Chapter Summaries

During a blackout at Golden City Resort, Fang Cheng prepared to confront the people targeting him while arranging to protect the guests and staff. At the same time, Pei Tianci and his armed companions seized the rehearsal hall, took Zhou Xiumei and the others hostage, and forced the camera crew to broadcast the attack.

• Fang Cheng questioned Fat Tiger and Flying Shadow, then ordered A Le to evacuate the guests and staff to the Underground Shooting Range and keep them there.
• Fang Cheng sensed the attackers approaching, put on his blood-red evil spirit mask, and led Fat Tiger and Flying Shadow out into the darkness.
• A Kun shot the production director and fired into the ceiling before ordering everyone in the rehearsal hall to crouch with their hands on their heads.
• Old Wolf and Xiao Bei watched the attackers while protecting Zhou Xiumei, who hid with her roommate behind the Prop Box.
• Pei Tianci ordered the camera operator to connect the rehearsal hall's camera feed to East Capital TV Station's news channel and an online livestream.

A hostage crisis at the Golden City Resort drew public attention after Pei Tianci announced a ransom demand and threatened to detonate explosives. Zhou Yongnian recognized his daughter Xiumei among the hostages and rushed to the Western Mountains, while Night Owl waited for White Owl to arrive so his group could spring a trap.

• Pei Tianci broadcast that he had taken hostages at the Golden City Resort and demanded fifty million in used bills, threatening to detonate explosives if authorities interfered.
• Zhou Yongnian saw Xiumei among the hostages on the news and left with A Zhong to join the operation in the Western Mountains.
• Night Owl and his allies concluded that the Red Devil Mercenary Group had exposed the hostage crisis to protect itself, and decided to use the standoff to lure White Owl into the Hell Gate trap.
• Night Owl said he had a hidden move that would keep White Owl trapped even if he defeated the mercenaries.
• A Kun silenced the panicking hostages with gunfire, while Pei Tianci threatened to kill anyone who made another sound.
• Old Wolf and Xiao Bei realized the intruders were armed criminals rather than Aberrants.

Fang Cheng entered the darkened Rehearsal Hall carrying the defeated sniper Sanchai and confronted Pei Tianci, who held the hostages and threatened to detonate explosives. As Fang Cheng demanded their release, an unseen attacker struck at the back of his neck.

• Old Wolf and Xiao Bei held back from attacking while Pei Tianci’s gunmen guarded the hostages and Du Juan monitored the surveillance feeds.
• Sanchai was incapacitated, the building’s lights went out, and Du Juan spotted a fast-moving intruder approaching the Rehearsal Hall before communication with her failed.
• Fang Cheng entered the hall wearing an Evil Spirit Mask and dropped the injured Sanchai before Pei Tianci and the hostages.
• Pei Tianci refused to release the hostages and warned that C4 was planted throughout the building, while Fang Cheng gave him one minute to comply.
• As Pei Tianci began a saying from Xia Country, a hidden attacker’s blade suddenly lunged toward the back of Fang Cheng’s neck.

Fang Cheng overwhelmed Pei Tianci’s team, capturing Du Juan and enduring Pei Tianci’s rules-based bullet ability. He challenged the kidnappers’ bomb threat by smashing a load-bearing pillar containing explosives, and the chapter ended as he struck it again.

• Du Juan ambushed Fang Cheng with invisible attacks, but he evaded her strikes and seized her by the throat.
• Pei Tianci fired a bullet that his rules ability guaranteed would hit its target, but Fang Cheng caught it and crushed it in his bare hand.
• Fang Cheng demanded that Pei Tianci disarm the bombs in exchange for sparing Du Juan and Sanchai.
• Pei Tianci threatened to destroy the building with explosives linked to his team’s heart-rate sensors, but Fang Cheng showed no fear.
• Fang Cheng punched a bomb-laden load-bearing pillar, and after A Mang warned him about the explosives, he struck the pillar again.

Fang Cheng forced Pei Tianci to agree to disarm the bombs and release the hostages, then listened as Mr. Ye called and exposed the mercenary group’s role as bait in a search for him. Pei Tianci revealed that an unknown organization had hired the Red Devil Mercenary Group to attack Golden City Resort, but he knew little about the employer.

