Chapter Summaries

Fang Cheng and the others learned that the strange fog had trapped them in an unstable Inner World, and they considered using the Golden Benba Vase to escape. As Lu Shihua and Roger fought over the vase and a colossal ancient tree appeared in the fog, Fang Cheng declared he would fly to reach it.

• The professor explained that Mist Mountain had drawn everyone into an unstable Inner World, likely opened by the Lu Family using the Golden Benba Vase.
• Lin Chuqiao proposed finding a flaw in the formation through the vase, but the professor pointed out that it hung above dangerous Black Mist and was difficult to reach.
• Li Dingjian reported that Lu Shihua and Revered One Roger were fighting inside the manor, and the professor identified both men and heard them mention the Golden Benba Vase.
• Lu Shihua summoned vines to keep Roger from taking the vase, while Roger used the Demon God phantom and flames to fight through them.
• A towering ancient tree emerged in the fog, and Fang Cheng concluded that he could break the formation by flying to the Golden Benba Vase.

Fang Cheng decided to seize the Golden Benba Vase, which he believed controlled Mist Mountain’s array, and used his Memory Palace to plan a dangerous flight through the Black Mist. He launched himself from the cliff and combined his Airtime Ability with Qi Gong to glide toward the vase, but the journey remained perilous as he drew closer.

• Fang Cheng argued that controlling the Golden Benba Vase could affect the array and give the group a chance to escape, while Lin Chuqiao, Li Dingjian, and the professor warned him about the risks.
• Fang Cheng used his Memory Palace to map Mist Mountain, calculate the flight conditions, and rehearse possible routes until he found one with a high chance of success.
• Fang Cheng sprinted to the cliff’s edge, leapt into the air, and used a powerful tailwind to begin gliding toward the Golden Benba Vase.
• Fang Cheng calculated that the target was about 903 meters away and released True Qi through his pores, using the resulting jets of vapor to propel himself forward.
• Fang Cheng adjusted his posture against shifting winds and continued correcting his route as he descended toward the Golden Benba Vase, with further dangers still ahead.

Fang Cheng shattered the Golden Benba Vase with a powerful punch, destroying the formation that covered Mist Mountain and releasing the trapped darkness. A Golden Orb entered his body, and he survived a dangerous fall by landing in a Horse Stance, leaving his allies stunned and the orb’s effects uncertain.

• Fang Cheng battled the Black Mist and its Ghostly Shadows as he flew toward the Golden Benba Vase, then used a brief lull in the vortex to launch his decisive punch.
• Fang Cheng struck the Golden Benba Vase, shattered it, and caused the formation to collapse, driving the Black Mist and Ghostly Shadows away.
• The people at the manor watched the darkness clear, while Lin Chuqiao, Lark, Big Hammer, Monkey, the professor, and Li Dingjian reacted with shock to Fang Cheng’s feat.
• Blood Mist poured from the shattered vase, and a Golden Orb flew into Fang Cheng’s forehead, spreading heat through his body.
• Fang Cheng fell from the sky toward the Lu Family Manor, used his Airtime Ability to slow his descent, and landed in a Horse Stance amid smoke and dust.

Roger and Lu Shihua fought as Lu Shihua used the Lu Family Secret Art and the Ancestral Spirit to overwhelm him. Fang Cheng crashed into the Estate after destroying the formation and Golden Benba Vase, then revealed himself to Roger and Lu Shihua.

• Roger unleashed a golden attack on Lu Shihua, but Lu Shihua evaded it with a wooden dummy and counterattacked with the Tree Sea Technique.
• Lu Shihua summoned the ancestral giant tree and used its power to strengthen the vines and overrun Roger.
• The formation above the Estate shattered, and a blazing fireball crashed into its eastern side, interrupting the fight.
• Roger and Lu Shihua rushed to the impact site and found Fang Cheng standing in a crater, battered but alive.
• Fang Cheng remembered smashing the Golden Benba Vase and destroying the formation, then told Roger he had completed his mission.

