Shrek

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Shrek Academy (史莱克)
Alias(es)	“The number one Soul Master Academy on the continent”; Shrek
Occupation/Role	Soul Master academy; trainer of the Shrek Seven Devils and operator of Inner Academy inspection teams
Affiliation	Sea God Pavilion
Status	Active, but placed under imperial control after its elimination from the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Competition 283
First Appearance	8

Background / History

Shrek's prestige rests on a ten-thousand-year legacy associated with Tang San and other former Shrek Seven Devils who became gods. Its reputation drew a continual influx of talented students and resources, allowing the academy to maintain its dominant position through the strength of its recruits rather than distinct teaching methods 147 268.

The academy is publicly regarded as the continent's finest institution for Soul Master education. However, its methods include harsh foundational training, high student casualties, and a culture in which students who die or fail are treated as having fallen short of Shrek's standards 22. Its Inner Academy and Seven Devils programs prioritize exceptional talents, while students deemed insufficiently gifted risk expulsion or exclusion 74 141.

By the current era, Shrek's position had begun to weaken. Its reliance on prestige was challenged by the Star Luo and Sun Moon Empires' pill-assisted cultivation, Soul Spirit programs, and Body Martial Soul awakening methods 267 268.

Organization and Policies

Talent Selection

Shrek defines itself as an academy for “monsters,” not ordinary students. Elder Xuan explicitly rejects the idea that the academy should retain Huo Yuhao if he cannot achieve a second awakening of his Body Martial Soul 141.

• Second-year students are ordinarily expected to reach Rank 20 Soul Power; Huo Yuhao fears expulsion until gaining a second Martial Soul 139.
• Shrek's Inner Academy is presented as the destination for its strongest students, including potential Shrek Seven Devils 119 142.
• Zhou Yi's class is known for its severe discipline and high expulsion rate; Su Luo is expelled after refusing a punishment despite displaying a Thousand-Year second Soul Ring 74.
• Dormitory bullying is tolerated under the academy's school motto, as shown by Wang Chen's treatment of Su Luo 71.

Inspection Teams

Shrek's Inner Academy students undertake missions against groups designated as Evil Soul Masters. The academy's inspection teams have broad authority and are described as operating with the power to define and punish Evil Soul Masters across nations 146.

• A previous Soul Ring hunt involving twelve high-level Shrek students ended with eight deaths and four survivors, including Zhang Lexuan 142.
• During the Mount Dou Ming mission, five Shrek Soul Kings died fighting a Five-Ring Evil Soul Master with three yellow and two purple Soul Rings 151.
• Despite Elder Xuan's Rank 98 cultivation and optimal Soul Ring configuration, the Evil Soul Master escaped 143 151.
• The mission's losses severely damaged confidence in Shrek among students and the public 143 151.

Soul Spirit Program

After learning of Soul Spirit technology spreading through the Star Luo Empire, Shrek sought access to it but could not obtain the empire's methods directly 190.

• Huo Yuhao proposed a Soul Spirit method derived with Electrolux's assistance; Yan Shaozhe initially rejected the proposal 190.
• Mu En overruled the rejection and ordered academy support for Huo Yuhao's research 190.
• Shrek established Soul Spirit contracts with the Star Dou Great Forest, using Soul Beasts near the end of their lives 190.
• Huo Yuhao became the Spirit Pagoda's honorary Tower Master and oversaw Shrek Soul Masters' contracts 190.
• Shrek's available Soul Spirits were later considered low-grade compared with those supplied by the empires; even Bei Bei's fifth Soul Ring Soul Spirit was only Thousand-Year level 268.

Leadership

Figure	Position / Connection	Notes
Mu En	Master of the Sea God Pavilion	Recruited Su Luo, supported Huo Yuhao's Soul Spirit research, and later died after the Star Dou Great Forest crisis 71 190 280
Elder Xuan / Xuan Zi	Shrek elder; Rank 98 Title Douluo	Led inspection and Soul Beast hunt operations; left Shrek after the academy's later disasters 143 268 280
Yan Shaozhe	Dean; head of the Martial Soul Department	Succeeded Mu En in managing Shrek's declining position and competition roster 190 280 281
Wang Yan	Teacher and tournament team leader	Advocated for Huo Yuhao and publicly explained Shrek's tournament losses 141 151

Story Role / Major Arcs

Su Luo's Enrollment

Mu En approaches Su Luo after noticing his talent and questions why he did not enroll at Shrek. Su Luo initially fears forced recruitment and flatters Mu En while concealing his distrust of the academy 70.

