Chapter Summaries

At Shrek Academy, Flander and Yu Xiaogang discussed Tang San’s injuries after Qin He defeated him, while Qin Zhan boasted about his son reaching level 1000. In Suotuo City, Zhu Zhuqing wondered whether she should confess her feelings to Qin He.

• Flander told Yu Xiaogang that Tang San had been beaten by Qin He in the Star Dou Great Forest and that his life was unknown.
• Yu Xiaogang admitted he had forgotten about Tang San and said he believed Qin He would spare his life.
• Qin Zhan arrived at Shrek Academy and lamented that Qin He’s level 1000 strength would make it harder for him to find a wife.
• Flander revealed that Tang San owed him several hundred Gold Soul Coins after losing a Great Spirit Arena bet against Qin He.
• Zhu Zhuqing considered confessing to Qin He because she saw him as hope for escaping her family’s arranged marriage.

Xiao Chenyu persuaded Xie Yue to help Qin He by raising his offer of monthly Gold Soul Coins. At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang interpreted Qin He's supposed Level 1000 cultivation as a way to free Soul Masters from relying on soul rings and concluded Qin He should rule Douluo Continent, while Qin He was baffled by the claims.

• Xiao Chenyu offered Xie Yue increasing sums of Gold Soul Coins until Xie Yue reluctantly agreed to help him despite insisting he was Qin He's enemy.
• At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang excitedly praised Qin He's Level 1000 cultivation and treated it as a breakthrough in Soul Master theory.
• Yu Xiaogang reasoned that Qin He's method did not require soul rings and could let Soul Masters cultivate beyond the usual limits.
• Yu Xiaogang decided that Qin He should become Douluo Continent's sole emperor, while Qin He wondered how he had supposedly changed the continent's cultivation system.

Zhu Zhuqing worried about how to make Qin He pursue her, then clashed with Hu Liena over their shared interest in him. Meanwhile, the Heaven Dou Emperor felt strangely drunk after learning of Qin He's immense strength.

• Zhu Zhuqing compared Qin He favorably to Dai Mubai and decided she wanted Qin He to pursue her first.
• Hu Liena encountered Zhu Zhuqing on the streets of Suotuo City and mocked her for thinking Qin He might want her.
• Zhu Zhuqing rejected Hu Liena's taunts and vowed never to pursue Qin He, insisting he should approach her himself.
• The Heaven Dou Emperor told Old Meng that he felt lightheaded after drinking tea, despite having had only a little wine earlier.

Xue Ye heard Meng Shenji’s report about Qin He’s influence and secretive conduct, and recognized him as a leader with the bearing of an emperor. Troubled by the Heaven Dou Empire’s fragile state and his sons’ inability to succeed him, Xue Ye began to consider whether Qin He could secure the empire’s future.

• Xue Ye asked Meng Shenji to report what the empire had learned about Qin He.
• Meng Shenji described how Qin He had earned the loyalty of students at Notting Academy while keeping a low profile and delegating tasks to Xiao Chenyu.
• Xue Ye praised Qin He’s restraint and ability to gather talent, seeing him as someone with an emperor’s bearing.
• Meng Shenji reported that Qin He had inspired intense admiration among the soul masters at Heaven Dou Royal Academy as well.
• Xue Ye reflected that the Heaven Dou Empire was already losing control of its territories and would likely fall into chaos after his death.
• Xue Ye wondered whether Qin He might be able to hold the empire together.

Xue Ye decided to claim Qin He as his son and announce him as the returned Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, while Xue Beng learned that his chances of becoming emperor had collapsed. News of Qin He's level 1000 strength and the succession upheaval also unsettled the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Xue Ye told Meng Shenji that Qin He was secretly his son, Xue Qinghe, and declared him the rightful crown prince, but Meng Shenji questioned his claim.
• Xue Beng asked Xiao Wu about rumors that Qin He had reached level 1000, while Xiao Wu remained lost in thoughts of Qin He.
• An imperial eunuch informed Xue Beng that Qin He was Crown Prince Xue Qinghe and warned him not to interfere with his brother's future succession.
• The eunuch summoned Xue Beng to the palace, where Xue Ye intended to beat him, and Xue Beng lamented that he still wanted to be emperor.
• Ning Fengzhi reflected on Qin He's strength and the sudden upheaval in the Heaven Dou Empire.