• Fang Cheng pretended to threaten a bomb hidden in a pillar until Pei Tianci agreed to have A Mang remove the explosives and release the hostages.
• Fang Cheng allowed Du Juan to fall, and Pei Tianci asked for assurances that the group would be spared after disarming the bombs.
• Mr. Ye called and ordered Pei Tianci to keep the livestream running, show close-ups of everyone’s faces, and report the masked man if he appeared.
• Pei Tianci realized Mr. Ye was using the mercenaries to identify Fang Cheng, then denied seeing the masked man or a handsome man matching the caller’s description.
• Fang Cheng questioned Pei Tianci, who explained that the Red Devil Mercenary Group had been hired through a middleman to attack Golden City Resort and that he knew neither Mr. Ye’s identity nor the organization behind him.

Fang Cheng demonstrated overwhelming strength to the Red Devil Mercenary Group, then revealed that the Mysterious Organization had rigged their bombs and planned to eliminate them. Pei Tianci agreed to work for Fang Cheng, while an unknown figure appeared behind A Kun.

• Fang Cheng crushed and melted eight lengths of rebar into a metal ball, terrifying Pei Tianci and the Red Devil Mercenary Group.
• Fang Cheng asked Pei Tianci's group to join him against the Mysterious Organization, explaining that Mr. Ye had used them as bait and intended to kill them.
• A Mang uncovered an Aberrant explosive hidden inside the C4, confirming that the Mysterious Organization had tampered with the bombs.
• Fang Cheng offered the mercenaries their lives and the loot from their enemies in exchange for working for him.
• Pei Tianci accepted Fang Cheng's offer and unloaded his Desert Eagle to signal that hostilities had ended.
• A tall, slender figure emerged behind A Kun, startling him into raising his rifle.

Fang Cheng brought the Red Devil Mercenary Group under his command and arranged a delayed broadcast to deceive the Mysterious Organization. As Night Owl waited at the Skull Gate, he received a mental-channel message asking whether the target had appeared.

• Flying Shadow revealed himself as an elite member of Fang Cheng's Operations Department, and Pei Tianci accepted Fang Cheng's offer to employ the mercenaries.
• Fang Cheng reset Sanchai's dislocated shoulders, and the mercenaries began treating him as their new boss.
• Fang Cheng restored the hall's lighting and told Pei Tianci to resume filming the kidnapping while delaying the broadcast by thirty minutes.
• The cameraman configured the delay, and Fang Cheng prepared to use the cached footage to mislead Mr. Ye and seize the initiative.
• Night Owl waited by the Skull Gate as he watched the Auxiliary Building's lights and asked the Red Devil Mercenary Group about the delayed livestream.
• A voice contacted Night Owl through the mental channel and asked whether the target had appeared.

Night Owl spotted Fang Cheng among the hostages and began activating the Hell Gate, while Fang Cheng led the rescued hostages through the woods toward the Underground Shooting Range. The chapter ended with Pei Tianci surprised by their destination as the barrier began forming over the Resort.

• Night Owl recognized Fang Cheng disguised as a security guard in the mercenaries’ live broadcast and ordered Hai Zhu, Roger, and Envoy Xiao to activate the Hell Gate.
• Night Owl activated the Skull Gate with his blood, and four pillars of red light rose from the surrounding peaks as the barrier descended over the Resort.
• Fang Cheng’s group escorted the hostages through the woods, with A Kun, A Mang, and Du Juan protecting and assisting them.
• Fang Cheng kept Old Wolf and Xiao Bei hidden among the hostages to protect Zhou Xiumei while the groups’ trust remained uncertain.
• Pei Tianci told Fang Cheng that all the hostages had been evacuated and the delayed broadcast would buy them half an hour.
• Fang Cheng said they were heading to the Underground Shooting Range, surprising Pei Tianci.

