Tang San

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Tang San (唐三)
Gender	Male
Martial Soul(s)	Blue Silver Grass; Clear Sky Hammer
Affiliation	Former Notting Academy work-study student; Spirit Hall
Occupation/Role	Soul Master; antagonist to Chen Qingling and her allies
First Appearance	Chapter 17

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Innate Full Soul Power	17	Reveals Innate Full Soul Power despite possessing Blue Silver Grass; Chen Qingling suspects he may have Twin Martial Souls.
First Soul Skill obtained	25	Gains his First Soul Skill and improves the Tang Sect techniques he relies on in battle.
Approximately Level 15	29	Reported to be around level fifteen while Chen Qingling reaches the Soul Scholar bottleneck.
Slaughter God Domain	135	Reveals the Domain to protect himself during Chen Qingling's confrontation with Tang Hao.
Three Domains	229	Activates the Blue Silver, Slaughter God, and Sea God Domains against Chen Qingling.
Titled Douluo	246	Abyssal Power rapidly raises him to the Titled Douluo realm within days.

Background / History

Tang San enters Notting Academy as a work-study student with Blue Silver Grass and Innate Full Soul Power. His unusual martial soul and soul power lead Chen Qingling to suspect that he possesses Twin Martial Souls. He quickly clashes with her after resenting her refusal to help him at the academy gate. 17

He challenges Chen Qingling twice for the work-study dormitory's top position. In their first spar, he uses Tang Sect hidden weapons; in the second, he relies on his newly acquired First Soul Skill and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Step, but Chen Qingling immobilizes and defeats him with a talisman. 17 25 26

Tang San develops an unreciprocated fixation on Xiao Wu. Her repeated rejection, alongside Wang Sheng's hostility and Chen Qingling's rapid growth, deepens his resentment and isolation from the other work-study students. 26 29 55

Tang Hao later reveals that Tang San's second martial soul is the Clear Sky Hammer of the Clear Sky School, warning him to keep it secret. Tang Hao also opposes Tang San's feelings for Xiao Wu after identifying her as a hundred-thousand-year soul beast. 42

After deciding that he wants greater status and cultivation resources, Tang San joins Spirit Hall despite Tang Hao's objections. Su Yuntao offers him a medicinal bath to improve his body and soul-ring absorption, while Tang San chooses to leave his father and follow his own path. 70

His fixation on Xiao Wu escalates into violence against her friends. Chen Xin subdues him with Titled Douluo pressure, and Tang San is later severely injured; the academy healer declares that he and Dai Mubai are permanently crippled following a later incident. 77 78 156

Tang San begins a revenge campaign against Wang Sheng, murdering Wang Sheng's parents and attempting to kill Wang Sheng himself. Tang Hao intervenes before he can finish the attack. The resulting outrage leads to Tang San's suspension from Notting Academy, after which Spirit Hall offers him admission to its academy. 113 114 115

When Chen Qingling confronts him at Spirit Hall over Wang Sheng's parents, Tang San provokes her while relying on Tang Hao's protection. He subsequently reveals the Slaughter God Domain, leading Tang Hao to question his son's true identity. 134 135

Tang San later returns secretly to Notting City and coerces his former master Yu Xiaogang into writing him a recommendation letter for Shrek Academy. He then travels to Soto City, where he fights Dai Mubai and continues blaming Chen Qingling for his circumstances. 141 143

During the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, Tang San faces Chen Qingling. His Clear Sky Hammer is shattered by her Light Butterfly Blades, and Xiao Wu cripples his fingers in retaliation for his crimes against Wang Sheng and Dugu Bo. Tang San escapes only by using a final trump card: power from the Abyss Plane. 228 229 230

He establishes Holy Soul Village as a base for spreading Abyssal Power, causing the deaths of seventeen villagers and transforming others into Abyssal Creatures. He later uses Cypress Village as an experimental field to observe how Abyssal Power stimulates ordinary people's darker impulses and mutates their martial souls. 239 262

