Tang San

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Tang San (唐三)
Alias(es)	Little San
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Shrek Academy; Shrek Seven Devils
Occupation/Role	Soul Master; Yu Xiaogang's disciple; Clear Sky Hammer cultivator
Status	Alive
First Appearance	2

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
First Soul Ring	3	Successfully absorbs a roughly 400-year Datura Snake soul ring under Yu Xiaogang's guidance, gaining Entanglement.
Rank 32	43	Possesses three soul rings—two yellow and one purple—and uses Entanglement, Parasite, and Spider Web Restraint in succession.
Soul-ring configuration revised	58	Re-selects his soul rings after doubting Yu Xiaogang's earlier guidance; Blue Silver Grass gains a qualitative increase in toughness and binding power.
Soul Power above Rank 50	74	Enters the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament with his Soul Power already above level fifty, though the cause of his rapid advance is initially unclear to Zhou Tao.
Clear Sky Hammer's first soul ring; Rank 42	102	Absorbs an approximately 8,000-year Man Faced Demon Spider soul ring for his Clear Sky Hammer after obtaining a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, increasing his Soul Power from Rank 38 to Rank 42.
Clear Sky Hammer's second soul ring	104	Absorbs a roughly 12,000-year Man Faced Demon Spider soul ring. The poison-attribute ring clashes with the toxins already within his body, nearly causing him to explode.
Blue Silver Grass origin extracted	114	Allows Zhou Tao to extract the origin of his Blue Silver Emperor martial soul in an attempt to eliminate his toxin problem, severely reducing his vitality and cultivation foundation.
Remaining Blue Silver Emperor bloodline lost	120	The Blue Silver King strips away his remaining pure Blue Silver Emperor bloodline; his damaged Blue Silver Grass is reduced toward an ordinary, unstable martial soul.
Rank 56	121	Smoothly absorbs a roughly 25,000-year Qianjun Ant King soul ring for the Clear Sky Hammer, breaking through to Rank 56.
Rank 58	122	Successfully absorbs a roughly 28,000-year Diamond Demon Ape soul ring for the Clear Sky Hammer after a prolonged, unstable process, reaching Rank 58.

Background

Tang San arrives at Notting Academy with an elderly companion and is approached by Yu Xiaogang during a dispute with the gatekeeper. He immediately performs a formal kneeling ceremony to accept Yu Xiaogang as his teacher, then accompanies him to obtain a first soul ring. Tang San remains unaware that Yu Xiaogang views him as proof of his martial-soul theories and as a test subject. 2 3

He absorbs a Datura Snake soul ring after helping defeat the approximately 400-year soul beast. Although he briefly questions whether Yu Xiaogang truly knew his theory would work, he continues to respect and support his teacher. Tang Hao secretly observes the event and regards Tang San's Blue Silver Grass as a temporary martial soul before he later develops his Clear Sky Hammer. 3

Zhou Tao steals the Blue Silver Emperor and the 100,000-Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone intended as part of Tang San's maternal inheritance. Zhou Tao subsequently warns the Blue Silver Grass clan to hide from Tang San and Tang Hao, intending to prevent Tang San from obtaining the clan's innate soul-ring inheritance. 3 5

Tang San is later revealed to be the son of Tang Hao and Ah Yin, the Blue Silver Emperor. His Blue Silver Grass was originally a Blue Silver Emperor martial soul, but its potential had been undermined by the loss of its bloodline inheritance and his poison-heavy cultivation route. 113 115

Following Shrek Academy's crushing defeat against Zhou Tao in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament, Tang San temporarily abandons confidence in Blue Silver Grass and secretly decides to cultivate the Clear Sky Hammer as his primary martial soul. Yu Xiaogang subsequently persuades him to pursue matching poison-attribute soul rings for both martial souls, a decision that intensifies the toxin conflict within Tang San's body. 91 92 98 99

Tang San acquires a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone and attaches powerful Man Faced Demon Spider soul rings to the Clear Sky Hammer. While this rapidly elevates his strength, the accumulation of toxins from both martial souls nearly kills him and leaves his meridians obstructed and his cultivation unstable. 102 106

Desperate to survive, Tang San accepts Zhou Tao's proposal to extract the source of his Blue Silver Grass. Zhou Tao removes the Blue Silver Emperor origin instead, leaving Tang San with diminished life force, a severely damaged appearance, and a crippled first martial soul. 114 115

