Tang San

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Tang San (唐三)
Alias(es)	Third Brother; Xiao San 136 235 323
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Shrek Academy; Clear Sky Sect; Tang Sect heritage; chosen successor of the Sea God 322 323
Occupation/Role	Soul Master; Yu Xiaogang's former disciple; Clear Sky Sect heir; prospective Sea God inheritor 286 322
First Appearance	2
Martial Soul(s)	Blue Silver Grass; Clear Sky Hammer. Temporarily transformed into Dark Blue Silver Grass and Blood Fiend Clear Sky Hammer through Rakshasa corruption; later subjected to incomplete purification by Bo Saixi. 300 322
Innate Talent	Innate Full Soul Power; Twin Martial Souls 22 93 158
Latest Confirmed Soul Power	Level 50 bottleneck; no subsequent spirit-ring advancement is confirmed in the available account. 305
Parentage	Son of Tang Hao and Ah Yin, the Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor. 94 136
Great-Grandfather	Tang Chen, the first-generation Clear Sky Douluo. 321 323
Bloodline	Possesses an incomplete Blue Silver Emperor bloodline; part of its origin is missing and contaminated. A trace of Rakshasa power remains concealed in his martial-soul origin after purification. 181 182 322

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Innate Full Soul Power	4	Awakened Blue Silver Grass as his first known martial soul; possesses the pride of a transmigrator and Tang Sect inheritor.
Soul Master / first spirit ring	14	Absorbed a century-old Tyrant Flower ring after failing to absorb the Datura Snake's 423-year ring; gained Blue Silver Entangle and advanced his Mysterious Heaven Skill past a bottleneck.
Level 25 Soul Grand Master	65	Reached this rank by age twelve under Yu Xiaogang's guidance; departed for Shrek Academy with Xiao Wu.
Level 26 Soul Grand Master	83	Broke through after the Star Dou Forest incident, driven by his determination to protect Xiao Wu.
Level-30 threshold breakthrough	141	Awakened after breaking through the level-thirty bottleneck, prompting Yu Xiaogang to pursue Immortal Herbs and a Twin Martial Soul cultivation method.
Level 39 Soul Elder	177	Remained unable to cross the level-40 threshold even after absorbing Tang Xiao's approximately twenty-thousand-year strength-type left arm soul bone; his Mysterious Heaven Skill circulation became sluggish.
Soul Ancestor / fourth spirit ring	187	Absorbed an Earth Cave Demon Spider ring exceeding five thousand years and reached Soul Ancestor. His fourth skill was again Blue Silver Cage, duplicating his third skill, while the blockage in his Blue Silver Grass foundation remained.
Clear Sky Hammer publicly revealed	206 207	Revealed his previously concealed, unringed second martial soul against the Elephant Armor Team to protect Xiao Wu and his teammates; the hammer alone could not break the team's defense.
Clear Sky Hammer cultivation initiated	209 210	Chose to begin adding spirit rings to his Clear Sky Hammer at the Soul Ancestor stage for immediate strength, despite Tang Xiao's warnings that doing so could compromise his Twin Martial Soul potential.
Initial ten-thousand-year Clear Sky Hammer ring destroyed	212 213	Tang Xiao subdued a ten-thousand-year Savage Bull, which Tang San killed for his intended first Clear Sky Hammer ring, but Guangling Douluo shattered the black ring before it could be absorbed.
Clear Sky Hammer's first four spirit rings	214 215 216	Spirit Hall's worshippers coerced him into filling all four available Clear Sky Hammer ring slots with thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit rings. The four purple rings greatly diminished the second martial soul's intended long-term configuration.
Level 42 Soul Ancestor	214	Reached level 42 after absorbing the four-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit ring that granted Soft Bone Charm.
Level 43 Soul Ancestor	216	Reached level 43 after absorbing the second five-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit ring for the Clear Sky Hammer.
Level 44 Soul Ancestor	216	Reached level 44 after absorbing the third, six-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit ring and gaining Soft Bone Leap.
Level 46 Soul Ancestor	216 221	Reached level 46 after absorbing the fourth, seven-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit ring and gaining Soft Bone Stomp. Remained at this level during subsequent tournament preparations, dissatisfied with the strength and nature of his Clear Sky Hammer skills.
Self-created soul skills awakened	247 248	Created the emotionally driven Three Dance Masterworks while defending Xiao Wu during Shrek's battle against the Star Luo Royal Team.
Temporary Soul Saint-comparable power	257	The Seven-in-One Fusion Skill transferred his teammates' Soul Power through Ning Rongrong into him, enabling a massive Clear Sky Hammer phantom with effects resembling a Tool Soul Avatar. This was a temporary team enhancement, not a permanent cultivation breakthrough.
Rakshasa-induced martial-soul transformation	300	Willingly accepted Rakshasa divine power, transforming his martial souls into Dark Blue Silver Grass and Blood Fiend Clear Sky Hammer. The grass acquired a devouring ability, which he immediately used against weaker Fallen Ones.
Level 50 bottleneck	305	Accumulated power by devouring Fallen Ones in Slaughter City and reached the level-fifty threshold. Planned to continue accumulating strength and complete his advancement after leaving.
One hundred arena victories / Hell Road cleared	321	Completed one hundred Hell Slaughter Arena victories and traversed Hell Road to claim the Slaughter God's Domain, benefiting from Lin Nuo having already eliminated the route's Soul Beasts.
Sea God succession revealed / incomplete purification	322	Bo Saixi announced that Poseidon had chosen him as his successor and cleansed the fallen power fused with his martial souls using the Sea God's Light. A dormant trace of Rakshasa power remained hidden in their origin; the Sea God's Nine Trials were proposed but had not yet begun.

