Tang San

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Tang San was an orphan adopted by the Tang Sect in his previous life. He devoted himself to hidden weapons and the sect’s supreme techniques, describing that existence as dull compared with his later years beside Xiao Wu. His acquisition of the sect’s secret manuals and hidden-weapon techniques involved unauthorized learning and theft 21 336 599.

Reborn with his memories intact, he became the son of Tang Hao and Ah Yin. He inherited Blue Silver Grass from his mother and the Clear Sky Hammer from his father. Tang Hao’s drinking and neglect left him cooking and washing his own clothes from the age of three or four, sometimes without enough food 21 49.

At Nuoding Academy, Tang San spent six years studying alongside Xiao Wu. Their sworn-sibling bond became the happiest part of his two lives, and he privately hoped it would develop into romance 16 21.

Appearance

• Early clothing: Wore patched clothes when he entered Nuoding Academy as a work-study student 20.
• Green hat: Xu Ran tricks him into wearing a bright green, system-provided hat that he cannot remove 23 26.
• Rakshasa manifestations: Develops blood-red eyes, black mist, and an oppressive evil presence during major surges of Rakshasa power. His face later takes on a faint blue tint when he openly reveals that power in Spirit Hall 437 658.
• Sea God mark: Gains a trident-shaped mark between his brows upon receiving the Sea God Nine Trials 806.
• Divine armor: Rakshasa God Armor envelops his body during his full-power battle alongside the Sea God 828.

Personality

Tang San begins with strong pride in his reincarnation, Tang Sect knowledge, and twin Martial Souls. He believes these advantages should place him at the continent’s summit and repeatedly interprets setbacks as trials preceding his eventual rise. His persistence is considerable: repeated defeats drive him to train, improve his hidden weapons, and seek followers rather than abandon his rivalry with Xu Ran 185 394 422 649.

His attachment to Xiao Wu becomes an obsession intertwined with defeating Xu Ran. Initially, he blames Xu Ran rather than Xiao Wu for their separation and continues trying to reconcile with her. Later, he treats winning her back as proof of victory and extends his revenge to women associated with Xu Ran 29 268 570 614.

His descent into cruelty is both psychological and supernatural. Xu Ran initially frames him for acts he did not commit, but repeated humiliation, bereavement, and the Rakshasa inheritance gradually turn him toward genuine coercion and violence. The Rakshasa Attribute magnifies his darkness; he eventually threatens Xie Yue to pressure Hu Liena and uses Pearl Island’s inhabitants as leverage against Zi Zhenzhu 600 614 616 754 777.

Family affection remains especially important to him. Having been an orphan in his previous life, he cherishes even his difficult childhood with Tang Hao. After losing most of his relatives, his desire to recover his mother becomes one of his strongest remaining motivations 599 832 914 916.

Abilities & Skills

Twin Martial Souls

Tang San inherits complementary control and assault Martial Souls from his parents 26 49.

• Blue Silver Grass: His primary early combat method and the basis of his control-type fighting role 25.
• Blue Silver Emperor bloodline: His Blue Silver Grass contains a hidden bloodline that distinguishes it from ordinary Blue Silver Grass 100 569.
• Clear Sky Hammer: A powerful Tool Martial Soul that displays considerable force even without Soul Rings 26.
• Development limits: Early in the story, the hammer remains without rings. After reaching Soul Saint, he plans to add rings to his second Martial Soul 26 560.

Tang Sect Arts and Hidden Weapons

Tang San retains the Tang Sect’s supreme techniques and the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record from his previous life. Hidden-weapon craftsmanship allows him to threaten opponents beyond his cultivation level 24 26 29.

• Mechanical construction: Builds intricate launchers, including poisoned wrist-mounted weapons with delayed secondary projectiles 334.
• Tactical deception: Designs a second, smaller projectile to strike after a target believes the initial volley has ended 334.
• Torrential Pear Blossoms: Creates a needle launcher based on the principles of the Tang Sect’s second-ranked Torrential Pear Blossom Needles, though his version falls far short of the original 339.
• Guanyin’s Tears: Eventually uses a highly compressed drop of power against Xu Ran during their battle at Sea God Island 813.
• Early limitations: While still a Soul Grandmaster, he cannot craft any of the Tang Sect’s top ten hidden weapons 184.

