Recaps

Fang Cheng taught Lin Chuqiao and Ye Zhi Ren a dynamic meditation method based on visualizing him as a rising sun, then returned home and gave Li Biyun a jade bracelet. After meditating and replenishing his Mental Power, he prepared to test the method himself.

• Fang Cheng instructed Lin Chuqiao and Ye Zhi Ren to meditate by visualizing him and following a golden sun, and both agreed to try it that night.
• Fang Cheng returned to Old Factory Street, greeted his neighbors, and gave Li Biyun a jade bracelet while explaining he had found jade in Tiannan Province.
• Fang Cheng prepared a sapphire necklace for Zhou Xiumei to wear at her upcoming singing competition auditions.
• Fang Cheng ate dinner with Li Biyun, then meditated in his room until his Mental Power was fully replenished.
• Fang Cheng opened his eyes in the darkness and said he was ready to begin his experiment.

Fang Cheng tried to establish mental links with Lin Chuqiao and Ye Zhi Ren, but powerful entities blocked his efforts. By focusing on Lin Chuqiao and using Solar True Fire to break through her barrier, he summoned her into his Inner Scenery World.

• Fang Cheng inspected the flourishing Inner Scenery World and used the Golden Throne to observe the linked minds beneath the starry ceiling.
• Fang Cheng attempted to link with Lin Chuqiao and Ye Zhi Ren, but ancient whispers and gray mist drove back his mental power.
• Fang Cheng focused on Lin Chuqiao and saw her struggling to visualize his sun while a phantom bound her with gray threads.
• Fang Cheng unleashed Solar True Fire, forcing the phantom to retreat and breaking through Lin Chuqiao’s protective barrier.
• Fang Cheng pulled Lin Chuqiao into the Golden Palace, where she opened her eyes and asked where she was.

Fang Cheng brought Lin Chuqiao and Ye Zhi Ren into his vast Inner Scenery World, revealing its potential as a secure meeting place and training ground for the Illumination Society. Ye Zhi Ren saw that it might one day become an Eternal Divine Kingdom, giving the organization a powerful foundation for the future.

• Fang Cheng welcomed Lin Chuqiao into his Inner Scenery World and explained that her bloodline’s restraint had made the journey difficult.
• Lin Chuqiao recognized the world’s potential for secure communication and coordination, while Fang Cheng described its possible uses for training and tactical practice.
• Fang Cheng summoned Ye Zhi Ren into the world, where the professor examined its stable structure and compared it with his own Thought Hut.
• Fang Cheng opened the palace doors to reveal a vast landscape of mountains, greenery, and living nature beyond the hall.
• Ye Zhi Ren identified the Inner Scenery World as a potential Eternal Divine Kingdom and declared that it could make the Illumination Society invincible if it became fully real.

Fang Cheng intensified his training to strengthen both his body and spirit, hoping to prepare for Utopia’s leader and grow the Illumination Society. After running at Jiangbin Park, he saw the Panel flare brightly, just as his Running Skill neared a level-up.

• Fang Cheng completed an intensified rooftop workout, using one-handed inclined-wall pull-ups and single-leg squats to build strength and constitution.
• Fang Cheng reflected on how the Solar Mental Network and the Inner Scenery World could help him cultivate spirit and body together, and recalled that Lin Chuqiao and Ye Zhi Ren had entered the Inner Scenery World.
• Fang Cheng checked his skills and saw that Running needed only four more experience points, while Pull-Ups would unlock a hidden special effect once his strength exceeded 70.
• Fang Cheng ran to Jiangbin Park and carefully controlled his strength as he exercised; an elderly jogger praised his stamina after following him for five kilometers.
• After another half hour of running, Fang Cheng stopped beneath a willow tree as the Panel suddenly appeared in a dazzling light.

Fang Cheng gave Zhou Xiumei a four-leaf-clover necklace to encourage her before her singing auditions, then received nine free attribute points after mastering Running. He decided to postpone allocating them until he could prepare for the physical changes and appetite, and worried that he lacked a loyal force to protect his mother from Utopia.

