Tang Sect

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Tang Sect (唐门)
Alias(es)	Xuanshi Tang Sect Technology Co., Ltd. 14 15
Affiliation	Closely allied with Shrek Academy 14 23
Occupation/Role	Ancient sect and Soul Tool enterprise; operated research, manufacturing, and overseas transport networks 15 34
Status	Dismantled and sealed by the Federation; its headquarters, branches, personnel, and resources were seized. Surviving members were reassigned to the Blood God Legion as cannon fodder. The remaining survivors were later reduced to fewer than one in a thousand, after which the Tang Sect ceased to exist on the Douluo Plane. It was also implicated alongside Shrek Academy in breaking the Demon Plane's seal. 37 49 86 134 230
First Appearance	Chapter 14

Background / History

The Tang Sect was an ancient organization with a legacy described as lasting ten thousand years. It maintained extensive commercial interests throughout the continent and functioned publicly through Xuanshi Tang Sect Technology Co., Ltd. 14 16 76

It was Shrek Academy's most dependable ally and a major source of its financial support. The Tang Sect made large annual payments to Shrek under the name of “sponsorship,” helping sustain the academy alongside Federation support. 39 53

The sect presented its overseas activities as mutual aid between the peoples of the Douluo Continent. Sect Master Zang Xin argued that the Star Luo Empire, the Heaven Spirit Empire, and the Federation were effectively “one family,” and that Tang Sect assistance was intended to preserve continental peace rather than commit treason. 16

Chen Yu selected the Tang Sect as a target after identifying it as Shrek Academy's capable assistant. He ordered the retrieval of five years of transaction records from Xuanshi Tang Sect Technology Co., Ltd. 14 15

Operations and Assets

• The sect acquired large quantities of military-grade Soul Tools and Soul Tool blueprints through its company. 15 16
• It operated a concealed research and dockyard base in Tianhai City, containing warehouses, maintenance areas, ships, and submarines intended for long-distance travel. 15 34
• The Tianhai base held offensive and defensive Soul Tools, personal Soul Tool weapons, warship cannons, blueprints, and equipment not yet fielded by the Federation military. 34
• According to Federation evidence, the base was used to transport military resources to the Star Luo Empire and Heaven Spirit Empire, also called the Dou Ling Empire in some records. 15 16 34
• The Tang Sect maintained branches across dozens of Federation cities, including Ming Capital, Star Luo City, Dou Ling City, and Beihai City. 36 37
• It maintained overseas branches, including a major branch in the Star Luo Empire. 190
• Its accumulated holdings included rare metals, heavenly treasures, Soul Tools, blueprints, and other valuable materials; its reserves were characterized as wealth rivaling a nation. 37 76
• The Tang Sect possessed a substantial research and commercial system and attempted to recruit talented researchers by offering generous funding, resources, and research freedom. 64 65
• Chen Yu acquired the opening chapter of the Tang Sect's Mysterious Heaven Skill while researching cultivation paths beyond the Soul Master system. 31

Federation Investigation and Crackdown

Chen Yu publicly presented transaction records, receipts, fund flows, and material manifests showing that Soul Tools and blueprints were routed to Tianhai City before disappearing from Tang Sect accounts. He argued that the sect was secretly supplying overseas regimes and proposed an investigation, asset freeze, and arrests. More than two-thirds of the 365 Federation councilors voted in favor. 15 16

The Federation's highest intelligence department verified the evidence. The approved measures included a full investigation of the Tang Sect, the freezing of all its assets within the Federation, and the arrest of personnel involved in the transactions. 16

Sect Master Zang Xin rejected the accusation. He claimed that Star Luo, Heaven Spirit, and the Federation were “one family,” framing the Tang Sect's transfers as mutual aid intended to preserve continental peace rather than treason. 16

Public advocates and network “experts” later campaigned for the Tang Sect's innocence, arguing that its transfers promoted cooperation among the continent's states. Their campaign generated online petitions and protests outside the Parliament Building. 18 19

Fall of Shrek City Headquarters

During the Federation assault on Shrek City, Zang Xin attempted to stop the search of Tang Sect headquarters. Chen Yu defeated him with a single punch, leaving him severely injured and unconscious before Federation soldiers took him into custody. 32

The Four Great Legions then cleared the headquarters in Shrek City's northwest district. Within three hours, they captured:

• Thousands of disciples
• Dozens of deacons
• More than a dozen elders
• One Supreme Elder
• Sect Master Zang Xin 33

The headquarters was sealed by the military. Its Supreme Elder, despite being a Limit Douluo, surrendered rather than confront Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shells. 33

Seizure of the Tianhai Base

The Three Great Navies landed at Tianhai City and seized the Tang Sect's secret base. More than 200 remaining disciples, researchers, technicians, and transport staff were detained and fitted with limiters. 34

All discovered Soul Tools, blueprints, and supplies were registered and moved to the Federation national treasury. 34

Elimination of Federation Branches

After the headquarters and Tianhai base fell, Federation legions simultaneously cleared Tang Sect branches across the country. The operation proceeded without warning and encountered little organized resistance. 35 36 37

