Chapter Summaries

Luo Lie confronted the mutated Experimental Subjects emerging from the passage while Zhou Liang’s team remained trapped in a looping stairwell. After A Yang suggested they were inside an Inner World, a headless woman’s face appeared in the fog beside them.

• Luo Lie failed to locate Cheng Jiashu and heard monsters breaking through the passage door.
• Luo Lie used his power to crush the first monster, then his Pursuer Team arrived and opened fire on the horde.
• Zhou Liang’s team returned to Floor 84 again and realized the emergency stairwell was looping; they sent a blood-written shirt out the window, but it returned to them.
• Two security guards woke up and said they remembered seeing the gray fog before losing consciousness.
• A Yang described a past mission trapped in an Inner World, and a pale woman’s face emerged from the fog with a long, mangled body beneath it.

Zhou Liang's team fled a Woman-Faced Worm into the fog-filled Zone A Passage, where Fang Cheng appeared and slaughtered the surrounding monsters. After the team recognized his mask as White Owl's, Fang Cheng asked how to reach the Conference Hall, and a strange black line appeared before A Yang could explain the Inner World.

• Zhou Liang's team fired on the Woman-Faced Worm and retreated, only to find themselves back on Floor 84, where the monster caught a security guard.
• Zhou Liang led the survivors into the Zone A Passage, where they found themselves surrounded by numerous monsters.
• Fang Cheng charged into the monsters and killed enough of them to clear the hall, forcing the rest to flee.
• Zhou Liang and A Li recognized Fang Cheng's mask as White Owl's and wondered whether the White Owl who had worked with them was an impostor.
• Fang Cheng asked how to reach the Conference Hall, and A Yang began explaining the Inner World before a pitch-black line appeared in the air.

Cheng Jiashu and Cui Xiuying emerged from the Inner World with the unconscious Majima Goro and handed the Special Search Team evidence of Noah’s human experiments. As Fang Cheng and the others sought a way out and a route to rescue Xu Hao, they learned that a mysterious Red Eye in Noah’s laboratory might be the source of the Inner World, and that the isolated project studied a biological sample excavated beneath Himalayan ice.

• Cheng Jiashu, Cui Xiuying, and the unconscious Majima Goro emerged from a Dark Vortex, and the Special Search Team recognized Cheng Jiashu as the real White Owl.
• Cheng Jiashu introduced Fang Cheng as his cousin and explained that he used him as an anchor for a Space Jump, while Fang Cheng played along.
• Cheng Jiashu gave Zhou Liang an encrypted USB drive containing evidence of Noah’s human experiments and said they needed to escape the building.
• Zhou Liang and A Yang explained that the building trapped them in an Inner World, while Fang Cheng revealed he had also been looping between floors and was trying to reach Xu Hao.
• Cheng Jiashu said he had seen a huge Red Eye in the Floor 87 laboratory and suspected it had created the Inner World.
• Cui Xiuying said the secret laboratory project began five months earlier and studied a biological sample excavated beneath the Himalayan ice.

Trapped in an expanding Inner World, Fang Cheng and Cheng Jiashu devised a plan to use Fang Cheng’s abilities to link with Xu Hao on Noah Tower’s top floor and jump there. Cheng Jiashu rested while Fang Cheng guarded the group and prepared to use his Memory Palace, with destruction as a fallback escape plan.

• Cheng Jiashu explained that the Red Eye was likely the Inner World’s core and described ways to escape, including destroying it, finding the hidden Mental Ability User, or causing enough damage to force the world to expel them.
• Fang Cheng asked Cheng Jiashu to take him to the top-floor conference hall, and they discussed using a mental link with Xu Hao as a Living Coordinate.
• Fang Cheng proposed using Mind Resonance and Memory Palace to link with Xu Hao and guide Cheng Jiashu’s spatial jump to the top floor.
• Cheng Jiashu agreed with the plan but rested to recover his mental strength while Fang Cheng stood guard over the group.
• Fang Cheng considered using his Memory Palace to strengthen the link and checked his combat experience, noting that his Palm Technique was five points from leveling up.

