Recaps

Lin Qianqian and Zhou Fan fought the newly hatched Beast King Shukaku, but his sand and Wind Release overwhelmed them. As Shukaku prepared to kill them, Zhou Fan baited him into looking at his Sharingan and cast a genjutsu.

• Lin Qianqian and Zhou Fan saw that the newly hatched Beast King was named Shukaku and had reached Second Tier, 1 star.
• Lin Qianqian attacked Shukaku with paper techniques, but he dodged and countered with Sand Shuriken, wounding her.
• Zhou Fan joined the fight with Fire Release, but Shukaku countered with Wind Release and kept the pair on the defensive.
• Lin Qianqian and Zhou Fan launched powerful attacks together, but Shukaku blocked them with his Shield of Shukaku and trapped them in sand.
• As Shukaku tightened the sand around them, Zhou Fan asked whether Shukaku or the Nine-Tails was stronger, then met his gaze and cast Genjutsu: Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique.

Zhou Fan used his Sharingan to trap Shukaku in genjutsu and contracted the One-Tail as his Summoning Beast, completing the mission with Lin Qianqian. They emerged from the secret realm, where Wang Daochuan and Jiang Canghai celebrated their success and prepared to give them the promised reward.

• Zhou Fan trapped Shukaku in genjutsu and spent 9,999 Emotion Points to contract him as a Summoning Beast.
• Zhou Fan sent Shukaku to the Summoning Beast space, and Lin Qianqian asked how he had subdued the Beast King.
• Zhou Fan told Lin Qianqian that she lacked the aptitude to learn his method, angering her and earning him Emotion Points.
• Outside the secret realm, Jiang Canghai and Wang Daochuan saw the Beast King's marker disappear and realized the mission had succeeded.
• Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian emerged with minor injuries, and Wang Daochuan and Jiang Canghai congratulated them and offered the agreed reward.

After returning from the secret realm, Lin Qianqian felt pressured by Zhou Fan’s strength, but her system rewarded her with a cultivation-speed boost that restored her confidence. Zhou Fan wondered whether more tailed beasts existed in the world and went to bed looking forward to what came next.

• Jiang Canghai gave Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian Essence Stones and advised them to wait until First Tier, five stars, before using them.
• Zhou Fan told Jiang Canghai and Wang Daochuan that he and Lin Qianqian had defeated a Second Tier, one-star Beast King after struggling against it.
• Wang Daochuan noticed Lin Qianqian’s subdued mood, but Zhou Fan said he did not think anything had shaken her confidence.
• Lin Qianqian recalled Zhou Fan subduing Shukaku and felt pressured, prompting her system to grant her a 50% cultivation-speed boost until the first comparison was completed.
• Lin Qianqian grew angry at Zhou Fan for implying she could not subdue Shukaku, while Zhou Fan received her resentment and anger points without knowing why she was upset.
• Zhou Fan considered whether Two-Tails, Three-Tails, and Nine-Tails might exist, then showered and went to bed.

Zhou Fan took Shukaku to the Intermediate Mutant Beast Forest, where they hunted mutant beasts before returning to the beginner forest. There, Zhou Fan saved Fang Rou and her team from a deadly attack, then left without giving his name.

• Zhou Fan summoned Shukaku in the Intermediate Mutant Beast Forest, and Shukaku easily defeated three first-tier, five-star mutant beasts.
• Zhou Fan and Shukaku hunted through the forest, killing even second-tier, one-star beasts before turning back rather than venturing into the dangerous depths.
• Zhou Fan heard fighting in the beginner forest and found Fang Rou and four teammates surrounded by six mutant beasts.
• The Explosive Tiger knocked Fang Rou down and prepared to kill her, but Zhou Fan struck with fire ninjutsu and his blade, saving her and defeating the beasts.
• Fang Rou told Zhou Fan she was from Flowing Leaf City and asked his name, but he left, saying she did not need to know it.

Zhou Fan unlocked Hashirama Senju and received several Wood Release techniques, while Lin Qianqian demonstrated her newly learned Paper Explosion Technique during a hunt with Li Mengyao. Zhou Fan left to continue on his way, and Lin Qianqian and Li Mengyao began hunting mutant beasts together.

