Biodata

Feature Information
Name Tang San (唐三) 49
Alias(es) Third Brother 77
Gender Male
Age Fourteen when disciplined by Tang Chen; exact age after his subsequent years of sect cultivation is unstated. 151 154 207
Affiliation Shrek Academy; Shrek Seven Monsters; descendant of the Clear Sky Sect, where he later resides and cultivates. 9 74 75 182 207
Occupation/Role Soul Master; Tang Sect reincarnator and hidden-weapon specialist 76 89
Soul Power Rank 45; previously rank 36. 151 207
Martial Soul Blue Silver Grass 75
Family Tang Hao (father); Ah Yin (mother); Tang Chen (great-grandfather); Tang Yuehua (paternal aunt). 145 153 154 182
Current Location Clear Sky Sect; preparing to enter the All-Continent Genius Soul Master Tournament in Spirit City. 207 208
Status Alive; granted conditional permission to enter the tournament and given a Clear Sky Sect passage token. 208
First Mention Chapter 7
First Appearance Chapter 49

Background

In his previous life, Tang San was an outer-sect disciple of the Tang Sect. Barred from its inner teachings, he secretly studied its ultimate arts and ultimately died after leaping from a cliff. His desire to obtain the Tang Sect’s complete inheritance remains central to his identity after reincarnation. 89

In Douluo Continent, he becomes a member of the Shrek Seven Monsters and studies under Yu Xiaogang. He considers Xiao Wu his little sister and is fiercely protective of her, immediately rushing into the Star Dou Great Forest when he believes she may be in danger. 59 74

Tang San is the biological son of Tang Hao and a descendant of the Clear Sky Sect. He initially believes his father to be an ordinary blacksmith whose life revolves around drinking and forging iron. When Tang Hao takes him away from Shrek Academy and reveals the pressure of a Titled Douluo, Tang San realizes that his father has concealed his true strength. Tang Hao brings him to Slaughter City, where he spends several months fighting to survive. 9 145

His mother, Ah Yin, was a hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor who had taken human form. According to Tang Hao’s account, Qian Xunji and two other Titled Douluos pursued the couple, and Ah Yin sacrificed her Soul Ring and Soul Bone to save Tang Hao and their child. Tang San had heard part of this history before, but learns the full account during Tang Chen’s confrontation with his father. Tang Chen is subsequently confirmed to be Tang San’s great-grandfather. 154

After his time in Slaughter City, Tang San resides at the Clear Sky Sect. His mixed human and soul-beast parentage becomes a source of hostility from Tang Tian, who insults him over his birth. Tang San later states that he has spent years cultivating within the sect and has reached rank 45, placing himself among its strongest younger members. He seeks permission to enter the All-Continent Genius Soul Master Tournament both to gain combat experience and to search for Xiao Wu. 182 207

Personality

Tang San is observant, analytical, and highly adaptable in combat. Rather than relying on one method, he combines Martial Soul abilities, movement techniques, poison knowledge, and hidden weapons according to the situation. 75 76

He sees himself as principled and disciplined, but his fixation on Tang Sect techniques can override that self-image. After witnessing Jiang Lan use advanced arts associated with the Tang Sect, he becomes consumed by doubts about whether his former knowledge was incomplete; this eventually drives him to break into Jiang Lan’s residence and steal the Sunflower Manual. 80 82 89

His shame makes him secretive when cornered. Rather than explain that Jiang Lan’s traps drugged him during the theft, he allows his companions to believe a damaging false explanation, isolating himself from Xiao Wu and the rest of Shrek. 91 92

Repeated defeats intensify his possessiveness toward martial knowledge. After Jiang Lan overwhelms Shrek in the tournament, Tang San outwardly remains polite but privately concludes that Jiang Lan’s strength must come from Tang Sect Secret Arts. He resolves to recover those techniques by whatever method is necessary, viewing Jiang Lan’s public use of them as an insult to the Tang Sect. This conviction leads to a second attempted theft despite the consequences of his first intrusion. 108 109

