Recaps

The Four Great Families watched as Zhou Fan entered the National Competition’s final round, the Hunting Match, drawing the interest of rivals and allies alike. The contestants began the battle in a forest Secret Realm, where they had to eliminate opponents for points until only one remained.

• Xia Qingran sent Zhou Fan a message wishing him luck, and he replied with confidence.
• Dongfang Bai urged Dongfang Yue to reclaim his dignity, while Bai Yu vowed to repay Zhou Fan for humiliating her.
• Ye Liufeng recognized Zhou Fan’s potential, and Ye Chen declared that Zhou Fan would take first place.
• Lin Ya explained the Hunting Match rules: contestants could be eliminated by their wristbands or surrender, and points came from eliminating opponents.
• The 300 contestants entered the forest Secret Realm, where Zhou Fan arrived alone and learned that the match would continue until only one person remained.

During the third-round assessment, Zhou Fan hunted down fleeing candidates and gained ten points before twenty students led by Liu Xing ambushed him. Zhou Fan answered by creating twenty Wood Clones, entering Sage Mode, and asking whether they should use Susanoo.

• Zhou Fan used his perception to find two battling candidates, defeated them with fire techniques, and earned two points when their wristbands teleported them away.
• Zhou Fan chased down more candidates, reached ten points, and noted that 209 people remained while his emotion points continued to rise.
• A group of twenty candidates surrounded Zhou Fan, and their leader, Liu Xing of Heavenfire College, revealed they planned to defeat him for points and fame.
• Zhou Fan created twenty Wood Clones and activated Sage Mode with all of them, then asked the group whether the clones should use Susanoo.

Zhou Fan wiped out a group of twenty opponents with twenty Susanoo, widening his lead in the assessment as spectators and family leaders reacted to his strength. Elsewhere, Lin Qianqian teamed up with Zhao Qiu, and the pair encountered Gu Ning and Gu Yu from Heavenfire College.

• Zhou Fan summoned twenty Wood Clones with Susanoo and eliminated Liu Xing and the other nineteen opponents, earning twenty points and reaching thirty total.
• More than ten thousand spectators erupted in astonishment, while Ye Liufeng, Ye Chen, Xia Chuan, and Xia Qingran watched Zhou Fan's performance.
• Zhou Fan resumed hunting as the number of people remaining in the Secret Realm fell to 150.
• Lin Qianqian recognized Zhao Qiu when he emerged from hiding, and the two agreed to cooperate rather than fight each other.
• Lin Qianqian and Zhao Qiu spotted Gu Ning and Gu Yu approaching and realized they were in trouble.

Gu Ning and Gu Yu attacked Lin Qianqian and Zhao Qiu to gain their points, but Lin Qianqian overwhelmed Gu Ning with her paper techniques while Gu Yu gained the upper hand against Zhao Qiu. Zhao Qiu opened his Third Metabolism Lock as their fight continued.

• Gu Ning and Gu Yu recognized Lin Qianqian and Zhao Qiu and decided to attack them for their high point values.
• Lin Qianqian blocked Gu Ning’s Flame Fist with Paper-Style Guard and countered with a torrent of paper shards that overwhelmed his flames.
• Lin Qianqian blasted apart Gu Ning’s Flame Dragon with explosive Paper Butterflies and kept him at a distance.
• Gu Yu struck Zhao Qiu repeatedly with her flaming whip, leaving him wounded as he struggled to dodge.
• Zhao Qiu opened the Third Metabolism Lock and prepared to fight Gu Yu at full strength.

Zhao Qiu defeated Gu Yu in their assessment fight after unlocking two Life Shackles and overcoming her fire techniques. Gu Yu was teleported out, and Zhao Qiu turned to watch Lin Qianqian battle Gu Ning.

• Zhao Qiu opened the Third Metabolism Lock and pressed his attack, but Gu Yu used her whip and a fire tornado to keep him at a distance.
• Zhao Qiu opened the Fourth Internal Organ Lock, caught Gu Yu's whip, and pulled her out of the tornado.
• Gu Yu unleashed Fire Cloud · Phoenix, but Zhao Qiu's Tiger Heaven Crash tore through it and defeated her.
• Gu Yu's Protective Wristband teleported her out of the assessment, and Zhao Qiu looked over at Lin Qianqian and Gu Ning's battle.

