Recaps

Zhou Fan and Zhao Qiu settled into Xinghai University and learned that freshmen would study in small classes with elite instruction. At the opening ceremony, teachers chose their students, but nobody picked Zhou Fan or Lin Qianqian.

• Li Dong showed Zhou Fan and the other exam-admitted freshmen their dorms and explained the university’s small-class system.
• Zhou Fan and Zhao Qiu explored campus and saw wealthy freshmen arriving in luxury cars and on rare flying mutant beasts.
• The freshmen gathered for the opening ceremony, where Operations Department director Luo Luodong welcomed them and Principal Xi Yan delivered a long speech.
• Zhou Fan searched the stage for Queen Xia but could not tell whether the elegant older woman beside Xi Yan was her.
• Teachers and students began choosing class assignments, and Zhao Qiu was picked, but no teacher chose Zhou Fan or Lin Qianqian.

Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian were assigned to study under Xia Qingran, whom Zhou Fan discovered was Queen Xia. Xi Yan revealed that the second-year student was the strongest of Xia Country’s younger generation and had already reached tier four, one star.

• Xi Yan took Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian to the principal’s office after the opening ceremony.
• Xia Qingran arrived, and Zhou Fan realized she was Queen Xia after mistaking her for an older woman online.
• Xia Qingran introduced herself as a second-year student and claimed Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian as her students.
• Xi Yan revealed that Xia Qingran was the undisputed number one of Xia Country’s younger generation and had reached tier four, one star.

Xia Qingran recruited Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian into her new organization, Evening Bell, and offered them generous cultivation resources. She moved them into a villa together while she planned to live next door, leaving Lin Qianqian uneasy about sharing a home with Zhou Fan.

• Xia Qingran revealed that she was a fourth-tier, one-star Esper and offered to provide Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian with abundant cultivation resources.
• Lin Qianqian and Zhou Fan agreed to join Xia Qingran's training group.
• Xia Qingran brought them to a luxurious campus villa and explained that she was founding an organization called Evening Bell to become the strongest in Xia Country.
• Xia Qingran gave Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian a bank card each with a million and told them to move in and begin cultivating the next day.
• Xia Qingran said she would live next door, while Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian would share the villa; Lin Qianqian asked to return to the dorms, but Xia Qingran refused.

Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian moved into a villa together after Xia Qingran arranged a place for them to stay. As the midnight comparison approached, Lin Qianqian trained while Zhou Fan returned to his room, confident that his system made slacking off acceptable.

• Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian chose bedrooms at opposite ends of the villa's second-floor hallway.
• Zhou Fan told Zhao Qiu that he and Lin Qianqian were moving into the villa, and Zhao Qiu urged him to pursue her.
• Lin Qianqian used Divine Paper Art to carry her luggage into the villa after Zhou Fan had unpacked.
• Zhou Fan invited Lin Qianqian to dinner, but she declined and stayed in her room, nervous about the second comparison at midnight.
• Lin Qianqian trained against several Paper-Style Clones in the courtyard while Zhou Fan went back to his room and left her to train.

Lin Qianqian faced the second comparison against Zhou Fan, convinced her improved strength would let her win. After losing all ten simulations, she took control of the practical battle herself, where Zhou Fan defeated her with Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence.

• Lin Qianqian waited anxiously in her room for the second comparison to begin.
• The system found that Lin Qianqian and Zhou Fan were both at second tier, 4 stars, and reported Zhou Fan had won all ten simulated battles.
• Lin Qianqian rejected the system's warning and chose to control her own practical battle against Zhou Fan.
• Lin Qianqian used Paper Transformation and sent five Paper-Style Clones toward Zhou Fan, then detonated them when his forest swallowed them.
• Zhou Fan's trees restrained Lin Qianqian and drained her spiritual energy until she lost Paper Transformation and was crushed.

Lin Qianqian challenged Zhou Fan in the simulation, but his Sage Mode, Wood Clones, and Susanoo overwhelmed her despite her destroying several of his defenses. She lasted a record two minutes and thirty seconds before losing, and the system prepared to reveal her punishment.