Fang Cheng fled the Lu Family Manor after revealing that the Golden Benba Vase had been destroyed, leaving Roger and Lu Shihua to fight over their suspicions. As the Professor explained that Mist Mountain was caught between the Inner World and Outer World, blood rain began to fall, and he urged the group to step into it.

• Fang Cheng told Roger and Lu Shihua that the Golden Benba Vase had been smashed, then ran toward the other Lu family members.
• Lu Shihua attacked Roger, accusing him of working with Fang Cheng, while Fang Cheng continued toward Zha Xi and Duo Ji's fight with Lu Tao.
• Fang Cheng escaped into the woods and submerged himself in a lake to recover and cultivate qi gong.
• Treasure hunters and the professor's team praised Fang Cheng for destroying the formation before dark clouds gathered and blood-red rain began to burn people's skin.
• The Professor told Lin Chuqiao and the others that Mist Mountain was shifting between the Inner World and Outer World, then urged them to go stand in the blood rain.

The Professor explained that the Blood Rain released by the shattered Golden Benba Vase could strengthen Aberrants, and Lin Chuqiao, Lark, and the treasure seekers began absorbing it. At the lake bottom, Fang Cheng absorbed the rain while meditating, healed his injuries, and raised his Qi Gong to Master Level.

• The Professor explained the Blood Rain’s origin and urged the Aberrants to absorb it before the chance passed.
• Big Hammer and Monkey entered the rain, and Lin Chuqiao and Lark followed, enduring the pain as they absorbed its energy.
• Inspired by Lin Chuqiao and Lark, the other treasure seekers emerged from shelter and began absorbing the Blood Rain.
• Fang Cheng absorbed the Blood Rain at the lake bottom while practicing Qi Gong, accelerating his healing and strengthening his body.
• Fang Cheng checked his Panel and discovered that his Qi Gong had reached Master Level.

After blood-colored energy restored Fang Cheng and helped him unlock Flame Breathing, he left the lake to investigate the quiet manor and learn what had happened to the people in the Inner World. As he prepared to return, White Ghost received a signal asking where he was and whether he was safe.

• Fang Cheng discovered that Qi Gong had gained the Flame Breathing special effect, which let him endure heat and coat his body or weapons in flames at the cost of rapid True Qi consumption.
• Fang Cheng tested Flame Breathing underwater, igniting his fist, and reflected on how the blood-colored energy had replenished his True Qi and raised his Physique by five points.
• Fang Cheng reviewed his gains in combat skills and looked forward to Boxing reaching Grandmaster level.
• Fang Cheng emerged from the lake and found Mist Mountain unusually lush and quiet, then decided to return to Lu Family Manor to check on the battle and the professor's group.
• Fang Cheng accepted an incoming signal, and a steady voice asked, “White Ghost, where are you?” before a woman urgently asked if he was all right.

Fang Cheng reunited with the professor's team through their Mental Link, confirmed they could leave Mist Mountain, and declined to evacuate with them. After disguising himself among the surviving treasure hunters, he was ambushed by Nail Head, whose confrontation was interrupted by an armed group surrounding them.

• Fang Cheng reassured Lin Chuqiao and the professor's team that he was safe and learned they had escaped the Inner World and planned to leave Mist Mountain.
• The professor reported that the Lu family and the Black Sect lamas had fought at the Estate, while the Blood Rain had helped the team recover; Monkey then spotted approaching Lu family reinforcements, so the team began evacuating.
• Fang Cheng declined to leave with the group, asked the professor to notify his own teammates, and fled into the woods after spotting a helicopter and a young man looking in his direction.
• Fang Cheng knocked out a treasure hunter who had cursed him, took his clothes, and continued toward the route down the mountain.
• Nail Head attacked Fang Cheng with chains, but Fang Cheng dodged and his damaged Red Mask shattered, revealing his white Stone Mask beneath it.
• Nail Head challenged Fang Cheng to wait before fighting, then called out hidden people who surrounded them, led by a dark-skinned strongman carrying a battle-axe and grenades.

