Zhou Yi

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Zhou Yi (周漪)
Alias(es)	Teacher Zhou 7 8
Gender	Female 7
Affiliation	Shrek Academy’s Martial Soul Department, Outer Court; dismissed 7 22
Occupation/Role	Former upper-year teacher; later homeroom teacher of Freshman Class One 7 18
Cultivation	Six-Ring Soul Emperor 8 20
Martial Soul	Red Dragon 18
Soul Ring Configuration	Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black 20
Spouse	Fan Yu, a Soul Tool Department official 8
Status	Alive; permanently dismissed from Shrek Academy and subsequently cast out by Fan Yu 22 25
First Appearance	Chapter 7 7

Background / History

Teaching Career and Demotion

Zhou Yi secured a teaching position at Shrek Academy at thirty-eight through her husband Fan Yu’s connections. Her bad temper later led to her demotion from teaching upper-year students to teaching first-years 7.

According to her former student Tang Ya, Zhou Yi maintained the highest Inner Court advancement rate by removing students unlikely to advance. Tang Ya herself became an expulsion target because of her weak cultivation and Blue Silver Grass martial soul; Bei Bei’s intervention helped her remain enrolled 19.

Confrontation During Admissions

While inspecting new-student enrollment, Zhou Yi interrupted Du Weilun’s discussion with Chu Ge, who was applying for a teaching position. Already angry about her demotion, she dismissed Chu Ge as a “wet-behind-the-ears brat” and questioned his right to teach at Shrek 7.

She continued despite Du Weilun’s objections. Chu Ge confronted her and approached under an intimidating aura, causing her to tremble and faint without being touched. Du Weilun apologized, but privately warned Chu Ge that Fan Yu’s standing and allies could make retaliation possible 8.

After learning what had happened, Yan Shaozhe ordered Du Weilun to investigate and promised to remove both Zhou Yi and her husband from their posts 10.

Freshman Class One

Huo Yudie and Tang Wutong were assigned to Zhou Yi’s class. Before lessons began, Tang Ya warned them about her expulsion practices and explained that students feared being accused of slandering Shrek if they complained 18 19.

During the first lesson, Zhou Yi asked who had fought since registration. When nobody stood up, she ordered the entire class to run one hundred laps around Shrek Square within two hours, threatening to expel anyone who failed. She used her Soul Emperor aura to force compliance 20.

Yudie and Wutong refused to run. Zhou Yi threatened to expel them before even asking their names, and Wutong openly challenged her fitness to teach. Chu Ge intervened when Zhou Yi’s Soul Power began overwhelming Wutong 20.

Dismissal and Loss of Support

Zhou Yi claimed the running punishment was a fitness test intended for the students’ benefit. Her appeal to Du Weilun failed: he withdrew, knowing that her dismissal paperwork was already being prepared. Chu Ge then repeatedly slapped her, continuing despite her threats to invoke Fan Yu until she begged him to stop 21.

Chu Ge subsequently demanded her approval to satisfy a system mission. Her first concession did not register; after another slap, she repeated her approval and the system awarded him nine Soul Power Experience Pills. Humiliated before her students, Zhou Yi canceled class and left, threatening further consequences 22.

Yan Shaozhe gave Chu Ge her dismissal letter and declared that she would never be rehired. His investigation documented approximately eighty arbitrary expulsions, prompting Qian Duoduo to withdraw his defense of her and reconsider Fan Yu’s position 22 25.

Fan Yu initially intended to avenge her, having believed her account. After Qian Duoduo disclosed her misconduct and use of his reputation, he confronted her. When she again demanded justice, he slapped her and cast her out, furious that her actions had endangered him 25.

