Recaps

A mysterious black shadow rescued Lin Bai from Liu Jingxing, allowing Pei Ji to protect Bai Xiaoxiao and force Liu Jingxing to leave. Lin Bai and Bai Xiaoxiao headed for Wooden Dummy Alley so Lin Bai could challenge the Potential Ranking, while the chapter revealed that Ye Suxin had arranged the rescue through Ling Wu.

• A black shadow knocked Liu Jingxing back and carried Lin Bai away, while Pei Ji recognized the rescuer as far stronger than himself.
• Liu Jingxing threatened Pei Ji by invoking his elder brother, then left the Lin Estate with Feng Hua; Pei Ji warned Bai Xiaoxiao about Liu Jingxing’s background.
• The black shadow abandoned Lin Bai several streets away without revealing his identity, and Lin Bai later found Bai Xiaoxiao while she searched for him.
• Lin Bai and Bai Xiaoxiao agreed not to return to the Lin Estate and decided to go to Wooden Dummy Alley so Lin Bai could challenge the Potential Ranking’s top ten.
• Ling Wu reported to Ye Suxin that he had rescued Lin Bai without leaving any clues, revealing that she had arranged the rescue.

After surviving Liu Jingxing’s attack, Lin Bai went to the Wooden Dummy Alley with Bai Xiaoxiao, hoping to enter the Potential Ranking’s top ten and gain Divine Relic Ridge’s protection. He challenged Qi Yao’s judgment of the alley and then confronted another martial artist who tried to force him aside.

• Lin Bai and Bai Xiaoxiao arrived at dawn and watched a martial artist fail the eleventh stage of the Wooden Dummy Alley.
• Lin Bai criticized Qi Yao’s movement technique, and Qi Yao challenged him to surpass his sixth-place ranking; Lin Bai accepted.
• Bai Xiaoxiao urged Lin Bai to be careful as he entered the Wooden Dummy Alley.
• Another martial artist approached and told Lin Bai to get lost, so Lin Bai refused to yield and challenged him over who had arrived first.

Lin Bai and Yao Feng clashed over who would enter Woodman Alley first, then bet an arm on whether Lin Bai could break through its notoriously difficult thirteenth level. As the crowd mocked Lin Bai’s chances, he prepared to face the challenge.

• Lin Bai insulted Yao Feng, and the two nearly fought before the Woodman Alley elder stopped them.
• Yao Feng demanded to go first, but the elder ruled that Lin Bai had arrived first and told Yao Feng to queue behind him.
• Lin Bai taunted Yao Feng about the thirteenth level, prompting Yao Feng to wager an arm against Lin Bai’s arm if Lin Bai failed to break through it.
• Lin Bai accepted the bet, and Yao Feng announced it to the gathered warriors as witnesses.
• The warriors mocked Lin Bai’s chances, while Bai Xiaoxiao and Qi Yao also doubted that he could pass the thirteenth level.

Lin Bai entered Wooden Dummy Alley despite the crowd’s doubts and Yao Feng’s wager, determined to challenge its levels and surpass his father’s record. The first level began with ten dual-sword wooden dummies charging at him.

• Lin Bai mocked Yao Feng’s strength and reminded him to prepare Golden Wound Medicine for the arm he would lose in their wager.
• An elder explained the challenge rules and warned Lin Bai about the increasingly powerful Ironclad Warriors and Bronze Armor Warriors.
• Lin Bai inserted his Identity Token at the alley entrance, drawing ridicule from the martial artists and skepticism from Qi Yao.
• Lin Bai entered the alley, thanked the elder for his repeated warnings, and asked him to start the challenge.
• Ten wooden dummies armed with two spirit swords each rose from the ground and attacked Lin Bai with a coordinated strike.

Lin Bai discovered that the wooden dummies used paired swords to alternate seamlessly between attack and defense, and he stayed in the first round to study how they divided their focus. He left the observers mocking him while he tried to learn to coordinate multiple swords himself.

• Lin Bai found that the wooden dummies could block his punches with one sword while attacking with the other, surprising the martial artists watching outside.
• Yao Feng, Qi Yao, and the other martial artists jeered at Lin Bai for failing to break a wooden dummy, while Bai Xiaoxiao wondered why he was struggling.
• Lin Bai realized the dummies switched their two swords between offense and defense through mechanical arrays and considered how a martial artist might imitate them.
• Lin Bai recalled his difficulty coordinating the flying sword with the Azure Song Sword and decided that mastering split focus could greatly increase his strength.
• Lin Bai continued fighting the wooden dummies in the first round for nearly two hours to study their swordplay as the crowd kept mocking him.

