Tang San

Biodata

Power Progression

Appearance

• After awakening: His incomplete Blue Silver bloodline awakening makes him somewhat more handsome but leaves his original features recognizable; he does not undergo the original story's complete transformation 281 325.
• Moonlight Pavilion period: Wears blue clothing and has long, loose blue hair 325.
• Eight Spider Lances: Eight spider-like limbs extend from his back when the external Soul Bone is released 120 127.
• As Sea God: Manifests the Sea God's Eight Wings, divine armor, and a Sea God Dharma Aspect approximately one hundred meters tall 413.

Personality

Tang San is tactically adaptable and willing to concede an immediate disadvantage to preserve an opportunity to retaliate. When Lin Qian overwhelms Shrek, he negotiates his remaining teammates' withdrawal before launching his own attack. He also acknowledges that he cannot defeat stronger opponents through soul power alone, instead combining restraint skills, poison, movement techniques, and concealed attacks 120 128.

His confidence is closely tied to the Tang Sect's hidden weapons. Their defeat by Lin Qian's Super Soul Cannon causes a prolonged emotional collapse, and he subsequently seeks victories to restore his faith in them. Even after becoming a god, he dismisses evidence that soul tools threaten their military effectiveness 120 125 406 410.

His relationships mix attachment with self-interest. He trains diligently under Li Si and treats him as a trusted captain, but also hopes to use his protection until he can act independently. His grief for Tang Hao is genuine, yet discovering that his father drove Xiao Wu away turns that grief into resentment 132 154 209 326 356.

He becomes increasingly vindictive toward those he blames for his misfortunes. Spirit Hall, the Clear Sky Sect, and eventually his own father become targets of his anger. Nevertheless, he remains cautious when faced with overwhelming strength, backing down before Tang Hao's domain and obeying Poseidon's demands despite resenting them 157 281 356 410.

Abilities & Skills

Blue Silver Martial Soul

Tang San's first martial soul supplies his restraint and battlefield-control techniques 128.

• Blue Silver Domain: Possesses this domain after his bloodline awakening, although it is described as a weakened version 313.
• Incomplete awakening: The Blue Silver King's assistance does not fully awaken his Blue Silver Emperor bloodline; he remains identified as a Blue Silver King 281 356.
• Missing enhancements: Without access to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well's herbs, he lacks ice immunity and cannot move or release Soul Skills after Shui Bing'er freezes him 148 173.

Clear Sky Hammer

His second martial soul provides direct offensive power and access to the Clear Sky Sect's hammer techniques 128 200.

• Concealed deployment: Throws a small Clear Sky Hammer as though it were a hidden weapon, shattering Li Si's ice sword 128.
• Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer: Builds power through successive swings. During the tournament final, he reaches thirty-six accumulated strikes, but only barely deflects an incoming Moon Blade 200 201.
• Training: Spends three years under Tang Hao learning to use the hammer more effectively 280.
• Limit: Still cannot use his twin martial souls simultaneously when confronting Lin Qian's dual godhood 413.

Tang Sect Secret Arts

• Mysterious Heaven Skill: Cultivation method used to circulate soul power; he also employs it in an unsuccessful attempt to save Tang Hao 356.
• Mysterious Jade Hand: Turns his hands jade-colored. At maximum output, it allows him to handle the highly poisonous Yama's Invitation 120 196.
• Purple Demon Eye: Enhances perception and target acquisition. After absorbing the Illusion Wisdom Skull, it approaches the Mustard Seed Realm and can counter Canghui Academy's illusions, though not high-level illusions generally 120 169.
• Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track: Evasive footwork used to move behind opponents or dodge while maintaining hammer attacks 128 200.
• Bat Wing Reincarnation: A hidden-weapon throwing technique ranked tenth among the Tang Sect's techniques. It supports up to thirty-six projectiles; while injured, he launches sixteen broken Spider Lance fragments at vital points 196.

Hidden Weapons and Poison

Soul Bones

Eight Spider Lances

• An external Soul Bone that produces eight attacking limbs from his back 120.
• Contains poison that ordinary people cannot resist; Tang San uses the limbs to stab at an opponent's exposed areas 128.
• Strengthened through two Man Faced Demon Spiders, but still broken by Lin Qian's bare hands 209.
• Damage causes severe pain because the Soul Bone is connected to his skeleton. The lances require time to repair and remain unavailable during the tournament final 196 199 209.

