Wu Zhangkong

Biodata

Appearance

Wu Zhangkong is a young-looking man with a cold, stern presence; observers estimate that he appears to be under thirty despite already being a seven-ring Soul Sage 6.

• Long lake-blue hair.
• Cold, calm lake-blue eyes.
• A tall, straight figure; he is often described as dressed in white during virtual-space instruction 10 137.
• His composed appearance and striking looks draw immediate notice from prospective students 6.
• His Two-Word Battle Armor is silver-white, manifesting through white points of light and silver threads that form intricate patterns over his body 28.

Personality

Wu Zhangkong is exceptionally composed under pressure. Zhao Wuji's threats, Soul Sage aura, and direct accusations fail to disturb his expression or manner 10.

As a teacher, he is strict, direct, and results-oriented. He sets demanding standards, rewards students who complete objectives, and expects them not to waste the academy's resources or training conditions 17 23 57. His lessons emphasize practical understanding rather than rote theory, including combat, Soul Tools, soul-beast behavior, spiritual power, and the flexible use of Soul Skills 54 58 137.

He favors firsthand demonstrations and controlled combat exercises. Rather than presenting Soul Skills as fixed techniques, he requires students to understand their principles, test their applications, and develop them under practical restrictions 58 138.

Despite his stern demeanor, he shows satisfaction in his students' achievements and a dry sense of humor. After the academy competition, he praises the class's results and takes visible amusement in reminding Xie Xie that Tang Wulin won the championship by defeating him. His criticism also reflects his expectation that students should not accept defeat as inevitable or abandon the effort to surpass stronger classmates 255.

Wu Zhangkong remains stern even as the class enters its next training stage. When Xie Xie jokingly suggests that he will miss the students after their assignments, Wu Zhangkong assigns him five hundred weighted laps and threatens to keep him in Suotuo City if he fails to complete them 256.

Abilities & Skills

Seven-Ring Soul Sage

Wu Zhangkong initially possesses seven soul rings and is a Soul Sage. His displayed ring configuration is two yellow, two purple, and three black ten-thousand-year rings, and his aura is enough to intimidate the six-ring Li Yusong 6.

• Defeated fellow seven-ring Soul Sage Zhao Wuji decisively in a street confrontation 11.
• Resisted Zhao Wuji's Gravity Enhancement, parried his Vajra Palm, and controlled the engagement at range 11.
• Turned Zhao Wuji's Gravity Squeeze against him by using its pulling force to accelerate a sword thrust into his chest 11.
• Did not use his Martial Soul True Body during his victory over Zhao Wuji 12.
• Also defeated Zhao Wuji without activating his Battle Armor 24.

Soul Douluo

Wu Zhangkong is later identified as a Soul Douluo when Tang Xiao explains Shrek Academy's conditions for releasing Tang Hao. One condition requires Tang Xiao to defeat Wu Zhangkong in a duel; victory would allow him to take Tang Hao away, while defeat would require Tang Xiao to remain at the academy as well 271.

Sky Frost Sword

Wu Zhangkong wields the icy-blue Sky Frost Sword, a weapon Martial Soul associated with freezing sword energy 11.

• Produces fine, sharp icy-blue sword threads capable of intercepting attacks 11.
• Can manipulate sword energy with extreme precision, catching a falling leaf without damaging it 58.
• Uses large numbers of sword threads to construct a defensive barrier over ten meters wide 58.
• Its freezing power can enter an opponent through sword wounds. Against Zhao Wuji, a thrust to the chest spread frost over his body, slowed his movements and Soul Power circulation, and restrained him before Wu Zhangkong activated Frost Ice Whisper 11.

Frost Trace

His First Soul Skill, Frost Trace, releases icy-blue sword energy that can be shaped for attack, restraint, or defense 11 58.

• Formed layered sword nets that neutralized Zhao Wuji's Vajra Palm 11.
• Demonstrates that a basic Soul Skill can have numerous applications depending on control and skill 58.
• Can shift from a defensive sword-thread barrier into an offensive icy-blue tornado over five meters wide. During his demonstration, the tornado drew in and shredded surrounding trees while carving a trench into the ground 58.

Sky Frost Slash

His Third Soul Skill, Sky Frost Slash, releases a massive icy-blue sword beam capable of striking targets from range 11.

• Carved a deep trench through the bluestone street and forced Zhao Wuji to activate his Immovable Wisdom King Body 11.
• Wounded Zhao Wuji through his defense and drove him several meters backward 11.

