Chapter Summaries

Chapter Summary

Key plot points and events

• After Qin Qi leaves Notting Academy, Tang San becomes a target of resentment because students and staff blame him for Qin Qi’s departure.
• Wang Sheng confronts Tang San, accusing him of betraying the people who had helped the work-study students. Another student prevents Wang Sheng from starting a fight.
• At the canteen, workers mock Tang San, and a teacher tells him the academy has no place for someone like him. Tang San angrily declares he will leave and vows to repay the humiliation.
• Tang San waits for the Dean to persuade him to stay, believing his talent will make him too valuable to lose. Director Su warns the Dean not to repeat the mistake of trusting Yu Xiaogang, and the Dean decides not to ask Tang San to remain.
• When Xiao Wu and the others return, they ridicule Tang San for still being there. He finally packs his belongings and leaves. No one helps or tries to stop him.
• Tang San heads for a large city rather than returning to his village, convinced he will find people who appreciate his abilities. A month later, the story shifts to Qin Qi, who has grown stronger and unlocked a new system function: the “Cultivation Assistant.”

Character developments

• Tang San grows increasingly resentful and isolated. He blames Qin Qi for his troubles, dismisses others as ignorant, and privately plans revenge against the academy. His confidence in his talent remains intact, despite his damaged reputation and his failure to acknowledge his own betrayal.
• Wang Sheng openly rejects Tang San, defending Qin Qi and the work-study students’ gratitude toward him.
• Director Su shows perceptive distrust of Tang San, sensing a calculating resentment that seems out of place in a child.
• The Dean initially hesitates but chooses not to retain Tang San after Director Su’s warning.
• Qin Qi is absent from the main events but remains influential; his reputation at the academy contrasts with Tang San’s. The closing scene signals his continued progress.

Character interactions

• Wang Sheng confronts Tang San, but another work-study student restrains him to protect his impending graduation.
• Canteen workers use sarcasm to criticize Tang San’s treatment of Qin Qi and his alleged false accusations.
• A teacher reinforces the academy’s rejection of Tang San, while Director Su persuades the Dean not to plead with him to stay.
• Xiao Wu and the dormitory students mock Tang San’s empty threats and watch him leave without offering help.

Significant themes

• Consequences and reputation: Tang San’s actions alienate students, staff, and teachers, leaving him socially isolated.
• Pride and self-deception: He sees himself as a wronged genius and blames others, ignoring the contradiction between his claimed Tang Sect loyalty and his theft of its methods.
• Loyalty and gratitude: Wang Sheng and the work-study students remember Qin Qi’s support, while Tang San is condemned for appearing ungrateful.
• Departure and contrast: Tang San leaves in bitterness, while Qin Qi’s later progress suggests their paths are moving in opposite directions.

Qin Qi used his new cultivation template to improve his spear thrusts, then learned the Dragon Bone Spear’s history from Yu Yuanzhen and discovered his dragon-attribute soul power could awaken it. He considered studying forging in Gengxin City and planned to use a clone to get past Yu Yuanzhen’s watchful protection.

• Qin Qi activated a practice task for basic spear thrusts and improved his technique by following the system’s corrections.
• Qin Qi asked Yu Yuanzhen about the Dragon Bone Spear, and Yu Yuanzhen explained that it had been forged with ten-thousand-year dragon bone but was considered a failed soul-guided weapon.
• Qin Qi infused the spear with his dragon-attribute soul power and awakened its hidden power, while Yu Yuanzhen urged him to train with it.
• Qin Qi decided to study forging in Gengxin City so he could eventually adapt mecha-making methods to the Douluo Continent.
• Qin Qi considered using the Pairing Up technique to send a lifelike clone to Gengxin City while his original body stayed under Yu Yuanzhen’s watch.

Qin Qi explained that the Thunder Body Tempering Art and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul harmed practitioners through accumulated strain, then proposed simple changes to prevent further damage. Yu Yuanzhen accepted his advice and offered him anything he wanted, prompting Qin Qi to ask for funding to leave the clan and seek knowledge, though he reconsidered when Yu Yuanzhen offered bodyguards.

