Chapter Summaries

Tie Xiong completed his fourth Soul Ring and parted from Meng Yiran before traveling to Balaque City to meet Snake Lance Douluo. He learned that Yu Xiaogang had failed to place Shrek Academy at the schools he first approached, but had secured a teaching post at Thunder Academy and returned to Suotuo City.

• Tie Xiong opened the remaining Eight Extraordinary Meridians, defeated the Golden Bear King’s spiritual presence, and finished absorbing its Soul Ring.
• Tie Xiong and Meng Yiran parted ways so she could fuse her External Soul Bone safely, and he gave her an Orchid Silver Mushroom Flower.
• Tie Xiong traveled with Meng Shenji and Lu Qibin, then continued alone to Balaque City in Spirit Hall attire.
• Snake Lance Douluo met Tie Xiong and provided him with a map of Fasinuo Province and the Balak Kingdom.
• Snake Lance Douluo told Tie Xiong that Yu Xiaogang had failed to join Blue Tyrant Academy or Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but had gained Yu Yuanzhen’s approval to teach at Thunder Academy before returning to Suotuo City.

Tie Xiong tested the formidable fourth Soul Skill he gained from his new Soul Ring and discovered that his strength could reach nearly 280,000 jin. His results led him to envision a path toward creating a domain through Limit Strength, while he continued to plan to take Tang San’s mother’s Soul Bone for himself.

• Tie Xiong told Snake Lance Douluo he was watching Shrek Academy because of his conflicts with Yu Xiaogang and Dai Mubai, then asked to spar after familiarizing himself with his new Soul Skills.
• Snake Lance Douluo arranged a Gravity Chamber, where Tie Xiong tested Golden Tyrant Body and calculated that his Full-Power Strike reached 210,000 jin.
• Tie Xiong stacked three Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer strikes to reach nearly 280,000 jin and felt he had gained a measure of self-protection.
• Tie Xiong connected his hammer technique and Limit Strength with the possibility of developing his own domain, especially by combining it with Gravity Attachment.
• Tie Xiong decided he would still take Tang San’s mother’s Soul Bone rather than leave it for Tang San.

Tie Xiong tested his growing strength against Snake Lance Douluo and learned that Tang San had returned to Shrek Academy. After following Shrek’s journey toward Heaven Dou City, Tie Xiong went to a remote waterfall near Nuoding City to search for the Soul Bone, but found no trace of human habitation.

• Tie Xiong repeatedly sparred with Snake Lance Douluo, pushing his limits and recovering from injuries with his recovery skill.
• Snake Lance Douluo told Tie Xiong that Tang San had returned to Shrek Academy with Ning Rongrong and another beautiful woman.
• Tie Xiong concluded that Tang Hao had returned with Tang San and would likely continue trying to kill him.
• Tie Xiong learned that Shrek Academy was traveling to Heaven Dou City, waited for the group to draw near, then set out for Nuoding City after Tang Hao had left.
• Tie Xiong searched a towering waterfall in a remote valley for the Soul Bone but sensed no signs of human habitation.

Tie Xiong found and took Ah Yin and her Soul Bone from Tang Hao’s hidden chamber, then traveled to Heaven Dou City, where Tang Hao ambushed him. The chapter ended with Tie Xiong deflecting Tang Hao’s killing strike with his Heaven Breaking Hammer.

• Tie Xiong located the hidden cave beneath a waterfall, dug up Ah Yin, and took the black box containing her Soul Bone.
• Tie Xiong stored both treasures and left before Tang Hao could return to find them missing.
• Tie Xiong traveled toward Heaven Dou City for two months and reached level forty-five along the way.
• Tie Xiong entered Heaven Dou City and unleashed his Soul Skills, states, and External Soul Bone as he sensed Tang Hao nearby.
• Tang Hao thrust his rod at Tie Xiong’s heart, but Tie Xiong struck the shaft with his Heaven Breaking Hammer and shifted its course.

Tie Xiong endured Tang Hao’s repeated attacks in Heaven Dou City, repeatedly healing himself and insisting that Tang Hao could not kill him. As the city’s powerful figures rushed toward the battle, Tie Xiong launched a mental attack that vanished into Tang Hao’s black robe.

