Shrek Academy

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Shrek Academy
Original Name	史莱克学院
Affiliation	Sea God Pavilion; Shrek City; Shrek Inspectorate
Occupation/Role	Soul Master academy; former governing power of Shrek City
Status	Destroyed; its reconstruction attempt was abandoned following the Demon Plane invasion, leaving only a small remnant of survivors
First Appearance	26

Background / History

Shrek Academy is hailed as the continent's number one academy and a sacred destination for countless Soul Masters. Its legacy is described as spanning ten thousand years in some accounts and twenty thousand years in others. Its graduates are spread throughout the Federation's military, political, and commercial spheres, forming an extensive network of mutual support. 43 74 291

The academy is based in Shrek City, a free city at the convergence of the Heavenly Soul, Dou Ling, and Star Luo empires. Shrek governs the city, occupies its eastern district, and faces the Star Dou Great Forest. The Outer Court occupies the area that was Shrek City ten thousand years earlier. 66 201

Shrek's reputation suffered a public blow when its Youth Elite Team lost a five-man exhibition match to Eastsea Academy's Class Zero at the Heaven Sea Alliance Tournament. The Sea God Pavilion convened over the loss, treating it as a matter with potentially far-reaching consequences for the academy. 86 89

After Huo Yuhao resonated with the Golden Tree, senior elders attempted to retain him at the academy for its safety. The decision drew opposition from the Spirit Pagoda, Zhen Hua, and ultimately Beast God Di Tian; Huo Yuhao was released. 237 240 244 245

The Holy Spirit Cult later destroyed Shrek Academy and much of Shrek City. Half a year afterward, surrounding residential districts were being rebuilt, but the academy grounds remained scorched and abandoned. 319 334

Although its surface facilities were annihilated, the academy's legacy survived. Many teachers sacrificed themselves to shield students during the assault, while an extensive underground shelter beneath the academy concealed surviving students from the outside world. These survivors continued cultivating beneath the ruins as Long Yeyue organized plans to restore Shrek. 401

Several years after the destruction, Long Yeyue and the returned Cai Yue'er publicly initiated Shrek's reconstruction. More than two hundred concealed survivors emerged at the ceremony, including numerous young Soul Kings and several newly advanced Title Douluos, seemingly demonstrating that the academy retained a viable foundation. 491 492

The reconstruction ceremony instead became a catastrophe when Yuanen Yehui's breakthrough opened passages to the Demon World, unleashing a massive demon invasion across the ruins. The ensuing casualties, public outrage, and suspicions that Shrek was connected to another plane destroyed the academy's remaining public credibility. The reconstruction was abandoned, most survivors returned home, and only around a dozen teachers and students remained underground. 493 494 497

Campus

Shrek Academy's Outer Court has a technological atmosphere, while Sea God Island—the Inner Court's core—preserves an ancient architectural style of flying eaves, arched roofs, green bricks, gray tiles, towering old trees, and dense life force. 43 111

• Shrek City — A free city formerly under the academy's authority and a major continental commercial center, also housing the Spirit Pagoda and Tang Sect headquarters. 66 123 334
• Sea God Island — The Inner Court's core and the location of Sea God Pavilion; regarded as a refuge during the attack on Shrek. 43 315
• Sea God Pavilion — Shrek's supreme decision-making body formerly led by Pavilion Master Yun Ming. Its elders are all powerhouses above the Title Douluo level; regular meetings occur every five years, with emergency meetings called for major crises. 89 400
• Devil Island — A dangerous Shrek-associated training ground containing lingering divine power. Despite its reputation as Shrek's private reserve, Yun Ming states that the academy does not truly control it; a previous generation of Shrek Seven Devils perished there. 288
• Golden Tree — A major academy asset with which Huo Yuhao resonated, prompting elders to argue for keeping him at Shrek. 237 240
• Underground Shelter — A vast crisis shelter beneath the academy grounds. It protected surviving students after the Holy Spirit Cult's attack, served as the concealed base for more than two hundred reconstruction supporters, and later housed only the academy's small remaining remnant. 401 492 497