Jia Sangyi attempted to use the Crimson Eye’s newborn Inner World to forge a domain and break through to S-Class, while his plans stirred chaos throughout the building. On Floor 84, Cheng Jiashu recovered his strength and announced he was ready.

• Jia Sangyi meditated as strange manifestations attacked the candlelit room, then called on Old Feng to make his move.
• Jia Sangyi focused on the Crimson Eye and revealed that he had used Luo Lie’s mission and an insider to trigger the Inner World and conceal his attempt to seize its power.
• Jia Sangyi drew the Crimson Eye’s origin power into his Mental Secret Realm, and a cobweb-like domain began forming around him.
• A breach in the wall let in a fierce wind, but explosions and roars outside showed that Jia Sangyi’s backup plan had drawn the monsters away.
• Cheng Jiashu woke in the Floor 84 office hall, stood, and said he had rested.

Fang Cheng and Cheng Jiashu used Fang Cheng’s Memory Palace to carry a group’s consciousness through a dangerous mental void toward Xu Hao’s signal. They broke free of the Red Nebula’s interference, while the top floor of Noah Tower remained engulfed in gunfire and chaos.

• Cheng Jiashu explained that his Space Jump could carry only a few people, so Zhou Liang and his teammates volunteered to stay behind while Fang Cheng sought another solution.
• Fang Cheng taught Zhou Liang, Cui Xiuying, and the others to synchronize their minds with him, then drew their consciousnesses into his Memory Palace as Cheng Jiashu carried the security guard and Majima Goro physically.
• Fang Cheng tried to link with Xu Hao, but interference from a vast Red Nebula severed the connection.
• Cheng Jiashu compressed their perceptions into a Dimension Cone while Fang Cheng focused his Mental Energy, allowing them to stabilize a passage to Xu Hao’s consciousness.
• Fang Cheng shielded the passage as they resisted the Red Nebula’s pull, and they broke through its gravitational range toward Xu Hao’s signal.
• Gunfire and screams filled the top floor of Noah Tower as people and monsters fought amid the gray fog.

Trapped on Noah Tower’s top floor, the survivors fought through the Inner World’s monsters and tried to escape by destroying the building’s Main Control Room. The plan exposed the living interior of the monstrous building, and as a horde charged, a strange ripple and cutting gale appeared in the corridor.

• Wang Jiu and Ma Biao returned to the Conference Hall battered and reported that every escape route led back to the top floor.
• Feng Jincai proposed destroying the Main Control Room with C-4, and the survivors fought their way through the fog to reach it.
• Feng Jincai secretly revealed that he was the real Mole and was helping Jia Sangyi advance to S-Class.
• The demolition team detonated the explosives, but the blasted wall revealed living flesh inside the building and a horde of monsters surged toward the survivors.
• A strange hum rippled through the corridor, followed by a sharp gale that swept toward the trapped group.

Minister Luo rescued Feng Jincai and the others from monsters on Floor 87, but a teleportation array brought Fang Cheng and his group into the damaged Main Control Room. Luo Lie recognized Fang Cheng as White Owl and prepared for a confrontation, while Jia Sangyi secretly pushed Feng Jincai to provoke a fight so he could exploit the destruction.

• Luo Lie used his domain to clear the corridor of monsters, reached Feng Jincai and Zhuo Feng, and learned that Jia Sangyi and his lounge had disappeared.
• A portal brought A Li, Xiao Jie, Cui Xiuying, Fang Cheng, Cheng Jiashu, and their companions into the Main Control Room, where both groups aimed their weapons at each other.
• Luo Lie identified Fang Cheng as White Owl and tied their enmity to Li Chengjun and Yong'an Island, while both men held back from attacking amid the fog and monsters.
• Jia Sangyi contacted Feng Jincai and revealed that he had opened the passage for Luo Lie, hoping to make the two powerful men fight and use the resulting destruction to aid his advance to S-Class.
• Feng Jincai falsely claimed Luo Lie had planned the trap and urged White Owl to surrender, while Xu Hao worried privately that Fang Cheng could not withstand Luo Lie.

