Tang San

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Tang San (唐三)
Alias(es)	Tang God King; Tang Yin (disguise)
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Shrek Seven Devils; Tang Sect
Occupation/Role	Control-System Battle Soul Master; hidden-weapon craftsman; later Deity/God King
First Appearance	8

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Level 28 Control-System Battle Soul Master	32	Introduces his Blue Silver Grass Tool Martial Soul and control-system classification.
Level 29 Control-System Battle Soul Master	69	Announces his advancement during Shrek Academy's entrance assessment against Zhao Wuji.
Clear Sky Hammer combat debut	71	Reveals and uses his second Martial Soul against Zhao Wuji after exhausting his hidden weapons and Blue Silver Grass techniques.
Level 30 Soul Power	169	Breaks through after Su Yan beats him in the forest; the group subsequently searches for his third Soul Ring.
Third Soul Ring	210	Absorbs the Soul Ring of a thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider, despite initially being dissatisfied with its age.
Blue Silver Emperor / Slaughter God’s Domain	407	Has awakened his Blue Silver Emperor bloodline and acquired the Slaughter God’s Domain. In the altered early timeline, however, the loss of the Immortal Herbs is said to prevent his Blue Silver Grass from gaining its original ice-and-fire immunity and later advancement. 227 313
Deity	295	Sends a wisp of divine sense to defend Shrek Academy.
God King	642	His God King authority is challenged after criticism that he failed to protect the Douluo Continent. He is later defeated by the newly advanced Sacred Angel, who states that she had not yet used her full strength. 863
Asura God King authority stripped	654	The God Realm Committee strips Tang San of his Asura God King authority, with Rong Nianbing temporarily assuming his God King powers and responsibilities. 653 654

Background / History

In his previous life, Tang San was raised by Tang Lan, an Outer Sect Elder of the Tang Sect. Tang Lan named him, raised him to adulthood, and taught him hidden-weapon crafting. Later accusations claim that Tang San stole the Tang Sect’s secret manual; Tang San admits taking it but argues that he left behind three Buddha Fury Tang Lotuses and did not leak the sect’s information. 724 727

Tang San is a transmigrator whose soul and mental strength are unusually formidable. His cultivation method, the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record, includes the Purple Demon Eye; he is also said to have devoured his original host’s soul after transmigrating. 62

Tang San grew up in Holy Soul Village under Tang Hao, whose despair following Ah Yin’s sacrifice left him neglectful and frequently drunk. Grandfather Jack nevertheless secured Tang San’s opportunity to attend Nuoding Academy. 107 236 237 Su Yan’s account further maintains that Tang Hao’s attitude changed sharply after Tang San revealed the Clear Sky Hammer, implying that Tang Hao recognized the body’s significance despite his earlier neglect. 107 108

At Shrek Academy, Tang San initially struggles with being overlooked while Su Yan receives widespread support. His jealousy and desire to be acknowledged by Xiao Wu repeatedly push him into reckless confrontations. 32 69 71

Personality

Tang San is proud, competitive, and highly unwilling to concede defeat. He endures severe injuries against Zhao Wuji rather than surrendering, driven largely by his need to prove himself to Xiao Wu and establish that he is not inferior to Su Yan. 71

He is also calculating and secretive. His use of poisoned hidden weapons earns him a reputation as a dangerous and unconventional fighter, while later revelations about his past-life research into the Buddha Fury Tang Lotus portray him as ambitious from a young age. 71 727 728

Tang San’s jealousy can make him hostile toward perceived rivals for Xiao Wu’s attention. He disparages Su Yan’s Little Monkey as a useless Martial Soul and is angered that Xiao Wu addresses the monkey with the intimate name “Xiao San.” 8

Defeats and humiliation strongly affect his confidence. His Blue Silver Grass being countered by fire, Soul Tools, and stronger opponents leaves him despondent until Yu Xiaogang reminds him of his Clear Sky Hammer. 313 315 317

Despite repeated setbacks, Tang San is intensely vengeful and resolves to repay humiliation once he possesses sufficient strength. 444 484

He is also capable of preserving himself through deception. After enduring a beating from the Destruction Trio, he feigns unconsciousness to stop the assault while retaining his chance to take revenge later. 734