His pride coexists with harsh self-criticism. After escaping Jiang Lan’s traps again, he bitterly imagines how his former Tang Sect peers would react to a disciple being reduced to such a state by a six-year-old’s defenses. His subsequent withdrawal leaves him pale, unsteady, and largely confined to his room. 110 113

Slaughter City gradually desensitizes him to killing. His earliest killings there make him vomit, but after several months he treats lethal violence as a routine requirement for survival. Tang Chen’s later reprimand leaves him visibly ashamed and unable to defend his thefts, though no lasting change in his conduct is established at that point. 145 154

His attachment to Xiao Wu persists through years without news of her. Knowing that she is a transformed soul beast, he nevertheless defends her as someone who has never harmed others and who fought beside him and saved his life. He insists that greater strength and public renown will enable him to protect her, refusing to retreat from this position when Tang Chen calls it empty talk. Tang Chen describes this stubbornness as resembling Tang Hao’s. 207

Abilities & Skills

Blue Silver Grass

Tang San’s Martial Soul is Blue Silver Grass, which he uses for restraint and battlefield control.

  • First Soul Skill: Entangling — summons thorn-covered Blue Silver Grass to bind targets; its thorns can numb an opponent while the vines tighten. 75
  • Dugu Yan’s enhanced poison can corrode and destroy the summoned grass, forcing Tang San to abandon his usual control tactics. 75 76

Hidden Weapons

Tang San is an expert in Tang Sect-style concealed weapons and employs them with exceptional precision.

  • Uses steel needles, Willow Leaf Blades, Flying Locust Stones, Coin Darts, Bone-Piercing Nails, and sleeve arrows. 76
  • Alters trajectories and angles mid-flight, including ricocheting weapons off one another to create difficult-to-predict attacks. 76
  • His ranged barrage can suppress Dugu Yan despite her dangerous poison, but prolonged combat exhausts his supply of hidden weapons. 76
  • Conceals needles in his sleeves, belt, and boots, prompting Jiang Lan to warn Tang Chen about searching him before confronting him. 150
  • In Slaughter City, he combines hidden needles with close-range strikes to wound and disarm an ambusher. 145
  • Against Tang Tian, he alternates steel needles and Flying Locust Stones while maneuvering around the training ground. His projectiles cannot penetrate Tang Tian’s Clear Sky Hammer defense, leaving the fight at an impasse. 182

Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track

A high-speed movement technique used for evasion and repositioning.

  • Allows Tang San to weave through falling rocks and evade attacks at extreme speed. 59
  • Creates afterimages during combat, complicating an enemy’s ability to locate his true body. 75
  • Requires continuous momentum; he is vulnerable during the interval between exhausting old force and generating new force. 59
  • Jiang Lan’s Thousand Illusory Shadow Step proves even more elusive, remaining difficult for Tang San to track even with the Purple Demon Eyes. 80
  • Helps him evade Jiang Lan’s layered room defenses during his second intrusion, although it cannot prevent him from being poisoned and injured. 109 110
  • Remains effective in Slaughter City, where he produces three afterimages while avoiding a coordinated attack by three opponents in a narrow alley. 145
  • Allows him to repeatedly evade Tang Tian’s Clear Sky Hammer, preventing the older disciple from landing a blow despite Tang San’s inability to breach his defense. 182

Purple Demon Eyes

Tang San enhances his vision with the Purple Demon Eyes to follow high-speed opponents and analyze techniques.

  • Helps him track Jiang Lan’s movements and identify the martial principles behind Ye Lingling’s palm techniques. 76 80
  • Even at full output, it cannot fully follow Jiang Lan’s Thousand Illusory Shadow Step. 80
  • During the tournament battle against Jiang Lan, he uses it to lock onto the back of Jiang Lan’s neck for a carefully timed hand-blade ambush; Jiang Lan nevertheless counters the strike without turning around. 107

Tang Sect Martial Knowledge

Tang San retains knowledge of martial arts from his former life, including acupoint strikes, close-range grappling, internal-force techniques, and the Mysterious Heaven Skill. 76 80 82