Purple Demon Eye

His strengthened perception eventually reveals Xiao Wu’s true form despite the concealment provided by Lovesick Heartbreak Red 615.

• Identifies her underlying form as a rabbit.
• Works in conjunction with his increased strength and the Rakshasa Divine Sense within him.
• Finally allows him to understand why accusations concerning her Soul Ring and Soul Bone had destroyed her trust in him 615.

Rakshasa Divine Power

The Rakshasa inheritance rewards Tang San’s increasing darkness with faster cultivation and stronger talent. Its influence also alters his temperament 394 616.

• Corruptive aura: Can affect nearby minds; Tai Tan becomes steeped in evil Qi and more loyal after exposure 437.
• Lingering bodily damage: Leaves Rakshasa Aura inside Xie Yue, threatening to destroy his body and prevent further cultivation 614.
• Hell Rakshasa: A powerful divine attack used against Xu Ran 829.
• Rakshasa God’s Revenge: A killing move that channels his accumulated malice through the Rakshasa Demon Scythe 829.
• Limits: His aura and divine attacks do not overcome Xu Ran’s superior strength, defenses, and control abilities 664 829.

Dual Godhood

After inheriting the Sea God’s power, Tang San houses two First-Level Godhoods in one body 832 849.

• Switches between Rakshasa and Sea God power.
• Can alternate Godhoods when one reserve is nearly exhausted, greatly extending his ability to fight.
• Uses this endurance to argue that Xu Ran cannot finish him off after the Sea God’s death 832.
• Does not automatically gain the Sea God Trident, which recognizes Xu Ran instead 808 827 832.

Divine Source Assimilation

Tang San develops a secret method of absorbing other gods’ source power to strengthen himself 755 943.

• Initially plans to exploit Xu Ran’s battles with gods and absorb their remains afterward 806.
• Successfully devours the Ice God’s origin Divine Power 955.
• Absorbs power from dead gods during the Divine Realm conflict, pushing his presence beyond that of established God Kings 961 962.
• Remains vulnerable to Xu Ran’s authority after Xu Ran merges with the Divine Realm Core; his accumulated powers can then be forcibly removed 962.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Green hat — A system-provided item used by Xu Ran to humiliate him. It cannot be removed by his attempted methods and hardens when struck. Yu Xiaogang nevertheless regards its head protection as an exceptional defensive benefit 23 25 26.
• Hidden Weapon Box — A black, foot-long launcher capable of firing twelve sharp projectiles. At the Soul Grandmaster stage, Tang San considers it lethal even to a Soul Ancestor 29.
• Poisoned wrist launcher — Fits automatically to the wearer’s arm, fires more than a dozen poisoned projectiles, then releases a smaller and faster follow-up shot. He gives one to Ning Fengzhi 334.
• Torrential Pear Blossoms — His imitation of a higher-ranked Tang Sect needle weapon, demonstrated in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s hall 339.
• Storage Soul Tool — Used to carry concealed weapons 334.
• Eight Spider Lances — lost during absorption — An External Soul Bone obtained from a ten-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider. Xu Ran tears it from his body before it finishes fusing with his ribs 455 457 458.
• Rakshasa Demon Scythe — His divine weapon as the Rakshasa God 811 827.
• Rakshasa God Armor — Divine armor manifested during his joint assault with the Sea God 828.

