Chapter Summaries

Tie Xiong warned the convoy that six Clear Sky Sect Title Douluo were coming, but Ning Fengzhi chose to mediate rather than take sides. When Ju Huaguan revealed the Grand Pontiff’s order forbidding Spirit Hall from intervening, Qian Renxue asked Snake Lance whether he was willing to leave Spirit Hall.

• Tie Xiong arrived and attacked Thunder Academy, but Chen Xin blocked his hammer before he could reach Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Yu Xiaogang.
• Tie Xiong demanded Ning Fengzhi choose a side, while Dugu Bo and other allies appeared and prepared to fight the Clear Sky Sect.
• Ning Fengzhi offered to mediate, and Tie Xiong agreed to spare Tang San for the moment.
• Qian Renxue ordered Spirit Hall’s Title Douluo to prepare an ambush, but Ju Huaguan presented the Grand Pontiff’s command forbidding them from joining the conflict.
• After hearing the order, Qian Renxue asked Snake Lance if he was willing to leave Spirit Hall.

Qian Renxue defied Spirit Hall’s orders by accepting Snake Lance Douluo as a hidden Title Douluo of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, then rallied the delegation against the Clear Sky Sect. As Tang Hao arrived demanding Tie Xiong’s death, Ning Fengzhi was stunned by Tie Xiong’s newly revealed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.

• Snake Lance Douluo left Spirit Hall and pledged to fight alongside Tie Xiong under Qian Renxue’s command.
• Qian Renxue assembled the Heaven Dou forces and declared the Clear Sky Sect an enemy, while Tie Xiong called for them to fight to the death.
• Tie Xiong asked Yang Wudi to hold back Dongyang Douluo, and Yang Wudi agreed to give his all.
• Tang Hao arrived with Tang Xiao and four elders, raging as he demanded that Tie Xiong come out and die.
• Tie Xiong summoned the Heaven Breaking Hammer and revealed five Soul Rings, including a red Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, shocking Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo.

Tie Xiong and Tang Hao clashed in a devastating battle, while Dugu Bo intercepted Tang Xiao and used poison and control skills to hold off the Clear Sky Sect reinforcements. Dugu Bo’s battle with Tang Xiao was still unfolding as he set his formation across the battlefield.

• Tie Xiong activated his Earth Domain and enhancements, then met Tang Hao’s Ring Detonation strike with his Weapon Soul Avatar.
• Sword Douluo and Ning Fengzhi defended the Soul Master ranks from the shockwaves of Tie Xiong and Tang Hao’s clash.
• Tang Xiao and the four Clear Sky Sect elders arrived and joined the fight against Tie Xiong.
• Dugu Bo transformed into his Serpent Emperor form and attacked Tang Xiao, who used a prepared pill to guard against the poison.
• Dugu Bo raised his Serpent Emperor Heavenly Steel Shield and spread the Jade Scale Soul-Bewildering Formation across the battlefield.

Dugu Bo, Yang Wudi, Snake Lance Douluo, Meng Shenji and his allies, and Liu Erlong held back Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect elders while Tie Xiong's preparations prevented the sect from overwhelming them. Ju Huaguan persuaded Spirit Hall's observers not to intervene, leaving the battle at a stalemate.

• Dugu Bo used the Jade Phosphorus Bewitching Array to evade Tang Xiao's attacks, while Tang Xiao struggled against the poison corroding his spiritual power.
• Yang Wudi refused Dongyang Douluo's demand to stand down, and the two were held in combat as Snake Lance Douluo entangled Qingyang Douluo.
• Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin confronted Haoyang Douluo, while Liu Erlong and the Dragon Duke and Snake Granny held Ranyang Douluo at bay.
• Tang Xiao realized Tie Xiong had prepared for the Clear Sky Sect's assault, and Spirit Hall's observers considered whether to join the fight.
• Ju Huaguan convinced Jiang Mo, Qian Jun, and Pufferfish that allowing the sides to weaken each other served the Young Master's interests, so they decided not to intervene.

