Tang San

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Tang San (唐三)
Alias(es)	Tang Yin in Slaughter City; Little San; Third Brother; Young Master Tang 86 174 179
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Shrek Academy and the Shrek Eight Monsters; Tang Sect 19 179 180
Occupation/Role	Control-type Soul Master; founder of the Tang Sect 86 179
Martial Souls	Blue Silver Grass, later awakened as the Blue Silver Emperor; Clear Sky Hammer 19 86 172
Status	Alive 225
First Appearance	Shrek Academy entrance examination 19

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Level 29	19	Passes Shrek Academy’s entrance examination at age twelve.
Soul Elder · Level 37	75 86	Has three Spirit Rings; later withstands Tai Tan’s Soul Power pressure long enough to reveal the Clear Sky Hammer.
Soul Ancestor · Level 41	98	Absorbs a ten-thousand-year Earth Cavern Demon Spider as his fourth ring, gaining Blue Silver Prison.
Level 44	171	Rises from level 41 after absorbing a tournament-prize Head Spirit Bone.
Level 50	172	Awakens his Blue Silver Emperor bloodline and Blue Silver Domain in the Blue Silver Grass forest.
Level 52	172	Absorbs a blue-gold fifth ring formed from life force willingly offered by the forest’s Blue Silver Grass.
Level 59	179	Reveals his rank at the Shrek Eight Monsters’ five-year reunion.
Level 66	209	Reaches this level during training on Sea God Island.
Level 68	210	Reaches this level after eleven months of stair training.
Level 70 bottleneck	212	Completes the Sea God’s Light trial and requests a God-given seventh ring.
Level 73	213	Endures a hundred-thousand-year seventh ring and gains Blue Silver True Body.
Level 77	214	Reaches this level during Tide Body Tempering.
Level 79	216	Defeats the guardians of the seven Sacred Pillars within the trial’s time limit.
Soul Douluo · Level 82	225	Absorbs an approximately 83,000-year Earth Cavern Demon Spider ring, gaining Blue Silver Vein Severing.

Background and History

Tang San is the son of Tang Hao and Ah Yin. He grows up in Holy Soul Village, where Tang Hao teaches him to forge but does not tell him his mother’s name or what happened to her. Tang San joins Shrek Academy alongside Xiao Wu. His level 29 attracts attention at the entrance examination, though Yuan Yu’s five rings initially leave him stunned by the difference between them 19 169 172.

At Shrek, Tang San becomes known for combining Blue Silver Grass control with footwork, Hidden Weapons, and careful battlefield planning. His knowledge of herbs leads him to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where he survives taking the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot together. He later distributes suitable immortal herbs to his companions and negotiates a 500-set Hidden Weapons order with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect 63 64 68 89.

After the Soul Master Tournament, Tang San learns that Ah Yin survives as a frail Blue Silver Grass. He trains with the Clear Sky Hammer beneath a waterfall and studies records concerning her pursuit. The Blue Silver King then awakens his inherited bloodline, transforming his martial soul into the Blue Silver Emperor. Tang San enters Slaughter City as Tang Yin, crosses Hell Road with Yuan Yu and Hu Liena, and afterward begins learning to restrain his killing intent through Tang Yuehua’s music lessons 170 172 174 177.

At the Shrek Eight Monsters’ reunion, Tang San announces his plan to found an independent Tang Sect built around Hidden Weapons and the Four Single-Attribute Clans. He and Yuan Yu write rules requiring evidence before pursuing old grievances and protecting people uninvolved in them. The Strength Clan becomes the sect’s first hall. Tang San later undertakes the Sea God’s Nine Trials and, on returning to the mainland, investigates a scheme involving detained Tang Sect escorts, seized shipments, and trafficked soul beasts 179 180 183 204 219 225.

Appearance

Awakening the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline remakes Tang San’s appearance so thoroughly that Dai Mubai initially mistakes him for an impostor at their reunion 172 179.

• His hair and eyes turn clear blue; his hair later falls past his shoulders 172 174.
• He inherits Ah Yin’s handsome features 172.
• Waterfall training leaves thick hammer-work calluses on his palms 172 204.
• His Eight Spider Lances emerge from his back 85 179.

Personality

Tang San is patient and observant under pressure. He finds inconsistencies in Shi Nian’s emotionally charged illusion but conceals his discovery until the attacker comes within range. In competition, he studies opponents’ movement and uses control rather than trying to meet strength head-on 84 111.

He also distinguishes a necessary fight from needless harm. He removes the venom from Tai Long after their spar, shields Huo Wu from her own attack despite the cost to his Eight Spider Lances, and gives Xiao Bai the Evil Orca King’s Spirit Bone rather than claiming it. His commitment to investigating Ah Yin’s past does not prevent him from writing rules against indiscriminate retaliation into the Tang Sect’s founding plans 84 142 180 215.

