Chapter Summaries

Qin He learned that Xiao Wu had challenged him and decided to meet her, while factions across the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall speculated about her motives. Tang San dreamed that his Blue Silver Grass had turned green, and Xiao Wu waited at Notting City's fighting arena for Qin He to arrive.

• Qin He agreed to meet Xiao Wu after warning Xiao Chenyu that she was in danger as a soul beast.
• Xue Ye and Meng Shenji suspected Xiao Wu had been sent to get close to Qin He, and Xue Ye urged the empire's girls to compete for his attention.
• Salas considered sending Hu Liena to Notting Academy, while Xie Yue tried to hint to Hu Liena that Xiao Wu might be getting close to Qin He.
• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang that he kept dreaming his Blue Silver Grass had turned green, and Yu Xiaogang advised him to eat green vegetables and wear green.
• Xiao Wu waited at Notting City's fighting arena as the girls around her praised her and said Qin He would arrive soon.

Xiao Wu found Qin He at Notting Academy and challenged him, though she revealed that she wanted to marry him regardless of who won. Mistaking Qin He for a Soul Beast like herself, she attacked him as their duel began.

• Xiao Wu arrived at the martial arts arena and heard students praise Qin He while discussing her strength.
• Qin He appeared, and Xiao Wu declared that she had come to challenge him.
• Xiao Wu proposed a bet in which she would marry Qin He whether she won or lost, shocking the crowd.
• Qin He recalled that Xiao Wu had mistaken him for a Soul Beast during their time in the Heaven Dou Great Forest.
• Xiao Wu explained that she believed they were the same kind and launched a rapid kick at Qin He's chest.

Qin He defeated Xiao Wu in a spar, and she happily declared that she would be his from then on. The news alarmed Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire, whose leaders suspected Xiao Wu represented a rival faction and feared losing influence over Qin He.

• Qin He caught Xiao Wu's attack, but she slipped free and wrapped her legs around his neck before he shook her off and won the match.
• Xiao Wu accepted her defeat and said she would belong to Qin He, prompting envy among the Notting Academy students.
• Xiao Chenyu decided Xiao Wu must represent a powerful faction and vowed to stay close to Qin He, while Qin He privately rejected his grand ambitions.
• Platinum Bishop Salas suspected Xiao Wu's faction was trying to win over Qin He and ordered the intelligence reported to the Pope, warning that she could threaten Hu Liena.
• Emperor Xue Ye angrily blamed his officials after Xiao Wu disrupted Heaven Dou's efforts to win Qin's favor.

At Notting Academy, Tang San confronted Qin He for neglecting cultivation and wasting his potential on romance. Qin He remained indifferent, while Tang San left determined to surpass him.

• Qin Zhan complained to Principal Zhao Chong that he was worried about Qin He's romantic prospects and choices among the beautiful girls pursuing him.
• Qin He walked through Notting Academy with Xiao Wu as students admired them and Xiao Chenyu imagined that she was helping Qin He unite the students.
• Tang San accused Qin He of falling into depravity by neglecting cultivation despite having Level 30 Soul Power.
• Qin He calmly agreed with Tang San and showed no interest in arguing, while Xiao Chenyu and Xiao Wu rebuked Tang San.
• Tang San's hostility flared as he resolved to defeat Qin He and reach the peak of the continent.

Four years after Xiao Wu joined his life, Qin He tried to avoid the upcoming Multi-Academy Tournament, but Xiao Chenyu mistook his casual encouragement for a grand plan. Xiao Chenyu declared himself Qin He's representative and vowed to win the championship, leaving Qin He baffled.

• Four years passed, and eleven-year-old Qin He relaxed at Notting Academy while Xiao Wu practiced nearby.
• Xiao Chenyu told Qin He about the Multi-Academy Tournament and its prize, a Mammoth Behemoth soul bone, but Qin He refused to participate.
• Xiao Chenyu announced that he wanted to enter the tournament and win first place, despite the formidable rival academies and talented contestants.
• Qin He told Xiao Chenyu to go take first place, intending only to let him pursue his own goal.
• Xiao Chenyu interpreted Qin He's words as permission to become his disciple and serve as his representative in a plan to conquer the Heaven Dou Empire, while Qin He and Xiao Wu looked confused.

Xiao Chenyu mistook Qin He's angry dismissal for an instruction and began rolling around, believing it would improve his strength. As Notting Academy prepared for the Multi-Academy Tournament, Tang San resolved to defeat Qin He's disciple and embarrass Qin He.

