Recaps

Tie Li lost his soul fight against Huyan Hao but impressed Manager Fu, who recruited him for a Great Soul Arena team with better rewards and a promised thousand-year third soul ring. Tie Li accepted, moved into the team’s training hall, and began meeting his new teammates.

• Tie Li used his soul-bone-enhanced kick to send Huyan Hao flying, then conceded without revealing the soul bone’s attached skill.
• Huyan Hao won the match but admitted Tie Li’s Thunder Strike had injured him.
• Manager Fu invited Tie Li to join a newly formed team and offered doubled rewards, food and lodging, and a thousand-year soul ring for Tie Li’s third ring.
• Tie Li accepted the offer and moved into a private dormitory at the Great Soul Arena’s training hall.
• Manager Fu introduced Dolangbu as the team captain, and Tie Li changed into the team uniform before going with him to meet the other members.

Dolangbu introduced Tie Li to his teammates, and Tie Li defeated Bai Jiao in a sparring match, establishing his strength with the team. The next morning, Bai Jiao regarded him with caution and envy, while an author’s note explained that a reader chat group would come later.

• Dolangbu introduced Cai Xin and Yang Xiaoyun, then brought Tie Li to meet Bai Jiao, Daisi, and Zong Hao at the training grounds.
• Tie Li challenged Bai Jiao after the team scrutinized him, and Bai Jiao attacked using his Ghost Tiger Martial Soul.
• Tie Li stunned Bai Jiao with his Forging Hammer and second Soul Skill, then sent him flying from the training grounds.
• Dolangbu had Daisi and Zong Hao take Bai Jiao to the infirmary, then treated Tie Li to Thunder Python meat meals at the cafeteria.
• Tie Li rested in his dormitory and, the next morning, saw Bai Jiao looking at him with vigilance, fear, and envy.

Tie Li and his teammates trained together in a practice battle, where Dolangbu’s vines failed to contain Tie Li’s powerful lightning and hammer strikes. After the battle ended, Dolangbu shared Supervisor Fu’s information about the team they would face at the Great Soul Arena the next night.

• Dolangbu gathered the seven teammates after breakfast and proposed a three-versus-three practice battle, with Cai Xin watching.
• Dolangbu’s draw assigned Tie Li, Zong Hao, and Yang Xiaoyun to one team, against Dolangbu, Bai Jiao, and Daisi.
• Cai Xin started the battle; Yang Xiaoyun tried to flank Dolangbu, while Daisi intercepted her and Zong Hao shielded Tie Li from the frontal attack.
• Dolangbu and Bai Jiao targeted Tie Li with vines and a coordinated assault, but Tie Li’s Thunder Hammer and lightning tore through the vines.
• Dolangbu called off the battle and showed the team Supervisor Fu’s information about their next opponents, assembled by a noble of Dragon Prosperity City.

The Rock Team faced the undefeated Giant Fang Team in a team soul fight, and Dolangbu’s plan targeted the opposing agility-attack Soul Masters. Xiya disrupted the opening attacks with her Ghost Mirror, while Yan Fei launched a dive at Tie Li.

• Dolangbu reviewed the Giant Fang Team’s strengths with his nervous teammates before they entered the arena.
• Manager Fu assured a dissatisfied VIP that the Rock Team would defeat the Giant Fang Team and prevent Filis from taking more Gold Soul Coins.
• The referee started the fight, and both teams summoned their Martial Souls and Soul Rings.
• Cai Xin boosted the Rock Team while Zong Hao slowed the enemy, allowing Dolangbu, Bai Jiao, and Daisi to target the Giant Fang Team’s agility-attack Soul Masters.
• Xiya’s First Soul Skill caused Bai Jiao’s and Daisi’s attacks to miss, while Yan Fei dove toward Tie Li with blade-like wings.

Tie Li led Rock Team to victory over Giant Fang Team by overpowering their fighters with his Thunder Hammer. Over the next half year, Rock Team built a strong reputation, while Tie Li rejected attempts to recruit him.

