Chapter Summaries

Fang Cheng reached Master Level in Leg Raises and gained the “Ape Waist” effect, which improved his jumping and airtime; he tested it by leaping and moving across obstacles. Later, he helped at Lin Fusheng Bone Setting Clinic, where Brother Fei recounted the escalating feud between the Three Wolves Gang and the Red Tiger Gang.

• Fang Cheng completed weighted training and raised Leg Raises to Lv2, earning the “Ape Waist” effect.
• Fang Cheng tested his enhanced jumping and airtime by leaping onto a water tank and performing flips and parkour movements.
• Fang Cheng failed to approach Wu Shih Hao, who remained guarded inside his company and was watched by apparent police officers.
• Fang Cheng stopped at Lin Fusheng Bone Setting Clinic and helped treat the many injured thugs gathered there.
• Brother Fei told the clinic’s visitors that the Three Wolves Gang and the Red Tiger Gang had suffered heavy losses and were nearing an unavoidable fight.

After the Three Wolves Gang fell, Fang Cheng learned that the Red Tiger Gang was searching for a hidden killer and resolved to keep strengthening himself. The Red Tiger Gang took over the gang’s territory and began planning to find and eliminate the killer, while the police focused on a separate serial killer case.

• Brother Fei told the gang’s former affiliates that the Red Tiger Gang’s monster-like expert had killed the Three Wolves Gang leader, and Fang Cheng revealed his presence by giving Brother Fei a painful massage.
• Fang Cheng offered to help Wen Hui Yi as she tried to quit drugs, and she vowed to persevere for Wen Xin’s sake.
• Fang Cheng considered the Red Tiger Gang’s powerful killers, then practiced his knife technique to keep improving.
• Zhou Yongnian was ordered to set aside the Red Tiger Gang case and focus on the Serial Killer case, while his team learned A Zhong had awakened and Xiao Ding was out of danger.
• Wu Shih Hao assigned Madman Hui to manage North Point Old Street District and ordered Chang Fa to keep searching for the hidden killer, who had appeared on Old Factory Street.

Fang Cheng tested the Blade Shadow effect he gained from mastering Knife Technique and learned it blurred his movements by drawing opponents’ attention to his blade. After Ma Donghe warned him about the Red Tiger Gang, Fang Cheng spotted five suspicious people watching his building and began planning a response.

• Fang Cheng reached Expert Level in knife techniques and received the Blade Shadow skill special effect.
• Fang Cheng tested the effect in a mirror and found it made his body appear blurred during attacks while leaving his speed and power unchanged.
• Ma Donghe called Fang Cheng from hiding and explained that the Red Tiger Gang was searching for him after taking over the Three Wolves Gang’s territory.
• Ma Donghe warned Fang Cheng that Wu Shih Hao wanted revenge, while the Red Tiger Gang faced growing conflict with the East City Association’s old-established groups.
• Fang Cheng noticed five unfamiliar people watching the area around his building and memorized their faces and movements as he considered a countermeasure.

Red Tiger Gang enforcers tried to abduct Wen Hui Yi from Lin Fusheng’s clinic, but Lin Fusheng defeated them and forced Brother Yong’s group to retreat. Meanwhile, two men broke into Wen Hui Yi’s home and kidnapped Wen Xin, leaving the girl’s fate unknown.

• Brother Yong sent Chicken Eye Kid and three enforcers to the clinic to capture Wen Hui Yi and use her to find the killer.
• Lin Fusheng gave Wen Hui Yi an advance on her wages before Chicken Eye Kid’s men barged in and tried to drag her away.
• Lin Fusheng used martial arts to incapacitate the enforcers, and Brother Yong withdrew after warning him that the Red Tiger Gang would retaliate.
• Wen Hui Yi ran home after the gang left, while Wen Xin returned later to find two unfamiliar men searching the house.
• The two men subdued and kidnapped Wen Xin, then fled in a minivan after learning their operation at the clinic had failed.

After Wen Xin was kidnapped by Sang Biao's men, Fang Cheng tortured a stalker for information and followed his lead to a black-market organ-trading warehouse. He slaughtered the criminals inside and confronted the fat man who had brought him there, but Wen Xin’s whereabouts remained unknown.

• Fang Cheng found Wen Hui Yi crying because Sang Biao's men had captured Wen Xin, and he promised to bring her back safely.
• Fang Cheng seized and tortured a leather-jacketed stalker, learned how to reach Madman Hui's hideout, then killed him and used his contact number to arrange a meeting.
• Fang Cheng met a fat middleman in Lingang District and followed him to a concealed warehouse posing as a customer seeking a kidney.
• Fang Cheng discovered the warehouse held no visible captives, then killed the armed criminals inside with his butterfly knife.
• Fang Cheng gained Knife Technique experience, raised the shutter, and asked the stunned fat man if he was ready to talk.

