Chapter Summaries

After Jiu-Jitsu reached Grandmaster Level, Fang Cheng used his 27 free attribute points to push both Strength and Agility past the 80-point Human Physiological Limit. He survived the violent transformation, devoured extraordinary meat to replenish his energy, and emerged with a lean, powerful physique.

• Fang Cheng completed his morning training and saw that Jiu-Jitsu had reached Grandmaster Level, earning 12 free attribute points.
• Fang Cheng added 10 points to Strength, triggering a painful transformation that engulfed his body in flame-like Solar True Fire.
• Fang Cheng spent the remaining 17 points on Agility, whose breakthrough compressed and balanced his enlarged body, restoring him to human form.
• Fang Cheng ate all the food in his freezer, including Mutated Wild Boar and Crawling Beast meat, to replenish the energy consumed by his transformation.
• Fang Cheng cleaned the mess, showered, and saw his newly tempered physique reflected in the window.

After Strength and Agility surpassed the human body's eighty-point milestone, Fang Cheng tested his extraordinary power at home, crushing gym equipment and lifting a heavily loaded bar with one hand. He stopped before damaging the floor and caught the falling plates, leaving his physical limits still unmeasured.

• Fang Cheng admired his transformed physique and checked his attributes: Strength 80, Agility 81, Constitution 83, and Spirit 70.
• Fang Cheng crushed a dumbbell handle using his Ghost Back special effect, then squeezed two cast-iron plates into a fused lump.
• Fang Cheng used a long Olympic bar and leverage to test his wrist and arm strength, eventually holding 250 kilograms at the far end for five seconds.
• Fang Cheng released the bar and caught all ten falling plates before they hit the floor, then stacked them back on the rack.

Fang Cheng tested the strength and speed granted by his enhanced attributes, demonstrating overwhelming power and precise control in his living room. He finished the chapter wondering whether he could find an opponent willing to take one of his punches.

• Fang Cheng used a heavily loaded steel bar to test his arm strength and estimated that a charged Qilin Arm punch could unleash nearly ninety tons of force.
• Fang Cheng struck the eight-hundred-kilogram sandbag from several meters away, making it sway with a compressed-air impact.
• Fang Cheng tested his agility by racing around the sandbag and striking it rapidly, leaving eight afterimages that resembled clones.
• Fang Cheng reflected that his agility helped him control his immense strength and avoid accidentally hurting people around him.
• Fang Cheng calmed down after the test and lamented that few enemies would be willing to stand still and take one of his punches.

Fang Cheng bought the sleeve building and planned its renovation, then visited the Zhou family, where he reviewed Zhou Xiumei’s offer from Star Sea Entertainment. After he approved the contract, Zhou Xiumei admitted she still felt uncertain about signing it.

• Fang Cheng toured the sleeve building with Designer Liu and laid out plans to replace its utilities, improve security, and renovate his apartment after buying the whole building and two neighboring units.
• Fang Cheng explained that his wealth came from case rewards, antique sales, business dividends, and other earnings, while his mother Li Biyun believed his explanation about the antiques.
• Fang Cheng accepted He Huiqin’s invitation to the Zhou family home, where Zhou Yongnian congratulated him on joining the Special Search Team and mentioned Fang Cheng’s late father.
• He Huiqin asked Zhou Xiumei to show Fang Cheng her Star Sea Entertainment contract, and Zhou Xiumei described the favorable offer arranged through Cheng Jiashu and Zhang Hui.
• Fang Cheng judged the contract’s terms fair and recommended Star Sea Entertainment, but Zhou Xiumei said she still felt unsure.

Fang Cheng reassured Zhou Xiumei about her contract and encouraged her to prove herself in the Top 100 Promotion Tournament. He then planned to buy his mother a car, reflected on the gang conflict and Noah’s threat, and arrived at the automobile 4S Store where Ning Yue worked.

• Fang Cheng calmed Zhou Xiumei’s fears about signing with Star Sea Entertainment, and she vowed to prove herself in the Top 100 Promotion Tournament.
• Zhou Peng said he wanted to become a search officer, and Fang Cheng later left the Zhou family’s home.
• Fang Cheng promised his late father that he would care for his mother and uncover the truth about the past.
• Fang Cheng reviewed his finances and recalled that Chen Fuquan’s Green Wolf Gang had destroyed the Poisonous Snake Gang, a Noah-backed group, while Chen Chen sought protection for the Red Tiger Gang.
• Fang Cheng decided to buy his mother a car through his old classmate Ning Yue, whose family was facing difficulties.
• Fang Cheng drove to the car 4S Store where Ning Yue worked.

