Tang Muzhou

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Tang Muzhou (唐牧洲)
Alias(es)	Tang God; Little Tang; Tang (main in-game ID); 7456789 (alternate account) 14 38
Age	23 11
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Fenghua Club; Fenghua Guild 10 49
Occupation/Role	Professional Star Card player, original card maker, wood-element specialist, individual-competition champion 10 22
First Appearance	Chapter 10 10

Background / History

Tang Muzhou first rose to prominence through the Black Market, where he sold powerful plant cards bearing the “Tang” creator mark. His cards quickly sold out, earning him the resources to enter professional competition. His success revitalized the previously weak wood-element deck and contributed to a more balanced competitive environment among the five elements. 24 38

By the current era, Tang is Fenghua’s leading wood-element player and a celebrated original card maker. His career includes an individual championship and strong team-competition results, while his plant-based deck has been studied extensively by rival clubs. 10 22

At the previous season’s wrap-up meeting, Tang proposed adding Instant-Death Judgment effects to the official card database. He argued that one-for-one tactical cards would diversify competition and counter repetitive high-health defensive strategies. 29 30

Appearance

Tang Muzhou is a handsome, refined young man whose gentle smile and elegant bearing make him appear approachable. His calm appearance contrasts sharply with his merciless competitive style. 11

• Long, powerful fingers and neatly kept nails; he is often shown studying cards on a tablet lightbrain. 10
• His original in-game character, Tang, resembles him but wears a silver mask. 38
• His alternate account, 7456789, uses an unremarkable default adult-male appearance to avoid recognition. 38
• His card backs are known for black metallic luster and intricate wood-element patterns resembling fine vines. 10 14

Personality

Tang is composed, observant, and exceptionally confident in his own ability. He hides ongoing card research from Fenghua when secrecy is strategically necessary, but believes victory depends on tactical judgment and adaptability rather than strong cards alone. 10

Despite his outwardly warm manner, Tang is decisive and ruthless in combat. He is also mischievous: rather than suppressing cards that counter his own deck, he wants them distributed across the league so that every club must face stronger, less predictable competition. 11 50

He takes a strong personal interest in gifted newcomers, especially creators with unusual ideas. His interest in Xie Mingzhe is not limited to recruitment; he wants to refine Xie’s raw talent into a force capable of changing the competitive scene. 45 50

Tang has a strict daily nap habit from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. Without it, he becomes visibly drowsy; matches in that time slot historically produce poor results for him. 15 21 22

Abilities & Skills

Wood-Element Card Mastery

Tang is regarded as the strongest wood-element player, specializing in plant cards divided into tree, vine, flower, and succulent types. 11 45

• Uses vines for large-scale restraint and lethal control. 11 17
• Builds around flower cards with hallucination, blindness, and other control effects. 15 33
• Understands how wood-element cards can combine control, survivability, and area denial. 33 47
• Can assess an opponent’s card construction, identifying wasted decorative detail, poor stat balance, and exploitable weaknesses. 22 23

Original Card Creation

Tang is an elite original card maker whose cards are valued as both competitive tools and collectible works of art. 10 14

• Secretly researches new cards using an alternate account and privately acquired materials before exposing them to club scrutiny. 10
• Tests unfinished seven-star cards in the Arena before deciding whether to use them in professional competition. 10
• Designed plant cards whose imagery, attributes, and skills closely reinforce one another. 17
• Developed a replacement for his already formidable Tuberose with even more intimidating data. 15

Arena Analysis and Tactical Instruction

Tang’s combat expertise extends beyond card strength to initiative, timing, skill order, and counterplay. 10 46 47

• Emphasizes Agility as the deciding factor in who can act first. 46
• Explains that defensive and healing skills resolve before control and Instant-Death effects, while attack skills resolve last. 47
• Treats Instant-Death cards as situational tactical tools rather than guaranteed victories. 47
• Uses controlled Arena demonstrations and expensive enhancement materials to teach practical card design. 46 47

Card Arsenal

• [Millennium Sacred Tree] — Tang’s signature tree card. Its Death Strangulation uses large-scale vines to strangle opposing card illusions; it has defeated the trump cards of many professionals. 11 17
• [Tuberose] — A former seven-star competition card with 100,000 HP, 50,000 Defense, and 100 Agility. Its skills are Bewitching Fragrance, which causes random hallucinations, and Nightfall, which blinds nearby enemies. 15
• [Banyan Tree] — A defensive tree card with Sacred Tree’s Blessing, granting nearby allies immunity to damage and control effects for five seconds. 46 47
• Unnamed replacement card — A stronger successor to Tuberose, created before Tang sold the latter card. 15
• Evolved [Lin Daiyu] — Not Tang’s creation, but a card he purchased, evolved to seven stars, and used to demonstrate Instant-Death mechanics to Xie Mingzhe. 43 46

Relationships

• Xie Mingzhe / Fat Uncle / Yueban — Tang recognizes Xie as a rare creative talent, purchases his Lin Daiyu cards to find him, and offers to take him as a disciple. After Xie refuses club ties to protect his copyrights, Tang accepts a friendship and continues guiding him. 39 45 48 50
• Xue Linxiang — Fenghua associate and practical adviser who manages concerns around Tang’s secrecy, naps, tournament preparation, and interest in Xie. 10 15 32
• Shen An — Tang’s young disciple. Tang directly prompts Shen to analyze dangerous cards and supports his development as a player. 22
• Xu Changfeng — Fenghua teammate who understands Tang’s unconventional plan to let Instant-Death cards circulate throughout the league. 49 50
• Red Candle — President of Fenghua Guild and Tang’s informant during the search for Yueban. Tang succeeds in identifying Fat Uncle after Red Candle’s searches fail. 38 39
• Zhen Man — Fellow Fenghua star player involved in team discussions concerning Xie and the coming season. 49 50

Story Role / Major Arcs

Instant-Death Card Proposal

Tang’s proposal to add Instant-Death Judgment to the game indirectly leads to the creation of Lin Daiyu, the first character-based Instant-Death card. The card’s ability to eliminate flower-type cards makes Tang’s own flower deck one of its clearest targets. 29 30 42

Search for Yueban

Rather than panicking over Lin Daiyu, Tang studies its flawed construction and identifies its unknown maker as an inexperienced but highly creative beginner. He personally enters the Black Market on his 7456789 account, finds two Lin Daiyu cards, and traces their creator to Fat Uncle. 22 23 38 39

Auction and First Meeting with Xie

Tang wins Xie’s revised Lin Daiyu card at auction with a bid of 660,000 game coins, then uses a bulk-purchase proposal to arrange a meeting. He reveals that his real objective is to recruit Xie as an apprentice and cultivate his character-card concepts. 43 45

Mentor Without Ownership

Tang evolves Lin Daiyu into a seven-star Black Card and conducts Arena tests to teach Xie about Agility, initiative, shields, and skill resolution. When Xie declines formal discipleship to preserve his copyrights and independence, Tang respects the decision and offers friendship instead. 46 47 48

Reshaping the Competitive Scene

Tang ultimately chooses not to buy Lin Daiyu’s copyright. He wants Xie’s Instant-Death cards to circulate freely, forcing every major club to adapt and making the next season more difficult and strategically varied. 50

Notable Quotes

“I don't rely solely on cards to win matches.” 10

“I want to carve him myself.” 50

Trivia

• Tang’s creator mark is the character “Tang.” Its appearance on a card is enough to cause major excitement at auctions. 14
• He owns Thousand Woods Restaurant and has permanent VIP access there. 48
• His afternoon sleepiness is so well known that fans compare him to a plant wilting in harsh sunlight. 22