Appearance[]
She is a young lady, appearing to be around 15 to 16 years old, her very long black hair is tied into a ponytail behind her back, her whole body is covered in a light blue outfit that outlines her budding, and her delicate figure is filled with youthfulness. She has red phoenix eyes, her eyes are big but quick-witted, she has a slightly raised nose, and an almost perfect oval face which is beautifully delicate.
Personality[]
She is a very exuberant person with a cheerful nature. She has a healthy appetite and loves to play around. She is a bit bossy. When she is alone she has shown to be sad that she can´t keep up with her friends, and that she is being left behind.
Her attitude takes a steep dive when she converts to the Holy Ghost Church, being cold and distant. Her personality turns aggressive and ruthless,
History[]
Heaven Dou City was where she was born and raised. Some years ago, a sect that didn’t even have worldly renown had taken everything from her. The Tang Sect had collapsed after years of decay, and was wiped out. Following the decline of the Tang Sect, Tang Ya and her parents were left as its only members. She lost her parents due to a Spirit Beast hunting mission; they died in such a tragic way, and yet, there was no one that really helped her. Ten thousand years passed, and all the friendships from back then started to wane. However Shrek Academy still remembered the contributions of Ancestor Tang San and gave her a place to stay. When she went to look for the Clear Sky Clan, they said that they would help the starving but not the poor. The decline of the Tang Sect seems unavoidable but she refused to believe it. She then met with Bei Bei who became her friend and lover and joined Tang Sect. The Tang Sect also recruited Huo Yuhao, Xiao Xiao, Wang Dong, and He Caitou which gave them some hope. However, her talent was the worst among them making her future leadership among them questionable. Tang Ya wanted to revitalize Tang Sect even if she had to pay a great price, thus she hoped to integrate Hidden Weapons with the Spirit Guidance Weapons.
When Tang Ya was first conceived, her parents already knew of a hidden gift in her body. This was known as the gift of devouring life. This gift contained an immense evil aura. However, it was concealed, and wouldn’t appear unless it was initiated actively. Tang Ya felt that she was lagging further and further behind Bei Bei when she was at Shrek Academy, and restoring the Tang Sect was even more hopeless for her. Eventually, she chose to initiate this gift of hers when Bei Bei went to compete in the Continental Advanced Academy Soul Dueling Tournament. She left Shrek Academy secretly after classes were over and found a dense forest. She then unleashed her Bluesilver Grass and devoured the plants in the forest, absorbing their life power for her own cultivation. Her gift of devouring life was extremely strong, and her cultivation improved leaps and bounds with the help of this gift. However, her martial soul also underwent transformations because of this, and turned into the Dark Blue Silver Grass.[2]
Plot[]
Star Dou Forest[]
Tang Ya and Beibei come across Huo Yuhao near a stream while he is roasting fish. Tang Ya immediately taken by the smell, asks if he is willing to share and plops down alongside him eating the fish.
Following Huo Yuhao's departure, taken by him, decides to recruit him to Tang Sect and therefore sets after him after cleaning up to make sure he doesn't come to any harm. She is a bit distraught when she finds him unconscious following the battle with a spirit beast, but is relieved when he comes to. After Huo Yuhao regains consciousness, she invites him to join her clan and also offers him a position in the Shrek Academy which Huo Yuhao gladly accepts.
Along with Beibei and Huo Yuhao, she arrives at the Star Dou Forest looking for a Spirit Beast for her 3rd Spirit Ring. They encounter a Datura Snake and Beibei with Huo Yuhao's support subdues it, allowing her to get the last strike. She absorbs its Spirit Ring.[3]
Following its absorption they set off to Shrek City, back to the Shrek Academy. On the way Tang Ya advises Yuhao to get into the Spirit Guidance Department. After giving him the necessary information they set off.
Shrek Academy[]
After arriving at the Shrek Academy they part ways. Tang Ya and Beibei successfully advances to the 4th year. Later Tang Ya comes to find Yuhao and states she has set up a stall along with fish and spices for Yuhao to earn a living.
In the afternoon having set up all that is necessary, she hands them to Yuhao letting him get started and leaves to eat some other food. She arrives in time to see Xu Sanshi attack Yuhao which causes her to become extremely angry. She attacks him with a Dragon Beard Needle and tells Beibei to beat him up and she'll let him kiss her.[4] Then she takes Yuhao to the Spirit Battle Arena to witness the showdown between Xu Sanshi and Beibei. After the showdown, together with Wang Dong, she brings back Yuhao to the dormitory.
She meets up with Yuhao and Wang Dong and hands him another Mystic Water Pill. She accompanies Wang Dong and Yuhao to Yuhao's fish stall. She is asked by Wang Dong if his request for joining Tang Sect was approved to which she responds that she will only approve it if he obtain the first rank in the freshman examination and Wang Dong eagerly agrees to it. When she spots Xu Sanshi at the stand, she confronts him and Xu Sanshi responds that he is there to buy roast fish for Jiang Nannan and not to cause a trouble. When she hears that she teases him for being romantic.
As the first freshman examination is upcoming, she meets Yuhao to give her advice and gives a pouch which contains hidden weapons of Tang Sect.
She does her best to help out Huo Yuhao but during the Continental Games, in Bei Bei's absence she makes up her mind to get revenge and leave Shrek. There also is a suggestion of spirit soul mutation induced fatalism. As she is about to leave, Bei Bei tries to persuade her to stay but fails.
In Volume 16, Chapter 142.1 &2 , she heads back to the former head quarters and attacks it. The fight causes her latent devouring mutation to come alive and she ends up devouring her enemies. A mysterious dark robed chap shows up just as she is about to die to the Ironblood Sect master and saves her. After she devours the final Ironblood fella, the "saviour" makes her pass out. There are indications this chap may be a Evil Soul Master.+
Elder Mu does a divination on her and said that although she’ll meet with a huge crisis, a benefactor will help her. Bei bei and Huo Yuhao should keep an eye out.
We once again see a mind controlled Tang Ya (part of the Holy Ghost Sect) at the beginning of the next continental games. She attacks Bei Bei when he tries to talk to her wounding him significantly. During the semi finals, Bei Bei fights with her and brings some partial memory back at the cost of significant wounding again. But this means her meories, which were sealed before, wont remain sealed and they have a chance to bring her back.
Blue Silver Emperor Spirit Soul[]
Huo Yuhao finally found a Blue Silver Emperor, residing in a mountain valley full of Blue Silver Grasses, in the west of Mingdu City of the Sun Moon Empire. Since it was close to his next tribulation, he decided to follow Huo Yuhao and fuse with Tang Ya to help repair her martial soul. The Blue Silver Emperor told that her original Dark Blue Silver Grass possesses the royal Blue Silver Grass bloodline. She finally contacted with him as a spirit soul and finally repaired her martial soul.
Trivia[]
- Although it wasn’t mentioned, after contracting with the Blue Silver Emperor as a spirit soul, her martial soul should have evolved into Blue Silver Emperor since she already possessed the royal blue silver grass bloodline.
Etymology[]
- Tang means "Tang Dynasty, offensive" (唐).
- Ya means "elegant, graceful, stylish, well-dressed" (雅).