Lin Qianqian defeated Gu Ning with her Mutually Multiplying Paper Bomb Technique, leaving Heavenfire College with no contestants in the assessment. As the field narrowed to ten, Zhou Fan remained in first place and identified the contestants who could still threaten his lead.

• Lin Qianqian overwhelmed Gu Ning with a stream of Explosive Tags, triggering his Guardian Wristband and winning the match.
• Gu Ning returned to the square as spectators discussed his defeat and praised Lin Qianqian; Yan Feng looked grim after Heavenfire College was eliminated.
• Lin Qianqian gained 15 points and immediately set out to find another target, while Zhao Qiu chose to coast after earning enough points to reach the top twenty.
• As contestants were eliminated, Zhou Fan steamrolled his opponents and kept increasing his lead in the standings.
• When only ten contestants remained, Zhou Fan saw that Xixi had 50 points, Nangong Chen had 40, and Pan Haining had 39, and he decided to seek more points before they could catch up.

Zhou Fan hunted for the remaining contestants to secure his lead and defeated Nangong Chen in a fierce battle. Pan Haining then arrived to challenge Zhou Fan, leaving him facing two of the other high-ranking contestants.

• Zhou Fan encountered Nangong Chen, Xuan Kun University's top freshman, and accepted his challenge.
• Zhou Fan used his Sharingan to counter Nangong Chen's Taijutsu and matched his Crushing Fist with Rasengan attacks.
• Zhou Fan activated Peerless and used the Star Shatter Halberd to overwhelm Nangong Chen and knock him into a boulder.
• Pan Haining interrupted Zhou Fan as he moved to finish Nangong Chen, then challenged him to a fight.
• Zhou Fan agreed to fight Pan Haining, pleased to have encountered the third- and fourth-place contestants together.

Zhou Fan defeated Pan Haining and then challenged him and Nangong Chen to attack together, overwhelming both with twenty Susanoos. Their Guardian Wristbands teleported them out, leaving Zhou Fan widely recognized as the strongest freshman in the competition.

• Pan Haining attacked Zhou Fan with water techniques, but Zhou Fan countered with all five elemental releases and left him battered.
• Zhou Fan invited Pan Haining and Nangong Chen to fight him together, and they agreed.
• Nangong Chen and Pan Haining attacked simultaneously, but Zhou Fan created twenty Wood Clones that each unleashed Susanoo.
• Nangong Chen and Pan Haining destroyed only four Susanoos before Zhou Fan overwhelmed them and their Guardian Wristbands teleported them out.
• The spectators erupted in praise for Zhou Fan and wondered how much strength he had yet to reveal.

After eliminating Nangong Chen and Pan Haining, Zhou Fan secured first place in the assessment, and only he and Lin Qianqian remained in the Secret Realm. Lin Qianqian declined to fight and conceded, ending the assessment with Zhou Fan as champion.

• Zhou Fan stopped searching for opponents after securing an unbeatable lead, while Lin Qianqian eliminated the other remaining contestants.
• Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian met as the last two contestants and discussed their victories over the other top competitors.
• Zhou Fan challenged Lin Qianqian to fight, but she refused because she wanted to preserve her confidence for their comparison in less than a month.
• Lin Qianqian conceded and teleported out, ending the assessment with Zhou Fan as the last contestant standing and champion.
• The spectators regretted that Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian had not fought.

Zhou Fan won the National Competition, and Lin Ya announced that the top one hundred contestants qualified to enter the Void Rift in three days. After the competition ended, reporters crowded around Zhou Fan for interviews, and he said none of his opponents had pressured him.

• Zhou Fan reunited with Zhao Qiu, who said he had finished eleventh in the third round.
• Lin Ya announced the final rankings, with Zhou Fan in first place and Lin Qianqian in second.
• Lin Ya said the top one hundred contestants would receive rewards and qualify to enter the Void Rift when it opened in three days.
• Lin Ya declared the National Competition officially concluded, and Zhou Fan was surrounded by reporters seeking interviews.
• Zhou Fan told the reporters that none of Nangong Chen, Pan Haining, or Gu Ning had put pressure on him because he had beaten them all.

