Wu Changkong

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Shrek Academy and Long Bing

Wu Changkong came from a privileged family. With relatively high innate soul power and elders who supplied his soul spirits and cultivation resources, he grew up able to concentrate on cultivation. At Shrek Academy, he studied under Zhuo Shi alongside his junior fellow disciple, Shen Yi 17 52.

His beloved, Long Bing, was an undercover agent planted by evil soul masters. Her death devastated him, and his shame over her connection to the enemy drove him to leave Shrek Academy without saying goodbye. Although they had never married, he regarded her as his wife and ordinarily visited her grave in Heaven Dou City during winter break 52 66.

An acquaintance at the Tang Sect’s Eastsea City branch arranged his identity and secured him a teaching position at Eastsea Academy. He remained away from Shrek for nearly ten years 66.

Teaching Class Five

Wu Changkong became Class Five’s homeroom teacher with the stated goal of making his students the strongest among their peers. During introductions, he immediately punished a student who mocked Tang Wulin’s Blue Silver Grass 14.

His first assessments identified Jiang Mingyuan’s elemental control and Tang Wulin’s physical strength as exceptional. However, he initially condemned Tang Wulin’s forging as a distraction from cultivation. Jiang Mingyuan challenged this judgment by explaining that forging had paid for Tang Wulin’s chance to become a soul master—financial pressure Wu Changkong’s own upbringing had spared him 15 16 17.

He then put Jiang Mingyuan, Tang Wulin, and Xie Xie through intensive teamwork training. Their coordinated spar forced him to reveal his Soul Emperor cultivation, and he conceded after Jiang Mingyuan and Tang Wulin landed a joint attack. An accidental kick left him visiting the infirmary, missing the following day’s class, and canceling evening training 19 20.

During the Class Promotion Competition, he instructed Jiang Mingyuan to conceal his capabilities until needed. In the battle against Class One, he intervened to protect students and intercepted the Phoenix King Annihilation Sword before its slash could leave the arena 23 34.

Class Zero and Reconciliation

As Class Zero’s instructor, Wu Changkong taught battle armor theory, supervised physical and spiritual testing, and arranged weekly Spirit Ascension Platform training. He also introduced the students to the Tang Sect’s Hall of Heroes and invited them to join the sect 36 37 40 41.

Before Jiang Mingyuan visited Shrek City, Wu Changkong entrusted him with his Shrek identification card and its contribution points. He understood that doing so might allow people at Shrek to locate him. Zhuo Shi and Shen Yi subsequently found him at Eastsea Academy, bringing their long separation to an end 48 66.

Zhuo Shi offered immediate midterm admission for Wu Changkong and Class Zero, but Wu Changkong refused. He argued that Eastsea Academy was already providing substantial resources and that his students needed to develop the will to overcome difficulties themselves. Zhuo Shi outwardly protested but privately welcomed his former student’s maturity 67.

Return to Shrek Academy

Wu Changkong continued preparing Class Zero for admission and consulted its members before committing them to the Tianhai Grand Competition’s seven-person event. Yun Ming later invited him to remain at Shrek as their teacher, explicitly telling him that he owed the academy nothing 79 80 96.

Two and a half years later, he brought Class Zero to Shrek City for the entrance examination. After their admission, he escorted them to their dormitories and Sea God Island. Jiang Mingyuan noticed that he had become more talkative and less stern, as though a burden had finally lifted 101 119.

He subsequently served as an assistant instructor alongside Shen Yi under Ya Li. His duties included gathering students for the intergrade tournament, enforcing the equipment restrictions of their fifteen-day challenge trip, and helping coordinate the response to Jiang Mingyuan’s disappearance 125 139 149 155.

At the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, he publicly announced a challenge on his students’ behalf through a loudspeaker, then vanished and left them to face the response 168.

Appearance

• Build: Tall, with long legs and a striking bearing 14.
• Face: Handsome features and bright eyes 14.
• Hair: Pale blue, worn loose to his waist 14.
• Usual expression: Icy and aloof. Jiang Mingyuan initially questioned an old photograph because the gently smiling young Wu Changkong looked so unlike his current teacher 52 76.

Personality

Wu Changkong is taciturn, demanding, and blunt. He warns students unwilling to endure hardship to leave his class, and even Eastsea Academy’s dean receives little warmth from him. His early criticism of Tang Wulin’s forging shows that his strictness can become unfair when he judges circumstances he does not understand 15 16 79.

His cold manner coexists with practical care. He shields spectators from poison during assessments, moves into his students’ dormitory building to teach them more effectively, and allows them extra sleep after late-night cultivation before going out to buy their breakfast 16 66.

