Tang San

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Tang San (唐三)
Alias(es)	Third Brother
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Clear Sky Sect; disciple of Yu Xiaogang; Tang Sect disciple
Occupation/Role	Soul Master; hidden-weapon user; practitioner of the Mysterious Heaven Skill
First Appearance	3

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Innate Full Soul Power; Twin Martial Souls	3	Possesses Blue Silver Grass and the Clear Sky Hammer.
Soul Elder, Level 38	161	Yu Xiaogang identifies him publicly as a 14-year-old Soul Elder.
Level 39	179	Breaks through after injecting Tang Hao's Clear Sky Hammer bloodline into himself.
Level 36	191	His Blue Silver Grass soul rings are stripped to purge poison and reshape the martial soul, causing a drop in Soul Power.
Soul Ancestor	195	Reaches the Soul Ancestor stage after absorbing the Jade Phosphor Snake King’s soul ring.
Level 43 → Level 40	230	Transfers Innate Soul Power to repair Yu Xiaogang’s damaged meridians, lowering his rank.
Soul Sage	543	Arrives at Seagod Island’s Ascension Stairway as a Soul Sage, though his physique cannot endure the Sea God’s Light.
Rank 20	552	Following a resurrection-related ritual, his six-year-old body possesses a 423-year-limit soul ring and is pushed to Rank 20.

Background / History

Tang San was raised by Tang Hao and entered Notting City’s junior soul master academy with Innate Full Soul Power and Twin Martial Souls. He regarded low-level Soul Masters such as Han Tao as beneath him and placed immense confidence in Yu Xiaogang’s theoretical guidance 3.

Tang Hao eventually concluded that Tang San was not his biological son after observing behavior he considered impossible to explain as mere early maturity. He investigated whether inherited memories from the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline could account for it, but the Blue Silver King denied such memories 115.

Tang San became fiercely devoted to Yu Xiaogang, repeatedly defending him even when Tang Hao condemned the Master’s theories. He credited Yu Xiaogang’s guidance for allowing him to become a Soul Elder without a bottleneck and maintained that “a teacher for a day is a father for life” 116 191 230.

His cultivation was repeatedly altered by bloodline experiments and martial-soul reconstruction. Tang Hao’s Clear Sky Hammer bloodline initially raised Tang San to Level 39, but had also overtaken his Blue Silver Emperor bloodline; Tang San later accepted the Blue Silver King’s soul-ring stripping procedure to restore his damaged Blue Silver Grass 179 191.

After Tang Hao’s death and Yu Xiaogang’s capture, Tang San pursued revenge against Han Tao and Ye Lingling. He sought Tang Chen, tempered his Clear Sky Hammer bloodline with Yu Luomian’s lightning, and entered Slaughter City, where his Clear Sky Hammer began absorbing killing intent and killing aura 381 383 384.

Personality

Tang San is intensely proud of his inherited techniques, hidden weapons, and Mysterious Heaven Skill. When confronted with the possibility that other methods could surpass his own pharmacology, toxicology, cultivation technique, or Purple Demon Eyes, he rejects the conclusion and reaffirms that the Mysterious Heaven Skill is supreme 283.

He is unwaveringly loyal to Yu Xiaogang, often treating his master’s safety and reputation as more important than his own resources or safety. He spends Innate Soul Power to repair Yu Xiaogang’s meridians, rescues him from imprisonment, and vows to carry Yu Xiaogang’s theories to fame 230 431 443.

Tang San can also be ruthless and calculating. He is willing to kill perceived enemies with hidden weapons, considers crippling Han Tao’s meridians to force political action, and plans to use Spirit Hall as a means to locate Tang Chen 115 261 381.

Abilities & Skills

Twin Martial Souls

Tang San possesses Blue Silver Grass and the Clear Sky Hammer, though their bloodlines and developmental paths repeatedly conflict.

