Chapter Summaries

Qin He ordered Xiao Chenyu to arrange a selection for a harem of three thousand women, despite the political risks of angering powerful factions. Xiao Chenyu left the palace confused but resolved to carry out Qin He's orders, convinced that Qin He had a hidden plan.

• Qin He announced that he wanted to establish a harem of three thousand women and asked Xiao Chenyu what he thought.
• Xiao Chenyu reluctantly praised the idea, and Qin He ordered him to begin arranging a beauty selection within a month.
• Xiao Chenyu warned Qin He that the empire's control was unstable and powerful factions would resent being asked to send their daughters.
• Qin He dismissed Xiao Chenyu's concerns and insisted that the plan proceed because he had his own plans.
• After leaving Qin He's palace, Xiao Chenyu worried that Qin He was acting recklessly but decided to execute the order, trusting in Qin He's wisdom.

Qin He learned from Xiao Chenyu that rejecting Shrek Academy had unexpectedly helped the Heaven Dou Empire attract talent and prosper. Determined to act more like a foolish ruler, Qin He ordered Xiao Chenyu to recruit over three thousand concubines.

• Xiao Chenyu praised Qin He's plan for bringing talented people to the Heaven Dou Empire, while Qin He denied knowing what he meant.
• Xiao Chenyu explained that rejecting Shrek Academy had won the support of students from other academies and made governing the empire easier.
• Qin He realized his reckless policies were helping the empire flourish instead of ruining it.
• Qin He decided to imitate foolish rulers by establishing a harem and neglecting affairs of state.
• Qin He ordered Xiao Chenyu to spread the word that noble families across Douluo Continent must send daughters to the palace as part of a recruitment of over three thousand concubines.

Xiao Chenyu persuaded Xie Yue to help Qin He recruit women for his harem, while Tang San and Dai Mubai debated Qin He's motives at Shrek Academy. Dai Mubai reminded Tang San that Qin He vastly surpassed them in strength.

• Xie Yue objected to carrying out Qin He's harem order, but Xiao Chenyu convinced him by offering one million Gold Soul Coins.
• Xie Yue agreed to help screen women for Qin He's inner court, insisting he was doing it to protect his brother-in-law.
• At Shrek Academy, Tang San cursed Qin He for establishing a harem and dismissed him as a foolish ruler.
• Dai Mubai argued that Qin He's policies and Xiao Chenyu's support likely concealed a deeper scheme.
• Dai Mubai challenged Tang San to consider whether he could beat Qin He in a direct fight, leaving Tang San speechless.

With Shrek Academy struggling financially, Ma Hongjun got drunk in Heaven Dou Imperial City's Red-Light District and mocked Qin He. Xiao Chenyu confronted him and revealed that he had brought a squad of powerful Spirit Master soldiers, leaving Ma Hongjun outnumbered and alarmed.

• Shrek Academy's dwindling support left its students and teachers unable to continue their work.
• Ma Hongjun drank and bragged in the Red-Light District, mocking Qin He and pretending to name women as his consorts.
• Xie Yue and Xiao Chenyu watched Ma Hongjun, and Xiao Chenyu condemned Shrek Academy as incapable of bearing great responsibility.
• Ma Hongjun insulted Xiao Chenyu and challenged him to fight, believing his higher cultivation gave him the advantage.
• Xiao Chenyu summoned more than a dozen Spirit Master soldiers, including Soul Kings, and Ma Hongjun protested that he had brought the police.

Xiao Chenyu arrested Ma Hongjun under the Heaven Dou Empire’s new laws, while commoners praised Qin He for curbing soul-master violence. Ma Hongjun’s insults led Xiao Chenyu to absurdly charge him with leaking a state secret.

• Xiao Chenyu told Ma Hongjun that Qin He’s government had banned private fighting and ordered his arrest for breaking the law.
• Onlookers praised Qin He’s reforms for reducing street violence and ending soul masters’ special privileges.
• Ma Hongjun accused Xiao Chenyu of targeting him and said he had only come to the Red-Light District to find women.
• Xiao Chenyu ordered Ma Hongjun sent to prison for twenty years, but Xie Yue pointed out that the insult warranted at most a month’s detention.
• Xiao Chenyu claimed Ma Hongjun had leaked a state secret by calling him Qin He’s lapdog.

