Tang San

Biodata

Background

Tang San has lived two lives and retains the Tang Sect’s cultivation techniques, healing methods, and hidden-weapon knowledge from his previous life. In his current life, he becomes Yu Xiaogang’s disciple and helps lead Shrek Academy through consecutive victories in the Heaven Dou Empire’s Soul Master competition 4 9 10.

He originally knows Tang Hao as a blacksmith from Holy Soul Village. Although Ning Fengzhi later tells him that his father is a renowned Titled Douluo, Tang San does not witness Tang Hao’s nine Soul Rings—including a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring—until his father reveals them while counseling him about Cao Mengde 23.

Personality

Tang San is intensely competitive and treats winning as a personal necessity. He insists on entering the tournament despite debilitating pain, even when Yu Xiaogang warns that he may be unable to summon his Martial Soul. His determination earns his companions’ concern, but his inability to accept defeat repeatedly endangers his health 21 22 31.

His jealousy of Cao Mengde is a recurring motive. He resents someone so young possessing Titled Douluo strength and initially conceals that resentment behind objections to Cao Mengde’s conduct toward Xiao Wu. Even after receiving effective treatment, he struggles to feel gratitude toward him 9 12 47.

Tang San is affectionate toward Xiao Wu and fiercely defensive of his father. He humbles himself to obtain treatment for Xiao Wu, protests Cao Mengde’s insults toward Tang Hao, and eventually attacks Cao Mengde after discovering his abuse of Xiao Wu. His anger can also become vindictive: after his bizarre pregnancy, he kills the puppy he delivered and vows overwhelming retaliation against anyone responsible 8 14 47 82 83.

Abilities & Skills

Twin Martial Souls

Tang San possesses Blue Silver Grass and the Clear Sky Hammer, which he can wield in opposite hands during an attack 14 82.

• Blue Silver Entanglement: His First Soul Skill produces strands of Blue Silver Grass that bind a target. He uses it to restrain the spotted puppy 14.
• Fire immunity: His Blue Silver Grass’s immunity to fire is credited with Shrek’s earlier victory over Blazing Fire Academy 21.
• Clear Sky Hammer: His second Martial Soul delivers crushing physical force; he uses it to kill the restrained puppy 14.
• Illness-related limitation: His herniated disc makes circulating Soul Power increasingly painful, eventually preventing him from fully summoning Blue Silver Grass 22 31.

Purple Demon Eye

His cultivated eyesight allows him to perceive a Soul Master’s cultivation realm 8.

• He identifies Cao Mengde as a Titled Douluo despite the disbelief of his companions 8.
• His confidence in this ability persuades the others that his assessment is correct 8.

Mysterious Heaven Skill

Tang San practices the Mysterious Heaven Skill, an internal cultivation technique retained from his previous life 9 10.

• He circulates it while attempting to diagnose and treat his severe abdominal pain 10.
• Neither this technique nor his other Tang Sect healing methods resolves his pregnancy-related condition, back pain, or later pus-producing illness 10 22 59.

Tang Sect Knowledge

Tang San knows Tang Sect detoxification methods, healing techniques, and hidden-weapon craftsmanship 10 23 59.

• He has supplied hidden weapons to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, giving Chen Xin a reason to assist him 31.
• He believes developing top-grade hidden weapons could let him threaten Titled Douluo opponents despite a lower cultivation level; this remains his expectation rather than a demonstrated feat in the supplied events 23.
• He recognizes wording from the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record when Cao Mengde speaks of putting oneself “on the path to death” 8.

Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track

• Tang San uses this movement technique to race out of Spirit City after leaving Rejuvenation Hall with the spotted puppy 13.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Belt Soul Tool — Stores items that Tang San retrieves with a sweep of his hand, including money and his final Yama’s Invitation 13 83.
• Dragon Whisker Needle — Among the hidden weapons he deploys against Cao Mengde in the secret chamber 82.
• Yama’s Invitation — Tang San uses his last remaining one to stab his own chest during his suicide attempt 83.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Spirit Hall’s Assassination Order

Tang San’s tournament performance attracts Bibi Dong’s attention. After reading a report describing his strength and Shrek’s consecutive victories, she orders Yue Guan and Gui Mei to kill him. The pair plan an ambush along Shrek’s route, but the assassination ultimately fails 4 11 17.

Xiao Wu’s Treatment and the Pregnancy Incident

Tang San brings Xiao Wu to Rejuvenation Hall because he is worried about her unusually large appetite. He initially accuses Cao Mengde of improper intentions, then asks him to save her after learning that her condition could be fatal. Although Xiao Wu is cured, Tang San leaves resentful of Cao Mengde’s strength 8 9.

Soon afterward, Tang San develops crippling abdominal pain. Ning Rongrong’s support skills, Oscar’s sausages, and his own healing methods provide no relief. After he loses consciousness, Flender carries him to Rejuvenation Hall, where Cao Mengde announces that he has an “accidental pregnancy” 10.

The condition is caused by a gu planted by Cao Mengde, who also secretly administers a labor-inducing medicine. Tang San rejects the diagnosis and leaves, but worsening pain and the failure of other healers force his companions to bring him back 11 12.

Cao Mengde’s treatment culminates in Tang San delivering a little spotted puppy. Tang San pays one Copper Soul Coin, takes the puppy away, and asks Tang Hao whether Cao Mengde could have substituted it during treatment. Tang Hao confirms that he witnessed the delivery himself 13 14.

At his father’s urging, Tang San binds the puppy with Blue Silver Entanglement and kills it with the Clear Sky Hammer. He resolves to investigate the incident, while Tang Hao sets out to silence Cao Mengde to protect the family’s reputation 14 15.

