Tang San

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Tang San (唐三)
Alias(es)	Xiao San; Young Master 3 89
Species/Race	Human–soul beast half-breed; later identified as an Extraterrestrial Demon occupying Tang San's body 106 316 320
Gender	Male 62
Affiliation	Clear Sky Sect; Shrek Academy / Shrek Seven Devils 62 88
Occupation/Role	Control-System Battle Soul Master; later a Fallen Soul Master 88 299
Status	Deceased; killed by Ah Yin's Blue Silver Overlord Spear 320
First Appearance	Chapter 2 2

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Innate Full Soul Power	4	Awakens Blue Silver Grass; an abnormal light in his clenched left hand foreshadows his second Martial Soul. 4
Level 18	33	Has reached Level 18 and is approaching the point of obtaining a second Soul Ring. 33
Soul Grand Master	44	Meets Lin Yu after six years and is identified as a Soul Grand Master. 44
Level 29	62	Reveals both Martial Souls and his twenty-ninth-level Soul Power to the Clear Sky Sect elders. 62
Level 41 Soul Ancestor	84	Returns to Yu Xiaogang as a forty-first-level Soul Ancestor. 84
Soul King	165	Has only recently entered the Soul King realm when Tang Xiao discovers him observing the Clear Sky Sect massacre. 165
Level 70	245	Reaches Level 70 after attaching his first Soul Ring to the Clear Sky Hammer amid the Great World Change; the choice damages his long-term cultivation prospects. 245
Rank 70 (stated again)	298	After killing and absorbing Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong, the narrative again states that his cultivation advances to Rank 70. 298
Fallen Soul Master	299	His Martial Soul loses its life-colored nature and gains an aura of death and corruption. 299
First-Class God-comparable power	320	At his death, Ah Yin assesses his strength as roughly comparable to a First-Class God, but inferior to a god possessing a God Position. 320

Background / History

Tang San grows up in Holy Soul Village as Tang Hao's son. Their impoverished home lacks even proper furniture, while Tang Hao spends much of his blacksmith income on alcohol; Tang San eventually takes responsibility for cooking. He becomes familiar with Lin Yu and Old Jack after supplying rabbits for spicy rabbit heads. 2 3

At six, Tang San attends the Martial Soul awakening with Tang Hao's permission. He awakens Blue Silver Grass and is measured to possess Innate Full Soul Power. He later enters Notting Academy and becomes Yu Xiaogang's disciple, declaring that a teacher for one day is a father for life. 3 4 13

At Notting Academy, Tang San meets Xiao Wu and feels an immediate, inexplicable fondness toward her. After the academy dean humiliates him, he resolves to wait until graduation before taking revenge, prioritizing cultivation in the meantime. 12 13

Tang Hao brings him back to the Clear Sky Sect, where Tang San reveals his Twin Martial Souls—Blue Silver Grass and the Clear Sky Hammer—and his Level 29 Soul Power. His talent secures his return despite opposition from some sect elders. 61 62

After learning that Martial Soul Hall has captured Tang Hao, Tang San joins Shrek Academy and enters the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament. He plans to use the championship match in Martial Soul City as an opportunity to rescue his father, but the plan fails. Tang Hao is publicly executed before him, leaving Tang San grieving and sworn to destroy Martial Soul Hall. 85 90 105 106

Tang San later proposes annihilating the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect to create a continental crisis and unite forces against Martial Soul Hall. The Clear Sky Sect follows his plan, and the sect is destroyed. 133

When Tang Xiao becomes a Fallen Soul Master and massacres Clear Sky Sect disciples for power, Tang San initially submits to his uncle's authority and eventually travels with him toward Sea God Island. There, Tang San receives the Sea God's Godly Nine Trials but prematurely attaches a Soul Ring to the Clear Sky Hammer, permanently limiting his future ring configuration and slowing advancement. 165 167 245 254

After the Sea God's Mark and trial-derived power vanish, Tang San falls into despair before resolving to seek a stronger path to godhood. He subsequently murders Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong, absorbs their Soul Power, and becomes a Fallen Soul Master. 297 298 299

On the Sun Moon Continent, Tang San and Tang Xiao confront Lin Yu's group. Lin Yu exposes Tang San as an Extraterrestrial Demon who occupied the body of the real Tang San. During the final battle, Tang San drains Tang Xiao's power and uses him as a shield, but survives only briefly before Ah Yin mortally wounds him with the Blue Silver Overlord Spear. 316 319 320

Appearance

Tang San's Fallen Soul Master transformation radically alters his appearance: black markings spread across his face, his blue hair turns white, and his body is surrounded by a dark, fallen aura. 317

• His Blue Silver Entanglement becomes black, thorn-covered, and bloodthirsty after his fall. 317
• His blood carries a decaying aura capable of corroding the ground after his fatal injury. 320

Personality

Tang San is deeply ambitious and sensitive to humiliation. He views strength as the means to secure respect, plans revenge patiently when outmatched, and repeatedly vows to destroy Martial Soul Hall after its treatment of his father. 13 85 106

