Recaps

Zhou Yongnian celebrated solving the serial murder case with his family, while He Huiqin showed him renewed affection after his promotion. As Fang Cheng accompanied Zhou Xiumei to class, he learned she had been chosen to sing at a charity performance and resolved to keep supporting her musical dream.

• Zhou Yongnian watched a report announcing that police had arrested Wang Mou, the suspect in the Vampire Maniac Serial Murder Case, which Zhou Yongnian's team had helped solve.
• He Huiqin praised Zhou Yongnian's work and prepared nourishing soup for him, while he and the family doted on Peng Peng over breakfast.
• He Huiqin helped Zhou Yongnian into his uniform and packed soup for work, and Fang Cheng interrupted the couple as they exchanged a tender farewell.
• Zhou Yongnian hinted that Fang Cheng should not miss his chance with Zhou Xiumei, leaving her flustered before he drove to work.
• Fang Cheng walked with Zhou Xiumei toward class, and she told him that her teacher had praised her singing and chosen her to lead a song at a charity performance.
• Fang Cheng recalled enrolling Zhou Xiumei in music courses and a singing competition, and resolved to support her as she pursued her dream.

Fang Cheng trained at the Global Elite Fighting Club, sparred with Brother Jie, and gained more boxing experience as he neared a skill breakthrough. After making plans to meet Zhou Xiumei and check on his renovations, he was stopped by someone who called his name.

• Fang Cheng stunned club trainees by controlling the 400-kilogram punching bag and revealed that he was only seventeen experience points from advancing his boxing skill.
• Brother Jie arrived for their sparring session, and Fang Cheng and Jie exchanged punches and kicks before ending the bout with mutual respect.
• Fang Cheng gained four boxing experience points from sparring, bringing his progress to 487 out of 500.
• Fang Cheng declined Brother Jie's invitation to shower together, called Zhou Xiumei, and arranged to meet her after class.
• Fang Cheng planned to inspect the renovations in Guanlan District, showered, and left the training facility to find Zhou Xiumei.
• Someone called Fang Cheng's name, and he turned in surprise to see who it was.

Fang Cheng rejected Xu Hao’s attempt to trade information about a secret investigation for boxing advice, then asked Xu Sanduo to investigate the underworld and Xu Hao. Xu Sanduo reported turmoil in the Lu Family and Red Tiger Gang before revealing that Xu Hao disappeared after the Red Tiger Gang absorbed his old gang.

• Xu Hao approached Fang Cheng at the mall, hinted that someone was investigating a skilled fighter, and offered information in exchange for training tips, but Fang Cheng declined and accepted his business card.
• Zhou Xiumei arrived with milk tea, and Fang Cheng went to lunch with her before calling Xu Sanduo to request an investigation.
• Fang Cheng inspected the renovation of his apartment, directing workers to reinforce the training area so it could support a 500-kilogram punching bag.
• Xu Sanduo reported that Lu Yongquan had recently taken over the Lu Family amid internal upheaval and that the Red Tiger Gang had become unusually quiet.
• Xu Sanduo said Xu Hao had once belonged to the Black Eagle Gang, which the Red Tiger Gang absorbed, but Xu Hao disappeared during the takeover.

Fang Cheng learned that Xu Hao had vanished and returned as a powerful Red Tiger Gang rising star, leading him to suspect the gang was behind the investigation into him. He went to the Midnight Forest Bar to confront Xu Hao, who arrived just as drunk patrons were harassing a server.

• Xu Sanduo told Fang Cheng that Xu Hao had disappeared after the Black Eagle Gang was wiped out, then returned with extraordinary fighting ability and quickly rose within the Red Tiger Gang.
• Fang Cheng considered whether the Lu Family or the Special Search Team was investigating him and concluded that Xu Hao's connection to the Red Tiger Gang made the gang his likeliest lead.
• Fang Cheng left his unfinished apartment and went to the Midnight Forest Bar, where Xu Hao often spent his time.
• Fang Cheng waited quietly in a booth and brushed off two women who tried to flirt with him.
• Drunken men grabbed and harassed a server, and Xu Hao arrived with his tattooed underlings and demanded to know who was causing trouble on his turf.

