Recaps

Hu Liena and A'Dai fought the Giant Serpent by breaking the Inner Cores on its back while avoiding its flames. After Hu Liena was struck toward the magma, A'Dai rescued her, and both survived on the stone bridge.

• Hu Liena cracked one of the Giant Serpent's protrusions, and she and A'Dai continued attacking the same spots until they shattered it.
• The Giant Serpent raised walls of fire around Hu Liena and A'Dai, so A'Dai drew its attention while Hu Liena attacked its Inner Cores from behind.
• A'Dai and Hu Liena shattered several more Inner Cores, but the Giant Serpent swept away the stone piers and knocked Hu Liena toward the magma.
• A'Dai shattered all the Giant Serpent's Inner Cores except the one at its heart, then leapt after Hu Liena and caught her before she fell into the magma.
• A'Dai used his intangible form to survive in the magma, and Hu Liena pulled him back onto the stone bridge.

A'Dai and Hu Liena escaped Slaughter City by outmaneuvering the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat and reaching the cave exit. Outside, their accumulated killing intent overwhelmed Hu Liena, who turned on A'Dai as he tried to resist its influence.

• A'Dai and Hu Liena followed the path toward the exit after surviving the giant snake, but the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat attacked them near the cave entrance.
• A'Dai carried Hu Liena onto the bat's neck with Nether King's Flash, then threw her toward the entrance so she could hook her tail around a stone pillar.
• Hu Liena pulled A'Dai into the cave just before the bat struck the cliff, and they rolled out into the sunlight.
• A'Dai and Hu Liena celebrated their escape and spoke of returning to their loved ones, but the killing intent from Slaughter City surged into their minds.
• A'Dai swallowed a Soul Cleansing Pill and regained control, while Hu Liena's domain emerged and she stabbed her fox tail toward him, snarling, "Kill."

After surviving Slaughter City, A'Dai and Hu Liena recovered from a burst of killing intent, discussed their plans, and set out together. Tang San intercepted them by a river valley and asked about their method for controlling killing intent, leaving A'Dai and Hu Liena wary and unwilling to share it.

• A'Dai used a Soul Cleansing Pill to restore Hu Liena's clarity after she lost control, then collapsed from exhaustion beside her.
• A'Dai and Hu Liena woke, discussed their plans to return to their respective destinations, and compared the effects of Divine Slaughter's Domain.
• A'Dai and Hu Liena traveled together and found Tang San waiting for them in a secluded valley after A'Dai detected blood by the river.
• Tang San asked whether they knew how to control killing intent, and A'Dai refused to share the method with someone who was neither friend nor family.

Tang San failed to learn the origin of the pills from Hu Liena and A'Dai, while A'Dai's God of Death Magic Scythe stirred toward Death Canyon and led him to travel there with Hu Liena. Meanwhile, Qian Renxue and Ning Bei prepared to absorb the Lower Four Sects and consider their next moves against the Four Single-Attribute Clans.

• Tang San asked A'Dai for a way to control his killing intent, but A'Dai refused to reveal the sect secret, and Tang San left without fighting.
• After several days of traveling, A'Dai's God of Death Magic Scythe trembled at a fork in the road, drawing him toward Death Canyon, so he chose to accompany Hu Liena east.
• Hu Liena told A'Dai that Death Canyon had been an ancient battlefield where powerful people died, and A'Dai decided to investigate what was attracting his Martial Soul.
• News that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had been wiped out spread across the continent and alarmed the other factions.
• Qian Renxue and Ning Bei discussed taking down the Lower Four Sects, then targeting the Four Single-Attribute Clans and possibly recruiting the Breaking Clan and Defense Clan.

Tang San returned to Shrek Academy after escaping Slaughter City and learned that Yu Xiaogang was devastated by his presumed death and the destruction of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Reunited with his teacher, Tang San comforted him and blamed Spirit Hall, leaving Yu Xiaogang with renewed hope.

