Tang San

Biodata

Power Progression

• God King is not the present Tang San’s attained rank. The Sea God and Asura God inheritances belong to the future consciousness that temporarily shares his body 131 143.
• His Blue Silver Emperor heritage is a revelation, not a documented awakening. The future Tang San identifies it, and Ruan Mei investigates the associated bloodline; the original Tang San is not shown awakening a Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul 148.

Background

Tang San is the son of Tang Hao and Ah Yin. He also retains memories of a previous life in the Tang Sect, a secret he keeps so closely that even Yu Xiaogang does not know its full extent 31 131.

Old Jack accompanies him to register at Nuoding Academy. On the way, an apprentice gives them blood-staunching powder, briefly stirring Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass. Tang San also encounters Lin Yuan and instinctively considers him dangerous; Lin Yuan’s Hunting Sense detects an unusually steady life presence and killing intent inconsistent with Tang San’s age 31.

While living in Nuoding Academy’s work-study dormitory, Tang San receives a letter announcing Tang Hao’s sudden departure. His father instructs him to cultivate diligently and not look for him. Disturbed by the unexplained absence, Tang San nevertheless recognizes that he is too weak to act 34.

Personality

Tang San places considerable trust in Yu Xiaogang and initially accepts the belief that correct cultivation can make even Blue Silver Grass powerful. Repeated defeats make him more pragmatic: rather than preserve the Clear Sky Hammer exclusively for an ideal future, he argues that he needs enough strength to survive his present competition 104. Even after his future self attacks Yu Xiaogang’s competence, Tang San repeatedly defends the teacher who took him in and taught him cultivation 133 143.

His confidence is strongly affected by combat results. Defeats against Stelle and Blazing Fire Academy undermine his faith in Blue Silver Grass, while victories with the Clear Sky Hammer encourage his belief in direct strength. After losing the tournament final, accumulated resentment overwhelms his judgment and drives him to attempt a hidden-weapon attack on the victorious Spirit Hall team 104 106 111.

Tang San fiercely resists losing control of his body and is possessive of his relationship with Xiao Wu. Although initially reassured by his future self’s promises, he becomes openly hostile when that consciousness insults his teacher, embraces Xiao Wu, and refuses to relinquish control 131 139 143 150.

Abilities & Skills

Blue Silver Grass

• Battlefield control: Serves as the foundation of Shrek’s control-oriented tactics and allows Tang San to coordinate with the team’s attackers 104 110.
• Fire vulnerability: Having never consumed the Infernal Delicate Apricot, Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass lacks true fire resistance. Blazing Fire Academy burns it away before his control system can function 104.
• Hidden heritage: God King Tang San identifies the bloodline underlying it as the Blue Silver Emperor. This challenges both Tang San’s understanding of his Martial Soul and Yu Xiaogang’s assessment of it as ordinary Blue Silver Grass 148.

Clear Sky Hammer

• Power assault: Supplies the explosive frontal strength that Shrek’s formation otherwise lacks, allowing Tang San to switch from control to direct attack 110.
• Breaking powerful attacks: After receiving two Soul Rings, it blocks the Hell White Tiger’s assault and creates an opening for Shrek’s counterattack 105.
• Fighting above his cultivation: With Ning Rongrong’s strength enhancement and his movement techniques, Tang San initially fights the Soul King Yan to a standstill and drives him backward 111.
• Limits: Its newly acquired rings do not close the gap against Hu Liena and Xie Yue’s combined Demon Charm. Repeated clashes with Full Moon injure Tang San’s hands and exhaust his ability to resist 111.
• Cultivation trade-off: Adding rings early improves his immediate combat power but sacrifices the opportunity to fill the second Martial Soul entirely with higher-age rings later 104 110.

Tang Sect Secret Arts

Techniques Used by the Future Consciousness

The sudden appearance of advanced Clear Sky Sect techniques comes from God King Tang San controlling the original body, not from the present Tang San independently mastering them 133 134 135.

• Clear Sky Nine Absolutes: Uses the Shock technique to disrupt Yan’s gathered Soul Power, Collapse to break his flame armor, and Pierce to concentrate a strike toward his head 134.
• Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer: Builds power through successive hammer strikes; Qian Daoliu later identifies the technique from the witnesses’ account 134 135.
• Great Sumeru Hammer: Delivers a descending blow that leaves a crater several meters wide in the road 134.
• Experienced use of Tang Sect arts: Evades attacks with minimal movement and counters Hu Liena’s Charm with Purple Demon Eye. The original Tang San notices how differently the same techniques perform in his future self’s hands 134.
• Physical limitations: The future consciousness retains centuries of experience but not its former divine cultivation. The injured body remains vulnerable to security machinery, electrical attacks, and stronger beings 134 137 146.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Soul Master Tournament

Imprisonment and the Future Tang San

Yu Xiaogang unsuccessfully asks Bibi Dong to release Tang San, arguing that he acted impulsively and hurt no one. Bibi Dong points out that the attempted attack was witnessed publicly and explains that Lin Yuan, who arrested him and set compensation terms, controls the matter 113.