  • He recognizes Jiang Lan’s use of Tang Sect Acupoint Hand, Swallow’s Return Loop, Cotton Palm, and the Thousand Illusory Shadow Step. 80
  • Ye Lingling’s Falling Flower Divine Sword Palm convinces him that another person from his original world may be present in Douluo Continent. 76 77
  • His belief that Tang Sect arts rightfully belong to him becomes the basis for his self-justification when stealing the Sunflower Manual. 89
  • He recognizes the Nine Yang Manual as a legendary cultivation technique from his former world, although he has only heard its name and has never seen its genuine text. 82
  • His training gives him instinctive reactions to traps and hidden weapons, allowing him to narrowly survive Jiang Lan’s poisoned caltrop pit. These instincts do not make him immune to the room’s mechanisms. 109

Poison Knowledge and Resistance

  • Possesses poison knowledge and resistance, but Dugu Yan’s evolved poison still interferes with his Soul Power circulation. 75
  • Attempts to use the Mysterious Heaven Skill to expel poison after his second intrusion. The poison on Jiang Lan’s mechanical spider silk instead penetrates his meridians, and circulating Soul Power worsens the numbness and itching. 110
  • Neither possession of the stolen Sunflower Manual nor his attempt to obtain the Nine Yang Manual establishes that he successfully cultivates either technique. 99 109

Equipment and Sect Support

  • Clear Sky Sect passage token — Given to him by Tang Chen before the All-Continent Genius Soul Master Tournament. If he encounters trouble beyond his ability to resolve, he can present it at the sect’s Spirit City contact point to obtain assistance. Tang San stores the token in his sleeve. 208

Power Progression

Chapter(s) Stage or Development Details
59 Established Tang Sect movement skill Uses Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track at its limit while evading falling rocks, but is struck during a gap in momentum. 59
75, 76 Blue Silver Grass control and hidden-weapon combat demonstrated Uses First Soul Skill: Entangling, poisonous thorns, concealed weapons, and movement techniques during the Heaven Dou Royal Academy spar. No exact individual Soul Power rank is stated in these encounters. 75 76
80 Martial limitations exposed Jiang Lan’s superior movement and familiar martial arts defeat his combined use of Purple Demon Eyes, Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, hidden weapons, and Blue Silver Grass. Tang San concedes; he does not learn the offered technique. 80
109, 110 Attempted acquisition of the Nine Yang Manual Tries to steal the manual but drops it during his escape. Sustains poisoning and injuries rather than obtaining a confirmed new cultivation method. 109 110
145 Slaughter City combat experience After several months of survival fighting, routinely uses lethal close combat, Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, and hidden needles against other inhabitants. 145
151 Rank 36 confirmed The Asura God compares fourteen-year-old Tang San’s rank 36 cultivation with Jiang Lan’s rank 51. 151
182 Clear Sky Sect combat demonstration Has grown sturdier since Slaughter City. Fights Tang Tian to a stalemate using hidden weapons and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track; neither can overcome the other before Tang Chen intervenes. 182
207 Rank 45 confirmed After years cultivating within the Clear Sky Sect, reports reaching level forty-five and describes himself as among the best of its younger generation. Requests tournament participation to gain further combat experience. 207
208 Access to sect assistance Receives a Clear Sky Sect passage token allowing him to seek help through the sect’s Spirit City contact point. No additional cultivation breakthrough is stated. 208

