Shrek

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Shrek Academy (Shrek)
Affiliation	Sea God Pavilion; formerly the Shrek Inquisitorial Legion; founding leader of the Firmament Tribunal
Occupation/Role	Soul Master academy, continental security force, and political center
Status	Active
First Appearance	2

Background / History

Shrek Academy is a long-established institution centered on Shrek City and governed by the Sea God Pavilion. Its Inner Court, Outer Court, Soul Tool Department, Treasure Gathering Pavilion, and Inquisitorial Legion form the core of its educational, military, and financial structure. Its authority is sufficiently great that the three empires historically permitted the Inquisitorial Legion to patrol borders, military routes, and major towns—even while resenting Shrek’s influence over their affairs 3 30.

When Chen Xuan became actively involved in academy affairs, he found that Inner Court students had been assigned missions far beyond their strength, often without adequate supervision or equipment. He reclassified missions, required higher-ranked leaders for dangerous assignments, mandated Soul Tool supplies, and ordered the Legion to reimburse necessary equipment at market price 3.

A subsequent financial investigation exposed embezzled pensions, fraudulent death benefits, inflated procurement costs, and inferior military equipment within the Inquisitorial Legion. Shrek suspended the Legion’s field missions for two years, began a full audit, and redirected the organization toward retraining and Soul Tool integration 13.

The academy later uncovered Evil Soul Master infiltration among its personnel, including Inner Court stewards and an Outer Court logistics supervisor. Chen Xuan’s preliminary inquiries enabled a wider purge that captured five Titled Douluo, over twenty Soul Douluo, and numerous lower-ranked collaborators; those found guilty were publicly executed beside Sea God Lake 21 29.

Governance

Institution	Function
Sea God Pavilion	Shrek’s highest governing body. It approves major reforms, oversees senior elders, and retains final authority over the Firmament Tribunal.
Inner Court	Trains Shrek’s elite disciples and supplies temporary instructors for the Outer Court during staffing shortages.
Outer Court	Provides foundational education; it became the focus of investigations into abusive and unethical teaching practices.
Soul Tool Department	Develops Soul Tools, trains students, and incorporates recruited Soul Engineers from the Sun Moon Empire.
Treasure Gathering Pavilion	Controls major financial resources, commercial interests, treasures, Soul Bones, and related logistical support.
Shrek Inquisitorial Legion	Shrek’s former continental security force. It was suspended, reorganized, and ultimately abolished in favor of the Firmament Tribunal.

Institutional Reforms

Mission Safety and Legion Audit

Chen Xuan imposed a new mission system after finding Inner Court students deployed against opponents far above their level.

Mission Classification	Requirement
Class C and below	Students may undertake missions without a supervising teacher.
Class B and above	A Soul Sage must lead the team.
Class A and Special Class	Require approval from a Sea God Pavilion elder.
All mission teams	Must carry required defensive, communication, and life-saving Soul Tools.

The reforms were accompanied by a full investigation into procurement fraud, pension embezzlement, and falsified compensation records. The Legion’s external deployments were suspended so its members could receive training and equipment upgrades 3 13.

Soul Tool Modernization

Shrek previously allocated roughly seventy percent of its funding and most promising students to the Martial Soul Department, leaving the Soul Tool Department with reduced funding and weaker recruitment prospects. Chen Xuan challenged this arrangement, arguing that Shrek could not ignore the Sun Moon Empire’s advanced military Soul Tools 5.

Reforms included:

• Basic Soul Tool education for first- through third-year Outer Court students.
• Mandatory specialized Soul Tool training for Inner Court disciples and Inquisitorial Legion members.
• A requirement that students master three suitable, non-overlapping Soul Tools before undertaking future missions.
• Graduation requirements requiring mastery of at least one Soul Tool and the creation of one Soul Tool within three major ranks of the student’s cultivation level.
• Recruitment of two Eighth-level and four Seventh-level Soul Engineers from the Sun Moon Empire’s Underground City 5 13 29.

One Eighth-level Soul Engineer was assigned to the Inner Court, another to Soul Tool research and development, and the four Seventh-level engineers became foundational instructors 42.

Faculty Reform

The purge of corrupt personnel left Shrek with seven vacant Inner Court instructor positions and more than ten vacant Outer Court class-supervisor posts. To prevent disruption to student education, Shrek adopted temporary staffing measures 39.

• Inner Court disciples could teach in the Outer Court in exchange for doubled cultivation resources.
• Titled Douluo from the idle Inquisitorial Legion could cover Inner Court classes.
• Outstanding graduates could be recalled and screened for teaching positions.
• Teaching disciples who completed three years with excellent evaluations could apply for permanent positions and rental residences.
• Staff positions were subject to three-year performance reviews; instructors who idled or failed assessments would be dismissed 41.

Shrek also began gradually removing instructors who relied on beatings, insults, or expulsions to establish authority or inflate their reputations. Veteran instructors who had served conscientiously were not included in the blanket purge 39 41.

