Chapter Summaries

Qin He’s breakthrough summoned a Lightning Tribulation that wrecked the area around Heaven Dou Royal Academy, alarming the Heaven Dou Empire and Shrek Academy. The chapter left Qin He beneath the storm while Xue Ye ordered Meng Shenji to improve the academy’s ideological education and Qin Zhan defended his son.

• Qin He’s breakthrough drew a Lightning Tribulation that caused widespread destruction around Heaven Dou Royal Academy before the lightning struck.
• Meng Shenji showed Xue Ye the scene through a Thousand-Mile Mirror, and the emperor and his ministers debated why the tribulation had appeared.
• The Heaven Dou ministers concluded that Qin He had been struck by lightning for showing off, and Xue Ye told Meng Shenji to improve the academy’s ideological education.
• At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang and Flander told Qin Zhan that Qin He had been struck by lightning for showing off.
• Qin Zhan worried that Qin He had provoked the tribulation, then claimed his son was blameless because handsome men were envied by heaven.

As Qin He faced a Lightning Tribulation, Qin Zhan tried to appear calm while Flander and Yu Xiaogang discussed how dangerous it was. Meanwhile, Tang San suspected Qin He would survive and cause an even bigger commotion, while Salas concluded that Qin He had a powerful soul beast mother and urged Spirit Hall to pursue human-soul beast hybrids.

• Qin Zhan hid his nervousness as Flander praised his composure, then Yu Xiaogang warned that a Purple Firmament Tribulation had once burned a level 98 Titled Douluo to ashes.
• Tang San and Dai Mubai heard that Qin He had summoned a Lightning Tribulation, and Tang San predicted Qin He would survive and create an even greater incident.
• Salas reviewed Spirit Hall’s intelligence on Qin He and speculated that Qin Zhan’s late wife had been a powerful Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beast.
• Chrysanthemum Guan condemned human-soul beast relationships, but Salas decided Qin He’s mixed blood explained his talent and the Tribulation.
• Salas told Chrysanthemum Elder that Spirit Hall could become the continent’s strongest force by producing powerful human-soul beast hybrids.

Bibi Dong approved Salas’s plan to breed humans with captured hundred-thousand-year soul beasts, believing it might reproduce Qin He’s talent. Meanwhile, rumors about Qin He’s supposed soul beast ancestry spread, and Xie Yue rejoiced at his rival’s misfortune.

• Bibi Dong praised Salas’s theory about Qin He’s origins and authorized him to try mating Spirit Hall’s imprisoned soul beasts with humans.
• Salas thanked Bibi Dong, while Chrysanthemum Guan warned him that he had offended the Pope.
• At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang accused Qin Zhan of having a child with a soul beast, and Qin Zhan denied the rumor and explained that he had married the royal princess Xue Hua.
• Tang San felt uncomfortable at the training ground, while Dai Mubai asked what was wrong.
• At Spirit Hall Academy, Xie Yue laughed at reports that Qin He had been struck by lightning and was rumored to have soul beast ancestry.

Qin He’s uncontrolled breakthrough summoned the Lightning Tribulation, prompting the Eye of the Tribulation to confront him over reaching level 1000 and remaining on the Douluo Continent. The Eye pleaded with Qin He to stop leveling up and ended by asking whether he could go without showing off.

• Xie Yue imagined Qin He being killed by the Lightning Tribulation, while Hu Liena defended Qin He and gushed over his looks.
• Qin He realized his Soul Power had surged out of control and that he was breaking through again.
• The Eye of the Tribulation appeared and recalled how Qin He had ignored the rules by climbing to level 1000 without becoming a God or leaving the Douluo Continent.
• The Eye of the Tribulation pleaded with Qin He to stop leveling up, and Qin He said he had not intended to break through.
• The Eye of the Tribulation formed the words, “Would you die if you didn't show off?”

Qin He’s prolonged Lightning Tribulation drew soul masters and faction scouts to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, while Xiao Chenyu interpreted it as a calculated display of power. The chapter ended with the tribulation still refusing to strike and Xiao Chenyu and Xue Beng fighting nearby.

• Xiao Chenyu watched the Lightning Tribulation and decided Qin He was using it to intimidate Spirit Hall and attract followers.
• Xue Beng accused Xiao Chenyu of plotting against Qin He, and the two began fighting with their soul skills.
• Xiao Wu worried that Qin He had fallen asleep inside the thunderclouds as the tribulation continued to brew.
• Faction scouts watched Qin He’s silhouette through observation Soul Tools and complained that the Lightning Tribulation still had not struck.

