Recaps

Dong Yunchuan told Fang Cheng about Li Guizhen’s legendary feats, giving Fang Cheng a powerful role model and a possible explanation for his abilities if the Special Search Team investigated him. Fang Cheng accepted Dong Yunchuan’s help with graduate admission and began an early-morning run, watched by two curious neighbors.

• Dong Yunchuan recounted how Li Guizhen wounded a giant squid at sea and assassinated an enemy commander while defeating the Ghost Unit.
• Fang Cheng recalled seeing Li Guizhen’s name carved in a cavern beneath Yong'an Island and considered whether the legendary martial artist was the same person.
• Fang Cheng decided to accept Dong Yunchuan’s help with graduate admission to reassure his mother, then planned to study karate instruction discs and attend a martial arts gathering.
• Fang Cheng woke at four in the morning, quietly left home, and ran toward the beach as a girl in a wheelchair watched from a window.
• A man who had been performing a ritual noticed Fang Cheng running and wondered whether exercise could become addictive.

Fang Cheng trained combat skills alone on the beach, then tested the sprinting speed he had gained from reaching 60 agility. After running at an average of about 205 meters per second, he decided that reaching the sound barrier would require greater strength and physique, and ended the chapter considering a swim.

• Fang Cheng shadowboxed by the sea and gained experience in Boxing, Sanda, Muay Thai, Tai Chi, and Jiu-Jitsu.
• Fang Cheng practiced Karate's Knife Hand techniques after studying Goju-ryu and Kyokushin instructional discs.
• Fang Cheng skipped his usual long-distance run and sprinted more than a kilometer, reaching an average speed of roughly 205 meters per second.
• Fang Cheng saw that his running speed had exceeded 200 meters per second for the first time and gained running experience.
• Fang Cheng concluded that he needed greater strength and physique before attempting to break the sound barrier, then considered going swimming.

Fang Cheng swam in Clearwater Bay, sensed a strange oceanic presence, and noticed a man signaling him from an abandoned lighthouse. The man, Cheng Jiashu, believed Fang Cheng had secretly helped him and decided to approach him directly, while Fang Cheng returned home to train until someone knocked at his door.

• Fang Cheng swam offshore, experienced a mysterious resonance that stirred his spirituality fire, and hurried back toward the beach.
• Fang Cheng spotted Cheng Jiashu signaling from the abandoned lighthouse but ignored the invitation and went home.
• Cheng Jiashu watched Fang Cheng leave and reaffirmed his belief that Fang Cheng had sent him an anonymous warning about the Noah Organization.
• Cheng Jiashu decided to seek Fang Cheng out himself after Fang Cheng refused to approach the lighthouse.
• Fang Cheng returned to his apartment and trained with a 250-kilogram weight-bearing belt until a knock interrupted him.

Fang Cheng pushed through his training to raise Back Bridge to Grandmaster level, gaining six Strength points and the Ghost Back special effect. After testing the new form and its combat enhancements, he ended the release exhausted and ordered extra breakfast.

• Fang Cheng ignored persistent knocking at his door and completed his final weighted back bridges, advancing Back Bridge to Grandmaster level.
• Fang Cheng gained six Strength points and the Ghost Back special effect, which evolved from Iron Plate Bridge and increased his defense and punching power.
• Fang Cheng allocated the points, raising his Strength from 52 to 58, then studied Ghost Back's effects and cooldown.
• Fang Cheng released Ghost Back and saw his back muscles form a demonic face, then ended the state when it drained his stamina.
• Fang Cheng checked the time, realized he was hungry after training, and decided to order extra breakfast.

Fang Cheng refined a deep-blue anomalous essence during Meditation, increasing his Spirit to 52 while discovering cracks and intruders threatening his Memory Palace. When an uninvited visitor entered the palace, Fang Cheng recognized him as the Smiling Devil.

