Recaps

Qi Ling learned that Qian Xunji and Qian Jiyin were working together and began considering how to strengthen his side for the Demon God Contention Battle. Dragon Maiden explained how Xi Xi and Xiao Wu could regain power, and Xiao Wu chose to pursue the vacant Goddess of the Forest Godhood.

• Qi Ling decided to visit Bai Ling'er, whose strength had reached roughly the Demigod level, and asked Dragon Maiden whether Xiao Wu and Xi Xi could regain their powers.
• Dragon Maiden said Xi Xi would regain power as the Dragon God Priest if Qi Ling obtained the complete Dragon God Godhood and became the Dragon God.
• Dragon Maiden explained that Xiao Wu could gain power by inheriting a Godhood through its trials, even without strength-based tests.
• Dragon Maiden named the vacant Goddess of Freedom and Goddess of the Forest Godhoods as suitable First-Level Gods for Xiao Wu, while noting that the living Goddess of Life could not pass on her Godhood.
• Xiao Wu said the title Goddess of the Forest felt familiar and comfortable, and Dragon Maiden said she would take Xiao Wu to seek the goddess's divine consciousness when the time was right.

Qi Ling returned to Dragon Valley to bring Bai Ling'er with him, and she was flustered by the attention his dragon form drew. The chiefs teased them and began plotting ways to bring them closer, while Qi Ling wondered who was scheming against him.

• Qi Ling traveled to Dragon Valley and met Bai Ling'er, then offered to carry her there in his dragon form.
• Bai Ling'er admired Qi Ling's dragon form and rode on his back to Dragon Valley.
• The chiefs gathered to welcome Qi Ling, and the Blue Dragon teased Bai Ling'er about her flushed appearance.
• Bai Ling'er hurried Qi Ling inside, while the chiefs discussed their relationship and schemed to help them have children.
• Qi Ling sneezed and wondered who was plotting against him.

Qi Ling brought Bai Ling'er to the Douluo Continent to compete in his wager with Qian Xunji, then reunited with Qian Renxue and briefed everyone on a dangerous potential opponent. The group faced the prospect of conceding a match to Qian Jiyin, whose strength none of them could confidently overcome.

• Qi Ling explained his wager with Qian Xunji to Bai Ling'er, who agreed to join the competition and travel with him to the Douluo Continent.
• Blue Dragon and the other elders encouraged Bai Ling'er to pursue Qi Ling, and she told them she would stay with him for a long time.
• Qi Ling brought Bai Ling'er to Dragon God Island, where Dragon Maiden teased her about having a child with Qi Ling and later offered to train her.
• Qi Ling returned to Dragon's Glory and was surprised to find Qian Renxue back with Bibi Dong; Qian Renxue asked him to explain the wager.
• Qi Ling gathered everyone at the city lord's residence and warned them that Qian Jiyin might compete and was too strong for anyone present to be sure of defeating.

Qi Ling worried over how to arrange his team against Qian Jiyin and Qian Xunji, but Bibi Dong encouraged him to trust his allies and prepare together. During training, Chen Xin asked Qi Ling to unleash his full power and killing intent to help him break through his sword intent.

• Qi Ling agonized over the competition lineup and feared his team might lose, until Bibi Dong comforted him and urged him not to bear the burden alone.
• Bibi Dong told Qi Ling that A Xue was powerful and reminded him that their allies were strong enough to face Qian Jiyin and Qian Xunji.
• Qi Ling trained against Tang San, Tang Hao, and Chen Xin while suppressing his strength, then criticized Tang San's lack of combat experience.
• Chen Xin asked Qi Ling to stop suppressing his power and attack with killing intent so he could face the pressure needed to advance his sword intent toward level 99.

Qi Ling tested Chen Xin’s resolve with his killing aura, striking him with a formless sword that left him close to death. Chen Xin entered seclusion, and when Jian Lan returned, Qi Ling told her he might have killed her master.

• Qi Ling warned Chen Xin that facing his killing aura could destroy the Seven Kill Sword or take his life, but Chen Xin accepted the risk.
• Tang Hao told Tang San to watch Chen Xin demonstrate the resolve of a martial artist pursuing the pinnacle.
• Qi Ling formed a formless sword from killing aura and pierced Chen Xin’s chest, while Chen Xin calmly faced his fear.
• Chen Xin bowed to Qi Ling, then shut himself away for complete seclusion; Gu Rong reassured Qi Ling that Chen Xin might survive and break through.
• Jian Lan returned to Dragon's Glory, and Qi Ling apologized and told her he might have killed her master.

