Chapter Summaries

Fang Cheng searched Scorpion’s apartment, found a mummified woman and evidence that Scorpion had recently left, then leaped into the rain to pursue him. Meanwhile, Cheng Le Yi walked home from a nightclub and realized someone might be following her.

• Fang Cheng broke into apartment 709 and found a mummified woman in the bedroom, but Scorpion was gone.
• Fang Cheng discovered corrosive slime, warm coffee, and a timer switch that showed Scorpion had recently left the apartment.
• Fang Cheng vowed to avenge the dead woman and jumped from the seventh-floor window to hunt Scorpion on the rainy streets.
• Cheng Le Yi left the Liren Nightclub on foot after failing to get a taxi and heard heavy footsteps following her on a quiet side road.

Cheng Le Yi and the Special Search Team tried to lure the killer Shark into an ambush, but their first scare turned out to be a plastic bag. When Cheng Le Yi later lost contact with her team, she confronted a transparent figure formed by her pepper spray and demanded to know what it was.

• Cheng Le Yi mistook a rain-blown plastic bag for the approaching Shark, and the arriving team members laughed at the false alarm.
• Xu Fei explained the killer’s pattern and ordered the team to keep searching around Yingchun Road while Cheng Le Yi continued acting as bait.
• Cheng Le Yi resumed her patrol, but her earpiece suddenly fell silent and the street around her grew unnaturally dark and cold.
• Cheng Le Yi sensed a stream of water creeping toward her, turned, and sprayed it with anti-wolf spray.
• The spray revealed a writhing transparent human figure, and Cheng Le Yi demanded to know what it was as a man’s voice asked her the same question.

Cheng Le Yi confronted the Transparent Water Man, whose water-based abilities overcame her weapons and trapped her in a distorted space. Lin Xu Hao arrived but was captured too, until an ominous presence in the darkness interrupted the attacker.

• Cheng Le Yi used the Special Operations Riot Control Agent to reveal and injure the Transparent Water Man, but he washed off the dye and counterattacked with manipulated rainwater.
• Cheng Le Yi dodged his corrosive attacks with her umbrella and tried to escape, but she became trapped inside a distorted space and was weakened by pink water mist.
• Lin Xu Hao broke through the water curtain and tackled the Transparent Water Man, who engulfed him in a venomous sphere of water.
• Cheng Le Yi tried to free Lin Xu Hao and call for backup, but the water sphere suddenly froze as the Transparent Water Man sensed someone lurking in the darkness.

Fang Cheng, revealed as the masked White Owl, rescued Cheng Le Yi and Lin Xu Hao from Scorpion and fought the liquid-form monster in the rain. Scorpion trapped Fang Cheng in a massive water prison and flooded it with venom, but Fang Cheng calmly drank the poison.

• A masked man named Fang Cheng appeared and identified Scorpion as his target, then dodged Scorpion's attempt to ensnare him with water snakes.
• Fang Cheng broke Scorpion's water sphere with a charged punch, freeing Lin Xu Hao, and Cheng Le Yi recognized him as the legendary White Owl.
• Scorpion merged with the rain and attacked from all directions, but Fang Cheng tracked his corrosive secretions and struck his hidden body.
• Scorpion unleashed a huge water prison that trapped Fang Cheng, then filled it with venom as Cheng Le Yi and Lin Xu Hao watched from cover.
• Fang Cheng used his Water Breathing Technique to remain calm inside the prison and swallowed a mouthful of Scorpion's venom, shocking the monster.

Fang Cheng consumed Scorpion’s poisonous secretions inside the Water Prison, using them to strengthen himself before erupting in crimson-gold flames. He overwhelmed Scorpion with a brutal barrage and finished him with a fire tornado.

• Fang Cheng swallowed Scorpion’s poisonous secretions, and his resistance let him absorb them as nourishment that improved his stamina, True Qi, and Physique Attribute.
• Scorpion flooded the Water Prison with multiple toxins, confident that his rain-powered hunting domain would kill Fang Cheng.
• Fang Cheng’s flames boiled and burst the Water Prison, vaporizing much of Scorpion’s liquid body as he emerged unharmed.
• Fang Cheng relentlessly battered Scorpion whenever he tried to reform, while Cheng Le Yi and Lin Xu Hao watched in shock.
• Fang Cheng unleashed a fire tornado that destroyed Scorpion’s restored human body.

Fang Cheng, wearing the White Evil Spirit Mask, killed Scorpion and rescued Cheng Le Yi and Lin Xu Hao before disappearing into the rainy night. The Special Search Team regrouped, learned the battle had involved a simulated domain, and prepared to report White Owl’s actions to headquarters.

