Recaps

Song Xingyuan summoned Lin Shuguang and warned him to stay away from Song Wan, but Lin Shuguang shattered the ice he had created after he left. Lin Shuguang then arrived at the Martial Arts Apprentice Exam, where Peng Chao confronted him and Lin Shuguang punched him.

• Song Xingyuan had Lin Shuguang brought to Longhu Park and ordered him to stay away from Song Wan, dismissing his prospects and warning that she would stop giving him pills.
• Song Xingyuan froze the pavilion and nearby lake, then left with his bodyguards; Lin Shuguang pulverized the ice with Saber Light, while Song Xingyuan told his butler to prepare for Senior Zhu's seventieth birthday in the Provincial Capital.
• Old Meng drove Lin Shuguang to the Martial Arts Apprentice Exam in Nanshan New Area, where Lin Shuguang registered and waited.
• Ye Tianhao passed Lin Shuguang with Peng Chao and others, and a Storm Martial Arts School student taunted Lin Shuguang for avoiding Ye Tianhao.
• Peng Chao told Lin Shuguang to leave, and Lin Shuguang clenched his fist and struck at him.

Lin Shuguang passed the blood energy, physical fitness, and speed tests, then joined the sabers and swords group for the comprehension assessment. As the candidates began demonstrating their skills, Ye Tianhao was called up to perform.

• Lin Shuguang punched Peng Chao several meters, and Ye Tianhao left after calling Peng Chao useless.
• Lin Shuguang passed the blood energy test on the Jade Lotus Platform, then passed the strength and speed assessments while holding back his full ability.
• The Man in Black Armor announced that the final assessment would test comprehension, and Lin Shuguang joined the sabers and swords group with Ye Tianhao and Peng Chao.
• Sun Anxi explained that candidates would demonstrate a martial skill, exchange three moves with five examiners, and could earn bonus points by learning a skill within a set time.
• After candidates including Zhu Chenxi began their assessments, Ye Tianhao was called forward, drawing attention from the crowd.

Lin Shuguang impressed the examiners by using the basic Tiger Roar Saber Technique and passed Sun Anxi’s test after one strike. The saber and sword assessment ended, and the bonus-point assessment began.

• Ye Tianhao demonstrated the Nourishing Sword Art and earned praise from all five examiners.
• Lin Shuguang chose to demonstrate the Tiger Roar Saber Technique rather than reveal his Killing Techniques.
• Sun Anxi tested Lin Shuguang with a wooden saber and stopped after one strike, satisfied with his strength.
• Peng Chao copied Lin Shuguang by using the Tiger Roar Saber Technique, but the examiners showed no surprise at his performance.
• Sun Anxi ended the assessment and announced the start of the bonus-point assessment.

Lin Shuguang mastered Starburst Cross Slash almost instantly, earned the maximum score on the saber assessment, and traveled to the Provincial Capital to practice. Back in Huai City, Ye Tianhao and the other candidates left the assessment, while Xu Jie failed to reach Lin Shuguang and visited Lin Xiaoxi instead.

• Lin Shuguang upgraded Starburst Cross Slash several times, demonstrated it to the examiners, and passed the assessment with the maximum score from Sun Anxi.
• Sun Anxi asked whether Lin Shuguang had a master, while the other examiners discussed his performance and the candidates watching the recording dismissed his early departure.
• Lin Shuguang asked Old Meng to drive him to the Provincial Capital, checked into a budget hotel, and began practicing his saber techniques.
• Peng Chao left the assessment beside Ye Tianhao, whose companions predicted he would win the championship, while Peng Chao worried that he had gained little from the bonus assessment.
• Xu Jie heard Senior Brother Mo describe the difficult bonus assessment, then went to Lin Shuguang's home when he could not reach him and annoyed Lin Xiaoxi with talk of study guides.

Lin Shuguang easily passed the brutal Martial Artist Exam and learned he had taken first place in the Martial Arts Apprentice Exam. Ye Tianhao, furious at being ranked second, went to the Storm Martial Arts School to confront Lin Shuguang, who was still away in the Provincial Capital.