Fang Cheng led Zhou Xiumei and the others to a hidden entrance to the Underground Shooting Range, where they could shelter while he confronted Utopia’s trap. As a blood-red barrier appeared over the resort, Fang Cheng prepared to draw out Night Owl’s forces with Pei Tianci’s help.

• Fang Cheng offered Pei Tianci’s Red Devil Mercenary Group a place in the Illumination Society, and Pei Tianci warned him that General Ruan was pursuing them.
• Fang Cheng dismissed General Ruan as no threat, but the mountain trembled and crimson pillars rose into the sky, forming a blood-colored net over the resort.
• Fang Cheng led the group to a concealed iron door and brought them through the tunnel to safety at the Underground Shooting Range.
• Zhou Xiumei urged Fang Cheng to be careful, and Fang Cheng promised to return for her; Pei Tianci told Du Juan to protect her.
• Fang Cheng signaled Flying Shadow, then had Pei Tianci call Night Owl and claim that the dangerous man was at the resort, asking when Utopia would act.

Pei Tianci deceived Night Owl while Fang Cheng coordinated with Lin Chuqiao and prepared to attack Utopia’s forces surrounding Golden City Resort. Fang Cheng charged toward the resort as Night Owl sent Hai Zhu, Roger, and Xiao Yuanwang down the mountain to confront him, leaving the Hell Gate guarded.

• Pei Tianci told Night Owl that Fang Cheng had taken the hostages and demanded bomb disarmament, then staged gunshots to convince Night Owl that the fight had resumed.
• Fang Cheng told Lin Chuqiao to send four teams toward the red pillars of light in five minutes, but ordered her to remain behind and command the operation.
• Fang Cheng blasted down the mountain toward Golden City Resort, while Pei Tianci, A Kun, and A Mang followed with weapons and the detonator.
• Night Owl ordered his guards to protect the Hell Gate and summoned Hai Zhu, Xiao Yuanwang, and Roger to stop Fang Cheng.
• Hai Zhu propelled himself down the mountain with his ability, Roger leaped and bounded down a cliff, and Xiao Yuanwang used spatial portals to travel toward the resort.

Four Utopia S-Class fighters surrounded Building 3, only to discover White Owl had helped the hostages and Red Devil Mercenary Group escape using a delayed livestream. Fang Cheng revealed himself on the rooftop, challenged the fighters, and landed with enough force to drive all four onto the defensive as the battle began.

• Night Owl, Hai Zhu, Roger, and Xiao Yuanwang converged on Building 3, where they found the hostages and Red Devil Mercenary Group missing.
• Xiao Yuanwang discovered the livestream had been prerecorded, and the fighters realized White Owl had used it to buy time for the evacuation.
• The building’s lights went out, and Fang Cheng appeared on the rooftop wearing his Crimson Evil Spirit Mask.
• Fang Cheng taunted the four fighters and questioned why their hidden leader had not come to face him.
• As Night Owl called for a coordinated attack, Fang Cheng dropped from the rooftop and shattered the plaza, forcing all four S-Class fighters to defend themselves.

Fang Cheng faced four Utopia Cadres and sent Hai Zhu crashing through a building with a supersonic punch. Hai Zhu survived by shedding much of his fat, and Night Owl organized the remaining fighters for a coordinated attack.

• Fang Cheng intimidated Night Owl, Roger, Xiao Yuanwang, and Hai Zhu after landing in the square and challenged them to fight him together or one at a time.
• Hai Zhu taunted Fang Cheng, who used Qilin Arm and a supersonic charge to punch him through the eastern wall of the Resort's Auxiliary Building.
• Night Owl, Roger, and Xiao Yuanwang feared Hai Zhu had been killed, but Hai Zhu emerged from the rubble with his body greatly reduced in size and claimed Fang Cheng's punch had not hurt him.
• Hai Zhu vomited dark blood after boasting that he had absorbed and returned Fang Cheng's force.
• Night Owl used the mental channel to assign roles: he would control the battlefield, Hai Zhu would hold Fang Cheng head-on, Roger would attack from the flank, and Xiao Yuanwang would strike from range.

