Chapter Summaries

After advising Qian Renxue on building her own power, Tie Xiong returned to Blue Tyrant Academy and trained with Meng Yiran and Tailong. After a long spar with Meng Yiran, he caught and kissed her, and she embraced him in return.

• Qian Renxue praised Tie Xiong's advice, ordered Snake Lance Douluo to investigate the Four Single-Attribute Clans, and considered how to use the plan to gain freedom and claim the throne.
• Tie Xiong returned to Blue Tyrant Academy, where Lu Qibin praised his rapid progress to level twenty-five and Meng Yiran finished training in the Illusion Realm.
• Tie Xiong took Meng Yiran by the hand to the Mimicry Training Room, where Tailong boasted that he had reached level thirty-three.
• Tie Xiong tested Tailong's third Soul Ring in the Gravity Chamber, leaving him bruised, then sparred with Meng Yiran for an hour.
• When Meng Yiran collapsed from exhaustion, Tie Xiong caught her, pulled her onto his lap, and kissed her as she wrapped her arms around his neck.

Tie Xiong watched Dugu Yan successfully gather some of her poison into a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, then learned that she and her family had suffered from poison for generations. Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo asked whether Tie Xiong could help treat Dugu Bo’s far more deeply fused poison, leaving Tie Xiong under pressure to answer.

• Tie Xiong trained for several hours each day, and half a month later Dugu Yan returned with a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone and Soul Power Level thirty-two.
• Dugu Yan tried gathering her poison into the Soul Bone while Tie Xiong watched, and after an hour the poison in her body had decreased.
• Dugu Bo appeared, confirmed that some poison had moved into Dugu Yan’s Soul Bone, and questioned Tie Xiong about teaching her the method.
• Dugu Yan revealed that she had been born with Innate Poison and learned that her father, Dugu Xin, and her mother had died from poisoning.
• Dugu Bo explained that the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor’s poison had fused with his body, and Tie Xiong warned that forcing it out could trigger a deadly backlash.
• Dugu Yan urged Tie Xiong to find a way to treat Dugu Bo, while Dugu Bo looked to him for an answer.

Tie Xiong convinced Dugu Bo that the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass could help detoxify him, then followed him to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. After finding both herbs, Tie Xiong prepared to consume them and enter the spring, leaving Dugu Yan worried as Dugu Bo began collecting them.

• Tie Xiong explained that the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass could neutralize each other and help him detoxify Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Bo revealed that he knew where the herbs grew, and Tie Xiong asked Qin Ming to collect the Herb Compendium if Xue Qinghe sent it.
• Dugu Bo carried Tie Xiong and Dugu Yan to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in Sunset Forest.
• The three found the two herbs growing beside the spring, and Tie Xiong told Dugu Bo to collect them carefully.
• Tie Xiong said he would consume the herbs and enter the spring for several days, while Dugu Yan worried and he told her to leave the area afterward.

Tie Xiong consumed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, enduring their punishing effects while cultivating. He reached Soul Power Level twenty-nine, and his Bear Claws External Soul Bone absorbed the herbs’ cold and fire poisons as it evolved.

• Dugu Bo picked the two Immortal Herbs, and Tie Xiong ate them before plunging into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Dugu Bo took Dugu Yan outside the Poison Array while Tie Xiong endured the herbs’ painful ice-and-fire transformation.
• Tie Xiong stayed conscious and practiced hammer techniques in his mind as his Heaven Breaking Hammer Martial Soul circulated Soul Power.
• Tie Xiong’s Soul Power rose to Level twenty-six after two hours, Level twenty-seven after half a day, and Level twenty-eight after a day.
• Tie Xiong pushed his Soul Power to Level twenty-nine, and his enlarged Bear Claws absorbed cold and fire poisons from the Immortal Herbs.

After absorbing the two Immortal Herbs, Tie Xiong emerged from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and explained how his blood could help cure Dugu Bo’s poison. He gained five Soul Power levels and an enhanced External Soul Bone, and began planning to obtain a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.

• Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan waited anxiously for Tie Xiong, who had been inside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for five days.
• Dugu Bo sensed movement in the valley, and Tie Xiong emerged from the well and reunited with Dugu Yan.
• Tie Xiong explained that a drop of his blood could help dissolve Dugu Bo’s deadly poison without removing his poison arts, then gave Dugu Bo a bottle of blood.
• Dugu Yan began cultivating to force poison into her Soul Bone while Tie Xiong reviewed his gains from absorbing the Immortal Herbs.
• Tie Xiong said he had reached level thirty in five days and that his External Soul Bone’s boosts had increased from sixty percent to eighty percent.
• Tie Xiong planned to find Qian Renxue for Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, strengthen his spiritual power, and pursue a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.

Tie Xiong returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy after Dugu Bo confirmed that his blood could help cure the poison, bringing back the Wishful Hundred Treasure Pouch and permission to take herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. He found the Immortal Herb Compendium Qian Renxue had sent and discovered it described Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew and many other rare herbs, leaving him delighted as Dugu Yan joined him.

• Tie Xiong practiced using the bear paw Soul Bone in his right foot to control his speed until Dugu Bo returned and praised his progress.
• Dugu Bo confirmed Tie Xiong's blood was effective against his poison and offered him a reward; Tie Xiong asked for the Wishful Hundred Treasure Pouch and access to the herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Tie Xiong told Dugu Bo he would return to the academy, and Dugu Bo carried him and Dugu Yan back before Tie Xiong asked him to return in two days.
• Qin Ming gave Tie Xiong the Immortal Herb Compendium Qian Renxue had delivered, and Tie Xiong went to his study to compare it with the Breaking Clan's copy.
• Tie Xiong found descriptions of Nine Grade Dragon Ganoderma, Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, and other rare herbs in Qian Renxue's compendium.
• Dugu Yan brought Tie Xiong a drink, and he pulled her onto his lap as he celebrated his discoveries.

Tie Xiong and Dugu Yan grew closer as he prepared to help her absorb Immortal Herbs and improve her cultivation. They reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, collected several herbs, and began cultivating with the Eight Petal Immortal Orchid and Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew.

• Tie Xiong showed Dugu Yan the Eight Petal Immortal Orchid and explained its benefits, and the two spent the night together.
• Three days later, Dugu Yan said channeling her Innate Poison into her Soul Bone had increased her strength.
• Tie Xiong and Dugu Yan visited Dugu Bo, and the three traveled to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Dugu Bo collected more than ten Immortal Herbs for Tie Xiong and Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Yan ate the Eight Petal Immortal Orchid and began cultivating, while Tie Xiong consumed the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew and cultivated beside her.

Tie Xiong and Dugu Yan absorbed the effects of the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, greatly increasing their spiritual power and Soul Power. Dugu Bo explained how spiritual power helped cultivators advance to Title Douluo, leaving Tie Xiong eager to reach Soul Saint.

• Tie Xiong explored his spiritual world, practiced hammer techniques, and used spiritual power to inspect his body and sense Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Bo sensed Tie Xiong probing him, and Tie Xiong quickly withdrew his spiritual power and continued absorbing the herb's effects.
• Dugu Yan awakened at level thirty-seven, five levels stronger, and hugged and kissed Tie Xiong; Tie Xiong later awakened with greatly improved spiritual power and golden-purple pupils.
• Tie Xiong revealed that he had reached level thirty after absorbing two Immortal Herbs in less than five months, and Dugu Bo tossed him into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to cultivate while he guided Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo taught Tie Xiong that advancing to Title Douluo required compressing liquid Soul Power into solid Soul Power, a process aided by spiritual power, and Tie Xiong eagerly listened.

Tie Xiong prepared to hunt his third Soul Ring, and Dugu Bo agreed to accompany him to the Star Dou Great Forest. After returning to Blue Tyrant Academy, Tie Xiong reunited with Liu Erlong, who had grown jealous during his absence and was shocked by his level thirty cultivation and powerful physique.