Abilities & Skills

Twin Martial Souls

Tang San possesses Blue Silver Grass as his first Martial Soul and the Clear Sky Hammer as his second. 62 317

• Blue Silver Grass — A control-oriented Tool Martial Soul used for binding and parasitic attacks. 32 71
• Clear Sky Hammer — Identified by Yu Xiaogang as the continent’s number-one Tool Martial Soul. 317
• Clear Sky Hammer combat — Tang San publicly reveals the hammer against Zhao Wuji and later employs the Clear Sky Sect’s Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer technique against Wang Dong’er. 71 443
• Limitation — Blue Silver Grass is vulnerable to fire before its later improvements; powerful flame attributes can suppress it. 313
• Later development — A later Tang San awakens the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline. 407
• Altered timeline limitation — Without the Immortal Herbs that originally gave his grass ice-and-fire resistance, the current early-timeline Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass is stated to lack the opportunity to evolve into the Blue Silver Emperor. 313
• Shadow-clone counter — Tang San is unable to effectively damage Zhu Zhuqing’s shadow-clone Soul Skill and ultimately surrenders after being unable to resolve its exchanges with her main body. 269 270

Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record

Tang San’s inherited cultivation system provides several distinctive techniques. 62 442 480

• Purple Demon Eye — Enhances mental strength and manifests as purple light in his eyes. 62 71
• Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track — Movement technique that creates afterimages and enables evasive footwork. 442 480
• Mysterious Jade Hand — Hardens his hands to endure weapon clashes and block attacks. 442
• Mental strength — Considered exceptionally strong due to his transmigrated soul, cultivation method, and absorbed original-host soul. 62
• Technique comparison — Tang Ya’s use of the same Tang Sect techniques demonstrates that Tang San’s methods are not unique, though his complete inheritance and poisoned weapons initially make his attacks more lethal. 480
• Later comparison — Tang San recognizes that Su Yan’s Lingbo Weibu and other cultivation methods can counter the Mysterious Heaven Skill, while the Eight-Nine Arcane Art exceeds the scope of his inherited system. 1036

Hidden Weapons

Tang San crafts and employs hidden weapons, often coated in lethal poison. 71 480

• Fires concealed projectiles with high speed and precision, targeting vital points such as the eyes, throat, heart, knees, and groin. 71
• Uses the Dragon Whisker Needle and other poisoned weapons against Zhao Wuji. 71
• His hidden weapons are judged more lethal than Tang Ya’s because of their poison, allowing him to end fights quickly if they connect. 480
• Soul Tools challenge his traditional advantage: Dugu Yan’s twelve-barrel weapon unleashes repeated attacks comparable to a Soul Ancestor’s strikes and severely injures him. 315
• Attempts to use hidden weapons against Wang Dong’er after binding her during their Clear Sky Hammer duel, but the Demon Binding Rope restrains him before he can attack. 443
• The two-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider and the External Soul Bone that Tang San was expected to obtain are diverted by Su Yan, leaving Tang San with only the thousand-year spider’s Soul Ring. 170 210

Slaughter God’s Domain

Tang San obtains the Slaughter God’s Domain by the time of his conflict with Qian Renxue’s forces. 407

• Fights alongside Dugu Bo and Yang Wudi against an overwhelmingly larger force. 407
• Later discussions criticize the destruction of the City of Slaughter, arguing that its loss contributed to the rise of Evil Soul Masters. 153 641
• Tang San maintains that destroying the City of Slaughter was justified despite accusations that it had served as a prison containing Evil Soul Masters. 640

Divine Power

As a Deity and later God King, Tang San can project divine sense into the mortal realm. 295 642

• Sends divine sense to protect Shrek Academy after Su Yan attacks it. 295
• Is criticized for intervening despite the stated principle that Deities should not interfere in mortal affairs. 295
• His authority is threatened when Life calls for a God Realm Council decision to strip him of his powers. 642
• The God Realm Committee subsequently strips him of his Asura God King authority and installs Rong Nianbing as the temporary holder of his powers and responsibilities. 653 654
• Can be suppressed when caught off guard; the Rakshasa God binds him with the Demon Binding Rope and prevents him from using divine power. 815
• Is accused of dividing his daughter Tang Xiaoqi’s Divine Soul into separate parts, including Wang Dong’er and Wang Qiu’er, to use them in plans involving Huo Yuhao. 422 489 649
• The Sacred Angel defeats him shortly after advancing to God King level, while retaining unused power. 863

