Recaps

Jiang Huilian revealed that Red Fang was the father of her and Li Quan’s daughter, Li Bai, and sacrificed herself to purge the Blood Demon. The Heavenly Lotus Sect joined her sacrifice, leaving the Blood Demon surrounded as the sect devoted itself to destroying it.

• Jiang Huilian began using Lotus in Bloom and revealed that she had entrusted her and Red Fang’s daughter, Li Bai, to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect before Black Bird’s allies killed her.
• Red Fang stopped resisting the purification, then attacked Black Bird in a rage over Li Bai’s death, and Sword Douluo struck Black Bird down with his Ninth Soul Skill.
• Red Fang swallowed the Blood Demon, but the monster burst from his body and rushed at Ning Fengzhi to take him as a new host.
• A Heavenly Lotus Sect elder intercepted the Blood Demon and used Lotus in Bloom, while Ning Fengzhi realized the technique consumed its user’s life.
• Heavenly Lotus Sect disciples of all ages rushed to Jiang Huilian and sacrificed themselves to trap and destroy the Blood Demon, and Qian Daoliu vowed that their deeds would be remembered.

The Heavenly Lotus Sect’s sacrifice failed to destroy the Blood Demon, which escaped after Qian Daoliu’s attack. As the continent learned of the disaster, Li Bai comforted Ning Rongrong by accepting his parents’ deaths and vowing he might restore them one day.

• The Heavenly Lotus Sect’s inner disciples, Red Fang, and Jiang Huilian died after purifying the Blood Demon, while the Shadow Assassins escaped under cover of Orochimaru’s army.
• Black Bird survived Sword Douluo’s slash and escaped after targeting Ning Fengzhi, who worried that his donation of over a hundred million Gold Soul Coins to the Heavenly Lotus Sect was lost.
• Qian Daoliu honored the fallen sect as the Number One Sect of All Ages and ordered everyone to report suspicious plots to Spirit Hall.
• The Blood Demon reappeared as a blood-red face, survived Qian Daoliu’s Angel’s Breath, and fled; news of the incident spread across Douluo Continent.
• In Ning Rongrong’s dream, Li Bai reassured her that he had accepted his parents’ deaths and said he might revive them or arrange for their souls to be reborn if he became a Deity.

Bai Ranmo created a Dabura Clone to provoke the Divine Realm, and Dabura arrived claiming his destroyed Himlia Divine Realm needed a new home. After easily knocking the Rakshasa God aside, he demanded that his people receive the status they deserved, leaving the Five Great God Kings facing an arrogant and powerful intruder.

• Hei Ranbai discovered that his Shikigami could absorb Divine Seeds, giving him the potential to absorb twelve in total.
• Bai Ranmo decided to farm emotion points in the Divine Realm and spent a huge sum to create a Dabura Clone.
• Dabura appeared before the Rakshasa God, who mistook him for a weak newcomer and attacked him.
• Dabura sent the Rakshasa God flying into the Seven Elemental Gods' stone table, prompting the gods and Five Great God Kings to gather.
• Dabura told the gathered gods that he came from the destroyed Himlia Divine Realm and wanted to settle in theirs.
• Dabura agreed that his people had set their sights on the Divine Realm and demanded that they receive the status they deserved.

Dabura Karaba challenged the Divine Realm to a duel, demanding control if his side won and promising to reveal what caused his realm to disappear if he lost. The God Kings chose Asura to fight first and Eternity to follow, while Eternity ended the meeting by joking about releasing the Golden Dragon King before volunteering himself.

• Dabura Karaba defeated the Sea God with a pillar of light and challenged the Divine Realm to a duel the next day.
• The God of Destruction set the stakes: Dabura would control the Divine Realm if he won, while he would obey the committee and share what he knew if he lost.
• Eternity arrived late, joked about stealing the God of Destruction's desserts, and joined the God Kings at the committee meeting.
• The God Kings selected Asura to face Dabura first, while Eternity mocked Asura and then volunteered to fight if Asura lost.
• Eternity jokingly suggested releasing the Golden Dragon King, then the God Kings confirmed that Asura would fight first and Eternity would take the second round.

