Tang San

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

• Born with innate full soul power and the Blue Silver Grass martial soul, Tang San carries memories from his past life in the Tang Sect and possesses foundational skills such as the Mysterious Heaven Skill, Purple Demon Eyes, Mysterious Jade Hand, and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track 13 17 40.
• He enrolls at Shrek Academy alongside Xiao Wu, arriving three years after Dai Mubai and immediately establishing himself as an exceptionally talented student 1 10 15.
• During the entrance examination, he clashes with Zhao Wuji to defend Xiao Wu, utilizing concealed weapons and the Clear Sky Hammer before being defeated 13.
• He travels to the Star Dou Great Forest with the Shrek group, initially to help Ma Hongjun obtain a soul ring. After reaching level thirty during the expedition, he kills a Man Faced Demon Spider and attains the rank of Soul Elder 30 34 36 37.
• Following a dispute over soul ring theory and Dai Mubai's verbal exposure of Yu Xiaogang, Tang San challenges Dai Mubai to a duel to defend his teacher's honor, resulting in a severe defeat 40 41.
• His father is Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao, who secretly protects him, and his mother is Ah Yin, the Blue Silver Emperor. Before Tang San enrolls at Shrek, Dai Mubai secretly takes Ah Yin's sapling and absorbs her hundred-thousand-year right leg soul bone 7 8 123 124.
• He exchanges a handwritten catalogue of twenty-seven immortal herbs, including twelve top-grade varieties, for Dai Mubai's Plate Crystal. Tang San considers the exchange highly favorable, unaware that Dai Mubai deliberately sought the catalogue to help obtain the herbs himself 17 18.
• After Shrek's training groups split, he and Xiao Wu remain under Yu Xiaogang and begin a three-month program of weighted running. His Mysterious Heaven Skill helps prevent the hidden injuries that the exhausting regimen could otherwise produce 41.
• Shrek subsequently merges into Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Tang San and Xiao Wu join its tournament lineup, while Dai Mubai and most of their former classmates establish a separate future in the Star Luo Empire 52 53 104.
• As captain of Heaven Dou Royal Academy's Second Team, he reaches level forty-one and competes in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament 110 112.
• He publicly reveals his Clear Sky Hammer against Godwind Academy, attracting widespread attention to his twin martial souls and family background. Tai Tan confirms to Tang Yuehua that he is Tang Hao's only son 122 123.
• Following his team's eighteenth consecutive victory, he survives an assassination attempt through Flender's intervention. His storage belt and copies of the Tang Sect's core manuals are taken and subsequently given to Dai Mubai by Ning Fengzhi 127 128.
• While recuperating under Ye Lingling's treatment and his own Mysterious Heaven Skill, he learns his family heritage from Yu Xiaogang, meets his uncle Tang Xiao, and reunites with Tang Hao. Tang Xiao offers to take him back to the Clear Sky Sect, but Tang San chooses to continue the tournament under his uncle's protection 129 130.
• He and Yu Tianheng lead Heaven Dou Royal Academy's Second Team to the Heaven Dou advancement tournament championship, with Tang San using the Clear Sky Hammer openly throughout the competition 139.
• During the finals in Spirit City, he supports Yu Xiaogang's proposal to kill Dai Mubai and blame Spirit Hall. His father and uncle agree to target Dai Mubai after the tournament 154.
• He attempts to avenge Yu Xiaogang against the Spirit Hall Team using the Seven-in-One Fusion Skill, but the opposing team avoids his attacks until the technique fails. Heaven Dou Royal Academy's Second Team is eliminated 162.
• After Xiao Wu's soul beast identity is exposed, Tang Hao and Tang Xiao rescue the unconscious Tang San and Xiao Wu from Spirit City. Xiao Wu subsequently leaves for the forest while Tang San remains unconscious 163 165 166.
• He later supplies Tang Xiao with a Mother-Child Soul-Chasing Life-Taking Orb so that his uncle can attack without revealing the Clear Sky Hammer. When Tang Xiao returns from his attempt against Dai Mubai, Tang San is keeping watch beside the injured Tang Hao in a cave 172 175.