Frost Ice Whisper

His Fourth Soul Skill, Frost Ice Whisper, spreads intense freezing power through the Sky Frost Sword 11.

• Enlarged the Sky Frost Sword into a huge ice sword that hovered in the air above the restrained Zhao Wuji 11.
• Struck the already frost-bound Zhao Wuji into a crater, ending their confrontation 11.

Two-Word Battle Armor

Wu Zhangkong possesses Two-Word Battle Armor, which he first manifests during his lesson on secondary professions 28. While still a seven-ring Soul Sage, he states that wearing it raises his combat strength to a level capable of rivaling a Titled Douluo 29.

• Explains that Battle Armor resonates with and amplifies its user's Martial Soul rather than providing a simple equipment bonus 29.
• Notes that this does not erase the disadvantage of lacking two soul rings against a true Titled Douluo; actual results still depend on combat experience and Soul Power control 29.
• The armor manifests directly over his body, sharply increasing his aura and releasing a biting chill 28 29.
• Teaches that possessing Battle Armor is compulsory for the students, unlike the choice of a particular secondary profession 29.

Spiritual Power Instruction

Wu Zhangkong demonstrates and teaches basic spiritual-power techniques, including Spirit Shock, Spirit Defense, and Spirit Detection Sharing 137.

• Used a restrained, wide-area Spirit Shock on his students so they could experience its effect 137.
• Defines Spirit Shock as condensed spiritual power used to interfere with or damage an opponent's consciousness 137.
• Blocked Dai Yun'er's Spirit Shock during a demonstration of spiritual defense 137.
• Demonstrated Spirit Detection Sharing, allowing students to perceive one another's positions and changes in their surroundings through a shared three-dimensional mental image 137.
• Gave students one-on-one guidance while they practiced the techniques 137.
• Conducted practical spiritual-power combat exercises in which students were forbidden from using their Martial Souls and could only employ the techniques he had taught 138.

Power Progression

Teaching Methods

• Introduced Soul Guidance Devices as a core part of the curriculum and required every student to master the Level 2 Soul Guidance Cannon, even if they would not use it as a primary weapon 19 20.
• Rewarded students who completed training before dark with a Soul Ascension Pill and Mystic Water Pill 23 24.
• Taught secondary professions, including Battle Armor-related fields, and later made mecha study compulsory 28 29 123.
• Explained the academy's contribution-point system, through which students can earn points from missions, assessments, class positions, and secondary professions 30.
• Uses Virtual Pods and virtual spaces for soul-beast study, Soul Skill development, fusion-skill testing, and spiritual-power training 54 57 85 137.
• Introduced the Spirit Ascension Platform and instructed students on Soul Spirits, including their ability to provide Soul Rings and assist in combat 42.
• Explained that the dean's modified Spirit Ascension Platform allows students without Soul Spirits to increase the ages of their existing Soul Rings 42.
• Divided students between the Primary and Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platforms according to their cultivation and distributed Golden Pearls containing a Sea Princess's spiritual origin to nourish their spiritual power 43.
• Awarded contribution points after the Spirit Ascension Platform assessment and distributed bracelets displaying student information, contribution balances, and available exchange items 49.
• Took Tang Wulin and Xie Xie to Suo Tuo Grand Spirit Arena for practical combat training 24.
• Used the Grand Spirit Arena visit to study local Soul Masters' fighting methods, noting their limited knowledge of Soul Tools and lack of variation in applying Soul Skills 24.
• Explains soul beasts' habits, age-identification methods, body language, attack patterns, and concealed follow-up techniques through virtual demonstrations 54.
• Explained the Soul Beast Tower's progressively harder challenges, its seven-person team limit, and the requirement to spend contribution points on another entry after an initial failure 81.
• Provided Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Yun'er, and Wu Sidu with Soul-Bonding Spirit Liquid, a potion that improved the effectiveness and duration of their Martial Soul Fusion Skill by increasing compatibility 86.
• Brought the class to train with twenty-one ten-meter-tall White-Grade Mecha after making mecha operation a compulsory subject 123.
• Uses restrictions during practical exercises to compel students to master the abilities being taught rather than relying on their Martial Souls 138.
• Praised the class after the competition and assured every student that a suitable teacher would be assigned for the next stage of study 255.
• Announces individualized next-stage teacher assignments across Shrek Academy's branches and reassures students that the academy's teleportation array will allow travel between branches in under a minute 256.
• Continues using Virtual Pods to arrange unfamiliar high-level opponents and training scenarios for the class before their placement under new teachers 256.
• Later introduces battles against adjusted data representations of students from other Shrek Academy branches. Defeating these opponents at the same Soul Power level earns points exchangeable for treasures 346.

