Recaps

Fang Cheng unlocked the “Ape Waist” special effect after mastering Leg Raises and tested its boost to jumping and airtime. Later, he helped at Lin Fusheng Bone Setting Clinic, where Brother Fei recounted the escalating gang conflict.

• Fang Cheng used weighted exercises and Tiger Leopard Thunder Sound breathing practice to improve his training efficiency.
• Fang Cheng reached Master Level in Leg Raises and gained the “Ape Waist” effect, which increased his jumping ability and airtime by 80%.
• Fang Cheng tested the effect by jumping onto a water tank, slowing his fall with midair twists, and practicing parkour among pipes.
• Fang Cheng abandoned his attempt to approach Wu Shih Hao after spotting heavy security and apparent police surveillance.
• Fang Cheng went to Lin Fusheng Bone Setting Clinic and helped Master Lin treat the influx of injured thugs while practicing Tui Na.
• Brother Fei told the assembled thugs that the Three Wolves Gang and Red Tiger Gang had fought, then described the Red Tiger Gang expert using the Divine Striking Technique.

Fang Cheng heard rumors about the Red Tiger Gang’s powerful fighters and continued preparing to face them, while Wen Hui Yi reaffirmed her determination to overcome her drug addiction. The Red Tiger Gang consolidated its gains and ordered a search for the hidden assassin, unaware that Fang Cheng was the man they sought.

• Brother Fei told the former Three Wolves Gang members that the Red Tiger Gang had defeated their allies and taken over their territory, while Fang Cheng listened and corrected Brother Fei’s account by massaging his back.
• Fang Cheng offered Wen Hui Yi support after learning she had tried to induce vomiting to help quit drugs, and Wen Hui Yi vowed to persevere for Wen Xin’s sake.
• Fang Cheng considered the Red Tiger Gang’s rumored strength, ate a late meal, and practiced with his Butterfly Knife to keep improving.
• Zhou Yongnian learned that A Zhong had regained consciousness and Xiao Ding was out of danger, then ordered his officers to set aside the Red Tiger Gang case and focus on the Serial Killer case.
• Wu Shih Hao assigned North Point Old Street District to Madman Hui and instructed Chang Fa to keep searching for the hidden assassin, who had reportedly appeared on Old Factory Street.

Fang Cheng unlocked the “Blade Shadow” effect and discovered it blurred his movements during knife attacks, making them harder to track. After hearing that the Red Tiger Gang was hunting Ma Donghe, Fang Cheng noticed five suspicious men keeping watch near his home and began planning his response.

• Fang Cheng reached Expert Level in knife techniques and gained the “Blade Shadow” effect.
• Fang Cheng tested the effect in a mirror and found that it blurred his figure and drew attention to the blade’s gleam during attacks.
• Ma Donghe called Fang Cheng from hiding and explained that the Red Tiger Gang had taken over the Three Wolves Gang’s territory and was searching for him.
• Ma Donghe warned Fang Cheng to lie low and said Wu Shih Hao wanted revenge, while other established gangs might soon clash with the Red Tiger Gang.
• Fang Cheng noticed five unfamiliar men watching the area around his apartment and suspected the Red Tiger Gang had sent them to find him.

Brother Yong’s men tried to seize Wen Hui Yi at Lin Fusheng’s clinic, but Lin defeated them and drove them away. While Wen Hui Yi rushed home, two other men abducted her daughter Wen Xin, leaving her fate uncertain.

• Brother Yong sent Chicken Eye Kid and three men to Lin Fusheng’s clinic to capture Wen Hui Yi and learn where the assassin was.
• Lin Fusheng gave Wen Hui Yi an advance on her wages, but Chicken Eye Kid’s men arrived and attacked her for information.
• Lin Fusheng incapacitated Chicken Eye Kid and three gang enforcers with acupoint strikes and a joint lock, prompting Brother Yong to retreat with his men.
• Wen Hui Yi hurried home after the confrontation, while Wen Xin returned from Sister Zhou’s carrying a cake and found two strangers searching the apartment.
• The strangers subdued and abducted Wen Xin, then drove away in a van after learning that the attack on Wen Hui Yi’s clinic had failed.

Fang Cheng set out to eliminate Wu Shih Hao, but learned that Madman Hui’s men had abducted Wen Xin and changed his plan to rescue her. He tracked down the organ-trading black market, slaughtered the men guarding its warehouse, and confronted the stunned broker outside.

