Tang San

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Tang San is a transmigrator with a mature mind, but he still longs for familial affection. His father, Tang Hao, becomes the principal anchor for those feelings. His mother is Ah Yin, whose sacrifice precedes Tang Hao’s disappearance from the wider Soul Master world 72 79.

He grows up with Tang Yue, Tang Hao’s adopted daughter, who shares neither his father nor his mother. While Tang Yue performs most household chores from ages two to four, Tang San occasionally helps but spends long periods training. He is six when she accompanies him to awaken their martial souls 1.

Tang Hao’s absence leaves Tang San unaware of much of his family’s history. He only discovers that his father is a Titled Douluo during the confrontation with Guang Ling, and later learns from Tang Yuehua that he carries Clear Sky Sect blood 77 108.

Personality

Tang San is fiercely protective of Xiao Wu. He initially regards her troublesome behavior as innocent and repeatedly resolves the problems she causes. Although he thinks of both Xiao Wu and Tang Yue as younger sisters, Ning Rongrong’s criticism makes him recognize how much Xiao Wu’s lively presence has dominated his attention 6 45.

His loyalty can lead him to excuse serious wrongdoing. After a crossbow bolt kills an innocent waiter, he feels guilty but rationalizes the death by deciding that someone associated with Xiao Wu’s mistreatment cannot have been a good person. Much later, he admits internally that he suspected Xiao Wu’s involvement in Tang Yue’s disappearance, yet continues defending her 8 160.

His guilt over Tang Yue initially causes sleeplessness, loss of appetite, and disrupted cultivation. That remorse gradually turns into hostility after Qian Renyue injures his teacher and fights his father. He eventually decides to treat her as an enemy despite recognizing his own earlier failure toward her 72 78 108.

He is perceptive without always pressing for answers. When Xiao Wu behaves strangely around Xin’er, he notices that she is withholding information but avoids intruding into her private affairs. He also recognizes when Qian Renyue’s powerful supporters make direct confrontation untenable 144 160.

Abilities & Skills

Blue Silver Grass

His principal battlefield-control martial soul binds opponents, carries poison, and assists teammates 46 48.

• First Soul Skill — Entanglement: Coils grass around a target to restrain movement 160.
• Third Soul Skill — Spider Web Restraint: Produces an enormous descending web 160.
• Seed placement: Plants seeds throughout an arena before activating poisonous strands across the battlefield 48 50.
• Paralysis: Thorned strands inject poison, immobilizing Qian Renyue during the Imperial Fighting Team match 48.
• Rescue and support: Pulls Ning Rongrong out of danger, attempts to retrieve Dai Mubai, and launches Xiao Wu away to help her escape 46 48 160.
• Limits: Qian Renyue repeatedly freezes, cuts, or burns the grass; its restraints do not reliably hold her 48 49 160.

Clear Sky Hammer

Tang San’s second martial soul is the Clear Sky Hammer. He manifests it inside the Netherworld Barrier and later uses it to meet Qian Renyue’s Silver Frost Sword 66 160.

• Has no soul rings attached during the Sunset Forest confrontation 78.
• At that point, he has not learned the Clear Sky Sect’s secret techniques 78.
• Cannot overcome Qian Renyue’s Nine Pity Sword with his then-current strength 78.

Eight Spider Lances

An External Soul Bone that extends eight poisonous lances from his back, providing close-range offense and defensive reach 49 160.

• Keeps Osler and the Shi brothers from approaching effectively 49.
• Clashes directly with the Silver Frost Sword and intercepts the Ice-Blue Holy Sword 49 50.
• Can attack while he engages an opponent with his Clear Sky Hammer 160.
• Does not fully protect him from penetrating cold; the Ice-Blue Holy Sword’s icy energy reaches his internal organs 50.
• Its poison fails to affect Qian Renyue when she steps onto the lances during their final encounter 160.

Purple Demon Eye

An ocular technique used to recognize concealed identities and read incoming attacks 18.