He values independent judgment rather than unquestioning obedience. When inviting students into the Tang Sect, he urges even those who immediately accept to reconsider the long-term consequences. His refusal of privileged Shrek admission follows the same principle: he wants his students to accept help without becoming dependent on others to solve every difficulty 42 67.

Long Bing’s death leaves him burdened by grief and guilt for years. His reunion with Zhuo Shi and eventual return to Shrek mark a visible softening of his demeanor 52 66 119.

Abilities & Skills

Heavenly Frost Sword

An ice-attribute sword martial soul used for sword combat, temperature control, and defensive intervention 16 34.

• Creates cold currents that keep Tang Wulin’s airborne nerve toxin away from spectators 16.
• Channels frost into an ordinary wooden sword without requiring full martial soul release 19.
• Combines his first three soul rings and sixth soul ring to form a giant ice sword capable of intercepting a powerful flaming slash 34.

Defensive Soul Skill

His third soul ring creates a crystalline, snowflake-like barrier 20.

• Blocks the initial barrage of Phoenix Hundred-Crack Fist 20.
• Develops cracks within seconds under Jiang Mingyuan’s attack and is ultimately vaporized when he closes in with intensified flames 20.

Swordsmanship and Movement

Wu Changkong combines precise blade control with evasive footwork 19.

• Deflects Tang Wulin’s thrown forging hammer, splits a flaming arrow, and blocks Xie Xie’s attacks from behind 19.
• Produces dozens of overlapping sword shadows during a rapid offensive 19.
• Uses the Tang Sect’s Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, moving too quickly for Tang Wulin and Xie Xie to follow 19.

Instruction and Assessment

His teaching covers cultivation, combat coordination, soul beasts, secondary professions, and battle armor fundamentals 18 36 39.

• Uses weighted Iron Garments and restricted-strength sparring to develop endurance and teamwork 19.
• Assigns different exercises according to each student’s strengths and team role 37 39.
• Places Jiang Mingyuan against the other five students to challenge both his individual potential and their coordination 76.
• Teaches Tang Sect secret techniques to Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Xu Xiaoyan, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi 120.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Two-Word Battle Armor — Deployed during the Class Promotion Competition. Its components include a chest plate, waist guard, surrounding skirt armor, thigh armor, shin armor, and battle boots 34 121.
• Flexible belt sword — A concealed blade worn as a supple belt; becomes rigid when drawn and shaken 19.
• Wooden training sword — Used with a protective frost coating during restricted sparring; abandoned when Tang Wulin traps it between his hammers 19.
• Storage Soul Tool — Holds equipment including his training sword and Shrek identification card 19 48.
• Shrek identification card — Lent to Jiang Mingyuan to enter the academy as a visitor and spend contribution points at its dining hall or library 48.
• Communication Soul Tool — Used to contact students and, later, to let Jiang Mingyuan apologize to Ya Li and Tang Wulin after the search for him 20 101 155.

Relationships

• Long Bing — Deceased beloved whom he acknowledges as his wife despite never having married her. Her death prompted his departure from Shrek Academy 52 66.
• Zhuo Shi — Teacher and parental figure. Their reunion restores a relationship interrupted by Wu Changkong’s years of self-imposed absence 52 66 67.
• Shen Yi — Junior fellow disciple who spent years searching for him; later his colleague at Shrek Academy 52 66 125.
• Tang Wulin — Student and cultivation disciple. Wu Changkong defends him against martial soul prejudice, trains him in combat and Tang Sect techniques, and later suggests learning Zhuo Shi’s Red Dragon Nine Lifetimes technique 14 120 142 159.
• Jiang Mingyuan — Exceptionally gifted student whose talent repeatedly overturns his expectations. Their relationship includes disagreements over his treatment of Tang Wulin, but Wu Changkong respects his decision not to join the Tang Sect 17 18 20 42 48.
• Xie Xie — Student whose privileged upbringing and twin martial souls lead Wu Changkong to demand greater effort. He particularly targets Xie Xie’s battlefield awareness and integration into the team 17 20 23.
• Ya Li — Head teacher under whom he serves as an assistant instructor at Shrek Academy 125.
• Yun Ming — Invites him to return permanently as a teacher and challenges his belief that he must make amends to Shrek 96.
• Ye Yingrong — Fellow Eastsea teacher whose romantic interest he rejects; she subsequently seeks to surpass him through her students’ achievements 28.

Notable Quotes

“My name is Wu Changkong, and I will be your homeroom teacher for the next few years. I have only one goal for you: to become the strongest among your peers.” 14

“There are no trash martial souls, only trash Soul Masters. Before you mock someone else, ask yourself whether you have the ability to back it up.” 14

“Accepting help from others is perfectly normal, but I would rather my students all learn to overcome difficulties through their own efforts.” 67