Shrek

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Shrek (史莱克)
Alias(es)	Shrek Academy
Affiliation	Sea God Pavilion; formerly centered in Shrek City and on Sea God Island
Occupation/Role	Soul master academy; once regarded as the continent's foremost academy and a major cultivator of martial-soul talent 30 182
Status	Academy and Shrek City destroyed by Level 9 Fixed Soul Cannon Shells; the Golden Tree and its immediate area remain, defended by surviving loyalists and contested by outside factions 393 396 406
First Appearance	Chapter 30

Governance and Facilities

Component	Details
Sea God Pavilion	Shrek's senior governing body. Its master held authority over major academy decisions; Mu En served in this role before Elder Song assumed control after his death. 32 289 314
Martial Soul Department	One of Shrek's principal departments. Yan Shaozhe served as dean, while Cai Meier held the vice-dean position before later becoming dean. 53 144
Soul Tool Department	Shrek's Soul Tool branch, represented by Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo. It was repeatedly at odds with the Martial Soul Department, though Mu En later supported its development and an exchange program with the Sun Moon Empire. 140 252 254
Outer and Inner Academies	Shrek maintained separate Outer and Inner Academies. Inner Academy admission granted access to its red uniform, badge, and opportunities to cultivate at the Golden Tree. 222 268
Golden Tree	Shrek's unique cultivation treasure on Sea God Island. It accelerated cultivation for qualified students and became the academy's final surviving asset after its destruction. 222 393 396
Sea God Island	The academy's core area and location of Sea God Pavilion and the Golden Tree. It was devastated during the shelling, leaving only the Golden Tree's rooted area intact. 221 393 396

Background

Origins and legacy

A later account identifies Flender, Yu Xiaogang, and Liu Erlong as Shrek's traditional founders. It further claims that Shrek obtained its tournament qualification by taking over Liu Erlong's Lanba Academy and renaming it Shrek Academy. 424

Over ten thousand years, Shrek became known as the continent's number-one soul master academy. Its prestige rested on its powerful graduates, its role in combating Evil Soul Masters, and its association with Tang San and the other Shrek gods; statues of the seven stood at the academy entrance. 30 159 289

During enrollment periods, prospective students crowded Shrek City's eastern gate. Admission was viewed as a path toward becoming an exceptional soul master or Soul Engineer, and applicants sought recommendation letters even at great personal cost. 30

Internal divisions

By Mu En's later years, the academy had fractured into factions. Yan Shaozhe and Cai Meier's Martial Soul Department frequently clashed with Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo's Soul Tool Department, with Yan Shaozhe also suppressing the latter on several occasions. 140

Mu En recognized that Shrek's long-standing honor and powerful position had left its leadership stagnant. Near the end of his life, he believed meaningful reform was no longer possible without an exceptional successor capable of restoring the academy. 181

History

Lin Yun's enrollment and Shrek's early interest

Lin Yun arrived at Shrek during its enrollment season and entered through Shrek City's eastern gate. Mu En sensed that Lin Yun's Martial Soul surpassed even his Light Holy Dragon in quality, regarding him as a potential “little monster” who might help secure Shrek's future. 30 32

Shrek later admitted Lin Yun directly into the Inner Academy without requiring an assessment. The Sea God Pavilion hoped that Inner Academy status and access to the Golden Tree would bind him to the academy, but he showed little interest in its cultivation benefits. 222 268

Reputation crises

A series of anonymously distributed publications severely damaged Shrek's public standing.

• “Dragon and Phoenix Entanglement” spread scandalous stories about the academy's deans, reaching more than seventy percent of Shrek's students and circulating within the Inner Academy. Sea God Pavilion convened over the issue and launched a full investigation. 53 54
• Evidence concerning Zhou Yi's conduct was circulated across the continent, prompting former students and families to protest outside Shrek Academy. 61
• “Three Years, Then Another Three Years—I Became Shrek's Upper Echelon!” exposed Xuan Zi as a Holy Spirit Cult infiltrator and detailed the harm he had caused to Shrek students over nearly two centuries. 239 240 241

The Xuan Zi revelations triggered mass withdrawals by students and damaged Shrek's reputation despite its tournament victory. Mu En personally left the academy to address the crisis. 243

Collapse of Mu En's administration

Mu En punished Xuan Zi, sealed his cultivation, and confined him beneath the Golden Tree. He also declined to reinforce Shrek's injured tournament team, arguing that a single championship did not determine the academy's worth. 181 182

After accusations that Mu En had aided Evil Soul Masters, Elder Song denounced him before Sea God Pavilion. Mu En died soon afterward, leaving Shrek without its longtime pillar. 289 290

