Shrek Academy

Biodata

Background

Shrek Academy takes its name from a monster unique to Douluo Continent. It is known for accepting only “monsters”—exceptionally gifted soul masters—and its graduates have gone on to teach at Heaven Dou Royal Academy or hold positions in Spirit Hall. Despite that reputation, the campus is run-down and the academy has long struggled to pay its teachers 77 124 125 168.

Flander leads the academy, while Yu Xiaogang supplies many of its teaching methods. Its staff includes Zhao Wuji, and even its weakest teachers are described as Soul Emperors 118 246 424 462.

Teaching and Team

• Admissions and training — The academy selects for exceptional talent. Its students cultivate and train together daily; Flander calls Tang San's class the most outstanding generation in its history 125 213 214.
• Spirit theory — After Qin He's theories gain attention, students must study them. Flander assigns a five-thousand-word report on Mutated Soul Skills to keep pace with other academies 118.
• School motto — “A soul master who does not dare to cause trouble is not a good soul master” 247 248.
• Shrek Team — The academy's arena team reaches Gold Spirit rank at Soto Spirit Arena. Dai Mubai captains it, and its members' daily training gives them strong teamwork 213 214.
• Arena income — Student matches at the Great Spirit Arena help fund the academy, making prize money especially important to its operations 213 231.

History

Conflict with Qin He

Yu Xiaogang directs Tang San to enroll at Shrek despite offers from other academies. Later, the Shrek Team challenges Qin He at the Great Spirit Arena, hoping a victory will bring prize money and sponsorships. Its Zhuge Repeating Crossbows and other equipment fail against Qin He's passive defense, which reflects the team's attacks. Flander also loses a wager on the match 77 213 219 222.

Oscar's breakthrough to Level 30 sends the team into the Star Dou Great Forest to seek a soul ring. There, Zhao Wuji encounters Qin He and proposes a spirit-beast-hunting contest after the students urge him not to fight Qin directly 229 246 248.

After Qin He becomes emperor, Flander and Zhao Wuji seek official posts for Shrek's students. They offer the academy's support if he removes Xiao Chenyu, but Qin He refuses. His decision not to recruit Shrek students reduces applications and sponsorship, contributing to a temporary disbandment 293 295 304.

Tournament and financial setbacks

Shrek aims to win the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, whose rewards include Gold Soul Coins, soul bones and Soul Tools. By then, it is short of main team members, and Qin He's strengthening of rival academies makes its prospects worse. Later, an earthquake caused by Qin He's distant battle collapses its teaching building 329 345 346 380.

Dai Mubai subsequently develops the Tiger Vigor Pill after reading Qin He's Battle Through the Heavens. Sales bring Shrek nearly one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, giving it money to consider better facilities and recruitment. The business also provokes the Four Single-Attribute Clans, whose members attack and damage the academy over the sale of the aphrodisiac 424 428 433 434.

Notable Members

• Flander — founder and headmaster; repeatedly seeks funds to keep the academy operating 125 168 231.
• Yu Xiaogang — founder and source of many of the academy's teaching methods 462.
• Zhao Wuji — teacher who supervises students in the Star Dou Great Forest 246 248.
• Tang San — student sent to Shrek by Yu Xiaogang; later seeks to build a force capable of opposing Qin He 77 434.
• Dai Mubai — Shrek Team captain and developer of the Tiger Vigor Pill 213 424.
• Ma Hongjun and Oscar — students and Shrek Team members; Oscar's Level 30 breakthrough prompts the team's soul-ring hunt 229 422.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing — former students who withdraw from the academy 231 297 435.