Tan Yaozu

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Tan Yaozu / 谭耀祖
Alias(es)	Old Tan; Brother Tan; Old Brother Tan 354 389 393
Species/Race	Human 341 405
Gender	Male 354 389
Affiliation	Humanity’s high-end combatants; Li Yi and He Guangzhi’s ruins-trial team 341 393 395
Occupation/Role	Supreme Strength-level fighter; former top Celestial Rank powerhouse; burst attacker 354 393 395
Status	Alive and active in later operations and training scenes 428 456

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Top Celestial Rank	354	Described as one of the three strongest Celestial Rank experts, with experience on multiple Supreme Expert battlefields.
Supreme Strength-rivaling burst state	354	His all-out aura rises to a level comparable to Supreme Strength while facing Li Yi.
Second-stage guaranteed burst	355	Adjusts his Synergy Trait, restoring his appearance from early thirties to around twenty and releasing a surge of vitality.
Reverse Entropy Coefficient: three stages, 100% burst	357	Releases accumulated Reverse Entropy, causing his aura to climb far beyond his prior state and briefly edge above Li Yi’s.
Supreme Strength breakthrough	By 393	Tan says his own breakthrough was “all or nothing” and that failure would have meant death; he had already undergone Li Yi’s body-forging process before He Guangzhi attempted the same.

Background / History

Fang Hai identifies Tan Yaozu and He Guangzhi as candidates whose Supreme Strength transformations could help Li Yi develop new Body Tempering Methods, placing Tan among the top human combatants involved in Li Yi’s research 341.

Before his Supreme Strength breakthrough, Tan is already regarded as one of the three strongest Celestial Rank experts. His reputation includes suppressing other talented Celestial Rank fighters and contributing on multiple Supreme Expert battlefields 354.

Tan later undergoes Li Yi’s body-forging method himself. His experience becomes important enough that he warns He Guangzhi not to relax during his own breakthrough, noting that Tan’s own attempt had been life-or-death 393.

During the Enlightenment God Mountain trials, Tan fights alongside Li Yi and He Guangzhi. He witnesses Li Yi’s Divine Intent breakthrough, questions how Li Yi can store enormous lightning power, and contributes as the team’s burst attacker against the Hundred God Guards 388 389 395.

After the ruins battles, Tan continues appearing around Li Yi’s later breakthroughs, including the Ice God Physique training at the Wu Mountain Labyrinth and the Divine Armor Transformation event 428 456.

Appearance

Tan’s normal appearance is not described in detail, but his power-ups visibly alter his age and vitality.

• His Synergy Trait adjustment can shift his face from an early-thirties appearance to a handsome youth of about twenty 355.
• At full Reverse Entropy burst, his aged and withered skin becomes plump and radiant 357.
• In the lightning field, his skin is visibly charred before recovering as Li Yi absorbs the surrounding lightning power 388.

Personality

Tan is blunt, competitive, and openly reactive. He swears or exclaims when shocked by Li Yi’s progress, and his pride pushes him to activate stronger burst states rather than “lose face” in combat 352 355 388 395.

He is also pragmatic in team situations. He guards Li Yi during body forging, warns He Guangzhi seriously during a breakthrough, and later admits when he may be the one slowing the team down after spending his time recovering instead of training new moves 393 400.

Abilities & Skills

Reverse Entropy Burst

Tan’s signature combat escalation uses Reverse Entropy and accumulated Reverse Entropy Coefficient to raise his physical state dramatically.

• Activates reverse entropy inside his body to unleash a barrage of attacks under pressure 395.
• Can push through three stages into a 100% burst, greatly restoring vitality and increasing aura output 357.
• Used as the team’s chosen trump card while Li Yi and He Guangzhi conserve their own reserves for later trials 395.
• Heavy exertion and injuries can leave him focused on recovery instead of learning new techniques 400.

Synergy Trait and Ultimate Body

Tan possesses a Synergy Trait that can be adjusted during combat and later evolves into an “ultimate body” state.

• The trait’s adjustment produces a visible rejuvenation effect and a stronger burst state 355.
• Li Yi credits Tan’s evolved Synergy Trait and ultimate body as major references for completing a new technique 389.
• Li Yi later derives the Harmonizer Mech Body Tempering Method from Tan Yaozu 424.

Divine Intent Control

Tan can use Divine Intent defensively and analytically, though some enemy Divine Intent types are costly for him to neutralize.

• Activates Divine Intent during the trial stage requiring it 396.
• Forms a Divine Intent shield to resist the Wu Mountain Labyrinth’s natural suppression 428.
• Identifies that the armored figures’ attribute-less Divine Intent is corrosive and requires at least five times his own Divine Intent to wear down 400.

Close-Quarters Combat

Tan is strongest when allowed to pressure enemies with direct physical attacks and burst momentum.

• His full-power aura rivals Supreme Strength even before his confirmed breakthrough 354.
• Against a Hundred God Guard, he endures the pressure and overwhelms his opponent through repeated strikes 395.
• His style is presented as burst-oriented rather than precision-oriented compared with Li Yi’s micro-force combat 354 395.

Combat Analysis

Tan often notices abnormal mechanics during trials and breakthroughs.

• Questions whether Li Yi’s Divine Intent Realm can wield multiple sequence intents without separately refining each one 388.
• Deduces that Li Yi’s lightning absorption exceeds ordinary human storage limits and asks how his body can contain it 388 389.
• Recognizes that the trial enemies’ sequence-less Divinity and corrosive Divine Intent create a major breakthrough problem for the team 400.

Relationships

• Li Yi — Ally, research beneficiary, and frequent source of Tan’s shock. Li Yi uses Tan’s evolved Synergy Trait as inspiration for body-forging development and later assists Tan in trial combat 389 395 401.
• He Guangzhi — Peer and trial teammate. Tan warns him during body forging, questions his progress in Divine Intent manipulation, and relies on him in the next trial stage 393 400.
• Lu Yunsheng — Same-generation peer. Li Yi tells Tan to compare himself with Lu Yunsheng and He Guangzhi instead of with Li Yi, and Tan is later assigned responsibility for Lu during the ice-coffin encounter 389 405.
• Fang Hai — Senior figure who proposes using Tan and He Guangzhi’s future Supreme Strength transformations to create additional Body Tempering Methods 341.

Notable Quotes

“If one punch can’t break it, then two punches, ten punches!” 395

“Even a prototype is incredibly impressive. The Thunder God Physique is arguably the strongest divine physique among the four major sequences.” 395

“Then won’t I be holding you back again?” 400

“Could this guy’s physical body just keep getting stronger until one day he enters the divine realm purely through his physique?” 442

Trivia

• Tan’s evolved Synergy Trait directly contributes to Li Yi’s later body-forging system, specifically the Harmonizer Mech Body Tempering Method 389 424.
• He is one of the clearest in-story commentators on Li Yi’s absurd growth, repeatedly identifying when Li Yi’s breakthroughs exceed normal expectations 388 397 428 442.