Yu Xiaogang learned that Ma Hongjun had been imprisoned after the Heaven Dou Empire branded him a black sheep and publicized his crimes. Meanwhile, Xiao Chenyu mistook Qin He's praise and plan to establish a vast harem for a calculated strategy, and began explaining his interpretation to Xie Yue.

• Flander told Yu Xiaogang that Ma Hongjun had been imprisoned and showed him the empire's announcement calling Ma Hongjun a black sheep and listing his crimes.
• Qin He praised Xiao Chenyu for imprisoning Ma Hongjun, while privately hoping Xiao Chenyu would provoke Shrek Academy and other powerful factions.
• Xiao Chenyu took Qin He's praise as approval of a plan to use Shrek Academy and intimidate disobedient sects.
• Xie Yue asked Xiao Chenyu to explain why Qin He planned to bring three thousand women into his harem.
• Xiao Chenyu told Xie Yue that Qin He's harem policy had at least three possible interpretations.

Xiao Chenyu explained to Xie Yue why Qin He’s harem-based rule supposedly benefited the Heaven Dou Empire, while Xie Yue resisted admitting Qin He’s superiority. A month later, Bibi Dong condemned Qin He’s recruitment of three thousand concubines, though Salas warned that the scheme was succeeding as factions rushed to send women to his palace.

• Xie Yue challenged Xiao Chenyu to provide evidence that Qin He could govern through a harem.
• Xiao Chenyu claimed Qin He’s harem would protect Douluo Continent’s beautiful young women and its backbone forces, prompting Xie Yue to suspect he was merely flattering Qin He.
• A month later, Bibi Dong denounced Qin He’s plan to recruit three thousand concubines as foolish and absurd.
• Salas told Bibi Dong that major factions were eagerly sending young women to Qin He’s palace despite Spirit Hall’s concern about his scheme.
• Bibi Dong dismissed the factions as shortsighted and said Spirit Hall would not lower its standing by participating.

Xiao Chenyu explained to Xie Yue that Qin He's plan to bring three thousand women into his harem was a subtle way to govern the Heaven Dou Empire, not simply an act of indulgence. He argued that the plan would win over major factions and gather their talented women, leaving Xie Yue impressed by the possibility of Qin He expanding his influence peacefully.

• Xie Yue challenged Xiao Chenyu to explain the deeper meaning behind Qin He's plan to establish a harem.
• Xiao Chenyu argued that the harem was a pretext, since Qin He was too young for indulgence and would attract women regardless.
• Xiao Chenyu said the first benefit was to use marriage ties to win over the major factions of Douluo Continent.
• Xiao Chenyu said the second benefit was to gather capable women from those factions and develop them into a force that could advance Qin He's cause.
• Xie Yue considered how the women might spread Qin He's influence through their factions and accepted that his approach could unite the empire without bloodshed.

Spirit Hall learned that Qian Renxue and Hu Liena had gone to join Qin He's harem selection, leaving Bibi Dong stunned. At Shrek Academy, Oscar tried to use Qin He's harem plans as an opening to win Ning Rongrong, but she rejected him and defended Qin He.

• Salas told Bibi Dong that Qian Renxue and Hu Liena had gone to the Heaven Dou Royal Palace to seek Qin He, and Bibi Dong reacted with shock.
• Oscar decided Qin He's plan to establish a harem might make Ning Rongrong reconsider her feelings for him.
• Oscar bought a rose and went to Ning Rongrong's residence to confess and ask her to marry him instead of Qin He.
• Ning Rongrong slapped Oscar and told him she liked Qin He, not him.
• Ning Rongrong explained that Qin He was taking responsibility for homeless girls by establishing a harem, while Oscar only talked and did nothing.

Dai Mubai resented Qin He’s success and convinced himself that Qin He would suffer from his harem, while Tang San agreed until Dai Mubai realized he was being mocked. At Hu Liena’s residence, Zhu Zhuqing reaffirmed her feelings for Qin He, and Hu Liena complained that boys had become more confident about confessing to girls.

• Dai Mubai complained to Tang San that Qin He had everything and vowed to surpass him as a future emperor.
• Tang San suggested that Qin He would be the one suffering from having a harem, prompting Dai Mubai to angrily accuse him of insulting his intelligence.
• Dai Mubai shouted that he wanted Qin He’s kind of loss and declared that they could never coexist under the same sky.
• Hu Liena teased Zhu Zhuqing about Dai Mubai’s confession, and Zhu Zhuqing said she liked Qin He for reasons beyond his looks and strength.
• Hu Liena wondered whether Qin He’s harem announcement had encouraged boys to confess, while privately insisting she liked Qin He for his wisdom and conversation.

