Chapter Summaries

A mysterious entity took control of Chen Qiming’s body, erased the souls of Chen Qiming and Xuan Zhen, and trapped the people in the hotel in a sacred illusion. Fang Cheng shattered the illusion with Tiger Leopard Thunder Sound, but as the entity began opening a space passage, Fang Cheng launched a fiery attack at it.

• The entity silenced Xuan Zhen and Chen Qiming, then accused the people in the suite of ruining its plan.
• The entity pulled everyone into a radiant illusory realm that overwhelmed most of the group with devotion and bliss.
• Fang Cheng used Tiger Leopard Thunder Sound to shatter the illusion and free the others.
• The entity announced it would come in person and began opening a space passage behind Chen Qiming’s body.
• Lin Chuqiao warned that the entity was bringing its true body through, and Fang Cheng charged into the sky with a blazing fist.

Fang Cheng destroyed Chen Qiming’s possessed body and collapsed the Space Passage, driving back the Evil Demon before it could descend. Lin Chuqiao secured the Chen Family’s promise to conceal what happened, while warning them that Utopia might target them again.

• Fang Cheng unleashed a barrage of punches that reduced Chen Qiming’s body to blood mist and destabilized the opening Space Passage.
• Fang Cheng struck through the Nebula Vortex with a final punch, forcing the Evil Demon to withdraw and the passage to vanish.
• Lin Chuqiao and the Chen Family saw Fang Cheng survive the battle, and Chen Xu'an accepted that his Third Brother had died while possessed.
• Lin Chuqiao warned the Chen Family that the Evil Demon might seek revenge and asked them to keep her team’s identities and the night’s events secret.
• Chen Xu'an promised to suppress the story and erase the hotel surveillance footage as police sirens approached, and Lin Chuqiao left with Lark and Pan Wendi.

After stopping the mysterious leader of Utopia from descending through a destroyed Space Passage, Fang Cheng recovered at the Four Seasons Hotel while Lin Chuqiao treated his badly injured right arm. The group stayed inside Emerald City and relied on Chen Xu'an to search for Crow and the professor.

• Fang Cheng returned to the Four Seasons Hotel after the explosion, and Lin Chuqiao and the others joined him there.
• Lin Chuqiao carefully treated Fang Cheng's burns and lacerations while he recalled the battle and the heavy cost to his True Qi.
• Lin Chuqiao finished bandaging Fang Cheng's arm, and Pan Wendi joked about its decorative bow.
• Pan Wendi and Lark suggested going out to relax, but Lin Chuqiao insisted that the group stay low-profile because the city was searching for clues.
• Fang Cheng said he had asked Chen Xu'an to help find Crow and the professor, and Lin Chuqiao agreed that the Chen Family's network would be more effective than searching themselves.

After learning that Utopia’s mysterious leader might eventually target him, Fang Cheng assessed his injuries and planned to grow stronger by advancing his Tai Chi and running skills. As Lin Chuqiao treated his wounds, a strange new sensation stirred in his Inner Scenery World.

• Lin Chuqiao and Fang Cheng watched news reports that blamed the Haoting Grand Hotel explosion on a gas leak, while Fang Cheng considered how quickly his wounds were healing.
• Fang Cheng reflected on his damaged arm and his encounter with Utopia’s leader, concluding that he needed to prepare for another confrontation.
• Fang Cheng reviewed his skill progress and chose to prioritize advancing Tai Chi and running so he could raise his Physique past 80 points.
• Fang Cheng considered farming experience in medical skills by treating injured gangsters, then set the idea aside and resolved to train steadily.
• Lin Chuqiao stopped Fang Cheng from moving around and applied ointment to his back while Pan Wendi played a game and Lark hummed.
• As Fang Cheng relaxed under Lin Chuqiao’s care, he sensed a new stirring of vitality in his Inner Scenery World.

Fang Cheng’s Inner Scenery World began to flourish under golden spiritual rain formed from the gratitude of the souls he had freed, bringing the two sides of his Way of the Sun into balance. In the hotel, his body entered the Indestructible Bright Point state and began healing as his cultivation advanced.