• Tang Hao’s strike badly wounded Tie Xiong, but Tie Xiong’s defenses, External Soul Bone, and recovery ability kept him alive.
• Tang Hao charged again, and Tie Xiong unleashed his strongest hammer strike before recovering twice and challenging Tang Hao to reveal his Martial Soul.
• The battle’s shockwaves alarmed Heaven Dou City, while onlookers recognized Tie Xiong by his unusual Soul Ring configuration.
• Liu Erlong heard Tie Xiong’s voice and flew toward the battle in her Red Dragon True Form.
• Qian Renxue ordered Bai He and Niu Gao to protect Tie Xiong, and they rushed toward the battle.
• Tie Xiong fired Golden Extreme Divine Light at Tang Hao, but the beams disappeared into Tang Hao’s black robe without effect.

Tang Hao’s third and final strike left Tie Xiong gravely injured, but Bone Douluo, Sword Douluo, and Ning Fengzhi arrived before Tang Hao could finish him. After Ning Fengzhi and Dugu Bo treated him, Tie Xiong recovered enough to speak, while Ning Fengzhi began suspecting that Tie Xiong and his companions knew the attacker’s identity.

• Tang Hao struck Tie Xiong with his full strength, and Tie Xiong survived the collision but fainted from his injuries and exhaustion.
• Bone Douluo and Sword Douluo attacked as Ning Fengzhi arrived, but Tang Hao had already disappeared.
• Dugu Bo treated Tie Xiong with Dragon Ganoderma Leaves and healing pills, and Ning Fengzhi used his Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda to help him recover.
• Tie Xiong woke and told Liu Erlong and Ning Fengzhi that the attacker used a staff Martial Soul and that no one could kill him.
• Qian Renxue organized the city guards and aid for the wounded as more people gathered at the scene.
• Dugu Bo stopped Liu Erlong from seeking revenge, while Ning Fengzhi watched them and suspected they knew who had attacked Tie Xiong.

After Tie Xiong was attacked again, Qian Renxue used the outrage in Heaven Dou City to take command of Soul Masters and impose martial law. Tang Hao, revealed as the likely attacker, escaped injured and realized Dugu Bo had recognized him.

• Liu Erlong took the injured Tie Xiong to Blue Tyrant Academy, while Dugu Bo condemned the attack and threatened the assailant’s sect.
• Qian Renxue rallied the Heaven Dou Royal Soul Master Regiment and ordered troops deployed around Heaven Dou City, despite Ge Long’s objections.
• Qian Renxue placed a thousand Soul Masters under Niu Gao, removed Ge Long’s command over them, and gained support from soldiers and citizens.
• Ning Fengzhi concluded that the Clear Sky Sect had targeted Tie Xiong because of his hammer technique and publicly declared the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect an enemy of the attacker.
• Tang Hao emerged west of Heaven Dou City, badly injured by Bone Douluo and Sword Douluo, and realized Dugu Bo had identified him.

After Tang Hao failed to kill Tie Xiong, he remained determined to strike again, while Ning Fengzhi and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect weighed how to protect Tie Xiong without destabilizing the balance of power. Recovering at Blue Tyrant Academy, Tie Xiong read reports about Qian Renxue’s campaign to defend him and was startled to learn she had taken Bai Chenxiang as a secondary consort.

• Tang Hao resolved to kill Tie Xiong despite the risk of exposing his identity and worried that Xiao San was falling behind Tie Xiong’s progress.
• Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo concluded that Tang Hao was the likely attacker and discussed the political risks of protecting Tie Xiong.
• Ning Fengzhi decided to contact the Clear Sky Sect to learn its intentions.
• Half a month later, Tie Xiong read reports of Qian Renxue rallying support, tightening Heaven Dou City’s defenses, and securing command of a thousand-man Royal Soul Master Regiment.
• Tie Xiong was surprised to learn that Xue Qinghe had taken Bai Chenxiang as his secondary consort and wondered what Qian Renxue intended.

Tie Xiong learned that Qian Renxue had sent two Super Douluos to Heaven Dou City and planned to strengthen her position in the Heaven Dou Empire. Nearly recovered from Tang Hao’s attack, Tie Xiong focused on growing stronger and told Liu Erlong he intended to remain in the city despite the danger.