Fang Cheng struck Luo Lie with a charged punch, then survived Luo Lie’s spatial Thousand Blade Storm behind his defensive Qi Gong. Both men revealed their powerful abilities and resumed fighting, with Luo Lie trying to buy time to recover his Mental Power.

• Fang Cheng charged Luo Lie and sent him smashing through the building with a single punch.
• Luo Lie unleashed Thousand Blade Storm, trapping Fang Cheng in a spatial cage and slicing through the surrounding floor and walls.
• Fang Cheng endured the storm with his Evergreen Resilience guard, healing the wounds that pierced his defense.
• Luo Lie emerged injured and explained that his Absolute Realm Wind Domain created destructive particle streams through miniature spatial rifts.
• Fang Cheng attacked again with a barrage of close-combat strikes while Luo Lie fought back and used debris as projectiles to stall for time.

Fang Cheng fought Luo Lie across Noah Tower’s ruined top floor, broke free of Luo Lie’s telekinetic domain, and overwhelmed his defenses with the Overlord Body. As the battle continued, Feng Jincai noticed the Flesh Tissue spreading from the Main Control Room and turning the ruins into a flesh-and-blood lair.

• Fang Cheng and Luo Lie fought through the top floor, forcing everyone nearby to hide from the destruction.
• Luo Lie trapped Fang Cheng inside a compressed sphere of debris, but Fang Cheng activated Overlord Body and burst free in red-gold flames.
• Fang Cheng charged through Luo Lie’s domain and smashed apart his debris shield, driving Luo Lie back and making his Telekinetic Cloak flicker.
• Zhuo Feng recognized Fang Cheng as White Owl and realized how fortunate he had been to avoid fighting him.
• Feng Jincai sensed the light turning red and saw Flesh Tissue spread from the Main Control Room across the ruins.

Fang Cheng and Luo Lie’s battle devastated the Inner World as Feng Jincai learned that their fight threatened Jia Sangyi’s still-forming domain. The combatants became trapped in a spatial loop, and the building teetered on the brink of collapse while Feng Jincai begged them to stop.

• Feng Jincai used his resonance ability to repel flesh tentacles as the Inner World revived corpses and drained their remains to repair the building.
• Jia Sangyi contacted Feng Jincai and demanded that he stop Fang Cheng and Luo Lie, warning that their destruction could collapse the space and interrupt his domain.
• Fang Cheng’s Palm Technique advanced to Expert Level, and he invested his five free attributes to raise his Strength to 60 and break another physical limit.
• Fang Cheng battered Luo Lie through the Noah Organization’s Conference Hall and out through its windows, but Luo Lie’s attempt to escape returned them to the hall in a spatial loop.
• Fang Cheng and Luo Lie resumed their fight, further tearing apart the unstable Inner World as Feng Jincai and the others cried out for them to stop.

The battle between White Owl and Minister Luo shattered Crimson Eye’s Inner World, returning the survivors to Noah Tower’s reality, but the two fighters continued their fight outside the building. Gao Jin learned that Zhou Liang’s team had completed its mission and rescued the hostages, while Xiaosa watched the airborne battle from the crowd.

• White Owl and Minister Luo’s relentless fighting caused the Inner World to crack apart and collapse, returning the survivors to the largely intact Noah Tower.
• The survivors discovered that people who had died in the Inner World had returned as corpses, then White Owl and Minister Luo burst through the chairman’s office window and fell into the night.
• Gao Jin saw Minister Luo float in the air while White Owl clung to Noah Tower’s exterior and faced a storm of glass shards.
• Zhou Liang told Gao Jin that his team had recovered the target data and rescued the hostages, and described meeting a second White Owl who had fought Minister Luo.
• Gao Jin ordered Zhou Liang’s team to secure the hostages and data, then left the two fighters alone to prioritize the mission results.
• Xiaosa watched the battle from behind the police cordon as three unusually strange figures squeezed into the crowd.

