Tang San

Biodata

Feature	Detail
Name	Tang San
Alias	Jinx 5
Age	Approximately 6 years old at the beginning of the story 1; exact age at later events is not specified.
Soul Power Level	Initially level 13, regresses to level 12 1; reaches level 16 after six consecutive assessments 5, level 38 while traveling to Shrek Academy 41, and Soul King rank by the Martial Soul City Branch tournament 106. During his two years in the City of Slaughter, he advances from level 61 to level 68 192; after subsequently controlling his killing intent, he begins seeking his seventh soul ring 219.
Primary Martial Soul	Blue Silver Grass 1 30
Secondary Martial Soul	Clear Sky Hammer 1; Tang Hao teaches Tang San its inherited abilities, including Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, which Tang San masters during two years of secluded training 120 143.
Divine Mark	Broom Star 3 10
Soul Rings	First Blue Silver Grass soul ring: Datura Snake 16; second soul ring: 650-year Ghost Vine 17; third soul ring: God-Bestowed, growth-type Blue Silver Bamboo Dragonfly, initially ten-year and later thousand-year level 30 31 106; fourth God-Bestowed Soul Ring grants Blue Silver Organic Fertilizer 61. He later seeks a seventh soul ring and attempts to claim a sixty-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider, but Dugu Yan takes the ring instead 219 223 224.
Soul Bone	Flender gives Tang San the left leg soul bone awarded during the Soul Master Tournament; the later reward for his 56th Jinx Trial also increases the age of his soul bones by 2,400 years 219.
Bad Luck Domain	Activated as a reward for the Jinx’s Tenth Assessment 6; remains usable within the City of Slaughter, where ordinary soul skills are suppressed 160.
Divine Slaughter's Domain	Obtained after Tang San clears Hell Road; it can suppress an opponent's aura and is triggered when his killing intent surges 197 224.
Cultivation Progress	Advanced rapidly through Jinx trials in his early years, but cultivation slowed substantially during two years of secluded Clear Sky Hammer training due to the scarcity of trials 5 157. His cultivation again rises quickly during two years of continuous life-or-death combat in the City of Slaughter 192.
Teacher / Master	Yu Xiaogang (Gangzi) – formal master-disciple relationship established 4 16
Affiliation	Notting Academy (early years); Shrek Academy 41 102; later enters the City of Slaughter alone 160 161. Following his escape from Hell Road, he resides and trains at Moonlight Pavilion under Tang Yuehua before returning to Shrek to seek assistance hunting a soul ring 205 219.
Notable Achievements	Absorbed God-Bestowed Soul Rings directly from trials 30 61; completed the 30th, 45th, 50th, 53rd, 54th, 55th, and 56th Jinx trials 30 88 120 192 194 197 219; achieved a one-versus-seven sweep and nine consecutive victories for Shrek Academy in the Martial Soul City Branch tournament 106; earned one hundred victories in the Hell Slaughter Arena, refused the King of Slaughter's offer, and cleared Hell Road 194 195 197.

Physical Description

Tang San's physical appearance undergoes various changes throughout his journey, often influenced by his divine trials, harsh training, and the development of his martial souls. Initially, he is a 6-year-old prodigy with messy black hair, though specific details about his early appearance are not extensively described 1. As he progresses, his actions and the effects of his trials begin to define him. For instance, after completing his tenth assessment, which involved sabotaging the work of 100 people, he earns the title "Jinx" due to his disruptive actions, suggesting a reputation that precedes his physical presence 5. His trials often leave him in a disheveled state; after blowing up and rebuilding houses in Holy Soul Village, he returns to Notting Academy with a distinct smell, causing "Little Rabbit" to react with disdain 11. This implies that his physical state can reflect the arduous and often messy nature of his assessments.

His years in the City of Slaughter leave more permanent marks. The Bad Luck Domain's backlash gives him a conical scar on his chin, while the subsequent Hell Road and killing-intent training leave a prominent scar across half of his cheek 192 219. After one year of training under Tang Yuehua, he learns to restrain his murderous aura and appears outwardly as a refined gentleman with a concealed sharpness, apart from this facial scar 219.

Specific details regarding Tang San's physical description include:

• Age: He is initially described as a 6-year-old 1.
• Hair and demeanor: He begins with messy black hair and an anxious expression caused by his vanishing soul power 1. After training at Moonlight Pavilion, he presents a controlled and elegant exterior despite retaining the dangerous presence developed through the City of Slaughter 219.
• Martial Souls: He possesses two martial souls: Blue Silver Grass and the Clear Sky Hammer 1 30 61. Following Tang Hao's instruction, he masters the Clear Sky Hammer's Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer technique over two years of training 120 143.
• Spirit Rings: Tang San's first ring came from a Datura Snake 16, while his second is a 650-year Ghost Vine ring 17. A God-Bestowed Ring becomes his third Blue Silver Grass ring and grants Blue Silver Bamboo Dragonfly 30 31 106. He later gains Blue Silver Organic Fertilizer from another God-Bestowed Soul Ring as his fourth soul skill 61.
• Cultivation Level: He is initially at level 12, having regressed from level 13 1. He reaches level 16 after six assessments 5, level 38 by the journey to Shrek Academy 41, and is recognized as a Soul King during the Martial Soul City Branch tournament 106. His strength advances from level 61 to level 68 over two years in the City of Slaughter 192.
• Divine Marks/Trials: Tang San is marked by divine trials, which influence his behavior and cultivation 9. He is associated with the "Broom Star" and inherits its trials, starting with cleaning tasks 3. He also activates a "Bad Luck Domain" after completing his tenth assessment, which causes him to step in dog feces multiple times, suggesting a tangible, albeit unfortunate, effect on his immediate surroundings 6.
• Training and injuries: After escaping Martial Soul Hall, Tang San undergoes severe physical training under Tang Hao, including repeatedly climbing a waterfall to temper his body and practice hammer strikes 120 122 129. His fighting in the City of Slaughter repeatedly damages his body, particularly his waist and kidneys, while the domain's backlash leaves visible scars 192 194.