• Fang Rou and the others watched Zhou Fan leave, and their gratitude earned him Emotion Points and the Heartthrob achievement, which rewarded him with a Water Release Ninjutsu Gift Pack.
• Zhou Fan opened the gift pack and obtained five Water Release techniques, then spent 20,000 Emotion Points to unlock Hashirama Senju and received four Wood Release techniques.
• Zhou Fan learned that Hashirama Senju's other abilities required additional Emotion Points, complained about the rewards, and quickly took back his complaint after the system threatened to reclaim them.
• Lin Qianqian and Li Mengyao met up to hunt together after Li Mengyao advanced to first-tier three-star.
• Lin Qianqian used her Paper Explosion Technique to destroy a group of mutant beasts, impressing Li Mengyao.

Lin Qianqian hunted mutant beasts with Li Mengyao and resolved to defeat Zhou Fan, while Zhou Fan broke through to first-tier five-star and resumed livestreaming. His viewers were shocked when they saw his new level.

• Lin Qianqian carried Li Mengyao through the Mutant Beast Forest, defeating first-tier four-star and five-star mutant beasts with ease.
• Li Mengyao mentioned Zhou Fan as Lin Qianqian’s only possible rival, and Lin Qianqian vowed to crush him at the system’s first comparison.
• Zhou Fan absorbed Crystal Cores, broke through to first-tier five-star, and helped his summoned beast Shukaku reach second-tier two-star.
• Zhou Fan considered his goal of becoming the Southern District’s top college entrance exam scorer and decided to earn more emotion points by streaming again.
• Zhou Fan began livestreaming at the Mutant Beast Forest, and viewers were astonished to see that he had reached first-tier five-star.

Xia Qingran watched Zhou Fan’s livestream and discovered that he had reached First Tier, five-star. After Please Call Me Your Majesty showered him with gifts, Zhou Fan agreed to hunt twenty First Tier, four-star mutant beasts on stream, and the chapter ended after he killed the first one with a single slash.

• Xia Qingran noticed Zhou Fan had reached First Tier, five-star, breaking the second-fastest record among newly awakened Espers in Xia Country.
• Please Call Me Your Majesty sent Zhou Fan numerous Carnivals until he agreed to livestream a mutant beast hunt.
• Zhou Fan set a goal of killing twenty First Tier, four-star mutant beasts and promised to wash his hair while doing a handstand if he failed.
• Zhou Fan attached his phone to a wearable mount and began hunting in the Mutant Beast Forest as viewers doubted his challenge.
• Zhou Fan used the Sharingan to dodge a First Tier, four-star mutant beast’s attack and killed it with one slash, impressing the viewers and holding Xia Qingran’s attention.

Zhou Fan used both Fire Type and Water Type powers to hunt thirty mutant beasts, impressing his livestream viewers and Xia Qingran. After the stream, he connected with Xia Qingran on WeChat, and she invited him to attend Xinghai University.

• Zhou Fan revealed Water Release while fighting mutant beasts, shocking his viewers and Xia Qingran with his dual-type powers.
• Zhou Fan reached his goal of twenty kills, then kept fighting until he had hunted thirty mutant beasts and reached his limit.
• Xia Qingran tipped Zhou Fan ten Carnivals, and he ended the livestream after earning a record number of emotion points.
• Xia Qingran asked Zhou Fan for his WeChat ID, and he accepted her friend request.
• Xia Qingran learned Zhou Fan planned to take the Southern District college entrance exam and told him to come to Xinghai University.

Zhou Fan gained over twenty thousand emotion points after his livestream of hunting thirty mutant beasts spread online, and Xia Qingran urged him to apply to Xinghai University. Lin Qianqian watched his recording, compared it with her own hunt of thirty-five beasts, and remained confident she would beat him in their upcoming comparison.

• Xia Qingran promised Zhou Fan he would be admitted to Xinghai University if he applied, and Zhou Fan agreed to consider it after his exam results came out.
• Zhou Fan decided to focus on leveling up while recordings of his livestream continued earning him emotion points, bringing his daily total above twenty thousand.
• Lin Qianqian mastered the Paper Explosion Technique in one day and felt confident about the comparison scheduled for the day after tomorrow.
• Lin Qianqian watched Zhou Fan's livestream recording and confirmed he had killed thirty mutant beasts in a row.
• Lin Qianqian said she was stronger than Zhou Fan because she had killed thirty-five mutant beasts in a row.

Lin Qianqian and Zhou Fan both absorbed Crystal Cores and advanced to second tier, 1 star, gaining confidence in their growing strength. Zhou Fan also received a Wind Release Ninjutsu gift pack and believed he could defeat an Esper of his tier within five exchanges.

