Little San

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Tang San and Ling Yun awakened their Martial Souls in Holy Soul Village and entered Nuoding Academy together. Yu Xiaogang accepted Tang San as a disciple but declined to teach Ling Yun. Tang San defended his new teacher when Ling Yun challenged that decision, beginning a dispute that remained unresolved when the boys met again seven years later 1 2.

By their reunion at Blue Tyrant Academy, Tang San was a Shrek student. He lost his first spar with Ling Yun without landing a meaningful hit, then began studying Ling Yun’s movement and combat habits for their later matches 4 23 24.

Tang San possesses Tang Sect Secret Arts and medicinal knowledge recorded in the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record. These give him combat methods and knowledge of rare plants unfamiliar to many ordinary Soul Masters 2 10 11 13 26.

After further individual defeats, Tang San led the Shrek Seven Devils against Ling Yun in a seven-on-one match. Ling Yun dismantled their formation and exploited Tang San’s tendency to prioritize Xiao Wu, defeating the team and exposing a weakness that his companions subsequently questioned. Tang San was then benched while Ling Yun tested a main lineup without him 27 28 29 30 31 32.

Tang San attempted to assemble another team specifically to defeat Ling Yun. After Tai Long, Huang Yuan, and Jing Ling refused to join, he recruited paid Soul Masters through the Great Soul Arena and trained in secret with Yu Xiaogang’s support. This effort also ended in defeat 37 38 40 45.

His hostility eventually escalated into an attempt to kill Ling Yun during the Grand Finals. Afterward, he acknowledged to his father, Tang Hao, that he could not match Ling Yun directly and demanded instruction in killing him. He later entered Slaughter City, believing its restrictions on Soul Skills would favor his Tang Sect techniques and poisoned weapons 65 68 76.

Appearance

• Described as blue-haired when Blue Tyrant students identify him before his first spar with Ling Yun 3.
• His eyes take on a purple hue when he activates the Purple Demon Eye 3.
• His eyes are bloodshot when he admits his inferiority to Ling Yun and asks Tang Hao to teach him how to kill 68.
• Wears an entirely black outfit when entering Slaughter City 76.

Personality

Tang San is fiercely loyal to Yu Xiaogang and protective of Xiao Wu. He initially answers Ling Yun’s criticism of his teacher without investigating the old grievance, but later supports Ling Yun’s argument that Blue Tyrant Academy should not be renamed without its community’s consent 2 18. After Xiao Wu is injured, he acknowledges that her attack after surrendering was wrong while still challenging Ling Yun over the force of his response 22 23.

In combat, he studies opponents and revises his tactics after defeat. Ling Yun’s taunts can unsettle him, particularly when they concern Xiao Wu, though Tang San recognizes the attempts to provoke him 17 23 24.

His attachment to Xiao Wu can override his judgment as a team leader. During the seven-on-one match, threats against her repeatedly cause him to redirect the team’s defenses, even after he recognizes the manipulation. His teammates later distinguish their appreciation for his past care from their concern that this favoritism could be exploited in the Soul Master Tournament 29 30 31.

Repeated losses and the loss of his starting position intensify his resentment. He questions why his Innate Full Soul Power, Twin Martial Souls, and self-mastered Hidden Weapons have not earned the same trust as Ling Yun’s abilities. When organizing his paid team, he adopts the argument that he should not restrict his methods if Ling Yun uses mist, terrain, deception, and attacks on support members to win 38 40.

His loyalty to Yu Xiaogang becomes especially consequential when the teacher pressures him to use a poisoned needle against Xiao Wu. Tang San initially hesitates because she cannot safely withstand the intended dosage, but ultimately obeys after Yu Xiaogang challenges both his resolve to defeat Ling Yun and his standing as a disciple. He subsequently realizes that his teacher had also used him as bait to provoke Ling Yun’s intervention 42.

Despite his resentment, Tang San remains capable of practical self-criticism. After Blazing Fire burns through his Blue Silver Grass control network, he rejects the natural attribute disadvantage as a sufficient excuse and tests his grass against flame to prepare for future opponents 52 54. His later assassination attempt and demand for instruction in killing Ling Yun nevertheless mark a substantial escalation from their earlier rivalry 65 68.