• Fang Cheng returned to Old Factory Street with pan-fried buns and met Zhou Xiumei on the stairs as she hurried to practice for her auditions.
• Fang Cheng gave Zhou Xiumei a four-leaf-clover necklace for good luck, and she promised to work hard and bring him the trophy.
• Fang Cheng brought the buns home for Li Biyun, then saw a system notification awarding him nine free attribute points for reaching Master Level in Running.
• Fang Cheng planned to spend four points on Constitution and five on Strength, but stopped when he considered the breakthrough's painful changes, hunger, and risk of alarming his family.
• Fang Cheng decided to stock food at Haitian Garden before allocating points and reflected on Utopia's threat and his need for a loyal force to protect his mother.

Fang Cheng prepared to keep his mother safe and gathered supplies before raising his Constitution to 80, triggering a painful transformation into a higher life form. His Inner Scenery World expanded as he devoured food and water to fuel the change.

• Fang Cheng decided to ask Uncle Li Dingjian to take Li Biyun to Wanghu Town so she would be safer from Utopia's possible revenge.
• Fang Cheng gathered large quantities of food and water in preparation for his breakthrough.
• Fang Cheng spent four free attribute points on Constitution, raising it from 76 to 80 and triggering an agonizing transformation.
• Fang Cheng's body began to glow with golden light as an invisible mental shackle shattered and his Inner Scenery World expanded into a vast, stable realm.
• Fang Cheng's transformation brought on an overwhelming hunger, and he frantically consumed the prepared food and water to sustain himself.

After consuming a huge amount of food, Fang Cheng adapted to the transformation that came from crossing 80 Constitution, gaining immense physical strength, durability, and rapid healing. He confirmed his body could support Inner Scenery External Manifestation, then spent his remaining free attribute points on Strength and broke through 70 points.

• Fang Cheng finished his frenzied meal and examined how his body had changed after allocating his attributes.
• Fang Cheng discovered that his bones, muscles, blood, and skin had become extraordinarily dense and resilient, and his appearance had grown smoother and more refined.
• Fang Cheng tested his muscle armor with a Boning Knife, found that it resisted cuts, and watched a wound heal within half a minute.
• Fang Cheng condensed his azure true qi into a stable cutting edge and silently sliced through an aluminum alloy towel rack.
• Fang Cheng realized his physique met the external requirements for Inner Scenery External Manifestation, though his spirit still needed to transform.
• Fang Cheng put his remaining 5 free attribute points into Strength, raising the attribute past 70 and triggering a new surge of heat.

After raising his strength to 70 points, Fang Cheng unlocked the Pull-Ups special effect Charged Ejection, which gave his back muscles an energy-storage ability for training and explosive movement. He recognized that it could help overcome his lack of aerial mobility, then went to shower before preparing for an important task that night.

• Fang Cheng increased his strength to 70 points and felt his muscles grow fuller and more defined.
• Fang Cheng read the Charged Ejection description and learned that Training Mode could make static resistance far more effective.
• Fang Cheng learned that combat mode could release stored energy for a brief burst of acceleration, with explosive power rising by up to 500%.
• Fang Cheng realized Charged Ejection could let him launch himself through the air and reduce his mobility weakness against flying enemies.
• Fang Cheng felt hungry after the breakthrough, decided to shower, and remembered he had something important to do that night.

Fang Cheng collected the reward for resolving the Chen Family curse case and learned that his reputation had earned him S-Class VIP status at the Bridge of Helplessness. After receiving half his payout in cash and half in Credit Coins, he left unaware that Shen Shuhuan had ordered him secretly monitored and decided to protect him from Utopia.