• Lin Shuguang killed a first-resonance bone-tempering ferocious beast with one strike and passed the Martial Artist Exam, impressing the examiners.
• Lin Shuguang learned that the martial artist meetup would take place the next morning, so he postponed returning home and told Feng San that the exam had been easy.
• Feng San heard from someone at the Martial Arts Hall that Lin Shuguang had caused a major stir.
• The Ye Family received the Martial Arts Apprentice Exam rankings, which named Lin Shuguang first in Huai City and Ye Tianhao second.
• Ye Tianhao angrily went to the Storm Martial Arts School, learned Lin Shuguang was away, and said he would return the next day.

Lin Shuguang attended the Martial Artist Meet-and-Greet, where Huai City and Beining City competed to recruit him. He chose Huai City's Special Management Bureau after Si Qianjun offered him a position and the chance to attend any martial arts school in the country.

• Lin Shuguang visited the meet-and-greet and heard representatives offer martial artists settling-in allowances.
• Fang Yihua recognized Lin Shuguang and offered him two and a half million to join Beining City, prompting Han Li to make a matching offer for Huai City.
• Han Li revealed that Huai City could give Lin Shuguang a place in the Special Management Bureau, which appealed to him.
• Lin Shuguang said he wanted to attend a martial arts school, and Si Qianjun promised him a place at any school in the country.
• Fang Yihua withdrew after Beining City refused to match Si Qianjun's offer, and Lin Shuguang agreed to work with Huai City for the promised two and a half million.

Lin Shuguang fought Lu Jin after Lu Jin followed him to the outskirts of Huai City and claimed he wanted to warn him about Chen Xian. Lin Shuguang killed Lu Jin after learning that Lu Jin had planned to use him as bait, revealing that Chen Xian was already dead.

• Lin Shuguang had Old Meng drive to the outskirts after Old Meng spotted a car following them, then sent him away.
• Lu Jin confronted Lin Shuguang and offered to team up against Chen Xian, claiming she had targeted him over Chen Yao’s death.
• Lin Shuguang attacked Lu Jin, overpowered him, and forced him to confess that he had planned to lure Chen Xian out and kill her for her assets.
• Lu Jin offered Lin Shuguang a valuable pill and promised Chen Xian’s other belongings, but Lin Shuguang asked whether she carried the pills.
• Lin Shuguang told Lu Jin that he had already killed Chen Xian, then killed Lu Jin with a slash of his saber.

After taking first place in the city assessment, Lin Shuguang defeated Ye Tianhao with one punch and punished Peng Chao for provoking him. He then met Song Shi, who revealed that Lin had already become a Martial Artist and explained the first two stages of the martial path.

• Students at the Storm Martial Arts School discussed Lin Shuguang's first-place result while Ye Tianhao waited for him, and Peng Chao tried to convince Ye that Lin had cheated.
• When Lin arrived, Ye challenged him to prove his ability, but Lin refused and said Ye was not worthy.
• Ye Tianhao attacked Lin with his sword, and Lin knocked him unconscious with one punch.
• Lin lifted Peng Chao by the neck, broke both his arms, and asked Lu Yifan whether he had any more objections; Lu said he did not.
• Lin visited Song Shi, who revealed that Lin had become a Martial Artist and described the bone tempering and viscera refining realms.

Xu Jie dragged Lin Shuguang to Jade Tower Mountain with Mo Hui and a group of young martial artists, who were searching for treasure near a cold pool. The group heard fighting nearby just as Ji Yu recognized the pool as the place he had been seeking.

