Tang San

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Tang San (唐三)
Alias(es)	Thousand-Hand Asura 47
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Shrek Academy; Shrek Seven Monsters; formerly Notting City Junior Soul Master Academy 9 42
Occupation/Role	Battle Soul Master 19
Status	Alive; engaged in the Soul Arena battle against the Imperial Fighting Team 50
First Appearance	Chapter 9

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Innate Full Soul Power	2	Awakened Blue Silver Grass with Innate Full Soul Power in Holy Soul Village. 2
Rank 10 Soul Power	16	Reached the threshold for his first Soul Ring; Yu Xiaogang took him to hunt a Soul Beast. 16
Level 13 One-Ring Soul Master	19	Absorbed a Datura Snake Soul Ring, gaining a transformed and poisonous Blue Silver Grass. 19
Level 29 Soul Grandmaster	30	His cultivation was compared to Wang Tianyi’s Level 32 at the latter’s admission to Heaven Dou Royal Academy. 30
Soul Elder	46	By the Imperial Fighting Team match, Tang San had advanced to the Soul Elder realm alongside Xiao Wu. 46

Background

Tang San awakened Innate Full Soul Power with Blue Silver Grass in Holy Soul Village. He also possesses a second Martial Soul, the Clear Sky Hammer, whose significance led Yu Xiaogang to identify him as Tang Hao’s son. Yu ordered him not to attach any Soul Rings to the hammer without permission. 2 16

He arrived at Notting City Junior Soul Master Academy with Old Jack. The gatekeeper’s contempt for their patched clothing provoked Tang San into producing a concealed weapon and developing killing intent, which Wang Tianyi noticed immediately. 9

Yu Xiaogang recognized Tang San’s Twin Martial Souls and recruited him as a personal disciple. Tang San accepted him formally, then received the storage tool Twenty-Four Bridges Bright Moon Night and Yu Xiaogang’s guidance in obtaining the Datura Snake Soul Ring. 9 15 16 19

Appearance

Tang San is described as a blue-haired boy. In battle, he can deploy the Eight Spider Lances from his back. 21 47

• Blue hair — noted during his confrontation with Wang Tianyi at Notting Academy. 21
• Eight Spider Lances — an External Soul Bone manifested behind his back during the Imperial Fighting Team battle. 47

Personality

Tang San is intensely proud and sensitive to perceived disrespect. Wang Tianyi’s contempt, the gatekeeper’s discrimination, and his public defeats repeatedly drive him toward resentment and murderous thoughts. 9 21 23

He is deeply loyal to Yu Xiaogang despite recognizing his teacher’s weak combat ability and questionable conduct. Yu Xiaogang’s encouragement and theoretical guidance consistently restore Tang San’s confidence after humiliation. 15 16 23

In combat, Tang San is analytical and resourceful, relying on Blue Silver Grass, Tang Sect techniques, Soul Bones, and hidden weapons. However, harm to Xiao Wu causes him to abandon restraint, disregard prior promises, and use poisoned weapons during a regulated soul fight. 47 49

Abilities & Skills

Twin Martial Souls

Tang San possesses Blue Silver Grass and the Clear Sky Hammer. Yu Xiaogang considers the hammer an exceptional inherited Martial Soul and forbids Tang San from attaching rings to it without approval. 9 16

• Blue Silver Grass — his primary Martial Soul and the one currently equipped with Soul Rings. 19
• Clear Sky Hammer — his unrevealed second Martial Soul; its existence identifies him as Tang Hao’s son. 16
• Limitation — Yu Xiaogang’s instruction prevents him from developing the Clear Sky Hammer independently. 16

Blue Silver Grass

Tang San’s first Soul Ring came from a Datura Snake. It grants Blue Silver Entanglement, allowing him to bind opponents with strengthened, poisonous Blue Silver Grass. 19 20

• Used to restrain opponents and maintain Shrek’s battlefield links. 20 46
• Its poison intimidated Xiao Chenyu into conceding at Notting Academy. 20
• Wang Tianyi’s Ruyi Jingu Bang and Yu Tianheng’s lightning can destroy its vines by force. 21 46

Mysterious Heaven Skill and Tang Sect Techniques

Tang San circulates the Mysterious Heaven Skill for Soul Power and fights with techniques retained from the Tang Sect. 13

• Purple Demon Eyes — enhances his visual perception and is used to search for openings in an opponent’s defense. 49
• Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track — a movement technique he attempted to use while escaping Wang Tianyi’s attacks. 21
• His techniques proved insufficient against Wang Tianyi’s staff control during their early encounters. 13 21

