Arc 3Leaving Shrek
Yan Zu broke with Shrek Academy after Tang San’s poisoned attack and led Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Oscar to pursue their own training. The group built a winning team at the Soto Great Soul Arena and prepared to face the Heaven Dou Royal Team.
- Yan Zu helped the students compete at the Great Soul Arena, advised Zhu Zhuqing after her first loss, and developed a Glazed Tile Resonance with Ning Rongrong.
- Yan Zu rejected Yu Xiaogang’s offer to become his disciple and moved into Ning Rongrong’s furnished dormitory with Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing.
- Yan Zu challenged Yu Xiaogang’s training methods and later condemned Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun after they attacked Canghui Academy students.
- Yan Zu warned Oscar against taking the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, then found him a Thousand Illusions Glazed Fungus for his Third Soul Ring.
- Yan Zu secretly killed the wounded Man Faced Demon Spider and kept its Eight Spider Lances, while Tang San resented Yan Zu for the Soul Ring he had missed.
- Yan Zu exposed Tang San’s poisoned Sleeve Arrow, and after Flender gave Tang San only a light punishment, Yan Zu withdrew from Shrek Academy.
- Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Oscar left with Yan Zu, who gave Zhu Zhuqing and Oscar cultivation manuals and trained the group in his Mimicry Training Ground.
- The five formed Dawn at the Soto Great Soul Arena and won repeated matches before accepting an exhibition bout against the Heaven Dou Royal Team.