Chapter Summaries

Qin Ming confronted Qin He at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, mistook Qin He’s innocent words for deliberate mockery, and challenged him to a fight. Qin Ming unleashed his Mutated Fire Wolf Spirit and launched an attack, leaving the clash unresolved.

• Students at Heaven Dou Royal Academy discussed how Qin He had taken Qin Ming’s position as the Royal Fighting Team’s teacher.
• Qin Ming blocked Qin He on a shaded path, and Qin He said he did not know him.
• Xiao Wu interpreted Qin He’s words as mockery, prompting Qin Ming to accuse Qin He of plotting against and humiliating him.
• Students and academy officials gathered to watch as Qin Ming declared his level and Spirit before Qin He.
• Qin Ming activated three Soul Skills and charged toward Qin He with a punch.

Qin He effortlessly defeated Qin Ming, a Level 60 Soul Emperor, after his Sacred White Tiger appeared and overwhelmed Qin Ming’s attack. The battle deepened the surrounding factions’ uncertainty about Qin He’s true strength, while Xue Ye ordered the academy to keep him comfortable and secure his loyalty to the Heaven Dou Empire.

• Qin Ming unleashed his full strength against Qin He, but Qin He’s Soul Power surged and his Sacred White Tiger appeared.
• Qin Ming’s flames were extinguished, his attack stopped, and he spat blood before collapsing to the ground in defeat.
• Qin He claimed he had summoned his spirit because he was afraid of heat, while Xiao Wu admired his humor and Meng Shenji dismissed the excuse.
• Xue Ye learned that Qin He had defeated Qin Ming with ease and ordered Meng Shenji not to interfere with him, promising support for anyone who kept Qin He comfortable.

Qin Ming confronted Heaven Dou Royal Academy after learning it planned to expel him and appoint Qin He as the Royal Fighting Team’s teacher. Meng Shenji used Qin Ming’s clashes with the academy and his team’s loss to Shrek as grounds to dismiss him, leaving Qin Ming with little support.

• Qin Ming learned that Heaven Dou Royal Academy planned to expel him and summoned his Fire Wolf Spirit outside the office.
• Meng Shenji arrived with Bai Baoshan, Zhi Lin, and other elders, and accused Qin Ming of defying the academy and His Majesty Xue Ye.
• Meng Shenji privately credited Qin He with giving him the chance to remove Qin Ming, whom he considered a disruptive presence at the academy.
• Qin Ming argued that he had trained the Royal Fighting Team for years and had committed no fault, while Meng Shenji cited the team’s loss to Shrek.
• Qin Ming threatened to leave the academy, and Meng Shenji accepted his offer and told him to go.

Meng Shenji thanked Qin He for helping remove Qin Ming and appointing Qin He as the Royal Fighting Team's teacher, while Qin He denied doing anything. News of Qin He's new position spread through the empire, leaving Spirit Hall worried about what his influence could mean for its rivalry with Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

• Meng Shenji thanked Qin He and brought him gifts for getting Qin Ming dismissed, while Qin He insisted he had done nothing.
• Salas and Chrysanthemum Douluo discussed Qin Ming's dismissal and decided recruiting him could bring Spirit Hall trouble with Qin He.
• Xie Yue and Hu Liena praised Qin He's supposed schemes and worried that his appointment would make the Royal Fighting Team a greater threat to Spirit Hall Academy.

After Qin He became the Royal Fighting Team’s instructor, Xiao Chenyu viewed the appointment as part of Qin He’s grand plan, while Qin Ming returned to Shrek Academy after being expelled. Qin He arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy to meet his new students, where the other teachers anxiously tried to please him.

• At Spirit Hall Academy, Xiao Chenyu reassured the students that Qin He might not be able to teach the Royal Fighting Team, but privately imagined Qin He using them to extend his influence across the continent.
• At Shrek Academy, Qin Ming told Flander that Heaven Dou Royal Academy had expelled him for entering the office with the wrong foot, and Flander urged him to hide rather than offend Qin He again.
• Qin He arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where teachers congratulated him and returned gifts and Gold Soul Coins they claimed he had dropped.
• When Qin He called himself easygoing, the teachers feared his words concealed a threat and reacted with dread.

