Chapter Summaries

Tie Li absorbed a strength-type Soul Bone, awakened the power of the Giant Demon King, and rose from Soul Power level seventeen to twenty. He then hired a shop manager to find a Soul Hunting Group that could hunt a Thunder Python over five hundred years old for his Second Soul Ring.

• Tie Li absorbed the dark right leg Soul Bone, which strengthened his body and raised his Soul Power level to twenty.
• The Soul Bone's energy stimulated the Thousand-Year Thunder Python Inner Core and awakened the Giant Demon King's power within Tie Li.
• Tie Li decided to seek a Thunder Python Soul Ring over five hundred years old and used Boss Cheng's wealth to fund a Soul Hunting Group.
• Tie Li asked a Soul Beast meat shop to recommend a reliable Soul Hunting Group, and the manager agreed to arrange one for five hundred Gold Soul Coins.
• The manager gave Tie Li three days to return for an update and began contacting Soul Hunting Groups for the task.

Tie Li entered the Great Soul Arena to test his Soul Bone-enhanced body and defeated Jige in his first Match Duel. Jige was left seriously injured, while the spectators reacted in shock.

• Tie Li found that Soul Hunting Groups in Dragon Prosperity City quoted prices that were too high to hire.
• Tie Li registered for a Match Duel at the Great Soul Arena and was matched with Jige, a Soul Master on a three-win streak.
• Tie Li revealed his Iron Hammer Martial Soul as Jige entered Martial Soul Possession with his Magic Wolf Beast Martial Soul.
• Jige dodged Tie Li’s first hammer strike with his First Soul Skill, but Tie Li pursued him with an explosive leap.
• Tie Li changed the hammer’s trajectory and struck Jige in the chest, leaving him seriously injured and stunning the spectators.

Tie Li hired the Senluo Soul Hunting Group to hunt a Thunder Python more than six hundred years old and followed them into the Star Dou Great Forest. When the Thunder Python appeared, Senluo ordered Tie Li to retreat while the group revealed their Martial Souls and Soul Rings to face it.

• Tie Li won the Soul Fight, collected his reward, and met Senluo to arrange the Thunder Python hunt for six hundred Gold Soul Coins, with permission to take some of the beast's flesh and blood.
• Senluo summoned the Senluo Soul Hunting Group, and Tie Li assessed the strength of its members before they left Dragon Prosperity City by carriage.
• Tie Li and the group entered the Star Dou Great Forest, where Senluo spread foul-smelling powder over them to ward off low-level Soul Beasts.
• As the group neared the Thunder Python's territory, a roar and crashing trees announced the beast's arrival, so Senluo told Tie Li to retreat.
• Senluo, the two Soul Elders, and the Soul Grandmasters revealed their Martial Souls and Soul Rings as they prepared to fight the Thunder Python.

Tie Li absorbed the Thunder Python’s Soul Ring after the Senluo Soul Hunting Group killed the beast, enduring the strain with help from his Inner Core and Soul Bone. He reached level twenty-two and left Dragon Prosperity City without registering at Spirit Hall, wary of drawing attention to his rapid progress.

• Senluo pinned the Thunder Python while the man in formal attire repeatedly struck its vital point, and Tie Li delivered the final blow through its eye.
• Tie Li began absorbing the yellow Soul Ring as the group realized the Thunder Python might be older than they had estimated.
• The Thunder Python Inner Core eased Tie Li’s pain, and after three hours he awakened with two Soul Rings, the second bearing a thin purple pattern.
• Senluo offered compensation for misjudging the beast’s age, and Tie Li accepted the damaged horn before taking meat from the corpse.
• Tie Li returned to Dragon Prosperity City with the group, parted ways with them, and decided to postpone registering at Spirit Hall because his rapid advancement could attract attention.

Tie Li entered the Great Soul Arena and faced Huyan Hao, a level-twenty-eight disciple of the Elephant Armored Sect with a Diamond Mammoth Martial Soul. After Tie Li’s lightning attacks failed to overcome Huyan Hao’s defensive Soul Skills, Huyan Hao knocked him down and nearly shattered his left arm.

• Tie Li decided to forgo the Two-Ring Soul Grandmaster stipend and registered for a one-on-one match at the Great Soul Arena.
• The referee introduced Huyan Hao of the Elephant Armored Sect as Tie Li’s opponent, and the two Soul Masters announced their levels and Martial Souls.
• Tie Li opened with a hammer strike, but Huyan Hao used his Diamond Mammoth Martial Soul to catch and repel it.
• Tie Li used Thunderclap Break to stun Huyan Hao, then followed with Thunder Strike.
• Huyan Hao activated Copper Wall, Iron Bastion and Mammoth Strength, endured Tie Li’s attack, and punched him to the ground, nearly breaking his left arm.

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.