Fang Cheng used upgraded palm techniques to break through Luo Lie’s Telekinetic Cloak and tear apart his defenses during their aerial fight. After both crashed into opposing buildings, Fang Cheng glided back to Noah Tower while the wounded Luo Lie fled toward the Experiment Zone and saw a red light ahead.

• Fang Cheng clung to the skyscraper as Luo Lie controlled a glass storm and taunted him from the air.
• Fang Cheng launched himself through the storm, broke Luo Lie’s glass shield, and used steam recoil to close the final distance.
• Fang Cheng pierced Luo Lie’s Telekinetic Cloak with Spiral Force, restrained him with Entangling Silk Force, and tore through his defense with Flicking Force.
• Luo Lie broke free with High-Pressure Air Blades, and the two fighters crashed into opposite skyscrapers.
• Fang Cheng glided across the street and landed back inside Noah Tower as Xiaosa and Gao Jin watched from below.
• Luo Lie, badly injured, ran toward the Experiment Zone and saw Crimson Eye’s red light in the darkness.

Three members of the Xiao Family entered the corrupted laboratory on Floor 87 to claim the damaged Crimson Eye, but their attempt to take it was interrupted by Minister Luo Lie. The chapter ended with Luo Lie demanding to know who they were and how they knew his name.

• Three masked intruders entered the flesh-covered lair and found the Crimson Eye, which the middle-aged man said was badly damaged.
• The young man complained that Ma Biao’s false information had exposed their plans, while the middle-aged man said Noah Organization’s losses gave them a chance to act.
• Xiao Ming was drawn toward the Crimson Eye and began mutating, but the middle-aged man used his ability to remove the corruption and save his life.
• The three Xiao Family members formed a triangular rune and opened a Space Rift as they prepared to take the Crimson Eye.
• Minister Luo Lie stumbled into the lair, and the middle-aged man recognized him before Luo Lie demanded to know who they were.

After defeating Luo Lie, Fang Cheng found the Xiao Family members with the Crimson Eye and the dead Noah minister in the flesh-and-blood lair. Though exhausted, he faced the Xiao Family’s S-Class expert and revealed a Second Stage that restored and heightened his strength.

• Luo Lie tried to claim the Crimson Eye, but the middle-aged man seized him and drained his life, killing him.
• Fang Cheng entered the lair, recognized Luo Lie’s corpse, and ignored the middle-aged man’s questions about his fight with Luo Lie.
• When Fang Cheng tried to leave, the young man and the middle-aged man demanded he come to the Xiao Family and swear a Blood Oath.
• The middle-aged man unleashed his Aura Field and threatened Fang Cheng, while the young man and Xiao Ming moved to surround him.
• Fang Cheng activated his Second Stage, sweeping away his exhaustion and making his aura surge beyond its previous level.

Fang Cheng activated Potential Activation and unfolded Ghost Back, then defeated the Xiao Family’s S-Class fighter by shattering his Taotie domain with a single punch. The wounded man escaped through a Space Gate with his accomplices, leaving Fang Cheng alone in the lair, exhausted by hunger and staring at the Crimson Eye.

• Fang Cheng used Potential Activation to heal his injuries and restore his strength, then released Ghost Back and gained a further surge of power.
• The middle-aged man ordered the young man and Xiao Ming to attack alongside him, but Fang Cheng charged straight at the S-Class fighter.
• The middle-aged man trapped Fang Cheng in his Taotie domain, but Fang Cheng’s punch shattered the giant mouth and broke through the domain.
• Fang Cheng’s punch sent the middle-aged man crashing into an alloy wall, and the injured fighter escaped through a Space Gate with the young man and Xiao Ming.
• Fang Cheng realized his True Qi was nearly depleted and overwhelming hunger had taken hold, then paused as he looked at the Crimson Eye.

