Tang San

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Tang San (唐三)
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Shrek Academy; Clear Sky Sect; Tang Sect
Occupation/Role	Soul Master; Shrek team focal point; leader of the Tang Sect
Martial Souls	Blue Silver Emperor; Clear Sky Hammer
Status	Alive

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Approximately Level 35	90	Endures Zhi Lin's escalating Soul Pressure until he is forced to one knee.
Level 44	192	Blue Silver Grass evolves into the Blue Silver Emperor; obtains a fourth ten-thousand-year spirit ring.
Level 60 bottleneck	293	Fuses with Xiao Wu's Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Bone following her sacrifice.
Soul Emperor	327	Has mastered most Clear Sky Sect secret techniques, acquires his sixth spirit skill, Blue Silver Sword Formation, and identifies himself as a level-60 Soul Emperor.
Near Soul Saint threshold	357	Tang Xiao judges the weight and density of his Soul Power to be close to Soul Saint level.
Soul Emperor with a Hundred Thousand Year spirit ring	359	Reveals a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring before the Clear Sky Sect elders.
Eight Spider Lances evolution	378	The External Soul Bone evolves after absorbing the energy of multiple Man Faced Demon Spiders.
Rank 66	379	Reaches Rank 66 after killing a spirit-hunting team and taking their Soul Power.

Background / History

Tang San initially fought with a Blue Silver Grass martial soul, supplemented by Tang Sect arts from his past life. He was a student of Yu Xiaogang at Shrek Academy, though later revelations that his martial soul was a Blue Silver Emperor—and not ordinary Blue Silver Grass—caused him to question Yu Xiaogang's guidance 92 172.

His rivalry with Zhou Qiubai began with a soul duel. Tang San employed Blue Silver Grass, the Eight Spider Lances, Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, and eventually prohibited hidden weapons, but Zhou repeatedly countered him and won. Tang San left the encounter resentful and resolved to master Zhou's techniques himself 31 32 34.

Attempting to close the gap before the Soul Master Tournament, Tang San entered the Sunset Forest with Tai Tan to absorb a ten-thousand-year spirit ring. The attempt failed disastrously: violent ring energy damaged his meridians and internal organs, leaving him unable to use soul power until Tai Tan saved him 172 174.

Tang Hao subsequently took Tang San away to pursue his mother’s legacy. In a forest of Blue Silver Grass, Tang San’s martial soul evolved into the Blue Silver Emperor through the life force of surrounding Blue Silver Grass and the Ten Thousand Year Blue Silver King. He successfully gained a fourth ten-thousand-year spirit ring and returned to Shrek more confident in both his strength and leadership 175 192 213 214.

At the tournament final, he served as the focus of Shrek’s Seven-in-One Fusion Skill and manifested a Tool Soul Avatar with the Clear Sky Hammer. Despite this temporary power, Zhou Qiubai and Yang Guyun defeated him through coordinated sword and spear techniques; Yang’s Startling Dragon attack inflicted severe internal injuries 285 287 289.

Xiao Wu later sacrificed herself to save him, allowing Tang San to fuse with her Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Bone and reach the level-60 bottleneck. Martial Soul Hall pursued him for the Spirit Bone, forcing Tang Hao to hold off four Title Douluos while Tang San escaped 293 304.

While fleeing, Tang San absorbed a Spirit Bone left by his mother, inherited Clear Sky Sect diagrams and secret techniques, and eventually became a Soul Emperor. He entered the Capital of Slaughter to strengthen himself, killed opponents in the Hell Slaughter Arena and criminals outside it, then traversed the Hell Road alone to gain Divine Slaughter’s Domain 314 327 340 341 353 354.

Tang San later entered the Clear Sky Sect, confronted its elders over their isolation, and passed the Seventh Elder’s test. He earned formal acceptance into the sect after exchanging the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent’s Inner Core for membership 357 359 360.

