Shrek Academy

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Shrek Academy
Alias(es)	史莱克学院; the continent's number one academy 16 68 71
Affiliation	Shrek City; Sea God Pavilion 2 7
Occupation/Role	Soul master academy; cultivates Soul Masters and Soul Engineers
Status	Active
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Background / History

Shrek Academy has existed for roughly ten thousand years. Its historical training practices originated when it was a village academy outside Suotuo City; later administrators retained many of those practices because the original Shrek Seven Devils emerged under them and eventually became gods. 74

The academy is closely tied to Shrek City. The Shrek City Defense Army ultimately answers to the academy's Sea God Pavilion, and the academy controls Shrek City's tax revenue. 2 33 Its Treasure Pavilion is also an academy-owned enterprise that invests in promising core disciples. 50

The academy's public prestige rests heavily on the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament. Its team has won the championship continuously for ten thousand years, and this record draws aspiring soul masters from across the continent. 46

Administration

• Sea God Pavilion — The academy's highest authority; its Pavilion Master can overrule admission decisions and grant special treatment. 7 8
• Mu En — Sea God Pavilion Master and Dragon God Douluo. He personally admits Feng Tianyu early, grants him core disciple status, and later approves his three-year Soul Guidance Department internship. 7 8 20
• Yan Shaozhe — Dean of the Martial Soul Department. He evaluates admissions, oversees the department, and represents its traditionalist position in disputes with the Soul Guidance Department. 5 6 38
• Qian Duoduo — Vice Dean of the Soul Guidance Department and Grey Wolf's mentor during Feng Tianyu's internship. 20
• Du Weilun — Department Head who processes student registration and assigns classes. 13

Departments and Student Structure

Martial Soul Department

The Martial Soul Department is described as Shrek Academy's traditional orthodoxy. Its students cultivate martial souls and must undergo advancement assessments administered through combat against contained soul beasts. 33 38

Yan Shaozhe initially rejects Feng Tianyu's exceptional admission because Grey Wolf appears to be only an average-quality mutated martial soul, despite Feng Tianyu's Innate Full Soul Power. Mu En reverses this decision after discovering Feng Tianyu's Twin Martial Souls and Body Martial Soul. 6 7 8

Soul Guidance Department

The Soul Guidance Department teaches Soul Tool technology. It is institutionally subordinate to, and frequently in conflict with, the Martial Soul Department's traditionalist faction. 20 28 38

Mu En permits Feng Tianyu to undertake a three-year internship there while keeping his official student file in the Martial Soul Department. The arrangement depends on Grey Wolf demonstrating progress in Soul Tool study. 20

Outer Court and Inner Court

The academy distinguishes between Outer Court and Inner Court students. Inner Court students are treated as more valuable, while Outer Court students face strict advancement requirements and possible expulsion. 65

Feng Tianyu receives exceptional status as both an Outer Court core disciple and a future Inner Court core disciple; Mu En additionally rules that no one may expel him. 8

Admissions and Advancement

Requirement / Assessment	Details
Standard admission	Applicants must be under twelve years old and have at least Level 15 Soul Power. 6 71
First-year advancement	Students need Level 20 Soul Power to advance from first year to second year. 65 71
Third-year advancement	Students need Level 30 Soul Power to advance from third year to fourth year. 65
Advancement assessment	Students battle soul beasts in the Great Beast Arena; scores of 30 points or higher are passing. 33
Assessment beasts	The academy maintains beasts from century-level through ten-thousand-year-level in pens beneath the Great Beast Arena. 33
Exceptional admission	Exceptional recruits may be admitted by senior authority when their talent warrants special treatment. Feng Tianyu is admitted this way by Mu En. 5 8