Chen Xin survived his seclusion and broke through in his sword realm, but Qi Ling learned that Qian Jiyin had arrived with powerful allies to challenge the group. The two sides gathered at Doomsday Canyon for the decisive competition, where Qi Ling sensed that one of the cloaked opponents was someone he had met before.

• Jian Lan thanked Qi Ling for helping Chen Xin fulfill his wish, and Chen Xin emerged eight days later safe and sound after advancing his sword realm.
• Bai Ling'er returned from Dragon God Island as the group prepared for the competition, and Qi Ling left training after sensing something troubling.
• Qi Ling confronted Qian Jiyin, who revealed that he had agreed with Qian Xunji not to fight Qi Ling and intended to defeat his friends instead.
• Qian Jiyin departed with a Demigod-level ally, and Qi Ling told everyone that four opponents were now confirmed at Demigod level or higher.
• The group traveled to Doomsday Canyon the next morning and found Qian Xunji, Xue Qinghe, and Qian Jiyin waiting with three additional fighters, including a cloaked person Qi Ling recognized.

Tang San volunteered to face Qian Jiyin in the opening match, despite Qi Ling’s fears that the strongest opponent would be difficult to defeat. Tang San’s attacks revealed Qian Jiyin’s deceptive fighting style, and the chapter ended with Qi Ling identifying the shortsword as a decoy.

• Qian Jiyin volunteered to fight first, and Tang San stepped forward after Qi Ling hesitated over whom to send.
• Tang San and Qian Jiyin entered the gorge while the others watched from the cliffs, and Qian Jiyin taunted Tang San before the match began.
• Tang San attacked with the Sea God Trident, but Qian Jiyin blocked it with a shortsword and mocked his technique.
• Tang San sent his Blue Silver Grass to entangle Qian Jiyin, but the grass suddenly shattered into pieces.
• Qian Jiyin released the shortsword, and Tang San was struck twice by an unseen attack; his Wings of the Sea God helped limit his injuries.
• Bai Ling'er asked how Tang San had been hurt, and Qi Ling explained that Qian Jiyin’s shortsword was only a prop to mislead his opponents.

Qi Ling identified Qian Jiyin’s hidden throwing knives, but Tang San caught all nine without outside help. Qian Jiyin then revealed his true strength and strange domain, and split into ten copies to evade Tang San’s Unfixed Storm.

• Qi Ling explained that Qian Jiyin’s short sword concealed nearly invisible throwing knives and refused to warn Tang San, trusting his skill with hidden weapons.
• Qian Jiyin attacked Tang San with nine hidden knives, but Tang San used his heightened senses and Mysterious Jade Hand to catch every one.
• Qian Jiyin praised Tang San, then unleashed more powerful sword attacks and a strange domain that disrupted Tang San’s Sea God Domain.
• Tang San countered with the Unfixed Storm, but Qian Jiyin burst into ten different copies and challenged him to identify the real one.

Tang San fought Qian Jiyin with Asura Divine Power but exhausted himself while Qian Jiyin deliberately evaded his attacks. Qi Ling rescued Tang San and conceded the match, and Tang Hao volunteered to fight next.

• Qian Jiyin explained that the Asura God's power could harm him but claimed Tang San had no chance of winning.
• Qi Ling told Xiao Wu that Qian Jiyin was exploiting the strain Asura Divine Power put on Tang San and was waiting for him to tire.
• Qian Jiyin disarmed Tang San and thrust his short sword at him, but Qi Ling appeared in Tang San's place and blocked the strike with his Dragon God Armor.
• Qi Ling conceded the match and returned to his side, where Tang San apologized to him while recovering in Hu Liena's arms.
• Tang Hao volunteered for the second match, and Qi Ling asked him to avenge Xiao San.

Tang Hao challenged Qian Xunji, but Qian Jiyin persuaded him to send Golden Crocodile Douluo instead. Tang Hao and Golden Crocodile Douluo traded powerful blows, and the chapter left Golden Crocodile Douluo retreating from Tang Hao’s Clear Sky True Body as Tang Hao prepared to unleash the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.