Following his admission, Tang San spent a year under Tang Yuehua’s guidance to control the killing intent accumulated in the Capital of Slaughter. After completing her tutelage, he departed to search for Tang Hao, then entered the Star Dou Forest to hunt and devour ten-thousand-year Spirit Beasts for further growth 370.

During his forest training, Tang San used the Eight Spider Lances to absorb Man Faced Demon Spiders, causing the External Soul Bone to evolve. He later deceived and killed a minor spirit-hunting team for their Soul Power, reaching Rank 66 378 379.

Tang San subsequently expanded the Tang Sect with Tai Tan’s assistance. He won White Crane’s support by demonstrating the Godly Zhuge Crossbow and accepted the Speed Clan into the sect, adding its scouts, messengers, and potential hidden-weapon users to the Tang Sect’s foundation 424 425 426.

Six years later, Tang San was attempting to create the Buddha Fury Tang Lotus while struggling with the Tang Sect’s lack of funds, land, and formal commercial standing. News that two Spirit Bones allegedly stripped from Tang Hao were being auctioned in Heaven Dou City deeply unsettled him, as he had received no word from his father for nearly six years 454 476.

Appearance

Following the evolution of his martial soul, Tang San’s skin became fairer and his hair turned blue 192.

• Blue Silver Emperor manifests as a dark-blue blade of grass with clear veins and faint golden edging 192.
• Usually presents himself with a respectful posture while retaining a straight-backed, self-assured bearing 89.
• Can appear sincere and approachable while concealing cold intent 379.
• After Tang Yuehua's tutelage, his demeanor becomes more natural and refined, without the stiffness caused by his formerly uncontrolled killing intent 370.

Personality

Tang San is determined, adaptable, and highly competitive. When direct attacks fail, he changes tactics quickly, relying on movement techniques, concealed weapons, and battlefield control 31 32 340.

His defeats by Zhou Qiubai foster deep resentment and a fixation on proving his superiority. He repeatedly measures his progress against Zhou, at times allowing his desire for victory to create openings in battle 192 234 287.

His pursuit of power becomes increasingly ruthless. In the Capital of Slaughter, he rationalizes killing criminals for their life force as “purification”; later, he kills a spirit-hunting team for Soul Power without remorse 341 379. Training under Tang Yuehua later gives him greater control over his killing intent and makes him more patient and deliberate 370.

Tang San is highly calculating in factional matters. He views the Speed Clan's speed as useful for reconnaissance, communication, assassination, logistics, and the deployment of hidden weapons, and he successfully persuades White Crane to entrust the clan's future to the Tang Sect 423 425.

He maintains an outwardly courteous, humble image even while making cold assessments of others' value or plotting for power. This restraint allows him to gain the trust of elders such as White Crane and Tai Tan despite the domineering ambition he conceals 379 424 425.

Abilities & Skills

Blue Silver Emperor

Tang San’s evolved plant martial soul, awakened from Blue Silver Grass through the Blue Silver King’s sacrifice.

• Provides a fourth ten-thousand-year spirit ring at the time of evolution 192.
• Its fourth spirit skill can entangle and control enemies 214.
• Used for movement and terrain navigation, including during his infiltration of Clear Sky Sect territory 357.
• Enables Blue Silver Domain use against the Hell Road’s bat swarm and bat king 353.
• Allows him to resonate with surrounding vegetation, sense through plant roots, and detect approaching people within roughly three miles in a forested area 314.
• Its sixth spirit skill, Blue Silver Sword Formation, turns Blue Silver Grass into numerous sword-like leaves that form a lethal area-of-effect strangulation formation 327.
• He uses the Blue Silver Domain to temporarily clear his mind and restrain his overflowing killing intent on the Hell Road 354.

Clear Sky Hammer

Tang San’s inherited tool martial soul and the focus of Tang Hao’s training.

