Tang Yan

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Tang Yan (棠砚) 1
Alias(es)	A-Yan / Ah Yan; the Tang Family’s “false young master” 11 14 47
Species/Race	Human 6
Gender	Male 2 3
Affiliation	Ten Thousand Swords Sect; formerly the Tang Family of the Northern Domain 6 15
Occupation/Role	Fu Shouci’s fifth direct disciple; formerly a celebrated cultivation prodigy and, before transmigration, a famous modern entertainer 1 15
Residence	Purple Dawn Peak, in a room beside Xiao Jixue’s 9 16
Status	Alive; spiritual root removed, Golden Core destroyed, and unable to cultivate through the supplied chapters 1 42
Former Ranking	Tenth on the Immortal Spirit Continent’s Heavenly Prodigy Rankings at peak Golden Core 1
First Appearance	Chapter 1, “Targeted the Moment He Entered the Novel: A Hellish Start” 1

Power Progression

Established Cultivation History

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Golden Core	1	The original owner formed a high-grade Golden Core at twenty-five, becoming one of the Tang Family’s foremost talents.
Peak Golden Core	1	Reached tenth place on the continent’s Heavenly Prodigy Rankings before the attack that destroyed his cultivation.
Cultivation destroyed	1	Tang Feiyang’s Divine Incarnation bodyguard extracted his spiritual root and Golden Core. Tang Yan enters the story in this condition.
Uncultivated; physically recuperating	3 5 42	Xiao Jixue’s treatment stabilizes his injuries but does not restore cultivation. He cannot defeat even a Qi Refining cultivator and later studies alchemy theory while awaiting a way to cultivate again.

Original Novel’s Route

These milestones belong to the original owner’s scripted future, not Tang Yan’s documented progress after transmigration 13 28.

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Cultivation restored	1 28	Originally obtains the Life-Bone Divine Lotus after three years without cultivation. The opportunity is associated with a Lesser Secret Realm in the Eastern Region.
Golden Core regained	14	Returns to Golden Core within three years of restarting cultivation; this achievement leads Xu You to accept him as a disciple.
Nascent Soul	1	Subsequently reaches Nascent Soul, then sacrifices it for Xu Zhenzhen. Tang Yan intends to avoid this fate.

Background / History

Before transmigration, Tang Yan was a famous entertainer who knew Xiao Jixue from his school days. He brought Xiao birthday longevity noodles each year until Xiao went abroad and they drifted apart. Their later entertainment-industry rivalry was largely one-sided: Tang Yan provoked Xiao, while Xiao remained patient and sometimes visibly indulgent. Fans nevertheless enthusiastically paired them together 1 4 11 42.

Tang Yan entered the cultivation novel immediately after posting an angry critique of its plot. He became a supporting character bearing his own name: the Tang Family’s fake young master, whose extraordinary talent had earned him continent-wide recognition. The discovery of the real heir cost the original owner his family-appointed bodyguard, leaving him exposed to Tang Feiyang’s jealousy 1.

Tang Feiyang secretly followed him on a training journey and ordered his cultivation destroyed in the Divine Seclusion Mountains. After transmigration, Tang Yan spent two days unconscious in the injured body, accompanied by a system more interested in scandals than immediate rescue 1.

The original novel made Xu Zhenzhen his rescuer and the object of his ruinous devotion. That version of Tang Yan surrendered opportunities, blood essence, his Nascent Soul, and his eyes for her before his soul was annihilated. The transmigrated Tang Yan rejects this path and instead accepts a mission to prevent Xiao Jixue from becoming the novel’s villain 1 3 25.

Appearance

Tang Yan is repeatedly described as exceptionally handsome, with peach-blossom eyes, thin lips, and fair, jade-like skin. His favored red clothing becomes a recognizable sight among the sect’s gossip-seeking disciples 2 3 5 42.

• Build: Lean and muscular, though slightly shorter and less muscular than Xiao Jixue 3.
• Hair: Black; worn loosely tied with a red ribbon during his reading session beneath a peach tree 42.
• Hands: Long, strong fingers with thin calluses on the palms and between the thumbs and forefingers 22.
• Injuries at arrival: Extensive wounds and a bloody abdominal opening left by the removal of his Golden Core 3.