• Ning Bei agreed that Qian Renxue could approach the Four Single Attribute Sects through respected Heaven Dou Empire figures, and she promised to take him to meet her grandfather once there was progress.
• Traveling to Heaven Dou Empire, Tang San heard that the Star Luo Empire had fallen and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had been wiped out, then chose to visit Shrek Academy before seeking answers from the Clear Sky Sect.
• Flender was astonished to find Tang San alive and explained that Yu Xiaogang had been blaming himself for Tang San's disappearance and had collapsed after seeing his clan's destruction.
• Tang San followed Flender to Yu Xiaogang, who wept with relief when he saw his disciple alive.
• Tang San reassured Yu Xiaogang that he had done all he could and blamed Spirit Hall, while Liu Erlong and Flender left the reunited teacher and student alone.

Tang San reunited with Yu Xiaogang and told him he had escaped Slaughter City, where Tang Hao had also once gone. Yu Xiaogang examined Divine Slaughter's Domain and advised Tang San that mastering his emotions could help him control it.

• Yu Xiaogang learned that Tang San had spent the past two years in Slaughter City and revealed Tang Hao had gone there before Tang San was born.
• Tang San explained that he had escaped Slaughter City by winning one hundred matches in the Hell Slaughter Arena and passing through Hell Road.
• Tang San released Divine Slaughter's Domain in the courtyard, causing Flender and Liu Erlong to feel its pressure before Tang San shut it off, exhausted.
• Yu Xiaogang concluded that the domain drew out Tang San's killing intent, suppressing enemies while risking control of Tang San himself.
• Yu Xiaogang suggested that controlling emotional fluctuations could help Tang San master the domain.

Tang San tried gardening and music to control Divine Slaughter's Domain, gradually improving his ability to keep his reason. At the flower market, he met Tang Yuehua and learned about Moonlight Pavilion, leaving with plans to ask his teachers about it before visiting.

• Tang San followed Liu Erlong's gardening lessons and studied music, finding that he could maintain his reason for several dozen seconds while using Divine Slaughter's Domain.
• Tang San went to the flower market and bought the shop's last Bird of Paradise seeds.
• Tang Yuehua and her maid Ping Er arrived seeking the same seeds, and Tang San shared some with them.
• Tang Yuehua introduced herself as the pavilion master of Moonlight Pavilion and invited Tang San to visit for etiquette or music lessons.
• Tang San thanked Tang Yuehua and decided to ask his teachers about Moonlight Pavilion before going there.

Tang San sought admission to Moonlight Pavilion to study music theory, where Tang Yuehua recognized his resemblance to her brother Tang Hao. Their meeting ended with Tang Yuehua revealing that she was Tang Hao’s sister and showing Tang San her mutated Wishful Ring spirit.

• Tang Yuehua trembled after hearing Tang San’s name, then returned to Moonlight Pavilion believing their meeting might happen again.
• Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang about Moonlight Pavilion and received permission to study music theory there.
• Tang Yuehua admitted Tang San to Moonlight Pavilion despite his lack of noble status and asked whether his family elders were well.
• Tang San grew wary and agitated when Tang Yuehua mentioned an old acquaintance, then asked who she meant.
• Tang Yuehua identified herself as Tang Hao’s sister and summoned her Wishful Ring spirit after Tang San questioned her claim.

Tang San proved his identity to Tang Yuehua and reunited with his aunt, but neither of them knew where Tang Hao was. Tang Yuehua learned why Tang San had come to Moonlight Pavilion and sympathized with the hardships he had faced in Slaughter City.

• Tang Yuehua showed Tang San her Haotian Token, and Tang San recognized her as his aunt.
• Tang Yuehua warmly examined Tang San and asked where Tang Hao was, but Tang San said he had not seen his father in nearly ten years.
• Tang San worried that Tang Hao might have been killed, and Tang Yuehua urged him to believe his father was still alive and occupied with Spirit Hall.
• Tang San said he would grow stronger and help his father seek revenge against Spirit Hall.
• Tang Yuehua realized Tang San was studying music to control the killing intent of his Killing God domain and expressed sympathy for his time in Slaughter City.

