Recaps

Fang Cheng advanced his Bone Setting skill and gained the special effect Temporary Solidification while treating injured thugs at Lin Fusheng Bone Setting Clinic. As the clinic quieted, a mysterious man in a gray coat stood and said he was looking for Lin Fusheng.

• Brother Fei boasted to the clinic’s thugs about a masked killer who had devastated Jiangbei’s gangs, and others linked the killer to the urban legend of the white-masked hero who killed an escaped gorilla.
• Fang Cheng finished setting Brother Fei’s arm and saw that his Bone Setting skill had reached Expert Level, granting him Temporary Solidification, which briefly relieved pain and stabilized injured bones.
• Fang Cheng considered fusing Bone Setting experience into Qi Gong but decided to keep training Bone Setting first, while Wen Xin sat unhappily after learning she would be sent to school.
• As the clinic emptied, Wen Hui Yi asked the silent man in the gray coat if he needed treatment, and he rose and said he was looking for Lin Fusheng.

The Professor reunited with Lin Fusheng and asked him to rejoin their former cause, but Lin refused and urged him to leave Fang Cheng out of their past. After departing, the Professor used his mental power to control a crow and discovered a young man meditating in a dark apartment room.

• Lin Fusheng sent Fang Cheng and the others home before meeting the Professor alone at the clinic.
• The Professor revealed that he had changed his face, taken a new identity, and returned to the Eastern Capital to reunite their companions and finish their work.
• Lin Fusheng declined to join the Professor and warned him not to involve Fang Cheng, whom he had secretly protected as Fang Shijie's son.
• The Professor gave Lin Fusheng his business card and promised that they could still rely on each other, then left the clinic.
• The Professor controlled a crow with his mental power and sent it to a ninth-floor window, where it spotted a muscular young man meditating.

Fang Cheng repaired and maintained his memory palace, then received a mental cultivation method delivered by a mysterious crow. After the crow vanished, Fang Cheng realized someone was secretly teaching him and wondered who they were and why.

• Fang Cheng inspected and repaired damage in his memory palace, gaining Meditation experience while exhausting himself.
• Fang Cheng heard strange voices and saw vague figures, which he treated as familiar inner demons.
• A crow flew into Fang Cheng's memory palace and formed a message containing a complete mental cultivation method.
• Fang Cheng memorized the method, then returned to reality and saw the crow take flight from his windowsill.
• Fang Cheng wondered who was secretly teaching him as the story shifted to a heavily guarded estate on the city's outskirts.

Lu Yongquan monitored threats to the Estate and planned to lure treasure hunters into revealing themselves before the Golden Benba Ruyi Treasure Bottle went to auction. He then entered the Lu Family’s hidden ancestral sanctuary, where the Black Robed Man addressed him as Yongquan.

• The Guard Captain reported suspicious figures near the Estate and a skilled group trying to infiltrate through its drainage pipes.
• Lu Yongquan ordered his guards to let selected treasure-hunting teams breach the defenses and escape with evidence that the treasure was genuine.
• Lu Yongquan set the coming week as a crucial period, directing the guards to protect the Ruyi Treasure Bottle and monitor suspicious activity before the March 25 International Shadow Auction.
• After a chime, Lu Yongquan opened a concealed elevator behind an Antique Shelf and descended into a misty sanctuary beneath the building.
• Lu Yongquan entered the Lu Family ancestral sanctuary, where the Black Robed Man opened his eyes and greeted him as Yongquan.

Fang Cheng gained running experience during a long morning run and learned from a fisherman about the dangerous, mysterious Mist Mountain. Their conversation was interrupted when three armed, bedraggled men emerged from the woods and ordered them to stop.