• Fang Cheng meditated in the hotel suite as a gentle golden flame spread over his body without harming anything around him.
• Fang Cheng recognized that the golden rain nourishing his Inner Scenery World came from the Wish Power of the souls freed when he defeated Xuan Zhen.
• Fang Cheng explored the island and found moss, grass, aquatic plants, and pine saplings growing across the once-barren land.
• Fang Cheng realized that destruction and creation had brought his True Self and Martial Intent into initial harmony.
• Fang Cheng’s golden halo expanded as Bright Points formed throughout his body, accelerating the repair of his injuries and increasing his Constitution and skill experience.

Fang Cheng’s overnight Visualization united his real-world actions with the Way of the Sun, healing his ruined arm, raising his Physique to 67, and revealing a new cultivation cycle that transforms Merit and Wish Power into Life Energy. After testing his new healing flame, he heard Lin Chuqiao ask if he was awake.

• Fang Cheng completed a night of Visualization and received prompts for increased Visualization and Qi Gong Experience and a Physique breakthrough to 67 points.
• Fang Cheng realized that his actions in the Real World had aligned with the Way of the Sun, bringing vitality to his Inner Scenery World and healing his right arm without draining his Dantian True Qi.
• Fang Cheng developed a new understanding of cultivation in which his Inner Scenery World could turn Merit and Wish Power into Life Energy through a forward-and-reverse cycle.
• Fang Cheng drew a gentle golden flame from his spiritual platform and identified its potential to heal injuries, purify toxins, and stimulate plant growth.
• Fang Cheng opened the curtains to the morning light and considered running by Emerald Lake before Lin Chuqiao knocked and called to him.

Fang Cheng reunited with Li Dingjian and Ye Zhi Ren at the Chen Family Manor after the Chen family reported that the two had arrived on their own. Li Dingjian explained their search for a traitor from seventeen years ago, and Ye Zhi Ren reacted with shock when Fang Cheng revealed he had shattered a Space Passage to stop Xuan Zhen’s ally.

• Lin Chuqiao found Fang Cheng’s arm fully healed, and Fang Cheng credited his qi gong and her ointment.
• Chen Xu'an told Fang Cheng that Li Dingjian and Ye Zhi Ren had come to the Chen Family Manor and asked to meet the family’s decision-makers.
• Fang Cheng and his companions went to the manor, where Lark recognized Crow and the Professor, and Li Dingjian excitedly embraced Fang Cheng.
• Li Dingjian explained that he and Ye Zhi Ren had gone to Siam to investigate a traitor from seventeen years ago and had returned to deal with the traitor’s influence in the Chen Family.
• Fang Cheng told Li Dingjian and Ye Zhi Ren that he had destroyed Xuan Zhen and shattered the Space Passage before Xuan Zhen’s ally could appear.

Fang Cheng questioned Ye Zhi Ren about his father’s death and learned that Utopia’s traitors may hold the truth, while the mysterious leader who tried to descend had already noticed him. Ye Zhi Ren warned that the leader was monstrously powerful and perhaps centuries old, leaving Fang Cheng facing a grave threat as he prepared to pursue Utopia.

• Fang Cheng recounted defeating Xuan Zhen and stopping the mysterious leader’s descent, shocking Ye Zhi Ren and Li Dingjian.
• Lin Chuqiao arranged a private meeting, where Ye Zhi Ren asked whether Fang Cheng had inherited a Bloodline Ability from Fang Shijie.
• Ye Zhi Ren said he did not know who directly killed Fang Shijie, but revealed that Utopia traitors had betrayed their companions and might know the truth.
• Fang Cheng agreed to join operations against the traitors and told Li Dingjian to remain in a safe support role.
• Ye Zhi Ren warned that Fang Cheng’s clash with the mysterious leader had exposed him and explained that Formless Barrier might not conceal him.
• Ye Zhi Ren described the leader defeating an S-Class Ability User and overwhelming a military force, and said some believed he had lived for centuries.