As the battle between Clear Sky Sect and Tie Xiong’s allies continued, Qian Renxue urged Ning Fengzhi to choose a side and eliminate future threats, but he remained neutral, waiting for both sides to weaken. At the center of the fighting, Tie Xiong and Tang Hao traded devastating hammer blows, and Tang Hao realized Tie Xiong’s strength and speed made a quick victory impossible.

• Shui Yue'er and the Skywater Academy students cheered for Tie Xiong, while Shui Bing'er and Huo Wu resolved to become stronger after witnessing the battle.
• Qian Renxue blamed Bibi Dong for helping create the stalemate and advised Ning Fengzhi to have Chen Xin kill Tie Xiong and Tang San.
• Ning Fengzhi refused to take sides, deciding to wait until both forces were exhausted before intervening.
• Tie Xiong and Tang Hao clashed with their respective hammers, flattening hills as their similar techniques collided.
• Tang Hao detonated his fourth Soul Ring and used Bear Soul Rage to withstand Tie Xiong’s attacks, then recognized that Tie Xiong’s strength and speed prevented him from winning quickly.

Tie Xiong unleashed his hundred-thousand-year Titan Hammer against Ranyang Douluo while Tang Hao and the other Clear Sky Sect elders tried to stop him. Ranyang Douluo was killed, but Tang Hao’s counterattack struck Tie Xiong, leaving him badly injured as the battle continued.

• Tang Hao used Ring Detonation and his inherited Soul Bone to match Tie Xiong while protecting his old injuries, and Tie Xiong realized his allies could not hold out for long.
• Tie Xiong combined his strongest Break Formula attacks with his Titan Giant Ape Soul Bone to drive Tang Hao back, then used the Earth Domain and Heart Separation Control to vanish from his position.
• Tie Xiong began charging Titan Hammer and targeted Ranyang Douluo, while Dugu Bo, Meng Shenji, and Zhi Lin used control skills to keep Tang Xiao and the other elders from intervening.
• Tang Hao detonated three more Soul Rings and rushed to stop Tie Xiong, but Tie Xiong completed the strike and used Titan Sky Breaking and his defensive boosts to withstand Tang Hao’s counterattack.
• Titan Hammer destroyed Ranyang Douluo, and Tie Xiong coughed blood while laughing after absorbing part of the Clear Sky Hammer’s origin.

Tie Xiong fought Tang Hao while his allies battled the Clear Sky Sect elders, and his side gained an advantage after he killed Ranyang Douluo. As the battle remained locked in a stalemate, Tang San offered Ning Fengzhi the Godly Zhuge Crossbow blueprints in exchange for help protecting Tang Hao and Tang Xiao.

• Tie Xiong endured his injuries and continued fighting Tang Hao, taunting him and declaring that he would kill Tang San and destroy the Clear Sky Sect.
• Liu Erlong and Dragon Duke joined Yang Wudi against Dongyang Douluo, while Dragon Duke and Snake Granny later moved to support Snake Lance Douluo against Qingyang Douluo.
• The education committee members led by Meng Shenji held Haoyang Douluo at bay, leaving Tie Xiong's forces with a general advantage through their healing, enhancement, and control support.
• Tang San watched Tang Hao struggle and offered Ning Fengzhi the blueprints for the core components of the Godly Zhuge Crossbow in return for enhancing Tang Hao and Tang Xiao or sending Sword Douluo to help.

Ning Fengzhi intervened in the battle between Tang Hao and Tie Xiong, using Sword Douluo to force a ceasefire and promising to protect Tie Xiong from future attacks by the Clear Sky Sect. As Tang San and the Clear Sky Sect leaders approached, an unexpected attacker struck with a flash of golden sword light.

• Tang San offered Ning Fengzhi any condition to save Tang Hao, and Ning Fengzhi agreed to act as Tang Hao detonated his eighth ring.
• Sword Douluo cut between Tang Hao and Tie Xiong, then stopped other battles and sent Dongyang, Qingyang, and Haoyang flying with three strikes.
• Ning Fengzhi amplified Sword Douluo and declared that the Clear Sky Sect had been wrong to ambush Tie Xiong, promising support if they attacked him again.
• Tie Xiong accepted Ning Fengzhi's offer while Sword Douluo watched him and guarded Tang San as the Clear Sky Sect party prepared to leave.
• As Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Yu Xiaogang approached, an unseen attacker made a move, and a golden sword-light shadow flashed past.