Fang Cheng escaped the clash between Xiong Wei and Nail Head while the Lu Family approached Mist Mountain. At YuLong Lake, Liang Xiaotang confronted the battered Ling Zifeng, who revealed his living Gray Armor before admitting that Lu Shihua was still alive.

• Xiong Wei tried to recruit Fang Cheng to help kill Nail Head, but Fang Cheng refused and slipped away, leaving them to fight.
• Fang Cheng fled Mist Mountain as an explosion erupted behind him, then continued toward the village along the lakeside path.
• A battered, demonlike Ling Zifeng emerged from YuLong Lake and faced Liang Xiaotang, who asked what the Lu Family was planning.
• Ling Zifeng withdrew his living Gray Armor into a crystal core in his chest and told Liang Xiaotang that Lu Shihua was still alive.

Ling Zifeng told Liang Xiaotang that the Lu Family had tried to transfer its Inheritance Secret Realm using the Golden Benba Vase, but a mysterious masked man shattered it and collapsed the formation. After Ling Zifeng slipped away and resumed his disguised appearance, Lu Yongquan entered the newly transferred secret realm and found its central giant tree marked with ominous dark red patterns.

• Ling Zifeng told Liang Xiaotang that Lu Shihua had appeared and that the Lu Family had used Aberrants and the Golden Benba Vase in an attempt to transfer its secret realm.
• Ling Zifeng recounted how a flying Mysterious Man shattered the Golden Benba Vase, breaking the formation and sweeping everyone into the Inner World.
• Liang Xiaotang left to report to headquarters, while Ling Zifeng concealed his identity and headed away from the searchers near Mist Mountain.
• Lu Yongquan entered the pale cyan Space Rift at the Lu Family Manor after ordering Lu Tao and the guards to wait outside.
• Lu Yongquan explored the lush transferred secret realm and saw that its towering central tree bore strange dark red patterns.

Lu Yongquan learned that Lu Shihua planned to sacrifice himself to nourish the damaged Ancestral Spirit Tree, then took charge of the Lu family and ordered an investigation into the Black Sect. The next morning, Fang Cheng recovered at his hotel after the battle on Mist Mountain and received a call from an unfamiliar number.

• Lu Shihua told Lu Yongquan that he would give his essence blood and soul to the Ancestral Spirit Tree, and charged him with repairing its roots and preserving the Lu family.
• Lu Yongquan concealed Lu Shihua’s condition, announced that he would handle the family’s affairs, and ordered Lu Tao to investigate Spirit Spring Temple and secure the Secret Realm Entrance.
• Lu Yongquan decided to focus on stabilizing the Lu family before taking action against the Black Sect, Roger, and the monks in Eastern Capital.
• Fang Cheng woke at Yuehu Hotel, checked that the aftermath of the Mist Mountain battle had not drawn attention, and prepared to return to Jiangbei.
• Fang Cheng called his uncle and Lin Chuqiao without reaching them, confirmed that Old Wolf, Bao Ye, Xiao Bei, and the others had survived, then received a call from an unfamiliar number.

Fang Cheng collected the certificate for the apartment his uncle had bought and turned the unfinished seaside home into a private training-base plan. He began meditating there to resolve problems that had troubled him since the previous night.

• Fang Cheng learned from Xiao Liu that the house transfer was complete, collected the certificate and key, and heard that his uncle could not be reached.
• Fang Cheng suspected his uncle was the mysterious Crow and wondered whether he had joined the dangerous team to pay for his grandfather’s surgery or had been coerced.
• Fang Cheng visited the unfinished apartment in Jinmao Mansion · Seaview Garden and decided to use it as a private place to train and practice his skills.
• Fang Cheng admired the sea view, planned the apartment’s basic furnishings and training equipment, and imagined running and practicing Shadow Boxing along the shore.
• Fang Cheng sat cross-legged by the window and meditated, settling into a deep-sea-like stillness as a flame appeared in the depths of his mind.

