Recaps

Yu Tianling cured Bi Gan’s deadly poison, and Bi Gan revealed that his wife had poisoned him under coercion before he fought the Titled Douluo who attacked them. A month later, Yu Tianling, Hu Liena, and Zhu Zhuqing had each won fifty consecutive matches in Slaughter City and were nearing the chance to leave with Bi Gan.

• Yu Tianling treated Bi Gan with Snow Swan Kiss and prepared medicine, successfully removing the poison and restoring him.
• Yu Tianling gave Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing Antidote Pills to clear the lingering Bloody Mary poison from their bodies.
• Bi Gan told Yu Tianling, Hu Liena, and Zhu Zhuqing that his wife, Wang Shu, had poisoned him after twenty Titled Douluo threatened her and ordinary civilians; he then fought back, killing seven and gravely wounding thirteen.
• Bi Gan declined to name his attackers and asked the others to tell him about Bibi Dong’s life; hearing what she had endured left him grieving.
• A month later, Yu Tianling, Hu Liena, and Zhu Zhuqing had each won fifty consecutive matches in Slaughter City, bringing them closer to leaving with Bi Gan.

Yu Tianling reached his hundredth consecutive victory in the Hell Slaughter Arena after months of training under Bi Gan, while Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing continued closing in on the same milestone. The King of Slaughter refused to approach Yu Tianling, leaving his female adviser confused as the new Slaughter God prepared to leave Slaughter City.

• Hu Liena, Yu Tianling, and Zhu Zhuqing returned to Bi Gan for lessons after reaching fifty consecutive wins, and he continued training them.
• Five months later, Yu Tianling entered his hundredth match with ninety-nine wins, while Hu Liena had ninety-five and Zhu Zhuqing had ninety-four.
• Yu Tianling killed all nine opponents, using his speed and poisoned daggers to secure his hundredth consecutive victory.
• The spectators hailed Yu Tianling as a Slaughter God after he stood alone and unharmed in the arena.
• The King of Slaughter refused his female adviser's suggestion to approach Yu Tianling, despite his hundred wins and the strength of Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing.

The King of Slaughter worried that three closely connected contenders might become Slaughter Gods, while being unable to oppose their two rank-ninety-nine protectors. After Zhu Zhuqing joined Hu Liena in reaching a hundred victories, she, Hu Liena, and Yu Tianling entered the Hell Slaughter Arena to attempt Hell Road, where the arena’s fallen were driven to mutilate themselves by their killing intent.

• The King of Slaughter told a woman that two rank-ninety-nine Slaughter Gods had ordered him to protect three youngsters entering Slaughter City, and he feared the consequences if all three passed Hell Road.
• The King of Slaughter dismissed the woman and drank from a pool of blood, hoping the other two contenders would fail to complete a hundred victories or pass Hell Road.
• Zhu Zhuqing achieved a hundred consecutive victories, and she, Hu Liena, and Yu Tianling prepared to enter Hell Road.
• Bi Gan explained that passing Hell Road would earn them the Divine Slaughter's Domain's recognition and grant them innate domains, then wished them a safe return.
• Yu Tianling, Hu Liena, and Zhu Zhuqing entered the Hell Slaughter Arena, where red light drove the fallen into frenzied self-mutilation.

Yu Tianling, Hu Liena, and Zhu Zhuqing entered Hell Road and advanced along its narrow path above a bottomless abyss. As a swarm of blood-red bats flew toward them, Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing turned to Yu Tianling for what to do next.

• The King of Slaughter sacrificed everyone else in the arena to form a bat-shaped blood pattern and sent Yu Tianling, Hu Liena, and Zhu Zhuqing into Hell Road.
• Yu Tianling held Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing’s hands as their merged Soul Power and killing auras shielded them during the descent.
• The three awoke on a small circular platform above an abyss and set off along a narrow path, with Yu Tianling leading.
• Yu Tianling sensed danger ahead, and Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing noticed the path descended toward a hot blood pool below.
• Hu Liena spotted thousands of blood-red bats flying toward them, and she and Zhu Zhuqing asked Yu Tianling what to do.

Yu Tianling fought and killed the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat while Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing fought off the smaller bats. After the collapsing path forced them to flee, Yu Tianling rescued the two women and brought them back to the circular platform to recover before facing the next enemy.

• Yu Tianling used fire and ice to destroy the Blood Bat swarm, then confronted the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat as Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing fought the smaller bats.
• Yu Tianling severely wounded the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat, while Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing killed bats and helped each other stay on the narrow path.
• The Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat smashed the path, but Yu Tianling drove his claws into its chest and tore it apart.
• Yu Tianling rescued Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing before the path collapsed, then burned the remaining bats with a fire tornado.
• Yu Tianling set Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing on the circular platform, and the three began recovering while he prepared for the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent.