Appearance

• Stands around 1.7 meters tall with a lean, ordinary build and steady eyes that hold a maturity unusual for his age 10.
• Wears a faded blue training outfit and carries his belongings in a waist-worn storage tool called Twenty-Four Bridges Bright Moon Night 10 13.
• At the tournament opening ceremony, he wears Heaven Dou Royal Academy's silver-white uniform with its emblem embroidered on the chest. His composed eyes and steady bearing continue to contrast with his youthful age 110.
• His eyes turn purple when he activates Purple Demon Eyes 13 35.
• Under the Seven-in-One Fusion Skill's amplification, his body swells, multicolored light flows beneath his skin, and his meridians visibly bulge. As the strain worsens, blood seeps through his skin; he eventually collapses with blood flowing from all seven orifices 162.

Personality

• Deeply devoted and protective toward Xiao Wu, frequently acting with intense emotion and vengeance when she is threatened 12 13 35.
• Fiercely loyal to his teacher, Yu Xiaogang, defending his theories against all criticism despite evidence of their limitations 30 40.
• Pragmatic and calculating in his cultivation, treating specialized knowledge and inventions as valuable currency while strictly guarding core Tang Sect secrets 17 18.
• Prone to self-righteousness, often declaring high moral standards—such as only hunting evil soul beasts—while concealing his ambition and background 33.
• His protectiveness does not always prevent restraint: when Xiao Wu attempts to kill the Ironblood brothers over his arena injury, he stops her and saves their lives 22.
• Acknowledges a decisive defeat when necessary. After losing to Dai Mubai, he stops Xiao Wu from escalating the confrontation and admits that Dai Mubai spared his life, although he privately vows revenge 41.
• Remains ambitious about cultivation opportunities. During Xiao Wu's disappearance, he chooses to absorb a suitable Man Faced Demon Spider soul ring before continuing the rescue, explaining that greater strength will improve his chances 36.
• Presents a calm, self-possessed public image as a tournament captain, but is willing to break his father's warning against revealing the Clear Sky Hammer when another team defeat appears imminent 110 122.
• Continues to defer to Yu Xiaogang even after the latter's dismissal as team leader, respectfully greeting him and promising to win the tournament without disappointing him 127.
• Refuses to abandon the tournament despite Tang Xiao's warning that entering Spirit City will place him in danger 129 130.
• His resentment toward Dai Mubai escalates from a desire to win a rematch into support for assassination. Remembering his broken hand, public defeat, and his teacher's humiliation, he argues that Dai Mubai cannot be allowed to live 154.
• After learning that Ah Yin sacrificed herself under pressure from Spirit Hall, he regards Spirit Hall's members as enemies marked for death. He openly glares at Bibi Dong and attempts to resist her spiritual pressure rather than show weakness 157.
• Remains confident in the secrecy of his Tang Sect inheritance after losing his storage belt, believing others cannot decipher the manuals or safely dismantle his protected hidden weapons 129.

Abilities & Skills

Martial Souls & Innate Traits

• Possesses twin martial souls: the plant-type Blue Silver Grass and the supreme weapon-type Clear Sky Hammer 12 13 41.
• Born with Innate Full Soul Power 1.
• Blue Silver Grass is particularly sensitive to the forest environment, making him well suited to scouting and leading the group through the Star Dou Great Forest 33.
• His Blue Silver Grass has notable elemental vulnerabilities. Ma Hongjun's Evil Fire Phoenix flames completely counter it, while Godwind Academy's wind blades shred its vines and disperse its parasitic spores 9 122.
• His twin martial souls become publicly known during the match against Godwind Academy. The Clear Sky Hammer's appearance also exposes his connection to the Clear Sky Sect 122 123.
• The safe cultivation of his twin martial souls remains an unresolved concern for Yu Xiaogang, who unsuccessfully asks Bibi Dong for the method of preventing their power from causing the body to burst. No successful acquisition of that method is confirmed 141.