Mu En personally removes Su Luo from Star Luo Royal Academy of Soul Masters and brings him to Shrek. He expects Shrek's environment and eventual Inner Academy admission to make Su Luo permanently identify with the academy 71. Su Luo is later expelled from Zhou Yi's class but is recruited into Mu Jin's class instead 74.

Inspection Team Disaster

Shrek sends its Seven Devils and reserve members on a mission against Evil Soul Masters. Dai Yueheng, aware of a previous catastrophic hunt, prepares defensive Soul Tools while other students trust that Elder Xuan's presence guarantees their safety 142.

The team is caught in an explosion trap, suffers deaths, and fails to capture the Five-Ring enemy. Elder Xuan's inability to prevent the escape causes Dai Yueheng and others to question Shrek's methods and reputation 143 145.

All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Competition

Shrek reaches the semifinals against Star Luo Royal Academy of Soul Masters. Huo Yuhao secretly uses Spiritual Detection Sharing while concealing his Soul Rings with Simulation, enabling the team's unusually precise coordination 149.

Xuanji Douluo seals Huo Yuhao's Soul Power after detecting the hidden Soul Skill. Shrek's coordination immediately collapses, but Elder Xuan pressures Xuanji into retracting the accusation 149 150.

Shrek ultimately loses despite Elder Xuan threatening consequences if Shrek students are killed. Wang Yan explains that the academy's main roster had been depleted during the Mount Dou Ming mission, but the public response instead deepens doubts over Shrek's claimed invincibility 150 151.

Decline and Soul Beast Hunt

The competition defeat sharply reduces Shrek's enrollment. Applications fall from enough students for five or six classes to only one or two, while students with Body Martial Souls and students from the Star Luo Empire increasingly withdraw 267 268.

Elder Xuan personally leads a Soul Beast hunt to help restore Shrek's prospects. The operation becomes a disaster: Bei Bei is killed, the students are scattered and pursued by Soul Beasts, and Di Tian severely injures Elder Xuan 268 273.

Following Mu En's fatal injuries, Elder Xuan leaves Shrek. Yan Shaozhe inherits an academy unable to assemble a full Soul King competition team without forcibly enhancing students through medicine 280 281.

Final Competition Defeat

At the next All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Competition, Shrek fields two Soul Emperors and five Soul Kings against Tianxing Soul Master Academy's Soul Sage captain and six Soul Emperors 282 283.

Shrek's weaker Soul Spirits, inferior Soul Ring ages, and underdeveloped Soul Tool Department leave it unable to compete. Tianxing defeats Shrek in the preliminary rounds, after which the Sun Moon Empress announces that all academies will be placed under imperial control 283.

Relationships

• Su Luo — Recruited by Mu En despite initially preferring Star Luo Royal Academy; later works to expose Shrek's weaknesses and undermine its public prestige 70 71 135 149.
• Mu En — Sea God Pavilion master and a central protector of Shrek; he supports recruitment and institutional loyalty-building before his death 71 173 280.
• Elder Xuan / Xuan Zi — Senior Shrek powerhouse whose failed missions, threats during the tournament, and later departure accelerate the academy's decline 143 150 280.
• Huo Yuhao — Student whose hidden Spiritual Detection Sharing supports Shrek's tournament team and whose Soul Spirit research becomes essential to the academy 149 190.
• Star Luo Royal Academy of Soul Masters — Rival academy that defeats Shrek in the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Competition 149 150.
• Tianxing Soul Master Academy — Sun Moon Empire academy that eliminates Shrek in the preliminary rounds of the later competition 282 283.
• Star Dou Great Forest — Partner in Shrek's Soul Spirit contract system; later the site of a disastrous Shrek-led Soul Beast hunt 190 273.

Notable Quotes

“Shrek only accepts monsters, not trash.” — Elder Xuan 141

“Shrek will never lose again!” — Elder Xuan 152

Trivia

• Shrek's reputation is strong enough that even accusations of cheating are initially difficult for spectators to accept 149.
• The academy's Soul Tool Department is described as substantially weaker than the Sun Moon Empire's Soul Engineer institutions 267 283.
• At the later competition's opening ceremony, Yan Shaozhe is forced to kneel under the Sun Moon Empire's overwhelming pressure, losing Shrek's customary privilege of receiving rulers as juniors 282.