Tang San

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Tang San (唐三)
Alias(es)	Xiao San; Third Brother
Species/Race	Human
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Shrek Academy; its tournament team captain 284
Occupation/Role	Control System Soul Master; Hidden Weapon user
Status	Alive; last depicted pursuing the Asura Path 357
First Appearance	A ten-year-old Rank 20 Soul Master with two Soul Rings 14

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Rank 20 Soul Master	14	Reaches level 20 at age ten and possesses a Second Soul Ring.
Level 21 Soul Grandmaster	24	Introduces himself to Chen Fan as a Level 21 Blue Silver Grass Soul Grandmaster with two hundred-year rings.
Dark-energy corruption	215	Accepts Di Tian's destructive, corruptive energy in exchange for power; his Blue Silver Grass blackens and develops scarlet veins, while his power rises severalfold.
Level 58 Soul King	228	Receives the Blue Silver King's Life Source, awakens his emperor bloodline, and condenses a black Fifth Soul Ring.
Level 57 Soul King (stated)	258	After forcibly refining stolen Ten Thousand Year Dragon Blood Ginseng, the text records breakthroughs through Levels 51–57; this conflicts with the earlier Level 58 statement.
Level 59 Soul King	281	His Soul Power's natural attribute pressure alone overwhelms several Soul Elders.
Asura Divine Power awakened	289	Despair, hatred, and near-fatal injuries prematurely break the Asura God's seal within him.
Level 60 Soul Emperor	290	Drains the Soul Power and life force of six opponents, shatters a God-Bestowed Soul Ring, and condenses a blood-tinged, fifty-thousand-year Sixth Soul Ring.
Seventh Soul Ring, fifty-six myriad years	357	The chapter title documents his acquisition of a Seventh Soul Ring with an age of fifty-six myriad years.

Background

Tang San recalls a previous life as a Tang Sect disciple and retains its hidden-weapon techniques, movement arts, and internal-cultivation methods. He regards the Tang Sect elder who raised him as having withheld inner-sect knowledge despite Tang San's talent. 214 224

At age ten, he is already Rank 20. Yu Xiaogang recognizes him as an ideal subject for his Soul Master theories and plans a path of toxic and control-oriented Soul Rings for Tang San's Blue Silver Grass. Tang San initially responds to Yu Xiaogang with steady composure and loyalty. 14 15

Tang Hao is his father and Tang Chen his great-grandfather. Tang San later concludes that Tang Hao only began valuing him after he awakened Twin Martial Souls, particularly the Clear Sky Hammer. 214 264

Appearance

Tang San first appears as a steady-eyed boy of roughly ten. After accepting Di Tian's dark power, his appearance becomes visibly corrupted: his features grow more sinister, his complexion turns deathly pale, and his formerly calm aura is replaced by brutality and malice. 14 215 231

• Blue hair is visible during his encounter with Tang Hao. 255
• A black mark runs from his left cheek to the base of his neck after his corruption. 215
• His eyes later develop blood-red, dark-purple, and golden-red tones; his golden-red eyes gain vertical pupils during battle. 228 231 266
• His mutated Blue Silver Grass is dark blue or black with red, vein-like lines. 215 227
• Asura Divine Power manifests as dark-red energy, Asura Blood Armor, and scarlet-mutated Eight Spider Lances. 289 290

Personality

Early in the story, Tang San is quiet, resolute, and strongly devoted to Yu Xiaogang. When Yu Xiaogang compares him to Chen Fan, Tang San resolves to defeat Chen Fan and vindicate his teacher. 15 53

Repeated defeats, Xiao Wu's captivity, and resentment toward Chen Fan transform that loyalty into obsessive hatred. Tang San becomes willing to use poison, coercion, stolen resources, and the lives of allies to gain strength or secure victory. He repeatedly frames these actions as necessary to save Xiao Wu or preserve Shrek Academy's glory. 215 278 279 290

Despite his growing instability, Tang San remains calculating. He can suppress his violent impulses, feign guilt before Yu Xiaogang, and devise detailed battlefield strategies against Chen Fan. 220 284

