Yan Shaozhe

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Yan Shaozhe (言少哲)
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Shrek Academy; Martial Soul Department 18
Occupation/Role	Shrek Academy’s 261st dean and head of the Martial Soul Department, later removed from office 18 117
Cultivation Realm	Titled Douluo; exact Soul Power level unspecified 18
Martial Soul	Bright Phoenix 5
Status	Alive; confined to the Golden Tree Core Domain until he passes Mu En’s test of character 117
First Appearance	Chapter 5, “Mu En and Wang Dong” 5

Appearance

• Apparent age: An elderly man whose outward appearance seems ordinary despite his Titled Douluo pressure 18.
• Clothing: Snow-white robes during the freshman assessment finals 18.
• Bearing: Refined and gentle, with a warm manner that nevertheless carries unquestionable authority 18.
• Expression: Frequently maintains a courteous, practiced smile during recruitment, ceremonies, and political negotiations 21 23 37.

Personality

Yan Shaozhe is possessive of exceptional talent and strongly committed to the Martial Soul Department’s supremacy. He regards Soul Tools as inferior external aids and considers Huo Yuhao’s choice to study them a waste of his Ultimate Attributes. His recruitment ambitions also include personal recognition: he imagines being remembered as the mentor of a future god 5 9.

His institutional loyalty is intertwined with political calculation. He resents the Soul Tool Department’s potential financial independence because it threatens his department’s resource advantage. He likewise opposes the Lionheart Club’s paid Patrol Team, believing academy students should perform such duties selflessly rather than weaken Shrek’s control over their service 8 57.

His concern for Ma Xiaotao is genuine, but often expressed through restrictions and pressure. After her reckless cultivation triggers an Evil Fire outbreak, he forbids further training until a cure is found. That protectiveness later becomes unreasonable blame when he accuses Huo Yuhao of deliberately failing to prevent her tournament loss of control 28 118.

Yan considers his eventual dismissal unjust and believes he has faithfully protected Shrek for decades. Mu En instead judges him too narrow-minded, obsessive, and governed by personal feelings to lead the department through reform 117.

History

Contest for Huo Yuhao

When Huo Yuhao becomes Qian Duoduo’s disciple, Yan disputes the boy’s departmental allegiance, arguing that twin Ultimate Martial Souls should be developed in the Martial Soul Department. His resentment grows when Qian presents a mass-production strategy devised by Huo that could strengthen the Soul Tool Department economically 5 8.

At the Sea God Pavilion, Yan reveals Huo’s four Ultimate Attributes and advocates transferring him. Xuan Zi supports the proposal, but Huo refuses and declares that he would leave Shrek rather than abandon the department that supported him. Mu En upholds his choice 9.

Freshman Assessment and Rewards

Yan personally oversees the final-stage draw for an unusually talented freshman class and continues courting Huo. After Huo’s team and Dai Huabin’s team receive separate semifinal slots, Huo interprets Yan’s hand on the lot box and meaningful smile as evidence that the draw was arranged to keep them apart until the final 18.

After Huo’s team wins, Yan announces the championship and presides over the awards. He explains Du Weilun’s absence as a “slight chill,” despite the director having been forced from the examination field by Huo’s arrow. Yan then names Huo a Martial Soul Department Core Disciple, only for Huo to reject the appointment publicly 21 22.

In the dean’s office, Yan presents the winning trio with a thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit right-arm Soul Bone. He also gives Huo a Void Soul Bone; Huo later suspects that this gift was intended to secure his cooperation in treating Ma Xiaotao 23 28.

Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire

After Ma Xiaotao secretly attempts to break through to Soul Emperor and suffers an Evil Fire outbreak, Yan reprimands her and suspends her cultivation. He proposes harmonizing her Soul Power with an Ultimate Light soul master to cleanse the Evil Fire, explaining that the process could also strengthen the other participant’s light attribute 28.

Ma subsequently approaches Huo. Rather than agree to become her long-term treatment provider without compensation, he requests shops and support for the Lionheart Club. Ma must consult Yan because she cannot authorize those terms herself 28 29.

Protecting the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion

When Dai Huabin is implicated in hiring assassins against Huo, Yan places Dai Yueheng in charge of the interrogation, giving him an opportunity to clear his brother through a scapegoat. Yan publicly assures the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect that Shrek will deliver justice, while privately instructing Ma Xiaotao to tell Dai Yueheng to find the person “truly behind” the attack 37.