Tang Sect Internal & External Techniques

• Mysterious Heaven Skill: The foundational internal cultivation method used to circulate energy and regulate the body 40 41.
• Purple Demon Eyes: A specialized visual technique used for scouting, tracking, and spiritual enhancement 15 22 40.
• Mysterious Jade Hand: Hardens and purifies the hands to deflect attacks and handle poisonous items 13 40.
• Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track: An advanced movement and footwork technique that allows for agile evasion and unpredictable positioning 13 22 40.
• Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon: A redirection technique used to manipulate opposing forces 17.
• Four Ounces Deflecting a Thousand Pounds: Uses finesse to neutralize a stronger opponent's force; employed against Zhao Wuji during the entrance assessment 13.
• Purple Qi Cultivation: Cultivates Purple Demon Eyes at dawn by absorbing the brief appearance of Purple Qi from the East 15.
• Physical Regulation: His Mysterious Heaven Skill protects him from developing hidden injuries during Yu Xiaogang's exhausting weighted-running program 41.
• Internal Injury Conditioning: Uses the Mysterious Heaven Skill alongside Ye Lingling's Nine Heart Begonia treatment to recover from the assassination attempt 129.
• Spiritual Resistance: Drives Purple Demon Eyes to their fullest extent in an attempt to resist Bibi Dong's spiritual assault during the finals 157.

Soul Skills

• Entangling: His first soul skill sends Blue Silver Grass vines toward an opponent to restrain them. Dai Mubai tears through the vines during their duel 40.
• Parasite: Plants hidden seeds of Blue Silver Grass on an opponent to restrict their movements remotely 13.
• Web Restraint: Fires a wide-area web from his third soul ring that immobilizes targets and applies a paralytic toxin 37.

Hammer Techniques

• Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer: A successive-strike technique whose power builds with each blow. Tang San uses it to force Zhao Wuji backward during the entrance assessment and later to counter Feng Xiaotian's Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes 13 122.
• Against Godwind Academy, he matches Feng Xiaotian's escalating attacks and defeats him with the final collision, reversing the match after Yu Tianheng has been incapacitated 122.
• During the finals rematch against Thunder Academy, his Clear Sky Hammer breaks the stalemate and smashes apart the opposing formation, helping Heaven Dou Royal Academy's Second Team advance 150.

Seven-in-One Fusion Skill

• Serves as the receiving core of a practiced formation in which six teammates pass their soul power forward through successive physical contact, concentrating the team's power within him 162.
• The amplification briefly gives him enough power to manifest the Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul Avatar. His hammer grows to approximately five or six meters in length, with a mountain-like head and electricity arcing along its handle 162.
• The technique exceeds his body's sustainable limits. The enormous hammer makes him cumbersome, and he cannot maintain the avatar long enough to defeat opponents who scatter and evade rather than clash directly 162.
• Its failure produces severe exhaustion and physical backlash throughout the team. Against Spirit Hall, all seven participants spit blood and collapse after their soul power is depleted 162.