Fang Cheng learned that Ning Yue’s sister-in-law, Li Jiajia, had a violent, unexplained illness and went to Ning Yue’s home. There, a priest’s exorcism appeared to quiet Li Jiajia, but her eerie laughter began again.

• Fang Cheng visited the car showroom to find Ning Yue and learned that she had left work to care for her dangerously ill sister-in-law.
• A saleswoman gave Fang Cheng Ning Yue’s home address after he said he was her high school classmate and a returning customer.
• At Ning Yue’s home, Li Jiajia struggled against restraints while Ning Yue and her in-laws watched the priest attempt an exorcism.
• Li Jiajia fell silent and limp, leading Old Li to wonder if the exorcism had worked.
• Li Jiajia’s shoulder twitched, and a low laugh came from her chest.

A priest failed to exorcise Li Jiajia and fled from apartment 304, where Fang Cheng arrived to help Ning Yue. After Fang Cheng effortlessly restrained Jiajia, he sent the family out and prepared to treat her in private.

• Li Jiajia resisted the priest’s holy water, terrified him with her supernatural eyes, and sprayed black liquid across him.
• The priest abandoned the exorcism and fled, warning Fang Cheng that an evil ghost was inside apartment 304.
• Fang Cheng met Ning Yue at her door, then rushed into the bedroom when Li Jiajia broke free and threatened her family.
• Fang Cheng seized Li Jiajia by the neck and threw her back onto the bed while Ning Yue and her in-laws watched in shock.
• Fang Cheng said he could cure Li Jiajia but needed silence, so Ning Yue led the others outside and shut the bedroom door.

Fang Cheng recognized that the entity possessing Li Jiajia came from the otherworld he had experienced during the Special Search Team exam and learned that its kind planned to invade his world. He subdued Li Jiajia, expelled the possessing shadow with golden flames, and destroyed it with his true qi.

• Li Jiajia tried to seduce Fang Cheng, but he asked whether she came from another world and knew the Holy Lord, startling her into revealing her connection to both.
• Fang Cheng questioned Li Jiajia about the creatures’ presence in his world, and she let slip that the Holy Lord planned to descend and turn its living people into nourishment.
• Li Jiajia transformed and attacked Fang Cheng, but he effortlessly countered her strikes and stopped her from escaping through the window.
• Fang Cheng seized Li Jiajia and used golden flames to force the black shadow out of her body, leaving her unconscious.
• The black shadow fled toward the door, but Fang Cheng struck it with a true-qi-powered punch and burned it away.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Fang Cheng cures Li Jiajia of her madness by expelling a black shadow from her body.
• He advises her family on her post-treatment care.
• Fang Cheng learns from Ning Yue that Li Jiajia's illness began after she was caught in the rain near the Western Mountains last December.

Character Developments

• Fang Cheng demonstrates his extraordinary strength and medical knowledge, revealing a side of him that his old classmates never knew.
• Li Jiajia's family is overjoyed and grateful for Fang Cheng's help.
• Ning Yue is impressed by Fang Cheng's abilities and feels lucky to know him.

Significant Themes

• The power of friendship and helping others in need.
• The intersection of two worlds, hinting at a looming danger.

Character Interactions

• Fang Cheng and Li Jiajia's family: Fang Cheng shows compassion and professionalism in treating Li Jiajia and advising her family.
• Fang Cheng and Ning Yue: They catch up, and Ning Yue expresses her gratitude and offers to help Fang Cheng buy a car.
• Fang Cheng and his mother: They interact briefly, with Fang Cheng keeping his car-buying plan a secret to avoid distressing his mother.

Fang Cheng discovered that four dark-red stars in his Inner Scenery World belonged to believers in the Other Shore World and forced a passage through the World Barrier to reach Yila in Iron City. He cleansed the mental contamination eating away at her, and Yila saw a golden sun rise in her consciousness.

• Fang Cheng found four dim, dark-red stars beyond the main starfield and broke through their World Barrier with a Golden Long Arrow.
• Fang Cheng connected to Yila’s consciousness in Iron City and recognized her as a Hunter squad member he had saved.
• Fang Cheng detected black spots feeding on Yila’s Spirit Body and realized the connection could provide intelligence and access to the Other Shore World.
• Fang Cheng drew the contamination out through the Solar Mental Network, freeing Yila from the black spots and easing the strain on her Psychic Power.
• Yila felt her mind clear, prayed in gratitude, and saw a golden sun rising in her consciousness.

Fang Cheng absorbed pure Wish Power into his Inner Scenery World and used the Solar Mental Network to enter Cheng Jiashu’s failing consciousness. He arrived in a foggy, war-torn scene where soldiers were attacking a temple and demanding a Buddhist Secret Treasure.

