Chapter Summaries

Fang Cheng met with Black Wolf, Bao Ye, and Xiao Bei, who asked him to join their effort to obtain the Golden Benba Vase. After Black Wolf revealed its possible connection to the secret inheritance of the Influential Families, Fang Cheng agreed to join on the condition that the team obey his commands at critical moments, and gave them the name White Ghost.

• Black Wolf invited Fang Cheng to hear about his group’s plan to obtain the Golden Benba Vase from the Western Mountain relics.
• Bao Ye explained that the vase could cleanse Aberrants of the harmful effects of their powers and might contain a Living Buddha’s Sarira.
• Fang Cheng weighed the vase’s benefits against his own resources and the risks tied to the Esoteric Sect and the Influential Families, and prepared to refuse.
• Black Wolf claimed the vase might conceal the secret of the Influential Families’ mental-world realms and their inherited powers.
• Fang Cheng asked how the four of them would share the vase, then agreed to join if the others followed his command at critical moments.
• Fang Cheng told Black Wolf, Bao Ye, and Xiao Bei to call him White Ghost.

Fang Cheng prepared for an operation with Black Wolf, Xiao Bei, Bao Ye, and Bao Ye’s partners, disguising the group as Esoteric Sect members. After inspecting their disguises, he ordered everyone to shave their heads before setting out.

• Li Zhenhua supervised the renovation of his retirement home while Fang Cheng accompanied him back to the hotel for lunch.
• Fang Cheng opened his code box, checked his pistol and other equipment, and packed the Evil Spirit Mask for the operation.
• Li Dingjian asked Fang Cheng to look after Li Zhenhua before leaving on a sudden business trip, which struck Fang Cheng as suspicious.
• Fang Cheng met Black Wolf and Xiao Bei in the hotel elevator and joined them in Bao Ye’s modified minivan.
• Fang Cheng had Bao Ye distribute Buddhist items and masks to the group, then ordered everyone to shave their heads to complete their disguise.

Lu Shihua joined Lu Yongquan at Jin Lu Group headquarters and prepared to oversee the Lu Family’s operation to protect its failing inheritance and restore its fortunes. At the Mist Mountain Estate, Fang Cheng’s team and several rival groups waited in the fog for someone to start the attack, until an unknown voice addressed them.

• Lu Shihua emerged from a hidden door with three hooded figures and told Lu Yongquan that he would personally oversee the operation because an old rival from the Black Sect might interfere.
• Lu Shihua explained that the shrinking Inheritance Secret Realm threatened the Lu Family, and Lu Yongquan agreed to remain at headquarters to coordinate intelligence and resources.
• Black Wolf, Bao Ye, Xiao Bei, Fang Cheng, and their companions hid near the guarded Estate, waiting for rival teams to attack first.
• Fang Cheng used Eagle Eye Vision to study the Estate’s guards and considered provoking the other teams, but decided to wait.
• As the fog thickened, the teams remained hidden and watched the Estate until an unknown speaker greeted them.

A powerful Mental Ability User invited the treasure hunters outside the Estate to a Private Secret Realm to discuss cooperation, and Fang Cheng persuaded his team to attend. Fang Cheng and Bao Ye entered the gathering, where Bao Ye identified several dangerous rivals before the Mysterious Man appeared.

• A Mysterious Man used mental transmission to invite the treasure hunters to his Private Secret Realm and proposed that they cooperate against the Estate’s obstacles.
• Bao Ye and Black Wolf explained the risks of entering a Mental Secret Realm, and Fang Cheng argued that refusing the invitation could leave their team isolated.
• Fang Cheng and Bao Ye decided to attend the gathering, while Black Wolf stayed behind with the others to guard their physical bodies.
• Fang Cheng entered a vast Library-like secret realm before Bao Ye, and the two surveyed the masked and unmasked visitors gathering there.
• Bao Ye pointed out Ba Ming, the Black River Twins, Nail Head, and other potential opponents to Fang Cheng.
• The Mysterious Man announced that the gathering was ready and stepped out from behind a bookshelf.