• Fang Cheng asked Cheng Le Yi and Lin Xu Hao for clothes after saving them, and Lin Xu Hao gave him his jacket and pants.
• Cheng Le Yi contacted Xu Fei as the street returned to normal, but Fang Cheng vanished before she could introduce him to the arriving team.
• Lin Xu Hao told the team that White Owl had killed Scorpion, and Xu Fei explained how Scorpion’s abilities had created a pseudo domain that disrupted communications and perception.
• Cheng Le Yi recounted her encounter with Scorpion and urged Xu Fei to report that White Owl had acted as an ally rather than a threat.
• The team confirmed the target had been eliminated, notified headquarters to send cleanup personnel, and began securing and searching the scene.

After killing Scorpion, Fang Cheng reflected on the fight, trained intensely, and told Xiaosa to inform Chen Chen that Scorpion was dead and the remaining payment was due within a week. Xiaosa hurried out to deliver the message, eager to prove himself to Fang Cheng’s organization.

• Fang Cheng returned home after killing Scorpion, analyzed how Scorpion’s poison and water ability created an illusory domain, and considered whether mastering his skills could someday let him wield similar power.
• Fang Cheng dismissed the idea of relying on a domain and went to sleep, convinced that building a super-strong body was the surest path to power.
• Fang Cheng completed a weighted morning workout and saw that his Leg Raises and Handstand Push-Ups were close to leveling up.
• Fang Cheng contacted Xiaosa through their Mental Link and told him Scorpion was dead and that Chen Chen had one week to pay the balance or face death.
• Xiaosa left home in a hurry to contact Chen Chen, while Li Guifen wondered at her son’s sudden motivation.

Chen Chen confirmed that Scorpion had likely been killed and planned to cultivate a lasting alliance with the killer organization through Xiaosa. Meanwhile, Fang Cheng celebrated his grandfather’s move into a renovated home with his family and decided to consider finding a better home for his mother.

• Chen Chen received word that Scorpion had been dealt with, then ordered Secretary Liu to verify the claim.
• Secretary Liu learned that police had cordoned off Scorpion’s hideout at 444 Linjiang Avenue and found evidence of a murder, though Scorpion’s body had not been confirmed.
• Chen Chen urged Secretary Liu to raise the cash payment quickly and approved offering Xiaosa an advisor position to build ties with the killer organization.
• Fang Cheng and his family celebrated Li Zhenhua’s move into the renovated courtyard home, and Fang Cheng gave his grandfather a Pine and Crane Longevity Painting.
• Fang Cheng helped his mother prepare the family’s first housewarming meal and resolved to find her a better home as well.

Fang Cheng counted his growing wealth and considered buying the Old Factory Street building so his mother could stay near her neighbors while living more comfortably. When Xu Hao urgently contacted him through their Mental Link from Special Search Team Headquarters, Fang Cheng told him to demand a meeting with Gao Jin.

• Fang Cheng reviewed his antique-sale income, expected dividends, and Chen Chen’s promised payment, then considered buying the Old Factory Street building for his mother.
• Fang Cheng sensed Xu Hao calling through their Mental Link, withdrew to a quiet room, and saw that Zhou Liang and A Li were questioning him at Special Search Team Headquarters.
• Xu Hao told Fang Cheng that Zhou Liang had brought him in and was accusing him of secretly associating with Cheng Jiashu, also known as White Owl.
• Fang Cheng instructed Xu Hao to act more arrogant and insist that only Gao Jin could hear what he knew.
• Xu Hao demanded to see Gao Jin, provoking A Li, while Zhou Liang agreed to notify the chief and warned Xu Hao against trying anything.

Fang Cheng directed Xu Hao to give Gao Jin a secret incantation that could connect him to White Owl, while concealing Fang Cheng’s role. Gao Jin decided to pursue cooperation against Noah despite headquarters suspending arrests, and Fang Cheng ended the chapter at a family dinner, waiting to see how Gao Jin and Cheng Jiashu would act.

• Fang Cheng coached Xu Hao through a face-to-face meeting with Gao Jin, where Xu Hao denied knowing Cheng Jiashu but claimed he knew White Owl.
• Xu Hao gave Gao Jin a strange incantation and explained that it could connect him to White Owl in a Spiritual Space, while warning him to use the name Smiling Devil instead.
• Gao Jin thanked Xu Hao, promised to seek merit for him, and let him leave without revealing the contact method to Zhou Liang and A Li.
• Gao Jin ordered Zhou Liang and A Li to watch the Red Tiger Gang and Noah Pharmaceuticals, and said he would personally try to contact White Owl despite headquarters halting pursuit operations.
• Fang Cheng prepared dinner for his family in Wanghu Town and reflected that Gao Jin now had the Voice Chat Room password, leaving the next move to Gao Jin and Cheng Jiashu.