• Tang Hao leaped into the competition grounds and challenged Qian Xunji to fight him.
• Qian Jiyin warned Qian Xunji that fighting Tang Hao would waste their strongest contestant, so Qian Xunji sent Golden Crocodile Douluo in his place.
• Tang Hao and Golden Crocodile Douluo exchanged insults before Golden Crocodile Douluo transformed with his martial soul and attacked.
• Tang Hao met Golden Crocodile Douluo’s tail strike with his Clear Sky Hammer, and their attacks collided without either gaining an advantage.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo transformed fully and knocked Tang Hao back, but Tang Hao activated Clear Sky True Body and charged with an enormous hammer.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo chose to dodge Tang Hao’s blow, risking the Clear Sky Sect’s Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.

Tang Hao defeated Golden Crocodile Douluo with the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, leaving Qian Xunji’s side to choose a fighter for the next match. Gui Luo entered the canyon and demanded an opponent, and Bibi Dong volunteered to face him.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo used his defensive Soul Skills, but Tang Hao’s increasingly powerful hammer broke through his defenses and knocked him into the ground.
• Tang Hao returned to the cliff, where Xiao Wu and Tang San praised him, and Qi Ling said it was the opposing side’s turn to send out a fighter.
• Qian Xunji blamed Golden Crocodile Douluo for the loss and demanded that his side win the next match.
• Qian Jiyin ordered Gui Luo to fight, and Gui Luo leaped into the canyon, boasting that no one there could defeat him except Qi Ling.
• Bibi Dong stepped forward and volunteered to fight Gui Luo.

Bibi Dong fought Gui Luo in the arena, using her moon power to evade and restrain him before piercing his heart with her sword. Gui Luo survived the apparent fatal strike and laughed at her, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Qi Ling chose Bibi Dong to fight Gui Luo, and she flew into the arena.
• Gui Luo powered up and attacked Bibi Dong with devastating punches, while she dodged by scattering into starlight.
• Bibi Dong summoned her Martial Soul, making the sun vanish and a bright moon appear in the daytime sky.
• Bibi Dong used moonlight to freeze Gui Luo, then thrust her sword through his heart.
• Gui Luo opened his eyes and laughed, claiming Bibi Dong's attack could not kill him.

Bibi Dong used moonlight-powered illusions to confuse Gui Luo and attack him, but he destroyed the summoned moon to remove her advantage. With her clones gone, Gui Luo struck Bibi Dong, whose body cracked and shattered.

• Gui Luo broke free of Bibi Dong's moonlight restraints, but her countless illusory clones left him unable to find her and his attacks passed through them.
• Qi Ling explained that moonlight projected Bibi Dong's power into the clones, letting her control them without exhausting herself.
• Bibi Dong attacked Gui Luo with crescent-shaped strikes, but his Undying Body let him recover from even fatal wounds.
• Gui Luo sent a beam of red light into the summoned moon and destroyed it, ending Bibi Dong's ability to maintain her clones.
• Gui Luo rushed at Bibi Dong and struck her, causing her body to crack and shatter.

Gui Luo unleashed a devastating ability that let him enslave spatial fissures and wield them as whips against Bibi Dong. Bibi Dong dodged his attacks, while the others watched from a safe distance as Gui Luo gained the upper hand.

• Bibi Dong's shattered body dissolved into starlight butterflies and reappeared unharmed in the sky.
• Gui Luo gathered the red light into his fist, prompting Qian Jiyin and Qi Ling to lead the others away from the canyon.
• Gui Luo shattered the space before him and enslaved the resulting spatial fissures, which he could control as weapons.
• Gui Luo cut Bibi Dong's enormous Moonlight Slash into fragments with his spatial whips.
• Bibi Dong dodged Gui Luo's spatial attacks as he taunted her and continued pursuing her.

Bibi Dong revealed that Gui Luo had been trapped in an illusion and sealed him with six moonlight swords. She then used her sword’s light to make his supposedly undying body begin to dissipate.

• Gui Luo filled the sky with spatial rifts, caught Bibi Dong, and believed he had split her apart.
• The apparent victory shattered, revealing Bibi Dong unharmed with her sword at Gui Luo’s neck.
• Bibi Dong explained that Kyōka Suigetsu had made Gui Luo’s battle against her an illusion.
• Bibi Dong summoned the Holy Moon Guardian Sealing Swords, pinning Gui Luo and the surrounding space in place.
• Bibi Dong’s brilliant moonlight began to make Gui Luo’s body dissipate.

