Tantai Jin

**Tantai Jin** (澹台烬, Tántái Jìn) is the third prince of Jing Kingdom, who has to bear the burden of being born as devil fetus, whose fate is to become the Devil God.

### Relatives

father: Tantai Wujimother: Yue RanRan

brother: Tantai Minglang

daughter: Tantai Zimi

spouse: Ye Xiwu/Li Susu

## Biographical information

### Date of birth

September 22 (according to the author of the novel)

## Appearances

### Portrayed by

Luo Yunxi (罗云熙)

> Since my affection means nothing to you, have a taste of my hatred.
>
> Tantai Jin, Episode 26

## Background

Originally the 3rd (6th in novel) prince of Jing state, he was once sent to Sheng State as a hostage prince. He becomes the son-in-law of General Ye’s family, married to Ye Xiwu. He suffers physical and emotional abuse throughout all his younger years of life, until he learns to love and be cared for through Ye Xiwu.

Later he returns to Jing State to become emperor. Respected by his people, he aims and succeeds to unite Sheng and Jing state with his wise ruling. However peaceful days don’t last and he ultimately gives up on his life as an emperor after a coup by his brother Tantai Minglang and several conspiracies against him, which leads to the passing of the love of his life, Ye Xiwu. He stays in the nether river, in search for the soul of his beloved. After 500 years, he gets washed ashore and taken in by Master Zhaoyou and becomes a disciple of Xiaoyao Sect. Zhaoyou names him "Cang Jiumin" (meaning of "Langlang Qiankun, Supreme Nine Heavens"). There he also meets his love again (now called Li Susu) and tries to win back her heart. All meanwhile he struggles to evade his fate to become the Devil God.

**Different time lines**

ep 1 TTJ

500 past TTJ

## Appearance

A young, tall man. Thin, but well-proportioned. Pale skin, a clear and handsome face, sharp cheek-bones dark eyes, The tails of his eyes are raised, and his lips are bright red. There is a black fallen god seal on the forehead, that looks like a flame and a sharp blade.

## Personality

Tantai Jin was born without the ability to experience emotions, but tries to understand them. Which means, Lack of compassion, doesn't know what love and affection is, naturally cold demeanor. He'll do anything in order to survive.

## Abilities

Tantai Jin was born to be the soul of a demigod because of his evil bone (which makes him the so-called “devil fetus”), but because he was in a sealed state, Tantai Jin could not cultivate or practice martial arts and had no spiritual roots. He eventually learns to gain power by devouring demon energy and using charms. Li Susu replaces Tantai Jin's evil bone with her divine essence. This enables him further on to cultivate for immortality.

###### Xiaoyao sword technique

jiansheng fu: written or painted as talisman. In a square inch, you can see all the beauty in the world.

**Weapons and artifact**

## Tantai Jin’s Life

#### Tantai Jin’s Childhood

Tantai Jin’s mother, Concubine Rou, had been loved and cherished by the king of Jing. She was his favorite. She originally came from the Yiyue tribe. They have special magical abilities, one of them is communicating with animals.

Concubine Rou had a difficult delivery when she gave birth to Tantai Jin and ended up dying due to excessive bleeding during childbirth. This led to his father blaming and hating him for his beloved’s passing.

When Tantai Jin was six years old, he was sent to the Kingdom of Sheng as a hostage. In the cold palace, Tantai Jin lived even a more miserable life than in his own state Jing. Two female members of his mother’s tribe, Jing Lan'an and Yue Yingxin, looked after him. They sold their jewellery for necessities. Tantai Jin was continuously bullied and abused by other princes and nobles his own age, who made him bark like a dog, hit him and insult him. Receiving food was rare so Tantai Jin grew up being constantly malnourished.

#### Tantai Jin’s adolescence and early adulthood

For the sake of survival, albeit growing up as an emotionally deprived child, later on Tantai Jin tries to learn about behaviour and emotions through his only friendly encounter, Xiao Lin, the crown prince of Sheng. He tries to imitate him to learn but ultimately realises that copying him will not grant him affection and respect by others after all.

One of his maids, Lan'an, soon abandons him to return to her tribe and the other, Yingxin, is used by a palace eunuch to plot murder against him. Tantai Jin finds out about it and escapes the murder attempt.

He sees his chance to escape the palace as he finds out about General Ye’s daughter, Ye Xiwu, wanting to drug her elder sister, so she would lose her virginity to one of the sons of palace nobels. Ye Xiwu resents her older sister, as she was cherished by Ye Xiwu’s crush, Xiao Lin.

Through deliberate plotting by Tantai Jin the drugged food is eaten by him and Ye Xiwu in the end and they are intimate that night, which results in General Ye marrying his daughter to Tantai Jin to preserve hers and the family’s honour. This way Tantai Jin leaves the cold palace and from now on lives in the mansion of General Ye.

#### Married Life at General Ye’s mansion

The bullying and abuse continues, through staff, family members and his wife Ye Xiwu. As a hostage prince he’s not seen as of value.

His wife despises him, as she still loves Xiao Lin but now is stuck with him. She gives Tantai Jin a thorough beating every night before bedtime to vent her anger. In a jealous fit she pushes her older sister, Ye Bingchang, into a lake so she won’t be able to meet Xiao Lin. After Tantai Jin aids in rescuing Ye Bingchang from the cold winter lake, Ye Xi Wu makes him kneel outside in the snow for three consecutive days and nights.

It is during that time that Ye Xiwu suddenly changes her behaviour towards him after she had an accident on a walk in the forest with her maid. The beatings before bedtime stop and she actually makes an effort to give him warmer clothes and better food. For the first time Tantai Jin finds himself cared for. However he remains wary of her as he knows how cunning she can be.

Ye Xiwu ends up saving him and standing up for him several times. They spend some good days together, even playing in the snow and going to the market and Tantai Jin slowly learns about affection and can’t help be moved by her.

One night, Jing Lan'an shows up. His father had died and his cruel brother, Tantai Minglang, is about to become emperor of Jing. Lan'an convinces him to escape Sheng state with them to take his place on the throne of Jing that was originally supposed to be his.

So he actually escapes Ye Mansion the next day after knocking out Ye Xiwu and takes her with him to a designated spot by the river. There he boards a ship prepared by Yiyue tribe.