Qin He worried that his growing reputation would prevent him from living a low-key life, while Xiao Wu interpreted his wish to appear weaker as a plan to lure out hidden enemies. The chapter then introduced the Royal Fighting Team as its members began discussing their new teacher, Qin He.

• Qin He asked Xiao Wu how he could lower his reputation and find a weakness that would make people dare to challenge him.
• Xiao Wu concluded that Qin He wanted to lure his enemies into attacking, and Qin He considered whether being handsome counted as a weakness.
• The Royal Fighting Team gathered in a classroom at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and discussed Qin He's arrival.
• Yu Tianheng asked the team members what they thought of Teacher Qin He, and the group reacted nervously to his name.

The Royal Fighting Team agreed to test Qin He by challenging his disciple Xue Beng, while Qin He secretly hoped the fight would expose a weakness in his teaching. Xue Beng arrived to face Yu Tianheng and realized he was badly outmatched.

• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling urged Yu Tianheng to stop opposing Qin He, but Yu Tianheng decided to test him before accepting him as their teacher.
• Qin He arrived at the Royal Fighting Team classroom with Xiao Wu, and Yu Tianheng asked to spar with his disciple Xue Beng.
• Qin He agreed, secretly hoping Yu Tianheng would defeat Xue Beng and damage his reputation.
• Xue Beng arrived ten minutes later and was alarmed to learn he would face rank-thirty-nine Yu Tianheng.

Xue Beng faced Yu Tianheng in a match arranged by Qin He, while Xiao Wu misread Qin He's calmness as part of a hidden plan. Taking Qin He's words as guidance, Xue Beng had an epiphany and rapidly reached Level 30, leaving Yu Tianheng stunned.

• Yu Tianheng challenged Xue Beng to a match, and the Royal Fighting Team expected their captain to defeat Qin He's weaker disciple easily.
• Xiao Wu warned Qin He that the team was using Xue Beng to test him, but Qin He calmly told Xue Beng that losing did not matter.
• Xiao Wu interpreted Qin He's words as a deliberate low-profile strategy and assumed he had secretly prepared Xue Beng to win.
• Before the match, Xue Beng reflected on Qin He's words, overcame his hesitation, and resolved to face Yu Tianheng without fear.
• Xue Beng experienced an epiphany and his Soul Power rose from Level 24 to Level 30, leaving Yu Tianheng astonished.

Xue Beng interpreted Qin He's teaching as a lesson in royal confidence and broke through to Level 30, while Qin He denied having any hidden motives. Yu Tianheng challenged Xue Beng and launched a powerful attack, but Xue Beng countered with a mutated soul skill, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Xue Beng concluded that Qin He was teaching him the confidence expected of a ruler, while Qin He insisted he had never intended to teach such a lesson.
• Yu Tianheng challenged Xue Beng despite his fear of Qin He's strength and summoned his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Spirit.
• Yu Tianheng used Dragon Transformation and struck with his First Soul Skill, Thunder Dragon Claw.
• Xue Beng declared that Qin He's guidance meant he could not lose and unleashed his Mutated Soul Skill, Teppanyaki Grilled Goose.

The Royal Fighting Team watched Xue Beng break through four levels after following Qin He's guidance, and they mistook the unexplained breakthrough for a cultivation method Qin He had taught him. Xiao Wu urged Xue Beng to share what he had learned, while Yu Tianheng felt ashamed for scheming against Qin He.

• Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Yu Tianheng admired or feared Qin He's apparent ability to help Soul Masters break through.
• Xue Beng woke from his long period of enlightenment and realized he had reached level 30.
• Qin He denied knowing why Xue Beng had broken through and grew frustrated at the misunderstanding.
• Xiao Wu told Xue Beng to share his supposed new cultivation method with the Royal Fighting Team.
• Yu Tianheng accepted Xiao Wu's interpretation and felt ashamed and grateful for Qin He's generosity.

Xue Beng defeated Yu Tianheng with his Mutated Soul Skill, Teppanyaki Grilled Goose, which weakened Yu Tianheng’s mind and attacks. After the fight, Xue Beng began explaining his rapid cultivation to the Royal Fighting Team, while Qin He listened with an unhappy expression.