Yu Tianling and the two women followed a floating path through the abyss and encountered a massive Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent. After overpowering its attacks, Yu Tianling faced its Inner Core as the serpent launched it at him.

• Yu Tianling carried Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing past the destroyed path, using Ultimate Ice to protect them from the abyss's heat.
• The three found another path and encountered a Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent more than forty meters long, which Yu Tianling identified as an exotic beast with a valuable Inner Core.
• The serpent attacked with fiery venom, but Yu Tianling countered with Ultimate Ice and told Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing to target its fleshy growths when they had a chance.
• Yu Tianling froze the serpent, shattered several growths, and kicked it hard enough to tear a hole in its head.
• The serpent burst its remaining fleshy growths and sent its golden-red Inner Core hurtling at Yu Tianling, who met it head-on with his claws.

Yu Tianling killed the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, then carried Zhu Zhuqing and Hu Liena through Hell Road despite its killing aura and evil Qi. They emerged with Divine Slaughter's Domain, whose powers appeared to overlap when all three released them, and met Bi Gan at the exit.

• Yu Tianling killed the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, recovered its Inner Core, and continued along Hell Road with Zhu Zhuqing and Hu Liena.
• As the path's killing aura drove Zhu Zhuqing and Hu Liena into a frenzy, Yu Tianling used Ultimate Ice to revive them and later knocked them unconscious to carry them onward.
• Yu Tianling carried the two women across the blood lake and through the white curtain, where he lost consciousness amid the dense killing aura.
• Yu Tianling awoke with Zhu Zhuqing and Hu Liena and realized they had gained Divine Slaughter's Domain; all three released it and found their domains seemed to overlap.
• Bi Gan appeared and called Yu Tianling, Hu Liena, and Zhu Zhuqing over, while Yu Tianling sensed familiar power coming from him.

Bi Gan explained the Divine Slaughter's Domain as he led Yu Tianling, Hu Liena, and Zhu Zhuqing away from Slaughter City, while Yu Tianling planned his next steps toward the God of War inheritance. Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo followed their carriage, and Bi Gan mistook their approach for a threat and prepared to attack.

• Bi Gan confirmed he had obtained the Divine Slaughter's Domain and explained how its killing aura suppressed opponents and strengthened its user.
• Yu Tianling considered how Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing might inherit the Asura God’s position and planned to pursue the Asura God Sword before Tang San destroyed Slaughter City.
• After resting, Yu Tianling absorbed the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's Inner Core, gained a hundred-thousand-year Seventh Soul Ring, and unlocked the Seventh Trial of the God of War's Nine Trials.
• Bi Gan led the group to their carriage, and the four set off toward Spirit City after replenishing their supplies.
• Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo followed the carriage, intending to question Bi Gan, but Bi Gan sensed them and assumed they meant to harm Yu Tianling and the girls.
• Bi Gan stood outside the carriage and manifested nine Soul Rings, preparing to attack as Yu Tianling, Hu Liena, and Zhu Zhuqing watched in confusion.

Yu Tianling brought Bi Gan to Spirit City, where Bibi Dong reunited with her father after believing herself an orphan. Bibi Dong kept Bi Gan’s identity secret and assigned him to protect Yu Tianling, while Yu Tianling and his companions returned to the academy and encountered someone who called his name.

• Bi Gan restrained Gui Mei and Yue Guan, then released them after Yu Tianling explained that they were Bibi Dong’s trusted aides.
• The group reached Spirit City, and Yu Tianling introduced Bi Gan to Bibi Dong as the Level 99 Death God Douluo and her father.
• Bi Gan told Bibi Dong that her mother had died and revealed how secluded families had kept them apart; Bibi Dong also told him about Qian Xunji’s assault.
• Bibi Dong persuaded Bi Gan not to confront Qian Daoliu and instead kept him hidden to clear obstacles for Yu Tianling.
• Yu Tianling returned to Spirit Hall Academy with Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing, and a voice behind them called, “Tianling?”

Yu Tianling reunited with Ye Lingling, his childhood friend, at Spirit Hall Academy and learned she had become Lin Qingze's disciple. Lin Qingze explained that Ye Lingling had been waiting in Swift Village for a chance to find Yu Tianling.

