Recaps

Di Tian rescued Little Wu from Chrysanthemum and Ghost and took her away, leaving them to explain their failure to Spirit Hall. He revealed to Little Wu that he was a Soul Beast and ordered her back to the Star Dou Great Forest, where she reluctantly agreed to go.

• Di Tian freed Little Wu from Guimei's restraints, dismissed Chrysanthemum and Ghost's threat of Spirit Hall retaliation, and left with her after inviting Danheng to visit.
• Chrysanthemum and Ghost accepted that they had lost the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and resolved to report what happened while speculating about Di Tian's identity.
• Di Tian woke Little Wu before they reached the Star Dou Great Forest and ordered her to stay there with Da Ming and Er Ming.
• Little Wu realized Di Tian was a Soul Beast and thanked him, but he angrily warned her that she would become a human's Soul Ring and Soul Bone if she kept wandering.
• Little Wu agreed to return obediently, and Di Tian softened after seeing that she was upset.

After the Hengha Two Generals returned to Spirit City with two Immortal Herbs, Bibi Dong gave the Aromatic Silk Beauty to Hu Liena to prepare her for the upcoming tournament. Danheng received information about Slaughter City and Sea God Island, then set off for Slaughter City intending to finish its trials quickly.

• Guimei and Yue Guan reported that Di Tian had defeated them and that Danheng knew him, while Yue Guan assured Bibi Dong that Danheng had a tool Martial Soul and could not be a transformed Soul Beast.
• Bibi Dong accepted the Aromatic Silk Beauty and Lovesick Heartbreak Red, then gave the Aromatic Silk Beauty to Hu Liena and urged her to strengthen herself for the Continental Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.
• Bibi Dong dismissed Hu Liena and shut herself away for two days, refusing to receive visitors.
• Yue Guan and Guimei delivered Danheng a scroll containing information about Slaughter City and the port cities leading to Sea God Island, along with instructions for seeking Spirit Hall assistance.
• Danheng thanked Yue Guan and Guimei, then left Spirit City and headed for Slaughter City, hoping to avoid spending time completing its one-hundred-match requirement.

Bibi Dong failed to make the Lovesick Heartbreak Red acknowledge her love for Yu Xiaogang, then decided he might earn its recognition instead. She sent precious items and a secret order to Spirit Hall’s Heaven Dou City branch, while an unseen follower trailed the two couriers.

• Bibi Dong raged at the Lovesick Heartbreak Red for rejecting her feelings for Yu Xiaogang, then collapsed in despair and blamed a man who had defiled her.
• Bibi Dong realized Yu Xiaogang’s feelings might make the flower bloom and regained hope, recalling that his relationship with Liu Erlong had not lasted.
• Bibi Dong summoned an attendant and ordered him to deliver precious items to the Spirit Hall branch in Heaven Dou City.
• Bibi Dong sent a second attendant with a secret order explaining her intentions to the branch.
• The two attendants left for the outskirts of Spirit City, unaware that someone was following them.

Yue Guan and Guimei worked to control two men carrying the Lovesick Heartbreak Red to Heaven Dou City, while reacting to Bibi Dong’s letter. Hu Liena then revealed that the Aromatic Silk Beauty had evolved her Martial Soul and greatly increased her power, though she kept her new innate Soul Skill secret.

• Yue Guan and Guimei confirmed the bundle held the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and read Bibi Dong’s letter, which left them appalled.
• Guimei repeatedly failed to control the two men with the Ghost King True Eye, but eventually succeeded after several days of experiments.
• Yue Guan agreed to travel to Heaven Dou City to continue the plan, since Guimei was exhausted and Yue Guan feared he might make mistakes.
• Yue Guan met Hu Liena and realized that the Aromatic Silk Beauty had evolved her Martial Soul after her charm briefly affected him.
• Hu Liena showed Yue Guan her nine fox tails and Level 55 Soul Power, then said she had gained an innate Soul Skill that she would reveal after the Soul Master Tournament.

Danheng reached the tavern that concealed the entrance to Slaughter City and refused to drink the Bloody Mary required for entry. After forcing open the way below and letting the patrons rush in first, he entered the hole without agreeing to pay for the damage.

• Danheng arrived at the tavern and openly asked to enter Slaughter City.
• The waiter brought him a cup of Bloody Mary, but Danheng refused to drink it and demanded another way in.
• When patrons mocked Danheng, he killed one with a burst of blood and demanded that the waiter explain the entrance.
• Danheng caused the tavern floor to split open, revealing a hole, and the patrons stampeded toward it.
• Danheng told the waiter he would not pay for the damage, then entered the hole as new customers arrived and found the tavern wrecked.