Organization

Division / Body	Function
Outer Court	The academy's broader student body; Huo Yuhao and his group were to study here only in name and not enter the Inner Court. 96
Inner Court	The academy's elite core, centered on Sea God Island. 43
Sea God Pavilion	Supreme decision-making body formerly led by Pavilion Master Yun Ming. 89 400
Soul Guidance Department	Department associated with Fan Yu, its future dean. 67
Shrek Inspectorate	A mission force presented as an enforcer against malicious Soul Masters and corrupt officials; Ma Xiaotao served as captain on a border mission. 163
Surviving Remnants	Teachers, elders, and students concealed in the underground shelter after the academy's destruction. Their number exceeded two hundred during the reconstruction ceremony, but fell to around a dozen after the Demon Plane invasion and the abandonment of reconstruction. 397 401 420 492 497

Culture and Reputation

Shrek's traditional school uniform is dark green, a symbol passed down for twenty thousand years. 76

The academy's prestige is strong enough that spectators view merely watching a Shrek match as a privilege, while opponents often lose confidence upon learning they face even Shrek's reserve team. 166 167 168

Shrek's founding principle is to accept only “monsters,” with the academy's name itself treated as a standard students must strive to meet. 205

Several incidents expose an entrenched sense of superiority among some students, teachers, and elders:

• Chen Jin dismissed a prohibited private fight near the Spirit Pagoda as his students' end-of-term assessment because he was a Shrek teacher. 50
• Fan Yu offered Huo Yuhao preferential admission, then threatened to prevent him from taking the entrance exam after being refused. 66 67
• Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi acted against non-Shrek students to protect Shrek candidates' chances, citing their academy affiliation. 76
• Long Yeyue advocated recruiting Huo Yuhao away from the Spirit Pagoda, arguing that a genius of his caliber belonged safely at Shrek. 90
• Cai Yue'er escalated recruitment efforts into threats to take Class Zero to Shrek as “guests,” requiring Ya Li to intervene and apologize on the academy's behalf. 91 93
• During the Golden Tree dispute, Long Yeyue argued that Shrek need not explain its actions to outside powers and proposed retaining Huo Yuhao regardless of his wishes. 237

Wu Changkong, himself a Shrek graduate, acknowledged that the academy's exceptional heritage, praise, and prestige had caused some teachers and students to develop an arrogant, high-handed mentality. He nevertheless maintained that this attitude did not represent all of Shrek, whose endurance also rested on generations of effort, protection, sacrifice, and pursuit of excellence. 77

The Demon Plane invasion irreparably damaged Shrek's public standing. Recordings of demons emerging during its reconstruction ceremony fueled widespread accusations that the academy had ties to another plane; despite its historic reputation, the visual evidence left few able to defend it publicly. 497

Major Events

Heaven Sea Alliance Tournament

Class Zero publicly challenged Shrek Academy through the Heaven Sea Stadium broadcast system. Shrek accepted, fielding its Youth Elite Team against the Eastsea Academy students. 79 82

Shrek lost the exhibition match after all five team members were eliminated. The defeat caused shock among spectators and became a major topic across the Soul Master world. 86 87

To contain the reputational impact, Ya Li negotiated for the five Class Zero students to formally enter Shrek. They agreed only nominally, retaining their intent not to become genuine members or enter the Inner Court. 95 96

Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament

Following severe casualties suffered by the main team on an Inspectorate mission, Shrek entered the tournament with only eight available members and relied heavily on Huo Yuhao's reserve team. 165 171

Despite fielding reserves, Shrek defeated Tianling Academy decisively and ultimately won the tournament championship. 167 168 188

Golden Tree Detention

Following Huo Yuhao's resonance with the Golden Tree, Shrek's elders debated keeping him at the academy for security reasons. The academy characterized the plan as making him a Shrek member rather than detaining him, but Huo Yuhao and the Spirit Pagoda regarded it as coercive. 237 240 241