Abilities and Powers

Bad Luck Domain

The Bad Luck Domain was activated after Tang San completed the Jinx Tenth Assessment, which required him to sabotage the work of one hundred people 5 6. The domain draws upon the concept of jinx—an embodiment of misfortune—and passively affects the luck of those within its range, including Tang San himself. This double-edged nature was immediately apparent: after obtaining the domain, Tang San repeatedly stepped in dog feces and experienced other minor calamities on his walk back to Notting Academy 6. Xiao Wu, while sleeping, was also unknowingly affected by the domain’s influence 6. The domain functions as both a curse and a tool, allowing Tang San to manipulate luck in a way that harms others while risking self-inflicted consequences.

• Applications:
  • Forcing villagers to prioritize repairing their homes by causing their houses to collapse under the domain’s effect, then directing the misfortune to make them cooperate 11.
  • Inducing repentance in evildoers: Tang San used the domain to make ten wrongdoers in Notting City repent without realizing they were being manipulated 38.
  • Causing random misfortunes to those around him, such as students experiencing bad luck during training 60.
  • Remains functional in the City of Slaughter despite that location suppressing ordinary soul skills. Tang San used it against the Dread Knight Scott, whose warhorse stumbled and caused Scott to impale himself with his own spear 160.
  • Terrorizing and destabilizing opponents in the Hell Slaughter Arena. Its reputation becomes so great that Fallen Ones fear joining forces against Tang San, since accidents routinely kill or maim those attempting to gang up on him 192 193.
  • In Tang San's hundredth arena match, it causes the nine Soul Douluo-level opponents' coordinated attacks to collapse into accidents, friendly fire, and self-inflicted deaths 193 194.
  • Potentially serving as a trump card in combat, though its unpredictable collateral damage makes it risky for normal use 7.
• Limitations:
  • The domain backfires on Tang San himself, leading to personal misfortune such as stepping in feces, being chased by angry villagers, suffering embarrassment, and sustaining bodily injuries 6 7 60.
  • It is indiscriminate—innocent bystanders like Xiao Wu can be affected without Tang San’s intent 6.
  • Prolonged or concentrated use may cause escalating backlash, as seen when Tang San completed a good-deed trial and endured multiple personal disasters simultaneously 60.
  • Its sustained use in high-level combat can severely injure Tang San. He must deactivate it after achieving his hundredth victory because the backlash badly damages his kidney 194.
  • Although its influence is persistent while active, Tang San can deactivate the domain; doing so is necessary when its backlash becomes intolerable 194.

Divine Slaughter's Domain

Divine Slaughter's Domain is acquired after Tang San completes Hell Road following his one hundredth victory in the Hell Slaughter Arena 194 195 197. Unlike ordinary soul skills, it is a domain linked to Tang San's accumulated killing intent and experience in the City of Slaughter. It manifests involuntarily when he is placed under overwhelming pressure or when his suppressed killing intent surges 197 224.

• Applications:
  • Suppresses or stagnates an enemy's aura; when Dugu Bo pressures Tang San, the domain produces frost beneath Tang San's feet and briefly disrupts the Title Douluo's aura 224.
  • Provides a combat option independent of ordinary soul-ring skills, complementing Tang San's physical abilities, hidden weapons, Blue Silver Grass, and Clear Sky Hammer 197 224.
  • Represents Tang San's successful passage through Hell Road and his qualification for the Slaughter God inheritance route, despite his refusal to remain in the City of Slaughter 194 195.
• Limitations:
  • Its activation is closely tied to killing intent, which Tang San initially cannot control after leaving Hell Road 197.
  • It cannot bridge the massive cultivation gap between Tang San and a Title Douluo; Dugu Bo remains capable of suppressing him despite the domain's effect 224.
  • Tang San spends a full year at Moonlight Pavilion learning emotional and killing-intent control before safely returning to soul-beast hunting 205 219.

Blue Silver Bamboo Dragonfly

The Blue Silver Bamboo Dragonfly is Tang San’s third soul skill, granted by a growth-type God-Bestowed Soul Ring obtained after completing the thirtieth Jinx trial, “The Man in the Bathhouse” 30 31 106. This ring is growth-type, meaning its potency can increase over time through further assessments and rewards 31. The skill provides Tang San with the ability to fly, albeit at very low speeds initially. Immediately after receiving it, its ten-year soul power supported flight for only several dozen seconds 31. By the time it reached the century level, he could fly at “mosquito speed” for ten minutes 41. Once its ring age reaches the thousand-year level, it becomes fast enough for Tang San to contest the mobility of an agility-attack opponent in tournament combat 106.

• Applications:
  • Granting Tang San flight capability, which offers vertical and aerial mobility unusual for a Blue Silver Grass spirit master 31.
  • Allowing him to evade aerial attacks and reposition during tournament matches, such as when avoiding Zhan Ying's Explosive Feather Blades 106.
  • Giving Tang San an elevated position from which to deploy hidden weapons during his assessment against Zhao Wuji 49.
  • The growth-type nature allows Tang San to enhance this skill without needing to replace the soul ring 31.
• Limitations:
  • At the century level, flight speed is extremely slow—described as “mosquito speed”—making it impractical for ordinary evasion or pursuit 41.
  • Early in its development, the skill exhausted its available soul power after only dozens of seconds 31.
  • Zhao Wuji's Gravity Enhancement can ground Tang San despite the skill's aerial mobility 49.
  • The skill requires continued trials and ring-age growth to become powerful; Tang San believes it must reach the ten-thousand-year level to realize its potential 61.

Blue Silver Organic Fertilizer

The Blue Silver Organic Fertilizer skill was obtained from a God-Bestowed Soul Ring given to Tang San after he completed the “Do Good Deeds Without Leaving a Name” trial 61. When activated, Blue Silver Grass transforms into blue light and enters Tang San's abdomen, after which he releases a torrent of organic fertilizer 61. Although initially shocking and humiliating, the skill has considerable battlefield, environmental, and plant-growth utility.