Concealed Weapons, Poisons & Medicinal Knowledge

• Masters the use of numerous Tang Sect concealed weapons, including coordinated volleys aimed at an opponent's vital points 13 127.
• Possesses knowledge of a poison capable of threatening Soul Sage-level soul masters and its antidote, offering both during his negotiations with Dai Mubai 17.
• Understands the construction and capabilities of the Flying Claw and Zhuge Repeating Crossbow. The former can extend thirty meters for climbing, while the latter can fire sixteen arrows at once and pierce a Soul Ancestor's defenses within fifty meters 17.
• Recognizes Plate Crystal as material suitable for making Dragon Whisker Needles, which he believes would have substantially improved his chances against Zhao Wuji 17.
• Knows the appearances, growth conditions, harvesting methods, and consumption techniques of twenty-seven immortal-grade medicinal herbs, twelve of them top-grade varieties 18.
• Records the Tang Sect's cultivation arts and hidden-weapon knowledge in the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record and Hundred Solutions to Hidden Weapons. These manuals contain the core techniques he refuses to share during his earlier negotiations 17 127 128.
• Incorporates security mechanisms into some completed hidden weapons so that malicious dismantling will cause them to self-destruct, preventing straightforward copying 129.
• Possesses the Mother-Child Soul-Chasing Life-Taking Orb, the fifth-ranked mechanical hidden weapon of the Tang Sect. Its larger orb releases deadly poison, while the smaller launches hundreds of poisoned Bone-Melting Needles designed to pierce protective qi barriers 172.
  • Explains that its power scales with the user's soul power and that, in Tang Xiao's hands, it can threaten a Titled Douluo without requiring him to reveal his martial soul. The needles' toxin rapidly spreads and softens the victim's bones 172.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Twenty-Four Bridges Bright Moon Night: A jade belt storage tool used to carry weapons and supplies 13 18.
  • Contains twenty-four jade stones, each with its own storage compartment. By the time of the assassination attempt, it holds hidden weapons, probable poisons, spare clothing, metal materials, hidden-weapon blueprints, notes, and his two core manuals 127.
  • Taken during the events surrounding the assassination attempt and handed to Dai Mubai by Ning Fengzhi; it is no longer in Tang San's possession at the latest confirmed point 127 128.
  • Tang San believes its contents remain secure because outsiders cannot understand his written cultivation methods and some finished weapons have self-destruct mechanisms 129.
• Concealed Weapons: Includes Willow Leaf Knives, Back-Mounted Crossbows, Coin Darts, Bone-Piercing Nails, and Zhuge Repeating Crossbows 13 17 35.
  • The confiscated belt additionally contains Flying Locust Stones and Silent Sleeve Arrows, alongside other weapons Dai Mubai cannot identify 127.
• Plate Crystal: Obtained from Dai Mubai in exchange for the immortal-herb catalogue; valued as material for Dragon Whisker Needles 17 18.
• Immortal Herb Catalogue: A handwritten booklet describing twenty-seven immortal herbs, including twelve top-grade varieties. Given to Dai Mubai as payment for the Plate Crystal 18.
• Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record: A comprehensive Tang Sect cultivation manual containing Mysterious Heaven Skill, Purple Demon Eyes, Mysterious Jade Hand, Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, and Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon. Tang San's copy is written in Traditional Chinese and passes into Dai Mubai's hands after the assassination attempt 127 128.
• Hundred Solutions to Hidden Weapons: Records the crafting methods, usage techniques, and countermeasures for every Tang Sect hidden weapon. Written in Traditional Chinese, it is likewise acquired by Dai Mubai 127 128.
• Aura-Concealing Necklace: A soul tool Tang Hao obtains and has Tang San give to Xiao Wu. It conceals her soul beast aura 110 166.
• Storage Ring: Uses a storage ring after the loss of his belt, taking the Mother-Child Soul-Chasing Life-Taking Orb from it when offering the weapon to Tang Xiao 172.
• Mother-Child Soul-Chasing Life-Taking Orb: A pair of black iron orbs, the larger approximately duck-egg-sized and the smaller approximately chicken-egg-sized. Tang San gives them to Tang Xiao and explains their operation so his uncle can attack without exposing the Clear Sky Hammer 172.
  • Tang Xiao later reports that he struck Dai Mubai with the weapon during his failed attempt to seize a soul bone, and believes its poisoned needles will kill him 175.