He is also calculating under pressure. Rather than allowing Tai Tan to launch an immediate rescue attempt, Tang San argues for exploiting the tournament in Martial Soul City, where Martial Soul Hall's attention will be divided. He later chooses to flee from the Fifth Elder rather than fight without advantage. 90 168

His later actions reveal escalating ruthlessness. He considers Yu Xiaogang useful rather than trustworthy, kills his three teachers to absorb their power, and ultimately betrays Tang Xiao by draining him and placing him in the path of incoming attacks. 168 298 319

Abilities & Skills

Twin Martial Souls

Tang San possesses Blue Silver Grass and the Clear Sky Hammer, both displayed before the Clear Sky Sect elders. 62

• His Blue Silver Grass establishes him as a Control-System Battle Soul Master. 88
• His Clear Sky Hammer is his second Martial Soul and the source of his premature cultivation error. 245
• He and Tang Xiao jointly use the Great Sumeru Hammer to defend against a combined assault. 317
• Attaching a ring to the Clear Sky Hammer before completing Blue Silver Grass's cultivation reduces the maximum age of his future Seventh Soul Ring and impedes advancement at the Titled Douluo stage. 245

Blue Silver Entanglement

Tang San can summon Blue Silver Grass vines to bind opponents. 317

• Following his transformation into a Fallen Soul Master, the vines develop black thorns and a bloodthirsty aura. 317
• He uses fallen Blue Silver Grass to pierce Tang Xiao and drain his power during their final battle. 319
• The technique cannot meaningfully threaten Ah Yin, the Blue Silver Emperor. 317

Mysterious Heaven Skill and Hidden Weapons

Tang San retains cultivation methods and techniques from the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record of his past-life memories. 3 83

• His strength is attributed partly to these inherited techniques rather than Yu Xiaogang's training. 83
• He crafts and carries hidden weapons, instinctively reaching for them when Clear Sky Sect members insult Tang Hao. 61
• Lin Yu identifies his hidden weapons and powers foreign to the world as evidence of his extraterrestrial origin. 316

Sea God's Trial

Tang San receives the Sea God's supreme Godly Nine Trials after arriving on Sea God Island. 254

• The Sea God's Mark and the power granted by the trial later disappear without explanation. 297
• Losing the trial leaves him uncertain whether he can oppose Lin Yu without the Sea God's power. 297

Fallen Soul Master Absorption

After killing Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong, Tang San absorbs their Soul Power and becomes a Fallen Soul Master. 298 299

• His transformed Martial Soul radiates death and corruption rather than life. 299
• His fallen power allows him to drain Tang Xiao's strength through Blue Silver Grass. 319
• His pursuit of power ultimately leaves him unable to recover from Ah Yin's final strike despite black Divine Power attempting to heal him. 320

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Hidden weapons — Crafted weapons carried by Tang San and associated with the powers he brought from his previous life. 61 316
• Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record — The source of techniques and knowledge retained from his past-life memories. 83

Relationships

• Tang Hao — Father; Tang San is fiercely devoted to him and seeks to rescue him from Martial Soul Hall, only to witness his public execution. 2 90 106
• Ah Yin — Mother and a transformed soul beast; she rejects Tang San's fallen existence and ultimately kills him. 106 317 320
• Tang Xiao — Uncle, Clear Sky Sect leader, and later fellow Fallen Soul Master; Tang San follows him for much of the later story before betraying him in battle. 105 166 319
• Yu Xiaogang — Teacher; Tang San respects him for years, uses his knowledge when necessary, then kills and absorbs him. 13 167 298
• Flender — Shrek Academy dean and one of Tang San's teachers; killed alongside Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong. 85 298
• Liu Erlong — Yu Xiaogang's wife and Tang San's teacher; killed alongside Yu Xiaogang and Flender. 85 298
• Lin Yu — Childhood acquaintance turned principal enemy; their conflicting goals regarding Martial Soul Hall culminate in Tang San's death. 44 106 319
• Xiao Wu — Fellow Notting Academy student for whom Tang San feels an immediate, unexplained fondness. 12 13
• Tai Tan — Strength Clan chief who recognizes Tang San as Tang Hao's son and supports his plan to rescue Tang Hao. 89 90

Notable Quotes

“When I graduate, that will be your death day.” 13

“I haven't conceded yet.” 105

“I, Tang San, swear I will completely destroy the Martial Soul Hall!” 85

“Uncle, you're my uncle. Surely you wouldn't want your dear nephew to perish here, would you?” 319

Trivia

• Tang San becomes addicted to spicy rabbit head after Lin Yu introduces it to him at age three. 3
• He nearly exhausts the rabbits on Holy Soul Village's back mountain by hunting them for spicy rabbit heads. 3
• Lin Yu initially notices an abnormal glimmer from Tang San's clenched left hand during his Martial Soul awakening, while Su Yuntao does not. 4