Relationships

  • Xiao Wu — Fellow Shrek member whom Tang San regards as his little sister; he searches the Star Dou Great Forest for her without hesitation. Their bond fractures after she misinterprets the aftermath of Tang San’s drugged encounter with Ma Hongjun. She remains distressed over his condition even after Shrek’s tournament elimination. Eventually, she returns to the Star Dou Great Forest, explaining in a farewell letter to Jiang Lan that she needs time alone and does not know how to face Tang San. Years later, Tang San still hopes to reunite with her and identifies that desire as one reason for entering the All-Continent Genius Soul Master Tournament. He knows she is a hundred-thousand-year transformed Soft Bone Rabbit, defends her character, and vows to become strong and renowned enough to protect her from hunters. Their reunion is not established by the time Tang Chen authorizes his participation. 59 91 92 113 141 207 208
  • Yu Xiaogang — Tang San’s master. Tang San is unsettled when Yu Xiaogang dismisses Jiang Lan’s martial arts and later rejects the offered Nine Yang Manual. Yu Xiaogang subsequently discovers the stolen Sunflower Manual hidden in Tang San’s room and takes it to study, assuming that his disciple deliberately concealed a powerful technique from him. Before Tang San’s later tournament departure, Tang Chen mentions what Tang Hao has told him about Yu Xiaogang and warns Tang San not to use the Clear Sky Sect’s name as a front for swindling. Tang San agrees to the restriction. 81 82 99 100 208
  • Jiang Lan — A mysterious young rival whose advanced martial arts deeply unsettle Tang San. Jiang Lan defeats him in a spar, offers to teach him, and later catches him in a series of traps during Tang San’s attempted theft. Tang San’s resentment grows after their tournament encounter and prompts a second unsuccessful intrusion. Despite their antagonism, Jiang Lan checks on him and administers a healing pill after accidentally landing on him in Slaughter City. Jiang Lan later reports the thefts to Tang Chen and subsequently tells Bo Saixi about both intrusions and their aftermath. 80 89 90 108 109 145 149 150 170
  • Dugu Yan — Heaven Dou Royal Academy opponent. Her evolved poison overwhelms Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and impedes his Soul Power circulation. 75 76
  • Ye Lingling — Heaven Dou opponent whose martial arts provoke Tang San’s suspicion that she has been trained by another transmigrator. She defeats him during the academy spar. 76 77
  • Ma Hongjun — Shrek teammate. Tang San’s drugged and disoriented actions after Jiang Lan’s trap leave Ma Hongjun injured and unconscious, causing Tang San intense guilt. By the time the Shrek team disperses, Ma Hongjun reportedly runs away whenever Tang San comes within a hundred meters of him. 91 113
  • Dai Mubai, Oscar, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong — Fellow Shrek Seven Monsters who become alarmed and distant after Tang San’s false confession. Following the team’s early tournament elimination, Ning Rongrong refuses to return to Shrek and expresses disgust at even hearing Tang San’s name; Zhu Zhuqing instead seeks training under Jiang Lan. 91 92 113
  • Tang Hao — His father, whom he initially believes to be an ordinary blacksmith. Tang Hao reveals his Titled Douluo strength, takes Tang San from Shrek Academy to Slaughter City, and provides stern combat advice. He promises Tang San a major opportunity after leaving the city. Both are later subdued and punished by Tang Chen for their conduct toward Jiang Lan. Tang Hao is present when Tang San requests entry into the later tournament, confirms Xiao Wu’s soul-beast identity, and defends her character. After permission is granted, he privately expresses concern that Tang San may encounter Spirit Hall members. 145 153 154 207 208
  • Ah Yin — His mother, a transformed hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor. Her sacrifice saved Tang Hao and Tang San. Hearing the full account from his father deepens Tang San’s understanding of Tang Hao’s grief and hatred. His descent from her later becomes the basis for Tang Tian’s insult against his mixed parentage. 154 182
  • Tang Chen — His great-grandfather and a senior Clear Sky Sect figure. After hearing Jiang Lan’s grievances, Tang Chen vows to hold Tang San and Tang Hao accountable. He whips both descendants, condemns Tang San’s repeated thefts and subsequent conduct, and orders them to kneel overnight and reflect. Tang San initially does not recognize him and later asks Tang Hao to confirm their relationship. At the Clear Sky Sect, Tang Chen warns against further theft and stops Tang San’s fight with Tang Tian. He later challenges Tang San’s ability to protect Xiao Wu but permits him to enter the tournament under conditions and gives him access to sect assistance in Spirit City. 149 150 153 154 182 207 208
  • Tang Tian — Clear Sky Sect disciple who calls Tang San a “mongrel” because he is the child of a human and a soul beast. The insult leads to a fight in which Tang San’s evasive movement and Tang Tian’s hammer defense produce a stalemate. Both stop at Tang Chen’s command, but Tang Tian continues to defend the insult. 182
  • Bo Saixi — Learns of Tang San’s thefts and the resulting Shrek scandal through Jiang Lan’s account. She reacts coldly and asks whether Tang Chen has been informed; no direct confrontation with Tang San is shown in that scene. 170
  • Asura God — Tang San is discussed in early divine exchanges as a favored potential successor, provoking the Sea God’s joking speculation about illegitimate parentage; the Sea God explicitly clarifies that Tang San is Tang Hao’s biological son. Later, the Asura God considers making either Tang San or Jiang Lan a god but favors Jiang Lan, stating that he barely knows Tang San and regarding him as a thief. Tang San has no direct interaction with him in these scenes. 7 8 9 151