• Blue Silver Grass — initially treated as his primary martial soul; later poisoned, stripped of rings, restored, and upgraded through soul-ring absorption 191 195 286.
• Clear Sky Hammer — his true dominant martial soul according to Tang Hao; it later degenerates before evolving toward killing intent 191 227 228.
• Blue Silver Emperor bloodline — initially suppressed by the Clear Sky Hammer bloodline; Tang San later considers shedding it to focus on the Clear Sky Hammer 191 381.

Mysterious Heaven Skill

A cultivation method Tang San has practiced since birth which produces and replenishes Innate Soul Power.

• Uses Innate Soul Power to repair bodily damage and damaged meridians 230 243.
• Tang San considers it irreplaceable and refuses to adopt another cultivation method 283.
• Its consumption can lower his rank when he expends it to aid Yu Xiaogang 230.

Purple Demon Eyes

A vision and perception technique used for observation, targeting, and breaking illusions.

• Observes Tang Hao’s blacksmithing movements and force transmission during childhood 4.
• Locates Emperor Xue Ye’s Array Gemstone on his waist during the palace standoff 272.
• Allows Tang San to break Han Tao’s illusion after reaching the Mustard Seed Realm 286.
• Has limits against Han Tao’s illusions before that breakthrough 261 278.

Hidden Weapons

Tang San employs Tang Sect hidden weapons with lethal precision.

• Dragon Beard Needles — used against opponents and accidentally embedded in Yu Xiaogang; Tang San can activate and extract them through Soul Power and the Mystic Jade Hand 140 169.
• Peacock Plume — one of the Tang Sect’s top three mechanism-type hidden weapons; contains 365 needles of twelve types 173.
• Tight-Backed Flower-Adorned Crossbow — fired in combination with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and techniques such as Parting Swallows and Batwing Reincarnation 278.
• Wrath of the Buddha Tang Lotus — stored in the Twenty-Four Moonlight Bridges; described as capable of severely injuring a Titled Douluo 431.

Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track

A movement technique that lets Tang San evade attacks and close distance quickly.

• Used alongside the Eight Spider Lances during combat with Han Tao 170.
• Combined with crossbow fire and hidden-weapon techniques to attack Han Tao 278.
• Used to evade Yu Luomian’s attacks, though Yu Luomian considers it inferior to Feng Xiaotian’s Soul Power Synergy 451.

Eight Spider Lances

An External Soul Bone associated with the Man-Faced Demon Spider.

• Enhances movement and offense, but is initially unable to devour Han Tao’s evolved Blue Silver Grass 171 228.
• Is destroyed by Han Tao’s Blue Silver Grass after Tang San reinforces it with Innate Soul Power 172.
• Yu Xiaogang later proposes restoring it by absorbing the Man-Faced Demon Spider Emperor’s soul ring 228.

Spider Web

A Soul Bone skill obtained after Tang San’s fusion with the Man-Faced Demon Spider King’s Head Soul Bone.

• Has slow casting and a permanent cooldown 232.
• Tang San later uses its long duration, low Soul Power cost, and slow casting process to understand weaknesses in enemy spider webs 444.

Bodhi Blood

A trump-card technique that draws upon Tang San’s Innate Soul Power.

• Breaks Han Tao and Bibi Dong’s restraints during their confrontation 442.
• Its use surprises Han Tao and permits Tang San’s escape 442.

Toxicology and Medical Skill

Tang San studies toxicology through the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record.

• Detoxifies Yu Xiaogang after Dugu Bo poisons him 283.
• Performs surgery to remove Yin Ming Needle poison from Yu Xiaogang 284.
• Is challenged by Dugu Bo to neutralize toxin from an Immortal Herb 263.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Twenty-Four Moonlight Bridges — storage soul tool used to carry hidden weapons, including the Wrath of the Buddha Tang Lotus 431.
• Peacock Plume — mechanism-type hidden weapon containing 365 needles 173.
• Dragon Beard Needles — concealed needles that can be activated with Soul Power 169.
• Tight-Backed Flower-Adorned Crossbow — back-mounted crossbow used in ranged attacks 278.
• Recurve Bow — used during the confrontation with Han Tao 169.
• Sword Douluo’s sword — used after Tang San’s martial soul is shattered 395.