• Xiao Wu imagined Qin He unifying the Douluo Continent and becoming emperor, but Qin He angrily denied wanting to rule it.
• Qin He shouted at Xiao Chenyu to get out, and Xiao Chenyu excitedly claimed he understood before taking the order literally.
• Xiao Chenyu became the subject of academy gossip after rolling around the field for days instead of meditating, drawing rebukes from Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang and Headmaster Zhao Chong.
• Tang San learned Qin He would not compete in the Multi-Academy Tournament and planned to send Xiao Chenyu in his place.
• Tang San vowed to defeat Xiao Chenyu in the tournament and use the loss to discredit Qin He.

Xie Yue decided to enter the Multi-Academy Tournament after learning that Qin He would send Xiao Chenyu in his place, while Hu Liena chose not to compete. Platinum Bishop Salas learned that Xiao Chenyu had been rolling around on the training ground, but mistook him for a deliberate smokescreen concealing Qin He's true strength.

• Xie Yue and Hu Liena discussed Qin He's plan to have Xiao Chenyu compete in the tournament, and Xie Yue resolved to defeat him.
• Hu Liena decided against entering because Qin He was not competing.
• More than five hundred soul masters registered for the tournament, and Salas learned that Qin He intended to send Xiao Chenyu.
• Salas heard that Xiao Chenyu had been rolling around on the training ground and concluded that Qin He was using him as a smokescreen.
• Salas ordered his spies to keep watching Qin He and not let the Heaven Dou Empire get ahead of Spirit Hall.

Xue Ye visited Heaven Dou Royal Academy and urged Meng Shenji to improve its students as well as recruit Qin He. He discovered Prince Xue Beng rolling in the training field and ordered him punished after mistaking his Rolling Cultivation Method for an excuse to play.

• Xue Ye told Meng Shenji that he expected Qin He to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy after the Multi-Academy Tournament.
• Meng Shenji assured Xue Ye that the academy had offered Qin He better terms than any other school.
• Xue Ye and Meng Shenji found Xue Beng rolling across the training field, covered in dust.
• Xue Beng said he had learned the Rolling Cultivation Method from Qin He, but Xue Ye accused him of lying and called for a stick.
• Xue Beng turned pale and pleaded with Xue Ye not to punish him.

As the Multi-Academy Tournament approached, Xue Beng insisted that Qin He’s Rolling Cultivation Method was real, though Xue Ye punished him for rolling in public. Meanwhile, Xiao Chenyu remained confident that rolling had made him strong enough to win the tournament, despite Qin He realizing he had never taught him the technique.

• Xue Beng told Xue Ye and Meng Shenji that Xiao Chenyu was practicing Qin He’s Rolling Cultivation Method, and defended the technique as effective.
• Xue Ye ordered Xue Beng beaten for rolling around in public, leaving Xue Beng convinced Qin He had tricked him.
• Xiao Wu asked Qin He whether Xiao Chenyu’s month of rolling had increased his strength, and Qin He realized Xiao Chenyu had misunderstood his order to get lost.
• Xiao Chenyu credited Qin He’s Rolling Cultivation Method for his supposed improvement and vowed to win the tournament and its spirit bone.

Notting Academy began its Multi-Academy Tournament, and the first-round draw matched Xiao Chenyu against Tang San. As Tang San attacked with his Blue Silver Grass, Xiao Chenyu was quickly bound, leaving the outcome of their duel unresolved.

• Principal Zhao Chong announced the tournament rules and said the strongest contender from Notting Academy would advance to the finals in Heaven Dou Imperial City.
• Qin He warned Xiao Chenyu that the Rolling Cultivation Method was useless, but Xiao Chenyu misunderstood him and remained confident.
• Zhao Chong drew Xiao Chenyu and Tang San as the first-round opponents, prompting the crowd to recognize Tang San as a tournament favorite.
• Tang San disparaged Xiao Chenyu and launched his Blue Silver Grass First Soul Skill, Entanglement, which wrapped Xiao Chenyu in vines.
• Tang San used his Blue Silver Grass Second Soul Skill, Parasitism, against the bound Xiao Chenyu.

Tang San trapped Xiao Chenyu with his Blue Silver Grass and believed he had the advantage, but Xiao Chenyu revealed a hidden power and began using a mutated soul skill. The chapter ended as Xiao Chenyu’s attack was about to unfold.

