Recaps

After awakening two F-rank martial souls, Xiao Han used the God-Level Choice System to evolve them into SSS-grade powers and quickly became a formidable warrior. He defeated powerful foes in the wilderness, advanced his cultivation, and arrived at Imperial Capital Academy, where a new assessment awaited him.

• Xiao Han awakened the Chaos Green Lotus and Eternal Night Monarch after the system offered him a choice, then rejected Bai Xue'er and accepted a place at Imperial Capital Academy.
• Xiao Han reached the fourth level of the Warrior Realm, passed his certification test by killing an Iron-Armored Savage Bull barehanded, and beat Zhao Yu and his followers.
• Xiao Han chose A Step to the Ends of the Earth and Annihilation Divine Fist at the Martial Skills Pavilion, then practiced them in the wilderness and killed a pack of Wind Wolves.
• Xiao Han killed Scarface and the other bandits who tried to rob him, then found a Shadow Demon Lotus in a hidden valley guarded by a Black-Scaled Mad Ape.
• Xiao Han defeated the Black-Scaled Mad Ape by targeting its eyes, absorbed its energy, and chose the Shadow Dominator evolution for his Eternal Night Monarch.
• Xiao Han drew energy from the Shadow Demon Lotus, advanced to the sixth level of the Warrior Realm, and developed an embryonic Eternal Night Domain.
• Xiao Han sold the ape’s fangs and scales, gave his parents money and resources, and traveled to Imperial Capital Academy to enroll in Class Seven.
• Xiao Han took a seat in his new classroom as Zhou Kai announced a theory and practical assessment, while Lei Ming questioned its value.

Xiao Han proved his strength at Imperial Capital Academy, joined Zero Class, and entered the Trial Secret Realm to seek a Shadow Demon Lotus clue. In an ancient ruin, he defeated its guardian at the cost of severe injuries and gained access to the ruins’ core area.

• Xiao Han defeated Lei Ming and Chen Feng, drawing the attention of Lin Qingxia, who offered him a place in Zero Class.
• Xiao Han joined Xia Yubing’s team, helped them defeat a pack of Ironback Gray Wolves, and earned Qin Zhen’s praise.
• Xiao Han entered the Trial Secret Realm with Zero Class, then left the group to pursue a space-and-shadow disturbance in the Black Mist Forest.
• Xiao Han found an ancient structure and passed through its barrier into a ruined dimension, where he saw murals of the Chaos Green Lotus and Eternal Night Monarch in an ancient war.
• A Martial Grandmaster Realm guardian nearly killed Xiao Han, but he chose to fight for the ruin’s inheritance and repeatedly targeted its black crystal core.
• Xiao Han discovered that runic nodes in the hall sustained the guardian, smashed a pillar’s core rune, and used his remaining strength to destroy the guardian’s crystal.
• The system awarded Xiao Han an SSS+ evaluation, a title, an Eternal Night King Martial Soul evolution opportunity, and access to parts of the ruins’ core area.
• Xiao Han collapsed with severe injuries, began recovering with the Chaos Green Lotus’s help, and saw a dark energy vortex where the guardian had vanished.

Xiao Han gained the Shadow Void Scripture and grew stronger after surviving the Trial Secret Realm, then secured a place in Zero Class’s Core Sequence. He entered the Academy Grand Competition and reached the top-eight contest after defeating several opponents, including Shi Tai.

• Xiao Han absorbed the Shadow Vortex’s energy, learned the Shadow Void Scripture, and broke through to the Martial Master Realm before exploring the sacrificial hall and escaping the collapsing secret realm.
• Xiao Han returned to the academy, concealed his gains from Qin Zhen, and defeated Luo Bing with a single punch when Luo Bing challenged his place in Zero Class.
• Lin Qingxia accepted Xiao Han as her student and placed him in Zero Class’s Core Sequence, where he defeated Shi Lei and began cultivating in his private grade-A courtyard.
• Xiao Han found a fragment of the Green Lotus Sword Song in the Star Pavilion, then infiltrated the Old Book Tower and completed a system mission that granted him the Academy Grand Competition Champion’s Blessing and Shadow Avatar.
• Xiao Han began the Academy Grand Competition by defeating Wang Meng and other preliminary opponents with ease, then beat Li Yan in the elimination stage.
• Xiao Han struggled to break Shi Tai’s Black Tortoise Barrier with his fists, then used the Green Lotus Sword Song to dismantle it and knock Shi Tai unconscious, advancing to the top-eight contest.

Xiao Han won the Academy Grand Competition, cultivated new power, and accepted Lin Qingxia’s mission into an unstable secret realm. There he defeated beasts and assassins, claimed the altar’s dark crystal, and broke through to the Fifth Level of the Martial Master Realm before leaving.

• Xiao Han defeated Feng Wuying and Shi Potian, then chose the dangerous path of training for his semifinal against Long Aotian.
• Xiao Han braved the No. 7 Small Secret Realm for the Dark Night Star Soul Crystal, recovered from his wounds, and awakened both Martial Souls before facing Long Aotian.
• Xiao Han defeated Long Aotian and Ye Wuchen to win the Academy Grand Competition, then entered the Chaos Pool and cultivated to the peak of the Martial Master Realm Fourth Level.
• Xiao Han bought new Annihilation Divine Fist moves and the Shadow King Chapter fragment, then took first place in the Core Sequence assessment.
• Lin Qingxia sent Xiao Han to investigate an unstable secret realm, where his Eternal Night King Martial Soul absorbed the realm’s corrosive energy and he fought increasingly powerful beasts.
• Five masked assassins ambushed Xiao Han, and he killed them, including their cursed leader, before following his Martial Soul deeper into the realm.
• Xiao Han defeated three exotic beasts near an altar and touched its dark crystal, receiving further chapters of the Shadow Void Scripture and ancient memories.
• Xiao Han absorbed the crystal’s power, broke through to the Fifth Level of the Martial Master Realm, collected spiritual materials, and vanished using A Step to the Ends of the Earth.