Recaps

After awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan, Zhou Fan felt confident about entering Xinghai University and went to fight mutant beasts while awaiting the exam. The college entrance exam began, and he joined Tianhai No. 1 High School’s candidates as they traveled to the examination site.

• Zhou Fan listed his new abilities and hoped to place in the Southern District’s top hundred to qualify for Xinghai University.
• Zhou Fan left the city to fight mutant beasts in the Mutant Beast Forest.
• Xia Qingran messaged Zhou Fan on the eve of the exam and encouraged him to apply to Xinghai University.
• Zhou Fan returned to Tianhai No. 1 High School on exam day and spoke with Zhao Qiu, who teased him about Lin Qianqian.
• The principal led the assembled exam candidates onto buses and headed for the examination site.

The Southern District's Esper College Entrance Examination began in Nanyang City, where Zhou Fan, Lin Qianqian, and examinees from across the district gathered. The superpower test opened the competition, and Changyue Middle School's S-rank prodigies posted the first standout scores.

• Wang Daochuan brought Tianhai No. 1 High School's examinees to the examination site, where Qu Yang boasted that Changyue Middle School had produced S-rank students every year for a decade.
• The leading schools gathered at the site, and Lin Qianqian resolved to claim the Southern District's top score.
• Chief examiner Liu Ye announced that the examination had a superpower test, an individual points competition, and an individual arena competition.
• Changyue Middle School's Liu Feng scored 91 on the superpower test.
• Changyue Middle School's Yang Wei scored 90, prompting amazement from the crowd.

Lin Qianqian and Zhou Fan both scored full marks in the superpower test, stunning the examiners and rival principals. Zhou Fan’s test overloaded the system and caused the computer to explode.

• Lin Qianqian scored 100 on the individual test, drawing cheers and making Wang Daochuan boast to the other principals.
• Qu Yang argued that Lin Qianqian’s perfect score could not make up for Tianhai No. 1 High School having only one S-rank student.
• Zhou Fan took the test in a batch despite his file listing his power as C-rank, and his testing light outshone everyone else’s.
• Zhou Fan’s score climbed to 100, shocking the crowd and leaving Qu Yang speechless.
• The system warned that Zhou Fan’s score was too high, then the testing computer exploded.

Zhou Fan’s superpower test score exceeded the testing computers’ limits, and after two computers exploded, a third recorded his score at 155. He became the exam’s undisputed top scorer, leaving the candidates and viewers stunned as testing continued.

• Zhou Fan’s first testing computer exploded, and the central system called for another assessment.
• Liu Ye gave Zhou Fan a computer set to measure up to 150 points, but it also overloaded and exploded.
• Liu Ye unlocked the third computer’s 200-point limit, and Zhou Fan scored 155.
• The candidates and livestream viewers reacted in shock, while Zhou Fan gained a huge number of emotion points.
• Lin Qianqian stared at Zhou Fan’s score as her own perfect score lost its shine.
• Liu Ye confirmed Zhou Fan’s result, and testing continued with the remaining candidates.

After Zhou Fan earned a record 155 points in the first round, the candidates entered a two-hour mutant-beast hunt in a vast trial Secret Realm. Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian began hunting for points, and Lin Qianqian set her sights on beating him in this round.

• Liu Ye explained that candidates would earn points by killing mutant beasts and could leave the Secret Realm with their Space Bracelets, but could not return.
• Zhou Fan entered the Secret Realm, found himself alone in the vast forest, and started hunting.
• Zhou Fan used the Body Flicker Technique and his blade to kill two First Tier, 4 Stars mutant beasts, earning eight points.
• Lin Qianqian used her Paper Explosion Technique to destroy the mutant beasts that attacked her.
• Lin Qianqian resolved to take first place in the second round and defeat Zhou Fan.

During the second exam round, Zhou Fan hunted Mutant Beasts and clashed with Liu Feng's group over a pack of gray wolves. He defeated Liu Feng's attacks while killing every wolf, leaving the group furious and humiliated.