• Fang Cheng meditated at sunset and burned away much of the blue droplet in his Spirituality Fire, gaining Spirit.
• Fang Cheng noticed the Dark Void encroaching on his Memory Palace and suspected traces from the Golden Benba Vase and the Blue Phantom were behind the danger.
• Cheng Jiashu meditated in the dark room below and hoped to meet Fang Cheng in a dream.
• Fang Cheng entered his Memory Palace, saw it had grown, and received confirmation that his Spirit had risen to 52 points.
• A mysterious knock sounded inside the palace, and Fang Cheng opened a glowing door to admit a green-glowing visitor.
• The visitor greeted Fang Cheng, who recognized him as the Smiling Devil.

Cheng Jiashu entered Fang Cheng’s memory palace, explained how he had found it, and warned him about the Noah Organization’s threat. He invited Fang Cheng to join an operation against Noah Pharmaceuticals, but Fang Cheng declined, claiming he had decided to abstain from killing and cultivate his character.

• Cheng Jiashu admired Fang Cheng’s memory palace and Golden Orb, then explained that meditation had helped him find Fang Cheng’s consciousness nearby.
• Fang Cheng recognized Cheng Jiashu as the man who had knocked on his door that morning, and Cheng Jiashu shared his investigation into Jiang Chen’s possible whereabouts near the Western Mountains.
• Cheng Jiashu warned Fang Cheng that the Noah Organization might retaliate for the Red Tiger Gang massacre and described Noah Pharmaceuticals’ secret human experiments.
• Cheng Jiashu asked whether Fang Cheng had left him the warning note that sent him to the Abandoned Lighthouse, but Fang Cheng denied knowing about it.
• Cheng Jiashu invited Fang Cheng to join a Special Search Team operation against Noah, and Fang Cheng declined, saying he would abstain from killing, eat vegetarian food, and cultivate his character.

Fang Cheng refused Cheng Jiashu’s invitation to join the operation against the Noah Organization openly, but accepted a request to protect an unnamed person for fifty years in exchange for a hundred million yuan. He planned to aid the coming fight from the shadows and contacted Xiaosa with an important assignment.

• Fang Cheng told Cheng Jiashu he would not join the operation against the Noah Organization, claiming he needed to cultivate his character and control his violent impulses.
• Cheng Jiashu asked Fang Cheng to look after someone if he had not heard from him by April 13, offering a hundred million yuan for fifty years of care, and Fang Cheng agreed to do his best.
• After Cheng Jiashu left, Fang Cheng revealed that he intended to secretly help the Special Search Team while preserving his White Owl disguise from Gao Jin.
• Fang Cheng used the Golden Orb to observe Xiaosa, who was sharing a peaceful dinner with his blind mother, Li Guifen.
• Fang Cheng contacted Xiaosa mentally, and Xiaosa left his mother and went to his room to receive the President’s instructions.

Xiaosa reported Chen Chen’s growing distrust of the Noah Organization, and Fang Cheng ordered him to arrange for the Red Tiger Gang to guard Noah Pharmaceuticals as a source of intelligence. Fang Cheng then considered his plans for the coming weekend’s operation before visiting the Martial Arts Research Association, where the elders eagerly asked him to demonstrate his abilities.

• Xiaosa told Fang Cheng that Noah had stationed headquarters security at Noah Pharmaceuticals and that Chen Chen was seeking a powerful ally for the Red Tiger Gang.
• Fang Cheng instructed Xiaosa to persuade Chen Chen to take charge of the pharmaceutical company’s outer security, offering the Red Tiger Gang peripheral-affiliate status and protection in return.
• Fang Cheng weighed the risks of working with the Special Search Team and resolved to join the weekend operation on his own terms.
• Several days later, Fang Cheng arrived at the Martial Arts Research Association, where Ma Jianguo and the veteran martial arts elders praised his rapid progress.
• Dong Yunchuan urged Fang Cheng to demonstrate his abilities for the gathered elders, and Fang Cheng rose and walked to the courtyard’s center.

Fang Cheng demonstrated Tiger Leopard Thunder Sound, astonishing the elders, and learned their five levels of qi gong cultivation. The elders then revealed that Li Guizhen had followed the same martial path they were pursuing, leaving Fang Cheng poised to hear more about the legendary master.