Story Role / Major Arcs

Star Dou Great Forest

While searching for Xiao Wu, Tang San is caught in the aftermath of Jiang Lan’s clash with Er Ming. He uses Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to evade a rain of shattered rock but is ultimately struck from behind and knocked unconscious. 59

Heaven Dou Royal Academy Spar

Tang San participates in Shrek Academy’s seven-on-seven match against Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Dugu Yan destroys his Entangling Blue Silver Grass with poison, while Ye Lingling’s unfamiliar palm arts divert his attention and help secure Shrek’s total defeat. 75 76

After the loss, he becomes fixated on Ye Lingling’s techniques, which resemble the Falling Blossoms Sword Technique from his former world. He privately theorizes that her master may be another transmigrator with martial attainments beyond his own. 77

Duel with Jiang Lan

Tang San accepts Jiang Lan’s challenge despite initially refusing to bully a child. Jiang Lan’s Martial Arts Guga form reveals superior versions of familiar Tang Sect arts, including Lightness Skill, acupoint strikes, Swallow’s Return Loop, Cotton Palm, and the Thousand Illusory Shadow Step. 79 80

Shaken by the implication that he learned only incomplete Tang Sect teachings in his previous life, Tang San concedes when Jiang Lan offers to teach him. 80

Theft of the *Sunflower Manual*

Unable to let go of Jiang Lan’s martial knowledge, Tang San secretly enters Jiang Lan’s room to take the Sunflower Manual. He rationalizes the act as reclaiming Tang Sect inheritance rather than theft. 89

Jiang Lan’s traps cover him in foul powder and strike him with a drug-coated needle. Tang San escapes with the manual while disoriented by the substance’s effects. 89 90

The stolen manual remains concealed in Tang San’s room until Yu Xiaogang discovers it while Tang San is absent. Yu Xiaogang takes the book away, becomes obsessed with its cultivation system, and attempts to reinterpret or remove its stated castration prerequisite. Tang San’s theft thus indirectly gives his teacher access to the technique. 99 100

Fallout at Blue Tyrant Academy

Tang San returns to his residence in an impaired state and harms Ma Hongjun. Unable to admit that he stole a manual from Jiang Lan and was incapacitated by a trap, he claims to have “unusual preferences.” 91

The statement horrifies his companions, drives Xiao Wu away, and leaves Tang San emotionally isolated. 91 92

Later Battles

In the opening match of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, Tang San turns the tide against Heaven Dou Royal Academy and secures a narrow Shrek victory. Without the Immortal Herbs that might otherwise have strengthened the team, the battle is difficult, and Tang San finishes visibly exhausted. Shui Yue’er observes that Shrek might have lost if their opponents had not underestimated them. 104

Tang San recognizes that Jiang Lan’s apparently chaotic Little Guga Turtle Punch is not luck, but a display of exceptional instinct and precise timing against Feng Xiaotian. 105

During Shrek’s later battle against Jiang Lan, Tang San attempts a rear attack with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track. Jiang Lan casually blocks it, numbing Tang San’s arm, before rapidly defeating the rest of the Shrek team. 107

After his failed ambush, Tang San directs the remaining members to surround Jiang Lan, with Ning Rongrong supporting them, Ma Hongjun attacking from the air, and Xiao Wu approaching from the side. When Jiang Lan throws Xiao Wu from the arena, Tang San rushes forward in fury. Jiang Lan punches him in the stomach, sending him into Ning Rongrong and Oscar and eliminating all three. Zhu Zhuqing’s eventual concession ends the match. 107 108