• Fang Cheng submitted his mission receipt and was recognized as Mr. Little White, prompting the clerk to escort him to the VIP reception room.
• Manager Wang explained the privileges of S-Class membership and presented Fang Cheng with a settlement showing a net payout of 20.02 million yuan after deductions.
• Fang Cheng accepted the payout without further bargaining and split it between an offshore account and Credit Coins, receiving an S-Class Membership Card.
• Shen Shuhuan ordered his assistant to encrypt Fang Cheng's records and discreetly track his whereabouts and contacts.
• Shen Shuhuan decided the Bridge of Helplessness should keep Fang Cheng alive because Utopia wanted him dead.

Fang Cheng was followed through the City of Night by Black Shark assassins and Bridge of Helplessness agents, whose clash triggered the city’s enforcement system. After escaping notice, he resolved to stay cautious, while Shen Shuhuan ordered pressure against Black Shark and told his staff not to antagonize Fang Cheng.

• Fang Cheng rejected Manager Wang’s luxury apartment offer and went looking for a quieter place to stay as several shadowy figures watched him leave the Bridge of Helplessness.
• Black Shark assassins followed Fang Cheng toward the outskirts, where they encountered four Bridge of Helplessness agents sent to protect and assess him.
• The Black Shark group attacked the agents, and the Thousand-Mile Eye’s green beam immobilized them after the agents called for backup.
• The Black Shark assassins escaped with Magnetic Storm Thunder, while City of Night patrol officers detained the Bridge of Helplessness agents; Fang Cheng emerged from hiding and recognized the dangers posed by the city’s rules.
• Shen Shuhuan learned that Black Shark was working with Utopia and ordered the Bridge of Helplessness to use the clash to pressure the organization, while avoiding further surveillance of Fang Cheng.

Fang Cheng tested the Training Mode effect Charged Ejection by performing weighted pull-ups and discovered that slowing each repetition increased the internal pressure on his body. After completing a hundred repetitions under six tonnes of pressure and gaining far more skill experience than before, he resolved to grow stronger quickly as Utopia’s threats loomed.

• Fang Cheng returned from his coastal workout and prepared to test Charged Ejection with weighted pull-ups.
• Fang Cheng found that extending each repetition increased Training Mode’s internal pressure, reaching ten tonnes at five seconds.
• Fang Cheng chose three-second repetitions as a sustainable intensity and completed a hundred pull-ups under six tonnes of pressure.
• Fang Cheng gained 19 Pull-Ups experience, roughly twelve times his previous rate, and anticipated reaching level four soon.
• Fang Cheng watched dawn break and vowed to make progress beyond what his enemies could imagine.

Fang Cheng pushed through an exhausting training regimen as he worked toward leveling up his combat and fitness skills. Meanwhile, Lin Chuqiao used her precognitive artistic ability to draw Fang Cheng leaping from a burning nine-story building, leaving his future in danger.

• Fang Cheng practiced Jiu-Jitsu alone and gained only three experience points, then reviewed his training progress and planned to keep building his skills.
• Fang Cheng maintained his punishing routine of running, calisthenics, and weighted pull-ups while his body grew increasingly fatigued and his Pull-Ups skill neared its next level.
• Fang Cheng began another pull-up set, but a ringing phone interrupted him before the chapter revealed who was calling.
• Lin Chuqiao managed the Illumination Society’s property, renovations, and trading company, using her own money to fund its security system and servers.
• Lin Chuqiao entered her art studio and used her unusual vision to draw an explosion and fire consuming the top floor of the Sleeve Building, with Fang Cheng leaping from its rooftop as another figure pursued him.

After Lin Chuqiao foresaw Fang Cheng being attacked at the Sleeve Building, she warned him that Utopia’s assassin would strike within twenty-four hours. Fang Cheng refused to flee, arranged surveillance with the Illumination Society, and began preparing to turn the ambush against his attacker.

• Lin Chuqiao used divination and painted a vision of an explosion, a chase, and Fang Cheng leaping from the Sleeve Building on Old Factory Street.
• Lin Chuqiao called Fang Cheng and described the imminent attack, including an agile man in black with a mustache and a mole on his forehead.
• Fang Cheng reasoned that the assassin was likely acting alone and had only recently decided to attack, then rejected Lin Chuqiao’s offer to help him flee.
• Fang Cheng told Lin Chuqiao to send Big Hammer and Monkey to watch Old Factory Street and identify unfamiliar people matching the assassin’s description.
• Fang Cheng told Lin Chuqiao to stay away that night, then ate raw beef and resolved to face the attacker on his own terms.