Personality

Tang San is competitive, resentful, and highly sensitive to humiliation. He repeatedly interprets Chen Qingling's victories and Xiao Wu's rejection as personal grievances, then directs blame toward Chen Qingling rather than accepting responsibility for his conduct. 26 104 143 238

He is determined and resourceful in pursuit of power, seeking Spirit Hall resources, planning to resurrect his mother, and pursuing methods to save Tang Chen. However, this pragmatism increasingly becomes ruthlessness: he targets Wang Sheng's family, exploits Abyssal Power despite civilian deaths, and conducts experiments on villagers. 70 113 140 239 262

Abilities & Skills

Blue Silver Grass

Tang San's primary revealed martial soul is Blue Silver Grass, despite the widespread belief that it is a waste martial soul incapable of possessing soul power. 17

• Used offensively against Wang Sheng during their confrontation. 114
• Associated with one of Tang San's three Domains, the Blue Silver Domain. 229
• Its incompatibility with his Innate Full Soul Power contributes to suspicion that he has Twin Martial Souls. 17

Clear Sky Hammer

Tang San's second martial soul is the Clear Sky Hammer, inherited from the Clear Sky School. 42

• Tang Hao orders Tang San to conceal its existence. 42
• It is destroyed after repeated clashes with Chen Qingling's Light Butterfly Blades. 229

Tang Sect Unique Skills

Tang San uses techniques identified as Tang Sect unique skills and treats them as a decisive advantage in combat. 17 25

• Ghost Shadow Perplexing Step — self-created footwork that produces afterimages and greatly increases his speed as his soul power rises. 25
• Hidden weapons — used during his first spar with Chen Qingling. 17
• His tools of the trade are considered for confiscation following his assault on Xiao Wu's group. 78

Domains

Tang San possesses three Domains by the tournament battle with Chen Qingling. 229

• Slaughter God Domain — first revealed when he protects himself during Chen Qingling's attack. 135
• Blue Silver Domain — activated against Chen Qingling. 229
• Sea God Domain — activated alongside his other Domains; described as one of his two “God” Domains. 229

Abyssal Power

Tang San accesses a power originating from the Abyss Plane, which Chen Shenge states cannot be resisted by the continent in its current state. 230

• Allows him to escape Chen Qingling's Butterfly God Descent. 230
• Raises him to Titled Douluo in only a few days. 246
• Enables him to influence and transform Dai Mubai from afar, boosting him to the Soul Emperor realm. 242
• Causes civilians to mutate into Abyssal Creatures and is used in experiments on ordinary villagers. 239 262

Relationships

• Chen Qingling — Rival and primary enemy. Tang San resents her strength and blames her for his misfortunes; she seeks justice against him for Wang Sheng's parents. 17 104 133 228
• Xiao Wu — Object of Tang San's unreciprocated affection. His obsession turns hostile, and Xiao Wu eventually seeks revenge against him. 26 77 115 229
• Tang Hao — Father. Their relationship is repeatedly strained by Tang San's choices, though Tang Hao continues protecting and assisting him. 70 114 140
• Yu Xiaogang — Master. Yu Xiaogang claims Tang San as his disciple, but later fears him after Tang San returns to Notting City. 78 141
• Wang Sheng — Former fellow work-study student and target of Tang San's revenge. Tang San murders Wang Sheng's parents and attempts to kill him. 113 114
• Su Yuntao — Spirit Hall representative who provides resources and later invites Tang San to Spirit Hall's Academy. 70 111 115
• Dai Mubai — Initially fights Tang San at the Rose Hotel; later becomes one of Tang San's Abyssal Power subjects. 143 242
• Tang Chen — Great-grandfather. Tang San and Tang Hao seek means to rescue him from the Slaughter King and Nine-Headed Bat King's influence. 140 151

Notable Quotes

“Father, you should understand better than me the principle of eliminating the roots to prevent regrowth!” 114

“Those who have humiliated me will not escape, one by one.” 114

“Abyssal Power is truly a good power, not much worse than Divine Power.” 246