Dabura fought the Asura God, overwhelming him with the Light of Killing Intent before the Asura God unleashed his strongest techniques. Dabura answered the Three Realms Judgment Sword with a near-light-speed kick, and their attacks collided in a blast that left the Divine Realm shaking.

• Dabura pierced the Asura God with the Light of Killing Intent, but the Asura God healed himself with killing intent and counterattacked with the Asura Blood Sword.
• Dabura and the Asura God clashed with the Light of Killing Intent and Asura Blood Sword, wounding each other.
• The Asura God prepared the Three Realms Judgment Sword using divine power lent by Kindness, Evil, Life, and Destruction.
• Dabura flew around the Divine Realm at near light speed and launched a Near-Light-Speed Kick as the Asura God swung the Three Realms Judgment Sword.
• The attacks collided and shook the Divine Realm, causing many watching gods to cough up blood and faint.

Dabura recovered from the wounds Asura inflicted and began fighting the Eternal God King, who demonstrated his techniques during their clash. Eternity overwhelmed Dabura with Unlimited Void and ended the battle victorious.

• Asura fell unconscious after clashing with Dabura, while Dabura survived with half his body severed and his leg ruined.
• Dabura used Reverse Cursed Technique to regenerate his body and restore his leg, astonishing the gods.
• Bai Ranmo stepped in to fight Dabura and struck him with Azure Fist, but Dabura learned Cursed Technique Reversal and counterattacked.
• Eternity began forming a domain while fighting Dabura, drawing protests from the other God Kings for teaching the enemy.
• Eternity expanded Unlimited Void as Dabura opened Netherlight Realm: Inverse Crossing, then overwhelmed Dabura when his domain shattered.

After Dabura lost to the Eternal God King, he revealed that spacetime turbulence had destroyed his Divine Realm. The injured Asura God agreed to let Eternity recommend his successor and oversee the Asura God Trial, but asked who Eternity had chosen.

• The Eternal God King defeated Dabura, who mocked the Asura God for secretly using the other God Kings' power.
• Dabura refused to explain his origins to the God Kings and agreed to speak only with Eternity.
• Eternity told the God Kings that spacetime turbulence had destroyed Dabura's Divine Realm, then visited the injured Asura God.
• Eternity offered to recommend a successor and serve as examiner for the Asura God Trial so Asura could leave the Divine Realm.
• Asura suspected Eternity wanted greater influence in the Divine Realm, accepted his offer, and asked who his recommended successor was.

Asura God accepted Eternity’s offer to make Tang San his heir, and Eternity began Tang San’s first trial. The trial left Tang San trapped and powerless as he watched Xiao Wu go to class.

• Eternity showed Asura God Tang San’s memories, and Asura God agreed to make him his heir.
• Eternity promised to arrange the Asura Nine Trials while Asura God rested.
• After winning one hundred matches in Slaughter City, Tang San was summoned to a hall and met Eternity posing as Asura God.
• Tang San accepted the first trial, which tested his resolve rather than his strength.
• Tang San found himself unable to move or speak as Xiao Wu was taken to class by Gangzi, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Flender.

Tang San endured the Asura God’s illusion trial and received the mark of an Asura candidate, while Itadori warned Qian Daoliu that Sukuna was seeking his Fingers and could become a god. After learning that Sasuke Uchiha had killed White Snake Douluo, Qian Daoliu ordered Golden Crocodile Douluo to save him from the Star Luo Empire’s pursuit.