Fang Cheng trained through the night at YuLong Lake and tested the Dragon Flag as a new way to strengthen his core. After holding the demanding pose until dawn, he saw his light blue panel flare brightly just as he neared his limit.

• Fang Cheng woke at four in the morning, left his grandfather's house, and began a run around YuLong Lake.
• Fang Cheng sprinted past a startled delivery driver, completed a lap around the lake, and saw that he had gained 15 running EXP.
• Fang Cheng reached the wooded park and completed sets of demanding Prisoner's Six Arts exercises before focusing on his Leg Raise skill.
• Fang Cheng gained only 4 EXP from 600 one-finger hanging leg raises and decided to try the Dragon Flag to challenge his core further.
• Fang Cheng held a Dragon Flag on a metal pole as morning joggers stopped to watch, maintaining the pose until dawn despite his trembling muscles and heavy sweat.
• As Fang Cheng approached his limit, the light blue panel before his eyes suddenly lit up with a brilliant glow.

After reaching Grandmaster Level in Leg Raises, Fang Cheng gained 12 free attribute points and increased his base airtime, bringing him closer to unlocking an unexpected ability. He raised Strength to 50, saved his remaining points for a later skill level-up, and calculated that his boosted airtime could reach 6.3 seconds as he planned to test it after breakfast.

• Fang Cheng completed his Dragon Flag training and reached Grandmaster Level in Leg Raises, gaining 12 free attribute points and one extra second of base airtime.
• Fang Cheng left the mountain park, discarded his worn-out sneakers, and returned barefoot to his home in Wanghu Town.
• Fang Cheng raised his Strength from 48 to 50, then chose to save the remaining 10 points until his next skill level-up.
• Fang Cheng calculated that his base airtime had risen to 2.25 seconds and that his skill effects could extend it to 6.3 seconds.
• Fang Cheng finished planning to shower, eat breakfast, and find a suitable place to test his near-flight ability.

Fang Cheng tested his enhanced Airtime Ability by leaping from a cliff, hovering, and gliding over a kilometer before landing safely in the forest. He then demonstrated Air Walking and calculated how to reach the nine-second airtime goal that would unlock a new ability.

• Fang Cheng surveyed the Lu Family Manor from a mountaintop and recalled the aftermath of the Golden Benba Vase operation.
• Fang Cheng jumped from the cliff, hovered in midair, and used the wind and his breathing technique to glide toward his landing point.
• Fang Cheng fell through the forest canopy, caught branches to slow his descent, and recorded a time of 19.3 seconds and a distance of 1,156 meters.
• Fang Cheng walked down through the air step by step and landed safely on the forest floor.
• Fang Cheng calculated that improving his Agility and related skills could help him reach the nine-second airtime needed to unlock a new ability.

Fang Cheng bought a black Range Rover for his trips to the countryside and reunited with his high-school classmate Ning Yue at the dealership. After driving away with Zhou Xiumei, he saw a familiar panel appear, showing his Driving skill at Lv0.

• Fang Cheng chose a top-spec black Range Rover after deciding its spacious interior, high clearance, and large trunk suited his needs.
• Fang Cheng paid in full for the SUV, and he and Zhou Xiumei spent the afternoon at a mall while the dealership completed the paperwork.
• Ning Yue recognized Fang Cheng at the dealership, exchanged contact information with him, and invited him to their class reunion.
• Ning Yue received an urgent call about a family member's recurring strange illness and left to investigate Lone Peak Temple over the weekend.
• Fang Cheng drove away from the dealership with Zhou Xiumei, and a panel appeared displaying Driving Lv0 (15/100).

Fang Cheng drove Zhou Xiumei home in his new SUV, encouraged her preparations for a music audition, and learned that Chen Chen had offered to make Xiaosa his godson to recruit him. The chapter ended with Fang Cheng returning home on the eve of his graduate school re-examination.

• Fang Cheng accelerated too suddenly in his new SUV, startled Zhou Xiumei, then encouraged her to prepare for her May audition as she sang softly in the car.
• Xiaosa called Fang Cheng to report that Chen Chen had invited him to join the Red Tiger Gang as his godson and promised to make him its future leader.
• Fang Cheng told Xiaosa to use the offer to gather information about Chen Chen and the Noah Organization while staying loyal and alert.
• Fang Cheng explained to Zhou Xiumei that Xiaosa was an informant at a company he had invested in, then drove her back to Old Factory Street.
• Zhou Xiumei thanked Fang Cheng before slipping into her apartment, and Fang Cheng returned home and saw that his graduate school re-examination was the next day.