• Fang Cheng burned away the polluted mist from Yila’s passage, absorbed the purified Wish Power, and watched his Inner Scenery World grow more substantial.
• Fang Cheng considered how the Solar Mental Network could cleanse pollution and return power to its Believers, then noticed Cheng Jiashu’s star flickering as his consciousness neared collapse.
• Fang Cheng sent his consciousness through Cheng Jiashu’s weakened mental defenses and awoke on a mist-covered mountain path.
• Fang Cheng followed the sounds of battle to a temple under attack, where soldiers slaughtered monks and searched for a Buddhist Secret Treasure.
• A general demanded that Master Kong Hai surrender the treasure, and a soldier noticed Fang Cheng and challenged him.

Fang Cheng fought Jiang Chen, who had taken control of Cheng Jiashu’s body in a dream reenactment of the massacre at Lone Peak Temple. Unable to kill Cheng Jiashu, Fang Cheng defended himself and finally trapped Jiang Chen in a choke and armbar.

• Fang Cheng seized a soldier’s spear, snapped it, and killed him with a kick to the head.
• Fang Cheng charged the mounted general, dodged his halberd, and shattered his iron helmet with a punch, revealing Cheng Jiashu beneath it.
• Cheng Jiashu briefly begged Fang Cheng to kill him before Jiang Chen suppressed him and revealed that he recognized Fang Cheng.
• Jiang Chen attacked Fang Cheng with his halberd, destroying parts of the temple courtyard while Fang Cheng dodged to avoid harming Cheng Jiashu.
• Fang Cheng entered close range, threw Jiang Chen to the ground, and locked him in a choke and armbar.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Chen, the main antagonist, uses a secret move to lock Fang Cheng in a joint lock, but Fang Cheng counters with Solar True Fire, which burns Jiang Chen's soul.
• Jiang Chen flees, leaving behind an army of a thousand ghouls to attack Fang Cheng and Cheng Jiashu.
• Cheng Jiashu reveals that he and Jiang Chen share a blood relationship, making Jiang Chen his ancestor.

Character Developments

• Fang Cheng demonstrates his mastery of Solar True Fire, which is effective against Jiang Chen's Corpse Qi.
• Cheng Jiashu is weakened after his consciousness was trapped in a nightmare by Jiang Chen.

Significant Themes

• The theme of the power of light (Solar True Fire) versus darkness (Corpse Qi) is further explored.
• The theme of ancestral lineage and family secrets is introduced.

Character Interactions

• Fang Cheng and Cheng Jiashu work together to fight against Jiang Chen and the ghouls.
• Jiang Chen and Cheng Jiashu have a tense exchange, revealing their blood relationship.
• Fang Cheng shows concern for Cheng Jiashu's well-being, pushing him to safety during the ghouls' attack.

Fang Cheng used Solar True Fire to destroy Jiang Chen’s ghoul army and break through the Ten Thousand Ghosts Subjugation Formation, while Cheng Jiashu confronted his ancestor over the Cheng family’s ruin. Jiang Chen revealed that his dream domain would persist as long as his soul survived, and Fang Cheng prepared to kill him.

• Fang Cheng unleashed Solar True Fire, burning through the ghouls’ Corpse Qi and suppressing their regeneration as he slaughtered his way through the army.
• Fang Cheng cleared the ruins of ghouls, silencing Jiang Chen’s boasting and leaving Cheng Jiashu stunned by his strength.
• Jiang Chen asked Fang Cheng about his background, but Fang Cheng challenged him to explain his own first.
• Cheng Jiashu mocked Jiang Chen and accused him of preying on the Cheng family, prompting Jiang Chen to declare that his dream domain would hold them until his soul was destroyed.
• Fang Cheng picked up and straightened a broken spear, telling Jiang Chen he would escape by killing the culprit who created the domain.

Fang Cheng overwhelmed Jiang Chen’s endlessly multiplying clones with hundreds of homing Flame Spears and destroyed him in a massive explosion. With Jiang Chen gone, the Dream Space collapsed, and Fang Cheng withdrew into his Inner Scenery World.

• Fang Cheng sensed Jiang Chen hiding in the darkness and struck him with a Flame Spear, forcing him out of concealment.
• Jiang Chen split into more clones to evade Fang Cheng’s tracking spears, but Fang Cheng kept launching spears to hem them in.
• Fang Cheng used the boundary of Jiang Chen’s Corpse Qi Domain to compress the clones’ escape routes until the Flame Spears began destroying them.
• Jiang Chen offered treasures, cultivation insights, and an alliance to save himself, but Fang Cheng refused and detonated the surrounding Flame Spears.
• Jiang Chen’s destruction caused the Dream Space to collapse, and Cheng Jiashu was swept away before Fang Cheng severed his connection to the nightmare and returned to his Inner Scenery World.

