Chapter Summaries

Ye Lingling absorbed the Red Lip Immortal Orchid and rose five levels, while Liu Erlong returned with a powerful new Eighth Soul Skill and spent three days with Tie Xiong. The chapter ended with Tang Xiao and Tang Hao reuniting in a forest near Heaven Dou City.

• Dugu Yan gave Ye Lingling the Red Lip Immortal Orchid, and Ye Lingling absorbed it while Dugu Yan admired her unveiled face.
• Ye Lingling rose five levels to level forty and thanked Dugu Yan and Tie Xiong for helping her find hope of resolving her Martial Soul's flaw.
• Liu Erlong returned to Blue Tyrant Academy at level eighty-three after absorbing an eighty-five-thousand-year-old Fire Tyrannosaurus Soul Ring.
• Liu Erlong demonstrated Wrath of Burning Heaven, her powerful Eighth Soul Skill, and Tie Xiong asked her to help establish and train his knight retinue.
• Tie Xiong spent three days with Liu Erlong before resuming cultivation to reach level fifty for the Soul Master Tournament.
• Tang Xiao encountered Tang Hao in a forest west of Heaven Dou City, and the brothers embraced after many years apart.

Tang Hao told Tang Xiao about Tang San’s exposed Twin Martial Souls and Tie Xiong’s extraordinary strength, while Tang Xiao warned that Tang Hao had endangered the sect and Xiao Wu. The chapter ended with Tang Xiao urging Tang Hao to hide Tang San and Xiao Wu, but Tang Hao explained why Tang San needed to remain for training and await the Grandmaster’s return from Spirit City.

• Tang Xiao confirmed that Tang San was Tang Hao and Ah Yin’s son, then warned Tang Hao that his attacks in Heaven Dou City had exposed his identity.
• Tang Hao explained that Tang San had revealed his Clear Sky Hammer while fighting Tie Xiong, whose powerful Soul Rings and hammer technique made him a serious threat to the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Xiao agreed that Tie Xiong could threaten the sect and said they needed to eliminate him without damaging the Clear Sky Sect’s reputation.
• Tang Hao told Tang Xiao that Xiao Wu was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form, leaving Tang Xiao furious that she and Tang San had been exposed while still at Soul Elder rank.
• Tang Xiao ordered Tang Hao to take Tang San and Xiao Wu away and hide them, but Tang Hao argued that Tang San needed tournament experience and the Grandmaster’s guidance on cultivating Twin Martial Souls.

Tang Hao returned to the waterfall and discovered that Ah Yin and her Soul Bone were gone, driving him into a killing frenzy as he searched for the thief. After Tang Hao reunited with Tang Xiao, they blamed Spirit Hall and agreed to prioritize Xiao San’s safety while the Clear Sky Sect prepared to return to the world and confront Tie Xiong and Dugu Bo.

• Tang Xiao told Tang Hao that the Clear Sky Sect had grown stronger, but Xiao San’s exposed Twin Martial Souls and rising tensions made him fear an impending conflict.
• Tang Hao hurried to the waterfall, expecting to see Ah Yin, but found that she and her Soul Bone were missing.
• Tang Hao searched the mountain range for two days, attacking nearby Soul Beasts and Soul Masters, then spent three months investigating Spirit Hall branches without finding a trace.
• Tang Hao returned to Heaven Dou City and told Tang Xiao that Ah Yin and the Soul Bone had been stolen, and Tang Xiao suspected Spirit Hall was responsible.
• Tang Xiao planned to kill Tie Xiong and Dugu Bo, reveal the Clear Sky Sect’s return, and send Tang Hao and Xiao San into hiding until Xiao San grew beyond Soul Douluo.
• Tang Hao agreed to follow Tang Xiao’s plan and considered sending Xiao San to Slaughter City to develop Divine Slaughter’s Domain.

Tie Xiong summoned Xiao Wu and revealed that Tang San's mother had been a Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor who became Tang Hao's Soul Ring, making Xiao Wu question whether her path had been arranged. He offered a possible way to revive her mother and asked Xiao Wu to let him kill Er Ming temporarily for his fifth Soul Ring and Soul Bone, leaving Xiao Wu stunned by his claim that Er Ming could also be revived.