• Tie Li broke Yan Fei’s wings with his Thunder Hammer, then battered the Giant Fang Team’s Defense Soul Master until he could no longer fight.
• Tie Li smashed Xiya’s mirror image and eliminated the remaining Giant Fang Team fighters, securing Rock Team’s victory.
• Supervisor Fu praised Tie Li, and a distinguished man said the eleven-year-old was qualified to be nurtured.
• Tie Li returned to his dormitory and spent his free time cultivating and training while Rock Team fought every three days.
• Over the next half year, Rock Team won nearly fifty fights with an roughly eighty-percent win rate, became a level-twenty Copper Soul Fighting Team, and Tie Li rejected recruiters.

Tie Li and the Dragon Prosperity Great Soul Arena team prepared to travel to Benoa City for a soul battle tournament, while Tie Li learned that his younger brother Tie Wu had joined Spirit Hall. The chapter ended as Tie Li heard that the tournament’s prize was a Soul Beast egg, though its species remained unknown.

• Supervisor Fu announced that Kaiqi would lead the team to Benoa City for a soul battle tournament, and the group agreed to depart the next morning.
• Tie Li’s friend Zhang Yang urged him to spend his Gold Soul Coins on entertainment, but Tie Li refused and recalled that Tie Wu had awakened the Flame Wolf Martial Soul and joined Spirit Hall.
• Tie Li packed his luggage, and Kaiqi arranged carriages for the team’s journey to Benoa City.
• During the trip, Zhang Yang told Tie Li that the tournament’s prize was a Soul Beast egg, then said he had not finished explaining.

Zhang Yang told Tie Li that third place in the soul fighting tournament would earn a pill made by the Breaking Clan, while Tie Li and the others traveled with Kaiqi’s convoy toward Benoa City. The Great Soul Arena convoy sheltered a group claiming ties to the Gold Strength Clan and safely escorted them into the city before Kaiqi led her team to the local arena.

• Zhang Yang explained that the tournament’s third-place prize was a pill capable of increasing Soul Power Level, and Tie Li discussed why third place would suit their group.
• Kaiqi’s convoy encountered a bedraggled group led by a Four-Ring Soul Ancestor, who said they belonged to the Gold Strength Soul Master Clan and were fleeing pursuers.
• Kaiqi verified their Gold Strength Clan token and allowed them to follow the convoy, while keeping them at a separate camp.
• Tie Li told Zhang Yang that helping the group would benefit the Great Soul Arena because the Gold Strength Clan was powerful and affiliated with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• The convoy’s presence deterred the pursuers, and the group arrived safely in Benoa City; Kaiqi then led her Soul Masters to the Great Soul Arena.

The Rock Team arrived in Benoa City for the upcoming competition, and Kaiqi organized training to combine its members with three Soul Elders. The chapter left off as the original seven began a sparring match against Zhang Yang’s six-person team, with the Soul Elders targeting Dolangbu and Cai Xin finishing her support skills.

• Director Ao welcomed the Rock Team and explained that twenty teams, including a newly added team from the Main Martial Soul Hall, would compete.
• Kaiqi assigned dormitories, forbade unauthorized trips, and ordered the team to rest before training began the next day.
• Kaiqi arranged a sparring match between the original seven members of the Rock Team and Zhang Yang’s six-person team, which included three Soul Elders.
• Dolangbu outlined the Rock Team’s usual tactics, while the opposing team revealed its Soul Masters’ abilities and soul rings.
• Zhang Yang and the other Soul Elders launched attacks on the Rock Team’s support and control Soul Masters, and Cai Xin completed her support skills.

Tie Li’s teams fought two tactical matches under Kaiqi’s supervision, with his hammer helping secure a win against Zhang Yang’s first team and the brothers’ combined defense helping defeat Zhang Yang’s side in the next match. After a day of training, Tie Li met Lin Wen and Lin Wu in his room and warned them that sending too much money home could put their parents at risk.

