Tang San

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

In his previous life, Tang San was a Tang Sect disciple devoted to hidden weapons. He created the sect’s ultimate hidden weapon, the Buddha’s Fury Tang Lotus, and retains knowledge of Tang Sect techniques in his current life 2 6.

At Nuoding Academy’s gates, Tang San encounters Yu Xiaogang and becomes convinced of his expertise. He subsequently becomes Yu Xiaogang’s disciple and lives in Dorm Seven as a work-study student 1 2.

Personality

Tang San places exceptional trust in Yu Xiaogang. He credits his cultivation achievements to his teacher’s guidance and defends his theoretical knowledge despite his low cultivation. Even when he privately disagrees with Yu Xiaogang’s criticism of his devotion to Xiao Wu, he gives an outwardly obedient answer rather than contradicting him 17 20.

His affection for Xiao Wu makes him attentive, financially generous, and fiercely protective. He hands over his Soul Master Subsidy, carries her during their journey, and readily performs errands for her. When Ma Hongjun initially harbors improper intentions toward Xiao Wu, Tang San attacks him so severely that Ma Hongjun later recalls nearly being beaten to death 14 19.

Tang San is proud of his Tang Sect heritage and deeply embarrassed by his fear of dogs. His frustration can become aggression: after Sang Biao frightens him, he regards Wang Sheng’s compulsory dormitory challenge as an opportunity to vent 2. Against Yun Tian, he also overestimates the advantage supplied by his teacher, academy, and Soul Rings, dismissing Yun Tian’s prospects before being decisively overpowered 28.

Fear of Dogs

• Seeing Sang Biao causes stiffness, cold sweat, panic, and an instinctive retreat using Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track 1.
• A subsequent encounter leaves him unconscious from fright 2.
• Yu Xiaogang advises defeating Yun Tian to overcome the fear, prompting Tang San’s first challenge 5.
• The fear persists after he becomes a Soul Elder, although he attempts to replace his initial panic with confidence in his cultivation 27 28.

Abilities & Skills

Blue Silver Grass

Tang San’s regularly cultivated Martial Soul manifests as grass or thick vines. He credits Yu Xiaogang with enabling him to develop a Martial Soul widely regarded as weak 6 17.

• First Soul Skill — Blue Silver Entanglement: Sends a thick vine toward a target to entangle it 6.
• Utility: Uses vines to pull himself out of a wall after Yun Tian punches him into it 28.
• Demonstrated weakness: Sang Biao’s Ice Wall freezes an attacking vine, allowing Sang Biao to shatter it with a paw 6.
• Post-treatment change: His connection to surrounding Blue Silver Grass becomes noticeably weaker after consuming the Ginseng King 32.

Clear Sky Hammer

Tang San possesses a second Martial Soul, the Clear Sky Hammer, which manifests as a small iron hammer condensed from black light 7 28.

• Reveals it alongside the Eight Spider Lances when escalating his confrontation with Yun Tian 28.
• Remains unable to move under Yun Tian’s Soul Emperor-level pressure despite bringing out both assets 28.
• After the Ginseng King treatment, the previously weighty Martial Soul feels light, soft, and powerless to him 32.

Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track

A Tang Sect movement technique that Tang San uses both instinctively and in combat 1 6.

• Activates it automatically while fleeing Sang Biao 1.
• Uses it to enhance his movement during his first duel with Yun Tian, but still finds Yun Tian faster 6.

Purple Demon Eye

A Tang Sect technique Tang San possesses during his first duel with Yun Tian. Despite having it alongside Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, he cannot gain the close-combat advantage he expects 6.

Hidden-Weapon Expertise

Tang San retains his previous-life expertise and considers Tang Sect hidden weapons restricted to the sect’s disciples 2 6.

• Created the Buddha’s Fury Tang Lotus in his previous life 2.
• Refuses to offer Tang Sect hidden weapons as a wager when seeking a match with Yun Tian 6.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges — A storage belt with twenty-four cubic meters of capacity, given to him by Yu Xiaogang upon accepting him as a disciple. Tang San offers it as a wager, but Yu Xiaogang intervenes and substitutes his own bracelet. Tang San retains the belt and later uses it to unpack at Shrek Academy 5 6 15.
• Eight Spider Lances — former possession — An External Soul Bone acquired during his third Soul Ring hunt. Eight spider legs emerge from his back when deployed. Yu Xiaogang orders him to conceal them unless absolutely necessary; Yun Tian later forcibly extracts the Soul Bone 25 28.
• Ginseng King — consumed — Fed to him while unconscious by Yu Xiaogang. It heals his back and raises his rank from thirty-two to thirty-eight, but is one of Yun Tian’s prepared herbs that damage Martial Soul characteristics and consume vitality for short-term gains 30 32.

