Chapter Summaries

In Suotuo City, Tie Xiong, a transmigrated child who knew Douluo Continent’s story, eagerly practiced forging and hoped to become the Hammer King. His father began teaching him the Tie Family Hammer Technique, a diminished form of the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.

• Tie Xiong repeatedly tried to swing a hammer in the blacksmith shop, and Tie Long picked him up after he fell.
• Tie Xiong recognized Tie Long and Tie Hu as the brothers who had fought Tang San and Xiao Wu, and decided to build his strength through hammer techniques.
• Tie Xin watched Tie Xiong practice and resolved to teach him properly, believing he might surpass his older brothers.
• At dinner, Tie Xin announced that he would begin teaching Tie Xiong the Tie Family Hammer Technique, despite Chen’s worry that he was too young.
• Tie Xin explained that the family had once learned the complete Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer but now retained only a portion of it.

Tie Xin taught Tie Xiong the basic grip, swing, and smash of the Tie Family Hammer Technique, then ordered him to practice one hundred strikes. Tie Xiong completed them despite severe pain and exhaustion, and Tie Xin treated his injured hands with Bone Refining Medicinal Mud.

• Tie Xin demonstrated how to grip, swing, and smash a Forging Hammer, explaining the power behind the Tie Family technique.
• Tie Xiong copied the movements and began practicing one hundred strikes as Tie Xin watched.
• Tie Long and Tie Hu marveled as Tie Xiong continued through the pain, while Tie Xin stood ready to protect him with Soul Power.
• Tie Xiong endured until he completed the hundredth strike, then collapsed from exhaustion.
• Tie Xin carried Tie Xiong home and held his hands in Bone Refining Medicinal Mud while Tie Long and Tie Hu massaged his muscles and bones.

Tie Xiong trained in the basic hammer movements for months before Tie Xin taught him an incomplete force-borrowing technique. After mastering its second strike, Tie Xiong began adding leg training so he could eventually test the fuller Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.

• Tie Xin treated Tie Xiong’s hands and ordered Tie Long and Tie Hu to reach Soul Power level eight, leaving the older brothers resentful of their little brother.
• Tie Xiong spent the next three months practicing gripping, swinging, and striking while tempering his body with medicinal mud and reading books.
• Tie Xin demonstrated how to borrow force through the waist and abdomen, then had Tie Xiong practice the technique.
• Tie Xiong gradually mastered an incomplete second strike, though he suspected the full technique should begin by drawing force from the calves.
• On his second birthday, Tie Xiong gave himself leg weights and began running for an hour each day to strengthen his calves.

After years of training, Tie Xiong reached eight strikes with his evolved hammer technique and prepared to awaken his martial soul. He traveled with his family to Spirit Hall, noticing a shop run by Flender along the way.

• Tie Xiong and Tie Xin developed a hammer technique that used leg strength to build and redirect force.
• At six years old, Tie Xiong tested his limits and reached eight consecutive hammer strikes before stopping to avoid injury.
• Tie Xin told Tie Xiong they would go to Spirit Hall the next day to awaken his martial soul.
• Tie Xiong spent a sleepless night thinking about his awakening and planning his future.
• Tie Xiong, Tie Xin, Tie Long, and Tie Hu set out for Spirit Hall, and Tie Xiong recognized Flender's shop on the way.

Tie Xiong awakened a Forging Hammer Martial Soul with level five Innate Soul Power, confirming he had the same talent as his brothers. He returned home with his family to celebrate, while his father accepted that Tie Xiong would face the family’s traditional cultivation bottleneck.

• Tie Xiong entered Suotuo City's Spirit Hall and volunteered to undergo Martial Soul Awakening first.
• Dugu Feng awakened Tie Xiong's Forging Hammer Martial Soul and measured his Innate Soul Power at level five.
• Tie Xiong laughed with joy at the result, thanked Dugu Feng, and returned to Tie Xin and his brothers.
• Tie Xin felt disappointed that Tie Xiong's talent matched his brothers', but invited the family to celebrate with bear paws.
• Tie Xiong reflected that his ideas for Hidden Weapons had expanded the family Blacksmith Shop and improved their finances.

After awakening the Heaven Breaking Hammer, Tie Xiong learned to cultivate Soul Power and tested how far his hammer technique could go. He landed fourteen strikes with nearly six hundred pounds of force and decided he could tell his father his plans the next day.

