Chapter Summaries

After strengthening her forces, Qian Renxue announced that she would abolish the four kingdoms and one duchy that resisted her and take control of their armies and Soul Master institutions. As Heaven Dou prepared to begin the operation, she and Liu Erlong continued to worry about Tie Xiong, who remained away cultivating.

• Qian Renxue reflected on absorbing her second Angel Soul Bone, which raised her Soul Power Level to seventy-two and brought her closer to the Angel God Trial.
• Qian Renxue told the assembled officials that the Royal Soul Master Regiment had grown beyond ten thousand members after incorporating teachers and graduates from the four elemental academies.
• Qian Renxue ordered the four kingdoms' kings demoted to dukes and the duchy's duke demoted to marquis, with their governing authority and military and Soul Master institutions transferred to imperial control.
• Qian Renxue set the operation to begin in three days and accepted Ning Fengzhi's offer to send Sword Douluo to guard the Balak Kingdom front against the Star Luo Empire.
• Qian Renxue recalled that Tie Xiong had fought Tang Hao, who had inherited the Asura God, and severed his left leg, but had not returned for over two years.
• After the meeting, Heaven Dou City began preparing to abolish the kingdoms and establish provinces, while Qian Renxue and Liu Erlong remained concerned about Tie Xiong.

After spending nearly two years condensing his first Power Soul Core, Tie Xiong reached level sixty-eight and went to the Clear Sky Sect to settle his feud with them. He challenged the remaining sect members to a life-and-death Soul Battle, and Qingyang Douluo realized none of them could match him.

• Tie Xiong completed his Power Soul Core after nearly two years of cultivation, raising his Soul Power to level sixty-eight.
• Tie Xiong traveled to the Clear Sky Sect’s hidden mountain stronghold and announced his challenge above the sect’s castle.
• Tie Xiong found just over eighty Clear Sky Sect members gathered on the Training Ground, including Tai Nuo, while Tang Xiao and many others were away in Star Luo City.
• Qingyang Douluo confronted Tie Xiong, who recounted the Clear Sky Sect’s past attempts to kill him and demanded a life-and-death Soul Battle.
• Tie Xiong summoned his Heaven Breaking Hammer and displayed four black and two red Soul Rings, leaving Qingyang Douluo convinced that no one in the sect could defeat him.

Tie Xiong killed nine Clear Sky Sect challengers in succession, then faced Elder Qingyang, who unleashed his strongest hammer technique. Tie Xiong countered with his dark-golden Heaven Breaking Hammer, and the chapter ended as their attacks met.

• Tang Hu challenged Tie Xiong and was killed by a single hammer strike.
• Tai Nuo challenged Tie Xiong, hoping their former connection might temper his resolve, but Tie Xiong killed him with one blow.
• Tang Yu, Tang Cheng, Tang Tian, and five other Clear Sky Sect members challenged Tie Xiong and died, bringing his tally to nine.
• Elder Qingyang stepped forward to defend the remaining clan members and used his Heaven-Soaring Strike.
• Tie Xiong used Full-Power Strike with his dark-golden Heaven Breaking Hammer as the two attacks clashed.

Tie Xiong killed Tang Yuehua and many Clear Sky Sect members, crippled the Martial Souls of the survivors, and destroyed Clear Sky Sect’s mountain stronghold. As he left to target Tang Hao and Tang Xiao next, the God of Slaughter watched him and recognized him as a growing threat.

• Tie Xiong killed Qingyang Douluo with the power of Tang Chen’s Soul Bone, leaving Clear Sky Sect’s clansmen terrified.
• Tang Yuehua challenged Tie Xiong and pleaded for him to spare the innocent, but he killed her with a hammer strike.
• Clear Sky Sect disciples attacked Tie Xiong, and he killed them before extracting the Martial Soul origins of the survivors.
• Tie Xiong looted precious metals and blueprints from the Casting Room, then struck the mountain and destroyed Clear Sky Sect’s stronghold.
• The God of Slaughter watched Tie Xiong leave and judged him a serious threat and a possible Child of Destiny.