• Fang Cheng ran 10.24 kilometers along YuLong Lake, improving his Running skill through careful attention to technique.
• Fang Cheng heard a strange noise from Mist Mountain, and a fisherman warned him about its hazards and tales of disappearances, ghostly lights, and suicides.
• The fisherman told Fang Cheng that the Lu Family had bought Mist Mountain and formed a patrol team.
• Three armed men burst from the woods onto the path, and one of them shouted for Fang Cheng and the fisherman to stop or be shot.

Fang Cheng subdued three armed tomb robbers during his morning run at YuLong Lake, then realized the men claiming to be police and other hidden watchers were suspicious. After leaving the mountains, he relaxed in his bath and planned to visit Xu Sanduo's company to sell antiques.

• Three armed bandits threatened Fang Cheng and Fisherman, mistaking them for informants, until Fang Cheng swiftly disarmed and knocked them unconscious.
• A middle-aged man claiming to be an officer arrived with pursuers, thanked Fang Cheng, and took the bandits away.
• Fang Cheng sensed hidden observers in the mountain woods and left with the frightened Fisherman.
• While bathing, Fang Cheng considered the suspicious encounter and decided not to pursue the mystery of Mist Mountain.
• Fang Cheng planned to visit Xu Sanduo's company that afternoon to handle the sale of the antiques.

Fang Cheng visited Xu Sanduo at Ju Gu Xuan and entrusted him with several shipwreck antiques and the Hundred Horses Painting to consign. As Xu Sanduo appraised the items, two men in black robes broke into the private room, leaving Xu Sanduo terrified and Fang Cheng facing an unknown threat.

• Fang Cheng arrived at Ju Gu Xuan and asked to see Xu Sanduo, prompting the shop staff to doubt his connection to their boss.
• Xu Sanduo eagerly welcomed Fang Cheng as a hero, scolded his staff for their treatment of him, and led him to a private room.
• Fang Cheng unpacked two porcelain pieces, three incense burners and box-shaped gold and silver objects, and the Hundred Horses Painting for Xu Sanduo to appraise and consign.
• Xu Sanduo identified the pieces as valuable antiques, promised to keep the deal confidential, and sent away a visitor who had come to see him.
• A commotion erupted in the shop, and two men in black robes kicked open the private-room door while Xu Sanduo trembled in fear.

Fang Cheng stopped two lamas from attacking Xu Sanduo over the Golden Benba Vase, then learned Xu had sold it to the Lu Family. Xu explained the vase’s religious significance and pledged himself to Fang Cheng, who gave him his phone number.

• Two lamas demanded that Xu Sanduo hand over the Golden Benba Vase, and one seized him when he denied having it.
• Fang Cheng rescued Xu, subdued both lamas, and stopped the second lama from attacking with a glowing Vajra Demon-Subduing Pestle.
• Fang Cheng urged Xu to tell the truth, and Xu revealed that the Lu Family had bought the vase.
• The lamas accepted Xu’s account, warned him not to lie, thanked Fang Cheng, and left.
• Xu explained that the vase was a sacred object used to select reincarnated monks and that the original had vanished two thousand years earlier.
• Xu offered Fang Cheng his loyalty and business connections, and Fang Cheng gave him a phone number to stay in touch.

The Revered One learned that the Golden Benba Vase was likely in the Lu Family’s hands and ordered Zha Xi and Duo Ji to monitor the competing factions before making a move. At a hotel, Fang Cheng spotted his uncle joining a mysterious group in a van, with Lin Chuqiao following them, and watched them disappear into the night.

• Zha Xi and Duo Ji reported that a martial artist at Xu Sanduo’s shop defeated them and that the Golden Benba Vase had likely passed to the Lu Family.
• Zha Xi revealed that rumors linked the Lu Family’s vase to the upcoming International Shadow Auction, and the Revered One ordered the two lamas to watch the family and other factions.
• The Revered One resolved to recover the Golden Benba Vase, hoping the achievement would help him rise within the Black Sect.
• Fang Cheng recalled warning Xu Sanduo to close his shop and lie low because the vase had drawn powerful factions into the matter.
• Fang Cheng saw his uncle hurry into a black van with a group that included the elderly man from Master Lin’s shop, then watched Lin Chuqiao follow the van toward West Lake Road.