Abilities and Skills

Blue Silver Emperor

Tang San’s original Blue Silver Grass evolves when the Blue Silver King awakens Ah Yin’s bloodline. It remains the basis of his control-type fighting style 84 172.

• Binding and Spider Web Binding restrain opponents; the latter carries numbing venom 84.
• Blue Silver Prison, his fourth skill, rapidly creates separate cages across a wide area 98.
• Blue Silver Domain lets him sense through surrounding Blue Silver Grass and draw on its life force; Sea Dragon Douluo’s domain can suppress it 172 216.
• Blue Silver True Body produces resilient vines that regenerate after damage 213.
• Blue Silver Vein Severing binds a target’s footing in layers. It requires vines rooted beneath him and may only delay a powerful opponent 225.

Clear Sky Hammer

Tang San’s second martial soul is inherited from Tang Hao. He trains its Chaotic Wind technique until he can complete all eighty-one strikes beneath a waterfall 86 174.

• Revealing the hammer ends Tai Tan’s pressure test and establishes Tang San’s connection to the Strength Clan 86.
• He uses accumulated hammer momentum to defeat Sea Dragon Douluo by the Sacred Pillar trial’s boundary rule 216.

Eight Spider Lances

The Eight Spider Lances are an External Soul Bone that grows with Tang San’s body 85 143.

• They brace him against pressure, propel him across the battlefield, and give him additional points of attack 86 140.
• Six crack while shielding Huo Wu from an explosion, but their roots and channels remain intact 142 143.

Movement, Perception, and Hidden Weapons

Tang San combines cultivated techniques with prepared weapons rather than relying on Soul Power alone 19 84 89.

• Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track supports close-range evasion; Purple Demon Eyes help him follow fast targets and detect distortions in illusions 84 111 184.
• Mysterious Heaven Skill supports his endurance, while Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon redirects an opponent’s force 86 140.
• His poisoned Yama King Post kills the level-72 Shi Nian after Tang San lures him into close range. Tang San recognizes that the tactic depended on a narrow opportunity 111 112.

Herbs and Poison

Tang San identifies, harvests, and prepares medicinal plants with particular care 62 63 66.

• Surviving the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well improves his resistance to poison, though he says he has not fully achieved Ice and Fire Body Refinement 63 64.
• He identifies poison in combat and investigates a slow-acting compound entering Emperor Xue Ye’s medicines 98 180.
• He warns that a mistake in preparing medicine can kill someone 66.

Equipment and Items

• Hidden Weapons — designs and uses devices including the Silent Sleeve Arrow and Godly Zhuge Crossbow; he refuses to sell their core blueprints 89 112.
• Yama King Post — a highly poisonous hidden weapon used against Shi Nian 111 112.
• Head Spirit Bone — absorbs a tournament-prize bone suited to his Purple Demon Eyes; separately stores Shi Nian’s illusion-related bone rather than absorbing it immediately 112 171.
• Twenty-Four Bridge Bright Moon Night — Soul Tool used to store Shi Nian’s Head Spirit Bone 171.

Relationships

• Xiao Wu — his closest companion; they promise to reunite after separate training, and he works toward becoming strong enough to protect her himself 61 172 219.
• Tang Hao — his father and Clear Sky Hammer trainer. Tang San learns from him about Ah Yin but does not immediately forgive the years of silence 169 172 174.
• Ah Yin — his mother and the source of his Blue Silver Emperor bloodline. Her surviving Blue Silver Grass form motivates his training and his search for a way to restore her 169 172 219.
• Yuan Yu — Shrek teammate and friend who repeatedly protects and cooperates with him despite ties to Spirit Hall; the two later draft the Tang Sect’s rules together 22 30 170 180.
• Tai Tan — Strength Clan leader and former follower of Tang Hao. He pledges support to Tang San, then brings his clan into the Tang Sect as its Strength Hall 86 183.
• Ning Rongrong — Shrek teammate whose martial soul evolves after receiving an immortal herb from Tang San; she later helps organize the Tang Sect’s materials and orders 68 87 183.
• Hu Liena — Spirit Hall member who crosses Hell Road with him. Despite their opposed allegiances, both honor their cooperation and the armistice afterward 177 179.
• Xiao Bai — leader of the Demon Soul Great White Sharks. Tang San helps rescue her pod and entrusts her with the Evil Orca King’s Spirit Bone 215.

Notable Quotes

“If a control-type Soul Master waits until an opponent has finished attacking to think of a response, it's already too late.” 84

“If you lose a fight, you get beaten up. If you mix medicine wrong, someone dies.” 66

“I won't trade other people's lives for Xiao Wu's safety.” 185