I am the son of the Dragon God in Douluo Continent.

After a long journey, Xu Xingyu and her companions arrived in Shrek City on the last day of Shrek Academy's admissions period. Shrek City is the city where Shrek Academy is located.

Theoretically, Shrek Academy is located within the Heavenly Soul Empire, but due to its unique geographical location, it is actually situated in the center of what were formerly the three great Douluo Empires. Therefore, in a sense, Shrek City is essentially an independent small country, a small country that all empires want to win over.

The reason it wasn't destroyed by the combined forces of the three great empires is not only because Shrek Academy insists that it is an academy and will not get involved in those national affairs, but also because of its own strong strength and teaching ability.

It can be said that all the high-ranking officials of the three major empires have graduates from their respective Shrek Academy. At the command of the current Shrek Dean, those graduates would take up arms to defend Shrek against any enemy that invades. This has resulted in the three empires only daring to court each other but not to destroy one another.

Because if any party takes the lead in doing such a thing, they will inevitably lose the support of most of their country's people, and a country that loses the support of its people is destined to perish.

Some might say this is too exaggerated; how could a small academy have such a powerful influence? Xu Xingyu would say that while it's unbelievable, they truly do have that influence. It can only be said that Shrek Glory's brainwashing technique is simply too powerful.

Back when the three great empires of Douluo were fighting against the invasion of the Sun Moon Empire, they had internal strife because none of them would submit to the others. In the end, it was Dean Shrek who stepped in and swayed the armies of the three great empires. He then united the armies of the three great empires with the Sun Moon Empire as the leader of the alliance to fight against the enemy.

It was at that moment that the three empires originally belonging to Douluo realized that most of their soldiers and high-ranking officers were graduates of Shrek Academy.

While the story may seem exciting on the surface, a little closer examination reveals that it essentially means Shrek Academy holds the lifeline of the three great empires.

This is why the three great empires of Douluo only dared to be on good terms with Shrek Academy but dared not coerce it.

Thinking of this, Xu Xingyu couldn't help but sigh, because this status was actually no different from that of the Spirit Hall ten thousand years ago.

Ten thousand years ago, Shrek Academy destroyed the Spirit Hall along with Tang San and the Heaven Dou Empire. However, Shrek Academy has now become the second Spirit Hall.

This is truly a story of the dragon slayer becoming a dragon!

Unfortunately, the dragon that these dragon slayers transformed into was not as powerful as the evil dragon that the Spirit Hall had slaughtered ten thousand years ago.

Ten thousand years ago, the Spirit Hall was responsible for giving everyone the opportunity to awaken their spirit, distributing subsidies to each spirit master on behalf of various empires, and also for killing any evil spirit masters who committed wrongdoing.

So-called evil soul masters are soul masters who cultivate through improper means, and their methods include, but are not limited to, devouring human blood, soul power, and other evil methods.

During the era when evil spirit masters ran rampant, the first Pope of the Spirit Hall stepped forward and united all the righteous sects of the time to slaughter them all. Ultimately, the Pope forced these evil spirit masters to retreat to the City of Slaughter, the land of the Asura God and Rakshasa God's lineage. The City of Slaughter thus became, in effect, a prison for all evil spirit masters. It can be said that the era when the Spirit Hall still existed was the darkest period for evil spirit masters.

Unfortunately, after Tang San destroyed the Spirit Hall, the forces he left behind, Tang Sect and Shrek Academy, did not properly take over the responsibilities of the Spirit Hall.

The former, Tang Sect, was so complacent that it eventually had only three disciples to maintain the sect, while the latter, Shrek Academy, although it nominally accepted the work of the Spirit Hall, failed to do it well.

The Spirit Hall can be said to be the only chance for commoner spirit masters to rise to power, while Shrek Academy is the place where nobles compete for supremacy.

At Shrek Academy, without a special background, it's impossible to gain a foothold. It's a system extremely unfriendly to commoners. And this aristocratic system is the root of the emergence of evil spirit masters. Aside from a few exceptions, the vast majority of evil spirit masters are of commoner origin. They fall into evil because they are forced to endure various forms of oppression from the upper class, eventually going mad after succumbing to the unbearable pressure.