Bibi Dong exposed Gui Luo's supposed Undying Body as an illusion sustained by hiding his real body in another space, then defeated him when he surrendered. Qi Ling sent the unknown Bai Ling'er into the next match, and Qian Jiyin chose a cloaked Dragon Clan fighter whose identity shocked Qian Xunji and Xue Qinghe.

• Bibi Dong explained that she was breaking the space concealing Gui Luo's real body, and Gui Luo surrendered before she could destroy it.
• Bibi Dong returned to Qi Ling's group, where Qian Renxue checked on her and Xiao Wu's mother, in rabbit form, leaped into her arms.
• Qian Xunji wanted to enter the next match, but Qian Jiyin urged him to wait and see whom Qi Ling would send.
• Qi Ling asked Bai Ling'er to fight, and she entered the canyon without revealing anything about her abilities.
• Qian Jiyin recognized Bai Ling'er's Dragon Clan presence and sent out a cloaked fighter, whose revealed identity stunned Qian Xunji and Xue Qinghe.

Hao Long entered the tournament to fight Bai Ling'er, and Qi Ling suspected the match was his chance to make up for serious trouble with the Demon Alliance. The two dragons transformed and began a fierce battle, with Bai Ling'er overpowering Hao Long in strength before they unleashed their magic and flames.

• Qian Jiyin sent Hao Long into the match and warned him that he could not afford another loss.
• Qi Ling inferred that Hao Long had been punished for what he did to Bai Ling'er during the Demon God Contention Battle and was now relying on Qian Jiyin.
• Bai Ling'er and Hao Long recognized each other as members of the Dragon Clan and transformed into their dragon forms.
• Bai Ling'er charged Hao Long and proved stronger in their initial clash.
• Bai Ling'er and Hao Long exchanged Dragon Language Magic, dragon breath, and Dragon Flame, shaking the canyon.

Hao Long defeated Bai Ling'er by exploiting her kindness and mistook her politeness for affection, but she rejected his proposal and returned to Qi Ling. With the score tied at two-to-two, Xue Qinghe entered the next match, where Jian Lan stepped forward to face him.

• Hao Long used his combat experience and Bai Ling'er's reluctance to hurt him to win their match and force her back into human form.
• Hao Long proposed that Bai Ling'er return to the Devil Realm with him, but she clarified that he was not the Dragon Clan member she liked and went back to Qi Ling.
• Qi Ling comforted Bai Ling'er, while Hao Long realized she liked Qi Ling and flew away in anger and shame.
• Hao Long's victory tied the score at two-to-two, and Qian Xunji chose Xue Qinghe to compete in the next match.
• Xue Qinghe transformed into his Chaos Evil Dragon form, and Jian Lan stepped forward, eager to fight him.

Jian Lan faced Xue Qinghe in the canyon and used her uncanny ability to conceal her presence and evade his attacks without drawing her sword. The fight continued as she narrowly dodged his demonic lightning, leaving Xue Qinghe stunned.

• Jian Lan entered the canyon to fight Xue Qinghe after Qi Ling warned her to be careful.
• Xue Qinghe could neither sense Jian Lan nor understand how she seemed to be present and absent at once.
• Xue Qinghe lunged at Jian Lan as the Evil Dragon, but Jian Lan appeared atop his head and he hurt himself with his own tail while trying to strike her.
• Xue Qinghe pursued Jian Lan with his claws and fangs, but she evaded every attack without drawing Immortal Slayer.
• Xue Qinghe summoned black clouds and demonic lightning, but Jian Lan narrowly dodged the bolt.

Jian Lan faced Xue Qinghe’s overwhelming lightning attack and revealed that her sword could sever both the lightning and the Thunder Dragon. She then exposed his hidden plan to attack from underground, leaving Xue Qinghe stunned.

• Jian Lan evaded Xue Qinghe’s lightning because her mastery of the heart made observers unable to follow her movements.
• Xue Qinghe gathered the power of the black clouds and unleashed his World-Destroying Demonic Lightning as a massive Thunder Dragon.
• Jian Lan drew her sword, severed the lightning sustaining the Thunder Dragon, and split the dragon in two without being harmed.
• Jian Lan inferred that Xue Qinghe was manipulating the underground to prepare another attack, astonishing him.
• Qi Ling realized Jian Lan’s heightened power let her read Xue Qinghe’s thoughts through his presence.