• Qin Qi told Yu Yuanzhen that the Thunder Body Tempering Art was sound but its intense training depleted ordinary practitioners' foundations over time.
• Yu Yuanzhen confirmed that the clan's cultivation slowed at higher realms and that its founding ancestor had been unusually strong from birth.
• Qin Qi advised the clan to nap daily, eat medicinal porridge, and rest after every seven days of training, and Yu Yuanzhen agreed to implement the changes.
• Yu Yuanzhen asked how to help older clan members whose foundations were already damaged, and Qin Qi admitted he had not yet found a treatment.
• Yu Yuanzhen promised Qin Qi anything he wanted, so Qin Qi asked for funding to travel and seek knowledge; when Yu Yuanzhen offered two Soul Saint bodyguards, Qin Qi instead asked to consult the library.

Qin Qi visited the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s library and rapidly memorized books about Soul Beasts and Soul Master development. When the white-bearded elder accused him of pretending to read and snatched his book, Qin Qi angrily talked back and unsettled the elder by bringing up Yu Xiaogang.

• Yu Yuanzhen directed Qin Qi to the clan library, where a white-bearded Soul Saint elder allowed him to read.
• Qin Qi read and memorized a Soul Beast guide and a book on extreme and balanced development paths, reflecting on how clans benefited from their predecessors’ knowledge.
• The elder grew irritated at Qin Qi’s rapid page-turning and snatched away the book he was reading.
• Qin Qi berated the elder and threatened to have the clan chief beat him if he could not do it himself.
• Qin Qi compared the elder’s manner of speaking to Yu Xiaogang’s, and the elder denied knowing or teaching Yu Xiaogang before ordering Qin Qi to leave.

Qin Qi taunted the White-Bearded Old Man about Yu Xiaogang, learning that Yu had ruined the old man's reputation as a soul theory master. After Qin Qi demonstrated his remarkable memory, the old man began to suspect he might be a theoretical genius.

• Qin Qi teased the White-Bearded Old Man until the old man revealed that Yu Xiaogang had once been his student and had destroyed his standing in soul master theory.
• The White-Bearded Old Man flew into a rage and threatened to kill Qin Qi and Yu Xiaogang, while Qin Qi tried to calm him down.
• The White-Bearded Old Man insulted Qin Qi's ability to study, and Qin Qi claimed he could memorize and understand books at a glance.
• Qin Qi recited the Soul Beast Illustrated Guide and explained why it had 366 pages, including the final end page.
• The White-Bearded Old Man challenged Qin Qi to identify the soul beast on page twenty-one and began to view him as a possible theoretical genius.

Qin Qi demonstrated an extraordinary ability to memorize and understand books, then heard how Yu Xiaogang had plagiarized unverified theories and disgraced the white-bearded old man who once mentored him. Qin Qi returned to studying, while the old man offered to help and hoped to introduce him to the Soul Master Theoretical Community.

• Qin Qi answered the white-bearded old man's questions about Soul Master theory after memorizing several books in minutes, and the old man admitted defeat and apologized.
• Qin Qi asked about Yu Xiaogang, and the white-bearded old man explained how he had once believed Yu Xiaogang was a diligent scholar and helped him join the theoretical community.
• The white-bearded old man revealed that Yu Xiaogang had claimed others' unverified theories, including ideas from the ten core competencies, as his own work.
• Qin Qi told the old man not to dwell on the past and resumed reading, while the old man offered to answer his questions and introduce him to the theoretical community.

Qin Qi made progress developing Golden True Dragon Armor and learned the Thieving Dao killer move Pairing Up, then discussed treatment for hidden injuries with Yu Yuanzhen. The conversation was interrupted when a disciple reported that Liu Erlong, Yu Xiaogang, and Flender had beaten him.