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Hidden weapons — Concealed projectiles and mechanisms, frequently poisoned. 71 480
• Dragon Whisker Needle — A hidden weapon acquired by the time of the Zhao Wuji battle. 71
• Twenty-Four Bridges Moonlight Night — A storage Soul Tool used to carry rations, hidden weapons, and other supplies. 164
• Clear Sky Hammer — His second Martial Soul and primary heavy weapon. 71 317
• Asura Sword — Wielded as Tang God King. 619 632
• Divine Weapons of Sea God and Asura God — Leaves the God Realm with his group to search for them. 883

Relationships

• Xiao Wu — His desire to gain her recognition drives his challenge against Zhao Wuji; she later saves him by temporarily fusing with her main body to cripple Qian Renxue. 69 71 407 Xiao Wu also resents his insults toward Little Monkey and later joins Wang Dong’er in beating him after his attempt to use hidden weapons against her. 8 444 445
• Su Yan — Rival and recurring antagonist. Su Yan manipulates, humiliates, and repeatedly defeats or exposes Tang San, while Tang San remains determined to surpass him. 69 169 484 727
• Yu Xiaogang — Teacher and mentor. Yu Xiaogang consoles Tang San after his losses and reveals the significance of the Clear Sky Hammer. 230 317 Tang Ya later forces Yu Xiaogang to admit that he chose Tang San’s control-system path without knowing whether it was the optimal direction for Blue Silver Grass. 482
• Tang Ya — Fellow practitioner of Tang Sect techniques and later adversary. She confronts him over the Tang Sect inheritance and overwhelms him using the Slaughter God’s Domain and Eight Spider Bone. 480 481 She brutally interrogates Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, then challenges Tang San to a rematch at the Soul Master Competition two years later. 482 484
• Tang Hao — His father; Tang San’s connection to the Clear Sky Hammer is traced to the Clear Sky Sect through Tang Hao. 317 495 Tang Hao’s neglectful alcoholism after Ah Yin’s sacrifice heavily shapes Tang San’s childhood. 107 236
• Ah Yin — Tang Hao’s sacrificed partner and the original host’s biological mother. Tang San’s transmigrator identity devastates her when she learns that the soul in her son’s body came from another world. 62 107
• Grandfather Jack — Holy Soul Village elder who helps secure Tang San’s place at Nuoding Academy, despite Tang Hao’s neglect. 236 237 Su Yan criticizes Tang San for failing to repay Jack’s kindness and for driving the elder away after he criticized Tang Hao. 237
• Dugu Yan — Opponent whose fire-attribute second awakening destroys Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and whose Soul Tool defeats him. 313 315
• Dugu Bo — A benefactor and later ally whose loyalty to Tang San is cited during God Realm disputes over whether Tang San adequately repaid those who aided him. 407 648 Their relationship originally develops after Dugu Bo captures Tang San, who survives by promising to cure the Jade Phosphorous Serpent poison. 374
• Qian Renxue — Attempts to recruit Tang San while aware of his identity, then fights him and his allies. 407
• Wang Dong’er — His future daughter, whose Divine Soul is split into multiple parts according to Su Yan’s revelations. 422 489 Wang Dong’er is one of the separated components of Tang Xiaoqi, alongside Wang Qiu’er and the retained Tang Xiaoqi portion. 422 496 She is also an opponent whose clone ability, Light Goddess Butterfly, and Clear Sky Hammer suppress Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and defeat him in their duel. 442 443 445
• Bai Chenxiang — Publicly distances herself and the Min Clan from Tang San after revelations concerning his future conduct in the God Realm. 160
• Destruction and Life God Kings — Former fellow God Kings who turn against Tang San during the God Realm dispute; they support the removal of his Asura God King authority and Rong Nianbing’s temporary appointment. 642 654
• Yu Luosha / Rakshasa God — A divine adversary seeking revenge against Tang San. After becoming a God King, she binds him with the Demon Binding Rope, suppresses his divine power, and beats him while he refuses to beg for mercy. 815 818
• Tang Yuehua — His aunt. Su Yan later publicly questions Tang San’s failure to help her become a Soul Master, using it to challenge his self-professed uprightness. 632