• Tie Li, Bai Jiao, and Daisi attacked Zhang Yang’s team, and Tie Li shattered the two Defense Soul Masters’ combined defense before Kaiqi awarded Zhang Yang’s First Team the round.
• Kaiqi reorganized the teams, and Tie Li joined Youhe, Dolangbu, Cai Xin, and the two Defense Soul Masters against the remaining seven.
• Dolangbu’s tactics and the brothers’ combined defense let Tie Li and Youhe eliminate the enemy’s other five members before Zhang Yang could break through, so Kaiqi declared Zhang Yang’s side the loser.
• After a day of matches, Tie Li learned that his roommates were brothers named Lin Wen and Lin Wu, whose Armor Clam Martial Souls formed a joint defense.
• Tie Li advised Lin Wen and Lin Wu to save some of their earnings because sending too much money home could draw unwanted attention to their parents.

Kaiqi finalized the team’s strategy for the first round of the Soul Fighting competition, deciding to conceal Zhang Yang and field Youhe and Taisi as their Soul Elders. The competition opened before a packed audience in Benoa City, where spectators focused on the Spirit Hall and academy teams.

• Kaiqi explained the competition formats and elimination rounds, then led the team in training for different group configurations.
• Kaiqi learned that their first opponent was a team from two Intermediate Soul Master Academies with one Soul Elder, and Dolangbu argued that they should field two Soul Elders to ensure a safe win.
• The team chose Youhe and Taisi for the match and planned to keep Zhang Yang’s flying Martial Soul in reserve, despite his complaint.
• The Great Soul Arena filled with spectators for the competition’s opening introductions, and the host announced Noah Advanced Soul Master Academy amid the crowd’s demands to see the Spirit Hall teams.

Rock Team defeated Flying Fire Team in the first match of their Ranking Battle, then conceded the second as planned. Flying Fire Team realized Rock Team had saved its main force for the deciding third match, but its own lineup left only a weak reserve to send out.

• Dolangbu proposed winning the first match with Tie Li, Cai Xin, and himself, then conceding the second and relying on Rock Team's main force in the third.
• Tie Li, Dolangbu, and Cai Xin used coordinated attacks to defeat Flying Fire Team's three opponents in the opening match.
• Bai Jiao and Daisi conceded the second match after a few exchanges against Flying Fire Team's Three-Ring Soul Elder and teammates.
• The Flying Fire Team leader realized Rock Team had placed its main force in the third match, while his own lineup left only a chubby reserve to face them.

After the Rock Team advanced when the Flying Fire Team forfeited, Tie Li and Zhang Yang visited the Kos Auction House. Tie Li bought a Thunderleaf Flower and saw equipment that could help strengthen his lightning abilities, while the auction ended on the reveal of twin fox girls.

• The Flying Fire Team forfeited the third match, giving the Rock Team the victory and advancing them from the round.
• Zhang Yang invited Tie Li to the Kos Auction House, where they took seats in the main hall.
• The auctioneer sold Flower Dew Pills and several spirit herbs, and Tie Li won a century-old Thunderleaf Flower for three hundred Gold Soul Coins.
• Tie Li considered how equipment forged in Gengxin City could boost his lightning attributes as a Soul Power bracer sold for five thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• The auctioneer unveiled twin fox girls, drawing excited reactions from the audience while Tie Li showed no interest and Zhang Yang became enthusiastic.

Tie Li bought an ordinary soul beast skull for two thousand gold soul coins, stewed it into soup, and felt strangely hot during the night. The next morning, Kaiqi’s team discussed how to approach their elimination match against Noah Academy.