• Fang Cheng performed Tiger Leopard Thunder Sound, producing thunderous vibrations and clouds of white vapor that shocked Ma Jianguo, Wu Dewang, Zhang Haixiang, Chen Zizhen, and Dong Yunchuan.
• The elders questioned Fang Cheng about his cultivation, and Ma Jianguo explained the five qi gong levels, from Qi Entry into Body to Inner Scenery External Manifestation.
• Fang Cheng privately recognized that his Flame Breathing Technique placed him at the fourth level, but told the elders he had only reached True Qi External Release and barely touched the next level.
• The elders discussed Li Guizhen's legendary abilities, and Dong Yunchuan suggested Fang Cheng might have potential comparable to his.
• Dong Yunchuan and Ma Jianguo told Fang Cheng that Li Guizhen had followed the same martial path they were walking.

Ma Jianguo and the other elders reassured Fang Cheng that they would register him as an Ancient Martial Arts Inheritor and protect him from suspicion over his abilities. As they taught him traditional palm, footwork, and claw techniques, Fang Cheng combined their methods and unlocked Palm Technique.

• Ma Jianguo explained that Fang Cheng’s martial path was orthodox and offered to register him with the Special Search Team, while the elders pledged their support.
• Fang Cheng asked the elders to teach him traditional palm techniques after struggling to master Karate’s Knife Hand.
• Wu Dewang demonstrated White Crane Fist and explained how palm, finger, and claw techniques used qi more effectively than clenched fists.
• Dong Yunchuan taught Fang Cheng Bagua Zhang’s palm techniques and circle-walking footwork, and Fang Cheng quickly reproduced them.
• Chen Zizhen demonstrated Eagle Claw Skill, and Fang Cheng blended its techniques with White Crane Fist and Bagua Zhang.
• Fang Cheng integrated the styles in practice and unlocked Palm Technique lv0.

Fang Cheng unlocked Palm Technique and blended the martial arts he had learned into a new fighting style, then used true qi to split a falling leaf with a palm strike. The masters taught him how to direct qi through his force, and the gathering turned to preparing lunch.

• Fang Cheng unlocked Palm Technique and combined elements of Karate, White Crane Fist, Bagua Zhang, and Eagle Claw Skill into his own fighting art.
• Fang Cheng channeled true qi into a Knife Hand strike and split a falling locust leaf, stunning the martial arts masters.
• Fang Cheng questioned how to make qi flow through his force, and Dong Yunchuan and Professor Wu Dewang explained Qi Follows Intention and how qi could be applied in combat.
• Ma Jianguo taught Fang Cheng to direct penetrating force before circulating qi, while Fang Cheng listened and memorized his guidance.
• Dong Yunchuan invited the group to lunch, and the masters began preparing a chicken and fish while Fang Cheng joined them.

Fang Cheng visited the Martial Arts Research Association, impressed its members with his cooking, and received Ma Jianguo’s guidance on preparing to learn the Visualization Method. That night, he used his Memory Palace to connect to a familiar consciousness and asked what was happening at Noah Pharmaceuticals.

• Ma Jianguo explained that Ma Donghe was undergoing the Ma Family’s dangerous seclusion training, then hurried to the Back Mountain after sensing a problem.
• Fang Cheng took over cooking from Dong Yunchuan and prepared an impressive meal that earned praise from the gathered martial artists.
• After returning, Ma Jianguo told Fang Cheng to spend a week calming his mind before attempting the Visualization Method.
• Fang Cheng left Tianxin Village and wondered why Cheng Jiashu and the others had not yet acted against the Noah Organization.
• At home, Fang Cheng extended his consciousness through the Memory Palace and asked A Ren what was happening at Noah Pharmaceuticals.

While monitoring Noah Tower, Fang Cheng learned that Chen Chen and several Noah officers had remained inside after a meeting, raising suspicions about what was happening. He spotted a masked female researcher boarding a shuttle and identified her as Cui Xiuying.

• Xiaosa reported that Noah Pharmaceuticals remained outwardly quiet, but Chen Chen and several Eastern Capital Branch officers had not left Noah Tower after a meeting, and Chen Chen's phone was off.
• Fang Cheng questioned Xiaosa about the authorities, and Xiaosa reported no unusual activity from the Special Search Team or police.
• Fang Cheng noticed a long-haired woman in a blue researcher uniform boarding a Noah shuttle and ordered Xiaosa to follow her discreetly.
• Fang Cheng read the woman's badge and recognized her name as Cui Xiuying.

