Tang San

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Tang San (唐三)
Alias(es)	Third Brother; Master (to Tang Nu)
Gender	Male
Occupation/Role	Soul master; hidden-weapon craftsman; disciple of Yu Xiaogang; former God of Destruction's successor and trial-taker; briefly ascended god
Affiliation	Shrek Academy; Clear Sky Sect
Status	Deceased; annihilated by the God of Destruction in the God Realm. 278 280
First Appearance	Chapter 14

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
First soul ring	15	Absorbed a Mandala Snake soul ring for Blue Silver Grass; Tang San later regretted its poison attribute because it conflicted with his intended life-and-destruction path. 15
Soul Grand Master / second soul ring	75–76	Absorbed the Life-Breathing Lotus as his second ring. Its skill, Endless Life, increases life force, recovery, stamina, longevity, and provides minor healing; the absorption briefly connected him to the powers of the Goddess of Life and God of Destruction. 75 76
Level 30 / third soul ring	134	Having reached level 30 months earlier, Tang San obtained his third ring. Its skill heals his injuries by drawing upon the life force of plants, and the absorption again brought him into contact with life force and Destruction Divine Power. 134
Soul Power breakthrough	180	After the Clear Sky Sect group hid to recuperate, Tang San’s Soul Power broke through and he absorbed another soul ring; the exact level, ring, and skill are not specified. 180
Soul Emperor / Level 62 / first God Trial completed	236	Completion of his first God Trial raised his Soul Power from level 58 to 62 and granted two soul rings: Blue Silver Grass's sixth soul skill, Wildfire Never Dies, and Clear Sky Hammer's first soul skill, Crazy Hammer. 236
Eighth God Trial completed	248	After three further years of trials, Tang San completed his eighth God Trial and gained strength stated to surpass Tang Hao's. The exact Soul Power level and rewards are not specified. 248
Nine-ring detonation / Clear Sky Hammer shattered	261	In battle with Su Chen, Tang San detonated all nine soul rings through the Great Sumeru Hammer. Su Chen deflected the attack with the Asura Demon Sword, causing the Clear Sky Hammer to disintegrate. 261
Godhood / Life and Destruction Divine Power	270–271	Tang San later became a god through the remaining trial sequence and wielded Life and Destruction Divine Powers, though they could not prevent the God of Asura from forcibly dragging him toward the God Realm. 270 271
Divine ten-ring detonation / sealed	275	In the God Realm, Tang San manifested an enhanced Clear Sky Hammer with ten soul rings and detonated them against Su Chen. Su Chen's Life-Protecting Shield destroyed the hammer and sealed Tang San beneath a massive divine seal. 275
Death / annihilation	278–280	After his sealing, Tang San was killed by the God of Destruction and completely annihilated, returning to nothingness. 278 280

Background

Tang San was swept into Space-Time Turbulence along with the God Realm, then reappeared tens of thousands of years in the past in the Soul Hunting Forest. Retaining memories of his former life—including his time in the Tang Sect world and as a god—he recognized the moment as the period when Yu Xiaogang had been poisoned by a Mandala Snake while helping him obtain his first soul ring. Tang San immediately chose to save his teacher. 14

His rebirth gave him a chance to revise his past decisions. He considered seeking the godhoods of both the Goddess of Life and God of Destruction, while recognizing that the poisonous first ring he had once chosen for Blue Silver Grass was an imperfect foundation for that plan. 15

Tang San’s rebirth also drew the attention of the God of Destruction and God of Asura. Although Tang San initially sought the inheritances of Life and Destruction by his own design, the God of Destruction ultimately designated him as a successor and arranged destructive God Trials intended to corrupt him. 1 231 235

The God of Destruction, God of Evil, and God of Goodness covertly manipulated both the divine powers supplied to Tang San and his mental state. The God of Destruction revealed this manipulation shortly before personally annihilating Tang San. 235 280

Personality

Tang San is calculated, cautious, and intensely future-oriented. His past-life knowledge makes him suspicious of deviations from history, particularly Martial Soul Hall’s early occupation of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and the emergence of Soul Tool technology that should not yet exist. 94 95 118