The skill is combat-capable. Tang San uses it to cover arenas in foul-smelling fertilizer, creating openings for his other skills and forcing opponents to surrender from the stench. During the Martial Soul City Branch tournament, he uses it after intercepting Zhan Ying's falling Explosive Feather Blades and forces Zhan Ying to surrender; he subsequently uses the same strategy to defeat a Black Tortoise Martial Soul user 64 106. In Hell Road, it also supplies the nutrient base for his extensive Blue Silver Grass landscaping 195.

• Applications:
  • Flooding a battlefield with fertilizer and overwhelming enemies with its stench, distraction, and humiliation 61 64.
  • Creating opportunities to deploy Parasite and Blue Silver Grass while enemies are unable to see, breathe comfortably, or maintain formation 64.
  • Forcing opponents to surrender without requiring direct lethal force, as against Zhan Ying and the Black Tortoise Martial Soul user 106.
  • Fertilizing and rapidly establishing Blue Silver Grass across barren terrain, including Hell Road 195.
  • Potentially providing agricultural value, which is why Tang Hao shows immediate interest in its fertilizer aspect 61.
• Limitations:
  • The skill originates from Tang San's own body and is intensely embarrassing to use, requiring him to carry replacement clothing and rapidly change afterward 61 64.
  • Its direct offensive value depends heavily on an opponent's reaction to the smell and battlefield conditions 64 106.
  • It is an unconventional skill whose utility is easy for observers to underestimate before witnessing it in combat 61.

Parasite

The Parasite skill is Tang San’s second soul skill, obtained from a 650-year-old Ghost Vine soul beast 17. The skill allows Tang San to attach a parasitic effect onto a target, likely feeding on their soul power or energy. During the hunting process, Flender captured the Ghost Vine for Tang San’s spirit ring, and Tang San demonstrated excitement at the potential of this skill 17. The skill’s specific mechanics are not fully elaborated, but it implies a gradual draining or control effect over the afflicted target.

• Applications:
  • Can be used to weaken opponents by siphoning their soul power or vitality over time 17.
  • May allow Tang San to monitor or track a target once the parasite is established 17.
  • Combines with Blue Silver Organic Fertilizer to capitalize on enemies distracted by the fertilizer's stench 61 64.
  • Combines with Tang San’s medical knowledge to potentially create synergistic effects with poisons or other skills 17.
• Limitations:
  • The skill requires the target to be within range and may have a cooldown or activation cost 17.
  • Effectiveness depends on the target’s resistance and soul power level 17.
  • Not much is known about its duration or whether it can be dispelled 17.

Clear Sky Hammer Techniques

Tang San’s second martial soul is the Clear Sky Hammer, whose cultivation poses exceptional dangers for Twin Martial Soul users 1 95. After Tang San escapes Martial Soul Hall, Tang Hao resolves to personally teach him the inherited abilities of the Clear Sky Hammer 120. During the following two years in a secluded valley, Tang San fully masters Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, though his soul power progresses unusually slowly because Jinx trials become infrequent 143 157.

Tang San employs this inheritance as a decisive physical combat art after entering the City of Slaughter. He can stack consecutive hammer strikes to dramatically increase their force, using a single strike to kill a Thorn-armored Bear Soul Douluo in his hundredth battle and building up to fifty-six strikes against the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King on Hell Road 193 196.

• Applications:
  • Provides Tang San access to the inherited combat arts of the Clear Sky Hammer clan 120 143.
  • Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer serves as a fully mastered hammer technique following Tang Hao’s training 143.
  • Enables Tang San to accumulate force through repeated hammer swings before releasing it in a powerful finishing blow 129 196.
  • Allows Tang San to kill or overwhelm powerful opponents when Blue Silver Grass alone is insufficient, including the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King 196.
  • Allows Tang San to develop his second martial soul instead of relying exclusively on Blue Silver Grass 95 120.
• Limitations:
  • Improper cultivation of Twin Martial Souls can cause fatal consequences; Yu Xiaogang specifically fears Tang San could “explode and die” without the appropriate method 95.
  • The technique requires time and repeated swings to accumulate its greatest force, creating openings for an enemy to escape or counterattack 129 196.
  • Tang San’s attempted Blue Silver Emperor bloodline awakening fails when the Blue Silver King refuses him because of Ah Yin’s lingering presence 157.
  • His secluded training environment reduces access to Jinx trials and their cultivation rewards, slowing his overall advancement 157.

Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track

Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track is Tang San’s movement technique, used to rapidly evade attacks and reposition during battle. During the Soul Master Tournament, he used it to dive beneath opponents’ heavy martial souls, absorbing the impact himself rather than allowing them to damage the arena, thereby fulfilling his trial conditions 102. He later combined it with Blue Silver Grass to protect himself against heavy weapon attacks and to intercept falling explosive blades before they struck the arena 103 106. In the City of Slaughter, the technique remains central to his survival, allowing him to weave through multiple opponents and escape attacks during his hundredth battle 194.

• Applications:
  • Enables evasive movement beneath or around enemy attacks 102 103.
  • Lets Tang San prevent arena damage by placing his own body between destructive attacks and the ground 102 106.
  • Supports his tactical use of Blue Silver Grass in close-quarters and defensive engagements 103.
  • Allows him to evade and reposition against multiple high-level Fallen Ones in the Hell Slaughter Arena 194.
• Limitations:
  • Tang San often sustains substantial physical damage when using the technique to shield the arena 102 106.
  • It does not eliminate the force of attacks; against powerful opponents, he must endure the impact directly 102 103.
  • Even with the technique, Tang San cannot avoid every attack in prolonged group combat and suffers serious kidney injuries during his hundredth battle 194.