Equipment / Items

• Sky Frost Sword — his icy-blue weapon Martial Soul 11.
• Two-Word Battle Armor — silver-white armor that raises his combat capability to the Titled Douluo level in favorable circumstances while he is a Soul Sage 28 29.
• Storage Soul Device — used to carry and distribute training rewards 23.
• Soul Ascension Pills and Mystic Water Pills — distributed as rewards for completing the class's initial Soul Guidance Cannon training before dark 23 24.
• Golden Pearls — distributed to students before Spirit Ascension Platform training; contain a Sea Princess's spiritual origin and nourish spiritual power 43.
• Student information bracelets — distributed after an assessment to display contribution points, personal information, and exchangeable resources 49.
• Soul-Bonding Spirit Liquid — Martial Soul Fusion compatibility potion supplied to Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Yun'er, and Wu Sidu to improve their fusion performance; Wu Zhangkong explains that it can increase compatibility by about twenty percentage points and is primarily useful to those already capable of fusion 86.

Relationships

• Le Zhengyu — worked alongside him during the academy's admissions recruitment; Le Zhengyu's speech and Wu Zhangkong's display of strength drew applicants 6. They were already stationed together during the opening recruitment, offering registration for one copper soul coin 4.
• Zhao Wuji — rival admissions teacher from the academy across the street; Wu Zhangkong defeated him in a same-rank battle and took his money pouch afterward 10 11 12.
• Tang Wulin — student and class monitor; Wu Zhangkong rewards his early completion of training, brings him to the Grand Spirit Arena for combat practice, and appoints him monitor after the class's virtual combat assessment 23 24 35. He later announces Tang Wulin's assignment to Mu Ye at the Spirit City Branch for the next stage of study 256. After Tang Wulin acquires Four-Word Battle Armor, Wu Zhangkong directs him and his classmates to the Virtual Space to test themselves against other branches' student data 346.
• Xie Xie — student; accompanies Wu Zhangkong and Tang Wulin to the Grand Spirit Arena 24. Wu Zhangkong teases him about losing the championship match to Tang Wulin and expects him to retain the ambition to improve rather than accept defeat as a matter of course 255. Wu Zhangkong assigns him five hundred weighted laps after he jokes about the teacher missing the class 256.
• Luo Guixing and Ye Zhi — students appointed vice monitors after the class's virtual combat assessment 35.
• Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Yun'er, and Wu Sidu — students whose three-person Martial Soul Fusion Skill he tests and improves through a compatibility-enhancing potion 85 86.
• Dai Yun'er — during spiritual-power instruction, he recognizes the growth potential of her Spirit Eye Martial Soul but criticizes her low-age Ice Silkworm Soul Ring as an unsuitable choice 137.
• Ning Rongrong — student who repeatedly responds to his lessons on Battle Armor, Soul Skills, soul beasts, and spiritual power 29 54 58 137. She consults him about the Soul Beast Tower and obtains his permission to bring Chen Xin into the Virtual Pods 81 99.
• Mu Ye — teacher assigned to guide Tang Wulin at the Spirit City Branch during the class's next stage of study 256.
• Tang San and Tang Hao — used as opponents in spiritual-power training under Wu Zhangkong's supervision, with their Martial Souls sealed and silver-white bracelets involved in the exercise 138.
• Tang Xiao — offered the opportunity to duel Wu Zhangkong as a condition for securing Tang Hao's release; if Tang Xiao loses, he must also remain at Shrek Academy 271.
• Flender — the rival academy's dean refrains from challenging Tang Wulin's treatment of Tang San at the Grand Spirit Arena after seeing Wu Zhangkong and recalling Zhao Wuji's defeat 27.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Admissions Recruitment

Wu Zhangkong initially stands alongside Le Zhengyu at the newly opened Shrek Academy's recruitment site. Their registration fee of one copper soul coin contrasts with the ten gold soul coins charged by the academy across the street, helping attract prospective students and parents 4.

Wu Zhangkong publicly identifies himself as an admissions teacher and rejects the opposing academy's principle of accepting only “monsters.” He proves Shrek Academy's strength by revealing his seven-ring cultivation, prompting prospective students and parents to register 6.