Tang Yuehua told Tang San how Spirit Hall’s hunt for his mother, Ah Yin, led to her sacrifice and the Clear Sky Sect’s downfall. Meanwhile, Qian Renxue and Ning Bei learned Tang San had reached Moonlight Pavilion and planned to slow his progress by stirring up trouble there.

• Tang Yuehua told Tang San that his mother Ah Yin was the Blue Silver Emperor and had sacrificed herself to Tang Hao when Spirit Hall came for her.
• Tang Yuehua explained that Spirit Hall blamed Clear Sky Sect for the Former Pope’s death, leading to the sect’s losses, its mountain gate being sealed, and Tang San’s grandfather dying.
• Tang Yuehua comforted Tang San and offered to teach him music so he could control his emotions.
• Qian Renxue learned from her spies that Tang San had arrived at Moonlight Pavilion and summoned Ning Bei.
• Ning Bei and Qian Renxue decided to create distractions at Moonlight Pavilion to make Tang San take longer detours.

Ning Bei and Qian Renxue arranged to delay Tang San while preparing to travel to Spirit City for her God Trial. After hearing no news of A'Dai, they left Heaven Dou City together, with Ning Bei hinting that he had good news for Qian Renxue's grandfather.

• Ning Bei and Qian Renxue planned to have troublesome young nobles keep Tang San occupied at Moonlight Pavilion.
• Ning Bei asked Ning Fengzhi to search for A'Dai, but the news showed that A'Dai and Hu Liena had not returned from Slaughter City.
• Ning Bei and Ning Fengzhi stopped searching, while Qian Renxue secured the Lower Four Sects' submission to Spirit Hall.
• Qian Renxue arranged for a stand-in to handle affairs in the palace, then set out with Ning Bei for Spirit City.
• During the journey, Ning Bei promised to go easy on Qian Renxue's grandfather and hinted that he had good news for him.

Tang San endured targeted harassment at Moonlight Pavilion, unaware that Qian Renxue had arranged for the noble students to torment him. After he killed the thugs who ambushed him, Princess Xue Ke intervened when the nobles damaged his harp, leaving him facing their sudden retreat.

• Qian Renxue arranged for noble children to enroll at Moonlight Pavilion and make trouble for Tang San, who repeatedly endured their harassment to avoid causing trouble for Tang Yuehua.
• A noble student demanded that Tang San run an errand, but Tang San refused and frightened him with a cold stare.
• After classes, Tiger Bro and his thugs blocked Tang San, who quickly knocked them unconscious and killed Tiger Bro.
• Tang San returned to Moonlight Pavilion the next day and found that the nobles had removed the strings from his harp.
• As Tang San confronted the nobles, Xue Ke scolded them, and they immediately apologized and backed down.

Tang San befriended Xue Ke after she helped him at Moonlight Pavilion, while Ning Bei and Qian Renxue returned to Spirit City and reunited with Qian Daoliu and the worshipers. Qian Renxue prepared to meet the woman who had requested to see her, leaving the reason for her return to the Angel Temple awkwardly exposed.

• Xue Ke helped Tang San when nobles caused trouble, then mistook his family connection to Tang Yuehua for an attempt to climb the social ladder.
• Xue Ke began visiting Tang San, and the two became friends as her presence deterred the nobles from harassing him.
• Ning Bei and Qian Renxue arrived in Spirit City, and Qian Renxue admitted she was unsure whether to meet the woman who wanted to see her.
• Qian Renxue brought Ning Bei to the Angel Temple, where Qian Daoliu welcomed her and asked whether she planned to attack the Clear Sky Sect.
• Qian Renxue said they would handle the Clear Sky Sect without help from the worshipers, and Golden Crocodile teased her about returning just to see them.

