Wang Zhongwang

Biodata

Power Progression

Personality

Wang Zhongwang is outspoken, sarcastic, and highly active in player chat. He describes himself as socially anxious in real life but a “social butterfly” in the game. When challenged about his reluctance to bid heavily on rare items, he calls himself an ordinary player rather than a hoarder or an all-in spender 76.

His enthusiasm can become recklessness: he leads a charge into Death’s Hand’s cave despite the newly introduced respawn cooldown. In the tournament, however, he adapts when direct combat fails, combining shop items, arena rules, and knowledge of his opponent’s past to secure a mutual elimination 7 32.

He frequently criticizes the original story’s characters and institutions, particularly Shrek Academy. His familiarity with the plot also makes him a useful source of information about approaching events, although he sometimes admits that his memory is uncertain 10 35 52 100 104.

Abilities & Skills

Black-Striped Tiger

His Martial Soul supports fast movement, claw attacks, and tiger-themed soul skills 7 15 32.

• Speed: Allows him to evade He Caitou’s stationary cannon bombardment and approach through gaps in the firing pattern 32.
• Physical restraint: He summons his Martial Soul while repeatedly grappling an Ironblood Sect Soul King, holding the elder in place for concentrated attacks 4.
• Evolved form: Gains wings after evolution; the passage does not demonstrate their flight capabilities 140.

Tiger's Roar in the Mountain Forest

His first soul skill produces a roar that stuns its target 3 8.

• Briefly interrupts Tie Tang despite their level difference, creating an opening for allied attacks 3.
• Stuns Deathbringer during the assault on Death’s Hand 8.
• Serves as the players’ planned hard-control counter to Xu Sanshi’s Xuanming Swap, allowing Wang Zhongwang to interrupt the technique as Xu Sanshi jumps from the arena 31 32.

Black Tiger Rips Out the Heart

His second soul skill is a lunging claw strike aimed at the opponent’s heart 32.

• He uses it after closing the distance on He Caitou.
• He Caitou’s Invincible Shield absorbs the attack; the narration indicates that without the defensive soul tool, the strike would have defeated him 32.

Black Tiger Light Wave

His third soul skill is used during the team’s finishing assault against Heavenly Spirit Advanced Soul Master Academy 15.

• Follows the team’s stun-and-Net-Grenade setup.
• Its individual damage and additional effects are not specified 15.

Player Mechanics

Wang Zhongwang exploits the players’ unusual bodies and recovery systems to fight opponents far above his strength 4 32.

• Respawning: Returns repeatedly after being killed by a Soul King and immediately resumes restraining him. Later missions introduce a respawn cooldown 4 7.
• No stamina bar: Can continue running as long as his mana remains, helping him evade prolonged cannon fire 32.
• Potion recovery: Restores his health after He Caitou’s Rapid-Fire Cannon reduces him to a sliver of HP 32.
• Sustained cannon operation: Uses stocked health and mana potions to offset the Super-Concentrated Soul Guidance Cannon’s resource drain 17.

Knowledge of the Original Story

He remembers plot events and concealed identities, treating that information as both a planning resource and a weapon 9 19 32 104.

• Recalls the Thunder Cannon as a potentially match-deciding weapon when the team seeks an answer to stronger tournament opponents 19.
• Calls He Caitou by his original name, Xu He, and invokes his family and national grudges to make him hesitate 32.
• Reminds the players of the coming Body Sect attack on Illustrious Virtue Hall 69.
• Recounts Orange’s rebellion-suppression encounter before the players reach that portion of the story 104.