Background / History

Tang San is a transmigrator who carries the Tang Sect's heritage and intends to restore the sect's glory on the Douluo Continent. He possesses Innate Full Soul Power and initially awakens Blue Silver Grass, a martial soul widely dismissed as useless. He later becomes Yu Xiaogang's disciple after kowtowing to him. 4 5

At Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy, Tang San responds violently to a gatekeeper's humiliation, preparing to fire a Silent Sleeve Arrow at him in public before Yu Xiaogang intervenes. 2

During a Soul Hunting Forest expedition, Tang San fights a Datura Snake to rescue Yu Xiaogang. He finds his teacher swallowed by the snake, cuts off Yu Xiaogang's infected arm to save his life, and initially attempts to absorb the snake's nearly four-hundred-year spirit ring. The absorption fails; he later receives a century-old plant-type ring instead. 11 12 13

Tang San's first major conflict with Lin Nuo ends in public defeat. Blue Silver Entangle is destroyed by Lin Nuo's Death Demon Scythe, and Tang San's Silent Sleeve Arrow is deflected. He is wounded and humiliated after attempting to justify the sneak attack as the “Way of Hidden Weapons.” 16 17 18

Years later, Tang San enters Shrek Academy and continues cultivating alongside Xiao Wu. His lingering rivalry with Lin Nuo intensifies when he learns that Lin Nuo is supported by Spirit Hall; Tang San resolves to avenge his family and sect. 65 156

Tang San later learns that Tang Hao is the Clear Sky Douluo, that Ah Yin was the Blue Silver Emperor, and that his concealed second martial soul is the Clear Sky Hammer. Tang Yuehua and Tang Xiao consequently support him as the Clear Sky Sect's heir. 136 156 162 166

After absorbing an approximately twenty-thousand-year strength-type left arm soul bone from Tang Xiao, Tang San becomes stuck at level 39. His failure to break through and the growing sluggishness of the Mysterious Heaven Skill lead him to question whether his Blue Silver Grass foundation was harmed by his prior cultivation path. 166 177

At the Blue Silver Forest, Tang San establishes contact with the Blue Silver King and learns that part of his Blue Silver Emperor bloodline is absent and contaminated. His intended second awakening is interrupted before it can be completed. 181 182

Following the Elephant Armor Team match, Tang San resolves to cultivate the Clear Sky Hammer despite not possessing a proper Twin Martial Soul method. In the Star Dou Forest, Spirit Hall worshippers sabotage his planned ten-thousand-year first ring and forcibly make him absorb four thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit rings instead. 209 210 213 216

Tang San subsequently develops his Clear Sky Hammer and Tang Sect techniques during the tournament while continuing to pursue the rebuilding of the Tang Sect. With Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect funding, Star Luo support, and blacksmith production, he begins establishing the sect's foundations while retaining control over the core assembly of its hidden weapons. 191 223

During the tournament's later stages, Tang San creates the Three Dance Masterworks and employs Shrek's Seven-in-One Fusion Skill against Lin Nuo. Tang Hao subsequently intervenes in Spirit City to protect him and Xiao Wu, but his final Ring Detonation-enhanced attack is defeated by Lin Nuo's Self Martial Soul Fusion Skill. By the aftermath, Tang Hao is dead and Xiao Wu has sacrificed herself; Tang San and Tang Xiao retain her rabbit body while seeking the Clear Sky inheritance entrusted to Yu Xiaogang. 247 248 257 259 260 284 323

Tang Hao's final instructions lead Tang San and Tang Xiao to discover Yu Xiaogang's withholding of the Great Sumeru Hammer and Ring Detonation manuals. Yu Xiaogang's publication of Ring Detonation as his own eleventh martial-soul theory turns their estrangement into an open rupture. Tang San assaults his former teacher and attempts to castrate him, provoking intervention by Yu Yuanzhen, Flender, and Liu Erlong and a destructive battle at the academy. Yu Xiaogang later recounts Tang Hao's instructions concerning Slaughter City and the Divine Slaughter's Domain. 284 286 287 288 289

In Slaughter City, Tang San pursues one hundred arena victories and the domain needed to strengthen the Clear Sky Hammer. His grief and repeated failures against Lin Nuo make him receptive to the Rakshasa God's interference, and he willingly accepts divine corruption that transforms both martial souls. He begins devouring Fallen Ones to increase his Soul Power, eventually reaching the level-fifty bottleneck. 298 300 305

After completing Hell Road, Tang San meets Bo Saixi, who reveals his selection as the Sea God's successor. He agrees to painful purification when she explains that the inheritance can lead to level 100 and godhood, hoping to resurrect his family and Xiao Wu and defeat Lin Nuo and Spirit Hall. Bo Saixi then accompanies him back into Slaughter City, frees Tang Chen from the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King's possession, and introduces Tang San to his great-grandfather. Tang San appeals to Tang Chen for justice against his enemies. 321 322 323

Appearance

Tang San is depicted summoning a darkened Blue Silver Grass from his palm, accompanied by a pale-yellow century spirit ring during his early Soul Master period. 16

• Blue Silver Grass appears deep purple-black or blackened in its early use. 16
• Uses a concealed Silent Sleeve Arrow beneath his sleeve. 2
• Was left facially wounded after his duel with Lin Nuo. 17
• His second martial soul manifests as a pitch-black Clear Sky Hammer engraved with ancient patterns. 156
• Has not inherited Ah Yin's blue-gold hair, though the contours of his brows and eyes faintly resemble hers. 166
• He later possesses an approximately twenty-thousand-year strength-type left arm soul bone. 166 177
• The Clear Sky Hammer is later fitted with four purple, thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit spirit rings. 214 215 216
• During Rakshasa corruption, pitch-black patterns spread across his Blue Silver Grass vines and their leaves acquire a malevolent aura. Dark-red patterns emerge on the Clear Sky Hammer's head, accompanied by an aura of blood-soaked violence. 300
• Upon leaving Hell Road, his fallen aura is so intense that Bo Saixi considers it more evil than the bloodthirsty Evil Orca King's. 321

Personality

Tang San is proud, competitive, and highly conscious of his status as a transmigrator and Tang Sect successor. He rejects the idea that he could be inferior to a native genius despite Blue Silver Grass's reputation as a “trash” martial soul. 4

He is fiercely loyal to Yu Xiaogang during their early relationship, risking himself to save his teacher from the Datura Snake and defending his teacher's honor in later conflicts. 11 12 123

His loyalty can turn into hostility and self-righteousness. He readily brands Lin Nuo with a “Way of Seeking Death,” holds a grudge after his humiliation, and attacks first during their confrontation at Nuoding Academy. 15 16 20