• The Eternal God King ended Tang San’s illusion, then granted him the Asura Nine Trials and named his next task: pass through Hell Road and obtain Divine Slaughter’s Domain.
• Itadori told Qian Daoliu that Sukuna was searching for his twenty Fingers and might harbor the Blood Demon, so they needed to help the Divine Son and Qian Renxue reach godhood.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo reported that Sasuke Uchiha had killed White Snake Douluo, leaving Qian Daoliu shocked by the young boy’s feat.
• Qian Daoliu ordered Golden Crocodile Douluo to protect Sasuke as the Star Luo Empire hunted him.

Sasuke Uchiha faced Dai Tianfeng and Zhu Tiancai at the Star Luo Empire’s border after they accused him of killing Orochimaru. He overwhelmed them with Orochimaru’s inherited powers and defeated their Hell White Tiger, leaving the emperor and empress unable to sustain their fusion.

• Dai Tianfeng and Zhu Tiancai pursued Sasuke Uchiha, demanding answers for Orochimaru’s death and accusing him of betrayal.
• Dai Tianfeng called the Uchiha evil, provoking Sasuke to reveal Orochimaru’s Eight-Branched Serpent Martial Soul and nine Soul Rings.
• Sasuke trapped the pursuers in Amaterasu World-Burning Thunder Prison and summoned a Pyro Qilin to attack their Hell White Tiger.
• Dai Tianfeng and Zhu Tiancai fused into the Hell White Tiger, but Sasuke battered it with the Eight-Branched Great Jade.
• Sasuke transformed into an Eight-Branched Serpent with Sharingan eyes and struck the Hell White Tiger again, forcing it to vanish and ending the fusion.

Sasuke defeated Dai Tianfeng and Zhu Tiancai, but Uchiha Itachi appeared and overwhelmed him before Golden Crocodile Douluo intervened. Itachi escaped, and Ning Fengzhi helped Sasuke while warning Dai Tianfeng not to pursue the matter.

• Sasuke forced Dai Tianfeng and Zhu Tiancai to surrender, but Dai Tianfeng attacked him from behind.
• Uchiha Itachi arrived, fought Sasuke with genjutsu and clones, and revealed that he had reached Rank 99.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo intervened to protect Sasuke, but Itachi escaped after taunting his younger brother.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo arrived, and Ning Fengzhi treated Sasuke before suggesting that White Snake was Itachi and Shadow's mole.
• Ning Fengzhi warned Dai Tianfeng that pursuing Sasuke could harm the Star Luo Empire's relations with the Upper Three Sects and Spirit Hall, and Dai Tianfeng agreed to drop the matter.

Mitsuki gained Dai Weisi’s public support at court and accepted his invitation to Liyue’s Lantern Rite. Meanwhile, Dai Mubai and the Shrek group remained imprisoned and forced to work on a farm in Fontaine as Bai Ranmo’s clone delivered news from the Star Luo Empire.

• Ning Fengzhi celebrated Sasuke’s return as a Super Douluo, while Golden Crocodile Douluo urged Sasuke and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to stand with Spirit Hall.
• A minister accused Mitsuki of possibly being an Evil Soul Master, but Dai Weisi defended him and Dai Tianfeng ordered the minister executed and his household exiled.
• Mitsuki thanked Dai Weisi for his loyalty and accepted his invitation to attend Liyue’s Lantern Rite.
• Old John whipped Dai Mubai for slacking, and Dai Mubai returned to work alongside the other prisoners.
• Bai Ranmo’s clone visited the farm and told the Shrek group about Orochimaru’s death, suspicion of his being an Evil Soul Master, and the court conflict involving Mitsuki and Dai Weisi.

Dai Mubai and the others secretly finished digging through the prison wall and escaped during a thunderstorm. They fled into the sea on a stolen inflatable raft, leaving their destination unknown.

• Dai Mubai lost rock-paper-scissors and had to attend lessons with Sea Horse and Sea Spear Douluo while Flender, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun prepared their escape.
• Ma Hongjun revealed two hidden Metal Spoons, and Flender said they could use them to dig through the last section of wall.
• Flender and Ma Hongjun chipped at the wall while Oscar kept watch and Dai Mubai rested after class.
• Dai Mubai and Flender broke through the wall during heavy rain, and Oscar and Ma Hongjun followed them out.
• The four celebrated their escape, stole an Inflatable Raft from Old John's management office, and paddled out to sea.