He is deeply attached to his family, teacher, Xiao Wu, and former companions. This loyalty motivates his cultivation and his desire to secure divine inheritances not only for himself, but also as a future foundation for the Shrek Seven Devils. 15 118

His strategic restraint can give way to anger and desperation when those close to him are threatened. After discovering his mother’s spirit bone missing, he swore revenge; after learning Xiao Wu’s sacrifice had gone to someone else, he violently attempted to break the Sacrificial Barrier and begged the God of Asura for another chance at the divine seat. 104 196

The God of Destruction’s trials and negative divine powers progressively destabilized Tang San. He became impatient, impulsive, and increasingly willing to injure, coerce, and mutilate Shrek’s teachers and students in pursuit of power and trial completion. By the eighth trial, his eyes remained permanently blood-red, he emitted a rotten stench, and even Tang Hao feared him. 235 237 248 249

Despite this decline, Tang San remains driven by revenge and by the conviction that his former God King status entitles him to reclaim what was taken from him. He refuses to accept defeat even after Su Chen destroys his Great Sumeru Hammer attack. 249 261

After ascending, Tang San remained unable to accept Su Chen’s superiority or his own failures. Even while surrounded by God Kings, he immediately attacked Su Chen, then desperately attempted to win the God of Destruction’s mercy by portraying their former selves as close comrades-in-arms and revealing the coming Space-Time Turbulence. 275 278

Appearance

Tang San is recognized by the possession of two martial souls: Blue Silver Grass and the Clear Sky Hammer. Tang Yuehua confirmed his identity after he displayed both at the Moonlight Pavilion. 91

• Blue Silver Grass — his primary cultivated martial soul during the documented early ring progression. 75 134
• Clear Sky Hammer — his second martial soul and proof of his Tang family lineage. 91
• Purple Demon Eye — an eye technique he uses to examine distant targets and obscured scenes. 94 196

Following prolonged exposure to the God of Destruction’s trial powers, Tang San’s eyes became permanently blood-red and blackish-red blood seeped from them. He also came to carry a rotten stench, reflecting the corruption of his condition. 249

After his ascension, Tang San could release Life and Destruction Divine Powers simultaneously; his resistance created black smoke over an area roughly ten meters around him. 271

Abilities & Skills

Blue Silver Grass

Tang San cultivates Blue Silver Grass toward life and destruction attributes, hoping to attract the inheritances of the Goddess of Life and God of Destruction. 75

• His first documented ring carries poison from the Mandala Snake. 15
• His second ring, Endless Life, improves life force, recovery, stamina, longevity, and minor healing. 76
• His third soul skill uses plant life force to heal his injuries. 134
• Tang San expects life-attribute skills to transform further through a future Goddess of Life God Trial. 76
• His sixth soul skill, Wildfire Never Dies, provides powerful recovery and healing for both himself and others. 236
• Later healing skills, including Spring Breeze Brings New Growth and Withered Wood Revives, regenerate tissue but can leave recipients with severe mutations and deformities. 248
• He can use Blue Silver Grass to bind multiple opponents at once, including Shrek Academy’s members during his God Trials. 238
• After the Clear Sky Hammer was shattered during his first battle with Su Chen, Tang San immediately summoned Blue Silver Grass and claimed he would use its “true power.” 261

Clear Sky Hammer

Tang San possesses the Clear Sky Hammer alongside Blue Silver Grass, though he treats adding rings to it prematurely as dangerous. 91 106

• It establishes him as Tang Hao’s son in the eyes of Titan. 97
• Tang San considered using it only if Xiao Wu were forced to sacrifice herself before Blue Silver Grass could accept another ring. 106
• Completion of his first God Trial granted the Clear Sky Hammer its first documented soul ring and the soul skill Crazy Hammer. 236
• Crazy Hammer lets Tang San draw strength from anger, but it also intensifies his violent impulses and can cause him to lose control. 237
• He can perform the Great Sumeru Hammer and Ring Detonation. In his confrontation with Su Chen, he detonated nine soul rings before the Asura Demon Sword shattered his hammer attack. 261
• After becoming a god, he again wielded a greatly enhanced Clear Sky Hammer with ten soul rings. He detonated all ten rings in another Great Sumeru Hammer attack, but Su Chen's Life-Protecting Shield broke the hammer apart. 275

Tang Sect Techniques

Tang San retains the techniques and combat experience of the Tang Sect world.