Tang San is deeply protective of Xiao Wu. Her abduction by the Titan Giant Ape drives him into a berserk rage, and his wish to protect her contributes to his breakthrough to level 26. 72 83

Repeated defeats, the damage to his Blue Silver Grass origin, and the failure of his spirit skills to meet expectations gradually erode Tang San's confidence in Yu Xiaogang's guidance. He openly calls Yu Xiaogang “Gangzi” during their argument after the Elephant Armor Team match, though he later apologizes to preserve their relationship. 181 187 208 209

Tang San remains determined to pursue immediate strength when Xiao Wu is endangered, even at the risk of wasting the long-term advantages of his Twin Martial Souls. This conviction leads him to insist on cultivating the Clear Sky Hammer ahead of schedule. 206 209 210

After Spirit Hall forces him to absorb four Soft Bone Rabbit rings for the Clear Sky Hammer, Tang San is humiliated and furious, but resolves to restore the honor of both the Clear Sky Sect and his second martial soul through future strength. 214 215 216 217

Tang San's devotion to Xiao Wu is also the source of his greatest self-created techniques. When opponents injure her, his grief, memories, possessiveness, and determination to punish them can override his tactical composure and drive abrupt breakthroughs in power. 247 248

Although he continues to publicly acknowledge Yu Xiaogang as his teacher during the tournament, Tang San increasingly regards their relationship as transactional. He intends to extract Yu Xiaogang's remaining value—particularly his assistance with Twin Martial Soul cultivation and Shrek's fusion skill—rather than submit to the teacher's authority. 236 251

His concern for reputation often differs from his private judgment. In front of the Blue Silver King, he outwardly maintains respect for Yu Xiaogang despite his suspicions; at Spirit City's gate, he conceals his disgust and feigns concern when public pressure forces him to acknowledge his teacher. 182 235

After discovering the appropriation of Clear Sky Sect secrets, Tang San openly abandons the teacher-disciple bond. He admits that he had already intended to discard Yu Xiaogang after the tournament, rejects the maxim that a teacher deserves lifelong paternal respect, and resorts to beating and attempted mutilation as punishment. 286 287

The deaths of Tang Hao and Xiao Wu further intensify his obsession with revenge. He willingly accepts Rakshasa corruption and decides that strength outweighs pain, dignity, and his remaining principles. Nevertheless, he continues to justify devouring others by calling them evil and describing himself as pure. 300 305 321

Tang San treats several opportunities as entitlements belonging to himself or the Tang Clan. He regards Lin Nuo's pursuit of Slaughter City's domain and removal of the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's Core Pearl as further thefts, and considers poisoning Slaughter City so others cannot obtain its rewards. 298 321

His attitude toward corrupted power changes when greater power is offered. Initially insisting that power is morally neutral and his intentions make it righteous, he readily accepts Bo Saixi's cleansing once he learns it is a prerequisite for the Sea God's inheritance. He also views taking Shrek companions to Sea God Island as a way to strengthen his future forces. 321 322

Abilities & Skills

Blue Silver Grass

Tang San's primary displayed martial soul is Blue Silver Grass. Though initially weak, Yu Xiaogang believes it has substantial future potential and intends to assist its awakening.

• Blue Silver Entangle — First spirit skill; extends Blue Silver Grass to bind targets. Its early manifestation is limp, foul-smelling, and easily countered by Lin Nuo. 14 16
• Blue Silver Cage — Used during the Imperial Fighting Team battle, but easily countered. Tang San later gains Blue Silver Cage again as his fourth spirit skill, causing it to overlap with his third skill. 129 187
• Team control — Creates vines to link Shrek teammates at the waist and maintain the battle's rhythm. 128
• Potential awakening — Yu Xiaogang promises to help awaken Blue Silver Grass at level 60; Tang San's lost life essence is identified as Blue Silver Emperor essence. 130 140
• Blue Silver Emperor bloodline — The Blue Silver Grass in the Blue Silver Forest recognizes Tang San as its king, and the Blue Silver King confirms his connection to Ah Yin. However, part of his bloodline origin is missing and contaminated, preventing a complete second awakening. 181 182
• Damaged foundation — Tang San suspects that his early ring choices damaged the martial soul's origin after his cultivation stagnates and his fourth skill duplicates an earlier one. 177 187
• Diminished vitality — After repeated setbacks, Tang San observes that his Blue Silver Grass has lost much of its original life force and resembles a venomous vine, reinforcing his decision to rely more heavily on the Clear Sky Hammer. 204
• Confirmed ring configuration — Before its Rakshasa-induced transformation, the martial soul has two yellow and two purple spirit rings. 300
• Dark Blue Silver Grass — Rakshasa divine power and Tang San's own resentment transform the martial soul into a darkness-oriented form, smothering its remaining Blue Silver Emperor vitality. 300
• Devouring — The corrupted grass can bind and drain Fallen Ones without activating a spirit ring. Tang San uses this ability to accumulate power and reach the level-fifty bottleneck. 300 305
• Purification and residual corruption — Bo Saixi draws the fallen power out of his martial souls with the Sea God's Light, but a dormant trace of Rakshasa power remains in their origin. 322

Clear Sky Hammer

Tang San's second martial soul is the Clear Sky Hammer, confirming his Twin Martial Soul talent and Clear Sky Sect lineage. 21 22