• Tie Xiong named his awakened Martial Soul the Heaven Breaking Hammer and repeatedly summoned it until his Soul Power nearly ran out.
• Tie Long advised Tie Xiong to meditate, and Tie Xiong used the Heaven Breaking Hammer to guide his first successful Soul Power cultivation.
• Tie Xiong joined Tie Long and Tie Hu for the Bear Paws Chen had prepared, then hurried off to practice hammering.
• Tie Xiong used his rank-five Soul Power to perform fourteen strikes of the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer before the recoil forced him to stop.
• Tie Xiong estimated that his final strike had delivered nearly six hundred pounds of force and resolved to tell his father about his plans the next day.

Tie Xiong persuaded Tie Xin to take him to Shrek Academy, hoping its powerful teachers could help him surpass his limits. Li Yusong tested Tie Xiong’s hammer technique and was impressed by the force behind his fifteenth strike.

• Tie Xiong convinced Tie Xin that Shrek Academy could give him a chance to become a Soul King, and Tie Xin agreed to take him there.
• Tie Xin and Tie Xiong traveled from Suotuo City to Shrek Academy, where Li Yusong was collecting registration fees.
• Tie Xiong revealed his Heaven Breaking Hammer and Level Five Innate Soul Power, then argued that his training and strength made him a potential monster.
• Tie Xiong offered Shrek Academy publicity and his family’s financial support if the academy guided his attempt to exceed the usual soul ring age limit.
• Li Yusong summoned his five soul rings and challenged Tie Xiong to attack his Soul Power barrier.
• Tie Xiong removed his leg weights and struck Li Yusong repeatedly, landing a fifteenth blow with nearly seven hundred jin of force.

Tie Xiong was accepted into Shrek Academy after Li Yusong recognized his unusual strength, and he met Oscar, his new roommate. Tie Xiong used his Heaven Breaking Hammer to assert that Oscar should follow his lead.

• Li Yusong examined Tie Xiong, accepted him for one hundred Gold Soul Coins a year, and let him skip the remaining entrance tests.
• Tie Xin paid the tuition and gave Tie Xiong money, then left for Suotuo City after warning him to be careful.
• After no other applicants qualified, Li Yusong led Tie Xiong into the village and introduced him to Oscar, who would share his room.
• Tie Xiong ate one of Oscar's sausages, felt his stamina and Soul Power recover, and offered twenty Gold Soul Coins for a year's supply.
• Oscar introduced himself as Tie Xiong's senior, but Tie Xiong summoned his Heaven Breaking Hammer and demanded that Oscar accept him as the boss.

Tie Xiong forced Oscar to accept him as boss, then learned about Shrek Academy and its students. The next day, Lu Qibin tested Tie Xiong’s mental strength and willpower with an illusion.

• Tie Xiong caught Oscar, struck him with the Heaven Breaking Hammer, and made him surrender and accept Tie Xiong as his boss.
• Tie Xiong gave Oscar twenty gold coins and warned him to keep his distance when making Sausages.
• Oscar told Tie Xiong that only three students were currently at Shrek Academy, including Ma Hongjun, who was away seeking his first soul ring with Flender and Zhao Wuji.
• Tie Xiong toured the academy and considered how its high-level soul masters could help him obtain powerful soul rings.
• Lu Qibin brought Tie Xiong to the Training Ground and used Star Luo Illusion to test his mental strength and willpower.
• In the illusion, Tie Xiong fought swarms of ant-type soul beasts until he collapsed beneath them.

Tie Xiong endured Lu Qibin’s Star Luo Illusion and began daily training with Lu Qibin and Li Yusong, strengthening his willpower and hammer techniques. After three months of rapid cultivation, he reached level six, and Ma Hongjun returned to Shrek Academy as a one-ring soul master.

• Tie Xiong resisted Lu Qibin’s Star Luo Illusion by mentally practicing hammer techniques, while Lu Qibin and Li Yusong watched and praised his determination.
• Lu Qibin ended the illusion and assigned Tie Xiong an hour of daily spiritual-power and willpower training, while Li Yusong began training him in hammer techniques.
• Tie Xiong told Oscar he wanted to become a Title Douluo, then demonstrated Li Yusong’s Weapon Follows Enemy technique by striking Oscar with his Heaven Breaking Hammer.
• Three months later, Tie Xiong had risen one level to level six, surprising Lu Qibin and Li Yusong with his progress.
• Ma Hongjun returned to the academy as a one-ring soul master and bragged about his Phoenix Fire Line, while Oscar introduced him to Tie Xiong.

Tie Xiong beat Ma Hongjun into submission and established himself as the boss, with Oscar third in their ranking. Flender and Zhao Wuji watched the fight and praised Tie Xiong, while Zhao Wuji considered training him with his third soul skill.