Defeat of Zhao Wuji

After Zhao Wuji accuses him of using the Shrek name and taking students, Wu Zhangkong accepts the confrontation. He overwhelms Zhao Wuji with the Sky Frost Sword, Frost Trace, Sky Frost Slash, and Frost Ice Whisper, establishing a major disparity in skill despite their shared Soul Sage rank 10 11.

After leaving Zhao Wuji incapacitated in a crater, Wu Zhangkong uses his sword to take the defeated teacher's money pouch as an apology 12. He later reflects that Zhao Wuji relied narrowly on his Martial Soul's characteristics and individual Soul Skills, failing to vary their application; Wu Zhangkong had not needed to use Battle Armor to defeat him 24.

Homeroom Teacher

Wu Zhangkong becomes the class's homeroom teacher and establishes strict expectations from the first day of training 17. His curriculum expands beyond conventional Soul Master instruction to include Soul Tools, pills, secondary professions, Battle Armor, Soul Spirits, virtual training, Soul Skill variation, mecha, and spiritual power 19 23 28 42 58 123 137.

He also establishes the academy's contribution-point system and appoints Tang Wulin as class monitor, with Luo Guixing and Ye Zhi as vice monitors, following a virtual combat assessment 30 35.

Before the class's Spirit Ascension Platform training, he provides Golden Pearls to strengthen the students' spiritual power and separates the four-ring students from those eligible for the Primary Platform 43. After the assessment, he awards contribution points and distributes information bracelets through which students can view their balances and exchange options 49.

Fusion-Skill Training

He organizes virtual testing for Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Yun'er, and Wu Sidu's Three-Eyed Underworld Tiger fusion. After their initial defeat against combat puppets, he initiates further testing and provides a potion that enhances their fusion compatibility 85 86.

The potion, Soul-Bonding Spirit Liquid, raises their compatibility from roughly seventy percent by about twenty percentage points. Their renewed fusion performs substantially better against the opposing golden dragon, although they still lose. Wu Zhangkong explains that the liquid primarily benefits Soul Masters who can already perform a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, rather than automatically granting fusion to incompatible users 86.

Spiritual Power Training

Wu Zhangkong teaches the class foundational spiritual-power techniques in the Virtual Space. After demonstrating Spirit Shock and Spirit Detection Sharing, he personally guides the students' practice before requiring them to conduct combat exercises without using their Martial Souls 137 138.

Tang San and Tang Hao serve as targets and moving opponents during these exercises. Wu Zhangkong requires them to wear silver-white bracelets and begins a dynamic test while their Martial Souls remain sealed 138.

Next-Stage Assignments

Following the academy competition, Wu Zhangkong praises the students' assessment results and assures them that everyone will receive a suitable teacher. He announces that the assignments will be revealed in fifteen days 255.

As the class transitions beyond its initial period of shared instruction, Wu Zhangkong announces each student's teacher and branch assignment. Tang Wulin is assigned to Mu Ye at the Spirit City Branch, while other students are distributed among locations including Heaven Dou City, Star Luo City, and Sea God Island 256.

To ease the class's concerns over separation, he explains that Shrek Academy's completed teleportation array allows interbranch travel in under a minute. He then brings the students into the Virtual Space for another sparring exercise, revealing an unfamiliar youth resembling an older Tang Wulin as their impending opponent 256.

Proposed Duel for Tang Hao's Release

Tang Xiao later reports that Shrek Academy has offered a duel against Wu Zhangkong, now identified as a Soul Douluo, as one of its conditions for releasing Tang Hao. If Tang Xiao wins, he may immediately take Tang Hao away; if he loses, he must remain at the academy. Tang San urgently warns his uncle not to accept the condition 271.

Interbranch Virtual Combat

After Tang Wulin forges and dons Four-Word Battle Armor, Xie Xie suggests finding a sparring partner. Wu Zhangkong instead leads the group into the Virtual Space, where he introduces adjusted data representations of students from Shrek Academy's other branches 346.

He explains that defeating these opponents at equal Soul Power levels earns points redeemable for treasures. The reward list includes Silver Dragon King bloodline, which attracts Tang Wulin's attention as a means of pursuing Dragon God bloodline 346.

Notable Quotes

“With that little ability, don't go learning to pick fights with others.” 12

“Soul skills are not rigid techniques.” 58

“Next, during your training, you may only use what I just taught you. No Martial Souls may be used.” 138

“If you can't finish, I'll go tell Teacher Liang Xiaoyu that you don't need to leave after all. You can stay here and keep me company, so I won't miss you.” 256