Huo Yuhao openly chose the Spirit Pagoda when asked where he wished to remain. Opposition from the Spirit Pagoda and Zhen Hua weakened the hardline elders' position, while Di Tian's arrival and demand for Huo Yuhao's release forced Shrek to relent. 242 244 245

Destruction

A barrage of Fixed Soul Guidance Shells struck Shrek Academy, with the academy's elders mobilizing to defend it. 315

The Holy Spirit Cult employed Level 12 Fixed Soul Guidance Shells, weapons capable of threatening even true gods. Yun Ming, Elder Jin, the Sea God Pavilion, and the Golden Tree's power were mobilized in an attempt to protect the Inner Court. 316

The attack devastated Shrek City and destroyed the academy. Its surviving students resolved to avenge the institution and grow stronger. 319

Many of Shrek's teachers died protecting students during the catastrophe. The underground shelter beneath the academy preserved a number of survivors, who remained hidden below the ruins while cultivating and awaiting the academy's revival. 401

Reconstruction Efforts

Half a year after the destruction, Shrek's former grounds remained untouched even as the Federation and Spirit Pagoda helped reconstruct Shrek City's residential districts. The academy's once-dominant position in the city was replaced by the Spirit Pagoda's continued presence. 334

Long Yeyue later declared that Shrek Academy still existed through its graduates and surviving members, and announced her intention to rebuild it despite Zang Xin's warning that the political circumstances remained unstable. 397

Long Yeyue gathered Na'er, Wu Changkong, Yuanen Yehui, Ye Xinglan, Wu Sidu, Lan Muzi, and Tang Yinmeng as the academy's future core. As Shrek's only remaining Title Douluo, she set them accelerated cultivation goals and intended to return Shrek to the continent once enough of them became Title Douluos. 420

Cai Yue'er's return strengthened the reconstruction effort. She and Long Yeyue chose to first publicize Shrek's intended return through the Tang Sect's continent-wide channels, both to capitalize on Na'er's reputation and to test the reactions of major powers. 464 465

At the formal reconstruction ceremony, over two hundred surviving members emerged from beneath Sea God Lake. Long Yeyue announced that the academy would spend one year rebuilding before reopening admissions, while Cai Yue'er revealed Na'er and Yuanen Yehui's planned public breakthroughs to Title Douluo. 491 492

Demon Plane Invasion

Yuanen Yehui's breakthrough deviated from Shrek's plan when her dark martial soul manifested. A voice from a light gate identified her as an emissary of the Demon World, after which the gate divided into nine portals and released vast numbers of Demon Creatures into the academy ruins. 493 494

Shrek's teachers and students formed a defensive line to protect the civilians attending the ceremony, but the force of more than ten thousand demons rapidly overwhelmed them. Experts from other factions joined the defense once it became clear that the invasion threatened all of Shrek City. 494

The Spirit Pagoda dispatched dozens of experts led by Huo Yuhao. Using Divine Origin Realm spiritual power and his Spirit Domain, Huo Yuhao immobilized the demon army across the battlefield, allowing the reinforcements to destroy more than a thousand demons and temporarily stabilize Shrek's defenses. 494

Final Collapse

Videos and photographs of the invasion spread throughout the continent on the day of the disaster. Public opinion turned overwhelmingly hostile as accusations arose that Shrek Academy was connected to another plane. 497

The academy ceased reconstruction, and most surviving students returned to their families. Bereaved parents protested at the ruins, angered that their children had been kept hidden from them for five years before dying at Shrek's ceremony, while the Federation began an investigation without openly condemning the academy. 497

With only around a dozen original survivors left in the underground base, Long Yeyue accepted that Shrek could not be rebuilt. She made arrangements for the remnant to seek refuge with the Tang Sect if necessary, entrusted Cai Yue'er with a recording Soul Tool for Chen Xinjie, and died shortly afterward. 497