Danheng entered Slaughter City and discovered its strange, chaotic environment while sensing the powerful presence of its ruler. At the city entrance, he effortlessly defeated Terror Knight Scott, received his entry plaque, and proceeded toward the gate.

• Danheng avoided drinking the human blood and descended through a passage into Slaughter City, where he sensed that the city distorted spiritual power and space.
• The King of Slaughter noticed Danheng's arrival and sent someone to investigate him.
• Danheng emerged from the passage and found Terror Knight Scott killing would-be entrants before a crowd of armored soldiers.
• Scott charged Danheng, who caught his spear barehanded and then shattered the weapon, Scott's horse, and part of Scott's arm with a second strike.
• Scott gave Danheng plaque number 8888 as proof of entry, and Danheng headed toward Slaughter City's gate.

Danheng entered Slaughter City and learned that leaving required one hundred Hell Arena victories and a trial through the Infernal Path. After he asked to meet the Slaughter King, the King heard the guide’s report and took an interest in him.

• A veiled young woman guided Danheng into Slaughter City and explained its origins, the Slaughter King’s rule, and the conditions for leaving.
• Danheng asked to meet the Slaughter King, but the guide warned him that the enforcement team could stop him and explained that its captain was a Titled Douluo.
• Danheng said he would simply wander around the city, and the young woman later reported their conversation to the Slaughter King.
• The Slaughter King rebuked the guide for suggesting action against Danheng, then watched over the city with a meaningful smile.

Danheng reached the Hell Slaughter Arena after dealing with attackers and learning about the Slaughter Gods who had escaped Slaughter City. He discovered the arena’s toxins could not affect him and learned that residents needed to win arena matches or pay Bloody Mary to stay in the city.

• Danheng confronted the man who had incited others to attack him and demanded to see the Slaughter King.
• The man offered information about two recent Slaughter Gods, and Danheng killed him after taking the documents.
• Danheng learned that Tang Hao and Bibi Dong had been among the Slaughter Gods who left Slaughter City.
• Danheng entered the Hell Slaughter Arena, sensed its concentrated mind-disturbing toxin, and watched a fighter win a year of residence rights.
• Danheng asked the arena’s manager about residency and learned that residents had to win in the arena or provide two cups of Bloody Mary each month.

Danheng confronted the Slaughter King after arriving in Slaughter City, discovering that the ruler wielded a powerful and unusual force. The Slaughter King summoned the city’s Fallen Ones and declared his authority, while Danheng pointed out that the King’s injured arm was close to breaking.

• Danheng left the Hell Slaughter Arena, found the Slaughter King by sensing the strongest aura of slaughter, and split the King’s blood-red attack with a finger.
• The Slaughter King ordered the Law Enforcement Team deployed and offered permanent residence to whoever killed Number 8888, but Danheng appeared at his window before the orders could take effect.
• The Slaughter King attacked Danheng with a blinding burst and a powerful physical strike, sending him flying, though Danheng recognized that the King’s arm was trembling from the impact.
• The Slaughter King addressed Danheng in midair and summoned the Fallen Ones’ cheers to display his authority in Slaughter City.
• Danheng warned the Slaughter King to heal his arm, prompting the King to threaten him as an arrogant brat.

Danheng fought the Slaughter King and discovered that a Nine-Headed Bat was controlling him. After overpowering the Slaughter King and crushing his Demon Sword, Danheng sensed that the sword held several unknown powers, while the Slaughter King appeared pleased with the outcome.

• The Slaughter King attacked Danheng with a Demon Sword, but Danheng dodged while sensing an unnatural power within it.
• Danheng spotted the phantom of a Nine-Headed Bat behind the Slaughter King and suspected it was controlling him.
• Danheng caught the Demon Sword and the Slaughter King's claw, then struck him into the ruins with a single palm.
• Danheng crushed the Demon Sword into powder and sensed that its energy included forces beyond the bat's and the Slaughter King's.
• The Slaughter King returned, no longer furious, and thanked Danheng with evident excitement.

Danheng confronted the Slaughter King after the Crimson Nine-Headed Bat King took full control of Tang Chen’s body. He pulled the parasite out and learned that the fallen man was Tang Chen, the famed Limit Douluo and Asura God’s inheritor.

