Shrek

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Shrek Academy (Shrek; 史莱克)
Affiliation	Shrek City
Occupation/Role	Soul master academy; organizer of the Shrek Supervisory Group and participant in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament
Status	Active
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Background

Huo Yuhao first learns that Shrek Academy is located in Shrek City when Bei Bei offers to take him there. Although Yuhao doubts that his talent meets its admission standard, Bei Bei uses a special admission slot to secure his enrollment in exchange for Yuhao's strange fruit 1 2.

The academy is presented as a long-standing institution with statues of its founders and the original Shrek Seven Monsters. Tang San's statue contains a strange power that Xia Liang identifies as likely faith power 2. Shrek's accumulated faith is later connected to the Sea God, though the Golden Tree begins absorbing that faith and converting it into its own strength 42.

Shrek enrolls students in separate Martial Soul and Soul Guidance Departments. The Martial Soul Department traditionally dominates internal resources and restricts its core disciples from dividing their attention with soul-tool studies, while the Soul Guidance Department seeks more recruitment access and funding 8 15. Huo Yuhao ultimately receives dual-department core-disciple status, splitting his time between the two departments 20.

Although Shrek publicly maintains that its forces do not leave Shrek City or take sides among the empires, its Supervisory Group operates throughout the continent and answers directly to the academy, giving Shrek considerable influence beyond its nominal territory 90.

A divine phenomenon apparently centered on Shrek draws the attention of powerful soul masters across both continents. Its significance becomes a subject of debate among the three empires, particularly as rumors spread concerning the Golden Tree and Mu En's injuries 139. Mu En subsequently fuses with Shrek's Heavenly Veins and becomes a Heavenly Lord, making the academy a focus of attention during the gathering ahead of the Ice and Fire Continent's arrival 148 151.

Campus

• Shrek Academy is located in Shrek City, a major central-continent city with a population of nearly five million 1 22.
• Teaching buildings are color-coded white, yellow, purple, and black, mirroring soul-ring colors; the Soul Guidance Department's buildings are set apart in the distance 2.
• The campus contains statues of three legendary figures and seven additional statues representing the original Shrek Seven Monsters 2.
• The Golden Tree stands on campus and is linked to the Douluo Continent plane's consciousness. It can empower Mu En with Shrek's accumulated foundation 2 42.
• The Sea God Pavilion serves as the academy's senior authority and contains its accumulated foundations 40 42.
• Male and female student dormitories are separated; the girls' dormitories begin on the fourth floor, and male students caught there face expulsion 2.
• Sea God Island is sealed off by Shrek's elders during Mu En's Heavenly Veins breakthrough to prevent anyone from disturbing him at the Golden Tree 148.

Administration and Departments

Martial Soul Department

The Martial Soul Department is Shrek's traditionally dominant division and specializes in martial-soul instruction. Wang Yan considers its martial-soul guidance unmatched by any organization across the Douluo and Sun Moon Continents 20.

• Overseen by figures including Yan Shaozhe and Wang Yan 8 20.
• Invests heavily in Martial Soul Department core disciples and normally prevents them from studying in the Soul Guidance Department 15.
• Its freshmen undergo strict assessment, including combat against selected soul beasts 21.
• Yan Shaozhe represents the academy in negotiations and later safeguards the Hundred Thousand Year Blazing Sparrow Left Arm Soul Bone purchased for Ma Xiaotao 72.
• Yan Shaozhe leads the defense of Sea God Island during Mu En's breakthrough and is severely injured when Xuan Zi turns on him 148.

Soul Guidance Department

The Soul Guidance Department studies soul tools and competes with the Martial Soul Department for resources and talented students.

• Led by Dean Xian Lin'er, who personally recruits Huo Yuhao for his spiritual-type martial soul and interest in soul engineering 9.
• Secures independent student-recruitment slots and recovered resources through Yan Shaozhe's agreement with Xia Liang 8.
• Possesses few ranked carving knives: one belongs to Xian Lin'er and one to Vice-Dean Fan Yu 65.
• Xian Lin'er accompanies Yan Shaozhe and Shrek's students into the custom high-level Twilight Forest portal opened for Xuan Zi's soul-ring enhancement 99.
• Xian Lin'er accompanies Mu En and Yan Shaozhe to the coastal gathering ahead of the Ice and Fire Continent's arrival 151.