• He uses Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to move unpredictably and avoid powerful soul beasts while scouting the Sunset Forest. 94
• He learned the Pin-a-Knife technique and considered the consequences of using such a dangerous method. 91
• He employs the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer technique with the Clear Sky Hammer. 236 237

Hidden Weapons

With experience from two prior lives, Tang San can forge basic hidden weapons without hesitation. 45

• He crafts self-defense weapons for himself and Xiao Wu. 45
• He later offers low-tier hidden weapons to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect in an unsuccessful attempt to gain assistance. 137
• The God of Destruction considers Tang San’s hidden weapons a potential threat, recalling their effectiveness against the newly ascended Qian Renxue in Tang San’s past life. 45

Poison and Medicine

Tang San possesses extensive knowledge of poisons and medicinal substances.

• He identified the fog covering the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect as poison lethal to all living creatures inside it. 85
• He used poisonous gases and drugs in an attempt to stimulate Tang Chen’s consciousness and free him from the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King’s control. 159
• He sought life-attribute plant soul beasts such as the Life-Breathing Lotus, Resurrection Grass, and Green Leaf Heart Flower for his second ring. 74
• His later “treatments” use Blue Silver Grass healing to regrow or alter limbs, but the resulting tissue is often malformed. 248 251

Purple Demon Eye

Tang San uses Purple Demon Eye for enhanced vision and inspection.

• He pushed it to its limit to identify Snake Lance Douluo at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. 94
• He used it to confirm that the martial soul absorbing Xiao Wu’s sacrificed soul ring was the Asura Demon Sword. 196

Divine Slaughter's Domain

Tang San possesses Divine Slaughter's Domain and attempted to use it to influence the Asura Sword during the battle against the King of Slaughter. 159

• With outside divine intervention, he briefly controlled the Asura Sword so easily that he recognized the feat could not have come solely from his own strength. 161
• The Asura Sword later ignored his attempt to activate it. 171
• His familiarity with the sword stems from its identity as a divine weapon from his past life. 159

God Trials

Tang San was made the God of Destruction’s successor and entered a series of God Trials shaped through destructive and negative divine powers. 231 235

• His first trial required him to injure Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun, then restore them afterward. 235
• The trial rewards supplied additional soul rings and rapidly increased his Soul Power, but also aggravated his instability. 236 237
• By the eighth trial, Tang San had repeatedly subjected Shrek’s members to torturous injuries and abnormal healing, leaving them physically deformed and terrified of him. 248
• He later completed the remaining trial sequence and became a god, wielding both Life and Destruction Divine Powers. 270 271
• The powers and personality changes cultivated through this process had been manipulated by the God of Destruction, God of Evil, and God of Goodness. 280

Divine Powers

After becoming a god, Tang San could wield both Life Divine Power and Destruction Divine Power.

• He attempted to use both powers at full strength to resist the God Realm’s pull, but failed to withstand the God of Asura’s force. 271
• His divine powers remained inferior to Su Chen’s fused power; Su Chen easily sealed him without fusing his own god position. 275
• The God of Destruction later disclosed that the divine powers Tang San had received had been subject to deliberate manipulation. 280

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Hidden weapons — forged by Tang San for self-defense and for Xiao Wu. 45
• Asura Sword / Asura Demon Sword — Tang San recognizes it as his former divine weapon, but it does not obey him in this life. It ultimately becomes Su Chen’s weapon and is used to destroy Tang San’s Great Sumeru Hammer attack. 159 171 254 261
• Heart of the Sea God — Tang San considered having Xiao Wu hold it to potentially trigger the Sea God’s Nine Trials. 75

