Recaps

After Lin Qianqian recovered from her fever, Zhou Fan nearly kissed her while she was asleep, but a knock at the door interrupted them. Zhao Qiu returned and told Zhou Fan that he and Gu Yu were now dating, then teased him for being single and got tackled in response.

• Zhou Fan woke in the evening, checked that Lin Qianqian's fever was gone, and watched her sleeping beside her bed.
• Zhou Fan leaned close to Lin Qianqian, who opened her eyes and then closed them again, but a knock interrupted them before he could kiss her.
• Lin Qianqian shoved Zhou Fan away and hid beneath the quilt, then blamed her lingering cold for her reaction.
• Zhao Qiu returned, told Zhou Fan that he and Gu Yu had become boyfriend and girlfriend, and teased him for being the only single one left.
• Zhou Fan retaliated by launching a flying kick and taking Zhao Qiu to the floor with his Death Scissor Legs.

Zhou Fan teased Zhao Qiu about getting together with Gu Yu, then learned that Gu Yu had confessed and planned their romantic date. After Zhao Qiu left, Zhou Fan cared for the still-ill Lin Qianqian, leaving their relationship undefined as she sent him away with a kick.

• Zhou Fan repeatedly KO'd Zhao Qiu for teasing him about being single, then asked how Zhao Qiu and Gu Yu got together.
• Zhao Qiu said Gu Yu confessed, and described their date in the Imperial Capital, including holding hands, kissing, watching the sunrise, and visiting an amusement park and aquarium.
• Zhou Fan told Zhao Qiu to treat Gu Yu well, while Zhao Qiu called Zhou Fan a blockhead for not getting together with Lin Qianqian.
• Zhou Fan told Lin Qianqian that Zhao Qiu and Gu Yu were together, and Lin Qianqian correctly guessed that Gu Yu had confessed first.
• Zhou Fan reminded Lin Qianqian to take care of herself while recovering, brought her cold medicine, and teased her about staying with her overnight before she kicked him out.

Zhou Fan learned that Jiaoxin and Duan Fei had found a strong puppet-type Esper and went with them to meet him. Deidara stepped forward to fight the Puppet Master in a one-on-one duel over a meteorite, leaving the battle about to begin.

• Zhao Qiu repeatedly asked Zhou Fan to take him to the Imperial Capital to visit Gu Yu.
• Jiaoxin told Zhou Fan that she and Duan Fei had encountered a puppet-type Esper near Tianfeng City and arranged a duel with him.
• Zhou Fan agreed to assess the man as a potential recruit for Dawn and chose Deidara to fight him first.
• Jiaoxin, Duan Fei, and Deidara met the Puppet Master in Tianfeng Mutant Beast Forest to honor their duel agreement over the meteorite.
• Deidara challenged the Puppet Master and declared that he would show him his explosive art.

Mo Xie and Deidara fought over their rival ideas of art, with Mo Xie’s puppets countering Deidara’s explosive clay. After they recognized each other as artists, they launched into a full-scale contest, each giving the other their all.

• Deidara introduced himself and attacked Mo Xie with explosive Clay Spiders, destroying Mo Xie’s first puppet.
• Mo Xie used Six Arms to pin Deidara’s next wave of Clay Spiders at a distance and shielded himself from an explosive Clay Bird.
• Deidara attacked with five Clay Birds, but Mo Xie’s five Earth Spirit Puppets blocked their explosions.
• Mo Xie summoned six more puppets and declared that eternal beauty was true art, while Deidara argued that fleeting beauty and explosions were art.
• Mo Xie praised Deidara as an artist, and the two agreed to make their fight a contest between artists.
• Deidara unleashed his Clay Dragon’s full firepower as Mo Xie summoned over a hundred puppets to attack.

Mo Xie fought Deidara to a draw, then refused to join Dawn unless its leader could defeat him. Zhou Fan challenged him to a single move, and their fight began when Mo Xie sent ten reconstructed puppets at him and Zhou Fan used Shinra Tensei.

• Mo Xie and Deidara traded attacks until Deidara's C3 No. 18 destroyed most of Mo Xie's puppets, and they agreed their duel was a draw.
• Deidara invited Mo Xie to join Dawn, but Mo Xie refused because the organization had not given him a reason to join.
• Mo Xie told Jiaoxin that Dawn's members were not strong enough to persuade him, and Zhou Fan appeared as the organization's leader.
• Zhou Fan offered Mo Xie a one-move challenge, promising to abandon the invitation if he failed to defeat him.
• Mo Xie rebuilt ten puppets from the wreckage and sent them at Zhou Fan, who raised his palm and used Shinra Tensei.

