Tang San

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Tang San (唐三)
Alias(es)	Third Brother; Brother; Xiao San; Little San 21 25 32
Species/Race	Human; he claims to possess memories from a previous life, while Tang Hao and Ah Yin accuse him of occupying their son's body 26 32 89
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Shrek Academy; Tang Sect
Occupation/Role	Shrek student; Tang Sect Sect Master 55
Status	Deceased — killed by Ah Yin; his corpse was later burned to ashes by Xiao Wu under Lin Yue's orders 89 94
First Appearance	Chapter 2

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Twin Martial Souls user	8	Confirmed as the third known person in the world with Twin Martial Souls. He planned to equip his second Martial Soul with high-level soul rings before the soul-beast extinction disrupted that path.
Martial Souls destroyed; Soul Power Level 21	26 55	Tang Hao destroys both Martial Souls through an attack on Tang San's dantian, leaving him unable to follow the conventional soul-master path.
Soul Power Level 23	55	Restores two levels through the Mysterious Heaven Skill despite the loss of his Martial Souls.

Background

Tang San cultivated secretly from early childhood, drawing on memories and techniques from a previous life. Tang Hao later revealed that he had observed this cultivation and considered it proof that Tang San was not his original son. Tang San maintained that he had not possessed anyone, but had simply awakened in this world as an infant with his former life's memories intact 26 32.

Before his identity became public, Tang San was recognized as a rare Twin Martial Souls user and became Yu Xiaogang's disciple at Shrek Academy. Yu Xiaogang regarded his talent as the ideal means to test and validate his Martial Soul theories 8.

The disappearance of the continent's soul beasts undermined Tang San's plans for future soul rings, particularly for his second Martial Soul. The crisis also made his cultivation talent less valuable to Tang Hao, who subsequently rejected him and destroyed his Martial Souls 20 26.

Personality

Tang San is fiercely protective of the people he considers family. After Xiao Wu is exposed as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, he initially recoils in shock but immediately accepts her as his sister and defies Sword Douluo to protect her 21. Her abduction leaves him emotionally devastated and willing to confront his own companions if they prevent him from rescuing her 25.

He is pragmatic when confronting the collapse of the conventional soul-master system. After months of fruitless searching for spirit beasts, he argues that weak soul rings would hinder his companions more than help them and proposes abandoning Martial Souls in favor of Tang Sect cultivation 78.

Tang San is also deeply loyal to the Tang Sect's core inheritance. Even while restrained by Lin Yue and facing death, he refuses to disclose the sect's deeper secret arts beyond the Mysterious Heaven Skill already exposed by Shao Xin 88 89.

Abilities & Skills

Twin Martial Souls

Tang San possessed Twin Martial Souls, a talent that made him the third known individual of his era with that distinction 8.

• His second Martial Soul was intended to receive exclusively ten-thousand-year soul rings 20.
• Tang Hao destroyed both Martial Souls, ending Tang San's conventional soul-master cultivation route 26.
• Their destruction did not prevent him from cultivating through Tang Sect techniques 37 55.

Mysterious Heaven Skill

A cultivation technique from Tang San's previous world that can be practiced without Martial Souls or soul rings 37.

• Allowed Tang San to resume cultivation after his Martial Souls were destroyed and reach Soul Power Level 23 55.
• Provides unusually enduring soul power that gradually recovers during battle 55.
• Helped him withstand Sword Douluo's Sword Intent, though he remained vastly outmatched 20.
• He taught it to Tang Sect members who agreed not to spread its methods privately 55.
• Its basic text was exposed to Lin Yue through Shao Xin's betrayal 88.

Purple Demon Eye

An eye technique practiced alongside the Mysterious Heaven Skill.

• Enhances Tang San's perception 21.
• Could not free him from Sword Douluo's locked sword-energy attack 21.
• His pupils are described as purple while the Mysterious Heaven Skill circulates at high speed 87.

Mysterious Jade Hand

A self-created Tang Sect technique.

• Tang San activated it when preparing to force Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun to release him during his attempt to rescue Xiao Wu 25.

Hidden Weapons and Secret Arts

Tang San possesses hidden-weapon techniques from the Tang Sect.

• He carried hidden weapons in his sleeves but could not deploy them before Sword Douluo's attack struck 21.
• His deeper inheritance includes secret arts used to form techniques such as Guanyin Tear and Bodhi Blood 88.
• He refused to reveal these core techniques to Lin Yue even in exchange for his life 89.

Relationships

• Xiao Wu — His sworn sister and the person he values most. He stands by her after learning she is a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and attempts to rescue her after Sword Douluo captures her 21 25. Xiao Wu later burns his corpse under Lin Yue's coercion 94.
• Tang Hao — Father of the body Tang San inhabits. Tang Hao secretly protected him for years but rejected him after concluding that Tang San had taken his real son's body; he destroyed Tang San's Martial Souls and disowned him 6 26 27.
• Ah Yin — Mother of Tang Hao's original son. She rejects Tang San's explanation of reincarnation, regards him as the soul that took her child's body, and kills him with the Blue Silver Tyrant Spear 89.
• Yu Xiaogang — His master and a father figure. Yu Xiaogang believes Tang San's account of reincarnation, joins the Tang Sect, and encourages him to continue cultivating after the destruction of his Martial Souls 32 37 38.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, and Oscar — Shrek companions who join Tang San's Tang Sect and learn the Mysterious Heaven Skill 55.
• Lin Yue — A hostile Title Douluo who exposes the Tang Sect's cultivation method, restrains Tang San with soul pressure, and offers to spare him only if he reveals the sect's deepest secrets 86 88 89.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Soul-Beast Extinction

Tang San witnesses the disappearance of soul beasts and joins the search for the missing Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent. He recognizes the wider danger when the loss of soul beasts threatens access to future soul rings 2 20.

Xiao Wu's Exposure and Abduction

Sword Douluo's arrival exposes Xiao Wu as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. Tang San publicly accepts her as his sister and defies Sword Douluo, but is knocked unconscious while Xiao Wu is taken away 21. Upon waking, he collapses over her loss and insists on rescuing her 25.

Rejection by Tang Hao

Tang Hao reveals that he has known of Tang San's unusual childhood behavior, rejects him as a body-stealing outsider, and destroys both of his Martial Souls 26. Tang San later confides his past-life memories to Yu Xiaogang, who accepts his explanation 32.

Tang Sect Cultivation

After recovering from his crippling, Tang San uses the Mysterious Heaven Skill to regain Soul Power and accepts Shrek members into the Tang Sect. He presents martial-soul crippling and Tang Sect cultivation as an alternative for soul masters unable to obtain viable soul rings 55 78.

Death

Lin Yue's investigation at Shrek exposes the Mysterious Heaven Skill. Tang San refuses to surrender the Tang Sect's core secret arts, and Ah Yin kills him by piercing his heart with the Blue Silver Tyrant Spear 88 89. Xiao Wu later destroys and burns his remains under Lin Yue's threat 94.

Notable Quotes

“Of course. You are Xiao Wu. If you are my sister for a day, you are my sister for a lifetime!” 21

“I truly did not seize someone else's body; I have simply lived one more lifetime than others!” 32

“No.” 89