Neuvillette let Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Flender escape the farm, then kept them drifting at sea until Beidou’s ship rescued them. Beidou brought the bound men to Liyue, where Dai Weisi recognized something familiar about them.

• Old John discovered the four escapees were gone and whipped Sea Spear Douluo and Sea Horse Douluo before Neuvillette assured him he would not blame him.
• Neuvillette revealed he had allowed the escape and planned to steer the drifting men toward Liyue after making them suffer a few more days.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Flender spotted Beidou’s ship and paddled toward it for rescue.
• Beidou’s crew hauled the four aboard, tied them up, and locked them in the brig while Beidou questioned them.
• Beidou brought the four men to Liyue, where Dai Weisi approached and wondered why they looked familiar.

Dai Weisi recognized Dai Mubai in Liyue and arranged to take him and his friends back, but Tianyue crippled Dai Mubai and made him thank her. Their confrontation was interrupted when a powerful figure appeared above Liyue with ten Soul Rings.

• Dai Mubai tried to hide from Dai Weisi, but Tianyue recognized him and Dai Weisi revealed his contempt while claiming he would take his younger brother home.
• Beidou agreed to hand Dai Mubai and his friends over to Dai Weisi.
• Tianyue kicked Dai Mubai below the belly, crippling him, and Dai Weisi and Mitsuki pretended Dai Mubai had attacked her leg.
• Bai Ranmo urged Dai Mubai to thank Tianyue, and Dai Mubai reluctantly did so after she forgave him.
• A figure rose above Liyue in a pillar of golden light as nine Soul Rings appeared beneath him and a tenth descended.

Zhongli broke through his limits and became a true god, shocking powerful figures across the world and drawing Liyue’s leaders to honor him. After displaying his ten Soul Rings and earning a flood of Emotion Points, Zhongli returned to Liyue, leaving the city in an uproar.

• Zhongli declared himself the Geo Archon and unleashed a god’s power across Liyue.
• Qian Daoliu sensed the new god during Qian Renxue’s trial, defeated her with one strike, and decided to visit Liyue with her.
• Tang Chen sensed the divine aura in Slaughter City, while Tang San learned someone had become a god and resolved that his Asura God Position could be just as strong.
• Bo Saixi and Neuvillette sensed the ascension; Neuvillette refused to visit, so Bo Saixi flew to Liyue alone.
• Ning Fengzhi knelt before Zhongli at the Lantern Rite gathering, while Ning Rongrong privately thought of Taibai’s future godhood.
• Zhongli briefly revealed his ten Soul Rings, gained Emotion Points, and vanished back into Liyue as the crowd erupted in astonishment.

After Zhongli became a god, Qian Daoliu, Bo Saixi, and Itadori arrived in Liyue to request an audience, while Qian Renxue learned about her grandfather’s old love triangle. Elsewhere, Gangzi realized he could no longer kill a god’s heir for his Rakshasa trial and considered sacrificing his manhood instead.

• Ningguang told Qian Daoliu and Bo Saixi that Zhongli was secluded, but brought Itadori to meet him at Zhongli’s request.
• Qian Daoliu sent Qian Renxue to Bai Ranmo and Tianyue, and Bai Ranmo told her about the past love triangle between Qian Daoliu, Tang Chen, and Bo Saixi.
• Gangzi despaired over his failing Rakshasa trial after repeatedly failing to kill Furina, who Bo Saixi protected.
• Gangzi spotted Zhongli’s ascension near Liyue and decided he needed to become a god quickly, eyeing the dagger beside him.

Gangzi asked Xuanwu to cripple him so he could complete Rakshasa God's trial without harming his brother, but Xuanwu's attack killed the brother instead. Gangzi received a God-Given Soul Ring and a Rakshasa God Soul Bone Set, then drew another Ten-Year Soul Ring and tried to console himself that godhood would improve it.

