Ye Tianming

Biodata

Power Progression

Background and History

Ye Tianming is a transmigrator who had read the original story of the world he entered. At six, he was brought to the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion as Dai Hao’s foster son. Remembering the neglect suffered by Huo Yun’er’s child, he sought that child out and found Dai Yutong being bullied in a remote courtyard 1 2.

He bought medicine and food for Yutong and her mother, visited regularly, and taught Yutong to read and train her Spiritual Power. When Huo Yun’er’s illness worsened, he brought in a physician and persuaded Dai Hao to provide treatment and repair their home. He later used Dai Hao’s Command Token and a promise to pay their expenses to prevent the duchess from sending them away. After Tianming spoke frankly about the household’s neglect, Dai Hao formally recognized Yutong and her mother 3 4 6 8 12 14.

At eleven, Tianming accompanied Yutong on her first Soul Ring hunt. They later enrolled together at Shrek Academy, where he chose the first-year class over separate offers from its department deans. His team with Yutong and Wang Dong won the Freshman Assessment 19 24 25 30.

Personality

• Protective but practical: Tianming intervenes when Yutong is bullied, yet uses money, household authority, and negotiation when force cannot solve a problem 2 5 8 12.
• Patient in cultivation: He postpones his first ring to prepare his body and accepts Dai Hao’s 700-year safety limit for the hunt 15.
• Guided by foreknowledge: He tries to change harmful events he remembers, including preparing protective Soul Tools and urging Xuan Zi to stay near the tournament team before an anticipated attack 1 35.

Abilities & Skills

Azure Dragon Martial Soul

A dragon-type Beast Martial Soul whose aura overpowers the pressure of a mixed-blood dragon. Its manifested form includes azure scales and claws 17 18.

• Azure Dragon Hundred-Crack Claw: A powerful claw strike; Tianming demonstrates it by splitting a thick tree 18.
• Azure Dragon Cloud Soar: Creates azure clouds beneath his feet for rapid movement, midair direction changes, and short glides 18.
• Azure Dragon Thunderclap Claw: Releases azure lightning through a claw attack 19 23.

Soul Tool Engineering

• Reached Level 2 Soul Engineer within eight months at Shrek 33.
• Prepared seven signal Soul Tools for the tournament expedition; each was designed to block one Soul King-level attack and summon help 35.

Equipment & Items

• Dai Hao’s Command Token — entrusted to Tianming during Dai Hao’s military absence and used as leverage against the duchess 11 12.
• Introductory Soul Tool books — a reward from Dai Hao after Tianming subdued Dai Huabin 6.
• Mugwort sachet — hand-stitched by Yutong for his first Soul Ring hunt 16.

Relationships

• Huo Yutong, formerly Dai Yutong — his close companion and student in Spiritual Power training. He repeatedly promises to protect her, and they attend Shrek together 2 11 24 25.
• Dai Hao — adoptive father and mentor who accompanies Tianming on his first hunts and entrusts him with a Command Token 1 11 16 18.
• Huo Yun’er — Yutong’s mother; Tianming funds and seeks treatment for her illness and promises to look after her daughter 3 7 14.
• Dai Huabin — early rival whom Tianming confronts for bullying Yutong; their teams later meet in the Freshman Assessment final 5 11 29 30.
• Wang Dong — Shrek roommate and assessment teammate. Their first spar ends in Tianming’s victory, followed by a handshake 26 30.
• Zhou Yi — first-year teacher who places high expectations on Tianming’s assessment team 27 28.

Major Arcs

• First Soul Ring: Tianming insists on fighting the Jade-Scaled Python Dragon himself. Though injured, he exploits its exposed underside, survives its feigned-death attack, and absorbs its ring under Dai Hao’s guard 16 17 18.
• Freshman Assessment: He coordinates with Yutong and Wang Dong, protects Yutong from Cui Yajie’s flank attack, and shares in their team’s championship victory 29 30.
• Tournament expedition: Not selected for Shrek’s reserve roster, he instead travels as its Soul Engineer and prepares defenses against a disaster he remembers from the original story 35.