Relationships

• Spirit Pagoda — Major institutional rival. Tensions center on Huo Yuhao, recruitment disputes, and the academy's historical sense of superiority toward the organization. The Spirit Pagoda opposed Shrek's attempt to retain Huo Yuhao and later became the principal surviving major power in devastated Shrek City. During the Demon Plane invasion, however, Huo Yuhao led Spirit Pagoda reinforcements that temporarily saved Shrek's collapsing defenses. Long Yeyue nevertheless continued to suspect the former Tower Master Qiangu Dongfeng of complicity in Shrek's original destruction. 90 93 240 334 492 494
• Tang Sect — Shares Shrek City with the academy; some Shrek students, including Xu Lizhi, are Tang Sect disciples. The Tang Sect supports Shrek's reconstruction through its many graduate connections, though Long Yeyue's suspicion over the Vast Sea Cosmic Crystal severely strained the relationship. It later distributed news of Shrek's planned reconstruction, and Long Yeyue designated it as a potential refuge for the final survivors. 86 123 400 465 497
• Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy — Long-standing rival whose hostility is tied to suspicions that Shrek was involved in the historical destruction of its predecessor. 291
• North Sea Legion — A Sun Moon-aligned military force stationed near Devil Island; it contains no known Shrek graduates and functions as a perimeter blockade around the island. 291
• Holy Spirit Cult — Hostile force responsible for the Level 12 Fixed Soul Guidance Shell attack that destroyed Shrek Academy and much of Shrek City. 315 316 319
• Federation — Shrek's graduates are deeply embedded across Federation society, giving the academy substantial informal support. However, some Federation figures oppose its reconstruction because an independent Shrek could again gather major influence outside the Federation's framework. Following the Demon Plane invasion, the Federation opened an investigation while avoiding an explicit public condemnation. 291 401 497
• Huo Yuhao — Nominal Outer Court student and tournament representative whose talent made Shrek seek to recruit and later retain him; he ultimately intended to leave, stating that his path did not lie at the academy. His resonance with the Golden Tree became the basis for the academy's attempted detention of him. As Spirit Pagoda Tower Master, he later led the relief force that prevented Shrek's defenses from immediately collapsing during the Demon Plane invasion. 96 108 237 272 276 494
• Yun Ming — Sea God Pavilion Master and one of the academy's principal leaders. He generally favored caution over forcing Huo Yuhao to remain. By the reconstruction period, he was gone, leaving Long Yeyue as Shrek's only remaining Title Douluo. 89 90 245 400 420
• Ya Li — Holy Spirit Douluo who represented Shrek in negotiations, took responsibility for Cai Yue'er's conduct, and arranged the compromise that brought Class Zero into the academy in name. She survived the academy's destruction and remained connected to its surviving members. 93 95 96 397
• Cai Yue'er — Former Outer Court Dean whose earlier coercive recruitment conduct led to her punishment. After years of seclusion, she returned to Shrek's ruins, reconciled with Wu Changkong, and worked with Long Yeyue to organize the reconstruction announcement and ceremony. Long Yeyue later entrusted her with a recording Soul Tool intended for Chen Xinjie should the remaining survivors face a crisis. 94 464 465 492 497
• Long Yeyue — Senior elder who repeatedly advocated hardline measures to secure Huo Yuhao for Shrek. Following the academy's destruction, she became the leading force behind its reconstruction and placed Shrek's future in a new generation of students. After the failed reconstruction and the loss of most survivors, she accepted that the academy could not return and died after arranging the remnants' future. 90 237 397 420 497
• Na'er — Yun Ming's sole personal disciple and a key figure in Long Yeyue's reconstruction plans. Long Yeyue entrusted her with responsibility for protecting Shrek's legacy and regarded her as part of the academy's future core. Na'er's rank-ninety breakthrough was intended to demonstrate Shrek's continuing strength during the reconstruction ceremony. 398 399 420 491 492
• Yuanen Yehui — A member of Long Yeyue's planned future core whose rapid rise to rank ninety was meant to symbolize Shrek's revival alongside Na'er. Her unexpected dark-martial-soul transformation instead opened the Demon World passages that ruined the reconstruction ceremony and precipitated the academy's final collapse. 420 491 493 494