Tang San

Biodata

Power Progression

Abilities & Skills

Twin Martial Souls

• Blue Silver Grass — His initially revealed Martial Soul, dismissed as worthless by Su Yuntao despite his innate full Soul Power 1.
• Clear Sky Hammer — His second Martial Soul. Tang San cites its offensive power as the reason he can afford to develop Blue Silver Grass toward vitality rather than attack 8.

Blue Silver Grass

Tang San initially follows Yu Xiaogang’s control-oriented plan, but later abandons its emphasis on toxins in favor of vitality 4 8 42.

• First Soul Skill: Blue Silver Entanglement — Sends Blue Silver Grass toward an opponent to bind them. Yang Xingchen cuts through it with his fishing rod during their first fight 4.
• Rescue and repositioning — Pulls Ma Hongjun out of danger and catches Xiao Wu around the waist after Yang Xingchen throws her away 42.
• Vitality-focused development — Rejects hunting a Ghost Vine for a parasitic ability and instead requests Black Jade Bamboo for vitality and defense. The supplied account does not show that hunt’s outcome 8.
• Continued emphasis on toughness — Despite rejecting part of Yu Xiaogang’s plan, he still prioritizes rings that strengthen Blue Silver Grass’s toughness 42.

Tang Sect Secret Arts

Tang San possesses techniques remembered from his previous life and initially trusts them more than his newly acquired Soul Skill 4 13.

• Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track — A movement technique used to rescue Yu Xiaogang from the Mandala Snake and to close in on Yang Xingchen with a dagger 4.
• Vulnerability to attribute extraction — Yang Xingchen’s first Soul Skill temporarily removes part of his speed, reducing the effectiveness of his movement technique until the stolen attribute recovers 4.
• Hidden-weapon knowledge — The Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record contains Tang Sect hidden-weapon designs that Yang Xingchen later considers selling to Ning Fengzhi 32.

Poison Treatment and Pharmacology

• Drains most of the Mandala Snake’s poison from Yu Xiaogang’s body and uses cloth cut from his teacher’s trousers to stop the bleeding 5.
• An alternate-timeline Tang San reconstructs the pharmacology chapter of the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record from memory 13.

Equipment & Items

• Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges — A Storage Soul Tool given to him by Yu Xiaogang. Yang Xingchen steals it after defeating him in the Soul Hunting Forest 4 5.
• Dagger — Drawn from Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges and used in an attempted stab at Yang Xingchen’s chest 4.
• Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record — A manuscript written by an alternate-timeline Tang San after establishing the Tang Sect. It records the sect’s secret arts and disappears from his study when Yang Xingchen fishes it into the main timeline 13.

Personality

Tang San is fiercely protective of his teacher’s reputation. When Yang Xingchen criticizes Yu Xiaogang’s cultivation advice, he angrily invokes the Grandmaster’s ten great theorems of Martial Souls. However, the criticism leaves him questioning whether his teacher’s approach suits Blue Silver Grass 4 5.

He responds to perceived threats with lethal intent. Interpreting Yang Xingchen’s approach and remarks as a threat, he invokes the Tang Sect’s eighth rule—striking first against an enemy—and attempts to stab him in the chest. After his defeat, he vows to repay the humiliation a hundredfold and retains that grudge until their reunion in Suotuo City 4 5 42.

He is also willing to challenge authority over his cultivation. After months of thought and research, he rejects Yu Xiaogang’s proposed second-ring target. As their relationship deteriorates, he maintains outward obedience while privately growing increasingly dissatisfied with his teacher’s criticism 8 42.

History

Awakening and the Work-Study Place

Tang San awakens Blue Silver Grass with innate full Soul Power during the same session in which Yang Xingchen awakens his fishing rod. With only one village work-study quota available, Su Yuntao’s favorable comparison helps sway Village Chief Jack; Tang San subsequently receives the place 1 4.

Before the awakening, Yang Xingchen had tried to befriend him in hopes of sharing his anticipated opportunities. Tang San showed no interest in the overture 1.