The Mysterious Man urged the treasure hunters to cooperate in stealing the Golden Benba Vase before the Lu family sent it to the International Shadow Auction, then used intelligence and an Oath Spell to secure their agreement. Fang Cheng and Bao Ye joined the pact, though Fang Cheng still suspected the Mysterious Man had another plan.

• The Mysterious Man revealed that the Golden Benba Vase would be sent to the International Shadow Auction the next morning and proposed that the treasure hunters unite against the Lu family guards.
• Ba Ming, a masked man, and an old man challenged the plan, questioning the Mysterious Man’s motives and how the group could coordinate.
• The Mysterious Man displayed detailed intelligence about the Estate’s defenses and the vase’s location, then offered an Oath Spell to prevent participants from harming one another during the joint attack.
• The strongman accepted the pact first, and the other treasure hunters followed; Fang Cheng and Bao Ye also swore the oath.

Fang Cheng's team and the other groups prepared to attack Lu Family Manor after agreeing to cooperate, while the professor's team coordinated the operation through a Mental Link. The assault began with a signal flare, and the teams started breaching the manor's defenses as Fang Cheng spotted the Mysterious Man near another middle-aged man.

• Fang Cheng returned from the Mental Secret Realm and told Black Wolf and the others that the teams had agreed to cooperate, then Bao Ye explained the plan and the group assigned roles for the assault.
• The professor's team reviewed its duties: Lark had memorized the attendees, Big Hammer would protect the outside team, and Lin Chuqiao would maintain communications through Telepathy.
• As midnight approached, the professor checked that Monkey was ready at his sniper point, and Li Dingjian fired a signal flare to begin the attack.
• Fang Cheng, Black Wolf, Bao Ye, Xiao Bei, and A San rushed toward the manor wall as gunfire erupted around the estate and the other teams attacked from several directions.
• Fang Cheng used Eagle Eye Vision to watch the other groups breach the defenses and spotted the Mysterious Man standing with a middle-aged man, apparently preparing to use a Special Ability.

Fang Cheng and the other raiders stormed the Lu Family Estate, where he and Nail Head cut through elite guards while the attackers raced toward the Underground Vault. As they advanced, Fang Cheng noticed that the Lu Family’s strongest experts and Guard Captain were nowhere to be seen, and he grew suspicious of the mist-shrouded building ahead.

• The Mysterious Man and the middle-aged man joined hands, disabling nearby alarms and cameras and opening the Manor Gate.
• Black Wolf and Xiao Bei entered the Estate, followed by Bao Ye and Fang Cheng, who leapt over its high wall.
• Fang Cheng and Nail Head slaughtered guards, helping turn the battle in the western area in the raiders’ favor.
• Bao Ye urged the group to clear the remaining guards and reach the Underground Vault before rival teams could claim the Golden Benba Vase.
• Fang Cheng spotted Nail Head, Ba Ming, and the Black River Twins among the assembled teams, but saw no sign of the Mysterious Man, the dark-red-flame figure, or the Lu Family’s experts.
• Fang Cheng questioned why the powerful Guard Captain had not appeared and focused on a mist-shrouded building ahead.

Treasure hunters broke into the Underground Vault and rushed toward the Golden Benba Vase, while Lu Shihua prepared a sacrificial ritual around it. The chapter left the treasure hunters approaching the hall as Lu Tao went to hold them off and the vase began to glow brighter.

• The Black River Twins failed to break the vault's iron gate, and arriving treasure hunters joined the crowd outside.
• A San used his transforming finger to pick the lock, opening the passage into the Underground Vault.
• Bao Ye led Fang Cheng, Black Wolf, and others into the passage, while the professor and Li Dingjian followed with the other treasure hunters.
• The treasure hunters advanced through the vault's traps toward the Golden Benba Vase, which rested in a hall guarded by four Black Robed Men.
• Lu Shihua ordered Lu Tao to delay the intruders until he completed the sacrificial rites, and the Golden Benba Vase began to shine more brightly.

Fang Cheng and the treasure hunters fought their way into the Underground Vault, where Lu Tao tried to hold them back with his wood abilities. Inside, Fang Cheng recognized the Black Robed Men's ritual as a dangerous curse rite and shot three of them, but the last one’s shadow swallowed his bullet.

