Chapter Summaries

Fang Cheng pushed his cultivation beyond the protective dome and attempted to meditate ten thousand meters beneath the sea, where lethal pressure and strange mental interference threatened him. By activating Focus to divide his attention, he entered deep Samadhi and began cultivating in the abyss, surrounded by a growing golden halo.

• Fang Cheng trained in the Ancient City's ruins and decided to test whether he could meditate outside the dome in the deep sea.
• Fang Cheng passed through the barrier and used his true qi domain to withstand the crushing pressure and pressure differential.
• Fang Cheng split his consciousness to regulate his defenses and enter meditation, but an otherworldly blue phantom and worshipful chants invaded his mind.
• Fang Cheng activated Focus and divided his attention, shutting out the interference while maintaining his defensive barrier and entering deep Samadhi.
• Fang Cheng gained Visualization, Focus, Qi Gong, spirit, and constitution progress as golden true qi expanded into a radiant halo around him.

Fang Cheng surpassed the human Spirit limit and advanced Focus to Grandmaster while meditating in the Changyuan Trench. The Truth Society discovered him through the Truth Stone Tablet and recognized him as President Fang, just as he opened his eyes in the abyss.

• Fang Cheng advanced Focus to Grandmaster, gained 12 Spirit points, and surpassed the human limit as his spiritual power spread through the trench.
• The deep-sea mermaids gathered around Fang Cheng and behaved reverently beneath his golden light.
• The Truth Stone Tablet revealed the vanished Guixu Dragon Palace, and Zheng Hongxin identified it from the Society's records.
• Chen Jiandong enlarged the tablet's image, revealing Fang Cheng surrounded by mermaids at the bottom of the trench.
• Zheng Hongxin recognized Fang Cheng as President Fang, shocking the Truth Society members who watched the image.
• Fang Cheng slowly opened his eyes, sending two beams of golden light through the dark seawater.

After breaking past the human limit in Spirit, Fang Cheng survived a glimpse of higher-dimensional beings and gained powerful psychic abilities. He made the mermaids swear loyalty and guard the volcanic gate, then accepted Zheng Hongxin’s invitation to meet at the Truth Society headquarters.

• Fang Cheng’s Spirit reached 88, and his Focus Skill advanced to Grandmaster-level after his dangerous training in the Changyuan Trench.
• During his breakthrough, Fang Cheng resisted higher-dimensional corruption with his Martial Path willpower and received mental energy from the Blue Phantom.
• Fang Cheng tested his new consciousness force field, swept the mermaids away with a shock wave, and descended into the Undersea Ancient City.
• The mermaid leader offered the tribe’s loyalty, and Fang Cheng ordered them to live in the city and guard the volcanic gate.
• Zheng Hongxin contacted Fang Cheng through the Truth Stone Tablet and invited him to the Truth Society headquarters for an important meeting; Fang Cheng agreed.

Fang Cheng received a rare piece of Mermaid Silk and learned that crossing the heavenly-human limit required an immense, ongoing supply of life energy. Zheng Hongxin warned that those who could not replenish it were driven by unbearable hunger to prey on humans.

• Fang Cheng inspected the Mermaid Silk Zheng Hongxin brought and asked him to make a training T-shirt and shorts from it.
• Zheng Hongxin explained that the Truth Society had obtained the fabric from mermaids who had rescued its Third President in the deep sea, and that it might have come from the Other Shore World.
• Zheng Hongxin asked whether Fang Cheng had crossed the heavenly-human limit, and Fang Cheng confirmed that his mind had undergone a breakthrough.
• Zheng Hongxin warned Fang Cheng that maintaining a breakthrough required a huge, continuous supply of life energy or his body could collapse.
• Zheng Hongxin explained that desperate aberrants unable to satisfy their supernatural hunger eventually turned to hunting humans.

Zheng Hongxin explained how aberrants advanced through increasingly dangerous stages and how the Other Shore World could provide the energy-rich treasures they needed. Fang Cheng decided to prepare for an expedition through the seabed vortex and invited Zheng Hongxin to accompany him.

• Zheng Hongxin told Fang Cheng that eating people replenished aberrants' energy but contaminated their minds, while treasures from the Other Shore World offered a safer source.
• Zheng Hongxin explained that the Truth Society lacked a stable passage and had few otherworldly treasures, then hinted that Fang Cheng could enter the Other Shore World through the seabed vortex.
• Zheng Hongxin described the mortal-breaking threshold, spirit-and-flesh transformation, and boundary between mortal and celestial, then revealed the perilous Abyss-Class path beyond them.
• Fang Cheng said he intended to investigate the seabed ruins and visit the Other Shore World after making preparations.
• Fang Cheng invited Zheng Hongxin to accompany him through the spatial vortex, and Zheng Hongxin eagerly accepted.