Equipment / Items

• Grappling Hook — Found in the shop during his match with He Caitou. He hooks his opponent and pulls both of them off the platform 32.
• Health and mana potions — Used for recovery and to sustain resource-intensive combat equipment 17 32.
• Super-Concentrated Soul Guidance Cannon — Helps operate the team’s cannon strategy under Qian Xixi’s defensive protection; charging drains both health and mana 16 17.
• Low-age Soul Bone — The tournament participants exchange their three championship Soul Bones for a low-age Soul Bone for each participant. Wang Zhongwang’s specific bone and skill are not identified 42.
• Three-Word Battle Armor — Issued as an additional collective quest reward. Wang Zhongwang recognizes it as equipment from Douluo III, but is not individually shown equipping it in the supplied passages 101.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Reclaiming the Tang Sect Grounds

Wang Zhongwang helps fight the Ironblood Sect, using his roar to interrupt Tie Tang. Against a fleeing Soul King elder, he repeatedly respawns, embraces the elder, and clings to his leg to prevent escape. The players concentrate their attacks while he holds the enemy, and Wang Zhongwang receives the finishing kill 3 4.

Death’s Hand and the Shrek Encounter

He charges into Death’s Hand’s cave with his Black-Striped Tiger and later stuns Deathbringer during the players’ attack. Afterward, he anticipates Zhou Yi’s arrival from his knowledge of the original story 7 8 9.

During the subsequent confrontation with Bei Bei, he challenges Bei Bei’s failure to protect Tang Ya’s sect despite his connection to Mu En. He also accuses him of misunderstanding Tang Ya’s frustration with her slow cultivation progress 10.

Soul Master Tournament

Selected as one of the New Tang Sect Academy Team’s seven official members, Wang Zhongwang contributes to its opening victory and subsequent soul-guidance-cannon tactics. In the semifinal, the Thunder Giant Cannon’s blast leaves him and the nearby players with only a tenth of their health 11 15 17 26.

His main contributions against Shrek Academy include:

• Team battle: Knocks the entangled Spirit Hall Eternal and Xixi off the stage together 28.
• Xu Sanshi’s individual match: Counters the arena-edge Xuanming Swap tactic with his stunning roar; Xu Sanshi loses the match 31 32.
• He Caitou’s individual match: After his claw attack is blocked and he is nearly defeated by mobile cannon fire, he distracts He Caitou with the name Xu He and secures a mutual ring-out using a Grappling Hook 32.

Mingdu and Later Expeditions

In Mingdu, he meets Orange, tastes oranges produced by her Martial Soul, and praises their flavor. He continues contributing plot knowledge, including the anticipated Illustrious Virtue Hall invasion and Orange’s encounter with rebels 60 69 104.

During the Evil Forest dungeon expedition, he identifies a dropped potion that grants a Spiritual Level buff. Back at the sect base, he helps negotiate with Bei Bei, asking for something in return before agreeing to pass a message to Tang Ya 88 117.

By the later Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well conflict, his Martial Soul has evolved into a winged tiger. During the battle with Er Ming, he approves the use of the shared Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda enhancement 140 141.

Relationships

• Ten-Year Veteran — Teammate and frequent tactical coordinator. Wang Zhongwang volunteers to fight early in the individual matches so the team’s strongest fighters can remain in reserve 11 31.
• Spirit Hall Eternal — Teammate and bantering partner. They coordinate Xixi’s ring-out and volunteer to enter the individual matches ahead of the main fighters 28 31 33.
• I Am an Angel — Teammate who exchanges jokes and tactical suggestions with him, including advising him to head toward the arena edge during He Caitou’s pursuit 32 33.
• Gu Yuanhao — Fellow player whose information-gathering and combat plans he questions and teases. He also approves Gu Yuanhao’s request to deploy the shared pagoda enhancement 69 82 141.
• He Caitou / Xu He — Tournament opponent. Wang Zhongwang exposes his original name to create the opening for a mutual elimination 32.
• Bei Bei — Target of his criticism over Tang Ya’s treatment. Later bargains with him for access to the Sea God’s Fate Matchmaking Conference in exchange for relaying a message 10 117.
• Orange — A story character he wants to meet in Mingdu. He enjoys her Martial Soul’s oranges, later recalls her military storyline, and participates in the confrontation with her army 33 60 104 108.

Notable Quotes

“As long as I'm here, you're not going anywhere, boss.” 4

“Can't help it. I'm socially anxious in real life, so I can only be a social butterfly in the game.” 76