Relationships

• Yu Xiaogang — Tang San’s teacher. Tang San saved him after his rebirth and maintains deep affection and respect for him despite disagreeing with his cultivation theories. 14 75 After returning to Shrek, Tang San emotionally reunited with Yu Xiaogang and asked for help reviving Xiao Wu. He later persuaded Yu Xiaogang to approach Bibi Dong in Spirit City as part of his plan against Su Chen. 211 212
• Xiao Wu — Tang San’s closest companion and intended future wife. He forges hidden weapons for her, cultivates alongside her, and is devastated when her sacrifice is taken by another person. 45 103 196 Tang San carries her body back to Shrek and remains determined to revive her. 211
• Tang Hao — his father. Tang San eventually reveals his rebirth and past-life memories to him; Tang Hao comes to support his decisions unconditionally. 106 107 118 Tang Hao later becomes deeply afraid of Tang San’s corruption and abnormal healing, though he remains unable to oppose him. 248 249 Tang Hao is further enraged and disappointed when Tang San’s attack on Su Chen fails in the Spirit Master Tournament. 261
• Tang Yuehua — his aunt. She confirms his identity through his twin martial souls and supports his initial decision to leave Heaven Dou City, but later attempts to control him after placing Clear Sky Sect disciples in a deathlike state. 91 95 165
• Tang Chen — Tang San’s great-grandfather. Tang San tries to aid him against the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King and later declines the Asura godhood in favor of having Tang Chen inherit it. 159 181 The failed inheritance leaves Tang Chen armless, severely weakened, and dependent on the Tang family. 183
• Tang Xiao — Tang San’s uncle and the former Clear Sky Sect leader. He aided Tang San’s family during the conflict surrounding Tang Chen, but was later killed by Qian Renxue. 159 231
• Titan — patriarch of the Strength Clan and a loyal Tang family servant who pledges absolute loyalty after Tang San reveals the Clear Sky Hammer. 97 Tang San later finds Titan dead after the Strength Clan’s extermination. 107 118
• Tang Nu — Tang San’s second slave. Tang San forcibly renamed him and used his warped healing methods to switch his hands and feet. 251
• Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun — Tang San’s Shrek companions, who initially admired his strength and called him Third Brother. 83 During his God Trials, Tang San repeatedly injured and “treated” them, leaving them traumatized, deformed, and fearful of him. 235 248
• God of Asura — initially a potential divine patron. Tang San rejects the Asura godhood for Tang Chen’s sake, incurring the god’s wrath and later regretting the decision. 181 196 The God of Asura orchestrates the diversion of Xiao Wu’s sacrifice and repeatedly targets Tang San with lightning. 196 238 249 He later forcibly drags Tang San toward the God Realm, restrains him there, and vows to kill him. 271 273
• Goddess of Life — the divine inheritance Tang San actively pursues through life-attribute soul rings and cultivation. 75 135
• God of Destruction — another divine target of Tang San’s plan; Tang San identifies the god’s power during his ring absorptions, while the god watches his rebirth with hostile interest. 75 77 134 The god later makes Tang San his successor and uses negative divine powers to accelerate his strength and mental decline. 231 235 He ultimately reveals the manipulation behind Tang San’s corruption and annihilates him. 280
• God of Evil and God of Goodness — divine figures who assisted the God of Destruction in manipulating the powers and mental state supplied to Tang San’s trial process. 135 280
• Bibi Dong — an enemy with whom Tang San temporarily cooperates to break the Sacrificial Barrier after Xiao Wu’s sacrifice is stolen. 196
• Su Chen — Tang San’s principal enemy and the wielder of the Asura Demon Sword. Tang San identifies him as the person who stole his soul rings and later confronts him in the Spirit Master Tournament, where Su Chen easily defeats him. 254 261 After Tang San’s ascension, Su Chen defeats and seals him again with the Life-Protecting Shield. 275

Story Role / Major Arcs

Rebirth and Return to Notting Academy

Tang San awakens in the distant past, saves Yu Xiaogang from Mandala Snake poison, returns to Notting Academy, and reunites with Xiao Wu. He begins reassessing the cultivation choices of his former life and starts forging hidden weapons. 14 15 45

Life and Destruction Cultivation

Rejecting a conventional second-ring route, Tang San travels to the Star Dou Forest for a life-attribute soul beast. He absorbs the Life-Breathing Lotus, gains Endless Life, and concludes that he should pursue the paths of life and destruction through his martial souls. 68 74 75 76

Investigating a Changed Timeline

The destruction of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, Martial Soul Hall’s occupation of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and the appearance of advanced Soul Tools convince Tang San that another person may have been reborn and is altering events. He suspects Qian Renxue or Bibi Dong and increases his cultivation efforts. 85 94 95 103