Ning Bei told Qian Daoliu that his eighth God Trial required him to defeat two Limit Douluo, and revealed that he had already reached that level and defeated Bo Saixi. Qian Daoliu challenged him to a battle at Spirit Hall's Back Mountain, with Qian Renxue and the worship elders following to watch.

• Qian Renxue and Ning Bei visited Qian Daoliu, while Golden Crocodile and Guang Ling Douluo teased them about bringing Ning Bei home to fight the elders again.
• Ning Bei explained that his eighth God Trial required him to defeat two Limit Douluo without external help.
• Qian Daoliu sensed Ning Bei's strength and was shocked when Ning Bei confirmed he had become a Limit Douluo.
• Qian Renxue told the elders that Ning Bei had already defeated Bo Saixi, leaving them astonished and humbled.
• Qian Daoliu invited Ning Bei to fight at Spirit Hall's Back Mountain, and Qian Renxue and the worship elders followed to observe.

Ning Bei and Qian Daoliu began a full-strength battle for the God Trial, testing their domains and powerful spirit skills against each other. As the fight continued, Bibi Dong approached Qian Renxue and tentatively reached out to her, while Ning Bei prepared to meet Qian Daoliu’s Angel Holy Sword with his Ice God Body.

• Ning Bei and Qian Daoliu took to the air and summoned their martial souls and nine soul rings to begin their match.
• Ning Bei opened the Eternal Frozen Domain, which suppressed Qian Daoliu’s Angel Domain and slowed his power and senses.
• Qian Daoliu used Holy Light Shines to create a giant angelic phantom and melt some of the ice around him.
• Bibi Dong arrived to watch the fight, then placed a hand on Qian Renxue’s shoulder as Qian Renxue struggled to hold back tears.
• Ning Bei’s Lightspeed Kick struck Qian Daoliu’s feather illusion, and Qian Daoliu countered by summoning his Angel Holy Sword.
• Ning Bei activated Ice God Body and stood ready to face Qian Daoliu’s descending sword.

Ning Bei fought Qian Daoliu in a fierce battle, using snowflakes to anticipate his attacks and powerful ice techniques to match the Angel Douluo’s strength. After their giant swords clashed, Qian Daoliu used his incredible speed to launch a surprise attack, and Ning Bei prepared to answer with Maha Padme.

• Ning Bei and Qian Daoliu traded sword strikes in midair, while Ning Bei used soul-power-infused snowflakes to predict Qian Daoliu’s movements.
• Ning Bei unleashed Pride of the Ice and Snow Emperors, forcing Qian Daoliu to enter his Angel Avatar as Ning Bei assumed his Ice Heaven Snow Woman Avatar.
• Qian Daoliu summoned Angel Glory, and Ning Bei countered with Emperor’s Sword · Ice Pinnacle Unrivaled; their swords collided and carved a massive crater into Back Mountain valley.
• Qian Daoliu vanished with his astonishing speed and narrowly missed Ning Bei with a surprise strike.
• Ning Bei announced Maha Padme and prepared to stop holding back.

Ning Bei trapped Qian Daoliu in his Eternal Frozen Domain and countered the old man's attempts to break free. Qian Daoliu defended against Ning Bei's relentless Aurora · Diamond Stardust barrage, with the outcome of their fight still unresolved.

• Ning Bei shrank the Eternal Frozen Domain and froze Qian Daoliu, leaving the spectators astonished at his control over the space.
• Qian Daoliu used Ninth Spirit Skill Descent and Living Things Pray to regain some control and unleash explosive small angels against Maha Padme.
• Ning Bei used Modified Third Spirit Skill Sword Extreme: Scattering Blossoms to destroy the angels and fill the valley with Ice Crystal Particles.
• Ning Bei launched Aurora · Diamond Stardust, refracting beams throughout the domain until they formed a golden net and struck Qian Daoliu repeatedly.
• Qian Daoliu entered his ascended state, then used Third Spirit Skill's Blessing to raise a golden shield against the continuing beam barrage.