• Xu Jie persuaded Lin Shuguang to join an expedition to Jade Tower Mountain after jokingly getting them chased out of a restaurant.
• Lin Shuguang met Mo Hui and the others at the park entrance, where Ji Yu and the group agreed to let him and Xu Jie come along.
• The group hiked into Jade Tower Mountain, a ruined forbidden zone where poisonous miasma and supernatural incidents had been reported.
• Ji Yu explained that an injured man had told him about a cold pool and insisted treasure lay there, while Mo Hui urged the group not to rush.
• The group heard fighting nearby, followed the sounds, and found the cold pool that Ji Yu had been searching for.

Mo Hui and his companions watched a battle near an icy pool, then were captured by Fang Xu’s group after the fighting ended. As Fang Xu’s men beat Ji Yu and interrogated them, Xu Jie and Lin Shuguang stayed outside the valley, and Lin Shuguang made clear he would protect Xu Jie rather than the others.

• Mo Hui’s group hid near the icy pool and watched two groups fight while Xu Jie and Lin Shuguang ate chicken drumsticks.
• Mo Hui joined Xu Jie and Lin Shuguang for food, but Xu Jie soon claimed his stomach hurt and dragged Lin Shuguang away with him.
• After the battle, Fang Xu’s men found Treasure Medicine and captured Mo Hui, Ji Yu, and their three companions for questioning.
• Fang Xu ordered Lao Xiao to teach Ji Yu a lesson, and Lao Xiao lifted Ji Yu by the collar and beat him.
• Outside the valley, Xu Jie asked Lin Shuguang what they should do, and Lin Shuguang said Xu Jie was his brother, but the others were not.

Lin Shuguang and Xu Jie reached the Cold Pool as a Cold Yin Dragon attacked Fang Xu’s group, and Ji Yu’s third uncle arrived to fight the beast. After Third Uncle Ji was badly injured and ordered everyone to flee, Lin Shuguang calmly walked toward the dragon to kill it.

• Fang Xu’s group stripped Mo Hui, Ji Yu, and the others, but a Cold Yin Dragon emerged from the Cold Pool and killed Fang Xu.
• Third Uncle Ji arrived and drove the serpent back, then attacked it while Ji Yu and the others watched.
• Ji Yu identified the beast as a Cold Yin Dragon and boasted that its scales and Desolate Bead were valuable.
• The Cold Yin Dragon’s hard scales resisted Third Uncle Ji’s attacks, and its tail sent him flying.
• Third Uncle Ji warned that the beast had at least bone tempering second resonance cultivation and ordered everyone to escape.
• Xu Jie urged Lin Shuguang to run, but Lin Shuguang walked toward the serpent, saying he would kill it.

Lin Shuguang confronted the Cold Yin Dragon after it nearly killed Third Uncle Ji and defeated the beast with one saber strike. He left the others stunned and walked toward the dragon’s corpse.

• The Cold Yin Dragon trapped Third Uncle Ji in the valley and covered him in freezing mist while Ji Yu and the others fled.
• Lin Shuguang approached the dragon, shattered the ice encasing Third Uncle Ji, and leaped above the beast.
• Lin Shuguang used one Heaven-Ascending Saber Strike to cleave through the Cold Yin Dragon and kill it.
• Third Uncle Ji thanked Lin Shuguang, who nodded and walked toward the Cold Yin Dragon's corpse.

Lin Shuguang harvested the Cold Yin Dragon, while Si Qianjun quietly protected his identity after learning of his rapid rise. After Baisha ordered Lin Shuguang’s sister abducted, Lin Shuguang killed Baisha and his attendant, then burned the house, plunging Huai City into chaos.

• Lin Shuguang and Ji Heshan collected the Cold Yin Dragon’s valuable parts and cold crystals, and Lin Shuguang took the remains of Fang Xu's Hunting Group.
• A mysterious visitor retrieved Lin Shuguang’s school file for the Special Management Bureau; Si Qianjun replaced it to conceal Lin Shuguang’s progress and learned that someone from the Demon Suppression Division was in Huai City.
• Lin Shuguang stored the Cold Yin Dragon’s meat and arranged to discuss its other materials with Feng San the next day.
• Baisha urged Bai Peng to kill Jin Yiyang, then ordered a subordinate to bring Lin Shuguang’s younger sister to him despite warnings against provoking Jin Yiyang.
• Lin Shuguang appeared in Baisha’s room, killed him, and then killed the middle-aged attendant who entered.
• Baisha’s house burned down, and news of the Crimson Sand Gang young master’s death threw Huai City into chaos.