• Snake Lance Douluo told Tie Xiong that Qian Renxue had sent two experts above Rank 95 to Heaven Dou City and was working to isolate the Clear Sky Sect and win over the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.
• Tie Xiong promised to cultivate diligently and become a Title Douluo, while privately recognizing that Qian Renxue’s two identities were coordinating their plans.
• Tie Xiong described how Ning Fengzhi’s treatment and his own soul skills had helped him recover from the injuries Tang Hao inflicted.
• Tie Xiong fed Ah Yin a drop of his blood, and the Blue Silver Emperor grew from one foot to two feet long without showing signs of spiritual awareness.
• Tie Xiong told Liu Erlong he was excited to have survived Tang Hao’s attacks and planned to stay in Heaven Dou City, even if Tang Hao returned with the Clear Sky Hammer.

Tie Xiong and Liu Erlong absorbed Ten-Thousand Year Whale Dragon Rubber together, grew closer, and spent the night in the forest. The next morning, they reunited with the Shrek Academy teachers and students, while Tie Xiong assessed how much stronger his bones had become.

• Liu Erlong prepared to absorb the Whale Rubber, and Tie Xiong joined her in the forest that evening.
• Tie Xiong and Liu Erlong shared the melted Whale Rubber and endured its powerful energy as it strengthened their bodies.
• Tie Xiong helped Liu Erlong control the energy, and the two fought passionately until midnight before falling asleep.
• Tie Xiong discovered that the Whale Rubber had made his bones and External Soul Bone harder, and he shattered a refined Forging Hammer with his Bear Claw.
• At dawn, Tie Xiong and Liu Erlong met Lu Qibin, the Shrek Academy teachers, and students, including Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Dai Mubai.
• Ma Hongjun and Oscar greeted Tie Xiong, and Flender said Tie Xiong had grown so quickly that he could no longer protect him.

Liu Erlong brushed off Yu Xiaogang and left to hunt for a Soul Ring, while Tie Xiong met Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing and provoked Dai Mubai. At Tie Xiong’s villa, Flender discussed the upcoming Soul Master Tournament and began to accept that Shrek should focus on building its academy rather than chasing a tournament entry.

• Flender thanked Liu Erlong for looking after Tie Xiong, but she declined Yu Xiaogang’s request to talk and left to cultivate and hunt a Soul Ring.
• Oscar introduced Tie Xiong to Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong criticized him for injuring Tang San and Xiao Wu.
• Tie Xiong questioned Zhu Zhuqing about her engagement to Dai Mubai and mocked Dai Mubai, who challenged him but did not act.
• Flender told Tie Xiong that Shrek had joined Thunder Academy after Liu Erlong was unavailable, and Tie Xiong suggested that Flender ask Liu Erlong to turn Blue Tyrant Academy into Shrek Academy.
• Tie Xiong said he would compete for Heaven Dou Royal Academy, while Ma Hongjun and Oscar pledged to stay at Shrek and help build it.
• Flender accepted Tie Xiong’s advice to focus on developing Shrek Academy rather than relying on the tournament.

Tie Xiong struck Yu Xiaogang after Yu criticized his decision to leave Shrek Academy, then challenged Tang San to settle their conflict. Their fight began at the Training Ground, where Tie Xiong tore through Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass restraints.

• Yu Xiaogang berated Tie Xiong for leaving Shrek Academy, and Tie Xiong kicked him into a wall.
• Tang San and the others treated Yu Xiaogang, while Tie Xiong defended his contributions to Shrek Academy and challenged Tang San.
• Tie Xiong and the group headed to the Training Ground, where Tailong learned Tang San was Tang Hao’s son and hesitated to oppose him.
• Tang San revealed his level-thirty-eight strength and used his third Soul Skill, Spider Web Restraint, against Tie Xiong.
• Tie Xiong activated his first and second Soul Rings, tore through the web and Blue Silver Grass, and taunted Tang San.

Tang San unleashed his Clear Sky Hammer and hidden weapons against Tie Xiong, but Tie Xiong blocked his attacks and defeated him. The chapter ended with Tang San injured and questioning whether he could ever overcome Tie Xiong without his hidden weapons and poison.