• Fang Cheng found Wen Hui Yi crying because Sang Biao’s men had taken Wen Xin, and promised to bring her daughter back safely.
• Fang Cheng captured and killed a lookout, then used the man’s contact number to arrange a meeting with an organ-trade broker.
• Fang Cheng met the broker in Lingang District and followed him to a warehouse where criminals expected him to pay for an organ.
• Fang Cheng attacked the warehouse crew with his Butterfly Knife, killing them in seconds and gaining 90 Knife Technique skill experience.
• Fang Cheng raised the roller shutter and asked the shocked broker if he could talk now.

Fang Cheng infiltrated Madman Hui’s hidden organ-trafficking operation while searching for Wen Xin. After confronting Madman Hui in his office, he began slaughtering the gang leaders and pinned Madman Hui’s hand to the table with a thrown knife.

• Fang Cheng forced the injured customer manager to guide him from the warehouse to a nightclub concealing the black market.
• Fang Cheng and the manager entered the hidden facility, where Fang Cheng searched the cells for Wen Xin and found an anesthetized girl in the operating room.
• Fang Cheng sent the manager to confirm Madman Hui’s location, then pretended to be a customer from Nanyang to get into his office.
• Fang Cheng revealed he was looking for Wen Xin, Wen Hui Yi’s daughter, and confronted Madman Hui as the gang leaders surrounded him.
• Fang Cheng attacked the gang leaders at close range, while Madman Hui fired and missed before Fang Cheng pinned his hand to the table with a Butterfly Knife.

Fang Cheng rescued Wen Xin from the underground organ-trading operation, learned she had been taken to a harbor warehouse guarded by Wu Shih Hao, and prepared to pursue her. He left the police to deal with Madman Hui’s office and headed toward the Western Mountains by taxi.

• Fang Cheng forced Madman Hui to reveal that Wen Xin and other abducted girls were being held at a harbor warehouse under Wu Shih Hao’s orders.
• Fang Cheng ordered the fat man to guard Madman Hui, took down the guards, and forced two doctors to begin operating on Madman Hui while he called Uncle Zhou and alerted him to the abducted children.
• Fang Cheng killed A Yong and his men when they emerged from the elevator, then slipped away as police arrived.
• Fang Cheng reviewed his new combat experience and decided to prepare before attacking Wu Shih Hao, who was staying at the warehouse near the harbor.
• Fang Cheng withdrew twenty thousand yuan and persuaded a taxi driver to take him to the Western Mountains.

Fang Cheng bought a specialized Combat Uniform and ammunition, then practiced until his Gun Technique reached Master Level and unlocked Eagle Eye Vision. After scouting Wu Shih Hao’s warehouse, he trained his Back Bridge until it reached Master Level, gaining nine free attribute points as he prepared to attack under cover of darkness.

• Fang Cheng bought a black Combat Uniform and Tactical Mask, sold six handguns to cover the cost, and purchased magazines and ammunition from Tiger Bro.
• Fang Cheng practiced at the Shooting Range until his Gun Technique reached Master Level and unlocked Eagle Eye Vision.
• At daybreak, Fang Cheng left the range after praying that the Hexagram Egg card would protect Wen Xin and him.
• Fang Cheng used Eagle Eye Vision to scout Madman Hui’s warehouse and estimated that at least a hundred and fifty guards were inside or nearby.
• Fang Cheng resumed his Back Bridge training on a rooftop and reached Master Level, earning nine free attribute points.

Fang Cheng launched a night raid on the Red Tiger Gang’s warehouse, cutting the power and killing the guards as he fought his way inside. He reached the second floor while Wu Shih Hao and the Main Hall’s two overseers watched the attack and prepared to hunt him.

• Wu Shih Hao learned that police were seeking to seal Wu's Trading Company and ordered Chang Fa to have Lawyer stall them while he arranged a scapegoat.
• Fang Cheng prepared his weapons and targeted the warehouse’s electrical room before beginning his attack in the rain.
• Fang Cheng killed the east-side guards, slipped into the warehouse, and eliminated successive patrol teams in the darkness.
• Fang Cheng fought through an ambush on the second floor, destroying the lights and killing a machine gunner as reinforcements approached.
• Wu Shih Hao directed the gunmen through his earpiece while the two Main Hall overseers watched the surveillance footage with excitement.

Fang Cheng fought his way through the Red Tiger Gang’s warehouse and reached Wu Shih Hao’s office, where he defeated the gang’s two enhanced combat experts. He then approached Wu Shih Hao and the terrified survivors.

