Flender

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Flender (弗兰德)
Alias(es)	Four-Eyed Owl; Boss Flender; Fu Laoda 3 12 67
Gender	Male 2
Affiliation	Shrek Academy; officially certified patrol deacon of Martial Soul Hall 2
Occupation/Role	Dean, martial soul awakening guide, and agility-attack beast soul master; later leads Shrek Academy’s tournament team 2 3 91
Martial Soul	Cat Eagle, a high-grade beast martial soul 2
Highest Documented Level	Level 78 Soul Saint 91
Soul Ring Configuration	Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black 3
Status	Alive; permanently missing his left arm in the supplied chapters 67 89 90
First Appearance	Conducts the martial soul awakening ceremony in Shuiyun Village 2

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Level 72 Soul Saint	3	Introduces himself as an agility-type beast Soul Saint and displays seven soul rings while attempting to recruit Shen Feng.
Level 75 Soul Saint	17	Confirmed during Oscar’s farewell. The intervening cultivation process is not described.
Level 78 Soul Saint	91	Introduced as Shrek Academy’s tournament team leader. Remains active after losing his left arm.

Background / History

Recruiting Shen Feng

Flender first appears as a certified Martial Soul Hall patrol deacon conducting awakenings in Shuiyun Village. His main recruitment targets are children with innate soul power of level seven or higher. Shen Feng’s lightning-attribute blade and Innate Full Soul Power immediately attract his attention 2.

When Shen Feng declines his invitation, Flender releases his Soul Saint aura to demonstrate his qualifications, frightening the other children. Shen Rui and Ling Na intervene to protect their son. Flender retracts his martial soul and changes to negotiation, promising priority resources, individual instruction, and companionship with another Innate Full Soul Power student, Oscar 3.

He accepts the family’s three enrollment conditions: both parents may accompany Shen Feng, they may participate in his education with priority over soul ring decisions, and the family may withdraw if Shrek fails to support his growth. In return, Flender asks them not to challenge the academy’s teaching philosophy publicly, especially before students 4.

Early Cooperation and Academy Reform

Flender accompanies the family on Shen Feng’s first soul ring hunt. After confirming that the six-year-old has the physical constitution of a Soul Elder, he leaves the risk decision to the parents rather than pursuing an unprecedented thousand-year first ring for Shrek’s reputation. The group settles on an approximately 800-year ring 5.

His willingness to buy firearms for Shao Xin and Oscar’s protection improves Shen Feng’s opinion of him. Shen Feng instead offers to make guns for the academy without payment 6.

Shrek’s buildings initially remain dilapidated and underfunded. Shen Feng later proposes an admissions system in which unsuccessful applicants can ask a cultivation question for their non-refundable ten-Gold-Soul-Coin fee. Flender supports this legal alternative to the academy’s earlier scams and extortion. Over three years, the service attracts rogue soul masters and helps the surrounding village expand to at least twice its former size 9 13.

Separation from the Soul Hunting Guild

Flender initially refuses to let Shen Feng’s family and Oscar leave, fearing that their departure will undo Shrek’s recovery. They present the move as outside training rather than formal withdrawal. He eventually relents after Oscar expresses his determination, acknowledging that Shrek lacks the resources to nurture their potential fully 16 17.

The relationship continues through mutual assistance. Flender and Zhao Wuji help Shen Rui and Ling Na obtain their sixth soul rings; Shen Feng later provides techniques and other support in return 20 21.

Flender subsequently seeks help for Ma Hongjun’s flawed Phoenix martial soul. Shen Feng supplies a Millennium Cold Jade pendant to suppress the problem temporarily and helps arrange suitable soul ring hunting 20 21. Flender also permits Ma Hongjun to join the Soul Hunting Guild, recognizing that the boy can receive better training alongside Shen Feng and Oscar 36.

Titan Giant Ape Incident and Loss of His Arm

During a later Star Dou Forest expedition, Flender fights the Titan Giant Ape and protects his students, including Ning Rongrong. Tang San attacks him with Dragon Whisker Needles while trying to pursue Xiao Wu, leaving him severely injured 64 65 70.

Shen Feng extracts nine embedded needles and later performs surgery with Ye Lingling’s healing assistance. Flender survives, but his left arm is severed at the root 66 67.

Upon waking, Flender asks about Tang San and rejects the others’ demands for revenge, describing the boy’s actions as necessary rather than malicious. He later explains that Tang San is Tang Hao’s son and that the academy risks retaliation from a Title Douluo. He and Zhao Wuji arrange for Ning Rongrong to return home and seek help from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect 67 70.

Advanced Academy and Tournament Recruitment

More than a year later, Flender appears healthier and better dressed despite his missing arm. With Guild Master Shen’s support, Shrek has registered as an Advanced Soul Master Academy and gained tournament eligibility 89 90.

Flender abandons the old restrictive admissions rules. He describes the reformed Shrek as an academy for rogue soul masters that accepts students regardless of background, with many age-appropriate Soul Hunting Guild members studying there 90.

He visits Shen Feng to recruit him for the Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament. Learning that Shen Feng has reached level 58 convinces him that championship victory is within reach. He serves as team leader, but rejects simply filling roster vacancies with ordinary eligible Shrek students because none have reached level 30 90 91.

Appearance

• Lasting injury: His left arm is missing from the shoulder after the Star Dou Forest incident 67.
• Later clothing: Wears less shabby clothes with luxurious gold-thread embroidery on the lapels, reflecting his improved circumstances 89.
• Martial soul manifestation: Displays a golden owl phantom when releasing his power; his giant owl form is pale gold 3 64.