Fang Cheng discovered that the Golden Benba Vase’s spirituality had fused with him, automatically refining external consciousness and expanding his Memory Palace while draining his Mental Energy. After gaining two Spirit points, he decided to prioritize Meditation and left to eat and arrange renovations, while someone elsewhere learned the vase had been smashed.

• Fang Cheng observed his Spirituality Fire affecting the real world and realized it could absorb outside thoughts, purify them, and increase his Mental Energy.
• Fang Cheng entered his Memory Palace and found a diminished Golden Orb connected to the Golden Benba Vase, which refined consciousness and helped expand the palace.
• Fang Cheng realized the orb held the vase’s Spiritual Origin and that he had become its new vessel, gaining automatic cultivation benefits at the cost of increased Mental Energy consumption.
• Fang Cheng ended his two-and-a-half-hour meditation with his Spirit Attribute increased from 45 to 47 and decided to spend more time raising his Meditation skill.
• Fang Cheng left to find a restaurant and plan renovations for a hidden cultivation base, while someone in the city reacted in shock to a report that the Golden Benba Vase had been smashed.

At the Xiao Family Mansion, the Golden-Haired Man warned Xiao Linye about the smashed Golden Benba Vase and ordered him to monitor the Western Mountains and rising Ability Users. Xiao Linye revealed to Xiao Chengliang that he had planned to use the vase to devastate the Lu Family’s secret realm, while Fang Cheng remained unaware that Xiao Linye was plotting against him.

• The Golden-Haired Man told Xiao Linye not to let personal affairs interfere with his tasks and ordered him to watch the Western Mountains and report on emerging Ability Users.
• After the Golden-Haired Man left through a Space Rift, Xiao Linye reprimanded the scarred clan member who had reported the vase’s destruction and complained that Roger had failed.
• Xiao Chengliang questioned why the Xiao Family had given the Golden Benba Vase to the Lu Family, and Xiao Linye explained that he had meant to use it to seize the Lu Family’s Ancestral Spirit Tree and slaughter those in its secret realm.
• Xiao Linye refused Xiao Chengliang’s offer to search for the person who smashed the vase, saying he had other ways to deal with him.
• Fang Cheng sneezed after eating and wondered whether his uncle, his mother, or Zhou Xiumei was thinking about him.

Fang Cheng completed his morning training and tested running Tiger Leopard Thunder Sound, Flame Breathing, and Water Breathing together, discovering that the three techniques could temper and restore his body in combination. He left the rooftop after the heat of his practice burned away his Red Underpants.

• Fang Cheng finished his weighted pull-up routine early and concluded that his increased agility let him handle much more intense training.
• Fang Cheng practiced qi gong and circulated Flame Breathing, sending scorching true qi through his body before switching to Water Breathing to cool and replenish himself.
• Fang Cheng used Tiger Leopard Thunder Sound to steady his vitality and received a prompt granting him Qi Gong experience for running three Breathing Techniques at once.
• Fang Cheng assessed the strengths and weaknesses of Tiger Leopard Thunder Sound, Water Breathing, and Flame Breathing, and considered how they complemented one another.
• Fang Cheng discovered that the flames had burned his Red Underpants to ash, hurriedly changed into athletic shorts, and left the rooftop.

After Zhou Yongnian helped solve the serial murder case, his family treated him with new warmth, and he shared a tender moment with He Huiqin before leaving for work. Fang Cheng walked Zhou Xiumei to class, encouraged her growing success in music, and resolved to support her dream of becoming a singer.

• Zhou Yongnian's family watched a report about the solved serial murder case, and He Huiqin praised his role in leading the investigation.
• He Huiqin cared for Zhou Yongnian by serving him soup, repairing his uniform, and packing him food for work, rekindling their early affection.
• Fang Cheng arrived as Zhou Yongnian and He Huiqin shared a tender goodbye, then accompanied Zhou Xiumei toward Jiangdong.
• Zhou Yongnian teased Zhou Xiumei about her closeness with Fang Cheng, and the two set off together after he drove away.
• Zhou Xiumei told Fang Cheng that her music teacher had praised her singing and chosen her to lead the vocals at a charity performance.
• Fang Cheng recalled helping Zhou Xiumei join a music camp and singing competition, and resolved to support her musical ambitions.