Lin Bai spent more than two hours mastering how to split his mind between attacking and defending while fighting the wooden dummies. He finally stopped dodging and shattered ten dummies with one punch, leaving the spectators stunned as the trial continued.

• Lin Bai ignored the crowd’s mockery and entered a state of concentration as he fought the first-stage wooden dummies.
• Lin Bai realized he could split his true qi between his arms and began alternating between offense and defense.
• After more than two hours of practice, Lin Bai mastered splitting his mind in two and decided to advance through the stages.
• Lin Bai gathered his strength into one punch and smashed through the ten wooden dummies charging at him.
• The elder and Bai Xiaoxiao were astonished by Lin Bai’s power, while Yao Feng’s smug laughter turned to terror.

Lin Bai rapidly cleared the early rounds of Wooden Dummy Alley after discovering how to use one mind for two purposes. The chapter left him advancing through the fourth round while the onlookers marveled at his growing speed.

• Lin Bai shattered ten wooden dummies with one punch, then defeated twenty in the second round within three breaths.
• Qi Yao insisted Lin Bai would fail the third round and vowed to call him Dad if Lin Bai passed it within ten breaths.
• Lin Bai destroyed thirty wooden dummies in three breaths, and Qi Yao honored his wager by shouting, “Dad!”
• The crowd praised Qi Yao for keeping his word, while Yao Feng worried that Lin Bai might reach the thirteenth round and win his arm.
• Lin Bai swiftly shattered the fourth-round dummies in two breaths as the martial artists realized he had found a way to exploit their weaknesses.

Lin Bai cleared the fifth through ninth trials in Wood Dummy Alley at astonishing speed, defeating the Ironclad Warrior in three breaths and leaving the spectators stunned. He reached the tenth trial, where Bai Xiaoxiao urged him to draw his sword as he faced a Bronze Armor Warrior.

• Lin Bai smashed the fifth trial’s wooden dummies and destroyed the Ironclad Warrior after dodging its twin swords, passing in three breaths.
• The elder and the watching martial artists marveled at Lin Bai’s feat, while Yao Feng grew furious and Bai Xiaoxiao relaxed.
• Lin Bai passed the sixth trial in seven breaths, the seventh in twelve, the eighth in twenty-one, and the ninth in eighty-one.
• Lin Bai reached the tenth trial, guarded by a Bronze Armor Warrior, as spectators speculated that it would take him more than an hour to pass.
• Bai Xiaoxiao pointed out that Lin Bai had been fighting with his fists and urged him to draw his sword, knowing he was a sword cultivator.

Lin Bai reached the tenth trial and was initially suppressed by the Bronze Armor Warrior, leading the onlookers to expect his defeat. He drew the Azure Song Sword, revealing a sharp, powerful aura and leaving the crowd stunned as the fight continued.

• Lin Bai smashed through the tenth trial’s wooden dummies and reached the Bronze Armor Warrior after seventy-two breaths.
• The Bronze Armor Warrior’s attacks overwhelmed Lin Bai, and Qi Yao, Yao Feng, and the alley’s guardian expected him to lose.
• Lin Bai said his fists could not defeat the Bronze Armor Warrior quickly and took the Azure Song Sword from his Storage Bag.
• The crowd questioned whether Lin Bai was a fist cultivator or a sword cultivator, while Bai Xiaoxiao welcomed his long-awaited decision to draw his sword.

Lin Bai revealed that his swordsmanship surpassed even his formidable boxing, killing the Bronze Armor Warrior and clearing the eleventh round of Wooden Dummy Alley with a single sword. The onlookers were left stunned as Lin Bai continued toward the later rounds, with Qi Yao wondering whether he might match Lin Duo’s record.

• Lin Bai drew the Azure Song Sword and killed the Bronze Armor Warrior with one slash, shocking the watching martial artists.
• The crowd realized Lin Bai was a sword cultivator, while Yao Feng angrily refused to believe it.
• Lin Bai began the eleventh round and destroyed all 110 wooden dummies with one sword before they could move.
• The martial artists erupted in disbelief, and Qi Yao predicted Lin Bai might reach the record set by Lin Duo.
• The crowd questioned whether the training dummies were defective, but the elder confirmed they were sound and said Lin Bai was simply too powerful.

Lin Bai advanced through the Wooden Dummy Alley, stunning Sky Walled City’s top sword genius He Qian and prompting Liu Jingxing to prepare an ambush. The chapter left He Qian heading to witness Lin Bai’s progress while Liu Jingxing gathered Liu Family experts to capture him when he emerged.