The soldiers' actions were also driven by loyalty to Chen Yu after they received Federation credits and other rewards. They regarded the Speaker's enemies as their own and voluntarily targeted Tang Sect branches in their respective regions. 36

By dawn, every Tang Sect branch within the Federation had been cleared, its personnel arrested, and its resources seized. 37

Chen Yu subsequently allocated half of the resources confiscated from Tang Sect headquarters and branches to the Eight Great Legions. 37

Later Fate

The Tang Sect was described as sealed, with Zang Xin captured and its organization uprooted. 49

Penal Deployment to the Blood God Legion

Captured Tang Sect members were transferred to the Blood God Legion to defend the Abyss Passage. Chen Yu intended their deployment to reduce Federation casualties while offering surviving members the possibility of offsetting their crimes through service. 86 89

The assignment treated the Tang Sect members as expendable vanguard troops. Chen Yu believed that their combat strength could weaken the Abyss while simultaneously reducing the Tang Sect's remaining power. Cao Dezhi's long service guarding the Blood God Legion was a major reason Chen Yu allowed the prisoners to live rather than execute them immediately. 86 221

Zang Xin received special consideration because of his relationship with Cao Dezhi. If the Tang Sect members remained obedient and served the Federation for the rest of their lives, Chen Yu was willing to allow surviving disciples to have their crimes offset by merit after the Abyss conflict ended. 86 221

The punishment was devastating. The Tang Sect members were used as the vanguard in the Abyss campaign, and fewer than one in a thousand remained alive by the time the Abyss Plane was destroyed. From that point onward, there was no longer a Tang Sect on the Douluo Plane. 230

Overseas Branch and Star Luo Conflict

The Tang Sect's former overseas activities continued to influence Federation policy even after its continental branches had been destroyed. Chen Yu later presented records showing that the sect had transported Federation rare metals, heavenly treasures, and high-grade Soul Tools to Star Luo and Dou Ling over a period of several thousand years. The Federation used these records to demand compensation and prepare for war against the overseas regimes. 149 150

The Star Luo Emperor Dai Tianling learned that the Tang Sect had been sealed for treason because of its smuggling of Federation supplies. The revelation implied that Star Luo had benefited from the same transfers and contributed to the outbreak of war between Star Luo and the Federation. 169

The Tang Sect branch in the Star Luo Empire survived temporarily under the leadership of Hu Jie. When the Star Luo City Spirit Pagoda threatened to destroy the branch and absorb its disciples, Hu Jie refused to abandon the sect. He fought Zhang Geyang and maintained that Tang Sect disciples had prepared themselves to sacrifice everything for the organization. 190

Connection to the Demon Plane Incident

Despite its dismantling, the Tang Sect was later identified alongside Shrek Academy as responsible for breaking the Demon Plane's seal, enabling a demon invasion. The revelation contributed to the Federation's final reckoning with Shrek and its allied factions. 134 139

Legacy in the Altered Timeline

Two years after the Abyss conflict, the destruction of Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect was treated as one of the defining changes separating the altered timeline from the original history. No Tang Sect remained as a political, commercial, or martial power, while the Federation and Spirit Pagoda continued developing Soul Tool and artificial Soul Spirit technology without it. 233

Relationships

• Zang Xin — Sect Master of the Tang Sect, known as the Amorous/Affectionate Douluo; captured after attempting to prevent the Federation's search of the sect. 16 32 33
• Shrek Academy — Close ally and beneficiary of Tang Sect sponsorship; Shrek's elders and powerhouses stood alongside Tang Sect members during the Federation confrontation at Shrek City. 23 53
• Chen Yu — Federation Chairman who investigated the Tang Sect, framed its overseas transfers as treason, and ordered its dismantling. He later used its confiscated resources to reward the Eight Great Legions and sent its surviving members to the Blood God Legion. 15 16 37 86
• Star Luo Empire — Recipient of Tang Sect military resources transported through the Tianhai City network, host to an overseas Tang Sect branch, and later an enemy of the Federation after the sect's smuggling records were exposed. 16 34 169 190
• Heaven Spirit Empire / Dou Ling Empire — Recipient of Tang Sect military resources transported through the Tianhai City network. 15 16 34
• Cao Dezhi — Blood God Legion commander whose decades of service persuaded Chen Yu to spare the Tang Sect prisoners and give them a chance to atone through service. 86 221
• Zhang Huanyun — Blood God Legion commander responsible for receiving and deploying the Tang Sect prisoners as vanguard troops at the Abyss Passage. 89 221 230
• Hu Jie — Former Body Sect traitor and chief overseer of the Tang Sect branch in the Star Luo Empire; he maintained fierce loyalty to the sect during its collapse and refused to surrender its disciples to the Spirit Pagoda. 190
• Ling Han — Researcher whom the Tang Sect attempted to recruit with generous funding and resources. He ultimately chose Chen Yu's laboratory instead, where Chen Yu offered unrestricted research funding. 64 65
• Tang family and pro-Tang factions — The Tang Sect's destruction was part of Chen Yu's broader campaign against organizations and institutions connected to Tang San's influence. 107 149 233