• Ning Rongrong brought Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing to the Heaven Dou Auction House, where Xiao Wu left the VIP room and met Tie Xiong in a secluded room.
• Tie Xiong realized Xiao Wu had reached level forty-one and asked whether she had feared sacrificing herself for Tang San.
• Tie Xiong told Xiao Wu that Tang San's mother had been a Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor who became Tang Hao's Soul Ring, and Xiao Wu grew distressed at the possibility that her life had been guided toward the same fate.
• Tie Xiong said a godly secret technique might revive Xiao Wu's mother and revealed that he wanted Er Ming as his fifth Soul Ring and Soul Bone, not Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Wu refused to let Tie Xiong kill Er Ming, but Tie Xiong insisted Er Ming would only die temporarily because he could revive him too.

Tie Xiong focused on strengthening himself and assessed the approaching Soul Master Tournament, where Ning Rongrong showed confidence in her team and Zhu Zhuqing revealed her level. He met Qian Renxue in secret to discuss an important matter, but had not yet revealed what it was.

• Tie Xiong reflected on Xiao Wu's choices and spent the following year and seven months cultivating, gaining five Soul Power ranks as his reputation grew.
• Tie Xiong met Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu, learned Zhu Zhuqing had reached level thirty-six, and offered to help her gain freedom from the Zhu and Dai families.
• Ning Rongrong dismissed Tie Xiong and led Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu away, while Tie Xiong wondered what gave her confidence in the upcoming tournament.
• Tie Xiong worried that Tang Hao and the Clear Sky Sect might consider him a threat and went to Heaven Feather Tavern to meet Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue arrived at night, and Tie Xiong told her he had an important matter to discuss.

Tie Xiong told Qian Renxue that Xiao Wu was a transformed hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast hiding at Thunder Academy and urged her to lead an attack. Qian Renxue agreed to join him, and they prepared to move against Thunder Academy while staying alert for the Clear Sky Sect’s strength.

• Tie Xiong told Qian Renxue that Spirit Hall was divided between her faction and Bibi Dong’s, whose influence was growing.
• Tie Xiong revealed that Xiao Wu was the descendant of the hundred-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit Bibi Dong had hunted and was hiding at Thunder Academy with Tang San.
• Tie Xiong urged Qian Renxue to lead Title Douluos in a fast strike against Thunder Academy to capture Xiao Wu and reveal the Clear Sky Sect’s strength.
• Qian Renxue admitted she was Qian Xunji’s daughter and agreed not to let revenge make her act recklessly.
• Qian Renxue agreed to fight alongside Tie Xiong, who planned to recruit Dugu Bo, and they began preparing to attack.

Tie Xiong recruited Dugu Bo to help capture Xiao Wu, while Qian Renxue and Spirit Hall forces moved against her. As Spirit Hall’s group reached Thunder Academy, Tang Hao appeared to protect Xiao Wu and urged her to return to the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Tie Xiong persuaded Dugu Bo to join his plan despite the danger of provoking the Clear Sky Sect, and the two met Qian Renxue and four Title Douluo outside Heaven Dou City.
• Tie Xiong and Dugu Bo split from Qian Renxue’s group as they approached Thunder Academy.
• Xiao Wu decided she would flee to the Star Dou Great Forest, but a Title Douluo’s lock-on made her fear Spirit Hall had come to capture her.
• Spirit Hall announced its order to seize Xiao Wu, and Tang Hao clashed with a Coiling Dragon Staff wielder above Thunder Academy.
• Tang Hao told Xiao Wu that he was Tang San’s father and urged her to return to her original home and stay there until she matured.

Spirit Hall and the Clear Sky Sect clashed above Thunder Academy as Xiao Wu fled after her identity as a Soul Beast was exposed. With Tie Xiong secretly guiding her toward the southeast, Flender and the others pursued to protect her while the Title Douluo battle continued overhead.

• Tang Xiao and Haoyang Douluo joined Tang Hao against Thousand Jun Douluo, Demon Subduing Douluo, and Porcupinefish Douluo, while Qian Renxue appeared and used her Angel Domain.
• Tie Xiong hid inside Thunder Academy, watched the battle, and used spiritual power to locate Xiao Wu as the students and teachers fled.
• Tang San told Xiao Wu that she was his sister regardless of whether she was human or a Soul Beast.
• Tie Xiong told Xiao Wu to head southeast and promised that becoming a god could let her revive her mother and change the fate of Soul Beasts.
• Xiao Wu fled southeast, and Flender gave Oscar’s Mushroom Sausages to the teachers and Tang San before leading them after her to protect her escape.

