Nine Yang Divine Skill

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Nine Yang Divine Skill
Original Name	九阳神功
Type	Cultivation technique / internal cultivation method
Creator	Tang Si, with completion performed through his system
Primary Practitioner	Tang Si
Known Recipients	Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect
Status	Active; strengthened to include thirteen documented layers 117 127
First Appearance	Chapter 6

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Recorded — 0% progress	6	Tang Si recalled four verses, prompting the system to record the technique.
Complete — 100% progress	6	Tang Si spent 500,000 Popularity Points to complete the Nine Yang Divine Skill.
Demonstrated cultivation enhancement	87	Tang Si stated that the completed technique increases a cultivator's original cultivation speed by 30%.
Peak of the Eighth Layer: Vajra Indestructibility	117	Refining two immortal herbs and absorbing his fourth soul ring brought Tang Si to the peak of the eighth layer.
Strengthened; extended to Thirteenth Layer	117	A mission reward refined the first nine layers and their soul-power circulation routes, adding 10% cultivation efficiency, and deduced layers ten through thirteen. 118

History

Tang Si conceived the technique while considering whether creating a cultivation method would be more worthwhile than developing self-created soul skills. After recalling four verses, he named the method the Nine Yang Divine Skill; his system immediately recorded it at 0% progress. He then spent 500,000 Popularity Points to complete it. 6

The technique became Tang Si's central cultivation foundation. By the time he returned to Shrek Academy after six years, he listed it among his principal techniques and regarded its future strengthening as a priority for his Popularity Points. 49

After refining immortal herbs and absorbing a 21,000-year fourth soul ring, Tang Si reached the peak of its eighth layer. He subsequently used a system-granted strengthening attempt on the technique rather than on a soul skill, soul bone, or martial soul. The upgrade improved its cultivation efficiency and extended its framework from nine layers to thirteen. 117 118

Abilities & Effects

Cultivation Acceleration

The Nine Yang Divine Skill accelerates a practitioner's original cultivation rate by 30%. Tang Si compared his own six-year advancement with Tang San's and attributed his approximately 30% faster cultivation to the technique. 87

• Its later system upgrade added a further 10% to soul-power cultivation efficiency by refining its meridian circulation routes. 117 118
• Tang Si's rapid advancement was repeatedly linked to the technique by observers; he rose from around level 11 after his first soul ring to level 35 by Chapter 86. 32 86
• Xiao Wu's Soul Power is described as effectively inexhaustible in battle after Tang Si taught her the technique. 70
• Ning Rongrong identified the technique as the likely reason Tang Si reached level 37 only four months after acquiring his third soul ring. 99

Recovery and Sustained Combat

The technique grants Tang Si unusually deep Soul Power reserves and powerful recovery capacity.

• Its general outline emphasizes maintaining a single, unbroken breath of true qi against an opponent's force. 104
• Tang Si endured Soul Douluo Zhi Lin's soul-power pressure until it reached rank 59; only then did he begin to sweat. 104
• Its sustained Soul Power supply complements high-consumption techniques such as Shave, allowing Tang Si to excel in attrition battles. 58
• During the Heaven Dou Royal Academy battle, Tang Si repeatedly deployed Blue Silver Strangulation Array, despite the third soul skill normally consuming a major portion of a Soul Elder's reserves. 93

Vajra Indestructible Aura

At the eighth layer, the technique manifests a defensive aura associated with Vajra Indestructibility.

• Tang Si activated the eighth-layer aura alongside Undying Blue Silver Emperor when facing Sword Douluo Chen Xin. 126
• After the Seven Kill Sword shattered his Blue Silver Emperor vines and sent him flying, Tang Si pushed the Nine Yang Divine Skill to its limit, landed steadily, and manifested a tangible protective aura. 127
• Observers judged that Tang Si had withstood the Seven Kill Sword through the Nine Yang Divine Skill, a feat they believed normally required the strength of a high-level Soul Emperor to resist. 127

Layered Disciplines

Before its enhancement, the Nine Yang Divine Skill consisted of nine layers. 117

1. Purple Mist
2. Tendon-Changing and Marrow-Cleansing
3. Supreme Yang Heat
4. Bone-Shrinking Technique
5. Tortoise Breathing Technique
6. Gecko Wall-Crawling
7. Immunity to All Poisons
8. Vajra Indestructibility
9. Vajra Counter-Bite

The system later deduced four additional layers. 117

10. Nine Yang Unity
11. Aura Like a Torch
12. Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown — Endless Life
13. Return to Simplicity

Instruction and Transmission

Tang Si teaches the technique through its general principles, specific scriptures, and meridian-circulation diagrams. 87

• Xiao Wu — Learned the technique from Tang Si before the Canghui Academy encounter; she used its reserves to defeat five opponents alone. 70 71
• Zhu Zhuqing — Received direct instruction from Tang Si. Her cultivation produced sweat and expelled impurities from her body. 87 88
• Ning Rongrong — Sought instruction after learning of Zhu Zhuqing's progress; Tang Si later permitted her to transmit the technique to her sect. 99 100
• Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect — Ning Rongrong passed the Nine Yang Divine Skill to the sect, making it a major asset alongside its other commercial ventures. 125
• Ye Lingling — Received the original scripture of the Nine Yang Divine Skill from Tang Si. 125

Limitations

• Completing the technique initially required 500,000 Popularity Points, making its creation extremely expensive. 6
• Tang Si's later enhancement was possible only through a system mission reward with a single strengthening attempt. 117
• The Sky Screen broadcast cut off while Tang Si was explaining the specific scriptures and meridian diagrams, preventing public access to the full method. 87
• Tang Si treats the Nine Yang Divine Skill as a closely guarded secret even while selectively teaching it to trusted individuals. 100

Notable Quotes

“Let him be strong; the gentle breeze brushes the mountain ridge. Let him be fierce; the bright moon shines upon the great river!” 6

“Let him come with all his cruelty and malice; I need only one breath of true qi!” 104