Recaps

Fang Cheng rescued Shen Wei by sliding down the Silver Wing Building’s exterior, then learned Shen Wei did not trust his own association and arranged to take him to A Le. With the others waiting below, Fang Cheng climbed back up the building to rejoin the fight against Blood Thorn’s people.

• Fang Cheng carried Shen Wei down the Silver Wing Building’s glass exterior, stopping their fall just above the ground.
• The Professor and Xiao Ya met them by the Jinbei van, and Fang Cheng said Fat Tiger, Eagle Eye, and the others were keeping Blood Thorn’s people occupied.
• Shen Wei refused to contact the East City Association because he suspected a mole, and agreed to go to Fang Cheng’s place to see A Le.
• Fang Cheng told the Professor and Xiao Ya to stay with the vehicle, then bounded up the Silver Wing Building’s glass wall toward the ongoing battle.

The Illumination Society’s four members were overwhelmed by the Blood Thorn Mercenary Group and the Masked Man’s psychic power. Just as the Masked Man prepared to kill them, Shen Wei appeared on the rooftop and challenged him.

• The Masked Man used psychic power to disrupt the Illumination Society’s attacks as Big Bear battered Fat Tiger, Black Mamba wounded Flying Shadow, and an explosion injured Eagle Eye.
• Old Chen discovered Shen Wei had escaped his cage and told his companions the hostage mission was complete.
• The Masked Man stopped Eagle Eye’s bullet before it could hit Fire Dragon, then Big Bear smashed Fat Tiger into a ventilation duct.
• Old Chen ordered the others to retreat, but the Masked Man lifted debris across the rooftop and prepared to kill the trapped Illumination Society members.
• Shen Wei appeared atop the eastern parapet and told the Masked Man that he was the one who needed to take a better look.

Fang Cheng arrived on the Silver Wing Building rooftop and overwhelmed the Blood Thorn Mercenary Group after finding the Illumination Society members wounded. He defeated Masked Man, then killed Big Bear with a single punch, while the rest of the battle remained unresolved.

• Fang Cheng introduced himself as the Illumination Society's president and confronted Masked Man over his wounded companions.
• Masked Man pretended to negotiate, then launched a Psychic Storm and sent Fire Dragon, Black Mamba, and Big Bear to attack Fang Cheng.
• Fang Cheng resisted the debris storm with his golden light, charged through Masked Man's psychic barriers, and struck him with his Qilin Arm.
• Masked Man survived the punch because the Clown Mask absorbed part of its force, then ordered Big Bear to unleash his full strength.
• Fang Cheng met Big Bear's charge and punched through his abdomen, killing him.

Fang Cheng effortlessly killed Big Bear and Black Mamba, leaving the Blood Thorn Mercenary Group defeated and its allies in awe. As he prepared to finish the Masked Man and Fire Dragon, the Masked Man offered a secret about the Xiao Family and the Military to save his life.

• Fang Cheng punched through Big Bear, stunning the rooftop survivors and terrifying the Blood Thorn Mercenary Group.
• The Masked Man ordered Black Mamba to ambush Fang Cheng, but Fang Cheng resisted Mental Bewitchment, caught Black Mamba, and snapped his neck.
• Fire Dragon backed away in fear as Fang Cheng burned the blood and gore from his arm and approached the Masked Man.
• The Masked Man tried to buy his freedom with money and the captured Aberrants, but Flying Shadow pointed out that the cage was empty and its occupants had already been rescued.
• As Fang Cheng prepared to kill him, the Masked Man pleaded that he knew a shocking secret about the Xiao Family and the Military.

The Masked Man revealed that the Xiao Family and the Military were exploiting Aberrants to explore the Other Shore World, and offered Fang Cheng a secret route into the ruins in exchange for his life. Fang Cheng considered using the ruins to strengthen the Illumination Society before a Military attack helicopter arrived to rescue Fire Dragon and the Masked Man.

• The Masked Man explained that the Other Shore World was a ruined ancient civilization whose pollution caused people to awaken as Aberrants.
• The Masked Man said he and Big Bear had been sent into Ruin No. 03 by the Military, and that the Xiao Family hunted young Aberrants for blood used to make a protective drug.
• The Masked Man begged Fang Cheng for his life, offering money and a secret smuggling route into the ruins, and denied resenting him for killing Big Bear.
• Fang Cheng considered accepting the offer because the ruins might provide resources for the Illumination Society and stronger opponents for him to fight.
• A Military attack helicopter appeared over the Silver Wing Building, and Fire Dragon and the Masked Man recognized it as their rescue.