Ning Fengzhi planned to arrange Ning Rongrong’s marriage to Qin He, but she ran away to find Qin He before he could act. In the Star Dou Great Forest, Qin He’s level 1000 power shook the continent, and ordinary Soul Masters celebrated him as a future emperor.

• Ning Fengzhi decided that Ning Rongrong should marry Qin He to secure the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s future.
• A disciple told Ning Fengzhi that Ning Rongrong had run away to elope with Qin He, leaving him furious and humiliated.
• Qin He wondered why his strength seemed ready to rise again after briefly releasing his level 1000 pressure in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Soul Masters across the continent felt Qin He’s power and offered congratulations and support, praising his guidance and reforms.

Qin He absorbed a surge of faith that further increased his already overwhelming strength, while the soul masters around him mistook it for a deliberate plan to build a divine kingdom. He protested that he only wanted to be an ordinary soul master, but the believers’ admiration continued to grow.

• Qin He watched the Power of Faith flow into him and worried that growing beyond level 1000 would cause disasters across the Douluo Continent.
• Zhao Wuji explained that Gods grew stronger by gathering believers and harvesting the Power of Faith.
• Dugu Yan, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun interpreted Qin He's strength as evidence of his divine ambitions, while Meng Shu offered to support him if he sought the throne.
• Qin He realized the others believed he was deliberately gathering faith and insisted that he had no grand plans and only wanted to be an ordinary soul master.

Qin He found the major powers gathered outside his villa, each trying to secure his favor after his overwhelming rise. Xue Ye planned to abdicate and make Qin He his successor and son-in-law, while Spirit Hall considered a marriage alliance; Qin He remained inside, baffled by the commotion.

• Meng Shenji announced that Xue Ye would abdicate in three months and invite Qin He to become emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Salas and Bibi Dong realized Xue Ye was moving to secure Qin He, and Salas urged Spirit Hall to pursue a marriage alliance before it lost influence.
• Flander congratulated Qin Zhan on Qin He's prospects, while Qin Zhan boasted about the Qin Family's bloodline.
• Yu Xiaogang speculated that Qin He's strength came from exceptional blood and regretted that he could not study him firsthand.
• Qin He wondered why everyone had gathered outside his home to make him emperor.

Qin He decided he could escape the burden of becoming emperor by ruling badly enough to provoke an uprising, but when he told the gathered visitors he did not want the throne, they assumed he was testing their loyalty. The crowd remained convinced that Qin He was secretly scheming to become emperor.

• Xiao Wu praised Qin He for supposedly succeeding in his plan to become emperor and change the fate of soul beasts.
• Qin He worried that becoming emperor would tie his strength to the Heaven Dou Empire and make him vulnerable if the nation fell.
• Qin He realized he could become emperor, rule recklessly, and then abdicate once the people could no longer tolerate him.
• Qin He left his villa and told the visitors that he only wanted to be an ordinary soul master and had no intention of becoming emperor.
• The gathered visitors interpreted Qin He's refusal as a test and suspected he was fishing for disloyal supporters.

Qin He refused the crowd’s demand that he become emperor, but the gathered soul masters interpreted his words as a calculated show of humility and continued urging him to take the throne. The chapter left Qin He facing a growing chorus of praise while Salas praised his self-description as a foolish ruler as proof of his virtue.

• Salas and Bibi Dong believed Qin He was hiding his ambition, while Yu Xiaogang thought he was following the customary script of refusing the throne before accepting it.
• Flander worried Qin He had not prepared supporters to perform that script, but Qin Zhan suggested that everyone leave because his son truly did not want to be emperor.
• The gathered soul masters rebuked Qin Zhan and insisted that Qin He’s refusal was only an act of playing hard to get.
• Soul masters praised Qin He and urged him to become emperor, claiming the people and Heaven wanted him to lead.
• Qin He said he was untalented and might become a foolish ruler, and Qin Zhan added that Qin He had loved sleeping since childhood.
• Salas dismissed Qin Zhan’s explanation and claimed Qin He was holding himself to the standards of a wise ruler.

Qin He’s remarks about foolish rulers were interpreted as a promise to recruit talent regardless of background, and the gathered soul masters urged him to become emperor. Qin He remained bewildered by their enthusiasm as the crowd treated his refusals as part of the three-invitations-and-three-refusals ritual.