Fang Cheng prepared for a coming attack on the Sleeve Building, determined to protect Zhou Xiumei, Wen Xin, and the other residents while keeping the fight under his control. As darkness fell, Monkey spotted a suspicious man in a Gas Company uniform near a nearby baozi shop, and Big Hammer went to investigate.

• Fang Cheng meditated, armed himself, and packed clothing, identification, forged classified documents, and an Evil Spirit Mask for the night's operation.
• Fang Cheng ate four raw steaks and drank two cartons of milk to build his strength before the expected battle.
• Fang Cheng resolved to lure the enemy away from the Sleeve Building and called an associate who said the actors and props were ready for his plan.
• Monkey monitored the street through hidden cameras and a Signal Detector while Big Hammer posed as a mover.
• Monkey spotted a Gas Company worker matching Lin Chuqiao's description near Li Ji Baozi Shop, and Fang Cheng ordered the team to keep watching.
• Big Hammer approached the baozi shop to listen in while buying food.

Fang Cheng confirmed that a disguised intruder was approaching his building and prepared a trap. He tricked the attacker into letting him leave, while the attacker reported the encounter and was ordered to follow him.

• Big Hammer identified the gas worker as a suspicious fighter, and Fang Cheng sensed the man's suppressed killing intent as he climbed the stairs.
• Fang Cheng disguised himself as a frail office worker and staged a collision with the intruder, scattering documents marked with Special Search Team and top-secret labels.
• The intruder tested Fang Cheng with a sudden strike, then hid his attack and returned a sheet of paper when Fang Cheng showed no combat awareness.
• Fang Cheng left the building in a black SUV while the intruder watched from the stairwell and reported the encounter to Night Owl.
• Night Owl ordered Ghost Sickle to follow Fang Cheng, despite Ghost Sickle's doubts about the strange man.

Ghost Sickle and Night Owl followed Fang Cheng after mistaking him for a Special Search Team operative connected to their organization’s secrets. Fang Cheng led the pursuit toward the Eastern Suburb Unfinished Building District, while Ghost Sickle became convinced he might uncover a secret that could advance his standing.

• Ghost Sickle reported that Fang Cheng looked unlike the target description but carried a document bearing the Special Search Team seal, and Night Owl ordered him to follow rather than attack.
• Fang Cheng learned from Monkey that a man in a cloned-plate Jetta was tailing him, then told Monkey and Big Hammer to keep the Sleeve Building safe while he continued driving.
• At a five-star hotel, Fang Cheng showed his credentials to two men in black, who told him to bring his report to headquarters tomorrow and meet the Tiannan Province operation leader that night.
• Ghost Sickle overheard the hotel conversation, and Night Owl identified Fang Cheng as a direct blood relative of former Utopia member Fang Shijie, prompting them to continue the pursuit.
• Fang Cheng drove toward the Eastern Suburb Unfinished Building District, with Ghost Sickle following him into the desolate area.

Fang Cheng lured Ghost Sickle to an unfinished building, where Ghost Sickle tried to extract information about Fang Shijie and the Special Search Team. After Fang Cheng shot at him and revealed his extraordinary combat abilities, he transformed into a powerful, golden-sheened figure and prepared to fight.

• Fang Cheng entered the unfinished building, and Ghost Sickle followed after planting concealed demolition charges along the stairwell.
• Ghost Sickle confronted Fang Cheng on the top floor and demanded to know about his contact and the Special Search Team's intelligence.
• Fang Cheng revealed that he knew Ghost Sickle had come for Fang Shijie, and Ghost Sickle admitted that Utopia was targeting him.
• Fang Cheng claimed Utopia had framed his father and offered to cooperate if Ghost Sickle identified the traitor who had betrayed him.
• Fang Cheng fired four expertly aimed shots, but Ghost Sickle dodged them all except for a bullet that knocked off his earpiece.
• Fang Cheng discarded his empty pistol and glasses, then transformed into a massively muscular, golden-sheened figure and challenged Ghost Sickle to fight.

