Tang San

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Rise to Godhood

Tang San originally came from Holy Soul Village. Approximately ten thousand years earlier, he rose from an ordinary child to a deity holding both the Sea God and Asura God positions. His ascension led his home village to be renamed God Soul Village 13.

He destroyed Slaughter City, the Asura God’s inheritance ground, where numerous Evil Soul Masters and other criminals had been confined. Some inhabitants died, while survivors escaped; those survivors and their descendants later founded the Holy Spirit Cult and revered their liberator as the “Holy Emperor” 20.

Shrek Academy commemorates Tang San with statues in its plaza and on Sea God Island. Its elders regard him as a righteous ancestor who defeated the Angel God and Rakshasa God 20 25.

Attempt to Control Huo Yuhao

Tang San laid out a path and multiple traps for Huo Yuhao, the Child of the Plane. When Huo Yuhao repeatedly escaped his arrangements, Tang San created an avatar using his Divine Sense and the Asura Demon Sword, allowing him to enter the Douluo Plane without alerting the other gods 1.

He transported Huo Yuhao and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion to Qiankun Asking Love Valley. There, he forced the lion to take her own life to save Huo Yuhao. Electrolux detonated his Divine Sense fragment to protect his disciple, while Tang San directly erased the consciousnesses of the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, Ice Empress, and Snow Empress 1.

Tang San intended to control the Child of the Plane, seize the Douluo Plane’s faith, and devour surrounding planes to elevate his Asura God position to a level comparable to the former Dragon God. He offered Huo Yuhao survival in exchange for accepting a Divine Sense imprint; when refused, he threatened to erase Huo Yuhao’s consciousness and turn him into a puppet 1.

Divine Punishment and Fall

The detection of divine interference triggered a universal punishment that reset the attributes of gods, Soul Masters, and Soul Beasts alike. Tang San initially dismissed the announcement, only to be pinned down by an irresistible force as his cultivation vanished 1.

His weakening Divine Sense could no longer sustain the avatar. It disintegrated, leaving the Asura Demon Sword behind for Huo Yuhao to claim. Once Tang San’s Asura God position collapsed, the sword became masterless and recognized Huo Yuhao’s rage and killing intent 2 4.

Tang San’s true body fell from the Divine Realm into the Heavenly Soul Empire. His divine equipment remained behind in the Divine Realm, leaving him with a body scarcely stronger than an ordinary adult’s. Xiao Wu and his former companions were scattered, their whereabouts and survival unknown 13.

Rebuilding in God Soul Village

Village hunters found Tang San injured and unconscious near God Soul Village. After awakening in a thatched hut, he thanked his caretaker and claimed partial memory loss while asking where he was 13.

Discovering that he had returned to his birthplace briefly stunned him, but he soon treated the reset as an opportunity. His memories, Twin Martial Souls, Tang Sect Secret Arts, and knowledge of the route to godhood remained intact. He resolved to repurpose his ten-thousand-year plan for the Child of the Plane to cultivate himself instead, ultimately becoming the Divine Realm’s sole ruler 13.

In a nearby Soul Hunting Forest, Tang San used the Blue Silver Emperor’s devouring ability to reach Level 10. He then killed a Ten-Year Solitary Bamboo with the Clear Sky Hammer and absorbed its Soul Ring. Despite finding his new Green Hat External Soul Bone awkward, he accepted it as compensation for his losses and vowed to kill Huo Yuhao after recovering sufficient strength 25 26 27.

Appearance

Tang San has a handsome, refined appearance, with sword-like brows and starry eyes; the Heavenly Screen’s viewers recognize him by his resemblance to Shrek Academy’s statues 25.

• Divine avatar: A blood-red figure surrounded by flickering crimson light 1.
• Post-reset clothing: Coarse blue cloth 25.
• Green Hat: A vivid green bamboo hat ringed with bamboo joints, manifested by his new External Soul Bone 26 27.

Personality

Tang San is controlling and ruthless toward anyone who disrupts his plans. His treatment of Huo Yuhao escalates from manipulation to coercion, the destruction of companions’ consciousnesses, and a threat of enforced puppetry. He regards control over the Child of the Plane as a means to acquire faith, territory, and greater divine power 1.

His confidence borders on arrogance: he initially considers the idea of resetting a God King’s attributes laughable. Nevertheless, he recovers his ambition quickly after becoming mortal, reassessing his retained knowledge and the weakened world as advantages rather than accepting permanent defeat 1 13.

He is also willing to sacrifice immediate quality for long-term gains. After the reset, he dismisses low-year Soul Skills as unimportant and accepts a Ten-Year Soul Ring to remove his cultivation bottleneck 26.

Abilities & Skills

Twin Martial Souls

Tang San retains Blue Silver Emperor and Clear Sky Hammer after his godhood is destroyed 13.

• Blue Silver Emperor: Serves as his post-reset cultivation foundation and possesses a bloodline-based devouring ability 26.
• Clear Sky Hammer: A Power Attack System tool Martial Soul, described as the foremost of its kind; Tang San uses it to kill the Ten-Year Solitary Bamboo 26.
• Planned development: Intends to fill the Blue Silver Emperor’s nine Soul Ring slots to reach Level 90, then obtain high-year rings for the Clear Sky Hammer. This remains a plan, not an achieved stage 26.

Blood Qi and Soul Devouring

The Blue Silver Emperor can drain other living beings’ blood Qi and souls. Tang San inherited this ability through his mother, Ah Yin 25 26.