• Xue Beng used Teppanyaki Grilled Goose to weaken Yu Tianheng’s attack and mental attributes, causing Yu Tianheng’s punch to barely touch his clothes.
• The Royal Fighting Team members were shocked by Xue Beng’s unpredictable Food System Soul Skill and speculated that Qin He had taught him a new Cute-Type cultivation system.
• Yu Tianheng lost the ability to fight and collapsed, leaving Xue Beng the winner without injuries.
• Xue Beng addressed the Royal Fighting Team in class and asked whether they knew how he had rapidly raised his Soul Power.
• The Royal Fighting Team members whispered that Qin He’s students were becoming like him and joked that his greatest trait was loving to show off.

Xue Beng taught the Royal Fighting Team the Qin He Contemplation Method, claiming that thinking about Qin He could accelerate Soul Power cultivation. Most of the team mocked the idea, but Ye Lingling decided to try it, while Qin He worried that the rumor would ruin his attempt to keep a low profile.

• Xue Beng introduced the Qin He Contemplation Method and said that recalling Qin He during battle or cultivation would make Soul Power rise faster.
• Dugu Yan, Yu Tianheng, and the other Royal Fighting Team members dismissed the method as nonsense and mocked Xue Beng.
• Xue Beng stayed calm under the ridicule, believing he had learned to face scorn like Qin He.
• Ye Lingling closed her eyes and tried contemplating Qin He, finding him even more handsome when she looked at him again.
• Qin He objected to Xue Beng's claims and worried that Soul Masters across the continent would start thinking about him.
• Xiao Wu praised Ye Lingling for trying the method and judged her to be a hidden genius.

At the Royal Fighting Team classroom, Xue Beng claimed that his Qin He Contemplation Method could help Soul Masters cultivate, while Qin He dozed below the platform. When Ye Lingling used the method and broke through several Soul Power levels, the onlookers were left astonished and Yu Tianheng regretted doubting it.

• Qin He watched the Royal Fighting Team students argue while teachers and academy elders gathered to see what was happening.
• The elders found Xue Beng presenting the Qin He Contemplation Method as Qin He slept beneath the platform.
• Ye Lingling tried the method, and a burst of golden light accompanied her breakthrough.
• Ye Lingling’s Soul Power rapidly rose from level thirty-six to level thirty-nine, matching Yu Tianheng’s level.
• Xiao Wu told the others they had failed to appreciate Qin He’s technique, and Yu Tianheng admitted he had underestimated Qin He again.

Ye Lingling broke through after using Qin He’s Contemplation Method, and rumors about the method spread across Douluo Continent. Meng Shenji told Xue Ye that the Royal Fighting Team had made rapid gains under Qin He, leaving the emperor stunned by Ye Lingling’s five-level increase.

• Ye Lingling opened her eyes after her Soul Power fluctuations subsided and thanked Qin He for helping her break through.
• Xiao Wu and Dugu Yan argued over Qin He’s attention while Xue Beng and Yu Tianheng watched and admired his composure.
• News of the Qin He Contemplation Method spread among major factions, prompting widespread discussion and speculation about its effects.
• Xue Ye asked Meng Shenji how Qin He had performed as the Royal Fighting Team’s teacher.
• Meng Shenji reported that the team had gained an average of two Soul Power levels and Ye Lingling had gained five, shocking Xue Ye.

Qin Zhan and Yu Xiaogang learned that Qin He’s Contemplation Method had spread and discussed what it meant for Spirit Hall. Yu Xiaogang argued that Qin He intended to weaken Spirit Hall’s influence and stand as its equal.

• Qin Zhan asked a passerby what Qin He had done, but the man mocked Qin Zhan and Yu Xiaogang for their looks while praising Qin He.
• Yu Xiaogang challenged the passerby to a duel, then postponed it until he reached Shrek Academy and found Tang San and the others.
• At Shrek Academy, Flander welcomed Yu Xiaogang and Qin Zhan and praised Qin He for sharing a cultivation method that could help Soul Masters break through Soul Power levels.
• Flander worried that Spirit Hall could use the method to build a powerful force, while Yu Xiaogang argued it would let commoner Soul Masters cultivate without Spirit Hall and undermine its interests.

His Majesty Xue Ye learned that Meng Shenji had advanced by cultivating the Qin He Contemplation Method and reluctantly ordered a table-shaped cake to be served. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang and Qin Zhan arrived in Suotuo City to visit Qin He and Tang San, where they heard the crowds praising Qin He.