Qian Daoliu urged Qian Renxue to accept Qin He's harem plan, viewing it as a test of Spirit Hall's submission and a way for the faction to survive. Qian Renxue resisted, while Qian Daoliu insisted his decision served Spirit Hall and the Douluo Continent, not his fear of Qin He.

• Qian Daoliu told Qian Renxue to prepare for Qin He's harem selection, believing the plan tested whether Spirit Hall had submitted to him.
• Qian Daoliu argued that Spirit Hall should not resist Qin He and should secure its future by aligning with him.
• Qian Renxue challenged her grandfather's fear of Qin He and condemned the harem plan as a foolish move that could turn factions against him.
• Qian Daoliu warned that Qin He's harem plan could force factions to offer marriage alliances or face destruction.
• Qian Renxue accused Qian Daoliu of selling her for glory, but he claimed he had agreed for Spirit Hall's development and the continent's peace, and because Qin He was outstanding.

At Shrek Academy, Tang Hao scolded Tang San for remaining single while the Tang Clan faced an increasingly powerful Spirit Hall allied with Qin He. Tang San resisted rushing into marriage, leaving Tang Hao frustrated and doubting his son's chances of becoming a Sea God.

• Tang Hao confronted Tang San at Shrek Academy and told him he was deeply disappointed.
• Tang San assumed his father was upset about Qin He's harem plans and argued that most girls would reject Qin He.
• Tang Hao criticized Tang San for being single and said he should learn from Qin He, who had started courting girls early.
• Tang Hao explained that Spirit Hall's alliance with Qin He made the conflict between Spirit Hall and the Tang Clan more dangerous.
• Tang Hao feared Qin He would protect Spirit Hall and urged Tang San to find a wife and continue the Tang Clan bloodline.
• Tang San said he would not marry without meeting someone he liked, and Tang Hao lamented that his son was unlikely to become the Sea God.

Qin He was baffled that the Heaven Dou Empire supported his harem policy, while Xiao Chenyu credited his looks and supposed foresight for its success. At the Elephant Armor School, Hu Yanzhen condemned Qin He, and Hu Yanli warned him not to provoke the rumored level-1000 expert.

• Xiao Chenyu praised Qin He for supposedly using his harem policy to unite the Heaven Dou Empire’s forces.
• Qin He asked why no one had opposed his policy, and Xiao Chenyu said Qin He’s handsomeness made his actions seem admirable.
• Qin He complained that his plan to ruin the country had stalled because people praised him for being handsome.
• Hu Yanzhen denounced Qin He at the Elephant Armor School and lamented that people still praised the ruler.
• Hu Yanli warned Hu Yanzhen that Qin He was rumored to be a level-1000 expert who could destroy the Elephant Armor School if angered.

Hu Yanzhen dismissed the claim that Qin He possessed level 1000 strength and ordered Elephant Armor School to challenge him. At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang and Flander discussed why the sect was resisting Qin He, while Tang San hoped its rebellion would give him time to grow stronger before Tang Hao questioned Elephant Armor School’s judgment.

• Hu Yanzhen rejected Hu Yanli’s report about Qin He’s strength and decided to expose him as a fraud.
• Hu Yanli agreed to help arrange a challenge, and Hu Yanzhen ordered Elephant Armor School to invite Qin He to a martial contest.
• Yu Xiaogang and Flander heard that Elephant Armor School had challenged Qin He and speculated that the sect was rebelling because it could not provide a woman for his harem.
• Tang San hoped Elephant Armor School’s resistance would give him time to develop, but Tang Hao called the sect’s Sect Master foolish.
• Tang San asked Tang Hao whether Elephant Armor School was truly unreliable.

Hu Yanzhen and the Elephant Armor School challenged Qin He, believing Spirit Hall’s claims about his level 1000 strength were false. Bibi Dong cut ties with the sect, while Dai Mubai watched its members face public ridicule.

• Tang Hao recalled having beaten Hu Yanzhen in the past and warned Tang San that Hu would not defeat Qin He.
• Tang San defended Hu Yanzhen, hoping the Elephant Armor School could stand against Qin He.
• Bibi Dong learned that the Elephant Armor School had publicly declared its resistance to Qin He, and Salas warned that the news about Qin He’s strength might not have reached its leader.
• Bibi Dong announced that the Elephant Armor School was no longer a subordinate force of Spirit Hall.
• Dai Mubai saw Elephant Armor Academy members being stared at in the street and questioned how they thought they could defeat Qin He.