Ye Zhi Ren warned the group that Utopia’s leader surpassed Super S-Class and laid out a plan to weaken his forces and expose his scheme. As the group agreed to form an organization, Fang Cheng revealed that he had already founded one: the Illumination Society.

• Ye Zhi Ren explained that Utopia’s leader was more powerful than a Super S-Class Ability User and warned everyone not to speak his name or investigate him too closely.
• Ye Zhi Ren proposed targeting the leader’s followers, uncovering his plans, and using the authorities of various countries to help bring him down.
• Lin Chuqiao and Li Dingjian worried that Fang Cheng’s encounter had left his aura known to the leader, but Fang Cheng said he had a solution.
• Pan Wendi jokingly suggested that Fang Cheng marry into the Pan Family for protection, easing the tense mood.
• Ye Zhi Ren proposed forming an organization to oppose Utopia, and Fang Cheng agreed before revealing that he had already founded the Illumination Society.

Fang Cheng founded the Illumination Society to protect Aberrants and fight the forces that preyed on them, and won the support of his companions. After discussing the Chen family’s danger and the Society’s need for resources, he asked Chen Xu'an to cooperate.

• Fang Cheng explained the Illumination Society’s ideals and invited the others to join.
• Lark, Li Dingjian, Lin Chuqiao, Ye Zhi Ren, and Pan Wendi agreed to become members, with Ye Zhi Ren offering to help organize the group.
• Ye Zhi Ren warned that Utopia might still target the Chen family and proposed developing them as financial and intelligence supporters.
• Fang Cheng called Chen Xu'an into the lounge and warned that his family could face retaliation after the Evil Spirit’s death.
• Fang Cheng told Chen Xu'an that the choice before him was cooperation.

Fang Cheng persuaded Chen Xu'an to ally the Chen Family with the Illumination Society against Utopia, and Ye Zhi Ren laid out a four-part plan to protect the family and draw Utopia into a trap. The Society’s first formal meeting ended with Chen Xu'an pledging the clan’s resources and the group beginning to coordinate its response.

• Lin Chuqiao and Fang Cheng warned Chen Xu'an that the Chen Family could not face Utopia alone and introduced the Illumination Society as a potential ally.
• Fang Cheng offered Chen Xu'an a future place among the Illumination Society’s core decision-makers, and Chen Xu'an agreed to represent the Chen Family in a close alliance.
• Fang Cheng and Chen Xu'an confirmed that the Chen Family would provide funds and intelligence while the Illumination Society offered protection and extraordinary strength.
• Ye Zhi Ren presented a four-step plan to conceal the group’s identities, move the Chen clan into its Family Secret Realm, build an intelligence network, blame the hotel explosion on Utopia, and prepare to ambush its agents.
• Chen Xu'an pledged the clan’s cooperation, while the group discussed deployments and shared information during the Illumination Society’s first formal meeting.

Fang Cheng waited with the Chen family for signs of Utopia while training in Emerald City, where the four-day calm suggested the organization had postponed any attack. During morning Tai Chi practice, he wondered whether he could channel his True Qi through the movements to give the art greater offensive power.

• Chen Xu'an moved most of the clan into the Inheritance Secret Realm, while Ye Zhi Ren monitored him and the Chen family’s informants searched Emerald City for Utopia members.
• After four quiet days, Fang Cheng considered that Utopia had either abandoned its plans or judged an attack on the Chen family too costly, and decided to wait two more days before returning to the Eastern Capital.
• Fang Cheng called his mother and maternal grandfather, reassured them that he had found his uncle, and invented an explanation for the uncle’s disappearance.
• Fang Cheng saw that his Tai Chi and running skills were near a level-up, then left the vacation house before dawn to train beside Emerald Lake.
• While practicing Tai Chi, Fang Cheng considered integrating the True Qi in his body into his movements instead of using it only in simple bursts.

Fang Cheng practiced Tai Chi with his True Qi unleashed and broke through the barrier to externalize it, shaping an Aura Field and wielding force at a distance. His practice raised Tai Chi to Master Level and awarded him 9 Free Attributes, leaving him considering how to use the reward.