Zhou Xiumei visited Morningstar Trading Company to care for the flowers and brought Fang Cheng a jasmine plant, where she met Lin Chuqiao and the two women exchanged subtle barbs. Fang Cheng cooked lunch with them, and his cooking skill reached Master Level, leaving the three to enjoy the meal together.

• Zhou Xiumei pruned the terrace plants and placed a double-petaled jasmine on Fang Cheng's desk as a gift.
• Fang Cheng returned from exercising with Lin Chuqiao, and Lin Chuqiao and Zhou Xiumei traded polite but pointed remarks over the jasmine.
• Fang Cheng suggested cooking at the company, and he, Lin Chuqiao, and Zhou Xiumei prepared lunch together in the fifth-floor kitchen.
• Big Hammer came into the kitchen, mistook the scene for a tense romantic rivalry, and fled with two steamed buns.
• Fang Cheng served five dishes, impressed Lin Chuqiao and Zhou Xiumei with his cooking, and received a system notification that his Cooking skill had reached Master Level.

Fang Cheng reached Master Level in Cooking and gained Gourmet Insight, an appraisal ability that also awkwardly classified Zhou Xiumei as an ingredient. Over lunch, he welcomed Wen Xin and Douzi, heard about Zhou Xiumei’s singing competition, and promised to write songs for her qualifier.

• Fang Cheng unlocked Gourmet Insight after reaching Master Level, then tested it on food and accidentally appraised Zhou Xiumei as a human ingredient.
• Lin Chuqiao brought Wen Xin and Douzi upstairs for lunch, while Fang Cheng learned Wang Yao had gone to visit her mother at the hospital.
• Fang Cheng encouraged Douzi to feel at home and invited both girls to eat lunch with them whenever he was there.
• Wen Xin and Douzi said they had promised to study together and hoped to attend the same school.
• Zhou Xiumei told Fang Cheng that her competition training was going well, and he promised to write new songs for her national-final qualifier.

After Fang Cheng’s spirit attribute surpassed eighty, his Inner Scenery World expanded into an island surrounded by a growing ocean, and he realized that merit and wish power could drive its evolution. He noticed Yila and the others in the Wasteland were in danger and prepared to test whether he could send power to believers through the Solar Mental Network.

• Fang Cheng meditated beneath the sea as a gentle golden radiance spread from him and awakened signs of life in the undersea ruins.
• Fang Cheng watched mountains rise and rivers form an expanding ocean in the Inner Scenery World, then found primitive microorganisms in its waters.
• Fang Cheng observed the monks of Lone Peak Temple repeating their actions without awareness and concluded that merit and wish power could help bring life to the world.
• Fang Cheng examined the stars representing his believers and saw Yila and the others’ lights flashing as if they were in danger.
• Fang Cheng decided to test whether he could send mental energy through the Solar Mental Network to strengthen believers or grant them abilities.

Kyle's hunter squad killed a Blade-Tailed Leopard and found a First-Order Blood Core, but Norton joined forces with Bloodfang Garr's raiders to demand the secret of Yila's Third-Order Blood Core. As the raiders attacked and Kyle and Loken fought to protect her, the Golden Sun's power surged into Yila, who stepped forward and commanded them to stop.

• Kyle, Loken, and Yila killed a Blade-Tailed Leopard, and Loken found a First-Order Blood Core in its skull.
• Norton arrived and then helped Bloodfang Garr's raiders seize the Blood Core and demand that Yila reveal the source of her Third-Order Blood Core.
• Kyle refused to surrender Yila's secret, and Gar ordered the raiders to capture the squad.
• Kyle and Loken fought the raiders while Pike turned invisible and urged Yila to run for help.
• The Golden Sun poured power into Yila, who stepped forward and shouted for the attackers to stop.

Yila’s psychic power surged after Fang Cheng empowered her, allowing her to defeat the raiders and save her squad. The group left the ruined block with the Blade-Tailed Leopard carcass, while Fang Cheng considered how to improve his cross-world energy transfer through the Esoteric Sect’s Empowerment Technique.

• Yila’s mask shattered as golden flames lit her eyes, and her psychic force crushed or drove off Gar’s raiders.
• Yila pinned Norton, then ordered Loken to kill him and the other wounded thugs after they threatened the squad.
• The squad discovered Gar had escaped, then carried the Blade-Tailed Leopard carcass away before nightfall.
• Fang Cheng reviewed how his energy infusion had strengthened Yila and realized her consciousness could not safely withstand much more.
• Fang Cheng recalled that the Esoteric Sect had long used a remote power-bestowing method called the Empowerment Technique.

After naming his mastery over the Inner Scenery World’s power of creation Divine Might, Fang Cheng left the deep-sea trench and practiced flying near Yong'an Island. He realized he had left the Silver Key behind, so he dived off a cliff to retrieve it before returning to the Eastern Capital.

