Chen Feng — Peak Seven teammate and frontline counterpart. Chen Feng trusts Tian Ce’s calculations and battlefield orders, while Tian Ce supported Chen Feng through his dangerous Tier Three breakthrough via the Mind Network. They later jointly led supply-interception operations against the Architect’s forces. 183 310 356
• Data Maniac / Li Zihan — fellow psychic specialist and Tian Ce’s principal analytical partner. Tian Ce supplies shared perception and base data, while Data Maniac performs rapid deductions and consciousness-targeting attacks. During the S-1 settlement campaign, Data Maniac monitored Tian Ce’s condition, provided nutrient fluid, and recognized the improved connection stability accompanying his Tier Three breakthrough. 183 312 348 349
• Cloud Pomelo / Li You — Peak Seven teammate whose shields, healing, and Life Link support Tian Ce’s large-scale command operations. 268 312
• Thunder King / Lei Zhen, Brute Force Yields Miracles / Wang Daqiang, and Dragon Fighting in the Wild / Zhao Kuo — core frontline allies within Peak Seven; Tian Ce coordinates their distinct tanking, damage, and energy-control roles through the Mind Network. 160 309 312
• Star Spirit Race — military allies on Companion Star S-1. Tian Ce’s Beast Driving Plan initially alarmed Star Spirit officers because it deliberately redirected high-tier native beasts toward Dark Spirit territory. He later coordinated player forces and Star Spirit patrols to secure frontier transport routes. 242 351
• Ci Beili and the Scientific Research Team — research partners to whom Tian Ce forwards strategically important discoveries, including Brute Force’s cultivation method and recovered teleportation-array knowledge. 188 273
• Great Wall No. 1 — allied military and logistics commander. During the reclamation of S-1, Tian Ce retained Peak Seven at the white gateway while assigning Great Wall No. 1 command of the surface campaign. 287
• Hannibal and Bi Ren Liang Mou — allied biological-engineering and logistics specialists. Tian Ce coordinates their craftsmen and living war machines, including a flank operation to preserve an enemy biochemical barracks and the advance toward Bloodweeping Corridor. 357 358 359
• Tide Singers — allied Kinfolk who provide battlefield intelligence, liaison support, and resonance attacks during the Gallbladder campaign. Tian Ce incorporates their reports into expedition planning and coordinates them with player assault and defensive forces. 352 353 356 360
• Imperial Dynasty mental-command specialists — guild members and other core command players who study his published Mind Network records. He personally assists a Tier Two network user in examining unstable connections. 350

Story Role / Major Arcs

Liver Campaign and Alliance Formation

Tian Ce led Imperial Dynasty’s forces during the battle for H-124, reaching Level 20 and using Cerebral Overclocking to turn the chaotic siege into a measurable, manageable battlefield. 29

He later helped establish the Transcendental Alliance with Dawn Guild and Dragon War Guild, addressing real-world threats against account holders while coordinating the major guilds’ resources. 37

He participated with Chen Feng and Zhao Kuo in the intervention against Liu Biao’s hostage-taking incident. As extraordinary power became more widespread, he reported on the growing number of player crimes and the public fear they generated. 38 44

Formation of Peak Seven

After reaching Level 40, Tian Ce unlocked Tower of Mind and brought Peak Seven’s combat coordination to a new level through telepathic communication and shared tactical awareness. 159 160

During the battle against Living Flame: Red Fish, he used Integrated Calculation and Psionic Vision to provide Data Maniac with the information needed to locate the Lord beneath the Magma Sea. 183

When Brute Force Yields Miracles independently developed the Molten Breathing Technique, Tian Ce immediately recognized that cultivation could raise player strength without relying entirely on leveling. He sent the discovery to Ci Beili and encouraged Brute Force to share its operation with the Dragon Kingdom Legion. 188 189

Companion Star S-1 Campaign

When the expedition entered Companion Star S-1, Tian Ce assessed the overwhelming power of the Star Spirit–Dark Spirit conflict and ordered players to divide into battle zones appropriate to their levels rather than interfere with the central high-tier war. 201

He later proposed the Beast Driving Plan and Protected Area Plan: lure high-tier native beasts toward the Dark Spirit heartland while preserving breeding populations and stable ecosystems for long-term sustainability. 242

Eternal Night Infiltration

Tian Ce led the team’s infiltration of the Dark Spirit sacrificial network, using prisoners and captured formation knowledge to reach the Silence Transfer Well. When the operation was exposed, he abandoned stealth and ordered a direct sacrificial assault to destroy the descent hub and obtain intelligence on the underground area. 267 270