• Fang Cheng stopped suppressing his True Qi and practiced the full 24-Form Tai Chi sequence, combining heavy force with subtle, yielding movements.
• Fang Cheng compressed and rotated his True Qi before striking, producing a visible shockwave that shattered leaves more than ten meters away.
• Fang Cheng used Cloud Hands to guide leaves through an emerging Aura Field, then sent them flying into tree trunks with a Vajra Pestle stomp.
• Fang Cheng continued practicing as Tai Chi and Qi Gong experience increased, refining his control over True Qi and his understanding of the fist technique.
• Fang Cheng finished his practice and received a notification that Tai Chi had reached Master Level, along with 9 Free Attributes.

Fang Cheng added all nine free attribute points to Physique, reached 76 points, and gained new insight into external qi and an emerging aura field. Back at the villa, he overheard Lin Chuqiao asking Ye Zhi Ren to graft Utopia’s tracking karma onto her, and learned that her attempt to foresee Fang Cheng’s fate had revealed a light in endless darkness before an unknown power cut off the vision.

• Fang Cheng raised his Physique from 67 to 76, strengthening his body and increasing his capacity for True Qi.
• Fang Cheng reflected on his newly formed three-meter aura field and its potential to develop into a domain.
• Fang Cheng returned to the villa and heard Lin Chuqiao urge Ye Zhi Ren to redirect Utopia’s tracking clues from him onto her.
• Lin Chuqiao argued that her Pan Family ties and Premonition Ability would help keep her safe, but Ye Zhi Ren warned that karmic grafting was dangerous.
• Lin Chuqiao revealed that she had foreseen Fang Cheng in a dark abyss, where a distant point of light appeared before an unknown power interrupted her vision.

Lin Chuqiao foresaw Fang Cheng facing a deadly crisis and offered to put herself in danger to save him, but he refused and prepared to confront Utopia’s threats himself. After settling the Chen Family’s turmoil and arranging to make Tiannan Province the Illumination Society’s first sphere of influence, Fang Cheng prepared to return to the Eastern Capital, where he hoped to study mental cultivation.

• Lin Chuqiao told Ye Zhi Ren that her vision of Fang Cheng surrounded by darkness signaled grave danger and argued that she should enter the game to help him survive.
• Fang Cheng overheard them, rejected Lin Chuqiao’s plan to act as bait, and insisted she was his companion rather than a sacrifice.
• Fang Cheng said he was ready to face Utopia’s experts and decided to return to the Eastern Capital after helping Chen Xu'an secure his position and reorganize Tiannan Province’s underground forces.
• Fang Cheng asked Ye Zhi Ren to teach him about mental cultivation, thinking the lone star in Lin Chuqiao’s vision might offer a new way to approach his Martial Path.
• Over the next four days, Chen Xu'an used forceful measures to settle the Chen Family’s internal conflicts, and Fang Cheng’s group prepared to leave Emerald City.
• Chen Xu'an asked the group to wait so he could see them off and give them a gift, delaying their departure for the Eastern Capital.

Fang Cheng finalized the Illumination Society’s base locations and planned its departments, recruitment, and his own training. As the group prepared to return to Eastern Capital, Chen Xu'an arrived with a substantial gift from the Chen Family.

• Fang Cheng chose both proposed sites for the Illumination Society: Jinshui Fish Market as its administrative and intelligence base, and an abandoned textile factory with an air-raid shelter as its training and storage base.
• Fang Cheng and his colleagues outlined the Operations, Intelligence, and Logistics departments, assigned preliminary responsibilities, and agreed that new members would need thorough vetting.
• Fang Cheng resolved to intensify his physical training and study mental cultivation after returning to Eastern Capital.
• Li Dingjian spotted Chen Xu'an arriving at the villa with two bodyguards carrying four heavy silver safes.
• Chen Xu'an apologized for the delay and presented the Illumination Society with a gift from the Chen Family.
• Chen Xu'an opened one safe to reveal six boxes of valuable jewelry, stunning Fang Cheng and the others.