Hidden Weapons, Purple Demon Eye, and Mysterious Heaven Skill

Tang San retains the hidden-weapon knowledge and cultivation techniques of the Tang Sect. He uses hidden weapons against Zhao Wuji during his Shrek entrance assessment and later relies on them heavily during the City of Slaughter's no-soul-skill environment 49 194. His Purple Demon Eye grants keen visual perception, allowing him to track and evade dense volleys of Zhan Ying's Explosive Feather Blades, while the Mysterious Heaven Skill helps him recover from combat injuries 106 194.

• Applications:
  • Using concealed weapons to injure or pressure stronger opponents, including Zhao Wuji 49.
  • Dodging rapid projectile attacks through the enhanced vision of Purple Demon Eye 106.
  • Employing knives and other hidden weapons to disable Fallen Ones amid the chaos created by the Bad Luck Domain 194.
  • Suppressing killing intent with Purple Demon Eye's formidable spiritual power during his City of Slaughter battles 192.
  • Healing injuries with the Mysterious Heaven Skill during and after high-intensity combat 194.
• Limitations:
  • Hidden weapons cannot compensate completely for a vast disparity in soul power or defense, as Zhao Wuji withstands Tang San's attack with Immovable Wisdom King Body 49.
  • The Mysterious Heaven Skill provides recovery but cannot immediately negate the serious backlash caused by the Bad Luck Domain 194.
  • Tang San's killing intent can overwhelm his judgment despite his spiritual techniques, necessitating a year of training under Tang Yuehua 197 219.

God-Bestowed Soul Rings

God-Bestowed Soul Rings are special soul rings granted directly by the Jinx system as rewards for completing divine trials, bypassing the normal method of hunting soul beasts 30 61. Tang San received at least two such rings: one after the thirtieth assessment, where he and Gangzi cleaned and disrupted bathhouses across multiple provinces 30, and another after the “Do Good Deeds Without Leaving a Name” trial 61. These rings are absorbed easily and provide unique soul skills that may be growth-type or unconventional. The first became Tang San’s third soul ring and gave him Blue Silver Bamboo Dragonfly 30 31 106, while the second became his fourth soul skill and granted Blue Silver Organic Fertilizer 61.

• Applications:
  • Provide soul skills without the need to hunt and kill soul beasts, saving time and moral conflict 30.
  • Can be growth-type, allowing their age and power to increase through further trials, as seen with Blue Silver Bamboo Dragonfly 31.
  • Grant unique abilities that can develop unusual tactical or utility value 31 61 106.
• Limitations:
  • The skills are unpredictable—Tang San and Gangzi initially did not know whether Blue Silver Organic Fertilizer would be useful or a burden 61.
  • God-Bestowed Soul Rings are only obtainable through specific Jinx system trials; they cannot be requested or repeated 30 61.
  • The ring’s base age may be low; growth-type rings require ongoing effort to reach their full potential 31.