In prison, a second consciousness appears inside Tang San’s injured, Soul-Power-sealed body. It identifies itself as his future self: a God King who inherited the Sea God and Asura God godhoods. Knowledge of their shared Tang Sect past persuades Tang San to listen, though the two initially struggle so violently over their limbs that they crash into a wall 130 131.

They reach a temporary understanding to escape. Unknown to the original Tang San, the God King intends to gain enough strength to devour his consciousness and keep the body exclusively for himself 131 143.

Escape and Continent-Wide Pursuit

• Confrontation with the Golden Generation: The future consciousness uses the original body to attack Yan, Xie Yue, and Hu Liena with advanced Clear Sky techniques 133 134.
• Mechanical capture: A security mech seizes Tang San and the hammer together, then incapacitates both consciousnesses with electrical shocks 134.
• Escape from Spirit City: After being subdued, Tang San escapes pursuit under his future self’s control 135.
• Wanted notice: Spirit Hall issues a Class A warrant with a bounty of 20,000 Gold Soul Coins. Rapid information distribution defeats the God King’s assumption that distant cities cannot yet know his identity 136.
• Flight from Clear Creek City: Security forces pursue him with tranquilizer darts and airships. He escapes detection by hiding in a mud pool 137.
• Return to Shrek: After further pursuit, including drone attacks in Sunset Forest, he reunites with his companions. The original consciousness angrily objects when his future self embraces Xiao Wu 139.

Exposure of the Two Consciousnesses

The future Tang San seeks a meeting with Ning Fengzhi through Ning Rongrong. Lin Yuan has already connected his unfamiliar combat proficiency with a possible change in the person controlling the body. He also reveals that the Aromatic Silk Beauty the God King hoped to use in negotiations has already been given to Ning Rongrong 140 142.

When Xiao Wu asks whether he is still her original brother, the God King relinquishes control. The present Tang San confirms that he has remained inside the body throughout. Their subsequent public arguments demonstrate that they are independent consciousnesses, despite originating from the same person 142 143.

Soul Separation

• Diagnosis: Ruan Mei identifies two consciousnesses with identical soul characteristics. Continued competition risks mutual injury or one soul devouring the other 144.
• Original Tang San’s choice: He immediately supports separation, while the God King objects to losing access to the original body’s twin Martial Souls 145.
• New vessel: Ruan Mei prepares an artificial body for the future consciousness, incorporating a Blue Silver Emperor bloodline and artificial Blue Silver Emperor and Clear Sky Hammer Martial Souls 148.
• Successful transfer: The future soul is moved into the new vessel. Both Tang Sans awaken separately, restoring the original Tang San’s control of his body 149 150.
• Continuing rivalry: Separation does not resolve their dispute over Xiao Wu. The present Tang San blocks his future self from taking her hand and insists that her current relationship is with him 150.
• Legal aftermath: Lin Yuan and the Golden Dragon King subsequently monitor God King Tang San as the wanted criminal. The original Tang San recognizes that the trouble attached to their formerly shared identity has followed his future self into the new body 156.

Relationships

• Tang Hao — Father. His unexplained departure leaves Tang San anxious; he later confronts Yu Xiaogang over both the ten-year first ring and the premature cultivation of the Clear Sky Hammer 34 106.
• Ah Yin — Mother; Lin Yuan identifies Tang San as her son with Tang Hao 31.
• Old Jack — Accompanies him to Nuoding Academy and delivers Tang Hao’s farewell letter 31 34.
• Yu Xiaogang — Teacher. Tang San defends him against his future self’s contempt, though the revelation of his Blue Silver Emperor heritage eventually makes him seriously question Yu Xiaogang’s theories 133 143 148.
• Xiao Wu — Calls him her brother and is his central romantic attachment. She worries for both versions of Tang San and asks that neither be sacrificed during their soul conflict 139 144 150.
• God King Tang San — Future counterpart, temporary co-occupant, and eventual rival. Offers experience and promises of advancement while secretly intending to consume the original consciousness; receives a separate body through Ruan Mei’s work 131 143 149.
• Lin Yuan — Adversary who stops his attempted hidden-weapon attack, oversees his detention, exposes the future consciousness, and arranges Ruan Mei’s involvement 111 113 142.
• Flender — Shrek’s dean. Helps him obtain the Clear Sky Hammer’s first two rings and organizes searches during his disappearance 104 139.
• Shrek teammates — Dai Mubai, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu fight alongside him. Their encouragement and praise help restore his confidence after successive defeats 100 106 110.
• Ruan Mei — Examines his shared-soul condition and performs the separation that allows both consciousnesses to survive independently 144 145 149.
• Golden Dragon King — Nearly strangles the shared body after sensing the Asura God’s presence in the future soul. The original Tang San experiences the same suffocation and later avoids provoking him 146 156.