• Lin Qianqian restarted the simulation, hoping to counter Zhou Fan's Wood Release after losing to it in their previous battle.
• Zhou Fan used Sage Mode and nearly pierced Lin Qianqian's heart, but she survived with Paper Transformation and counterattacked with explosive paper techniques.
• Lin Qianqian's Mutually Multiplying Paper Bomb Technique destroyed Zhou Fan's Susanoo, but he summoned twenty-five Wood Clones, each capable of using Susanoo.
• Lin Qianqian spent all her Spiritual Energy and destroyed five Wood Clones, but the remaining twenty crushed her.
• The system announced Zhou Fan's victory and congratulated Lin Qianqian for lasting a record two minutes and thirty seconds before announcing that her punishment was about to begin.

Lin Qianqian’s Comparison System assigned her the humiliating punishment of bathing with Zhou Fan, and she spent the night struggling to figure out how to do it. By morning, her frustration made her cold toward Zhou Fan, who mistakenly thought she was on her period and brought her hot water.

• Lin Qianqian learned that she had to bathe with Zhou Fan within three days, with different outfits offering different rewards, and she rejected the naked option despite its superior prize.
• Lin Qianqian blamed Zhou Fan for being strong and earning her the punishment, sending him resentment that his system converted into Emotion Points.
• Zhou Fan greeted Lin Qianqian at breakfast, but she answered coldly and refused his offer to cook her noodles.
• Zhou Fan guessed that Lin Qianqian was on her period, brought her hot water, and left, making her even angrier.
• Lin Qianqian considered inviting Zhou Fan to a bathhouse or hot spring but could not find an excuse that would not make her seem perverted.

Xia Qingran began special training for Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian to prepare them as versatile members of the Evening Bell. After sending them into a triple-gravity training room, she immediately set six mutant beasts on them, and Lin Qianqian launched her ultimate technique.

• Xia Qingran arrived and told Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian she would begin intense special training for them.
• At her villa, Xia Qingran asked about their strengths and said she wanted to train them into well-rounded Espers.
• Xia Qingran sent them into a triple-gravity training room for physical and Taijutsu training.
• Six Second Tier, 3 Stars mutant beasts appeared, while Xia Qingran revealed that the beasts were under normal gravity and ordered the pair to fight.
• Xia Qingran framed the battle as a comparison between them, and Lin Qianqian responded by using Mutually Multiplying Paper Bomb Technique.

Lin Qianqian and Zhou Fan trained against Mutant Beasts in Gravity Space, adapting to three times normal gravity and fighting through two rounds. Xia Qingran announced that their afternoon training would begin at five times normal gravity, leaving Lin Qianqian dreading the challenge while pretending she could handle it.

• Lin Qianqian blasted Mutant Beasts with Explosive Tags, and Xia Qingran sent in twenty Second Tier, 3 Stars beasts for her to fight.
• Zhou Fan joined Lin Qianqian, relying on his Sharingan and Taijutsu as he adapted to the gravity and became more precise in combat.
• Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian defeated the twenty beasts, then fought another twenty before training ended an hour later.
• Xia Qingran praised their performance and suggested raising the gravity to five times normal; Zhou Fan agreed, and Lin Qianqian claimed she could handle it too.
• Xia Qingran scheduled another training session that afternoon, and Lin Qianqian forced herself to agree despite her exhaustion.

Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian endured Xia Qingran’s punishing fivefold-gravity training, then shared a meal after recovering at the villa. Xia Qingran brought them a jade bathtub that could strengthen their bodies and Spiritual Energy, and told them to bathe together.

• Zhou Fan stopped the special training early after noticing Lin Qianqian was struggling, and Xia Qingran ended the session.
• Lin Qianqian returned to the villa, collapsed into bed, and later joined Zhou Fan for dinner after he offered her some of his food.
• Xia Qingran arrived after dinner with a special jade bathtub that could temper their bodies and strengthen their Spiritual Energy.
• Xia Qingran explained that they could use the bathtub once every seven days for thirty minutes and told Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian to bathe together.

Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian bathed together in Xia Qingran’s Azure Bathtub to temper their bodies with spiritual energy. Lin Qianqian secretly used the opportunity to complete a system task, then learned she could change outfits midway to qualify for a better reward.

• Xia Qingran explained that the Azure Bathtub’s spiritual energy required Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian to soak together for thirty minutes, and Lin Qianqian agreed because she needed to complete a system task.
• Zhou Fan set up the bathtub, and Lin Qianqian entered wearing an animal-eared bathrobe over white thigh-high stockings.
• Lin Qianqian warned Zhou Fan not to turn around, and they soaked in silence as the bathtub’s spiritual energy eased their fatigue and tempered their bodies.
• Lin Qianqian asked her system whether removing her bathrobe to reveal the lingerie underneath would fulfill a higher-tier task requirement, and the system confirmed it would count if she bathed with Zhou Fan for five minutes.