Xu Hao beat down troublemakers at the bar, then was ambushed by two trained attackers and captured after hesitating to protect Xiao Qing. As the attackers escaped with him through a concealed exit, a mysterious black blur raced down the corridor.

• Xu Hao crushed a drunk’s thrown bottle, knocked him unconscious with a single slap, and ordered his men to remove the troublemakers.
• Fang Cheng spotted two inconspicuous men following Xu Hao upstairs and decided to watch them before making his own move.
• Xu Hao dismissed his companions, and Xiao Qing tended the glass wounds in his hand in the VIP Room.
• Two men in jackets attacked Xu Hao with a Military Dagger and a High-Voltage Electric Baton, stunning and restraining him after he hesitated to protect Xiao Qing.
• One attacker knocked Xiao Qing unconscious, and the men escaped with Xu Hao through a concealed rear door.
• A black blur raced down the corridor as the attackers disappeared, startling a passing waiter.

Fang Cheng followed Xu Hao's kidnappers in a taxi, but they shot out the taxi's tires and crashed it. He put on the White Mask and sprinted after their sedan, which Zhou Liang and A Li saw approaching from behind.

• Fang Cheng followed the black Wuling sedan carrying Xu Hao in a taxi and told the driver it was chasing his cheating brother-in-law.
• The sedan's occupants noticed the taxi, shot out its tires, and caused it to crash; Fang Cheng pressed the SOS button and climbed out unharmed.
• Fang Cheng put on the White Mask and ran after the fleeing sedan at extraordinary speed, startling drivers as he passed them.
• Inside the sedan, Zhou Liang and A Li discussed the taxi's pursuit and worried that the Red Tiger Gang might learn they had taken Xu Hao.
• A Li spotted Fang Cheng racing toward them, and Zhou Liang saw the masked figure closing in at impossible speed.

Fang Cheng chased Zhou Liang and A Li’s speeding car, rescued the unconscious Xu Hao after the crash, and discovered that the men were Special Affairs Investigation Team officers rather than Noah operatives. The standoff was interrupted by Chief Gao, whose inhuman silhouette appeared on the slope.

• Zhou Liang tried to escape Fang Cheng in the black sedan as A Li fired at the masked pursuer, while Xu Hao briefly woke before A Li shocked him unconscious again.
• Fang Cheng dodged the gunfire, leapt onto the sedan’s roof, and tore through it after Zhou Liang swerved to avoid an oncoming truck and crashed down a slope.
• Fang Cheng checked Xu Hao’s condition, questioned Zhou Liang and A Li about their plans and organization, and found Zhou Liang’s Special Affairs Investigation Team identification card.
• Fang Cheng realized the men were not with Noah, while Zhou Liang and A Li were stunned that their pursuer had mistaken them for Noah operatives.
• Chief Gao called out from the slope, and his silhouette revealed a figure that was unmistakably inhuman.

Fang Cheng battled Chief Gao, whose living Bio-Armor and weapons overwhelmed him until Fang Cheng unleashed a flame-charged punch that broke through the armor. As Chief Gao flew backward, a red energy Guard formed around him, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Chief Gao identified himself as a Special Search Team officer and attacked Fang Cheng with a chest beam and a Wave Sword.
• Fang Cheng dodged Chief Gao's strikes and landed a rapid series of blows, but Chief Gao's Bio-Armor absorbed much of the impact.
• Chief Gao counterattacked with a bone claw and Wave Sword, forcing Fang Cheng to evade his relentless assault.
• Fang Cheng unleashed Flame Breathing-full power and punched through Chief Gao's armor, burning and blasting him backward.
• Zhou Liang and A Li watched in alarm as a translucent red energy Guard formed around Chief Gao in midair.

Fang Cheng fought Gao Jin, whose biological force field and devastating energy attack pushed him to the brink. After realizing they had misunderstood each other and police were approaching, Fang Cheng accepted Gao Jin’s promise to return Xu Hao safely and fled, while Gao Jin lost power and fell from the air.