Earlier in the investigation, he coordinated the severing of a flesh-and-blood conduit beneath Black Rock Old City. He restricted Tier Two players to its outer layer while a Third-Order Commander suppressed the dangerous inner section, synchronized attacks to its contraction rhythm, and ordered a retreat before the commander tore the connection apart. Because other branches remained active, he redirected the investigation toward Shadow City rather than declaring the network destroyed. 263

At the Echo Sacrificial Well, he protected the refugees, ritual infrastructure, and living intelligence while the team defeated the Well-Sealing Squad. After the enemy priest inadvertently exposed the Ash Prayer Corridor, Tian Ce refused immediate pursuit and ordered the team to secure the location and its captured resources first. 265 266

The sacrificial assault yielded saved recordings of the underground terrain, a Tier Five avatar, and a Tier Three priest. After reconstruction, Tian Ce expressed relief that the system’s interruption of dimensional mapping had prevented contamination from harming the players’ real bodies. He later forwarded recovered teleportation knowledge and battlefield records to Ci Beili and Great Wall No. 1. 270 273

Reclamation of Companion Star S-1

Beneath Shadow City, Tian Ce coordinated the assault against guards attempting to destroy a White Extinguishing Bone door. He directed the frontline breakers, rear-line suppression, and seizure of the Mana Crystal powering the destructive formation, then stopped Thunder King from blasting the valuable door. Gu Yuan’s Titan authority subsequently opened it. 286

When the Omen of Eternal Night’s Tier Six avatar attacked through the passage, Tian Ce ordered the group away from the door, told Data Maniac to shut down dangerous mental perception, and instructed Cloud Pomelo to reduce the range of her link. He left the higher-level confrontation to Titan while the players defended the outside. 287

Following the world quest’s announcement, he assigned Peak Seven to guard the white gateway and transferred surface operations to Great Wall No. 1. After S-1’s reclamation, he organized the remaining battlefield reports by beacon coordinates to identify territory still requiring recovery. 287 291

Right Lung Lobe Operations

During the Lung Leaf campaign, Tian Ce directed hundreds of thousands of players through the Mind Network, splitting enemy formations and assigning Peak Seven to eliminate exposed weak points. 303

After Data Maniac discovered that the surrounding tissue was still necrotizing, Tian Ce immediately stopped the pursuit and redirected the force toward the dried-up blood vessels causing the deeper problem. 303

He also coordinated the defense of the Divine Body Weaver, assigning nearby players to protect its repair limbs while Peak Seven destroyed the lesion connections sustaining the monster counterattack. 307

During an earlier monster-tide crisis, he ordered Peak Seven to break directly through the enemy mass and reconnect the trapped vanguard with the main force. After the obstructing lesions were destroyed and the armies reunited, he and Vanguard chose to exploit the monsters’ disorganization with an immediate counterattack. 296

Against the Level 74 Tier Three Energy-Devouring Armored Beast, Tian Ce ordered weaker teams back to a fork, positioned players above Level 55 around the monster, and repeatedly marked its jet attack direction to protect the wider force. After the kill, he shared craftsmen’s footage of a Fruit Mecha using cultivated muscle and energy-conducting tissue to operate a Breathing Technique. 327 328

Tier Three Lord First Kill

Tian Ce served as the central commander during the first kill of a Tier Three Lord-class Giant Flame Demon. He linked the battlefield through the Mind Network, converted Data Maniac’s discovery of seven regeneration lesions into coordinated orders, and assigned specialized forces to eliminate each support point. 312

The rewards brought him to Level 59 with full experience. He supported separate advancement experiments, proposing that whoever first found a stable method should advance first and share the result rather than compete recklessly. 312

Deep Bronchi and Moltenfire Tyrant

During the prolonged advance into the Deep Bronchi, Tian Ce analyzed recordings from failed attacks on a parasitic acid lesion. He determined that destroying visible acid sacs was insufficient because hidden flesh tubes continued supplying them. His revised plan combined an internal assault on those tubes with external suppression of parasites trying to reseal the openings, allowing the Divine Body Weaver to remove the membrane and restore airflow. 338

When the expedition discovered the Level 79 Tier Three Lord Moltenfire Tyrant, he held the transport teams back and redirected nearby units out of the initial shockwave’s path. During the final confrontation, he relayed attack warnings and distributed the Tyrant’s health information to the wider army. 338 341

Tian Ce was killed in-game by a wave of the Tyrant’s flames before the surviving attackers severed its neural bundles and caused its charged breath to explode internally. The subsequent victory and repair effort completed the regional objective of opening the Deep Bronchi. He later resumed command during the S-1 development campaign. 341 346