Abilities & Skills

Blue Silver Grass and Blue Silver Emperor

Tang San's primary Martial Soul is Blue Silver Grass. Under Di Tian's corruptive energy and later the Blue Silver King's Life Source, it mutates into a toxic, highly resilient control-type Martial Soul. 215 220 228

• Uses vines to bind, shield, impale, and restrain opponents. 223 278
• His mutated vines carry corrosive neural poison that can erode nerves and consume Soul Power. 278 281
• Can channel Blue Silver Grass to restore allies' depleted vitality, though doing so consumes over half his Soul Power. 69
• His blood-red Bloodthirsty Blue Silver Grass develops after he feeds on his teammates' life force and blood. 292

Soul Skills

• Spider Web Restraint — Neutralizes Yu Tianheng's lightning, poisons him, and restrains targets with web-like Blue Silver Grass. 223
• Blue Silver Prison — His Fourth Soul Skill; enhanced with poison during the battle against the Golden Generation. 261
• Evil Net Blue Silver Spear — A mutated Fifth Soul Skill with physical penetration, corrosion, and spiritual-impact effects. 228
• Blue Silver Earl Emperor — A Fifth Soul Skill that forms black vine shields and rapidly binds opponents with poisoned thorns. 278
• Blue Silver Asura Array — Senluo Blood Sacrifice — His Sixth Soul Skill creates a blood-red vine forest that drains Soul Power and attacks victims mentally. 294

Clear Sky Hammer and Exploding Ring

Tang San possesses the Clear Sky Hammer as his second Martial Soul. Under Asura Divine Power, it manifests as the Asura Clear Sky Hammer and can be fueled by his own blood, vitality, and Soul Rings. 214 290 295

• Burns vitality and blood to force the hammer through Chen Fan's altered gravity. 295
• Uses Exploding Ring as a life-threatening final attack, sacrificing four Soul Rings for a single hammer strike. 296
• Previously employed the related technique Nine Rings Explode Together through Tang Hao's example of Clear Sky Hammer combat. 148

Tang Sect Arts and Hidden Weapons

Tang San retains techniques from his previous life in the Tang Sect. 224

• Dragon Whisker Needle — Launches thousands of hair-fine needles in a wide-area killing barrage; using it against Chen Fan violates tournament rules. 99 100
• King of Hell's Sticker — A lethal hidden weapon he intends to use to kill Chen Fan. 170
• Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track — A movement technique. 224
• Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon — Used to redirect or seize opponents' attacks. 224 278
• Mysterious Jade Hand — Strengthens his hands and helps him forcibly suppress the violent medicinal power of Dragon Blood Ginseng. 224 258

Purple Demon Eye and Eight Spider Lances

Tang San's Purple Demon Eye enhances his perception, though it cannot perceive Chen Fan's movements or see through Di Tian's nature. 99 214

• Reaches the Mustard Seed Realm, allowing him to see through the Red Mist Domain's illusions and fight within its sensory suppression. 262
• Uses Eight Spider Lances for offense, mobility, self-inflicted vitality extraction, and draining the life force and Soul Power of allies. 262 290 295
• Asura Divine Power mutates the lances into scarlet, serrated weapons capable of piercing and draining several targets at once. 290

Asura Divine Power

The Asura God leaves a divine seed within Tang San through Tang Chen's bloodline. Tang San prematurely awakens it through despair and hatred during the finals. 264 289

• Restores depleted Soul Power and forcibly reconnects broken bones, at the cost of his life force. 289 290
• Produces Asura Blood Armor and greatly enhances his Clear Sky Hammer, Blue Silver Grass, and Spider Lances. 290 292
• Its uncontrolled use damages Tang San's body; Tang Chen warns that his mortal body may be ruined by wielding divine power. 290

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Dragon Whisker Needle — Tang Sect hidden weapon used against Chen Fan. 99
• King of Hell's Sticker — Deadly hidden weapon prepared for Chen Fan. 170
• Wind-attribute Right Arm Soul Bone — A thousand-year-quality Spirit Bone found while looting defeated Soul Masters. 217