Fang Cheng resisted the Crimson Eye’s attempt to control him, crushed and devoured it, then fled the lair as it withered. Cheng Jiashu arrived afterward, recorded evidence linking the Xiao Family and the Noah Organization, and collected the remains before escaping; meanwhile, a squad entered Laboratory No. 3 on Floor 87.

• The Crimson Eye intensified Fang Cheng’s hunger and urged him to eat it, but his Epic Grade talent, “Omniscient Language,” helped him resist its influence.
• Fang Cheng crushed the Crimson Eye and devoured its flesh, gaining energy as his body began to transform and the lair’s tissues withered.
• Hearing approaching footsteps, Fang Cheng put on his Evil Spirit Mask and fled, leaving the ruined lair behind.
• Cheng Jiashu emerged from hiding with a Voice Recorder containing conversations between Fang Cheng and the three men from the Xiao Family, then collected the remaining Crimson Eye flesh.
• Cheng Jiashu escaped through a spatial vortex as a combat squad entered the laboratory and reported its position to Commander Qin.

Sharp Blade investigated the ruined Noah laboratory but found no Crimson Eye before the lab’s self-destruct sequence forced the team to flee. Outside Noah Tower, Xiaosa learned Fang Cheng had survived, while Gao Jin’s team escaped with Cui Xiuying and Majima Goro and prepared for their next move.

• Commander Qin ordered Sharp Blade to search the laboratory’s Core Area, where the team found a decaying lair of red biological tissue but no Crimson Eye.
• Commander Qin warned Sharp Blade that Noah had activated the laboratory’s self-destruct sequence, and the team hurried to evacuate.
• An explosion tore through Noah Tower as police pushed back the crowd and a reporter interviewed witnesses describing the battle between two flying figures.
• Fang Cheng contacted Xiaosa and asked him to bring clean clothes to the underground parking lot, so Xiaosa drove to meet him.
• Gao Jin’s team escaped with Cui Xiuying and the unconscious Majima Goro, and Gao Jin offered Cui a place in the Special Search Team.
• Gao Jin told Zhou Liang to take them to a safe house and then accompany him to see Councilman Zhao, saying they needed to prepare for both possibilities.

Fang Cheng endured the Crimson Eye’s physical and mental corruption while meditating in the sea, then fought it within his consciousness and refined its power. After the danger passed, he gained 6 Constitution and 7 Spirit.

• Fang Cheng went to the stormy shore to endure the heat and uncontrolled flames caused by the Crimson Eye he had swallowed.
• The Crimson Eye tried to corrupt Fang Cheng and make him merge with it, while the Vast Blue Phantom struggled unsuccessfully to break into the Blood-colored Space.
• Fang Cheng chose to fight both ancient wills, unleashing rapid punches that cracked the Giant Eyeball and destroyed the monsters in the mist.
• Fang Cheng’s Spirituality Fire refined the shattered thought-form, burning away its impurities and growing stronger as the Crimson Eye broke apart.
• Fang Cheng emerged from meditation after the storm subsided and saw that consuming the ancient Rare Ingredient had increased his Constitution by 6 and refining the thought-form had increased his Spirit by 7.

After the battle at Noah Tower, Fang Cheng struggled to contain the immense energy from the partially digested Crimson Eye, training through the night and reviewing his improved attributes and skills. He decided to focus on healing skills and planned to meet Ma Jianguo to learn the Visualization Method.

• Fang Cheng completed three thousand weighted two-finger push-ups to vent the heat and energy surging through his body.
• Fang Cheng examined his attributes and skill panel, noting that Crimson Eye continued to boost his physical attributes as it digested.
• Fang Cheng planned to train Bone Setting, Acupoint Striking, and Tui Na so he could fuse them with Qi Gong and free skill slots.
• Fang Cheng watched the news report the Noah Tower explosion as a terrorist attack and dismiss witness accounts of a flying person as a staged illusion.
• Fang Cheng decided to meet Ma Jianguo and learn the Visualization Method after his week of cultivating the body and mind.