Mu En

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Mu En 57 184
Alias(es)	Elder Mu (穆老); Dragon God Douluo 52 57
Gender	Male 20 57
Affiliation	Shrek Academy; Sea God Pavilion 57
Occupation/Role	Sea God Pavilion Master; dormitory manager; teacher to several Shrek disciples 20 57 108
Martial Soul	Radiant Sacred Dragon 52
Status	Alive, with a severely damaged body and dwindling lifespan; agrees to pursue a life-extension plan involving cloning 96 184
First Appearance	At Shrek Academy’s dormitory entrance 20

Background / History

Mu En leads Shrek Academy as the Sea God Pavilion Master while also appearing to students as an elderly dormitory manager. He has more than a century of experience judging people, and his frail appearance conceals the academy’s strongest soul master 20 57 108.

After a previous beast tide ended in a peace agreement, he promised Di Tian that Shrek would seek a solution to the conflict between Soul Masters and soul beasts. The academy had made no breakthrough by the time Liu Yuan introduced the Soul Spirit System 183.

His failing health makes succession an urgent concern. He initially intended Xuan Zi to inherit the pavilion leadership, followed by Yan Shaozhe, but became dissatisfied with their ability to shoulder responsibility. His original final safeguard was to merge his soul with the Golden Ancient Tree after death, leaving his power behind to protect Shrek 52 184.

Appearance

• Clothing: Simple grey cloth garments when stationed at the dormitory entrance 20.
• Face and eyes: Deep wrinkles, a bark-like face, and normally cloudy, dim eyes that sharpen when his attention or power is stirred 20 149 152.
• Build and posture: Skeletal hands, withered fingers, sluggish movement, and a back hunched at nearly a right angle 52 57.
• Mobility: Frequently uses a wheelchair or recliner; Liu Yuan sometimes supports him when he stands 55 57 149 150.

Personality

Mu En is affectionate toward his younger disciples but uncompromising about responsibility. He tolerates Liu Yuan’s teasing and persistent requests, yet reacts fiercely when negligence endangers students. His anger at Xuan Zi’s failed protection nearly drives him to kill the elder, though Shrek’s future need for Xuan Zi restrains him 96 124 184.

He places education, civilian protection, and students’ lives above institutional prestige. He rejects sacrificing inspection duties for tournament glory, insists that exchange students receive fair instruction, and refuses to let Shrek monopolize Soul Spirit technology 125 152 185.

His mentorship respects personal choice and private secrets. He considers the Body Sect a potentially better place for Huo Yuhao’s development without treating that possibility as betrayal, and does not demand explanations for every hidden aspect of his disciples’ abilities 89 155.

Although initially detached about death, Mu En regains a desire to live long enough to see Liu Yuan lead Shrek and to watch his descendants grow. His hesitation over cloning comes from concern for the academy’s defenses, not rejection of another life 178 184.

Abilities & Skills

Radiant Sacred Dragon

Mu En possesses the Radiant Sacred Dragon Martial Soul and a powerful light bloodline 20 52.

• Liu Yuan senses both the immense quantity and exceptional quality of his light power upon entering the dormitory area 20.
• His Radiant Sacred Dragon can receive additional empowerment from the Golden Ancient Tree 182.
• His first four Soul Rings were yellow, yellow, purple, and black 63.

Golden Ancient Tree Invocation

Mu En can invoke the Golden Ancient Tree’s power to defend Shrek Academy 155 182.

• Demonstrates the invocation to Liu Yuan during the Body Sect’s attack; golden light harmonizes with the tree as Mu En rises from his wheelchair and disappears from the spot 155.
• Uses the tree’s support while confronting Di Tian 182.
• Teaches Liu Yuan a connection method that later allows his disciple to contact him through the tree 182.
• Intended to preserve his soul and remaining power within the tree after death 52 184.

Reign Over the World

Mu En teaches Liu Yuan the Reign Over the World technique 143 160.

• Liu Yuan incorporates it into a spear attack, combining it with the Ice Empress’s imperial intent and his own Son of Nature aura 143.
• Liu Yuan later transmits the technique through a roar to disperse descending tribulation lightning 160.

Soul-Skill Inheritance

Mu En possesses a secret technique for fixing inherited self-created skills as another Soul Master’s Soul Skills 156.

• Arranges for Bei Bei’s fifth and sixth Soul Skills to become two of his own self-created skills 156.
• Uses this method because Bei Bei has not been able to master those techniques independently 156.

Perception and Martial Soul Analysis

Mu En identifies unusual attributes and bloodline characteristics through observation 20 89 164 180.

• Recognizes Liu Yuan’s wood, light, and life attributes and their compatibility with the Golden Ancient Tree 20.
• Deduces that Huo Yuhao’s Ice Jade Scorpion Martial Soul awakened after his first Soul Ring 89.
• Confirms Liu Yuan’s light-to-sacred attribute evolution by touching a mote released by the Origin Willow 164.
• Detects the death attribute within Liu Yuan’s Lord of Winter Martial Soul without assuming that his disciple has become an Evil Soul Master 180.

Equipment / Items

• Three Hundred-Thousand-Year light-attribute Soul Bones — Located in his own body; promised to Liu Yuan after his death if he cannot arrange a suitable complete set for his disciple 57.
• Wheelchair — Used for mobility and pushed by others, including Xuan Zi and Huo Yuhao 55 155.
• Recliner — His usual resting place in the Sea God Pavilion 150 152.