• Requires a head-on, overwhelming style built around power and dominance rather than Blue Silver Grass’s flexibility 234.
• Tang Hao trains him in its fundamentals before allowing access to Clear Sky Sect’s unique techniques 234 235.
• Used to manifest a Tool Soul Avatar through Shrek’s Seven-in-One Fusion Skill 285.
• Tang San employs the Clear Sky Nine Absolutes and Break Character Technique in the tournament final 287.
• Used alongside the Eight Spider Lances and Purple Demon Eye to defeat the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent 353.
• Used to kill Spirit Beasts and the spirit-hunting team he encounters in the Star Dou Forest 378 379.

Tang Sect Arts

Skills retained from Tang San’s past life and adapted to soul-power combat.

• Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track — Treacherous footwork capable of producing three difficult-to-distinguish afterimages; used for combat, escape, and infiltration 32 304 357.
• Hidden weapons — Used in his duel with Zhou Qiubai despite arena rules; later used on the Hell Road and against the Sword Bamboo Spirit Beast 34 327 353.
• Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon — Used with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to defeat a Soul King-level opponent in the Hell Slaughter Arena 340.
• Purple Demon Eye — Employed against the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent 353.
• Mysterious Heaven Skill — Enhances his cultivation potential following the Blue Silver Emperor’s evolution 192.
• Buddha Fury Tang Lotus design — Tang San is attempting to recreate this powerful hidden weapon to close the gap between himself and Zhou Qiubai and Yang Guyun 454.

Eight Spider Lances

An External Soul Bone used for pressure, offense, and absorption.

• Failed to overcome Zhou Qiubai’s swordsmanship and footwork during their duel 31 32.
• Absorbs vitality and Soul Power from corpses, allowing Tang San to recover despite the Capital of Slaughter’s suppression effect 340 341.
• Used in the battle against the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent 353.
• Evolves after Tang San absorbs the energy of several Man Faced Demon Spiders in the Star Dou Forest 378.

Divine Slaughter’s Domain

A domain gained after Tang San’s Capital of Slaughter training and Hell Road trial.

• Reflects strengthened killing intent and battle rationality 354.
• Activates instinctively against Tang Xiao’s pressure at Clear Sky Sect 357.
• Initially intensifies Tang San's uncontrollable killing intent after he leaves the Capital of Slaughter 357 358.
• Tang Yuehua's tutelage helps him regain control over the killing intent associated with the domain 358 370.

Spirit Bone Abilities

Tang San possesses Spirit Bones tied to Xiao Wu and his mother.

• Xiao Wu’s Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Bone brings him to the level-60 bottleneck after her sacrifice 293.
• His mother’s Spirit Bone grants rapid self-recovery and flight after absorption 314.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Clear Sky Hammer — Inherited tool martial soul and primary weapon for direct combat 234.
• Eight Spider Lances — External Soul Bone with combat and absorption functions 31 340.
• Storage Soul Tool — Given by Tang Hao during their escape from Martial Soul Hall 304.
• Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent Inner Core — Acquired on the Hell Road and exchanged for Clear Sky Sect membership 353 360.
• Godly Zhuge Crossbow — A powerful Tang Sect hidden weapon capable of firing thirty-six bolts in a single demonstration; Tang San uses it against the Sword Bamboo Spirit Beast and presents it to White Crane 327 424.
• Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng — An immortal-grade herb gifted by White Crane. Tang San intends to use it to strengthen his cultivation and support his future advancement 425.
• Buddha Fury Tang Lotus — A high-level hidden weapon Tang San is attempting to create, though financial difficulties delay its completion 454.