After winning the National Competition, Zhou Fan received his champion rewards and heard Principal Xi Yan’s warning about the unknown dangers inside the upcoming Void Rift. He invited Lin Qianqian to explore the Imperial Capital, and Zhao Qiu deliberately stayed behind so the two could go alone.

• Zhou Fan told reporters that Nangong Chen and the others were simply people he had beaten, and challenged a reporter who questioned whether luck had helped him win.
• Xi Yan gave Zhou Fan five Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones and the S-Rank Superpower Book Destruction Meteors, while Lin Qianqian received three Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones and an S-Rank Superpower Book.
• Xi Yan warned Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian that every Void Rift was different and told them to stay cautious, work together, and prioritize their safety.
• Zhou Fan invited Lin Qianqian to explore the Imperial Capital and called Zhao Qiu to join them.
• Zhao Qiu pretended to have a stomachache so Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian could go alone, while asking them to bring back roast duck.

Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian explored the Imperial Capital’s busy shopping streets, sampling snacks and browsing trinkets. Lin Qianqian left a porcelain figurine stall after its owner mistook them for a couple, though she had liked one of the figurines.

• Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian visited a crowded food street and tried a variety of local snacks.
• Zhou Fan noticed Lin Qianqian was interested in the plaza’s trinket stalls and suggested they browse them.
• Lin Qianqian admired and gently touched several porcelain figurines at a stall.
• The stall owner offered Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian a matching couple set, assuming they were together.
• Lin Qianqian denied that they were a couple and left without buying the figurine she liked.
• Zhou Fan asked why Lin Qianqian had not bought the figurine, but she insisted she no longer liked it.

Zhou Fan returned to Lin Qianqian with the porcelain dolls and crescent earrings she had admired, then helped her put on the earrings. Lin Qianqian was moved by his thoughtfulness, while she remained determined to surpass him in the upcoming Void Rift.

• Lin Qianqian stopped shopping after a vendor suggested that she and Zhou Fan were a good match, then returned to the hotel alone.
• Lin Qianqian resolved to use the upcoming Void Rift as her chance to surpass Zhou Fan.
• Zhou Fan brought Lin Qianqian every design of the porcelain dolls she had admired and the pale blue crescent earrings she had liked.
• Lin Qianqian agreed to let Zhou Fan put on the earrings, and they shared a quiet, close moment.
• Lin Qianqian admired the dolls and earrings after Zhou Fan left, and notifications recorded her special emotion increasing.

Lin Qianqian arranged Zhou Fan’s porcelain doll gifts and resolved to defeat him in their next contest. Zhou Fan used his emotion points to acquire powerful Wood Release techniques and drew several additional ninjutsu, leaving Dust Release as the prize he still wanted most.

• Lin Qianqian displayed the porcelain dolls Zhou Fan had given her and vowed to defeat him in their next contest.
• Zhou Fan saw special-emotion notifications from Lin Qianqian and learned he had accumulated 452,309 emotion points.
• Zhou Fan spent 150,000 points to acquire Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands and Sage Art: Gate of the Great God.
• Zhou Fan spent 100,000 points on ten prize draws, receiving several rewards, including Reaper Death Seal and advanced ninjutsu packs.
• Zhou Fan opened the packs and acquired Water Release: Steam Imp and Secret Technique: Dustless Bewildering Cover, then decided not to spend his remaining points on more draws.

With the Void Rift set to open the next day, Qin Lin asked Zhou Fan to protect Xia Qingran inside, explaining that the trip was important to her unstable ice spirit body. After Qin Lin left, Xia Qingran visited Zhou Fan’s room and guided his hand to her cheek, asking him to feel whether she was cold.

• Zhou Fan met Qin Lin, Xia Qingran’s mother, at the hotel and talked with her in the café.
• Qin Lin asked Zhou Fan to look after Xia Qingran in the Void Rift because her ice spirit body was involved in the trip’s importance.
• Qin Lin offered Zhou Fan access to an inheritance Secret Realm after their return, but he said he needed no reward for helping Xia Qingran.
• Xia Qingran arrived at Zhou Fan’s room shortly after Qin Lin left and sat on his bed.
• Xia Qingran took Zhou Fan’s hand and pressed it to her cheek, asking him to feel whether she was cold.