Lin Shuguang heard Master Jin wanted him to eliminate the Crimson Sand Gang for five million, then began his work in the Special Management Bureau. The chapter left him accepting two solo missions despite being required to complete only one this month.

• Master Jin learned Baisha was dead and asked Steward Zhou to contact Lin Shuguang about a job.
• Feng San inspected the Cold Yin Dragon Body materials and promised to find a major buyer before Lin Shuguang met Steward Zhou at the noodle shop.
• Steward Zhou told Lin Shuguang that Master Jin wanted the Crimson Sand Gang gone and offered him five million, but Lin Shuguang made no immediate reply.
• Lin Shuguang joined the Special Management Bureau's Ninth Division and accepted both solo mission sheets from the Square-faced Section Chief.

Lin Shuguang led a masked attack on Bai Peng’s convoy and fought the gang leader in a brutal clash. He rejected Bai Peng’s offer of two million and continued his assault.

• Lin Shuguang took command of the Jin Family’s masked fighters and ordered them to follow the plan against Bai Peng.
• Bai Peng learned that his people had gathered what he needed, but demanded results within the week.
• Lin Shuguang ambushed Bai Peng’s convoy, split his sedan with a saber strike, and ordered the masked assassins to kill everyone.
• Lin Shuguang and Bai Peng fought with sabers and fists, destroying walls as their forces battled nearby.
• Bai Peng offered Lin Shuguang two million to end the fight, but Lin Shuguang refused and brought his saber down again.

Lin Shuguang fought Bai Peng, who used a blood-powered secret art to gain the upper hand, but Lin upgraded his Thunderous Star River Slash and killed him. After learning Lin had also killed his son, Bai Peng died, and Lin ordered the assassins to withdraw.

• Lin Shuguang overwhelmed Bai Peng in combat, but Bai Peng stabbed his saber into his heart and unleashed a blood-powered secret art.
• Bai Peng battered Lin Shuguang through several walls, but Lin rose from the ruins unharmed in Demon God Armor.
• Lin Shuguang upgraded Thunderous Star River Slash and pierced Bai Peng's shoulder with a powerful strike.
• Lin Shuguang pinned Bai Peng to a wall, and Bai Peng realized Lin had killed his son before Lin killed him.
• The assassins reported to Lin Shuguang after defeating the bodyguards, and Lin ordered them to withdraw.

After killing Bai Peng, Lin Shuguang claimed a large payment and cultivation resources, then pushed his bone-tempering cultivation further and unleashed his killing intent in the Blood Desolate Land. When he turned in two Special Management Bureau missions, he attacked Zhang Lian after the man insulted him, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Song Xingyuan ordered his men to avoid trouble after Bai Peng's death and arranged to take Song Wan to the Provincial Capital, while also seeking to buy all the cold crystals on the market.
• Master Jin praised Lin Shuguang for killing Bai Peng and accepted the price he had demanded, including five million and a share of Bai Peng's cultivation resources.
• Lin Shuguang upgraded Bai Peng's two saber techniques to maximum level, then spent a million to raise his cultivation to five bone-tempering resonances and improved his Basic Body Refining Technique to LV14.
• Lin Shuguang spent five hours killing beasts in the Blood Desolate Land, then completed two Special Management Bureau missions by killing the ferocious beasts they named.
• At the Bureau, Zhang Lian insulted Lin Shuguang, who ignored him until the paperwork was nearly done and then slashed him through a wall.
• Zhang Lian emerged from the rubble and demanded to know who Lin Shuguang was, but Lin Shuguang advanced and slashed at him again.