Sea God Pavilion

The Sea God Pavilion is Shrek's highest-level governing body and the center of its accumulated foundations.

• Mu En convenes its elders to address major threats, including the manifestation of Sea God's Light 35.
• The Golden Tree's power can elevate Mu En beyond the Limit Douluo threshold while he defends Shrek 42.
• Xuan Zi considers withdrawing from the Pavilion after failing to protect the tournament team from Wu Yun's ambush 56.
• The Pavilion approves Shrek's proposed Advanced Study Program with the Spirit Pagoda, seeking a deeper institutional partnership in place of the academy's planned exchange with the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy 109.
• Following reports of Mu En's injuries and the Golden Tree's destruction, Mu En asks Du Busi to remain at Shrek and help protect it while he recovers. He offers to help Du Busi adapt to his ultimate power in return 139.
• During Mu En's Heavenly Veins breakthrough, Xuan Zi reaches the ultimate realm but becomes corrupted by his desire for heavenly energy. He attacks Shrek's defenders and pierces Mu En before regaining his senses; Mu En survives, completes his advancement to Heavenly Lord, and subdues Xuan Zi without killing him 148.

Training and Assessments

• Freshman education — Zhou Yi subjects Freshman Class One to harsh discipline, expelling nine students after their initial running exercise. Huo Yuhao questions whether immediate expulsion is appropriate for a teacher 5.
• Freshman Assessment — Teams compete in elimination matches; the top performers may receive core-disciple rewards 10 15.
• Advancement Assessment — Students select soul beasts to face in the beast arena, with scoring tailored to their combat roles 21.
• Tournament reserve selection — Shrek selects a seven-person reserve team for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Dueling Tournament. Huo Yuhao leads the trials with two displayed ten-thousand-year soul rings 31 32.
• Twilight Forest training — Shrek conducts a three-day team exercise in a dedicated Twilight Forest instance. The team must hunt a twenty-thousand-year Naga, Nine-Headed Serpent, and Lich while protecting Wang Yan 41.
• High-level Twilight Forest observation — Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er lead Shrek students into a custom portal containing ten-thousand-year bosses while imposing a strict rule that the students remain within ten steps of the supervising powerhouses 99.
• Continuing freshman discipline — After Wang Yan, Huo Yuhao, and Xiao Xiao leave, Zhou Yi intensifies her training regime. Zhou Sichen reports being worn down by it, and Bi Ji detects and heals serious internal injuries he has accumulated 122.

Twilight Forest Arrangement

Shrek receives access to a dedicated Twilight Forest portal after discussions with Xia Liang and the Spirit Pagoda. The academy may use Spirit Pagoda soul-spirit services, but Xia Liang initially refuses to permit Shrek access to a standard Twilight Forest instance or establish closer cooperation too quickly 32 40.

The academy's temporary training instance contains a purple portal and provides students with a Magic Map, monster guide, food, and mission supplies. Xuan Zi supervises from within but will intervene only in life-threatening situations 41.

After Xuan Zi receives a special soul-ring enhancement, Xia Liang opens a custom Twilight Forest portal for him to accumulate experience from ten-thousand-year bosses. Yan Shaozhe, Xian Lin'er, and Shrek students enter alongside other factions to observe the process and train under close protection 99.

Advanced Study Program

Shrek proposes an Advanced Study Program to replace its previously planned exchange with the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy. The program would send Shrek students and teachers to the Spirit Pagoda to study and teach while Spirit Pagoda representatives visit Shrek to explain Soul Spirits and the Twilight Forest 109.

