Chapter Summaries

Tie Xiong defeated Meng Yiran in the tree hollow, then encountered her grandparents and Flender’s group as they pursued a wounded Golden Crocodile. Flender and Dragon Duke disputed who would claim the beast, and neither side had agreed to back down.

• Tie Xiong defeated Meng Yiran, gave her a healing Sugar Bean, and advised her to focus on raising her Soul Power.
• Tie Xiong and Meng Yiran sensed a powerful soul beast approaching and saw a bloodied Golden Crocodile being chased by Lu Qibin and others.
• Lu Qibin trapped the Golden Crocodile in Star Luo Illusion, while Meng Yiran recognized her grandparents, Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang, among the pursuers.
• Meng Yiran denied that Tie Xiong had bullied her, and Tie Xiong hurried to rejoin Flender’s group.
• Meng Shu warned Flender about the Dragon-Snake Combined Strike, but Flender insisted his group would claim the Golden Crocodile.
• Both sides held their positions, leaving the wounded beast’s fate undecided.

Tie Xiong brokered a truce between Shrek Academy and Dragon Duke and Snake Granny, allowing Lu Qibin to absorb the Golden Crocodile’s Soul Ring. The groups then set out together to hunt a sixteen-thousand-year Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent for Meng Yiran.

• Tie Xiong proposed that the two groups cooperate and offered to remain as a hostage while one side absorbed the Golden Crocodile’s Soul Ring.
• Zhao Wuji showed Dragon Duke and Snake Granny Tie Xiong’s over-limit Soul Ring, convincing Meng Shu to accept Tie Xiong’s proposal.
• Tie Xiong stayed with Meng Yiran as hostage while Lu Qibin killed the Golden Crocodile and absorbed its Soul Ring, becoming a Soul Emperor.
• Tie Xiong explained that years of hammer training, medicinal mud, and Lu Qibin’s spiritual training had helped him absorb a Soul Ring beyond the usual limit.
• Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang offered to guide the group to a sixteen-thousand-year Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and the two groups set out to hunt it together.

Tie Xiong and Meng Yiran parted after the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent hunt, and Tie Xiong refused Meng Shu’s invitation to join his family. He announced that he planned to travel to Heaven Dou City to learn the Strength Clan’s Iron Forging Hand, leaving Flender and Zhao Wuji concerned about approaching Tai Tan.

• Tie Xiong gave Meng Yiran Soul Breaking Needles and teased her about her cultivation, while Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang listened and recognized his interest in her.
• The group captured the sixteen-thousand-year Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and Chao Tianxiang absorbed its Soul Ring to become a Soul Emperor.
• Meng Shu invited Tie Xiong to join his family and suggested he and Meng Yiran spend time together, but Tie Xiong put off the offer and invited Meng Yiran to cultivate with him in Heaven Dou City.
• Meng Yiran kissed Tie Xiong on the cheek before leaving with Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang, and Tie Xiong watched them depart.
• Tie Xiong told Flender that he planned to seek out the Strength Clan in Heaven Dou City to learn Iron Forging Hand, and Zhao Wuji revealed that Tai Tan had once hunted him after a fight.

Tie Xiong registered as a Spirit Master in Suotuo City, earning a badge and monthly subsidy, then returned to his family with news of his level thirteen Soul Power. His family celebrated his achievement, and the chapter ended as his two older brothers arrived, announcing that they had reached level seventeen.

• Tie Xiong returned to Suotuo City and registered at Spirit Hall, where Dugu Feng assessed his deep-yellow first Soul Ring and level thirteen Soul Power.
• Dugu Feng invited Tie Xiong to join Spirit Hall, but Tie Xiong said he already studied under Flender at Shrek Academy and received his badge and Spirit Master Handbook.
• Tie Xiong visited the Tie Family Blacksmith Shop and showed Tie Xin his registration, prompting his father to close the shop and give the workers three days off with full pay.
• Tie Xiong asked Tie Xin to keep his over-limit Soul Ring secret, then celebrated with his parents and ate bear paw prepared by Chen.
• Tie Long and Tie Hu returned and announced that they had both reached level seventeen, then saw Tie Xiong.

