Shrek

Biodata

Power Progression

Shrek’s progression concerns its institutional strength, technology, and divine connections rather than a single cultivation rank.

Organization

Courts and Departments

Notable Personnel

Campus and Facilities

• Shrek City — A bustling city with markets selling soul tools, medicinal herbs, and soul beast materials. Enrollment season draws particularly heavy crowds 11.
• Sea God Lake and Sea God Island — The lake separates the Inner Court from the Outer Court. The island contains the Golden Tree and Sea God Pavilion 15 43.
• Golden Tree — Described by Yan Shaozhe as Shrek’s foundation. Its life energy benefits cultivation, and its acknowledgment carries authority comparable to a dynasty’s imperial seal 15 18 43.
• Cultivation rooms — Gu Xingyue has his own room inside the Golden Tree 43.
• Arenas — Used for entrance assessments, student duels, and sparring with visiting students 11 30 44.
• Soul beast enclosure — A large, barrier-protected facility divided by soul beast age and species, used for practical assessments 51.
• Soul tool training rooms — Provide materials and equipment for practical construction, including Huo Yutong’s proposed freshness-preserving box 30.

Education and Academy Culture

Admission and Assessment

• Standard entry: Applicants are asked for recommendation letters and must meet minimum cultivation requirements. Huo Yutong initially falls below the normal threshold 11.
• Recommendation quota: Tang Ya offers to admit Huo Yutong without an examination through his Tang Sect recommendation quota, though Gu Xingyue arranges another route 11 15.
• Alternative assessment: Gu Xingyue must defeat an Inner Court student or remain standing for an incense stick’s burning time 11.
• Special approval: Yan Shaozhe admits Huo Yutong directly to the Soul Guidance Department at Gu Xingyue’s request 15.
• Freshman retention: The stated rule is elimination without retakes for failing the Freshmen Assessment. Faculty also retain students judged to have sufficiently strong overall abilities 32 41.
• Practical emphasis: Assessments prioritize combat strength over theory. During the soul beast assessment, Dai Huabing loses points for attempting to kill her opponent 34 51.

Elite Treatment and Student Life

• Ultimate Attributes: Du Weiya immediately takes Gu Xingyue’s assessment more seriously upon recognizing his extraordinary martial soul 12.
• “Shrek’s Twin Stars”: Xuan Zi gives this designation to Gu Xingyue and Huo Yutong after confirming their three Ultimate Attributes 54.
• Inner Court relationships: Yan Shaozhe openly encourages elite students to form couples within the academy 16.
• Cafeteria tradition: The Outer Court cafeteria previously lacked chairs as a longstanding custom; chairs are added by the time Gu Xingyue and Huo Yutong visit together 24.
• Little Huo’s Grilled Fish: Huo Yutong’s stall attracts crowds of students and provides her with income while she studies expensive soul tool construction 24 30.

Techniques and Technology

Soul Master Techniques

Shrek possesses cultivation knowledge sought by the Sun Moon Empire 62.

• Twin Martial Soul cultivation methods.
• Ring Fusion and Ring Stacking, advanced soul ring application techniques.
• Cultivation resources discussed in the exchange include Soul Ascension Pills, Black Water Pills, and Black Tortoise Divine Pills 62.

Soul Tools

Shrek moves from a developing instructional department to widespread adoption of advanced soul tools 15 93.

• Instruction and research: Sun Moon personnel provide teaching assistance, blueprints, and technical cooperation 43 50 52.
• Transport: Delegations use flying soul tools and the Sun Moon Empire’s Mimetic Aircraft 61 93.
• Personal protection: Invincible Shields and automatically triggered defensive tools become important student equipment 93 97.
• Elite equipment: Customized tools support Xuan Zi and Mu En rather than replacing their existing cultivation strengths 60 62.

Battle Armor

Gu Xingyue introduces Battle Armor to Mu En as equipment capable of greatly strengthening soul masters 60.

• A complete One-Word Battle Armor set can be worn by a Soul King.
• Gu Xingyue believes One-Word sets can be manufactured under existing conditions, though forging still requires refinement.
• He intends to monopolize the technology; the context does not establish academy-wide production.
• Mu En receives a completed Four-Word Battle Armor set from him 60 75.