Qin He endured the nine bolts of his Lightning Tribulation without being harmed, while the Eye of the Tribulation exhausted itself trying to strike him. The storm ended with Qin He still struggling to suppress his immense Soul Power and asking for more lightning as he neared a breakthrough.

• Purple lightning struck Qin He repeatedly, but the first four bolts vanished without leaving a mark.
• The Eye of the Tribulation grew frustrated when Qin He praised the attack while remaining unharmed.
• After a quarter-hour pause, the fifth and sixth bolts smashed down, but they only damaged a corner of Qin He's clothes.
• The seventh, eighth, and ninth bolts devastated the area around Qin He, yet he emerged unharmed as the Eye of the Tribulation weakened.
• Qin He asked the Eye of the Tribulation to strike him again because he was about to break through and could not suppress his strength.

Qin He endured the Purple Firmament Tribulation without harm, while his disciples Xue Beng and Xiao Chenyu fought beside the lightning. Xue Ye watched Qin He survive and continued to see him as the key to protecting the Heaven Dou Empire from Spirit Hall.

• Xiao Wu watched Qin He emerge unharmed from the Lightning Tribulation and marveled that it had ended so quickly.
• Xue Beng and Xiao Chenyu retreated from the lightning and fought each other with fists and kicks.
• Soul Master spies broadcast Qin He's tribulation and the disciples' fight, shocking the major factions.
• Meng Shenji and Bai Baoshan debated whether Heaven Dou Royal Academy could punish Xue Beng, while Zhi Lin noted that no rule forbade fighting near a Lightning Tribulation.
• Xue Ye watched Qin He survive through a Soul Tool mirror and reflected that the Heaven Dou Empire depended on Qin He's wisdom and support against Spirit Hall.
• Meng Shenji praised Qin He's preparation but began to add a hesitant qualification.

After Qin He survived the Lightning Tribulation unharmed, Xue Ye reacted furiously to footage of Xue Beng being beaten. At Shrek Academy, Tang San wondered whether Qin He had summoned the tribulation to trick foolish soul masters into getting themselves struck by lightning.

• Xue Ye heard ministers speculate that Qin He might have royal blood and be a future heir to the throne.
• Meng Shenji showed Xue Ye footage of Xue Beng being beaten by Xiao Chenyu, and Xue Ye ordered Meng Shenji to bring Xue Beng back.
• Yu Xiaogang and Flander questioned how Qin He had survived the Purple Firmament Tribulation, while Qin Zhan dismissed their praise of his son.
• Tang San considered whether Qin He had deliberately summoned the Lightning Tribulation, and Dai Mubai wondered if lightning could strengthen his martial soul.
• Tang San warned Dai Mubai against trying it and suspected Qin He was using the tribulation to eliminate foolish soul masters.

At Spirit Hall Academy, Xie Yue and Hu Liena discussed Qin He surviving the Lightning Tribulation and Xiao Chenyu’s absence. At the Sacred Hall, Salas and Yue Guan learned that Spirit Hall’s attack had been blocked and spotted Xiao Chenyu in the broadcast, apparently trying to ambush Qin He.

• Xie Yue grew angry that Qin He had survived the Lightning Tribulation, while Hu Liena tried to console him.
• Xie Yue asked where Xiao Chenyu was, and Hu Liena explained that he was at Heaven Dou Royal Academy near the Lightning Tribulation, fighting Xue Beng.
• Xie Yue interpreted Xiao Chenyu’s presence as a deliberate attempt to kill Qin He while he was weakened.
• Salas and Yue Guan discussed how Heaven Dou Empire’s forces had stopped Spirit Hall’s Soul Douluo from reaching Qin He.
• Yue Guan spotted Xiao Chenyu in the broadcast and realized that he had tried to ambush Qin He but had been stopped.

As Xiao Chenyu’s battle with Xue Beng convinced Spirit Hall that he was a loyal and calculating turncoat, Qin He endured the Lightning Tribulation without injury. The tribulation then struck him with golden light, awakening his Sacred White Tiger Soul and transforming its soul rings.

• Spirit Hall’s broadcast showed Xiao Chenyu fighting Xue Beng, and Salas interpreted the brutal battle as proof of Xiao Chenyu’s loyalty to Spirit Hall.
• Xiao Chenyu decided to withdraw rather than risk Spirit Hall suspecting him, while Salas praised his timing and strategic judgment.
• Qin He realized the Lightning Tribulation could not suppress his rising Soul Power and feared he was about to level up.
• The Eye of the Lightning Tribulation sent a golden beam into Qin He, awakening his Sacred White Tiger Soul.
• Qin He’s two purple soul rings changed to black, then red, and began shifting toward platinum as his White Tiger Soul radiated a powerful aura.