After learning that Tie Xiong had destroyed the Clear Sky Sect and killed Tang Yuehua, Tang Hao, Tang Xiao, Tai Tan, and Tang San grieved and vowed revenge. The God of Slaughter, Supros, appeared to Tang San and offered him a trial to gain power.

• The God of Slaughter watched Star Luo City and decided to seek an opportunity to offer a God of Slaughter inheritance.
• Tang Hao learned that Tang Yuehua and more than eighty Clear Sky Sect members had died, then roared in grief and summoned an Asura Phantom.
• Tang Xiao and the remaining elders mourned the sect's destruction, while Tang Xiao struggled to steady the survivors.
• Tai Tan regretted choosing Tang Hao's side after learning that Tai Nuo had died, and he remembered the warnings he had ignored.
• Tang San grieved for the fallen clansmen, resolved to grow stronger and avenge them, and heard the God of Slaughter, Supros, offer him a trial.

Tang San accepted the God of Slaughter’s first trial, while Tang Hao and Tang Xiao vowed revenge against Tie Xiong. Tie Xiong returned to Heaven Dou City for his family’s celebration, reunited with his mother, and settled in to spend time at home.

• Tang San accepted the God of Slaughter’s trial to fuse killing intent and refine the Artifact of the God of Slaughter.
• Tang Xiao blamed himself for the Clear Sky Sect’s disaster and vowed with Tang Hao to kill Tie Xiong.
• Tie Xiong arrived in Heaven Dou City and discovered that his family was celebrating his nephew’s full-month birthday.
• Tie Xiong found his childhood room preserved in the Tie Mansion and fell asleep there.
• Chen found Tie Xiong in his room, welcomed him home, and promised to cook his favorite bear paw.

Tie Xiong reunited with his family and learned how his brothers planned to expand the family business. He helped his father break through a cultivation bottleneck with an Immortal Herb, leaving Tie Xin newly advanced to level thirty.

• Tie Xiong shared a warm family meal with Tie Xin, Tie Long, Tie Hu, and their wives, teasing his brothers about their cultivation.
• Tie Xiong urged Tie Long and Tie Hu to cultivate well and care for their aging parents.
• Tie Xin said Tie Long and Tie Hu would take over the expanding Blacksmith Shop after graduating from Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Tie Xiong took Tie Xin to the cultivation room and gave him a Nine Grade Purple Ganoderma to overcome his bottleneck.
• Tie Xin absorbed the herb overnight, underwent a transformation, and reached level thirty.

Tie Xiong visited his family, secretly strengthened their Martial Souls, and then reunited with Liu Erlong, urging her to pursue a Divine Inheritance so she could grow stronger. The Sea God Divine Sense appeared and questioned Tie Xiong about his knowledge of Divine Inheritances, but Tie Xiong immediately asked him to help Dugu Yan, Meng Yiran, and Liu Erlong.

• Tie Xiong gave Tie Xin a snow silkworm and secretly infused the Heaven Breaking Hammers of Tie Xin, Tie Long, and Tie Hu with Clear Sky Hammer origin, improving their Martial Soul talents.
• After spending several days with his family, Tie Xiong went to the Royal Soul Master Regiment and found Liu Erlong cultivating in a fire-filled training room.
• Tie Xiong criticized Liu Erlong’s cultivation speed and urged her to seek a Divine Inheritance, naming the Fire God and Phoenix God as possibilities.
• The Sea God Divine Sense appeared, startled Tie Xiong and Liu Erlong, and demanded to know how Tie Xiong knew about Divine Inheritances.
• Tie Xiong introduced Liu Erlong to the Sea God, then asked him to help Dugu Yan and Meng Yiran gain the Sea God Heart’s recognition and to locate the Fire God’s Inheritance for Liu Erlong.
• The Sea God refused to interfere with Divine Inheritance trials, but Tie Xiong pressed him for a hint about where the Fire God’s Inheritance could be found.

