Tang Ya

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Destruction of the Tang Sect

Tang Ya grew up sheltered by her parents and inherited their devotion to the Tang Sect. Her father, Tang Ce, was a Shrek Academy graduate who taught her to regard the academy as a sacred destination for Soul Masters 7 32.

The Iron Blood Sect attacked the declining Tang Sect to seize its valuable location in Heaven Dou City, bribing the City Defense Army to block the family's escape. Tang Ya's mother died protecting her, while Tang Ce stayed behind to fight and ordered his daughter to flee to Shrek Academy and restore the sect 2 3.

Tang Ya escaped using Tang Sect techniques but was intercepted and severely injured by Tie Tang. Xu Cheng immobilized her attackers and offered revenge in exchange for joining the Holy Spirit Cult. She accepted, unleashed her transformed Blue Silver Grass, and slaughtered the attackers under Wu Yun's suppression, including Tie Li 3 4.

After finding her parents dead, she collapsed from depleted soul power. Xu Cheng carried her away and administered a Dragon Whisker Pill to stabilize her foundation 4.

Recruitment and Sun Moon Academy

Tang Ya initially admired her rescuer without understanding what the Holy Spirit Cult was. Once Xu Cheng identified it as an Evil Soul Master organization, she tried to escape. He trapped her in an illusion and forced her to choose between threatened brainwashing at headquarters and five years of service beside him, after which he promised freedom 5 6.

Xu Cheng also challenged her reverence for Tang San, questioning the moral distinction between her ancestor's actions and those of Evil Soul Masters. His claim that the cult revered Tang San as its founding patriarch was subsequently admitted to be a lie. He then provoked her into pursuing strength and investigating the truth herself, restoring enough determination for her to begin absorbing her second ring 6 7.

Tang Ya enrolled in the Sun Moon Imperial Academy's Martial Soul Department and became Meng Hongchen's roommate. She defeated Ji Juechen and narrowly defeated Nana during the semester assessment, ultimately placing fourth. Meng Hongchen's friendship helped her become more accepting of soul tools, and Jing Hongchen awarded her a Level 7 Invincible Golden Body Shield 8 10 27 29 35.

Departure and Rejection of Shrek

After six months in the Sun Moon Empire, Tang Ya left without personally saying goodbye to Xu Cheng, though she left Meng Hongchen a farewell letter. Despite her attachment to her classmates, she felt obligated to fulfill her father's final wish. Xu Cheng allowed her departure and secretly assigned Wu Yun to protect her 31.

Returning to the Tang Sect, she found its gates sealed. Memories of the massacre nearly drove her into another killing frenzy, but she suppressed the urge and continued to Shrek City. She remained troubled that Shrek Academy had offered no support after the sect's destruction 31 32.

At Shrek's entrance, Wang Heng accused her of joining Evil Soul Masters and possibly slaughtering her own sect. Tang Ya attacked, draining his life force and trapping another student before Bei Bei and the other guards began wearing her down. Dean Yan Shaozhe subdued her and privately offered to forgive the incident only if she joined the academy 32 33.

Tang Ya rejected the offer, accusing Shrek of ignoring the Tang Sect until her talent became useful. Yan Shaozhe attempted to kill her, but Zhang Peng shattered his attack and Wu Yun carried her away. Zhang Peng publicly identified her as the Holy Spirit Cult's Saintess 33 34.

Reconsidering Her Allegiance

Tang Ya awoke at a Holy Spirit Cult branch and accused Xu Cheng of allowing her journey so that she would clash with Shrek and expose her identity. She initially dismissed the branch's commoner classroom as a token display. Learning that the cult operated roughly a hundred such classrooms, with free martial-soul awakenings and educational opportunities, left her questioning her assumptions about Evil Soul Masters 35 36.

Xu Cheng invited her to remain in the village and decide for herself whether to return when classes resumed. A later account confirms that she returned shortly before enrollment closed. He subsequently urged her to distinguish living for Tang San's legacy from building the Tang Sect she personally wanted 36 49.

At fifteen, Tang Ya remained with the academy group and signed up for the inter-academy tournament assessment alongside Xu Cheng and the Hongchen siblings 49.

Appearance

• Childhood: Approximately 1.6 meters tall at eleven, with a pointed chin, light-blue eyes, porcelain-white skin, and an elegant, swanlike neck 3.
• Later appearance: At fifteen, stands 175 centimeters tall, with a slender figure and silky ponytails 49.
• Dark-power manifestations: Her eyes become blood-red during the initial massacre, violet afterward, and pitch-black during the Shrek confrontation. Purple-black energy surrounds her when she unleashes her martial soul 3 4 33.
• Student ranking: Xiao Hongchen identifies her as the top-ranked beauty of their freshman year in Shi Xing's rankings 27.