Zhou Fan defeated Mo Xie and recruited him into Dawn, then assigned him to work with Deidara. The group began planning to collect meteorite fragments so Mo Xie could strengthen his puppets.

• Zhou Fan destroyed Mo Xie's puppets and Amber with one attack, exposing Mo Xie's true body.
• Mo Xie admitted defeat and agreed to join Dawn, becoming its eighth member.
• Zhou Fan introduced Dawn's members, explained the organization's rules, and paired Mo Xie with Deidara.
• Mo Xie explained that he wanted meteorites to strengthen his puppets, and Zhou Fan offered to help research them after they gathered enough fragments.
• Jiaoxin reported that meteorite fragments were scattered across many locations, so Zhou Fan split the four members into two teams to collect them.

Lin Qianqian baked cookies for Zhou Fan and spoke with Li Mengyao about whether her feelings for him had changed. She denied being in love, but began to wonder about her feelings before Zhou Fan praised her cookies.

• Lin Qianqian baked cookies while video chatting with Li Mengyao, who asked whether she had fallen for Zhou Fan.
• Lin Qianqian considered her feelings for Zhou Fan but decided they were mutual respect rather than love.
• Zhou Fan returned home as Lin Qianqian finished baking and offered him some cookies.
• Zhou Fan recalled that Lin Qianqian's earlier cookies had been awful, then tried the new ones and praised them.
• Lin Qianqian's anger faded, and Zhou Fan's praise made her happy.

Zhou Fan told Lin Qianqian why he had founded Dawn, then teased her about her cooking as they fought over a cookie. After he caught her from a fall, they found themselves pressed close on the sofa, and Zhou Fan began leaning in to kiss her.

• Zhou Fan told Lin Qianqian he had recruited a skilled Puppet Master for Dawn and said the organization would become useful later, including for arranging internships and jobs.
• Zhou Fan praised Lin Qianqian’s cookies, then teased her about how bad her cooking used to be, making her try to snatch the cookie from him.
• Lin Qianqian tripped over a table and knocked the plate of cookies to the floor as she reached for Zhou Fan.
• Zhou Fan caught Lin Qianqian around the waist, and they landed together on the sofa with her beneath him.
• Lin Qianqian and Zhou Fan’s hearts raced as they recalled intimate moments they had shared, and Zhou Fan slowly leaned toward her to kiss her.

Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian nearly kissed, prompting both of them to realize they might have developed romantic feelings for each other. Lin Qianqian still insisted that defeating Zhou Fan came first, but her system triggered romance quests designed to bring them closer.

• Zhou Fan leaned in to kiss Lin Qianqian, but she pushed him away at the last moment and hurried back to her room.
• Zhou Fan reflected on their shared experiences and realized he had developed special feelings for Lin Qianqian.
• Lin Qianqian recalled how Zhou Fan had saved and cared for her, then questioned whether she had fallen for him.
• Lin Qianqian insisted that Zhou Fan remained her greatest rival and that defeating him was still her goal.
• Lin Qianqian's system detected her increased affection for Zhou Fan and announced romance quests involving dates and intimate activities.

Lin Qianqian learned that completing the system’s dating missions would strengthen her and weaken Zhou Fan, so she planned to invite him shopping and complete several missions. Before they could leave, Xi Yan arrived and summoned Zhou Fan to the Superpower General Bureau to meet the Director of the Esper Bureau from Meixing Country.

• Lin Qianqian questioned the system about its intimate dating missions and learned that each completion could boost her while weakening Zhou Fan, up to a 50% reduction.
• Lin Qianqian decided to complete missions by taking Zhou Fan shopping, eating out, riding a Ferris wheel, and watching a movie, using hand-holding as an excuse to fulfill their requirements.
• The next morning, Zhou Fan made breakfast, and Lin Qianqian awkwardly invited him to go shopping with her.
• Xi Yan arrived at the door and asked Zhou Fan to come to the Superpower General Bureau because the Director of the Esper Bureau from Meixing Country had arrived.

