Recaps

Fang Cheng trained at superhuman speed around YuLong Lake and then pushed his Leg Raises toward a breakthrough by holding a Dragon Flag. Just as he neared his physical limit, his pale blue panel flashed brightly.

• Fang Cheng woke at 4:02 a.m., left his grandfather’s house, and sprinted around YuLong Lake at extraordinary speed.
• Fang Cheng reached the mountain park, completed his usual exercises, and did six hundred One-Finger Hanging Leg Raises.
• Fang Cheng realized Absolute Control had reduced the core-muscle challenge of his one-finger training and decided to try the Dragon Flag.
• Fang Cheng held a Dragon Flag for a prolonged stretch as morning joggers watched and sunlight rose over the park.
• Fang Cheng struggled against gravity as he approached his limit, and his pale blue panel suddenly flashed with brilliant light.

Fang Cheng reached grandmaster level in Leg Raises, gained an extra second of base airtime, and considered how to spend his attribute points. He saved the points and planned to test whether his enhanced airtime could let him briefly fly.

• Fang Cheng completed nearly an hour and a half of Dragon Flag training and received 12 free attribute points, increased base airtime, and the prospect of unlocking an unexpected ability.
• Fang Cheng returned home, raised his strength from 48 to 50, and decided to save his remaining 10 attribute points until his next skill level-up.
• Fang Cheng calculated that his airtime had risen to 6.3 seconds after combining the new base increase with Ape Waist and Air Walking.
• Fang Cheng finished showering and planned to test his quasi-flight after breakfast.

Fang Cheng tested his improved airtime by hovering, gliding over a kilometer, and safely descending through the forest. He then demonstrated Air Walking and began planning how to reach the nine-second airtime target to unlock a new ability.

• Fang Cheng went to a Western Mountains ridge to test the airtime ability he had gained from his skills.
• Fang Cheng leaped from a cliff, hovered briefly, then used the wind and Tiger Leopard Thunder Sound Breathing Technique to glide 1,156 meters in 19.3 seconds.
• Fang Cheng slowed his fall by catching tree branches and landed safely in the forest.
• Fang Cheng walked down through the air by balancing his body against gravity, demonstrating Air Walking.
• Fang Cheng calculated how increased agility and improved skills might help him reach nine seconds of airtime, then left the forest.

Fang Cheng bought a top-spec black Range Rover after taking Zhou Xiumei to a luxury car dealership, where he unexpectedly reunited with his former classmate Ning Yue. As Fang Cheng drove the new car away, a driving skill panel appeared before him.

• Fang Cheng chose a black flagship Range Rover for its space, comfort, and suitability for country roads, then paid for it in full.
• Fang Cheng and Zhou Xiumei spent the afternoon shopping, eating, and watching a movie while the dealership completed the paperwork.
• Ning Yue recognized Fang Cheng at the dealership, exchanged contact details with him, and mentioned that she planned to visit Lone Peak Temple because of a family member's recurring strange illness.
• Fang Cheng collected the Range Rover with Zhou Xiumei and drove away from the dealership.
• A panel showing Driving Lv0 (15/100) appeared before Fang Cheng.

Fang Cheng drove Zhou Xiumei home, encouraged her musical ambitions, and learned that Chen Chen wanted to make Xiaosa his godson to get closer to Fang Cheng. After returning to the Sleeve Building in his new SUV, Fang Cheng saw that his graduate school re-examination was the next day.

• Fang Cheng accelerated his new SUV too quickly, startling Zhou Xiumei, then apologized and encouraged her about her upcoming audition.
• Xiaosa reported that Chen Chen had offered to make him the Red Tiger Gang’s heir, and Fang Cheng told him to pursue the offer cautiously if it served the organization’s interests.
• Fang Cheng told Zhou Xiumei that Xiaosa was his contact at a cleaning company, and they returned together to the JB Zone.
• Fang Cheng and Zhou Xiumei drew the neighbors’ attention when they arrived in his expensive new SUV, and Zhou Xiumei thanked him before slipping into her apartment.
• Fang Cheng returned to his quiet home and saw on the calendar that his graduate school re-examination was scheduled for the next day.

Fang Cheng quickly completed the East Capital University law re-examination and joined his family and friends for a celebratory dinner at Wangjiang Tower. The chapter ended with Ma Donghe revealing that his Special Search Team selection exam had been brutal and that the people who had been following him had vanished.

