Zhou Yi

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Zhou Yi (周漪)
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Shrek Academy, Outer Court
Occupation/Role	Class One homeroom teacher; practical-combat instructor
Martial Soul	Red Dragon
Power Level	Six-ring Soul Emperor
First Appearance	Chapter 6

Background

Before becoming Class One's freshman homeroom teacher, Zhou Yi taught third-year students. Her excessively strict methods led to only one-tenth of her class advancing to fourth year; after collective student complaints, the academy demoted her to teaching freshmen. 6

She remains convinced that her harsh standards produce the academy's strongest graduates, including students who enter the Inner Court. 12

Appearance

Zhou Yi conceals her naturally softer appearance beneath a human-skin mask designed to intimidate students. In this guise, she appears to be an ordinary elderly woman. 8

• Withered skin and gray hair coiled atop her head.
• Medium build and white robes.
• Exceptionally bright black eyes that project pressure. 8
• During Red Dragon Martial Soul Possession, she becomes taller and straighter, develops crimson scales and dragon-patterned pupils, and radiates intense heat. 9

Personality

Zhou Yi is severe, confrontational, and openly contemptuous of students she judges weak. On her first day with Class One, she calls the class “trash,” orders them to run one hundred laps, and threatens expulsion for failure. 8

She values boldness and practical strength over obedience. Rather than becoming angry when Ye Qingyuan insults her or Yang Jian challenges her, she takes an interest in their backbone. 8 9

Despite losing to Yang Jian, Zhou Yi refuses to abandon her teaching philosophy. She acknowledges his victory and exempts the class from punishment, but promises even stricter instruction afterward. 12 Her later handling of practical training shows a more measured side: she seeks an appropriately powerful opponent for Yang Jian and recognizes Ye Qingyuan’s potential. 16 18

Abilities & Skills

Red Dragon Martial Soul

Zhou Yi possesses the top-tier beast Martial Soul Red Dragon, a fire-attribute martial soul. Upon possession, her physical capabilities and flame power increase significantly. 9

• Six soul rings: yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black. 8 9
• Her fire attribute is heavily suppressed by Yang Jian’s Ultimate Water and Chaos Domain. 9 10
• She can continue fighting within the gravity field created by Earth Origin Mountain Suppressor after activating her fifth soul skill, though her movement remains restricted. 10 11

Blazing Claw Thrust

Her first soul skill transforms her hands into dragon claws for a direct, close-range strike. 9

• Used against Little White’s water-based phantoms.
• Failed to hit Little White’s true body during her duel with Yang Jian. 9

Blazing Dragon Breath

Her third soul skill releases a spiraling stream of flame from her mouth, creating a localized sea of fire. 10

• Used to try to prevent the spread of Yang Jian’s earth-yellow halos.
• Could not stop Earth Origin Mountain Suppressor from establishing its gravity field. 10

Blazing Dragon Armor

Her fourth soul skill covers her body in heavy, dark-red flame scales. 10

• Provides durable physical defense against Little White’s bite and pounce.
• Its flame and heat effects are reduced within Yang Jian’s Chaos Domain. 10
• Used again to defend against Yang Jian’s Void Crush, but could not prevent her defeat. 11

Crimson Flame Dragon Transformation

Her fifth soul skill fully dragonifies her body, clears negative effects, and provides a 150% self-enhancement boost. 10

• Temporarily removes the immobilizing effect of the gravity field.
• Does not allow her to fully escape the field’s renewed suppression. 10

Red Dragon Flame Array

Her sixth soul skill manifests a crimson hexagram array beneath her feet and launches flame chains at the target. 11

• Used when Yang Jian attacks from above within the gravity field.
• Its power is substantially weakened by Yang Jian’s domain. 11

Relationships

• Yang Jian — Her student and the first freshman known to challenge her directly. He defeats her despite her use of multiple high-level soul skills, forcing her to recognize his exceptional strength; afterward, she remains his teacher and shows concern for his training safety. 8 12 16
• Ye Qingyuan — Her student. Zhou Yi initially punishes Ye Qingyuan for openly criticizing her, but later praises her solo victory over a thousand-year Crypt Demon Spider and views her as a potential leader for Class One. 8 18
• Class One — Zhou Yi serves as the class’s homeroom teacher, enforcing harsh discipline and requiring practical combat against thousand-year soul beasts. 8 15
• Fan Yu — Her husband, an eighth-level soul engineer. Zhou Yi relies in part on his standing when requesting permission for Yang Jian’s advanced Beast Fighting Zone training. 8 16
• Gong Changlong — Head of the Beast Fighting Zone. Zhou Yi approaches him to seek approval for Yang Jian to challenge a forty- to fifty-thousand-year soul beast. 16

Story Role / Major Arcs

Class One’s First Lesson

Zhou Yi begins Class One’s formal lessons by demanding that students who have fought stand up. When nobody does, she condemns the class and orders one hundred laps around Shrek Academy square, escalating Ye Qingyuan’s punishment to two hundred laps after her protest. 8

Yang Jian challenges Zhou Yi to a duel, with the class’s punishment as the stake. Zhou Yi accepts, initially intending to use only two soul skills. 8 9

Duel with Yang Jian

Zhou Yi unveils her Red Dragon Martial Soul and discovers that Yang Jian’s Silver Howl Divine Dog carries an unprecedented purple, purple, black soul-ring configuration. 9

She is gradually forced to use her fourth, fifth, and sixth soul skills against Yang Jian’s Chaos Domain, Ultimate Water, water phantoms, and gravity field. Yang Jian ultimately defeats her with Void Crush. 10 11

After conceding the match and exempting Class One from the hundred laps, Zhou Yi warns the class that her future standards will be even harsher. 12

Beast Fighting Zone Training

Zhou Yi leads Class One to the Beast Fighting Zone and assigns students to defeat thousand-year soul beasts in balanced teams, threatening expulsion for failure. 15

Recognizing that ordinary training would not challenge Yang Jian, she asks him to choose his own opponent and attempts to secure approval for his request to face a forty- to fifty-thousand-year soul beast. 16

She is surprised by Ye Qingyuan’s soul-ring ratio and solo challenge, then commends her after her victory over the Crypt Demon Spider. 17 18 While watching Yang Jian immobilize the forty-two-thousand-year Mutated Flame Two-Headed Lion King with an instant-cast Earth Origin Mountain Suppressor, Zhou Yi realizes he had not used his full strength in their duel. 19

Notable Quotes

“In my class, no trash will ever pass the assessments. I am here to cultivate monsters, not idiots.” 8

“If you can't do it, get out! Of course, if any of you have the strength of Yang Jian, you are welcome to challenge me.” 12