The *Greedy Ambition* scandal

The book “Greedy Ambition” alleged that Shrek intended to exploit the Sun Moon Empire's future conquest of the continent, use He Caitou's imperial bloodline, and establish a “Shrek Empire.” 313

The publication caused the Four Great Empires to view Shrek with suspicion. Their forces mobilized around Shrek City, while Shrek expelled Zhang Lexuan and He Caitou and publicly denied having any imperial ambitions. 314

Zhang Lexuan subsequently left Shrek, joined Lin Yun's faction, and provided him with detailed information on Shrek's experts and internal structure. 318

Partial recovery and the second tournament

Elder Song attempted to restore Shrek's standing by severing its association with Evil Soul Masters and dispatching powerful members to hunt them. The campaign improved the academy's reputation and brought some students back, though Shrek had lost many teachers, students, and core figures. 337

Shrek struggled to form a capable team for the next All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament. Its leadership compelled Beibei, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, Huo Yuhao, and Tang Wutong to represent Shrek rather than the Tang Sect. 337

The team survived difficult matches against the Mingyu Sect and Heavenly Dragon Gate, then fought the Holy Spirit Cult at great cost. Four Shrek members, including Beibei and Jiang Nannan, died; the academy withdrew from the tournament due to casualties and low morale. 345 358

Though the withdrawal harmed its competitive standing, public opinion briefly improved because Shrek had eliminated a Soul Saint-level and five Soul Emperor-level Evil Soul Masters in the battle. 359

Destruction of Shrek

Lin Yun later assembled soul beast forces and allies to attack Shrek. Xuan Zi, enraged by his own treatment, also turned against the academy and attacked its Titled Douluo defenders. 390

Under a spatial barrier created by Lin Yun, Di Tian, and the Snow Empress, ten Level 9 Fixed Soul Cannon Shells were fired at Shrek: three targeted Sea God Island, while seven targeted combatants in the sky. Sea God Lake evaporated, and the academy was reduced to a lava-filled ruin. 393

A subsequent seven-shell strike killed Xuan Zi and Song Yunzhi. Shrek Academy and Shrek City were effectively annihilated; Huo Yuhao, Tang Wutong, and the Golden Tree survived under golden protection, while Yan Shaozhe later emerged as the sole surviving Shrek Titled Douluo. 394 396

Aftermath

Yan Shaozhe abandoned immediate revenge against the Sun Moon Empire after Huo Yuhao convinced him that protecting the Golden Tree was Shrek's remaining priority. 396

The release of “Source of Life” drew the Four Great Empires, Body Sect, Holy Spirit Sect, Heavenly Dragon Gate, Mingde Hall, and other factions to Shrek's ruins. Each sought control of the Golden Tree for its own purposes. 399 400 406

Tang San later manifested through divine consciousness to defend Shrek's remaining claim and condemn the factions besieging the Golden Tree. 410

Key Personnel

Individual	Position or connection	Notes
Mu En	Sea God Pavilion Master	Recognized Shrek's institutional decay, sought to retain Lin Yun, punished Xuan Zi, and died amid the academy's political collapse. 32 181 289 290
Elder Song	Sea God Pavilion Master after Mu En	Led Shrek's political response to the scandals and attempted to restore its public legitimacy. 289 314 373
Yan Shaozhe	Martial Soul Department dean	Temporarily removed from office and confined beneath the Golden Tree; survived Shrek's destruction and became its principal defender. 144 396
Cai Meier	Martial Soul Department leader	Former vice dean whose title was elevated after Yan Shaozhe stepped down. 144
Xian Lin'er	Soul Tool Department dean	Attempted to recruit Lin Yun and later oversaw Shrek's tournament team during its decline. 219 221 358
Qian Duoduo	Soul Tool Department vice dean	Worked with Mu En to negotiate an exchange-student program with the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. 252 253
Xuan Zi	Former Shrek elder and Holy Spirit Cult infiltrator	Secretly undermined Shrek for nearly two centuries before exposure; later attacked Shrek and was killed in the final shelling. 240 241 390 394
Zhang Lexuan	Former Inner Academy senior disciple and vice dean	Left Shrek after learning of its alleged role in her family's destruction, then joined Lin Yun against the academy. 144 318

Trivia

• Shrek's reputation was sufficiently prestigious that its enrollment requirements and recommendation letters drew crowds from across the continent. 30
• The academy's leadership considered the Golden Tree one of its strongest incentives for recruiting exceptional students. 222
• Shrek repeatedly treated tournament championships as proof of its continental status, even during periods of severe internal decline. 182 337