• Fang Cheng used Focus to write rigorous answers at remarkable speed, then handed in his exam paper after waiting for about half an hour.
• Li Biyun, Li Dingjian, Zhou Xiumei, Wen Xin, and Ma Donghe met Fang Cheng outside the university and took him to Wangjiang Tower to celebrate.
• Fang Cheng learned that Wen Xin had skipped tutoring to cheer him on and promised to take her to the seaside if she made the top ten in her class.
• At dinner, Ma Donghe told Fang Cheng that his pursuers had disappeared more than two weeks earlier.
• Ma Donghe told Fang Cheng that the Special Search Team selection exam had been inhumanly difficult.

Ma Donghe told Fang Cheng about the brutal Special Search Team selection exam, while Fang Cheng learned the final round and interview were still ahead. On the way out of the restaurant, Fang Cheng recognized two armed assassins in their elevator and joined Ma Donghe in silently subduing them before they could attack Councilman Zhao and the others.

• Ma Donghe described the Special Search Team's hellish training camp and dangerous selection assessments to Fang Cheng.
• Ma Donghe said the preliminary round had ended, with a final round and interview scheduled for the following month.
• Fang Cheng noticed two men in the elevator had concealed weapons, carried the stale scent of blood, and received orders to prepare to attack a target.
• Fang Cheng warned Ma Donghe with a cough, and the two men knocked out the assassins before they could draw their guns.
• Ma Donghe claimed the unconscious assassins were drunken friends as Fang Cheng closed the elevator doors, leaving Councilman Zhao and the others outside bewildered.

Fang Cheng explained away Ma Donghe’s absence after an encounter with two assassins, then completed an intense rooftop workout before his graduate school re-examination interview. Confident in his strength and higher-tier status, he headed home for breakfast and the interview.

• Fang Cheng told Li Biyun and Zhou Xiumei that Ma Donghe had taken two old classmates to a hotel, though they remained uneasy about his explanation.
• Ma Donghe beat two assassins in an alley, ordered his men to take them away, and crushed their communicator.
• Fang Cheng completed his morning workout on the Sleeve Building rooftop, advancing his Handstand Push-Ups and Qi Gong experience.
• Fang Cheng checked the time, prepared to go home for breakfast, and felt no anxiety about facing the graduate school interviewers.

Fang Cheng impressed the Law School examiners with his interview and then met Lin Chuqiao, who invited him to lunch. After reviewing Fang Cheng’s exam recording, Dean Dong Yunchuan recognized him and decided to take him on as his student.

• Fang Cheng argued that vigilante violence should not replace a stronger legal system and answered the interviewers’ technical questions with composure.
• Fang Cheng left the interview and met Lin Chuqiao, who had come to East Capital University to see him and invited him to lunch.
• Fang Cheng accepted Lin Chuqiao’s invitation, hoping to learn more about the professors behind her.
• Professor Luo Yang praised Fang Cheng’s written exam and interview to Dong Yunchuan and recommended him for the outstanding legal talent program.
• Dong Yunchuan recognized Fang Cheng from the recording and ordered Luo Yang to arrange for him to become his student.

Fang Cheng drove Lin Chuqiao home after a day together, reflected on his skills and the assassins he had subdued, and considered visiting Xu Hao. Meanwhile, Xu Hao watched Xiao Jianren become Chen Chen’s godson at a Red Tiger Gang ceremony and wondered how the young man had risen so quickly.

• Lin Chuqiao asked Fang Cheng whom he would choose between the Phantom and Raoul, and Fang Cheng gave a noncommittal answer before driving her home.
• Fang Cheng reviewed his skill levels and planned to train, help Master Lin at the Medical Clinic, and pursue new martial arts.
• Fang Cheng recalled that the two assassins he had captured at Wangjiang Tower had only admitted to taking a job against Councilman Zhao.
• Xu Hao attended a Red Tiger Gang gathering where Chen Chen announced he would take Xiao Jianren as his godson.
• Xiao Jianren offered tea to Chen Chen and completed the adoption ceremony, prompting the gang’s leaders to congratulate him.
• Xu Hao remained jealous as he watched Xiao Jianren receive attention and wondered what made him rise so quickly.

Fang Cheng trained at a seaside cliff and advanced his Handstand Push-Ups skill to Grandmaster Level, earning twelve free attribute points. As he headed home, a young man in Haitian Garden wondered whether Fang Cheng had secretly warned him about Noah.