Tie Xiong negotiated with the Sea God over divine inheritances and learned that Dugu Yan might qualify if he evolved her Martial Soul, while Liu Erlong could pursue the Fire God's inheritance. After spending the night with Liu Erlong, Tie Xiong left to visit Qian Renxue, whose forces were expanding Heaven Dou’s control.

• Tie Xiong told the Sea God he intended to create his own Divine Position, and the Sea God agreed that the continent had chosen him.
• The Sea God rejected Dugu Yan and Meng Yiran as inheritors but agreed to consider Dugu Yan if Tie Xiong evolved her Martial Soul; he also hinted that Liu Erlong could find the Fire God's Inheritance.
• Tie Xiong and Liu Erlong spent the night together, and Liu Erlong explained that Huo Wu often visited her for cultivation advice.
• Tie Xiong learned that Qian Renxue had deployed the Royal Soul Master Regiment and army to seize four kingdoms and one duchy, then went to the imperial palace to see her.

Tie Xiong and Qian Renxue discussed their growing strength, the capture of Gengxin City's blacksmiths, and the need for Qian Renxue to begin her God Trial. Tie Xiong then learned that Oscar and Ma Hongjun had been training in the northern lands, while his cultivation methods continued gaining renown.

• Tie Xiong told Qian Renxue that his Mental Power barrier concealed them in the palace pavilion, and she revealed her true appearance.
• Qian Renxue reported that Qian Jun and Jiang Mo had captured agents from the Star Luo Empire and Clear Sky Sect, brought Lou Gao and other blacksmiths to Heaven Dou City, and seized Gengxin City's precious metals.
• Qian Renxue gave Tie Xiong an Eight Treasure Wishful Soft Armor made by Lou Gao, and Tie Xiong put it on.
• Tie Xiong urged Qian Renxue to begin her God Trial because Tang Hao had started one, and Qian Renxue planned to have Chenxiang manage government affairs while she trained.
• Tie Xiong met Flender and learned that Oscar and Ma Hongjun had spent over two years training with a hunting team in the northern lands under Li Yusong's secret protection.
• Flender said Tie Xiong's proposed cultivation methods had been summarized and shared, increasing his prestige among Soul Masters.

Tie Xiong visited the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and asked to spar with Sword Douluo Chen Xin, who welcomed the chance to test his cultivation. Ning Fengzhi offered to enhance Chen Xin for the battle, and they prepared to fight outside Heaven Dou City.

• Flender told Tie Xiong that Xiao Ma’s relentless training had kept his Evil Fire under control, while Tie Xiong planned to take the group to Sea God Island later.
• Fighting broke out between the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires after Tie Xiong destroyed the Clear Sky Sect, and Yu Yuanzhen and others went to the border to prepare for war.
• Tie Xiong went to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Ning Fengzhi welcomed him and Ning Rongrong served tea.
• Tie Xiong asked to spar with the two Your Highnesses to overcome a cultivation bottleneck, and Sword Douluo Chen Xin volunteered to fight him.
• Chen Xin proposed fighting outside Heaven Dou City, and Ning Fengzhi offered to enhance him for the match.

Tie Xiong fought Sword Douluo Chen Xin in a prolonged battle that tested their hammer and sword techniques. The duel continued into a state of mutual enlightenment as Tie Xiong sought to integrate his abilities and Chen Xin pursued a breakthrough.

• Ning Fengzhi arranged for Qian Renxue and Ning Rongrong to watch Tie Xiong fight Chen Xin outside Heaven Dou City.
• Chen Xin activated the Seven Kill Domain and Ning Fengzhi’s enhancements, then clashed with Tie Xiong’s Heaven Breaking Hammer.
• Chen Xin unleashed his Seven Kill Sword soul skills, but Tie Xiong shattered his seven sword lights and met his ninth soul skill head-on.
• Qian Renxue recognized the combat gap between herself and the fighters, while Ning Rongrong watched the dazzling collisions without being able to follow the battle.
• Tie Xiong and Chen Xin fought for a full day and night, each testing their techniques as Tie Xiong worked to fuse what he had learned and Chen Xin sought a breakthrough.

