Shrek Academy

Biodata

Institutional Structure

History

Education and Admissions

• The academy enforces limited freshman admissions and ordinarily requires students to be confirmed in advance rather than admitted at the last minute. 8
• Recommendation letters function as a screening mechanism, but exceptional talent can override normal enrollment procedure; Jiang Feixin entered the Inner Court without a recommendation letter. 219
• Soul King cultivation and an examination are the standard route from the Outer Court to the Inner Court. Exchange students were exempted from this examination because they were not formal Shrek students. 172
• The academy sought to retain exceptional exchange students through direct mentorship and resource promises. Xuan Zi offered Jiang Shengyu three years of personal instruction and pledged Soul Rings, potentially including Hundred Thousand Year rings. 174
• Inner Court instruction is comparatively independent: students are already considered established Soul Masters and have extensive free time rather than fixed classes. 189

Shrek Supervision Group

The Shrek Supervision Group operates beyond the academy as a force against Soul Masters judged to have endangered civilians. Xuan Zi described its purpose as preventing powerful Soul Masters from committing atrocities without restraint. 86

• Membership — Joining the group is portrayed as an aspiration for Inner Court disciples; Jiang Qingtong and the Reserve Team accepted membership when offered. 86
• Targets — Members have acted against bandits and corrupt officials, as described by Dai Yueheng and Ma Xiaotao. 86
• Identity protection — Operatives wear masks, cloaks, and uniforms and must keep their faces hidden during missions. 86
• Emergency support — Signal Flares can summon aid from any nearby Shrek-affiliated personnel. 86
• Controversy — Its authority extends across the four great empires, allowing the academy to impose its own judgment beyond imperial legal systems. Jiang Qingtong privately viewed this as placing Shrek above the states it operated within. 86

Reputation and Influence

• Shrek Academy is widely treated as a “holy land” for martial soul cultivation because it gathers many high-quality martial souls and talented Soul Masters. 4 7
• A Shrek Academy student identity carries exceptional authority: Heaven Dou Empire soldiers immediately deferred to Jiang Qingtong after she presented her student ID. 40
• Shrek City gate guards and spectators reacted with reverence when Xuan Zi's delegation was identified as Shrek Academy's representative team. 95
• The academy's prestige also creates pressure and hostility. Students from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy faced open resentment from Shrek students after Shrek lost the Soul Master Competition. 174
• Its Soul Tool Department possesses an eighth-rank Soul Tool Master as dean, but Sun Moon representatives consider its technology generations behind the Sun Moon Empire's level. 113

Major Conflicts

Soul Master Competition

Shrek Academy fielded its Reserve Team against the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy in the tournament's first match. Wang Dong used her Clear Sky Hammer to defeat the exhausted Meng Hongchen, securing a 2–1 victory in that encounter. 113 115

• The academy's wider competition campaign suffered a defeat to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, provoking anger among Inner Court members such as Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng. 127
• Jiang Qingtong fought Jiang Shengyu while openly claiming to represent “Shrek Academy's glory.” 120
• The academy's main team later demonstrated its strength in the quarterfinals, deploying two Soul Emperors against a weaker Dou Ling Empire academy. 128

Exchange Program

The exchange program brought Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy students into Shrek Academy while Shrek students studied in the Sun Moon Empire. 159 169

• Shrek's leadership considered Jiang Shengyu and Jiang Qingtong central to the academy's future and repeatedly attempted to retain them. 138 174
• The exchange students' Friendly Match victory exposed a major confidence gap among Shrek's Outer Court students. 188
• Ai Cao remained resentful toward Shrek because her brother had failed to gain admission; the academy eventually stopped trying to recruit her permanently. 176 189

Fall and Reconstruction

Shrek Academy became a military and political refuge as the Heavenly Soul and Dou Ling Empires collapsed under Sun Moon Empire pressure. 337

• Ma Xiaotao returned as a god and led a proactive Shrek strike against the Star Dou Great Forest before the Sun Moon assault on Shrek City. 368
• Five holders of divine positions—Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, He Caitou, Mo Xuan, and Ma Xiaotao—arrived to defend Shrek City. 372
• The academy's surviving leadership later accepted Soul Hall's conditions to preserve the institution: observers must be stationed on campus, all teachers and courses require approval, the Sea God Pavilion cannot return, and references to the Original Shrek Seven Devils are forbidden. 385

Relationships

• Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy — Principal academic rival in Soul Tool development and the Soul Master Competition; later entered a compulsory student exchange with Shrek Academy. 113 138 169
• Tang Sect — Historically connected through Tang San and the Original Shrek Seven Devils; relations collapsed over Shrek's control of the Tang Sect's Heaven Dou estate. 7 22 227 228
• Soul Hall — Initially regarded with suspicion over its Martial Soul Awakening operations; later gained authority to supervise Shrek Academy's reconstruction. 18 385
• Heaven Dou Empire — Hosts Shrek City, but the academy independently controls the city's defenses; its imperial family later appealed to Shrek for aid against the Sun Moon Empire. 7 359
• Sun Moon Empire — Shrek's chief strategic rival, whose technological superiority and military campaigns ultimately threatened Shrek City directly. 113 370
• Abyss — The Abyssal Sage King arranged cooperation with Shrek Academy through Tang San during the late-stage conflict. 337