Fang Cheng used the Mysterious Man’s Mental Cultivation Method to refine external consciousness, raising his Spirit to 45 and expanding his memory palace. After eating to recover his strength, he returned to the elevator, where two familiar, bloodied figures rushed inside.

• Fang Cheng meditated in the Yuehu Hotel and used Mind Fire to refine external consciousness into mental energy.
• Fang Cheng gained 50 Meditation experience and increased his Spirit from 43 to 45.
• Fang Cheng found that the distracting noises had vanished and that his memory palace had expanded into a dark space beyond his bedroom.
• Fang Cheng ended his meditation, felt intense hunger, and ate at the hotel’s late-night dining services.
• Fang Cheng entered the elevator and helped two familiar, ragged figures with blood on their clothes get inside.

Fang Cheng encountered a mutating, injured middle-aged man and used Bone Setting to relieve his fracture, then went for his morning run and spotted people searching Mist Mountain. He returned to the hotel and found Li Dingjian exhausted, asking where he had been the previous night.

• A middle-aged man began mutating in the elevator, but Xiao Bei lowered his gun when the man ordered him not to act rashly.
• Fang Cheng reset the man's fractured ankle with Bone Setting, and the man found he could walk without pain.
• Fang Cheng received experience for activating Bone Setting's Temporary Solidification effect, then went back to his hotel room for a little sleep.
• Fang Cheng ran around the lake and spotted people moving through the trees on Mist Mountain, apparently searching for something.
• Fang Cheng returned to Yuehu Hotel and found Li Dingjian exhausted in the lobby, then asked where he had gone last night.

Fang Cheng helped Wen Xin enroll at Yu Ying Primary School, where Lin Chuqiao explained how the school’s security and connections could protect Wen Xin’s secret. After seeing everyone around him working hard, Fang Cheng decided to train and earn money at the Club.

• Li Dingjian told Fang Cheng he had spent the night working on a project, then asked whether Fang Cheng had experienced emotional instability or strange dreams.
• Fang Cheng took Wen Xin and Wen Hui Yi to Yu Ying Primary School, where Lin Chuqiao helped complete Wen Xin’s enrollment.
• Director Zhang welcomed Wen Xin and promised to help her catch up with her studies, while Wen Hui Yi stayed to watch the opening ceremony.
• Lin Chuqiao explained that the school’s strict rules, excellent teachers, and connections to her uncle and the Pan Family could protect Wen Xin and help her learn.
• Fang Cheng asked Lin Chuqiao whether she knew Li Dingjian, but she did not recognize the name.
• Fang Cheng decided he needed to work harder, then ran toward the Club to practice boxing and earn money as a brand ambassador.

The Professor’s team discussed Lin Chuqiao’s latest vision and adjusted their plans for the Golden Benba Vase operation on Mist Mountain. Meanwhile, Fang Cheng considered how other people’s thoughts might strengthen his mental power, as three hotel guests began asking about him.

• Lin Chuqiao predicted a foggy forest and an enormous tree instead of seeing the Golden Benba Vase, and the Professor suspected the Lu Family’s Inheritance Secret Realm was on Mist Mountain.
• The Professor called Monkey, who reported growing movement among the teams watching the Estate, then ordered the group to prepare their assigned roles and a fallback Plan B.
• Lin Chuqiao considered telling Fang Cheng about the operation and his supernatural abilities, but decided not to interfere in the uncle and nephew’s secrets.
• Fang Cheng wondered whether people thinking about him could draw foreign thoughts to his spirituality fire and increase his mental strength.
• At a hotel, one of three people asked Black Wolf who the person he had mentioned was.