Xiao Wu confronted Tang San about his father’s knowledge of her identity and left with Tie Xiong, rejecting Tang San’s pleas. As Tie Xiong escorted her away, a white-robed Spirit Hall figure ambushed them and restrained Xiao Wu.

• Tie Xiong intercepted Flender, the teachers, and Xiao Wu after they fled Thunder Academy, and Xiao Wu chose to go with him.
• Xiao Wu told Tang San that Tang Hao had known she was a Soul Beast and had arranged for her to become Tang San’s Soul Ring and Soul Bone, revealing that Tang San’s mother had also been a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Tang San tried to stop Xiao Wu and accused Tie Xiong of turning her against him, but Flender restrained him and took him back toward Thunder Academy.
• Tie Xiong sensed an unfamiliar Title Douluo-level presence, then continued escorting Xiao Wu while Tang San vowed to find her and kill Tie Xiong.
• A white-robed Spirit Hall man appeared, used a fragrant control skill to immobilize Xiao Wu, and ordered Tie Xiong to return with her to see the Pope.

Chrysanthemum Douluo ambushed Tie Xiong, but Dugu Bo intervened and bought him time to escape with Xiao Wu. Tie Xiong sent Xiao Wu away with Liu Erlong, then returned in secret to target Chrysanthemum Douluo while he fought Dugu Bo.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo confronted Tie Xiong, and Dugu Bo appeared to protect him from Spirit Hall.
• Tie Xiong fled with Xiao Wu and reunited with Liu Erlong, who reassured Xiao Wu and explained Tie Xiong’s plans and ties to Qian Renxue.
• Tie Xiong told Liu Erlong to escort Xiao Wu toward the Star Dou Great Forest, promising to find her there soon.
• Liu Erlong carried Xiao Wu away in her Fire Dragon form while Tie Xiong headed back toward the fight with his Heaven Breaking Hammer.
• Dugu Bo concealed Tie Xiong in his poison mist as Chrysanthemum Douluo attacked and tried to pin him down with his soul skills.

Dugu Bo and Tie Xiong escaped Chrysanthemum Douluo and returned to Heaven Dou City, where Tie Xiong urged the imperial forces to keep the Clear Sky Sect out. The battle outside the western gate ended, and Xue Qinghe led the assembled fighters out to assess the bloody aftermath.

• Dugu Bo and Tie Xiong attacked Chrysanthemum Douluo, shattered his petal defense, and escaped while Dugu Bo covered their retreat with venom.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo decided not to pursue Tie Xiong and vanished to report the battle and the Clear Sky Sect's strength to the Pope.
• Tie Xiong suspected Bibi Dong wanted revenge because he had kicked Yu Xiaogang and resolved to beware her.
• Dugu Bo and Tie Xiong flew into Heaven Dou City and headed west, where Tie Xiong urged Dugu Bo to use his imperial standing to bar the Clear Sky Sect from the city.
• Dugu Bo joined Xue Qinghe and the assembled Soul Masters at the western gate, and they went outside after the battle ceased, finding at least a dozen corpses.

A clash between the Strength Clan and Spirit Hall’s Temple Knights drew the Clear Sky Sect, the imperial family, and other powers into a confrontation over Qian Renxue’s hunt for a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. The parties argued over Xiao Wu’s whereabouts and the Clear Sky Sect’s presence near Heaven Dou City, while the sect’s unexpectedly large number of Title Douluo became apparent.

• Tie Xiong observed that Tai Tan’s Strength Clan had fought Salas’s Temple Knights, while Bai He, Niu Gao, and Yang Wudi stayed out of the battle.
• Qian Renxue explained that Spirit Hall elders had pursued a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast to Thunder Academy and clashed with three Clear Sky Sect Title Douluo; Xue Qinghe said the imperial forces would protect Heaven Dou City.
• Salas demanded an explanation from Tang Xiao for the Clear Sky Sect’s actions, and Tang Xiao accused Spirit Hall of using the hunt as a pretext to target Tang San.
• Ning Fengzhi realized the Clear Sky Sect had far more Title Douluo than he had expected, while Tie Xiong regarded exposing the sect’s strength as his objective.
• Salas claimed Xiao Wu was a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbit, but Tang Xiao insisted she had disappeared during the battle.
• Dugu Bo, Xue Qinghe, and Salas challenged Tang Xiao over the Clear Sky Sect’s concealed presence near the city, and Salas claimed Spirit Hall had five Title Douluo there.