Fang Cheng and the Illumination Society accepted Chen Xu'an’s generous gifts and appointed him to oversee the organization’s Tiannan branch, strengthening their alliance before leaving for the airport. On the way, Fang Cheng realized the Bridge of Helplessness had withheld much of the Chen Family’s promised mission reward, while the chapter ended with a mysterious old man in the Dark World asking whether Utopia had sent people again.

• Chen Xu'an presented the Illumination Society with jewelry, twenty million in cash, a fifty-million bearer check, and an office floor for its Tiannan branch.
• Fang Cheng accepted the gifts, assigned Chen Xu'an to oversee the branch, and promised to bring him into the organization’s decision-making circle after his evaluation period.
• The Illumination Society departed for the airport, and Fang Cheng reflected on the trip’s successes and the organization’s growing resources.
• Chen Xu'an revealed that the Chen Family had offered a fifty-million reward through the Bridge of Helplessness, and Fang Cheng realized the platform had paid him only twenty-six million.
• In the Dark World, a young man visited an illusory old man in the City of Night, and the old man asked whether Utopia had sent people again.

Shen Wanshan refused Utopia’s demands to investigate Little White and ordered the Bridge of Helplessness to protect its reputation while courting the task-taker as a valuable client. Meanwhile, Fang Cheng woke before dawn at his family home in Wanghu Town and prepared to resume training.

• Shen Shuhuan told Shen Wanshan that Utopia sought Little White’s identity after the task-taker disrupted its plan involving the Chen family.
• Shen Wanshan refused to reveal client information, ordered security strengthened, and instructed Shen Shuhuan to offer Little White S-Class membership and a twenty percent discount.
• Shen Wanshan insisted that the Bridge of Helplessness still deduct its fees according to the rules, despite the risks it had taken on Little White’s behalf.
• Fang Cheng remembered reuniting with his family and sharing a welcome-home feast after returning from Tiannan Province.
• Fang Cheng woke at four in the morning, looked out over Wanghu Town and YuLong Lake, and decided he had gone too long without proper training.

Fang Cheng resumed his morning training to strengthen his physique, then met Lin Chuqiao and Ye Zhi Ren to inspect a potential base for the Illumination Society. Xiaosa showed them a vacant building in Lingang District, and they began planning its renovation as an organization headquarters.

• Fang Cheng decided to restart his morning running practice after reviewing his skills and recognizing that his physical strength needed improvement.
• Fang Cheng met Lin Chuqiao and Ye Zhi Ren at Jinshui Fish Market, where Xiaosa joined them and introduced himself as the member who had selected the base site.
• Xiaosa led the group to a vacant six-story building and explained its secure location, solid construction, and basement canal access.
• Ye Zhi Ren and Lin Chuqiao assessed the ground floor and proposed making it a reception area disguised as an ordinary storefront.
• The group decided to remove the cramped partitions on the second and third floors and use the upper floors for intelligence, servers, equipment, and temporary rest.
• Fang Cheng, Lin Chuqiao, and Ye Zhi Ren reached the rooftop terrace and took in the view as they continued inspecting the building.

Fang Cheng and his team chose and planned two bases for the Illumination Society, while arranging renovations, staffing, and finances. On the drive back, Fang Cheng asked Lin Chuqiao and Ye Zhi Ren whether they remembered their earlier discussion in Emerald City about the world’s meditation schools.

• Fang Cheng selected the building with a rooftop view and a hidden waterway exit as the Illumination Society’s main base, and Lin Chuqiao outlined its renovations and layout.
• Fang Cheng assigned Ye Zhi Ren to build the organization’s departments and welcomed Big Hammer and Monkey as prospective recruits for the Operations and Intelligence Departments.
• Lin Chuqiao and Xiaosa discussed logistics and company registration, while Fang Cheng rejected using threats to recruit accountant Wang Li and ordered Xiaosa to help him only if he faced an emergency.
• The group visited an abandoned textile factory in Dingqiao Industrial Park, where Fang Cheng approved its preserved underground air-raid shelter as a training ground and warehouse.
• After Xiaosa left to handle Yuan Chen Group business, Fang Cheng drove Lin Chuqiao and Ye Zhi Ren back and asked whether they remembered their discussion about meditation schools in Emerald City.