Lin Shuguang beat Zhang Lian after accusing him of trying to ambush him, then learned from Si Qianjun that bone-tempering resonances followed a Fibonacci pattern. Si invited him to a provincial-capital birthday celebration and discussed martial arts schools, leaving Lin interested in pursuing the Demon Capital despite the pressure.

• Lin Shuguang claimed Zhang Lian had tried to kill him, and Si Qianjun sent Zhang away for treatment after hearing the examiner's account.
• Lin Shuguang signed his paperwork, then followed Si Qianjun to his office, where Si invited him to a senior's seventieth-birthday celebration in the provincial capital.
• Si Qianjun explained that bone-tempering resonances created blood-energy mediums in a Fibonacci sequence, and Lin realized how difficult it would be to complete them.
• Si recommended the Demon Capital martial arts school while warning Lin about its talented students, and Lin said he was not afraid of the challenge.
• Si told Lin that Zhang Lian was close to Ye Wu's family and promised to warn them, while Lin ordered the Logistics Department to make Zhang pay for the lobby wall repairs.

Lin Shuguang accompanied Feng San to sell the Cold Yin Dragon materials to Boss Nong, but the deal turned into a confrontation when Nong’s men tried to cheat them. Lin Shuguang forced Boss Nong to pay eight million and left after invoking the Special Management Bureau.

• Song Wan went to school hoping to thank Lin Shuguang, but she could not find him and left disappointed.
• Feng San told Lin Shuguang he had arranged a meeting with Boss Nong to sell the Cold Yin Dragon materials for 3.6 million, and Lin Shuguang agreed to attend.
• At Huangge Grand Restaurant, Lin Shuguang and Feng San encountered Li Yihai, who warned Lin Shuguang to be careful as he left.
• Boss Nong’s men inspected the materials and offered only two million, so Lin Shuguang slammed one subordinate through the dining table and defeated the bodyguards with a saber strike.
• Lin Shuguang demanded eight million from Boss Nong, who paid and let him keep the materials deal; Lin Shuguang then warned that the Special Management Bureau would handle any trouble from the Nong Family.

Lin Shuguang rejected Li Yihai’s offer to join the Suxuan Sect but received a breathing technique that he fused with his other cultivation methods. At Zhu Shaoqiang’s birthday banquet, Ye Wu challenged Lin to a sparring match, and Lin stepped forward asking Si Qianjun whether he was allowed to kill.

• Li Yihai invited Lin Shuguang to join the Suxuan Sect, but Lin refused and accepted Li’s breathing technique instead.
• Lin fused Li’s breathing technique with the Thunderous Roar Scripture and the Purple Qi Cauldron-Controlling Method to create the Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Breathing Technique.
• Si Qianjun brought Lin Shuguang to Zhu Shaoqiang’s seventieth birthday banquet, where Zhu announced Ye Wu as his adopted son.
• After the banquet, Ye Wu challenged Lin Shuguang to exchange moves, and Zhu Shaoqiang dismissed Si Qianjun’s objection.
• Lin Shuguang stepped forward, asked Si Qianjun if he was allowed to kill, and drew his broadsword as Ye Wu’s expression changed.

Lin Shuguang crippled Ye Wu at Zhu Shaoqiang’s birthday banquet, and Si Qianjun defended him against the Zhu Family. After they returned to Huai City, the banquet’s scandal spread through the Provincial Capital, while Song Xingyuan reconsidered Lin Shuguang’s abilities.

• Lin Shuguang severed Ye Wu’s sword-wielding arm and sent him crashing through a wall after their fight.
• Si Qianjun stood between Lin Shuguang and Zhu Shaoqiang, invoking the Special Management Bureau’s authority and warning the Zhu Family not to defy Great Xia’s laws.
• Zhu Shaoqiang backed down, ordered the guests to leave, and disowned Ye Wu by claiming he did not know him.
• In the car, Si Qianjun told Lin Shuguang that the Governor had already repaid his debt to the Zhu Family and that both the Zhu Family and Ye Family were risking their futures.
• News of the banquet spread through the Provincial Capital, and Song Xingyuan regretted underestimating Lin Shuguang and predicted that Huai City might change.