Dai Mubai was confronted by Hu Yanli and the Elephant Armor Team, who mistook him for a Qin He imitation and attacked him. As Dai Mubai was overwhelmed, Xiao Chenyu and Xie Yue discussed Elephant Armor School’s growing challenge to Qin He’s peace.

• Hu Yanli accused Dai Mubai of badmouthing Elephant Armor Team and ordered his teammates to surround him.
• The seven Elephant Armor Team members activated their Martial Soul Avatars and advanced on Dai Mubai with their Diamond Mammoth powers.
• Dai Mubai summoned his Evil Eye White Tiger and tried to intimidate the team, but he trembled and begged them not to hit his face.
• Xiao Chenyu and Xie Yue worried that Elephant Armor School was provoking academies and showing disrespect for Qin He.
• Xiao Chenyu and Xie Yue concluded that Qin He might have to intervene against Elephant Armor School.

The Elephant Armor School rose to prominence by defeating major academies, prompting speculation about why Qin He had not intervened. After Qin He learned that Hu Yanzhen wanted to challenge him, he agreed to face him, while Xiao Chenyu misread his casual remarks as part of a plan to lure out larger enemies.

• The Elephant Armor School swept through major academies, and people wondered why Qin He had not challenged Hu Yanzhen.
• Meng Shenji worried that Qin He had lost his edge, but retired Xue Ye claimed Qin He was letting rebellious sects grow complacent so he could strike them later.
• Xiao Chenyu told Qin He that Hu Yanzhen wanted to challenge him, and Qin He expressed surprise before dismissing the Soul Douluo's chances of harming him.
• Qin He said he would spare Hu Yanzhen's life, and Xiao Chenyu privately interpreted this as a threat to cripple him and destroy the Elephant Armor School.

Hu Yanzhen challenged Qin He to prove that his supposed level 1000 strength was a fraud, and Qin He reluctantly accepted. Hu Yanzhen launched his locking Soul Skill, but Qin He calmly told him he could not win, leaving Hu Yanzhen convinced that Qin He was showing weakness.

• Hu Yanzhen challenged Qin He to fight, and the gathered spectators debated whether Qin He truly had level 1000 strength.
• Qin He reluctantly agreed to the battle and hoped he would not accidentally kill Hu Yanzhen.
• Hu Yanzhen transformed with his Martial Soul Avatar and used his third Soul Skill, Crushing Kill, to lock down Qin He.
• Qin He realized the lock prevented him from using Soul Skills, which he did not have in the first place, and calmly told Hu Yanzhen to return home.
• Hu Yanzhen mistook Qin He's sincere warning for a sign of weakness and intensified his attack.

Qin He faced Hu Yanzhen in front of spectators who doubted the claims about his immense strength. Qin He’s attack sent Hu Yanzhen flying, though the onlookers thought Hu Yanzhen had thrown the match, leaving his defeat—and the nature of Qin He’s soul skill—unclear.

• Xiao Chenyu and Xie Yue questioned whether Qin He truly had level 1000 strength, while Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang and Headmaster Flander anticipated a battle of attrition.
• Qin He lightly raised his hand and released Soul Power that made the surroundings seem blurry.
• Hu Yanzhen sensed danger, stopped his charge, and cautiously advanced toward Qin He.
• A sudden burst of Soul Power struck Hu Yanzhen before he could react and sent him crashing to the ground.
• The spectators thought Hu Yanzhen had fallen on his own, and one onlooker complained that the fight had disappointed him.

Qin He defeated Hu Yanzhen with an apparent illusion ability, prompting awe and disbelief from those watching. The Five Element Academies recognized that they could not resist Qin He’s authority, while Hu Yanzhen remained defiant and refused to surrender.

• Qin He defeated Hu Yanzhen, and Yu Xiaogang, Bibi Dong, and Salas wondered how his White Tiger Spirit could use illusion abilities.
• Qin He complained that his invincibility made it impossible for him to die, leaving the onlookers speechless.
• News of Hu Yanzhen’s defeat spread through the Heaven Dou Empire, and the Five Element Academies realized they could not challenge Qin He.
• Hu Yanzhen declared that the Elephant Armor School would never submit to Qin He, despite its defeat.