Vol. 1The Road to Heaven Dou

Tie Li pursued strength through soul hunting, forging, cultivation, and tournament battles, eventually evolving his hammer into the Purple Thunder Hammer. After learning of Tie Wu’s fate and rescuing him, Tie Li enrolled at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and began training with its second team.

  • Tie Li awakened his Hammer Martial Soul, hunted Thunder Pythons, absorbed Soul Rings and a Soul Bone, and reached Soul Power Level twenty before entering a Great Soul Arena match against Huyan Hao.
  • Tie Li joined the Rock Team and helped it advance through the Benoa City tournament, then escaped an attack over a ten-thousand-year soul bone and traveled toward Gengxin City.
  • Tie Li joined Manager Fu’s Rock Team, fought in the Benoa City tournament, and became separated from his companions when Martial Soul Hall attacked over a ten-thousand-year soul bone.
  • Tie Li recovered in Ancient Sword City, crossed the border with Mason’s convoy, and bought a Thunderstone and iron bracelet at an underground market near Gengxin City.
  • Tie Li trained as Mu Xin’s blacksmith apprentice, reached rank thirty, gained Qian Jun Transformation, and traveled as Wan Li to learn the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.
  • Tie Li fought alongside Ning Ning, then cultivated at White Mud Mountain until his Forging Hammer transformed into the violet Thunder Hammer.
  • Tie Li cultivated among White Ground’s lightning-attribute plant soul beasts, reached level thirty-eight, and evolved his weapon into the Purple Thunder Hammer.
  • Tie Li rescued Tie Wu, Mu Lin, and Xiong Fu from Withered Wood, enrolled at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and joined its second team, where Zhao Tianhe began their grueling training.
Chapters 1–100 Read from ch. 1

Arc 1The Thunder Python Hunt

Tie Li pursued strength and resources on the road to Gengxin City, surviving bandits, absorbing a Soul Bone, and reaching Soul Power Level twenty before claiming a second Soul Ring. The arc left him facing Huyan Hao at the Great Soul Arena, badly hurt by his opponent’s counterattack.

  • Tie Li awakened a Hammer Martial Soul, reached Soul Power Level ten, and killed a Thunder Python, absorbing its Soul Ring and gaining a lightning-infused hammer.
  • Tie Li partnered with Li Li to kill a Hundred-Year Iron-Armed Ape, secretly recovered Mystic Spirit Dew, and used it to improve his Martial Soul and raise his Soul Power.
  • Tie Li left for Gengxin City by taking escort work, killing bandit leader Kern and defeating attackers who sought a stolen shipment.
  • Tie Li cultivated with a Millennium Thunder Python Inner Core, escaped another bandit ambush, and later killed Boss Cheng after discovering a dark right leg Soul Bone.
  • Tie Li absorbed the Soul Bone and reached Soul Power Level twenty, then hired Senluo and his Soul Hunting Group to hunt a Thunder Python.
  • Tie Li absorbed the Thunder Python’s Soul Ring, awakened with two Soul Rings, and returned to Dragon Prosperity City with its damaged horn and meat.
  • Tie Li entered a Great Soul Arena match against Huyan Hao, whose Diamond Mammoth Martial Soul and skills knocked Tie Li down and nearly broke his left arm.
Chapters 1–25 Summaries Read

Arc 2From Rock Team to Gengxin

Tie Li joined the Rock Team, helped it win through the Benoa City tournament, and was separated from his companions when a struggle over a soul bone turned deadly. After recovering and making his way across the border, he headed toward Gengxin City and encountered a mysterious underground market.