Facilities and Resources

• Great Beast Arena — An oval arena used for soul-beast combat assessments. Its central fighting ground is surrounded by a five-meter wall and four seating tiers capable of holding more than ten thousand spectators. 33
• Library Pavilion — Core disciples may access its first three floors for records on martial souls, soul beasts, soul skills, and cultivation methods. 13
• Mimicry Environment — Core disciples receive unrestricted access to cultivation environments suited to their martial souls. 13
• Cafeteria — Food is sold through eight serving windows at escalating prices. The hall has no tables or chairs, a deliberate policy intended to temper students through austere conditions. 14
• Dormitories — Students are required to live on campus under semi-military management. Mu En serves as the dormitory warden, and the academy presents the building as highly secure. 14
• Treasure Pavilion — An academy-owned commercial institution that invests in core disciples and relies on its former student connections across the continent. 50

Core Disciple Treatment

Outer Court core disciples receive the following benefits:

• Free daily high-level nutritional meals made with soul beast meat and rare medicinal herbs. 13
• Unrestricted use of the Mimicry Environment. 13
• Free access to the first three floors of the Library Pavilion. 13
• Five one-on-one expert guidance sessions each month. 13
• Access to academy soul-hunting teams when acquiring soul rings. 13

Feng Tianyu additionally receives daily 3,000-year Whale Rubber under Mu En's orders, until his body develops resistance to it. 12 13

Educational Policies

Shrek Academy embraces a harsh, highly selective educational model. Its teachers and administrators state that difficult living conditions and high-pressure instruction are meant to temper students and reveal their potential. 14 17

The academy's system is also criticized within the story for severe elimination practices. Zhou Yi's high promotion rate is attributed to expelling students who fail to meet her standards, while advancement benchmarks can remove students permanently from the academy. 17 65

Soul beast hunting is especially dangerous for academy students. During one Inner Court expedition, twelve elite disciples entered the Star Dou Great Forest; eight died and four were severely injured. 65

Relationships

• Shrek City — The academy is based in the city and controls its tax revenue; the City Defense Army ultimately answers to the Sea God Pavilion. 2 33
• Sea God Pavilion — Governing body of Shrek Academy, led by Mu En. 7
• Treasure Pavilion — Academy-owned business that invests in core disciples. 50
• Martial Soul Department — Traditional department responsible for Feng Tianyu's official student records and advancement assessments. 20 33
• Soul Guidance Department — Technical department where Feng Tianyu studies under a three-year internship arrangement. 20
• Shrek Seven Devils team — Academy team that represents Shrek Academy at the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament. 39 46

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Feng Tianyu's recruitment — Elder Ling reports Feng Tianyu's talent to the academy; Yan Shaozhe evaluates and rejects him, but Mu En discovers his hidden Body Martial Soul and admits him as a core disciple. 2 5 8
• Enrollment and first-year conflict — Feng Tianyu registers as a Grade 1 Class 1 transfer student. His dispute with Zhou Yi leads to her teaching suspension and his decision to transfer toward Soul Tool study. 13 17 20
• Soul Guidance internship — Mu En authorizes Feng Tianyu's three-year internship in the Soul Guidance Department, with Qian Duoduo supervising Grey Wolf's technical education. 20
• Advancement assessments — Feng Tianyu continues to return to the Martial Soul Department for advancement assessments, defeating increasingly powerful soul beasts in the Great Beast Arena. 33 59 72
• Inner Court promotion — After obtaining a hundred-thousand-year soul ring from the Six-Winged Demon Tiger, Feng Tianyu returns at Level 64 and is promoted to the Inner Court. 84 88

Trivia

• Feng Tianyu's ancestor, Feng Xiaotian of the Shenfeng Lineage, is stated to have led the Four Elements Academy into Shrek Academy ten thousand years earlier; his statue stands within the academy. 8
• The academy tolerates Grey Wolf's continued external manifestation because of Feng Tianyu's exceptional talent, despite the disruption it causes among students. 13 16
• Feng Tianyu routinely uses furniture from a Storage Soul Tool while eating in the cafeteria rather than accepting its lack of tables and chairs. 74