Tang San

Biodata

Power Progression

Background

In his previous life, Tang San was an outer sect disciple of the Tang Sect. He was ostracized by other disciples, learned inner sect cultivation techniques, and later jumped off a cliff to prove his resolve 3 4 18.

After transmigrating, he cultivated the Mysterious Heaven Skill for six years. His father, Tang Hao, lived in seclusion in Holy Soul Village, while his mother, Ah Yin, had sacrificed herself and survived as a reborn Blue Silver Emperor seed 1 12 15.

Lin Yan tells Ah Yin that Tang San’s soul entered her child’s body during the battle in which she sacrificed herself. After seeing Tang San, Ah Yin recognizes his Blue Silver Emperor bloodline but finds his soul unfamiliar 18 21.

Appearance

Tang San is small and thin for his age, with a scrawny frame and a face described as less than handsome 5 6.

Personality

Tang San initially defends Yu Xiaogang fiercely and embraces his belief that hard work and guidance can overcome a weak Martial Soul. He also values the Tang Sect’s code of loyalty to one’s teacher, which makes him hesitate to abandon Yu Xiaogang even after growing dissatisfied with him 3 9.

He resents Lin Yan’s talent, privileges, and public humiliation of him. His desire to become close to Xiao Wu is influenced by a dream of their life together; when she moves in with Lin Yan, he objects on grounds of propriety despite having asked to share a bed with her himself 6 19.

Abilities & Skills

Twin Martial Souls

Tang San possesses Blue Silver Grass and the Clear Sky Hammer. Yu Xiaogang deduces that he has Twin Martial Souls from his awakening certificate 3 5.

• Blue Silver Grass: His publicly introduced Martial Soul; it carries the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline 3 7.
• Entanglement: His First Soul Skill, acquired from a roughly 400-year-old Mandala Snake. He uses it in an attempt to pull Yu Xiaogang from a Gale Wolf’s jaws 9.
• Clear Sky Hammer: His second Martial Soul, inherited from Tang Hao 5.

Tang Sect Techniques

Tang San brought cultivation and combat techniques from his previous life 1 3 6.

• Mysterious Heaven Skill: A cultivation method he practiced for six years; before obtaining his first Soul Ring, he was eager to break through its first level 1 6.
• Purple Demon Eye: An eye technique he has cultivated. It does not prevent Lin Yan’s Sharingan illusion from affecting him 4 6.
• Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track: A movement technique he considers using to escape the Gale Wolves 3 9.
• Mysterious Jade Hand: One of Tang San’s techniques that Lin Yan considers copying 6.
• Hidden weapons and poison: Tang San plans to combine these Tang Sect specialties with his Martial Soul 3 7.

Equipment

• Silent Sleeve Arrow — A wrist-mounted hidden weapon he prepares before challenging Lin Yan 3.
• Storage belt — Given to him by Yu Xiaogang and used to carry hidden weapons. He reluctantly hands it to Lin Yan after the encounter in the Soul Hunting Forest 6 10 11.

Relationships

• Yu Xiaogang — Tang San’s teacher, whom he initially calls his second father. His admiration weakens after their public humiliation and Lin Yan’s thousand-year first ring exposes problems with Yu’s theories 1 5 11.
• Lin Yan — A fellow student and rival. Lin Yan’s illusion frightens and humiliates Tang San, and his superior first Soul Ring becomes a source of lasting doubt 4 9 11.
• Tang Hao — His father, who secretly watches over him. Tang Hao later confronts Lin Yan and is killed, though Tang San is not shown learning of his death 5 12 15.
• Ah Yin — His mother and the source of his Blue Silver Emperor bloodline. She survives as a reborn plant and is conflicted after seeing the unfamiliar soul in his body 15 21.
• Xiao Wu — A fellow work-study student whom Tang San tries to grow close to. She rejects his request to share a bed and later leaves the dormitory to live with Lin Yan 18 19.
• God of Love — A deity who seeks revenge against Tang San and wants Xiao Wu to become his enemy 17 18.

Story Role

Nuoding Academy confrontation

Tang San becomes Yu Xiaogang’s disciple at the start of the term and challenges Lin Yan for insulting his teacher. Lin Yan traps him in an illusion populated by figures accusing him of stealing Tang Sect techniques. Frightened, Tang San tries to leave, but Yu Xiaogang confronts Lin Yan and falls under an illusion of his own 1 3 4.

Unable to wake Yu Xiaogang, Tang San is caught in his teacher’s humiliating public spectacle. The other work-study students subsequently find his lingering smell repulsive, and Xiao Wu takes his new bedding 5 6.

Soul Hunting Forest

Tang San and Yu Xiaogang seek his first Soul Ring, passing over a Ten-Year Solitary Bamboo before obtaining a Mandala Snake ring. After a pack of Gale Wolves attacks, Tang San considers abandoning the poisoned Yu Xiaogang but ultimately tries to save him with Entanglement 6 9.

Lin Yan defeats the wolves and reveals a thousand-year first Soul Ring, contradicting Yu Xiaogang’s stated 423-year limit. Lin Yan then demands Tang San’s storage belt as compensation; Yu Xiaogang orders Tang San to surrender it. The experience leaves Tang San questioning his teacher and his own choice of Soul Ring 9 10 11.

Xiao Wu’s departure

After dreaming of a close life with Xiao Wu, Tang San tries to befriend her. She instead chooses to move into Lin Yan’s dormitory. Tang San objects, then blames his fellow students and Yu Xiaogang when she leaves 18 19.

He runs into the rain, where other students mock Yu Xiaogang and Blue Silver Grass. Their criticism leaves him doubting his teacher and questioning the importance of innate Soul Power 20.