• The Slaughter King revealed that he had suppressed the body’s original consciousness and identified himself in thought as the Crimson Nine-Headed Bat King.
• The Crimson Nine-Headed Bat King attacked Danheng at full strength, but Danheng remained unharmed and destroyed its attacking arm.
• Danheng seized the bat and began pulling it out of the Slaughter King’s body despite its resistance.
• Danheng restrained the Crimson Nine-Headed Bat King with a Vidyadhara phantom and questioned it.
• The bat identified the fallen Slaughter King as Tang Chen, a Rank 99 Limit Douluo and the Asura God’s inheritor.

Danheng freed Tang Chen from the Crimson Nine-Headed Bat King and learned that another god had left Tang Chen vulnerable to the parasite. After recovering his memories, Tang Chen explained his past to Danheng and asked to kill the bat.

• Danheng questioned the Crimson Nine-Headed Bat King about how it had parasitized Tang Chen, and it said Tang Chen had been weakened by another god's interference.
• Tang Chen woke confused, then recovered memories of decades spent in Slaughter City and realized the bat had ambushed him.
• Tang Chen summoned the Clear Sky Hammer and asked Danheng to let him kill the Crimson Nine-Headed Bat King.
• Danheng asked Tang Chen about their history, and Tang Chen recounted his past, including his meeting with the woman he loved and his pursuit of the Asura God's inheritance.
• After telling his story, Tang Chen asked Danheng if he could finally make his move against the bat.

Danheng and Tang Chen spared the Crimson Nine-Headed Bat King so it could help open the Infernal Path, then Tang Chen tried to appoint Gui Yu as Slaughter City's new king. As Danheng left with the bat, he wondered how Tang Chen was related to Tang Hao and Tang Xiao.

• Danheng convinced Tang Chen to keep the Crimson Nine-Headed Bat King alive until it helped them open the Infernal Path, after which Tang Chen could settle their grudge.
• Tang Chen returned to the Slaughter King's residence and named Gui Yu the new Slaughter King, but Gui Yu rejected the appointment and demanded that the real king be returned.
• Gui Yu attacked Tang Chen, who defeated him but spared his life and left him and the girl in black gauze to decide Slaughter City's future.
• Danheng left with the Crimson Nine-Headed Bat King and wondered whether Tang Chen was Tang Hao and Tang Xiao's father or grandfather.
• Tang Chen caught up with Danheng and asked what was on his mind.

Danheng told Tang Chen how his son Tang Wei died and explained Tang Hao’s role in the conflict with Spirit Hall. Tang Chen resolved to return to the Clear Sky Sect, and Danheng revealed that he knew where it was now located.

• Tang Chen asked whether Tang Hao and Tang Xiao were related to him, then confirmed that Tang Wei was his son.
• Danheng told Tang Chen that Tang Wei had died after learning Spirit Hall demanded Tang Hao and the Blue Silver Emperor.
• Danheng explained that Tang Hao had fallen in love with the Blue Silver Emperor, whose sacrifice helped him become a Titled Douluo, and that Tang Hao had mortally wounded Qian Xunji.
• Tang Chen condemned Qian Daoliu and the Clear Sky Sect for their actions and decided to return to his sect to investigate.
• Tang Chen recalled that the Clear Sky Sect had gone into seclusion, and Danheng said Spirit Hall’s records contained its current location.

Danheng and Tang Chen prepared to open the Infernal Path after Tang Chen recovered, while Slaughter City grew uneasy during the Slaughter King's absence. The Crimson Nine-Headed Bat King and Tang Chen began the ritual, and Danheng felt its power trying to drag him away.

• Danheng agreed to accompany Tang Chen to the Clear Sky Sect, and Tang Chen welcomed him as a visitor.
• Tang Chen recuperated while Danheng waited, and Slaughter City grew chaotic as the enforcement squad remained inactive.
• Moli told Gui Yu Douluo that she was waiting to see how Slaughter City changed after the Slaughter King's departure.
• The Crimson Nine-Headed Bat King slaughtered everyone in the Hell Slaughter Arena and agreed to help open the Infernal Path in exchange for its life.
• Danheng released the Crimson Nine-Headed Bat King, and it and Tang Chen began the ritual as blood formed a glowing pattern that tried to pull Danheng away.

Danheng took Tang Chen through the Infernal Path, where they discovered the source of Slaughter City's poison and fought the bats guarding the passage. Tang Chen killed the Darkgold Three-Headed Bat King, and Danheng sensed another creature ahead.