After defeating the Old Ghost and its Ghoul army in Cheng Jiashu’s dream, Fang Cheng’s Muay Thai reached Grandmaster-level and he used the reward points to strengthen his physique. He left home for a late-night meal, while Cheng Jiashu woke in his villa and dismissed his chills as exhaustion.

• Fang Cheng saw that his battle in Cheng Jiashu’s dream had raised Muay Thai to Grandmaster-level and granted him 12 Free Attribute Points.
• Fang Cheng reviewed the combat Experience Points earned across his skills and decided to put all 12 points into his physique.
• Fang Cheng’s physique rose from 83 to 95, and his body grew stronger as the enhancement spread through him.
• Fang Cheng went downstairs to Old Factory Street, ate a large meal at the night stall, and then headed toward the sleeve building.
• Cheng Jiashu woke in his villa shivering, turned off the air conditioner, wrapped himself in a blanket, and blamed his strange feelings on exhaustion.

Fang Cheng and his companions completed their Special Search Team onboarding and toured the headquarters with Wei Zheng. The story left off with Lu Tianming fleeing after recognizing Fang Cheng from the Western Mountains incident.

• Fang Cheng reflected on his recent work for the Illumination Society and learned that Cheng Jiashu was recovering while clues to Jiang Chen's hidden body remained unresolved.
• Ma Donghe and Hou Peng joined Fang Cheng at the headquarters, and Wei Zheng escorted the three newcomers through the fast-track registration process.
• Fang Cheng, Ma Donghe, and Hou Peng completed their biometric checks, received identity cards, signed confidentiality agreements, and heard about the headquarters' departments from Wei Zheng.
• Lu Tianming recognized Fang Cheng in the corridor and hurried away without answering Wei Zheng's greeting.
• Wei Zheng identified Lu Tianming as the section chief of the Supervision Department's Internal Investigation Department and warned Ma Donghe not to use nicknames.

Fang Cheng joined the Special Search Team and was assigned to spend two days at headquarters’ Medical Department before newcomer training and a temporary posting at the Western Mountains Sanatorium. He settled into his workstation, where he could prepare for his next move toward the Ancient Civilization Ruins.

• Wei Zheng warned Ma Donghe, Hou Peng, and Fang Cheng about the Internal Affairs Department and rumors of a secret force within Intelligence.
• Fang Cheng recognized Gao Jin, Zhou Liang, and A Li as they passed in the lobby, but Gao Jin did not recognize him.
• Wei Zheng took Hou Peng to the Information Section and Ma Donghe to the Operations Department, then explained Fang Cheng’s temporary Medical Department assignment.
• Wei Zheng introduced Fang Cheng to Head Nurse Li Man, who agreed to look after him during his time at headquarters.
• Li Man showed Fang Cheng an empty workstation, and he settled in while thinking about the Western Mountains and the ruins.

On his first day at the Special Search Team, Fang Cheng drove Ma Donghe and Hou Peng home and used his newly demonstrated driving ability to confront a reckless Civic. After Ma Donghe bluffed a traffic officer with his Special Search Team ID, Fang Cheng received a system notification that his driving skill had reached Expert Level.

• Fang Cheng drove Ma Donghe and Hou Peng out of headquarters, and they discussed their first day in their respective departments.
• Fang Cheng planned to focus on the Western Mountains after a week of military training, where he would investigate Jiang Chen's burial site and the Ancient Civilization Ruins.
• A black Civic cut dangerously in front of Fang Cheng's Land Rover, so he pursued it and forced it to stop near a ramp.
• The Civic's occupants, including Old Ghost, fled when they heard police sirens, while Ma Donghe and Hou Peng praised Fang Cheng's driving.
• Ma Donghe showed the traffic cop his Special Search Team ID and claimed they were pursuing suspects, allowing Fang Cheng to drive away.
• Fang Cheng saw a system notification that his driving skill had reached Expert Level.

Fang Cheng drove home after his first day reporting to the Special Search Team and discovered the new Driving Intuition effect granted by his Expert-level driving skill. At home, he reassured his family about his new job and shared dinner with them, ending the chapter comforted by their care.

• Fang Cheng drove through Wanghu Town with exceptional precision and reflected on how Driving Intuition let him sense vehicles and predict routes.
• Fang Cheng arrived at his courtyard carrying the uniforms and supplies issued by the Special Search Team.
• Fang Cheng told Li Biyun, Li Zhenhua, and Li Dingjian that his first day involved onboarding and testing, with newcomer training still to come.
• Li Zhenhua asked to celebrate with alcohol, but Li Biyun and Fang Cheng urged him to protect his health and avoid drinking.
• Fang Cheng ate dinner with his family and reassured them that his Medical Department work was relatively safe.