• The Sea God Pavilion approves the proposal before Yan Shaozhe formally presents it to Xia Liang 109.
• Shrek's prospective participants include Ning Tian, Jiang Nannan, Xu Sanshi, Bei Bei, and Wang Yan 109.
• Xia Liang agrees in principle but makes implementation contingent on consultation with the Spirit Pagoda 109.
• Successful Shrek participants who reach Soul King rank may receive opportunities to seek recognition from ten-thousand-year Soul Spirits, though compatibility, potential, strength, and luck remain decisive 109.
• By the time Huo Yuhao returns to the Extreme North, Shrek and the Spirit Pagoda have established diplomatic relations 110.
• Spirit Pagoda staff are living in Shrek City by the time Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao return from the Star Dou Forest. Shrek City also issues identity tokens for Spirit Pagoda personnel 123 127.

Shrek Supervisory Group

The Shrek Supervisory Group is one of the academy's major responsibilities. It targets evil soul masters and is presented to the tournament team as a common cause regardless of their individual backgrounds 53.

• Xuan Zi explains its history, duties, and purpose before the team encounters the Death's Envoys mission 53.
• Membership does not provide a salary, discouraging some students such as Jiang Nannan from pursuing the inner court path 53.
• The group’s mission against evil soul masters leads to Wu Yun's ambush, which severely injures Shrek's main tournament team 55.
• Its members are distributed across the Douluo Continent, operate independently of the major empires, and obey Shrek directly; every member is at least a Soul King 90.

Tournament Role

After the main team is incapacitated by Wu Yun, Shrek sends its reserve team to the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament under Wang Yan's leadership 55.

• The reserve team opens the tournament against Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy 60.
• Huo Yuhao uses his Simulation soul skill to make the team appear to possess ten-thousand-year and hundred-thousand-year soul rings, leading outside factions to believe Shrek has formed a major alliance with the Spirit Pagoda 61.
• Xu Sanshi defeats all seven Yunluo Academy opponents in the subsequent one-on-one elimination match 63.
• Shrek's displayed ring pressure overwhelms Thousand Spirits Academy in a team battle 65.
• The team defeats Skycrown Academy in the two-two-three format despite facing three Soul Kings, with Xiao Xiao and Ning Tian winning the decisive second match 66 67.
• As injured official members recover, Ling Luochen, Ma Xiaotao, and Dai Yueheng return to reinforce Shrek's lineup 68.
• Shrek purchases the Hundred Thousand Year Blazing Sparrow Left Arm Soul Bone during the tournament auction for 180 million Gold Soul Coins, intending it for Ma Xiaotao 71 72.
• Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng appear as Shrek's Soul Emperor trump cards in the round of sixteen, though Wang Yan deliberately limits their use of soul skills to conceal the academy's strength 73 75.
• Shrek faces Star Luo National Academy in the semifinals, led by the imperial Star Crown martial soul wielder Xu Jiujiu 82.
• The finals pit Shrek against the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy. Shrek initially deploys Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, Ling Luochen, Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, and Ning Tian against the Sun Moon team's saturation soul-tool bombardment 88.
• Ma Xiaotao's unstable Evil Fire Phoenix martial soul affects both teams during the final's team battle, resulting in fatalities among the Sun Moon competitors and forcing Wang Yan to concede to contain the crisis 89.
• Huo Yuhao subsequently leads Shrek to victory in the individual-elimination round. Because Meng Hongchen's poison leaves Shrek without enough available members for the prescribed two-two-three stage, Yuhao challenges the remaining mobile Sun Moon members to a single decisive battle alongside Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and Ning Tian 92.
• At a later tournament associated with the journey toward the Ice and Fire Continent, many powerful young elites stay out of the competition. The Star Luo Empire wins its Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone prizes 165.

Resources

• Hundred Thousand Year Blazing Sparrow Left Arm Soul Bone — Shrek acquires this phoenix-compatible soul bone at the Starlight Auction House for 180 million Gold Soul Coins after bidding against Mingde Hall and the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect 71 72.
• Intended recipient — The bone is considered particularly suited to Ma Xiaotao's fire and phoenix bloodline. Yan Shaozhe takes custody of it and plans to give it to her after the team returns to Shrek 71 72.
• Potential danger — Azure Phoenix senses phoenix-related divine power within the soul bone, while Xia Liang identifies a likely connection to the Phoenix God and suspects divine interference 71.
• Later divine inheritance — Ma Xiaotao receives guidance and a divine trial from Ma Hongjun. His intervention transforms her Evil Fire Phoenix into a Starflame Phoenix with Ultimate Fire and raises her spirit beast partner Little Star's cultivation. She trades an unneeded God-Gifted Spirit Ring reward to Du Busi for several ten-thousand-year soul bones 139.