• Yu Tianling recognized Ye Lingling as the girl who had played with him in Swift Village and embraced her.
• Ye Lingling recalled how Yu Tianling had helped her recover her will to live after her parents died, and why she had left the village to cultivate.
• Lin Qingze ushered Yu Tianling, Ye Lingling, Hu Liena, and Zhu Zhuqing into his office, where the three girls sized one another up.
• Yu Tianling introduced Ye Lingling to Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing, and the three girls began chatting while leaving him out.
• Yu Tianling asked Lin Qingze how Ye Lingling had come to Spirit Hall Academy, and Lin Qingze explained that he had found her waiting in Yu Tianling's old house in Swift Village.

Yu Tianling learned how Ye Lingling became Lin Qingze’s disciple and discovered that her grandfather had likely died after entrusting her to Lin. Ye Lingling moved into the courtyard with Yu Tianling and his companions, where he urged her to grieve openly and promised to stay by her side.

• Yu Tianling learned that a student had hidden Ye Lingling’s letter, and Lin Qingze had punished him while the Supreme Pontiff destroyed his family.
• Lin Qingze explained that Ye Lingling’s grandfather had asked him to take her as his disciple after seeing his strength and helping her obtain her fourth Soul Ring.
• Yu Tianling realized Ye Lingling had probably guessed that her grandfather was dead, though she had kept her grief to herself.
• Ye Lingling moved into the courtyard with Yu Tianling, Zhu Zhuqing, and Hu Liena after they invited her to stay.
• Yu Tianling held Ye Lingling and told her to let out her grief, promising that he would be by her side.

Ye Lingling grieved over her grandfather’s death, and Yu Tianling comforted her and promised to protect her and seek a cure for her Martial Soul’s curse. After sharing stories until she fell asleep, he left her room, while Ye Lingling woke briefly and felt warmed by his care.

• Ye Lingling broke down and told Yu Tianling that her grandfather was gone and she had no family left.
• Yu Tianling held Ye Lingling as she vented her grief, then promised that he and his grandfather would be her family and that he would help find a solution to her Martial Soul’s curse.
• Yu Tianling teased Ye Lingling about how she had left years earlier, caught her when she stumbled, and comforted her with stories.
• Ye Lingling fell asleep on Yu Tianling’s shoulder, and he took off her shoes, covered her with a quilt, and quietly left her room.
• Ye Lingling woke as Yu Tianling left and felt grateful for his care, while Yu Tianling noticed Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing listening nearby.

Yu Tianling set plans in motion to bring the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect into Spirit Hall and weaken Tang San's allies. With his preparations complete, he planned to head to Sunset Forest with his companions to continue the God of War's trials and seek a solution for Ye Lingling's Martial Soul drawback.

• Yu Tianling persuaded the Elder Hall to send two Revered Elders to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with the Aromatic Silk Beauty, hoping Ning Fengzhi would accept Spirit Hall's terms and help Ning Rongrong evolve her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Yu Tianling sent Bi Gan to Nuoding City to deal with Yu Xiaogang after telling him about Yu Xiaogang's past with Bibi Dong.
• Yu Tianling decided to take the three girls, Xie Yue, and the others to Sunset Forest to cultivate on the heavenly stairway while he completed his God of War's Nine Trials.
• Yu Tianling planned to ask the God King of Equality whether Ye Lingling's Martial Soul drawback could be resolved before considering giving her an immortal-grade herb.

Yu Tianling brought his companions to the God of War’s inheritance site in Sunset Forest, where they entered the hidden small world. As he began to explain the stairway to heaven, a stone pillar fell beside it.

• Yu Tianling and his companions traveled to Sunset Forest, with Ye Mengyang and Yan getting along closely during the journey.
• After five days, Yu Tianling led the group through a cave and opened the bronze doors with his ring.
• The group entered the beautiful small world, where the girls admired the scenery and the others noticed the stairway to heaven.
• Yu Tianling gathered everyone beside him and began explaining the stairway to heaven, but a stone pillar suddenly fell from the sky beside it.

Yu Tianling activated the Origin-God-Pillar and triggered the God of War Rank Assessment for his companions. Ye Lingling and Ye Mengyang received Black Level Six Trials, four others received Top-Tier Seven Trials, and Zhu Zhuqing obtained the Blood-Red Eight Trials as Yu Tianling began explaining the assessments.

• Yu Tianling discovered the Origin-God-Pillar and channeled his Soul Power into it, activating a blood-red God of War Domain.
• The pillar assessed Yu Tianling's seven companions, granting Ye Lingling and Ye Mengyang the Black Level Six Trials.
• Yan, Dugu Yan, Xie Yue, and Hu Liena each received the Top-Tier Seven Trials.
• Zhu Zhuqing's assessment reached blood red after a golden light struggled against it, and she received the Blood-Red Eight Trials.
• Yu Tianling explained the assessment ranks, and Hu Liena asked why Zhu Zhuqing's trial was blood red.