Black Wolf persuaded Bao Ye to consider recruiting Fang Cheng to help seize the Golden Benba Vase before it reached auction, citing Fang Cheng’s healing ability and overwhelming combat skill. The chapter ended with Fang Cheng meditating in the forest and noticing that his Meditation and Qi Gong training had become more effective.

• Black Wolf told Bao Ye and Xiao Bei that their team needed a powerful ally to regain a chance at the Golden Benba Vase, and Xiao Bei identified Fang Cheng as the man who had healed Black Wolf’s leg.
• Black Wolf demonstrated that his leg had recovered and said Fang Cheng had also defeated Fire Bear and two armed companions in less than a second.
• Black Wolf warned that the vase was expected to go to auction on February 25, and Bao Ye agreed to risk approaching Fang Cheng before it was too late.
• Fang Cheng meditated in the forest and saw that his Meditation and Qi Gong experience had increased, confirming that his training was more effective.

Fang Cheng meditated near Spirit Spring Temple and discovered that the prayer-like thought impressions there were already bound to the temple’s object of faith, so absorbing them would require him to become an object of faith himself. After reviewing his training progress and returning to the hotel for breakfast, he was approached by an unfamiliar person.

• Fang Cheng meditated near Spirit Spring Temple and sensed prayer-like thought impressions gathering around the temple in his memory palace.
• Fang Cheng realized the impressions belonged to an established object of faith and that he would need followers to direct their wish power toward him.
• Fang Cheng strengthened his links to the few followers whose wish power he had already absorbed, then left the woods and reviewed his training progress.
• Fang Cheng returned to the Yuehu Hotel and ate breakfast after his family had gone about their business.
• An unfamiliar person sat across from Fang Cheng and greeted him.

Fang Cheng heard Black Wolf, Bao Ye, and Xiao Bei explain the Golden Benba Vase’s value and its possible connection to the secret realms of noble clans. He agreed to join their operation on the condition that the team follow his commands at critical moments, and gave them the name White Ghost.

• Black Wolf invited Fang Cheng to join his group’s effort to obtain the Golden Benba Vase, explaining that they lacked a capable fighter.
• Bao Ye described the vase’s supposed power to cleanse aberrants’ bodies and minds, preserve consciousness, and enhance abilities with a Living Buddha’s sarira.
• Fang Cheng judged the vase to be of limited use to him and grew cautious because the Esoteric Sect and noble clans were involved.
• Black Wolf revealed that noble clans used inherited secret realms in the mental world to pass down supernatural abilities and avoid mutation’s harms.
• Fang Cheng agreed to join the operation, secured authority to direct the team at critical moments, and told them to call him White Ghost.

Fang Cheng prepared to leave for an operation with Bao Ye, Black Wolf, Xiao Bei, and Bao Ye’s men, while growing suspicious of his uncle’s sudden behavior. The group disguised themselves with Buddhist implements and masks, and Fang Cheng ordered everyone to shave their heads before the mission.

• Li Zhenhua supervised the renovation of his new home while Fang Cheng accompanied him back to the hotel for lunch and rest.
• Fang Cheng packed his pistol, dagger, ammunition, and White Evil Spirit Mask, then promised Li Dingjian he would look after Li Zhenhua while Li Dingjian traveled out of town.
• Fang Cheng noticed Li Dingjian leave without his usual luggage and suspected the voice on his phone belonged to the refined old man from Master Lin's Shop.
• Fang Cheng joined Black Wolf and Xiao Bei in Bao Ye’s van, where Bao Ye introduced his men A Da, A Er, and A San.
• Fang Cheng distributed Buddhist implements and masks to the group, then ordered them to shave their heads to further disguise themselves.

Lu Yongquan and Lu Shihua prepared for a risky operation meant to save the declining Lu Family, while Fang Cheng’s team and other groups waited in the mist around the estate for someone to act first. The stalemate ended when an unknown speaker addressed everyone hiding in the forest.