Tang Xiao defused the confrontation between the Clear Sky Sect and the other factions, and the Title Douluo agreed to search for Xiao Wu. Tie Xiong returned to training Meng Yiran and planned to travel to the Star Dou Great Forest to absorb a Soul Ring.

• Tang Xiao denied that the Clear Sky Sect had ties to Tang Hao and said he intended to bring Tang San into the sect after the tournament.
• Ning Fengzhi proposed that the nine Title Douluo search together for Xiao Wu, and Tang Xiao and Salas agreed.
• Tie Xiong returned to Heaven Feather Tavern, told Snake Lance Douluo he planned to seek a Soul Ring in the Star Dou Great Forest, and said he had his own target in mind.
• Tie Xiong warned Meng Yiran not to reveal her Eight Spider Lances during the tournament, then sparred with her on the Training Ground.
• Meng Yiran unleashed her Tongue Blade Array and Explosive Snake Kill, then swung her enlarged Serpent Cane at Tie Xiong.

Tie Xiong traveled with Dugu Bo, Snake Lance Douluo, and Liu Erlong to the Star Dou Great Forest to seek Xiao Wu and confront the Titan Giant Ape. He fought Er Ming head-on, and the ape was forced to take two steps back.

• Meng Yiran used her Fourth Soul Skill, Explosive Snake Kill, against Tie Xiong, but his hammer technique overwhelmed it; the two then spent the night together.
• After ten days, Tie Xiong left Heaven Dou City with Dugu Bo and Snake Lance Douluo, and they met Liu Erlong in Suotuo City before traveling to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Tie Xiong directed the group toward the forest's central region, where the Titan Giant Ape appeared and accused him of wanting it to sacrifice itself.
• Tie Xiong told Dugu Bo, Snake Lance Douluo, and Liu Erlong to stay back, then charged Er Ming with his Heaven Breaking Hammer.
• Tie Xiong's hammer collided with Er Ming's paw in a blast that shook the forest, and the Titan Giant Ape took two steps backward.

Tie Xiong fought the Titan Giant Ape to demonstrate his strength and battlefield awareness, then followed Xiao Wu and the others to the lake where the Sky Azure Bull Python lived. He warned the two hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts that human factions would eventually hunt them, and the Sky Azure Bull Python asked whether he could change their fate.

• Tie Xiong battled the Titan Giant Ape, adapting to its Gravity Control Domain and enduring its attacks until their fight ended after an hour.
• Snake Lance Douluo, Dugu Bo, and Liu Erlong worried that Tie Xiong could not absorb the Titan Giant Ape as his fifth Soul Ring unless it willingly sacrificed itself.
• Xiao Wu appeared on the Titan Giant Ape's shoulder, called him Er Ming, and led Tie Xiong, Sister Erlong, Dugu Bo, and Snake Lance Douluo deeper into the forest.
• At the lake, Xiao Wu told them that she had grown up there with her mother until people from Spirit Hall killed her.
• Tie Xiong told the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape that human factions would come for them, and the Sky Azure Bull Python asked whether he could change things.

Tie Xiong told Xiao Wu, Da Ming, and Er Ming that he intended to become a god and promised to revive them and Xiao Wu’s mother. Er Ming chose to sacrifice himself as Tie Xiong’s fifth Soul Ring, and the chapter ended as Tie Xiong began absorbing the Titan Giant Ape’s power.

• Tie Xiong revealed that Bibi Dong had received a god’s inheritance and declared that he would become a god to change the fate of Soul Beasts.
• Tie Xiong promised to revive Er Ming, Da Ming, and Xiao Wu’s mother if he attained godhood, and Er Ming agreed to become his fifth Soul Ring.
• Da Ming warned that Tie Xiong’s path could make his body reach its limit and explode, but Tie Xiong said he understood the risk and believed he would succeed.
• The Titan Giant Ape began his sacrifice, burning away his life, cultivation, and soul to create a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring for Tie Xiong.
• Tie Xiong sat down with the Heaven Breaking Hammer and focused as the Titan Giant Ape’s blood-flame energy, soul power, and soul began entering him.