Fang Cheng used his explosive speed and strength to overwhelm Ghost Sickle, whose transplanted demon-lizard eye redirected the blows into clay bombs throughout the unfinished building. After Fang Cheng discarded the confidential documents and put on a White Evil Spirit Mask, Ghost Sickle recognized him as White Owl.

• Fang Cheng transformed, crushed his glasses, and launched a supersonic punch at Ghost Sickle.
• Ghost Sickle used his blood-red third eye to divert Fang Cheng’s barrage into clay bombs, which exploded across the unfinished building and sent Ghost Sickle flying.
• Ghost Sickle explained how the transplanted Ghost-Eyed Demon Lizard eye conducted energy through specially prepared clay explosives.
• Fang Cheng deduced that Ghost Sickle’s power depended on limited clay, while Ghost Sickle assumed Fang Cheng had entered a weakened phase.
• Fang Cheng threw the blue Canvas Bag containing the confidential documents out of the building and put on a White Evil Spirit Mask.
• Ghost Sickle recognized the mask and golden flames and exclaimed that Fang Cheng was White Owl.

Fang Cheng revealed himself as White Owl to Ghost Sickle and endured the assassin’s explosive attacks while testing his physical strength. Their battle brought down part of the unfinished building, and both fighters plunged into the darkness below as Xu Hao and Xiaosa watched from a hidden SUV.

• Fang Cheng let Ghost Sickle believe he was White Owl and challenged him to a fight to the death.
• Ghost Sickle unleashed hundreds of explosive clay spiders, but Fang Cheng stood through the blasts without serious injury.
• Fang Cheng charged through the mines and attacked Ghost Sickle, whose Evil Eye redirected the force of his punches into nearby clay bombs.
• Fang Cheng’s relentless attacks and the chain of explosions battered the unfinished building until part of its upper floors collapsed.
• Xu Hao and Xiaosa watched from a concealed SUV as the building shook, burst into flames, and began to crumble.

Xiaosa and Xu Hao monitored the battle from a concealed position and reaffirmed their faith that Fang Cheng could not be defeated. During the collapsing building fight, Ghost Sickle pierced Fang Cheng’s thigh with a shaped-charge metal jet, but Fang Cheng survived and his wound began regenerating.

• Xiaosa and Xu Hao watched the explosions from their surveillance post and recalled how surviving the Mental Hospital trial had made them comrades and core members of the Illumination Society.
• A passing vehicle briefly triggered the sensors, but Xiaosa confirmed it was leaving the monitored area and warned Xu Hao to stay focused on their mission.
• As the building erupted and began collapsing, Xu Hao feared for Fang Cheng, but Xiaosa reminded him of the President’s divine kingdom and insisted he was invincible.
• Fang Cheng and Ghost Sickle fell through the collapsing building, and Ghost Sickle launched two shaped-charge metal jets at him.
• Fang Cheng dodged the first jet but took the second through his right thigh before both fighters landed among the ruins.
• Ghost Sickle expected Fang Cheng to collapse from blood loss, but Fang Cheng stood up and watched the granulation tissue begin writhing through his wound.

Fang Cheng regenerated from Ghost Sickle’s attack and relentlessly pursued him through the unfinished building, overpowering him despite the Clay Spiders and explosive traps. Cornered on the nineteenth floor, Ghost Sickle activated a forbidden technique that turned the surrounding structure into explosives and declared the building would become Fang Cheng’s tomb.