• Gangzi asked Xuanwu to help him complete Rakshasa God's trial because he could not kill a God's successor himself.
• Xuanwu fired an Energy Ball that made Gangzi's brother explode, leaving nothing behind.
• Gangzi discovered that completing Rakshasa God's Seventh Trial had rewarded him with Rakshasa Affinity, a Random-Year God-Given Soul Ring, and a Rakshasa God Soul Bone Set.
• Gangzi used the God-Given Soul Ring and received a white Ten-Year Soul Ring as his ninth Soul Ring.
• Xuanwu told Gangzi that becoming a god might increase the ages of all his Soul Rings, and Gangzi took comfort in the possibility.

Gangzi discovered that his Rakshasa Soul Bone set consisted of six low-year bones and learned that his Eighth Trial required him to kill or severely injure Tang San. In Liyue, Itadori revealed that Grand Priests might inherit godhood themselves, while Ningguang invited the group to attend the Geo Archon’s blessings next year.

• Gangzi activated his six Soul Bones and found that all were only ten to fifteen years old, with abilities tied to foul-smelling creatures.
• Gangzi inspected the Rakshasa God's Eighth Trial and learned he had five years to kill Tang San or severely injure him for a reward of divine affinity.
• Qian Renxue and Bai Ranmo saw Qian Daoliu leave the Conference Room dejected after Bo Saixi rejected his feelings, and Bai Ranmo teased him about Elder Ling Yuan.
• Itadori told Qian Daoliu and the others that a powerful successor might open the ninth trial without the Grand Priest’s sacrifice, and that he and Qian Daoliu might also be able to inherit godhood.
• Ningguang announced that the Geo Archon would stabilize her power and bestow blessings next year, and Qian Daoliu and Bo Saixi agreed to attend.

Dai Weisi returned Dai Mubai and the others to the Star Luo Heavenly Prison, where Dai Mubai was left to face the Goblin Teachers while his companions remained imprisoned. Dai Mubai was taken to see Dai Tianfeng, but his father failed to recognize him and ordered the guards to beat him to death.

• Dai Weisi and Mitsuki brought the Soul Power-sealed Dai Mubai, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Flender back to the Star Luo Heavenly Prison.
• Mitsuki summoned the Goblin Teachers to give Dai Mubai remedial lessons, but Dai Weisi agreed to let him visit Dai Tianfeng.
• Dai Mubai vowed to become the Rakshasa God and rescue his imprisoned companions as Dai Weisi had him washed and dressed in fine robes.
• Dai Tianfeng saw Dai Mubai enter the palace and mistook his disfigured appearance for that of an intruder.
• Dai Tianfeng ordered the guards to drag Dai Mubai away and beat him to death.

Dai Mubai returned to the Star Luo palace with black skin and a Rakshasa God inheritance, convincing Dai Tianfeng to support his path to godhood. Dai Weisi feared his brother’s newfound power, but Mitsuki promised to help and hinted that his Sage Mode connected to a godly opportunity of his own.

• Dai Tianfeng and Zhu Tiancai failed to recognize Dai Mubai at first, and Mitsuki and Dai Weisi blamed his black skin on drinking too much soy sauce.
• Dai Mubai revealed that he had received a god’s inheritance, then displayed the Rakshasa divine mark on his forehead to prove it.
• Dai Tianfeng accepted Dai Mubai’s claim and agreed to investigate Gangzi, whom Dai Mubai said he needed to follow to become a god.
• Dai Weisi mocked Dai Mubai for becoming a eunuch, then worried that his brother would seek revenge for how he had treated him.
• Mitsuki promised to help Dai Weisi and hinted that his Sage Mode connected to a godly opportunity, prompting Dai Weisi to celebrate his prospects.