Qian Renxue, posing as Xue Qinghe, killed Yu Xiaogang during the confrontation, prompting Tang San and the Clear Sky Sect to react. The two sides withdrew, and Tie Xiong’s convoy camped to recover from the battle while Tie Xiong discovered his Soul Power had reached level fifty-eight.

• Qian Renxue struck Yu Xiaogang through the chest and declared that he had betrayed the Heaven Dou Empire by colluding with Spirit Hall.
• Tang San tried to attack Xue Qinghe, but Sword Douluo knocked him unconscious and stopped the fighting from escalating.
• Ning Fengzhi ordered Dai Mubai to take Tang San away, and Tang Xiao led his group east after exchanging a final look with Tie Xiong and Xue Qinghe.
• Tie Xiong supplied medicinal herbs and summoned healing Soul Masters to treat the injured as Qian Renxue set up tents for the convoy.
• Dugu Yan went to heal Tie Xiong, but he sent her to treat her grandfather first, saying his own injuries were already recovering.
• Tie Xiong cultivated after the battle and realized his Soul Power had risen to level fifty-eight.

Tie Xiong sensed that the Heaven Breaking Hammer had grown stronger after absorbing Clear Sky Hammer origin essence, then discussed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan with Liu Erlong. Ning Fengzhi later offered to support Tie Xiong replacing the Clear Sky Sect among the Upper Three Sects, but Tie Xiong remained focused on becoming the Hammer King and ascending to godhood.

• Tie Xiong sensed that the Heaven Breaking Hammer had grown heavier and gained greater strength, explosive power, and armor-piercing ability.
• Tie Xiong told Liu Erlong that Xue had killed Yu Xiaogang partly because of him, and Liu Erlong warned him not to attack the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Tie Xiong said he would not strike first against the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, while Liu Erlong promised to persuade its patriarch once more.
• Ning Fengzhi arrived alone, healed Tie Xiong with his Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda, and said he supported the Upper Three Sects rather than the Clear Sky Sect itself.
• Ning Fengzhi offered to help Tie Xiong destroy the Clear Sky Sect and replace it among the Upper Three Sects, while Tie Xiong privately judged that offer less important than his ambitions.

Tie Xiong manipulated Ning Fengzhi into accepting the possibility of a marriage alliance, then recovered from his injuries while plotting against the Clear Sky Sect. Meanwhile, Tang Hao took Tang San and Dai Mubai toward Slaughter City, suspecting Tie Xiong already knew about it and had been anticipating his moves.

• Tie Xiong proposed that Ning Rongrong become Xue Qinghe's principal consort, and Ning Fengzhi agreed to leave the decision to her.
• Tie Xiong cultivated for three days as Meng Yiran, Dugu Yan, Shui Yue'er, Shui Bing'er, Huo Wu, and Ye Lingling visited or cared for him.
• Tang Hao, Tang Xiao, Tang San, and Dai Mubai traveled toward Slaughter City, where Tang San and Dai Mubai were to fight one hundred battles within three months to obtain Divine Slaughter's Domain.
• Tang San planned to use hidden weapons in Slaughter City, and Tang Hao warned him and Dai Mubai that killing intent could rob them of their reason.
• Tang Hao and Tang Xiao concluded that Tie Xiong likely knew about Slaughter City and had already anticipated Tang Hao's actions.

Tang Hao and Tang San planned to exploit Slaughter City to strengthen Tang San before Tie Xiong could stop them. After Tie Xiong arrived in Spirit City with the Heaven Dou team, Bibi Dong learned that Qian Renxue had killed Yu Xiaogang and erupted in fury.

• Tang Hao told Tang San that Tie Xiong was too powerful to defeat and urged him to seize the chance to obtain Divine Slaughter's Domain in Slaughter City.
• Tang San promised to heal Tang Hao's meridians, while Tang Xiao agreed to supply Slaughter City with hundreds of criminals and bandits.
• Tang Hao, Tang Xiao, Tang San, and Dai Mubai resumed their journey, and Tang San secretly planned to devour Soul Power from Slaughter City's fighters.
• Tie Xiong arrived in Spirit City with the Heaven Dou team, while Qian Renxue arranged their hotel and went to Pope's Hall.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo told Bibi Dong that Qian Renxue had killed Yu Xiaogang, and Bibi Dong smashed her teacup and roared in fury.

