Recaps

Lin Bai and Bai Xiaoxiao traveled to Divine Relic Ridge, where Lin Bai killed the Flower Plucking Thief and earned them a place on the Potential Ranking. After they settled at Lin Estate, Liu Jingxing attacked them, and Pei Ji intervened to protect Bai Xiaoxiao but not Lin Bai.

• Wu Song injured Lin Bai and threatened the Divine Martial Nation, while the Grand Princess declared Lin Bai her fiancé and Lin Bai accepted a one-year challenge.
• Lin Bai and the Grand Princess traveled toward Divine Relic Ridge, where he killed Liu Ben, Liu Hai, Huo Lingtian, and many martial artists who had insulted her.
• Lin Bai and Bai Xiaoxiao arrived in Sky Walled City, registered for the examination, and learned that Lin Bai’s father had set Wooden Dummy Alley’s unbeaten record.
• Murong Changtian poisoned Lin Bai and Bai Xiaoxiao, but Lin Bai defeated and killed him, searched his memories for the antidote, and saved Bai Xiaoxiao.
• Bai Xiaoxiao submitted Murong Changtian’s head, earning ninth place on the Potential Ranking with Lin Bai, and they bought an estate they named Lin Estate.
• Feng Hua and Fist Dao Academy disciples attacked Lin Estate, but Lin Bai and Bai Xiaoxiao fought back until the City Guard’s arrival halted Lin Bai’s pursuit of Feng Hua.
• Liu Jingxing attacked Lin Bai and Bai Xiaoxiao, wounded Lin Bai, and moved to kill Bai Xiaoxiao as a green shoot emerged from the Demon Seed in Lin Bai’s eye.
• Pei Ji repelled Liu Jingxing to protect Bai Xiaoxiao, then refused to intervene for Lin Bai as Liu Jingxing charged at him again.

Lin Bai challenged Wooden Dummy Alley, mastered its trials, and broke Lin Duo’s record while earning first place on the Potential Ranking. After Liu Jingxing’s assassination attempt failed, Lin Bai began recovering and learned that Fang Ji had challenged him after defeating the ranking’s strongest fighters.

• Ling Wu reported to Ye Suxin that he had secretly rescued Lin Bai, and Lin Bai and Bai Xiaoxiao went to Wooden Dummy Alley so he could challenge the Potential Ranking’s top ten.
• Lin Bai studied the first-stage wooden dummies, learned to split his focus, and then smashed through the early trials as Yao Feng and Qi Yao watched in disbelief.
• Lin Bai drew the Azure Song Sword to defeat the Bronze Armor Warrior, then cleared the eleventh through fourteenth levels with single strikes and surpassed He Qian’s record.
• Lin Bai defeated the Silver Armor and raced He Qian through the sixteenth and seventeenth levels before surpassing Lin Duo’s record at the eighteenth and clearing the nineteenth.
• Lin Bai fought the twentieth level’s special warriors with two swords and destroyed the Golden Armor Warrior, while Liu Jingxing waited for a chance to attack him before his ranking result stabilized.
• Liu Jingxing disguised himself and gravely wounded Lin Bai, but Pei Ji drove him off and exposed his identity to Zuo Kai and the Nine Great Academies’ elders.
• Lin Bai left the alley and began healing at the Lin Estate, while He Qian challenged him to meet at the fifth level of the examination and Ye Suxin secretly arranged Shadow Guard protection.
• Qi Yao told Lin Bai that Fang Ji had defeated nearly every Potential Ranking expert, and Lin Bai read Fang Ji’s challenge and recognized his strength.

Lin Bai overcame Divine Relic Ridge’s illusion trials despite Liu Jingfeng’s efforts to exclude him, then entered the Spirit Mortal Mountain Range after his Yellow Rank One martial soul forced him into a special combat trial. He killed an Amethyst Demon Tiger for points, but three martial artists ambushed him and discovered he was stronger than they expected.

• Lin Bai refused Fang Ji’s challenge until after the trials, while Liu Jingfeng secured Liu Jingxing’s release and vowed revenge on Lin Bai for killing Liu Ben and Liu Hai.
• Liu Jingfeng tried to bar Lin Bai from the Divine Relic Ridge assessment, but Lin Bai insisted on competing and entered the Eight Trials with Bai Xiaoxiao and the other candidates.
• Lin Bai cleared the first three illusions by finding the hidden gates, defeating a regenerating Flame Giant, and identifying flaws in his own sword techniques.
• Lin Bai overcame his inner demon, Lin Zier, and passed the fifth trial by confronting the phantoms of his past enemies and reuniting with Qi Shaolong’s soul.
• Lin Bai defeated the Giant God Race in the courage trial and cleared the Ascension Tower ahead of Qin Beiao and Long Qingfeng.
• The testing stele revealed Lin Bai’s Yellow Rank One martial soul, so Liu Jingfeng granted him the special trial of collecting one thousand Pass Tokens in the Spirit Mortal Mountain Range.
• Lin Bai entered the mountain range, killed an Amethyst Demon Tiger for ten points, and was ambushed by three martial artists who had targeted him for his low-grade martial soul.

Lin Bai rescued Bai Xiaoxiao, defeated Fang Ji, Qin Beiao, and Long Qingfeng, and broke through to the Human Core Realm. The Giant God then attacked him, and Ji Xiang appeared to take a blow meant for Lin Bai.

• Lin Bai killed Zhang Biao and the other attackers, then defeated He Qian and learned that Fang Ji, Qin Beiao, and Long Qingfeng had wounded Bai Xiaoxiao.
• Lin Bai rescued Bai Xiaoxiao and cut down the martial artists who had surrounded her before confronting Fang Ji, Qin Beiao, and Long Qingfeng.
• Lin Bai killed Fang Ji, defeated Qin Beiao and Long Qingfeng, and learned that Long Qingfeng’s swordplay was Lin Duo’s Dragon Slaying technique.
• Lin Bai sent Bai Xiaoxiao away with the Pass Tokens, remained inside the closed formation, and broke through to the Human Core Realm as the Giant God appeared.
• The Giant God shattered the Heaven Defense Divine Formation and struck Lin Bai repeatedly, while Lin Bai survived its attacks with his sword, treasures, and Five Elements Divine Pill.
• The Giant God delivered a tenth punch despite the belief that it could strike only nine times, and Lin Bai vowed to protect his family and friends.
• Ji Xiang appeared and blocked the Giant God’s fist, then told Lin Bai that the blow had shattered his heart meridians and that his clan had already been exterminated.