• Salas and Yu Xiaogang interpreted Qin He’s words as a sign that he would choose capable officials without regard to their origins.
• Bibi Dong and Meng Shenji praised Qin He’s ability and believed he was suited to rule the Heaven Dou Empire.
• The gathered officials and soul masters concluded that Qin He’s refusals were part of a ritual and pleaded for him to become emperor.
• Qin He wondered why everyone supported his becoming a foolish ruler and considered whether he should accept the throne.
• The crowd took Qin He’s latest headshake as the final refusal and prepared for the next step.

At Qin He’s accession, he unexpectedly accepted the throne instead of following the expected ritual of refusing it, frustrating Salas and Bibi Dong. Xiao Chenyu and Xie Yue arrived with a noisy procession, and Qin He welcomed what he thought was an attempt to disrupt the ceremony; the chapter ended as Xiao Chenyu stepped forward to make a shocking move.

• Qin He agreed to become emperor after the assembled factions urged him to take the throne.
• Salas was stunned that Qin He had accepted, while Bibi Dong silently regretted losing her chance to rule.
• Xiao Chenyu arrived with red-robed soul masters playing festive music, accompanied by a reluctant Xie Yue.
• Xiao Chenyu persuaded Xie Yue to take part by appealing to his ambitions and offering rewards.
• Qin He mistook the procession for an attempt to disrupt his accession and secretly welcomed it.
• Xiao Chenyu stepped forward and made a shocking move.

Qin He appointed Xiao Chenyu as Chief Administrator, intending to make his empire fail, while others interpreted the appointment as either foolishness or a hidden scheme. Flander and Zhao Wuji visited Qin He's palace to promote Shrek Academy's students for official posts.

• Qin He appointed Xiao Chenyu Chief Administrator, and Qin Zhan defended the appointment as Xiao Chenyu expressed his gratitude.
• Flander criticized Xiao Chenyu's character, while Qin He privately welcomed the complaints as a sign that his plan to ruin the empire was working.
• Salas and Bibi Dong suspected that Qin He and Xiao Chenyu were acting with a deeper purpose and resolved to investigate.
• Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun criticized Qin He's choice, with Ma Hongjun joking that a foolish ruler could visit the Red-Light District for free.
• Flander and Zhao Wuji went to Qin He's palace and praised Shrek Academy's students as candidates for official positions.

Xiao Chenyu startled the gathered Soul Masters by appearing to threaten Qin He, but he revealed a poem praising Qin He instead. Qin He rewarded him by appointing him Chief Administrative Officer of the Heaven Dou Empire, leaving Yu Xiaogang stunned.

• Salas, Bibi Dong, Meng Shenji, Yu Xiaogang, and Flander mistook Xiao Chenyu's sudden approach for an assassination attempt and moved to protect Qin He.
• Xiao Chenyu leaped onto Qin He's carriage and unfurled a golden scroll bearing a poem praising Qin He, while Xie Yue displayed the remaining lines from another carriage.
• Salas and the onlookers admired Xiao Chenyu's flattery, while Yu Xiaogang doubted Qin He would forgive a traitor and Flander regretted not presenting a poem himself.
• Qin He praised Xiao Chenyu's poem and appointed him Chief Administrative Officer of the Heaven Dou Empire, asking him to send over any similarly good poems in the future.

Qin He rejected Shrek Academy and praised Xiao Chenyu while secretly intending to undermine the Heaven Dou Empire. As rumors spread that Qin He was a foolish ruler, Ning Fengzhi investigated Xiao Chenyu and heard Chen Xin claim that Qin He had long used him as a spy against Spirit Hall.

• Zhao Wuji urged Qin He to expel Xiao Chenyu and accept Shrek Academy's support, while implying the academy would oppose him otherwise.
• Qin He refused Flander and Zhao Wuji, insulted Shrek Academy, and declared Xiao Chenyu more valuable than all of them.
• Rumors spread that Qin He favored Xiao Chenyu and neglected Shrek Academy, prompting Ning Fengzhi to question whether the new emperor was truly incompetent.
• Chen Xin brought Ning Fengzhi intelligence about Xiao Chenyu and claimed that Xiao Chenyu had infiltrated Spirit Hall on Qin He's orders.
• Ning Fengzhi was stunned by Chen Xin's assertion that Qin He had planned this deception years earlier.