• Fang Cheng ran along the coast, then chose the cliff as a secluded place to practice handstand push-ups.
• Fang Cheng balanced on one finger and completed 105 one-finger handstand push-ups despite the wind and dangerous drop.
• Fang Cheng advanced Handstand Push-Ups to Grandmaster Level and received twelve free attribute points.
• Fang Cheng dressed and left the cliff, intending to return home before allocating his attribute points and finishing his workout.
• A young man in a gray silk robe watched Fang Cheng through a telescope and wondered if he was the person who had warned him about Noah.

Fang Cheng raised his agility to 60, endured a painful transformation, and discovered that his airtime had increased enough to bring him close to unlocking a new hidden skill. He cleaned his apartment and prepared to meet Xiaosa that afternoon to collect his mission payment and discuss an idea.

• Fang Cheng spent 20 attribute points on agility, triggering an intense bodily transformation that left him desperately thirsty and hungry.
• Fang Cheng examined his leaner, more defined physique and spent his last two points on strength, bringing his attributes to 52 strength, 60 agility, 50 constitution, and 50 spirit.
• Fang Cheng discovered that his base airtime had increased by 0.6 seconds, raising his maximum stationary airtime to 7.98 seconds.
• Fang Cheng found a new hidden skill awaiting unlock that required 1.02 more seconds of airtime.
• Fang Cheng began cleaning his apartment and planned to meet Xiaosa that afternoon to collect the ten-million mission payment and have him carry out an idea.

Fang Cheng met Xiaosa at a teahouse, learned about his work at Yuan Chen Group, and entrusted him with founding a secret organization under a cleaning-company cover. The chapter ended with Xiaosa accepting the task and Fang Cheng telling him to find a base.

• Fang Cheng ate with Xiaosa, who reported that Chen Chen had given him a consultant position at Yuan Chen Group and was training him in corporate management.
• Xiaosa described an arrogant young man in a silver-gray suit who had visited Chen Chen’s office, and Fang Cheng suspected he was Zhuo Feng from the Noah Organization.
• Xiaosa presented Fang Cheng with 9.8 million yuan in cash, explaining that he had kept 200,000 yuan in operating funds aside.
• Fang Cheng asked whether he could trust Xiaosa, then instructed him to use two million yuan to establish a secret organization disguised as a cleaning company.
• Xiaosa swore his loyalty and accepted responsibility for the organization’s preparations, and Fang Cheng told him to find a base.

Fang Cheng founded the Illumination Society, set its initial plans, and instructed Xiaosa in the Great Sun Burning Body Art. Their meeting was interrupted when armed robbers burst into the teahouse and spotted the cash cases.

• Fang Cheng outlined plans for a hidden headquarters and ordered Xiaosa to find an accountant and an administrator for the organization.
• Fang Cheng named the organization the Illumination Society, designed its lighthouse-and-sun emblem, and explained its purpose and rules to Xiaosa.
• Fang Cheng advised Xiaosa on meditation and told him to picture Fang Cheng as his mental anchor.
• Robbers stormed the teahouse, and a masked burly man kicked open Fang Cheng's private-room door and shouted for his boss after spotting the suitcases.

Fang Cheng stopped three robbers who tried to steal the cash at the teahouse, then sent Xiaosa to deliver the money. The robbers later reported to Master Jia that Fang Cheng was extraordinarily powerful, and Master Jia arrived at their hideout.

• Fang Cheng used the cash-filled suitcases to slam Black Ox and Mouse together until they released the money, then disarmed and dismantled the boss’s pistol.
• Fang Cheng sent Xiaosa to deliver the suitcases to Building 7, Room 1903 in Haitian Garden, Guanlan District, while he left the teahouse.
• The three robbers regrouped at a shabby hideout, where their boss warned that Fang Cheng was strong enough to defeat ten men like him.
• Mouse told the boss that the person Master Jia had sent them to test was protected by an exceptional fighter.
• Master Jia arrived at the hideout, and the boss welcomed him inside.

Jia Liang gave Black Ox and Mouse an experimental dose of Pioneer's Blood 2.0, which killed them, then killed Wang Wu when he tried to stop him. He recorded the failed trial and checked a notebook listing Xiao Jianren as Chen Chen’s godson.

• Wang Wu reported that Fang Cheng had defeated him during a mission at the teahouse, while concealing how badly the encounter had gone.
• Jia Liang rewarded Wang Wu, Black Ox, and Mouse with Pioneer's Blood 2.0 and persuaded Black Ox and Mouse to inject it immediately.
• Black Ox and Mouse suffered violent reactions to the drug and died as Jia Liang calmly observed and recorded their symptoms.
• Wang Wu seized Jia Liang’s pistol and confronted him, but Jia Liang dodged the shot, severed Wang Wu’s hand, and killed him with his Military Dagger.
• Jia Liang recorded the deaths as a failed trial and opened a notebook listing Xiao Jianren as the godson of Chen Chen, the Red Tiger Gang Leader.