• Qin Qi used his library studies to conceive Golden True Dragon Armor as a way to imitate Dragon Transformation.
• A month later, Qin Qi tested Pairing Up and discovered it split his consciousness between two bodies that shared injuries and rapidly drained his Soul Power.
• Qin Qi asked a disciple to buy supplies and check on Yu Xiaogang, then went to discuss hidden-injury treatment with Yu Yuanzhen.
• A battered disciple arrived and reported that Liu Erlong, Yu Xiaogang, and Flender had attacked him.

Yu Yuanzhen learned that Liu Erlong had renamed Blue Tyrant Academy Shrek Academy and handed it to Flender, prompting him to summon Yu Luomian and the elders for a clan meeting. Afterward, Qin Qi practiced spear techniques and challenged the returning Yu Tianheng to a spar without martial souls or soul skills.

• A disciple told Yu Yuanzhen that Flender had helped beat him and that Liu Erlong had transferred Blue Tyrant Academy to Flender, who was suspected of spying for the Star Luo Empire.
• Qin Qi suggested Yu Luomian had quietly stripped Yu Yuanzhen of authority, and Yu Yuanzhen ordered the elders summoned and Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Flender arrested.
• Qin Qi left the meeting preparations and went to the Martial Arts Arena to practice his spear techniques.
• Yu Tianheng returned from Heaven Dou Royal Academy, challenged Qin Qi's spear training, and claimed he had grown stronger since their last fight.
• Qin Qi challenged Yu Tianheng to spar using only his spear, and Yu Tianheng activated Martial Soul Possession with two yellow soul rings.

Qin Qi defeated Yu Tianheng twice using only his spear and explained that better technique, physical strength, and a self-created soul skill had overcome Yu Tianheng’s advantages. Yu Tianheng misunderstood the lesson and decided to study self-created soul skills, while Qin Qi tried to clarify that he should first learn to use his own power effectively.

• Yu Tianheng challenged Qin Qi, who refused to summon his martial soul and beat him with a spear thrust from behind.
• Yu Tianheng demanded another fight and attacked from a distance with Thunderous Might, but Qin Qi reflected the lightning in a dragon-shaped spear technique and defeated him without injuring him.
• Yu Tianheng asked why Qin Qi was stronger, and Qin Qi credited his technique, physical strength, Dragon Bone Spear, and a special self-created soul skill.
• Qin Qi explained that effective techniques could bring out more of a martial soul’s power, but Yu Tianheng concluded that he needed to research self-created soul skills.
• Qin Qi realized Yu Tianheng had misunderstood and told him to focus on using his own power properly.

Qin Qi learned that Tang San had been rejected by Heaven Dou Academy and referred to Blue Tyrant Academy by Yu Tianheng. After Yu Tianheng complained about Qin Qi and invited his cousin to help beat him up, Qin Qi resumed their sparring and gave him a one-sided beating before Yu Yuanzhen summoned him.

• Yu Tianheng told Qin Qi about his friends at Heaven Dou Academy, including Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan.
• Yu Tianheng explained that Heaven Dou Academy had rejected Tang San after learning about his conduct at Notting City, so he referred Tang San to Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Qin Qi teased Yu Tianheng about the trouble his referral might cause with Yu Yuanzhen.
• Yu Tianheng complained about Qin Qi and invited his cousin to help beat him up, not realizing he was speaking to Qin Qi.
• Qin Qi restarted their sparring and beat Yu Tianheng until Yu Yuanzhen sent for him.

Qin Qi proposed redistributing Yu Luomian’s clan duties among the eight mountain peaks, and the elders eagerly supported the plan once it offered them a share of his authority. When Yu Yuanzhen struggled to find someone to take over Blue Tyrant Academy, Qin Qi volunteered to become its dean.

• Yu Yuanzhen asked Qin Qi to decide how the clan should handle Yu Luomian’s unauthorized actions and favoritism toward his daughter.
• Qin Qi argued that Yu Luomian had done nothing wrong but carried too many responsibilities, then proposed splitting his duties into nine portions.
• The elders who had stayed silent enthusiastically backed Qin Qi’s plan after realizing they could gain some of Yu Luomian’s authority.
• Yu Yuanzhen asked the elders who would take over Blue Tyrant Academy, but they all avoided volunteering.
• Qin Qi offered to become the dean of Blue Tyrant Academy.