Power Progression

Time/Chapter	Soul Power Level	Soul Ring Ages	Notable Events
Ch. 1	Tang San: Level 13 → 12 (regression)	Not specified	Tang San’s soul power declines despite diligent cultivation; suspects Clear Sky Hammer absorbs power 1
Ch. 3	Tang San: Level unknown	First soul ring: approximately 420 years	Completes the first Broom Star trial; gains 5 cultivation days and +2 years to his soul ring 3
Ch. 4	Tang San: Level unknown (spirit power returned)	One ring increased by 20 years	Tang San completes the second divine trial; gains 40 cultivation days and a 20-year ring age increase 4
Ch. 5	Tang San: Level 16	First soul ring: 500 years	After six consecutive assessments over two months, Tang San reaches level 16 and raises his ring to the 500-year mark before receiving the tenth assessment 5
Ch. 6	Tang San: Level unknown	Tang San: one ring increased by 20 years	Tang San completes 10th assessment; gains Bad Luck Domain; Lu Xian advances to Soul Grandmaster (Level 20) and gains 80 years of soul ring age 6
Ch. 11	Tang San: Level unknown	Tang San: gains cultivation days and soul ring age rewards (amounts not specified)	Tang San completes 15th trial “Art is Explosion” and receives the 16th and 17th trials 11
Ch. 16	Tang San: Level unknown	First soul ring: Datura Snake; second ring sought	Tang San and Yu Xiaogang enter the Star Dou Great Forest with Flender; Tang San recalls the Datura Snake that became his first ring 16
Ch. 17	Tang San: Level unknown (likely <20)	Second soul ring: 650 years (Ghost Vine)	Tang San obtains his second soul ring, a 650-year Ghost Vine, with the skill Parasite; Flender assists 17
Ch. 18	Tang San: Level unknown	Tang San: gains increased soul ring ages (amounts not specified)	Tang San completes a trial and gains cultivation days, enhanced domain, and ring-age rewards 18
Ch. 30	Tang San: Quasi-Soul Elder	Third soul ring: God-Bestowed, initially 10 years	Tang San completes the 30th trial, gains 120 days of cultivation and +15 years to all rings, then absorbs a God-Bestowed Soul Ring 30
Ch. 31	Tang San: Level unknown	Third soul ring: growth-type Blue Silver Bamboo Dragonfly	Tang San gains Blue Silver Bamboo Dragonfly; its initial ten-year power supports flight for only dozens of seconds 31
Ch. 38	Tang San: Level unknown	Not specified	Tang San completes the trial to make ten evildoers repent within the Bad Luck Domain 38
Ch. 41	Tang San: Level 38; Xiao Wu: Level 34; Ning Rongrong: Level 33	Third soul ring: Blue Silver Bamboo Dragonfly reaches century level (100 years)	Tang San’s third ring reaches century level, enabling mosquito-speed flight for 10 minutes 41
Ch. 60	Tang San: Level unknown	Not specified	Tang San completes assessment by performing good deeds; suffers misfortunes from Bad Luck Domain 60
Ch. 61	Tang San: Level unknown	Fourth soul ring: God-Bestowed, initially 10 years	Tang San absorbs a new God-Bestowed Soul Ring and obtains Blue Silver Organic Fertilizer 61
Ch. 88	Tang San: Level unknown	New soul ring sought	Tang San completes his 45th assessment and receives a trial to destroy and repair the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace gate; he and Zhao Wuji go to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt a soul ring 88
Ch. 89	Tang San: Level unknown	Not specified	Tang San uses a Thunderbolt Bomb to destroy the city gate again and completes the destructive portion of his assessment 89
Ch. 102–104	Tang San: Level 38 stated during first tournament match	Not specified	Tang San completes arena matches while preventing damage to the arena through Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and Blue Silver Grass tactics 102 103 104
Ch. 106	Tang San: Soul King rank	Third ring: Blue Silver Bamboo Dragonfly reaches thousand-year level	Tang San uses Blue Silver Bamboo Dragonfly and Blue Silver Organic Fertilizer to sweep seven opponents, securing nine consecutive victories for Shrek Academy 106
Ch. 120	Tang San: Level unknown	Soul ring ages increased by 2,000 years	Tang San completes the 50th Jinx Trial, “Escape from Martial Soul Hall,” receiving 2,000 cultivation days and a 2,000-year increase to soul ring age 120 160
Ch. 143	Tang San: Level unknown	Not specified	Following two years of training in a secluded valley, Tang San fully masters Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer and prepares to awaken his Blue Silver Emperor bloodline 143
Ch. 157	Tang San: Growth exceptionally slow during two years of secluded training	Not specified	Tang San’s Blue Silver Emperor bloodline awakening fails because Ah Yin’s lingering presence prevents the Blue Silver King from transferring the inheritance 157
Ch. 160	Tang San: Level unknown	Not specified	Tang San enters the City of Slaughter and confirms that his Bad Luck Domain functions despite the suppression of soul skills 160
Ch. 161	Tang San: Level unknown	Not specified	Tang San receives a Jinx trial to clean up the City of Slaughter’s trash over two years 161
Ch. 192	Tang San: Level 61 → 68 over two years	All soul rings increased by 350 years	Tang San completes the 53rd Jinx Trial, “Cleansing a Filthy Land III,” receiving 2,000 cultivation days and a 350-year increase to all soul rings 192
Ch. 193–194	Tang San: Level 68	All soul rings increased by 180 years	Tang San defeats nine Soul Douluo-level Fallen Ones in his hundredth Hell Slaughter Arena battle and completes the 54th Jinx Trial 193 194
Ch. 195–197	Tang San: Level unknown	All soul rings increased by 190 years	Tang San refuses the King of Slaughter’s offer, clears Hell Road, obtains Divine Slaughter's Domain, and completes the 55th Jinx Trial with a 70% completion rate 195 197
Ch. 219	Tang San: Seeking seventh-ring breakthrough	All soul rings increased by 600 years; soul bones increased by 2,400 years	After a year under Tang Yuehua, Tang San completes the 56th Jinx Trial and begins hunting his seventh soul ring with Flender and Yu Xiaogang 219
Ch. 223–224	Tang San: Soul Sage without seventh ring	Intended seventh ring: sixty-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider, not obtained	Tang San attempts to claim the Man Faced Demon Spider in Sunset Forest, but Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan force his group to retreat and Dugu Yan absorbs the ring 223 224

Trials and Divine Marks

• Divine Mark: The Broom Star's Seal
  Upon accepting the inheritance, the broom in Tang San's hand transformed into silver light and submerged into the center of his brow, leaving a black, broom-shaped divine mark on his forehead 3. This mark served as the visible symbol of his commitment to the Broom Star's trials.

• First Trial: Spotless
  Task: As the deity who loves cleanliness most, sweep a one-kilometer radius centered on Notting Academy until it is spotless, within a time limit of one week.
  Completion: Tang San cleaned every corner of that radius by himself over the course of a week, a strenuous effort that left him sweating and wiping his forehead.
  Reward: 5 days of cultivation and his Soul Ring age increased by 2 years. He noted that his first Soul Ring, originally about 420 years old, would approach the 500-year mark after a few more assessments 3.

• Second Trial: Lonely God of Labor
  Task: At noon, go to the cafeteria, knock over the bowls of 200 people, and clean up the mess. Time limit: three days.
  Completion: Tang San flipped over 200 trays of food in the cafeteria, claiming he saw bugs in the vegetables. He offered to pay for the meal and then cleaned up the mess, winning the angered students back over by taking responsibility.
  Reward: 40 days of cultivation and a 20-year increase in his Spirit Ring age 4.

• Third Trial: Unnamed (Destroy Latrines)
  Task: Within one week, destroy and rebuild the latrine caves while students are using them.
  Completion: Tang San completed the trial by demolishing the academy's public latrines with Blue Silver Grass before repairing them, demonstrating his willingness to take on shameful tasks for the sake of power 5.
  Reward: Not specified 4 5.

• Tenth Assessment (Jinx Trial #10)
  Task: "Effort doesn't guarantee success, but not trying is definitely comfortable" — sabotage the work of 100 people in 15 days.
  Completion: Tang San caused chaos and disruption across Nuoding City, breaking relationships among teachers, ruining clothes and beds, and earning the nickname "Jinx" from the students.
  Reward: 80 days of cultivation, 20 years of Soul Ring age, a 10% increase in Jinx affinity, and the activation of the Bad Luck Domain 5 6.

• Eleventh Trial
  Task: Find hope that can be ignited in the cafeteria.
  Completion: Yu Xiaogang, under his own Plague God trial, farted in the cafeteria, creating a cloud of toxic gas. Tang San used a flint to ignite the gas, completing his trial.
  Reward: Not specified for Tang San individually, but he received rewards alongside Yu Xiaogang, who broke through to Soul Elder 8.

