Qin Ming

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Qin Ming (秦明)
Gender	Male
Age	28 21
Affiliation	Heaven Dou Royal Academy
Occupation / Role	Teacher; Jiang He's primary instructor; trainer and team organizer for Heaven Dou's tournament squads 22 53 58
Soul Power Rank	Soul King 21 26
Martial Soul	Azure Wolf 26
First Appearance	Chapter 21

Background

Qin Ming is a Heaven Dou Royal Academy teacher who, at age twenty-eight, has reached the Soul King realm. His projected strength six years later is stated to be level 62, a Soul Emperor, indicating that he was already qualified for academy recruitment at his present level 21.

He becomes responsible for Jiang He's primary coursework after the latter enrolls at the academy. Initially stunned and bitter over Jiang He's unprecedented talent and two ten-thousand-year soul rings, Qin Ming nevertheless treats him with care and quickly develops a specialized training plan around his physical control, practical combat, and spirit-power efficiency 22 27.

Personality

Qin Ming is a dedicated and observant instructor. He identifies that Jiang He's overwhelming physical constitution is not matched by equal body control, then directs his training toward gravity-assisted conditioning rather than simply relying on powerful soul skills 27 33.

He is also competitive and candidly affected by extraordinary talent. Jiang He's ability to pressure a Soul King while only a Soul Grand Master forces Qin Ming to reassess both Jiang He's limits and his own standing as a former genius 26 33.

His mentorship has a pragmatic side. In planning for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, he considers structuring a team around Jiang He as its sole attacker, supported by six support-type soul masters; this plan would also help him and his students build connections among Heaven Dou City's nobility 56.

Abilities & Skills

Azure Wolf Martial Soul

Qin Ming's Martial Soul Possession transforms his physique for combat, producing yellow flames, enlarged muscles, yellow eyes, and wolf claws. It improves his physical attributes and allows him to disengage at high speed 26.

• Uses wolf claws for direct attacks and shockwave-based counters 26.
• His second and fourth soul skills can disrupt an opponent's offensive rhythm and create openings for counterattack 26.
• His known soul ring configuration is two yellow and three purple rings; he possesses no ten-thousand-year ring at the time Jiang He joins his class 22 26.

Practical Combat Instruction

Qin Ming has considerable fighting experience and can initially exploit Jiang He's lack of body control despite Jiang He's superior physique 25 32.

• Personally spars with Jiang He to assess his potential and refine his combat habits 25 27.
• Teaches team coordination, combat roles, and Soul Elder-level tactical concepts 23.
• Prioritizes efficient spirit-power usage after identifying the heavy consumption of Jiang He's ten-thousand-year soul skills 27.
• Eventually struggles to keep up with Jiang He's unarmed combat growth, even when neither uses a Martial Soul 37.

Gravity Training

Qin Ming is experienced with Heaven Dou Royal Academy's Gravity Training Room and uses it to improve Jiang He's physical conditioning and reaction speed 32 33.

• Supervises Jiang He's initial access to prevent hidden injuries 32.
• Raises the gravity progressively from one-fold to seven-fold as Jiang He adapts 32 33.
• Warns against overtraining and emphasizes that cultivation should not cause lasting bodily damage 33.
• Secures special permission for Jiang He to train in the room for up to three hours daily 37.

Relationships

• Jiang He — Primary student and later the core of Qin Ming's tournament plans. Qin Ming trains him personally, respects his talent, and repeatedly adjusts his teaching after seeing his rapid growth 22 25 27 37.
• Yu Tianheng — Student in Qin Ming's class; Qin Ming arranges his early spar with Jiang He to assess the latter's practical combat ability 24 25.
• Dugu Yan — Student in Qin Ming's class and Jiang He's classmate 21 22.
• Xue Qinghe — Crown Prince who asks Qin Ming about Jiang He's curriculum and entrusts Jiang He's instruction to him 34.
• Meng Shenji — Education Commissioner who directs Qin Ming to devote additional effort to Jiang He's training because several major factions value him 34.
• Heaven Dou Team One reserve members — Qin Ming oversees their combat familiarization and appoints Jiang He as captain after he defeats the other six members 50 53.
• Heaven Dou Team Two — Qin Ming agrees to rebuild the second team around Jiang He after Jiang He declines to take a first-team position 58.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Jiang He's Enrollment and Assessment

Qin Ming receives Jiang He into his class as his primary instructor. He is shocked by Jiang He's Innate Soul Power of level twenty, Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Martial Soul, and dual ten-thousand-year rings, recognizing a gap between Jiang He's potential and his own achievements 22.

He first teaches Jiang He team coordination, then arranges practical combat against Yu Tianheng and personally enters the field when Jiang He's resilience and adaptation prove exceptional 23 25.

Sparring with Jiang He

During their duel, Qin Ming initially underestimates Jiang He and is stunned by Stomp, Jiang He's area-of-effect control skill. Forced to activate Azure Wolf Martial Soul Possession, Qin Ming ultimately recognizes that Jiang He's ring quality, physical strength, and combat rhythm can threaten a Soul King despite the difference in cultivation 26 27.

He ends the spar once Jiang He claims exhaustion, then refocuses the student's training on body control and reducing unnecessary spirit-power expenditure 27 28.

Gravity Training Program

Qin Ming introduces Jiang He to the Gravity Training Room, using combat under rising gravity to expose and correct Jiang He's delayed reactions. Jiang He's rapid adaptation eventually lets him suppress Qin Ming without Martial Soul Possession under quadruple gravity 32 33.

After witnessing the results, Qin Ming recommends a controlled schedule and later arranges extended daily access to the room 36 37.

Tournament Team Planning

Believing Jiang He could become Heaven Dou's first tournament champion, Qin Ming initially intends to place him with Heaven Dou Team One's reserve lineup 23 49. Following Jiang He's overwhelming defeat of six reserve members, Qin Ming names him captain 53.

Qin Ming later proposes an unconventional strategy: Jiang He would function as the sole assault-type fighter beside six support-type soul masters. Jiang He rejects taking a first-team place and instead chooses to lead a rebuilt Heaven Dou Team Two through the qualifiers, a decision Qin Ming accepts 56 58.