• Lin Qianqian absorbed more than thirty Crystal Cores, advanced to second tier, 1 star, and unlocked Paper Transformation, which made her immune to physical attacks while her spiritual energy lasted.
• Lin Qianqian grew confident that her offense and defense would let her defeat Zhou Fan in their upcoming comparison.
• Zhou Fan woke to find that his Emotion Points had risen by 5,000 and unlocked the A Thousand Charms achievement, earning 15,000 more points and a Wind Release Ninjutsu gift pack.
• Zhou Fan learned Gale Palm, Wind Cutter, Vacuum Sphere, and Great Breakthrough, then absorbed the thirty Crystal Cores he had collected the day before.
• Zhou Fan advanced to second tier, 1 star, and concluded that his range of powers would let him beat an Esper of the same tier within five exchanges.

Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian trained separately outside the city, each displaying powerful abilities. Lin Qianqian believed she would win their comparison tomorrow and leave Zhou Fan behind, while Zhou Fan decided to focus on improving his Sharingan Genjutsu.

• Zhou Fan met Lin Qianqian at the city gates, and they exchanged greetings before heading in different directions.
• Lin Qianqian tested [Paper Transformation] against First Tier, 5-Star mutant beasts and found that it made her immune to physical attacks.
• Lin Qianqian defeated the beasts with Paper Explosion Technique and declared that she expected to win tomorrow’s comparison and outpace Zhou Fan.
• Zhou Fan fought a group of mutant beasts using elemental techniques and Wood Release, then immobilized attackers with Sharingan Genjutsu.
• Zhou Fan decided to spend the day honing his Genjutsu, which he considered his strongest weapon.

Zhou Fan returned from hunting Mutant Beasts, while Lin Qianqian prepared for their first comparison and confidently refused to postpone it. The simulated battles ended in a decisive loss for Lin Qianqian, who insisted the system had made a mistake.

• Zhou Fan killed dozens of Mutant Beasts, then returned early after the creatures avoided him.
• Lin Qianqian saw Zhou Fan at the city gate and thought their connection would end after the comparison.
• Lin Qianqian meditated until midnight, when the system began the first comparison with Zhou Fan.
• Lin Qianqian refused the option to postpone the comparison and confirmed that it should begin.
• The system reported that Zhou Fan won all ten simulated battles while Lin Qianqian lost all ten.
• Lin Qianqian told the system to correct the results, but it confirmed that she had lost.

Lin Qianqian rejected the system’s comparison results and used both personal combat attempts to challenge Zhou Fan, only to lose almost instantly each time. After the system confirmed her first comparison failure, it began preparing her penalty.

• Lin Qianqian disputed the results after all ten simulated battles showed Zhou Fan defeating her in under a minute.
• Lin Qianqian used her first personal attempt, but Zhou Fan defeated her with Body Flicker Technique and Cutting Sprigs in ten seconds.
• Lin Qianqian tried Paper Transformation in her second attempt, but Zhou Fan defeated her with Genjutsu: Sharingan in five seconds.
• The system said Lin Qianqian had used all her personal attempts and that the first comparison had officially ended in her failure.
• The system announced that Lin Qianqian’s failure penalty would begin shortly.

After losing the comparison, Lin Qianqian reluctantly accepted a system punishment that required her to cultivate with Zhou Fan and give him homemade treats for three days. She tried to learn to bake chocolate cookies, but her first attempts were disastrous.

• Lin Qianqian lost the comparison and the system offered her punishments involving Zhou Fan.
• Lin Qianqian chose to seek Zhou Fan's cultivation guidance for three days and give him a handmade treat each evening while speaking affectionately.
• The system promised her a High-Grade Spirit Stone if Zhou Fan rated her treats highly enough.
• Lin Qianqian searched for a chocolate-cookie tutorial and confidently attempted to bake.
• Lin Qianqian repeatedly failed to make cookies, producing crumbly dough and charred lumps.

Lin Qianqian visited Zhou Fan and asked him for cultivation advice, though she secretly wanted to challenge him and test the system’s claim that he had beaten her. Zhou Fan agreed to spar with her so they could look for weaknesses.

• Lin Qianqian hesitated at Zhou Fan’s door, and Zhou Fan shut it after seeing her before reopening it and inviting her inside.
• Lin Qianqian asked Zhou Fan for cultivation advice, surprising him because she had an S-rank superpower and he had a C-rank one.
• Lin Qianqian offered Zhou Fan a gift and insisted that he was the most suitable person to help her.
• Lin Qianqian told Zhou Fan she felt too weak and asked to spar so he could identify what she lacked.
• Zhou Fan agreed to spar with Lin Qianqian, while she prepared to prove that she could beat him.

Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian sparred using their abilities, and the match ended without a clear winner after they exhausted much of their spiritual energy. Lin Qianqian said she had learned a lot and asked Zhou Fan whether he had noticed any weaknesses in her.

• Lin Qianqian attacked Zhou Fan with paper techniques, but he burned through her attacks and struck her with a wooden spike before she could react.
• Lin Qianqian asked to spar again without Zhou Fan holding back, then activated [Paper Transformation] to make her body separate and reassemble like paper.
• Zhou Fan used his Sharingan and darts to intercept Lin Qianqian's explosive tags, then struck her from behind and saw paper flutter from the damaged part of her body.
• Lin Qianqian attacked with a paper wheel, and Zhou Fan engulfed it in flames with Fire Style: Majestic Destroyer Flame.
• Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian sparred for half an hour before stopping from exhaustion without either winning, and Lin Qianqian asked Zhou Fan to point out her weaknesses.

Lin Qianqian asked Zhou Fan for Taijutsu advice to satisfy her system’s task, then gave him her homemade treats. Zhou Fan spat out the burnt, awful-tasting treat and apologized, while Lin Qianqian insisted she was not angry and asked if it really tasted that bad.

• Lin Qianqian asked Zhou Fan to point out her weaknesses, and he criticized her conditioning, reactions, and limited attacks.
• Lin Qianqian asked to keep coming to Zhou Fan for Taijutsu advice, and he suspected she had lost at truth or dare.
• Lin Qianqian thanked Zhou Fan for their sparring session and gave him a box of treats she had made herself.
• Zhou Fan opened the box, found the treats burnt black, and reluctantly tasted one.
• Zhou Fan spat out the treat and apologized, while Lin Qianqian said she was not angry and asked whether it tasted that bad.

After Lin Qianqian’s homemade pastries proved inedible, she decided to learn baking so she could prove Zhou Fan wrong. She asked Li Mengyao for help, and Li Mengyao suspected she was making pastries for a romantic partner.

• Lin Qianqian tasted her burnt pastries and admitted they were bad, while Zhou Fan concluded she was simply a terrible cook.
• Lin Qianqian left Zhou Fan and resolved to improve her baking so she could make him admit he was wrong; Zhou Fan considered sparring with her again to improve his combat skills.
• The next day, Lin Qianqian failed at making pastries repeatedly and called Li Mengyao to ask for lessons.
• Li Mengyao arrived and was shocked to find Lin Qianqian wearing an apron and covered in flour.
• Li Mengyao guessed that Lin Qianqian had suddenly taken up baking because she was dating someone.

Lin Qianqian asked Li Mengyao to teach her to bake cookies, hoping to make treats that would earn Zhou Fan’s approval. After repeated failures, she refused to give up, leaving Li Mengyao determined to keep teaching her and curious about what motivated her.

• Li Mengyao suspected Lin Qianqian was learning to bake for a man, and Lin Qianqian asked her to teach her how to make cookies.
• Lin Qianqian baked a batch of rock-hard cookies, then burned the next batch despite Li Mengyao’s close guidance.
• Lin Qianqian and Li Mengyao tried several more times, but each batch failed in a different way.
• Li Mengyao baked successfully with the same ingredients and concluded that Lin Qianqian lacked baking talent.
• Lin Qianqian refused to quit because she needed Zhou Fan to review her treats favorably and wanted to prove she could make delicious cookies.
• Li Mengyao promised to teach Lin Qianqian until she succeeded and wondered what had made her so determined.

Lin Qianqian learned to bake cookies with Li Mengyao and then visited Zhou Fan to practice Taijutsu. After half an hour of sparring, she offered him the cookies she had made, leaving Zhou Fan apprehensive about trying them.

• Li Mengyao helped Lin Qianqian improve her baking, then guessed she was making treats for a boy and offered to advise her about pursuing him.
• Lin Qianqian denied baking for anyone in particular and left to visit Zhou Fan that evening.
• Zhou Fan welcomed Lin Qianqian into his home, and they went to the yard to practice Taijutsu without using skills.
• Zhou Fan held back during their half-hour spar, while Lin Qianqian trained seriously and grew exhausted.
• Lin Qianqian gave Zhou Fan the cookies she had baked, and he worried they might be inedible.