• Channels vines into a bovine Soul Beast and drains its life force until its body visibly shrivels 25.
• Refines devoured power through the Mysterious Heaven Skill to increase his own Soul Power 26.
• Uses this method to reach Level 10 rapidly, but still requires a Soul Ring to advance further 26.

Tang Sect Secret Arts

Tang San retains his memories of the Tang Sect Secret Arts, including versions refined through calculations performed during his time as a God King. He must cultivate the arts again from scratch after the reset 13.

• Mysterious Heaven Skill: His cultivation and energy-refinement method 13 26.
• Purple Demon Eye, Mysterious Jade Hand, Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon, and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track: Retained techniques he counts among his advantages 13.
• Hidden weapons and poison: Retains knowledge of Hundred Separations of Hidden Weapon and poison arts 13.

Divine Techniques and Divine Sense

Before divine punishment, Tang San could project his Divine Sense through the Asura Demon Sword to create a lower-realm avatar 1.

• Avatar creation: Conceals his intervention from the Divine Realm’s gods 1.
• Mental domination: Proposes placing a Divine Sense imprint in Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Consciousness and threatens to erase his consciousness 1.
• Sea God Thirteen Halberds: Retains complete knowledge of these divine techniques after the reset; expects their strength to increase as his Soul Power recovers 26.
• Post-reset limitation: His diminished Divine Sense cannot sustain the avatar, and remembered divine techniques do not restore his lost cultivation by themselves 2 13.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Asura Demon Sword — former weapon: A Super Divine Artifact over two meters long, with a blood-red blade and dark golden demonic patterns. Tang San used it as his avatar’s foundation; Huo Yuhao claimed it after the avatar collapsed 1 2 4.
• Divine equipment — lost: His original Soul Bones transformed into divine equipment upon ascension. When his godhood shattered, the equipment was removed and left in the Divine Realm 13.
• Eight Spider Lances — former External Soul Bone: A previous possession that gives him firsthand knowledge of External Soul Bones’ rarity and value 27.
• Green Hat — current External Soul Bone: Obtained while absorbing the Ten-Year Solitary Bamboo ring. Strengthens head defense in proportion to the wearer’s Soul Power; Du Busi explains that External Soul Bones grow with their hosts and cannot be removed 26 27.

Relationships

• Huo Yuhao — Intended pawn turned mortal enemy. Tang San’s attack destroys Huo Yuhao’s companions and provokes a vow of vengeance against the Tang family; Tang San later vows to kill him 1 27.
• Xiao Wu — Wife. Missing after the gods fall into the Douluo Plane; Tang San worries about her survival and considers resurrecting her again if necessary 13.
• Ah Yin — Mother and source of his Blue Silver Emperor devouring ability. Tang San remarks that she eats Sea God Pavilion Masters’ souls “like sugar beans” 25 26.
• Three-Eyed Golden Lion / Mu Qing — Huo Yuhao’s lover, whom Tang San forces to commit suicide to save him 1.
• Electrolux, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, Ice Empress, and Snow Empress — Huo Yuhao’s protectors and companions destroyed during Tang San’s intervention. Electrolux self-destructs his Divine Sense fragment; Tang San erases the others’ consciousnesses 1 7.
• Dai Mubai, Ning Rongrong, and Oscar — Former companions whose whereabouts become unknown after divine punishment 13.
• God of Destruction, Goddess of Life, and Seven Deadly Sins Gods — Divine opponents whom Tang San imagines absent from the Divine Realm he intends to rule after regaining godhood 13.

Reputation and Heavenly Screen Revelations

Holy Emperor of the Holy Spirit Cult

The White World’s Holy Spirit Cult enshrines a dark red statue of its Holy Emperor bearing Tang San’s face. The Heavenly Screen broadcasts its discovery to the Black World, where Huo Yuhao’s account connects the cult’s origins to Tang San’s destruction of Slaughter City 20 21.

• Shrek Academy: Xuan Zi rejects the connection, defending Tang San as a righteous ancestor. Other senior figures recognize the resemblance and respond more cautiously 20.
• Holy Spirit Cult: Zhongli Wu celebrates the revelation and claims that Shrek and the cult share the same origin. This is the cult’s interpretation, not evidence that Tang San personally founded it 21.
• Illustrious Virtue Hall: Jing Hongchen treats the revelation as a major humiliation for Shrek’s moral authority 21.

Devouring Ability and the Golden Ancient Tree

The broadcast of Tang San draining a Soul Beast undermines Shrek’s image of him as an unquestionable embodiment of justice. Xuan Zi denounces the footage, while Mu En focuses on Tang San’s statement about Ah Yin consuming Pavilion Masters’ souls 25 26.

Mu En knows that deceased Sea God Pavilion Masters merge their souls with the Golden Ancient Tree. Tang San’s remark therefore leads him to question the tree’s role and fear what may await his own soul 26.

Green Hat Broadcast

Tang San is unaware that another world is watching him obtain his Green Hat External Soul Bone. Its appearance provokes laughter across Shrek Academy, Illustrious Virtue Hall, and the Body Sect; even the Holy Spirit Cult struggles to maintain reverence for its Holy Emperor 27.

Notable Quotes

“In heaven and on earth, I alone am invincible!!!” 1

“In that case, I'll obliterate your consciousness and make you a puppet of this God King!” 1

“Once I, the God King, have grown strong enough, the day of your death will have come!” 27