Fang Cheng finished his law school re-examination written test in about an hour and joined his family and friends for a celebration dinner at Wangjiang Tower. At dinner, Ma Donghe told him that his pursuers had disappeared and began describing the grueling Special Search Team selection exam.

• Fang Cheng used his Focus skill to complete the written test quickly, impressing the proctor with his answers before handing in his paper early.
• Li Biyun, Li Dingjian, Zhou Xiumei, Wen Xin, and Ma Donghe waited outside for Fang Cheng, and Li Dingjian invited everyone to celebrate at Wangjiang Tower.
• Fang Cheng promised Wen Xin a summer trip to the beach if she placed in the top ten of her class, and the group drove to the restaurant.
• At dinner, Li Dingjian and Ma Donghe traded stories while Zhou Xiumei chatted with Li Biyun and looked after Wen Xin.
• On the balcony, Ma Donghe told Fang Cheng that his pursuers had vanished about half a month earlier and complained about the Special Search Team selection exam.

Fang Cheng recognized two armed killers in the elevator and realized they were about to attack Councilman Zhao and his group. He and Ma Donghe subdued the killers before they could draw their weapons, then rode away with the unconscious men as the elevator doors closed.

• Ma Donghe recounted the brutal training camp and selection tests for the Special Search Team, and said the final round and interview would take place next month.
• Fang Cheng and his family finished the banquet and entered the elevator with two suspicious men in gray jackets.
• Fang Cheng detected the men’s concealed weapons and blood-soaked scent, then heard one of them say their target had arrived.
• When the elevator stopped and Councilman Zhao’s group appeared, Fang Cheng signaled Ma Donghe and attacked the two killers.
• Fang Cheng and Ma Donghe knocked out the killers, kept the elevator doors open long enough to warn the people outside, and left with the unconscious men.

Fang Cheng concealed the elevator incident from his family while Ma Donghe captured the attackers and destroyed their communicator. After an intense morning workout, Fang Cheng prepared for his graduate school re-examination with complete confidence in his superiority to ordinary people.

• Councilman Zhao thanked Elder Dong for helping him survive a political crisis, while Elder Dong recalled that the young man in the elevator resembled an old acquaintance.
• Fang Cheng told Li Biyun and Zhou Xiumei that Ma Donghe had taken his old classmates to a hotel, and he kept his real concerns to himself.
• Ma Donghe defeated two killers in an alley, ordered his men to take them to the base, and crushed their communicator after it transmitted an urgent call.
• Fang Cheng completed his rooftop bodyweight training, shadow boxing, and qi gong practice, gaining experience in Handstand Push-Ups and Qi Gong.
• Fang Cheng dressed for his graduate school re-examination and felt no nervousness toward the examiners, viewing himself as a higher-tier humanoid compared with ordinary people.

Fang Cheng impressed the Law School interview panel with his answers on private violence and legal reform, then met Lin Chuqiao, who invited him to lunch. After watching Fang Cheng’s interview recording, Dean Dong Yunchuan recognized him and decided to take him as his student.

• Fang Cheng argued before the examiners that private violence should not replace legal remedies and that systemic reforms should protect vulnerable people more effectively.
• Fang Cheng completed the interview, left the Teaching Building, and learned that the final admissions results would take three to five days.
• Lin Chuqiao told Fang Cheng she had waited for him after learning about his interview from Li Dingjian, then invited him to lunch and mentioned his help on Mist Mountain.
• Dong Yunchuan watched Fang Cheng’s recorded interview and heard Professor Luo Yang praise his exceptional written test and interview performance.
• Dong Yunchuan ordered Professor Luo Yang to tell Li Changjun that he wanted Fang Cheng as his student.

Fang Cheng drove Lin Chuqiao home after their musical outing, reflected on his training plans and the failed assassination of Councilman Zhao, and considered visiting Xu Hao. Meanwhile, Chen Chen formally adopted Xiaosa as his godson at a Red Tiger Gang ceremony, leaving Xu Hao jealous of Xiaosa’s rapid rise.

• Lin Chuqiao asked Fang Cheng who he would choose between the Phantom and Raoul, but Fang Cheng gave a casual answer and drove her home.
• Fang Cheng recalled what Lin Chuqiao had told him about the Professor and reviewed his skill levels and training priorities.
• Fang Cheng thought about the two assassins who had admitted only to accepting a mission to kill Councilman Zhao, then considered whether Xu Hao’s gang gathering had ended.
• At the Red Tiger Gang’s ceremony, Chen Chen warned the assembled underworld leaders before announcing that he would take Xiaosa as his godson.
• Xiaosa presented tea to Chen Chen and received congratulations and gifts from the assembled guests.
• Xu Hao stayed seated and muttered jealously about Xiaosa’s rapid rise.