• Lu Tao killed Killer King with a wooden spear that drained his body, then defended the vault entrance with his Wood Realm Barrier.
• The Black River Twins led the treasure hunters in a group assault, breaking Lu Tao’s barrier and forcing him through the vault’s archway.
• A voice from inside told Lu Tao to stop, and he retreated as the crowd followed him into the vault.
• The treasure hunters found four Black Robed Men performing a ritual around the Golden Orb, which held the Golden Benba Vase.
• Fang Cheng recognized the prayer and Black Cursed Scripts as part of a dangerous curse rite, then shot and killed three Black Robed Men.
• The last Black Robed Man remained calm as a black shadow burst from his neck and swallowed Fang Cheng’s bullet.

Fang Cheng warned the others that the Lu Family’s treasure hunt was a trap and urged them to withdraw, while the Golden Benba Vase revealed its deadly power by draining people’s life force and bewitching the treasure hunters. As the experts watched the chamber descend into chaos, Fang Cheng raised his handgun and aimed at the vase.

• Lu Shihua used the Imperial Order to revive three fallen Black Robed Men, then escaped with Lu Tao through a rear passage as they stalled the treasure hunters.
• Fang Cheng ordered Bao Ye, Xiao Bei, A San, and Black Wolf to leave the Underground Vault, then stayed behind and warned the Mysterious Man and Li Dingjian that the Lu Family’s setup seemed suspicious.
• The Golden Benba Vase bound the Black Robed Men with strands of light, drained their bodies into skeletons, and killed several treasure hunters who approached it.
• Ba Ming approached the vase with a metal box, but Nail Head warned him that the situation was more dangerous than it appeared, and the professor ordered Crow to prepare to retreat.
• The vase’s light and Brahma Voice bewitched the treasure hunters, drawing them toward it despite warnings, while Fang Cheng raised his handgun and aimed at the Golden Benba Vase.

Fang Cheng broke the Golden Benba Vase’s life-draining spell by shooting it, but the damaged treasure still drained anyone who touched it. As treasure hunters erupted into a violent scramble to claim it, Fang Cheng watched from the sidelines while the Mysterious Man’s group and Nail Head remained calm.

• Fang Cheng’s gunfire disrupted the Golden Benba Vase’s spell, freed the entranced treasure hunters, and eventually knocked the vase from its platform and destroyed its golden orb.
• Lu Shihua and Lu Tao watched Fang Cheng’s actions on the surveillance cameras, while a treasure hunter confronted Fang Cheng and Nail Head suggested someone test the damaged vase.
• New treasure hunters entered the Underground Vault, and Brother Knife grabbed the vase before it began draining him and his companions.
• Ba Ming and several experts rushed toward the glowing vase, prompting the gathered teams to abandon their hesitation and fight over it.
• Fang Cheng stayed out of the melee and watched the hidden cameras, the Mysterious Man’s group, and Nail Head as the slaughter spread.

Fang Cheng remained wary as the Lu Family activated its formations and the treasure hunters fought over the Golden Benba Vase. The professor and Li Dingjian helped Mike escape through a hidden passage, but Fang Cheng confronted them and the pursuing crowd.

• Fang Cheng suspected the treasure hunt and Underground Vault had been arranged as a trap, while Lu Shihua ordered every formation around Mist Mountain activated at maximum power.
• Lu Shihua revealed that the Lu Family had planned to use the Golden Benba Vase to gather Life Energy for its Reverse Heaven and Earth plan, and wondered whether the masked Bald Guy belonged to the Black Sect.
• Xiong Ba and Xiong Wei seized the Golden Benba Vase, but Nail Head strangled Xiong Ba with a barbed chain and tossed the vase back into the crowd.
• The professor and Li Dingjian opened a hidden passage, then the professor helped Mike take the vase and escape by using Mental Interference on the pursuing treasure hunters.
• Fang Cheng recognized the professor's voice, attacked a treasure hunter who charged at the pair, and told the professor and Li Dingjian to leave while he handled the crowd.