Jia Liang left the scene of his killings but was confronted by a masked fighter who overwhelmed him in speed, skill, and strength. Fang Cheng revealed himself as the Smiling Devil, leaving Jia Liang helpless as he prepared to question him.

• Jia Liang circled Xiao Jianren’s name in his notebook, arranged for the three corpses to be collected, and left the apartment.
• Jia Liang encountered a masked figure in the dark corridor, mistook him for a fellow Noah Organization member, and launched a surprise attack.
• The masked figure evaded Jia Liang’s knife and boot blades, then struck him hard enough to send him crashing through a door.
• Jia Liang fired his pistol at the figure, but every shot missed, and the masked man appeared clinging to the ceiling above him.
• Fang Cheng identified himself as the Smiling Devil and told the defeated Jia Liang that it was his turn to ask questions.

Fang Cheng interrogated Noah Organization cadre Jia Liang about the organization’s investigation into the Demon Hunt Operation leak, then injected him with enhanced pioneer's blood. After killing Jia Liang’s mutated form, Fang Cheng escaped as Noah’s cleanup team arrived, leaving a gruesome smiling face painted in blood on the wall.

• Fang Cheng found a notebook listing thirty-six people, including Noah cadres, and questioned Jia Liang about the investigation.
• Jia Liang let slip that Noah was searching for the mole behind the Demon Hunt Operation leak and suspected Chen Chen of colluding with outsiders.
• Fang Cheng injected Jia Liang with enhanced pioneer's blood after Jia Liang tried to stall for reinforcements.
• Jia Liang mutated into a monster, but Fang Cheng killed him with a single punch when a Noah cleanup team arrived downstairs.
• Fang Cheng painted a grotesque smiling face on the wall with blood and escaped through the window just before the cleanup team entered.

Luo Lie and Zhuo Feng investigated the Smiling Devil’s murder of Jia Liang and three Noah Pharmaceuticals members, then responded to an alarm at the experiment zone. The alarm ended without revealing an intruder, and the chapter left the White Masked Man facing Chief Gao on a rooftop across from Noah Group Building.

• Zhuo Feng told Luo Lie that the Smiling Devil had killed Jia Liang and three experimental subjects, leaving a grinning devil’s face at the scene.
• Zhuo Feng explained that Jia Liang had been helping investigate the Demon Hunt Operation leak and reasoned that the killer might have exposed clues to the mole’s identity.
• An alarm sounded after someone tried to access Noah Pharmaceuticals’ experiment zone, and Luo Lie and Zhuo Feng watched guards seal the building and search its surveillance feeds.
• The alarm was cleared without anyone unauthorized appearing on camera, leaving Luo Lie and Zhuo Feng questioning how the intruder had entered and escaped.
• The White Masked Man met Chief Gao on a rooftop opposite Noah Group Building and greeted him with amusement.

Gao Jin and Cheng Jiashu agreed to work together against Noah Pharmaceuticals after Cheng reported that its Experiment Zone was protected by a dense security grid. They discussed recruiting a powerful, socially anxious friend for the operation, while Gao Jin began to suspect Cheng was not the White Owl he claimed to be.

• Gao Jin met Cheng Jiashu on a rooftop and confirmed their preliminary agreement to cooperate against the Noah Organization.
• Cheng Jiashu described the Experiment Zone’s extensive laser, microwave, and infrared security and offered to use his spatial ability if they established a coordinate inside it.
• Gao Jin explained that Noah Pharmaceuticals was conducting illegal genetic experiments and offered Cheng protection through the Special Search Team.
• Cheng Jiashu warned that stealing the files would bring a dangerous pursuit and suggested inviting a shy, socially anxious friend whose strength matched his own.
• After they discussed plans and contingencies, Cheng Jiashu escaped through a spatial vortex.
• Gao Jin noticed that Cheng’s manner and mask differed from the White Owl he remembered, but set aside his suspicions and felt more confident about the mission.

Fang Cheng completed an intense morning workout, cooked and ate a large meal, then learned from Xu Hao that two more Level Eight Noah Organization officers had been killed. He warned Xu Hao that the organization was investigating him and Ma Biao, then called Xiaosa back after remembering the missed call.