Relationships

• Xiao Wu — Close companion and romantic partner; he treats her as a sister and flies into a rage whenever she is harmed 10 12 13 35.
  • They compete as the Three-Five Combination in two-on-two arena battles, remain together under Yu Xiaogang after Shrek's split, and later join Heaven Dou Royal Academy's tournament team 22 41 104 110.
  • After her return from the Titan Giant Ape incident, he vows revenge against the ape, unaware of her concealed bond with Er Ming 37.
  • He gives her an aura-concealing necklace supplied by Tang Hao. When Tang Hao later explains its origin, Xiao Wu wonders whether Tang San has known her identity all along; her suspicion does not itself establish his prior knowledge 166.
  • After her identity is exposed in Spirit City, the two are carried to safety by Tang Hao and Tang Xiao. Tang Hao sends her away while Tang San is still unconscious, refusing her request to wait for him to awaken 163 165 166.
• Yu Xiaogang — Teacher and parental figure; Tang San displays absolute devotion to him and fiercely defends his honor and theories 30 39 40.
  • Yu Xiaogang treats Tang San as his last hope of proving his own worth. After the defeat by Dai Mubai, he restores Tang San's confidence by emphasizing the future potential of the Clear Sky Hammer 39 41.
  • Tang San continues to acknowledge him as teacher after his dismissal from the tournament leadership and solemnly promises tournament success 127.
  • Yu Xiaogang opposes Tang Xiao's proposal to withdraw Tang San from the tournament, arguing that leaving would create regret harmful to his cultivation 129 130.
  • Yu Xiaogang unsuccessfully seeks Bibi Dong's knowledge of safe twin-martial-soul cultivation on Tang San's behalf 141.
  • Tang San supports his proposal to assassinate Dai Mubai and later promises to avenge his humiliation by defeating the Spirit Hall Team. The resulting Seven-in-One Fusion attack fails 154 162.
• Dai Mubai — Classmate and rival; initially respected as "Boss Dai," their relationship deteriorates into intense hostility due to conflicting philosophies and Dai Mubai's dominance 1 30 40 41.
  • Tang San owes him a favor for subduing the approximately sixteen-hundred-year-old Man Faced Demon Spider used for his third soul ring 36.
  • Dai Mubai secretly appropriates major opportunities associated with Tang San's original path, including Ah Yin's right leg soul bone, the Eight Spider Lances, and the immortal herbs at the Icefire Yin Yang Well 8 36 41 45.
  • Dai Mubai later helps spread news of Tang San's Clear Sky Hammer and receives his stolen storage belt and Tang Sect manuals 123 127 128.
  • Tang San explicitly endorses killing him, portraying his future growth as a threat to the Clear Sky Sect. Tang Hao, Tang Xiao, and Yu Xiaogang plan to blame Spirit Hall for the murder 154.
  • Tang San later provides the hidden weapon Tang Xiao uses against Dai Mubai, enabling an attack intended to conceal the Clear Sky Sect's involvement 172 175.
• Zhao Wuji — Instructor; initially clashes with Tang San during entrance trials and subsequent battles, leading to mutual respect despite severe combat 12 13.
• Oscar — Fellow Shrek student who provides recovery sausages to heal Tang San's injuries 13 41.
• Ma Hongjun — Classmate; opposes Tang San naturally due to elemental counters and differing factions within Shrek 9.
• Ning Rongrong — Classmate and support soul master who assists him during academy trials 12 13.
  • Later supports Dai Mubai's efforts to publicize Tang San's twin martial souls through Gu Rong's intelligence network 123.
• Tang Hao — Father and secret protector. His presence deters Dai Mubai from pursuing Xiao Wu deeper into the forest, and he warns Tang San against openly using the Clear Sky Hammer 36 122 124.
  • During the assassination attempt, Ning Fengzhi's allies deliberately lure him away, creating the opening in which Tang San is attacked 128.
  • Reunites openly with Tang San after Tang Xiao arrives at Heaven Dou Royal Academy 129.
  • Detonates his first five soul rings to break through Spirit Hall's defenses and escape with Tang San and Xiao Wu, worsening his own injuries in the process 165.
  • Has long noticed Tang San's unexplained cultivation arts and hidden weapons. He once questioned whether Tang San was truly his son, but the awakening of the Clear Sky Hammer dispelled his doubts 172.
  • Tang San is later seen keeping watch beside him while he recuperates in a cave 175.
• Ah Yin — Mother, the Blue Silver Emperor. Her sapling and hundred-thousand-year right leg soul bone are secretly taken by Dai Mubai before Tang San enters Shrek 8.