• Yu Xiaogang plans for Tang San to eventually equip the hammer with ten-thousand-year spirit rings after reaching the Soul Saint stage. 21
• Tang San uses the hammer and his identity to gain Tailong's loyalty. 156
• Cultivating the second martial soul is described as difficult and dangerous. 158
• Reveals the unringed Clear Sky Hammer in public during the battle against the Elephant Armor Team, exposing his Twin Martial Souls to a wider audience. 206
• Can employ the Nine Absolutes of the Clear Sky with the hammer, though its lack of spirit rings limits its ability to overcome high-grade defenses. 207
• Intends to add spirit rings to the Clear Sky Hammer at the Soul Ancestor stage rather than wait for a formal Twin Martial Soul cultivation method. 209 210
• Tang Hao leaves the records of Ring Detonation and the Great Sumeru Hammer with Yu Xiaogang for Tang San to receive when the time is appropriate. Yu Xiaogang withholds the manuals, while Tang Xiao cannot teach the techniques because he has not mastered them. 136 217 251
• Tang San's planned ten-thousand-year Savage Bull first ring is shattered by Guangling Douluo before he can absorb it. 212 213
• Spirit Hall worshippers force him to absorb four thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit rings, leaving the hammer with four purple rings rather than the high-level configuration he intended. The rings are four thousand, five thousand, six thousand, and seven thousand years old respectively. 214 215 216
• Soft Bone Charm — First Clear Sky Hammer spirit skill; enhances Tang San's flexibility, compels him into a dance-like motion around the hammer, and releases charming spiritual power in pink mist. 214 230
• Soft Bone Lock — Second Clear Sky Hammer spirit skill; a control-type technique obtained from a five-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit. It makes his body pliable enough to use his limbs as binding chains while the hammer serves as an anchor. 216
• Soft Bone Leap — Third Clear Sky Hammer spirit skill; allows Tang San to use surfaces as springboards and change direction in midair. 216 230
• Soft Bone Stomp — Fourth Clear Sky Hammer spirit skill; greatly strengthens Tang San's legs and explosive mobility. 216 230
• Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer — A Clear Sky Sect hammer technique used to continuously build momentum and power, though its charging process can be interrupted by coordinated opponents. 217 227
• Nine Absolutes of the Clear Sky — Tang Xiao begins teaching Tang San this Clear Sky Sect technique after the forced ring absorptions. Tang San struggles to use it effectively against the Elemental Team's speed, control, and environmental tactics. 187 217 228
• Inheritance dispute — Tang San and Tang Xiao discover that Yu Xiaogang retained the Clear Sky manuals and published Ring Detonation as his own research. Yu Xiaogang later discloses Tang Hao's instruction that obtaining the Divine Slaughter's Domain is necessary to release the hammer's full power; this disclosure does not itself confirm Tang San's mastery of Ring Detonation or the Great Sumeru Hammer. 284 286 289
• Blood Fiend Clear Sky Hammer — Rakshasa corruption transforms the hammer into a blood-soaked, strength-oriented form with dark-red patterns. Bo Saixi later purifies the fallen power fused with it, though a hidden Rakshasa remnant survives. 300 322

Tang Sect Hidden Weapons

Tang San inherited Tang Sect techniques and uses concealed weapons in combat.

• Silent Sleeve Arrow — A hidden arrow mechanism aimed at the Nuoding gatekeeper and later used against Lin Nuo; Lin Nuo deflects it. 2 17
• Godly Zhuge Crossbow — Carried in his Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges storage tool during the Datura Snake incident. 12
• Dragon Whisker Needles — Fires the needles at Lin Nuo through the cover of Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track. Lin Nuo instead uses Death Spider Web Bind to pull Xiao Wu into the needles' path, causing the attack to injure her. 199 200
• Uses hidden weapons against Lin Nuo during the Imperial Fighting Team match, but they are absorbed by a spatial vortex. 127 129
• His use of concealed weapons is publicly condemned as a sneak attack during the Nuoding duel. 18
• Tang San agrees to sell hidden weapons to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while retaining control over their assembly process. 191
• He expands production through blacksmiths while personally retaining the assembly of core mechanisms, and provides a batch of Tang Sect hidden weapons to the Star Luo Empire in return for support. 223
• Bat Wing Reincarnation — Tang Sect hidden-weapon technique number seven. Throws thirty-six hidden weapons along different arcs to attack from the front and both sides, restricting the target's escape routes. Used against Lin Nuo in Slaughter City. 298
• One Thousand and One Nights — Tang Sect hidden-weapon technique number four. Uses Mysterious Heaven Skill and rapid successive throws to launch a dense second barrage immediately behind the first. 298
• Manufacturing limitations — Lacks the poisonous herbs and materials required to make Yama's Invitation and the hidden weapons needed for Phoenix Draws Nine Chicks during his Slaughter City confrontation with Lin Nuo. 199 298

Tang Sect Techniques

Tang San applies several inherited Tang Sect secret arts alongside his spirit-master abilities.

• Mysterious Heaven Skill — His primary cultivation method; breaks through a bottleneck upon obtaining his first spirit ring. Its circulation later becomes sluggish while his Blue Silver Grass origin remains damaged. 14 177
• Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track — Evasive footwork that produces rapid, misleading afterimages and was used against Lin Nuo. 17 199
• Purple Demon Eye — An ocular technique used to identify openings in Lin Nuo's defense and aim hidden weapons. 128 199
• Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon — Used to suppress and straighten Dragon Whisker Needles embedded in Xiao Wu before extracting them. 200
• Mysterious Jade Hand — A Tang Sect hand technique incorporated with Purple Demon Eye and Mysterious Heaven Skill into Tang San's self-created Thought Dance Fist. 247
• Battlefield withdrawal — Uses Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to retreat when the confrontation over Yu Xiaogang escalates into a battle between Super Douluo and the Golden Sacred Dragon. 287
• Mental stabilization — Mysterious Heaven Skill helps him retain control as Hell Road's blood mist intensifies his killing intent. 321

Self-Created Soul Skills

Tang San creates several emotionally driven techniques during Shrek Academy's battle against the Star Luo Royal Team. He collectively calls them the Three Dance Masterworks, explaining that all three were created for Xiao Wu. 247 248

• Thought Dance Fist! Thoughts Flow Like a Spring! — Created after Zhu Zhuyun injures Xiao Wu. Tang San combines Purple Demon Eye, Mysterious Heaven Skill, and Mysterious Jade Hand to strike Zhu Zhuyun with an attack that overwhelms both her body and spirit. 247
• Remembrance Dance Hammer—Never Ever Forget — Condenses a massive Clear Sky Hammer phantom. Tang San uses it to shatter the unstable Hell White Tiger fusion formed by Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun. 248
• Three-Dance Palm—For All Eternity — A follow-up technique that overwhelms Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun after their Martial Soul Fusion Skill is broken. 248

