Shrek

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Shrek (史莱克)
Alias(es)	Shrek Academy
Type	Soul Master academy with Martial Soul and Soul Tool departments 171 371
Occupation/Role	Trains Soul Masters and Soul Engineers, competes in continental tournaments, and conducts operations against Evil Soul Masters 247 266 277
Location	Associated with Suotuo City in the earlier era; located in Shrek City ten thousand years later 146 171
Leadership	Flender serves as dean in the earlier era. In the later era, Mu En selects Ye Mu to succeed him as Sea God Pavilion Master; Zhang Lexuan subsequently becomes acting Pavilion Master 153 370 374 419
Political Position	Under Ye Mu’s reforms, maintains neutrality in wars between empires and rejects support for puppet regimes 384
Status	Active and reformed; does not publicly oppose the revived Spirit Hall Empire’s conquests 388 436

Background / History

Earlier Era: Conflict with Ye Mu

Shrek’s admission requirements demand exceptional young applicants: no older than thirteen, at least Level 21 Soul Power, and two hundred-year Soul Rings. Applicants must then pass four assessments. Its registration practices become a point of conflict when Ye Mu threatens to expose Vice Dean Zhao Wuji’s hiding place to Martial Soul Hall. Zhao Wuji orders Li Yusong to return the parents’ registration fees 46 50.

After a dangerous soul-beast hunt, Flender acknowledges that the academy’s preparations were inadequate. He also advises against provoking Ye Mu, whose background and strength make him too dangerous to confront. Nevertheless, Ye Mu later publicly challenges Yu Xiaogang’s teaching qualifications and threatens to destroy Shrek if its members interfere 81 85 86.

The academy’s reputation deteriorates throughout Suotuo City. Ning Rongrong reports that vendors refuse to sell to its members or charge inflated prices, while Soul Fighting Arena spectators accuse it of scamming applicants and sheltering wanted criminals. Its students wear masks to compete, but Meng Yiran exposes their identities 146 149.

Repeated arena defeats threaten Shrek’s finances. Flender’s attempt to persuade Ye Mu to leave fails, and he recognizes that losing Soul Fighting income could make the academy impossible to maintain. Its leadership decides to relocate to Tiandou City and seek entry into Heaven Dou Royal Academy 152 153 154.

Qin Ming helps the Shrek group obtain access, but Dai Mubai’s attack on Prince Xue Beng undermines the arrangement. Prince Xue Xing subsequently orders the group beaten and expelled. Liu Erlong takes away the unconscious students after Ye Mu stops their bleeding 157 158 159 160 161.

Ten Thousand Years Later: Prestige and Internal Problems

The later Shrek has become a prestigious institution with an extensive network of graduates and powerful experts. Its foundation makes rival powers reluctant to attack it directly. However, its Soul Tool Department remains far behind Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy, and traditional Martial Soul cultivation dominates its priorities 171 234 305.

Ma Xiaotao and Zhang Lexuan recognize corruption within the academy but initially lack the influence to correct it. Ma Xiaotao resolves to become stronger and gather support for reform. Ye Mu enters this later Shrek partly for entertainment and partly with the intention of eventually turning it into a Spirit Hall branch 139 148 172.

Ye Mu’s protection of Xiao Xiao exposes the academy’s disciplinary failures. Zhou Yi has pressured Xiao Xiao to attach a Soul Ring to her second Martial Soul against her wishes and safety interests. Yan Shaozhe expels Zhou Yi, bans her from Shrek City, and promises Xiao Xiao an apology. Fan Yu subsequently leaves with Zhou Yi and offers intelligence about Ye Mu to Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy 214 217 232 235.

Ye Mu’s Succession and Reform

Ye Mu’s rapid progress as a Soul Engineer strengthens the Soul Tool Department’s reputation and leads students to consider transferring into it. Mu En regards him as a possible successor capable of changing the continent’s Soul Tool landscape. The academy also invests a hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone in his development 247 252.