Yan later urges Huo to prioritize harmony and avoid making the case a major affair. When Dai Huabin finally admits fault publicly, Yan labels the assassination attempt a misunderstanding and minor student clash. This whitewashing turns Huo’s distrust into a genuine desire to kill him 41 45.

During the summer, Dai Huabin formally becomes Yan’s disciple. Yan promises to betroth Ma Xiaotao to him once he becomes a Titled Douluo 55.

Tang San and the Lionheart Club

Yan stops Dai Huabin’s fight with the newly arrived Tang San and immediately offers Tang admission to the Martial Soul Department. He is especially pleased by Tang’s claim to be an orphan without sect ties, privately viewing him as an easily controlled talent who could counter Huo 56.

Yan arranges exam-free admission and hopes to use Tang against the Lionheart Club, whose paid service model threatens Shrek’s traditional authority. Mu En’s approval of the Club prevents Yan from opposing it openly. Yan also brings Zhou Yi back to teaching, assigning her Freshman Class Two rather than an elite class 57.

During the Continental Tournament, a coordinated reputational attack exposes allegations concerning Yan’s ancestry and Shrek’s connections to Evil Soul Masters. His parentage is described as a secret previously known only to Mu En and Ye Xishui; the supplied account does not identify his parents 101.

Removal from Office

After Tang San is injured, Yan and other officials deny him access to the Golden Tree, arguing that his Martial Soul’s evil quality might contaminate its Life Energy and damage Shrek’s reputation. Mu En intervenes to arrange treatment through Elder Zhuang instead 115.

Following Shrek’s championship victory, Yan objects to rewarding Huo and his companions with a month of Golden Tree cultivation. He argues that Huo’s Body Sect allegiance makes him an outsider and proposes the title of Lifetime Shrek Seven Devil in place of access to Shrek’s reserves 117.

Mu En rejects the proposal, appoints Cai Mei’er as departmental dean, and confines Yan to the Golden Tree Core Domain for cultivation and reflection. Yan may leave only after passing a test of character. The punishment is also intended to protect him from destroying himself through continued opposition to Huo and Shrek’s reform 117.

Abilities & Skills

Bright Phoenix Martial Soul

• Yan possesses the Bright Phoenix Martial Soul. No named Soul Skills or specific combat applications are documented in the supplied passages 5.

Titled Douluo Soul Power

• His presence carries Titled Douluo-level pressure despite his ordinary elderly appearance 18.
• He projects his voice across the crowded Outer Court square during the freshman awards ceremony 21.

Cultivation Instruction

• Recognizes the significance of Huo’s twin Martial Souls and four Ultimate Attributes 9.
• Identifies Ultimate Light Soul Power harmonization as a possible treatment for Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire 28.
• Personally mentors Ma Xiaotao and later accepts Dai Huabin as a disciple 28 55.

Relationships

• Mu En — Teacher and superior. Mu repeatedly overturns Yan’s attempts to control Huo’s development and ultimately removes him from office 8 9 117.
• Ma Xiaotao — Beloved personal disciple and intended successor. Yan urgently seeks a cure for her Evil Fire, but also promises her future betrothal to Dai Huabin 28 55 84.
• Dai Huabin — Disciple and beneficiary of political protection. Yan minimizes his assassination attempt against Huo and offers him Ma Xiaotao’s hand upon reaching Titled Douluo 37 45 55.
• Huo Yuhao — Initially a coveted recruit, later an institutional rival. Rejected recruitment attempts, political favoritism, and disputes over rewards steadily worsen their relationship 9 22 45 117.
• Qian Duoduo — Departmental rival whose successful recruitment of Huo and plans for economic expansion threaten Yan’s interests 5 8.
• Xian Lin’er — Rival departmental leader. She opposes the attempted transfer of Huo, and their later interactions remain openly tense 9 41.
• Xuan Zi — Ally in promoting orthodox Martial Soul cultivation over Soul Tools 8 9.
• Tang San — Personally recruited student whom Yan hopes to use against Huo and the Lionheart Club; Yan later supports withholding Golden Tree treatment from him 56 57 115.
• Cai Mei’er — Former vice dean appointed to replace him as head of the Martial Soul Department 117.