S-1 Frontier Development and Tier Three Breakthrough

When large-scale development of Companion Star S-1 began, Tian Ce selected the Refraction Valley Old Industrial Hub, a chokepoint linking three resource zones. Working with Data Maniac’s reconnaissance, he planned to lure out powerful monsters and remove lesser creatures’ corpses from feeding range to deny their regeneration. 346

After the hub was secured, he allowed a neighboring guild’s advance team to use it for rest and resupply, ordered supplies charged at eighty percent, and required proper inventory records. The expedition then continued toward another undeveloped region. 347

At the next settlement site, an Armored Thick-Toothed Beast migration threatened the unloaded cultivation equipment. Tian Ce recognized that the camp blocked the herd’s established route and ordered the convoy reloaded and moved to a defensible plateau. He marked the beast trail for nearby teams, divided combat, construction, transport, and ecological survey duties, and prepared a night defense when scouts detected approaching predators. 348

The subsequent Bone-Blade Hyena attack struck the eastern, western, and southern positions simultaneously. Overwhelmed by the incoming data, he reduced unnecessary sensory input and delegated local coordination rather than trying to control every action himself. As the separated connections became stable, he reached Level 60 and Tier Three. 349

His improved network management allowed him to coordinate eastern reinforcements and a timed bombardment to rescue a western transport rig carrying organ embryos while continuing to monitor the other fronts. Vanguard and Thunder King killed the two leading Tier Three predators, and the remaining pack fled. Tian Ce then published his adjustment records to help other command specialists study the method. 349 350

He continued securing the frontier’s logistics, coordinating scouts and fighters during the hunt for a Tier Three Thorn-Mouthed Burrower blocking a cargo route. 351

Gallbladder Subjugation and the Architect’s Supply Network

During preparations for the Gallbladder Subjugation Battle, Tian Ce combined scout reports and allied Kinfolk intelligence to distinguish feasible player targets from deeper nesting grounds occupied by Tier Four forces. He worked with expedition leaders and Tide Singer liaisons to plan routes through the vast, incompletely mapped territory. 352 353

At a canyon logistics hub, he coordinated the fight against the Level 73 Tier Three Elite Prism-Armored Fabricator. After observing it replace damaged limbs and armor, he identified concealed parts channels beneath the freight road and redirected the Mage Corps to expose and cut them off. Once the construct was destroyed, he assigned regiments to clear defenders, remove wreckage, and escort the convoy into the captured hub. 354

Further reconnaissance revealed that the Architect was dismantling defeated creations and recycling their organs and bodies to sustain stronger war beasts near the subsidiary tower. Tian Ce and Vanguard organized an interception of the transfer yard, imposed pursuit limits, and coordinated the attack through the Tier Three Mind Network. The captured pumping equipment and supplies became salvage, while the disrupted route deprived the enemy’s deeper defenders of replacement materials. 355 356

When Hannibal identified a biochemical barracks containing valuable heavy incubation pools, Tian Ce authorized a diversion at the front gate and sent Hannibal, Bi Ren Liang Mou, craftsmen, and melee fighters through an abandoned maintenance passage to preserve the facility. He subsequently organized their movement toward the heavily fortified Bloodweeping Corridor and directed the cleanup and logistics advance after its defenses fell. 357 358 359

Bloodweeping Corridor Defense

As the Architect’s Main Tower collapsed, more than ten thousand enemy creatures and transport beasts attempted to break through the canyon passage. Tian Ce reorganized the defenders into a funnel-shaped kill zone and assigned complementary roles to players, war beasts, Mechas, craftsmen, mages, and Tide Singers. 360

The defenders held the passage with barricades, shields, biochemical spears, lightning, ambushes, and close combat while the elite fighters eliminated the Tier Three vanguard. After roughly half an hour, the assault collapsed, allowing the allies to capture transport beasts and recover nutrient supplies. The Architect’s separate escape attempt was then blocked by the Resurrection Whale. 360

Trivia

• Fang Ce continues to wear glasses despite his nearsightedness having been cured; he cracked the frames after Level 40 because the habit outlasted the need. 164
• His hidden class was awarded specifically because he ranked first server-wide in contribution to commanding large-scale campaigns. 159
• Chen Feng compared his shared-perception command role to an “early-warning aircraft” when the Mind Network was first demonstrated. 160
• His Tier Three breakthrough improved the stability and organization of existing connections rather than granting extra senses or eliminating the need for scouting. 349
• His public Mind Network training records include unsuccessful attempts as well as successful adjustments. 350

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