Yu Tianling explained that Zhu Zhuqing had received the blood-red eight trials after refusing the God of War's inheritance to avoid fighting him, and the group learned their first trials all involved climbing the Heavenly Stairway. Yan began his first attempt and reached the tenth step, where the increasing pressure rapidly drained his Soul Power.

• Yu Tianling explained that the God of War's power had reduced Zhu Zhuqing's inheritance from golden god-level nine trials to blood-red eight trials, and Zhu Zhuqing confirmed she had refused the inheritance to avoid fighting Ling.
• Yu Tianling embraced Zhu Zhuqing and vowed to find her a first-level god's inheritance, while Hu Liena and Ye Lingling reflected on choosing him over godhood.
• The group compared their first trials and found that Ye Lingling and Ye Mengyang had to climb 666 steps, Hu Liena, Dugu Yan, Xie Yue, and Yan had to climb 888, and Zhu Zhuqing had to climb 999.
• Yu Tianling warned that the Heavenly Stairway's growing pressure could crush anyone who refused to retreat, though climbing it would temper their bodies and compress their Soul Power.
• Yan started climbing, reached the tenth step, and found that its pressure was about ten percent greater than the first step and had consumed a tenth of his Soul Power.

Yu Tianling and the others climbed the Heavenly Stairway, struggling against its rising pressure and using the trial to strengthen themselves. Yu Tianling reached the 458th step before retreating, while Hu Liena broke through to level 59 after recovering.

• Yan and the others climbed to the 70th step, where Ye Lingling and Ye Mengyang began to struggle.
• Yu Tianling climbed past the group, encouraging Ye Lingling before continuing ahead of Xie Yue and the others.
• Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing activated Martial Soul Possession as the climb grew harder; Hu Lingling retreated from the 200th step, and Zhu Zhuqing later gave up at the 270th.
• Yu Tianling activated the God of War Domain and reached the 458th step, but could advance no farther and returned to the ground.
• Everyone recovered their Soul Power after six hours, and Hu Liena later woke to announce that she had reached level 59.

While Yu Tianling and the others resumed climbing the Heavenly Stairway, Qian Jun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo visited the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect on a mission from the Holy Son. Qian Jun raised Ning Fengzhi’s search for a way past the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda’s Soul Douluo limit, leaving Ning Fengzhi hopeful that the visitors had brought a solution.

• After eating in the small world, Yu Tianling and the others began their second climb and quickly passed the early steps.
• Qian Jun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo arrived at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and demanded to speak with Ning Fengzhi.
• Ning Fengzhi recognized that the two Spirit Hall visitors were powerful Titled Douluos and invited them inside after Qian Jun threatened to leave.
• In the council hall, Qian Jun asked whether Ning Fengzhi had been seeking a way to overcome the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda’s Soul Ring restriction.
• Ning Fengzhi confirmed his search and looked at Qian Jun with anticipation.

Qian Jun Douluo offered Ning Fengzhi Aromatic Silk Beauty in exchange for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect joining Spirit Hall and relocating to Spirit City. Ning Fengzhi agreed on the condition that the herb’s ability to evolve the sect’s Martial Soul was confirmed, and decided his daughter Ning Rongrong would consume it.

• Qian Jun Douluo showed Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo Aromatic Silk Beauty and explained it could evolve the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Qian Jun Douluo said the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had to join Spirit Hall and relocate to Spirit City to receive the herb.
• Ning Fengzhi consulted Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo, who urged him to accept and not let concerns about Xue Qinghe hold him back.
• Ning Fengzhi agreed to join Spirit City once Aromatic Silk Beauty’s effects were confirmed, and Qian Jun Douluo handed him the herb.
• Ning Fengzhi said he would give Aromatic Silk Beauty to Ning Rongrong, then asked about the absent Holy Son.

Ning Rongrong took the Aromatic Silk Beauty and broke through to level 30. Her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda evolved into the legendary Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, leaving her and her family stunned.

• Ning Fengzhi gave Ning Rongrong the Aromatic Silk Beauty after explaining that it could break the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's martial soul limitation.
• Ning Rongrong drew the herb's essence from its stamens and cultivated as golden light and a floral fragrance surrounded her.
• Ning Rongrong awoke with her soul power at level 30, surprising Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo with how stable it remained.
• Qian Jun Douluo urged Ning Rongrong to check her martial soul, and Ning Fengzhi realized her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda had become the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

Ning Rongrong’s Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda confirmed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s agreement to relocate to Spirit City, while Ning Fengzhi grew curious about the Holy Son’s talent. Meanwhile, Bi Gan waited until the hundred-thousand-year soul beast and the hidden Titled Douluo left Nuoding before heading to confront Yu Xiaogang.