Zhou Fan accompanied Xi Yan to meet Huang Xia, the director of Xia Country’s Superpower General Bureau, after Huang summoned him. Huang tested Zhou Fan with his seventh-tier aura, then discovered that Zhou Fan had already reached the fifth tier, 2-star, leaving both Huang and Xi Yan astonished.

• Xi Yan explained that Huang Xia, not Lin Ya, was the director of the Superpower General Bureau and had asked to meet Zhou Fan.
• Zhou Fan and Xi Yan traveled to the Bureau’s headquarters in the Heavenly Pivot Tower and went to its top floor.
• Huang Xia greeted Xi Yan and Zhou Fan, and Zhou Fan calmly withstood the pressure of Huang’s seventh-tier aura.
• Huang Xia apologized for testing Zhou Fan and praised his achievements and composure.
• Huang Xia saw that Zhou Fan had reached the fifth tier, 2-star, shocking both him and Xi Yan.

Zhou Fan met Old Huang, who rewarded him with access to the Superpower Book Repository and invited him to observe Meixing Country’s delegation. At the Superpower General Bureau, Old Huang welcomed Kailain, Meixing Country’s Seventh Tier director, and their formal talks began.

• Old Huang praised Zhou Fan for killing Charles and said he had invited him simply to meet Xia Country’s outstanding young talent.
• Old Huang offered Zhou Fan a chance to choose a Superpower Book from the Superpower Book Repository, and Xi Yan explained the repository’s importance.
• Old Huang invited Zhou Fan to join the meeting with Meixing Country’s director, and Zhou Fan agreed.
• Kailain arrived at the Superpower General Bureau on Dusk Blood Crows with three powerful escorts, and Old Huang greeted him.
• Old Huang led Kailain and the others into the reception hall, where they exchanged pleasantries before beginning formal talks.

Zhou Fan listened as Xia Country and Meixing Country’s leaders discussed international matters before Kailain accused Xia Country of responsibility for the deaths of Meixing Espers. Old Huang denied the Esper Bureau’s involvement in the high-seas clash and was then challenged over the destruction of Charles’s squad near the Yue Country border.

• Xi Yan identified Nosiman, Albert, and Rayne as three of Meixing Country’s ten greatest powerhouses.
• Old Huang and Kailain discussed world security and exchanged experiences with Void Rifts.
• Kailain accused Xia Country of violating the World High Seas Operations Code after an encounter between their Espers on the high seas.
• Old Huang said [Dawn] was independent of the Esper Bureau and refused to hand its members over.
• Kailain demanded an explanation for Charles and his entire squad being killed near Xia Country’s border with Yue Country.

Kailain confronted Old Huang over Charles’s death, but Old Huang refused to accept responsibility or hand over the killer, Zhou Fan. Kailain left Xia Country without attacking, though Old Huang remained wary of what he might do next.

• Old Huang argued that Charles had died in a contest over a neutral Super Meteorite, so Meixing Country had no grounds to demand answers from Xia Country.
• Kailain accused Zhou Fan of killing Charles, shocking the others and prompting Xi Yan and Lin Ya to stand guard in front of Zhou Fan.
• Old Huang defended Zhou Fan and warned Kailain that he would intervene if Kailain attacked on Xia Country’s soil.
• Kailain refused the offered banquet, ended the meeting, and left with his party on the Dusk Blood Crow.
• Lin Ya questioned Kailain’s sudden departure, and Old Huang ordered the escort team to stay alert.

Zhou Fan and Xia Qingran shared an expensive meal and discussed his upcoming visit to the Superpower Book Repository, where he could choose a Superpower Book. After dinner, Xia Qingran invited him to stay at her place, hoping to play games with him.

• After Ye Chen left, Zhou Fan and Xia Qingran discussed how Ye Chen kept challenging people who had beaten him and agreed Zhou Fan should deal with his pestering.
• Zhou Fan and Xia Qingran ordered and ate an expensive meal featuring dishes made with high-level Mutant Beasts.
• Xia Qingran asked why Zhou Fan had visited the Superpower General Bureau, and he told her Old Huang had invited him to the Superpower Book Repository the next day.
• Xia Qingran explained that the Repository tested whether visitors could take its Superpower Books and said it contained five powerful God-Level books that no one had mastered.
• After dinner, Xia Qingran invited Zhou Fan to stay at her place, and he accepted after she said it would save him money.

Zhou Fan visited Xia Qingran at the Xia Family home, where her parents welcomed him and approved of their closeness. After they won ten ranked games together, Xia Qingran told Zhou Fan the two standards she had for a boyfriend.