Fang Cheng infiltrated Madman Hui’s underground organ-trafficking operation while searching for Wen Xin. After confronting Madman Hui, he began slaughtering the gang leaders and pinned Hui’s hand to the desk with a butterfly knife.

• Fang Cheng forced the Fatty to lead him from the warehouse to the nightclub hiding Madman Hui’s black-market clinic.
• The Fatty guided Fang Cheng through the hidden entrance, where they saw children imprisoned for organ transplants, but Fang Cheng did not find Wen Xin.
• Fang Cheng and the Fatty approached Madman Hui’s office under the pretense of bringing a wealthy client from Nanyang.
• Fang Cheng revealed that he wanted Wen Xin, Wen Hui Yi’s daughter, and demanded that Madman Hui tell him where she was.
• Madman Hui and his men surrounded Fang Cheng, who attacked with his butterfly knife as Hui drew a gun and fired several shots.
• Fang Cheng cut down several men and threw a butterfly knife into Madman Hui’s palm, pinning it to the desk.

Fang Cheng interrogated Madman Hui, learned that Wen Xin and other girls were being held at a warehouse near the port, and called Uncle Zhou to report the trafficking operation. After escaping the raid site, he prepared to go to Western Mountains to plan his next move against Wu Shih Hao.

• Fang Cheng forced Madman Hui to confess that Wen Xin had been taken to Wu Shih Hao, who planned to transport girls under twelve to a secret base.
• Madman Hui revealed that Wu Shih Hao was staying at a warehouse near the port, where Wen Xin and the other girls were being held; the fat man agreed to cooperate with police.
• Fang Cheng left Madman Hui on the operating table for a heart transplant, called Uncle Zhou to report the organ market and trafficked children, and killed A Yong and his men when they appeared.
• Fang Cheng escaped as police arrived, reviewed the experience he had gained, and decided he needed to prepare before confronting Wu Shih Hao at the warehouse.
• Fang Cheng withdrew twenty thousand yuan and persuaded a taxi driver to take him to Western Mountains.

Fang Cheng bought a black Combat Uniform and ammunition, sold six pistols, and trained until his Gun Technique reached Master Level and granted him Eagle Eye Vision. He then surveilled Wu Shih Hao’s guarded warehouse and improved his Back Bridge skill, gaining nine Free Attribute Points as he prepared to launch his operation after nightfall.

• Fang Cheng visited Tiger Bro’s Hidden Shop, bought a Combat Uniform, mask, magazines, and bullets, and sold six pistols for 10,300 yuan.
• Fang Cheng practiced moving-target shooting through the night, raised Gun Technique to Level 2, and gained the Eagle Eye Vision special effect.
• Fang Cheng left the Shooting Range at dawn, prayed for Wen Xin’s safe return, and traveled toward the city.
• Fang Cheng used Eagle Eye Vision to survey Madman Hui’s warehouse from a rooftop and estimated that more than 150 guards were inside.
• Fang Cheng continued his Back Bridge training while preparing to attack the warehouse after nightfall, then reached Back Bridge Level 2 and gained nine Free Attribute Points.

Fang Cheng raided the Red Tiger Gang’s warehouse to reach the captives and Experimental Subject, killing wave after wave of guards as he advanced. By the time the power returned, Wu Shih Hao and the two overseers were watching the attack on the surveillance footage.

• Wu Shih Hao learned that police sought to seal Wu's Trading Company and ordered Chang Fa to have a lawyer delay them while he found a scapegoat.
• Fang Cheng prepared his combat gear, studied the warehouse blueprint, and targeted the east-side Electrical Room.
• Fang Cheng cut the power, killed the guards near the east entrance, and infiltrated the warehouse under cover of darkness.
• Fang Cheng massacred reinforcements in the storeroom and stairwell, then reached the second floor and fought through an ambush.
• Fang Cheng continued hunting the guards instead of heading straight for Wen Xin or Wu Shih Hao, while Wu Shih Hao and the overseers watched him on the surveillance footage.

Fang Cheng fought his way through the Red Tiger Gang's warehouse and reached Wu Shih Hao's office, where he defeated the gang's two powerful overseers. Wu Shih Hao and his remaining men were left terrified as Fang Cheng approached them.

• Fang Cheng killed the remaining gunmen, reached the third floor, and survived an explosion before attacking the gang members lying in ambush along the corridor.
• Fang Cheng entered Wu Shih Hao's office after the guards shot a dead gunman he had thrown through the door.
• Fang Cheng accepted A Tai's challenge to fight hand-to-hand and shattered A Tai's arm with a single punch.
• The young samurai attacked Fang Cheng from behind, but Fang Cheng dodged the sword and cut open the warrior's neck.
• Fang Cheng killed A Tai with a kick and advanced on Wu Shih Hao, Chang Fa, and the two bodyguards as they trembled in fear.