• Tie Xiong broke free of Tang San's spiderweb and resisted its toxins before Tang San attacked with hidden weapons and his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tie Xiong countered Tang San's Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, interrupting his strikes and injuring him with the technique's backlash.
• Tang San launched his Mother-Child Soul Chasing Life-Taking Ball, but Tie Xiong shattered the Bone-Melting Divine Needles and emerged unharmed from the poison mist.
• Tie Xiong struck Tang San three times with his Heaven Breaking Hammer, sending him crashing to the ground.
• Yu Xiaogang, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Dai Mubai, and Zhu Zhuqing gathered to help Tang San, who wondered whether he could defeat Tie Xiong without his hidden weapons and poison.

Tie Xiong exposed Yu Xiaogang’s motives for building his team around Tang San and accused Tang San of trying to bind his classmates and their clans to the Clear Sky Sect’s conflict with Spirit Hall. The students left with their trust in Yu Xiaogang shaken, while Flender realized Shrek Academy had become divided and Tang San and Tie Xiong were now mortal enemies.

• Yu Xiaogang consoled Tang San after his fight with Tie Xiong, while Tie Xiong decided to spare Tang San for the time being because he feared Tang Hao’s retaliation.
• Tie Xiong questioned Oscar and Ma Hongjun about Yu Xiaogang’s team strategy, then revealed that Yu Xiaogang had centered it on rapidly cultivating Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass before Tang San switched to the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tie Xiong accused Yu Xiaogang of using Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun as tools for Tang San, and warned that Tang San meant to draw their allies and clans into his conflict with Spirit Hall.
• Tang San defended Yu Xiaogang, but Tie Xiong challenged him over his knowledge of his classmates’ backgrounds and his attempts to make them join the Clear Sky Sect’s cause.
• Flender intervened, and Dai Mubai carried Tang San away with Yu Xiaogang as Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong looked back at Tie Xiong.
• Zhao Wuji encouraged Tie Xiong to keep cultivating, while Flender reflected that Shrek Academy had lost its purity and that Tang San and Tie Xiong had become mortal enemies.

Flender reaffirmed Shrek Academy’s purpose as a place to cultivate Soul Masters and warned against bringing outside conflicts into it. At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Rongrong learned that Tang Hao had attacked Tie Xiong and that Spirit Hall had sent two level ninety-six Title Douluo to Heaven Dou City, raising the stakes around the city.

• Flender reminded the Shrek teachers and students that the academy existed to cultivate Soul Masters and threatened to expel anyone who brought ulterior motives into it.
• Yu Xiaogang brooded over his humiliation and vowed that Tang San would one day defeat Tie Xiong.
• Ning Rongrong returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and complained to Ning Fengzhi, Bone Douluo, and Sword Douluo about Tie Xiong injuring Tang San and treating her harshly.
• Ning Fengzhi explained that Tang Hao had attacked Tie Xiong before and that the conflict between them had led Qinghe to arrange protection for Tie Xiong.
• Ning Fengzhi revealed that Spirit Hall had sent Thousand Jun Douluo and Falling Devil Douluo, two level ninety-six brothers with Coiling Dragon Staffs, to Heaven Dou City to deter further attacks.

Ning Fengzhi explained why Tie Xiong’s conflict with Tang Hao had become a struggle between major factions, while Qian Renxue learned that Tie Xiong had known Tang San possessed Twin Martial Souls. She rewarded Tie Xiong with the title Earl Potian and promised him an estate, leaving him delighted and holding her hand.

• Ning Fengzhi told Ning Rongrong, Bone Douluo, and Sword Douluo that Tang San’s Twin Martial Souls could make the Clear Sky Sect a threat to the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, and that the sect should cooperate with Tang San only on its own terms.
• Qian Renxue arrived at Blue Tyrant Academy as Xue Qinghe and asked Tie Xiong whether he had known about Tang San’s Twin Martial Souls.
• Tie Xiong said he had kept Tang San and Tang Hao’s identities secret because he feared retaliation against himself and his parents, and because the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect might not have protected him.
• Qian Renxue told Tie Xiong that the Heaven Dou Empire would make him Earl Potian and grant him a fiefdom of ten thousand qing.
• Tie Xiong requested land near Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Qian Renxue told him an Earl’s Residence was being built for him beside the imperial palace.
• Tie Xiong excitedly grabbed Qian Renxue’s hand and thanked her.