Fang Cheng identified Cui Xiuying as Majima Goro’s missing fiancée and suspected Noah Pharmaceuticals had abducted Goro for human experiments. After arranging to send Cui a note, Fang Cheng contacted Xu Hao and detected a mental-type Aberrant monitoring the officers, warning Xu Hao to avoid outside contact.

• Fang Cheng recognized Cui Xiuying as Majima Goro’s fiancée and concluded she might have helped lure Goro into Noah Pharmaceuticals’ experiments.
• Fang Cheng reasoned that Cheng Jiashu and Gao Jin might be conducting an unauthorized operation because they lacked official support.
• Xiaosa reported that Chen Chen and the other officers summoned to Noah Tower remained inside, and Fang Cheng instructed him to secretly deliver Cui Xiuying a note asking where Majima Goro had gone.
• Fang Cheng mentally contacted Xu Hao, sensed a mental-type Aberrant monitoring him, and warned Xu Hao not to contact anyone outside.
• Xu Hao recalled the suspicious loyalty tests and confinement at the meeting, then noticed the surveillance camera watching him.

Jia Sangyi detected a powerful, calm mental presence in Noah Tower and helped Luo Lie devise a plan to expose the mole and lure their enemies into the open. The chapter ended with Luo Lie ordering Zone 3 sealed and its experiments suspended, while hinting at a dangerous hidden thing in the laboratory.

• Jia Sangyi sensed a powerful consciousness probing the tower’s mental network, but it escaped before he could identify or lock onto it.
• Jia Sangyi told Luo Lie, Zhuo Feng, and Feng Jincai that the intruder was not White Owl and was likely a powerful mental ability user in a position of authority.
• Jia Sangyi proposed gathering the suspects and leaking information about a secret review to force the mole and the outside force to make contact, giving him a chance to track them.
• Luo Lie ordered Zhuo Feng to arrange the meeting and confirmed that Noah Organization had reached a temporary compromise with the Special Search Team by sharing preliminary Tree of Life data.
• Feng Jincai warned that a fight could expose the thing in Zone 3, so Luo Lie ordered its experiments suspended, its passages sealed, and guards doubled.

Fang Cheng trained at dawn while Xiaosa watched, then practiced the Great Sun Burning Body Art and developed his use of Entangling Silk Force, Spiral Force, and Flicking Force. The chapter ended with Fang Cheng refining how to coordinate True Qi and physical force, while recognizing that his current reach remained limited.

• Xiaosa woke and watched Fang Cheng perform one-finger handstand push-ups, inspiring him to train harder and become strong enough to help the President.
• Fang Cheng asked about Xiaosa's Great Sun Burning Body Art practice, then had him order breakfast and reassured him that mission funds were meant to be spent as needed.
• Xiaosa meditated and visualized the rising sun as he practiced the Great Sun Burning Body Art.
• Fang Cheng practiced the Tai Chi methods of Entangling Silk Force, Spiral Force, and Flicking Force, exploring how each could improve his attacks and defense.
• Fang Cheng found that combining force with True Qi reduced his energy consumption, though his True Qi still extended only about five centimeters beyond his body.

Fang Cheng refined his control of qi and force, while Xiaosa’s team carried out the first step of a plan targeting Cui Xiuying at Noah Tower. The note was secretly placed in her briefcase, and the operation awaited its next move.

• Fang Cheng concentrated his true qi into a blade of light and gained experience in Tai Chi, Palm Technique, and Qi Gong through practice.
• Xiaosa finished meditating, and he and Fang Cheng ate breakfast while preparing for a possible confrontation.
• Xiaosa spotted Cui Xiuying arriving at Noah Tower in a Noah Pharmaceuticals coach and alerted the team.
• A Fei staged a collision with Cui Xiuying as A Bao caught her briefcase and slipped a folded note into its side compartment.
• A Bao reported to Xiaosa that the note had been planted.

