Tang San

Biodata

Power Progression

Background

Tang San was a gifted outer disciple of the Tang Sect in his previous life. He devoted more than a decade to hidden weapons and became especially skilled in mechanical designs. His studies also included poisons and lightness skills 3 5 9 15.

After transmigrating to the Douluo Continent, he possessed Innate Full Soul Power but faced ridicule for awakening Blue Silver Grass. He knew he also possessed the dormant Clear Sky Hammer and believed his seemingly weak grass martial soul had untapped potential 5 20 39.

Yi Yun recognizes him as the protagonist of the original story, whose expected future includes becoming the Sea God and Asura God. Those identities are anticipated outcomes known to Yi Yun, not achievements Tang San reaches in the provided chapters 1 2.

Appearance

• Build: Slender enough that Nuoding Academy’s dining-hall worker gives him extra food out of concern 6.
• Everyday clothing: A short gray tunic, black trousers, and cloth shoes; Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong criticize the outfit as rustic 31.
• Combat clothing: Wears a close-fitting training outfit and a hidden-weapon pouch when challenging Yi Yun 12.
• Signs of overwork: Emerges from three days of weapons research with bloodshot eyes, dark circles, disheveled hair, and rumpled clothing 10.

Personality

Tang San is reserved and accustomed to concealing his emotions. His isolated life in the Tang Sect leaves him more comfortable studying mechanisms than discussing affection; writing a love letter proves harder for him than designing hidden weapons 9 15.

His pride rests on his previous-life expertise, innate talent, and determination to make useful weapons from materials others dismiss. Yi Yun repeatedly undermines that confidence, but Tang San responds by practicing, inventing, and seeking another way forward. He completes exhausting training despite public laughter and continues researching after discovering how far his weapons lag behind Yi Yun’s 5 6 9 20.

His desire for recognition gradually becomes more important than public praise. During the Hidden Weapon Tournament, he values Yi Yun’s acknowledgment above the crowd’s cheers. Later, applause for his pole-vaulting helps him recognize an achievement that belongs to him rather than merely another failed attempt to catch Yi Yun 26 35.

Although jealousy and rejection hurt him deeply, he does not remain hostile toward Xiao Wu or Yi Yun. He eventually admits that Yi Yun has made life enjoyable and begins questioning whether constantly chasing an unreachable rival is worth sacrificing everything else 22 27 30.

Abilities & Skills

Blue Silver Grass

A plant martial soul with limited initial offensive power but considerable toughness and excellent soul-power conductivity 20.

• Restraint: Extends and thickens multiple strands to bind an opponent’s ankles, wrists, waist, and neck 20.
• Control development: Experiments with reinforcing the grass through soul power to make it tougher and more flexible 20.
• Cultivation approach: Yi Yun proposes rooting it in soil to absorb nutrients, leading Tang San into vegetable growing. The claimed doubling of strength is advice, not a demonstrated result 20.
• Limit: His restraints cannot hold Yi Yun 20.

Pole Vault Martial Soul

An emerald-green bamboo-like pole, approximately two meters long, with a curved tip. It is light, flexible, sturdy, and highly conductive to soul power 5.

• Direct attacks: Shatters a large rock with a jab during its first test 5.
• Mobility: Supports long vaults and allows Tang San to reach a rooftop 5 22.
• Pole Vault Slam: A self-created attack that combines takeoff, two midair rotations, and a descending strike. Yi Yun stops it with one finger 12.
• Improved aerial control: Later performs two and a half rotations before landing steadily 19.
• False origin claim: Yi Yun’s story about an ancient divine-beast lineage is a deception; the source creature is a weak, common Lone Bamboo Soul Beast 5 19.

Clear Sky Hammer

A top-tier power-attack tool martial soul associated with the Clear Sky Sect. Its black, square head bears dark-gold patterns, while its dark-brown handle is engraved with runes 39.

• Raw impact: Its first demonstrated strike blasts a large crater into the training ground 39.
• Clear Sky Whirlwind Hammer: Tang San’s self-created technique uses a full-body rotation to deliver a stronger, faster swing 40.
• Limit: Awakening the hammer does not overcome his inexperience. Yi Yun blocks his full-force attack with a roadside tree branch 40.

Tang Sect Hidden Weapons

Tang San combines precise aim, concealed releases, unusual angles, and coordinated trajectories. Yi Yun considers him superior to the other Nuoding Academy students in this field 26.

• Sleeve Arrow: A basic concealed attack practiced against wooden stakes; its strengths are surprise and concealment rather than raw power 3.
• Three-Rank Piercing Sun: Sends three needles toward the upper, middle, and lower body. It is identified as his strongest known hidden-weapon technique at that point 12.
• Eight-Gate Golden Lock: A self-created combination of five needles and three darts, released at different speeds to restrict escape routes 12.
• Multi-path targeting: Defeats the Hidden Weapon Club president with seven needles traveling along different paths; the final needle pins the opponent’s collar near his neck 26.
• Tournament preparation: Selects twenty techniques from the Tang Sect Hidden Weapons Seventy-Two Supreme Skills and practices each five hundred times daily 26.

Mechanical Engineering

His previous-life expertise lets him design repeating mechanisms and analyze unfamiliar soul-powered technology 9.