• Fifteenth Trial: Art is Explosion
  Task: Renovate fifty households in Holy Soul Village by blowing up their houses and rebuilding them.
  Completion: Tang San arrived in the village and caused houses to collapse. The villagers chased him, preventing him from starting repairs. He used his Bad Luck Domain to make the villagers prioritize repairing their homes, then helped rebuild 50 houses.
  Reward: Cultivation days and spirit ring age increases (specific amounts not given in context) 10 11.

• Sixteenth Trial: Obsessed with Art
  Task: Rebuild the houses in Holy Soul Village even grander than before.
  Completion: Tang San completes the reconstruction work before returning to Notting Academy.
  Reward: 50 days of cultivation and a 30-year increase in spirit-ring age 11.

• Seventeenth Trial: Prevent the Poison Gas Leak
  Task: Stop Yu Xiaogang's continuous farting at the academy gate (which had lasted three days) to prevent the gas from spreading.
  Completion: Not detailed; Tang San received the trial after returning from Holy Soul Village.
  Reward: Unknown 11.

• Twentieth Trial (Tang San's 20th)
  Task: Clean and drive away ten thousand-year soul beasts within 15 days.
  Completion: Tang San and Yu Xiaogang entered the Star Dou Great Forest with Flender. They encountered a thousand-year Ghost Leopard, which they used to complete part of the trial.
  Reward: Cultivation days, increased soul ring ages, and an enhanced domain (specific values not given) 16 18.

• Thirtieth Trial: The Man in the Bathhouse
  Task: Clean and disrupt bathhouses across Fasinuo Province and the Bala Kingdom, earning Tang San and Yu Xiaogang the nicknames “Male Bath Terminator” and “Female Bath Cleaner.”
  Completion: They completed the assessment ten days ahead of schedule, despite being chased for dozens of kilometers by angry bathers.
  Reward: 120 days of cultivation, all Soul Ring ages increased by 15 years, and one God-Bestowed Soul Ring. Tang San absorbed the God-Bestowed Soul Ring as his third Blue Silver Grass ring, which granted Blue Silver Bamboo Dragonfly 30 31.

• Thirty-fourth Trial: The Responsibility of a God
  Task: Use the Bad Luck Domain to make ten evildoers repent.
  Completion: Tang San punished various people in Notting City — a child, a restaurant owner, a farmer, a couple, an old man, and two children — all unknowingly affected by his domain, causing them to suffer for their misdeeds.
  Reward: Tang San completed the trial and received rewards from the system (specifics not given) 38.

• "Do Good Deeds Without Leaving a Name" Trial
  Task: Perform good deeds anonymously.
  Completion: Tang San completed the trial during the Shrek Academy training period, despite the Bad Luck Domain inflicting repeated misfortunes upon him.
  Reward: One God-Bestowed Soul Ring, which became his fourth soul skill, "Blue Silver Organic Fertilizer" 60 61.

• Forty-fifth Assessment
  Task: Destroy and repair the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace gate within 30 days.
  Completion: Tang San used a Thunderbolt Bomb to destroy the city gate again; the available account does not detail the repair portion or the final reward.
  Reward: Not specified 88 89.

• Arena Preservation Trial
  Task: Participate in at least ten matches without damaging the arena.
  Completion: Tang San used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to dive beneath opponents’ attacks and took the impacts himself to prevent damage to the arena. He continued to employ Blue Silver Grass and his movement technique against Blade Shield Academy’s heavy-weapon users.
  Reward: Not specified 102 103 104.

• Fiftieth Jinx Trial: Escape from Martial Soul Hall
  Task: Escape Martial Soul Hall amid Bibi Dong’s attempt to eliminate him.
  Completion: Tang San escaped with Tang Hao after Tang Hao confronted Martial Soul Hall’s pursuers.
  Reward: 2,000 days of cultivation and a 2,000-year increase to his Soul Ring age 118 119 120 160.

• Fifty-first Jinx Trial: Water-Severing Flow
  Task: Not specified.
  Completion: Tang San completes the trial during his two years of secluded waterfall training with Tang Hao, before leaving to attempt his Blue Silver Emperor bloodline awakening.
  Reward: Not specified 143.

• Fifty-second Jinx Trial: Cleanse the Filthy Land I
  Task: Successfully enter the City of Slaughter within 30 days.
  Completion: Tang San and Tang Hao reached the City of Slaughter after being ambushed by Bibi Dong and four Title Douluo. Tang Hao sacrificed himself to send Tang San inside, where Tang San defeated the Dread Knight Scott and entered the city proper.
  Reward: Not specified 157 159 160 161.

• City of Slaughter Cleanup Trial
  Task: Clean up the City of Slaughter’s trash within two years.
  Completion: Tang San receives the task upon entering the city and spends the following two years surviving and fighting in the Hell Slaughter Arena. His City of Slaughter trials later culminate in the completion of “Cleansing a Filthy Land III.”
  Reward: The 53rd trial grants 2,000 cultivation days and a 350-year increase to all Soul Rings 161 192.

• Fifty-third Jinx Trial: Cleansing a Filthy Land III
  Task: The exact requirements are not specified.
  Completion: After two years in the City of Slaughter, Tang San completes the trial while continuing to clear the Hell Slaughter Arena of Fallen Ones.
  Reward: 2,000 days of cultivation and a 350-year increase to the age of all Soul Rings 192.

• Fifty-fourth Jinx Trial: The Final Filth
  Task: Achieve the final victory necessary to complete Tang San's City of Slaughter challenge.
  Completion: Tang San wins his hundredth Hell Slaughter Arena battle against nine Soul Douluo-level Fallen Ones, enduring severe backlash from the Bad Luck Domain to do so.
  Reward: 1,000 days of cultivation and a 180-year increase to the age of all Soul Rings 193 194.

• Fifty-fifth Jinx Trial: Greening Hell Road
  Task: Green Hell Road by spreading Blue Silver Grass and restoring vegetation throughout the route.
  Completion: Tang San uses Blue Silver Organic Fertilizer and Blue Silver Grass to cover extensive sections of Hell Road in greenery, rebuilding the plant life destroyed by the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King as necessary. The trial is judged at a 70% completion rate when he reaches the exit.
  Reward: 1,100 days of cultivation and a 190-year increase to the age of all Soul Rings 195 196 197.