Team Techniques

• Seven-in-One Fusion Skill — Tang San serves as the principal recipient of the Soul Power circulated through Ning Rongrong and the Shrek team. The accumulated power enables him to drive the Clear Sky Hammer with effects resembling a Tool Soul Avatar for a short period. 244
• Tang San continues to rely on Yu Xiaogang's instruction to refine the Seven-in-One Fusion Skill despite the collapse of their personal trust. 250 251
• Single-Line Snake Formation — Five teammates pass their Soul Power forward along Yu Xiaogang's designed route into Ning Rongrong, whose Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda harmonizes the differing attributes before transferring the power to Tang San. His aura reaches a Soul Saint-comparable level during the Imperial Fighting Team match. 257
• Formation vulnerability — The fusion depends on maintaining its Soul Power circulation and team formation. Lin Nuo orders ranged attacks against the supporting Shrek members to disrupt it while confronting Tang San directly. 257 258

Domains and Divine Opportunities

• Slaughter God's Domain / Divine Slaughter's Domain — Pursued as part of Tang Hao's instructions for developing the Clear Sky Hammer. Tang San completes one hundred Hell Slaughter Arena victories and clears Hell Road to claim the domain. 136 289 298 321
• Sea God succession — Poseidon chooses Tang San as his successor. Bo Saixi explains that completing the inheritance trials can allow him to reach level 100 and become a god; this remains a prospective advancement rather than an attained divine realm. 322
• Sea God's Nine Trials — Bo Saixi proposes taking him to Sea God Island after rescuing Tang Chen and permits him to bring companions. Tang San intends to invite his Shrek friends. 322
• Rakshasa remnant — Despite purification with the Sea God's Light, a trace of Rakshasa divine power remains dormant within his martial-soul origin. 322

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Silent Sleeve Arrow — Concealed projectile weapon. 2 17
• Tang Sect hidden weapons — Used as part of his combat strategy. 127 129
• Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges — Storage soul tool used to carry Tang Sect weapons, including the Godly Zhuge Crossbow. 12
• Godly Zhuge Crossbow — A Tang Sect mechanical hidden weapon. 12
• Dragon Whisker Needles — Fine concealed needles used against Lin Nuo and later removed from Xiao Wu. 199 200
• Strength-type left arm soul bone — An approximately twenty-thousand-year soul bone gifted by Tang Xiao and absorbed by Tang San. 166 177
• Additional strength-type soul bone — A second soul bone, slightly over ten thousand years old, provided by Tang Xiao. Tang San later activates it alongside the left arm bone during the Elemental Team battle. 177 230
• Blue Silver Grass vine — Left by Tang Hao for Xiao Wu to temporarily mask her hundred-thousand-year soul beast aura. 136
• Curved blade — A sharp blade taken from his storage soul tool during his attempt to mutilate Yu Xiaogang. 286
• Xiao Wu's rabbit body — Taken along by Tang San and Tang Xiao when they leave to reclaim the Clear Sky inheritance after Tang Hao's death. 284
• Blood Swan Kiss — Considers using this herb to destroy Slaughter City, but does not possess a suitable poison and postpones the plan. 321

