Tang San

Biodata

Power Progression

Appearance

• Build: About one meter tall, thin and small when reunited with Chen Mo at the academy 27.
• Complexion: Dark skin 27.
• Clothing: Initially wears clothes washed pale and carries a small bundle. Later appears in a short training outfit and, before receiving the clone, newly changed practical clothes with neatly combed hair 27 34 36.

Personality

Tang San is initially withdrawn and quiet. He listens closely to Chen Mo, who occasionally takes care of him, and seeks reassurance from him before their Martial Soul awakening. His determination appears when he insists on testing his Soul Power after Su Yuntao dismisses Blue Silver Grass as useless 1 2.

He trains diligently, practicing Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track until his clothes are soaked with sweat. He also respects Yu Xiaogang’s theoretical knowledge and enthusiastically encourages Chen Mo to become the same teacher’s disciple 31 34.

His desire to improve makes him vulnerable to Chen Mo’s manipulation, particularly under Idiocy Aura. During its first documented use on him, the system reports a 50% reduction in his intelligence when facing Chen Mo. His exaggerated credulity in these scenes is therefore explicitly influenced by an external ability 29 35.

Tang San briefly considers stealing the supposed cultivation artifact, but restrains himself out of affection for his brother and fear of divine consequences. After Chen Mo promises him a duplicate, he tearfully confesses the thought. He later helps with chores out of gratitude, believing Chen Mo genuinely wants the best for him 34 35 47.

Abilities & Skills

Blue Silver Grass

Tang San’s awakened Martial Soul is Blue Silver Grass. Although Su Yuntao considers it a trash Martial Soul, Tang San possesses full innate soul power 2.

• First Soul Skill — Entanglement: Identified by Chen Mo during his discussion of Tang San’s development 32.
• Unconfirmed future combinations: Paralysis and Toxin are suggestions Chen Mo gives for later Soul Skills, not abilities Tang San is shown acquiring 32.

Latent Clear Sky Hammer

The Clear Sky Hammer exists within Tang San, but Chen Mo interferes with his awakening and suppresses it 2.

• It does not awaken during the village ceremony.
• Chen Mo’s suppression does not permanently prevent a future awakening.
• No later awakening or use is documented in the supplied chapters 2.

Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track

A lightness and footwork technique Tang San practices on the academy track 34.

• Uses rapid changes of direction and elusive movement.
• His figure appears to flicker in and out of sight during practice 34.

Hidden Weapons

Tang San brings Hidden Weapons on his first Soul Ring hunt with Yu Xiaogang. He believes that without them, both would likely have died during the expedition 28.

Equipment & Implanted Items

• Hidden Weapons — Carried during his first Soul Ring hunt; individual weapons are not named 28.
• Dandelion Clone — A parasitic duplicate produced by Chen Mo’s External Soul Bone, implanted under the false claim that it comes from the God of Nature’s “Seed of the World Tree.” Tang San experiences faster cultivation, while Chen Mo receives half of what he cultivates and intends to reclaim accumulated Soul Power with interest 35 36 37.
  • Tang San does not know its true nature.
  • The “God of Nature inheritance” explanation is a fabrication, not a confirmed divine connection 34 35 36.

History

Holy Soul Village and Awakening

Tang San grows up as Tang Hao’s biological son alongside Chen Mo, whom Tang Hao adopts when both boys are infants. At six, the brothers attend the village Martial Soul awakening ceremony. Tang San awakens Blue Silver Grass with full innate soul power, unaware that Chen Mo has suppressed his Clear Sky Hammer 1 2.

When Tang Hao takes Chen Mo to hunt a Soul Ring, he arranges for Old Jack to escort Tang San to school. He also leaves Tang San responsible for caring for the Blue Silver Grass that is Ah Yin’s surviving form 3.

Nuoding Academy

Tang San becomes Yu Xiaogang’s disciple and grows close to Xiao Wu. Tang Hao secretly observes them sharing bedding and food, recognizes Xiao Wu as a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast in human form, and ultimately leaves her beside his son 6 7 28.

When Chen Mo returns after more than a month, Tang San barely recognizes his much taller brother. He welcomes him into the academy and later tries to persuade him to study under Yu Xiaogang 27 31.

Manipulation and the “Divine Artifact”

Chen Mo gets Tang San drunk and activates Idiocy Aura. After revealing that he is a level-46 Soul Ancestor, he convinces Tang San that Xiao Wu is obstructing his cultivation. Tang San agrees that Chen Mo should bring her to his side instead 29 30.

Yu Xiaogang subsequently gives Tang San 100 Gold Soul Coins and instructs him to get Chen Mo drunk to uncover his cultivation secret. Chen Mo recognizes the attempt and invents a story about inheriting a cultivation-enhancing divine artifact from the God of Nature. Tang San believes him and eagerly accepts the promised duplicate 34 35.

Chen Mo then implants the Dandelion Clone. Tang San returns to cultivation delighted by its effects, unaware that his progress now supplies Chen Mo with Soul Power 36 37.

Estrangement from Xiao Wu

Xiao Wu begins avoiding Tang San after reading Chen Mo’s diary accounts of her supposed original-story fate. Tang San does not know about the diary and cannot understand her sudden coldness 35 37.

After Xiao Wu is injured in a fight, Tang San rushes to the infirmary and demands to know who hit her. Nevertheless, his growing fixation on cultivation repeatedly overrides his discomfort at her closeness to Chen Mo 42.

By the latest supplied events, he visits Chen Mo daily, helps chop firewood and water plants, and discusses cultivation. Although still hurt by Xiao Wu’s distance, he persuades himself that giving her up is acceptable because his brother has supposedly given him a divine artifact 45 47.

Relationships

• Tang Hao — Father. Arranges Tang San’s schooling and secretly watches over his early interactions with Xiao Wu 3 6 7.
• Ah Yin — Mother. Tang San is entrusted with caring for her Blue Silver Grass form while Tang Hao and Chen Mo leave to hunt a Soul Ring 1 3 6.
• Chen Mo — Adoptive elder brother and concealed exploiter. Tang San trusts and admires him; Chen Mo suppresses his second Martial Soul, manipulates his judgment, and implants the Dandelion Clone 1 2 29 36.
• Yu Xiaogang — Teacher. Tang San values his theories and follows his instructions, including the attempt to extract Chen Mo’s cultivation secret 28 31 34.
• Xiao Wu — Initially a close companion who considers him dependable and caring. Their bond deteriorates as Chen Mo’s diary frightens her and Tang San increasingly treats attachment as an obstacle to cultivation 6 43 46 47.

Original-Story Accounts

The following events appear in Chen Mo’s diary descriptions of the original story, not as completed events in Tang San’s current timeline 35 43.