Flender

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Flender (弗兰德)
Alias(es)	Flying Horn 148
Gender	Male 32
Age	Over fifty 133
Affiliation	Shrek Academy; formerly the Golden Iron Triangle 30 32
Occupation/Role	Dean of Shrek Academy; Shrek Team leader; Ma Hongjun’s teacher 40 56 88
Martial Soul	Cat Eagle 133 143
Cultivation	Level 78, seven-ring Agility Attack System Battle Soul Saint, also described as a Soul Sage 38 133 143
First Appearance	Chapter 30 in the supplied passages 30

Background / History

Flender was a member of the Golden Iron Triangle alongside Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong. Within the trio, he was known as the Flying Horn, while Liu Erlong was the Killing Horn. After the group fell apart, Flender and Yu Xiaogang went many years without meeting 30 32 148.

As Shrek Academy’s dean, Flender maintained demanding admissions standards despite its poor facilities and persistent financial problems. Qin Ming, its first graduate, was once its most outstanding student and held its record for reaching rank thirty fastest. By the time Qin Ming returned, Flender acknowledged that the current students would likely be the academy’s final intake: the teachers were growing older, funding remained unresolved, and he hoped they could eventually retire 32 108 110.

Appearance

• Crystal glasses: Wears glasses resting on his nose 108.
• Voice and laugh: Has a hoarse, sinister-sounding laugh 110.
• Academy insignia: Initially wears only a small Shrek emblem on his left breast rather than the students’ conspicuous tournament uniform 155.
• Later tournament attire: Adopts the same green team uniform after Shrek’s opening victory and proudly leads the students into the arena 174.

Personality

Flender is famously stingy—described as an “iron rooster” unwilling to part with a feather. He makes students fund their own lodging through soul battles, resents supporting Yu Xiaogang and Tang San without payment, and looks for opportunities to shift expenses onto others. His pursuit of sponsorships eventually becomes a major source of academy income 55 65 68 155 195.

His thrift coexists with genuine educational ambition. He wants his students to become Titled Douluo and surpass him, accepts an exchange arrangement to secure better cultivation facilities, and insists that students retain control over their own earnings. Even while disliking Tang San, he rescues him and Yu Xiaogang because they belong to Shrek Academy 112 119 128 134.

Flender is proud and unruly, but responds warmly to sincere respect. He returns the Heaven Dou Royal Academy committee’s courteous reception with formal junior etiquette, and restrains Zhao Wuji when Snow Star Prince insults Shrek. With Yu Xiaogang, however, he becomes increasingly impatient and calculating; their secret intimate relationship complicates his authority and makes him fear damage to his reputation 65 68 133 135.

Abilities & Skills

Cat Eagle Martial Soul

• A level-78 Agility Attack System Soul Master with seven soul rings 133 143.
• Releases his martial soul during Blue Tyrant Academy’s assessment alongside the other Shrek teachers; their collective display overwhelms the evaluators 143.
• Deliberately restrains his Soul Power during that assessment so the weaker teachers can remain standing 143.

Training and Team Management

• Uses practical soul battles as a training program, followed by group reviews of coordination and individual performance 55 64 107.
• Assigns numbered Shrek aliases according to strength and supplies masks to conceal students’ identities and ages 54 55.
• Spreads students across different individual and paired battle zones to prevent them from facing one another and interrupting their winning streaks 88.
• Removes Tang San from the starting lineup after his poor performance, while leaving open the possibility of reinstatement once his strength earns recognition 64.
• Delegates opponent scouting and competition management to Zhao Wuji when business duties occupy his time 174 195.

Cultivation Theory and Opponent Analysis

Flender advocates individual extremes and group balance: specialists develop exceptional strengths while teammates compensate for their weaknesses 196.

• Explains the extreme and balanced cultivation schools associated with Heaven Dou and Star Luo, including their differences in explosive power, vulnerabilities, and endurance 196.
• Identifies Spirit Hall’s use of complementary specialists as an important reason for its tournament success 197.
• Warns students about Shi Nian’s Lingering Dream martial soul, its lethal illusions, and Shi Nian’s vindictive temperament 158.
• Identifies the Five Element Academies as major threats and explains their attributes and institutional backing 194.
• Studies the Royal Fight Team’s dossier while recognizing that incomplete or wrongly inferred soul-skill information could endanger his students 91.

Business and Local Connections

• Uses contacts in Suotuo City’s teahouses and taverns to circulate a missing-person notice for Tang San 41.
• Negotiates with Manager Ao over match rewards, opponent information, and responsibility for Tang San’s unpredictable behavior 89 90.
• Secures tournament uniform advertisements and agrees to distribute one-third of advertising revenue to the competing students 155.
• Mass-produces player-branded Shrek uniforms after the team becomes popular; Dai Mubai’s sells best, followed by Xiao Wu’s and Zhu Zhuqing’s 195.
• Considers selling team mascots and later obtains more than a dozen uniform sponsors 195 200.

Equipment / Items

• Smoking pipe — Frequently smokes while discussing arrangements with Yu Xiaogang 40.
• Soul Tool bracelet — Stores the masks issued to Shrek’s students 55.
• Crystal glasses — Adjusts them during his reunion with Qin Ming 108.
• Shrek Team registration badge — Uses it to register the team for arena battles 88.

