Qin Ming

Biodata

Background / History

Teaching Appointment

Qin Ming graduated from Shrek Academy, where the experiences of students who failed to graduate reinforced his caution toward Soul Hunting. As a young commoner Soul Emperor, he was entrusted with Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s most promising students. The three education committee members gathered these talents into a single class to prevent the academy’s decadent atmosphere from stifling them 32 39.

Meeting Lin Qingchen

While taking the Imperial Fighting Team into the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain Ye Lingling’s Third Soul Ring, Qin Ming encountered Lin Qingchen during a battle with a thirty-thousand-year Rift Ruins Earth Dragon. He warned the boy away and ordered his students to protect him before killing the beast with his Sixth Soul Skill 31 32.

Qin Ming initially assumed that Lin Qingchen was seeking a Second Soul Ring. Discovering that the boy had reached level thirty at ten years old—and already possessed a thousand-year Second Soul Ring—prompted him to recruit Lin Qingchen for Heaven Dou Royal Academy 33.

When three smaller Rift Ruins Earth Dragons emerged from the dead beast’s body, Qin Ming first recommended retreat. After Lin Qingchen explained that they were likely only several thousand years old, he agreed to help hunt them and personally subdued one. He subsequently organized the search for the remaining elemental Soul Beasts Lin Qingchen needed, alongside Ye Lingling’s life-attribute Soul Beast 33 34 35 38.

After both students completed their absorption, Qin Ming led the group out of the forest. A distant, overwhelming presence made him order everyone to accelerate; afterward, he estimated that it belonged to someone at least at the Soul Douluo level, possibly a Titled Douluo 41 42 43.

Enrollment and Academy Competition

Qin Ming brought Lin Qingchen before Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin, vouching that he had witnessed the boy’s Soul Hunt and absorption. Once enrollment was approved, Lin Qingchen joined his class. Qin Ming also promised to keep the boy’s Martial Soul Mutation secret and warned him that his conspicuous Soul Ring configuration could provoke senior students 43 44.

Following Lin Qingchen’s defeat of Xue Beng, Qin Ming assured him that the education committee and crown prince would prevent Prince Xue Xing from pressuring him through the academy. He encouraged the boy to concentrate on cultivation and the upcoming competition instead 51.

Qin Ming introduced Lin Qingchen to the team’s training system and Great Soul Arena practice. Before the academy competition, he identified notable opponents, warned that teammates could face one another, and took the team to meet Crown Prince Xue Qinghe 52 53 55.

Traveling with the Team

Two years later, Qin Ming offered to accompany Lin Qingchen on his Fourth Soul Ring hunt. He accepted the boy’s claim that he had support and did not insist. During Lin Qingchen’s absence, Qin Ming took the Imperial Fighting Team traveling between cities because remaining in Heaven Dou City no longer provided sufficient experience 65.

Personality

Qin Ming combines strict safety standards with personal consideration. He rebukes Yu Feng for carelessness in the Star Dou Great Forest, avoids taking the team deeper than necessary, and exempts the newly arrived Lin Qingchen and recently endangered Ye Lingling from their first night watch 32 38.

He considers helping students obtain Soul Rings part of his responsibility. He also respects their privacy: he agrees to conceal Lin Qingchen’s Martial Soul secret without demanding an explanation. When Ye Lingling regrets missing out on the orchid’s concentration-enhancing effects, he reminds her that other Soul Masters might envy her exceptional healing instead 34 42 44.

His tolerance for banter is deliberate. He believes Yu Feng and Osler’s bickering helps strengthen team cohesion, provided it does not interfere with discipline 35.

Abilities & Skills

Fire-Based Combat

Qin Ming fights under Martial Soul Possession while surrounded by flames; the supplied passages do not name his Martial Soul 31 32.

• Sixth Soul Skill: Manifests an enormous flaming claw that seizes the Rift Ruins Earth Dragon’s head, penetrates its skull, and burns it from within 32.
• Combat performance: Maintains the upper hand against the thirty-thousand-year dragon and prevents its escape, although he is left breathing heavily after the kill 32.
• Soul Power pressure: Frightens away nearby Soul Beasts, including hundred- and thousand-year beasts encountered during the group’s departure 42.

Team Instruction

Qin Ming combines physical conditioning, cultivation, and practical combat rather than relying solely on classroom instruction 52.

Relationships

• Lin Qingchen — Recruits him, oversees his introduction to the academy, and supports him during the conflict with Xue Beng. Later trusts his assurance that he can undertake his Fourth Soul Ring hunt with outside support 33 43 44 51 65.
• Yu Tianheng — Student and Imperial Fighting Team leader; Qin Ming assigns him command during the Azure Wood Spirit Bear battle 38 40.
• Ye Lingling — Student whose Third Soul Ring hunt motivates the forest expedition. Qin Ming encourages her to value the strengths of Nine Heart Begonia 32 42.
• Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin — Academy authorities who entrust him with their talented students and approve Lin Qingchen’s placement in his class 39 44.

Notable Quotes

“You're all my students. It's only right that we help each other, and it's my duty to help you hunt for Soul Rings, isn't it?” 34

“Truly powerful Soul Masters have never grown up in the greenhouse of an academy. That's why our training has always combined fundamentals with actual combat.” 52