Qin Qi secured the elders’ agreement to become Blue Tyrant Academy’s dean and appointed Yu Baixiao as vice dean before heading to the academy with Yu Yuanzhen and the elders. There, they found Liu Erlong, Yu Xiaogang, and Flender had taken control, and Qin Qi challenged Flender’s claim to the academy.

• The elders initially rejected Qin Qi’s proposal to become dean, but agreed when he pointed out that none of them wanted to manage Blue Tyrant Academy or pay its expenses.
• Qin Qi named Yu Baixiao vice dean, and the elders volunteered to accompany him to the academy while Yu Yuanzhen joined to see what Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang were doing.
• At Blue Tyrant Academy, Liu Erlong, Flender, Yu Xiaogang, and the teachers subdued the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan members sent to arrest Yu Xiaogang and his companions.
• Flender claimed Blue Tyrant Academy as Shrek Academy and boasted that his powerful connections meant the clan could not challenge him.
• Qin Qi arrived with Yu Yuanzhen and the elders, then told Flender that the academy and its territory belonged to him.

Qin Qi confronted Flender at Blue Tyrant Academy, where Yu Yuanzhen revealed his identity and the clan elders exposed their strength. Yu Yuanzhen allowed Qin Qi to beat Yu Xiaogang, and Liu Erlong attacked Qin Qi to stop him.

• Flender mocked Qin Qi and refused to let him enroll, while Yu Yuanzhen and the elders watched in anger.
• Yu Yuanzhen unleashed his aura and revealed himself as Lightning Douluo, causing Flender and the academy teachers to recognize his power and kneel.
• Yu Yuanzhen grabbed Flender, but Yu Xiaogang defended Flender and argued that Liu Erlong had the right to choose the dean.
• Yu Yuanzhen allowed Qin Qi to beat Yu Xiaogang as long as he did not kill him, and Qin Qi knocked out Yu Xiaogang's teeth and struck his legs.
• Liu Erlong activated Martial Soul Possession and attacked Qin Qi to stop him from beating Yu Xiaogang.

Yu Yuanzhen punished Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang, then began suspecting Yu Xiaogang was not his biological son. Qin Qi persuaded the clan elders to spare the academy’s teachers temporarily so he could deal with them himself, and took them to a dark room.

• The elders slapped Liu Erlong, and Yu Yuanzhen kicked Yu Xiaogang before ordering both of them bound and detained by the clan.
• Qin Qi suggested Yu Xiaogang might not be Yu Yuanzhen’s son, prompting Yu Yuanzhen to question his parentage and order an investigation.
• Yu Yuanzhen proposed secretly killing the teachers, but Qin Qi urged him to cripple them and let the younger generation finish them off.
• Yu Yuanzhen and the elders used their lightning attacks to incapacitate the rebellious teachers, leaving them in Qin Qi’s custody.
• Qin Qi sent Yu Baixiao to inspect the academy, then took the teachers into a dark room.

Qin Qi stole Flender’s Four-Eyed Cat Owl and several of his Soul Rings, while the Golden Saint Dragon King gained elemental attacks and Qin Qi discovered he could run through the air without using Soul Power. Yu Baixiao took charge of reorganizing Blue Tyrant Academy, and Qin Qi’s next theft yielded a Star Luo Chess Martial Soul.

• Yu Baixiao regained his enthusiasm for the academy after hearing about Luo Mian’s trial and deciding to serve as vice dean.
• Qin Qi knocked out Flender and the others, stole Flender’s Four-Eyed Cat Owl with Formless Hand, and fed it to the Golden Saint Dragon King.
• The Golden Saint Dragon King gained elemental attacks and passed power back to Qin Qi, who discovered he could step on the air and move through the sky.
• Yu Baixiao reviewed the students’ records, questioned the academy’s ties to other clans, and decided to test and nurture Tang San.
• Qin Qi left academy affairs to Yu Baixiao while he recovered Soul Power and continued stealing Martial Souls, finding Star Luo Chess in a teacher’s possession.