Ning Bei defeated Qian Daoliu with his Ninth Spirit Skill, then healed him and helped him hide the extent of his injuries from Little Angel. The group reunited safely, and Qian Daoliu sent Bibi Dong to calm the people of Spirit City.

• Ning Bei unleashed his Ninth Spirit Skill, Eternal Frozen White Lotus, and its explosion badly injured Qian Daoliu.
• Ning Bei found Qian Daoliu in the ice mist, and Qian Daoliu admitted defeat and wished him a smooth road to godhood.
• Ning Bei gave Qian Daoliu a Life Restoration Pill, which quickly healed his injuries.
• Ning Bei drenched Qian Daoliu so he could change out of his bloodied clothes before Little Angel saw him.
• Little Angel embraced Qian Daoliu in relief, and Qian Daoliu told Bibi Dong to calm the people of Spirit City.

Ning Bei completed the Ice God Eighth Test and received powerful rewards, then reunited with A'Dai and discovered that he bore a Divine Mark connected to the God of Death. A'Dai began explaining how the mark appeared after his Martial Soul changed, leaving Ning Bei to learn what had happened in Great Death Canyon.

• Ning Bei completed the Ice God Eighth Test, earning a God-given Spirit Ring, stronger Spirit Rings and Spirit Bones, and evolved Ice and Snow God Wings.
• Qian Renxue agreed to return for her God Trial after settling matters concerning the Clear Sky Sect, while Ning Bei kept Qian Daoliu's plans secret from her.
• Ning Bei encouraged Qian Renxue to speak with Bibi Dong, and they headed toward Papal Hall together.
• Ning Bei encountered A'Dai and Hu Liena and noticed a mysterious Divine Mark on A'Dai's forehead.
• A'Dai told Ning Bei that the God of Death had ordered him to reach level 70 Soul Power within two years, then recounted how his changed Martial Soul led him toward the depths of Great Death Canyon.

A'Dai told Ning Bei how the God of Death had marked him, and Ning Bei confirmed that he had gained a divine trial and arranged to help him obtain a Soul Ring. Ning Bei then spoke with Qian Daoliu about Qian Renxue's Angel God trial and the sacrifice needed to open its Ninth Trial, leaving the discussion of the Ice God's trial unresolved.

• Hu Liena accompanied A'Dai to Spirit Hall, where A'Dai told Ning Bei that the God of Death had taken him and marked his forehead.
• Ning Bei confirmed A'Dai's mark was not from the Asura or Rakshasa gods and told him to return to the Great Death Canyon after reaching level 70.
• A'Dai told Ning Bei he had reached level 60, and Ning Bei arranged to take him Soul Hunting after a few days.
• Qian Renxue teased Ning Bei about Hu Liena before entering the Papal Hall, while Ning Bei went to speak with Qian Daoliu.
• Ning Bei warned Qian Daoliu that unresolved family resentment could endanger Qian Renxue's Heart Refining trial, and Qian Daoliu agreed not to obstruct her path as pope.
• Qian Daoliu explained that his sacrifice as a level 99 Limit Douluo would supply the passage for Qian Renxue's Ninth Trial, and Ning Bei said the Ice God's trial required energy differently.

Ning Bei persuaded Qian Daoliu to abandon sacrificing himself, promising to refine an Elixir to provide the energy for Qian Renxue’s ascension. After Qian Renxue learned the truth about her parents, Ning Bei comforted her, but she remained unsure whether she could forgive Bibi Dong.

• Ning Bei told Qian Daoliu that an Elixir could supply the energy needed to open the Road to Godhood and urged him not to sacrifice himself.
• Qian Daoliu agreed to wait until Qian Renxue completed her first eight trials before Ning Bei refined the Elixir.
• Ning Bei waited outside the Papal Hall until Qian Renxue emerged, devastated by what she had learned from Bibi Dong.
• Ning Bei embraced Qian Renxue and reassured her that her birth was not a mistake and that he still loved her.
• Qian Renxue admitted she did not know whether she could forgive Bibi Dong, the woman who had killed her father.