• Fang Cheng reflected on his cross-world empowerment method and envisioned using believers’ wish power to grant them supernatural abilities.
• Fang Cheng named his authority over creation Divine Might and froze the rain before unleashing lightning and thunder in the Inner Scenery World.
• Fang Cheng’s aura caused the mermaids near the Changyuan Trench to prostrate themselves, and he withdrew it before launching himself toward the surface.
• Fang Cheng rose from the trench, reached the sea surface, and practiced flying over the ocean near Yong'an Island.
• Fang Cheng landed on a cliff, saw that his Visualization and Flight skills were close to leveling up, and realized he had left the Silver Key in his coat.
• Fang Cheng jumped from the cliff into the sea to retrieve the Silver Key.

Zhou Xiumei performed “Invisible Wings” in the National Newcomer Singing Competition’s Grand Finals Qualifier, while Fang Cheng secretly used the solar mental network and Divine Might to strengthen her emotional expression. Her performance moved the audience and viewers across the country, and the chapter ended with a standing ovation and Cheng Jiashu praising her.

• Fang Cheng brought Wen Xin and Douzi to the live qualifier to cheer for Zhou Xiumei.
• Zhou Xiumei took the stage and announced that she would sing “Invisible Wings,” a song written for her by a close friend.
• Fang Cheng linked his mental energy to Zhou Xiumei through the solar mental network to enhance the emotional power of her singing.
• Zhou Xiumei’s performance captivated the mentors, the studio audience, and viewers watching from home, while Douzi was moved to tears.
• The song ended, the audience rose in thunderous applause, and Cheng Jiashu stood to praise Zhou Xiumei’s performance.

Zhou Xiumei dominated the Singing Competition qualifying round and joined Cheng Jiashu’s team. Afterward, Cheng Jiashu told Fang Cheng that the military and Special Search Team were draining the yin energy needed to reopen the Space Passage in Ancient Locust Village, and proposed that Fang destroy their ruin entrances.

• Cheng Jiashu and the other mentors praised Zhou Xiumei’s performance, and she chose Cheng Jiashu as her mentor.
• Zhou Xiumei earned full marks from all four mentors, won overwhelming audience support, and qualified for the national top-twenty finals in first place.
• Fang Cheng congratulated Zhou Xiumei backstage, where Cheng Jiashu arrived and invited Fang to speak privately.
• Cheng Jiashu explained that the military and Special Search Team were siphoning yin energy from the Western Mountains to maintain their Space Passages.
• Cheng Jiashu proposed that Fang infiltrate the Western Mountains base and destroy the entrances controlled by the military and Special Search Team.

Fang Cheng learned that Utopia had sent Xiao Yuanwang to watch Cheng Jiashu and invited Cheng to join the Illumination Society. Cheng considered the offer, while the pair discussed the upcoming talent competition camp at Golden City Resort and its possible risks.

• Cheng Jiashu told Fang Cheng that he had identified Xiao Family Second Elder Xiao Yuanwang as the person who had infiltrated his villa, and suspected Utopia was behind the surveillance.
• Cheng Jiashu warned Fang Cheng that foreign experts were gathering in the Eastern Capital, and Fang admitted he had a blood feud with Utopia and offered to help if danger arose.
• Fang Cheng invited Cheng Jiashu to join the Illumination Society, and Cheng said he would think about it.
• Cheng Jiashu shared a new incantation for long-distance communication and told Fang Cheng that the competition's top twenty contestants would attend a two-week training camp at Golden City Resort.
• Fang Cheng returned backstage, took Zhou Xiumei, Wen Xin, and Douzi home in his Land Rover, and dropped them off one by one.

After returning home, Fang Cheng struggled with the hunger caused by his greatly enhanced physique and decided he needed more mutated beast meat from the Other Shore World. Ma Donghe told him that the Special Search Team was assembling a Joint Expedition Team to explore that world, and Fang Cheng realized his medical position could earn him a place without taking the combat selection.

• Fang Cheng encountered his wheelchair-using neighbor in the elevator, then returned to his apartment and reflected on how her features reminded him of someone.
• Fang Cheng’s intense hunger drove him to cook and eat a large meal, and he considered entering the Other Shore World through the stable passage near Yong'an Island to find better food.
• Ma Donghe told Fang Cheng that the Special Search Team planned a large-scale exploration and was recruiting a Joint Expedition Team after its advance teams suffered heavy losses.
• Ma Donghe said he had earned a slot by placing among the top hundred in the selection and urged Fang Cheng to join him in the Other Shore World for resources and mutated beast meat.
• Fang Cheng reasoned that his Medical Position could qualify him for the expedition’s roster without combat selection, and Ma Donghe asked him what the Other Shore World was like.