Tang Family Crisis

After Ah Yin’s spirit bone disappears and Titan goes missing, Tang San reconnects with Tang Hao and reveals that he has been reborn. Together, they find Titan’s remains and learn that the Strength and Speed Clans have been exterminated. 104 106 107 118

Clear Sky Sect Conflict

Tang San seeks help from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but Ning Fengzhi rejects his proposal. He later aids his family against the King of Slaughter, Tang Yuehua’s control of the Clear Sky Sect, and attacks from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. 137 159 165 167 171 172

Divine Inheritance Failures

Tang San refuses the God of Asura’s godhood so Tang Chen can inherit it, but the decision provokes the God of Asura. Tang Chen’s inheritance attempt fails catastrophically, leaving him armless and weakened. Later, the Asura Demon Sword rejects Tang San, and Xiao Wu’s sacrifice is claimed by an unknown wielder of that sword. 181 183 190 196

Return to Shrek Academy

Tang San returns to Shrek with Tang Hao, Tang Xiao, and Xiao Wu’s body. He reunites with Yu Xiaogang, seeks a means of reviving Xiao Wu, and sends Yu Xiaogang toward Spirit City in an attempt to redirect Bibi Dong’s attention toward Su Chen. 211 212

Destruction God Trials

After Tang Xiao’s death, the God of Destruction formally makes Tang San a successor and begins arranging his God Trials. Tang San completes the first trial by breaking the arms of Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun, then treating their wounds to gain new rings and reach level 62. 231 235 236

The trials steadily warp Tang San’s temperament and methods. He attacks Shrek Academy’s members, uses them as subjects for painful healing and regeneration, and completes the eighth trial after three years with power beyond Tang Hao’s. 237 238 248

Spirit Master Tournament and Battle with Su Chen

Before completing his final God Trial, Tang San enters the Star Dou Empire’s Spirit Master Tournament to pursue revenge. He publicly reveals the Clear Sky Hammer, kills a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciple, and summons Shrek Academy’s teachers and students to stand with him. 251 257

Tang San recognizes Su Chen as the thief of his soul rings and the Asura Demon Sword’s wielder. In their confrontation, Tang San detonates all nine soul rings and uses the Great Sumeru Hammer, but Su Chen effortlessly deflects the attack with the Asura Demon Sword and shatters the Clear Sky Hammer. 254 261

God Realm Defeat and Death

Tang San later completes the remaining divine process and becomes a god, but the God of Asura forcibly pulls him toward the God Realm before he can fulfill his revenge. Tang San unsuccessfully resists with Life and Destruction Divine Powers. 270 271

In the God Realm, Tang San attacks Su Chen again, detonating ten soul rings through a restored and strengthened Clear Sky Hammer. Su Chen effortlessly destroys the attack with the Life-Protecting Shield and seals Tang San. 275

Tang San attempts to save himself by claiming that he and the God of Destruction had been close comrades in his former life and by warning of the Space-Time Turbulence. The God of Destruction rejects him, exposes the manipulation of his powers and personality, and annihilates him completely. 278 280

Trivia

• Tang San considers himself unusually fortunate at turning misfortune into fortune, having died in the Tang Sect world, transmigrated to Douluo Continent, been caught in Space-Time Turbulence, and then been reborn in the past. 14
• He believes a future household could potentially hold the inheritances of three God Kings: the Goddess of Life, God of Destruction, and Sea God. 75
• Ma Hongjun and Oscar began calling him “Third Brother” after he defeated Ma Hongjun without using his martial soul. 83
• Tang San’s first completed God Trial took three months and rewarded him with two soul rings at once. 236
• By the eighth God Trial, his healing powers had become feared because they could restore injuries while grotesquely deforming the healed person. 248
• Ten thousand years after his death, Zhongli Old Ghost’s records reportedly remembered Tang San not as the Sea God, but as a notorious Fallen Soul Master and an ancestor-like figure to later Fallen Soul Masters. The account attributes his death to the first master of the Heaven-Human Sect, conflicting with the known circumstances of his annihilation in the God Realm. 307