• Fang Cheng finished a thousand weighted back bridges, completed his qi gong practice, and checked his skill gains.
• Fang Cheng prepared a beef meal, ate breakfast, and planned to visit Coach Shen to practice karate techniques.
• Fang Cheng answered Xu Hao through their mental link and learned that Scorpion and Jia Liang, two Level Eight Noah Organization officers, had been murdered.
• Fang Cheng asked about Ma Biao and warned Xu Hao to keep a low profile because the Noah Organization was investigating both of them.
• Fang Cheng ended the mental link, watched the horror film, and called Xiaosa back, who answered by addressing him as President.

Fang Cheng learned from Xiaosa that Noah Pharmaceuticals had been infiltrated after Jia Liang’s death and warned Chen Chen and Xiaosa to lie low. Later, he trained in knife-hand techniques at the Global Elite Fighting Club, where his aptitude impressed Shen Haoming.

• Xiaosa reported that Noah Pharmaceuticals had been infiltrated and that Jia Liang had led an investigation into suspected moles.
• Fang Cheng told Xiaosa to warn Chen Chen that both of them were under investigation and to suspend their activities and contact with the Illumination Society.
• Fang Cheng considered the risks posed by the investigation list, checked the experience he had gained fighting Jia Liang, and resumed cleaning.
• Fang Cheng asked Shen Haoming to teach him the spear hand despite its limited use in sanctioned combat.
• Shen Haoming demonstrated a knife-hand strike that split a thick pine board, then taught the students its form and mechanics.
• Fang Cheng performed the knife-hand movement with impressive form, prompting Shen Haoming to recognize his exceptional aptitude.

Shen Haoming taught Fang Cheng and the new students Karate Knife Hand combinations, while Fang Cheng practiced and developed a deeper understanding of the technique. After class, Dong Yunchuan, the dean of East Capital University's Law School and head of the Bagua Zhang school, called Fang Cheng and asked to meet in person.

• Shen Haoming imagined Fang Cheng becoming a celebrated Karate champion before Fang Cheng's questions brought him back to teaching.
• Shen Haoming demonstrated Knife Hand blocks and counters, close-range strikes, and a Front Kick, then assigned the students one hundred strikes each.
• Fang Cheng practiced the combinations, assessed what he still needed to learn to unlock the Karate skill, and concluded that he needed more varied Knife Hand techniques.
• Fang Cheng practiced on a human-shaped target and realized that Knife Hand depended on the intent to cleave, not merely the motion of chopping.
• Dong Yunchuan called Fang Cheng, reminded him they had met at Ma Jianguo's gathering, and asked to discuss something in person.

Fang Cheng learned that the Special Search Team had blocked his admission to East Capital University's Master of Laws program because his father was classified as an uncontrolled Aberrant. Dean Dong explained the Firewall Protocol and promised to help challenge the decision, while Fang Cheng questioned why the rules did not seem to apply to the Special Search Team.

• Dong Yunchuan told Fang Cheng that his graduate admission had been rejected after a background check flagged his father's file.
• Dong Yunchuan explained that the Special Search Team monitored blood relatives of high-risk Aberrants under the government’s Firewall Protocol, which barred potential threats from sensitive positions.
• Dong Yunchuan recounted how a mysterious ruin beneath a Snowy Plateau glacier had driven members of his expedition to madness.
• Dong Yunchuan said Fang Cheng's screening records showed no signs of abnormality and offered to appeal with help from Councilman Zhao.
• Fang Cheng asked whether the Firewall Protocol applied to Special Search Team members who used drugs and risked losing control, and Dong Yunchuan gave a complicated response.

Dong Yunchuan explained the Special Search Team’s history and contrasted its biochemical enhancements with the Martial Arts Research Association’s traditional cultivation path. After Fang Cheng demonstrated remarkable qi gong ability, Dong Yunchuan named legendary martial artist Li Guizhen as a possible precedent for his growing power.

• Dong Yunchuan told Fang Cheng how Aberrants had overwhelmed ordinary forces, leading the Special Search Team to adopt dangerous biochemical modifications.
• Dong Yunchuan described the Martial Arts Research Association’s goal of unlocking human potential through traditional training rather than potions or surgery.
• Fang Cheng heated the teapot to a boil with his palm, astonishing Dong Yunchuan, who praised him as a rare martial arts genius and arranged to contact Ma Jianguo.
• Fang Cheng asked whether qi gong could make a routine blood test identify him as an Aberrant, and Dong Yunchuan said he did not know how Fang Cheng’s results would appear.
• Dong Yunchuan recalled Li Guizhen, the Special Search Team’s first commanding officer and a legendary martial artist who had practiced qi cultivation.