Teaching Methods and Misconduct

• Selective expulsions: Removed weaker students rather than helping them improve, leaving those more likely to enter the Inner Court and inflate her class’s advancement rate 19 25.
• Compulsory aggression: Treated willingness to fight and “stir up trouble” as evidence of potential, punishing the freshmen because none had fought since registration 20.
• Unquestioning obedience: Claimed authority to expel any student and told dissenters to leave 20.
• Institutional intimidation: Relied on Fan Yu’s influence and the Soul Tool Department’s backing; fear of accusations against the academy discouraged complaints 8 19.
• Punishment presented as care: Reframed the forced running exercise as a health-oriented test when challenged by Chu Ge 21.

The investigation recorded expulsions for the following reasons:

Student	Recorded Reason
Chang Gongwei	Speaking ill of the teacher 25
Jiang Xiaojiang	Spending excessive time eating in the cafeteria and neglecting cultivation 25
Quarter	Disrespecting Soul Tool Department technology 25

Appearance

Zhou Yi has an aged, heavily wrinkled face that contrasts with her comparatively youthful, attractive figure. Her expression and gaze give her a fierce, imposing presence 7 20.

• Crane-white hair piled atop her head 20.
• Cold, piercing eyes 20.
• An icy expression during her first confrontation with Chu Ge 7.

Personality

Zhou Yi is proud, authoritarian, and quick to anger. She disparages applicants and students alike, and her reliance on influential connections makes her dismissive even toward Du Weilun, the Martial Soul Department’s director 7 8 20.

She regards punishment as a teacher’s unquestionable right and continues to believe herself justified when confronted. Her confidence falters before Chu Ge’s overwhelming strength, but her pleas and forced approval conceal persistent resentment rather than an acknowledgment of wrongdoing 21 22.

Abilities & Skills

Red Dragon Martial Soul

Zhou Yi possesses the Red Dragon martial soul and Soul Emperor cultivation. The system describes her six rings as an optimal configuration 18.

• Ring colors: Two yellow, two purple, and two black 20.
• Documented rank: Soul Emperor; no subsequent cultivation advancement is shown 8 20.

Soul Power Pressure

Zhou Yi projects an imposing aura to intimidate students and enforce her orders 20.

• Forces most of Freshman Class One to begin the running punishment 20.
• Directs stronger pressure at Yudie and Wutong when they refuse; Wutong eventually struggles against it 20.
• Cannot effectively resist Chu Ge’s suppression, despite releasing her cultivation 21.

Relationships

• Fan Yu — Husband and principal source of institutional protection. He initially believes her grievances, but turns against her after learning the investigation’s findings 8 25.
• Chu Ge — Antagonistic colleague. She insults his application and threatens students under his protection; their confrontations lead to her humiliation and dismissal 7 8 20 21 22.
• Tang Ya — Former student and intended expulsion target. Tang Ya warns the freshmen about Zhou Yi’s practices 18 19.
• Huo Yudie — Briefly her student in Freshman Class One. Zhou Yi’s conduct contributes to Yudie’s lasting distrust of Fan Yu and the Soul Tool Department 18 20 37 38.
• Tang Wutong — Freshman student who openly rejects her arbitrary punishment and challenges her qualifications as a teacher 20.
• Du Weilun — Department director who objects to her conduct, investigates her expulsions, and refuses to protect her during the later confrontation 8 21 25.
• Yan Shaozhe — Dean who orders her removal and permanently bars her from being rehired 10 22.
• Qian Duoduo — Fan Yu’s teacher. Initially defensive of her, he accepts the evidence of misconduct and alerts Fan Yu 24 25.

Lasting Consequences

• Replacement: Wang Yan becomes homeroom teacher of Yudie’s class after Zhou Yi’s removal 39.
• Recruitment failure: Xian Lin’er’s attempt to recruit Yudie backfires when she invokes Zhou Yi and Fan Yu as reassuring connections 37.
• Unwanted apology: Xian Lin’er and Fan Yu discuss an apology to repair relations, but Chu Ge refuses to spend further time on Zhou Yi 39 40.

Notable Quotes

“What I intend to cultivate are monsters, not idiots.” 20

“As your homeroom teacher, I have the authority to expel any of you. If you don't accept it, get out. I have no need for disobedient students.” 20