• A martial artist told He Qian that Lin Bai had cleared the first five rounds and killed the Bronze Armor Warrior in the tenth with one sword strike, but He Qian dismissed the feat as a secret technique.
• Little Zhang reported that Lin Bai had shattered all the wooden figures in the eleventh round with one strike, shocking He Qian, who took his sword and went to the Wooden Dummy Alley.
• Cheng Hua told Liu Jingxing that Lin Bai was challenging the Wooden Dummy Alley, and Liu Jingxing realized Lin Bai might be seeking the Potential Ranking’s protection from Divine Relic Ridge.
• Liu Jingxing ordered Cheng Hua to gather the Liu Family’s experts and help capture Lin Bai when he left the Wooden Dummy Alley.

Lin Bai swept through the fourteenth level of Wooden Dummy Alley with one strike, while He Qian challenged the thirteenth level and matched his feat. At the fifteenth level, Lin Bai faced a Silver Armor Warrior and discovered it could easily shatter his Sword Qi.

• Lin Bai broke the wooden figures in the twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth levels with single sword strikes.
• He Qian saw Lin Bai surpass his record, declared there was no room for both of them as sword cultivators in Sky Walled City, and resumed his challenge at the thirteenth level.
• He Qian shattered all the wooden figures in the thirteenth level with one strike, then exchanged a distant look with Lin Bai.
• Lin Bai entered the fifteenth level, cut down its ordinary wooden figures, and faced a Silver Armor Warrior that effortlessly shattered both streams of his Sword Qi.

Lin Bai defeated the fifteenth gate’s Silver Armor after recognizing that its swordsmanship matched his own and exploiting its weakness to attacks from the side and behind. He Qian also cleared the gate, tying with Lin Bai for first on the Potential Ranking, but rejected the tie and continued challenging in pursuit of Lin Duo’s record.

• Lin Bai struggled against the Silver Armor, which blocked his attack and wounded his left shoulder with swordsmanship identical to his own.
• Lin Bai identified the Silver Armor’s vulnerability to attacks from its sides and behind, then destroyed it with a strike through its head.
• Lin Bai’s breakthrough at the fifteenth gate drew astonished reactions from the martial artists watching Wooden Dummy Alley.
• He Qian cleared the fifteenth gate with a single sword while Lin Bai fought the Silver Armor, putting both names at the top of the Potential Ranking.
• He Qian rejected being tied with Lin Bai and ordered the challenge to continue so he could break Lin Duo’s record.

Lin Bai and He Qian raced through Wooden Dummy Alley after trading boasts about their goals, with He Qian aiming to surpass Lin Duo's record and Lin Bai promising to reach the twentieth level. Lin Bai surged ahead, cleared the eighteenth level, and left He Qian stunned.

• He Qian dismissed Lin Bai and declared that he would surpass Lin Duo's record, while Lin Bai challenged him to meet at the twentieth level.
• The elders opened Lin Bai and He Qian's sixteenth levels at nearly the same time, and He Qian charged in, determined to claim first place.
• Lin Bai used the Wind Lightning Divine Wings and Instant Kill Sword to clear the sixteenth level in one breath, while He Qian took twelve breaths.
• Lin Bai cleared the seventeenth level in one breath as He Qian finished the sixteenth and insisted Lin Bai would run out of true qi before reaching the eighteenth.
• Lin Bai broke through the eighteenth level and surpassed Lin Duo's record, shocking He Qian.

Lin Bai surpassed Lin Duo’s record and entered the Twentieth Pass of Wooden Dummy Alley, while He Qian was forced to stop after reaching his limit at the Seventeenth Pass. The gathered martial artists watched as Lin Bai faced the unprecedented challenge.

• Lin Bai broke through the Eighteenth Pass, reflected on his longing to find Lin Duo and his mother, and continued toward the Nineteenth Pass.
• The martial artists saw Lin Bai enter the Nineteenth Pass while He Qian struggled to break through the Seventeenth Pass, badly wounded and running low on true qi.
• He Qian entered the Eighteenth Pass despite the elder’s warning, but the elder rescued him when a wooden dummy was about to strike him down.
• The elder told He Qian that the Seventeenth Pass was his limit, and He Qian was left despairing as Lin Bai advanced.
• Lin Bai broke through the Nineteenth Pass in three breaths and entered the Twentieth Pass, drawing the attention of the crowd eager to see its unknown special wooden dummies.

Lin Bai entered the twentieth stage of Wooden Dummy Alley and faced its unprecedented lineup of special wooden dummies. After swiftly cutting down the ordinary dummies, he fought the Silver Armor, but the other special dummies exploited his vulnerability to attacks from the sides and back.