Qin Qi developed the Star Luo Chess by turning stolen martial souls into war chess pieces and learning its soul skills. After stealing martial souls for two days, he encountered Yu Baixiao teaching Tang San and decided to steal Tang San’s protagonist halo.

• Qin Qi tested the Star Luo Chess, discovering it could expand into a barrier and summon enormous chess pieces onto its board.
• Qin Qi absorbed stolen martial souls into the Star Luo Chess, creating pieces such as Staff Warrior, Sugar Bean, Shield, and Blade Warrior.
• Qin Qi added soul rings, unlocked three soul skills, and expanded his collection to six types of war chess pieces.
• Qin Qi spent a day stealing martial souls and fed most of them to the Star Luo Chess, with the rest strengthening his other martial souls.
• Qin Qi spotted Yu Baixiao teaching Tang San and decided to steal Tang San’s protagonist halo.

Qin Qi discussed Blue Tyrant Academy’s corrupt admissions and finances with Yu Baixiao, then revealed that Tang San was Yu Xiaogang’s disciple and had a history of expulsion. As Yu Baixiao raged and Qin Qi resolved to keep Tang San enrolled for now, Yu Tianheng and the others arrived ready for a fight.

• Yu Baixiao complained that most Blue Tyrant Academy students had powerful sponsors, and Qin Qi proposed changing future admissions and setting up a mission board to raise funds and train students.
• Qin Qi sent Tang San away, then learned Yu Baixiao planned to take him as a disciple because of his innate full soul power.
• Qin Qi told Yu Baixiao that Tang San was Yu Xiaogang’s disciple and had been expelled from both Notting Academy and Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Yu Baixiao demanded that Tang San be expelled or killed, but Qin Qi refused to act without verifying the accusations and chose to keep him enrolled for now.
• Yu Tianheng, Yu Tianxin, and Yu Tianjiao arrived, eager to fight and asking where the academy teachers were.

Qin Qi stalled Yu Tianheng and the other Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan youths from killing people by having them practice on livestock, while secretly stealing Flender’s soul rings. Yu Baixiao then returned to the clan and learned that Yu Xiaogang had been exposed as not being the clan leader’s son.

• Qin Qi persuaded Yu Tianheng and the others to begin by killing livestock, and sent Yu Baixiao to arrange the animals and seek paid missions for the academy.
• Qin Qi returned to his room and used the Formless Hand to steal all seven of Flender’s soul rings before resting to recover his soul power.
• Yu Tianheng and the other youths struggled to kill chickens, while Yu Tianxin crushed a rooster with his Thunderclap Dragon Claw and vomited.
• Yu Baixiao returned to the clan and learned that Yu Xiaogang was not the clan leader’s son.

Yu Baixiao learned that Yu Xiaogang showed no Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon bloodline resonance and rushed to kill him, but Yu Yuanzhen stopped the fight and ordered an investigation after Yu Xiaogang claimed Tang San had stolen his martial soul. At Blue Tyrant Academy, Qin Qi fused stolen soul rings into a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.

• Yu Baixiao learned that Yu Xiaogang showed no bloodline resonance and hurried to True Dragon Mountain to kill him.
• Yu Baixiao attacked Yu Xiaogang in the Sect Master's Hall, but Liu Erlong and Yu Luomian intervened before Yu Yuanzhen stopped the fight.
• Yu Xiaogang claimed his martial soul had disappeared and accused Tang San of stealing it, but the others doubted his story.
• Yu Baixiao confirmed that Tang San was studying at Blue Tyrant Academy, so Yu Yuanzhen and the others set out to investigate.
• Qin Qi fused many stolen soul rings at Blue Tyrant Academy and formed a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.