Let's take a look—who was this chosen one who could survive even a Level 9 nuclear explosion?!
The answer was...
Yan Shaozhe!
This was when the benefits of not joining the commotion became apparent.
Look at those elders who were clearly injured but still kept sticking their heads out to watch Xuan Zi and Song Yunzhi fight. Now even their ashes had been scattered.
Then look at Yan Shaozhe, who had obediently been working the sewing machine. After a Level 9 nuclear explosion, he was completely fine. He merely looked somewhat unkempt and disheveled after such a long period of reform-through-labor, no longer carrying his former dignified facade.
As for how Yan Shaozhe had managed to emerge completely unscathed...
Please watch the VCR~
When the explosion occurred, Yan Shaozhe had been the only person in Shrek who remained inside the Golden Tree. That meant that, even if neither the Golden Tree nor Ah Yin had consciously intended to protect him, Ah Yin's defenses had still essentially given Yan Shaozhe a free ride.
Even if he had faced the explosion of a Level 9 Fixed Soul Cannon Shell head-on, though, he would not have died.
The Radiant Phoenix martial soul possessed the ability of Nirvana. This ability had manifested in both Yan Shaozhe and Ye Xishui.
It was quite difficult to kill him.
Still, by not joining the commotion this time, he had ultimately saved himself quite a bit of trouble. He had simply sat there while someone else intercepted the explosion of the Level 9 Fixed Soul Cannon Shell.
Now, the only surviving Titled Douluo in all of Shrek was actually this Bright Phoenix Douluo.
That was truly rather hard to stomach.
Moreover, although Yan Shaozhe could be rebellious as hell at certain times, under particular circumstances he acted like