• Gao Jin regenerated his armor inside a red biological force field, and Fang Cheng leapt up to strike the barrier with a Flame Uppercut.
• Gao Jin unleashed a destructive energy blast, which Fang Cheng narrowly escaped while Zhou Liang and A Li were injured by the shock wave.
• Gao Jin recognized Fang Cheng as White Owl and suspected he had joined the Noah Organization, but Fang Cheng denied any connection and explained he had come for Xu Hao personally.
• Gao Jin promised Xu Hao would be returned safely by morning, and Fang Cheng agreed to leave as police sirens approached.
• Fang Cheng fled into the night, and Gao Jin’s depleted Core Device failed, sending him plunging toward the ground.

After his battle with Fang Cheng, Gao Jin questioned whether White Owl was truly the ruthless threat described in Special Search Team files and ordered Xu Hao taken to headquarters. Fang Cheng watched the cleanup from hiding, confirmed the taxi driver was alive, and called his mother before remaining near the scene.

• Gao Jin collapsed after his Bio-Implant receded, then contacted the Special Search Team for support.
• Zhou Liang and A Li reported how they captured Xu Hao and how White Owl had treated them, prompting Gao Jin to question his assumptions about White Owl.
• Gao Jin ordered his team to secure Xu Hao, and A Li shocked him unconscious again when he woke and began cursing.
• Fang Cheng watched the injured taxi driver leave in an ambulance and called Li Biyun to say he would be away on a business trip.
• Fang Cheng stayed hidden near the wreckage and continued observing the Special Search Team members as they cleaned up.

After observing the Special Search Team take Xu Hao away, Fang Cheng withdrew to his hidden base and trained through the morning. His gains included reaching Grandmaster Level in Boxing and unlocking the Infinite Combo effect.

• Fang Cheng watched Gao Jin's team treat the injured, clean the battle site, and leave with Xu Hao before he slipped away to the Unfinished Apartment in Guanlan District.
• Fang Cheng completed thousands of Push-Ups, Pull-Ups, and Leg Raises at his hidden base, raising experience in several training skills.
• Fang Cheng reviewed the combat experience he gained from the previous night's battle, including increases to Running, Qi Gong, Sanda, Muay Thai, and Jujutsu.
• Fang Cheng reached Grandmaster Level in Boxing and received the Infinite Combo effect, which boosted successive punches and could culminate in a devastating Storm Finishing Fist.

Fang Cheng analyzed the combat potential and physical costs of his new Infinite Combo skill, then concealed his excitement when the renovation workers arrived. After breakfast, he walked along the beach and considered the power of the Special Search Team and how many stronger fighters might exist.

• Fang Cheng realized Infinite Combo could let him stack punches, suppress an opponent after thirty hits, and potentially unleash a devastating finishing move, though it would strain his body and consume enormous stamina.
• Renovation workers arrived, so Fang Cheng hid his excitement, greeted them, and left the apartment for breakfast.
• Fang Cheng ate a large meal at remarkable speed, noticed the shop owner was alarmed, and slowed down to keep a low profile.
• Fang Cheng walked through a beachfront park and recalled how Gao Jin's Bio-Armor and energy shock wave had made him a formidable opponent.
• Fang Cheng wondered how many fighters as powerful as Gao Jin—or even stronger—were in the Special Search Team.

After reviewing his clash with the Special Search Team, Fang Cheng decided to disguise himself and approach Xu Hao for information about who was investigating him. Xu Hao returned to the Midnight Forest bar injured and blamed the East City Association, but learned that his underling had reported his disappearance to the gang leader.

• Fang Cheng considered the threats surrounding the Noah Organization, the Special Search Team, and the person secretly investigating him, then decided to keep a low profile and strengthen himself.
• Fang Cheng watched a girl struggle through walking rehabilitation at the beach and resolved to test his Infinite Combo somewhere secluded.
• Fang Cheng decided to get a wig and change his appearance before approaching Xu Hao again.
• Xiao Qing treated Xu Hao's injuries at the Midnight Forest bar while he dismissed her worries.
• Xu Hao told his gathered Red Tiger Gang underlings that the East City Association had attacked him, provoking them to demand revenge.
• Xu Hao's trusted underling told him that he had searched for him and reported his disappearance to the gang leader.