Tie Xiong defeated Sword Douluo after a long battle, winning Ning Fengzhi’s respect and prompting him to pledge Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect forces to Qian Renxue’s campaign to unify the continent. As the group returned to Heaven Dou City, Tie Xiong realized that a magma lake deep underground might lead him to the Fire God’s Inheritance.

• Tie Xiong defeated Sword Douluo, who accepted the loss and said the battle had given him valuable insights.
• Ning Fengzhi healed Tie Xiong and Sword Douluo, then recognized Tie Xiong as the world’s strongest and reflected that he had been blind not to see him as a suitable son-in-law.
• Qian Renxue proposed combining the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan forces with the Royal Soul Master Regiment, and Ning Fengzhi pledged three thousand Soul Masters to the effort.
• Qian Renxue announced that she would marry Ning Rongrong in half a month and promised a gift for her, Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo.
• After recovering and returning to Heaven Dou City, Tie Xiong connected his Earth Power and the Sea God’s hint to a deep underground magma lake as a possible location of the Fire God’s Inheritance.

Tie Xiong brought Liu Erlong beneath the earth to find the Fire God's Inheritance, where she was chosen for the Fire God Nine Trials. Liu Erlong received her first trial and a one-year deadline to master the Fire Domain, while Tie Xiong remained unable to draw on Earth Power inside the barrier.

• Tie Xiong used his Earth-Escaping Divine Ability to take Liu Erlong deep underground in search of fire-attributed energy.
• Tie Xiong and Liu Erlong found the Earth Core's Magma Lake and followed a sacred aura to a crimson barrier above it.
• A flame phantom dragged them into the barrier and attacked them with fireballs; Tie Xiong's Earth Domain failed there, while Liu Erlong absorbed the flames.
• The flame phantom judged Liu Erlong's talent sufficient and gave her the Fire God's Nine Trials.
• Liu Erlong received the first trial, which required her to master the Fire Domain within one year or die.

Tie Xiong received a punishing Yellow-Grade First Trial from the Fire God and returned to Heaven Dou City, where Qian Renxue presented Ning Rongrong with an Immortal Herb that might evolve her Martial Soul. The chapter left Ning Rongrong and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect stunned by the gift shortly before her wedding to Emperor Qinghe.

• Tie Xiong asked the Fire God for a trial and received a Yellow-Grade First Trial requiring him to obtain a Hundred-Million-Year Soul Ring within three years.
• The Fire God burned Tie Xiong and threw him out of the light barrier after he complained about the trial and its reward.
• Tie Xiong returned to Heaven Dou City and learned that Emperor Qinghe was preparing to marry Ning Rongrong.
• Qian Renxue accompanied Tie Xiong to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and presented Ning Rongrong with an Aromatic Silk Beauty that might evolve her Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda into a Nine Treasures Glazed Pagoda.

Qian Renxue gave Ning Rongrong the Aromatic Silk Beauty, and Ning Rongrong’s Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda evolved into the Nine Treasures Glazed Pagoda. The revelation strengthened Ning Fengzhi’s commitment to Heaven Dou, and the story left off as Ning Rongrong’s investiture ceremony approached amid growing conflict with Star Luo.

• Qian Renxue gave Ning Rongrong the Aromatic Silk Beauty and instructed her to absorb its essence.
• Ning Rongrong absorbed the herb for half a day, and her Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda evolved into the Nine Treasures Glazed Pagoda as her Soul Power rose to level forty-six.
• Ning Rongrong hugged and kissed Qian Renxue, while Qian Renxue awkwardly hid her discomfort and urged Rongrong to continue refining the herb’s power.
• Tie Xiong and Qian Renxue left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Qian Renxue returned to cultivate while vowing to surpass Tie Xiong.
• Ning Fengzhi announced the sect’s renaming to the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and said Ning Rongrong would display her Martial Soul at her empress investiture ceremony.
• As Heaven Dou and Star Luo clashes intensified along the borders, Heaven Dou City prepared for Ning Rongrong’s investiture celebration.