• Tie Xiong challenged Ma Hongjun, who activated Phoenix Possession and attacked without using his first soul skill.
• Tie Xiong overwhelmed Ma Hongjun with hammer strikes, dodged his Phoenix Fire Line, and knocked him down.
• Tie Xiong threatened to damage Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire outlet, frightening him into submitting and calling Tie Xiong boss.
• Ma Hongjun argued that Oscar should rank below him, but Tie Xiong promised Oscar would always be third.
• Oscar gave Tie Xiong and Ma Hongjun sausages that helped ease their injuries.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji revealed they had watched the fight; Flender admired Tie Xiong, and Zhao Wuji suggested training him with Gravity Enhancement.

Tie Xiong trained under Zhao Wuji for a year before bringing him to Flender’s shop in Suotuo City to claim the valuable Crystal Slab. Flender recognized that Tie Xiong was angling for his storage pendant, leaving their bargain unresolved.

• Flender ordered Zhao Wuji to train Tie Xiong with Gravity Enhancement and Ma Hongjun to train under Zhao Wuji.
• Tie Xiong showed Ma Hongjun the weights he had worn during their fight, and Ma Hongjun left determined to train.
• Tie Xiong sent Oscar to share Ma Hongjun’s cabin, and Oscar and Ma Hongjun began following Tie Xiong around Shrek Academy.
• Tie Xiong spent a month adapting to Zhao Wuji’s changing gravity before practicing the Tie Family Hammer Technique under its effects.
• A year later, Tie Xiong brought Zhao Wuji to Flender’s shop and identified a hair Crystal Slab as a valuable material for a Hidden Weapon.
• Flender accused Tie Xiong of angling for his storage pendant.

Tie Xiong demonstrated how to make the Soul Breaking Needle from crystal slabs, earning Flender’s promise to cover his future Soul Ring hunts and receiving a storage Soul Tool. The next morning, he set out with the Shrek teachers for the Star Dou Great Forest, where he and Lu Qibin would hunt for Soul Rings.

• Tie Xiong crushed a crystal slab into Hair Gold and explained how it could be used to make the hidden weapon he called the Soul Breaking Needle.
• Flender recognized the needles’ value and promised to cover Tie Xiong’s future Soul Ring hunts, while Tie Xiong kept more than five thousand needles for himself.
• Tie Xiong showed his family that he had reached level-ten Soul Power, then returned to Shrek Academy with Zhao Wuji.
• Tie Xiong named Flender’s crescent-shaped storage Soul Tool the Silver Moon Pendant and filled it with supplies, weapons, clothes, and books.
• Tie Xiong removed his leg weights and joined Flender, Zhao Wuji, Lu Qibin, and Shao Xin on their journey to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt Soul Rings for him and Lu Qibin.

Tie Xiong chose to hunt a bear-type soul beast for his first soul ring and traveled with Shrek Academy’s teachers toward the Star Dou Great Forest. Along the way, he advised Lu Qibin on his sixth soul skill, and the group reached the forest’s edge ready to begin the hunt.

• Tie Xiong said he wanted an earth-element, strength-type bear soul beast and hoped to absorb one around eight hundred years old, while Flender agreed to search for a bear.
• Flender led Tie Xiong and the four teachers on foot to a supply town near the Star Dou Great Forest, where they bought supplies and spent the night.
• Tie Xiong suggested that Lu Qibin make his sixth soul skill a powerful area attack with chess pieces, which left Lu Qibin restless through the night.
• The next morning, Flender led the group from the town toward the Star Dou Great Forest as Tie Xiong sensed the forest’s fresh air and anticipated hunting bears.

Tie Xiong traveled into the Star Dou Great Forest with Flender, Zhao Wuji, Lu Qibin, and Shao Xin to find a suitable first soul ring. After surveying several bear-type soul beasts, he chose an eight-hundred-year Blood Demon Berserk Bear and insisted on fighting it himself.

• Zhao Wuji warned Tie Xiong about the dangers of the Star Dou Great Forest as the group traveled through it.
• Flender scouted the surrounding forest and mapped thirteen bear-type soul beasts between six hundred and nine hundred years old for Tie Xiong to choose from.
• Tie Xiong asked to inspect the bears before deciding, and the group rested overnight before beginning their search.
• Tie Xiong rejected a Vajra Bear, an Earth Bear, and several other bears after examining them.
• Tie Xiong chose an eight-hundred-year Blood Demon Berserk Bear for his soul ring and told Zhao Wuji not to interfere because he wanted to defeat it himself.