• Zhou Fan complained that Mutant Beasts were too scarce after earning 90 points in an hour.
• Zhou Fan found a pack of more than a dozen gray wolves, but Liu Feng and his companions blocked him and claimed the prey.
• Zhou Fan used Body Flicker Technique to kick Liu Feng into a tree, then drove back the others with Fire Release: Dust Concealment Technique.
• Liu Feng attacked Zhou Fan with lightning while the others used elemental techniques, but Zhou Fan dodged and countered while continuing to target the wolves.
• Zhou Fan killed the entire wolf pack before Liu Feng's group could surround it, leaving them feeling humiliated.

Zhou Fan defeated Liu Feng’s group with his Mangekyō Sharingan genjutsu, then continued hunting Mutant Beasts until the second exam round ended. The candidates returned to the athletic field, where Liu Ye began announcing the round’s rankings.

• Zhou Fan used his speed to knock Liu Feng’s companions aside, then dodged Liu Feng’s lightning attacks.
• Zhou Fan trapped Liu Feng in a Mangekyō Sharingan genjutsu, making him believe he had defeated Zhou Fan before discovering he was bound and helpless.
• Liu Feng awoke from the genjutsu, collapsed in fear and exhaustion, and passed out after Zhou Fan taunted him and left.
• Zhou Fan resumed hunting Mutant Beasts until the countdown ended, when the candidates were teleported back to the athletic field.
• Liu Ye congratulated the candidates and began displaying the second-round rankings on the big screen.

The second-round results showed Zhou Fan far ahead of every other candidate, while Lin Qianqian struggled with being compared to him. After Liu Feng blamed Zhou Fan for his poor score, Qu Yang urged Liu Feng and Yang Wei to prepare to face Zhou Fan in the afternoon knockout round.

• The results were announced, with Lin Qianqian placing second at 135 points and Zhou Fan taking first with 270.
• Lin Qianqian wondered how Zhou Fan had outscored her by so much again, while Zhou Fan thought the other candidates' scores were surprisingly low.
• Spectators noticed that Liu Feng had failed to make the top fifty and heard that he had clashed with Zhou Fan in the secret realm.
• Liu Feng told Qu Yang that Zhou Fan had prevented his group from earning points, and Yang Wei pointed out that Liu Feng had simply lost.
• Qu Yang stopped their argument and told Liu Feng and Yang Wei to prepare to face Zhou Fan in the third-round knockout tournament.

After the first two exam rounds, Zhou Fan received lavish special treatment from Principal Wang Daochuan during lunch, while Lin Qianqian felt resentful about benefiting from Zhou Fan’s favor. The third round began as a series of free-for-all battles, and the chapter left off as Lin Qianqian entered her arena.

• Wang Daochuan personally served Zhou Fan an extravagant lunch and rebuffed other examinees who asked for the same treatment.
• Wang Daochuan brought Lin Qianqian an identical meal, and she felt disgruntled that it had been ordered by Zhou Fan.
• Chief examiner Liu Ye explained the third round’s Quick Battle, Advancement Round, and Finals, with points awarded for eliminations and survivors.
• The examinees were randomly assigned to arenas, and successive batches of Quick Battle free-for-alls began.
• Lin Qianqian entered the arena for match 91, drawing spectators’ attention to her S-rank Divine Paper Technique.

Lin Qianqian dominated her arena, eliminating all nine opponents in four minutes and drawing cheers from the crowd. Zhou Fan then entered the final arena, where five second-tier A-rank candidates from Changyue Middle School had prepared to challenge him.

• Lin Qianqian attacked the other nine candidates with paper scraps and eliminated six by wrapping them and throwing them out of the arena.
• Lin Qianqian blasted an earth-type candidate out of the arena, then countered two teammates’ combined fire-and-wind attack and eliminated them with paper scraps.
• Lin Qianqian became the sole candidate left in her arena before the five-minute limit, while spectators cheered her performance.
• Zhou Fan entered the last arena alongside two other Tianhai No. 1 High School candidates, facing five A-rank candidates from Changyue Middle School and two lower-level C-rank candidates.
• The five Changyue Middle School candidates prepared to defeat Zhou Fan, whom they regarded as a dark horse.