• Sees through Qian Renyue’s mask and identifies her as Tang Yue 18.
• Reveals her intended arrow attack early enough for him to retreat 18.
• Detects the presence overhead during Qian Renyue and Guang Ling’s ambush 160.

Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and Mysterious Jade Hand

Techniques supporting evasion and close combat 48.

• Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track: Evades Qian Renyue’s charge and later allows him to move behind her 48 160.
• Mysterious Jade Hand: Used to seize her wrist during their arena fight 48.

Hidden-Weapon Craftsmanship

Tang San manufactures and supplies concealed weapons, including poisoned devices given to Xiao Wu 25.

• Uses the Godly Zhuge Crossbow against Guang Ling 8.
• Throws a Dragon Whisker Needle at Qian Renyue’s hiding place 160.
• His weapons make him valuable to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect; Ning Rongrong considers protecting him to obtain the crossbow’s manufacturing method 8 183.

Poison Handling and Environmental Adaptation

Tang San neutralizes poison administered by Dugu Bo and absorbs two immortal herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well 65.

• Can remain in the spring water for a time without suffering harm, astonishing Dugu Bo 65.
• Prepares realgar wine for the match against the Imperial Fighting Team 46.
• Conceals his acquisition of the herbs from Dugu Bo while seeking a safe departure 65.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Twenty-Four Bridges Bright Moon Night — Storage item from which he retrieves the Godly Zhuge Crossbow 8.
• Godly Zhuge Crossbow — Rapidly fired at Guang Ling; a missed bolt kills a civilian waiter 8.
• Dragon Whisker Needle — Thrown toward Qian Renyue during the ambush; she catches it bare-handed 160.
• Poisoned wrist-mounted hidden weapon — Newly made and given to Xiao Wu before her match with Qian Renyue 25.

Relationships

• Tang Yue / Qian Renyue — Adoptive younger sister turned enemy. He repeatedly recognizes her despite her refusal to acknowledge him, but their bond breaks down over his abandonment of her and her attacks on his teacher and family 18 56 78 160.
• Xiao Wu — Initially treated as a younger sister; later his romantic partner. He continues protecting her after learning that she is a hundred-thousand-year soul beast 6 139 144 160.
• Tang Hao — Father and emotional anchor. Tang Hao protects him and places great hopes in his future, but repeated absences leave Tang San feeling abandoned 72 78 144.
• Ah Yin — Mother, a soul beast who sacrificed herself. Tang San feels an unexplained closeness to Tang Hao’s hundred-thousand-year ninth soul ring 72 77 79.
• Yu Xiaogang — Teacher. Tang San begs for his rescue, seeks him after his disappearance, and helps care for him during recovery 77 108 143.
• Tang Yuehua — Paternal aunt. Shelters him at Moonlight Pavilion, explains his Clear Sky Sect lineage, and sends him back to Shrek when staying with her becomes unsafe 108 116.
• Dai Mubai — Shrek teammate. Helps him leave Heaven Dou City after the civilian killing and later attempts to challenge Qian Renyue despite Tang San’s warnings 8 160.
• Ning Rongrong — Teammate whose support helps him survive Qian Renyue’s ice attack. She also challenges his claim that he does not favor Xiao Wu over Tang Yue 19 45.
• Zhu Zhuqing — Teammate who condemns his reckless crossbow use. During the later ambush, she keeps her distance and is unwilling to defend him against Qian Renyue 8 160.
• Dugu Bo — Administers poison to him and later provides information about Qian Renyue through Tang San’s third negotiated condition. Subsequently monitors him at her request 65 66 201.
• Guang Ling — Enemy and Qian Renyue’s protector. Dodges the crossbow attack, later pursues Tang Hao while striking Tang San, and accompanies Qian Renyue’s fatal ambush 8 80 160.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Notable Quotes

“But no matter how much Yue’s martial soul has changed, I’m certain she’s Yue. Even so, I’ll put the team first. I won’t hold back, and I won’t let myself get distracted.” 45

“If you want to kill Xiao Wu, you’ll have to step over my corpse first!” 160