• Two hundred wooden dummies and the Ironclad Warriors, Bronze Armor Warrior, Silver Armor, and Golden Armor Warrior appeared in the twentieth stage.
• Lin Bai remained calm despite the martial artists’ doubts and prepared to face the formidable lineup.
• Lin Bai quickly destroyed nearly all two hundred ordinary wooden dummies.
• Lin Bai knocked back the Silver Armor and pursued it with a powerful sword strike.
• The Bronze Armor Warrior blocked Lin Bai’s attack while the Silver Armor and Ironclad Warriors attacked him from both sides, forcing him to evade.

Lin Bai struggled against four coordinated special wooden figures, but the Golden Armor Warrior struck him down with overwhelming force. After Yao Feng and He Qian taunted him into continuing, Lin Bai took up a second sword and advanced toward the figures, determined to defeat them.

• The Ironclad Warrior and Silver Armor attacked Lin Bai while the Bronze Armor defended them, preventing Lin Bai from breaking through.
• The Golden Armor Warrior intervened and sent Lin Bai flying more than three hundred meters with two sword strikes.
• Bai Xiaoxiao urged Lin Bai to stop, while Yao Feng and He Qian mocked him and challenged his pride.
• Lin Bai accepted their taunt, picked up a Grade Three Spirit Tool, and walked back toward the four special wooden figures with a sword in each hand.

Lin Bai returned to the twentieth pass and faced four special wooden dummies alone, using dual-wielded swords to defeat three of them. With only the Golden Armor Warrior remaining, Lin Bai prepared to finish the fight.

• Lin Bai ignored the martial artists urging him to stop and advanced on the four special wooden dummies as Liu Jingxing prevented the nine elders from intervening.
• Lin Bai used one sword to attack and the other to defend, repelling the four dummies’ coordinated assault and then counterattacking.
• Lin Bai feinted toward the Ironclad Warriors and pierced the Silver Armor’s head, destroying it.
• Lin Bai shattered the Bronze Armor Warrior’s greatsword, then destroyed the Bronze Armor Warrior and Ironclad Warriors with simultaneous strikes.
• Lin Bai faced the remaining Golden Armor Warrior as the martial artists watched, hoping he would pass the twentieth pass.

After Lin Bai reached the twentieth level of Wooden Dummy Alley, its nine elders rushed to summon the Nine Great Academies, whose elders were expected to compete for him. While the crowd anticipated Lin Bai’s rise to fame, Liu Jingxing and Cheng Hua saw a final chance to kill him before he left the alley and secured his ranking.

• Lin Bai’s twentieth-level achievement prompted all nine Wooden Dummy Alley elders to leave and seek high-ranking elders from the Nine Great Academies.
• The disciples discussed the Nine Great Academies and the significance of Lin Bai’s achievement, while Yao Feng predicted the academy elders would soon arrive.
• He Qian resented Lin Bai for earning the honor he had wanted and vowed to reclaim everything he had lost.
• Cheng Hua reminded Liu Jingxing that Lin Bai’s Potential Ranking would not stabilize until he left Wooden Dummy Alley, and that his result could disappear if he died inside.
• Liu Jingxing realized Lin Bai was still vulnerable and left the crowd to act on what he called their last chance.

Lin Bai defeated the Golden Armor Warrior and cleared the twentieth level of Wooden Dummy Alley, earning first place on the Potential Ranking. As he waited to see whether another level would appear, Liu Jingxing entered the alley and attacked him.

• Lin Bai used his dual-wielding swordsmanship to overpower and destroy the Golden Armor Warrior, clearing the twentieth level.
• The martial artists watching marveled at Lin Bai’s victory, while Bai Xiaoxiao hoped Divine Relic Ridge’s protection would deter the Liu Family.
• Lin Bai waited inside Wooden Dummy Alley to see if there was a twenty-first level.
• Liu Jingxing charged into the alley and threatened to kill Lin Bai, who recognized him and challenged him over defying Divine Relic Ridge.

Liu Jingxing disguised himself and attacked Lin Bai inside Wooden Dummy Alley, nearly killing him with the gulf between their cultivation levels. Pei Ji arrived in time to stop the assassination, and Liu Jingxing’s attempt to escape was met with Pei Ji’s attack.