Tang San then questions how Jiang Lan can be so strong at barely over six years old. Jiang Lan’s answers about food, sleep, milk tea, talent, luck, and the Sea God do not satisfy him. Tang San privately attributes the power to Tang Sect Secret Arts and renews his determination to obtain them, while maintaining a polite exterior and promising another arena encounter. Jiang Lan offers food and a shared dinner to ease the defeated team’s mood. 108

Second Intrusion at Honey Snow Ice City

Tang San returns at night in fitted black clothing and a mask, determined to avoid the mistakes of his earlier theft. He waits until Jiang Lan and Doro are asleep, evades the patrolling robots, and enters through a half-open window. Finding a booklet titled Nine Yang Manual, he immediately assumes that it is a Tang Sect secret art and takes it from the cabinet. 109

Removing the book triggers a sequence of defenses: a falling metal net, mechanical Iron Spiders with poisonous silk, orange irritant powder, flying needles, and a concealed pit filled with poison-coated iron caltrops. Tang San’s reflexes and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track keep him from falling into the pit, but he drops the manual and cannot recover it. He escapes with irritated eyes, a numb leg, and a swollen hand. 109

His attempt to force out the poison with the Mysterious Heaven Skill worsens its effects. He staggers back toward Shrek Academy and, in his impaired state, pounces on someone he vaguely perceives on his bed; a scream follows, but the passage does not identify that person. The following morning, Jiang Lan recognizes the damage as evidence of Tang San’s second intrusion and repairs and upgrades the defenses. 110

Dispersal of the Shrek Seven Monsters

After Shrek’s early tournament elimination, the group’s internal relationships deteriorate further. Ning Rongrong loses interest in the academy, Zhu Zhuqing turns to Jiang Lan for instruction, and Ma Hongjun actively avoids Tang San. Tang San remains shut indoors most of the time and appears ashen and physically unsteady when he emerges. Although the academy attempts to suppress discussion of the nighttime incident, rumors spread through smaller social circles within two days. 113

Xiao Wu remains preoccupied with Tang San’s situation, delaying her own plans to train under Jiang Lan. Later, she leaves for the Star Dou Great Forest through a secret passage. Her letter explains that she needs solitude and does not know how to face Tang San, showing that their shared history continues to trouble her. 113 141

Slaughter City

Tang Hao takes Tang San from Shrek Academy to Slaughter City after revealing his concealed strength. Several months of survival fighting change Tang San’s response to violence: killings that initially made him sick become routine. Tang Hao periodically checks on him, criticizes his technique, and promises a major opportunity once he leaves. 145

During one visit, Tang Hao informs him that Jiang Lan is nearby, now eight and a half years old and at level fifty-one. Tang San notices his father’s recently injured arms and is unsettled by Tang Hao’s acknowledgment of Jiang Lan’s strength. After Tang Hao departs, three attackers ambush Tang San. He evades them and wounds one with needles, but Jiang Lan and Doro suddenly fall from above and land on him, knocking him unconscious and worsening his chest injury. Jiang Lan confirms that he is alive and gives him a healing pill, after which his color begins to improve. 145

Jiang Lan and Doro then leave the alley. A scar-faced man subsequently carries Tang San away. 146

Tang Chen’s Discipline

After restoring Tang Chen’s awareness and health, Jiang Lan tells him that Tang San twice entered his room to steal manuals and that Tang Hao attempted to seize a cultivation opportunity from him. Jiang Lan describes the second attempt as a successful theft, although Tang San actually left the Nine Yang Manual behind; Doro notices this discrepancy. Tang Chen nevertheless resolves to confront both descendants and receives Jiang Lan’s rough drawing of Tang San, along with a warning about his concealed needles. 149 150

Tang Chen later subdues Tang San and Tang Hao in a single encounter and whips them for disgracing the Clear Sky lineage. Tang Hao recognizes him as his grandfather, while Tang San initially has no idea who their overwhelmingly powerful captor is. 153