• Lu Shihua told Lu Yongquan that he would personally oversee the operation because Black Sect lamas and an old enemy threatened the Lu Family’s plans.
• Lu Yongquan agreed to stay at headquarters and coordinate intelligence and resources while Lu Shihua led the operation.
• Fang Cheng, Black Wolf, and their companions hid near the guarded estate, where they waited for another team to draw the guards’ fire.
• Fang Cheng used Eagle Eye Vision to study the estate’s defenses and considered creating a distraction, but decided to wait.
• As the hidden groups continued waiting in the thickening mist, an unknown voice greeted them and apologized for interrupting.

A mysterious mental ability user invited the treasure hunters to meet in his Private Secret Realm and discuss cooperation. Fang Cheng and Bao Ye entered the host’s vast library, where they waited among wary rival teams until the host finally appeared.

• A mysterious voice invited the treasure hunters to a Private Secret Realm gathering and proposed that they cooperate to overcome the estate’s defenses.
• Bao Ye and Black Wolf explained the risks of entering the Mental Secret Realm, and Fang Cheng argued that refusing could leave their team vulnerable to the others.
• Bao Ye chose to attend with Fang Cheng, while Black Wolf stayed behind to watch over the team.
• Fang Cheng and Bao Ye entered the host’s library-like Secret Realm and observed the other attendees, including several fighters Bao Ye recognized as dangerous.
• The gathered treasure hunters waited in the library until a tall, thin figure emerged from behind a bookshelf as their host.

The Mysterious Man urged the treasure seekers to cooperate in stealing the Golden Benba Vase from the Lu Family Manor before it was sent to the International Shadow Auction. He shared detailed intelligence and used an Oath Spell to secure their agreement, leaving Fang Cheng wary but committed to the plan.

• The Mysterious Man appeared with a young woman and announced that he also intended to obtain the Golden Benba Vase.
• He explained that the Lu Family would send the vase to the International Shadow Auction the next day and proposed a joint assault before nine in the morning.
• Ba Ming and other attendees challenged the proposal, questioning the Mysterious Man's motives and how cooperation could be enforced.
• The Mysterious Man revealed a detailed map of the Estate's defenses and distributed the intelligence to everyone.
• He proposed an Oath Spell that would prevent the treasure seekers from harming one another during the coordinated attack, ending once someone reached the Underground Vault and obtained the vase.
• The attendees, including Fang Cheng and Bao Ye, swore the oath and agreed to cooperate despite their lingering doubts.

Fang Cheng's team and the professor's team prepared for a coordinated assault on the Lu Family Manor to seize the Golden Benba Vase. The attack began at midnight, and Fang Cheng spotted the Mysterious Man near the manor as the teams breached its defenses.

• The Mysterious Man gathered the thirteen team leaders, secured their oaths to cooperate, and set the assault for midnight.
• Fang Cheng and Bao Ye emerged from the Mental Secret Realm and told Black Wolf's group about the joint plan; they assigned roles for entering the Estate and escaping pursuers.
• The professor's team prepared to guide the operation, with Lin Chuqiao managing mental links and Big Hammer assigned to protect the outside team.
• Li Dingjian fired a signal flare, officially starting the coordinated attack on the Lu Family Manor.
• Fang Cheng's team rushed toward the perimeter wall as gunfire erupted and the other teams attacked from all sides.
• Fang Cheng used Eagle Eye Vision to watch the assault and spotted the Mysterious Man beside another middle-aged man, preparing an ability.

Fang Cheng and the other treasure hunters breached the Lu Family Estate and fought through its guards, while a mysterious man disabled the Estate’s defenses with a strange power. The western assault gained ground toward the Underground Vault, but Fang Cheng grew suspicious that the Lu Family’s strongest fighters were nowhere to be seen.