• Fang Cheng slaughtered the scattered Red Tiger Gang gunmen, advanced his Knife Technique to Master Level, and received the Blade Storm skill effect.
• Fang Cheng survived an explosion on the stairs, killed three ambushers, and cleared the corridor with captured submachine guns and hand-to-hand combat.
• Wu Shih Hao waited in his office with the swordsman and muscular fighter A Tai as Fang Cheng entered and identified him.
• A Tai challenged Fang Cheng to a fistfight, but Fang Cheng shattered A Tai’s arm with one punch.
• The swordsman attacked Fang Cheng from behind, but Fang Cheng evaded him and cut his neck with the Butterfly Knife.
• Fang Cheng finished off A Tai and approached the terrified Wu Shih Hao, Chang Fa, and bodyguards.

Fang Cheng fought the escaped Experimental Subject after it killed Wu Shih Hao and attacked the children. He activated Blade Storm and severed the monster’s hand, while the battle continued and an attack helicopter approached East Capital Port.

• Fang Cheng offered Chang Fa and the two bodyguards their lives in exchange for freeing the girls, but Wu Shih Hao released the Experimental Subject from its glass tank.
• The Experimental Subject killed Wu Shih Hao, drank his blood, and attacked Fang Cheng, who dodged its blows and shot out its eyes.
• The blinded Experimental Subject charged the children when Chang Fa brought them out, so Fang Cheng drew it away while Wen Xin and the others escaped.
• Fang Cheng lured the monster into a second-floor storeroom, where his knife and bullets struggled to penetrate its flesh and muscle.
• Fang Cheng activated Blade Storm and severed the Experimental Subject’s right hand, then prepared to attack again as it began regenerating.
• An attack helicopter flew toward East Capital Port through the freezing rain.

Fang Cheng rescued Wen Xin from the Red Tiger Gang’s warehouse and killed the powerful Experimental Subject, but the Special Search Team that arrived afterward realized the mission’s danger had been badly underestimated. As the team flew away with the creature’s remains, a gray sedan raced toward the warehouse.

• Luo Ge and A Jian arrived at the warehouse, found the Red Tiger Gang’s guards dead, and killed three gang members who came asking for help.
• Luo Ge and A Jian climbed to the dark second floor and found a masked Fang Cheng stabbing the dismembered Experimental Subject with a ruined Butterfly Knife.
• Wen Xin called to Fang Cheng and calmed him, helping him recover from the killing frenzy that had overtaken him.
• Luo Ge identified the Special Search Team and received Fang Cheng’s permission to take the Experimental Subject away.
• Luo Ge noticed the creature’s severed body was still regenerating and suspected the mission rating and Fang Cheng’s strength had been underestimated.
• The Special Search Team departed by helicopter with the creature’s remains as a gray sedan sped toward the warehouse.

Ma Donghe arrived at the Dock Warehouse ready to attack Wu Shih Hao, but found Fang Cheng had already defeated the Red Tiger Gang and rescued the girls. After sharing a moment in the snow with Wen Xin, Fang Cheng took her home, while Lin Chuqiao sensed that her psychic-bonded man had undergone a transformation.

• Ma Donghe rushed to the Dock Warehouse with explosives and grenades, intending to draw the gang's fire so Fang Cheng could rescue the hostages.
• Ma Donghe found Fang Cheng directing the rescued girls and learned that the fight was over; he then went upstairs and saw what had happened to the Red Tiger Gang.
• Fang Cheng stood atop a building with Wen Xin as snow began to fall, and he asked her to call him Brother.
• Fang Cheng took Wen Xin's hand and brought her home.
• Lin Chuqiao sensed through her psychic bond that the man in her divinations had undergone an important transformation.

After recovering from his battle with the experimental subject, Fang Cheng trained and considered how Qi Gong and meditation might help him overcome his combat limits. He then welcomed Wen Xin’s invitation to spend the snowy morning playing outside.

• Fang Cheng completed his morning exercises and practiced Standing Meditation and the Breathing Technique, sensing a faint warmth in his abdomen.
• Fang Cheng reviewed his combat skills and reasoned that the energy behind Blade Storm might be related to Qi Gong.
• Fang Cheng recognized that Blade Storm exhausted both his body and mind, and considered following Lin Chuqiao’s suggestion to practice Meditation.
• Fang Cheng watched the news report that police had raided a warehouse at East Capital Port and arrested or killed members of a human trafficking operation.
• Wen Xin brought Fang Cheng sweet soup and asked him to have a snowball fight with her, and he agreed to invite Sister Zhou too.

Shen Wei suspected Fang Cheng had helped destroy Wu Shih Hao’s warehouse and ordered his people to quietly win Fang over. Chen Chen blamed the Special Search Team for the attack and sought new alliances, while Fang Cheng meditated in his room.

