Recaps

Fang Cheng manipulated Noah’s plan to capture Cheng Jiashu, then disguised himself as a Special Affairs officer and attacked Noah’s forces. He killed Chen Rui and other cadres, leaving the Special Search Team to connect his slaughterhouse killings to the Smiling Devil operation while he prepared for stronger enemies.

• Fang Cheng reached Expert Level in Running, tested its Gale Force effect in a storm, and experimented with powerful combat techniques before discovering that his Mental Links let him perceive linked people’s senses and memories.
• Through Xu Hao, Fang Cheng learned that Noah planned to capture Cheng Jiashu, whom it suspected of being the Smiling Devil, and decided to preserve Cheng Jiashu as a target while misleading both sides.
• Fang Cheng told Xu Hao to leak false information and gather intelligence as Noah surrounded the Home of Morning Light orphanage, where Cheng Jiashu waited through the storm for an attack.
• Fang Cheng disguised himself as Zhou Liang and convinced Cheng Jiashu to cooperate against Noah, while Noah’s assault and the Special Search Team’s gunfight broke out around the orphanage.
• Fang Cheng pursued Noah’s retreating members to a slaughterhouse, where he killed Chen Rui’s hounds and defeated Chen Rui despite his illusions and monstrous transformation.
• Fang Cheng questioned Chen Rui about Noah’s powerful cadres, but Chen Rui died by poison before explaining Pollution Sources, and Fang Cheng staged the scene before killing another Noah cadre and raiding a stronghold.
• Fang Cheng instructed Xu Hao to portray Cheng Jiashu as a former Noah member opposing the organization, while Cheng Jiashu waited in vain at the lighthouse and the Special Search Team arrested many lower-ranking Noah members.
• Gao Jin’s team examined the slaughterhouse and linked its blood-painted smile to the operation against the Smiling Devil as Fang Cheng left a bar with his bloodied clothes concealed in a bag.

Fang Cheng used Xiaosa to arrange cooperation with Chen Chen, then hunted down and killed Scorpion while saving two Special Search Team members. As the team investigated White Owl, Fang Cheng gave Gao Jin a way to contact him and left the next move to Gao Jin and Cheng Jiashu.

• Luo Lie learned that Cheng Jiashu had disappeared and approved Zhuo Feng’s plan to expose a suspected informant with false intelligence, while Fang Cheng turned his new apartment into a training room and met a suspicious neighbor.
• Fang Cheng used a Mental Link to guide Xiaosa after the Red Tiger Gang kidnapped him, then heard Chen Chen’s proposal to kill Scorpion and agreed to test cooperation through Xiaosa.
• Fang Cheng spared Xiaosa after seeing him care for his blind mother, drove off Chen Chen’s watchers, and used Xiaosa’s devotion to gain Wish Power and make him his spokesman.
• Fang Cheng broke through his Pull-Ups skill cap, gained Absolute Control, and used it to climb walls and ceilings as he prepared for the hunt.
• Xiaosa secured Chen Chen’s cooperation, a two-million-yuan deposit, and intelligence identifying Scorpion, while Fang Cheng recognized Scorpion as the likely Rainy Night Butcher and went after him.
• Fang Cheng found Scorpion’s mummified victim, pursued him through the rain, and rescued Cheng Le Yi and Lin Xu Hao by breaking through Scorpion’s water prison and destroying him with fire.
• Fang Cheng told Xiaosa to demand Chen Chen’s remaining payment, celebrated Li Zhenhua’s move into a renovated home, and considered finding a better house for his mother.
• Fang Cheng coached Xu Hao to give Gao Jin a way to contact White Owl, and Gao Jin decided to contact White Owl himself while ordering surveillance of the Red Tiger Gang and Noah Pharmaceuticals.

Fang Cheng strengthened his abilities, founded the Illumination Society, and became entangled in Noah Organization investigations while pursuing a graduate-school place. Dong Yunchuan revealed that the Firewall Protocol had blocked Fang Cheng’s admission because of his father’s history, leaving Fang Cheng’s status and future uncertain.

• Fang Cheng reached Grandmaster Level in Leg Raises and Handstand Push-Ups, raised his Strength and Agility, and tested his growing ability to stay airborne.
• Fang Cheng bought a Range Rover, completed his graduate school exams, and helped Ma Donghe stop two assassins targeting Councilman Zhao.
• Chen Chen made Xiaosa his godson, and Fang Cheng tasked Xiaosa with creating a secret organization that Fang Cheng named the Illumination Society.
• After robbers interrupted their meeting, Fang Cheng subdued them, then investigated Jia Liang and discovered Noah’s search for the Demon Hunt Operation leak.
• Fang Cheng killed Jia Liang after Jia Liang transformed from Pioneer's Blood, while Gao Jin and Cheng Jiashu began planning to infiltrate Noah’s Experiment Zone.
• Fang Cheng learned from Xu Hao and Xiaosa that Noah was investigating the leak, warned Xiaosa to alert Chen Chen, and trained in hand-blade techniques with Shen Haoming.
• Dong Yunchuan told Fang Cheng that a background check and the Firewall Protocol had blocked his admission because his father’s file marked him as a potential awakener.
• Dong Yunchuan explained the dangers of aberrants and biochemical enhancement, while Fang Cheng demonstrated his qi gong progress and heard about Li Guizhen’s martial arts achievements.

Fang Cheng prepared to help undermine Noah Pharmaceuticals while advancing his martial arts and secretly guiding Xiaosa’s efforts. The Night Owl Operation collapsed into supernatural chaos at Noah Tower, where Cheng Jiashu escaped with Cui Xiuying and Majima Goro after confronting Luo Lie.

• Fang Cheng learned of Li Guizhen’s legendary feats, began training in martial arts, and reached a supersonic running speed he could not yet safely withstand.
• Fang Cheng met Cheng Jiashu in his Memory Palace, heard about Noah’s human experiments and the planned operation, then secretly recruited Xiaosa to help undermine Noah.
• Fang Cheng demonstrated his Qi Gong to the Martial Arts Research Association elders, learned palm techniques from them, and began refining how his True Qi followed his movements.
• Fang Cheng had Xiaosa deliver a note to Cui Xiuying while Noah leaders held Xu Hao and others under suspicion, and Gao Jin and Cheng Jiashu began the Night Owl Operation.
• Cheng Jiashu and an insider copied Noah’s human-experiment records and found Majima Goro alive in a culture tank, but an eerie presence and Jia Sangyi’s detection triggered a lockdown.
• Ma Biao transformed and escaped the conference hall as darkness and fog engulfed Noah Tower, while Gao Jin’s teams encountered spreading danger inside and outside the building.
• Cheng Jiashu fled the laboratory with Cui Xiuying and Majima Goro, but a Pursuer Team intercepted them at Exit 3 and Cheng Jiashu killed the squad.
• Luo Lie restrained Cheng Jiashu and Cui Xiuying, but Cheng Jiashu opened a dark vortex and pulled himself, Cui Xiuying, and Majima Goro away as it swallowed them.