Chapter 174

Gui Sha self-implodes.
Gui Sha's body had exploded completely. Even the largest piece of flesh he could find was only the size of a finger.
Even if Long Chen had cut off his head just now, Gui Sha wouldn't have died. His soul would be once more inserted into another corpse. There had been no need for him to die. A Corrupt Devil had actually decided to make such a decision; it was obvious how much he had hated Long Chen.
Tu Fang then gives the victorious Chen a position as outer disciple.
== Notes ==
According to BornToBe:
The main reason that Long Chen doesn't get a core disciple badge is because Tu Fang knows/suspects that he is a Divergent. Due to that, they cannot attempt to give him special treatment or alter his fate, or the entire monastery could be destroyed. 
Tu Fang was silent for a long time as he looked at Long Chen. Was this the fate of a Divergent? He had clearly given him an opportunity, but how did that opportunity end up like this?
He remembered the sect leader's warning. He was not to change Long Chen's fate. Now he finally was convinced that if he forced it and gave Long Chen a core disciple position, perhaps the entire monastery would be brought down by that karma.
Now I don't know about you, but if I knew that my entire sect could be destroyed, I don't know if I'd risk it. Furthermore, although this is only implied at this point, there a couple more points that make this make more sense: 1) The Xuantian Monastery is the largest and most powerful sect within that region. So an outer disciple position there is better than a core disciple position at the other sects. 2) The Xuantian Monastery is a branch of the Xuantian Supermonastery. That means Tu Fang/Ling Yun-zi have less control over the rules, and cannot break them as easily. 3) Long Chen doesn't care about that core disciple position, as long as he gets in. It's even stated that he finds it more interesting to be around Tang Wan-er and would probably prefer to stay in her faction since he has so much fun with her after their initial misunderstanding.