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Nuoding Academy duel — Challenges Su Yan after discovering that the academy’s students support Su Yan rather than him. Although Tang San uses Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track at full power, Su Yan’s Little Monkey sends him flying with a single strike, leaving him psychologically devastated. 32 33 34
• Shrek Academy entrance test — Takes the lead against Zhao Wuji to prove himself before Xiao Wu, using hidden weapons, Ghost Vine, poison, and the Clear Sky Hammer to push the teacher into mutual destruction. 69 71
• Shrek Academy admission — Is accepted into Shrek after the assessment, while Zhao Wuji later collapses from the poison delivered by Tang San’s Dragon Whisker Needles. 72 73
• Third Soul Ring hunt — Breaks through to Level 30 after Su Yan’s beating and absorbs a thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider Soul Ring. 169 170 210
• Loss of the Eight Spider Bone opportunity — The two-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider and its External Soul Bone, which Tang San was expected to gain, are taken away by Su Yan. 170 210
• Zhu Zhuqing duel — Tang San is confounded by Zhu Zhuqing’s shadow-clone Soul Skill, whose intangible clone and positional exchanges prevent his attacks from landing; he ultimately surrenders. 269 270
• Crisis of confidence — Is defeated by Dugu Yan’s fire-based Martial Soul and Soul Tool, forcing Yu Xiaogang to reveal his Clear Sky Hammer heritage. 313 315 317
• Wang Dong’er duel — Battles Wang Dong’er after his Blue Silver Grass is countered by her Martial Soul. He reveals the Clear Sky Hammer, but her clone and matching hammer techniques overwhelm him; his attempted hidden-weapon ambush leads to his restraint and beating by Wang Dong’er, Xiao Wu, Ah Yin, and others. 442 443 444 445
• Conflict with Tang Ya — Fights Tang Ya with matching Tang Sect techniques, then suffers defeat, torture, and a two-year rematch challenge. 480 481 484
• Rise to divinity — Protects Shrek Academy through divine sense and becomes known as Tang God King, though his intervention and past actions are publicly criticized. 295 641 642
• Removal of Asura authority — Following the God Realm Council’s deliberation over his failure to protect the Douluo Continent, Tang San is stripped of his Asura God King authority and Rong Nianbing is assigned as the temporary replacement. 653 654
• Exposure of past-life secrets — Faces accusations that he stole the Tang Sect’s inheritance and researched the Buddha Fury Tang Lotus from the age of nine. 727 728
• Divine downfall — Is bound and beaten by the Rakshasa God after underestimating her newly attained God King power. 815
• Defeat by the Sacred Angel — Is defeated by the newly promoted Sacred Angel, who declares that she has not even used her full strength. 863
• Search for divine weapons — Leaves the God Realm with his group and the divine weapons of the Sea God and Asura God to search for their owners. 883
• Cultivation-method confrontation — Is provoked by Dai Yuhao and Su Yan’s display of cultivation methods, including techniques stated to counter his Mysterious Heaven Skill. 1036

Notable Quotes

“Teacher Zhao, your opponent is me!” 71

“I, Tang San, am no worse than Su Yan. I, Tang San, am absolutely no worse than him.” 71

“My hidden weapons are far inferior to Dugu Yan’s weapons, and my Blue Silver Grass is also restrained.” 317

“One day, I, Tang San, will definitely defeat you. Definitely!” 484

Trivia

• Tang San’s hidden weapons are described as effectively invincible against opponents of the same level. 71
• He began researching the Buddha Fury Tang Lotus at the age of nine, according to Su Yan’s accusations. 727 728
• Tang San is repeatedly mocked with the title “Pure and Jade-like God King Tang,” a reference to accusations of hypocrisy and double standards. 153 295
• In the altered timeline, he receives a thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider Soul Ring but loses the expected two-thousand-year spider’s External Soul Bone. 170 210
• During a later beating by the Destruction Trio, he consciously pretends to have fainted in order to bring the assault to an end. 734