Abilities & Skills

Twin Martial Souls

• Blue Silver Grass — Tang San’s publicly used Martial Soul, suited to restraining opponents and controlling the field. Its documented Soul Skills include Entanglement, Parasitic, and Spider Web Restraint 3 4 24.
• Clear Sky Hammer — His concealed Second Martial Soul. He reveals it during a duel with Ling Yun and wields it without Soul Skills, but struggles to land a blow against Ling Yun’s mobility 24 25.
• Hammer momentum techniques — Can carry the momentum of one swing into the next to strengthen successive blows. At the time of his public duel with Ling Yun, he has not learned the true Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer technique 25.
• Restrictions on the Clear Sky Hammer — His father warned him not to add Soul Rings to it lightly or reveal it publicly before becoming strong enough. Tang San exposes it despite those instructions because he refuses to end the duel in defeat 25.

Movement, Perception, and Close Combat

• Purple Demon Eye helps him observe fast movement and see through ordinary mist. Ling Yun’s Mist Veil can still confuse him by filling the fog with misleading Soul Power traces 3 17.
• Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track provides shifting footwork; Mysterious Jade Hand and Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon support his close combat 4 23.
• He uses Hidden Weapons alongside Blue Silver Grass to predict and restrict an opponent’s escape routes 23 24.
• Mysterious Heaven Skill is among the techniques on which he relies when assessing his chances against opponents with greater Soul Power 2.
• Eight Spider Lances extend from his back and can stab at opponents approaching from behind. Ling Yun counters them by evading the attack and catching one lance with his Soul Power Tongue Scarf 45.
• His movement and hand techniques remain central to his plans in Slaughter City, where Soul Skills are sealed. However, Dai Mubai and the others’ physical conditioning allows them to overwhelm him despite his confidence in those techniques 76 77.

Strategy and Medicinal Knowledge

• Studies opponents’ habits and organizes Shrek’s team formation, using Blue Silver Grass as a sensory net and protecting its support members 23 27.
• Identifies rare herbs in Dugu Bo’s Medicine Garden and helps gather plants for Dugu Yan’s treatment. He independently proposes storing Dugu Bo’s poison in a Soul Bone, a method Ling Yun has already suggested 11 13.
• Draws his knowledge of rare medicinal plants from the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record, including descriptions of the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot 10 11.
• Can connect teammates with Blue Silver Grass and use transmitted vibrations to monitor movement in poor visibility. Ling Yun’s water clones can trigger this network, preventing it from reliably distinguishing the real attacker from decoys 27 29.
• Knows Xiao Wu’s preferred Teleportation directions and landing habits well enough to bind her immediately upon reappearance. He uses this familiarity against her during an internal team match 42.
• Detects inconsistencies in Canghui Academy’s Seven Asura Illusion Realm, including illusory figures lacking corresponding Soul Power fluctuations and voices falling out of synchronization with movement. He combines Purple Demon Eye with physical probing by Blue Silver Grass to locate real opponents and reconnect with his teammates 55 56.

Hidden Weapons and Poisons

• Uses concealed needles, nails, and other projectiles in conjunction with movement techniques and terrain control. His attack patterns can target an opponent’s anticipated evasive positions rather than only their current location 23 24 77.
• Prepares a black needle intended to paralyze the meridians and suppress Soul Power rather than kill. Its dosage is meant for Ling Yun’s unusually strong body; Tang San cannot guarantee how severely it would affect Xiao Wu 42.
• Uses a concealed mechanism to fire twenty-four Yama’s Invitation-poisoned needles at Ling Yun during the Grand Finals. Ling Yun’s rotating water mirror redirects the projectiles, and Dugu Bo recognizes their Tang Sect craftsmanship 65.
• Fires three Bone-Piercing Nails toward Dai Mubai’s face during their confrontation in Slaughter City. Dai Mubai deflects them with an iron bracer 77.