Xu Hao lied to Chen Chen about his capture and tried to hide his dealings with the Special Search Team, while fearing the forces behind the Red Tiger Gang and the effects of his enhancement. Fang Cheng confronted him for information, exposed his secret, and seized him when Xu Hao attacked.

• Xu Hao dismissed his subordinates, then told Chen Chen that the East City Association and Shen Wei had kidnapped him and that he had escaped.
• Chen Chen warned Xu Hao to stay quiet and avoid provoking the East City Association, leaving Xu Hao unsure whether his boss believed him.
• Fang Cheng silently entered Xu Hao's room and demanded to know who had been investigating him.
• Xu Hao sought help with the side effects of enhancement and revealed that he believed Fang Cheng had undergone a human modification experiment linked to Noah.
• Fang Cheng threatened to tell Chen Chen that Xu Hao had colluded with the Special Search Team, and Xu Hao reacted by throwing an ashtray and attacking him.
• Fang Cheng dodged the attack and clamped a hand around Xu Hao's throat.

Fang Cheng forced Xu Hao to reveal why the Noah Organization was investigating him and what it knew about the massacre at Wu Shihao’s stronghold. He recruited Xu Hao as an informant and arranged a cautious way to stay in contact.

• Fang Cheng stopped Xu Hao’s attack, spared him because of his father, and demanded information about the Noah Organization.
• Xu Hao explained that the organization was monitoring newly prominent fighters, had made Fang Cheng a priority after linking him to the Red Tiger Gang drug factory, and was searching for the killer responsible for the Lingang District Dock Warehouse massacre.
• Xu Hao revealed that an important experimental subject had vanished from Wu Shihao’s stronghold and admitted that his own bodily changes were connected to Noah’s human-modification experiments.
• Fang Cheng ordered Xu Hao to inform him about the Noah Organization and the Special Search Team, and Xu Hao agreed on the condition that Fang Cheng protect him.
• Fang Cheng swore to help Xu Hao if he faced mortal danger because of him, then told him to use visits to his father at the Global Elite Club as their temporary means of contact.

Fang Cheng trained Xu Hao to act as his mole and ordered him to investigate Noah Organization, then weighed ways to counter the threat while worrying about his loved ones. A quiet exchange with Wen Xin inspired him to consider using Meditation to create a discreet communication link with Xu Hao.

• Fang Cheng taught Xu Hao counter-surveillance skills and safe meeting techniques, then gave him three days to investigate Noah Organization's plans and what it knew about him.
• Xu Hao discovered Fang Cheng had left the room and found the guards asleep, so he woke them and covered for Fang Cheng.
• At the Global Elite Fighting Club, Fang Cheng considered how Noah Organization might uncover his identity and weighed attacking its members against laying false trails.
• Xu Maocai confided in Fang Cheng about his troubled relationship with Xu Hao, and Fang Cheng promised to help guide him.
• Fang Cheng met Zhou Xiumei after her lesson, and they picked up Wen Xin on the way home.
• Wen Xin sensed Fang Cheng's worry and reached out to him mentally, prompting him to consider using Meditation to develop a safer way to contact Xu Hao.

After a grueling night of meditation, Fang Cheng stabilized and strengthened his spirituality fire, raising his Spirit attribute to 48. He then entered his Memory Palace and touched a pattern on the Golden Orb, establishing a mysterious connection to another consciousness.

• Fang Cheng returned to his apartment, checked it for signs of intrusion, and cooked himself dinner.
• Fang Cheng meditated through the night, resisting disturbing whispers and carefully containing his spiritual power.
• Fang Cheng's meditation strengthened his spirituality fire, and his Spirit attribute broke through to 48.
• Fang Cheng entered his Memory Palace and found the Golden Orb brighter, with clearer patterns across its surface.
• Fang Cheng touched a familiar pattern on the orb and connected his consciousness to another consciousness.