Relationships

• Yu Xiaogang — Former teacher and mentor. Tang San becomes his disciple early, saves his life in the Soul Hunting Forest, and repeatedly defends his honor. Yu Xiaogang seeks to cultivate him into a supreme Title Douluo and considers becoming his adoptive father. Their relationship becomes strained after Tang San's Blue Silver Emperor bloodline problem and repeated disappointments with his spirit skills; Tang San briefly confronts him as “Gangzi” before apologizing. By the tournament's later stages, Tang San privately treats the nominal master-disciple bond as a means of extracting Yu Xiaogang's knowledge and assistance, while Yu Xiaogang attempts to retain leverage by withholding Clear Sky Sect manuals. The bond collapses completely when Tang San discovers the withholding and publication of Ring Detonation. He beats Yu Xiaogang, rejects his claim to father-like authority, and attempts to castrate him; Yu Xiaogang later discloses Tang Hao's Slaughter City instructions. 4 12 123 136 181 187 208 209 236 251 284 286 287 288 289
• Tang Hao — Father and Clear Sky Douluo. Tang Hao regards Lin Nuo as a whetstone for Tang San's growth, protects Tang San from external threats, and later entrusts his son's care to Yu Xiaogang. He leaves behind records of the Clear Sky Sect's Ring Detonation and Great Sumeru Hammer techniques, as well as a relic of Ah Yin. Tang Hao later reappears in Spirit City to protect Tang San, planning to use Ring Detonation and the Great Sumeru Hammer against Lin Nuo despite his severe injuries. Lin Nuo defeats his final attack, and Tang Hao's subsequent death becomes a central source of Tang San's grief and vengeance. Tang San later hopes godhood will allow him to resurrect his parents. 22 121 136 259 260 284 300 322
• Ah Yin — Mother and the Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor. Tang San inherits her Blue Silver Emperor bloodline, though part of that bloodline is missing and contaminated. Tang San refuses to consume her Seed of Life for his own awakening because doing so would destroy her chance of resurrection. He later imagines restoring his parents through the Sea God's inheritance. 94 136 181 184 322
• Xiao Wu — Shrek companion and romantic interest. Tang San saves her from Lin Nuo, reacts with rage when the Titan Giant Ape abducts her, and protects her from Yu Xiaogang's criticism. After learning of her soul-beast identity, he vows to protect her regardless of her species; he also saves her by removing Dragon Whisker Needles and vows to reclaim Daming and Er Ming's soul bones for her. Spirit Hall later forces him to absorb the rings of Soft Bone Rabbits connected to her bloodline, causing both of them anguish. Tang San's Three Dance Masterworks are created out of his determination to avenge injuries inflicted on her. After her sacrifice, he and Tang Xiao retain her rabbit body, and her loss contributes to his acceptance of Rakshasa corruption. He later tells Tang Chen that Lin Nuo forced her to sacrifice herself and privately hopes to resurrect her. 19 72 83 166 200 214 216 247 248 284 300 323
• Lin Nuo — Rival and enemy. Tang San resents Lin Nuo for refusing to help during the Datura Snake incident and for publicly defeating him; Lin Nuo later defeats Tang San again and drains his Blue Silver Emperor life essence. Tang San remains determined to surpass him and recover his mother's stolen relic. Lin Nuo also learns of Tang San's plan to cultivate the Clear Sky Hammer and arranges Spirit Hall interference that forces Tang San into an inferior ring configuration. Their rivalry continues in Slaughter City, where Lin Nuo provokes him with references to Xiao Wu and Tang San attacks with advanced hidden-weapon techniques. Lin Nuo refrains from killing him because of his divine protection and the possible importance of their eventual conflict to the Divine Realm. Tang San later blames Lin Nuo for his ruined opportunities and Xiao Wu's sacrifice when appealing to Tang Chen. 15 18 130 140 210 213 216 298 300 321 323
• Tang Xiao — Paternal uncle, Clear Sky Sect Master, and protector. Tang Xiao leaves the sect after learning of Tang San's talent, supports his Blue Silver Emperor awakening attempt, grants him an approximately twenty-thousand-year left arm soul bone, and ultimately accompanies him to cultivate the Clear Sky Hammer. He is unable to prevent Spirit Hall from forcing Tang San to take four Soft Bone Rabbit rings, then teaches him the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer and Nine Absolutes of the Clear Sky. After Tang Hao's death, he helps Tang San pursue Yu Xiaogang, restrains the former teacher during Tang San's attack, and protects his nephew from Liu Erlong. 162 166 177 210 216 217 284 286 287
• Tang Yuehua — Aunt. She advises Tang San to seek safety and resources at the Clear Sky Sect and supports him after learning of his Twin Martial Souls. Tang San's later public use of the Clear Sky Hammer's Soft Bone Rabbit skills damages the sect's reputation and contributes to her surrendering Moonlight Pavilion's resources to Salas. 157 158 231
• Tailong — Follower from the Strength Clan. Tang San subdues him and gains his loyalty through his Clear Sky Hammer and lineage. 156
• Blue Silver King — A loyal guardian of Ah Yin who recognizes Tang San as its king and reveals the defect in his Blue Silver Emperor bloodline. 181 182
• Ning Fengzhi — Sect Master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and a prospective ally against Spirit Hall. Ning Fengzhi negotiates with Tang San to purchase hidden weapons for his alliance's lower-ranked soul masters. He later becomes disillusioned by the bizarre Soft Bone Rabbit skills displayed through Tang San's Clear Sky Hammer. 191 230
• Daming and Er Ming — Xiao Wu's younger brothers, the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python. After learning that Lin Nuo killed them for his sixth and seventh rings, Tang San vows revenge and agrees to eventually absorb their soul bones to protect Xiao Wu. 200
• Star Luo Empire — A political and commercial partner in Tang San's developing Tang Sect. Tang San agrees to provide hidden weapons for the empire's army in exchange for its support and mediation in expanding production. 223
• Spirit Hall worshippers — Guangling Douluo, Mighty Lion Douluo, and Golden Crocodile Douluo ambush Tang San in the Star Dou Forest. They destroy his intended ten-thousand-year Clear Sky Hammer ring and force him to absorb four Soft Bone Rabbit rings while threatening Xiao Wu and overpowering Tang Xiao. 213 214 215 216
• Yu Yuanzhen — Yu Xiaogang's father and leader of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Intervenes to stop Tang San's attempt to castrate Yu Xiaogang, acknowledges his son's responsibility for leaking Ring Detonation, and offers compensation. Tang Xiao rejects the offer, and their dispute escalates into a Super Douluo battle. 287
• Liu Erlong and Flender — Shrek elders who intervene on Yu Xiaogang's behalf. Liu Erlong attacks Tang San after seeing Yu Xiaogang injured, but Tang Xiao protects him. The pair join Yu Xiaogang in forming the Golden Sacred Dragon; during the later fighting, Liu Erlong dies and Flender is left near death, creating an opening for Tang San to attack his former teacher again. 287 288
• Hu Liena — Encounters Tang San alongside Lin Nuo in Slaughter City. She follows Lin Nuo's approach to dealing with him and later worries about his growing strength, while Lin Nuo dismisses his devoured power as unstable. 298 305
• Rakshasa God — Exploits Tang San's despair to undermine the Asura God's succession plans. Her divine power transforms both martial souls, and Tang San willingly accepts the corruption. A trace of her power remains concealed after Bo Saixi's purification. 300 322
• Asura God — Regards Tang San as his chosen successor and intervenes in planning around his fading fortune. Becomes alarmed when Tang San accepts Rakshasa corruption and considers Sea God Island training because Tang San remains too weak for the Asura succession. 231 300
• Poseidon / Sea God — Chooses Tang San as his successor and sends Bo Saixi to meet him outside Slaughter City. His inheritance offers Tang San a prospective route to level 100 and godhood. 321 322
• Bo Saixi — Sea God's High Priestess and Tang Chen's beloved. Meets Tang San after Hell Road, initially interprets his evil aura as an effect of Slaughter City, and trusts Poseidon's selection and his family lineage. Reveals his Sea God succession, painfully purifies his martial souls, and escorts him back into Slaughter City to awaken Tang Chen. 321 322 323
• Tang Chen — Great-grandfather and first-generation Clear Sky Douluo. Tang San hopes his return will provide the strength needed to oppose Spirit Hall and Lin Nuo. After Bo Saixi frees Tang Chen from possession, Tang San kneels before him, recounts Tang Hao's death and Xiao Wu's sacrifice, and begs him to seek justice for the family. 321 323

Story Role / Major Arcs

Nuoding Academy

• Becomes Yu Xiaogang's disciple and begins his Soul Master path. 4
• Hunts his first spirit ring, rescues Yu Xiaogang from the Datura Snake, and gains Blue Silver Entangle. 11 12 14
• Is defeated and publicly humiliated by Lin Nuo after employing Blue Silver Entangle and a Silent Sleeve Arrow. 16 17 18
• Accepts Yu Xiaogang's “three victories” explanation, which attributes his supposed long-term superiority over Lin Nuo to talent, Clear Sky Sect heritage, and his teacher's theoretical guidance. 21

Shrek Academy and Star Dou Forest

• Reaches level 25 and travels to Shrek Academy with Xiao Wu. 65
• Goes berserk after the Titan Giant Ape abducts Xiao Wu and later reaches level 26. 72 83