Illusion Wisdom Skull

• A ten-thousand-year Head Soul Bone supplied by Li Si after he kills Shi Nian 164 209.
• Grants Illusion Space, which increases teammates' Spiritual Power by 20–30%, helps prevent unconsciousness, and disrupts enemies 164.
• Links five teammates through a spiritual network, allowing them to locate enemies within the illusion 199.
• Can turn an opposing illusion against its users, as demonstrated against Canghui Academy 169.
• Consumes Spiritual Power rather than soul power, allowing him to preserve soul power for hammer attacks 200.

Divine Slaughter's Domain

• Obtained after passing through Slaughter City 313.
• Develops abnormally weak killing aura after Lin Qian arranges for the city's inhabitants to avoid Tang San 281 313.
• Has less than half its proper power when Tang Hao examines it 313.

Sea God Powers

History

Previous Life and Academy Education

Tang San was an orphan in his previous life and carries his Tang Sect memories into his current one. Old Jack persuades Tang Hao to let him attend Nuoding Academy, where he studies alongside Xiao Wu. At eight, he is already attending the academy; Yu Xiaogang later describes him proudly as a disciple with twin martial souls 5 64 356 410.

Yu Xiaogang treats him as a son and views his future success as a means of vindicating his own scholarship. Planning Tang San's continued education helps motivate Yu Xiaogang to accept Flender's invitation to Shrek Academy 64.

Shrek's Defeats and Transfer to Heaven Dou

As a Level 32 Soul Elder, Tang San fights with Shrek's altered lineup, which includes Tai Long rather than Ning Rongrong. After Lin Qian overwhelms several teammates, Tang San secures the others' withdrawal and attacks with his Eight Spider Lances and Yama's Invitation. The hidden weapon's destruction leaves him kneeling in shock, and Tang Hao intervenes to stop the incoming cannon shot 119 120.

After several days of refusing food, he resumes fighting in search of a victory. Against Li Si—Lin Qian's concealed identity—he deploys his hidden weapons, spider lances, restraint skills, and Clear Sky Hammer, but is defeated again 125 127 128.

Following Shrek's merger into Heaven Dou Royal Academy, he joins the first team under Li Si. Xiao Wu's presence encourages him to accept the arrangement and work hard in training, earning him the vice-captaincy 132 148.

Xiao Wu's Departure and the Soul Master Tournament

Tang Hao secretly forces Xiao Wu to leave because her Soul Beast identity could endanger Tang San during the tournament. Tang San does not learn the true circumstances at the time and falls into a temporary slump after her departure 146 148 356.

His cultivation also diverges from the original story: without meeting Dugu Bo, he never gains access to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. He therefore follows Yu Xiaogang's safer fourth-ring recommendation instead of attempting a ten-thousand-year ring 148.

Li Si later gives him Shi Nian's Head Soul Bone. Tang San uses its Illusion Space against Canghui Academy and saves it as his decisive tournament trump card. Before the final, however, Lin Qian breaks all eight Spider Lances during their individual match 164 169 196 198.

In the final, Tang San coordinates his teammates through Illusion Space while fighting with the Clear Sky Hammer. His accumulated hammer strikes fail to secure victory; a spiritual attack collapses the illusion, and Full Moon cuts deeply into his back. Tang Hao rescues him from Spirit City 199 200 201 202.

Recovery, Bloodline Awakening, and Slaughter City

While recovering, Tang San refuses Tang Hao's proposal to return to the Clear Sky Sect. Xue Qinghe's account of the family's history has convinced him that the sect abandoned his father. He instead hopes Li Si can provide protection from Spirit Hall 155 209.

Three years of training bring him to Level 50. The Blue Silver King grants his fifth ring and a partial bloodline awakening, after which Tang Hao accompanies him into Slaughter City. Lin Qian uses his authority there to make the inhabitants avoid Tang San, depriving him of the intended opportunities to accumulate killing aura 280 281.

Tang San emerges at Level 54 with two weakened domains. Tang Hao still refuses to reveal his mother's location, deepening the friction between father and son 313.

Moonlight Pavilion and the Tang Sect

Tang San studies at Moonlight Pavilion, where he reunites with Tang Yuehua and later Li Si. Discovering that his former captain is his aunt's partner gives him another reason to cultivate the relationship. He admires Li Si's power and influence while privately intending to become independent once sufficiently strong 325 326.

He becomes Sect Master of the Tang Sect, but Li Si holds effective authority as Grand Supreme Sect Master. Recruitment of the single-attribute clans revolves around Li Si's strength and leadership, leaving Tang San largely a nominal head 329 330 333 335.