• Zhou Fan greeted Xia Chuan and Qin Lin, who warmly welcomed him and discussed their approval of him after Xia Qingran took him upstairs.
• Xia Qingran showed Zhou Fan her newly redecorated ice-blue bedroom, then went to shower while he waited.
• Xia Qingran returned in a nightdress and invited Zhou Fan to play ranked games with her.
• Zhou Fan and Xia Qingran won ten matches in a row, splitting the MVP awards six to four.
• Xia Qingran said her boyfriend had to be stronger than her in real life and better than her at games so he could carry her up the ranks.

After spending the night gaming with Xia Qingran, Zhou Fan went with Xi Yan and Old Huang to the Superpower Book Repository beneath the Heavenly Pivot Tower. Old Huang showed him its first level and prepared to take him to the S-rank collection.

• Xia Qingran persuaded Zhou Fan to play another game, then invited him to sleep in her room, but he chose the guest room.
• The next morning, Zhou Fan ate breakfast prepared by Qin Lin before meeting Xi Yan and Old Huang at the Superpower General Bureau.
• Old Huang led Zhou Fan and Xi Yan down to the sixteenth basement level of the Heavenly Pivot Tower.
• Old Huang opened the Superpower Book Repository and explained that its first level held standard Superpower Books ranked up to B.
• Old Huang explained that low- and mid-rank abilities supported most Espers and humanity's survival, then offered to take Zhou Fan to the S-rank repository.

Zhou Fan subdued all ten S-Rank Superpower Books with his Mangekyō Sharingan but rejected their conventional abilities. Old Huang took him to a hidden space containing Xia Country’s three God-Level Superpower Books and explained their origins and powers.

• Old Huang led Zhou Fan and Xi Yan into a lower repository containing ten S-Rank Superpower Books.
• Zhou Fan used his Mangekyō Sharingan to subdue the Fire Type orb, then subdued all nine remaining orbs.
• Zhou Fan told Old Huang that the elemental abilities were too conventional and asked to see the God-Level Superpower Books.
• Old Huang opened a spatial doorway to a hidden repository space and revealed Xia Country’s three God-Level Superpower Books.
• Old Huang described Genesis Star Rain, Death Breath, and Ultimate Nightmare, including how Hei Meng had learned Ultimate Nightmare and become the Nightmare Lord.

Zhou Fan chose to challenge all three god-tier superpowers at once, despite Old Huang's warning that their spirits would be difficult to face together. Old Huang merged their trial spaces, and Zhou Fan entered to confront the three spirits.

• Old Huang explained that Hei Meng, later known as the Nightmare Lord, had learned Ultimate Nightmare before leaving the Superpower General Bureau.
• Zhou Fan declined Ultimate Nightmare and asked Old Huang to let him try for Genesis Star Rain and Death Dragon Breath as well.
• Old Huang explained that god-tier superpowers normally rejected anyone who had already subdued another, but Zhou Fan could attempt to tame all three simultaneously.
• Xi Yan warned Zhou Fan against taking the risk, but Zhou Fan insisted on testing his limits.
• Old Huang merged the three special spaces, warned Zhou Fan that he would face three god-tier spirits, and sent him inside.

Zhou Fan entered the divine spirit space and encountered a seemingly real Lin Qianqian, who invited him to dinner. Xia Qingran arrived and asked him to watch a movie, leaving Zhou Fan caught between their competing invitations.

• Zhou Fan found himself in a perfect recreation of the Xinghai University villa and suspected the Lin Qianqian who appeared there was an illusion or another power.
• Lin Qianqian invited Zhou Fan to dinner to thank him for caring for her when she had a cold, and he accepted.
• Zhou Fan grew unable to distinguish the apparent Lin Qianqian from the real one and nearly kissed her before the doorbell interrupted them.
• Xia Qingran arrived and invited Zhou Fan to watch a new movie that night, but Lin Qianqian pointed out that he had already promised to have dinner with her.
• Xia Qingran and Lin Qianqian challenged Zhou Fan to choose which of them he wanted to be with and liked.

Zhou Fan saw through a false scene featuring Lin Qianqian and Xia Qingran, then entered the Divine Spirit Space to challenge the spirit forms of three God-Level Superpower Books. As Xi Yan and Old Huang waited in the Superpower Book Repository, Lin Ya reported that the Meteorite Disaster had returned.