Lin Qianqian brought Zhou Fan improved homemade cookies on the second day and returned the next evening for her final punishment task. As onlookers mistook her visit for a date, she told Zhou Fan she wanted to fight him with everything she had.

• Lin Qianqian gave Zhou Fan cookies she had learned to make, and he praised how much they had improved from the day before.
• Lin Qianqian prepared cookies for her final task and headed to Zhou Fan's home, relieved that she would not have to visit him again afterward.
• Students from Tianhai No. 1 High School followed Lin Qianqian and saw her enter Zhou Fan's home, then recorded the visit as supposed proof of a date.
• Zhou Fan asked Lin Qianqian if she wanted to practice Taijutsu, but she said she wanted to fight him at full strength.

Lin Qianqian challenged Zhou Fan to a serious spar after secretly training her psychic power to resist his Genjutsu. Zhou Fan defeated her again, and Lin Qianqian left after sharing her cookies and saying she probably would not visit the next day.

• Lin Qianqian asked Zhou Fan for a full-on fight, confident that her training had made her stronger.
• Lin Qianqian used the Paper Transformation Technique as Zhou Fan tested her with Fire Release attacks, and they traded increasingly powerful techniques.
• Lin Qianqian launched over a hundred Explosive Tags, but Zhou Fan blocked them with a Water Formation Wall and Wood Locking Wall.
• Zhou Fan used his Sharingan to find a gap in Lin Qianqian's paper tornado, then trapped her with Genjutsu.
• Zhou Fan dispelled the Genjutsu and released Lin Qianqian, who accepted her defeat and gave him her cookies.
• Lin Qianqian asked Zhou Fan for his opinion of the cookies and said she probably would not visit him the next day.

Lin Qianqian completed the system’s punishment task but received a lower-grade reward than she expected, then prepared to face Zhou Fan in a second comparison. After photos of her visiting Zhou Fan were mistaken for evidence of a date, Li Mengyao demanded an explanation.

• The system verified Lin Qianqian’s completed punishment task and awarded her two Mid-Grade Spirit Stones instead of the promised High-Grade Spirit Stone.
• The system announced a second comparison against Zhou Fan in fifteen days, with valuable rewards for the winner.
• Lin Qianqian decided to train against Zhou Fan’s Genjutsu and set goals to become the Southern District’s Top College Entrance Exam Scorer and defeat him.
• Li Mengyao messaged Lin Qianqian after seeing photos and a video that made Lin Qianqian’s visit to Zhou Fan look like a date.
• Lin Qianqian denied dating Zhou Fan and began trying to explain herself to Li Mengyao.

Lin Qianqian and Zhou Fan discovered that photos of them had sparked schoolwide rumors that they were dating, though both denied it. The chapter left Zhou Fan baffled by a flood of emotion points and dismissing Zhao Qiu’s claim that Lin Qianqian had a crush on him.

• Li Mengyao accused Lin Qianqian of dating Zhou Fan after seeing photos of her bringing him cookies, and Lin denied it.
• Li Mengyao showed Lin a school forum post featuring photos and a video of Lin and Zhou, which students interpreted as proof they were a couple.
• Lin refused to post an explanation, saying that she and Zhou were not involved and that rumors would eventually fade.
• Zhou Fan received over a thousand emotion points in an hour but had no idea why they were pouring in.
• Zhao Qiu sent Zhou photos of Lin visiting Zhou and insisted that Lin was using sparring as an excuse to get close to him.
• Zhou rejected Zhao's theory and went to bed, convinced Lin Qianqian could not like him.

Lin Qianqian advanced her cultivation and gained Paper-Style Clone as she prepared to face Zhou Fan again. Zhou Fan spent 50,000 emotion points to obtain Madara Uchiha’s Mangekyō Sharingan, gaining immense power while learning that its use risked permanent blindness.

• Lin Qianqian absorbed two Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, advanced to second tier, 3 stars, and acquired Paper-Style Clone.
• Lin Qianqian resolved to treat Zhou Fan as a serious opponent and overcome his Genjutsu before their next comparison.
• Zhou Fan checked his balance of 52,023 emotion points and redeemed the Mangekyō Sharingan (Madara Uchiha).
• The system revealed that Zhou Fan’s Mangekyō Sharingan boosted his physical and spiritual capabilities, unlocked Susanoo and Izanagi, and could cause permanent blindness through overuse.
• Zhou Fan awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, rose to second tier, 3 stars, and considered obtaining the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan or Hashirama Senju’s cells to counter its side effects.