• The Mysterious Man and the middle-aged man joined hands, sending out a ripple that silenced the gunfire and disabled the Estate’s alarms, cameras, and gate controls.
• Black Wolf, Xiao Bei, Bao Ye, and Fang Cheng entered the Estate, with Bao Ye bouncing over the wall and Fang Cheng clearing it in a powerful leap.
• Fang Cheng and Nail Head cut through the guards, and Fang Cheng’s attack helped Black Wolf and Xiao Bei break the enemy squads’ formation.
• After the western side’s guards were defeated, Bao Ye urged the group to push toward the Underground Vault and claim the Golden Benba Vase before their rivals.
• Fang Cheng spotted Nail Head, Ba Ming, and the Black River Twins among the advancing teams, but saw no sign of the mysterious man, the red-flame figure, or the Guard Captain.

Fang Cheng and the other treasure hunters reached the Underground Vault, where A San opened its reinforced door and the group descended toward the Golden Benba Vase. In the hall below, Lu Shihua began a Sacrifice Ceremony as Lu Tao went to hold off the intruders, leaving the vase glowing with mysterious power.

• The Black River Twins failed to break down the vault’s iron door, and Li Dingjian waited for the professor’s signal to use his Perception Pulse.
• A San softened his finger, picked the lock, and opened the door, prompting the treasure hunters to rush into the passage.
• Bao Ye led Fang Cheng, Black Wolf, and their companions through the trap-filled passage toward the Underground Vault.
• The treasure hunters arrived at the hall and saw the Golden Benba Vase on a stone pedestal, guarded by four black-robed figures.
• Lu Shihua criticized Lu Tao’s guards and ordered him to delay the intruders while the Sacrifice Ceremony continued.
• Lu Tao left to hold off the treasure hunters as Lu Shihua resumed the ritual, causing the Golden Benba Vase to shine more brightly.

Lu Tao fought off the treasure hunters before retreating into the Underground Vault, where four black-robed men were performing a ritual around the Golden Benba Vase. Fang Cheng recognized the ritual as a dangerous Curse Seal and shot the robed men, killing three, while the last man’s shadow swallowed Fang Cheng’s bullet.

• Lu Tao killed the Killer King with a wooden spear that drained his body, then used Wood Realm Barrier to hold back the treasure hunters.
• The Black River Twins urged the crowd to attack Lu Tao together, and their combined assault soon shattered his barrier.
• A voice from beyond the vault archway called Lu Tao back, and the treasure hunters followed him into a chamber where four black-robed men chanted around a glowing Golden Orb containing the Golden Benba Vase.
• Fang Cheng recognized the Black Cursed Script as a tree-related Curse Seal and shouted for the others to stop the ritual.
• Fang Cheng shot the four Black Robed Men, killing three, but the last one’s shadow swallowed the bullet.

After Lu Shihua revived the fallen Black Robed Men and escaped with Lu Tao, Fang Cheng urged his companions to withdraw from the Underground Vault. The Golden Benba Vase began draining the life from its guardians and anyone drawn close, and as its Brahma Voice overwhelmed the treasure hunters, Fang Cheng aimed his pistol at it.

• Lu Shihua used Imperial Order to revive three Black Robed Men, then escaped through a rear passage with Lu Tao while the treasure hunters rushed the platform.
• Fang Cheng sensed danger and ordered Bao Ye, Black Wolf, and the others to leave the vault, while he stayed behind to investigate.
• Fang Cheng warned the professor and the Mysterious Man that the Lu Family's exposed treasure might be a trap, and the professor asked whether Fang Cheng could understand the incantations.
• The Golden Benba Vase bound the Black Robed Men with golden tendrils and drained them into skeletons, then devoured treasure hunters who approached it.
• Ba Ming prepared to approach the vase, while Nail Head and the professor recognized the danger and urged caution; the vase's Brahma Voice drove more people into a deadly trance.
• Fang Cheng warned the remaining treasure hunters to stop others from approaching, then drew his pistol and aimed at the Golden Benba Vase.