Fang Cheng waited in his apartment for Cui Xiuying to respond while the Noah Organization gathered its Eastern Capital Branch officials under guard. Feng Jincai announced that the Tree of Life document would be destroyed at midnight, as Jia Sangyi monitored the meeting with his mental power.

• Fang Cheng waited for Cui Xiuying's reply while Xiaosa patrolled the streets and gathered information.
• Xiaosa told Fang Cheng that Cui Xiuying had replied, and Fang Cheng focused on the next move.
• Feng Jincai and Zhuo Feng convened the detained Noah Organization officials and announced that the Tree of Life document was linked to the recent attacks and would be destroyed at midnight.
• Xu Hao suspected the meeting was designed to expose a mole and resisted contacting Fang Cheng through their mental link.
• Ma Biao condemned the suspected traitor, prompting several attendees to voice their anger.
• Jia Sangyi sat in a candlelit room and spread a net of mental power toward the meeting.

Luo Lie and Jia Sangyi monitored a tense meeting in Noah Tower as attendees argued over leaked intelligence, while Gao Jin and Cheng Jiashu prepared to infiltrate the building. Cheng Jiashu opened a spatial passage and disappeared into it, and Gao Jin announced the start of the Night Owl Operation.

• Jia Sangyi used his mental power to monitor the conference room while Luo Lie checked security reports and ordered the guards to stay on high alert.
• Xu Hao noticed that two attendees who had left for the restroom had not returned and realized the meeting was a trap, while Chen Chen worried his secret dealings might be exposed.
• Gao Jin and Cheng Jiashu decided to stick to their original plan and infiltrate Noah Tower while its leaders were gathered in the conference room.
• Cheng Jiashu sensed a spiritual imprint and opened a dark vortex that pulled him inside, then Gao Jin told A Li and A Liang that the Night Owl Operation had begun.

Cheng Jiashu used Mind's Eye Blink to infiltrate Noah Pharmaceuticals' core laboratory with the help of a female researcher and began copying its experimental records. In the culture room, she showed him her imprisoned friend, Majima Goro, still alive inside a vessel.

• Cheng Jiashu arrived in a restroom inside Noah Pharmaceuticals' core area using the female researcher as a living coordinate, and she agreed to guide him in exchange for help rescuing her friend.
• Cheng Jiashu and the researcher evaded cameras and patrols with his eye technique, then entered the confidential laboratory using her access card and iris scan.
• The researcher started copying encrypted experimental records onto a USB drive while Cheng Jiashu learned that the files included research connected to the wartime 'Tree of Life' project.
• After a patrol passed the data room, the researcher urged Cheng Jiashu to hurry so they could rescue her friend before the laboratory cleanup began.
• Cheng Jiashu followed the researcher into the culture room and saw human specimens in vessels, including her still-living friend, Majima Goro.

Cheng Jiashu rescued Majima Goro from the Culture Room and retrieved the stolen data, but an eerie voice drew him toward a mysteriously opened Iron Door. Meanwhile, Luo Lie set a trap for an intruder in the Experiment Zone, and Zhuo Feng exposed Ma Biao as the suspected traitor in the Conference Hall.

• The researcher shut down Majima Goro's life support, freed him from the cylinder, and sedated him while Cheng Jiashu carried him out.
• The researcher retrieved the USB drive as Cheng Jiashu heard a familiar voice and saw red light and mist seeping from an open Iron Door.
• Jia Sangyi tracked mental fluctuations to targets in the Laboratory, and Luo Lie ordered the exits sealed and the Harp System activated.
• Luo Lie led a masked combat squad toward the Experiment Zone while Jia Sangyi monitored the targets from the top floor.
• Feng Jincai prepared to destroy the documents, but Zhuo Feng instead pointed out Ma Biao as the traitor, shocking Xu Hao and Chen Chen.

Zhuo Feng exposed Ma Biao as a mole, but Ma Biao transformed and escaped by jumping from Noah Tower before inexplicably falling back into the Conference Hall. As darkness and unnatural fog swallowed the city and hostile sounds came from the corridor, communications failed, while Gao Jin watched Noah Tower from across the street and noticed someone on its facade.