Tie Xiong fought an over-eight-hundred-year-old Blood Demon Berserk Bear to learn its fighting methods and claim its Soul Ring. After defeating it and recovering, he began absorbing the ring, whose energy produced unusually powerful Soul Power fluctuations.

• Tie Xiong insisted on fighting the Blood Demon Berserk Bear himself and clashed with it using the Tie Family Hammer Technique, building his strength with each blow.
• The bear activated its Berserk skill and sent Tie Xiong flying, but Flender caught him and Zhao Wuji restrained the bear while Tie Xiong recovered with a Sugar Bean.
• Tie Xiong fought the bear again, blocked its Berserk attacks, and finally brought it down after it attacked him relentlessly.
• A yellow Soul Ring formed above the bear, and Tie Xiong recovered before asking Flender, Zhao Wuji, and the others to guard him as he began absorbing it.
• The Soul Ring descended onto Tie Xiong's Heaven Breaking Hammer and flooded his body with energy, creating Soul Power fluctuations that startled the teachers.

Tie Xiong survived absorbing a Soul Ring beyond his limits, and his Soul Power surged to at least level twelve. The transformation left him with a bear paw growing from his right foot, shocking the teachers as they wondered what else might change.

• Tie Xiong endured the Blood Demon Berserk Bear's violent energy as it repeatedly damaged and repaired his body.
• His firm will and physical training helped him tame the energy, strengthening his body and transforming his Soul Breaking Hammer.
• Zhao Wuji, Lu Qibin, and Shao Xin watched as Tie Xiong successfully absorbed the Soul Ring and reached at least level twelve in Soul Power.
• Tie Xiong suddenly began bouncing into the air in pain and discovered that a bear paw had grown from his right foot.
• Zhao Wuji feared Tie Xiong might turn into a bear, and Tie Xiong snapped back at him.

After absorbing the Blood Demon Berserk Bear’s Soul Ring, Tie Xiong tested his new bear-paw ability and discovered his first Soul Skill greatly enhanced his strength. The group rested and then continued deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest to find a powerful Soul Beast for Lu Qibin.

• Tie Xiong retracted the bear paw into his foot and told Flender and the others how it appeared and worked.
• Tie Xiong tested his Heaven Breaking Hammer and found his full-strength strike could reach eight hundred jin without using a Soul Skill.
• Tie Xiong revealed that his Berserk State tripled his abnormal-condition resistance, attack power, defense, and strength until his Soul Power ran out.
• Zhao Wuji set up camp while Lu Qibin resolved to seek a Soul Beast with powerful attacks for his Soul Ring.
• After resting overnight, Tie Xiong and the others headed deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest to find a ten-thousand-to-twenty-thousand-year-old strength-type Soul Beast for Lu Qibin.

Tie Xiong waited in a tree hollow while Flender and the others went to hunt a Golden Crocodile, then met Meng Yiran inside. He intrigued her with his Soul Breaking Needles and began teaching her how to use them.

• Flender told Tie Xiong to hide in a tree hollow while the others headed into the swamp to hunt a fourteen-thousand-year Golden Crocodile.
• Tie Xiong entered the dark hollow and discovered that Meng Yiran was hiding there too.
• Meng Yiran warned Tie Xiong not to mistake her for an easy opponent and revealed her Serpent Head Cane and throwing knives.
• Tie Xiong recognized Meng Yiran and showed her how his Soul Breaking Needles changed shape when infused with Soul Power.
• Meng Yiran tested a needle and became fascinated, so Tie Xiong pretended to examine her hand and urged her to learn the technique.

Tie Xiong explained how Meng Yiran could improve her hidden-weapon attacks, then the two fought after learning their teachers were hunting the same Golden Crocodile. Tie Xiong defeated and pinned Meng Yiran, leaving her demanding that he get off her.

• Tie Xiong suggested Meng Yiran use Sound Localization and coat crystal pellets with her snake venom, then introduced himself as a seven-year-old with the Heaven Breaking Hammer.
• Meng Yiran revealed that her grandmother was hunting a Golden Crocodile nearby, and Tie Xiong said his academy's teachers were hunting it too.
• Meng Yiran attacked Tie Xiong with Tongue Blade, but he blocked her strike and overpowered her with the Heaven Breaking Hammer.
• Meng Yiran unleashed eight Serpent Cane attacks, and Tie Xiong sealed them with rapid hammer swings before striking her again.
• Tie Xiong knocked Meng Yiran's Serpent Cane away and pinned her to the ground, then explained that a poison-resisting Sugar Bean had protected him from her venom.