  • Tang San later learns that she sacrificed herself under pressure from Spirit Hall, intensifying his hatred toward the organization 157.
• Tai Tan and the Strength Clan — Tai Tan recognizes Tang San as the son of his former master and chooses to serve him rather than join the other three clans under Dai Mubai. He later confirms Tang San's parentage to Tang Yuehua 64 123.
• Bai He — Tang San's uncle and head of the Speed Clan. Despite their blood relationship, he chooses to support Dai Mubai out of gratitude toward the Breaking and Defense Clans 64.
• Yu Tianheng — Vice-captain of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team. He accepts Tang San's captaincy partly because of his loyalty to Yu Xiaogang, and the two contribute to the team's victory over Thunder Academy 110 126.
  • Their combined use of the Clear Sky Hammer and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon helps secure the Heaven Dou advancement tournament championship and another victory over Thunder Academy in the finals 139 150.
• Ye Lingling — Teammate and healer. Her Nine Heart Begonia continuously treats Tang San after the assassination attempt, complementing his own internal cultivation 129.
• Xue Qinghe — Crown prince overseeing Heaven Dou Royal Academy, who values Tang San's talent and seeks to recruit him. The Clear Sky Hammer revelation complicates this interest because of the crown prince's concealed hostility toward the Clear Sky Sect 104 123.
  • Visits Tang San during his recovery and witnesses Tang Xiao's arrival and Tang Hao's reunion with his brother and son. Privately recognizes that the assassination attempt blamed on Spirit Hall is a frame-up 129.
  • As Qian Renxue, leaks the Seven-in-One Fusion tactic to Spirit Hall in advance, allowing its team to prepare an evasive counterstrategy 162.
• Flender — Former Shrek dean and academy leader. His timely intervention saves Tang San from the assassination attempt 127 128.
• Ning Fengzhi — Political manipulator who uses Tang San's heritage to draw the Clear Sky Sect into conflict with Spirit Hall. He arranges the assassination attempt, plants evidence implicating Spirit Hall, and gives Tang San's recovered possessions to Dai Mubai 126 127 128.
  • Introduces Tang Xiao to Tang San while outwardly helping the Clear Sky Sect secure imperial support 129.
  • Later agrees to Dai Mubai's plan to reveal Xiao Wu's soul beast identity and arrange her capture after she escapes Spirit City 154.
• Tang Yuehua — Paternal aunt who verifies Tang San's identity with Tai Tan and urgently alerts Tang Xiao to the danger following both the Clear Sky Hammer revelation and the assassination attempt 123 124 128.
• Tang Xiao — Paternal uncle and Clear Sky Sect master. Views Tang San's talent as a potential foundation for the sect's revival; after the assassination attempt, he leaves seclusion and seeks an alliance with Ning Fengzhi 124 128.
  • Meets Tang San in person, promises his protection, and urges him to withdraw from the tournament for his own safety. When Tang San refuses, he agrees to protect him until the tournament ends 129 130.
  • Joins the plot to kill Dai Mubai and later helps Tang Hao rescue Tang San and Xiao Wu from Spirit City 154 165.
  • Accepts Tang San's Mother-Child Soul-Chasing Life-Taking Orb to attack without revealing his martial soul. After returning, he reports that Chen Xin prevented him from seizing the targeted soul bone, but claims Dai Mubai will die from the weapon's poison 172 175.
• Bibi Dong and Spirit Hall — His revealed heritage attracts Spirit Hall's attention. Bibi Dong orders Gui Mei to monitor him without rash action, while the subsequent assassination attempt is falsely attributed to Spirit Hall 124 128.
  • Bibi Dong refuses to provide the twin-martial-soul cultivation secret unless Tang San joins Spirit Hall, declining to nurture a potential enemy 141.
  • Tang San openly displays hatred toward Bibi Dong after learning of his mother's sacrifice. During their encounter, she directs spiritual pressure toward him and mocks Yu Xiaogang's inability to match his disciple's achievements 157.
  • Spirit Hall's team defeats him by countering the Seven-in-One Fusion Skill. The subsequent attempt to seize Xiao Wu leads to Tang Hao and Tang Xiao fighting their way out of Spirit City with the pair 162 163 165.
• Feng Xiaotian — Tournament opponent whose pressure forces Tang San to reveal the Clear Sky Hammer. Tang San defeats his Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes using Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer 122.