Fang Cheng faced the military’s Dark Blade Special Forces after the rooftop battle, but Captain Hu rejected the Masked Man’s attempt to cancel their deal and ordered an attack. As Fang Cheng prepared to fight, the Illumination Society’s companions ran for the rooftop entrance and the helicopter opened fire.

• The military helicopter surrounded the rooftop, and the Masked Man tried to hide his delight while the Illumination Society’s members prepared for a possible fight.
• The Professor warned Fang Cheng that the approaching force was Dark Blade Special Forces and might have Neural Inhibitor Rounds, and Fang Cheng said they were preparing to withdraw.
• Fang Cheng handed Black Mamba’s Communicator to the Masked Man and told him to cancel the deal and send the soldiers away.
• Captain Hu dismissed the cancellation, accused the Masked Man and Fang Cheng’s group of serious crimes, and threatened them.
• Fang Cheng let his restrained aura surge, while Captain Hu ordered the helicopter crew to prepare its weapons and target him.
• The Illumination Society’s companions ran toward the rooftop entrance, and Captain Hu ordered the helicopter to open fire.

Fang Cheng shielded the Illumination Society members from the helicopter’s machine-gun fire, then struck back with a dagger while Eagle Eye shot the pilot. The helicopter regained control and fired rockets at Fang Cheng, but when the smoke cleared, he had vanished.

• Flying Shadow rescued Old Chen and dragged Fat Tiger into the stairwell while Fang Cheng endured the machine-gun barrage with his hardened body and Body Protection Qi.
• Fang Cheng hurled a dagger through the helicopter’s bulletproof glass, piercing Captain Hu’s shoulder and wounding his adjutant.
• Eagle Eye shot the pilot, forcing Captain Hu to take the controls as the helicopter lurched out of control.
• Captain Hu ordered the gunner to suppress Eagle Eye, then fired two Hydra rockets at Fang Cheng as he prepared to throw a chunk of concrete.
• The rockets blasted apart the rooftop, but Captain Hu found no body or blood where Fang Cheng had stood.

Fang Cheng used the Masked Man as a human projectile to smash Captain Hu’s gunship out of the sky, then leaped aboard as it crashed. He confronted the surviving soldiers inside the failing helicopter.

• Captain Hu circled the rooftop from high above and taunted Fang Cheng while preparing another barrage.
• Fang Cheng found the badly wounded Masked Man hiding behind the cooling tower and offered him a chance to take revenge.
• Fang Cheng donned the Evil Spirit Mask, seized the Masked Man, and hurled him at the gunship with enough force to break the sound barrier.
• The Masked Man smashed into the helicopter’s cockpit, damaging its controls and causing it to lose control as the Hydra rockets exploded on the rooftop.
• Fang Cheng jumped through the helicopter’s open side door and greeted Captain Hu and the soldiers as the aircraft plunged downward.

Fang Cheng survived the helicopter crash unharmed and ordered the Illumination Society to leave before the police arrived. As the group prepared to escape, he took the wounded Fire Dragon with them after learning he knew the Masked Man’s bank password.

• Fang Cheng killed Captain Hu aboard the falling helicopter, and the aircraft crashed into the plaza below.
• Fang Cheng walked out of the burning wreckage unharmed, met the professor and Xiao Ya, then climbed the Silver Wing Building to rejoin the Illumination Society.
• Fang Cheng learned Eagle Eye was erasing the building’s surveillance footage and ordered the group to clean up, release the prisoners from their cages, and prepare to leave.
• Fang Cheng punctured four rooftop water tanks with chunks of concrete, washing blood and debris into the drains.
• Fat Tiger brought the wounded Fire Dragon to Fang Cheng, who ordered Old Chen to take him to an underground clinic after Fire Dragon offered the Masked Man’s bank password.
• As police sirens approached, Fang Cheng ordered everyone to move out.

Fang Cheng returned to his apartment with Shen Wei after wiping out the Blood Thorn Mercenary Group, then set Shen Wei’s broken leg while the men planned to expose a gang mole. After seeing military helicopters near Jiangdong District, Fang Cheng reflected on how rapidly his strength had grown and resolved to become powerful enough to withstand any threat.

• Fang Cheng brought Shen Wei back to A Le’s apartment, where Shen Wei revealed that Fang Cheng had killed the entire Blood Thorn Mercenary Group, including its commander, the Masked Man.
• Shen Wei and A Le suspected a mole had exposed their movements, and Shen Wei revealed that Blood Thorn had backed the Flying Crane Gang; A Le proposed asking Rat Qiang to investigate.
• Fang Cheng set Shen Wei’s fractured tibia, splinted his leg, and told him to avoid putting weight on it while he recovered.
• Shen Wei and A Le agreed to stay in Fang Cheng’s apartment and planned to find the traitor after Shen Wei rested.
• Fang Cheng noticed military attack helicopters over Jiangdong District, reviewed his increased skill experience, and resolved to keep growing stronger until no threat could harm him.