Zhou Fan dominated his ring match by defeating five A-rank candidates from Changyue Middle School with one attack, while two Tianhai No. 1 High School classmates remained beside him. After the Quick Battle ended, candidates learned that the top half would advance, and the new Advancement Round matchups were released.

• Qu Yang urged five Changyue Middle School candidates to eliminate Zhou Fan, promising them rewards and recognition.
• Zhou Fan used Fire Style: Majestic Destroyer Flame to knock all five A-rank attackers out of the ring, incidentally eliminating two C-rank candidates as well.
• Zhou Fan let his two remaining Tianhai No. 1 High School classmates stay in the ring until the countdown ended.
• Wang Daochuan mocked Qu Yang after Changyue Middle School's candidates were eliminated so quickly.
• The Quick Battle ended, and the top half of candidates advanced to the Advancement Round while the rest were eliminated.
• The Advancement Round matchup list was released.

The Advancement Round matched Zhou Fan against three S-rank Espers and eleven A-rank candidates, while Lin Qianqian dominated her own arena. As Zhou Fan’s match began, the crowd and Xia Qingran watched to see how he would handle the stacked field.

• The Advancement Round announced Zhou Fan’s match against Liu Feng, Yang Wei, Tang Yan, and eleven A-rank candidates.
• Qu Yang ordered Liu Feng and Yang Wei to eliminate Zhou Fan and protect Changyue Middle School’s reputation and chance at the top scorer title.
• Lin Qianqian eliminated all fourteen A-rank opponents in her match and claimed every point.
• Zhou Fan entered Arena 1, where Liu Feng and Yang Wei stood together and Tang Yan kept his distance from him.
• Xia Qingran watched the livestream and hoped Zhou Fan would reveal his full strength.

Zhou Fan fought Liu Feng and Yang Wei in the arena, then faced a coordinated attack from three S-rank users and the A-rank competitors. He left the battle protected inside a towering azure Susanoo.

• Liu Feng and Yang Wei attacked Zhou Fan, but he dodged their strikes and countered with fire, wind, and water techniques.
• Tang Yan blocked Zhou Fan’s water attack with an Earth Wall, joining Liu Feng and Yang Wei in targeting him.
• Zhou Fan awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan as Liu Feng warned the others not to look into his eyes.
• Yang Wei struck Zhou Fan with a full-power punch, but an azure energy skeleton blocked it, and the gathered fighters followed with a barrage of attacks.
• Zhou Fan emerged unharmed inside a giant, upper-body Susanoo.

Zhou Fan used Susanoo to withstand the combined attacks of fourteen candidates and defeated them all in the arena. He emerged as the uncontested winner, leaving the spectators stunned and cheering.

• Susanoo's power astonished the spectators and Chief Examiner Liu Ye as Zhou Fan faced fourteen opponents.
• Yang Wei, Liu Feng, Tang Yan, and the other candidates attacked Susanoo repeatedly, but none of their attacks damaged it.
• After the candidates exhausted most of their spiritual energy, Zhou Fan formed energy swords and struck back.
• Susanoo defeated Tang Yan, Liu Feng, and Yang Wei with single slashes, then swept the remaining candidates out of the arena.
• The venue fell silent before the spectators erupted in cheers for Zhou Fan's overwhelming victory.

After dominating the Advancement Round, Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian entered the Finals as the top two candidates. Lin Qianqian won her opening match easily, and Zhou Fan’s opponent asked to concede before their match began.

• Lin Qianqian realized Zhou Fan’s Susanoo was beyond what she could currently handle and resolved to get stronger before their next comparison.
• Zhou Fan earned more than thirty thousand Emotion Points after defeating three S-rank prodigies, while Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian both finished the Advancement Round with 280 points.
• The sixteen highest-scoring candidates were selected for the Finals, and Zhou Fan was paired with Wu Hao while Lin Qianqian was paired with Xu Yin.
• Lin Qianqian overwhelmed Xu Yin by disarming her iron plates and binding her with paper, then won the first match.
• Zhou Fan’s opponent entered the arena and asked the examiner if he could concede before the countdown began.

Zhou Fan’s opponents repeatedly conceded during the Finals, while Lin Qianqian won her matches with ease. Both advanced to the championship match, which would determine the Southern District’s top scorer.

