Yan Shaozhe

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Yan Shaozhe (言少哲)
Alias(es)	Bright Phoenix Douluo; Dean Yan; “Old Yan” (used by Ji Feng) 1
Gender	Male 1
Affiliation	Shrek Academy; Sea God Pavilion 1
Occupation/Role	Dean of the Martial Soul Department; senior academy elder; Sea God Pavilion member 1
Master	Mu En, the Dragon God Douluo; Yan is his eldest disciple 1
Disciple	Ma Xiaotao 4
Martial Soul	Bright Phoenix 3
Cultivation Rank	Titled Douluo 1
First Appearance	Appears before Ji Feng at a waterfall near Dragon-Sighting Village 1

Background / History

Rescue and Awakening Attempt

Three days before his introduction, Yan Shaozhe was severely injured in the woods and rescued by ten-year-old Ji Feng. After recovering, he sought to repay the boy by helping awaken the martial soul that ordinary methods had failed to draw out for four years 1.

Sensing a resonance between his Bright Phoenix and Ji Feng’s hidden energy, Yan brought him to Dragon-Sighting Village’s awakening ceremony. When Zhu Chen berated Ji Feng, Yan forced the teacher to his knees with soul-power pressure and ordered him to assist. He then destroyed the ordinary six-stone array and replaced it with eight genuine Heavenly Soul Stones 1.

Yan initially expected Ji Feng to illuminate three stones and began offering to accept him as a disciple. Instead, Ji Feng lit all eight, exceeding Mu En’s four-stone result. The stones subsequently shattered, revealing a dragon silhouette and a roar powerful enough to nearly disperse Yan’s protective soul power. Despite this display, Ji Feng’s martial soul remained dormant 2 3.

Bringing Ji Feng to Shrek

Convinced that Ji Feng possessed extraordinary draconic power, Yan rushed him to Shrek Academy and sought Mu En’s help. He left Ji Feng beside Sea God Lake while reporting to his teacher 3.

During his absence, Ma Xiaotao lost control of her evil fire and attacked Ji Feng. Yan returned with Zhang Lexuan and Elder Zhuang after the boy subdued her. He extracted the dangerous fire-based soul power from Ji Feng, allowing Elder Zhuang to repair the damaged meridians, then took him to meet Mu En 4 5.

Zero Innate Soul Power

Yan fetched food during Mu En’s awakening procedure and returned with chicken soup afterward. Learning that Ji Feng’s newly awakened Defiant Evil Dragon was accompanied by zero innate soul power, he suggested that the boy’s power might simply be hidden or dormant 5 6 7.

When Mu En proposed extracting the missing Dragon Core if it remained inside Ji Feng, Yan pleaded that the child not be harmed. Unable to solve the cultivation problem, he still intended to repay his lifesaver with lifelong wealth and comfort and arranged meals from Shrek’s Inner Court 8.

Mu En privately decided to conceal his further plans from Yan because of Yan’s unusual relationship with Ji Feng 7.

Appearance

Yan appears to be in his fifties or sixties, with a tall, straight-backed figure 1.

• Wears the everyday robes of Shrek’s dean, with subtle phoenix patterns woven into the cuffs 1.
• Displays a Sea God Pavilion badge on his chest 1.
• His martial-soul manifestations are accompanied by phoenix cries, golden light, sacred radiance, and heat 1 3.

Personality

Yan is protective of Ji Feng and openly condemns Zhu Chen’s bullying. He tolerates the boy’s teasing and sarcasm, responds immediately when he finds him injured, and remains concerned for his welfare even after zero innate soul power appears to rule out cultivation 1 3 4 7 8.

He takes considerable pride in Shrek’s resources and deeply reveres Mu En, repeatedly citing his teacher’s achievements when explaining the Heavenly Soul Stones. Ji Feng’s unprecedented results overwhelm that confidence: Yan moves from enthusiastic praise to disbelief, briefly convincing himself that his recent injuries must be causing hallucinations 1 2.

Abilities & Skills

Bright Phoenix Martial Soul

• High-speed flight: Carries Ji Feng through the air; with his martial soul activated, reaches Shrek Academy within a single breath 1 3.
• Automatic protection: His Bright Phoenix activates on its own to shield him when Ji Feng’s dragon roar nearly scatters his protective soul power 3.
• Resonance detection: Senses an affinity between his martial soul and the hidden energy within Ji Feng before the boy’s awakening 1 2.

Soul-Power Control

• Overwhelming pressure: Forces Zhu Chen, a rank-seventy-one Soul Saint, to his knees without a physical attack 1.
• Meridian protection: Shields Ji Feng’s heart meridians against backlash during the Heavenly Soul Stone procedure 2.
• Array manipulation: Shatters the ordinary awakening stones and suspends eight Heavenly Soul Stones above the ground 1.

Martial-Soul Awakening Expertise

• Recognizes that powerful martial souls may resist ordinary awakening methods and that forcing them out without adequate support can leave them defective 1.
• Uses Heavenly Soul Stones to guide awakening and reveal latent talent 1 2.
• Cannot complete Ji Feng’s awakening despite the eight-stone reaction, prompting him to consult Mu En 3.

Evil Fire Extraction

• Draws Ma Xiaotao’s residual evil fire soul power out of Ji Feng and disperses it 4.
• His phoenix martial soul has a high degree of soul-power resonance with Ma Xiaotao’s, making her power comparatively easy for him to guide 4.
• This resonance does not reach the level of Martial Soul Fusion 4.

Equipment / Items

• Heavenly Soul Stones — Eight rare Shrek treasures previously used in Mu En’s awakening. Yan employs them for Ji Feng, whose power destroys all eight 1 3.
• Sea God Pavilion badge — Worn on his chest; helps Zhu Chen recognize his institutional authority 1.

Relationships

• Ji Feng — Lifesaver and prospective disciple. Yan advocates for his awakening, protects him from mistreatment, and continues supporting him after his zero-soul-power diagnosis. Ji Feng familiarly calls him “Old Yan” 1 2 7 8.
• Mu En — Master whom Yan deeply reveres. Yan relies on his expertise but asks him not to hurt Ji Feng over the missing Dragon Core 1 2 3 8.
• Ma Xiaotao — Disciple whose phoenix soul power resonates with his own. Yan helps resolve the aftermath of her evil-fire rampage 4.
• Zhu Chen — Shrek teacher whom Yan reprimands for bullying Ji Feng and orders to assist with the awakening 1.
• Zhang Lexuan — Fellow Sea God Pavilion member who accompanies him to the lakeside emergency; Yan asks her and Elder Zhuang to take Ma Xiaotao back to rest 4.
• Elder Zhuang — Collaborates with Yan in treating Ji Feng: Yan removes the evil fire, while Elder Zhuang repairs the meridians 4.

Notable Quotes

“Did Shrek Academy teach you to bully children?” 1

“Please don't hurt this child...” 8

Trivia

• His youthful romantic escapades made him a recurring subject of campus gossip. “Bright Phoenix Spring Scenery,” a column in Spring Pool’s Enchanting Charm, was especially popular in the Soul Tool Department 3.
• His hurried arrival at Shrek with Ji Feng sparked rumors that the boy was his illegitimate child 3.