Tang San

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Tang San (唐三)
Gender	Male
Martial Souls	Blue Silver Grass; Clear Sky Hammer
Affiliation	Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy; Shrek Academy
Occupation/Role	Soul Master; Tang Sect secret-art practitioner
Status	Alive
First Appearance	Chapter 15

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Second-ring Soul Master	15	Arrives in the Hunting Soul Forest with Nuoding Academy dean Kahn to obtain his second soul ring.
Level 30 Soul Master	53	Reaches level 30 four years after his first clash with Li Qinglian, but remains ten levels behind Li Qinglian.

Background / History

Tang San first appears in the Hunting Soul Forest alongside Kahn, the dean of Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy. He witnesses six-year-old Li Qinglian absorb a roughly three-thousand-year soul ring as his second ring, an event that overturns Tang San's confidence in the soul-ring limits taught by Yu Xiaogang. He begins questioning whether those theories can be trusted without reservation. 15 16

When Kahn tries to seize Li Qinglian's suspected External Soul Bone, Tang San waits for Kahn, Li Qinglian, and Huo Wu to exhaust themselves. He then kills Kahn with Sleeve Arrows, intending to take the bone and eliminate the other witnesses. 17

Tang San's attempt fails when Li Qinglian reveals the Green Lotus Sword and defeats his Blue Silver Grass, Tang Sect techniques, hidden weapons, and large-scale assault with the Green Lotus Sword Technique. Tang San is seriously wounded by Thousand Flowers Burying the Moon, but escapes using the Clear Sky Hammer and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track. 18 19

Four years later, Tang San encounters Li Qinglian again while traveling with Shrek Academy near Star Dou Forest. He openly calls Li Qinglian an “eternal enemy,” still resentful over the External Soul Bone he failed to obtain and the wounds he suffered in their prior battle. 53

Appearance

Tang San is initially described as a plainly dressed youth accompanying Kahn from Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy. 15

• Wears a Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy uniform during his first appearance. 15
• His Shrek Academy peers recognize a long-standing scar beneath his ribs from Li Qinglian's sword attack. 53
• His face bears a sword mark from Li Qinglian's Thousand Flowers Burying the Moon. 19

Personality

Tang San is highly intelligent, observant, and calculating. After seeing Li Qinglian exceed conventional soul-ring limits, he immediately reassesses the teachings he had accepted and considers how he himself might have taken greater risks. 16

He is also ruthlessly opportunistic. He ambushes Kahn once the dean is weakened, then attempts to kill Li Qinglian and Huo Wu for the External Soul Bone. Tang San regards this as a necessary move to secure the treasure and remove future threats. 17 18

Despite acknowledging Li Qinglian as an extraordinary genius, Tang San's admiration is inseparable from hostility. His defeat drives him to train the Purple Demon Eye, Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, and hidden weapons specifically to counter Li Qinglian's swordsmanship. 18 53 55

Abilities & Skills

Twin Martial Souls

Tang San possesses both Blue Silver Grass and the Clear Sky Hammer. Li Qinglian identifies him as another twin-martial-soul user after Tang San uses the hammer to escape. 18 19

• Blue Silver Grass — Used for binding, restraining, and attacking with vines. 18 54
• Clear Sky Hammer — Used as a decisive weapon during his escape from Huo Wu. 19
• His Clear Sky Hammer identifies him as a disciple of the Clear Sky Sect. 19

Tang Sect Secret Arts

Tang San combines techniques from his previous life with his martial souls, granting combat capability beyond his cultivation level. 18

• Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track — An evasive movement technique that produces difficult-to-follow afterimages and irregular movement paths. 18 55
• Mysterious Jade Hand — Strengthens his palms for close-quarters attacks. 18
• Purple Demon Eye — Enhances his ability to perceive and track Li Qinglian's fast sword movements. 18 55
• Hidden-weapon techniques — Allows him to launch concealed projectiles in coordinated barrages. 17 18

Hidden Weapons

Tang San employs hidden weapons to ambush opponents and create lethal openings.

• Sleeve Arrows — Used to kill Kahn and later fired at Li Qinglian in a three-arrow formation. 17 18
• Silent Sleeve Arrow — A concealed arrow weapon Tang San reloads during battle with Li Qinglian. 18
• Mass projectile barrage — Combines more than twenty hidden weapons with Blue Silver Grass to seal an opponent's escape routes. 18
• His concealed weapons can carry poison; Li Qinglian believes he was poisoned after their battle. 19

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Sleeve Arrows — Concealed arrow weapons used in Kahn's assassination. 17
• Silent Sleeve Arrow — A hidden weapon used against Li Qinglian. 18
• Various hidden weapons — Carried and deployed in large quantities during combat. 18
• Eight Spider Lances — Tang San's External Soul Bone; Li Qinglian later seeks to take it in repayment for Tang San's earlier attempt to seize the Golden Roc Wings. 51 52

Relationships

• Li Qinglian — Rival and self-declared “eternal enemy.” Tang San tries to kill him for an External Soul Bone, loses their first battle, and later trains with their rematch in mind. 17 18 53 55
• Kahn — Dean of Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy who accompanies Tang San to hunt a soul ring; Tang San kills him with Sleeve Arrows. 15 17
• Huo Wu — Li Qinglian's companion and witness to Tang San's attack on Kahn; she attempts to kill Tang San after he badly injures Li Qinglian. 17 19
• Xiao Wu — Shrek Academy companion who refers to Tang San as “Brother” and is unaware of his role in Kahn's death. 53 54
• Ma Hongjun — Shrek Academy companion who knows Li Qinglian from their early time at Shrek. 53
• Dai Mubai — Shrek Academy companion who informs Tang San of Li Qinglian's tournament achievements and Ultimate Fire. 56

Story Role / Major Arcs

Hunting Soul Forest Conflict

Tang San's first encounter with Li Qinglian shatters his belief that he is unmatched among young soul masters. He then becomes involved in Kahn's attempt to seize the Golden Roc Wings, kills Kahn, and turns on Li Qinglian and Huo Wu. 15 18

First Duel with Li Qinglian

Tang San tests Tang Sect secret arts, Blue Silver Grass, hidden weapons, and the Purple Demon Eye against the Green Lotus Sword Technique. Although he wounds Li Qinglian, he is defeated by Thousand Flowers Burying the Moon and forced to flee after revealing the Clear Sky Hammer. 18 19

Shrek Academy Reunion

Four years later, Tang San meets Li Qinglian at an inn near Star Dou Forest. He reveals their enmity to the Shrek Academy group and challenges Li Qinglian again, only to discover that Li Qinglian now fights primarily with Ultimate Fire rather than relying solely on swordsmanship. 53 56

Trivia

• Tang San initially believes that Li Qinglian may be the strongest young “monster” in the world after witnessing his soul-ring absorption. 15 17
• He privately considers sword cultivators the Tang Sect's most feared opponents from his previous world. 18
• Tang San's preparations for a rematch focus heavily on countering Li Qinglian's swordsmanship, leaving him frustrated when Li Qinglian instead uses Ultimate Fire. 55