Ning Bei helped Little Angel decide to leave Spirit Hall and return to Heaven Dou, then assessed A'Dai's strength and planned his next Spirit Ring. The three set out together, intending to find a suitable soul beast in the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Little Angel agreed to leave Spirit Hall for now, while Ning Bei went ahead to meet A'Dai and Bibi Dong watched them depart.
• Ning Bei tested A'Dai's endurance and decided that a Spirit Ring of around 70,000 years was safer than risking an 80,000-year one.
• Ning Bei told A'Dai that he would not send him to Sea God Island because A'Dai might undergo the trials of another Deity.
• The next morning, Little Angel met Ning Bei, and she, Ning Bei, and A'Dai left for Heaven Dou together.
• Ning Bei explained that A'Dai's enhanced physical strength made a Spirit Ring over 70,000 years suitable, and Little Angel accepted his judgment.

Ning Bei lured soul beasts to help A'Dai obtain a Soul Ring, then took Little Angel to Ice God Hall to sing. A'Dai began absorbing the Soul Ring while Da Ming and the others kept watch in the forest.

• Ning Bei released pill fragrance in the Star Dou Great Forest and summoned Da Ming, Er Ming, and A Bao to drive away the arriving soul beasts.
• Little Angel identified a seventy-thousand-year-old God of Death Black-Patterned Sable as a suitable target for A'Dai, and Ning Bei froze it after the overlords scattered the Beast Tide.
• A'Dai killed the sable, took protective pills, and began absorbing its Soul Ring while Da Ming and Er Ming guarded him.
• Ning Bei teleported Little Angel to Ice God Hall, where she protested before they began singing.
• Er Ming wondered why Ning Bei had sent the other soul beasts away, and Da Ming warned him not to question it.

After A'Dai absorbed a powerful spirit ring and gained the God of Death’s preliminary recognition, Ning Bei returned to Heaven Dou City and told Ning Fengzhi about the emerging divine trials. Ning Bei then asked his father to recruit three of the Four Single Attribute Sects, while planning to deal with the Strength Clan by more extreme means.

• A'Dai absorbed his spirit ring, gained the Darkborn God of Death Transformation Soul Skill, and reached Rank 66.
• Ning Bei, A'Dai, and Little Angel returned to Heaven Dou City, where Little Angel went back to the Imperial Palace and Ning Bei returned to the sect.
• Ning Bei told Ning Fengzhi about his Ice God Trial and A'Dai's preliminary recognition by the God of Death, leaving Ning Fengzhi astonished by the prospect of multiple gods in the sect.
• Ning Bei and Ning Fengzhi discussed the Four Single Attribute Sects and identified the Speed, Breaking, and Defense Clans as potential allies, while the Strength Clan would likely require extreme measures.
• Ning Fengzhi agreed to approach the three clans, and Ning Bei suggested using medicinal materials from his Pill Pagoda to attract Yang Wudi of the Breaking Clan.

Ning Bei helped Ning Fengzhi bring the Breaking Clan under the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect by offering Yang Wudi a choice of rare medicinal herbs. The clan joined as an affiliated force, with Yang Wudi taking charge of the sect’s medicine-refining affairs.

• Ning Bei told Qian Renxue that Ning Fengzhi should recruit the Single Attribute Sects, while the loyal Strength Clan might require force, and advised her to keep Tang San under surveillance.
• A week later, Ning Fengzhi brought Yang Wudi to the Council Hall to discuss the Breaking Clan joining the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Bei displayed hundreds of rare medicinal herbs, including ten Lovesick Heartbreak Reds, astonishing Yang Wudi.
• Ning Bei offered Yang Wudi five herbs if the Breaking Clan joined, and Yang immediately accepted and greeted Ning Bei as an elder of the sect’s affiliated forces.
• Ning Bei welcomed Yang Wudi, promised the Breaking Clan a new home with expenses covered, and assigned it the sect’s medicine-refining affairs; Yang began choosing herbs.