• The Crimson Nine-Headed Bat King fled after Danheng and Tang Chen vanished, then targeted Gui Yu Douluo as its next host.
• Danheng explained that a sacrifice-activated teleportation formation had carried them into the Infernal Path, where a blood pool produced Slaughter City's poison.
• Tang Chen and Danheng decided to fly across the narrow path and encountered a swarm of bats.
• Tang Chen chased the Darkgold Three-Headed Bat King and crushed it with the Great Sumeru Hammer.
• Danheng sensed another creature ahead, and the two continued onward.

Danheng and Tang Chen encountered a giant snake on the Infernal Path, but it pretended to sleep because it feared Danheng. Danheng identified it as a Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent and left it unharmed, while Tang Chen continued toward the outside world despite his failing body.

• Tang Chen worried that his weakened body might not survive leaving Slaughter City, and Danheng promised to handle the snake if it attacked.
• Danheng and Tang Chen found the giant snake pretending to sleep across the narrow path, and Tang Chen prepared to fight if they could not pass.
• Danheng approached the snake and identified it as a Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent after examining it closely.
• Danheng patted the snake's head and left without fighting it, and the snake relaxed after confirming he was gone.

After Tang Chen completed the eighth Asura God trial, he accepted Divine Power despite his failing body and entrusted Danheng with the Clear Sky Sect token. Danheng's earlier power unexpectedly kept Tang Chen alive, giving him time to return to the sect and perhaps visit Sea God Island.

• Danheng stabilized Tang Chen after rescuing him from Slaughter City, but warned that his deteriorated body could not recover yet.
• Tang Chen realized he had completed the eighth Asura God trial and cursed the timing as a crimson pillar of light descended around him.
• Tang Chen gave Danheng the Hao Tian Token and asked him to return his remains to the Clear Sky Sect if he died before reaching it.
• Tang Chen accepted the Divine Power, which transformed his body without killing him.
• Tang Chen realized Danheng's power had preserved his life long enough for him to return to the Clear Sky Sect and possibly see her once more.

Danheng traveled with Tang Chen toward the Clear Sky Sect and considered whether to collect Tang San’s Hidden Weapons, while deciding not to waste time on Tang San unless provoked. In Heaven Dou City, Tang San struggled with his injured arm and learned from Yu Xiaogang that Hidden Weapons were forbidden in the upcoming tournament, leaving Shrek Academy’s chances uncertain.

• Danheng returned Tang Chen’s sect leader token, and Tang Chen offered to give it to him as a memento after their visit to the Clear Sky Sect.
• Danheng thought about Tang San’s Hidden Weapons and decided to let matters take their course unless Tang San became a nuisance.
• In Heaven Dou City, Tang San practiced with one arm, blamed Guimei for his injury, and vowed to make Spirit Hall pay.
• Yu Xiaogang visited Tang San, said his headaches had improved, and told him the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament was about to begin.
• Yu Xiaogang explained Shrek Academy’s disadvantage against stronger opponents and said Tang San might be their surprise weapon.
• Tang San learned that Hidden Weapons were forbidden in the tournament, then asked Yu Xiaogang to leave him alone.

Danheng and Tang Chen reached the village concealing the Clear Sky Sect, where Tang Chen demanded to see its current sect master. After revealing the sect-master token, Tang Chen flew to the mountain and challenged the sect to come out, while Danheng followed after sensing that only ordinary disciples had been sent to meet him.

• Danheng and Tang Chen found the village at the foot of the mountains where the Clear Sky Sect had gone into seclusion.
• Tang Chen confronted two villagers and demanded that they bring out the current sect master, prompting them to escort him and Danheng into the village.
• Danheng wandered through the village while Tang Chen waited, and the villagers remained wary of the outsider.
• Tang Long arrived to question Tang Chen, who displayed the golden Clear Sky Hammer token and flew toward the mountain summit.
• Tang Chen roared for the Clear Sky Sect to come out, and Danheng flew after him after realizing the disciples had not brought the sect master.

Tang Chen challenged the Clear Sky Sect and discovered that his memories of Tang Xiao and Tang Hao might be missing. Tang Xiao recognized him as his grandfather, while Danheng left to confront a woman being escorted through the sect.