• Dugu Bo told Tie Xiong that Sunset Forest had no suitable ten-thousand-year bear-type Soul Beasts, so Tie Xiong planned to hunt in the Star Dou Great Forest with Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan.
• Liu Erlong reflected on how her feelings had shifted from Yu Xiaogang toward Tie Xiong while she trained alone beside the lake.
• Tie Xiong returned to Blue Tyrant Academy and surprised Liu Erlong, who questioned why he had returned instead of staying with Dugu Yan.
• Tie Xiong revealed that he had reached level thirty, and Liu Erlong examined his body and found his physical strength, Soul Power foundation, meridians, and bones exceptionally strong.
• Tie Xiong teased Liu Erlong for wrongly accusing him, then kissed her as compensation while she restrained herself from throwing him out.

Tie Xiong gave Liu Erlong a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, helping her strengthen her Fire Dragon Martial Soul and raise her Soul Power. He and Liu Erlong then set out with Dugu Bo for the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt Tie Xiong’s third Soul Ring, stopping in Suotuo City to visit Shrek Academy.

• Tie Xiong gave Liu Erlong the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, and she swallowed it to absorb its effects.
• Liu Erlong gained three Soul Power levels, strengthened her flames, and felt the herb’s power continuing to work within her.
• Tie Xiong invited Liu Erlong to join him and Dugu Bo on his third Soul Ring hunt in the Star Dou Great Forest, and she agreed.
• Dugu Bo’s bottleneck at level ninety-one began to crack after he gathered his toxins into his Soul Bone, and he guided Tie Xiong and Liu Erlong during their journey.
• After more than twenty days of travel, Tie Xiong, Liu Erlong, and Dugu Bo reached Suotuo City; Dugu Bo stayed at the Rose Hotel while Tie Xiong and Liu Erlong headed for Shrek Academy.

Tie Xiong returned to Shrek Academy with Liu Erlong and met Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Dai Mubai. After Dai Mubai insulted Liu Erlong and was struck down by her, Tie Xiong prepared to confront him, leaving Tang San wary of the legendary hammer wielder.

• Tie Xiong and Liu Erlong arrived at Shrek Academy, where Tie Xiong recognized Tang San, Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar.
• Ma Hongjun and Oscar welcomed Tie Xiong, and Zhao Wuji praised his reputation and growth.
• Dai Mubai refused to acknowledge Tie Xiong as the academy's boss, and Tie Xiong challenged him.
• Dai Mubai insulted Liu Erlong, so she hit him with a dragon claw strike and warned that she would have killed him if not for Boss Fu.
• Tie Xiong revealed his two Soul Rings and approached Dai Mubai, while Tang San supported Dai Mubai and sensed the danger Tie Xiong posed.

Tie Xiong overwhelmed Dai Mubai in a match, using his Heaven Breaking Hammer and Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer to badly injure him. Tang San finally intervened with Blue Silver Entanglement after deciding Tie Xiong was his enemy.

• Dai Mubai recovered with Oscar’s sausages, then learned Tie Xiong had reached level thirty and challenged him.
• Dai Mubai used White Tiger Possession, White Tiger Vajra Transformation, and White Tiger Intense Light Wave, but Tie Xiong countered his attacks and struck him with the Heaven Breaking Hammer.
• Tie Xiong stacked hammer strikes with Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, battering Dai Mubai until he was bloodied and badly swollen.
• Tang San recognized Tie Xiong’s hammer technique and, as Dai Mubai neared defeat, used Blue Silver Entanglement to intervene.

Tang San and Xiao Wu attacked Tie Xiong, but his strength and resistance overwhelmed their skills. Tie Xiong subdued Xiao Wu and used spiritual power to reveal that Tang San knew she was a soul beast, leaving her stunned in his arms.