Tang Hao's Death and Poseidon's Offer

After the Clear Sky Sect's destruction, Tang San returns to Holy Soul Village. Tang Hao dies with his accumulated wounds finally overwhelming him. Tang San unsuccessfully tries to revive him, then mourns for a day and night 355 356.

A letter reveals Ah Yin's sacrifice, her subsequent disappearance, the family's feud with Spirit Hall, and Tang Hao's responsibility for Xiao Wu's departure. Tang San's grief turns into anger at his father, the Clear Sky Sect, and Spirit Hall. He absorbs Tang Hao's Soul Bones and buries him in an obscure location without a named gravestone 356.

Poseidon then appears and offers him the Sea God's Nine Trials, selecting him as a successor with a shared grudge against Lin Qian. With his former team dispersed and little control over his own sect, Tang San hires a ship and travels alone to Sea God Island 356 357.

Sea God Inheritance

Poseidon admits Tang San directly to the Nine Trials and lowers the first trial's requirement from 333 steps to 299. Despite daily tonics and extensive assistance, he initially makes little progress 374.

He finally becomes the Sea God after seven years. Lacking the Sea God's Heart and sufficient divine affinity, he cannot ordinarily access the ninth trial; Poseidon personally opens the inheritance passage and escorts him through the process 406.

Second Empire War and Defeat

Returning to the continent, Tang San regains control of the Tang Sect during Li Si's absence. Xue Beng accepts him as teacher and names him Blue Hao King, Grand Marshal, and Imperial Tutor. Tang San prepares an offensive against the Spirit Hall Empire with a million soldiers and thirty thousand sets of Tang Sect hidden weapons 406.

At Jialing Pass, Qian Renxue defeats him while the Sun Moon Soul Engineer Legion devastates the hidden-weapon troops. Poseidon pressures him into further battles, and he later joins her in attacking Gu Yuena 408 410 412.

When Lin Qian returns with coexisting Asura and Eternity God King powers, both generations of Sea Gods are decisively overpowered. Their domains fail, their divine armor shatters, and Lin Qian separates them into individual battles within Eternal Heaven 413.

After Heaven Dou collapses, the Tang Sect disintegrates and Tang San is publicly condemned for provoking war. The finale confirms that news of his death reaches Xiao Wu 415 420.

Relationships

• Tang Hao — Father, secret protector, and later trainer. Their relationship deteriorates over the Clear Sky Sect, Xiao Wu, and Tang Hao's controlling behavior. Tang San absorbs his Soul Bones after his death 146 209 280 356.
• Ah Yin — Biological mother and source of his Blue Silver bloodline. Her disappearance prevents the complete awakening he receives in the original story 130 281 356.
• Xiao Wu — Sworn younger sister and mutual romantic interest. Tang Hao forces their separation; Tang San never visits her during his subsequent years of training, and her attachment fades before news of his death 120 146 420.
• Yu Xiaogang — Teacher who treats him as a son. Tang San follows his fourth-ring advice but later asks Li Si to conceal his Head Soul Bone from him 64 148 164.
• Lin Qian / Li Si — Lifelong enemy and, unknowingly, his trusted captain and patron. Under the Li Si identity, Lin Qian promotes him, gives him a Soul Bone, and takes effective control of the Tang Sect. The infiltration is publicly exposed after Heaven Dou's fall 132 164 329 415.
• Tang Yuehua — Aunt and Moonlight Pavilion connection. She hopes her relationship with Li Si will help Tang San and the Clear Sky Sect 325 326.
• Poseidon — Predecessor and sponsor of his Sea God inheritance. Their shared hostility toward Lin Qian brings them together, but Poseidon repeatedly coerces him into fighting stronger opponents 356 406 410 412.
• Qian Renxue / Xue Qinghe — As Xue Qinghe, influences his understanding of the Clear Sky Sect's treatment of Tang Hao. As the Angel God, repeatedly defeats him at Jialing Pass 155 408 410.
• Tai Tan — Loyal supporter because Tang San is Tang Hao's son, though unable to restore his authority over the Tang Sect while Li Si dominates it 336 357.
• Xue Beng — Imperial disciple who grants him military command and royal titles upon his return as Sea God 406.
• Old Jack — Village chief who helped secure his academy education. Tang San rejects his concern after hearing him criticize Tang Hao 356.

Notable Quotes

“In any case, I'd rather cultivate on my own than return to the Clear Sky Sect!” 209

“The captain isn't an outsider. Please speak freely, Sect Master Ning!” 154

“Return to the continent and kill Lin Qian!”
— His stated intention after inheriting the Sea God position 406

“Lin Qian, oh, Lin Qian. You really are the demon star destined to plague my life!” 410