Ning Fengzhi and Spirit Hall independently planned to use the Yellow Turban Army’s attack on Heaven Dou City to seize control of the Heaven Dou Empire. Six months later, the empire had weakened further, and the rival plans were nearing execution.

• Ning Fengzhi prepared Ning Mu to impersonate Xue Beng and arranged with the Yellow Turban Army to create chaos in Heaven Dou City, while Sasuke dismissed the scheme as trivial.
• Sword Douluo explained that Bone Douluo would kill nobles loyal to Xue Beng during the attack, allowing Ning Mu to replace him and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to take the throne.
• Qian Changtian, posing as Xue Qinghe, arranged with Snake Lance Douluo to use the same Yellow Turban Army attack to kill Xue Ye and claim the empire for Spirit Hall.
• Zhang Jiao received matching cooperation requests from Ning Fengzhi and Qian Daoliu, agreed to act on their shared date, and focused on stabilizing his divine seed.
• Six months later, Heaven Dou City faced mounting pressure as the Yellow Turban Army seized cities and Xue Ye remained bedridden, leaving the imperial family in control of little beyond the capital and nearby territory.

Spirit Hall’s Qian Changtian revealed himself to Xue Ye and killed him during the upheaval in Heaven Dou City. Meanwhile, Bone Douluo and Ning Mu killed Xue Beng, leaving the throne without its expected heirs.

• Xue Ye fled the palace with Xue Qinghe after hearing that Yellow Turban Bandits had reached Heaven Dou City and Prince Xue Xing’s residence was burning.
• Qian Changtian removed his disguise, revealed that he had killed the real Xue Qinghe, and declared Spirit Hall’s plan to take over Heaven Dou.
• Xue Ye died after Qian Changtian told him that Xue Beng was likely already dead, and Qian Changtian crushed his head to ensure he was dead.
• Qian Changtian staged the scene with Heaven Dou Soldiers’ corpses, then pretended to flee while calling for help.
• Bone Douluo and Ning Mu appeared at the brothel, where Bone Douluo killed Xue Beng with a Soul Power attack.

Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo killed Xue Qinghe, whose real identity was Qian Changtian, and planned to seize control of the Heaven Dou Empire. Snake Lance Douluo secretly recorded the killing and alerted Spirit Hall, leaving him with evidence to use against Ning Fengzhi.

• Ning Mu disguised himself as Xue Beng and fled the brothel while Bone Douluo stayed behind to dispose of Xue Beng's body.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo found Xue Qinghe after he had killed Xue Ye, and Xue Qinghe claimed that Yellow Turban Bandits were responsible for his father's death.
• Ning Fengzhi distracted Xue Qinghe by pointing out an imaginary Zhang Jiao, then Sword Douluo stabbed him and reduced him to a cloud of blood mist.
• Ning Fengzhi pretended to mourn Xue Qinghe and declared that the Heaven Dou throne should pass to someone virtuous.
• Snake Lance Douluo recorded the killing, reported it to Spirit Hall, and ordered its members disguised as Yellow Turban soldiers to retreat.

Ning Fengzhi helped install Ning Mu, disguised as Xue Beng, as emperor after Heaven Dou City was secured. Xue Beng made Ning Fengzhi Imperial Preceptor and his adoptive father, leaving Ning Fengzhi in control of the empire and planning to claim the throne later.

• Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo decided to use Snake Lance Douluo’s recording of Ning Fengzhi’s scheme against the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Fengzhi and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect drove the Yellow Turban Bandits from Heaven Dou City and rescued Bai Baoshan and Xue Beng.
• Ning Fengzhi announced that Xue Ye and Xue Qinghe were dead and persuaded the court to install Xue Beng as emperor.
• Ning Mu, disguised as Xue Beng, took the throne and relied on Ning Fengzhi to handle affairs of state.
• Xue Beng appointed Ning Fengzhi Imperial Preceptor and declared him his adoptive father, while Ning Fengzhi planned to take the throne in the future.