• Zhang Yang and Tie Li watched bidders pay two hundred and ten thousand gold soul coins for a pair of fox girl twins.
• Tie Li bid two thousand gold soul coins on the final auction item, a skull said to come from a soul beast over fifty thousand years old, and spent nearly all his savings.
• Tie Li inspected the skull, found nothing unusual, then stewed it into soup and drank it after Zhang Yang refused.
• Tie Li woke the next morning feeling fine after sweating in his sleep, and Zhang Yang called him to Kaiqi’s meeting about their afternoon match.
• Dolangbu recommended sending one Soul Elder against Noah Academy while keeping Tie Li, Cai Xin, and himself on the roster to shape the other teams’ impressions.

Rock Team faced Noah Academy in a seven-versus-seven team soul fight, where Noah Team tried to use Zhang Bing’s ice mist and spider silk to control the field. Youhe was trapped by Zhang Bing, but Tie Li eliminated one opponent and prepared a powerful attack against Zhang Qing.

• Kaiqi led Rock Team into the seven-versus-seven fight against Noah Team, whose lineup included three Soul Elders led by Zhang Bing.
• Zhang Bing spread snowy mist and used spider silk to pull Tie Li and Bai Jiao away from their teammates, but Tie Li broke free and Dolangbu’s Vines rescued Bai Jiao from Li Qing’er.
• Youhe charged Zhang Bing, overcame the Defense Soul Masters’ sluggish effects with her Third Soul Skill, and bypassed their shields, but Zhang Bing trapped her in a spiderweb formed from the mist.
• A Noah Team Power Attack Soul Grandmaster tried to ambush Tie Li, but Tie Li countered and eliminated him with his Second Soul Skill.
• Zhang Qing attacked Tie Li, but Dolangbu’s Vines restrained him as Tie Li charged his Thunder Strike.

Rock Team advanced from the second round in sixth place while the Crimson Fire Clan’s destruction drew Spirit Hall’s attention. That night, Spirit Hall attacked the Gold Strength Clan, and its patriarch Jin Yan faced senior bishop Ambro as the clan’s ancestor remained absent.

• Tie Li and Dolangbu eliminated Youhe and Zhang Qing, while Bai Jiao was eliminated holding Li Qing'er back, leaving their team outnumbered five to six.
• Director Ao told Kaiqi that the fleeing Soul Masters they had encountered belonged to the Crimson Fire Clan, which had been wiped out, and questioned her about the pursuers.
• Over six days, Rock Team lost only to Giant Stone Team, then advanced in sixth place after letting members who had not competed take part in their final matches.
• Ambro accused the Gold Strength Clan of colluding with Fallen Soul Masters and ordered Spirit Hall’s Soul Masters to attack its residence.
• Jin Yan confronted Ambro, who demanded the clan’s ancestor; with the ancestor absent, Jin Yan unleashed his Sixth Soul Skill against the stronger bishop.

Ambro destroyed the Gold Strength Clan but failed to find the treasure, while Spirit Hall’s powerful team defeated Noah Academy and left Tie Li’s group worried about the competition. Kaiqi met with a senior Great Soul Arena figure, who revealed that he planned to take away the Soul Masters she had recommended after the competition.

• Ambro defended the destruction of the Gold Strength Clan to Huang Xi, who resolved to report him to the royal family.
• News of the clan’s destruction reached Tie Li’s group, who advanced directly because their scheduled opponents had been eliminated.
• Tie Li’s group watched Spirit Hall defeat Noah Academy in ten minutes, and Tie Li recognized a female Soul Master with the Golden-Waisted Flying Swallow Martial Soul.
• Tie Li and Zhang Yang discussed Kaiqi’s changed behavior and the rewards for second place.
• Kaiqi met Director Ao and an elderly Great Soul Arena figure, who praised her help in securing the treasure before Ambro and said he would take the Soul Masters she had recommended.

The Rock Team faced the Giant Stone Team again, this time with Zhang Yang revealed as a three-ring Soul Elder. Tie Li and his teammates seized control of the fight, leaving the Giant Stone Team with several members injured or incapacitated.

