Vol. 1The Bear King's Challenge

Tie Xiong pursued increasingly powerful Soul Rings, strengthened his abilities, and built alliances while his conflict with Tang San escalated. The volume ended with Tie Xiong beginning to absorb the Golden Bear King's scorching Soul Ring.

  • Tie Xiong joined Shrek Academy, absorbed an over-limit Blood Demon Berserk Bear Soul Ring, and kept the resulting Bear Paw External Soul Bone secret.
  • Tie Xiong helped Lu Qibin obtain a Soul Ring and returned to Shrek Academy, where he revealed his External Soul Bone to Zhao Wuji and the teachers.
  • Tie Xiong trained at Blue Tyrant Academy, proved his over-limit Soul Ring method, and gained support from the Strength Clan and Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
  • Tie Xiong absorbed a 3,600-year-old Vajra Bear Soul Ring and tested his new Vajra State by fighting Liu Erlong.
  • Tie Xiong reached level thirty with the help of rare herbs and helped Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo manage their poison.
  • Tie Xiong fought Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Xiao Wu at Shrek Academy, injuring them and prompting Tang San to vow revenge.
  • Tie Xiong cultivated for nine months, strengthened his ties with Qian Renxue, and secretly agreed to join Spirit Hall in exchange for a spiritual Soul Bone.
  • Tie Xiong helped Meng Yiran obtain her third Soul Ring, killed a twenty-five-thousand-year Golden Bear King, and began absorbing its Soul Ring.
Chapters 1–100 Read from ch. 1

Arc 1The Bear Paw Soul Ring

Tie Xiong trains with the Tie Family Hammer Technique, joins Shrek Academy, and absorbs an over-limit Soul Ring from a Blood Demon Berserk Bear. After helping Lu Qibin and Chao Tianxiang obtain Soul Rings, he returns to Shrek with a Bear Paw External Soul Bone and keeps it secret.

  • Tie Xiong trains under Tie Xin, awakens the Heaven Breaking Hammer with level-five Innate Soul Power, and develops his hammer technique through relentless practice.
  • Tie Xiong convinces Tie Xin to take him to Shrek Academy, where he earns admission by striking Li Yusong’s Soul Power barrier and becomes Oscar and Ma Hongjun’s boss.
  • Tie Xiong trains under Lu Qibin and Li Yusong, adapts to Zhao Wuji’s Gravity Enhancement, and helps Flender recognize Hair Gold as a material for his Soul Breaking Needle.
  • Tie Xiong joins Flender and the other teachers in the Star Dou Great Forest, defeats an eight-hundred-year Blood Demon Berserk Bear, and absorbs its Soul Ring despite the strain.
  • Tie Xiong discovers that the Soul Ring gave him a retractable Bear Paw and a Berserk State that greatly boosts his strength, attack, defense, and resistance.
  • Tie Xiong meets Meng Yiran while the group pursues a Golden Crocodile, then helps arrange a truce so Lu Qibin can absorb its Soul Ring before the group joins Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang to hunt a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent.
  • Tie Xiong returns to Suotuo City, registers as a Spirit Master, tells his family about his progress, and visits them before returning to Shrek Academy.
  • Tie Xiong spars with Ma Hongjun and reveals his Bear Paw External Soul Bone to Zhao Wuji and the teachers, who agree to keep it secret.
Chapters 1–25 Summaries Read

Arc 2The Over-Limit Soul Ring

Tie Xiong trained at Blue Tyrant Academy, proved his over-limit Soul Ring method, and earned the Strength Clan’s support while building ties with Heaven Dou Royal Academy. After absorbing a 3,600-year-old Vajra Bear Soul Ring, he tested his new Vajra State on Liu Erlong.