Relationships

• Yu Xiaogang — Teacher and principal authority figure. Tang San reveres his knowledge, defends him before his Shrek classmates, and accepts reassurance about his altered Martial Souls because it is attributed to his teacher 6 17 32.
• Tang Hao — Father and hidden protector. His presence initially discourages Yun Tian from harming Tang San. He later approves the move toward Suotuo City and insists that Xiao Wu accompany Tang San 1 6 13.
• Xiao Wu — Classmate and romantic interest. Tang San interprets her attention as affection, gives her his subsidy, and prioritizes her comfort. He privately believes Yu Xiaogang does not understand his feelings for her 12 14 20.
• Yun Tian — Academy acquaintance who becomes an enemy. Defeats Tang San in their first duel, later arranges his abduction, and extracts the Eight Spider Lances 6 27 28.
• Sang Biao — Yun Tian’s detached Martial Soul and the focus of Tang San’s dog phobia. Frightens him into flight and unconsciousness, then counters his vines during their first match 1 2 6.
• Oscar — Shrek Academy roommate and close friend. Welcomes Tang San on arrival and later reaches rank thirty around the same time as him 15 20 30.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun — Shrek classmates who become close companions. Their regular outings include Tang San, although he waits outside rather than participating in their visits to pleasure establishments 15 16 30.
• Flender — Shrek Academy dean. Welcomes Tang San as a prodigy, helps recover him after his abduction, and explains his subsequent treatment 15 30 32.
• Dugu Bo — Abducts Tang San for Yun Tian and delivers him unconscious to the valley containing the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well 27.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Nuoding Academy and the First Duel

• Sang Biao chases Tang San during enrollment, exposing his intense fear of dogs. A second encounter at Dorm Seven causes him to faint 1 2.
• Following Yu Xiaogang’s advice, Tang San challenges Yun Tian to defeat the source of his fear. His proposed belt wager is replaced with Yu Xiaogang’s storage bracelet 5 6.
• Sang Biao destroys his Blue Silver Entanglement, and Yun Tian outmatches him in close combat before knocking him down with Cold Abyss Armor Transformation 6.

Early Enrollment at Shrek Academy

• Tang San returns to Nuoding Academy and spends a day searching for the missing Yu Xiaogang 12.
• He and Xiao Wu subsequently enter Shrek Academy at age seven and rank fifteen, impressing Flender with their talent 15.
• He befriends Oscar, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun. During their welcoming outing, he remains in the establishment’s lobby for an entire day, unwilling either to betray Xiao Wu or offend his new classmates by leaving 15 16.
• By age twelve, he reaches rank twenty-nine, then breaks through to rank thirty and acquires a third Soul Ring and the Eight Spider Lances 20 25.

Abduction and Loss of the Eight Spider Lances

• Acting on Yun Tian’s portrait, Dugu Bo identifies Tang San among the Shrek group and abducts him 27.
• Tang San initially believes his Soul Elder cultivation guarantees victory over Yun Tian. After being punched into a wall twice, he reveals both the Eight Spider Lances and his hammer Martial Soul 28.
• Yun Tian immobilizes him with Soul Emperor-level pressure, tears out the Eight Spider Lances, and leaves him severely injured in a cave with prepared ginseng nearby 28.

Recovery and Hidden Damage

• After Tang San is recovered, Yu Xiaogang feeds him a Ginseng King. His back regenerates within a dozen or so breaths, and his Soul Power rises to rank thirty-eight 30.
• Upon awakening, Tang San notices weakened connections and altered sensations in both Martial Souls. He accepts Flender’s assurance that Yu Xiaogang considers these changes temporary 32.
• Yun Tian reveals that the herbs instead trade vitality and future potential for rapid growth. Their effects include eventual cultivation slowdown and accelerated aging; those later consequences have not yet been shown for Tang San in the supplied events 32.

Notable Quotes

“Tang San, Martial Soul: Blue Silver Grass. Rank eleven, one-ring Tool Soul Master.” 6

“My teacher’s cultivation may be low, but his theoretical knowledge encompasses the entire continent.” 17

“Yun Tian, you’ve already given me cause to kill you!” 28