• Meng Shenji revealed that cultivating the Qin He Contemplation Method had helped him break through to level 86, shocking His Majesty Xue Ye.
• His Majesty Xue Ye insisted he would never cultivate the method, then changed his mind after Meng Shenji said it could help Titled Douluos loosen their bottlenecks.
• Yu Xiaogang and Qin Zhan arrived in Suotuo City and set out to find Qin He and Tang San.
• As Yu Xiaogang and Qin Zhan walked through the city, they heard Soul Masters discussing Qin He's newly publicized cultivation method and praising him.

Qin Zhan, Flander, and Yu Xiaogang speculated that Qin He intended to oppose Spirit Hall, while Qin Zhan feared his son’s ambition would bring disaster. At Shrek Academy, Tang San considered burning the Mysterious Heaven Skill because Qin He’s cultivation method seemed superior, but Dai Mubai persuaded him to keep it and try to improve it.

• Qin Zhan worried that his childhood advice to Qin He to pursue ambition had led him to challenge Spirit Hall.
• Flander dismissed Qin Zhan’s denial and praised him for supposedly raising such an ambitious son.
• Yu Xiaogang wondered whether Qin He had a powerful trump card behind his opposition to Spirit Hall.
• Tang San held the Mysterious Heaven Skill over a fire and questioned whether it could compete with Qin He’s Contemplation Method.
• Dai Mubai stopped Tang San from burning the book, and Tang San decided to keep it and try to surpass Qin He by improving it.

Xie Yue struggled to improve through the Qin He Contemplation Method while Hu Liena advanced to level 35, and he sought advice from Xiao Chenyu. Xiao Chenyu mistook the method’s popularity and his own gains for evidence of Qin He’s secret plan to build an army against Spirit Hall.

• At Shrek Academy, Tang San denied that he was burning Qin He’s books, while Dai Mubai suggested he could use them instead.
• At Spirit Hall Academy, Xie Yue complained that the Qin He Contemplation Method had not helped him, while Hu Liena revealed she had reached level 35.
• Xie Yue noticed that he remained level 28 and decided to ask Xiao Chenyu for help understanding the method.
• Xiao Chenyu, who had made money selling Qin He portraits and reached level 40, convinced himself that Qin He was secretly preparing to wage war against Spirit Hall.
• Xie Yue visited Xiao Chenyu with Hu Liena and asked whether there were tricks to cultivating the Qin He Contemplation Method.

Xiao Chenyu explained his seated contemplation method to Xie Yue and Hu Liena, while Salas worried that the Qin He Contemplation Method would threaten Spirit Hall. Qin He finally learned that his portrait and the method had become wildly popular, leaving him baffled as Xiao Wu watched his reaction.

• Xiao Chenyu told Xie Yue and Hu Liena to sit in meditation for four hours, then admitted that his legs went numb and he could not stand afterward.
• Salas accused Qin He of using the Qin He Contemplation Method to undermine Spirit Hall, while Chrysanthemum Guan pointed out that Salas had recently advanced to Level 92.
• Salas insisted his loyalty to Spirit Hall remained firm and vowed not to underestimate Qin He.
• Qin He learned that portraits of him sold for 1,000 Gold Soul Coins and that the Qin He Contemplation Method had spread without his knowledge.
• Xiao Wu saw Qin He's excited expression and wondered whether he was about to do something major.

Qin He’s reaction to Xiao Wu’s portrait triggered a massive surge of Soul Power and a supposed breakthrough at Heaven Dou Royal Academy. As a terrifying Purple Firmament Tribulation gathered overhead, Xiao Wu and the other students wondered why Qin He had drawn lightning.

• Xiao Wu praised Qin He’s Qin He Contemplation Method and showed him a remarkably lifelike portrait.
• Qin He admired his own handsome appearance, entered an ethereal state, and released a huge wave of Soul Power.
• Golden light engulfed Heaven Dou Royal Academy as Soul Power from within a hundred li rushed toward Qin He.
• Dark clouds formed above the academy, and dozens of purple lightning bolts appeared as Xiao Wu recognized a deadly Purple Firmament Tribulation.
• Xiao Wu wondered why the tribulation was targeting Qin He, while students nearby reported that their cultivated Soul Power had disappeared.