Eight Spider Lances

Tang San possesses the Eight Spider Lances, a rare External Soul Bone. He uses them for direct offense and defense against Wang Tianyi. 47

• Blocked two strikes from the Ruyi Jingu Bang. 47
• One lance was broken by Wang Tianyi’s Golden Cudgel, causing severe pain through the Soul Bone connection. 47
• Despite their rarity, Qin Ming judged them insufficient to bridge Tang San’s gap with Wang Tianyi. 47

Hidden Weapons

Tang San manufactures and carries Tang Sect hidden weapons, often coating them with poison. 49 50

• Throwing knives, darts, needles, crossbow bolts, and meteor hammers — used in a sustained barrage against Wang Tianyi. 49
• Godly Zhuge Crossbow — powerful enough to penetrate a two-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider’s carapace, but its bolts were ineffective against the Ruyi Jingu Bang. 50
• Dragon Whisker Needles — his strongest available hidden weapons; he fired six after exhausting the Godly Zhuge Crossbow. 50
• Limitation — Wang Tianyi could deflect, catch, or crush his ordinary weapons, while Tang San’s Soul Power and ammunition were finite. 49 50

Hell White Tiger

Tang San participates in the Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing. 49

• The fusion was intended as Shrek’s strongest counterattack. 49
• Wang Tianyi shattered it with a single staff clash, eliminating Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing. 49

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Twenty-Four Bridges Bright Moon Night — a twenty-four-gem Storage Soul Tool gifted by Yu Xiaogang; Tang San uses it to carry future hidden weapons. 15
• Hidden-weapon arsenal — includes refined-steel throwing knives, darts, needles, crossbow bolts, meteor hammers, the Godly Zhuge Crossbow, and Dragon Whisker Needles. 49 50
• Yu Xiaogang’s The Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul — signed copy given to Tang San after his defeat at Notting Academy. 23

Relationships

• Yu Xiaogang — teacher and mentor. Tang San formally accepts him as master, receives cultivation guidance and equipment from him, and remains loyal despite repeated humiliation. 9 15 23
• Xiao Wu — close ally and fellow Shrek member. Tang San intervenes to defend her at Notting Academy, while Xiao Wu shields him from Wang Tianyi during the Imperial Fighting Team match. 19 49
• Tang Hao — father and the Clear Sky Douluo. Tang Hao reveals Tang San’s identity to Yu Xiaogang and later pursues Wang Tianyi over the conflict. 24
• Wang Tianyi — hostile rival. Their conflict begins at Notting Academy, where Wang Tianyi repeatedly defeats and humiliates Tang San; Tang San later seeks revenge during the Soul Arena battle. 9 21 46 49
• Old Jack — village elder who accompanies Tang San to enroll at Notting Academy and defends Holy Soul Village’s dignity before the gatekeeper. 9
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing — Shrek teammates who join Tang San in the Hell White Tiger fusion during the Imperial Fighting Team battle. 49

Story Role / Major Arcs

Notting Academy

• Arrives at Notting Academy with Old Jack, where the gatekeeper’s prejudice and Wang Tianyi’s scorn establish his hostility toward both. 9
• Becomes Yu Xiaogang’s disciple after the latter identifies his Twin Martial Souls. 9
• Obtains the Datura Snake Soul Ring and returns to the academy as a Level 13 Soul Master eager to prove Yu Xiaogang’s theories correct. 19
• Challenges Wang Tianyi during the conflict between work-study and fee-paying students, but Blue Silver Entanglement is destroyed and he is beaten decisively. 20 21
• After the defeat and ensuing humiliation involving Luo Sanpao, he vows to kill Wang Tianyi and accepts Yu Xiaogang’s promise of future revenge. 22 23

Shrek Seven Monsters and the Imperial Fighting Team

• Joins the Shrek Seven Monsters and advances to the Soul Elder realm before their Suotuo City battle against the Imperial Fighting Team. 42 46
• Faces Wang Tianyi again, deploying the Eight Spider Lances after Shrek’s opening strategy collapses. 46 47
• Witnesses Wang Tianyi defeat the Hell White Tiger and seriously injure Xiao Wu, causing Tang San to abandon team coordination and confront Wang alone. 49
• Uses poisoned hidden weapons, the Godly Zhuge Crossbow, and Dragon Whisker Needles against Wang Tianyi after disregarding Yu Xiaogang’s prohibition on using such weapons in a soul fight. 49 50

Notable Quotes

“Those who look down on me will eventually pay the price for their shallow vision!” 19

“Wang Tianyi, you've angered me! You dared hurt Xiao Wu—you will pay for what you've done!” 49