• Fifty-sixth Jinx Trial: Clearing the Garbage From Your Mind
  Task: Control his killing intent within one year.
  Completion: Following Hell Road, Tang San trains at Moonlight Pavilion under Tang Yuehua and successfully gains control over his murderous aura and emotions.
  Reward: 2,400 days of cultivation, a 600-year increase to all Soul Rings, and a 2,400-year increase to the age of his Soul Bones 197 219.

• Seventh Soul Ring Hunt
  Task: Obtain a suitably high-aged seventh Soul Ring.
  Completion: Tang San travels with Flender and Yu Xiaogang to hunt soul beasts. He first flees the Star Dou Great Forest after Yu Xiaogang attracts Er Ming, then seeks a sixty-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider in Sunset Forest. Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan drive the group away, and Dugu Yan absorbs the spider's ring.
  Reward: Ongoing; Tang San does not obtain the intended soul ring 219 222 223 224.

Relationships

• Tang San and Xiao Wu: Xiao Wu is Tang San’s closest friend and companion from Notting Academy. She accompanies him to collect subsidies, shows concern when he pursues reckless trials, and tries to reason with him when his behavior becomes disruptive 1 5 60. Their bond is marked by mutual support, though Xiao Wu grows frustrated with Tang San’s single-minded focus on cultivation and his obliviousness to her reluctance to go to Shrek Academy 41. Tang San’s Bad Luck Domain unknowingly affects Xiao Wu while she sleeps, and she later joins Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong to train and improve her strength 6 50. Tang Hao later states that he will watch over both Tang San and Xiao Wu from the shadows 96. After Tang San's departure from the City of Slaughter, Xiao Wu returns to the Star Dou Great Forest rather than accompanying him on his later soul-ring hunt 219.

• Tang San and Yu Xiaogang (Gangzi): Yu Xiaogang is Tang San’s teacher and assessment partner, with a strong master-disciple bond. They cooperate on numerous trials, such as the grand assessment that earns them the nicknames “Male Bath Terminator” and “Female Bath Cleaner” 30. Tang San supports Gangzi by using his Bad Luck Domain and a broom handle to help him complete a difficult dish-eating trial without releasing toxic gas 12. Gangzi, in turn, cares for Tang San’s wellbeing, discusses his divine mark with Tang Hao, and receives the Pope Token to guide Tang San’s future 10 30. Their relationship deepens as they face challenges together, including entering the Star Dou Great Forest to find spirit rings 16. Gangzi later attempts to take Tang San to Martial Soul Hall to obtain the Twin Martial Soul cultivation method from Bibi Dong, fearing improper cultivation could kill his disciple 95. After Tang San returns from Moonlight Pavilion, Gangzi again joins Flender in assisting him with his seventh soul-ring hunt 219.

• Tang San and Tang Hao: Tang Hao is Tang San’s father and a decisive protector of his future. He entrusts Tang San to Yu Xiaogang’s care early on, later reunites with Tang San to warn him of the dangers of Twin Martial Soul cultivation, and reveals Tang San’s family history and his mother’s tragic past 10 95 96. After Tang San escapes Martial Soul Hall, Tang Hao teaches him Clear Sky Hammer inheritance techniques and subjects him to rigorous training 120 122 143. Tang Hao also brings Tang San to the Blue Silver King to awaken his maternal bloodline, but the attempt fails because Ah Yin's lingering presence retains control of the Blue Silver Emperor inheritance 157. Tang Hao ultimately sacrifices himself to send Tang San into the City of Slaughter, where Bibi Dong kills him after the escape 159 160.

• Tang San and Tang Yuehua: Tang Yuehua is Tang San's aunt and, after the destruction of the Clear Sky Sect, an important source of shelter and guidance. Tang San remains at her Moonlight Pavilion to conceal his identity as a surviving Clear Sky Sect descendant and to control the killing intent accumulated in the City of Slaughter 205. Under her musical and etiquette training, he restrains his murderous aura over one year. She later gives him 5,000 Gold Soul Coins when he leaves to resume cultivation and hunt his seventh soul ring 219.

• Tang San and Lu Xian: They share a master-servant bond, where Lu Xian is a worker beholden to Tang San’s wishes. Lu Xian’s cultivation increases rapidly due to Tang San’s wish power, and he benefits from Tang San’s completed assessments by receiving rewards like cultivation days and soul ring age increases 5 6. Unbeknownst to Tang San, Lu Xian uses his broom martial soul to influence Tang San’s soul power absorption from the very beginning 1. Lu Xian acts independently, monitoring Ma Hongjun and eventually heading to Heaven Dou City to find Qian Renxue 10 41. Lu Xian later considers Tang San’s survival uncertain because Tang San lacks the original story’s immortal-herb and Blue Silver Emperor bloodline advantages 160. He subsequently reveals to Bibi Dong that Tang San is the host of his first soul ring and that Lu Xian himself issues Tang San's Jinx trials 164.

• Tang San and Flender: Flender is a powerful ally who helps Tang San and Yu Xiaogang in the Star Dou Great Forest, catching a thousand-year Ghost Leopard to assist with their trial tasks 16. He demonstrates concern for his friends and supports their goals despite initial confusion about their divine trials. Flender also supports Shrek Academy’s later transition into Blue Tyrant Academy and remains connected to Tang San through the academy’s tournament campaign 70 102. After Tang San controls his killing intent, Flender gives him the tournament-awarded left leg soul bone and personally accompanies Tang San on his seventh soul-ring hunt 219.

• Tang San and Little Rabbit: Their interactions are largely negative. Little Rabbit expresses disdain for Tang San due to his smell after completing trials and shows contempt for him in later chapters, warning Ning Rongrong about him and hinting at past issues 11 49.