Tie Xiong returned home with a powerful first soul ring, then went back to Shrek Academy and prepared to test the strength of his right-foot External Soul Bone. The chapter left him examining the Bear Paw’s enhancement effects as it pierced through his shoes.

• Tie Xiong showed Tie Long and Tie Hu his Spirit Master Handbook, and they were stunned by his progress and deep-yellow soul ring.
• Tie Xiong told his family how he defeated a Blood Demon Berserk Bear, then stayed home for three days to demonstrate his hammer techniques to his brothers.
• Tie Xiong returned to Shrek Academy and sparred with Ma Hongjun, dodging Phoenix Fire Line before knocking him down with a hammer blow.
• Tie Xiong asked Zhao Wuji to help test his right-foot strength, and Flender warned the teachers to keep the Bear Paw secret.
• Tie Xiong summoned the Bear Paw External Soul Bone, which pierced his shoes and increased his bodily strength, especially in his right leg.

Tie Xiong demonstrated his hammer technique and newly acquired bear-paw External Soul Bone, impressing Zhao Wuji and the Shrek teachers. After eight months of training, he reached level fifteen and prepared to leave Shrek Academy for Heaven Dou City.

• Tie Xiong used Berserk State and his bear-paw External Soul Bone to build his hammer strikes until his fifteenth hammer approached twenty thousand jin, forcing Zhao Wuji to block with both hands.
• Tie Xiong explained that Soul Power let him shed the recoil and continue stacking force, while Zhao Wuji recognized that the bear paw also made up for Power-type Soul Masters’ weakness in speed.
• Zhao Wuji envied Tie Xiong’s boost and vowed to absorb a Soul Ring beyond his level when he became a Soul Saint.
• Tie Xiong asked the teachers to help him master the bear paw, then trained with leg weights, ran through Shrek Academy, and sparred with Zhao Wuji for eight months.
• Tie Xiong turned eight, reached level fifteen after focusing on developing his External Soul Bone, packed his belongings into the Silver Moon Pendant, and said it was time to leave.

Tie Xiong left Shrek Academy with Lu Qibin and traveled to Heaven Dou City, where he declared his ambition to rise above its powerful residents. They arrived at Blue Tyrant Academy with a letter from Flender, and a visibly agitated woman came to meet them.

• Tie Xiong teased Oscar and Ma Hongjun before hammering them as a farewell.
• Tie Xiong left Shrek Academy with Lu Qibin, while Flender and the others watched them depart and urged Oscar and Ma Hongjun to keep training.
• A month later, Tie Xiong and Lu Qibin arrived in Heaven Dou City, where Tie Xiong vowed to make the city bow before him.
• Lu Qibin presented Flender's letter at Blue Tyrant Academy and revealed his Soul Rings, startling the reception staff.
• A beautiful woman arrived urgently at the reception area and fixed her gaze on Lu Qibin and Tie Xiong.

Tie Xiong arrived at Blue Tyrant Academy and was violently tested by Liu Erlong, who later assigned him a place to stay. The next morning, Yin Shu showed Tie Xiong and Lu Qibin the academy’s Gravity Chamber, where Tie Xiong could cultivate.

• Liu Erlong questioned Tie Xiong about Flender’s letter and led him and Lu Qibin into the forest near Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Liu Erlong attacked Tie Xiong to test his strength, and he repeatedly charged her with his hammer until his Soul Power ran out.
• Tie Xiong pretended he had not called Liu Erlong “Mother Tyrannosaurus,” and Liu Erlong told him he could stay in a wooden cabin east of the forest.
• Tie Xiong treated his injuries, cultivated, and rested in the cabin with Lu Qibin.
• Yin Shu took Tie Xiong and Lu Qibin to the Gravity Chamber and explained that its black crystals could stimulate Soul Power circulation and aid Tie Xiong’s cultivation.