• Creates a crossbow that uses soul power to cock and fire continuously 9.
• Disassembles Yi Yun’s Gatling Gun to study its precision components and soul-power conversion device 9.
• Applies that research to refined-steel construction, optimized mechanisms, and substantially better conversion efficiency 10.

Cultivation and Physical Training

• Mysterious Heaven Skill: Practices this cultivation method while meditating in his dormitory 5.
• Pole-vaulting regimen: Completes one hundred practice vaults per day under Yi Yun’s instructions 6 7.
• Radio Calisthenics: Performs the exercises morning and evening, gaining measurable improvements in physical control and conditioning 16.
• Gardening: Learns watering, weeding, and fertilizing; successfully harvests radishes, cabbages, and chives 26.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

Relationships

• Yi Yun — Rival, tormentor, instructor, and eventual trusted companion. Tang San initially wants to surpass or strike him, but increasingly accepts his guidance and calls him “Brother Yun.” By their arrival in Heaven Dou City, he says he no longer hates him 5 9 19 30.
• Xiao Wu — Classmate, friend, and unrequited love. She rejects his confession because she loves Yi Yun, but continues encouraging him, sharing carrots, and recognizing his perseverance 15 20 35 40.
• Zhu Zhuqing — Companion who acknowledges the value of his unconventional accomplishments, reminding him that his pole-vaulting can win genuine applause 35.
• Liu Erlong — Pole-vaulting coach. Her instruction produces rapid improvement, though her stated private motive is to please Yi Yun by helping his little brother 38.
• Ning Rongrong — Fellow member of Yi Yun’s group and Yi Yun’s disciple. She comments on Tang San’s clothing and watches his competitions and challenges 26 31 40.
• Dai Mubai — Opponent Tang San tries to stop despite being outmatched and sent flying. Yi Yun later praises his courage 14.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Yi Yun’s First Target

Tang San has only recently entered Nuoding Academy when Yi Yun selects him as a source of amusement. Their first encounter pits his Tang Sect needles against Yi Yun’s AK-47 demonstration, shaking his confidence in the expertise he brought from his previous life 1 2 3.

Yi Yun then offers him a supposedly extraordinary second martial soul in exchange for calling him Brother Yun, following his lead regarding Xiao Wu, and owing him a favor. The resulting Pole Vault becomes the center of Tang San’s public humiliation and daily training 5 6 7.

Invention, Rivalry, and Rejection

Tang San builds the Soul Power Repeating Crossbow to prove his worth, only to be outclassed by Yi Yun’s Gatling Gun. Rather than abandoning engineering, he borrows the gun, studies its mechanisms, and produces an improved crossbow 9 10.

His first formal challenge to Yi Yun ends with his Pole Vault Slam stopped by one finger. Although he briefly resolves to wish Xiao Wu happiness, his feelings persist, culminating in a love letter that she tears apart before rejecting him 12 15.

Afterward, he retreats into excessive training. Yi Yun introduces Radio Calisthenics, and Tang San eventually confirms that the embarrassing exercises genuinely improve his body 16.

Discovering the Deception

A soul-beast guide exposes the ordinary origins of the Lone Bamboo Soul Beast. Tang San confronts Yi Yun, who argues that the pole and exercises have nevertheless strengthened his foundation. Tang San resumes training while recognizing that useful results do not erase the deception 19.

Vegetable growing becomes another part of his routine after his Blue Silver Grass fails to restrain Yi Yun. His lingering heartbreak resurfaces when Xiao Wu and Yi Yun become a couple; during a rooftop fall, Yi Yun catches him, and Tang San asks him to promise that he will treat Xiao Wu well 20 22.

Tournament Champion and Changing Priorities

Tang San wins Nuoding Academy’s Hidden Weapon Tournament decisively. Yi Yun immediately overshadows the victory by destroying the target range with an explosive ball. Tang San responds by requesting one to study rather than rejecting the unfamiliar weapon 26.

He subsequently begins reconsidering his relentless pursuit of Yi Yun. After leaving Nuoding for Heaven Dou City, he acknowledges that their companionship has helped him discover enjoyment in life 27 30.

Recognition and the Clear Sky Hammer

A public pole-vaulting performance earns Tang San applause from more than a thousand people, helping him value the skill he once considered humiliating. Liu Erlong later accelerates his progress through personal coaching 35 38.

The awakening of his Clear Sky Hammer restores his confidence, but another challenge ends with Yi Yun blocking him using a tree branch. Tang San accepts the underlying lesson: possessing a famous martial soul is not a substitute for developing the person who wields it 39 40.

Notable Quotes

“I'm not here to pole vault!” 5

“There's no need to apologize. You can't force feelings.” 15

“Because you showed me that being alive can be fun.” 30

Trivia

• The narrative continues describing Tang San as possessing “twin martial souls” and calls the Clear Sky Hammer his “second” martial soul, despite his earlier acquisition of the Pole Vault 5 39 40.
• Pulling up radish seedlings becomes an outlet for frustration. After his second challenge to Yi Yun, he repeatedly uproots and replants them 39 40.
• The Lone Bamboo used in his awakening has roughly thirty years of cultivation; the guide he later discovers describes the species under a ten-year soul-beast entry 5 19.