• A Le told Shen Wei that Fang Cheng might have taken part in the attack on Wu Shih Hao’s warehouse, and Shen Wei ordered him to keep the theory secret while showing Fang goodwill.
• Chen Chen punished several gang leaders for the disastrous loss of Wu Shih Hao and more than a hundred men.
• Chen Chen learned that the dead Experimental Subject had been valuable to the organization and feared being held responsible for losing him.
• A subordinate suggested the authorities were behind the attack, and Chen Chen ordered his men to blame the Special Search Team and arrange meetings with Zhang Yiyuan, Lin Yiyuan, and the Lu Family.
• As the massacre unsettled the factions, Fang Cheng sat cross-legged on his bed and meditated.

Fang Cheng struggled to advance his meditation and decided to seek instruction at the Meditation Class, while keeping his mysterious contact at a distance. The next day, he bought gold-rimmed glasses to conceal the red glow in his eyes, then received a call from Lin Chuqiao.

• Fang Cheng failed to enter Samadhi through meditation, rejected the idea of contacting the mysterious postcard sender, and decided to try the Meditation Class upstairs from the Club.
• Fang Cheng counted his remaining money and planned to ask Ma Donghe to sell the weapons and valuable items he had taken from Wu Shih Hao's office.
• At the Global Elite Fighting Club, Fang Cheng sparred, discussed his tired appearance with the fighters, and remembered that he needed to hide his red eyes.
• Fang Cheng bought gold-rimmed glasses that softened his appearance and partly concealed the glow in his pupils.
• Fang Cheng saw Lin Chuqiao's name on his ringing phone.

Fang Cheng met Lin Chuqiao at a bookstore, where she explained that his meditation practice had stalled because he misunderstood concentration and lacked proper guidance. She gave him a card for the Truth and Meditation Co-cultivation Society and warned him to keep his glasses on and hide his identity when he visited.

• Lin Chuqiao waited for Fang Cheng at a bookstore, studying a drawing of him and wondering why he was so difficult to read.
• Fang Cheng arrived wearing glasses and explained that he had begun learning meditation but had encountered problems.
• Lin Chuqiao said Fang Cheng had reached Mind Restraint but misunderstood concentration, then explained the importance of having the right goal and guidance.
• Lin Chuqiao handed Fang Cheng a card for the Truth and Meditation Co-cultivation Society, saying it had changed her view of the world.
• Lin Chuqiao advised Fang Cheng to wear his glasses and conceal his identity if he visited the society.

Fang Cheng trained until he reached Master Level in Jiu-Jitsu, spent the morning improving his attributes and physical skills, and then learned from Zhou Yongnian that another home-invasion murder had occurred. Zhou Yongnian thanked Fang Cheng for his help with recent cases, while Fang Cheng suspected that his uncle had begun to guess the truth about his involvement.

• Fang Cheng completed nearly eighty flips and raised his Jiu-Jitsu skill to Master Level, earning nine free attribute points.
• Fang Cheng put seven points into spirit and two into constitution, then trained until his constitution increased to 33.
• Fang Cheng completed his full morning workout and considered using custom-made iron weights to improve his training.
• Fang Cheng met Zhou Yongnian, who said he was heading to Emerald Garden to investigate another home-invasion murder.
• Zhou Yongnian thanked Fang Cheng for his help with recent cases, and Fang Cheng suspected that Zhou Yongnian had guessed some of his secrets.

Fang Cheng dealt with the strain of his heightened senses and planned to seek advice from Ma Jianguo about cultivation methods. On the drive to Tianxin Village, Ma Donghe revealed a large pile of cash, saying it was less than a third of the total.

• Fang Cheng noticed that Potential Activation had caused him to lose more hair and resolved to save the skill for overwhelming enemies.
• Fang Cheng struggled with his heightened hearing, blocked the noise with earplugs, and saw Wen Hui Yi walking with Wen Xin.
• Fang Cheng concluded that his talent prevented him from unlocking similar skills through practice and prepared to visit Tianxin Village to ask Ma Jianguo about cultivation.
• Ma Donghe picked Fang Cheng up with Huang Mao driving, then poured bundles of cash from a bag and said the pile was not even a third of the money.

Fang Cheng received most of the money Ma Donghe and Chen Yingjun had earned selling weapons, then visited Ma Donghe’s family and trained with Ma Jianguo. Ma Jianguo warned him that the Visualization Method was far more dangerous than ordinary meditation.