A Le witnessed Fang Cheng’s punishing rooftop training and lost his remaining doubts about Fang Cheng’s strength. Later, as Fang Cheng drove to collect Lin Chuqiao, the Professor reported that Fire Dragon was gravely wounded and asked what to do with the three rescued aberrants.

• A Le found Fang Cheng performing one-finger handstand push-ups on the rooftop and watched him complete a hundred repetitions on each hand.
• Fang Cheng accepted A Le’s offer to buy breakfast and ordered a huge meal before training his jiu-jitsu and acrobatics.
• A Le left to find Rat Qiang and investigate the mole, while Shen Wei stayed behind to recover from his broken leg.
• Fang Cheng drove toward Lin Chuqiao’s home and spoke with the Professor, who reported that the group had settled at the Yunlin Small Dwelling and Fire Dragon was critically injured.
• The Professor explained that Fire Dragon knew the password to the Masked Man’s overseas account and asked Fang Cheng how to handle the three aberrants rescued from Blood Thorn.

Fang Cheng reviewed the backgrounds and abilities of three people rescued from Blood Thorn and decided to meet them before considering recruitment. At Cloud Hidden Small Dwelling, Zhang Kuan, Jiang Yun, and Douzi waited anxiously until Fang Cheng entered their room with the Professor and Lin Chuqiao.

• The Professor told Fang Cheng that Zhang Kuan could intuitively understand machinery, Jiang Yun had mental perception with possible mind-reading potential, and Douzi could communicate with and control small animals.
• The Professor recommended recruiting the three, but Fang Cheng ordered them watched and said he would assess them himself that afternoon.
• Zhang Kuan and Jiang Yun worried that the Illumination Society might exploit them, while Douzi waited for her rat, Little White, to report what it had heard.
• Fang Cheng arrived at Cloud Hidden Small Dwelling with the Professor and Lin Chuqiao, and the three rescued aberrants recognized him as the powerful man who had fought Blood Thorn and the Military helicopters.

Fang Cheng questioned Xu Kuan, Jiang Yun, and Douzi about Blood Thorn’s attempted sale of them to the military, then offered them refuge and a place in the Illumination Society. After hearing the Society’s mission, the three began to see it as a possible home, though they had not yet formally joined.

• Fang Cheng introduced himself as president of the Illumination Society and eased the fear he had stirred in Xu Kuan, Jiang Yun, and Douzi.
• Jiang Yun told Fang Cheng that Blood Thorn had kept them captive before trying to sell them to the military, and explained that she and Xu Kuan used false identities while Douzi was an orphan.
• The professor warned them that the military had sealed the Eastern Capital and was searching the city, and said they could remain at the Society or leave whenever they wished.
• The professor invited the three to join the Illumination Society, and Lin Chuqiao explained that it sought to give Aberrants a safe home and dignity.
• Fang Cheng declared that the Society aimed to dispel darkness and set the corrupt world right, inspiring Xu Kuan and Jiang Yun with a new sense of hope and belonging.

Jiang Yun and Xu Kuan joined the Illumination Society as probationary members, and Fang Cheng assigned Xu Kuan work in vehicle modification and base defenses. Jiang Yun revealed her aura perception and emerging mind-reading ability, which uncovered Lin Chuqiao’s plans to take Fang Cheng to dinner.

• Jiang Yun and Xu Kuan agreed to join the Illumination Society, and Jiang Yun insisted that Douzi would stay with them.
• The professor explained the three-month probation, the members’ obligations, and the prohibition on betrayal and infighting.
• Xu Kuan described his knack for understanding and repairing machines, and Fang Cheng assigned him vehicle and weapons maintenance while Lin Chuqiao recruited him to help fortify the bases.
• Jiang Yun explained that she sensed people’s auras and emotions and could sometimes catch fleeting thoughts, but she could not read Fang Cheng, the professor, or Lin Chuqiao through their mental defenses.
• Jiang Yun revealed that she had caught Lin Chuqiao wondering whether to take Fang Cheng to a French restaurant or a seafood stall, and Lin Chuqiao blushed and claimed she was looking after her superior’s meals.

Fang Cheng welcomed Xu Kuan, Jiang Yun, and Douzi into the Illumination Society, assessed their abilities, and assigned the group shelter, recovery, and security duties. As the new members settled in, Lin Chuqiao proposed a barbecue to celebrate, and Fang Cheng decided to invite more people.