• Tang San trapped Tie Xiong with Blue Silver Grass, but Tie Xiong used Berserk State to expel the Parasite and resist the poison.
• Tie Xiong struck Tang San and sent him flying, injuring him despite his evasive techniques.
• Xiao Wu jumped onto Tie Xiong and tried to throw him with Waist Bow, but his strength and defense stopped her.
• Xiao Wu used Charm and Soft Technique, but Tie Xiong resisted her Charm and caught her legs.
• Tie Xiong told Xiao Wu through spiritual power that Tang San knew her soul-beast identity and that Tang Hao had been waiting for her to sacrifice herself, leaving her limp and confused.
• Oscar watched Tie Xiong hold Xiao Wu and reacted in shock.

Tie Xiong defeated Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Dai Mubai during the fight, forcing Tang San to reveal his Clear Sky Hammer. After Flender apologized to Liu Erlong, Yu Xiaogang arrived and rushed to check on the injured Tang San.

• Tie Xiong struck Xiao Wu with the Heaven Breaking Hammer, injuring her and prompting Tang San to attack with Hidden Weapons.
• Tie Xiong defended against Tang San’s Hidden Weapons and shattered the bolts from his Godly Zhuge Crossbow, Sand-Shooting Shadow, and Back-Mounted Decorative Crossbow.
• Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer and charged Tie Xiong, who disarmed him and sent him flying with two strikes.
• Tie Xiong struck Dai Mubai with a third blow and mocked him, leaving Dai Mubai to collapse.
• Flender apologized to Liu Erlong for failing to teach his students properly, but Liu Erlong stared at Yu Xiaogang as he arrived.
• Yu Xiaogang saw the injured Tang San and rushed to his side, anxiously asking how he was.

Tang San recovered from his fight with Tie Xiong while Yu Xiaogang accused Tie Xiong of attacking fellow students, but Liu Erlong and Flender defended Tie Xiong. Li Yusong exposed Tang San’s lethal Hidden Weapons, and Yu Xiaogang still insisted Tang San had done nothing wrong.

• Tang San used the Mysterious Heaven Skill to recover and secretly vowed to kill Tie Xiong, while doubting his choice to cultivate Blue Silver Grass.
• Yu Xiaogang confronted Tie Xiong over injuring Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Xiao Wu, but Tie Xiong took Liu Erlong’s hand and she stood by him.
• Flender defended Tie Xiong, blamed Dai Mubai and Tang San for provoking him, and ordered Yu Xiaogang to take the injured students for treatment.
• Li Yusong showed Yu Xiaogang a Soul Breaking Needle and explained that Tie Xiong had refused to use lethal Hidden Weapons even when Tang San attacked him with them.
• Tang San recognized the needle as a Dragon Whisker Needle and vowed to kill Tie Xiong and his family, while Yu Xiaogang defended Tang San’s use of Hidden Weapons.

After Tie Xiong clashed with Tang San and Dai Mubai, Flender tried to ease tensions and bring the academy together, while Liu Erlong realized she had moved on from Yu Xiaogang. The group gathered for a meal, where Flender urged Tie Xiong and Tang San to put their conflict behind them.

• Liu Erlong rejected Yu Xiaogang's request to speak privately and realized her heart belonged to Little Monster.
• Flender urged Yu Xiaogang to take the injured students for treatment, while Tie Xiong revealed that His Excellency Jade Phosphorus had accompanied him to obtain a Soul Ring.
• Flender invited Tie Xiong and the others to a feast, and Xiao Wu feared that His Excellency Jade Phosphorus had discovered her identity.
• The teachers and students gathered in the cafeteria, where Yu Xiaogang convinced himself Liu Erlong was merely angry with him.
• Flender asked Tie Xiong and Tang San to treat their fight as a spar between classmates and let bygones be bygones.

Tie Xiong revealed that limit-breaking Soul Ring absorption had helped him cultivate rapidly, while Liu Erlong rebuked Yu Xiaogang for probing his secrets. After sharing Dragon Ganoderma Leaves with Shrek’s teachers and students, Tie Xiong left with Liu Erlong and Flender to return to Suotuo City and pay respects to Jade Phosphorus Douluo.