History and Major Arcs

Earlier Standing

Shrek is recognized as the continent’s foremost academy and claims ten thousand years of glory. Its historical prestige is tied to the original Seven Monsters, while the Sea God is regarded as an ancestor of the academy 7 27 73 85.

A thousand years earlier, Shrek supported the Original Three Nations in their war against the Sun Moon Empire. Its later cooperation with that empire marks a major political departure 88.

Gu Xingyue and Huo Yutong’s Enrollment

Bei Bei and Tang Ya bring Gu Xingyue and Huo Yutong to Shrek during enrollment season. Gu Xingyue passes an alternative entrance assessment, while Huo Yutong receives special admission to the Soul Guidance Department 11 12 15.

Mu En accepts Gu Xingyue as her disciple after discovering his second martial soul. His Evergreen Life Vine gains the Golden Tree’s acknowledgment and partially repairs Mu En’s damaged origin. She subsequently names him her successor 18 21.

Zhou Yi’s Death

Gu Xingyue defeats Zhou Yi, who then attempts to shoot him with a soul tool. Yan Shaozhe intervenes and kills Zhou Yi, publicly accusing him of concealing weapons of mass destruction and colluding with Evil Soul Masters. Fan Yu, Zhou Yi’s lover, accepts Yan Shaozhe’s demand to place loyalty to Shrek above her loss 27.

Sun Moon Cooperation

Jin Hongchen leads a delegation to deepen cooperation with Shrek. The agreement combines Shrek’s cultivation expertise and Golden Tree resources with the Sun Moon Empire’s soul tool technology 43 62.

The relationship alarms the Original Three Nations and provokes hostility among some of their students. Xu Jiawei plans an attack using forces disguised as Sun Moon radicals, hoping to rupture the partnership 52 61.

Continental Tournament

Star Luo replaces Shrek with the Body Sect in the opening match, breaking a customary privilege intended to showcase Shrek’s dominance. Gu Xingyue nevertheless draws immediate attention by revealing three thousand-year soul rings 64.

Shrek defeats the Star Luo Imperial Soul Master Academy and reaches the final against the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy. Its regular team loses the team battle while Gu Xingyue remains off the field, but subsequent victories secure Shrek the championship 69 70 71.

At the following auction, Shrek purchases the Snow Empress embryo for 200 million gold soul coins 73.

Conflict with the Body Sect and Holy Spirit Church

The Body Sect’s attempt to claim Huo Yutong brings it into direct conflict with Shrek. Du Bisi seizes her while Mu En fights Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao, forcing Shrek’s defenders to confront several powerful enemies simultaneously 66 74 78.

Xuan Zi suffers a severe beating while trying to protect the academy and its students. By the aftermath, Shrek possesses two Limit Douluos 82 85.

Acquisition of Jialing Pass

Mu En orders Shrek to obtain Jialing Pass for Divine Halls associated with the Seven Original Sin Gods. Yan Shaozhe leads a delegation, supported by Xuan Zi, to pressure the Heavenly Soul Empire 85 86 88.

With the Body Sect refusing to intervene, the emperor yields the fortress. Shrek arranges designated personnel for the handover and formally takes over its defenses 94 95 96 98.

External Relationships

• Sun Moon Empire — Technological and educational partner whose leadership seeks Shrek’s support or neutrality in a future war. Cooperation does not prevent fierce tournament competition 43 62 70.
• Star Luo Empire — Increasingly hostile former partner. Xu Jiawei sends gifts and envoys before turning to covert attacks intended to undermine Shrek’s Sun Moon relationship 52 61 76.
• Heavenly Soul Empire — Participates in the planned attack against Shrek, then cedes Jialing Pass under pressure. Its emperor is a former Shrek student who never entered the Inner Court 61 95.
• Dou Ling Empire — Shares the Original Three Nations’ distrust of Shrek’s alignment with the Sun Moon Empire 52 87.
• Body Sect — Rival organization whose efforts to seize Huo Yutong escalate into direct combat with Shrek’s elders 66 78 82.
• Holy Spirit Church — Enemy organization that coordinates against Shrek. Mu En later orders the destruction of Evil Soul Master strongholds along the Heavenly Soul delegation’s route 74 87.
• Seven Original Sin Gods — Provide divine legacies that Shrek seeks to accommodate through Divine Halls at Jialing Pass. All seven ultimately give Huo Yutong trials 85 86 104.