Relationships

• Liu Yuan — Closed-door disciple and chosen successor as Sea God Pavilion Master. Mu En entrusts him with meetings, team selection, and the development of Soul Spirit cooperation 57 92 94 185.
• Di Qiu’er — Closed-door disciple. He nurtures her alongside Liu Yuan and later restricts knowledge of her identity as the Emperor Auspicious Beast 52 67 108 184.
• Huo Yuhao — “Locked-Door Disciple,” accepted after Mu En examines his Ice Jade Scorpion Martial Soul. Mu En personally guides him and considers his individual cultivation path 89 92 108 155.
• Yan Shaozhe — Older disciple and Martial Soul Department dean. Mu En repeatedly rebukes his priorities and conduct, including his obsession with tournament glory 52 58 125.
• Xian Lin’er — Disciple and Soul Guidance Department dean. Mu En hears her concerns and supports her position on fair treatment of exchange students 58 152.
• Xuan Zi — Senior elder and former intended successor. Mu En punishes his negligence, assigns him to protect Liu Yuan, and orders him to support Liu Yuan’s future reforms 52 124 131 185.
• Bei Bei — Descendant whom Mu En assists with cultivation and inherited skills. He also privately explains the earlier promise involving Zhang Lexuan 96 156 167.
• Di Tian — Powerful rival and party to the earlier peace agreement. Their confrontation over the Auspicious Beast develops into cooperation between Shrek and the Star Dou Forest 181 183 185.
• Electrolux — Liu Yuan’s other teacher and the researcher behind the proposed cloning solution. The two express mutual respect and pride in sharing the same disciple 183 184.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Choosing a Successor

• Notices Liu Yuan during enrollment and recognizes an unusually close compatibility between his attributes and the Golden Ancient Tree 20.
• Decides to approach Liu Yuan and Di Qiu’er as prospective closed-door disciples after criticizing the older generation’s shortcomings 52.
• Stops Yan Shaozhe from interrupting Liu Yuan’s resonance with the Golden Ancient Tree 55.
• Offers Liu Yuan discipleship, succession, Soul Rings, and Soul Bones. Liu Yuan accepts him as his teacher 57.
• Sends Elder Song rather than Xuan Zi to accompany the two disciples on their fourth-ring hunt, fearing Xuan Zi’s unreliable protection 63 67.

Delegation and Academy Reform

• Makes Liu Yuan captain and Di Qiu’er vice-captain of the tournament reserve team 67.
• Publicly introduces Huo Yuhao as his new disciple, then asks Liu Yuan to chair the remaining pavilion meeting 92.
• Entrusts reserve-team selection to the younger disciples and approves Liu Yuan’s proposals for coordinated Martial Soul and Soul Guidance education 94 95.
• Requires inspection participants to carry Invincible Shields and promptly replace damaged Flying Soul Tools, providing defense and escape options despite the Inner Court’s resistance to Soul Tools 121.

Inspection Disaster and Tournament Rewards

• Strips Xuan Zi of his positions after the inspection team is endangered, orders him to sever a finger, and makes Liu Yuan’s protection his responsibility 124.
• Refuses to recall inner court students merely to preserve tournament prestige, emphasizing their duty to civilians instead 125.
• Grants the victorious reserve team the lifetime title of Shrek Seven Devils, Soul Bones, and a year of access to the pavilion library; Wang Yan also receives library access 149.
• Personally awards Di Qiu’er a sixty-thousand-year Overlord Dragon right arm bone, Huo Yuhao an Orbital External Soul Bone, and Liu Yuan a hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver King Soul Bone 149.
• Guides the students into seclusion to discover their own paths, later welcoming Di Qiu’er’s answer of “Fate” and Liu Yuan’s answer of “Faith” 150 152.

External Threats

• Approves a three-year exchange with the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy while making Huo Yuhao’s participation conditional on the inclusion of Jing Hongchen’s descendants 152.
• Forces Du Busi to retreat during the Body Sect’s attack 155 156.
• Warns Liu Yuan and Di Qiu’er that cooperation between the Holy Spirit Cult and Sun Moon Empire would threaten the three Douluo empires 164.
• Confronts Di Tian when the Beast God arrives demanding the student responsible for taking the Auspicious Beast from the forest 181 182.

Cloning and Survival Plans

Mu En’s existing body cannot retain life energy: its persistent injuries continually damage it and cause that energy to leak away. Gold of Life alone cannot save him; he needs a replacement body 96.

Proposed measure	Purpose and limitations
Clone a new body	Electrolux considers soul transfer feasible if Mu En’s soul enters before the clone develops its own soul. His soul strength must be sealed to prevent the weaker body from collapsing 176.
Forge a Martial Soul Natal Weapon	Proposed as a replacement defensive safeguard. Liu Yuan expects it to provide Limit Douluo-level strength, particularly under Xuan Zi’s control 184.
Secure suitable materials	Mu En agrees that the weapon must be forged; Liu Yuan undertakes to obtain the necessary materials. Neither the completed weapon nor Mu En’s successful body transfer is documented in the provided chapters 184.

Cooperation and Succession

• Convenes the elders to establish cooperation with the Star Dou Forest after the successful cloning demonstration 184 185.
• Rejects attempts to monopolize Soul Spirit contracts and insists that mature technology must eventually be shared beyond Shrek 185.
• Appoints Liu Yuan to lead the cooperation and development effort 185.
• Hears Liu Yuan’s vision of continental unification, separation of powers, faith-based ascension, and returning Shrek to its educational role. He then orders Xuan Zi to support Liu Yuan unconditionally if he dies before those reforms are completed 185.

Notable Quotes

“The glory of Shrek is the children of the inner court! Those heroes! It was bought with their lives!” 125

“Substance is important, but keeping one’s word is even more important.” 152

“Choosing Yuan’er as my disciple was the most correct decision of my life.” 185