Relationships

• Tang Hao — Father and harsh mentor. Protects Tang San from Martial Soul Hall, guides his Clear Sky Hammer training, and leaves him his mother’s Spirit Bone and sect techniques 175 234 304 314. Tang San spends years searching for him after their separation, but later learns of an auction claim that Tang Hao’s Spirit Bones were stripped from his body, strongly suggesting his father’s death 370 476.
• Xiao Wu — Closest companion and love interest. She cares for him during his injuries and later sacrifices herself to save him 174 213 293.
• Yu Xiaogang — Teacher whose theories Tang San increasingly doubts after learning the truth of his martial soul and suffering the consequences of a risky ring absorption 92 172 214. Although Tang San continues to address him respectfully, he believes Yu Xiaogang has little left to offer his cultivation 214.
• Zhou Qiubai — Rival whose repeated victories drive Tang San’s resentment and ambition to become stronger 31 34 192 287.
• Tai Tan — Protective elder who accompanies Tang San into Sunset Forest and saves his life during the failed ring absorption 172 174. He later helps establish the Tang Sect and supports Tang San after the news concerning Tang Hao’s alleged Spirit Bones 425 476.
• Tang Yuehua — Aunt and mentor who helps Tang San control his killing intent during a year of tutelage 370.
• Tang Xiao — Clear Sky Sect Master who recognizes Tang San’s exceptional Soul Emperor-level strength 357.
• Seventh Elder — Clear Sky Sect elder who tests Tang San in combat, then acknowledges him and supports his entry into the sect 359 360.
• White Crane — Patriarch of the Speed Clan and Tang San's great-uncle. Tang San impresses him with the Godly Zhuge Crossbow, and White Crane subsequently commits the Speed Clan to the Tang Sect 424 425.
• Speed Clan — An affiliated clan of the Tang Sect under White Crane. Tang San intends to use its exceptional speed for reconnaissance, communications, logistics, and hidden-weapon assassination units 423 425.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Duel with Zhou Qiubai

Tang San challenges Zhou Qiubai but is outclassed in swordsmanship, footwork, prediction, and composure. His use of hidden weapons violates the arena rules, and the loss establishes a lasting rivalry 31 32 34.

Blue Silver Emperor Evolution

After surviving a failed ten-thousand-year ring absorption, Tang San follows Tang Hao to reclaim his maternal legacy. His Blue Silver Grass evolves into the Blue Silver Emperor, and he returns to Shrek with a fourth ten-thousand-year ring 174 175 192 214.

Soul Master Tournament

Tang San leads Shrek’s fusion formation and manifests a Clear Sky Hammer Tool Soul Avatar. He is nevertheless defeated in the final by Zhou Qiubai and Yang Guyun, while Xiao Wu’s sacrifice later leaves him with a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Bone and Martial Soul Hall’s attention 285 289 293.

Flight from Martial Soul Hall

After being targeted for his Spirit Bone, Tang San escapes while Tang Hao battles four Title Douluos. He inherits his mother’s Spirit Bone and Clear Sky Sect techniques during the ensuing flight 304 314.

Capital of Slaughter and Hell Road

Tang San develops through lethal arena combat and nightly hunts, using the Eight Spider Lances to absorb life force. He completes the Hell Road alone, defeats the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, and gains Divine Slaughter’s Domain 340 341 353 354.

Return to Clear Sky Sect

Tang San challenges the Clear Sky Sect’s complacency, demonstrates his strength before Tang Xiao and the elders, and wins the Seventh Elder’s recognition in a half-hour test 357 359 360.

Star Dou Forest Training

After completing a year of tempering under Tang Yuehua, Tang San searches unsuccessfully for Tang Hao before entering the Star Dou Forest to devour Spirit Beasts. His Eight Spider Lances evolve through this hunting, and he reaches Rank 66 after killing a spirit-hunting team for Soul Power 370 378 379.

Tang Sect Expansion

Tang San works to establish the Tang Sect as an independent force. He wins White Crane over with the Godly Zhuge Crossbow, gains the Speed Clan's allegiance, and plans to combine its speed specialists with Tang Sect hidden weapons 423 424 425 426.

Tang Hao Spirit Bone Auction

Years after Tang Hao's disappearance, Tang San learns that two complete Spirit Bones allegedly taken from his father are to be auctioned in Heaven Dou City. The news disrupts his composure and exposes his fear that Tang Hao has died, while emphasizing the Tang Sect's lack of wealth and resources to recover the bones 476.