Tang Ziran

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Tang Ziran (唐孜然)
Species/Race	Human 19
Gender	Male 4
Affiliation	East Sea Blacksmith Association, as an employee 27
Occupation/Role	Mecha repair technician; adoptive father of Tang Wulin and Na’er 10 27
Spouse	Lang Yue 4
Residence	Initially Aolai City; later family lodgings at the East Sea Blacksmith Association in Eastsea City 10 27
First Appearance	Chapter 4, “The Divine Son descended” 4

Background / History

Adopting Tang Wulin

Tang Ziran and Lang Yue discover the infant Tang Wulin in a forest after he is sent from the Divine Realm to the mortal world. They do not know his origins. Lang Yue wishes to adopt him because pharmaceutical research damaged her body when she was younger, leaving her unable to have children. Tang Ziran initially worries that the infant’s parents might return, but agrees that leaving him in the wilderness would be too dangerous 4.

Both feel an unexplained certainty that the child should be named Tang Wulin. When Tang Ziran agrees to take him home, they hear a distant voice thanking them and asking them to keep him safe; they dismiss it as an echo. Tang Ziran wraps the infant in his coat and carries him home 4.

Wulin’s rapid development astonishes his adoptive parents: with little guidance, he learns to read at one year old. They later tell him openly that they found and adopted him, without weakening his attachment to them 5 22.

Supporting His Children

Tang Ziran accompanies six-year-old Wulin to his martial soul awakening and reassures him that parental love does not depend on his results. After Wulin awakens apparently ordinary Blue Silver Grass with level-five innate soul power, Tang Ziran praises the rarity of awakening soul power with such a martial soul and emphasizes effort over inherited potential 5 6.

He supports Wulin’s wish to learn forging as a means of funding cultivation, since his salary cannot cover the cost of soul spirits. Mang Tian had rejected the idea when Wulin was four; Tang Ziran later secures an arrangement for two hours of training after school each day 11.

When Wulin rescues an unidentified girl from traffickers, Tang Ziran rushes from his repair workshop to the police station. He reprimands his son for confronting criminals without first seeking adult help, then joins Lang Yue in adopting the girl as Na’er. That evening, he and Wulin build a small bed for her in Wulin’s room 10.

Tang Ziran and Lang Yue conceal a significant past and former power while living quietly. Their concern for the children remains active: they secretly follow Wulin and Na’er during a fireworks outing, watching from a distance without interrupting them 13.

First Soul Spirit and Na’er’s Departure

When nine-year-old Wulin reaches rank ten and saves 50,000 federal coins, Tang Ziran agrees to take him to the Spirit Pagoda. The family contributes toward the 70,000-credit purchase. At the Pagoda, Tang Ziran receives dismissive treatment as an ordinary person and waits outside during Wulin’s testing 15 17.

Afterward, Wulin tells him about obtaining a hundred-year Blue Silver Grass soul spirit through an irregular sale. Tang Ziran lets the matter rest because it benefits his son, although he doubts the spirit’s usefulness. His disappointment turns to astonishment when Wulin demonstrates Blue Silver Forest, binding both parents, and Mang Tian confirms the martial soul’s exceptional qualities 19.

Na’er subsequently leaves with Di Tian and Bi Ji, who present themselves as her relatives. Tang Ziran and Lang Yue accept her explanation that her family has found her and urge her to stay safe. They refuse her gift of ten million credits as compensation for raising her; unable to return it before she disappears, they keep it untouched for a future reunion. Tang Ziran also decides not to tell Wulin, fearing the money would hurt his pride or suggest that Na’er’s relatives wanted to sever their bond 19.

Moving to Eastsea City

Tang Ziran initially encourages Wulin to travel alone to Eastsea Academy so he can gain experience independently. The family later reunites in spacious lodgings provided by Mu Chen at the East Sea Blacksmith Association 22 27.

Mu Chen arranges a well-paid, stable, undemanding job for Tang Ziran on the Association’s premises, close to the family’s residence. This gives the household financial security while Wulin attends the academy as a day student and continues forging 27.

Appearance

• Handsome, with a middle-aged bearing 4.
• Plain black hair and a little facial hair 4.
• Bright, alert eyes 4.
• Looks markedly different from Wulin, whose azure hair and sapphire-like eyes make observers question whether they are father and son 5.

Personality

Tang Ziran combines affectionate encouragement with firm caution. He refuses to make Wulin’s worth dependent on martial soul quality, but treats the boy’s confrontation with traffickers as a serious safety failure rather than an occasion for praise 5 6 10.

He is practical about money without treating family bonds as transactions. He encourages forging as a route to self-reliance, respects Wulin’s determination to earn his own cultivation resources, and rejects the idea that caring for Na’er should be repaid 11 19.

Abilities & Skills

Mecha Repair

• Can inspect, maintain, and repair most mecha components 27.
• Has sound everyday technical skills, though his professional rank is not especially high and he is not described as a high-level specialist 27.

Practical Construction

• Builds Na’er a low wooden bed with Wulin using sturdy, flat boards and fits it with bedding 10.

Equipment / Items

• Golden Federation Card — Contains ten million Federation Credits supplied by Na’er before her departure. Tang Ziran and Lang Yue keep it for eventual return rather than spending it 19.

Relationships

• Lang Yue — Wife and partner in raising their adopted children; shares his concern for their safety and future 4 13.
• Tang Wulin — Adoptive son. Wulin regards Tang Ziran and Lang Yue as his true family and makes protecting them a central goal 6 9.
• Na’er / Gu Yuena — Adoptive daughter. The household’s unconditional kindness helps soften her hostility toward humanity, although her responsibility to the soul beasts ultimately draws her away 10 19.
• Mang Tian — Acquaintance whom Tang Ziran approaches to arrange Wulin’s forging training 11.
• Mu Chen — Wulin’s forging master and the family’s benefactor in Eastsea City; provides housing and secures Tang Ziran’s employment 26 27.

Story Role

• Family Wulin intends to protect: Wulin remembers a course of events in which his adoptive parents are taken by the Spirit Pagoda and later fall into the Holy Spirit Cult’s hands, researching a drug connected to the Demon Empress. This is a feared future Wulin resolves to prevent, not an event shown to have occurred in the supplied chapters 9.

Notable Quotes

“Dad believes in you. But no matter what martial soul you awaken, and whether or not it comes with innate soul power, Mom and Dad will always love you.” 5

“A martial soul can never determine everything. Hard work can.” 6