Shrek City Expansion

Shrek initiated a long-term expansion and rezoning of Shrek City to accommodate instructors, Soul Engineers, staff, and meritorious disciples.

Zone	Planned Purpose
Core	Inner Court
Second ring	Outer Court teaching area
Residential districts	Faculty, staff, Soul Engineers, and qualified Shrek contributors
Outermost ring	Commercial district for outside merchants

Shrek-affiliated teachers, students, staff, and contributors were given priority for high-quality inner districts. Merchants were to be relocated outward gradually, with cooperative businesses receiving compensation and preferred new storefronts. Construction began with a teachers’ district beyond the old city walls 41 42.

Firmament Tribunal

The Firmament Tribunal replaced the abolished Shrek Inquisitorial Legion as a continent-wide organization intended to combat Evil Soul Masters and regulate major powers. Its name reflects Shrek’s stated position that “under heaven, all things and all forces may be judged” 46.

Feature	Details
Core powers	Shrek, Illustrious Virtue Hall, Body Sect, and Clear Sky Sect
Headquarters	Rotates among the four core powers every five years
First host	Shrek
Governing body	Twenty-one-member Arbitration Council / Council of Judgment
Council composition	Three representatives from each core power and nine senior Shrek Outer Court elders
Decision threshold	Seventy percent approval for major decisions
Sea God Pavilion authority	Absolute veto power
Initial public responsibility	Restoring universal Martial Soul awakening for children of suitable age, regardless of status or wealth

The Tribunal was designed to end Shrek’s unilateral responsibility for continental security. Powers seeking protection against Evil Soul Masters would be expected to contribute funding and manpower rather than depend on Shrek without cost 41 46 48.

Military Role

Following the Legion’s withdrawal from the three empires, Evil Soul Masters resumed attacks on villages, border towns, and inland settlements. The resulting casualties exceeded those of several prior years combined within a month, demonstrating the deterrent effect Shrek’s former deployments had provided 30.

After Mu En’s recovery and Chen Xuan’s breakthrough, Shrek used the Firmament Tribunal to call a continent-wide campaign against Evil Soul Masters. Major sects, the empires, Illustrious Virtue Hall, Soul Engineer corps, healers, and Titled Douluo answered the summons 63 64.

Shrek promised that combatants could retain spoils claimed during the campaign, while families of those killed would receive fivefold compensation personally delivered by Sea God Pavilion elders 65.

Relationships

• Sea God Pavilion — Shrek’s supreme governing authority; it approves major reforms and holds absolute veto power in the Firmament Tribunal 41 46.
• Shrek Inquisitorial Legion — Former security force responsible for continental patrols; suspended for reform and later abolished 13 47.
• Firmament Tribunal — Shrek-founded successor organization for shared continental security and Martial Soul awakening 46 48.
• Illustrious Virtue Hall — Core Tribunal power and Sun Moon Empire-affiliated partner; Shrek seeks cooperation in Soul Tool development while using institutional inclusion to restrain rivalry 46 56.
• Body Sect — Core Tribunal power; its leadership responds to Shrek’s call for the campaign against Evil Soul Masters 48 63.
• Clear Sky Sect — Core Tribunal power brought out of seclusion through the promise of renewed continental influence 48 52.
• Three empires — Former beneficiaries of the Inquisitorial Legion’s patrols; their governments criticized Shrek’s influence before later seeking its protection against Evil Soul Masters 30 48.
• Sun Moon Empire — Technological rival and prospective partner. Shrek recruits its Soul Engineers and considers academy exchanges to address its Soul Tool deficit 29 38.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Inquisitorial Legion Reform

Shrek’s unsafe mission policies, inadequate Soul Tool provision, and internal financial corruption are exposed. Chen Xuan establishes new safety standards, suspends external assignments, and begins restructuring the Legion 3 13.

Cleansing of Shrek

Evil Soul Masters infiltrate Shrek City and attack the academy. The aftermath reveals administrative collaborators and prompts a covert purge that expands into academy-wide arrests and executions 16 21 29.

Academy Modernization

Shrek expands Soul Tool training, recruits Sun Moon Empire Soul Engineers, reforms faculty standards, and begins reshaping Shrek City around academy personnel rather than outside merchants 29 39 42.

Apprenticeship Ceremony

The public acceptance of Zhang Lexuan as Chen Xuan’s disciple draws the three empires, the Sun Moon Empire, and major sects to Shrek City. Shrek uses the gathering to demonstrate its influence and prepare a continent-wide political restructuring 36 45.

Establishment of the Firmament Tribunal

Shrek abolishes the Inquisitorial Legion and announces the Firmament Tribunal. The new organization distributes responsibility among core powers while preserving Sea God Pavilion’s decisive veto authority 46 48.

Continental Campaign Against Evil Soul Masters

With Shrek’s senior leadership strengthened, the academy mobilizes allied factions for a large-scale purge of Evil Soul Masters across the continent. Chen Xuan commands the Sun Moon and Dou Ling contingent advancing through the Ming Dou Mountains 61 65.