Qin He’s soul rings turned platinum after the Lightning Tribulation, and the major factions identified them as Heaven-Bestowed Soul Rings. Xue Ye concluded that Qin He now possessed enough power and heavenly protection to contend with Spirit Hall.

• The spies watching Qin He saw his two soul rings turn platinum and realized they were Heaven-Bestowed Soul Rings.
• At Shrek Academy, Qin Zhan asked Yu Xiaogang why Qin He’s soul rings had changed, and Yu Xiaogang suggested Qin He had planned to draw down the Lightning Tribulation.
• Xue Ye and Meng Shenji recognized Qin He’s platinum rings from ancient records as Heaven-Bestowed Soul Rings granted by the heavens.
• Xue Ye recalled that Heaven-Bestowed Soul Ring bearers enjoyed immense power and fortune, and that attacking one could bring heavenly punishment.
• Xue Ye concluded that Qin He’s two Heaven-Bestowed Soul Rings could let him contend with Spirit Hall.

Qin He received seven Heaven-Bestowed Soul Rings, which restrained some of his immense Soul Power but left him overwhelmingly powerful. Dai Mubai and Tang San witnessed the display and realized how formidable Qin He was.

• Meng Shenji and Xue Ye concluded that Qin He had earned Heaven-Bestowed Soul Rings because he created the Qin He Contemplation Method, and believed the rings would deter Spirit Hall.
• Qin He examined the two Heaven-Bestowed Soul Rings as they suppressed some of his Soul Power, but he noted that his remaining power was still immense.
• The Eye of the Tribulation sent five more platinum Heaven-Bestowed Soul Rings down onto Qin He after seeing that the first two had not restrained him enough.
• Qin He's seven platinum Soul Rings bathed Suotuo City in golden light, leaving Dai Mubai stunned at Shrek Academy.
• Tang San cursed Qin He's overwhelming strength and feared that he would have to face a reincarnated old monster.

Qin He's seven Heaven-Bestowed Soul Rings convinced observers that he had revealed his immense strength, while Spirit Hall began considering how to counter him. Qin He wanted the Lightning Tribulation to give him more Soul Rings, but the Eye of the Lightning Tribulation fled and told him to get lost.

• Xie Yue and Hu Liena watched Qin He's Soul Rings and reacted with despair and renewed determination, respectively.
• Xiao Chenyu and Xue Beng interpreted Qin He's display as a declaration that he was ready to contend with Douluo Continent's major powers.
• Salas and Yue Guan concluded that Qin He was too powerful to defeat directly, while Salas resolved to exploit the revelation of his Soul Power level.
• Qin He sneezed and complained that he needed more Soul Rings to contain his strength.
• The exhausted Eye of the Lightning Tribulation vanished and told Qin He to get lost.

A month after Qin He received five Heaven-Bestowed Soul Rings, the Five Rings Song spread across the continent, while Spirit Hall watched him closely. Qin He stayed at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, convinced his enemies could do nothing as long as he remained there, and Xiao Wu interpreted his inactivity as another part of his plan.

• Dai Mubai sang the popular Five Rings Song to Tang San and claimed it could boost cultivation and perhaps summon Heaven-Bestowed Soul Rings.
• Tang San grew furious at hearing another reminder of Qin He’s fame.
• Bibi Dong suspected the song was a scheme by Qin He to influence commoner soul masters, while Xiao Chenyu revealed he had created it to promote Qin He and earn Gold Soul Coins.
• Qin He noticed the growing number of Spirit Hall spies and decided to remain inside Heaven Dou Royal Academy rather than leave.
• Xiao Wu wondered why Qin He had become so quiet, then concluded that his enemies were trapped by his plans.

Salas devised a plan to target Qin He's allies after deciding Qin He himself had no exploitable weakness. Three days later, a newspaper exposed Spirit Hall's plan to attack the Royal Fighting Team, naming Yu Tianheng as its first target.

• Salas and Spirit Hall's Soul Masters discussed Qin He's growing power and their repeated failures to counter his schemes.
• Salas announced that Qin He's weakness was the people around him and proposed targeting the Royal Fighting Team.
• Salas named the secret operation Operation River Hunt and ordered the Soul Masters to keep it strictly confidential.
• Three days later, Heaven Dou Empire's largest newspaper reported Spirit Hall's plan and identified Yu Tianheng as its intended first target.