Relationships

• Yu Xiaogang — Former Golden Iron Triangle teammate and later a secret intimate partner. Flender helps him find Tang San but refuses to give him unrestricted teaching authority. Their relationship deteriorates as repeated demands, expenses, and Tang San’s mishaps accumulate 30 40 41 47 65 68.
• Liu Erlong — Former teammate and a woman Flender once deeply desired. Chapter 146 identifies him as her husband. She entrusts Blue Tyrant Academy to him, and he acknowledges that he has never been able to refuse her requests 145 146 148.
• Zhao Wuji — Shrek’s vice-dean and Flender’s administrative partner. They coordinate training and relocation plans; Zhao Wuji also handles competition matters while Flender pursues business 112 174 195.
• Ma Hongjun — His direct disciple. Flender is disappointed when Ma Hongjun loses a winnable match through inappropriate behavior and disciplines him for trying to claim a reward without contributing onstage 56 110.
• Ye Xian — A student whose exceptional talent delights Flender. He mistakenly believes Ye Xian is Tang Hao’s son, admires his arena performance, and chooses not to pry into the origins of his unusual bow martial soul 30 32 58.
• Tang San — Initially absent from Shrek’s roster, later admitted through Yu Xiaogang’s influence. Flender increasingly regards him as a liability, although he still helps secure his release from a brothel and protects him during the Sunset Forest expedition 33 46 47 107 119.
• Qin Ming — Shrek’s first graduate and a former student who continues to respect Flender as his teacher. Qin Ming facilitates the proposed Heaven Dou Royal Academy exchange and leaves that academy in solidarity with Shrek 108 111 112 136.
• Manager Ao — Arena representative with whom Flender negotiates Shrek’s match against the Royal Fight Team 88 89 90.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Admissions and Yu Xiaogang’s Return

• Tang Hao’s visit: Ye Xian alters Tang Hao’s question about his son’s rejection. Flender consequently assumes the visiting Titled Douluo must be Ye Xian’s father, since Ye Xian is the only boy among the new admissions 30.
• Rest after Oscar’s breakthrough: Grants the academy two days off after Oscar reaches rank thirty, ahead of a planned soul-ring hunt 31.
• Missing disciple: Shows Yu Xiaogang the enrollment roster, confirms Tang San is not enrolled, and arranges inquiries with Zhao Wuji and Xiao Wu 33 34 35.
• Limited academic role: Introduces Yu Xiaogang as “Great Master” while omitting his martial soul and cultivation level. Later, he explicitly excludes him from regular teaching duties 36 47.
• Search and admission: Offers fifty Gold Soul Coins for useful information about Tang San, helps secure his discreet release from Xiu Chun Brothel, and ultimately completes his enrollment 41 46 47.

Suotuo City Training

• Ranks the students under aliases from Shrek Number One to Number Eight, places Tang San last, and initially assigns him substitute status 54 55.
• Requires students to cover food and lodging from their arena earnings, combining combat training with reduced academy expenses 55.
• Revokes Tang San’s starting position after the Berserker Team battle, citing insufficient strength and conduct damaging the team’s image 64.
• Refuses to pressure students into funding Tang San’s surgery, then permits a voluntary donation drive. The five academy teachers together contribute fifty Gold Soul Coins; total collections reach six hundred against a thousand-coin bill 68 71 72 73.
• Assigns Zhao Wuji to supervise Yu Xiaogang’s toilet-cleaning work 76.

Royal Fight Team and Relocation Plans

• Negotiates an offer of 12,000 Gold Soul Coins for defeating the Royal Fight Team, with an additional twenty percent proposed if Tang San participates 89.
• Accepts the match while disclaiming responsibility for Tang San’s unpredictable antics and requests detailed opponent information 90.
• Treats Shrek’s victory as completion of the second training stage and reunites with Qin Ming afterward 107 108.
• Approves a one-year Heaven Dou Royal Academy exchange. The arrangement promises improved facilities, continued instruction by Shrek’s teachers, and access to tournament eligibility unavailable to the unregistered original academy 111 112.
• Rescues Tang San and Yu Xiaogang during the Sunset Forest expedition and remains close enough to prevent further danger 119.
• Allows students to divide subsequent practical-battle earnings among themselves, even after the original academy has closed 128.

Heaven Dou Rejection and Blue Tyrant Academy

• Meets Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Education Committee and expresses his hope that Shrek’s final students will all become Titled Douluo 133 134.
• Holds Zhao Wuji back during Snow Star Prince’s insults, then withdraws the group when the proposed cooperation becomes untenable 135 136.
• Applies for teaching positions at Blue Tyrant Academy and demonstrates his level-78 cultivation during its assessment 141 143.
• Reunites with Liu Erlong, who transfers the academy to him and arranges for its renaming as Shrek Academy 145 146 148.

Continental Academy Tournament

• Briefs the main team on tournament rules and commissions conspicuous green uniforms advertising available sponsorships 152 155.
• Allows all tournament prize money to remain with the students, while academy funding comes from advertisements 156.
• Warns the team about Shi Nian, consults with Ye Xian on the Elephant Armor matchup, and briefs students on the Five Element Academies 158 176 194.
• Turns Shrek’s popularity into merchandise sales and additional sponsorships while Zhao Wuji manages competition matters 195 200.
• Fields all five substitutes against Canghui Academy, supported by Oscar and Dai Mubai, and orders Dai Mubai not to act unless necessary 213.

Notable Quotes

“As the Dean of Shrek Academy, I must be responsible for all the Teachers and students here.” 40

“I hope you grow quickly, but that doesn't mean forcing your growth.” 65

“The path Shrek Academy follows is actually half balanced and half extreme. Or rather, individual extremes and group balance.” 196