During the subsequent confrontation, Tang Hao recounts Ah Yin’s sacrifice and asks Tang Chen to destroy Spirit Hall. Tang Chen refuses to kill an entire organization for the actions of particular pursuers, insisting on distinguishing genuine enemies from innocent members, workers, and children. He also rebukes Tang San for repeated theft and his conduct after being caught by Jiang Lan’s traps, emphasizing that character is more troubling than a lack of talent. 154

Tang Chen orders both father and son to kneel through the night and reflect. After he leaves, Tang San asks why his great-grandfather will not help them. Tang Hao acknowledges that revenge without identifying the actual guilty parties is indistinguishable from indiscriminate slaughter, and Tang San lowers his head without further reply. 154

Jiang Lan later recounts Tang San’s thefts and the resulting trouble at Shrek Academy to Bo Saixi. She reacts with cold anger and confirms that Tang Chen already knows about the incidents. 170

Cultivation at the Clear Sky Sect

Tang San subsequently appears at the Clear Sky Sect, where Tang Chen instructs Tang Hao to ensure that he trains properly and stops stealing. Tang Chen threatens to hang him up on Clear Sky Peak and whip him personally if another theft is reported. 182

A disciple then informs Tang Chen that Tang San and Tang Tian are fighting at the rear mountain training grounds. Tang San, now noticeably sturdier than during his time in Slaughter City and dressed in gray training clothes, uses steel needles, Flying Locust Stones, and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track against Tang Tian’s Clear Sky Hammer. His hidden weapons cannot penetrate the hammer’s defense, but Tang Tian cannot catch him, and neither gains a decisive advantage. 182

Both immediately stop when Tang Chen intervenes. Tang San explains that Tang Tian called him a “mongrel”; Tang Tian openly justifies the insult by pointing to Tang San’s human father and soul-beast mother. Tang San remains tense and largely expressionless while Tang Chen reacts with exasperation at the sect’s conduct. 182

All-Continent Genius Soul Master Tournament Preparations

After years cultivating within the sect, Tang San asks Tang Chen for permission to enter the All-Continent Genius Soul Master Tournament. He reports reaching level forty-five and argues that the competition, jointly organized by six parties, offers an opportunity to gain experience against strong opponents. When Tang Chen presses him for his other motive, he admits that he wants to see Xiao Wu and hopes she may follow the tournament and appear in Spirit City. He says he has received no news of her for several years. 207

Tang Hao reveals that Xiao Wu is a hundred-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit who transformed into a human. Tang San confirms that he already knows and defends her as a former comrade who saved his life. Tang Chen warns that discovery of her identity would make her a target for Soul Masters seeking her Soul Ring and Soul Bone, then demands to know how Tang San intends to protect her. Tang San insists that he will become stronger and earn sufficient standing through the tournament to deter those who would hunt her. Tang Chen dismisses this as empty talk and compares his stubbornness to Tang Hao’s. 207

Tang Chen ultimately permits him to participate, subject to three conditions: he must not cause trouble during the competition; he must return to the Clear Sky Sect afterward regardless of his result and bring Xiao Wu for Tang Chen to meet if he finds her; and he must not use the sect’s name to swagger about or swindle others. Tang San accepts the conditions. 208

Before dismissing him, Tang Chen gives him a Clear Sky Sect passage token and explains that the sect’s Spirit City contact point can help with difficulties beyond his ability to handle. Tang San thanks him and leaves the study. Tang Hao remains behind to express concern about a possible encounter with Spirit Hall, but Tang Chen again insists that revenge must be directed at the individuals responsible for Ah Yin’s pursuit rather than the organization as a whole. Tang San’s departure for Spirit City is not shown in this scene. 208

Notable Quotes

“I concede.” 80

“I... have unusual preferences.” 91

“Jiang Lan, why are you so strong?” 108

“I've learned much today. Next time, we'll meet again in the arena.” 108

“Dad, is he really my great-grandfather?” 154

“I want to see Xiao Wu.” 207

“I'll become stronger. Strong enough that no one dares touch her.” 207



Appearances

397
Total Mentions
52
Chapters Appeared
7.63
Avg. per Chapter