Relationships

• Tang Hao — adoptive father and Clear Sky Douluo; guides Tang San’s early hammer training, protects him repeatedly, and dies while Tang San is unable to save him 4 366.
• Yu Xiaogang — master; Tang San’s strongest personal loyalty is directed toward him, and he repeatedly defends, heals, rescues, and seeks revenge for Yu Xiaogang 116 230 431.
• Xiao Wu — close companion; her doubts about Tang San strain their relationship after his identity is exposed, while her later death intensifies his desire for revenge 143 467.
• Tang Chen — grandfather and Peerless Douluo; Tang San seeks him as an ally against Han Tao and later receives his martial-soul instruction 381 401.
• Tang Xiao — Clear Sky Sect Master and grandfather figure; accepts Tang San into the sect and later sacrifices himself to protect Tang San 221 451.
• Han Tao — principal rival; repeatedly defeats, frames, manipulates, and cripples Tang San, while Tang San repeatedly schemes to kill him 141 381 496.
• Ye Lingling — enemy associated with Han Tao; Tang San blames her alongside Han Tao for Tang Hao’s death and later seeks to kill her 381 431.
• Dugu Bo — Poison Douluo who tests Tang San’s toxicology by poisoning Yu Xiaogang; later recognizes Tang San’s skill 283.
• Sky Blue Bull Python — adviser in Tang San’s revenge plan; proposes using the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger’s Life and Death Arena against Han Tao 381.
• Titan Giant Ape — ally during Tang San’s planning in the Star Dou Great Forest 381.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Framed for Prince Xue Beng’s Death

Tang San kills Prince Xue Beng while believing he is inside an illusion created by Han Tao. Han Tao then uses the incident, Tang San’s past threat against the referee, and planted evidence to frame him before the Heaven Dou Empire 140 141.

Blue Silver Grass Reconstruction

After learning that the Clear Sky Hammer bloodline had overtaken his Blue Silver Emperor bloodline, Tang San agrees to have his Blue Silver Grass soul rings stripped. He falls to Level 36, then rebuilds through new soul-ring acquisitions and reaches the Soul Ancestor stage 191 195.

Man-Faced Demon Spider Crisis

Tang San attempts to restore his Eight Spider Lances through the Man-Faced Demon Spider King and Emperor. The resulting soul-bone fusion leaves him vulnerable to possession, damages his body and soul rings, and grants him the Spider Web skill 230 232 243.

Revenge Against Han Tao

Following Tang Hao’s death and Yu Xiaogang’s capture, Tang San vows revenge. He plans to find Tang Chen, temper his Clear Sky Hammer bloodline, and exploit the Dark Demonic Evil God Tiger’s Life and Death Arena 381.

Slaughter City and Killing Intent

Tang San enters Slaughter City in pursuit of Tang Chen. There, the Clear Sky Hammer absorbs killing intent and killing aura, replacing the demonic-spider pattern and returning toward its proper evolutionary route 384.

Rescue of Yu Xiaogang

Tang San and Oscar find Yu Xiaogang imprisoned in Heaven Dou Empire territory. Tang San kills Qin Ming, frees his master, and joins Yu Xiaogang in planning further action against Han Tao’s allies 431.

Seagod Island

Tang San reaches Seagod Island hoping to inherit Poseidon’s Godhood through the Ascension Stairway and Poseidon’s Trident. His Soul Sage-level strength and lack of Soul Bones leave him unable to endure the Sea God’s Light 543.

Trivia

• Tang San’s first two Blue Silver Grass soul skills follow the inherited standard sequence: Blue Silver Entanglement and Blue Silver Parasitism 68.
• The Peacock Plume’s internal mechanism contains twelve types of needles, including Dragon Beard Needles 173.
• Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer initially loses quality during degeneration, falling to the level of an Advanced Martial Soul before beginning its killing-intent evolution 227 228.