• Tang San and Zhao Wuji: Zhao Wuji serves as an examiner for Tang San’s assessment, where Tang San underestimates his teacher’s power. Tang San uses his Blue Silver Bamboo Dragonfly soul skill and hidden weapons, but Zhao Wuji counters with Gravity Enhancement and the Immovable Wisdom King Body, severely injuring Tang San 49. Zhao Wuji later accompanies Tang San to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt a soul ring after Tang San completes his 45th assessment 88. He also joins Tang San and Flender in restraining the Man Faced Demon Spider before Dugu Bo interrupts their seventh-ring hunt 223.

• Tang San and Dai Mubai/Oscar: Both show concern for Tang San. After Tang San is severely beaten, Oscar and Dai Mubai carry him to the dormitory 50. They also follow Zhao Wuji’s orders, showing respect for their teacher 49. Ma Hongjun later uses a cooling-off skill on Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Oscar following conflict at the reorganized academy 70.

• Tang San and Ma Hongjun: Tang San clashes physically with Ma Hongjun when an interrupted trial causes conflict between them at the reorganized academy 70. Their relationship remains that of fellow Shrek students whose divine trials and volatile temperaments can bring them into conflict.

• Tang San and the villagers of Holy Soul Village: Initially hostile after Tang San blows up their houses for his trial, the villagers chase him and prevent repairs. However, Tang San eventually helps repair fifty houses, improving the relationship 11. The villagers later admire his actions but are bewildered by the misfortunes he faces 60.

• Tang San and Bibi Dong: Bibi Dong sees Tang San as a threat and attempts to eliminate him after Shrek Academy wins the tournament. Her aura pressures Tang San and the Shrek group before Tang Hao intervenes 118. She later dispatches Title Douluo to pursue Tang San and Tang Hao, personally participates in the City of Slaughter ambush, and kills Tang Hao after he sends Tang San inside 119 159 160. Bibi Dong later learns that Tang San is associated with the Asura God's inheritance and recognizes that his City of Slaughter journey is intended to prepare him for a divine position 164.

• Tang San and the Dread Knight Scott: Scott serves as Tang San’s first obstacle at the City of Slaughter. Tang San realizes soul skills cannot be used there but defeats Scott through the Bad Luck Domain, causing Scott’s warhorse to fall and Scott to wound himself with his spear 160. Scott subsequently gives Tang San identity token 9527 and explains that victory points are recorded on it 161.

• Tang San and the King of Slaughter: The King of Slaughter oversees Tang San's final Hell Slaughter Arena challenge and arranges for him to face nine Soul Douluo-level opponents in an attempt to prevent another Divine Slaughter Domain user from emerging 193. After Tang San wins his hundredth battle, the King offers him the title of Slaughter God and a position second only to the ruler of the City of Slaughter. Tang San refuses, requesting that Hell Road be opened instead 194 195.

• Tang San and Dugu Bo: Their relationship remains hostile following Tang San's earlier insult at Heaven Dou Royal Academy 68. When Tang San attempts to obtain a sixty-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider as his seventh soul ring, Dugu Bo blocks him in Sunset Forest, recognizes the Clear Sky Hammer connection to Tang Hao, and chooses to drive Tang San away rather than risk provoking Tang Hao's possible survival 223. Tang San reluctantly yields after realizing that his Divine Slaughter's Domain cannot overcome a Title Douluo 224.

• Tang San and Dugu Yan: Tang San previously defeats Dugu Yan's team with Blue Silver Organic Fertilizer during the Soul Master Tournament period 64. Later, Dugu Yan supports Dugu Bo in preventing Tang San from taking the Man Faced Demon Spider and uses Heavenly Bamboo Melody to direct a large swarm of snake soul beasts against Tang San's group. She then kills the spider and absorbs its soul ring herself 224.

• Lu Xian and Ma Hongjun: Lu Xian strategically opens a broom shop in Suotuo City to monitor Ma Hongjun’s movements, planning to approach him once he reaches level 30 10. This relationship is based on Lu Xian’s calculated interest in binding Ma Hongjun as a potential worker.

• Lu Xian and Qian Renxue: After binding the sunlight system as his sixth soul ring and advancing to Soul Emperor, Lu Xian heads to Heaven Dou City with the goal of finding Qian Renxue 41. His pursuit of her suggests a strategic intention to bind her as a worker.

• Lu Xian and Yu Xiaogang: Lu Xian becomes increasingly annoyed with Yu Xiaogang because his second soul ring—accidentally attached via Lu Xian’s martial soul evolution—turns out to be a fart, a byproduct of Yu Xiaogang’s martial soul 6. This frustration highlights Lu Xian’s displeasure with the unwanted influence.

• Yu Xiaogang and Tang Hao: Tang Hao visits Yu Xiaogang to discuss Tang San’s divine mark, revealing his concern for his son’s future. He entrusts Tang San to Gangzi’s care and gives him the Pope Token, acknowledging the divine mark’s significance for revenge 9 10. Their shared concern for Tang San continues when Gangzi seeks a safe path for Tang San’s Twin Martial Soul cultivation 95.

• Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong: The three girls bond over their struggles and decide to train together to improve their strength. Ning Rongrong offers to teach Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu her unique force-generating techniques and Super Strength training method. Little Rabbit joins them eagerly 50. Their friendship and camaraderie grow as they share past experiences and support each other’s growth.

• Ning Rongrong and her uncle/uncle’s surveillance: Ning Rongrong leaves the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to trigger her twentieth assessment, unaware that her uncle is surveillance on orders from her father, Ning Fengzhi. This lack of communication highlights Ning Fengzhi’s protective nature 41.

• Ma Hongjun and Dugu Yan with their trials: While not directly interacting with each other in the provided context, both face separate trials: Ma Hongjun with “Absolute Calm” and Dugu Yan with “Snake and Rat in One Nest.” They struggle but show determination 31. Their relationship to the wider cast is primarily as fellow trial-takers.