• Wu Hao conceded to Zhou Fan in the first round, and the examiner declared Zhou Fan the winner after chief examiner Liu Ye approved.
• Lin Qianqian defeated her A-rank opponent in the quarterfinals, while Zhou Fan’s opponent conceded before their match began.
• Lin Qianqian won her semifinal quickly, and Zhou Fan’s opponent conceded as soon as he entered the arena.
• Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian advanced to the championship match, and the spectators eagerly awaited their showdown.

Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian faced off in the Southern District exam’s championship match, with Lin Qianqian determined to defeat him and Zhou Fan initially holding back. After Lin Qianqian’s relentless attacks impressed the crowd, Zhou Fan activated his Mangekyō Sharingan and prepared to take the fight more seriously.

• Liu Ye announced the final match between Tianhai No. 1 High School’s Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian, while Wang Daochuan taunted Qu Yang over Changyue Middle School’s poor results.
• Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian entered the arena, and Lin Qianqian told him she would give the match everything she had.
• At Liu Ye’s command, Lin Qianqian attacked with Paper Blizzard techniques, and Zhou Fan countered with fire and water techniques while dodging with his Sharingan.
• The spectators watched Lin Qianqian unleash her full strength and speculated that she might be the only one who could defeat Zhou Fan.
• Lin Qianqian called Zhou Fan out for holding back, and Zhou Fan activated his Mangekyō Sharingan to fight more seriously.

Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian fought with their newly revealed abilities, and Zhou Fan won after breaking through her explosive paper attacks with his Susanoo. He caught Lin Qianqian when she fell, leaving her flustered and the spectators complaining about their unexpected moment together.

• Lin Qianqian created three Paper-Style Clones to guard against Zhou Fan’s Genjutsu and attacked him from four directions.
• Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian traded fire and paper techniques without either gaining the advantage.
• Lin Qianqian used her Paper-Style Clones to unleash a barrage of Explosive Tags against Zhou Fan’s skeletal Susanoo.
• Lin Qianqian’s attacks cracked the Susanoo but exhausted her spiritual energy, and Zhou Fan defeated her with Yasaka Magatama.
• Zhou Fan caught Lin Qianqian as she fell, and she admitted defeat while the spectators reacted to their close moment.

Zhou Fan was crowned the college entrance exam’s top scorer, while Lin Qianqian received a system reward after losing to him again. After returning home, Zhou Fan reviewed his emotion points and considered which Wood Release abilities to redeem.

• Liu Ye announced Zhou Fan as the top scorer and declared the college entrance exam over.
• Wang Daochuan congratulated Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian on taking first and second place for Tianhai No. 1 High School.
• Lin Qianqian replayed her loss to Zhou Fan, received the Mutually Multiplying Paper Bomb Technique from her system, and vowed to defeat him next time.
• Zhou Fan returned home, counted more than fifty thousand emotion points, and considered redeeming Wood Release techniques.

Zhou Fan spent his emotion points on beginner Sage Mode, Hashirama Cells, and Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence, greatly boosting his abilities. After three top universities invited him to enroll, he asked their admissions directors to compete by making their offers together.

• Zhou Fan redeemed beginner Sage Mode for 10,000 emotion points and learned that advanced and perfect versions cost much more.
• Zhou Fan spent 30,000 emotion points on Hashirama Cells, gained Yin Healing, strengthened his Wood Release, reduced Mangekyō Sharingan side effects, and advanced to Second Tier, 4 Stars.
• Zhou Fan used his remaining 10,000 emotion points to redeem Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence and judged that he could challenge a Third Tier Esper.
• Zhou Fan received friend requests from Zheng Shan of Xuan Kun University, Xi Qing of Hailan University, and Li Qing of Heavenfire University, and accepted them.
• Zhou Fan created a group chat with the three admissions directors and asked them to present their recruitment offers together.

After Zhou Fan won the Southern District's top college entrance exam score, directors from three top universities competed to recruit him, and he brought Xia Qingran into their group chat. The directors quickly backed down, leaving Zhou Fan set to join Xinghai University after Xia Qingran offered him a much larger package of rewards.