• The Rock Team and the Giant Stone Team exchanged taunts before the match, and Tie Li recalled the opponents’ abilities and weaknesses.
• The host introduced the Rock Team as the team that had already lost to the Giant Stone Team, then received a warning from a staff member and turned pale.
• Zhang Yang revealed his three Soul Rings and took flight, prompting Li Yao to order the Giant Stone Team to focus on him.
• Tie Li clashed with Li Yao using Thunderclap Break, while a teammate’s wolf claws wounded Li Yao.
• The Rock Team’s Agility Attack-type Soul Elder eliminated the Giant Stone Team’s auxiliary Soul Master and injured its two defensive members.
• Zhang Yang struck Sun Yutao with Darkness Impact as he attempted to fly, while Dolangbu’s Vines struggled against Weinuosi’s Ghost Vine.

Tie Li and the Rock Team defeated the Giant Stone Team and secured second place, then faced Spirit Hall Team in the final. Tie Li opened the individual arena battle against Ma Yuzhou, whose defensive Martial Soul countered Tie Li's hammer as Ma Yuzhou rolled toward him.

• Tie Li knocked Sun Yutao unconscious, and the Rock Team eliminated Li Yao before humiliating Weinuosi until the Giant Stone Team surrendered.
• Kaiqi arrived after the victory, then led the Rock Team to the final against Spirit Hall Team the next day.
• The teams drew an individual arena battle, and Kaiqi set the Rock Team's fighters in order with Tie Li first.
• Tie Li faced Ma Yuzhou, a level-thirty-three Defense Battle Soul Elder whose Giant Woolly Elephant Martial Soul absorbed Tie Li's Thunder Hammer attack.
• Ma Yuzhou rolled rapidly toward Tie Li, who dismissed his hammer and prepared to use his Second Soul Skill, Thunderclap Break.

Tie Li was eliminated by Ma Yuzhou after injuring him, and Zhang Yang also lost, leaving the team’s individual fights mostly defeated. Kaiqi then took the main team to the Great Soul Arena’s hundred-year treasury to choose spirit materials, where Tie Li and Zhang Yang found Whale Rubber.

• Tie Li used lightning and his hammer’s horn to injure Ma Yuzhou, but Ma Yuzhou hardened his body and knocked Tie Li off the Soul Fighting Platform.
• Zhang Yang fought Ma Yuzhou and lost narrowly, though Ma Yuzhou could not continue defending the platform.
• After the team’s other fighters were defeated, Kaiqi led the main team to the Great Soul Arena treasury to select spirit materials.
• Tie Li searched the hundred-year treasury for useful materials while Zhang Yang found a row of Whale Rubber and called him over.
• Tie Li considered choosing Whale Rubber and searched its corners for a rare, dust-covered ten-thousand-year piece.

Tie Li, Zhang Yang, Youhe, and Dolangbu were recruited by the Great Soul Arena and taken from Benoa City by Elder Cheng, who was revealed to be the Ghost Dove carrying a ten-thousand-year soul bone. Martial Soul Hall ambushed them, and after Ghost Dove sent the four away with iron boxes, Tie Li was attacked while fleeing with an empty box.

• Kaiqi left Tie Li, Zhang Yang, Youhe, and Dolangbu with Supervisor Ao at the Great Soul Arena in Benoa City.
• Supervisor Ao introduced Elder Cheng, who offered the four cultivation at Howling Cave Island in exchange for binding their interests to the Great Soul Arena.
• Elder Cheng tried to take the four away at night, but Niergé and Martial Soul Hall intercepted him, seeking the ten-thousand-year soul bone.
• Elder Cheng gave each of the four an iron box and blasted them in separate directions, telling them to take the soul bones and wait for him.
• Tie Li discovered his box was empty and fled from a pursuing soul master, who refused to believe him and attacked him with a scorching spear.
• Tie Li was badly wounded but survived the spear strike, with the soul power damaging his organs.

Tie Li killed the five-ringed Soul King who had wounded him, then fled with the man’s storage ring and collapsed from his injuries. He woke in a wooden cabin after Steward Liu and a young miss rescued him, and learned that the young miss had brought him there secretly.