Tang San reunites with Tang Hao after eight years and receives support from Tang Yuehua. Tang Hao takes him to the Blue Silver Forest to restore his bloodline, but the Blue Silver King recognizes the impurity of Tang San's remaining aura and strips away the last of his Blue Silver Emperor bloodline. With Blue Silver Grass near collapse, Tang Hao directs Tang San to focus on the Clear Sky Hammer. 116 119 121

Personality

Tang San initially shows strong, unquestioning loyalty toward Yu Xiaogang. He treats his teacher as a father figure and agrees to seek revenge against Zhou Tao for insulting him. 2

Repeated defeats by Zhou Tao make Tang San cautious and fearful in direct confrontations, but do not diminish his pride. He remains convinced of his own potential as a Twin Martial Souls genius and repeatedly vows revenge after being defeated. 40 45 58

His confidence in poison and concealed weapons is particularly pronounced. After realgar wine fails to treat Ma Hongjun's venom poisoning, Tang San experiences severe self-doubt, then redirects his resentment toward Zhou Tao and considers fabricating crimes to justify retaliation. 41 42

Tang San is highly sensitive to perceived humiliation, particularly when his Tang Sect knowledge, martial soul, or teacher are criticized. He reacts to Zhou Tao's exposure of his past-life secrets with panic and murderous intent, while Spirit Hall's tournament ban on hidden weapons deepens his hostility toward the organization. 75 79

Although Zhou Tao's overwhelming tournament victory initially shatters Tang San's confidence, Tang San retains a powerful desire to surpass him. His Clear Sky Hammer's rapid growth briefly restores his pride and makes him eager to seek ever stronger soul rings, though Tang Hao forces him to temper this impatience. 91 102 122

Tang San eventually becomes disillusioned with Yu Xiaogang after recognizing that his teacher's poison-based plans damaged both of his martial souls. He openly condemns Yu Xiaogang's redundant soul-skill choices, ignorance of Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring Soul Shock, and refusal to accept responsibility. 118

Abilities & Skills

Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul

Tang San's identified martial soul is Blue Silver Grass, which he originally uses for binding, battlefield control, and long-range attacks. It is later revealed to have been the supreme Blue Silver Emperor martial soul, though its origin and remaining bloodline are extracted or stripped away, leaving it severely crippled and unstable. 113 115 120

• Can release numerous strands of Blue Silver Grass to form nets and seal escape routes. 12
• Possesses natural restraining properties; after revising his soul-ring choices, its binding ability becomes substantially stronger without requiring an additional binding skill. 43 58
• Its vines can be frozen and shattered by Zhou Tao's attacks. 12
• Its control effects are repeatedly broken through by Zhou Tao, including during the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament. 87 91
• Its source is extracted by Zhou Tao in an attempt to remove Tang San's toxins, leaving the martial soul cracked, faint, and close to shattering. 114 120
• Tang San is stated to possess Twin Martial Souls, with Tang Hao intending for him to eventually cultivate the Clear Sky Hammer. 3 58

Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul

Tang San's second martial soul is the Clear Sky Hammer, the famed number one tool martial soul. He initially conceals it on Yu Xiaogang's orders, then begins cultivating it after losing confidence in Blue Silver Grass. 84 92 108

• Reveals the Clear Sky Hammer during Shrek Academy's match against Blazing Fire Academy, displaying a purple and a black soul ring. 108
• Uses the Clear Sky Hammer's immense physical force to severely wound and help kill a Ten Thousand Year Man Faced Demon Spider. 103
• Employs Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, stacking force through successive swings; his tenth hammer defeats Huo Wushuang and secures Shrek Academy's victory over Blazing Fire Academy. 109
• Continues developing the Clear Sky Hammer after Blue Silver Grass loses its remaining Blue Silver Emperor bloodline, reaching Rank 58 through high-age soul-ring absorption. 121 122

Soul Skills

• Entanglement — First soul skill, acquired from the Datura Snake soul ring; creates binding Blue Silver Grass. 3 43
• Parasite — Second soul skill; used alongside his other control skills. 43
• Spider Web Restraint — Third soul skill; creates a web-like binding attack. 43
• Blue Silver Prison — Fourth Blue Silver Grass soul skill, another binding-oriented skill that Tang San later acknowledges as part of his redundant control-skill configuration. 2 118

Tang Sect Techniques

Tang San retains Tang Sect-derived secret arts and regards them as a major source of his combat strength.

• Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track — Movement technique used to rapidly close distance against Zhou Tao during their tournament match. 88
• Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon — Close-combat technique Tang San employs against Zhou Tao after Xiao Wu is injured. 88
• Purple Demon Eyes — Eye technique activated when Zhou Tao threatens to reveal Tang San's past-life secrets. 79
• Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer — Hammer technique that accumulates momentum and power with repeated strikes. 109

Concealed Weapons and Poison

Tang San uses Tang Sect-derived concealed weapons and poisoned projectiles.

• Shadowless Sandshot — A handheld tube that fires six Luo Xuan Steel Needles in rapid succession. 44
• The needles are treated with hallucinogenic poison and numbing venom. 44
• Shadowless Sandshot fails to penetrate Zhou Tao's Golden Ancient Tree vine armor. 44
• Attempts to detoxify Dugu Yan's venom with realgar wine, but the treatment fails and worsens Ma Hongjun's suffering. 41 42
• His reliance on poison becomes a critical weakness after poisonous soul rings from both martial souls accumulate and conflict within his body. 103 106 111
• The Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament prohibits hidden weapons, poison, and similar external methods, a rule Tang San views as unfairly restricting him. 75

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges — Carries his Shadowless Sandshot within it. 44
• Shadowless Sandshot — Concealed weapon firing poisoned Luo Xuan Steel Needles. 44
• Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone — Obtained before Tang San begins attaching high-age Clear Sky Hammer soul rings; used to absorb excess energy and toxins during his near-fatal second-ring absorption. 102 104
• Twenty-Thousand-Year Right Leg Spirit Bone — Gifted to Tang San by Tang Yuehua to support his cultivation and recovery. 119

Relationships

• Yu Xiaogang — Teacher and former father figure. Tang San initially follows him unquestioningly and repeatedly vows to avenge insults against him, but his trust deteriorates after Yu Xiaogang's poison-based Twin Martial Soul guidance nearly kills him. Tang San later publicly rebukes him for his flawed theories and deception. 2 3 98 106 118
• Tang Hao — Father. Tang Hao secretly watches over Tang San and initially intends to use both Tang San and A-Yin's inheritance in his plans against Spirit Hall. After Tang San loses his Blue Silver Emperor origin, Tang Hao reunites with him, trains his Clear Sky Hammer path, and seeks to restore his bloodline. 2 3 116 119 122
• Tang Yuehua — Paternal aunt. She treats Tang San warmly, gifts him a Twenty-Thousand-Year right leg Spirit Bone, and helps ease the tension of his reunion with Tang Hao. 116 119
• Zhou Tao — Lifelong enemy. Zhou Tao repeatedly defeats and humiliates Tang San, exposes his secrets, manipulates him into surrendering the Blue Silver Grass origin, and becomes the central target of Tang San's revenge. 12 40 45 79 114 115 122
• Xiao Wu — Close companion who remains loyal to Tang San and attempts to protect him after Zhou Tao injures him. Their relationship becomes strained when Tang San defends the mass slaughter of soul beasts as cultivation resources, prompting Xiao Wu to leave the hunting party. 42 44 45 102
• Dugu Yan — Adversary who mocks Tang San's failed attempt to cure Ma Hongjun's venom poisoning. 41 42
• Ma Hongjun — Shrek companion whose poisoning becomes the subject of Tang San's failed detoxification attempt. 41 42
• Dai Mubai — Shrek companion and fellow opponent of Zhou Tao; Tang San considers fighting alongside the Shrek group against Zhou Tao and later fights beside him in the tournament. 40 41 87 88
• Liu Erlong — Shrek Academy elder who assists Tang San in hunting the Man Faced Demon Spider and shows intense concern while he suffers from soul-ring toxin backlash. 103 104
• Blue Silver King — A potential source of Tang San's maternal bloodline restoration who instead judges his aura tainted and strips his remaining Blue Silver Emperor bloodline. 120

Story Role / Major Arcs

Notting Academy and First Soul Ring

Tang San becomes Yu Xiaogang's disciple and obtains his first soul ring from a Datura Snake. His arrival also creates the opening Zhou Tao uses to steal the Blue Silver Emperor inheritance from Holy Soul Village. 2 3

Conflict with Zhou Tao

Tang San first confronts Zhou Tao while defending Yu Xiaogang, but Zhou Tao freezes and destroys his Blue Silver Grass. After this defeat, Tang San becomes hesitant about openly opposing Zhou Tao. 10 12

Shrek Academy Confrontation

At Shrek Academy, Tang San recognizes Zhou Tao and is overwhelmed by memories of their earlier encounters. He accepts Zhou Tao's challenge to cure Ma Hongjun, but his realgar-wine treatment fails. 40 42