• Tang San used Parasitism to poison Xiao Chenyu and drain his Soul Power, prompting Zhao Chong and Yu Xiaogang to praise Tang San’s strength.
• Qin Zhan dismissed Tang San’s victory as unremarkable, while Xiao Wu worried about Xiao Chenyu.
• Xiao Chenyu revealed Lone Wolf Avatar and broke free of Tang San’s vines, but Tang San regenerated them and kept attacking.
• Xiao Chenyu mocked Tang San for underestimating him and unleashed a new power, shocking Qin He and the spectators.
• Xiao Chenyu announced a Mutated Soul Skill as his aura condensed.

Xiao Chenyu defeated Tang San with a Mutated Soul Skill, and the spectators credited Qin He with his success. The chapter ended with Yu Xiaogang concluding that Qin He was a remarkable martial soul researcher.

• Xiao Chenyu boasted after defeating Tang San, and the students praised both him and Qin He.
• Qin He reprimanded Xiao Chenyu for boasting, while Qin Zhan presented the victory as proof of his son's strict teaching philosophy.
• Xiao Wu admired Qin He, while the defeated Tang San brooded over losing to one of Qin He's subordinates.
• Yu Xiaogang became fascinated by Xiao Chenyu's spherical Mutated Soul Skill and realized Xiao Chenyu had learned it in just a month.
• Yu Xiaogang concluded that Qin He, not Xiao Chenyu, was the true source of the breakthrough and might rival him in martial soul research.

Xiao Chenyu used his bizarre Great Wolf Ball Mutated Soul Skill to knock Tang San out of the arena and win, despite exhausting himself while leaving Tang San unharmed. Tang San accused Xiao Chenyu of cheating, while Xiao Chenyu mocked him and praised Qin He.

• Xiao Chenyu transformed his Lone Wolf Spirit into the Great Wolf Ball and repeatedly struck Tang San with its knockback effect.
• The Great Wolf Ball knocked Tang San off the arena, then returned to Xiao Chenyu, who was left nearly out of Soul Power.
• The referee declared Xiao Chenyu the winner, and Tang San protested that he had not won fairly.
• Qin Zhan wondered at Qin He's unconventional teaching, while Qin He was embarrassed by Xiao Chenyu's strange technique.
• Xiao Chenyu taunted Tang San for losing to him and opposing his Boss Qin He.

Yu Xiaogang declared that Qin He had invented a new approach to soul skill cultivation after Xiao Chenyu used a Mutated Soul Skill to turn into a sphere. As the academy praised Qin He and Qin He silently protested the misunderstanding, Spirit Hall learned that Xiao Chenyu had defeated Tang San and ordered an investigation into Qin He's technique.

• Yu Xiaogang explained how Xiao Chenyu’s spherical form improved his speed and impact force, and proclaimed Qin He a Grandmaster for creating a new soul skill concept.
• Zhao Chong, Qin Zhan, and the people at Notting Academy praised Qin He, while Tang San felt defeated by the comparison and Qin He resented Yu Xiaogang’s claims.
• Salas learned that Xiao Chenyu had used Qin He’s Mutated Soul Skill to defeat Tang San in the Multi-Academy Tournament.
• Salas dismissed Tang San’s ability and ordered his subordinates to discover what Qin He had taught Xiao Chenyu so Spirit Hall could acquire the technique.

Tang San struggled with the humiliation of losing to Xiao Chenyu, while Xiao Chenyu continued winning and secured Notting Academy’s place in the Multi-Academy Tournament finals. Qin He learned he had to accompany Xiao Chenyu to Heaven Dou Imperial City and called for him, intending to teach his unexpectedly successful disciple something.

• Tang San heard students praise Qin He and criticize his loss, but Yu Xiaogang encouraged him before joking that he would get used to it in ten years.
• Xiao Chenyu defeated his opponents with single moves and won Notting Academy’s championship, earning a place in the finals in Heaven Dou Imperial City.
• Notting Academy students debated whether Xiao Chenyu could compete with Xie Yue, a Level 28 Great Soul Master from Spirit Hall.
• Xiao Wu told Qin He that he had to travel with Xiao Chenyu as his teacher, and Qin He reluctantly accepted that he would go to the finals.
• Qin He asked Xiao Wu to bring Xiao Chenyu to him because he had something to teach him.

Xue Ye questioned Xue Beng about the Rolling Cultivation Method, then ordered him beaten after learning he had gained no Soul Power breakthrough or skill. At Spirit Hall Junior Academy, Hu Liena admired Qin He’s method while Xie Yue dismissed Xiao Chenyu’s victory and boasted he could defeat him.