  • Tie Xiong left Shrek Academy with Lu Qibin and joined Liu Erlong at Blue Tyrant Academy, where he challenged Tailong and defeated him with his hammer.
  • Tai Tan accepted Tie Xiong’s cultivation method and arranged for Tai Nuo to teach him Iron Forging Hand and the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.
  • Tie Xiong trained with Tailong and visited Qin Ming’s students at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where he defeated Osler and Yu Tianheng in sparring.
  • Tie Xiong consumed Whale Dragon Rubber, strengthening his body and evolving his External Soul Bone, then demonstrated his perfected eighty-one-strike hammer technique to Flender and Lu Qibin.
  • Tie Xiong refused to become Tang Hao’s disciple, reached level twenty, and joined Liu Erlong, Flender, and Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s leaders on a trip to Sunset Forest.
  • Dugu Bo led Tie Xiong to a 3,600-year-old Vajra Bear, which Tie Xiong defeated before enduring its Soul Ring and successfully absorbing it as his second ring.
  • Tailong defeated a 2,700-year-old Earth Demon Ape and absorbed its Soul Ring, while Meng Shenji praised Tie Xiong’s method and invited him to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
  • Tie Xiong tested his new Vajra State by fighting Liu Erlong, combining it with Berserk State and his External Soul Bone until he knocked her down.
Chapters 26–50 Summaries Read

Arc 3The Star Dou Challenge

Tie Xiong advanced rapidly through rare herbs, helped Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo manage their poison, and reached level thirty. He set out to hunt his third Soul Ring, but a confrontation at Shrek Academy left Tang San and his companions injured and Tang San vowing revenge.

  • Tie Xiong registered with Spirit Hall, negotiated with Salas over a Soul Bone, and later advised Qian Renxue on strengthening her position and recruiting powerful allies.
  • Tie Xiong trained at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, defeated Yu Tianheng, helped Dugu Yan disperse her poison, and recommended that she store it in a Soul Bone.
  • Tie Xiong consumed the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, reached level thirty, and gave Dugu Bo blood that helped counter his poison.
  • Tie Xiong and Dugu Yan absorbed Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, greatly increasing their strength, while Dugu Bo taught Tie Xiong about spiritual power and Soul Power compression.
  • Tie Xiong returned to Blue Tyrant Academy, gave Liu Erlong the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, and traveled with her and Dugu Bo toward the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt his third Soul Ring.
  • At Shrek Academy, Tie Xiong challenged Dai Mubai after Dai Mubai refused to recognize him and insulted Liu Erlong, then defeated Dai Mubai and fought Tang San and Xiao Wu when they intervened.
  • Tie Xiong injured Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Dai Mubai, while Liu Erlong and Flender backed him and Yu Xiaogang confronted him over the fight.
  • Tang San recognized Li Yusong’s Soul Breaking Needle as a Dragon Whisker Needle and vowed to kill Tie Xiong and his family.
Chapters 51–75 Summaries Read

Arc 4The Bear King's Trial

Tie Xiong pursued strength through brutal Soul Ring training while building ties with Qian Renxue and preparing for Tang Hao’s eventual attack. After helping Meng Yiran obtain her third Soul Ring, he killed a twenty-five-thousand-year Golden Bear King and began absorbing its ring.

  • Liu Erlong rejected Yu Xiaogang, while Tie Xiong and Tang San were urged to put their fight behind them and Tie Xiong shared Dragon Ganoderma Leaves with the teachers.
  • Tie Xiong and Dugu Bo met Qian Renxue in the Star Dou Great Forest, where Tie Xiong killed an Earth Demon Bear with her help and endured its Soul Ring absorption, opening six of his Eight Extraordinary Meridians.
  • Tie Xiong returned to Heaven Dou City, strengthened Dugu Yan with Whale Rubber, and asked Qian Renxue for protection from Tang Hao and the Clear Sky Sect.
  • Qian Renxue secured support from Ning Fengzhi and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Tie Xiong gained a Gravity Chamber and spent nine months cultivating until Tang Hao attacked the palace and escaped.
  • Tie Xiong gave Qian Renxue a Star Silver Leaf, obtained the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng from Bai He, and secretly agreed to join Spirit Hall in exchange for a spiritual Soul Bone.
  • Tie Xiong received the Spirit Condensing Wisdom Skull, absorbed it to gain the Golden Extreme Divine Light, and traveled with Meng Yiran and others to hunt a Man-Faced Demon Spider.
  • Meng Yiran absorbed the spider’s Soul Ring, gained eight spider lances and the Tongue Blade Array, while Tie Xiong challenged a twenty-five-thousand-year Golden Bear King.
  • Tie Xiong killed the Golden Bear King after a fierce battle, recovered with Earth State, and began absorbing its scorching Soul Ring.
Chapters 76–100 Summaries Read
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