Tie Xiong disguised himself as Xue Qinghe and spent Ning Rongrong’s wedding night with her before traveling to Slaughter City. There he discovered Tang Chen had taken control of the King of Slaughter and trapped him, but Tie Xiong believed Tang Chen did not know how much his strength had grown.

• Tie Xiong disguised himself as Xue Qinghe and married Ning Rongrong, who mistook him for her beloved Brother Xue.
• Tie Xiong left the palace after the wedding night and traveled to Slaughter City to check on Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing, whose cultivation had improved quickly.
• Tie Xiong entered the King of Slaughter’s hall after sensing the familiar aura and found Tang Chen controlling the King of Slaughter’s body.
• Tang Chen sealed the surrounding space with pure killing intent, preventing Tie Xiong from connecting to the earth and using Earth Power.
• Tang Chen explained that he had kept Slaughter City unchanged to lure Tie Xiong in, while Tie Xiong realized Tang Chen might not know about his recent growth in strength.

Tie Xiong fought Tang Chen, whose body had been corrupted by the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King and whose strength now depended on the Asura Magic Sword. Tie Xiong restrained the sword and struck Tang Chen with mental attacks, leaving the battle poised for his next move.

• Tang Chen attacked Tie Xiong with the Asura Magic Sword and Asura Divine Power, but Tie Xiong withstood the strike and injured him with the force of his Heaven Breaking Hammer.
• Tie Xiong’s Power Soul Core and recovered External Soul Bone helped him absorb and resist Tang Chen’s red killing power.
• Tang Chen revealed his restored appearance and nine Soul Rings, while Tie Xiong recognized that his corrupted body and lost Clear Sky Hammer limited his strength.
• Tie Xiong summoned three Heaven Breaking Hammers with Weapon Spirit Clone to trap the Asura Magic Sword in midair.
• Tie Xiong hit Tang Chen with Golden Extreme Divine Light and Soul Impact, stunning him with a powerful mental assault.

Tie Xiong suppressed Tang Chen again and learned how the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King had fought him for control. He planned to absorb the divine energy in Tang Chen’s Soul Rings and considered how to reach level eighty in time to hunt the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.

• Tie Xiong used his Mental Power and Soul Impact to restrain Tang Chen while the three Heaven Breaking Hammers suppressed the Asura Magic Sword.
• The Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King awakened and regained control of Tang Chen’s body, while the Asura Magic Sword returned to Tang Chen’s Upper Dantian and suppressed the Bat King again.
• The King of Slaughter explained that the Asura Magic Sword had freed Tang Chen’s soul and turned the tide of their struggle for control.
• Tie Xiong decided to absorb the divine energy in Tang Chen’s Soul Rings, and the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King reluctantly agreed.
• Tie Xiong fitted the eighty-thousand-year Vajra Bear Left Leg Bone and considered reaching level eighty within three years so he could hunt the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.

Tie Xiong absorbed the King of Slaughter’s Soul Rings and Divine Power, evolving his Heaven Breaking Hammer into a semi-divine weapon. He then visited Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing in Slaughter City and sensed that Zhu Zhuqing had become unusually cold.

• Tie Xiong absorbed the Diamond Bear Soul Bone and gained the Bear Soul Rage skill.
• The King of Slaughter let Tie Xiong absorb his Soul Rings, and Tie Xiong discovered that Tang Chen’s Divine Power had gathered within them.
• Tie Xiong used the Divine Power to evolve the Heaven Breaking Hammer, which gained divine attributes but still needed further tempering to become a divine weapon.
• Tie Xiong decided to wait before trying to control the Asura Magic Sword, since he could not yet fully master it.
• After cultivating overnight, Tie Xiong visited Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing, and he noticed Zhu Zhuqing’s cold demeanor.