Bibi Dong passed the Rakshasa God Fifth Trial after Yu Xiaogang’s death unleashed her resentment and evil aura. She and Qian Renxue then argued over the failed attack on the Clear Sky Sect and Qian Renxue’s influence in the Heaven Dou Empire, ending with Qian Renxue mockingly calling Bibi Dong “Sister Pope.”

• Chrysanthemum Douluo told Bibi Dong that Tang San and Dai Mubai had disappeared with the Clear Sky Sect members after the battle.
• Qian Renxue entered Pope's Hall, and Bibi Dong struck her down after she mocked Bibi Dong’s grief over Yu Xiaogang.
• Qian Daoliu restrained Bibi Dong as her resentment and evil aura surged, and Bibi Dong passed the Rakshasa God Fifth Trial, raising her affinity to fifty percent.
• Bibi Dong resolved to slaughter all living beings once she became a god and accused Qian Renxue of relying on Tie Xiong and luck in the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Qian Renxue defended Tie Xiong and criticized Bibi Dong’s failure to destroy the Clear Sky Sect, then mockingly addressed her as “Sister Pope.”

Qian Renxue defied Bibi Dong, returned to Spirit City in her true appearance, and invited Tie Xiong to Spirit Hall. She brought him to the Elder Hall, where he met Qian Daoliu.

• Qian Renxue argued with Bibi Dong over her interference and left their meeting on bad terms.
• Qian Renxue changed into her ceremonial dress and descended Pope Mountain with Porcupinefish Douluo, Demon Subduing Douluo, and a hundred Temple Knights, while Bibi Dong angrily reacted to her show of authority.
• Qian Renxue invited Tie Xiong to Spirit Hall from the hotel where the Heaven Dou Empire's students were staying.
• Tie Xiong left the hotel with Qian Renxue as Dugu Yan, Meng Yiran, and Ye Lingling watched them walk together toward Pope Mountain.
• Tie Xiong arrived with Qian Renxue at the Elder Hall and saw Qian Daoliu smiling before the golden Six-Winged Angel statue.

Qian Daoliu welcomed Qian Renxue and Tie Xiong, praised their work against the Clear Sky Sect, and warned Tie Xiong how difficult godhood was. He then used Angel Soul Power to pressure Tie Xiong, exposing the spiritual and lower-dantian cultivation he would need to develop.

• Qian Renxue reunited with Qian Daoliu and questioned why he had agreed to spare the Clear Sky Sect.
• Qian Daoliu praised Qian Renxue and Tie Xiong, explaining that he had trusted them and viewed the sect as a whetstone.
• Qian Daoliu told Tie Xiong that Tang Chen had pursued godhood and disappeared, but Tie Xiong insisted he could succeed where Tang Chen had not.
• Qian Daoliu summoned his Six-Winged Angel and enveloped Tie Xiong in Angel Soul Power.
• Tie Xiong activated his Golden Tyrant Body, endured intensified pain, and realized Qian Daoliu was revealing how his spiritual power and lower dantian could develop.

Qian Daoliu used his Angel Soul Power to temper Tie Xiong’s body and dantians, showing him how a Soul Core formed. After ten days of cultivation, Tie Xiong returned to the hotel and prepared to compete in the Soul Master Tournament’s final battle.

• Qian Daoliu used his Angel Domain and Soul Power to strengthen Tie Xiong’s lower dantian and Spirit Sea while Spirit City’s experts sensed the tremendous aura.
• Bibi Dong, Ning Fengzhi, and Sword Douluo witnessed the golden light, while Ning Fengzhi suspected that Tie Xiong might join Spirit Hall.
• Qian Daoliu urged Qian Renxue to become friends with Tie Xiong and gain more experience, and she reflected on how easily she had advanced in cultivation.
• Tie Xiong spent ten days comprehending Qian Daoliu’s demonstration, strengthening his body and dantians and learning how a Soul Core formed.
• Tie Xiong thanked Qian Daoliu, learned that four rounds of the finals had passed, and returned to compete in the final battle.