• Jiang Yun explained that Douzi could communicate with animals, and Little White the mouse appeared to demonstrate their bond.
• The professor praised Douzi's potential as a scout and offered to train her, while Fang Cheng welcomed her into the Illumination Society and promised she would be protected.
• Fang Cheng introduced the newcomers to the Society's other members and ordered everyone to stay at the Yunlin Small Dwelling while they recovered and kept a low profile.
• Fang Cheng assigned Old Chen and Eagle Eye to guard his family in Jiangbei, and planned for Big Hammer and Monkey to establish a protected outpost in Wanghu Town.
• Lin Chuqiao suggested a courtyard barbecue for the group, and Fang Cheng agreed to invite more people to their first team-building event.

At an Illumination Society barbecue, Fang Cheng asked the professor about the Super Ancient Civilization Ruins. The professor revealed that he had entered an ancient temple in the Borneo Rainforest more than a decade earlier and began describing what he had found inside.

• The Illumination Society members and their guests gathered at Yunlin Small Dwelling for a barbecue, where they became more comfortable with one another.
• Fang Cheng told Li Dingjian he would send Big Hammer and Monkey to establish surveillance points and an intelligence network in Wanghu Town.
• Fang Cheng asked the professor about the Super Ancient Civilization Ruins, and the professor said he had entered one more than a decade earlier.
• The professor recounted escorting a scientific expedition through the Borneo Rainforest to ancient temple ruins, where several members of the group died along the way.
• The professor described the temple's black stone structures, strange symbols, ancient bones, and a glowing crystal orb on a massive stone platform that caused dizziness as they approached.

The professor recounted his deadly expedition into the Borneo Ruins, where swallowing a monster crystal healed him and raised him to S-Class. Fang Cheng learned that a new ruin entrance might lie in the Western Mountains and ended the gathering by rallying the Illumination Society to face the future together.

• The professor described how an Expedition Team used blood to open a passage through black mist into the Other Shore World, where giant monsters and a ruined city killed many of the group.
• The professor revealed that swallowing a crystal from an insect’s brain healed his injuries and helped him break through to S-Class.
• The professor explained that the Borneo Ruins were under government and International Conglomerate control, and that the Other Shore World was a vast, complete world unlike Inner Worlds or Noble Clan Secret Realms.
• The professor told Fang Cheng that Fire Dragon might provide information if he survived surgery and suspected the Western Mountains Archaeological Site concealed a newly discovered ruin entrance.
• Fang Cheng raised a toast, and the Illumination Society members pledged to walk the same path and weather every storm together.

Lin Fusheng operated on the badly wounded Fire Dragon, and Fang Cheng learned Fire Dragon would likely recover. On the drive home, Lin warned Fang Cheng about the professor and then offered to tell him about his father when he was young.

• Lin Fusheng skillfully removed two fragments from Fire Dragon and said he would likely wake within three days if he avoided infection.
• A black-market doctor recognized Lin Fusheng’s surgical skill as resembling that of the retired Ghost Hand Divine Doctor.
• Lin Fusheng warned Old Ye to keep Fang Cheng out of his investigation, while Old Ye privately acknowledged that he was now following Fang Cheng’s orders.
• Fang Cheng drove Lin Fusheng home and assured him that the professor was on his side, while dismissing Lin’s question about whether the previous night’s events involved the Military.
• Lin Fusheng cautioned Fang Cheng about the professor and then asked whether Fang Cheng wanted to hear about his father’s youth; Fang Cheng agreed.

Lin Fusheng told Fang Cheng how Utopia split apart, how the old leader and Fang Shijie died, and why he feared the Vice Leader. Fang Cheng remained determined to pursue his own path, and Lin Fusheng resolved to protect him as they returned to Old Factory Street.

• Lin Fusheng recounted Utopia’s origins and the conflict between its moderate old leader and its increasingly ruthless Vice Leader.
• Lin Fusheng described how the Guangwu Gate incident exposed Utopia, the old leader was killed, and Fang Shijie died helping fleeing members escape.
• Lin Fusheng urged Fang Cheng to stop investigating the past and warned that the Vice Leader could sense anyone thinking of him and was far beyond Fang Cheng’s strength.
• Fang Cheng asked whether the Vice Leader was still in the Eastern Capital, then said he and the Professor would not repeat Utopia’s mistakes.
• Lin Fusheng gave up trying to dissuade Fang Cheng and resolved to protect him, while the Land Rover continued toward Old Factory Street.