• Zheng Shan, Xi Qing, and Li Qing offered Zhou Fan scholarships, Spirit Stones, and A-Rank Superpower books to join their universities, then escalated their pitches with promises to introduce him to women.
• Xia Qingran congratulated Zhou Fan and reminded him to apply to Xinghai University, and he told her about the other universities' offers.
• Zhou Fan added Xia Qingran to the group chat, where she reprimanded the three directors and declared that she was taking him for Xinghai University.
• The three directors agreed and left, while Zhou Fan asked Xia Qingran what Xinghai University would offer him.
• Xia Qingran offered Zhou Fan a ten-million scholarship, one hundred Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, and his choice of A-Rank and S-Rank Superpower books.

After Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian received their exam results, both chose Xinghai University, where Xia Qingran admitted them and looked forward to training them together. Lin Qianqian prepared to challenge Zhou Fan again in three days, convinced her new technique could break his Susanoo.

• Xia Qingran promised Zhou Fan a scholarship, Spirit Stones, and Superpower Books if he attended Xinghai University.
• Zhou Fan scored 820 points and selected only Xinghai University, while Lin Qianqian scored 660 and made the same choice.
• Lin Qianqian trained for the comparison in three days and vowed to defeat Zhou Fan with her Mutually Multiplying Paper Bomb Technique.
• Xia Qingran saw Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian appear at the top of Xinghai University's admissions list and accepted both of them.
• Xia Qingran looked forward to training Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian together.

Xia Qingran confirmed that two recruits had joined her Evening Bell, while Zhou Fan received his Xinghai University admission letter and prepared to leave for campus. Lin Qianqian trained her Paper-Style Clones and planned to test her explosive technique on Zhou Fan as the three students traveled toward the university assembly point.

• Xia Qingran told her mother that the two people she had chosen were accepted into Evening Bell and insisted she would decide her own fate.
• Zhou Fan received his Xinghai University admission letter, which instructed him to report the next day.
• Lin Qianqian increased her Paper-Style Clones from three to six and planned to combine them with Explosive Tags and the Mutually Multiplying Paper Bomb Technique.
• Zhou Fan met Lin Qianqian and Zhao Qiu at Tianhai No. 1 High School, where Zhao Qiu revealed that he had also been accepted into Xinghai University.
• Wang Daochuan drove the three students toward the assembly point and advised them to stay humble, then promised to help them if they faced difficulties.

Zhou Fan and his companions registered at Xinghai University's meeting point in Nanyang City, then struggled to board the university's Seven-Colored Divine Sparrow. Zhou Fan used his Sharingan to discover the spiritual energy coating its back and showed that he could stand on it.

• Wang Daochuan brought Zhou Fan, Lin Qianqian, and Zhao Qiu to Xinghai University's quiet meeting point, where Li Dong welcomed them and had them sign in.
• The remaining new students arrived, bringing Xinghai University's incoming class to its limit of twenty.
• Li Dong led the students to the Seven-Colored Divine Sparrow, but Zhao Qiu and the others repeatedly slipped off its back.
• Zhou Fan used his Sharingan to spot the spiritual energy coating the bird and advised his companions to concentrate spiritual energy beneath their feet.
• Zhou Fan leaped onto the Seven-Colored Divine Sparrow and stood firmly on its back.

New students faced a surprise entrance test by balancing spiritual energy on the Seven-Colored Divine Sparrow, and Zhou Fan impressed Li Dong by succeeding on his first try. After a two-hour flight, they arrived at Xinghai University, where Zhou Fan sensed powerful auras and felt his competitive spirit rise.

• Li Dong explained that the students had to precisely control spiritual energy beneath their feet to stand on the Seven-Colored Divine Sparrow.
• Zhou Fan succeeded on his first attempt, then helped Zhao Qiu steady himself; Lin Qianqian also balanced successfully after adjusting her footing.
• The other students eventually got onto the sparrow, and Li Dong praised Zhou Fan before taking them toward the university.
• As the sparrow flew, Zhou Fan sat and lay down with ease while most of the students stayed standing, afraid of falling.
• After two hours, the sparrow landed at Xinghai University, where Zhou Fan sensed powerful auras and felt eager to test himself.