Tie Xiong joined the Heaven Dou Royal Team for the finals against the Star Luo Royal Team and the Martial Soul Hall Team, whose Golden Generation consisted of three Soul Kings. At Pope's Hall, Bibi Dong presented a Soul Bone as the championship prize, and Osler realized it suited him.

• Tie Xiong learned how the other academies had been eliminated and gathered with the Heaven Dou Royal Team before the finals.
• Tie Xiong promised to carry the team to victory, and Dugu Yan said they had agreed the Soul Bone would go to whoever it suited best.
• The Heaven Dou Royal Team arrived at Pope's Hall and faced the Star Luo Royal Team and the Martial Soul Hall Team, whose members feared Tie Xiong's strength.
• Bibi Dong arrived and announced that the winning team would receive a ten-thousand-year Speed-Forwarding Wind-Chasing Left Leg Bone.
• Osler leaped up excitedly when he realized the Agility-Attack Type Soul Bone suited him.

Tie Xiong entered the finals as the Heaven Dou Team’s first contestant and proposed fighting all fourteen opponents alone, intending to settle the competition without a team match. As the Star Luo and Martial Soul Hall teams launched their attacks, Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun formed the Hell White Tiger, and Hu Liena and Xie Yue began their own Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Bibi Dong announced that the finals would begin with individual elimination matches, and Tie Xiong stopped Yu Tianheng to draw lots for the first match.
• Tie Xiong drew the first match and challenged all fourteen members of the Star Luo and Martial Soul Hall teams to fight him at once.
• Tie Xiong displayed his five Soul Rings and the Heaven Breaking Hammer, and Bibi Dong allowed his proposal to proceed.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to transform into the Hell White Tiger and charge Tie Xiong with support from their teammates.
• Hu Liena and Xie Yue began activating their Martial Soul Fusion Skill as Tie Xiong faced the opponents’ combined attack.

Tie Xiong used his Earth Domain to overwhelm the Martial Soul Hall Team and lead the Heaven Dou Royal Team to victory in the Continental Soul Master Tournament. Bibi Dong offered him honors and urged him to establish the Heaven Breaking Sect, but Tie Xiong declared that he would obey only Qian Renxue, leaving their conflict unresolved.

• Hu Liena and Xie Yue unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill as the Star Luo and Martial Soul Hall teams attacked Tie Xiong.
• Tie Xiong activated his Earth Domain, broke apart both Martial Soul Fusion Skills, immobilized all fourteen students, and blasted them from the plaza with Titan Sky Breaking.
• The Heaven Dou Royal Team celebrated its championship, while the defeated students realized how far Tie Xiong surpassed them.
• Bibi Dong named Tie Xiong an honorary elder of Spirit Hall and proposed that his force become one of the Upper Three Sects.
• Tie Xiong told Bibi Dong that he would listen only to Sister Xue, citing her support during his fight with the Clear Sky Sect.
• Bibi Dong threatened Tie Xiong with Elder Hall's punishment and urged him to establish the Heaven Breaking Sect, while he accepted the Soul Bone.

Tie Xiong accepted Osler and other graduates as followers after Osler absorbed a Soul Bone, then went with Xue Qinghe to meet Spirit Hall’s Young Master. Qian Renxue revealed her true identity and learned Tie Xiong had known she was a woman, before attacking him over his suggestion that she take concubines.

• Tie Xiong rebuked Bibi Dong, then allowed Osler to absorb the Swift Wind Left Leg Bone as Yu Feng and others pledged to follow him.
• Osler absorbed the Soul Bone while Yu Tianheng and Shi Mo guarded him, and Tie Xiong considered his plans to grow stronger and become a god.
• Porcupinefish Douluo summoned Tie Xiong and Xue Qinghe to meet Spirit Hall’s Young Master, and they went to Qian Renxue’s palace.
• Qian Renxue removed her mask and revealed her true appearance, then asked Tie Xiong when he had discovered her identity.
• Tie Xiong claimed he had sensed she was a woman at their first meeting and recognized her as Xue Qinghe later, so Qian Renxue struck him for suggesting she take two concubines.