Herniated Disc and Withdrawal from Competition

To obstruct Shrek’s championship bid, Cao Mengde curses Tang San with a herniated disc. The resulting pain leaves him unable to sleep normally, but Tang San repeatedly refuses treatment because of his hostility toward Cao Mengde 18.

He nevertheless demands to fight Blazing Fire Academy. Attempts to summon his Martial Soul intensify the pain, make him vomit blood, and cause him to collapse. Yu Xiaogang finally orders him carried off the platform, with Tai Long replacing him 21 22.

Tang Hao confronts Tang San about his jealousy and encourages him to focus on his own advantages: Twin Martial Souls, the Clear Sky Hammer, and Tang Sect hidden weapons. Tang San agrees to seek treatment and asks his father to leave Cao Mengde alive so that he can defeat him through his own efforts someday 23.

Missing the Championship Match

Cao Mengde tells Tang Hao that treating Tang San requires a special medicinal catalyst. Tang Hao eventually obtains a leaf from Ah Yin’s Blue Silver Emperor form, but his confrontational behavior leads to a fight with Cao Mengde. Even an apology and an offer of Ah Yin’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone fail to secure treatment 25 27 28 29.

Tang San returns to the arena on a stretcher and again asks to compete. Yu Xiaogang makes permission conditional on his ability to summon his Martial Soul; Tang San produces only the beginning of a Blue Silver Grass strand before vomiting blood 30 31.

Shrek advances past Blazing Fire Academy without him but loses the championship to Spirit Hall while both Tang San and Ning Rongrong are unable to compete. Ning Fengzhi’s subsequent request for Tang San’s treatment is also refused 27 34.

Recovery After Tang Hao’s Humiliation

Cao Mengde eventually agrees to treat Tang San after Tang Hao fulfills his demand to approach Rejuvenation Hall with three bows and nine kowtows. He uses Healing Hands, deliberately flooding Tang San with enough Divine Power to surround him in a green glow while mocking him 46 47.

The back pain disappears, and Tang San regains the ability to walk normally. His relief quickly gives way to renewed resentment upon recognizing that Cao Mengde has attained godhood. Rejecting the explanation that excessive cultivation caused his illness, he resolves to train harder and repay the humiliation inflicted on himself and his father 47.

Further Illness and Genital Amputation

Tang San later joins the others in reluctantly returning to Rejuvenation Hall for another strange illness. He challenges Cao Mengde’s explanation, pointing out that he has not visited brothels, but Cao Mengde claims that the disease can spread through air, food, drink, and prolonged contact 56 57.

Despite initially dismissing Cao Mengde’s warnings, Tang San develops genital swelling and foul-smelling yellow pus. His Tang Sect techniques again fail to help. The disease is subsequently removed, but he and several companions undergo genital amputation and seek a way to regenerate what they have lost 58 59 62 63.

Tang San becomes increasingly suspicious of the repeated illnesses and vows to investigate whether Spirit Hall is responsible 59.

Secret-Chamber Captivity, Death, and Resurrection

Inside Cao Mengde’s secret chamber, Tang San attacks with both Martial Souls, his available Soul Skills, and hidden weapons as Cao Mengde insists on forcibly continuing his supposed treatments. Tang San is devastated by learning that Xiao Wu has been secretly abused under that pretext 82 83.

When Cao Mengde claims he can resurrect the dead, Tang San refuses to believe him. Unwilling to remain alive and watch Xiao Wu suffer, he apologizes to her and stabs himself in the chest with his final Yama’s Invitation 83.

Cao Mengde then uses the divine skill Resurrection. Tang San begins breathing again, proving that death cannot provide the escape he intended 84.

In his latest documented appearance, Tang San remains in the secret chamber. He angrily questions the injuries of the newly arrived Tang Hao, then learns that the woman accompanying his father is his resurrected mother, Ah Yin. He embraces her and asks how she returned to life 92.

Relationships

• Xiao Wu — His beloved. He seeks medical help for her despite his pride; she repeatedly urges him to accept treatment and remains devoted after his later mutilation. His inability to protect her motivates his suicide 8 18 59 83.
• Tang Hao — His father and secret protector. Tang Hao encourages his cultivation, seeks treatment on his behalf, and endures public humiliation to obtain a cure 14 23 29 46.
• Ah Yin — His mother. Tang San meets her after her resurrection and greets her with an emotional embrace 92.
• Yu Xiaogang — His teacher. He seeks outside help for Tang San’s illnesses and repeatedly tries to stop him from competing when physically incapable 11 21 31.
• Cao Mengde — His enemy, the source of his pregnancy and herniated-disc curses, and the healer on whom he repeatedly depends. Their hostility culminates in captivity, Tang San’s suicide, and forced resurrection 12 18 47 82 83 84.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun — Teammates who support him during his collapse and carry him off the tournament platform. Dai Mubai takes responsibility for leading Shrek in his absence 22 27.
• Ning Rongrong — A concerned teammate who tries to relieve his initial illness with support skills and later urges her father and Chen Xin to help secure treatment 10 34.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin — Allies connected to Tang San through the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and his supply of hidden weapons. Both attempt to help him obtain treatment 31 34.
• Bibi Dong — A hostile tournament authority who orders his assassination, refuses pre-tournament medical assistance, and benefits from his inability to compete 4 11 22 34.
• Huo Wu — A former tournament opponent who wants to defeat him fairly. Seeing his condition, she advises him to let someone else take his place rather than exploiting his incapacity 22.