Fang Cheng overwhelmed the four S-Class Experts who had surrounded him, shrugging off their attacks and tearing off Xiao Yuanwang’s arm. The survivors were left badly injured and terrified, with the fight still ongoing.

• Night Owl, Roger, and Xiao Yuanwang persuaded Hai Zhu to serve as their shield, and Hai Zhu emerged to challenge Fang Cheng.
• Fang Cheng ignored Hai Zhu and rushed Xiao Yuanwang, forcing him to open an Abyss Maw to escape.
• Night Owl’s Blood Clan Soundwave slowed Fang Cheng briefly, but Fang Cheng seized Xiao Yuanwang’s arm inside the spatial rift and endured the Abyss Maw’s cutting teeth.
• Roger struck Fang Cheng with a lightning-charged fist while Hai Zhu fired an air cannon, but Fang Cheng countered Roger and withstood both attacks.
• Fang Cheng yanked Xiao Yuanwang out of the rift and tore off his left arm before Xiao Yuanwang escaped through space and collapsed near the Artificial Lake.
• Night Owl, Roger, and Hai Zhu realized their combined assault had failed and recoiled in fear as Xiao Yuanwang screamed over his lost arm.

Fang Cheng was trapped inside Night Owl, Roger, and Hai Zhu’s fused domain, the Blood Pool Meat Forest, but he unleashed his Primordial True Domain and Pure Yang Flame to burn through the cage. He charged toward the three men with his Flame Gatling Punch as the battle reached its climax.

• Night Owl, Roger, and Hai Zhu combined their domains to imprison Fang Cheng in the Blood Pool Meat Forest while they waited for the Hell Gate or White Ghost.
• Fang Cheng fought off the domain’s monsters, but his punches were absorbed and reflected, and his blade attack was swiftly healed.
• Fang Cheng expanded his Primordial True Domain, summoning a Golden Heavenly Palace and unleashing Pure Yang Flame that consumed the cage and nullified the blood rain and lightning.
• Fang Cheng charged toward Night Owl, Roger, and Hai Zhu and launched his Infinite Combo, Flame Gatling Punch.

Fang Cheng destroyed the four S-Class cadres’ Flesh Prison Cage, killed Roger and Night Owl, and cornered Hai Zhu. As Fang Cheng prepared to kill the last survivor, White Ghost appeared and revealed that he had watched the fight, intending to challenge Fang Cheng afterward.

• Fang Cheng shattered the Flesh Prison Cage with a barrage of punches and defeated Night Owl, Roger, and Hai Zhu.
• Fang Cheng stomped Roger’s head apart when Roger tried to plead for his life.
• Fang Cheng killed the fleeing Night Owl with a Sonic Hand Blade and caught up to the terrified Hai Zhu.
• As Fang Cheng prepared to finish Hai Zhu, White Ghost emerged from the mist and stopped him with his arrival.
• White Ghost told Fang Cheng that he had watched the battle and planned to duel him after the others were dead.

White Ghost rescued Hai Zhu and challenged Fang Cheng to a duel, while Hai Zhu fled the battlefield. Fat Tiger and Flying Shadow intercepted Hai Zhu near the artificial lake, but he tricked them and attacked as he tried to escape.

• White Ghost explained that he had saved Hai Zhu to avoid trouble with headquarters, then prepared to fight Fang Cheng one-on-one.
• Fang Cheng and White Ghost clashed with golden fist light and icy sword light, while Hai Zhu crawled out of the ruins and ran for safety.
• Hai Zhu reached the artificial lake, celebrated surviving, and lamented losing the fat that powered his ability.
• Fat Tiger and Flying Shadow confronted Hai Zhu and mocked his weakened state, while Hai Zhu decided to escape rather than risk a fight.
• Hai Zhu tricked Fat Tiger and Flying Shadow by claiming White Ghost had arrived, fired an Air Cannon at Fat Tiger, and ran toward the bushes.

Fat Tiger and Flying Shadow cornered Hai Zhu while Pei Tianci’s mercenaries confronted the resurrected Night Owl on the way to the Back Mountain. Pei Tianci shot Night Owl in the forehead, but the vampire survived and fled into the forest.