Relationships

• Yu Xiaogang — Teacher and early source of Tang San's confidence. Tang San later loses respect for him, viewing his theories as potentially ruinous, while Yu Xiaogang continues to prioritize Tang San as proof of his own theories. 15 221 279
• Tang Hao — Father. Tang San resents him for only showing interest after Tang San awakened the Clear Sky Hammer, but Tang Hao later trains and supports him. 214 228 255
• Xiao Wu — Tang San's primary emotional fixation; he accepts Di Tian's corruptive power and repeatedly commits violence in pursuit of saving her. 215 295
• Chen Fan — Primary rival and target of Tang San's revenge. Chen Fan repeatedly defeats him, counters his hidden weapons and poison, and ultimately crushes him during the finals. 100 237 294 297
• Di Tian — Manipulates Tang San into accepting corruptive power by promising Xiao Wu's return, intending to use him to probe Chen Fan's strength. 215 291
• Tang Chen — Great-grandfather and agent of the Asura God's will. He considers Tang San's foundation ruined but later takes him onto the Asura Path. 264 350
• Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun — Former Shrek teammates whom Tang San attacks, poisons, and treats as expendable “stepping stones” for Shrek's victory. 219 278 279
• Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong — Former teammates who reject Shrek Academy; Tang San treats their departure as betrayal and attempts to stop Zhu Zhuqing by force. 223 273
• Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and Yan — Golden Generation members first defeated by Tang San, then compelled into a temporary Shrek alliance; Tang San later drains their Soul Power and life force during the finals. 261 284 290

Story Role / Major Arcs

Rivalry with Chen Fan

Tang San is positioned by Yu Xiaogang as proof that a Blue Silver Grass Soul Master can surpass Chen Fan. His first encounters with Chen Fan instead establish a widening power gap: Chen Fan defeats Tang San's group, reverses Tang San's Dragon Whisker Needles, and leaves Tang San badly injured. 23 99 100

Corruption and Shrek's Fracture

After Shrek's decline and Xiao Wu's loss, Di Tian gives Tang San destructive dark energy. The corruption mutates his Martial Soul and intensifies his hatred, leading him to assault Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Tailong, Zhu Zhuqing, and other Shrek members. 215 219 223 278

Tang San poisons the Skywater Academy team with Evil Net Poison and claims it is incurable, only for Chen Fan to remove it. 235 237

Tournament Ascension

Tang San returns as a Soul King after awakening his Blue Silver Emperor and acquiring the Evil Net Blue Silver Spear. He defeats members of Spirit Hall's Golden Generation, demonstrates his poisoned Blue Silver Prison, and counters Bewitching Charm through the Purple Demon Eye and Eight Spider Lances. 228 261 262

To improve Shrek's odds in the finals, he cripples teammates and proposes replacing them with Martial Soul Hall elites. He then gives the Golden Generation a tactical plan centered on exploiting Chen Fan's weaknesses. 279 284

Grand Finals and Asura Awakening

During the finals, Tang San drains the Golden Generation's life force and Soul Power to reach Soul Emperor level, awaken a Sixth Soul Ring, and wield Asura Divine Power. His Blue Silver Asura Array is frozen and destroyed by Chen Fan's Sixth Soul Skill, Law — Possession. 290 294

Tang San burns his blood, vitality, and Soul Rings in successive attempts to defeat Chen Fan, but is ultimately overwhelmed and severely injured. 295 296 297

Asura Path

After the collapse of Shrek Academy, Tang Chen offers Tang San training and the prospect of inheriting supreme godhood. Tang San accepts without hesitation, entering a Black Hole for solitary life-or-death training and slaughtering challengers in the Inner City and Slaughter Arena. 348 350 353 355 356

Notable Quotes

“Since you can't be my brothers, then become my stepping stones.” 278

“For Shrek Academy's glory, please... Go die.” 278

“Even if I become a monster, I'll win!” 215

Trivia

• Tang San's Level 57 breakthrough after consuming Dragon Blood Ginseng conflicts with the earlier statement that he had already reached Level 58. 228 258
• Yu Xiaogang initially interprets Tang San's corrupted Blue Silver Grass as a possible positive second awakening rather than recognizing the danger it poses. 220
• Tang Chen considers Tang San's foundation and bloodline ruined by dark erosion, while the Asura God specifically values Tang San's obsession and madness. 264