• Tie Li used the Thunder Python inner core to recover enough strength to attack the Soul King with the Thunder Python Horn and his right leg bone skill, killing him.
• Tie Li took the Soul King's storage ring and fled, fearing that the Great Soul Arena would search him for the soul bone.
• After rushing through the night, Tie Li collapsed in the grass and was found by a young miss and Steward Liu.
• Tie Li woke in a clean wooden cabin, washed, changed clothes, and thanked Steward Liu for saving him.
• Steward Liu told Tie Li that the young miss had brought him back secretly because she feared the master's anger.

Tie Li recovered in Ancient Sword City, strengthened his Soul Power, and set out for Gengxin City while Jiuhe searched for Dolangbu and the missing soul bone. Dolangbu evaded the Great Soul Arena’s informants and used his corrupted vine to drain a corpse, growing more powerful.

• Tie Li ate whale glue, recovered enough to reach Soul Power level twenty-five, and left the noble family’s residence that night.
• Tie Li learned he was in Ancient Sword City near the border between the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire, then stayed at an inn and examined the storage ring he had taken from a Soul King.
• Over the next six months, Tie Li healed, traded the fire-element treasures for lightning materials, rose to level twenty-seven, and decided to travel to Gengxin City.
• Jiuhe ordered the Great Soul Arena supervisors to search for Dolangbu, knowing the soul bone was not with Tie Li and suspecting Dolangbu had disappeared with it.
• Dolangbu killed a Great Soul Arena informant and drained the corpse with his black-mucus-covered vine, increasing his Soul Power.

Tie Li traveled with Mason’s convoy toward the Star Luo Empire and learned about Gengxin City’s famed weapons. Near the border, the Black Armor Sect confronted the convoy, and Tie Li and the others launched an attack.

• Tie Li joined Mason’s convoy, using his Snowwind Trading House employment record to ease their border crossing while keeping his identity concealed.
• Mason showed Tie Li a weapon forged in Gengxin City, and Tie Li tested how it could channel his lightning Soul Power.
• The convoy crossed the border inspections and camped for the night after Mason explained the tolls and risks of transporting valuable goods.
• The Black Armor Sect surrounded the convoy and demanded to escort it; their leader revealed himself as a Soul Elder, backed by six Soul Masters.
• Tie Li summoned his Martial Soul, the other Soul Masters followed, and Mason ordered the convoy members to attack.

Tie Li helped the caravan defeat and kill the Black Armor Sect attackers, then reached Hadrian City and set out for Gengxin City. After stopping for the night in a small town, he received a note revealing the town had an Underground Trading Market.

• Tie Li killed the Black Armor Sect's Three-Ring Soul Elder and helped Mason's group defeat the remaining attackers.
• Tie Li took his share of the attackers' coins, and the caravan burned the bodies before continuing on.
• Mason paid Tie Li ten Gold Soul Coins and added the Feather Weave Trading House's seal to his record booklet in Hadrian City.
• Tie Li left Hadrian City on foot and reached a small town before nightfall.
• Tie Li found a note slipped beneath his inn-room door stating that the town had an Underground Trading Market.

Tie Li visited the Underground Trading Market, bought a Thunderstone, and watched an auction where he could not afford the items. He left with a cheap iron bracelet made through a technique he suspected was the hundred forging, then heard soul power clashes erupt behind him.

• Tie Li concealed his identity, entered the Underground Trading Market, and bought a Thunderstone for ten gold soul coins.
• A gaunt giant announced an auction, and Tie Li followed the crowd inside as bidders bought a Tiger Bone Blade and considered Countess Sko's necklace.
• Tie Li decided to leave when he realized he could not afford the auction items, just as the Thunder Dragon Meditation Method came up for bidding.
• Tie Li returned to the stalls and bought an ordinary iron bracelet whose many hammerings reminded him of the hundred forging his father had mentioned.
• Tie Li left the market, then heard two people arguing as violent soul power clashes broke out behind him.