Fang Cheng used the Golden Orb to establish a long-distance mental link with Wen Xin, then returned to his training routine at the Global Elite Fighting Club. He met Xu Hao privately in the showers and asked whether Xu Hao had made progress on his investigation.

• Fang Cheng connected to Wen Xin in her classroom through the Golden Orb, sharing thoughts and visual perception across more than ten kilometers before ending the link.
• Fang Cheng failed to establish stable links with others and concluded that long-distance communication required spiritual strength, mental energy, and a prior soul-level resonance.
• Fang Cheng left his meditation experiments to buy food, then trained at the Global Elite Fighting Club the next day while Xu Hao drew attention with his disruptive behavior.
• Xu Hao joined Fang Cheng in a private meeting in the club showers, where Fang Cheng asked whether he had made progress on the investigation.

Fang Cheng learned that the Noah Organization was temporarily too busy to target him, then met with his uncle Li Dingjian to discuss their hidden roles in the Lu Family Manor incident. The chapter ended with Li Dingjian demanding to know the truth behind Fang Cheng’s extraordinary abilities.

• Xu Hao told Fang Cheng that Noah had investigated his family and was seeking approval to send stronger people to the Eastern Capital, but would likely leave him alone for about a week.
• Fang Cheng asked Xu Hao to try to take charge of the assignment investigating him and ordered him to learn what was causing Noah’s losses in the Eastern Capital.
• Fang Cheng disguised his bald head with a wig and planned to train while Noah was distracted, then visit his uncle Li Dingjian.
• Fang Cheng confronted Li Dingjian about being Crow, and Li Dingjian confirmed it before asking whether Fang Cheng had been White Ghost at Lu Family Manor.
• Fang Cheng and Li Dingjian admitted their roles in the dangerous treasure hunt, and Li Dingjian explained that he had joined the professor’s team to raise money for his father’s surgery and retirement home.
• Li Dingjian said his work with the professor was not finished and ended by pressing Fang Cheng to explain his extraordinary abilities.

Fang Cheng learned from Li Dingjian that the Fang family’s bloodline carried dangerous powers that could drive awakened descendants to madness and slaughter. After his uncle withheld the truth about his father’s death but insisted his father had been falsely accused, Fang Cheng resolved to use the Evil Spirit Mask to create a separate identity for hunting.

• Fang Cheng told Li Dingjian that a fever had awakened his unusual strength, speed, and control over flames, and said he had learned to manage his mental symptoms through meditation.
• Li Dingjian explained the history of Aberrants, the dangers of awakening without a clan’s protection, and the Fang family’s descent from the ghost-eating Fang Xiangshi.
• Li Dingjian warned Fang Cheng that awakened Fang descendants could succumb to inherited violence, then said Fang Cheng’s father had been falsely accused and was not a killing demon.
• Fang Cheng asked Li Dingjian to arrange a meeting with the professor to discuss his abilities and mental state, but learned the professor was away.
• After Li Dingjian left, Fang Cheng put on the Evil Spirit Mask and decided to create a separate identity to hunt and protect his loved ones.

Fang Cheng endured a dangerous clash between his consciousness and the Golden Benba Vase’s spirituality while meditating near Spirit Spring Temple, absorbed the remaining spirituality, and raised his spirit attribute to 50. Sensing danger, he left the forest just before Revered One Roger arrived tracking the vase’s aura.

• Fang Cheng meditated in the forest near Spirit Spring Temple, where the temple’s chanting resonated with the Golden Benba Vase’s Black Sect imprints and assaulted his consciousness.
• Fang Cheng fueled the spirituality fire with Crimson True Qi, burned away the demonic visions, and completed his fusion with the vase’s remaining spirituality.
• Roger sensed that the Golden Benba Vase had reappeared and left the morning lesson to track its aura.
• Fang Cheng gained sharper perception and raised his spirit attribute to 50, with Meditation Level 1 just three experience points from its next level.
• Fang Cheng sensed a malicious presence, dressed, and fled the forest; Roger arrived at the clearing minutes later.