Fang Cheng broke through his Qi Gong bottleneck by harmonizing his inner fire with the sea’s water and the rising sun. He formed his own Aura Field Domain and advanced to the Grandmaster realm.

• Fang Cheng trained at Clearwater Bay while his Qi Gong remained stuck at level two, just short of a breakthrough.
• Fang Cheng drew inspiration from dawn and realized that a grandmaster should follow the balance and changes of heaven and earth rather than rely on brute force.
• Fang Cheng released his true qi and used Tai Chi Cloud Hands to guide golden flames and seawater mist into a balanced field around him.
• Fang Cheng completed his Aura Field Domain as the sun rose, making water and fire sustain one another within it.
• Fang Cheng withdrew his power and received confirmation that his Qi Gong had advanced to Grandmaster realm, reaching level three.

Fang Cheng perfected his Qi Gong and unlocked the Grandmaster-level Primordial True Domain, then tested its power by combining water and fire in a destructive blast. He left the beach contemplating how mastering earth and wind might transform his domain into a world of its own.

• Fang Cheng received three Constitution points and unlocked the Primordial True Domain after perfecting his Qi Gong.
• Fang Cheng compressed the domain above his palm, combined seawater with golden flames, and created a rainbow sphere that exploded in the sea.
• Fang Cheng assessed the domain's strength, short range, and heavy true qi consumption, noting that his Constitution helped him sustain it.
• Fang Cheng discovered that integrating the laws of earth and wind could cause the domain to undergo a major transformation.
• Fang Cheng dressed and headed home for breakfast.

Fang Cheng treated a flood of gang-war injuries at Lin Fusheng Bone Setting Clinic, gaining experience in his medical skills. As the clinic closed for the night, Ma Donghe asked Fang Cheng to meet his father and discuss something important.

• Brother Fei recounted how the East City Association defeated the Flying Crane Gang, then Fang Cheng reset his dislocated shoulder and gained Bone Setting experience.
• Fang Cheng found Ma Donghe using excessive force while trying to learn Tui Na, and Wen Hui Yi stepped in to teach him.
• The clinic stayed busy through the evening as Lin Fusheng, Fang Cheng, Ma Donghe, Wen Hui Yi, and Wen Xin helped treat patients.
• Wen Hui Yi took Wen Xin home, while Ma Donghe watched them leave and then asked Fang Cheng to meet his father for a serious conversation.

Ma Donghe urged Fang Cheng to join the Special Search Team’s Medical Team, arguing that his medical skills would make him a valuable and safer recruit. Fang Cheng agreed to consider it, then returned home and studied the Evil Spirit Mask and Clown Mask.

• Ma Donghe explained that he was learning medicine to earn extra points on the Special Search Team exam and discussed his progress under Master Lin and Sister Huiyi.
• Ma Donghe revealed that his father, Ma Jianguo, wanted Fang Cheng to take the exam and apply to the Medical Team under the Logistics Department.
• Fang Cheng said he would think about joining, and Ma Donghe reminded him that the application deadline was next Monday.
• Fang Cheng returned to his dark apartment, washed up, and placed the Evil Spirit Mask and Clown Mask on his desk.

Fang Cheng decided to join the Special Search Team’s Medical Team to gain protection, intelligence, and a credible cover while pursuing his own goals. After he touched the red Clown Mask, it began glowing and released a bloodlike substance that crawled up his arm.

• Fang Cheng weighed the danger his White Owl identity posed to his family and the Illumination Society, and concluded he needed an official identity as protection.
• Fang Cheng decided to join the Special Search Team through its Medical Team, which would give him a cover, access to resources and intelligence, and room to grow stronger.
• Fang Cheng flicked the red Clown Mask, and it began glowing as a malicious childlike laugh sounded in his mind.
• Fang Cheng examined the mask and touched its warm, pulsing surface, prompting red liquid to surge out and race up his arm.

Fang Cheng tested the Clown Mask’s red parasite, then watched the White Evil Spirit Mask devour it and transform into a powerful demonic artifact. He put on the transformed mask and faced its bloodlust with the strength of his martial path willpower.

• The red parasite tried to enter Fang Cheng, but his pure yang qi burned and drove it back into the Clown Mask.
• Fang Cheng fed the mask a drop of blood and then shattered it with a Knife Hand, forcing the parasite to flee.
• The White Evil Spirit Mask captured and absorbed the red parasite, transforming into a crimson, living mask.
• The transformed mask tempted Fang Cheng with promises of destructive power, and he put it on.
• The mask unleashed a torrent of savage images and bloodlust into Fang Cheng’s mind, where his martial path willpower stood against it.