Ning Fengzhi and Xue Ye interpreted Qin He's promotion of Xiao Chenyu as a shrewd political move, though Qin He denied having any such plan. Spirit Hall's elders then debated Qin He's decision, leaving his intentions unclear.

• Ning Fengzhi decided the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect should align itself closely with Qin He after concluding Xiao Chenyu's appointment reflected his hidden talents.
• Meng Shenji condemned Xiao Chenyu's appointment to Xue Ye, who argued that Qin He was using the promotion to attract gifted young Soul Masters to the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Qin He privately denied that he had planned the elaborate strategy Xue Ye described.
• Spirit Hall's elders gathered to discuss Qin He's rule, and Guimei criticized his promotion of Xiao Chenyu and his treatment of Shrek Academy.

Spirit Hall’s leaders discovered that Qin He had placed Xiao Chenyu inside their organization to draw away its young talent, leaving them fearful of Spirit Hall’s future. On the street, Zhu Zhuqing wondered why Qin He favored Spirit Hall Academy’s students over Shrek Academy’s before Hu Liena approached her.

• Ghost Douluo suggested that Qin He might be deliberately ruining the Heaven Dou Empire, but Salas argued that a capable ruler would not seek to destroy his own country.
• Bibi Dong revealed that Xiao Chenyu was Qin He’s undercover agent, who had gathered intelligence and won over Spirit Hall’s young experts.
• Spirit Hall’s leaders realized their academy and younger generation had been undermined, while Salas worried about where the old guard would go under Qin He.
• Zhu Zhuqing heard that Qin He had rejected Shrek Academy’s students for official positions in favor of Spirit Hall Academy’s students and wondered what it meant for Shrek Academy.
• Hu Liena called out to Zhu Zhuqing, saying that they were fated to meet.

Hu Liena tried to recruit Zhu Zhuqing into her faction, arguing that Shrek Academy’s students were unfit for government and that Qin He had wisely denied them official posts. Zhu Zhuqing was left questioning whether Hu Liena’s harsh judgment reflected Qin He’s true view of Shrek Academy.

• Zhu Zhuqing encountered Hu Liena on the street and asked why she had come.
• Hu Liena invited Zhu Zhuqing to join her faction, saying that alliances mattered in Qin He’s new era.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked why she should join Spirit Hall rather than return to Shrek Academy.
• Hu Liena claimed Shrek Academy had declined and that its students lacked the skills to govern, citing Qin He’s refusal to give them official posts.
• Hu Liena ridiculed Tang San, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Flander, Zhao Wuji, and the others, leaving Zhu Zhuqing speechless.

Qin He expected Shrek Academy to retaliate and weaken him, but his Soul Power rose to level 1001 instead. At Spirit Hall, Qian Daoliu and Qian Renxue interpreted Qin He's attack on Shrek Academy as a strategy that rallied commoner factions to the Heaven Dou Empire.

• Qin He woke up expecting Shrek Academy's retaliation to ruin the Heaven Dou Empire and lower his Soul Power.
• The system announced that Qin He's level had increased to 1001, leaving him baffled by Shrek Academy's apparent response.
• Qian Daoliu praised Qin He's decision to target Shrek Academy and told Qian Renxue that the academy's unruly conduct made it a fitting target.
• Qian Daoliu criticized Shrek Academy's students for their behavior and recalled how they had fought other commoner academies and Soul Masters.
• Qian Renxue concluded that Qin He's attack had encouraged commoner factions to join the Heaven Dou Empire, strengthening it.

Qian Daoliu praised Qin He's decision to target Shrek Academy, while Qian Renxue teased him for using Qin He as an excuse to voice his old grievances. At Pope's Hall, Salas resigned from Spirit Hall and declared his intention to follow Qin He, whom he saw as the Douluo Continent's hope for reform.

• Qian Daoliu argued that attacking Shrek Academy would help Qin He win over commoner soul masters without sacrificing much.
• Qian Renxue called out Qian Daoliu's timid nature and suggested he was using Qin He to speak freely against Shrek Academy.
• Qian Daoliu denied flattering Qin He and praised his talent for governing.
• Salas told Bibi Dong that he intended to leave Spirit Hall and follow Qin He.
• Salas defended his choice by praising Qin's ambition to reform the continent, while Bibi Dong objected to losing him.