Lin Shuguang went to the Blood Desolate Land to hunt Desolate Ghost Apes and returned carrying several bulging bags after slaughtering them by the dozens. When hunters tried to rob him, he killed two of them, revealing the overwhelming power of a Martial Artist.

• The Ye Family learned that Ye Wu's actions had angered the Special Management Bureau, and the Ye Family Patriarch decided to apologize to Si Qianjun in person.
• Lin Shuguang asked the Square-faced Section Chief for more mission sheets, then went alone to the Blood Desolate Land when none were available.
• Fu Yiming and his companions saw Lin Shuguang enter the depths alone and heard the violence of his fight with the Desolate Ghost Apes.
• After several hours, Lin Shuguang emerged with several bulging bags, and nearby hunters watched him warily.
• A hunter charged at Lin Shuguang to rob him, but Lin Shuguang killed him with one saber strike.
• When the ugly man in camouflage threatened Lin Shuguang, Lin Shuguang cut him apart with a Blood Rainbow strike, and the hunters realized he was a Martial Artist.

After returning from the Blood Desolate Land, Lin Shuguang was summoned by Zhao Yonghui for a dangerous mission against the Joyful Extremes Sect. He arrived at a besieged residential complex and learned that the sect’s leader was stronger than expected and had already killed three Martial Artists.

• Lin Shuguang sold his haul to Feng San for nine hundred thousand and was introduced to Old Zhong as Feng San’s contact during an upcoming trip.
• Lin Shuguang ate noodles at his family’s shop, where Mother Lin told him their business was improving, before Zhao Yonghui called him away.
• Zhao Yonghui briefed Lin Shuguang on the Joyful Extremes Sect and drove him to the residential complex where its members were surrounded.
• A middle-aged official told Zhao Yonghui that three Martial Artists had died and that even a Bone Tempering Fourth Resonance fighter had been unable to hold out against Wang Yuehu.
• Zhao Yonghui learned that a Sixth Resonance Expert had been ordered to intervene.

Lin Shuguang joined Cao Wei in fighting Wang Yuehu, a powerful Joyful Extremes Sect cultivator whose poisoned gauntlets had already wounded Cao. As Wang Yuehu attacked again, Lin Shuguang used his upgrade ability, unleashing a new surge of force.

• Cao Wei arrived to confront Wang Yuehu, but Wang Yuehu blasted him from the building and wounded his shoulder.
• Lin Shuguang charged Wang Yuehu and clashed with him, astonishing Zhao Yonghui and Cao Wei with his strength.
• Cao Wei attacked Wang Yuehu from behind, but Wang Yuehu struck him with his poisoned gauntlets and sent him flying.
• Cao Wei warned Lin Shuguang about the poison, and Lin Shuguang continued battling Wang Yuehu while avoiding the gauntlets.
• Wang Yuehu declared his allegiance to the Joyful Extremes Sect and attacked Lin Shuguang again, prompting Lin Shuguang to say, “Upgrade!”

Lin Shuguang battled Wang Yuehu through a ruined compound and into an underground garage, where Wang Yuehu tried to bargain with the Divine Method that had made him powerful. Lin Shuguang learned the method was a puppet technique and continued attacking Wang Yuehu.

• Lin Shuguang and Wang Yuehu exchanged savage attacks, demolishing the surrounding walls as Cao Wei and the others watched.
• Lin Shuguang drove Wang Yuehu through the garage wall and continued battering him inside.
• Wang Yuehu asked Lin Shuguang to stop and offered to reveal the Divine Method granted to him by the Evil God.
• Wang Yuehu recited part of the Mystic Mother Blood-Child Puppet Method, and Lin Shuguang's Attribute Panel identified its strength-boosting cost and sacrificial bond.
• Lin Shuguang rejected Wang Yuehu's offer as insufficient and slashed at him again.