Ye Mu initially rejects becoming Shrek’s successor, but later accepts the prospect of major institutional reform. Mu En supports him despite knowing that the academy may become very different, asking that its name remain unchanged and that Ye Mu avoid excessive killing. The Sea God Pavilion announces Ye Mu as its next master 253 370 371 374.

The reforms produce visible changes within months: students train voluntarily for points, research facilities expand, graduates return with resources and expertise, and retired elders rejoin the academy. Ye Mu’s Spirit Soul system then gives Shrek control over a new method of obtaining Soul Rings without killing Soul Beasts 388 393 395.

Later Leadership and Imperial Wars

Dozens of Title Douluo auras appear around Shrek during a tightly guarded internal event. An imperial report records no fewer than forty, but the Sea God Pavilion provides no explanation beyond “everything is normal” 410.

Although Ye Mu previously considers joining Shrek’s strength with the Spirit Hall Empire, he later assures Mu En that the academy will not become an imperial vassal or war machine. Zhang Lexuan becomes acting Pavilion Master when Ye Mu steps down to enter seclusion 410 417 419.

Shrek does not intervene when the Heaven Dou and Dou Ling empires fall. Instead, it receives talent and resources from the defeated states. After the revived Spirit Hall Empire conquers the major empires, Shrek issues no public announcement or official opposition 427 436.

Organization

Leadership and Departments

Body or Position	Known Personnel	Function
Earlier-era dean	Flender	Oversees the academy and attempts to preserve it through financial and relocation crises 153 154.
Earlier-era vice dean	Zhao Wuji	Helps manage student safety and the academy’s survival 50 81 154.
Sea God Pavilion	Mu En, later Ye Mu	Directs the later academy’s leadership and institutional reforms 370 371 381.
Acting Sea God Pavilion Master	Zhang Lexuan	Assumes leadership during Ye Mu’s seclusion 419.
Martial Soul Department	Yan Shaozhe, dean	Oversees traditional Martial Soul education and disciplinary action against Zhou Yi 214 371.
Soul Tool Department	Xian Lin’er, dean; Qian Duoduo, vice dean	Develops Soul Engineers and supports Ye Mu’s technical training 247 371.
Shrek Inspectorate	Mission briefing by Xuanzi	Hunts Evil Soul Masters and undertakes suppression missions 277.
Culture and heritage oversight	Xuanzi	Receives responsibility for school history and institutional identity under Ye Mu’s reforms 383.

Courts and Representative Teams

• Outer Court — Provides an initial stage of student education; entering the Inner Court is a central requirement for aspiring tournament representatives 266.
• Inner Court — Houses core disciples regarded as future pillars of the academy 137.
• Shrek Seven Devils — Representing Shrek under this title is described as the highest honor a student can attain 266.
• Selected reserve team — Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong’er, Xiao Xiao, Beibei, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, and He Caitou are selected as substitutes for the official tournament team. They must continue proving themselves over five years 266.
• Main-team members introduced — Include Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, and Chen Zifeng; Ling Luochen also participates in the tournament delegation 269 282.
• Ye Mu’s participation — Adds a Level 66 Power Attack System Soul Emperor to Shrek’s tournament strength 270.

Admission and Education

Earlier Requirements

Requirement	Standard
Maximum age	Thirteen 46
Minimum Soul Power	Level 21 46
Soul Rings	Both existing rings must be hundred-year rings 46
Assessment	Four rounds must be passed before admission 46

Problems Identified Before Reform

• Martial Soul favoritism — Students with strong Martial Souls receive focused training, while those with ordinary Martial Souls or Soul Engineering interests are undervalued 373.
• Limited professional training — Ye Mu criticizes Shrek for failing to cultivate versatile researchers, administrators, and military leaders 373.
• Outdated conditioning — Earlier training includes running while carrying rocks; Ma Xiaotao acknowledges similarities in the later Outer Court 151.
• Lax discipline — Yan Shaozhe admits overlooking Zhou Yi’s previous mistreatment of students for Fan Yu’s sake 214.
• Unsafe supervision — Ye Mu recounts an incident in which Xuanzi left Inner Disciples to eat and drink, after which a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast nearly destroyed their team 137.