• Fat Tiger and Flying Shadow coordinated their attacks against Hai Zhu, forcing him to defend himself with a High-Pressure Air Shield.
• Pei Tianci, A Kun, and A Mang left the viewing terrace after spotting someone on the Scenic Path toward the Back Mountain.
• Night Owl reattached his severed head, recovered from Fang Cheng’s earlier attack, and slipped away from the battlefield.
• Pei Tianci and his men blocked Night Owl’s route, and Pei Tianci announced that the Red Devil Mercenary Group now worked for the President of the Illumination Society.
• A Kun fought Night Owl while Pei Tianci fired a rule-effect bullet that struck Night Owl between the brows, but Night Owl survived and escaped into the Dense Forest.
• A Kun called for Pei Tianci and A Mang to pursue Night Owl.

Pei Tianci, A Kun, and A Mang trapped Night Owl in an explosive pit and burned his remains to ash. At the Resort Plaza, Fang Cheng fought White Ghost, who pierced Fang Cheng’s forearm and suspected he possessed the Indestructible Diamond Divine Art.

• Night Owl fell into a deep pit that Pei Tianci, A Kun, and A Mang had prepared with buried explosives.
• Night Owl begged the Red Devil squad to spare him, but Pei Tianci refused because they had accepted Boss White’s contract and Night Owl’s organization had used them as pawns.
• A Mang detonated the explosives, and the three poured gasoline over Night Owl’s remains and burned them to ash.
• A Kun, Pei Tianci, and A Mang felt the distant shock waves from the Resort Plaza and watched a golden pillar of light rise into the sky.
• At the plaza, Fang Cheng exchanged blows with White Ghost, whose Snake Eyes let him read Fang Cheng’s movements and evade his attacks.
• White Ghost used a Shadow Clone to misdirect Fang Cheng, then stabbed his forearm; Fang Cheng’s muscles clamped around the blade, prompting White Ghost to suspect he had the Indestructible Diamond Divine Art.

Fang Cheng and White Ghost traded devastating attacks as White Ghost explained the sacrifices behind his martial path and challenged Fang Cheng to break his bottleneck. Fang Cheng used a barrage of thrown debris to conceal a sudden charge, and his flaming fist closed in on White Ghost.

• Fang Cheng trapped Heavenly Cloud Severer in his forearm, healed the wound, and forced White Ghost to retreat with a last-second Substitution Jutsu.
• White Ghost used Snake Eyes to predict Fang Cheng’s attacks and explained how he had endured poison and a dangerous body-modification project to gain strength.
• White Ghost revealed that he wanted to use Fang Cheng as a whetstone, then unleashed the Iga Clan secret art, Sky-Severing Slash.
• Fang Cheng met the blade arc with a charged Qilin Arm punch, and their attacks caused a massive explosion that knocked White Ghost back.
• Fang Cheng hurled heavy debris at White Ghost, then rushed behind a concrete slab and thrust a golden-flamed fist toward him after White Ghost cut the slab in half.

Fang Cheng overwhelmed White Ghost with his strength, then endured the Iga Clan master’s Kendo Domain and shattered its killing formation with his Golden Heavenly Palace. As Fang Cheng charged through White Ghost’s final storm of blades unharmed, White Ghost prepared one last sword strike.

• Fang Cheng’s punch bent the Heavenly Cloud Severer and sent White Ghost crashing through trees, a rockery, a lake, and a building wall.
• White Ghost rose, thrilled by the chance to test himself against Fang Cheng, and summoned four identical figures to unleash the Iga Clan’s Super Four Purple Shadow Killing Formation.
• Fang Cheng activated Evergreen Resilience and Ghost Back, then blocked the formation’s four enormous blade arcs with his body.
• Fang Cheng’s Golden Heavenly Palace burned away the formation’s other three blade arcs and dispersed its roaming blade qi, causing three White Ghost figures to vanish.
• Fang Cheng crushed the remaining blade arc and charged through White Ghost’s Heavenly Cluster Reversal without being cut.
• White Ghost laughed and poured his remaining gang qi into a final downward slash at Fang Cheng’s head.