Spirit Hall launched Operation River Hunt to assassinate Qin He's Royal Fighting Team, leaving Xue Ye and Shrek Academy worried about how to respond. Dai Mubai celebrated Qin He's predicament until a group of Spirit Hall soul masters confronted him in Suotuo City.

• Xue Ye learned that Chrysanthemum Douluo would lead Spirit Hall's Operation River Hunt against the Royal Fighting Team and told Meng Shenji to warn its members.
• Xue Ye prioritized protecting Qin He, judging that the Heaven Dou Empire could not spare its strongest forces to guard the Royal Fighting Team.
• At Shrek Academy, Qin Zhan, Flander, and Yu Xiaogang criticized Spirit Hall's use of a Titled Douluo against the weaker team.
• Dai Mubai enjoyed hearing that Qin He's team was in danger and walked through Suotuo City, where Spirit Hall soul masters stopped him.

Spirit Hall’s hunt for Qin He’s associates led Guimei to arrest Dai Mubai, while Tang San learned from Tang Hao that Spirit Hall and the Tang family had an irreconcilable hatred. The chapter left Tang San facing the revelation of his family’s conflict with Spirit Hall.

• Guimei confronted Dai Mubai in Suotuo City and ordered him arrested because his White Tiger martial soul might connect him to Qin He.
• Tang San read about Spirit Hall’s hunt and felt relieved that he had no plans to oppose it.
• Tang Hao suddenly appeared before Tang San, revealing the power behind the father Tang San had thought was an ordinary blacksmith.
• Tang Hao told Tang San that Spirit Hall and the Tang family shared an irreconcilable hatred.

Tang Hao told Tang San that Spirit Hall was his enemy, leaving Tang San alarmed about the dangers ahead. Meanwhile, Spirit Hall celebrated its campaign against Qin He, and the Royal Fighting Team faced Spirit Hall’s threat before deciding to seek Qin He’s help.

• Tang Hao told Tang San that Spirit Hall was his enemy, and Tang San resented being drawn into the conflict.
• Xie Yue celebrated Spirit Hall’s campaign against Qin He, while Hu Liena and Xiao Chenyu secretly remained loyal to Qin He.
• Xiao Chenyu’s troubled expression led Xie Yue to praise him for staying vigilant despite Spirit Hall’s temporary victory.
• Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling discussed the Royal Fighting Team’s danger as Spirit Hall prepared to target them.
• The Royal Fighting Team decided to find Qin He, believing he could help them survive Spirit Hall’s Operation River Hunt.

After Xiao Wu told Qin He that Spirit Hall had targeted the Royal Fighting Team, Qin He praised Spirit Hall in a way she mistook for a hidden strategy. Rumors spread that he had a secret method to defeat Spirit Hall, leaving the Royal Fighting Team eager to decipher his words.

• Xiao Wu admired Qin He for supposedly forcing Spirit Hall into a difficult position and told him about its actions against the Royal Fighting Team.
• Qin He misunderstood Spirit Hall’s motives and sarcastically praised its plans, then recited, “Golden Scales Are Not Things in a Pond; once they encounter wind and clouds, they transform into dragons!”
• Xiao Wu interpreted Qin He’s poem as a hidden cultivation method and believed his words contained a way to counter Spirit Hall.
• Qin He and Xiao Wu’s conversation spread across the Douluo Continent, where people concluded that Qin He had everything under control and could save the Royal Fighting Team.
• The Royal Fighting Team gathered at Heaven Dou Royal Academy to interpret Qin He’s poem, while Yu Tianheng wondered whether he should paint his scales gold.

Salas convinced Chrysanthemum Douluo that Qin He's poem revealed weakness and that Spirit Hall would defeat the Royal Fighting Team. Across the Heaven Dou Empire, the poem stirred people, while Xue Beng interpreted it as encouragement from Qin He before being summoned for another assessment by his father.

• Salas told Chrysanthemum Douluo that Qin He's lines showed a guilty conscience and declared Spirit Hall's plan against the Royal Fighting Team foolproof.
• Xue Beng overheard attendants praising Qin He's poem and took its words about transforming into dragons as a message meant especially for him.
• Xue Beng imagined becoming emperor and punishing Xue Ye, the ministers, and Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, then argued with a young eunuch who pointed out he was drooling.
• The young eunuch told Xue Beng that Xue Ye had summoned him to the council hall for an assessment, and Xue Beng dreaded another beating.