Embodiments of the present application provide a decoding method and a decoding device. The decoding device receives a second code word, which is transmitted from an encoding device based on a first code word. The first code word is generated by the encoding device based on a first encoded data sequence. After determining that a second encoded data sequence based on the second code word is not a correct replica of the first encoded data sequence, the decoding device performs a series of code element update processes to determining the correct replica of the first encoded data sequence.