Relationships

• Huo Yuhao — Student, dual-department core disciple, reserve-team member, and central figure in Shrek's tournament effort 2 20 32. After time away, he returns to Shrek City with Xiao Xiao; his reputation among students has earned him the nickname “Yuhao the Great” 122.
• Bei Bei — Student who uses his special admission slot to bring Huo Yuhao into Shrek 2.
• Mu En — Senior Shrek authority associated with the Sea God Pavilion and Golden Tree; negotiates with Xia Liang on the academy's behalf and later invites Spirit Academy representatives to visit Shrek 20 40 42 106. He teaches Xiao Xiao as his disciple and successor, then advances to Heavenly Lord after fusing with Shrek's Heavenly Veins 16 123 148.
• Yan Shaozhe — Martial Soul Department authority who negotiates compensation with Xia Liang, manages conflicts involving Ma Xiaotao, safeguards the Blazing Sparrow Soul Bone, and initiates the Advanced Study Program proposal 8 29 72 109. He is badly injured defending Mu En during Xuan Zi's rampage 148.
• Xian Lin'er — Dean of the Soul Guidance Department; competes for resources, recruits Huo Yuhao, and joins Yan Shaozhe in observing Xuan Zi's high-level Twilight Forest training 8 9 99.
• Wang Yan — Martial Soul Department teacher and tournament leader who develops Shrek's reserve-team strategies, purchases resources for the team, and is listed as a prospective Advanced Study Program participant 55 65 75 109.
• Ma Xiaotao — Inner-court student whose Evil Fire Phoenix causes continuing concern for Shrek. The academy obtains a Hundred Thousand Year phoenix-compatible soul bone for her, but her unstable evil fire later disrupts the tournament final 8 71 72 89. Ma Hongjun later changes her martial soul into the Starflame Phoenix and grants her a divine trial 139.
• Xuan Zi — Rank 98 Taotie Douluo who supervises the Twilight Forest exercise, escorts the tournament team, and receives a special seventh-ring enhancement to pursue Limit Douluo-level strength 31 41 55 99. After reaching the ultimate realm, he temporarily loses himself to greed, attacks fellow Shrek authorities, and is subdued by Mu En 148.
• Spirit Pagoda — External organization that provides soul spirits and controlled Twilight Forest portals. Following initial caution, Shrek and the Spirit Pagoda move toward formal cooperation through the Advanced Study Program and establish diplomatic relations 32 40 109 110. Shrek is later considered as a possible human partner in managing the proposed Star Dou Spirit Pagoda, though Di Tian dislikes the academy because of its history with soul beasts 122.
• Haotian Sect — Old associate through Tang San; tensions rise when Niu Tian and Titan attempt to investigate Shrek's Twilight Forest portal by force 42.
• Tang San — Revered through Shrek's statues and Sea God faith system; his connection to the academy becomes a source of pressure and conflict as the Golden Tree intercepts faith formerly tied to him 2 42.
• Du Busi and the Body Sect — Mu En asks Du Busi to help defend Shrek during his recovery and offers to help him adapt to his ultimate power. Du Busi also agrees to assist Ma Xiaotao if a later divine trial requires the Body Sect's help 139.
• Di Tian and the Star Dou Forest — Di Tian regards Shrek as a potential fallback partner for the Star Dou Spirit Pagoda despite his dislike of it and their past conflicts 122.

Trivia

• Shrek is introduced in tournament announcements without an imperial prefix, reflecting its autonomy and influence beyond any single empire 63.
• The academy is described as the institution that produced gods 63.
• Shrek’s fearsome public image allows tournament organizers to use weaker academies in early rounds to showcase its strength 58 60.
• Despite Shrek City's location within the Heaven Dou Empire's borders, the empire permits the city and academy to retain their autonomy rather than risk offending Shrek 63.