Tang San

Biodata

Power Progression

Background and History

Tang San arrived at Nuoding Academy with Old Jack and a Martial Soul certificate. When the gatekeeper obstructed his enrollment, Li Yan intervened, helped him register, and took him home for breakfast and bedding. Tang San was deeply moved by the Li family’s kindness; he had rarely eaten meat and longed for a mother’s care 4 5.

Li Yan warned Tang San against Yu Xiaogang, who repeatedly sought to take him as a disciple. Tang San instead accepted Li Yan’s advice to develop Blue Silver Grass along a life-oriented path. Li Gang helped him obtain his first Soul Ring, and Tang San later became Li Yan’s sworn younger brother 5 6 8.

After graduating from Nuoding Academy, Tang San traveled with Li Yan and Xiao Wu, enrolled at Shrek Academy, and fought alongside Xiao Wu at the Soto Great Soul Arena 15 17 21 23 26.

Appearance

At his arrival in Nuoding, Tang San was an ordinary-looking, plainly dressed boy who appeared pale and malnourished 4.

• Build: Thin as a child; later described as sturdy 4 19.

Personality

Tang San values kindness and family deeply. Li Yan’s defense of him made an immediate impression, while Mother Li’s care filled him with emotion. After becoming Li Yan’s sworn brother, he resolved to cultivate hard, give his new family a better life, and protect them 4 8.

He is diligent and receptive to guidance, particularly from Li Yan, but fiercely protective of those close to him. He also studies Martial Soul theory and hopes to become a genuine theoretical grandmaster 5 19 28.

Abilities & Skills

Blue Silver Grass

Tang San develops his Martial Soul around its vitality rather than the control-and-poison path proposed by Yu Xiaogang. He also possesses a hidden second Martial Soul, whose identity is not disclosed in the provided passages 5 6.

• Healing: Uses Blue Silver Grass to release vitality and heal injuries, though he cannot restore Soul Power with it 13 23.
• Sensing: Communicates with surrounding Blue Silver Grass and, with his first Soul Ring active, can extend his divine sense over grass within several miles to gather information 17.
• Potential evolution: Tang San feels his Martial Soul nearing evolution. Li Yan predicts it will become the Blue Silver King when Tang San reaches Soul Ancestor; this has not yet occurred in the provided passages 28 29.

First Soul Skill: Myriad Senluo

A skill obtained from a 400-year-old Senluo Tree Kui that spreads dense Blue Silver Grass across an area 8.

• Reproduction and defense: The grass can reproduce within range as long as Tang San has sufficient Soul Power, and he can transfer damage to it 8.
• Restraint: He can wrap opponents in grass, as he does to Yu Xiaogang 9.
• Weapon shaping: He can harden and shape grass into weapons, including projectiles and a spear 8 26.
• Limit: Destroying the grass consumes Tang San’s Soul Power; Li Yan and his Sanpaos overwhelm it during a spar 14.

Second Soul Skill: Thousand Transformations

Obtained from a Myriad Phenomena Flower, this skill allows Blue Silver Grass to produce illusions and take on other forms 19.

• Replicates opponents’ Martial Souls and forms Soul Beasts or Martial Souls Tang San has seen.
• Simulates their fighting styles and can continuously evolve the copies.
• The constructs draw on Tang San’s Soul Power and can be replaced after being destroyed 19.

Third Soul Skill: Blue Silver Blessing

An enhancement skill obtained from a life-attribute Six-Petal Begonia. It increases every attribute of Blue Silver Grass by a fixed 200 percent, strengthening creatures formed from the grass as well 19.

Tang Sect Techniques

• Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track: A movement technique Tang San uses to evade pursuit and attacks 4 13.
• Hidden Weapons: He carries and uses Hidden Weapons, and can launch hardened Blue Silver Grass with a Hidden Weapon technique 6 8.

Relationships

• Li Yan — Sworn elder brother and trusted friend. His guidance shapes Tang San’s Soul Ring choices and interest in theory 5 8 28.
• Li Gang — Li Yan’s father and Nuoding Academy’s dean. He awards Tang San 500 Gold Soul Coins, promises academy support for his Soul Rings, and helps him obtain his first 5 8.
• Mother Li — Treats Tang San warmly, feeds him, and prepares his bedding. Her care awakens his longing for a mother 4 5 6.
• Xiao Wu — Close companion and Soul Arena teammate. They jointly confront Yu Xiaogang and later compete as the San-Wu Combination 7 9 26 28.
• Tang Hao — Tang San’s father. He regards the Li family as potentially more like family to Tang San than he himself has been 4 26.
• Yu Xiaogang — Repeatedly attempts to recruit Tang San as a disciple. Tang San rejects him and distrusts his advice 6 7 9.
• Dai Mubai — Tang San defeats him after Dai insults Xiao Wu and Li Yan 19 20.