• Tie Xiong warned Xiao Wu with a glance, and she wondered whether he had seen through her identity.
• Zhao Wuji and Oscar asked Tie Xiong how he had advanced so quickly, and he explained the benefits of limit-breaking Soul Ring absorption.
• Yu Xiaogang questioned Tie Xiong about his rapid progress, but Liu Erlong defended Tie Xiong and Tie Xiong credited medicinal herbs prepared by Jade Phosphorus Douluo.
• Flender urged everyone to focus on strengthening their bodies, and the group ate Shao Xin’s bear paw.
• Tie Xiong gave Dragon Ganoderma Leaves to Flender, Zhao Wuji, Li Yusong, Shao Xin, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun.
• Flender escorted Tie Xiong and Liu Erlong toward Suotuo City to pay respects to Jade Phosphorus Douluo, while Oscar and Ma Hongjun traded jokes.

Tie Xiong warned Flender, Liu Erlong, and Dugu Bo that Tang Hao might be near Shrek Academy and could threaten him. Liu Erlong left to seek Ten-Thousand Year Whale Rubber, while Tie Xiong traveled with Dugu Bo toward the Star Dou Great Forest; back at Shrek, Yu Xiaogang was visited by Tang Hao.

• Tie Xiong flew with Flender and Liu Erlong to Suotuo City, where they met Dugu Bo and discussed Tang San's Twin Martial Souls and the possibility that Tang Hao was nearby.
• Tie Xiong told Flender to conceal that he knew Tang Hao might be following Tang San, and Dugu Bo promised to poison the Clear Sky Sect if Tang Hao attacked him.
• Liu Erlong decided to travel to the coastal regions to seek Ten-Thousand Year Whale Rubber and strengthen herself before pursuing a higher-level Soul Ring.
• Tie Xiong and Dugu Bo continued toward the Star Dou Great Forest while Liu Erlong departed on her own.
• Yu Xiaogang pondered how to help Tang San grow stronger until Tang Hao entered the wooden cabin.

Tang Hao secretly assessed Tie Xiong as a threat but chose not to attack him, then discussed a new training plan for Tang San with Yu Xiaogang. The next day, Tang San reunited with his father as Tang Hao prepared to take him away for special training.

• Tang Hao admitted that Tie Xiong’s talent and hammer technique had stirred his killing intent, but he postponed attacking him to avoid exposing Tang San’s identity.
• Yu Xiaogang proposed that Tang San train with hammer techniques to strengthen his body and prepare to absorb a third Soul Ring beyond its normal limit.
• Tang Hao suggested using the Clear Sky Sect’s Soul Power compression method to improve Tang San’s body, meridians, and cultivation speed.
• Yu Xiaogang agreed, and Tang Hao decided to take Tang San away for special training the next day.
• Tang San entered the wooden cabin, recognized Tang Hao as his father, and excitedly reunited with him after four years.

Tang Hao reunited with Tang San and took him away to train, while Xiao Wu stayed behind to cultivate and feared what Tang San might do when he grew stronger. In the Star Dou Great Forest, Tie Xiong fought a Holy Light Tiger and then spotted Qian Renxue among the figures pursuing it.

• Tang Hao told Tang San to keep his identity and their meeting secret, then announced he would take him away for training.
• Tang San said goodbye to Xiao Wu, who promised to wait for him and then began cultivating diligently.
• Dugu Bo and Tie Xiong searched the Star Dou Great Forest for a powerful bear-type Soul Beast for seven days without finding a suitable one.
• A Holy Light Tiger charged toward them with pursuers behind it, and Tie Xiong chose to face the tiger while Dugu Bo watched the newcomers.
• Tie Xiong used both Soul Ring skills to clash with the tiger's dissolving light beam, then recognized Qian Renxue at the front of the pursuing group.