Limitations and Counters

• Mist and decoys — Purple Demon Eye and Blue Silver Grass sensing do not reliably distinguish Ling Yun from water clones carrying misleading Soul Power traces 17 24 29.
• Fire vulnerability — Blazing Fire Academy spreads flame across the arena floor to expose and burn his Blue Silver Grass network. Tang San must sever his connection to the burning grass 52.
• Physical disparity — Ling Yun’s Ice and Fire Body Tempering gives him an advantage in direct exchanges, while repeated Clear Sky Hammer attacks consume Tang San’s stamina without guaranteeing a hit 24 25.
• Spiritual disparity — Tang San later states that Ling Yun’s Head Soul Bone has placed his spiritual power an entire major realm above his own, leaving him unable to withstand even one move without Hidden Weapons 68.
• Predictable priorities — His instinctive protection of Xiao Wu allows an opponent to manipulate the deployment of his control abilities and expose other teammates 29 30 31.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Hidden Weapons — Carried in his Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges and used in combat 23 24.
• Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges — A jade-studded storage belt given to him by Yu Xiaogang. It holds his stock of Hidden Weapons. Tai Long later demands it as a deposit when Tang San cannot pay the Slaughter City entrance toll, prompting Tang San to attack rather than surrender it 77.
• Poisoned black needles — Include a preparation designed to paralyze meridians and suppress Soul Power, which he attempts to use against the restrained Xiao Wu before Ling Yun intercepts it 42.
• Concealed needle-firing mechanism — Used for the twenty-four-needle Yama’s Invitation attack during the Grand Finals. Its emptied housing helps Ling Yun publicly identify Tang San as the attacker 65.
• Bone-Piercing Nails — Black projectiles used against Dai Mubai in Slaughter City 77.

Relationships

• Yu Xiaogang — Teacher. Tang San defends him against Ling Yun’s accusations, though he later agrees with Ling Yun on the Blue Tyrant Academy naming dispute 1 2 18. Yu Xiaogang supports his recruitment and secret training of a paid rival team. Their relationship becomes more troubling when Yu Xiaogang pressures him into attacking Xiao Wu with a poisoned needle, and Tang San realizes that he too has been used as bait in a plan to draw Ling Yun into interfering 40 42.
• Ling Yun — Childhood acquaintance and recurring rival. Tang San learns from their defeats, but their matches repeatedly reopen the dispute over Yu Xiaogang’s treatment of Ling Yun 1 4 17 26. Their conflict expands from duels to rival team formations and eventually attempted assassination. Tang San later asks Tang Hao to teach him how to kill Ling Yun 30 32 40 45 65 68.
• Xiao Wu — Close companion whom he protects. He challenges Ling Yun after she is injured, while acknowledging that she broke the rules of their spar 22 23. His preferential protection of her undermines the team’s formation, but he later allows Yu Xiaogang to persuade him to fire a poisoned needle at her during an internal match. Ling Yun intercepts the attack. By their Slaughter City confrontation, Xiao Wu joins the others in physically attacking Tang San 29 30 31 42 77.
• Dugu Bo — Captures Tang San and takes him to the Medicine Garden, where Tang San later contributes herbal knowledge to Dugu Yan’s treatment 8 13. During the Grand Finals, Dugu Bo identifies the poisoned needles redirected by Ling Yun as Tang Sect craftsmanship 65.
• Dugu Yan — Former Soul Fighting opponent whose Jade Phosphor Purple Poison Tang San previously overcame in Suotuo City. Despite her displeasure at meeting him again, he gathers herbs used in Ling Yun’s treatment of her accumulated poison 13.
• Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong — Companions who question his decisions after the seven-on-one defeat. They acknowledge his previous care for the group but object to his repeated prioritization of Xiao Wu and the resulting gaps in the formation 31. Dai Mubai later deflects his Hidden Weapons and strikes him during the Slaughter City confrontation 77.
• Tai Long, Huang Yuan, and Jing Ling — Advanced Class students who refuse his invitation to form a team specifically to defeat Ling Yun. Their refusal contributes to his frustration over the trust Ling Yun commands 38.
• Hired Soul Masters — Recruits paid through arrangements at the Great Soul Arena, including Shen Tingfeng, Xu Lie, Gu Changfeng, and Han Ce. The arrangement is transactional rather than based on shared loyalty; Xu Lie protests being used as a human shield, and Cheng Hai later withdraws rather than face a group beating 40 42 45.
• Tang Hao — Father. Warns him against prematurely revealing or adding rings to the Clear Sky Hammer 25. Tang San later admits his inability to defeat Ling Yun and asks him for instruction in killing. He travels with Tang Hao before entering Slaughter City, while his father remains above 68 76 77.