• Zhou Fan recognized the Lin Qianqian and Xia Qingran before him as illusions and destroyed the false scene with Susanoo.
• Zhou Fan confronted the spirit forms of [Genesis Star Rain], [Ultimate Nightmare], and [Death Dragon Breath], declaring that he intended to subdue all three.
• Xi Yan and Old Huang discussed Zhou Fan's chances, noting that even their strength would be suppressed in the Divine Spirit Space.
• A tremor shook the Superpower Book Repository, and Lin Ya called Old Huang to report that the Meteorite Disaster had returned.

A global Super Meteorite shower struck Blue Star as the Superpower General Bureau coordinated defenses and rescue efforts. In Meixing Country, two figures emerged from a meteorite, killed the Action Squad sent to contain it, and declared that Blue Star would become a colony of their Star Realm.

• Xi Yan and Old Huang left Zhou Fan in the Divine Spirit Space and returned to the Superpower General Bureau as its defenses destroyed meteorites approaching the Imperial Capital.
• Lin Ya reported that meteorites were falling nationwide, activated the Level 1 Emergency Plan, and sent Operatives and headquarters staff to assist with rescues and defenses.
• Xi Yan arranged to return to the Southern District, while Lin Ya voiced concern about a second meteorite disaster and Old Huang called it a possible test for humanity.
• A Super Meteorite struck a town in Meixing Country, destroying it, and an Action Squad arrived to contain the meteorite.
• Two figures emerged from the meteorite and used an invisible force to kill the entire Action Squad before calling Blue Star a future colony of their Star Realm.

Inshiki and Kashiki, envoys of the Shikigami Clan from the Star Realm, attacked Foluo Town and overwhelmed its guards and Albert. Kailain arrived to confront them, and the chapter left the two sides preparing to talk.

• Inshiki and Kashiki entered Foluo Town, where Inshiki killed the guards who tried to stop them.
• Albert confronted the pair, but Inshiki defeated him in a fist fight and prepared to strike him again.
• Kailain and other Esper Bureau fighters arrived, and Kailain blocked Inshiki's Super Charged Fist from hitting Albert.
• Kashiki recognized Kailain as the country's strongest guardian, and Kailain asked the pair who they were.
• Inshiki and Kashiki identified themselves as envoys of the Shikigami Clan from the Star Realm, and Kailain invited them to talk.

Zhou Fan fought the Death Dragon in the Divine Spirit Space, using Wood Release to briefly pin and weaken the stronger spirit. After the Death Dragon broke free and revealed its full power, Zhou Fan activated his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and prepared to unleash Complete Body Susanoo.

• Zhou Fan entered Sage Mode and attacked the three divine spirits with Wood Release, prompting the Death Dragon to take him on.
• Zhou Fan used a Wood Dragon and World of Flowering Trees to bind the Death Dragon and absorb its energy, but the dragon burned the forest with Dragon Flame.
• Zhou Fan pinned the Death Dragon with the Gates of the Great God, then grew another forest whose poisonous pollen disrupted the dragon's spiritual energy.
• Ultimate Nightmare and Genesis Star Rain were surprised that Zhou Fan had suppressed the Death Dragon, but Genesis Star Rain said it was not enough to defeat it.
• The Death Dragon released its Sixth Tier, 3-Star power, corroded Zhou Fan's restraints, and admitted it had underestimated him.
• Zhou Fan activated his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and began summoning Complete Body Susanoo.

Zhou Fan fought the Death Dragon with his Complete Body Susanoo and Star Shatter Halberd, but the dragon destroyed the Susanoo with Death Dragon Breath. Zhou Fan then struck from above with Kamui Chidori and cut off both of the Death Dragon’s claws.

• Zhou Fan summoned his Complete Body Susanoo and blocked the Death Dragon’s Dragon Bite with the Yata Mirror.
• Zhou Fan attacked with the Star Shatter Halberd, but the Death Dragon’s strength kept him from gaining the advantage.
• Zhou Fan set the Death Dragon ablaze with Amaterasu, and the dragon extinguished the flames before unleashing Death Dragon Breath.
• The Death Dragon’s beams bypassed the Yata Mirror and melted Zhou Fan’s Complete Body Susanoo.
• Zhou Fan descended with Kamui Chidori and sliced off both of the Death Dragon’s claws.