Personality

Tang Yan combines a friendly, composed exterior with a sharp-tongued, profane inner monologue. He can dismiss the loss of his cultivation as “a little accident,” yet privately reacts to danger with fear, sarcasm, and practical calculation. When cornered, he is willing to deceive an attacker and kill rather than passively await rescue 2 5.

He is grateful toward those who help him. His attempted birthday meal and handmade gift for Xiao Jixue are efforts to return the warmth he has received, not merely ways to advance his mission. His concern also extends to Xiao’s friends, prompting a direct warning about the strangers entering the Huo household 11 14 27.

Although initially disgusted by the system’s lurid reports, Tang Yan becomes an avid gossip enthusiast who eagerly attends competitions and rushes toward unfolding scandals. He does not remain merely amused when the information reveals immediate danger: he considers warning Huo Zeyu, advises the sect’s investigation, and seeks a way to alert his master about missing disciples 1 12 22 36 46.

His romantic self-awareness is limited. He insists he is straight and interprets Xiao’s reactions as brotherly affection, even as Xiao’s smile, attention, and physical closeness begin making his own heart race 3 22 27 47.

Abilities & Skills

Knowledge of the Original Novel

• Remembers identities, future betrayals, cultivation opportunities, and disastrous outcomes from the novel 7 19 20 36.
• Supplies information that helps others avoid scripted deaths or expose hidden enemies 5 36 37.
• Limits: He skipped portions of the book, leaving his knowledge incomplete. The system also confirms that events can change because the setting has become a living world 2 3 13.

System-Mediated Thought Broadcasting

• Xi Tong secretly allows nearby cultivators at Golden Core or above to hear Tang Yan’s unspoken thoughts 13 14.
• Listeners mistake his knowledge for the legendary Prophecy Art or information supplied by a supreme treasure 5 14.
• Tang Yan remains unaware of the broadcast; Xi Tong threatens listeners against revealing it to him 14.
• Conversations about system missions are filtered into unintelligible buzzing for other listeners 31.
• This is not a demonstrated ability to read other people’s minds himself 13 14.

Xi Tong’s Information and Protection

• Receives concealed information and gossip from the system, whose purple star sea resides within his consciousness 1 2 46.
• Xi Tong conceals his aura while he is unconscious, preventing mountain beasts from discovering him 6.
• The system repels Fu Shouci’s Divine Sense probe, severely injuring the sect leader, and later suppresses Liang Qiu’s attempt to investigate 8 18.
• These feats belong to Xi Tong, not Tang Yan’s destroyed cultivation 8 14 18.

Survival Tactics

• Persuades the system to wake him early during an attempted assault 2.
• Feigns interest to draw an attacker close, then kills the early Foundation Building cultivator with a concealed magical dagger 2.
• Limits: He cannot withstand the surviving attacker’s direct spiritual-energy strike and requires Xiao Jixue’s intervention 2 3.

Alchemy and Handcrafting

• Practiced alchemy as a secondary pursuit before losing cultivation; later reviews the Complete Guide to Spirit Medicines and Plants to refresh his theoretical knowledge 42.
• Carves a jade hairpin decorated with a dragon and a Silver-Ink Crystal as Xiao Jixue’s birthday gift 27.
• Has no demonstrated understanding of artifact forging and becomes bored while watching its competition 48.
• His attempt to cook longevity noodles ends in a kitchen explosion 11.

Mission and Points Shop

Mechanic	Details
Mission	Win Xiao Jixue over and prevent his turn to evil; success offers Tang Yan a return to his original world 3.
Affection	Xiao’s favorability/affection is tracked numerically and can be exchanged for shop points 6 28.
Shop unlock	Opens after Tang Yan exchanges the accumulated affection; the recorded affection score returns to zero 27 28 29.
Completion measure	Depends on Xiao’s separate importance score for Tang Yan. A score of 300 remains below the required threshold 31.
Recovery objective	The Life-Bone Divine Lotus costs one million shop points, equivalent to 500,000 affection points. Tang Yan therefore hopes to obtain it through the Eastern Region’s secret-realm opportunity instead 28.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Low-grade magical dagger — Concealed by the original owner and used to kill one of Tang Feiyang’s attackers 2.
• Teleportation Array Disk — Another hidden emergency item, with an unpredictable range; no use is documented in the supplied passages 2.
• Ice-blue whip — A Superior Spirit Treasure given by Li Mo upon Tang Yan’s acceptance as a disciple 15.
• Purple-Gold Jade Token — A top-tier financial token given by Feng Sheng 15.
• High-grade Formation Plates — Welcome gifts from Cui Yishu 15.
• Sumeru Rings — Several received from the Peak Masters during his acceptance ceremony 15.
• Red robes and ribbon — Favored clothing; Xiao notices the preference and considers preparing more red enchanted robes 42.
• Confiscated storage items — His former Sumeru Ring was taken by the Tang Family, and Tang Feiyang seized his storage pouch 2.