Revised Admissions and Training

• Traditional talent admissions — High Innate Soul Power or strong Soul Tool aptitude accounts for forty percent of admissions 379.
• Specialist recruitment — Thirty percent is reserved for exceptional talent in forging, pills, tactical command, medicine, intelligence analysis, and related fields, without a Martial Soul rank restriction 379.
• Exceptional admission — A Level 15 applicant with outstanding Soul Tool blueprint-design ability can qualify despite previously falling below Shrek’s standards 379.
• Separate educational tracks — Combat, research, and management students are to follow programs suited to their talents and interests rather than one common syllabus 373.
• Cross-disciplinary experience — Combat students intern in Soul Tool factories, while research students participate in practical combat testing 381.

Ye Mu’s Institutional Reforms

Area	Measures
Points and benefits	Establishes points usable by students, faculty, and alumni. Rewards include cultivation resources, Soul Bones, custom Soul Tools, Pavilion guidance, enrollment qualifications for children, and industrial dividend rights 380.
Research incentives	Research teams receive thirty percent of commercialization profits from their Soul Tool technologies and Martial Soul theories 380.
Research integration	Creates the Research and Innovation Institute to coordinate Martial Soul research, Soul Tool development, and pill forging, breaking down departmental barriers 381.
Independent revenue	Proposes the Shrek Industrial Alliance, technology sales, an auction house, a hospital, and a mercenary guild to reduce dependence on outside funding 381.
Resource security	Plans purchases of mines and medicinal gardens to secure rare metals, herbs, and strategic reserves 381.
Combat readiness	Inner Disciples undergo military training twice weekly and practical exercises monthly. External missions require coordination with standing forces 382.
Alumni obligations	Graduates enter a backup roster. Those answering emergency summons receive merit and points; refusal can result in loss of affiliation and benefits 382.
History and honors	Makes school history the first class after enrollment and introduces gold, silver, and bronze Medals of Honor, lifelong benefits, and a Heroes’ Monument 383.
External policy	Upholds neutrality in imperial wars, withholds top-tier Soul Tools and combat forces from belligerents, and permits humanitarian medical aid 384.
Public welfare and alliances	Proposes an anti-Evil Soul Master alliance, free enlightenment schools, and relief funds 384.
Long-term survival	Establishes plans for secret inheritance sites, strategic resource reserves, and institutional renewal mechanisms 384.

Capabilities and Resources

Soul Master Combat Strength

• Shrek’s Inner Court supplies high-level tournament competitors, including Soul Kings and Soul Emperors 137 269.
• Ye Mu defeats fourteen students from two generations in a single practice battle, demonstrating the gap between his strength and the academy’s other leading students 272 274.
• Its concentration of experts deters Sun Moon authorities from attempting to seize Ye Mu inside the academy 234.
• The appearance of at least forty Title Douluo auras causes continent-wide alarm, though the reason for their simultaneous deployment remains undisclosed 410.

Soul Tool Research

• Before reform, Shrek’s Soul Engineering is comparable to ordinary academies outside the Sun Moon Empire despite its superior Soul Master strength 290.
• Ye Mu’s creation of a Level 3 Soul Tool Cannon in one hour raises the department’s prestige and attracts student interest 247.
• Jing Hongchen agrees to assist Shrek’s Soul Tool development in exchange for a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Soul, intended for Xiao Hongchen 400.
• Researchers become eligible for Spirit Soul rewards based on their achievements 400.
• Shrek does not initially use assembly-line Soul Tool production; unlike an empire, it has no requirement to equip hundreds of thousands of soldiers 410.