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Enrollment at Shrek Academy: Arrives at Suotuo City three years after Dai Mubai, enrolls with Xiao Wu, and passes the brutal entrance exams by demonstrating exceptional combat utility and the Clear Sky Hammer against Zhao Wuji 1 10 12 13.
• Star Dou Great Forest Expedition: Participates in the hunt for soul rings, encounters the Titan Giant Ape, and successfully absorbs a Man Faced Demon Spider soul ring to reach the rank of Soul Elder 30 36 37.
  • Dai Mubai kills the first, over-two-thousand-year-old spider and secretly takes its Eight Spider Lances. Tang San instead absorbs the ring of a second spider, approximately sixteen hundred years old, after Dai Mubai subdues it for him 35 36.
  • He delays continuing Xiao Wu's rescue to absorb the suitable ring, then reunites with her and swears revenge against the Titan Giant Ape 36 37.
• The Schism of Shrek Academy: Defends Yu Xiaogang against Dai Mubai's verbal onslaught, challenges Dai Mubai to a duel to restore his teacher's honor, and suffers a crushing defeat that permanently splits the student body into rival factions 40 41.
  • He remains with Yu Xiaogang alongside Xiao Wu, while the other five students choose Zhao Wuji. Yu Xiaogang's reassurance about the Clear Sky Hammer turns Tang San's humiliation into renewed determination to defeat Dai Mubai 41.
• Heaven Dou Royal Academy and Tournament Leadership: Following Shrek's merger into Heaven Dou Royal Academy, becomes captain of its Second Team, with Yu Tianheng as vice-captain. Yu Xiaogang arranges the exchange of First and Second Team placements so that Tang San's lineup can participate in the preliminary rounds 104 110 112.
  • His team combines his control with Dugu Yan's additional control, assault fighters, Ye Lingling's healing, and the Shi brothers' defense 110.
  • Dai Mubai deliberately provokes Huo Wu and Feng Xiaotian against him, hoping tournament pressure will force him to reveal the Clear Sky Hammer 108.
  • Canghui Academy traps the team in its Seven Asura Illusion Realm, causing the members to attack one another. Tang San and his teammates are left unconscious, and Canghui wins the match 113.
  • Blazing Fire Academy subsequently exploits the danger fire poses to his Blue Silver Grass. After that match, Tang San is seen pale and bewildered in the infirmary as Xue Qinghe warns Yu Xiaogang that another failure will cost him the team leadership 117 118.
• Clear Sky Hammer Revelation: When Godwind Academy incapacitates Ye Lingling and Yu Tianheng and overwhelms his Blue Silver Grass, Tang San disregards Tang Hao's warning and summons his second martial soul. His hammer technique defeats Feng Xiaotian and secures victory 122.
  • Dai Mubai, Ning Rongrong, and Gu Rong spread the news, prompting Spirit Hall's investigation and renewed attention from the Clear Sky Sect 123 124.
  • He subsequently uses the hammer again against Thunder Academy. Heaven Dou Royal Academy reaches seventeen consecutive wins and fifth place, making him a public sensation in Heaven Dou City 126.
• Assassination Attempt and Loss of Tang Sect Secrets: After the team's eighteenth consecutive victory, a Soul Emperor-level assassin attacks Tang San while his father is lured away. Flender saves him, but he sustains grave injuries 127 128.
  • Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong arrange the attack and plant a Spirit Hall member's corpse to direct blame toward Spirit Hall. Tang San's storage belt and core Tang Sect manuals pass to Dai Mubai 127 128.
  • The attack provokes outrage from the Heaven Dou imperial family and leads Tang Xiao to leave the Clear Sky Sect's mountain refuge and seek an alliance with Ning Fengzhi 128.
• Family Reunion and the Clear Sky Sect's Return: Tang Xiao and Ning Fengzhi secure Xue Ye's support for the Clear Sky Sect's reopening and opposition to Spirit Hall. They then visit Tang San, whose external wounds have largely healed through Ye Lingling's treatment and the Mysterious Heaven Skill 129.
  • Tang San learns his heritage, meets Tang Xiao as his uncle, and reunites with Tang Hao. Tang Xiao recommends returning to the sect instead of entering Spirit City, while Yu Xiaogang insists that abandoning the tournament would harm Tang San's cultivation 129.
  • Tang San chooses to continue competing, and Tang Xiao agrees to protect him until the tournament ends 130.
  • Tang Hao discovers the theft of Ah Yin and her soul bone during this period and blames Spirit Hall. He withholds his darkest fears about Ah Yin's fate when he sees Tang San 130.
• Advancement Championship and Spirit City Finals: Tang San openly uses the Clear Sky Hammer alongside Yu Tianheng's Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon to lead the Second Team to the Heaven Dou advancement tournament championship 139.
  • Yu Xiaogang fails to obtain Bibi Dong's method for safe twin-martial-soul cultivation before the finals 141.
  • In the finals rematch with Thunder Academy, Tang San's hammer breaks the opposing formation and helps his team advance 150.
  • Privately, Tang San endorses Yu Xiaogang's proposal to eliminate Dai Mubai. Tang Hao and Yu Xiaogang persuade Tang Xiao to participate in the planned assassination and frame Spirit Hall 154.
  • Having learned of Ah Yin's sacrifice, Tang San openly confronts Bibi Dong with hatred and activates Purple Demon Eyes against her spiritual pressure 157.
• Seven-in-One Fusion Defeat and Elimination: At Yu Xiaogang's urging, Tang San attempts to avenge his teacher by using the Seven-in-One Fusion Skill against the Spirit Hall Team in the losers' bracket 162.
  • His six teammates channel their power into him, allowing him to briefly summon the Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul Avatar. Forewarned by Qian Renxue, Spirit Hall's seven fighters scatter and evade his swings rather than meet the hammer directly 162.
  • Unable to catch his opponents or sustain the avatar, Tang San suffers severe backlash. All seven members collapse, and Heaven Dou Royal Academy's Second Team is eliminated 162.
• Xiao Wu's Exposure and Escape from Spirit City: Ning Fengzhi's Heaven-Illuminating Divine Light restores the defeated team, but Xiao Wu's concealed identity is exposed to the gathered Titled Douluos 163.
  • Tang Hao and Tang Xiao intervene. Tang Hao detonates five soul rings and uses the Great Sumeru Hammer to break through the defenses of Qian Jun, Jiang Mo, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo 165.
  • The brothers carry the unconscious Tang San and Xiao Wu into the Star Dou Great Forest. Tang Hao's injuries worsen, while Zhu Chengfeng secretly follows them 165.
  • Tang Hao sends Xiao Wu away before Tang San awakens, telling her that Tang San will seek her out once he becomes strong enough 166.
• Hidden-Weapon Assistance Against Dai Mubai: With Tang Hao too injured to summon his martial soul, Tang Xiao prepares to act in his place but worries that using the Clear Sky Hammer will expose the sect and create enemies in Star Luo and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect 172.
  • Tang San gives him the Mother-Child Soul-Chasing Life-Taking Orb, explains its poison and armor-piercing needles, and recommends withdrawing immediately after landing a hit 172.
  • Tang Xiao later returns to the cave where Tang San is watching over Tang Hao. He reports that Chen Xin thwarted his attempt to seize a soul bone, but believes the hidden weapon's poison has doomed Dai Mubai 175.