Imperial Fighting Team Match

• Organizes Shrek's formation through Blue Silver Grass control. 128
• Faces Lin Nuo again; his Blue Silver techniques and hidden weapons are countered. 129
• Is defeated by Lin Nuo's Death Demon Scythe, which drains his Blue Silver Emperor life essence and leaves him unconscious. 130

Clear Sky Sect Legacy

• Learns of Tang Hao's past, the Clear Sky Sect's history, and Lin Nuo's Spirit Hall backing. 156
• Receives Tang Yuehua's support and confronts the cultivation challenges of his second martial soul. 157 158
• Gains Tailong's submission through his identity as Tang Hao's son and the heir to the Clear Sky Hammer. 156
• Receives Tang Xiao's protection after the Clear Sky Sect recognizes his Innate Full Soul Power and Twin Martial Souls. 162 166

Blue Silver Emperor Awakening Attempt

• Receives and absorbs an approximately twenty-thousand-year strength-type left arm soul bone from Tang Xiao, but remains stuck at level 39. 166 177
• Travels to the Blue Silver Forest and is recognized by the Blue Silver King through his maternal bloodline. 181
• Learns that part of his Blue Silver Emperor origin is missing and contaminated; the awakening opportunity is interrupted before completion. 181 182
• Encounters Ye Lingling, whose strong Blue Silver Emperor aura confuses both him and the Blue Silver King, followed by Lin Nuo and Spirit Hall experts. 182
• Kneels and begs Azure Luan Douluo to spare Tang Xiao, then refuses Lin Nuo's suggestion that he consume Ah Yin's Seed of Life to awaken his martial soul. 184
• Absorbs an Earth Cave Demon Spider ring exceeding five thousand years, breaks through to Soul Ancestor, and gains a duplicate Blue Silver Cage skill. 187

Alliance and Hidden Weapons

• Negotiates with Ning Fengzhi to sell Tang Sect hidden weapons to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect while retaining control over their assembly. 191
• Supports the developing alliance against Spirit Hall alongside Tang Xiao and the visiting Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect leadership. 191
• Begins laying the foundation for a new Tang Sect through large-scale hidden-weapon production and an arrangement to supply the Star Luo Empire. 223

Elephant Armor Team Match

• Before the Elephant Armor Team match, uses Dragon Whisker Needles against Lin Nuo. Lin Nuo pulls Xiao Wu into the attack's path with Death Spider Web Bind; Tang San subsequently removes the needles using Tang Sect techniques. 199 200
• Reveals his Clear Sky Hammer publicly to protect Xiao Wu and the Shrek team against the Elephant Armor Team. 206
• Fails to overcome the Elephant Armor Team's defense with the unringed hammer and suffers another defeat. 207 208
• Clashes with Yu Xiaogang over the public exposure of his Twin Martial Souls, then resolves to begin adding rings to the Clear Sky Hammer under Tang Xiao's supervision. 208 209 210

Forced Clear Sky Hammer Ring Absorption

• Travels to the Star Dou Forest with Tang Xiao and Xiao Wu to seek a first ring for the Clear Sky Hammer, promising Xiao Wu that he will hunt only “evil” soul beasts. 212
• Prepares to absorb a ten-thousand-year Savage Bull ring, but Spirit Hall worshippers destroy the ring and threaten Xiao Wu to force his compliance. 212 213
• Is coerced into killing and absorbing four Soft Bone Rabbits, including rabbits connected to Xiao Wu's bloodline, to fill all four available Clear Sky Hammer ring slots. 214 215 216
• Gains Soft Bone Charm, Soft Bone Lock, Soft Bone Leap, and Soft Bone Stomp, but considers the resulting hammer configuration a humiliation to the Clear Sky Sect. 214 215 216
• Requests the Great Sumeru Hammer and Ring Detonation from Tang Xiao, only to learn that Tang Xiao cannot teach either technique. 217
• Accompanies Xiao Wu to the devastated Life Lake and confronts three Qianjun Ant Emperors occupying the area, vowing to reclaim it and take their rings and soul bones in the future. 217

Tournament Battles After the Hammer's Cultivation

• Attempts to use the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer against the Elemental Team, but their coordinated speed, control, ice, and fire tactics exploit the Clear Sky Hammer's limitations. 227 228
• Uses Soft Bone Stomp, Soft Bone Leap, and Soft Bone Charm to defeat Feng Xiaotian, but is ultimately overwhelmed by the Elemental Team's combined attack and eliminated. 230
• Publicly damages the Clear Sky Sect's reputation when the hammer's Soft Bone Rabbit skills become associated with seduction and spectacle rather than overwhelming force. 231
• His fading fortune draws the Asura God's attention and prompts discussion of accelerating his divine inheritance, while Poseidon discovers that the Heart of the Sea God is missing. 231

Star Luo Royal Team Match

• Plans to use Soft Bone Stomp and Soft Bone Charm to stop Zhu Zhuyun before she can fuse with Dai Weisi. 247
• Awakens Thought Dance Fist! Thoughts Flow Like a Spring! after Zhu Zhuyun injures Xiao Wu, defeating Zhu Zhuyun's immediate defense. 247
• Breaks Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun's Hell White Tiger fusion with Remembrance Dance Hammer—Never Ever Forget. 248
• Follows with Three-Dance Palm—For All Eternity, defeats the remaining Star Luo Royal Team members, and names his three new techniques the Three Dance Masterworks in Xiao Wu's honor. 248

Spirit City Crisis

• Uses the Seven-in-One Fusion Skill against the Imperial Fighting Team, receiving his teammates' power through Ning Rongrong and manifesting a massive Clear Sky Hammer phantom with Soul Saint-comparable force. 257
• Attempts to unleash the Nine Absolutes of the Clear Sky while the opposing team's ranged attacks disrupt Shrek's formation and Lin Nuo strengthens himself with Evil God Transformation and the Titan Giant Ape Left Arm Bone. 258
• Reunites with Tang Hao after Tang Hao appears above Spirit City to defend him and Xiao Wu. 259
• Is reassured by Tang Hao's survival while Xiao Wu's concealment fails and exposes her transformed hundred-thousand-year soul beast identity to Spirit Hall. 259
• Watches Tang Hao prepare to use Clear Sky Avatar, Slaughter Domain, Ring Detonation, and the Great Sumeru Hammer against Lin Nuo, while Tang Xiao is instructed to protect Tang San and Xiao Wu. 259
• Tang Hao's final Great Sumeru Hammer attack is defeated by Lin Nuo's Spider Emperor Descends, a Self Martial Soul Fusion Skill combining his two Spider Emperor martial souls. 260
• By the aftermath, Tang Hao has died and Xiao Wu has sacrificed herself. Tang San's later actions are shaped by these losses, and he places responsibility on Spirit Hall and Lin Nuo. 284 300 323

