Tie Zhan

Biodata

Power Progression

Arena Ranking

Appearance

• Natural physique: Solid and well-proportioned, with considerable muscular strength 113.
• Earth Bear possession: His body enlarges, muscles swell, and skin darkens and hardens 61 62.
• Earth-aspect manifestations: Dense earthen-yellow soul power and rock-and-soil patterns reinforce his mountain-like appearance 103.
• During fourth-ring absorption: His body becomes larger and more muscular, while blood seeps through his stretched skin under the ring's immense energy 113.

Personality

Tie Zhan is straightforward, hearty, and eager to compete. Easy arena victories make him boastful, though Yang Ke quickly silences him by pointing out that Bai Ning finished her match faster. He accepts the resulting laughter without escalating the teasing 78 80 109.

He enjoys pranks and deliberately interrupts Lin Chen and Zhu Zhuqing's affectionate moment by throwing an arm around Lin Chen's shoulders. His pride also includes a strong commitment to keeping his word: after losing a wager, he insists that he will pay for the promised meal 129 134 135.

His exuberance does not prevent courage or sincere concern. He endures his fourth-ring absorption without crying out, then becomes visibly anxious when Li Jiaojiao undergoes her own dangerous refinement 113 119.

Abilities & Skills

Earth Bear Martial Soul

• Physical amplification: Martial Soul Possession increases his size, brute strength, and bodily toughness 61 62.
• Heavy strikes: Uses powerful palms and bear-paw blows; he delivers the finishing strike to the wounded Earth Bear with a single crushing attack 113 117.
• Durability: Can withstand opponents' Soul Skills directly and continue advancing through their attacks 79.
• Fourth Soul Ring: Obtained from a nine-thousand-year Earth Bear; its compatibility helps prevent dangerous clashes during refinement, but does not eliminate physical strain 113.

Frontline Pressure and Protection

• Assigned role: Maintains pressure, advances steadily, fills gaps, and absorbs damage rather than competing with Li Jiaojiao in explosive offense 66.
• Team coordination: Works with Yang Ke to stabilize the front and with Li Jiaojiao to break through opponents head-on 66.
• Endurance: Three months of repeated combat improve his reliability in prolonged fighting, damage absorption, and covering openings 69.
• Finishing attacks: Knocks down the Shadow Leopard during a coordinated ambush response and kills the nearly nine-thousand-year Thousand Jun Ant leader after his teammates stop and weaken it 70 71.

Adaptation and Combat Instincts

• Creating openings: Against two agile arena opponents, stops chasing and occupies both with close-range pressure, allowing Li Jiaojiao to eliminate one 80.
• Midair recovery: After Yang Ke's shield launches him backward, adjusts his balance in flight and lands on his feet 117.
• Limitations: His rigid fighting style makes him vulnerable to fast opponents who kite him. Yu Tianheng's combination of speed and strength prevents Tie Zhan and Yang Ke from controlling the frontline 87 88 90.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Team Formation and Forest Training

• Selected from the academy's elite students and participates in team exercises against Mo Yuan. Bai Qingqing subsequently defines his role as the durable, steady power attacker 61 62 66.
• Contributes to coordinated Soul Beast encounters in the Star Dou Great Forest, including the Shadow Leopard ambush and Thousand Jun Ant battle 70 71.
• Congratulates Li Jiaojiao on her soul-bone enhancement, joking that the team's strongest power-attack position now belongs to her 75.

Soul Fighting Arena

• Earns Bronze and Silver ranks through consecutive victories, then wins an evening doubles match alongside Li Jiaojiao 79 80.
• Fights Dai Mubai and Xiao Wu during the match against Shrek. Their combined frontal defense and flanking attacks slow his advance, while Tang San attempts to immobilize him with Blue Silver Grass 84.
• Encounters a more difficult matchup against the Imperial Fighting Team, where Yu Tianheng exposes the frontline's weaknesses 88 90.

Sunset Forest and Fourth Soul Ring

• Requests an earth-attribute bear for his fourth ring and accepts the opportunity to absorb a nine-thousand-year Earth Bear 109 113.
• Successfully becomes a level-43 Soul Ancestor, prompting relief and celebration from his teammates 114.
• Tests Yang Ke's newly acquired reflective shield ability and later keeps an anxious watch over Li Jiaojiao's ring absorption 117 119.
• Practices against a ten-thousand-year bear restrained by Zhao Tian's Soul Douluo pressure before wilderness training ends 129.

Heaven Dou and Immortal Herbs

• Bets that Zhao Tian can recruit someone from Shrek, believing the academy's resources will make the offer attractive. Lin Chen predicts failure; Tie Zhan loses and agrees to buy lunch 133 134 135.
• Refines an immortal herb, gaining one soul-power level and a substantial physical transformation 137.

Relationships

• Li Jiaojiao — Fellow power attacker and doubles partner. Their complementary tactics secure an arena victory, and each becomes deeply worried during the other's fourth-ring absorption. Lin Chen and Zhu Zhuqing notice possible romantic interest, but no relationship is confirmed 80 113 119.
• Lin Chen — Team captain and frequent target of his teasing. Lin Chen directs him in battle, jokes about his bloodied clothes after his breakthrough, and defeats him in the recruitment wager 71 114 129 133 134.
• Yang Ke — Defensive frontline partner. Teases Tie Zhan about his arena performance and asks him to test his fourth Soul Skill 66 80 117.
• Mo Yuan — Instructor who supervises his training, checks his readiness for a dangerous ring, and subdues the Earth Bear for him 78 113.
• Bai Qingqing — Instructor who identifies his strengths and teaches him to maintain his own rhythm rather than getting carried away by another fighter's excitement 66.
• Zhao Tian — Senior escort who protects the Sunset Forest expedition and provides controlled training against a ten-thousand-year bear 109 129.

Notable Quotes

“Absolutely! I wouldn't be sure about a ten-thousand-year one, but I think I can withstand a nine-thousand-year one!” 113

“I, Tie Zhan, keep my word! Every word I spit out is a nail driven home! How could I go back on it? A loss is a loss.” 135