• Tang Chen demanded that the Clear Sky Sect's master and members come out, and answered a challenger by declaring, "I'm your grandfather!"
• Danheng spotted a familiar woman being escorted deeper into the sect and vanished to follow her.
• Three Clear Sky Sect elders arrived and recognized the Hao Tian Token, then waited for Tang Chen's identity to be confirmed.
• Tang Chen wondered whether the Crimson Nine-Headed Bat King had erased memories of Tang Xiao and Tang Hao, then recognized Tang Xiao when he arrived.
• Tang Xiao knelt before Tang Chen and welcomed him back, and the elders followed suit.
• Tang Chen asked Tang Xiao to explain what had happened to the sect, while Danheng confronted the woman he had seen in Heaven Dou City.

Danheng met Tang Yuehua, Tang Hao’s younger sister, while visiting the secluded Clear Sky Sect. After learning he had returned with Tang Chen, Yuehua trusted him and Tang Xiao arrived to escort him onward.

• Tang Yuehua approached Danheng and asked why he had come to the Clear Sky Sect, while he sensed a mysterious power around her.
• Voices announced Tang Chen’s return, and Yuehua realized Danheng had arrived with her grandfather.
• Tang Yuehua apologized for her earlier suspicion and dismissed the sect disciples, explaining that Danheng’s thoughts seemed pure and that he was Tang Chen’s companion.
• Tang Yuehua and Danheng walked along a small path and discussed why she trusted him.
• Tang Xiao appeared, said Tang Chen had told him about Danheng, and invited him to come along.

Danheng told Tang Xiao where he had last seen Tang Hao, giving the Clear Sky Sect master new leads to investigate. Tang Chen then scolded Tang Xiao and the sect elders over the sect’s division and decline, leaving Tang Xiao enduring a long, humiliating lecture.

• Tang Xiao asked Danheng whether he knew where Tang Hao was, and Danheng said he had seen him in Heaven Dou City over a year earlier and in Sunset Forest less than half a year earlier.
• Tang Xiao thanked Danheng and planned to have Tang Yuehua investigate the two locations.
• Tang Chen summoned Tang Xiao and the five elders to the main hall to address the Clear Sky Sect’s problems.
• Tang Chen rebuked Tang Xiao for letting the elders divide the sect, and Tang Xiao called him Grandpa while admitting he deserved the scolding.
• Tang Chen scolded Tang Xiao and the elders through the evening, then summoned Tang Xiao again at midnight and lectured him for most of the night.

Danheng explored the Clear Sky Sect and heard Tang Chen rebuke the elders for abandoning their affiliated clans during the sect’s retreat. He later asked Tang Long about the sect’s current attitude toward Tang Hao, prompting Tang Long to lead him aside for a private conversation.

• Tang Chen angrily scolded the elders for hiding in the mountains while leaving the affiliated clans exposed to Spirit Hall’s attacks.
• The Second Elder explained that the affiliated clans had suffered losses but had gradually stabilized, and Tang Chen rebuked the elders again.
• Danheng arrived, and Tang Chen set aside his anger while the elders welcomed the interruption.
• Danheng considered visiting the Breaking Clan and learning about Yang Wushuang, who was held by Spirit Hall.
• Danheng watched the younger disciples spar, and Tang Long came down from the arena to greet him.
• Danheng asked about the Clear Sky Sect’s attitude toward Tang Hao, and Tang Long led him away after nearby disciples called Tang Hao a sinner.

Danheng decided to leave the Clear Sky Sect and agreed to accompany Tang Yuehua to Heaven Dou City, while Tang Chen reflected on his failing health and hoped Tang Hao would be found. Danheng caught up with Tang Yuehua’s group, which included Tang Long, who had been sent to improve relations with the Four Single-Attribute Clans.

• Tang Long discussed the Clear Sky Sect’s hostility toward Tang Hao with Danheng before elders summoned him to the council hall.
• Danheng decided he had learned enough at the Clear Sky Sect and told Tang Chen he planned to leave.
• Tang Chen mentioned that Tang Yuehua was returning to Heaven Dou City, and Danheng agreed to travel with her after discussing Moonlight Pavilion and the imperial princesses who studied there.
• Tang Chen and Danheng parted, and Tang Chen admitted to Tang Xiao that he had little time left and hoped Tang Hao would soon be found.
• Tang Xiao told Tang Chen that Tang Yuehua would intensify the search for Tang Hao and explained that elders wanted the sect to prepare to return to the outside world.
• Danheng caught up with Tang Yuehua’s group and asked Tang Long whether he had been sent to ease relations with the Four Single-Attribute Clans.