Zhou Fan learned from Xia Qingran what to expect in the Void Rift and discovered that she needed a Xiaoyang Fruit to suppress her unstable ice spirit body. They prepared to enter the rift, where chaotic space would scatter them to different locations, but Zhou Fan promised to find her.

• Xia Qingran explained that the Void Rift contained chaotic, scattered spaces and advised Zhou Fan to seek ores that strengthened spiritual energy.
• Xia Qingran warned Zhou Fan to prioritize safety, and he agreed.
• Zhou Fan told Xia Qingran that her mother had revealed her ice spirit body was not fully stable, and Xia Qingran admitted she still had no solution.
• Xia Qingran told Zhou Fan she needed a Xiaoyang Fruit to suppress her ice spirit body.
• Xia Qingran said they would be sent to different locations inside the Void Rift, and Zhou Fan promised to find her.

Xia Qingran accepted Zhou Fan’s invitation to join his organization, [Dawn], and urged him to improve his emotional intelligence. The next morning, Zhou Fan and the others headed to the Superpower General Bureau as the Void Rift was about to open.

• Zhou Fan offered Xia Qingran a ring and explained that it was the membership symbol for his new organization, [Dawn].
• Zhou Fan told Xia Qingran that he had started [Dawn] after Evening Bell disbanded and wanted members who could help protect her.
• Xia Qingran accepted the ring and joined [Dawn], becoming its sixth member.
• Xia Qingran sent Zhou Fan several books about emotional intelligence and getting along with girls, prompting him to ask if she thought his emotional intelligence was low.
• The next morning, Zhou Fan and the others went to the Superpower General Bureau, where eligible participants were gathering to enter the Void Rift.

At the Heavenly Pivot Tower, Lin Ya briefed the National Competition’s top contestants and the Four Great Families’ younger generation on the dangers and rules of entering the Void Rift. Everyone chose to proceed, and Lin Ya opened the rift, leaving them on the brink of entering.

• Zhao Qiu and the other contestants gathered at the Heavenly Pivot Tower alongside the younger members of the Four Great Families, who had each sent two entrants.
• Lin Ya explained that entrants would be scattered across unstable spaces, warned them to find companions, and described the teleportation Wristbands and the seven-day evacuation deadline marked by a red moon.
• Lin Ya warned that the Void Rift could be deadly and offered everyone the chance to withdraw, but no one left.
• Lin Ya formed hand seals, sending golden light from the Heavenly Pivot Tower into the sky and opening a vast spatial rift before the crowd.

Zhou Fan and the others prepared to enter the Void Rift, where they were separated upon arrival. Zhou Fan found himself alone in an unfamiliar rocky expanse and could not use his Flying Thunder God Technique to reach his companions.

• Lin Ya told everyone the Void Rift needed five more minutes to stabilize, while Zhao Qiu asked Zhou Fan for reassurance.
• Xia Qingran greeted Lin Qianqian and agreed to team up with the group if they landed together.
• Ye Chen approached Zhou Fan to wish him caution in the Void Rift, surprising the onlookers with his courtesy.
• After the rift stabilized, everyone collected Guardian Wristbands and entered, and Zhou Fan experienced a disorienting fall through darkness.
• Zhou Fan arrived alone in a rocky landscape and found that his Teleportation Wristband detected no companions nearby.
• Zhou Fan tried using the Flying Thunder God Technique to reach Zhao Qiu, Lin Qianqian, and Xia Qingran, but could not sense their marks.

Zhou Fan explored the Void Rift and fought three powerful mutant dogs that could absorb and convert attacks into their own power. After killing them, he followed his wristband’s signal toward a nearby companion.

• Zhou Fan searched the misty rift for treasures and encountered three fourth-tier, one-star giant dogs.
• Zhou Fan fought the dogs with ninjutsu, discovering that their horns absorbed his attacks and converted their power into fire or water.
• Zhou Fan used Susanoo to kill all three dogs and collected their unusually energy-rich crystal cores.
• Zhou Fan’s wristband detected a nearby companion, and he headed toward the signal.