• Xue Ye and Meng Shenji discussed Xiao Chenyu’s victory over Tang San and summoned Xue Beng to ask about his progress with the Rolling Cultivation Method.
• Xue Beng praised how refreshed he felt but admitted he had neither advanced in rank nor comprehended a Mutated Soul Skill.
• Xue Ye ordered guards to beat Xue Beng, who blamed Qin He for getting him into trouble.
• Hu Liena admired Qin He’s Rolling Cultivation Method but felt embarrassed at the prospect of rolling around in public.
• Xie Yue rejected the idea that the method helped Xiao Chenyu and boasted that he could defeat him easily.

Qin He gathered Xiao Chenyu before a crowd of students, teachers, and hidden experts, intending only to warn him about a few things before his trip to Heaven Dou Imperial City. When Qin He said he would teach a principle, Xiao Chenyu eagerly interpreted it as a lesson about understanding the essence behind Soul Master techniques.

• Xiao Chenyu arrived at Dorm Six and asked Qin He to teach him new moves, while Qin He denied knowing how to teach.
• Students and teachers, including Dean Zhao Chong, Yu Xiaogang, and Tang San, gathered to watch Qin He instruct Xiao Chenyu.
• Qin He noticed powerful observers hidden around the academy but let the crowd stay, then clarified that he meant to teach only a principle, not Soul Skills or cultivation.
• Qin He’s imposing presence unsettled the crowd and Xiao Chenyu, who wondered whether he had made another mistake.
• Xiao Chenyu suddenly claimed he understood Qin He’s lesson: Soul Masters should grasp the principles behind techniques rather than focus only on individual moves.

Qin He scolded Xiao Chenyu for winning the Multi-Academy Tournament too easily, insisting that he should keep a low profile and go easy on his opponents. The onlookers misread Qin He's reprimand as profound instruction, while Tang San grew resentful and Xiao Chenyu struggled to understand what he had done wrong.

• Xiao Chenyu interpreted Qin He's earlier words as a lesson about understanding the principles behind Soul Skills, and the Notting Academy crowd praised Qin's supposed wisdom.
• Qin He asked Xiao Chenyu what he had done wrong, leaving Xiao Chenyu to wonder whether he had failed to grasp Qin He's deeper meaning.
• Qin He rebuked Xiao Chenyu for winning the tournament and defeating opponents in one move, saying that people should stay low-key and avoid going too far.
• Yu Xiaogang, Zhao Chong, and Tang San objected to Qin He's claim that Xiao Chenyu's victories were low-key, while Tang San vowed not to learn from Qin He again.
• Xiao Chenyu said that his opponents had been too weak for him to control his Mutated Soul Skill, and Qin He told him to go easy on them.

Qin He dismissed the accusations that he had been showing off, while Notting Academy’s staff and students grew more hostile toward him. Spirit Hall prepared to counter Xiao Chenyu’s Great Wolf Ball, and Xie Yue resolved to defeat Qin He’s disciple in the Multi-Academy Tournament.

• Zhao Chong and Yu Xiaogang criticized Qin He, while Tang San watched him with resentment after Qin He said his remarks had no deeper meaning.
• Qin He ignored the academy’s anger and focused on preventing Xiao Chenyu from becoming famous in the upcoming tournament.
• Salas learned that Spirit Hall had found a way to counter Xiao Chenyu’s Great Wolf Ball and ordered intelligence about Qin He passed to Xie Yue.
• Xie Yue reviewed the report about Qin He’s cultivation advice and vowed to give Xiao Chenyu a crushing defeat in the Multi-Academy Tournament.

After reconsidering Qin He’s advice, Xiao Chenyu broke through from level twenty-two to level twenty-three and credited Qin He and Xiao Wu with guiding him. At Notting Academy, Qin Zhan, Yu Xiaogang, and Zhao Chong were stunned by the breakthrough and wondered what Qin He had said.

• Xiao Wu’s reminder led Xiao Chenyu to reinterpret Qin He’s words as a hidden lesson about using pressure to overcome a bottleneck.
• Xiao Chenyu broke through to level twenty-three and thanked Xiao Wu for helping him understand Qin He’s guidance.
• Xiao Chenyu vowed to win the Multi-Academy Tournament, regardless of how formidable the Spirit Hall contestants were.
• At Notting Academy, Zhao Chong regretted dismissing Qin He’s teaching after learning Xiao Chenyu had advanced.
• Qin Zhan and Yu Xiaogang were shocked by Xiao Chenyu’s breakthrough, and Qin Zhan asked what Qin He had said.