Recaps

Zhou Qiubai and Yang Guyun defeated Tang Hao, then investigated and dispersed the Gray Shadows haunting a remote town. After learning about Canghai City and setting out east, they searched for powerful Spirit Beasts but found only weaker ones.

• Ning Fengzhi spread the claim that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Dugu Bo held the Spirit Bones to protect Zhou Qiubai and Yang Guyun, while the pair left Spirit City for the east.
• Tang San remained in Spirit City and was ambushed by Spirit Hall elders, but Tang Hao intervened and sacrificed Ah Yin’s 100,000-year Soul Ring to escape with his son’s pursuers behind him.
• Zhou Qiubai and Yang Guyun encountered the wounded Tang Hao and fought him, combining their sword and spear techniques to shatter his Clear Sky Hammer and kill him.
• Zhou Qiubai collected Tang Hao’s remaining Spirit Bones and burned his body, while he and Yang Guyun recovered and agreed to stabilize their gains before attempting further breakthroughs.
• Tang San fused his mother’s Spirit Bone into his left leg, learned its abilities, and focused on mastering the Clear Sky Sect’s techniques before confronting Zhou Qiubai and Yang Guyun.
• In a remote town, Zhou Qiubai and Yang Guyun faced Gray Shadows that hunted Soul Masters, discovered that attribute-less Soul Power could purify them, and dispersed the creatures.
• The townspeople celebrated their freedom as the innkeeper recounted how Spirit Hall had crippled the town after its residents sheltered a wounded Evil Soul Master, and Zhou Qiubai reassured him that he was not responsible for the tragedy.
• After learning how Canghai City divided Soul Masters and commoners, Zhou Qiubai and Yang Guyun took a forest shortcut east, searched for powerful Spirit Beasts, and found only weaker ones.

Zhou Qiubai and Yang Guyun reached Canghai City, where they learned about its unusual equality and faced the Twelve Guards together. As Tang San grew stronger in the Capital of Slaughter, Dantai Canglan revealed why Canghai City needed to display its strength and what awaited climbers in the Hundred-Story Pagoda.

• Zhou Qiubai and Yang Guyun found a mutated Rhino guarding a hidden fissure, killed it, and Zhou Qiubai gained his fifth Soul Skill before they left the site marked for later investigation.
• Zhou Qiubai and Yang Guyun traveled to Canghai City, where Zhao Laoliu and Tong An introduced them to a community where Soul Masters and ordinary people lived as equals.
• Tang San entered the Capital of Slaughter, overcame its suppression by using his Eight Spider Lances to absorb life force, and built up victories in the Hell Slaughter Arena while secretly hunting at night.
• Dantai Canglan ordered the Twelve Guards to face Zhou Qiubai and Yang Guyun together, and the guards’ coordinated formation defeated the two challengers in the training ground.
• Dantai Canglan’s subordinates playfully attacked him after he admitted he had made their task difficult, then Lu Qinghou called them back to business.
• Dantai Canglan explained that Canghai City needed to show its strength as chaotic times approached and that the Hundred-Story Pagoda’s climber could become City Lord.
• Dantai Canglan described the tower’s tests of climbers’ obsessions, guilt, and hatred, and revealed that a Spirit Hall Title Douluo had been broken by the ninety-fifth floor.
• Dantai Canglan praised Zhou Qiubai for facing the Twelve Guards with swordsmanship alone and said no one could claim to have matched him at that age.

Tang San survived Hell Road and gained Divine Slaughter's Domain before confronting the Clear Sky Sect, while Zhou Qiubai and Yang Guyun trained and earned the right to enter Canghai Tower. As they began its first trial, Shui Bing'er faced an arranged marriage and her friends set out to find help.

• Tang San completed his hundredth duel, crossed Hell Road, killed the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, and gained Divine Slaughter's Domain.
• Tang San reached the Clear Sky Sect, confronted its elders, and was accepted after dueling the Seventh Elder and offering the serpent's Inner Core.
• Zhou Qiubai and Yang Guyun trained with the Twelve Guards, hunted soul rings at sea, and defeated the guards in a fierce team battle.
• After recovering, Zhou Qiubai and Yang Guyun entered Canghai Tower with Lu Qinghou, while Dantai Canglan wondered whether they were the people the city had awaited.
• Tang San left the Clear Sky Sect to meet Tang Hao, found him missing, and continued into Star Dou Forest.
• Shui Bing'er refused the Yu Clan marriage proposal, and Shui Yue'er, Huo Wu, Feng Xiaotian, and Huo Wushuang made plans to seek Dugu Bo's help and find Zhou Qiubai.
• Zhou Qiubai and Yang Guyun fought the silver phantom's sword formations on Canghai Tower's first floor, and Zhou Qiubai realized the trial was already daunting.

Zhou Qiubai and Yang Guyun climbed Canghai Tower, where Zhou Qiubai cleared its final trial and became Canghai City’s new lord. Their achievement drew the attention of powerful factions across the continent, while Tang San continued pursuing strength and Zhou Qiubai.

• Zhou Qiubai and Yang Guyun overcame Canghai Tower’s elemental, physical, and mental trials, while Old Ji and other spectators followed their record-setting climb.
• Zhou Qiubai faced trials that questioned his past killings and his path, then rejected both the images of slaughter and guardianship to choose his own way.
• Zhou Qiubai endured the final floors and defeated a shadow version of himself, reaching the hundredth floor as Yang Guyun stopped at the ninety-eighth.
• A nameless god offered Zhou Qiubai godhood, but Zhou Qiubai refused and challenged the God Realm’s control over mortals before receiving the god’s memories and reflections.
• The god’s departure caused a celestial event sensed across the world, and Yang Guyun joined Zhou Qiubai on the top floor, where they reaffirmed their trust in each other.
• Dantai Canglan declared Zhou Qiubai the new city lord, and Zhou Qiubai appointed Dantai Canglan City Affairs Officer before joining Canghai City’s feast.
• Qin Ming decided to settle in Canghai City, while reports of Zhou Qiubai and Yang Guyun’s achievement reached Dugu Bo, Qian Renxue, and Ning Fengzhi.
• Qian Renxue ordered She Long to watch Canghai City without interfering, Tang San planned to seek Tai Tan’s help in Gengxin City, and Ning Fengzhi learned of powerful sword energy above the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.