Tie Xiong challenged Blue Tyrant Academy’s top student, Tailong, and overwhelmed him in a contest of strength despite their level gap. Tailong kept fighting after being knocked down, leaving Tie Xiong to unleash a devastating seventeenth hammer strike.

• Tie Xiong asked Yin Shu to arrange a spar with Tailong and provoked the academy students by insulting Blue Tyrant Academy.
• At the training ground, Tie Xiong introduced himself and challenged Tailong, who agreed not to use his second soul skill at first.
• Tie Xiong and Tailong clashed with their Martial Souls, then matched each other’s strength after using their first soul skills.
• Tie Xiong’s Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer strikes grew stronger until he knocked Tailong down, but Tailong got back up and continued fighting.
• Tie Xiong built up to his seventeenth hammer strike and unleashed his Quake attack with twenty thousand pounds of force.

Tie Xiong defeated Tailong in a spar, then provoked him and drew the attention of his father, Tai Nuo. When Tai Nuo attacked Tie Xiong at the academy, Lu Qibin intervened, and the chapter ended as his Star Luo Meteor struck Tai Nuo.

• Tie Xiong used Vibration Force through his Heaven Breaking Hammer to defeat Tailong, who conceded after healing.
• Tailong proposed fighting again after obtaining his third Soul Ring, but Tie Xiong insulted him and the Great Strength Gorilla Martial Soul.
• Yin Shu warned Tie Xiong that Tailong’s protective Strength Clan would seek revenge, then showed him around the academy.
• Tailong returned with his father, Tai Nuo, who accused Tie Xiong of insulting the clan and moved to grab him.
• Lu Qibin restrained Tai Nuo with his Star Luo Chess skills, but Tai Nuo broke free and unleashed his fifth soul skill.
• Lu Qibin used Star Luo Meteor, sending twenty massive chess pieces crashing down on Tai Nuo.

Lu Qibin defeated Tai Nuo, and Tie Xiong explained that he planned to trade his Soul Ring method for the Strength Clan’s Iron Forging Hand. Liu Erlong agreed to help him prepare for Tai Tan’s arrival, and Tie Xiong returned to cultivate.

• Lu Qibin used Star Luo Seal to overwhelm Tai Nuo, who stopped fighting after Tailong admitted defeat.
• Tai Nuo left with Tailong, while Tie Xiong asked Yin Shu to bring meals to the cabin so they could lie low.
• Tie Xiong told Liu Erlong he intended to offer his Limit-Breaking Soul Ring Absorption method to the Strength Clan in exchange for Iron Forging Hand.
• Tie Xiong declared that he wanted to publish his method and give low-ranked Soul Masters hope of reaching Title Douluo, moving Liu Erlong to tears.
• Liu Erlong agreed to help Tie Xiong when Tai Tan came, and Tie Xiong explained his plan to her and Lu Qibin.
• Tie Xiong returned to the cabin and meditated, expecting to advance within two months.

Tai Tan came to Blue Lightning Academy to confront Tie Xiong over Tailong’s defeat, but Liu Erlong defended Tie Xiong and exposed his extraordinary first Soul Ring and cultivation method. Tai Tan backed down, agreed to let Tailong spar without interference, and offered the Strength Clan’s techniques so Tailong could continue learning at the academy.

• Tai Tan arrived with Tai Nuo and Tailong, and Liu Erlong emerged with Tie Xiong and Lu Qibin to confront him.
• Liu Erlong stood ready to fight for Tie Xiong, while Tailong asked to settle the rivalry himself after gaining his third Soul Ring.
• Liu Erlong revealed that Tie Xiong had absorbed an eight-hundred-year Blood Demon Berserk Bear Soul Ring as his first ring and had developed a cultivation method for Power-type Soul Masters.
• Tai Nuo apologized, and Tai Tan admitted he had been wrong and promised the Strength Clan would not interfere in Tailong’s academy sparring.
• Tai Tan offered the clan’s Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer technique and Iron Forging Hand, then ordered Tai Nuo to teach Tie Xiong and have Tailong train alongside him.

