Although the Elders sensed that things seemed to be spiraling out of control, they did not choose to retreat.
If they backed down now, wouldn't Shrek Academy lose every last shred of face?
How would they maintain their standing on the continent after that?
In the hearts of these Elders, pickled to the core by Shrek's loyalty gu, Shrek's glory stood above everything else.
For Shrek's glory, they would spare no cost, even their own lives.
It was not just the Elders who thought this way. The students of the Shrek Inner Court thought the same.
For that damned Shrek glory, they acted with virtually no restraint in the tournament arena.
Cheating, killing-as long as it protected Shrek's glory, they considered it perfectly justified.
All of Shrek, from its highest ranks to its middle and lower levels, had essentially gone mad.
This was also why Mu En found reform so difficult.
To reform it, he first had to shatter this so-called glory.
In the original story, after Shrek's tournament team was ambushed by the strongest Soul King and suffered devastating casualties,
Mu En did not send any more Inner Academy students, presumably for this very reason.
He wanted Shrek Academy to lose once, then use what little time he had left to see whether he could still do something.
Glory had become the shackles binding Shrek. Only by losing once could Shrek truly break free of its cocoon and become a butterfly.
The final result naturally caught Mu En by surprise as well. With just a handful of Outer Academy students, Shrek somehow took first place in the tournament yet again.
Shrek's glory shone brighter than ever!
With an outcome like that, Mu En could do nothing. He did not have much time left either, so everything could only be