Tang Ya

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Tang Ya (唐雅)
Alias(es)	Tang Sect Master; Teacher Xiao Ya
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Tang Sect (Sect Master); Shrek Academy (student)
Occupation/Role	Tang Sect Master; Huo Yuhao's teacher
Status	Alive 74
First Appearance	Chapter 4

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Soul Elder, around Rank 30	4	Had only recently broken through; her soul power was still unstable after fleeing the Red-Winged Dragon with Bei Bei.
Soul Ancestor, Rank 40	69	Revealed four rings—yellow, yellow, purple, purple—during her assault on the Ironblood Sect. Her rapid growth was attributed to Dark Blue Silver Grass devouring plant life force.
Soul Ancestor, Rank 44	70	Broke through during battle after using Dark Blue Silver Grass to devour life force from Ironblood Sect members.

Background / History

Tang Ya inherited leadership of the declining Tang Sect after the Ironblood Sect seized its former site and murdered her parents. She endured this loss for six years while the sect's remaining legacy was left largely to her and Bei Bei. 9 67 72

By the time she encountered Su Chen in the Star Dou Great Forest, Tang Ya had just become a Soul Elder. She and Bei Bei were injured and fleeing a 5,000-year-old Red-Winged Dragon when Su Chen intervened and killed it. 4 7 Though she initially recognized the Six-Winged Angel as the historic martial soul of an enemy of the Tang Sect, she was quickly drawn to Su Chen's appearance, power, and composure. 5 6

Tang Ya and Bei Bei subsequently guided Su Chen to Shrek Academy, where she acted as his enthusiastic guide and urged him to consider aiding the Tang Sect. 7 9 She later recruited Huo Yuhao as a Tang Sect special invitee after recognizing his perseverance and unusual spiritual potential. 34

Unable to abandon her family’s blood feud, Tang Ya secretly prepared to attack the Ironblood Sect. She feared that her Blue Silver Grass's devouring ability would turn her into an Evil Soul Master, and asked Su Chen whether he would kill her if that happened. 67 She entered the sect alone, massacred its disciples, killed Iron Tang, and used life-force devouring against Iron Li and his allies. 69 70 72

Su Chen covertly followed her and purified the evil aura accumulated through her martial soul. His support allowed Tang Ya to complete her revenge herself and reconsider the belief that a martial soul alone determined whether someone was evil. 71 72 After killing Iron Li and the remaining responsible parties, she mourned her parents and the Tang Sect's fall. 72

Appearance

Tang Ya is a petite, beautiful young woman with a lively bearing. She has purple hair and purple eyes, and is often associated with purple clothing. 4 7 32

• Purple hair and bright purple eyes. 4 7
• Petite build and delicate features. 32 67
• Her eyes can take on a violet-red glow when Dark Blue Silver Grass is active. 69
• Was initially encountered in tattered clothing and visibly exhausted after fighting the Red-Winged Dragon. 4 7

Personality

Tang Ya is outwardly lively, friendly, talkative, and quick to show care for people she values. She enthusiastically guided Su Chen through Shrek Academy, worried intensely after his conflict with Zhou Yi, and readily supported him in public disputes. 7 9 32 36

Beneath this warmth, she is deeply stubborn and carries years of suppressed grief over her parents and the Tang Sect. Her determination to avenge them drove her to confront the Ironblood Sect alone despite the possibility of becoming an Evil Soul Master. 67 68 Once she commits to a goal, she is willing to use lethal force and accept the consequences herself. 69 71

Her attraction to Su Chen is immediate and increasingly open. She is easily flustered around him, but can also be possessive and teasing toward perceived rivals. 5 7 34 36

Abilities & Skills

Blue Silver Grass / Dark Blue Silver Grass

Tang Ya's martial soul began as Blue Silver Grass, which she regarded as weak and ordinary. It later manifests as blue-black Dark Blue Silver Grass, a mutated form with a life-force devouring attribute. 67 69 73

• Produces thick blue-black vines capable of piercing, binding, crushing, and killing opponents. 69 70
• Can devour plant life force to accelerate her cultivation. 69
• Can devour the life force of soul masters, rapidly increasing her power during battle. 67 70
• Use against living people leaves behind an evil aura and causes others to identify her as an Evil Soul Master. 70 71
• Su Chen's Six-Winged Angel holy light can purify the evil aura produced by the devouring ability. 72

Blue Silver Thorn Array

Tang Ya's fourth soul skill transforms her vines into iron-hard thorn weapons that attack from multiple directions. 71

• Threatened two Soul Kings while cutting down numerous ordinary Ironblood Sect disciples. 71
• The vines are powerful enough to pierce a Soul Ancestor's defenses. 71

Tang Sect Hidden Weapons

As Tang Sect Master, Tang Ya uses the sect's hidden weapons alongside her martial soul. 69

• Combined hidden weapons with Dark Blue Silver Grass in her assault on the Ironblood Sect. 69
• Used them to overwhelm opponents while her vines restrained or impaled targets. 69

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Tang Sect hidden weapons — deployed alongside her vines during the Ironblood Sect massacre. 69

Relationships

• Su Chen — Her rescuer, close companion, and primary romantic interest. Tang Ya openly worries about him, embraces him, and later kisses his cheek after he supports her revenge. 32 34 72 74
• Bei Bei — Fellow Tang Sect member and longtime companion who accompanied her in the Star Dou Great Forest and supports the Tang Sect with her. 4 7 9
• Huo Yuhao — Her disciple and a Tang Sect special invitee whom she recruited into Shrek Academy. 34
• Jiang Nannan — Friend; Tang Ya teases her over her interest in Su Chen. 36
• Wang Dong — A romantic rival in Tang Ya's eyes; Tang Ya's closeness to Su Chen provokes Wang Dong's jealousy, though Wang Dong later sympathizes with Tang Ya's past. 34 36 74
• Iron Li and the Ironblood Sect — The sect killed her parents, took the Tang Sect's old site, and became the target of her six-year vendetta. 67 69 72

Notable Quotes

“All of this was forced upon me by beasts like you!” 70

“Dad, Mom... Xiao Ya has avenged you.” 72