Spirit Soul System

• Contract-based Soul Rings — Allows Soul Beasts to become Spirit Souls and provide Soul Rings without being killed 387 393.
• Proof of feasibility — Ye Mu presents Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, a million-year Spirit Soul, to the Pavilion leadership 393.
• Planned facilities — Spirit Soul Pagodas are to be built in Shrek City and near the Star Dou Great Forest 393.
• Exclusive expertise — Shrek controls contract knowledge, pagoda construction methods, and Contractor training 395.
• Soul Beast cooperation — Di Tian’s agreement gives Shrek access that rival factions cannot reproduce simply by acquiring its technology 393 395.
• Political leverage — Empires, sects, and independent Soul Masters seek negotiations or travel to Shrek City after the system’s announcement 395.

Campus and Heritage

• Sea God Pavilion — Hosts leadership discussions and reform deliberations 370 381.
• Sea God Lake — Lies beside the Pavilion and appears in Mu En’s succession discussions 371.
• Golden Tree — Ye Mu identifies its predecessor as the Star Dou Great Forest’s Tree of Life, brought to Shrek by Tang San after his ascension. He suspects the later-era Ah Yin resides within it 170.
• Soul Tool Research Institute — The site of Ye Mu’s Level 3 Soul Tool demonstration 247.
• Founding-generation statues — Include a depiction sufficiently similar to Ning Rongrong that Zhu Zhuqing warns she could be recognized 254.
• Dark green uniforms — Worn by Shrek’s continental tournament delegation 299.

Tournament Record

Opponent or Event	Documented Performance
Suotuo Soul Fighting Arena	The earlier Shrek team suffers repeated defeats against Ye Mu’s associates, threatening its income and morale 149 152 153.
Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy	Ye Mu fights alone and defeats all seven opponents with one Soul Skill 286 287.
Yunluo Academy	Xiao Xiao defeats four opponents, then Jiang Nannan defeats the remaining three; Shrek wins using only two participants 290 291.
Star Luo National Academy	Faces an all–Soul King lineup supported by Xu Jiujiu’s Star Crown Martial Soul; Shrek follows Ye Mu’s battlefield direction 302.
Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy	Later discussion credits Ye Mu with defeating its team in two moves 374.

Relationships

• Ye Mu — Changes from the earlier academy’s persistent antagonist into the later academy’s principal reformer and Sea God Pavilion Master 153 172 374 388.
• Mu En — Supports institutional change and Ye Mu’s succession while insisting that Shrek remain an academy rather than an empire’s military instrument 371 417.
• Zhang Lexuan — Supports reform and Ye Mu’s development, then assumes acting leadership during his seclusion 139 252 419.
• Ma Xiaotao — Seeks allies to reform Shrek and supports greater recognition of Soul Tools 139 148 278.
• Spirit Hall / Spirit Hall Empire — Historical enemy defeated with Shrek’s involvement. Later Shrek members cooperate with its rebuilding, and the reformed academy does not oppose its return publicly 241 321 436.
• Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy — Major tournament and technological rival; also participates in exchanges and later technical cooperation 254 318 400.
• Fan Yu and Zhou Yi — Former staff who leave Shrek and offer its rival intelligence about Ye Mu 217 232 235.
• Di Tian and the Star Dou Great Forest — Move from an uneasy relationship with Shrek to cooperation through the Spirit Soul system 393 395.
• Sun Moon Imperial Family — Chooses a cooperative approach after Ju Zi argues that confronting the reformed academy would be unprofitable 388.
• Body Sect — Worries that Shrek’s graduate-benefit system could consolidate a formidable alumni force, but elects to observe rather than act immediately 388.
• Holy Spirit Cult — Recognizes the reformed Shrek as a more organized threat and avoids exposing itself through a direct attack 388.

Notable Quotes

“The one afraid of change isn't Shrek. It's the people guarding Shrek. As long as Shrek still exists, I'll accept whatever it becomes.”
— Mu En 371

“We cannot place our lifeline in someone else's hands.”
— Ye Mu, on Shrek’s dependence on outside funding 381