Fang Cheng refined the Golden Benba Vase’s spirituality without suffering its backlash, enraging Xiao Linye when he sensed the purified power. Fang Cheng then reached Master Level Meditation and gained Mind Resonance, leaving him with a new way to connect with other minds.

• Roger searched the woods for the Bald Guy but found only a scorched boulder and lingering smoke.
• Xiao Linye sensed that Fang Cheng had purified and absorbed the Golden Benba Vase’s spirituality, and his resentment deepened.
• Fang Cheng returned to the Yuehu Hotel, ate breakfast with his family, and went to his room to meditate.
• Fang Cheng’s spirituality fire transformed as the Golden Benba Vase’s spirituality merged with his own, and the disturbing phenomena disappeared.
• Fang Cheng reached Master Level Meditation and unlocked Mind Resonance, which could link his consciousness to trusted or emotionally connected targets.

Fang Cheng unlocked Mind Resonance and tested its single-direction projection through the Golden Orb, discovering he could experience other people's surroundings and sensations across distance. He realized the orb was connected to a growing network of minds that was slowly strengthening his spirit, and wondered what power the network might eventually bring.

• Fang Cheng examined Mind Resonance and realized it could let him form deeper mental connections through empathy and emotional bonds.
• Fang Cheng projected his consciousness into Wen Xin at lunch and sensed her surroundings, emotions, and troubling math problem.
• Fang Cheng projected into a member of the Truth and Meditation Co-cultivation Society, but severed the channel when Chen Jiandong noticed something was wrong.
• Fang Cheng projected into a prisoner's body as several inmates beat him, then returned to the Memory Palace when the channel broke.
• Fang Cheng concluded that the Golden Orb connected him to people through a growing network and was absorbing outside mental energy as his Spirit attribute continued to rise.

After awakening Mind Resonance, Fang Cheng experimented with forming a mental link by guiding Xu Hao through meditation. He succeeded in creating a new connection and left Xu Hao convinced he had learned a powerful cultivation method called the Great Sun Burning Body Art.

• Fang Cheng realized Mind Resonance could help him gather intelligence and protect his family, but he needed to actively guide them to form mental links.
• Fang Cheng brought Xu Hao to a secluded lounge and tried to establish a connection through emotional sharing, hypnosis, and meditation.
• Fang Cheng guided Xu Hao to focus on his image, then used Mind Resonance to reach toward Xu Hao’s consciousness and create a new light pattern on the Golden Orb.
• Fang Cheng sensed Xu Hao’s troubled emotions through the link, while Xu Hao fell asleep and dreamed of following a light toward a sun containing a figure like Fang Cheng.
• Fang Cheng told Xu Hao the meditation had eased his mental burden and instructed him to practice morning and evening.
• Xu Hao asked for the method’s name, and Fang Cheng called it the Great Sun Burning Body Art, which Xu Hao believed was an ancient divine art.

Fang Cheng learned that Noah Organization had nearly identified the masked murder maniac, while Xu Hao helped him understand Mind Resonance and the dangers of the organization’s recovery drug. The chapter ended with Fang Cheng refining his plans to build a discreet network and improve his physical skills.

• Fang Cheng questioned Xu Hao about Noah Organization’s investigation, and Xu Hao revealed that the masked murder maniac had destroyed a Special Operations Team and that the organization was at least eighty percent certain of his identity.
• Fang Cheng asked Xu Hao to gather detailed information about Noah Organization’s experts stationed in Dongdu City.
• Xu Hao explained that Touch of the Revealer could temporarily suppress mental problems and aid recovery but caused severe side effects and helped the Board of Directors control lower-ranking personnel.
• Fang Cheng taught Xu Hao methods for calming and concentrating his mind, then asked him to discreetly identify trustworthy Noah Organization members with mental problems who might accept help.
• Fang Cheng concluded that focused meditation could help him establish Mind Resonance and guide another person’s mental state.
• Fang Cheng checked his Panel and decided to focus on improving Running and Sanda alongside developing Mind Resonance.