Fang Cheng joined forces with the Professor and Li Dingjian to pursue the Golden Benba Vase while the Professor ordered his team to intercept Mike. Lin Chuqiao, Lark, and Big Hammer tricked Mike’s allies into taking a decoy backpack, and prepared to continue the operation.

• Fang Cheng intimidated the treasure seekers with a single punch, and the Professor persuaded them to chase Mike instead of fighting.
• Fang Cheng proposed that his team join the Professor and Li Dingjian, and the three headed through the hidden passage toward the surface.
• The Professor contacted Lin Chuqiao and Monkey through Mental Link and ordered them to move against Mike’s group.
• Lin Chuqiao, Lark, and Big Hammer planned an ambush outside the Estate, and Lark transformed herself into Mike.
• Lark impersonated Mike and gave Tom and Jerry a backpack, claiming it held the Golden Benba Vase, while Big Hammer and Lin Chuqiao pretended to pursue her.
• After Tom and Jerry fled with the decoy, Lark returned to her own appearance, and Lin Chuqiao assigned her and Big Hammer their next tasks.

Lin Chuqiao, Bai Ling, and Big Hammer seized the Golden Benba Vase and escaped the pursuing treasure hunters with the team’s help. As the professor and Fang Cheng prepared to leave Lu Family Manor, the weather abruptly turned ominous and the ground began to shake.

• Bai Ling disguised herself as Jerry, took the Golden Benba Vase from Mike, and fled into the fog with Lin Chuqiao and Big Hammer.
• The professor directed the team’s retreat, and Big Hammer held off two treasure hunters while Lin Chuqiao and Lark reached the marked safe route.
• Monkey detonated explosives near the pursuing treasure hunters, giving Lin Chuqiao, Lark, and Big Hammer cover to escape with the vase.
• The professor told the group to take the Golden Benba Vase to the base while Monkey stayed behind to observe the manor.
• At Lu Family Manor, Fang Cheng noticed the professor and Li Dingjian’s excitement, then dark clouds gathered, the ground shook, and a distant rumble sounded.

A violent disturbance revealed a vast sealing formation beneath the Estate, while Fang Cheng and the professor lost contact with some of their companions. Lin Chuqiao, Lark, and Big Hammer became trapped in an Illusion Array and fled from ghostly shadows, stopping at a boundary that divided them from the black mist.

• Fang Cheng saw distorted figures in the fog and sensed a formation beneath the Estate that seemed to seal a space.
• Fang Cheng found his radio blocked, and the professor told him that his teammates had encountered a Ghost Wall.
• Lin Chuqiao, Lark, and Big Hammer became lost in the fog, and the professor warned Lin Chuqiao that they were inside an Illusion Array.
• Lin Chuqiao followed the professor's directions toward warmer ground, but the fog thickened and ghostly figures approached.
• Lin Chuqiao, Lark, and Big Hammer fled with other treasure hunters as the black mist swallowed several people.
• Lin Chuqiao and the survivors stopped when the mist halted at an invisible barrier, leaving them separated from the ghostly shadows.

Lin Chuqiao, Big Hammer, and Lark were attacked by treasure hunters seeking the Golden Benba Vase, and the fight spiraled into a chaotic struggle over the relic. As the vase disappeared into the mist, a masked figure caught it and killed the Scarred Strongman with a single punch.

• Lin Chuqiao established a Mental Link with the professor, and White Ghost joined the channel to offer help.
• A group of treasure hunters recognized the Golden Benba Vase and surrounded Lin Chuqiao, Big Hammer, and Lark, demanding the relic.
• Lin Chuqiao controlled one attacker with Mental Charm as Big Hammer fought off the others, then transformed into a Giant Werewolf when enemies broke through their defense.
• Lin Chuqiao told Lark to throw the Golden Benba Vase, and the treasure hunters abandoned their attack to fight over it.
• The vase changed hands amid the brawl until a lone fighter flung it into the mist, where a masked figure caught it.
• The Scarred Strongman charged the masked figure for the vase, but the figure killed him with a supersonic punch.

Fang Cheng arrived through the Mental Link and challenged the treasure hunters for the Golden Benba Vase, then fought through their combined assault with overwhelming speed and strength. After a lightning attack appeared to strike him, Fang Cheng stood unharmed as his body erupted with a terrifying aura.