Tie Xiong completed absorbing Er Ming’s sacrifice, gained a red fifth Soul Ring and a right-arm Soul Bone, and underwent a sweeping transformation. Xiao Wu mourned Er Ming but insisted she still wanted to return to the human world.

• Tie Xiong’s fifth Soul Ring appeared as his body, bloodline, Heaven Breaking Hammer, and External Soul Bones evolved under the Titan Giant Ape’s energy.
• Tie Xiong’s right-foot Bear Claw External Soul Bone evolved into matching golden Bear Claw bones on both feet.
• Er Ming told Tie Xiong he had bestowed a strength-enhancing skill, wished him godhood, and died after his final energy became a right-arm Soul Bone and entered Tie Xiong.
• Xiao Wu and the Sky Azure Bull Python mourned Er Ming, and Xiao Wu carried his body to the lakeshore.
• Liu Erlong comforted Xiao Wu and urged her to trust Tie Xiong, but warned that returning to the human world would be dangerous.
• Xiao Wu said she believed in Tie Xiong and still wanted to return to the human world.

Tie Xiong absorbed the Titan Giant Ape’s Soul Ring and Soul Bone, transforming his spiritual power and gaining four powerful skills. He realized the new abilities could push him beyond Limit Strength, but believed his control would let him use them safely.

• The Sky Azure Bull Python asked Liu Erlong to protect Xiao Wu and warned Xiao Wu not to contact Tang San again.
• Tie Xiong’s Spiritual Sea more than doubled in size as the Titan Giant Ape’s soul and Earth Power transformed his spiritual power.
• Tie Xiong discovered that his fifth Soul Ring granted Earth Power, an eightfold amplification, and Titan Hammer, a Destruction strike.
• Tie Xiong gained Gravity Mire and Titan Sky Breaking from the Titan Right Arm Bone and counted ten Soul Skills in total.
• Tie Xiong considered the Titan Giant Ape’s powers and Soul Ring age a major gain, while reflecting on how to control their strength.

Tie Xiong completed absorbing the Titan Giant Ape’s sacrifice, reached level fifty-seven, and formed the Earth Domain. He left the Star Dou Great Forest with Xiao Wu and returned to Heaven Dou City, where Flender explained how he had positioned Shrek Academy and declared his support for Tie Xiong.

• Tie Xiong completed his fifth Soul Ring absorption, reached level fifty-seven, and formed an Earth Domain that strengthened his attacks and weakened enemies.
• Tie Xiong accepted Da Ming’s request to protect Xiao Wu and stored Er Ming’s body in his Wishful Hundred Treasure Pouch before leaving the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Tie Xiong tested his Gravity Control Soul Bone and flew with the group, using his spiritual power to gain speed as they traveled toward Heaven Dou City.
• Five days later, Tie Xiong and the others reached Heaven Dou City with three days remaining until the Soul Master Tournament; Xiao Wu stayed at Blue Tyrant Academy to cultivate.
• Flender told Tie Xiong that Shrek Academy had been established beside the Blacksmith Shop and said its students would compete with Thunder Academy, while he and the teachers would no longer stand in Tie Xiong’s way.
• Tie Xiong urged Flender to live freely and settle grudges without fearing great sects, declaring that his Heaven Breaking Hammer would be the only hammer on the continent.

Tie Xiong confronted rumors that he stole Clear Sky Sect techniques and challenged the sect to face him openly at the Soul Master Tournament. After discussing the looming danger to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan with Liu Erlong, he tested his evolved strength and reached his 450,000-jin limit.

• Tie Xiong teased Flender about his timidity, and Liu Erlong arrived and urged Flender to think about his own future before he left.
• Liu Erlong told Tie Xiong that Tailong had joined Thunder Academy and that Clear Sky Sect was spreading rumors that Tie Xiong had stolen its secret techniques.
• Tie Xiong blamed Tang Xiao for the smear campaign and challenged Clear Sky Sect to fight him at the Great Soul Arena, even if it sent a Title Douluo.
• Tie Xiong warned Liu Erlong that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was unprepared for the growing conflict, and she decided to bring the patriarch to Heaven Dou City.
• Tie Xiong practiced in the Gravity Chamber, activating his Soul Rings and striking a metal pillar until he reached his 450,000-jin limit strength.