Fang Cheng learned that Ma Donghe was training to enter the Other Shore World, and he considered how official access could help him gather supplies as rival factions converged on the Western Mountains. A mysterious man recognized Fang Cheng on a news broadcast and formed a plan, while a group of wary diners reacted to a phone vibrating in their private room.

• Fang Cheng warned Ma Donghe about the dangers of the Other Shore World, and Ma Donghe described his combat training and hoped to team up with Hou Peng.
• Fang Cheng decided that official access to the Other Shore World could help him hunt mutated beasts, then meditated as he anticipated growing competition in the Western Mountains.
• A pale man in a hotel suite spotted Fang Cheng applauding Zhou Xiumei on television and called someone after learning that her training camp would be held at the Western Mountains Golden City Resort.
• Five hardened diners watched the evening news in a private room at an Urban Village eatery while a phone vibrated inside the middle-aged man's briefcase.
• The two burly men stopped eating, and Huang Mao reached toward his waist as the group reacted to the call.

Brother Tian's Red Devil Mercenaries accepted a bombing job from the Mysterious Organization while planning to protect themselves and prove their value. At dawn by the Eastern Capital coast, Fang Cheng completed his training and gained experience in visualization and Qi Gong.

• Brother Tian told Du Juan, A Kun, A Mang, and Sanchai that the Mysterious Organization had assigned them to plan a bombing in the Eastern Capital and promised a fifty-million deposit.
• Du Juan and A Kun voiced concerns about the job, but Brother Tian persuaded the group to proceed while keeping their options open and avoiding a direct confrontation with the Special Search Team.
• Brother Tian told the Red Devil Mercenaries to make themselves valuable so they could secure a future in Xia Country or choose whether to keep working with the Mysterious Organization.
• Fang Cheng meditated on a cliff before dawn, creating a still field around himself as he trained.
• Fang Cheng opened his eyes, released the field, exhaled a blast of air, and gained visualization and Qi Gong experience.

Fang Cheng planned to conserve the Silver Key, strengthen his skills, and deal with Utopia and the Illumination Society before traveling to the Other Shore World. At the Illumination Society headquarters, Black Wolf, Bao Ye, and their companions met with the group after returning to the Eastern Capital, and the name White Ghost drew them in.

• Fang Cheng decided to limit trips to the Undersea Ancient City to twice a week because the Silver Key was running low on energy.
• Fang Cheng planned to improve his skills and eliminate Utopia’s threat to protect his family and friends before seeking a way to recharge the key in the Other Shore World.
• Fang Cheng finished his cliffside reflection and hurried toward Haitian Garden to complete his morning workout before visiting the Illumination Society headquarters.
• Black Wolf, Bao Ye, and their companions waited at the Illumination Society headquarters and discussed the guards and the society’s intelligence network.
• Black Wolf explained that the group had grown much stronger after surviving the blood rain in the Inner World and had returned to the Eastern Capital to claim territory.
• Bao Ye revealed that an old man from the Illumination Society had approached them and offered the name White Ghost.

Fang Cheng, revealed as White Ghost and President of the Illumination Society, invited Old Wolf and his companions to join, explaining the organization’s mission and rank system. Lin Chuqiao outlined its departments, points, pay, and resource library, while the group considered what membership would offer them.

• Old Wolf and his companions discussed White Ghost’s role in the Illumination Society as Fang Cheng entered with Lin Chuqiao and Ye Zhi Ren.
• The visitors recognized Fang Cheng as White Ghost and learned he was the Society’s President.
• Fang Cheng introduced Lin Chuqiao and Ye Zhi Ren, then formally invited Old Wolf’s group to join the Society.
• Fang Cheng described the Society’s goal of sheltering aberrants, helping them with bloodline backlash, and pursuing coexistence with ordinary people.
• Bao Ye asked what the group could contribute, and Lin Chuqiao explained the Society’s departments, nine-level rank system, points, compensation, and planned resource library.

Fang Cheng assigned the new members of the Illumination Society to departments and welcomed them into the organization. After meditating at home, he visited Cheng Jiashu’s newly reshaped Mental Secret Realm and found its unusual setting surprising.

• Lin Chuqiao explained that the Illumination Society would support its members, and Fang Cheng assigned Old Wolf and Xiao Bei to Operations and Bao Ye and the others to Intelligence under Ye Zhi Ren.
• Old Wolf, Xiao Bei, Bao Ye, A Da, A Er, and A San pledged loyalty to Fang Cheng, who revealed his real name and told them to call him President.
• The new members celebrated their induction at a welcome banquet before Fang Cheng returned home and practiced Visualization, gaining only three experience points after more than four hours.
• Fang Cheng reflected on the growing Inner Scenery World and wondered whether he might one day restore the consciousness of its departed souls and interfere with reincarnation.
• Fang Cheng remembered Cheng Jiashu’s invitation, recited the incantation to enter his Mental Secret Realm, and reacted with surprise at the setting he found.