• Fang Cheng killed Scarred Strongman with a single punch, freezing the treasure hunters with fear.
• Fang Cheng offered the Golden Benba Vase to anyone who could defeat him, and the treasure hunters gathered to attack him together.
• Fang Cheng charged the crowd, killing several treasure hunters and evading their coordinated attacks.
• Fang Cheng smashed the masked man with the Golden Benba Vase and struck down his accomplice.
• Wu Lao'er failed to hinder Fang Cheng with his mental ability, and a Lightning Manipulator struck Fang Cheng with a bolt of lightning.
• A treasure hunter's Samurai Sword clanged off Fang Cheng's body as his clothes burst apart and a fierce aura surged around him.

Fang Cheng defeated the treasure hunters, gained combat experience, and reset Big Hammer’s broken arm. After Lin Chuqiao recognized him as White Ghost, the group noticed the Golden Benba Vase glowing more brightly among the corpses.

• Fang Cheng killed two attackers, overwhelmed the remaining treasure hunters, and made them flee into the mist.
• Fang Cheng checked his skill prompts and saw that the battle had increased his Knife Technique, Boxing, Sanda, Muay Thai, Jujutsu, and Tai Chi experience.
• Lin Chuqiao, Lark, and Big Hammer approached, and Fang Cheng reset Big Hammer’s fractured arm.
• Fang Cheng realized his clothes had burst during the fight, put on clothes taken from a corpse, and Lin Chuqiao recognized him as White Ghost.
• Lark pointed out that the Golden Benba Vase was glowing among the corpses, and its golden light continued to grow brighter.

The Golden Benba Vase absorbed the corpses’ blood essence, rose into the sky, and vanished as the black mist closed in around Fang Cheng and his companions. With their trail marks erased and the fog disrupting their senses, Fang Cheng used Monkey’s position and Lin Chuqiao’s Mental Link to lead the fleeing group uphill toward a possible way out.

• The Golden Benba Vase transformed into a blazing ball of light that drained the corpses, then flew into the clouds and disappeared.
• Fang Cheng saw ghostly figures gathering in the black mist and led Lin Chuqiao, Lark, and Big Hammer toward the Estate, but found that their trail marks had vanished.
• Fang Cheng concluded that Mist Mountain’s terrain kept changing and that escape might require reaching a high place; the professor arranged for Monkey to fire a signal flare, but Fang Cheng’s group could not see it.
• A powerful tide of black mist surged toward them, so Fang Cheng carried Lin Chuqiao while Big Hammer carried Lark and the group fled with nearby treasure hunters.
• Fang Cheng connected with Monkey through Lin Chuqiao’s Mental Link and followed her guidance to a steep hillside, where the thinning mist revealed a distant peak and a startled voice recognized their arrival.

Fang Cheng’s group escaped the advancing Black Mist to Monkey’s mountaintop refuge, where Fang Cheng spotted the Golden Benba Vase and considered acting on it. Meanwhile, Lu Shihua ordered the treasure hunters sacrificed to complete the Lu Family’s plan, but Roger and his companions confronted him, leaving the groups locked in battle.

• Monkey welcomed Lark, Big Hammer, Lin Chuqiao, Fang Cheng, and the other survivors to his refuge above the Black Mist.
• Monkey reported that the Black Mist was shrinking the safe area and that he had seen the Golden Benba Vase and several lamas near the woods.
• Fang Cheng used Eagle Eye Vision to examine the floating Golden Benba Vase and questioned Monkey about who had visited the mountain.
• Lu Shihua told Lu Tao that the formation would sacrifice the treasure hunters to empower the Golden Benba Vase and the Ancestral Spirit Tree, and ordered the remaining guards to hunt them down.
• Roger, Zha Xi, and Duo Ji entered the surveillance room, where Roger accused Lu Shihua of using Lu Family members to activate the formation and claimed the vase and its people for himself.
• Lu Shihua and Roger unleashed their powers, while Lu Tao, Zha Xi, and Duo Ji joined the fight.