Tie Xiong asked Qian Renxue to promote his fame and later sought Ning Fengzhi’s help after discussing his rapid cultivation and the attack against him. He revealed Whale Rubber’s effect on Soul Ring absorption and obtained the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Heart Separation Control method, leaving him ready to train his spiritual power with it.

• Tie Xiong asked Qian Renxue to build statues of him across Heaven Dou Empire, and she agreed before taking him back to the palace.
• At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect branch, Tie Xiong warned Ning Rongrong about Tang San and Dai Mubai, while Qian Renxue asked Ning Fengzhi to seek justice over Tie Xiong’s attack.
• Tie Xiong claimed that a medicinal ingredient had helped him absorb higher-aged Soul Rings and said he planned to reveal it publicly.
• Ning Fengzhi asked to learn about the ingredient early, and Tie Xiong requested the sect’s Heart Separation Control method in return.
• Ning Fengzhi gave Tie Xiong his booklet on Heart Separation Control, and Tie Xiong revealed that thousand-year Whale Rubber could raise a Soul Master’s tolerable Soul Ring age by five hundred years.

Tie Xiong secured Ning Fengzhi’s protection in Heaven Dou City and tested his strength against Niu Gao, whose anger over the Clear Sky Sect’s abandonment of the clans spilled into a drunken argument with Bai He. The night ended with Bai Chenxiang and Niu Ben arriving to collect the two drunk elders.

• Tie Xiong agreed to announce Whale Rubber’s effects in ten days, and Ning Fengzhi promised protection within Heaven Dou City by barring Title Douluo from fighting there.
• Tie Xiong met Bai He at the Crown Prince’s Residence, then Niu Gao challenged him to a fight.
• Tie Xiong struck Niu Gao with seven hammer blows, and Niu Gao collapsed after demanding that he continue.
• Niu Gao told Bai He he would fight or kill anyone from the Clear Sky Sect, while Bai He refused to attack his nephews Tang Hao and Tang Xiao.
• Tie Xiong shared wine with Niu Gao and Bai He, who drunkenly argued about the Clear Sky Sect and the Speed Clan’s hardships.
• Bai Chenxiang and Niu Ben arrived at midnight to find the two elders drunk, and Tie Xiong observed Bai Chenxiang closely.

Tie Xiong cultivated the Heart Separation Control technique and discovered that sensing the earth let him merge with his surroundings and shift himself without moving. Dugu Yan returned after a year and a half apart, reunited with him, and demonstrated her new soul skill before they went inside together.

• Tie Xiong used Earth State, his spiritual power, and his External Soul Bone to sense the earth, accelerate his cultivation, and shift one meter to his right without taking a step.
• Tie Xiong continued cultivating the Heart Separation Control technique, valuing how spiritual power supported his Soul Power cultivation.
• Dugu Yan returned to the Crown Prince's Residence and embraced Tie Xiong, worried after hearing he had been attacked.
• Dugu Yan told Tie Xiong she had reached level forty-four and showed him her Fourth Soul Skill, Jade Phosphorus Scarlet Poison, which could affect enemies' spiritual power.
• Tie Xiong picked Dugu Yan up and carried her inside to test her new skill together.

Dugu Yan asked Tie Xiong for help with Ye Lingling’s slow cultivation, and he gave her a Red Lip Immortal Orchid to pass along. Dugu Yan brought the herb to Ye Lingling and claimed she had refused Tie Xiong’s interest in seeing her face.

• Dugu Yan told Tie Xiong that Ye Lingling’s Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul had an inherited flaw and asked whether an Immortal Herb could help her.
• Tie Xiong said the flaw could not currently be fixed, but an herb could improve Ye Lingling’s cultivation speed, and he gave Dugu Yan a Red Lip Immortal Orchid.
• Dugu Yan teased Tie Xiong about being interested in Ye Lingling before taking the herb from him.
• Dugu Yan visited Ye Lingling at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and offered her the Red Lip Immortal Orchid.
• Dugu Yan told Ye Lingling that Tie Xiong had wanted to see her face, but she had refused him.