Rupture with Yu Xiaogang

• Reconstructs Tang Hao's final instructions with Tang Xiao and concludes that Yu Xiaogang has been withholding the Great Sumeru Hammer and Ring Detonation inheritance. 284
• Learns that Yu Xiaogang has publicized Ring Detonation as his own eleventh martial-soul theory while retaining the Great Sumeru Hammer as leverage. 284 286
• Confronts and beats Yu Xiaogang, admits that he had intended to abandon him after the tournament, and rejects his attempt to invoke paternal authority through the teacher-disciple bond. 286
• Draws a curved blade and attempts to castrate Yu Xiaogang while Tang Xiao restrains him. Yu Yuanzhen intervenes, and the dispute escalates into a battle involving Tang Xiao, Yu Yuanzhen, and the Golden Sacred Dragon. 286 287
• Retreats from the dangerous battlefield with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, then exploits a later opening after Yu Yuanzhen's protection collapses and Liu Erlong and Flender can no longer stop him. 287 288
• Obtains Yu Xiaogang's account of Tang Hao's instructions concerning Slaughter City and the Divine Slaughter's Domain. 289

Slaughter City and Rakshasa Corruption

• Pursues the one hundred arena victories required to enter Hell Road and obtain the Divine Slaughter's Domain. 298
• Encounters Lin Nuo and Hu Liena, treats their pursuit of the domain as an intrusion upon a Tang Clan opportunity, and attacks Lin Nuo after being taunted about Xiao Wu. 298
• Uses Bat Wing Reincarnation and One Thousand and One Nights in successive hidden-weapon volleys. 298
• Willingly accepts Rakshasa divine power after his grief and resentment overwhelm his remaining principles, transforming his martial souls into Dark Blue Silver Grass and Blood Fiend Clear Sky Hammer. 300
• Devours weaker Fallen Ones with his corrupted grass and later reaches the level-fifty bottleneck, rationalizing his victims' deaths as the punishment of evil people. 300 305
• Completes one hundred Hell Slaughter Arena victories and enters Hell Road. His Mysterious Heaven Skill helps restrain the killing intent intensified by the blood mist. 321
• Finds the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent dead and its Core Pearl removed by Lin Nuo. Reaches the exit with little difficulty because Lin Nuo has already cleared the route's Soul Beasts. 321
• Considers destroying Slaughter City with Blood Swan Kiss but postpones the plan until he can obtain a suitable poison. 321

Sea God Succession and Tang Chen's Awakening

• Meets Bo Saixi outside Slaughter City and becomes respectful when she identifies herself as an acquaintance of Tang Chen and offers to awaken him. 321
• Initially rejects her description of his power as tainted, insisting that power itself is morally neutral and his intentions are righteous. 321
• Learns that Poseidon has chosen him as the Sea God's successor and that completing the inheritance can lead to level 100 and godhood. 322
• Agrees to purification in hopes of resurrecting his family and defeating his enemies. Endures Bo Saixi's Sea God's Light cleansing, which leaves a hidden, dormant Rakshasa remnant in his martial-soul origin. 322
• Accepts the plan to rescue Tang Chen before traveling to Sea God Island for the Nine Trials and intends to bring his Shrek companions. 322
• Returns to Slaughter City with Bo Saixi, whose Sea God Domain bypasses its restrictions. She confronts the King of Slaughter and forces the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King to abandon Tang Chen's body. 322 323
• Reunites with his awakened great-grandfather, kneels before him, recounts Tang Hao's death and Xiao Wu's sacrifice, and begs him to seek justice against Spirit Hall and Lin Nuo. 323

Trivia

• Tang San's first attempted spirit-ring absorption was a 423-year Datura Snake ring, but he could not absorb it. 13
• Xiao Wu finds the odor of his century-level Tyrant Flower spirit ring repulsive. 19
• Yu Xiaogang believes Tang San's future second martial soul and Clear Sky Sect background will ultimately let him surpass Lin Nuo. 21 22
• His early talent records were suppressed at the Nuoding City Spirit Hall branch through Yu Xiaogang's use of a Pope Token, delaying their report to Spirit City. 93
• Tang San's fourth Blue Silver Grass spirit skill is also Blue Silver Cage, duplicating his third spirit skill. 187
• Despite his earlier insistence that the Clear Sky Hammer remain hidden, Tang San reveals it publicly when Xiao Wu and his teammates are endangered. 206
• Tang San originally intended for the Clear Sky Hammer's first spirit ring to be a ten-thousand-year Savage Bull ring, but Spirit Hall destroyed it and forced him into a four-purple-ring Soft Bone Rabbit configuration. 212 213 216
• His Clear Sky Hammer's four spirit skills are unusually rabbit-themed despite the hammer's reputation as the continent's foremost power-type tool martial soul. 214 215 216
• Tang San formally calls his three self-created techniques the Three Dance Masterworks because each was created for Xiao Wu. 248
• His apparent Soul Saint-level power during the tournament is supplied by Shrek's Seven-in-One Fusion Skill rather than a permanent increase in his cultivation realm. 257
• He helps preserve the same Clear Sky inheritance that Yu Xiaogang attempts to claim as an original eleventh martial-soul theory. 284 286 289
• His corrupted Blue Silver Grass can devour targets without lighting up a spirit ring. 300
• Although he resents Lin Nuo for removing Hell Road's opportunities, Lin Nuo's prior clearing of its Soul Beasts also makes Tang San's passage easier. 321
• Bo Saixi's purification is incomplete: a trace of Rakshasa power remains dormant even after the visible fallen power is removed. 322

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