Fang Cheng trained at the Global Elite Fighting Club, sparred with Brother Jie, and gained Boxing experience as he neared a skill breakthrough. After arranging to meet Zhou Xiumei, he headed for her class but stopped when someone called his name.

• Fang Cheng’s powerful training with a 400-kilogram sandbag drew attention from club trainees, who recognized him as the club’s renowned sparring partner.
• Fang Cheng checked his progress and saw that Boxing had reached 483/500 experience, leaving him 17 points from the next level.
• Brother Jie arrived for sparring, and Fang Cheng exchanged blows with him before the two ended their session with mutual respect.
• Fang Cheng gained four more Boxing experience points and declined Brother Jie’s invitation to shower together.
• Fang Cheng called Zhou Xiumei, arranged to meet her after class, and planned to check on his house renovation later that day.
• As Fang Cheng headed toward Zhou Xiumei’s classroom, someone called his name and made him turn around.

Fang Cheng rejected Xu Hao’s request for martial arts guidance but learned that someone might be investigating him, so he asked Xu Sanduo to look into the matter. Xu Sanduo reported turmoil in the Lu Family and the Red Tiger Gang before revealing that Xu Hao had disappeared after the Black Eagle Gang was absorbed.

• Xu Hao approached Fang Cheng at the mall, asked for training secrets, and warned that someone might be investigating a skilled person like him.
• Fang Cheng declined Xu Hao’s offer to trade information for coaching, accepted his business card, and went to lunch with Zhou Xiumei.
• Fang Cheng called Xu Sanduo and asked him to investigate matters back in Eastern Capital.
• Fang Cheng checked the renovation of his apartment’s training room and insisted that its sandbag supports be reinforced.
• Xu Sanduo reported that Lu Yongquan had become head of the Lu Family, the family was undergoing a reshuffle, and the Red Tiger Gang had gone quiet.
• Xu Sanduo said Xu Hao had been a low-level member of the Black Eagle Gang, which the Red Tiger Gang absorbed, and that Xu Hao had disappeared afterward.

Fang Cheng learned that Xu Hao had mysteriously vanished and returned with extraordinary fighting skills, then risen quickly within Red Tiger Gang. Suspecting the gang’s leaders were behind the investigation into him, Fang Cheng went to Midnight Forest Bar to confront Xu Hao, who arrived as drunk men harassed a waitress.

• Xu Sanduo told Fang Cheng that Xu Hao had disappeared after Black Eagle Gang was wiped out, then returned two months earlier with uncanny strength and a prominent position in Red Tiger Gang.
• Fang Cheng considered whether the Lu Family or Special Search Team was investigating him and concluded that Red Tiger Gang was the likelier source.
• Fang Cheng went to Midnight Forest Bar, where Xu Hao had reportedly been spending his time, and waited for him while ignoring two women who tried to flirt with him.
• Drunk men harassed a waitress at the bar, and Xu Hao arrived with tattooed thugs and demanded to know who was making trouble on his turf.

Xu Hao beat a drunk downstairs, then was ambushed and captured by two trained men in the VIP room despite his strength. As the kidnappers escaped through a hidden exit with Xu Hao, a mysterious black shadow raced through the corridor.

• Xu Hao crushed a drunk’s thrown bottle and knocked him unconscious with a slap, then ordered his thugs to clear the troublemakers out.
• Fang Cheng noticed two inconspicuous men following Xu Hao upstairs and chose to watch them from his seat.
• In the VIP room, Xu Hao dismissed his entourage, and Xiao Qing came in to treat the glass wounds on his hand.
• The two jacketed men attacked Xu Hao with a dagger and an electric baton; after he hesitated to protect Xiao Qing, they stunned and restrained him and knocked her unconscious.
• The men carried Xu Hao through a hidden back door, while a waiter glimpsed a black shadow racing through the corridor and wondered if he had seen a ghost.