Definition
A ritual artifact used to bind or command soulless bodies. Despite its unremarkable appearance, it functions as a spiritual tether between master and servant.
Soul Summoning Bell
A ritual artifact used to bind or command soulless bodies. Despite its unremarkable appearance, it functions as a spiritual tether between master and servant.
Story context
Chapter 63 delivers the long-awaited payoff to one of the earliest mysteries in the novel: the fate of Zhang Tie. After months of dread and speculation, Han Li finally confirms that the silent, iron-skinned giant is built from the body of his childhood friend. For a rare moment, Han Li’s iron composure softens—but only long enough to process a horror he cannot reverse. The chapter is a masterclass in mixing triumph with tragedy: the joy of gaining an invulnerable servant is instantly poisoned by the cost of obtaining it.
Why it matters
This chapter is the emotional payoff for readers who have been waiting since Chapter 26 for Zhang Tie’s fate. Don’t brush past the last paragraph—Han Li’s silent recognition of his friend is one of the few moments in the entire novel where his mask cracks. It’s not dramatic; it’s quiet, because that’s how Han Li processes grief.
Quick facts
Source novel
A Record Of A Mortal S Journey To Immortality
First appearance
The True Face
Chapter references
5
Type hints
RMJI chapter 63, A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality, Han Li finds Zhang Tie
Guide tags
Xianxia translation, RMJI, Han Li
Appears in chapters
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Chapter 63
The True Face
Han Li binds the giant with blood and a mysterious bell, only to discover its face bears the unmistakable features of his long-lost friend Zhang Tie.
Chapter 120
A Plan to Seize the Gang
Han Li decides to take over the Siping Gang by installing Sun Ergou as a puppet chief. With Qu Hun as enforcer and a surgical assassination planned, he moves to control the gang from the shadows.
Chapter 338
Anomaly
Han Li returns to check on his assets, only to discover his most powerful puppet, Qu Hun, has become self-aware and escaped. A forbidden anomaly threatens to unravel his plans.
Chapter 341
Hidden Moves and the Soul Servant
Han Li plants a slow-kill worm on a treacherous mortal, tracks a freshly awakened Qu Hun, and discovers the bitter truth about Zhang Tie’s lost talent.
Chapter 347
The Green煌 Sword
Han Li wins his first Magical Treasure, the Green煌 Sword, but learns a hard lesson about the power hierarchy in this thrilling tactical takedown of a possessed cultivator.
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