  • Tie Li joined Manager Fu’s new team, impressed his teammates with his strength, and helped the Rock Team build a strong record in the Great Soul Arena.
  • Kaiqi led the Rock Team to Benoa City, where Tie Li fought in tournament matches and the team advanced to the final against Spirit Hall Team.
  • Tie Li lost his individual match against Ma Yuzhou, then searched the Great Soul Arena treasury for useful materials with Zhang Yang.
  • Elder Cheng tried to take Tie Li, Zhang Yang, Youhe, and Dolangbu to Howling Cave Island, but Niergé and Martial Soul Hall attacked them over a ten-thousand-year soul bone.
  • Tie Li escaped with an empty iron box, killed the Soul King who pursued him, and fled with the man’s storage ring before a young miss and Steward Liu found him.
  • Tie Li recovered in Ancient Sword City, reached Soul Power level twenty-seven, and decided to travel to Gengxin City while Jiuhe searched for the missing Dolangbu.
  • Tie Li joined Mason’s convoy, helped defeat the Black Armor Sect, and continued across the border toward Gengxin City.
  • Tie Li bought a Thunderstone and an iron bracelet at an underground market, then heard a violent clash of soul power behind him as he left.
Chapters 26–50 Summaries Read

Arc 3Hammering Toward the White Ground

Tie Li honed his forging, gained a third soul skill, and traveled under the identity Wan Li to learn the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer and compete with Ning Ning. After helping her through academy and arena conflicts, he followed his Thunder Python Inner Core to White Mud Mountain, where his lightning and hammer began to transform.

  • Tie Li killed a wounded gaunt man, took the Thunder Dragon Meditation Method, and reached Gengxin City, where Mu Xin accepted him as a blacksmith apprentice.
  • Tie Li spent three years forging under Mu Xin, reached rank thirty, and gained Qian Jun Transformation after absorbing a thousand-year Thousand Jun Ant Queen ring.
  • Tie Li traveled under the false identity Wan Li, survived attacks on the road, and reached Nuoding City to study Tang San’s Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer technique at Shi San’s shop.
  • Tie Li registered as Wan Li at the Fikes City Great Soul Arena and agreed to team up with Ning Ning after she showed him the Ice and Fire Tempered Golden Body formula.
  • Tie Li and Ning Ning won ten consecutive team battles, overcame the Double Cat Team, and Tie Li gained access to Fiya Academy’s library to research soul beast inner cores.
  • Tie Li joined Ning Ning, Chi Ru, and Big Ox on White Mud Mountain, where they gathered Fire Pulp Fruit amid a Flame Wolf attack and Tie Li followed a wounded Fire Spirit Wolf into the White Ground.
  • After the group sold the wolf corpses, Ning Ning announced she was leaving on a long journey, and Tie Li returned to the White Ground to cultivate with two lightning spirit herbs.
  • Tie Li’s Forging Hammer entered Thunder Hammer form, and the Thunder Python Inner Core fed it a special strand of Soul Power that turned it violet as a sleeping super plant-type spirit beast sensed him.
Chapters 51–75 Summaries Read

Arc 4From White Mud to Heaven Dou

Tie Li evolved his martial soul through cultivation at White Mud Mountain, then traveled to Heaven Dou Royal Academy after learning of Tie Wu’s fate. He joined the academy’s second team, helped defeat students who challenged their places, and began grueling team training.

  • Tie Li cultivated among White Ground’s lightning-attribute plant soul beasts, broke through to level thirty-eight, and evolved his Forging Hammer into the Purple Thunder Hammer after scattering Whale Rubber for them.
  • Tie Li met Zhang Yang, learned that Tie Wu had joined Spirit Hall and that Zhang Yang was wanted by the Great Soul Arena, then accepted Zhang Yang’s recommendation for Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
  • On his way to Heaven Dou City, Tie Li rescued Tie Wu, Mu Lin, and Xiong Fu from Withered Wood’s puppets and killed Withered Wood with his Purple Thunder Hammer.
  • Tie Li enrolled at Heaven Dou Royal Academy as a Heaven Dou Grade Student, joined the advanced class, and impressed Qin Ming by defeating Gu Qi in a spar.
  • Tie Li joined the second team after defeating Tuo Yu’s shadow summons, then teamed with Tuo Yu, Gu Qi, and Ning Ning to defeat Bai Xu’s group in a Soul Fight.
  • Tie Li met the other second-team candidates, and Zhao Tianhe began testing them with weighted vests and repeated team battles until they were exhausted.
  • Teacher Yu helped the team recover, and Zhao Tianhe served them Deep Blue Oysters from Vast Sea City as Tuo Yu teased Tie Li about eating one.
Chapters 76–100 Summaries Read
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