Fang Cheng fought the regenerative Experimental Subject after it killed Wu Shih Hao and attacked the rescued children. He used Blade Storm to sever the monster’s hand, but the battle continued as an armed helicopter approached East Capital Port.

• Fang Cheng offered to spare Chang Fa and the two bodyguards if they brought the imprisoned girls, and Wu Shih Hao released the Experimental Subject from its glass tank.
• The Experimental Subject killed Wu Shih Hao, drained his blood, and attacked Fang Cheng, who dodged its blows and shot out its eyes.
• Chang Fa brought Wen Xin and the children into the office, and the Experimental Subject attacked them, so Fang Cheng drew it away from the crowd.
• Fang Cheng lured the Experimental Subject into the dark Second Floor warehouse and found that his bullets and Butterfly Knife could barely pierce its resilient body.
• Fang Cheng activated Blade Storm and severed the Experimental Subject’s right hand, then prepared to strike again as an armed helicopter approached East Capital Port.

Fang Cheng killed and dismembered the Red Tiger Gang’s Experimental Subject, but Wen Xin awakened him from a killing frenzy before the Special Search Team arrived. The team took the Subject’s remains away, realizing the mission intelligence and threat rating had been badly underestimated, while a gray sedan raced toward the warehouse.

• Luo Ge and A Jian arrived at the warehouse to capture the Red Tiger Gang’s Experimental Subject and found the gang members and gunmen dead.
• Luo Ge killed three surviving gang members, then led A Jian upstairs, where they found Fang Cheng stabbing the dismembered Experimental Subject.
• A Jian aimed his weapon at Fang Cheng, but Luo Ge identified their team and tried to avoid a confrontation.
• Wen Xin called to Fang Cheng and calmed him, helping him regain his reason and drop his ruined butterfly knife.
• Fang Cheng allowed Luo Ge and A Jian to take the Experimental Subject’s remains, and Luo Ge noticed signs that its body was still regenerating.
• Luo Ge and A Jian flew away with the remains as a gray sedan sped toward the warehouse.

Ma Donghe arrived at the warehouse expecting to help Fang Cheng fight Wu Shih Hao, but found that Fang Cheng had already defeated the Red Tiger Gang and rescued the girls. As Fang Cheng took Wen Xin home through the falling snow, Lin Chuqiao sensed that he had undergone a significant change.

• Ma Donghe came to the warehouse carrying explosives and grenades, intending to draw the Red Tiger Gang's fire so Fang Cheng could save the captives.
• Ma Donghe found Fang Cheng tending to the rescued girls and learned that the fight was already over.
• Ma Donghe and Ying Jun went upstairs, then hurried back down and planned to take some submachine guns before the police arrived.
• Fang Cheng watched the police arrive from a high-rise, and Wen Xin told him she no longer feared snowy days because she had him and the others by her side.
• Fang Cheng asked Wen Xin to call him Brother, then took her hand and led her home through the snow.
• Lin Chuqiao sensed through their spiritual bond that Fang Cheng had experienced an important event and revealed a newly unleashed strength.

After training, Fang Cheng connected his Breathing Technique to the idea of Qi Gong and decided he also needed to train his spirit through meditation. He then welcomed Wen Xin’s invitation to enjoy the snowy day with her and Sister Zhou.

• Fang Cheng completed his morning strength training and practiced the Breathing Technique, sensing a slight increase in the heat inside his abdomen.
• Fang Cheng reviewed his combat-skill progress and reasoned that the energy behind Blade Storm might be the same kind of energy described by Ma Jianguo’s Qi Gong theory.
• Fang Cheng recognized that Blade Storm drained his stamina and spirit, so he considered learning Meditation to improve his willpower.
• Fang Cheng watched the news report the police raid on a human-trafficking warehouse and recognized Ma Donghe, Chen Yingjun, and Zhou Yongnian on screen.
• Wen Xin brought Fang Cheng sweet soup and asked him to play in the snow with her, and he agreed to invite Sister Zhou too.

Shen Wei suspected Fang Cheng had helped destroy the Red Tiger Gang’s warehouse and ordered his people to quietly win him over. Chen Chen tried to shift blame for the massacre onto the Special Search Team and planned to seek protection from powerful allies, while Fang Cheng sat peacefully on his bed.

• A Le told Shen Wei that Fang Cheng’s shooting-range visit, ties to Ma Donghe, and marksmanship pointed to him as the assassin who killed Wu Shih Hao and over a hundred Red Tiger Gang members.
• Shen Wei agreed Fang Cheng was a promising recruit and told A Le to keep his suspicions secret while finding a subtle way to show Fang Cheng goodwill.
• Chen Chen punished subordinates for the warehouse massacre and worried that losing the experimental subject would bring consequences from the organization.
• Chen Chen’s aides suggested the Special Search Team had been behind the attack, and Chen Chen ordered his gang to spread that story and keep a low profile.
• Chen Chen arranged visits to Zhang Yiyuan, Lin Yiyuan, and the Lu Family as he sought allies and a way to escape the organization’s control.
• As the massacre’s aftermath stirred rival factions, Fang Cheng sat cross-legged on his bed with his eyes closed.