Jian Lan defeated Xue Qinghe, who surrendered, giving Qi Ling’s side a 3–2 lead with two match points. Qi Ling rejected Chen Xin’s plan to draw Qian Xunji into the next match and let Qian Renxue face him instead, leaving Chen Xin ready for the final match if needed.

• Xue Qinghe surrendered to Jian Lan and fled back to his side after she sheathed Immortal Slayer.
• Qian Xunji berated Xue Qinghe, while Qian Jiyin urged him to focus on winning the last two matches.
• Chen Xin proposed fighting next to draw Qian Xunji out and secure Qian Renxue’s match afterward.
• Qi Ling rejected Chen Xin’s proposal and said Qian Renxue should settle her grudge with Qian Xunji in the next match.
• Qian Renxue volunteered to fight, and Chen Xin agreed to stand by for the final match if needed.

Qian Renxue confronted Qian Xunji, whose dark power and hatred were aimed chiefly at Qi Ling. She gained the upper hand in their opening exchange, but their first clash showed that neither could quickly overcome the other.

• Qian Xunji entered the canyon first and unleashed a dark aura while vowing to take everything from Qi Ling.
• Qian Renxue spread her twelve white wings, pushed back Qian Xunji’s darkness, and descended into the sunlight.
• Qian Renxue told Qian Xunji she would defeat rather than kill him, and said she wanted to show him he was wrong.
• Qian Xunji attacked with a demonic sword, but Qian Renxue blocked it with her wings and struck him with light-infused feathers.
• Qian Xunji countered with Wailing Rending Claw, and Qian Renxue blocked it before meeting him in the sky.
• Qian Renxue and Qian Xunji crossed swords, producing an explosive clash of golden and black power that forced both to retreat.

Qian Xunji summoned a powerful Fallen Devil Beast and merged his consciousness with it, forcing Qian Renxue to fight a monster she could barely harm. Qian Renxue invoked the Holy Seraphim with her divine skill Angel Descent, and the two giant figures prepared to clash.

• Qian Xunji refused to surrender and summoned a black vortex that brought forth the Fallen Devil Beast.
• Qi Ling explained that Qian Xunji could merge his consciousness with a more powerful being because he belonged to this world.
• The Fallen Devil Beast struck Qian Renxue and proved resistant to her Angel Holy Sword, while she escaped its grasp.
• Qian Renxue trapped the monster briefly in a golden array and invoked the Holy Seraphim with Angel Descent.
• Qian Renxue transformed into a giant Seraphim, and she and the Fallen Devil Beast faced each other for battle.

Qian Xunji used the Fallen Demonic Spear to overpower Qian Renxue, forcing Qi Ling to rescue her and concede the match. Qian Xunji claimed victory while surviving Qi Ling’s blow and revealing that his schemes remained as dangerous as his new power.

• Qian Xunji revealed that he had killed Cao Yang to empower the Fallen Demonic Spear and mocked Qi Ling for objecting.
• Qian Xunji shattered Qian Renxue’s Angel Holy Sword and pierced her chest with the spear.
• Qian Xunji threw Qian Renxue into the air and prepared to finish her off.
• Qi Ling rescued Qian Renxue and punched Qian Xunji, but Qian Xunji stood up seemingly unharmed.
• Qian Xunji challenged Qi Ling to choose between the match and Qian Renxue, and Qi Ling conceded the victory to save her.

With the score tied at three wins each, Chen Xin faced Elder Ge in the decisive final match, where the two sword masters began their duel. Qian Xunji had erased Cao Yang’s final divine consciousness and claimed the Fallen Demonic Spear, while Qi Ling encouraged Chen Xin to fight without hesitation.

• Qi Ling reassured the wounded Qian Renxue that she had done nothing wrong by sparing Qian Xunji, and promised to defeat him himself.
• Qian Xunji returned from his victory having erased Cao Yang’s last divine consciousness and gained the Fallen Demonic Spear, clearing his path to godhood.
• Qian Jiyin selected Elder Ge, a rank ninety-nine Limit Douluo, for the final match and insisted that his sword could defeat even demigods.
• Qi Ling urged Chen Xin not to let worry disturb his heart, and Chen Xin entered the arena in the form of his Seven Kill Sword.
• Chen Xin and Elder Ge recognized each other’s devotion to the sword, exchanged words of admiration, and began raising their sword auras against each other.