Tang San

Biodata

Power Progression

Background and History

Tang San was an orphan in his previous life and grew up in the Tang Sect, which he regarded as his home. In his new life, he lived in Holy Soul Village with his father, Tang Hao, and arrived at the academy with Village Chief Jack 6 30 37.

At registration, Xiang Yang helped resolve a confrontation with the gatekeeper. Tang San subsequently became Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang’s disciple. Discussions with Xiang Yang and his teacher led him to consider plant-type Soul Rings and a support-and-control path for Blue Silver Grass rather than relying primarily on poison 6 7.

After learning that the Tang Sect had disappeared in Xiang Yang’s later era, Tang San resolved to rebuild it on the Douluo Continent. He invited Xiang Yang to join and taught him the Mysterious Heaven Skill, hoping that his friend’s scientific outlook would help the sect’s techniques continue to develop 11 12.

Tang Hao later told Tang San that his mother, Ah Yin, had been a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form who sacrificed herself to save her family. Tang San met her in her plant form and helped move her from a dim stone chamber to a place with sunlight and water. He also planned traps to protect the area 37 38.

After awakening his Blue Silver Emperor bloodline, Tang San returned to Shrek Academy and demonstrated his growth in a spar against Dai Mubai. He deduced that Spirit Hall was likely responsible for his family’s persecution and became determined to take revenge 46 72 73 79.

Appearance

As a child, Tang San had black hair, delicate features and worn clothes. After his bloodline awakening at thirteen, he stood approximately 1.85 meters tall, with handsome, more masculine features and cyan-blue hair 6 46.

• His awakened Blue Silver Emperor has cyan and blue coloring, with a golden central vein shaped like a bamboo stalk 46.
• He wears a mask when competing as “Blue Silver” in Soul Fighting 30.

Personality

Tang San is loyal to the people and institutions he values. He deeply respects Yu Xiaogang, considers Xiao Wu family even after discovering her apparent Soul Beast identity, and places strong trust in Xiang Yang. He can also be severe toward perceived enemies: during the academy gate dispute, he privately considered killing the gatekeeper with a Hidden Weapon 6 7 38 49.

His interests are practical and wide-ranging, particularly Hidden Weapons, smithing and medicine. Although initially dismissive of some of Xiang Yang’s methods, he came to value his ideas and friendship. Xiang Yang nevertheless regards Tang San as straightforward and often inattentive to matters outside what he considers important 7 23 24.

Abilities & Skills

Twin Martial Souls

Tang San possesses Blue Silver Grass, which awakens as the Blue Silver Emperor, and the Clear Sky Hammer. He uses the former for support, control and combat; Tang Hao later teaches him to use the hammer 6 46 53.

• The awakened Blue Silver Emperor can regenerate almost instantly if it is not completely destroyed 73.
• Tang San registers as a support Soul Master in team battles and a control Soul Master in individual fights 30.
• His cultivation experiments brought him closer to his Martial Soul and slightly improved related cultivation and skills. He later limited each session to preserve his self-awareness 61 62.

Soul Skills

Self-Created Skills

• Blue Silver Wood Armor — Forms close-fitting armor from strengthened Blue Silver Grass. Three layers could withstand Dai Mubai’s White Tiger Fierce Light Wave and be replenished quickly 21.
• Blue Silver Illusion — Combines prepared hallucinogenic toxins with Blue Silver Grass and Blazing Velvet Explosion. It cannot be used in competitions where outside items are prohibited 21.
• Blue Silver Bamboo Net Formation — Creates a bamboo formation that attacks and confines opponents. It requires preparation and uses seeds from Iron Bamboo Flower to reduce its Soul Power cost; Tang San noted that a fast opponent might escape its openings 30 31.
• Ink Jade Spirit Armor — Full-body armor used alongside a wooden staff in close combat. Tang San can recover some Soul Power when withdrawing the constructs 72 73.

Tang Sect Arts and Craftsmanship

• Mysterious Heaven Skill — A cultivation method Tang San teaches Xiang Yang after admitting him to the Tang Sect 12.
• Purple Demon Eye — Used to survey his surroundings; its special effects from Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew include seeing through things and dispelling illusions 49 56.
• Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and Mysterious Jade Hand — Techniques he uses for evasive movement and close combat 30.
• Hidden Weapons and machinery — Demonstrates a Sleeve Arrow, studies firearms and develops ways to combine gunpowder with Tang Sect weapons. He also builds a functional steam engine from Xiang Yang’s descriptions 9 18 33 71.
• Medicine and pills — Develops formulas including Spirit-Clearing and Strength Pills, Qi Refining and Qi Recovery Pills, and Body Tempering Powder 22 62.

Equipment and Items

• Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges — A storage Soul Tool in which Tang San keeps his tools 38.
• Sleeve Arrow — A basic Tang Sect Hidden Weapon capable of firing an iron arrow through a wooden board 9.
• Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone — A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone in his possession by the time he reaches Soul King 62.

Relationships

• Tang Hao — His father, who teaches him the Clear Sky Hammer and brings him to see Ah Yin after a six-year separation 37 38 53.
• Ah Yin — His mother, the Blue Silver Emperor. Tang San helps improve her growing environment and seeks to protect her 37 38.
• Yu Xiaogang — His teacher and a father figure. Tang San values his Martial Soul knowledge and wants him to live a better life 7 37 66.
• Xiang Yang — A close friend, fellow Tang Sect member and research partner. Their exchanges influence Tang San’s cultivation, weapons and plans for the sect 7 11 12.
• Xiao Wu — His close companion, whom he calls family. After a long separation, he admits that he missed her 49 72.
• Dai Mubai — A Shrek companion and sparring partner. Their prolonged fight gives Tang San a chance to test his close-combat development 72 73.
• Lin Ping — Xiang Yang’s cousin and a fellow Blue Silver Grass user. Tang San reassures her when she is nervous 6 47.