Tang San

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Identity

Tang San is Tang Hao and A Zhi’s locally born son, not the Tang San from Bashu. Qian Renfeng, Qian Xunji’s son, separately remembers having formerly been Tang San; his Xuantian Skill and other abilities should not be attributed to this child 52 167.

Infancy and Escape

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect hunted Tang San’s parents after discovering that A Zhi was a transformed soul beast. When Tang Hao was defeated, A Zhi sacrificed herself to save him and their infant son, urging him to protect the child 128 129 133.

Tang Hao escaped with Tang San but suffered devastating injuries. He traveled through the night, repeatedly forcing himself onward because an infant could not survive alone in the wilderness. After he collapsed at Holy Soul Village’s entrance, Tang San’s cries drew Old Jack, who carried the baby inside and enlisted villagers to rescue his father 130 132.

Childhood in Holy Soul Village

Tang San grew up in a dilapidated blacksmith shop. Tang Hao’s injuries, drinking, and neglect left him severely malnourished; he nearly died several times and survived with help from the villagers. At three, he was already skeletal and sallow, eating meager meals while his father mourned A Zhi 154 159.

At six, Su Yuntao awakened his Martial Souls and measured his Innate Level 7 Soul Power. Su Yuntao considered him a genius and offered to recruit him into Spirit Hall, but Tang Hao refused. Initially dismissive of his son’s talent, Tang Hao changed his attitude after seeing the Clear Sky Hammer and allowed him to cultivate 159 160 161.

Academy and First Soul Ring

Tang San received Holy Soul Village’s work-study place at Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy. A gatekeeper rejected his genuine Spirit Hall certificate, but Su Yuntao intervened and secured his admission. The encounter strengthened Tang San’s determination to become powerful enough to avoid such helplessness 169 170 171.

His routine combined morning lessons with afternoon cultivation. After reaching Level 10, he learned that the academy could only help him obtain a ten-year Soul Ring. Holy Soul Village had instead pooled money for a hundred-year hunt, with Old Jack safeguarding the funds 175 177.

Before the hunt, Tang Hao gave him A Zhi’s right leg soul bone and disclosed that a powerful faction—not Spirit Hall—had caused her death. Tang San absorbed the bone, then joined Su Yuntao and five other Spirit Hall Soul Masters in the Soul Beast Forest. They subdued a three-hundred-year Man Faced Demon Spider, leaving him to kill it and absorb its ring 179 180 181 182.

Supporting Tang Hao

By nine, Tang San had become a Soul Grandmaster and was supporting his increasingly idle father with his monthly allowance. During school vacations, he also performed the shop’s smithing work despite disliking it. He continued defending Tang Hao from Old Jack’s anger, even as his father took his remaining money to buy alcohol 207.

Refusal of the Clear Sky Sect’s Vendetta

After hearing of the Clear Sky Sect’s destruction, Tang San suspected that his hammer connected him to it but felt no attachment to an organization that had never helped him. He also recognized that opposing the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could endanger both himself and Holy Soul Village 226 230.

When Tang Hao demanded revenge for the sect, Tang San refused. Only after learning that the same faction had driven A Zhi to sacrifice herself did he agree to avenge his mother—not the Clear Sky Sect. He then challenged his father over why he had not stayed behind to protect her 230.

Appearance

• Childhood build: Extremely thin, with visible bones, a waxy-yellow complexion, and a bloodless appearance caused by prolonged malnutrition 154 159.
• Height: Noticeably shorter than other children his age before absorbing his soul bone 158.
• Clothing: Ragged garments covered in patches, including when he left for the academy 159 169.
• After soul-bone absorption: Becomes slightly taller and physically stronger, though his underlying deficiency remains 180.

Personality

Tang San is studious, diligent, and grateful to those who help him. His teachers regard him as a well-behaved student who excels in both conduct and studies. He does not use his higher innate talent as an excuse to slack off, believing that cultivation is the way to change his circumstances. He promises to repay Holy Soul Village’s support by bringing it prosperity 177 186 226.

His loyalty to Tang Hao coexists with resentment over his upbringing. He initially obeys his father’s refusal to let him join Spirit Hall because they are family, despite wanting to join. Privately, he envies children with loving parents and even wonders whether life would have been better had his mother survived instead. His later rejection of the Clear Sky Sect’s vendetta shows that his obedience has limits 178 179 207 230.

Abilities & Skills

Death Spider Emperor

His spider-type Martial Soul is a top-tier beast Martial Soul with exceptionally potent poison 159 186.

• Spider Web Restraint: His first Soul Skill releases a poisonous web. Tang San describes its poison as capable of killing an ordinary teenage Soul Master on contact 186.
• First Soul Ring: A yellow, three-hundred-year ring obtained from a Man Faced Demon Spider 182.
• Cultivation direction: Tang Hao advises him to prioritize poisonous beast Soul Rings and generally avoid plant-type rings, except potentially those at the hundred-thousand-year level 186.

Clear Sky Hammer

Tang San possesses the Clear Sky Hammer as his other Martial Soul, confirming that he has Twin Martial Souls 161.

• Tang Hao orders him never to reveal it to outsiders, warning that exposure could get them both killed 167.
• Tang Hao plans for him to develop the Death Spider Emperor to Titled Douluo before adding rings to the hammer, allowing its eventual rings to be ten-thousand-year ones. This remains a plan, not an achieved configuration 180.
• He initially fails to learn the associated Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer technique. Later smithing practice is intended to teach it, but mastery is not documented 167 186 207.

Death Spider Emperor Right Leg Bone

A hundred-thousand-year soul bone left by A Zhi’s sacrifice and passed to Tang San by Tang Hao 172 179.

• Grants two hundred-thousand-year soul-bone skills; their complete names and effects are not disclosed 180.
• Substantially strengthens his physique and partially alleviates his congenital deficiency, without fully repairing it 180.
• At Level 10, Tang San believes either skill may exceed his available Soul Power even if he exhausts himself 180.
• Tang Hao forbids him from revealing the bone or its skills before he is strong enough to resist people who might kill him to seize it 179 180.

Blacksmithing

• Learns ordinary smithing despite repeatedly expressing dislike for it 186 207.
• Can forge finished iron tools by age nine and takes over the shop’s work during vacations 207.
• His practical smithing ability does not establish mastery of the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer 167 207.

Relationships

• Tang Hao — Father and initial instructor. Saves him as an infant, but later neglects him, obstructs his entry into Spirit Hall, and depends on his allowance. Tang San remains protective of him while eventually rejecting his demand for sect revenge 132 160 207 230.
• A Zhi — Mother, a transformed hundred-thousand-year Death Spider Emperor. Sacrifices herself to save her family and leaves the right leg soul bone Tang San later absorbs. He agrees to avenge her after learning the circumstances of her death 129 179 230.
• Old Jack — Rescuer and grandfather figure. Helps keep him alive, arranges his schooling and first Soul Ring hunt, and repeatedly confronts Tang Hao over his treatment of the boy 132 169 175 207.
• Su Yuntao — Benefactor from Spirit Hall. Conducts his awakening, tries to recruit him, resolves the academy gate dispute, and leads his first Soul Ring hunt. Afterward, he invites Tang San to call him “Brother Tao” 160 170 182.
• Holy Soul Village’s residents — Childhood caretakers and financial supporters. Their pooled contributions fund his hundred-year Soul Ring hunt; Tang San promises to repay their kindness 154 175 177.
• Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect — The faction responsible for hunting his parents and driving A Zhi to sacrifice herself. Tang San accepts a personal grievance over his mother’s death but refuses to inherit the Clear Sky Sect’s feud 133 230.