• Ma Donghe explained how he and Chen Yingjun sold some of the recovered weapons and insisted Fang Cheng accept most of the proceeds.
• Fang Cheng agreed to keep a low profile while the Red Tiger Gang distanced itself from Wu Shih Hao.
• Fang Cheng went with Ma Donghe to Ma Jianguo’s home for a family dinner and practiced Tai Chi and discussed his training with Ma Jianguo.
• Fang Cheng asked Ma Jianguo about the Visualization Method, and Ma Jianguo warned that it was a hundred times more dangerous than ordinary meditation.

Ma Jianguo explained the dangers of Spiritual Cultivation and warned Fang Cheng to avoid the Special Search Team and its performance-enhancing drugs. At dinner, Fang Cheng politely ate Ma Donghe’s unusual feast and gained Gourmet experience.

• Ma Jianguo told Fang Cheng that uncontrolled mental cultivation could cause hallucinations, madness, or mental incapacity, and explained why he had urged Fang Cheng to build a foundation first.
• Fang Cheng asked Ma Jianguo about his progress in Spiritual Cultivation, but Ma Jianguo evaded the questions.
• Ma Jianguo explained the Special Affairs Investigation Team’s origins and warned Fang Cheng not to accept its drugs, calling its methods a heretical path.
• Ma Donghe and Chen Yingjun served a feast of rare dishes, and Fang Cheng tried the various foods to show his appreciation.
• Fang Cheng saw prompts awarding him Gourmet experience for tasting the feast.

Fang Cheng raised his Cooking Skill to Expert Level and gained Poison Resistance while dining with the Ma family. Meanwhile, Luo Ge and A Jian visited the National Guard laboratory, where Director Qin and Doctor Sun investigated the Red Tiger Gang subject and classified the mysterious Man in Black as "Asura."

• Fang Cheng ate Ma Donghe's hard-to-swallow feast until his Cooking Skill reached Expert Level and granted him Poison Resistance.
• Ma Jianguo urged Ma Donghe to find a respectable job, settle down, and marry, while Fang Cheng supported him.
• Luo Ge and A Jian arrived at the National Guard laboratory and saw the stitched-up experimental subject from the Red Tiger Gang Warehouse Base.
• Doctor Sun explained that the subject had undergone a lobotomy and been enhanced with a mysterious blue substance and hormone injections.
• Luo Ge and Director Qin concluded that the Man in Black was unlikely to be an Aberrant, and Qin said the team had recorded him under the codename "Asura."

Fang Cheng practiced Meditation amid distracting noises and leveled up Focus, gaining the Heart of Steel effect. After testing its powerful boost to his calm and willpower, he could not sleep and turned his attention to the Truth and Meditation Co-cultivation Society business card.

• Fang Cheng used the Breath Counting Method and Focus to overcome distractions and enter stillness.
• Fang Cheng reached Focus Lv2 and acquired the Heart of Steel special effect.
• Fang Cheng activated the upgraded Focus and found that it shut out outside noise and quieted his thoughts.
• Fang Cheng went to bed but, unable to sleep, took out the Truth and Meditation Co-cultivation Society business card.

Fang Cheng discovered that the meditation class had closed and booked a seven-day meditation trip through its partner travel agency. After sending money to his mother for his grandfather’s surgery, he joined the tour group and sailed toward the island destination.

• Fang Cheng went to the meditation class after work but found its premises empty and marked for transfer.
• Fang Cheng called Lin Chuqiao’s contact number and learned that the meditation society partnered with Orange Heart Travel Agency for a seven-day trip costing 2,300 yuan.
• Fang Cheng decided to join the trip and transferred 150,000 yuan to his mother for his grandfather’s surgery and recovery.
• Fang Cheng told his mother he was traveling with former classmates and prepared to leave for the meditation journey.
• On December 15, Fang Cheng boarded a coach and then a ship with more than fifty tour members, spending the voyage relaxing on deck as their island destination came into view.

Fang Cheng arrived on Yong'an Island for a meditation trip and settled into the remote Training Camp Base, where the peaceful setting impressed him despite a few oddities. As night fell, his roommate hinted that the base held a major secret.

• Fang Cheng joined the tour group as it arrived on Yong'an Island, and the guide explained that their meditation training would begin the next morning.
• Fang Cheng noticed the Training Camp Base stood apart from the dark, apparently empty buildings around it, then checked into Room 305.
• Fang Cheng ate the base's mostly vegetarian dinner and gained one point of Gourmet experience.
• Fang Cheng admired the island's night scenery and breathed in the misty air, feeling refreshed and looking forward to the retreat.
• Fang Cheng's square-faced roommate entered and asked whether he had noticed the big secret hidden at the base.