Relationships

• Xu Ran — His central enemy. Xu Ran engineers misunderstandings, takes opportunities and allies from him, and repeatedly humiliates him. Tang San eventually seeks not only revenge but the destruction of Xu Ran’s relationships and position 13 458 600 816.
• Xiao Wu — Childhood companion, sworn younger sister, and first love. Xu Ran’s schemes make her believe Tang San approached her for her Soul Ring and Soul Bone. Tang San remains fixated on restoring their relationship long after she rejects him 17 21 268 570.
• Tang Hao — Father and source of his Clear Sky Hammer inheritance. Tang San mourns his death and seeks revenge; the account later reveals that Lan’er killed Tang Hao at Xu Ran’s behest 49 598 777.
• Ah Yin / Lan’er — Mother and source of his Blue Silver bloodline. Tang San longs to rescue her, unaware that the resurrected Lan’er is devoted to Xu Ran and regards Tang San with hatred 49 914 916 922.
• Yu Xiaogang — Teacher and, eventually, his closest confidant. Both share resentment toward Xu Ran; Yu Xiaogang views Tang San as his remaining hope for revenge 394 649.
• Tai Tan — Loyal follower and Strength Clan leader. Guards him during the Eight Spider Lances absorption and becomes more devoted after exposure to Rakshasa power 437 457.
• Bai He — Speed Clan leader whom he recruits through talent and hidden weapons. Initially supports a marriage between Tang San and Bai Chenxiang 422 432.
• Bai Chenxiang — Younger cousin and romantic target. Tang San resents her closeness to Xu Ran, while she rejects his account of events and disavows him as a cousin 422 430 439.
• Tang Xiao — Uncle who recognizes him as the Clear Sky Sect’s pride during their final meeting amid the sect’s destruction 715.
• Tang Chen — Great-grandfather. Tang San strikes through his body while confronting the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King; Xu Ran later uses an edited recording to portray the act as deliberate familial murder 715 738 818.
• Tang Yuehua — Aunt whom he approaches in search of family connection. Xu Ran convinces her that Tang San killed Tang Hao and destroyed the Clear Sky Sect, turning her against him 860 861 914 915.
• Rakshasa God — Secret patron who cultivates his darkness and selects him as a successor. Tang San eventually grows willing to turn against even this patron if necessary 394 649.
• God of Destruction — Powerful backer who values his intelligence and potential. Tang San later dismisses the gods’ usefulness and contemplates surpassing or killing them 560 723 816 830.
• Bibi Dong — Appoints him Spirit Hall’s Saint Son and supports his rapid elevation within the organization 591 592.
• Hu Liena — Rejects his advances. Tang San treats her Saintess position as grounds to claim her as his future partner and injures her brother to pressure her 591 613 614.
• Sea God — Ally against Xu Ran and eventual benefactor. Grants him the Sea God Nine Trials, then sacrifices his dying body to transfer his Godhood in exchange for a promise of revenge 806 827 832.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Nuoding Academy: Separation from Xiao Wu

• Xu Ran targets Tang San before meeting him, intending to take Xiao Wu away and undermine his future 13.
• Hints about Tang Hao and Ah Yin make Xiao Wu suspect that Tang San’s childhood friendship was a scheme to obtain her Soul Ring and Soul Bone. Tang San’s confirmation that Tang Hao is his father deepens the misunderstanding 17 20.
• Tang San tries to restore their bond but cannot explain suspicions whose full basis he does not understand 21 615.
• After being tricked into wearing the green hat, he attacks Xu Ran with his Hidden Weapon Box. Xiao Wu interprets the attack as further evidence of his guilt 23 26 29.

Shrek Academy: Isolation and Escalating Rivalry

• His arrival at Shrek is treated by Xiao Wu as proof that he has followed her to continue targeting her Soul Ring and Soul Bone 101 109.
• Repeated attempts to challenge Xu Ran end in defeat. Disputes over immortal herbs further damage his reputation among the academy’s members 179 184 189 190 192.
• He increasingly relies on the future potential of his twin Martial Souls and advanced Tang Sect weapons as a way to reverse the power imbalance 102 107.

Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect: Hidden-Weapon Dispute

• Tang San prepares intricate weapons to gain the sect’s support and attempts to secure Ning Rongrong’s hand as a means of retaliating against Xu Ran 314 334.
• Xu Ran falsely claims that Tang San stole his Hidden Weapon Compendium. Tang San cannot explain the true origin of his knowledge without exposing his reincarnation 336 337.
• Xu Ran demonstrates superior hidden-weapon craftsmanship, humiliates him publicly, and offers to take him as a disciple while privately taunting him about Xiao Wu 339 340.
• Tang San is subsequently pressured to manufacture hidden weapons for Xu Ran 350 351.

Four Great Clans and the Rakshasa Inheritance

• Seeking a faction of his own, Tang San turns to the four clans formerly loyal to Tang Hao. With Tai Tan’s assistance, he wins over the Speed Clan through his talent and hidden weapons 359 394 422.
• His plans unravel amid conflict over Bai Chenxiang and the loss of Tang Hao. He abandons his earlier reluctance to join Spirit Hall, deciding that Xu Ran is now his greater enemy 430 434 437.
• During the journey toward Spirit Hall, he obtains the Eight Spider Lances, only for Xu Ran to interrupt their absorption and forcibly extract them 455 457 458.
• The Rakshasa inheritance turns his mounting hatred into rapid advancement, culminating in his selection as the Rakshasa God’s successor 394 437 491.

Spirit Hall: Saint Son and Open Conflict

• Tang San becomes Spirit Hall’s Saint Son, but the position does not protect him from Xu Ran or command universal respect among the elders 570 574.
• His pursuit of Hu Liena becomes coercive when he injures Xie Yue and threatens continued damage from Rakshasa Aura 613 614.
• He finally identifies Xiao Wu as a Soul Beast and understands the central misunderstanding behind their separation, but she no longer trusts his explanations 615.
• After publicly revealing his baleful power, he challenges Xu Ran to a duel. Xu Ran overwhelms him physically and cracks his Clear Sky Hammer 658 659 664.

Clear Sky Sect: Loss of His Family

• Tang San reaches the Clear Sky Sect during its destruction and finds Tang Xiao dying. He then attacks Tang Chen’s body while confronting the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King 715.
• The later account identifies Xu Ran as the architect of the tragedy: he arranged the sect’s destruction and drew Tang San into killing his great-grandfather 818.
• Xu Ran edits the recording of the final blow and uses it to convince others that Tang San massacred his own sect. Bo Saixi and Tang Yuehua accept versions of this false account 738 818 861.

Sea God Island: Attainment of Dual Gods

• Already the Rakshasa God, Tang San seeks the Sea God’s inheritance to close the gap with Xu Ran. The Sea God grants him the highest trial because they share the same enemy 806.
• His attempts to obtain the Sea God’s Heart fail because it recognizes Xu Ran. He then fights Xu Ran with the Rakshasa Demon Scythe and uses Guanyin’s Tears while withdrawing 808 809 811 813.
• Tang San and the Sea God launch a joint attack, but Xu Ran restrains Tang San with the Sea God Trident’s Unfixed Wind Waves, separating the allies 827 828 829.
• Mortally wounded, the Sea God sacrifices his body and transfers his Godhood to Tang San. With two Godhoods sustaining him, Tang San negotiates rather than continue a battle he cannot win 832.

Divine Realm: Assimilation and Power Stripping

• Tang San’s secret assimilation technique allows him to reach God King-level strength and absorb the Ice God’s origin 943 955.
• During the Divine Realm conflict, he consumes the power of fallen gods and emerges stronger than the Goddess of Life and Goddess of Kindness 961 962.
• Xu Ran’s merger with the Divine Realm Core renders that growth ineffective. He begins removing Tang San’s divine powers directly; the supplied scene ends with Tang San panicking as his strength drains away 962.

Notable Quotes

“My fate is mine to command, not Heaven’s!” 491

“What use is all this strength of mine?” 715

“Xu Ran, sometimes I ought to thank you. I inherited the Rakshasa God’s position. If you hadn’t humiliated me time and again and left my heart dead, I wouldn’t have become such an unparalleled Rakshasa God.” 755