Zhou Fan and Yuan An reunited in the Void Rift and teamed up after their Guardian Wristbands detected unusual energy. They left the story after defeating a pack of Demon Wolves guarding a valley.

• Zhou Fan followed his Wristband through a forest and met Yuan An, his senior from Xinghai University.
• Both Wristbands detected an unusual energy signature, so Zhou Fan and Yuan An followed their directions to a valley.
• Yuan An judged that the concentrated spiritual energy and the pack of Demon Wolves guarding the valley indicated a natural treasure nearby.
• The Demon Wolf King ordered the pack to attack, and Zhou Fan and Yuan An fought the wolves together.
• Zhou Fan cut through the pack with his Star Shatter Halberd while Yuan An used his golden longbow to kill the wolves on his side.
• Zhou Fan and Yuan An wiped out the entire Demon Wolf pack in a few minutes.

Zhou Fan and Yuan An found and split a void stone before crossing into another space, while Zhao Qiu fled a pack of Demon Tigers in the Third Space. The chapter left Zhao Qiu running toward Gu Yu as the tigers pursued him.

• Zhou Fan praised Yuan An's skill with his Golden Bow, and Yuan An explained that an important friend had given it to him.
• Zhou Fan and Yuan An found a void stone in the valley, split it in half, and searched the barren space for more treasure.
• Yuan An identified a spatial barrier leading to another space, and he and Zhou Fan passed through it.
• Zhao Qiu fled seven or eight Fourth Tier, One Star Demon Tigers, dodged their energy blasts, and punched one before running again.
• Zhao Qiu spotted Gu Yu of Heavenfire College ahead while the Demon Tigers continued chasing him.

Gu Yu encountered Zhao Qiu while he was being chased by Demon Tigers, and the two fought together to defeat the pack. They agreed to team up despite Gu Yu's lingering resentment over losing to him, leaving them set to explore the dangerous area together.

• Gu Yu followed her Guardian Wristband's directions to find nearby people and saw Zhao Qiu fleeing from a pack of Demon Tigers.
• The Demon Tigers surrounded Gu Yu and Zhao Qiu, and they argued over who had caused the danger.
• Gu Yu attacked the Demon Tigers with her flaming whip while Zhao Qiu opened four shackles and fought beside her.
• Gu Yu and Zhao Qiu each defeated half the Demon Tigers, then Zhao Qiu suggested that they team up.
• Gu Yu accepted the offer, deciding that working with Zhao Qiu was safer than facing the dangers alone.

Zhao Qiu and Gu Yu explored the Void Rift together, gathering resources and fighting Mutant Beasts until nightfall. A strange moon revived the beasts they had killed as stronger Living Corpses, and the two prepared to fight their way out.

• Zhao Qiu and Gu Yu teamed up and searched the space, collecting resources while defeating numerous fourth-tier Mutant Beasts.
• After fighting through the day, Zhao Qiu and Gu Yu rested as the sun set and decided to find a safe place for the night.
• A strange pale moon rose, and its moonlight restored the corpses of the Mutant Beasts they had killed.
• The revived beasts became stronger Living Corpses, so Gu Yu assigned Zhao Qiu and herself opposite sides and planned their escape.
• Zhao Qiu activated his Fourth Internal Organ Lock as he and Gu Yu prepared to fight.

Zhao Qiu and Gu Yu fought revived mutant beasts that could recover from fatal injuries, then discovered each beast could revive only once. After the seven remaining beasts regrouped and fused into a huge monster, the fight took a more dangerous turn.

• Zhao Qiu and Gu Yu fought the beasts, but Zhao Qiu’s broken-neck strike and Gu Yu’s fire-whip attack failed to kill them permanently.
• The beasts injured Gu Yu with an energy blast, and Zhao Qiu caught her as she fell.
• Gu Yu melted several beasts with her Fire Cloud techniques and realized they could revive only once.
• Zhao Qiu confirmed the beasts died after being killed a second time and defeated the one he had already injured.
• The seven remaining beasts retreated, gathered together, and fused into a many-headed monster.