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Blue Tyrant reunion: Accepts Ling Yun’s challenge and loses their first spar. He later supports keeping the academy’s Blue Tyrant name 2 4 18.
• Medicine Garden: Is taken by Dugu Bo, helps identify medicinal plants, and witnesses Ling Yun absorb a ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring 8 11 13 15.
• Tournament team selection: Challenges Ling Yun again after Xiao Wu’s injury, revealing the Clear Sky Hammer during their duel. After losing, he proposes a team battle to test whether Ling Yun can handle all seven Shrek members together 23 25 26 27.
• Seven-on-one defeat: Initially coordinates the Shrek Seven Devils’ offense and protects their support members. Mist Veil and water clones compromise his sensory network, while threats to Xiao Wu draw his control away from the rest of the formation. Ling Yun eliminates the supports, dismantles the remaining team, and defeats Tang San 27 28 29 30.
• Benching and divided trust: Faces criticism from his companions over his favoritism toward Xiao Wu. He watches Ling Yun lead the others successfully without him, then demands another team battle and begins recruiting a rival lineup 31 32 33 37.
• Paid rival team: Fails to recruit Tai Long, Huang Yuan, and Jing Ling, then offers paid training and victory bonuses to Great Soul Arena fighters. He and Yu Xiaogang conceal their training plans from Ling Yun and the former Shrek teammates now fighting alongside him 38 40.
• Poisoned attack on Xiao Wu: Restrains Xiao Wu by anticipating her Teleportation. Although he fears the effects of a poison dosage intended for Ling Yun, Yu Xiaogang pressures him into firing the needle. Ling Yun intercepts it, then exposes the attempt to use Xiao Wu and Tang San as bait for outside interference 42.
• Second team defeat: After his recruited teammates are eliminated or withdraw, Tang San deploys the Eight Spider Lances and fights Ling Yun directly. Ling Yun counters him in the mist and forces him off the platform, securing Blue Tyrant Academy’s victory 45.
• Blazing Fire and Canghui matches: Loses control of the arena when Blazing Fire burns his Blue Silver Grass network, then studies its vulnerability rather than accepting the attribute disadvantage as an excuse. Against Canghui, he identifies flaws in the Seven Asura Illusion Realm, probes for real targets, and uses Blue Silver Grass to reconnect with his teammates 52 54 55 56.
• Grand Finals assassination attempt: Fires twenty-four Yama’s Invitation-poisoned needles at Ling Yun from concealment. Ling Yun redirects them into Xie Yue and Hu Liena and disperses their Demon Charm mist. When Bibi Dong accuses Ling Yun of using poison, Dugu Bo identifies the weapons’ origin and Ling Yun points out Tang San’s empty mechanism to the gathered crowd 65.
• Appeal to Tang Hao: Admits that Ling Yun’s superior spiritual power prevents him from matching him directly. He rejects an argument over disgrace to the Clear Sky Sect and instead demands that his father teach him how to kill his rival 68.
• Slaughter City: Enters expecting the sealing of Soul Skills to favor his Tang Sect Secret Arts and poisoned Hidden Weapons. Unable to pay a thousand-Gold-Soul-Coin toll, he attacks when Tai Long demands Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges as a deposit. Dai Mubai deflects his nails and punches him, Xiao Wu follows with an Eight-Stage Throw, and Ma Hongjun pins him beneath his weight 76 77.

Notable Quotes

“A teacher for a day is a father for life.” 2

“I'm just judging the matter on its merits.” 18

“Teacher, during a match, my opponents won't switch to another martial soul just because theirs counters mine.” 54

“If you won't kill me... then teach me. Teach me how to twist that bastard's head off. Teach me how to kill!” 68

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