• Ning Fengzhi confirmed the sect would honor its promise to move to Spirit City after Ning Rongrong’s pagoda evolved, and Qian Jun Douluo told him the Holy Son had arranged the cooperation and that Rongrong’s talent lagged behind his circle.
• Ning Fengzhi led the sect to obtain Ning Rongrong’s third soul ring; she absorbed a roughly 2,500-year ring and reached level 36.
• Ning Fengzhi ordered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to travel in separate groups along minor roads toward Spirit City to avoid the empires’ interference.
• Bi Gan watched Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy for a month, waiting while the hundred-thousand-year transformed soul beast and a hidden Titled Douluo departed.
• Bi Gan left his hotel and went to Yu Xiaogang’s residence, intending to avenge his daughter.

Bi Gan confronted Yu Xiaogang in his office, beat him, and mutilated him before leaving. Yu Xiaogang woke to discover what had happened, then passed out again as the injury spread through his limbs; teachers and students broke into the office and found him bleeding.

• Bi Gan entered Yu Xiaogang’s office, revealed himself as a Titled Douluo, and forced Yu Xiaogang to his knees with spiritual pressure.
• Bi Gan slapped Yu Xiaogang, beat him severely, and stomped on his crotch before having the Death Spider Emperor injure his left leg and right hand.
• Yu Xiaogang woke, discovered he had been mutilated, screamed, and passed out again without noticing the discoloration spreading through his limbs.
• Students and teachers at Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy heard Yu Xiaogang’s scream, broke into his office, and found him leaning against the wall with his lower body covered in blood.

Yu Tianling broke through the pressure on the thousandth step of the Heavenly Stairway and reached the summit to begin his God of War trial. The God King of Equality prepared to have the black armor test and temper him.

• The teachers and students at Nuoding Academy had Yu Xiaogang dragged outside, where Physician Lin began treating him under Xiao Chenyu’s instructions.
• Yu Tianling told the others he would go complete his God Trial, then raced up the Heavenly Stairway as they discussed their progress.
• Yu Tianling reached the nine hundred and ninety-ninth step, activated Martial Soul Possession and both domains, and pushed onward after having failed to reach the summit upright the previous day.
• Yu Tianling roared that he had arrived and broke through the pressure to reach the thousandth step, delighting everyone below.
• The God King of Equality appeared in the temple and told the jet-black armor to temper Yu Tianling rather than let him become arrogant.

Yu Tianling learned how the God King of Equality and the Dragon God became gods, then began the God of War’s Seventh Trial to claim the God of War Set. As Yu Tianling’s trial started, Yan fell from the Heavenly Stairway without being able to summon his Martial Soul, and the others prepared to catch and save him.

• The God King of Equality explained how the Dragon God and he unified the Ferocious Beasts and humanity, became gods, and came to hold the divine positions of the Dragon God and God of Equality.
• The God King of Equality warned Yu Tianling that the God of War’s remaining trials could kill him, and Yu Tianling vowed to pass them and support coexistence between humans and beasts.
• The God King of Equality activated the Seventh Trial, surrounding Yu Tianling with a black formation and pillar of light beneath the God of War Set.
• Xie Yue and the others saw Yan fall from the Heavenly Stairway, unable to summon his Martial Soul or activate the return-to-base effect.
• Xie Yue, Hu Liena, Dugu Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ye Lingling returned to the ground and prepared to catch Yan and heal the injured.

After Yan was knocked from the sky by the trial’s fluctuations, Ye Lingling healed him, and the others speculated that the God of War had punished him. Inside the temple, Yu Tianling used his Martial Soul Avatar to reach the God of War Set, which transformed into blood-red armor and a longsword that began draining his blood as he drew it.

• Ye Lingling used Complete Healing to mend Yan, Ye Mengyang, and Xie Yue after they crashed to the ground.
• Yan explained that the sky’s fluctuations had sealed his Soul Power, and Ye Mengyang guessed that the God of War had punished him for offending Yan.
• Yu Tianling activated his Martial Soul Avatar and slowly approached the God of War Set under the temple’s immense pressure.
• Yu Tianling touched the armor, causing it to shatter and reform as blood-red armor around him while a longsword and scabbard appeared.
• Yu Tianling began drawing the longsword, and it grew heavier as it absorbed blood from his hands and then actively drained his body.