Tie Xiong obtained the Strength Clan’s Iron Forging Hand and began training alongside Tailong in the Mimicry Training Room. After enduring three painful days of cultivation with Tai Nuo’s medicinal solution, he successfully took the first step toward strengthening his palms.

• Liu Erlong led Tie Xiong, Tai Nuo, and Tailong to a private training room and told them to train together there.
• Tai Nuo gave Tie Xiong the Iron Forging Hand method and explained that it required a special medicinal solution supplied by the Strength Clan.
• Tie Xiong asked Teacher Lu to suppress Tailong’s Soul Power and use the Gravity Chamber and Star Luo Illusion to train him to absorb Soul Rings beyond his rank.
• Tie Xiong began circulating Soul Power through his palms, endured intense pain, and surprised Tai Nuo by appearing eager to continue.
• Tai Nuo brought the medicinal solution the next day, and Tie Xiong endured three days of scorching pain until his hands shed a layer of skin and the Iron Forging Hand was initially cultivated.

Tie Xiong trained under Tai Nuo to master the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer and pushed Tailong to prepare for absorbing a Soul Ring beyond his level. After a year of intense training and repeated beatings, Tie Xiong reached level nineteen while Tailong remained at level thirty, and Tie Xiong planned to hunt for their next Soul Rings once he reached level twenty.

• Tai Nuo taught Tie Xiong the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer and its techniques for building force and applying it in combat.
• Tie Xiong told Tailong he would have to defeat a level-thirty Soul Beast himself to gain the willpower needed to absorb its Soul Ring beyond his level.
• Tie Xiong trained his hammer and hands while using Tailong as a sparring partner, and Liu Erlong took Tie Xiong into the forest for an hour before sending him back to train.
• Over the following year, Tie Xiong advanced from level sixteen to level nineteen while Tailong stayed at level thirty and endured Tie Xiong's training.
• Tie Xiong said they would absorb Soul Rings together after he reached level twenty, while Tai Nuo and Tai Tan supported testing whether Tailong could surpass his limits.

Tie Xiong and Lu Qibin visited Heaven Dou Royal Academy to meet Qin Ming, where Tie Xiong admired the academy’s facilities and learned about the pressure on Qin Ming to prepare his students for the next Continental Soul Master Tournament. The chapter left Tie Xiong offering to discipline Qin Ming’s students by defeating them.

• Tai Tan and Tai Nuo decided to wait until Tie Xiong reached rank twenty so they could assess his over-limit Soul Ring experience before risking Tailong’s safety.
• Tie Xiong left Blue Tyrant Academy with Lu Qibin to visit Qin Ming at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Tie Xiong admired the academy’s extensive facilities and privately resolved to take over the place someday.
• Qin Ming welcomed Tie Xiong and Lu Qibin, then showed them around the academy.
• Qin Ming explained that he was under pressure to prepare his Heaven Supreme Grade students for the Continental Soul Master Tournament in five years.
• Tie Xiong offered to hammer Qin Ming’s students so they could experience defeat, and Qin Ming looked tempted but hesitant.

Tie Xiong faced the Heaven Supreme Grade students at Blue Tyrant Academy, where he challenged Osler to a fight. He repeatedly countered Osler’s speed-based attacks, but Osler unleashed his second Soul Skill, leaving Tie Xiong to meet a more powerful strike.

• Lu Qibin told Qin Ming that Tie Xiong had once defeated Tailong, and Qin Ming arranged for Tie Xiong to fight the Heaven Supreme Grade students.
• Qin Ming brought Tie Xiong to a combat Mimicry Environment, where he met Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, Osler, and the other students.
• Qin Ming announced that Tie Xiong would be their opponent, and Tie Xiong introduced himself as a level nineteen Soul Master with the Heaven Breaking Hammer.
• Osler challenged Tie Xiong, using Leopard Shadow Raid, but Tie Xiong sensed his approach and knocked him back with a hammer strike.
• Osler attacked from all directions, but Tie Xiong repeatedly intercepted him; Osler then activated his second Soul Skill, Ghost Leopard Hundred Slashes.