Personality

Tang Ya is proud of her inheritance and initially fiercely protective of Tang San's reputation. Even after accepting that she has fallen onto an evil path, she refuses to let Xu Cheng insult her faith. Her commitment to her father's wishes is strong enough to draw her away from friends who have treated her kindly 6 31.

Her sheltered upbringing makes her vulnerable to Xu Cheng's teasing and deliberate provocations, but she repeatedly answers despair with stubborn determination. Before absorbing her second ring, she resolves to survive and become the strongest rather than surrender to those controlling her circumstances 7.

Grief and bloodlust remain persistent vulnerabilities. Nevertheless, she retains enough self-control to suppress a murderous episode at the Tang Sect's sealed gates, and she refuses Yan Shaozhe's coercive offer even when her life is threatened. Her later concern that slaughter disqualifies her from rebuilding the sect reveals an ongoing conflict between her powers and her ideals 32 34 49.

Abilities & Skills

Dark Blue Silver Grass

Her mutated martial soul produces thick, dark vines capable of restraining, striking, piercing, and draining opponents 3 4 27 33.

• Life-force absorption: Devoured lives strengthen her soul power and continue nourishing her Blue Silver Grass afterward 3 27.
• Physical attacks: Pierces Tie Li's abdomen and lashes Ji Juechen hard enough to throw him into a metal partition 4 27.
• Bloodlust risk: Its dark transformation brings violent urges; Xu Cheng's continued intervention helps keep her brutality in check 32.
• Combat limits: Sustained vine use can nearly exhaust her soul power. Bei Bei's lightning can break the vines, and coordinated evasive tactics reduce her advantage 33.

First Soul Skill: Entanglement

Restrains targets with Blue Silver Grass vines 6 33.

• Binds Wang Heng's ankles while other vines penetrate his Sand Barrier and drain his life force 33.

Second Soul Skill: Mandala Net

Instantly forms a large net of purple-black vines 33.

• Captures a speedy three-ring Soul Elder using the White Bird martial soul.
• Roots vines along the net's edges into the ground to secure the trap 33.

Tang Sect Secret Arts

• Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track: Phantomlike movement that leaves trailing shadows; used to flee pursuers and stop at the edge of Xu Cheng's illusory abyss 3 5.
• Dragon Capturing and Crane Controlling: Redirects incoming force. It partially deflects Tie Tang's punch but cannot prevent a serious shoulder injury 3.
• Hidden-weapon handling: Carries hidden weapons and uses a sharp concealed weapon to kill the unconscious Mandala Snake before absorbing its ring 5 7.

Equipment / Items

• Level 7 Invincible Golden Body Shield — Awarded by Jing Hongchen for fourth place in the academy assessment 29.
• Storage Soul Tool ring — A gift from Meng Hongchen; used to store her map during her journey 31.
• Hidden weapons — Part of her Tang Sect training and personal arsenal 5 7.
• Dragon Whisker Pill — Administered by Xu Cheng after her first massacre to stabilize her foundation 4.

Relationships

• Tang Ce — Father and Shrek graduate. Sacrifices himself to cover her escape; his final request drives her attempt to enter Shrek and revive the Tang Sect 2 3 31 32.
• Xu Cheng — Rescuer, coercive recruiter, and guide. Keeps her away from the unreformed cult headquarters, challenges her inherited beliefs, and later encourages her to choose her own future 4 5 6 36 49.
• Wu Yun / Crow — Protector and soul-ring escort. Suppresses her revenge targets, guards her ring absorption, and rescues her from Shrek 3 7 31 34.
• Meng Hongchen — Roommate and close friend. Helps soften her prejudice against soul tools, reassures her during the awards ceremony, and gives her a storage ring 10 29 31.
• Nana — Classmate and assessment opponent whom Tang Ya narrowly defeats. Nana is jealous of Xu Cheng's attention to her, but helps her after the Shrek rescue 14 35 36.
• Bei Bei — Immediately attracted to her when she seeks enrollment. Fights to rescue his teammates from her vines, then tries unsuccessfully to intervene against Yan Shaozhe's execution attempt 32 33 34.
• Yan Shaozhe — Shrek dean who attempts to compel her enrollment, then kill her after she condemns the academy 33 34.
• Zhang Peng — Holy Spirit Cult elder who blocks Yan Shaozhe's attack and publicly declares her the cult's Saintess 34.

Notable Quotes

“I may have fallen, but you can't insult my faith!” 6

“You only value my talent... When the Tang Sect was destroyed, your Shrek Academy never spared it a glance...” 33

“I'm an Evil Soul Master. I can only grow stronger through slaughter. What right do I have to build the Tang Sect I dream of?” 49