Notable Quotes

"I once swore that I wouldn't let you suffer even the slightest injury. I'll make anyone who hurts you pay the price!" 12

"Although my teacher is not strong, he only formulated his theory after reviewing the Soul Ring records accumulated over countless years by Spirit Hall and the major clans! His wisdom far surpasses that of ordinary people. I believe he cannot be wrong!" 30

"Xiao Wu, don't worry. I promise you that from now on, I'll only hunt evil soul beasts." 33

"Boss Dai, thank you. I owe you a favor. If there's ever anything you need Tang San for, I won't say a word before helping." 36

"Dai Mubai, just wait. I, Tang San, will remember today's humiliation. One day, I will defeat you with my own hands!" 41

"Rest assured, Teacher. Your disciple will succeed. I absolutely won't disappoint you." 127

"Dad, Uncle, Teacher is right. Dai Mubai cannot be allowed to live. He will inevitably become a thorn in our Clear Sky Sect's heart." 154

Trivia

• His initial encounter with Ma Hongjun in Suotuo City resulted in a total defeat because his Blue Silver Grass was completely countered by Ma Hongjun's flames 9.
• Although tempted by the first Man Faced Demon Spider's ring, he accepts Dai Mubai's warning that its age exceeds Yu Xiaogang's stated third-ring limit of 1,760 years. He ultimately absorbs a different spider's approximately sixteen-hundred-year-old ring instead 30 36.
• He does not obtain the Eight Spider Lances in this version of events; Dai Mubai secretly takes them from the first Man Faced Demon Spider's corpse 36.
  • Dai Mubai subsequently gives the external soul bone to Zhu Zhuqing 42 43.
• His immortal-herb catalogue becomes an important resource for Dai Mubai, who uses it to obtain the Icefire Yin Yang Well's medicinal treasures before Tang San can follow his original path to them 18 41 45.
• His secret manuals are written in Traditional Chinese, not the Douluo Continent's script. Ning Fengzhi cannot understand them, but the transmigrated Dai Mubai can recognize their contents 128.
• His public Clear Sky Hammer revelation occurs during a match played without Yu Xiaogang as team leader, despite Yu Xiaogang later attempting to claim credit for his tournament success 123 127.
• The assassination attempt blamed on Spirit Hall is actually organized by Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong; Spirit Hall's own confirmed orders before the attack are to monitor Tang San without rash action 124 128.
• His confidence that the stolen manuals are unreadable overlooks Dai Mubai's ability to understand Traditional Chinese 128 129.
• His temporary use of a Martial Soul Avatar is made possible by six teammates' transferred soul power and does not establish that he has reached the Soul Sage realm 162.
• Tang Xiao's belief that Tang San's poisoned hidden weapon will certainly kill Dai Mubai is not confirmation of Dai Mubai's death; Dai Mubai's Ice and Fire Body Refinement is separately stated to grant immunity to all poisons 156 175.

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