Relationships

• Xiao Jixue — Rescuer, caregiver, eldest senior brother, and mission target. Tang Yan revises his belief that Xiao is his sworn enemy as their bond develops; mutual attraction emerges without either clearly acknowledging it 3 4 15 27 35 47.
• Xi Tong / the system — Protective but mischievous companion. Supplies gossip, manages his mission and shop, and secretly broadcasts his thoughts 1 8 13 14 28.
• Fu Shouci — Master, who accepts him as his fifth direct disciple despite his lost cultivation and arranges secret rotating bodyguards 15 26.
• Tang Feiyang — The Tang Family’s real heir and jealous rival; orchestrates Tang Yan’s mutilation and sends men after him 1 2.
• Xu Zhenzhen — The original owner’s intended rescuer and ruinous love interest. Tang Yan recognizes her as someone whose admirers face exploitation and destruction 1 2 25.
• Li Mo — Second senior brother; welcomes him with a whip and later plans lifesaving pills for his protection 15 25.
• Feng Sheng — Third senior sister; generous supporter, devoted gossip listener, and enthusiastic observer of his relationship with Xiao 15 25 27 35.
• Cui Yishu — Senior sister who gives him Formation Plates and resolves to prepare further defensive, offensive, and spirit-gathering formations 15 25.
• Wei Lianyi — Regards him as her benefactor because his revelations help restore her family connection. Resolves to cultivate diligently and protect him 19 25.
• Zhu Hua and Qin Shuang — Early acquaintances whose deaths are averted when they overhear his warning about Tang Chu’s secret-realm trap 5.
• Huo Zeyu, Si Yu, and Lin Yichen — Friends introduced through Xiao. Tang Yan warns about the Huo Family’s danger, while Xiao enlists their help finding a cultivation method for him 11 12 13 14 42.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Arc	Tang Yan’s involvement
Escape from the original rescue route	Kills one attacker and is saved from the other by Xiao Jixue rather than Xu Zhenzhen, breaking the circumstances that originally bound him to her 2 3.
Refuge and sect membership	Accompanies Xiao to the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, settles on Purple Dawn Peak, and becomes Fu Shouci’s disciple 6 9 15 16.
Wei Lianyi’s identity	His thoughts expose the birth swap, Jiang Liu’er’s involvement, and Xu Zhenzhen’s pursuit of Wei. Xu You leaves to rescue his biological daughter 7 13.
Bai Yi’s deception	Reveals that Fu Shouci and Liang Qiu share a lover who is a male fox spirit using illusions and a fabricated pregnancy to obtain spirit stones 16 17 18.
Warning of sect disaster	Foresees the Demon Clan’s resurgence and the sect’s catastrophic decline, prompting its leaders to take the threat seriously 19 20 26.
Infiltrator investigation	Identifies a threat near the Shadow Prison, names Ding Liyun, Chai Rong, and Lin Feng, and reveals Wei Lianyi’s ability to sense evil. The sect arrests suspects and assigns Wei to the Law Enforcement Hall 21 36 37.
Private histories exposed	Reveals Ye Sheng’s lost-love connection to Su Ning and the betrayal threatening Feng Sheng’s family; separately warns Li Qingrong of Peng Liangyi’s disastrous intentions 30 31 32 38 39 43.
Han Zhongjin investigation	His thoughts expose Han’s abuse, missing disciples, Demon Clan allegiance, and cultivation of an Evil Being. After Tang Yan leaves, the sect leaders isolate and capture Han 44 45 46 47 48.