• Fang Cheng rapidly regenerated his thigh after Ghost Sickle pierced it with a hypersonic metal jet, shocking Ghost Sickle with his recovery.
• Fang Cheng attacked Ghost Sickle and chased him through the building, while Clay Spiders detonated to shield their master.
• Fang Cheng endured repeated explosions and inferred that Ghost Sickle’s Evil Eye had an upper limit and that using it strained him.
• Ghost Sickle realized he could not outlast Fang Cheng and chose to use a forbidden technique on the trap-filled nineteenth floor.
• Ghost Sickle activated C4, Symbiotic Activation, merging the Clay Spiders and planted charges into the building’s structure before unleashing Domain expansion-Infinite Explosion Hive.

Ghost Sickle unleashed his Infinite Explosion Hive and collapsed the unfinished building in an attempt to kill Fang Cheng. Fang Cheng survived within a golden Light Domain, launched himself through the air, and caught Ghost Sickle by the ankle.

• Ghost Sickle trapped Fang Cheng in the Infinite Explosion Hive, but the overloaded domain erupted and blasted Ghost Sickle out of the building.
• Ghost Sickle used clay wings to stay aloft, then detonated the building’s structural weak points and brought the thirty-three-story structure crashing down.
• Fang Cheng emerged alive from the burning ruins, protected by a golden Light Domain that healed his injuries and deflected falling debris.
• Ghost Sickle hurled a clay spear at Fang Cheng as Fang Cheng launched himself from the remains of the building and flew toward him.
• Fang Cheng dodged the spear and its explosion, then seized Ghost Sickle’s ankle in midair.

Fang Cheng carried Ghost Sickle nearly a thousand meters into the sky by using his punches to power Ghost Sickle’s clay wings, then survived Ghost Sickle’s final self-destruct behind a barrier of solar true fire. He fell toward the Eastern Capital as Xiaosa and Xu Hao recognized the golden, burning figure as their President.

• Fang Cheng locked Ghost Sickle in a midair hold and struck his Evil Eye, which converted the impact into thrust from Ghost Sickle’s clay wings.
• Fang Cheng’s relentless punches drove them higher while Ghost Sickle’s armor, wings, and strength steadily failed.
• Near one thousand meters, Ghost Sickle reversed the Evil Eye’s energy circuit and detonated his remaining power and clay wings, killing himself in the explosion.
• Fang Cheng shielded himself with solar true fire, but the blast hurled him away and sent him plunging toward the city.
• Xiaosa and Xu Hao watched the falling golden figure through a Telescope and recognized him as the President.

Fang Cheng survived a fall from the sky by steering through the wind and catching the Eastern Capital Radio and Television Tower, landing unharmed. As Xu Hao and Xiaosa hurried to retrieve him, Utopia operative Night Owl drove recklessly toward an unknown destination.

• An explosion hurled Fang Cheng high into the air, where he regained control and used the wind to slow his fall.
• Fang Cheng propelled himself with bursts of steam, aimed for the Eastern Capital Radio and Television Tower, and used Entangling Silk Force to catch a beam and land on its maintenance platform.
• Xu Hao and Xiaosa saw Fang Cheng land, confirmed he appeared unharmed, and drove toward the TV Tower to pick him up.
• Night Owl sped through traffic on the Eastern Capital Outer Ring Expressway in a black modified sports coupe.

Night Owl arrived too late to help Ghost Sickle and saw Fang Cheng survive a colossal explosion before landing on the TV Signal Tower. Fang Cheng reflected on how his durability and Flame Breathing Technique had helped him defeat Ghost Sickle, and his latest trial increased his hovering time.

• Night Owl sped toward the unfinished buildings, fearing Ghost Sickle might kill Fang Cheng before he could capture him.
• A huge explosion lit the Eastern Capital Suburbs, and Fang Cheng emerged from the blast to land atop the TV Signal Tower.
• Night Owl recognized Fang Cheng, sensed mortal danger when Fang Cheng noticed him, and fled in his car.
• Fang Cheng confirmed that Ghost Sickle's domain had been powerful but that his defenses and resilience had let him survive it.
• Fang Cheng's sky-limit trial increased his maximum Static Hovering duration by one second.