Fang Cheng failed to advance his meditation practice and decided to seek formal instruction rather than risk contacting the mysterious letter writer. After concealing the red light in his eyes with new glasses, he received a call from Lin Chuqiao.

• Fang Cheng tried to reach Entering Samadhi through meditation but could only achieve Entering Stillness, and he resolved to join the Meditation Class at the Club.
• Fang Cheng decided not to contact the person who had sent him the incantation postcard and planned to have Ma Donghe sell the weapons and valuables he had collected.
• The next day, Fang Cheng finished a Sparring Partner session at the Global Elite Fighting Club and told the other fighters he was tired from staying up late.
• Fang Cheng bought thin, Gold-rimmed Glasses that softened his appearance and concealed the red light in his pupils.
• Fang Cheng received a phone call and wondered whether the caller was Lin Chuqiao.

Fang Cheng met Lin Chuqiao at a bookstore café, where she explained the principles behind his meditation difficulties and gave him a card for the Truth and Meditation Co-cultivation Society. She warned him to wear glasses and conceal his identity if he joined, leaving him curious but wary.

• Lin Chuqiao waited for Fang Cheng at a bookstore café, studying a drawing of him before he arrived wearing gold-rimmed glasses.
• Fang Cheng explained that he had struggled to advance in Meditation, and Lin Chuqiao described the Eight Limbs Method and corrected his understanding of Precept Observance and Mental Focus.
• Lin Chuqiao gave Fang Cheng a Business Card for the Truth and Meditation Co-cultivation Society, saying the place had changed her view of the world.
• Lin Chuqiao advised Fang Cheng to wear glasses and hide his identity if he joined the society, prompting him to reconsider his favorable impression of her.

Fang Cheng completed his morning training, raised Jiu-Jitsu to Master Level, and strengthened his attributes through a breakthrough in Physique. Afterward, he met Zhou Yongnian, who was called to investigate another murder and thanked Fang Cheng for his help with recent cases.

• Fang Cheng reached Master Level in Jiu-Jitsu after practicing flips and received nine free attributes.
• Fang Cheng assigned seven points to Spirit and two to Physique, then saw his Physique attribute break through its 99% checkpoint.
• Fang Cheng completed his morning training and reviewed the experience gained across his combat and fitness skills.
• Fang Cheng met Zhou Yongnian, who said another home-invasion murder had happened at Emerald Garden and that he had been called to investigate.
• Zhou Yongnian thanked Fang Cheng and suggested they meet for drinks, while Fang Cheng suspected Zhou Yongnian had guessed something about him.

Fang Cheng planned his training and prepared to visit Ma Jianguo for advice on Cultivation Methods. On the drive to Tianxin Village, Ma Donghe showed him piles of cash and revealed they were less than a third of the total.

• Fang Cheng treated the hair loss caused by Potential Activation as a warning and resolved to save the skill for emergencies while prioritizing his martial arts practice.
• Fang Cheng struggled with his heightened hearing, then saw Wen Hui Yi and Wen Xin heading to work together.
• Fang Cheng concluded he could not grind experience to unlock skills of a type for which he had already awakened a Talent.
• Ma Donghe arrived with Huang Mao to take Fang Cheng to Tianxin Village, where Fang Cheng planned to ask Ma Jianguo for cultivation advice.
• Ma Donghe dumped bundles of banknotes across the car seats and told Fang Cheng the cash was not even a third of the total.

Fang Cheng accepted most of the money from selling the recovered weapons and learned that the Red Tiger Gang was keeping its distance. During a visit to Ma Donghe's family, he practiced Tai Chi and asked Ma Jianguo about Qi Gong visualization, whose dangers Ma Jianguo began to explain.

• Ma Donghe accounted for the weapons and planned sales, then insisted Fang Cheng take eighty percent of the proceeds while he and Ying Jun took ten percent each.
• Fang Cheng accepted his share and told Ma Donghe to avoid stirring up trouble because the Red Tiger Gang seemed to believe he was a police informant.
• Ma Donghe brought Fang Cheng to his home, where Ma Jianguo welcomed him and Ma Donghe and Chen Yingjun went to prepare a meal.
• Fang Cheng practiced the 24-Form Ma Family Tai Chi and asked Ma Jianguo for guidance on his Pile Stance and Breathing Technique.
• Fang Cheng asked whether Qi Gong's Visualization Method resembled ordinary seated Meditation, and Ma Jianguo warned that it was a hundred times more dangerous.