• Liu Jingxing entered Wooden Dummy Alley in disguise and attacked Lin Bai to kill him before his Potential Ranking result stabilized.
• Lin Bai used his sword techniques and Golden War Body to resist, but Liu Jingxing’s ninth-level Human Core Realm palm shattered his chest bones and left him helpless.
• Yao Feng welcomed Lin Bai’s death, He Qian and Cheng Hua mocked him, and Bai Xiaoxiao rushed into the alley to help.
• Pei Ji arrived just as Liu Jingxing was about to strike again, forcing Liu Jingxing to abandon the assassination and flee.
• Pei Ji pursued Liu Jingxing, who countered with a fist technique that Pei Ji recognized as the Fist Dao Academy’s Heaven Covering Hand.

Pei Ji stopped Liu Jingxing from attacking Lin Bai in the Wooden Dummy Alley and exposed him before elders from the Nine Great Academies arrived. Zuo Kai questioned the accusation and appeared ready to shield Liu Jingxing, while Pei Ji insisted that Liu Jingxing be executed for violating Divine Relic Ridge's rules.

• Pei Ji used a Grade Nine Spirit Tool to defeat Liu Jingxing and leave him gravely wounded.
• High-ranking elders from the Nine Great Academies arrived, and Zuo Kai asked what had happened.
• Pei Ji removed Liu Jingxing's disguise, revealing the attacker to be Liu Jingxing, whom Lin Bai recognized.
• Liu Jingxing told Zuo Kai that Lin Bai had killed his nephews and asked Zuo Kai to help kill Lin Bai and save him.
• Pei Ji accused Liu Jingxing of attempting murder in the Wooden Dummy Alley, but Zuo Kai challenged his evidence.
• Pei Ji declared that Liu Jingxing had violated Divine Relic Ridge's rules and must be executed.

Pei Ji forced Zuo Kai to take Liu Jingxing to the Nine Academies' Hall of Law Enforcement after Liu Jingxing's attack in Woodman Alley. Lin Bai learned that the Fist Dao Academy Dean wanted him dead, but he planned to survive until Divine Relic Ridge's examination and use its final trial to confront the Giant God's Will.

• Pei Ji rejected Zuo Kai's attempt to shield Liu Jingxing and warned that the Nine Academies' Hall of Law Enforcement would punish anyone who broke Divine Relic Ridge's rules.
• Zuo Kai invoked Liu Jingfeng's ties to the Fist Dao Academy Dean, then agreed to hand Liu Jingxing over to the Hall of Law Enforcement.
• Zuo Kai warned the other elders that Lin Bai had killed the Dean's two grandsons, and the elders abandoned their plans to recruit him.
• Pei Ji told Lin Bai that the Fist Dao Academy Dean was known as a madman, but that Divine Relic Ridge's rules still protected Lin Bai from an open attack.
• Lin Bai resolved to hold out until the examination and use the final trial of the Three Trials and Five Tribulations to deal with the Giant God's Will.

After surviving Wood Dummy Alley, Lin Bai returned to the Lin Estate to heal and prepare for the Divine Relic Ridge examination, which he needed to face the Giant God's Will. Meanwhile, Ye Suxin secretly arranged protection for him because she did not want her child to be born without a father.

• Lin Bai told Bai Xiaoxiao that his injuries had worsened and that he needed the Divine Relic Ridge examination to withstand the Giant God's Will before his divine core formed.
• Lin Bai left Wood Dummy Alley to congratulations from the martial artists, while Qi Yao admitted defeat and Yao Feng slipped away.
• He Qian challenged Lin Bai to a decisive contest at the fifth level of the examination, sparking excitement throughout Sky Walled City.
• Bai Xiaoxiao brought Lin Bai back to the Lin Estate, where he began healing in seclusion and she went to cultivate.
• Ye Suxin learned that Lin Bai had killed Liu Ben and Liu Hai, then asked Ling Wu to secretly assign ten Shadow Guard members to protect him.
• Ling Wu agreed to keep the arrangement from Ye Suxin's Imperial Father, and Ye Suxin said she did not want her child to be born without a father.

Three months after Lin Bai entered seclusion, Sky Walled City was flooded with challengers, and Qi Yao sought refuge at Lin Estate. Lin Bai emerged to find tens of thousands of challenge letters waiting for him, including a daring challenge from the blade cultivator Fang Ji.

• Qi Yao secretly climbed into Lin Estate to escape the challengers who had been hounding him.
• Bai Xiaoxiao revealed that Lin Bai had received more than thirty thousand challenge letters since reaching first place on the Potential Ranking.
• Qi Yao told Lin Bai that Fang Ji had defeated nearly every Potential Ranking expert, including He Qian with a single slash.
• Bai Xiaoxiao gave Lin Bai the challenge letter she had kept separate because of its powerful blade intent.
• Lin Bai read Fang Ji's message, “Do you dare fight?”, and recognized that Fang Ji was formidable.