First Soul Ring and Defeat in the Forest

Tang San enters the Soul Hunting Forest with Yu Xiaogang to obtain his first Soul Ring. When a Mandala Snake attacks, he uses Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to tackle his teacher out of its path. Yu Xiaogang is nevertheless poisoned and left unconscious, forcing Tang San to face the snake himself 4.

After absorbing the snake’s ring, Tang San encounters Yang Xingchen by the campfire. His attempted dagger attack fails against Yang Xingchen’s attribute-stealing fishing skill, and Blue Silver Entanglement proves equally ineffective. Yang Xingchen then challenges the logic of strengthening Blue Silver Grass through toughness and poison rather than its natural vitality 4.

Yang Xingchen binds and beats him, then takes Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges. Tang San becomes suspicious when Yang Xingchen knows the Soul Tool’s name and the poem associated with it, wondering whether he has been watched and whether his cultivation secrets have been exposed 5.

After freeing himself, Tang San treats Yu Xiaogang’s poisoning. The following morning, he questions whether Blue Silver Grass could instead follow a vitality-based support path. His teacher’s uncertain response deepens his doubts 5.

Breaking with Yu Xiaogang’s Plan

Months later, Tang San explicitly refuses Yu Xiaogang’s recommendation to hunt a Ghost Vine for his second Soul Ring. He chooses Black Jade Bamboo as his intended target, arguing that vitality and defense suit Blue Silver Grass and that the Clear Sky Hammer can supply offensive power. The academy dean is assigned to accompany him instead of Yu Xiaogang 8.

By the time he reaches level thirty and leaves Nuoding City, this disagreement has damaged their relationship. Yu Xiaogang increasingly uses Tang San’s mistakes as opportunities for extended criticism, while Tang San remains convinced that abandoning toxins was worthwhile 42.

Reunion in Suotuo City

Tang San next encounters Yang Xingchen while competing with the Shrek Seven Devils against the Heaven Dou Royal Team. Hearing his opponent’s name immediately disrupts his composure and revives his desire for revenge 42.

During the match, he uses Blue Silver Grass to rescue Ma Hongjun and Xiao Wu from Yang Xingchen’s attacks. The supplied passage ends before the match’s outcome is established 42.

Relationships

• Yu Xiaogang — Teacher. Tang San initially defends him fiercely, but their disagreement over Blue Silver Grass’s development produces lasting distrust and resentment 4 5 8 42.
• Yang Xingchen — Enemy and cultivation rival. Defeats Tang San, steals his Storage Soul Tool, and deliberately seeks to disrupt his cultivation choices 4 5 41.
• Tang Hao — Father. His strength as a Titled Douluo deters Yang Xingchen from killing Tang San and discourages Yu Xiaogang from openly obstructing him 5 8.
• Xiao Wu — His closest companion among the Shrek members. He watches her during battle and catches her with Blue Silver Grass when Yang Xingchen throws her away 42.
• Snow Empress — Feels an unexplained, intensifying aversion to Tang San and asks Yang Xingchen to teach him a lesson 4.
• Asura God — According to Yang Xingchen’s understanding, brought Tang San’s soul into this world and has destined him to receive the Asura Godhood 37.

Alternate Timeline and Anticipated Opportunities

• Alternate-timeline Tang Sect founder — A separate Tang San has already established the Tang Sect and painstakingly reconstructs its secret manual. He searches his study in distress after the freshly written manuscript vanishes 13.
• Hidden-weapon business — Yang Xingchen considers selling the stolen manual’s blueprints to Ning Fengzhi to preempt Tang San’s expected hidden-weapon trade with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect 32.
• Sea God inheritance — Yang Xingchen asks Qian Renxue to obtain the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud from the imperial treasury, intending to cut off Tang San’s future route to Sea God Island and the Sea God inheritance 35 37.
• Asura inheritance — Yang Xingchen believes he cannot permanently take away Tang San’s destined Asura Godhood and instead seeks to delay his inheritance long enough to prepare against the Asura God 37.

Notable Quotes

“Teacher, let me ask you something. Is control really the only path for Blue Silver Grass? Why can't it strengthen its vitality and take the support path instead?” 5

“Even if I really do choose the wrong path in the end, strengthening my vitality won't do me any harm. I still have the Clear Sky Hammer to provide offensive power!” 8