This frankly makes me wonder, is tang ruo a self insert of the author?For someone who's supposed to be the reincarnation of tang wei, the last hope of wu and the only rival of the celestial heir we surely get a lot of disrespect...thats one of the reassons i find wu heir bland, none of our deeds and strength are recognized, one of the biggest wasted opportunities was to make that arena rank count for something.
I would say i have hope of this attitude shifting after the tournament but It would be a lie, wu heir is the punching bag of the narrative.