Tang San attacks Zhou Tao with Entanglement, Parasite, and Spider Web Restraint, only for Zhou Tao to criticize the overlap among his soul skills. Zhou Tao then defeats Tang San with lightning from the Thunderous Hell Prison Vine; Tang San's Shadowless Sandshot also proves ineffective. 43 44

Continued Pursuit of Revenge

Despite being repeatedly defeated, Tang San continues to regard Zhou Tao as an irreconcilable enemy. He later changes his soul-ring choices after questioning Yu Xiaogang's teachings, believing that stronger Blue Silver Grass control will help him eventually challenge Zhou Tao again. 45 58

Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament

Tang San enters the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament with Soul Power above Rank 50 and remains intent on defeating Zhou Tao. He is frustrated by rules forbidding hidden weapons and poison, which he considers essential to his fighting style. 74 75

When Zhou Tao represents the Imperial Fighting Team alone against Shrek Academy, Tang San leads Shrek's attempts to counter him. Zhou Tao effortlessly breaks Tang San's Blue Silver Binding and defeats the entire team without using soul skills, leaving Tang San unconscious with a broken nose bridge. 84 87 88

The defeat devastates Tang San's confidence and causes him to question Blue Silver Grass, Yu Xiaogang's teachings, and his own future. He initially resolves in secret to shift his primary cultivation toward the Clear Sky Hammer. 91 92

Clear Sky Hammer Cultivation and Poison Crisis

Yu Xiaogang convinces Tang San to cultivate both martial souls with poison-attribute soul rings and to seek Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones to reinforce his physique. Tang San acquires a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone and adds an approximately 8,000-year Man Faced Demon Spider ring to the Clear Sky Hammer, reaching Rank 42. 99 100 102

Tang San then absorbs a roughly 12,000-year Man Faced Demon Spider ring. The poisonous soul power clashes with the toxins accumulated in his Blue Silver Grass, nearly causing his body to burst apart; the Soul Bone absorbs part of the dangerous energy and saves his life. 103 104

Although he survives, Tang San's meridians become obstructed, his cultivation slows, and each future poison-ring absorption threatens to worsen the toxin buildup. His faith in Yu Xiaogang's guidance erodes as the severity of his condition becomes clear. 105 107

Blazing Fire Academy Match

Tang San publicly unveils the Clear Sky Hammer during Shrek Academy's match against Blazing Fire Academy. With a purple and black ring configuration, he intimidates the opposing team and uses Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer to defeat Huo Wushuang with a tenth consecutive strike, winning the match for Shrek. 108 109

His triumph is brief. The toxin conflict in his body flares shortly afterward, revealing that his rapidly accumulated poison-based cultivation has left him near death. 110 112

Loss of the Blue Silver Emperor

Zhou Tao reveals Tang San's Blue Silver Emperor heritage and offers to remove the toxin problem by extracting the source of Blue Silver Grass. Tang San agrees out of desperation, only for Zhou Tao to extract his Blue Silver Emperor origin and leave him with reduced vitality and a gravely damaged first martial soul. 112 115

After reuniting with Tang Hao, Tang San receives a Spirit Bone from Tang Yuehua and accompanies his father to the Blue Silver Forest. The Blue Silver King rejects Tang San's tainted bloodline, strips away his remaining Blue Silver Emperor aptitude, and leaves Blue Silver Grass near complete collapse. 116 119 120

Clear Sky Hammer Recovery Path

With Blue Silver Grass ruined, Tang Hao directs Tang San to rely on the Clear Sky Hammer. Tang San absorbs a roughly 25,000-year Qianjun Ant King ring to reach Rank 56, then endures a difficult absorption of a roughly 28,000-year Diamond Demon Ape ring to reach Rank 58. 121 122

Despite the danger of his unstable Twin Martial Soul cultivation, Tang San regains confidence in the Clear Sky Hammer and resolves to return to the tournament, defeat Zhou Tao, and avenge Yu Xiaogang. 122

Notable Quotes

“That Zhou Tao dared to mock Teacher. He already has a path to death.” 2

“Of course I can detoxify him.” 41

“Once I grow stronger, I'll repay him a hundredfold, a thousandfold, ten thousandfold!” 45

“Teacher, I plan to give up Blue Silver Grass and focus on cultivating my second martial soul, the Clear Sky Hammer!” 98

“You pushed me into one pit after another!” 118

“I'll defeat Zhou Tao with my own hands, avenge my teacher, and wash away every humiliation!” 122