Tie Xiong defeated Osler and challenged Heaven Dou Royal Academy, prompting captain Yu Tianheng to fight him. Their battle began with Yu Tianheng’s Thunder Dragon Claw, which Tie Xiong endured before pressing him with a rapid hammer barrage.

• Tie Xiong countered Osler’s hundred-plus strikes, forcing Osler to surrender, and a beam of healing light restored Osler’s injuries.
• Tie Xiong taunted Heaven Dou Royal Academy and invited its students to attack him together, prompting Yu Tianheng to step forward.
• Dugu Yan assessed Tie Xiong’s speed and strength and decided her first two Soul Skills were not suited to challenging him.
• Yu Tianheng revealed his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul, and Tie Xiong activated Berserk State before attacking with the Heaven Breaking Hammer.
• Yu Tianheng struck Tie Xiong with Thunder Dragon Claw, but Tie Xiong shattered it and endured its lightning before countering Yu Tianheng with a relentless hammer barrage.

Tie Xiong fought Yu Tianheng in a brutal, evenly matched battle and won after fully realizing the power of his Berserk State. The injured fighters received healing, and Yu Tianheng accepted the defeat while vowing to improve.

• Tie Xiong deflected Yu Tianheng’s lightning attacks and traded hammer blows with him as their clash continued for a quarter of an hour.
• Tie Xiong realized his Berserk State tripled his resistance, attack power, defense, and strength, allowing him to endure Yu Tianheng’s lightning and keep fighting.
• Tie Xiong struck Yu Tianheng with three hammer blows, knocking him back and asking whether he submitted.
• Qin Ming stopped the fight, and Ye Lingling healed Tie Xiong and Yu Tianheng as the others watched in shock.
• Yu Tianheng praised Tie Xiong, vowed to defeat him in a future fight, and admitted to Qin Ming that he had lost.
• Osler also admitted defeat, while Yu Feng, Shi Mo, Shi Mo, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling stood with them.

After Tie Xiong defeated Yu Tianheng and Osler, Qin Ming urged his disciples to learn from the loss, while Bai Baoshan recognized the strength of Tie Xiong’s Soul Ring. Back at Blue Tyrant Academy, Liu Erlong gave Tie Xiong high-quality Whale Dragon Rubber, and he prepared to use it to strengthen his body.

• Qin Ming told Yu Tianheng and his fellow disciples that Tie Xiong’s drive and obsession with victory had led to their defeat, and Dugu Yan asked to train alongside him.
• Yu Tianheng learned that Tie Xiong was cultivating at Blue Tyrant Academy, while Shi Mo and Dugu Yan promised to seek him out again.
• Bai Baoshan questioned Qin Ming about Tie Xiong’s unusual First Soul Ring, and Qin Ming confirmed that it came from an over-eight-hundred-year Blood Demon Berserk Bear.
• Bai Baoshan considered recruiting Tie Xiong to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but Qin Ming said he could not make that decision for Shrek Academy’s dean.
• Liu Erlong gave Tie Xiong Whale Dragon Rubber from a whale-type Soul Beast of at least five thousand years, and he asked her to soften it with her fire-attribute Soul Power.

Tie Xiong consumed five-thousand-year Whale Rubber, strengthening his body and Bear Paw External Soul Bone as its energy surged through him. He completed all eighty-one strikes of the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, but remained dangerously overheated and berserk.

• Tie Xiong celebrated finding high-quality Whale Rubber by running laps and practicing the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, reaching fifty-seven strikes.
• Liu Erlong melted the Whale Rubber with her Fire Dragon flames, and Tie Xiong ate the entire portion.
• Tie Xiong's muscles, bones, meridians, heart, and blood absorbed the energy, greatly strengthening his body.
• The excess energy flowed into Tie Xiong's Bear Paw External Soul Bone, enlarging it and marking it with golden patterns.
• Tie Xiong entered an excited, hazy state and instinctively performed all eighty-one strikes of the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.
• Liu Erlong worried that Tie Xiong had consumed too much as red steam rose from his body and his eyes turned bloodshot.