Because of this, with the Spirit Hall being a force that is friendly to commoner spirit masters, fewer and fewer commoner spirit masters will turn to evil paths due to social injustice.

In contrast, Shrek Academy is an elite school where the strong get everything, while the weak are relegated to the dusty corners.

It only uses its resources on talented students, and doesn't even bother to look at ordinary soul masters.

Therefore, although a small number of exceptionally talented commoner Soul Masters will enroll, the majority of enrolled Soul Masters are supported by powerful families.

As for cracking down on evil spirit masters, Shrek Academy has done so, but their methods are too discriminatory.

For example, there was once a Scorpion Tiger Douluo named Zhang Peng. His martial soul was a scorpion tiger. However, because his cultivation required him to devour the flesh and blood of soul beasts, he was forced to bear the infamy of being a half-evil soul master.

He had never harmed anyone, including ordinary people, except for those who were his enemies.

There is also Black Crow Douluo, whose martial soul attribute is dark. However, because the dark attribute is too similar to the evil attribute, he was also labeled as an evil soul master by Shrek Academy.

It's fair to say they weren't actually fighting against evil spirit masters; they were just looking for a legitimate opportunity to pick a fight!

If we really have to accuse someone of being an evil spirit master, isn't the great ancestor Tang San, whom they respect, one of them?

Relying on the Eight Spider Lances, a soul bone from an external server, to devour the soul power of soul beasts and soul masters, and even destroying the Killing God Domain, the prison that once imprisoned evil soul masters, in order to ensure that no one could obtain it again! Isn't this clearly the behavior of an evil soul master?

Back with Xu Xingyu and her group, after arriving at Shrek Academy, Xu Xingyu parted ways with Xu Yanxue, Huo Yuhao, and the others.

Although Huo Yuhao's talent was enhanced due to certain butterfly effects, he was still only a level 15 Soul Master.

Therefore, it would be quite difficult to pass Shrek Academy's entrance exam, so Tang Ya and the others decided to use the Tang Clan's special admission authority to let him enter the academy.

As for Xu Xingyu, after handing over her sworn sister Xu Yanxue's letter of recommendation to the teacher, she went to Shrek Academy for the entrance exam on her own.

As for why he didn't ask his family to prepare another letter of recommendation, but only gave Xu Yanxue a letter of recommendation?

This is because each family can only recommend one person to get in through connections, and Xu Xingyu, being highly capable, didn't need to use connections, so he gave the recommendation letter to his nominal sister, Xu Yanxue.

Of course, this doesn't mean that Xu Yanxue needs this letter of recommendation, after all, her true identity is the Ice and Snow Empress, the leader of the three Heavenly Kings of the Far North!

With her fighting talent, passing Shrek Academy's entrance exam would be a piece of cake.

The reason I gave her the recommendation letter was mainly because Xue Di herself didn't have much to learn in Shrek Academy's Martial Soul Department.

Therefore, the best way for her to apply to Shrek Academy's Soul Guidance Department is to conceal her Snow Maiden Martial Soul and disguise herself as an ordinary Snow Lotus Martial Soul. This way, she won't be forced to join Shrek's Martial Soul Department. As for the possibility of her identity being discovered by Shrek's higher-ups, that's simply not possible.

A few years ago, Xu Xingyu took her to the ruins of the Ice God and obtained the Ice God's inheritance. The first step of the test was to transform her into a human and have her accompany Xu Xingyu to learn everything about the human world.

Therefore, she had a way to prevent anyone from seeing through her true form as a transformed soul beast after she transformed into human form.

After saying goodbye to Xu Yanxue, Xu Xingyu began her entrance exam.

Xu Xingyu's entrance exam required her to withstand the pressure from senior students for the duration of an incense stick burning.

However, to his surprise, the senior who assessed him was actually an acquaintance.

The moment a senior student dressed in black saw Xu Xingyu, his jaw dropped.

At this moment, all he wanted to do was complain about whether the test required him to survive under my supervision for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, or whether I had to survive under his supervision for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.

This senior is none other than Xu Sanshi, the young sect leader of the Xuanming Sect, who is known as the Eternal Ruler.