Personality

Flender is ambitious about Shrek’s reputation and intensely interested in exceptional talent. His recruitment of Shen Feng ranges from intimidation to generous concessions. He also admits privately that some academy histories and rules were fabricated to deter talented students and make them easier to manage 3 4 6.

His concern with money does not always outweigh personal loyalty. He readily offers to buy defensive firearms for vulnerable food-type soul masters and is willing to spend money addressing Ma Hongjun’s condition. He also refuses to gamble Shen Feng’s safety merely for the prestige of a thousand-year first soul ring 5 6 20.

He enjoys lecturing and exchanges exaggerated, mock-combative banter with Zhao Wuji. Beneath that bluster, he becomes emotional when Oscar calls him a father figure and promises that Shrek will remain Oscar’s home 12 17.

Flender can accommodate choices he dislikes: he respects Dai Mubai’s reasoned soul ring selection and lets Ma Hongjun leave for better training. His later rejection of Shrek’s old rules marks a shift from preserving an exclusive “monster academy” toward supporting disadvantaged rogue soul masters 23 36 90.

Abilities & Skills

Cat Eagle Martial Soul

A high-grade beast martial soul supporting Flender’s agility-attack specialization 2 3.

• Allows flight; he offers to carry Shen Feng to a soul beast growing high on a cliff 7.
• Enables him to transport Dai Mubai back toward the forest’s edge by air 26.
• His released Soul Saint aura is strong enough to shake the village Martial Soul Hall and dislodge dust from its ceiling 3.

Martial Soul Avatar

Flender can enter his Martial Soul Avatar state during combat 28.

• Uses wing-powered flight while covering the group’s retreat from a White Jade Bee swarm 28.
• Manifests a massive pale-golden owl during the confrontation with the Titan Giant Ape 64.

Sixth Spirit Ability: Hurricane Assault

His sixth, black ten-thousand-year soul ring produces a wing-driven wind attack 28.

• Flapping his giant wings creates two tornadoes.
• Uses the tornadoes against pursuing White Jade Bees to support the group’s withdrawal 28.

Awakening, Assessment, and Instruction

Flender conducts martial soul awakenings and evaluates cultivation aptitude 2.

• Uses an awakening formation and crystal ball to identify martial souls and measure innate soul power 2.
• Assesses physical constitution through bone-feeling, helping confirm Shen Feng’s Soul Elder-level physique 5.
• Holds inherited knowledge associated with Martial Soul Hall and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan 11.
• Provides cultivation advice and paid question-and-answer sessions through Shrek’s admissions program 12 13.

Combat Judgment and Field Awareness

• Monitors movements within thirty meters alongside Zhao Wuji while Dai Mubai absorbs his third soul ring 24.
• Emphasizes practical combat experience over level alone when criticizing Dai Mubai’s defeat by Oscar 26.
• Recognizes the threat posed by Oscar’s advanced rifle and is reassured by its manufacturing difficulty and restricted distribution 23 24.

Equipment / Items

• Six pitch-black awakening stones — Arranged into a hexagram formation for children’s martial soul awakenings 2.
• Soul power crystal ball — Measures innate soul power during awakening ceremonies 2.
• Millennium Cold Jade pendant — Receives it from Shen Feng to temporarily suppress Ma Hongjun’s martial soul flaw 20 21.

Relationships

• Shen Feng — Recruited student and later collaborator. Shen Feng reforms Shrek’s finances, assists Flender’s disciples, treats his injuries, and agrees to represent the academy in the tournament 3 13 20 66 90.
• Oscar — Ward and student whom he brought to Shrek at age six. Oscar regards Flender and Shao Xin as father figures; Flender welcomes him back even after his departure 17 20.
• Ma Hongjun — Disciple. Flender seeks treatment for his martial soul flaw and eventually permits him to join the Soul Hunting Guild for better development 20 36.
• Zhao Wuji — Longtime brother-in-arms and Shrek’s vice-dean. They share teasing camaraderie, cooperate in soul hunts, and confront the consequences of Tang San’s actions together 10 12 20 65 70.
• Shen Rui and Ling Na — Negotiating partners and academy instructors. Flender accepts their authority over Shen Feng’s soul ring choices and helps them obtain their sixth rings 4 20.
• Dai Mubai — Student whose talent Flender values but whose arrogance disappoints him. He expels Dai Mubai, then leaves room for an exception if the boy proves he can change 15 26 27.
• Tang San — Student who gravely injures him with Dragon Whisker Needles. Flender nevertheless opposes retaliation and later identifies Tang Hao’s potential response as a danger to Shrek 65 67 70.
• Ning Rongrong — Student he saves during the Titan Giant Ape attack. She supports him while injured and refuses to abandon the academy when he suggests returning home 70.
• Qin Ming — Graduate Flender initially calls Shrek’s most outstanding student. Dugu Yan later tells him that Qin Ming teaches at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and leads its Imperial Douluo Team 3 91.
• Yu Xiaogang — Described by Flender as his “good brother”; Flender recommends his Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul to Shen Feng 4.

Notable Quotes

“Come back and visit often. Shrek Academy will always be your home, and I will always welcome you.” 17

“As for those rotten, old rules, let them be thrown into the trash heap along with our previous conservative thinking.” 90

Trivia

• His admissions nameplate lists embellishments such as “Business Prodigy” and “Wisdom Representative,” while the other teachers’ nameplates contain only their names and specialties 12.
• After Zhao Wuji and Ma Hongjun join the Soul Hunting Guild, he jokes that Shrek Academy is becoming the guild’s talent cultivation base 36.