• Zhuo Feng summoned the Black Hawk Squad, and Feng Jincai revealed that Jia Sangyi could read Ma Biao’s memories and that Minister Luo had engaged the person Ma Biao contacted.
• Ma Biao transformed into a werewolf, fought off pursuers, and jumped through the tower window after Zhuo Feng attacked him with Shock Beams.
• Ma Biao suddenly fell from the ceiling back into the Conference Hall, while the city beyond Noah Tower vanished into darkness and gray-white fog engulfed the tower.
• Feng Jincai suspected they had entered an Inner World, but Zhuo Feng could not reach Minister Luo or Black Hawk through the Earpiece.
• Gray-white mist entered the Conference Hall as gunfire and screams erupted in the corridor, while Gao Jin failed to contact Cheng Jiashu and spotted someone on Noah Tower’s dark facade.

A masked figure climbed Noah Tower’s rain-slick glass facade while Gao Jin watched, and Xiaosa mobilized the perimeter. Inside the darkened tower, Zhou Liang reported freezing fog and eerie sounds on Floor 84, then began evacuating his team as the danger intensified.

• A black-clad figure leaped onto Noah Tower’s glass curtain wall and raced upward as Gao Jin watched from across the street.
• A window on the ninetieth floor exploded, and the figure dodged the falling glass with a sideways leap; Gao Jin recognized an Evil Spirit Mask and wondered if the climber was White Owl.
• Xiaosa retrieved the figure’s hoodie, praised the President, and ordered his units to surround Noah Tower and guard its entrances.
• Zhou Liang contacted Gao Jin and reported that power had failed, freezing gray fog had spread through Noah Tower, and strange sounds were coming from above.
• Gao Jin ordered Zhou Liang’s team to retreat with the unconscious guards and establish a cordon around the tower.
• On Floor 84, A Li reported seeing a ghostly figure as laughter and freezing fog intensified, so Zhou Liang ordered the team to evacuate through Emergency Stairwell B.

Cheng Jiashu escaped the fog-filled Experiment Zone with the unconscious Majima Goro and Cui Xiuying, but his spatial ability remained unreliable as they fled the monsters released by the Red Eye. They reached Exit 3 only to find Luo Lie and an armed Pursuer Team waiting for them.

• Black Hawk Squad 3 found a monster feeding on a Noah Pharmaceuticals guard in the ruined Culture Room, then lost contact after it attacked.
• Luo Lie learned from Jia Sangyi that the target had used Spatial Leap and that the gray mist interfered with tracking, then led his pursuers into the fog.
• Cheng Jiashu used Spatial Leap to evade a monster's scythe-like limb and escaped through Exit 3 with Majima Goro and Cui Xiuying.
• Cheng Jiashu failed to open a spatial connection to Gao Jin and told Cui Xiuying that a huge Red Eye behind the Iron Door had revived the dead experimental subjects.
• A monster battered the High-Pressure Airtight Door, forcing Cheng Jiashu and Cui Xiuying to flee down the passage.
• At Exit 3, Cheng Jiashu and his companions encountered Luo Lie's fully armed Pursuer Team.

Cheng Jiashu escaped the Experiment Zone with Cui Xiuying and Majima Goro, but Luo Lie confronted him and overwhelmed him with psychic power. Cheng Jiashu opened a dark vortex to flee with his companions, leaving Luo Lie behind.

• Cheng Jiashu killed Black Hawk and ten members of the Pursuer Squad using Flash Step, then struggled against the auditory hallucinations in his mind.
• Luo Lie arrived and attacked Cheng Jiashu, whose daggers and spatial leaps could not overcome Luo Lie’s psychic defense and force field.
• Luo Lie revealed that A Jun had died at White Owl’s hands and pressed Cheng Jiashu and Cui Xiuying beneath his force field.
• Cheng Jiashu sensed a familiar ripple of consciousness and opened a dark vortex as Luo Lie charged with a Straight Punch.
• Luo Lie repelled himself away from the vortex, but Cheng Jiashu seized Cui Xiuying and Majima Goro and escaped with them into it.