Shrek

Biodata

Background / History

Shrek and the Tang Sect were historically described as sharing “glory and loss”: Tang San was both associated with Shrek’s founder Flender and one of the Shrek Seven Devils. By the present era, Shrek has become a continent-wide Soul Master holy land while the Tang Sect has declined into near-legend, despite Tang Ya’s connection to Bei Bei and Mu En’s lineage 39.

Following a past Sun Moon Empire invasion and the emergence of the Heaven Soul Empire, Shrek expanded from an academy into Shrek City. The city has a permanent population approaching three million and functions both as a base for academy graduates and a deterrent to outside criticism 55.

Shrek’s reputation rests partly on the original seven deities who defeated Spirit Hall. Its public image is actively promoted during admissions, including hired Soul Masters who spread embellished stories near the main gate 55.

Organization

Courtyards and education

Shrek City

• The academy is housed within Shrek City, whose walls stretch across the plains outside the forest approach. 55
• Its south wall faces the Star Dou Great Forest and is the city’s highest and most heavily defended section. 123
  • Height: fifteen zhang.
  • Thickness: twenty zhang.
  • Width: over five kilometers.
  • Capacity: tens of thousands of combatants simultaneously. 123
• Shrek City is described as having the continent’s highest density of Soul Masters. 123
• Shi Xing, the Time Douluo, serves as Shrek City’s city lord and commands its defenses. 123 124

Admissions and school life

• Royal status can waive the entry interview, but does not exempt a student from subsequent assessments. 55
• Outer Courtyard students may bring one or two attendants, provided extensive identity and relationship documentation is supplied; attendants must be no older than eighteen and no higher than rank 40 Soul Power. 56
• Students reside under dormitory rules enforced by Mu En in his role as dormitory supervisor. 60
• Zhou Yi teaches Class 1 of the new-student cohort and is known for strict instruction. 60
• Lin Wan’er introduced physical-fitness-focused training, warning that students who failed the assessment after three months would repeat the year. 68

Leadership and notable members

• Mu En — Sea God Pavilion Master; former leader of the Sea God Pavilion and Shrek Supervision Group; a level-99 Limit Douluo titled Dragon God. 39 131
• Yan Shaozhe — Dean of the Martial Soul Department; an Attack-type Super Douluo titled Bright Phoenix with the Light Phoenix Martial Soul. 48
• Cai Meier — Vice Dean who supports Shrek’s acquisition of exceptional talents and directs its internal discussions. 48 49
• Xuan Lao / Xuan Zi — Shrek’s dean in the later conflict; wields spatial control through the yellow Divine Light Shroud and coordinated Soul Guidance Device attacks. 189 193
• Shi Xing — City lord of Shrek City and Time Douluo. 123
• Lin Wan’er — Inner Courtyard teacher, substitute teacher, and counselor; her status is second only to Yan Shaozhe within the Martial Soul Department. 54 57 60
• Bei Bei — Mu En’s great-grandson and an Inner Courtyard disciple; later manifests the Light Holy Dragon True Body as a Titled Douluo. 39 57 189
• Huo Yuhao — Heaven Soul Empire prince who enters the Outer Courtyard; later chosen for Sea God Pavilion cultivation and named among the Shrek Seven Devils. 57 131

Story Role / Major Arcs

Tang Sect controversy

Lin Wan’er argues that Shrek bears responsibility for failing to support the declining Tang Sect, particularly given Tang Ya’s relationship with Bei Bei and Mu En’s standing. Nian Xunsi, an Outer Courtyard Soul King teacher, intervenes to defend Shrek’s reputation and demand an apology. 39

Response to the continental phenomenon

After Lin Wan’er’s faith-power absorption causes a continent-wide phenomenon, Shrek’s Supervision Group and senior figures debate locating its source. Cai Meier proposes coercive action against outside powers that refuse to surrender a useful talent, including accusations of harboring Evil Soul Masters. 48

Huo Yuhao and Lin Wan’er’s enrollment

Huo Yuhao enrolls under a recommendation from the Heaven Soul Empire’s royal family, while Lin Wan’er joins Shrek’s staff. Her Soul Emperor cultivation and six Soul Rings overcome student resistance to her appointment. 57 59

Beast tide at Shrek City

Shrek City mobilizes when the Star Dou Great Forest attacks. Mu En confronts Zi Ji, while city forces defend the south wall with Soul Guidance Devices. Lin Wan’er, disguised as Nightbringer Soraka, summons illusory soul beasts from the Soul Rings of Soul Masters present; the conflict culminates in Song Lao’s death at the hands of Lin Wan’er’s Blood Pool Soul Beast. 123 127

Shrek Seven Devils

The Sea God Pavilion awards Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and their teammates the title of Shrek Seven Devils and charges them with winning the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament. Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao receive separate cultivation under Mu En on Sea God Island. 131

War with the Heaven Soul Sect

During the later war, Ri Lao’s Sun God Light Barrier traps Xuan Lao and thousands of Shrek City Soul Masters. Shrek’s forces counterattack with Soul Guidance Device groups and eight Titled Douluo, including Bei Bei, He Caitou, Xiao Xiao, Ye Guyi, Nan Qiuqiu, and Ji Juechen. 189

Huo Yuhao subsequently defeats Xuan Zi and the Shrek army’s Soul Guidance Device Master Legion. When Xuan Zi threatens a massacre by Shrek personnel stationed across the original three nations, Huo Yuhao demands that Shrek return occupied territories and informants before withdrawing to Shrek City. 193 194

Trivia

• Shrek’s main gate faces southeast. 55
• The academy’s admissions publicity includes hired “actors” who recount exaggerated stories to prospective students. 55
• Inner Courtyard graduates are said to receive favorable invitations from every nation, including the Sun Moon Empire. 55