Lin Qianqian endured bathing with Zhou Fan to claim higher-tier system rewards, eventually removing her bathrobe and then her lingerie while he faced away. After questioning him about his abilities and spirit eye system, she tried to leave the Azure Bathtub before he could see her, but her numb feet made her fall toward him.

• Lin Qianqian removed her bathrobe to qualify for better rewards, while Zhou Fan heard the clothes rustle and glimpsed her reflection in the water.
• Lin Qianqian admired Zhou Fan's back, then asked how he had mastered several abilities and whether Susanoo came from his spirit eye system; Zhou Fan confirmed it did.
• With ten minutes left, Lin Qianqian decided to pursue the system's strongest rewards and secretly removed her bra while keeping her eyes on Zhou Fan.
• When the Azure Bathtub's spiritual energy ran out, Zhou Fan started to get up, but Lin Qianqian stopped him and asked to leave first.
• Lin Qianqian stood up, but her numb feet made her lose her balance and topple toward Zhou Fan.

After Lin Qianqian’s punishment task forces an embarrassing bathroom encounter with Zhou Fan, she claims her rewards and receives a defensive skill. The system postpones her next comparison for a month and boosts her cultivation speed, leaving her determined to beat Zhou Fan next time.

• Lin Qianqian slipped and fell into Zhou Fan’s arms while bathing, then covered his eyes and hurried away after he caught a glimpse of her.
• Lin Qianqian complained to the system and received a Supreme-Grade Spirit Stone and an S-rank skill book chest as her punishment-task rewards.
• Lin Qianqian obtained Paper-Style Guard, which automatically defended her even if she lost consciousness or fell under Genjutsu.
• After Lin Qianqian lost two consecutive comparisons, the system postponed the next one for a month, and she accepted the delay rather than face a comparison every three days.
• The system granted Lin Qianqian a 150% cultivation-speed increase until the next comparison, and she vowed to defeat Zhou Fan.

Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian continued Xia Qingran’s gravity training after recovering in the Azure Bathtub, and Xia Qingran challenged Zhou Fan to spar while enduring nine times gravity. The fight was about to begin when Xia Qingran’s bare feet released a piercing chill.

• Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian praised the Azure Bathtub’s effects, and Xia Qingran told them they could use it again after its seven-day cooldown.
• Xia Qingran put Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian through five-times-gravity training and said they were not ready to advance to seven times gravity.
• Xia Qingran explained that she expected them to master nine-times-gravity combat within a week, as she had done herself.
• Zhou Fan agreed to spar with Xia Qingran, who set her gravity to nine times and challenged him to touch her once while he remained at five times gravity.
• Xia Qingran removed her shoes, and a piercing chill spread as her bare feet touched the ground.

Zhou Fan and Xia Qingran tested their strength in Gravity Space, where Xia Qingran's ice techniques repeatedly overwhelmed his attacks. The chapter ended as Zhou Fan's Susanoo broke free from her Absolute Zero and formed Tengu Armor.

• Xia Qingran attacked Zhou Fan under nine times normal gravity, and he countered her ice spikes with Fire and Wind Release techniques.
• Zhou Fan activated his Mangekyō Sharingan and attacked with fire techniques, but Xia Qingran intercepted them with ice mirrors and an ice wall.
• Zhou Fan used Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence, and Xia Qingran froze the entire forest with Absolute Zero.
• Xia Qingran froze Zhou Fan's body and attacked, but he broke free with Susanoo and endured her barrage of ice spikes.
• Xia Qingran froze Zhou Fan's Susanoo with Absolute Zero, but Zhou Fan freed it and formed Tengu Armor.

Zhou Fan fought Xia Qingran and lost after she used Absolute Domain: Zero, while Lin Qianqian resolved to catch up to him. Xia Qingran resumed their special training, and both Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian broke through to second tier, 5 stars.

• Zhou Fan used Susanoo's third form against Xia Qingran, whose ice attacks failed to pierce its Tengu Armor.
• Xia Qingran used Absolute Domain: Zero to crack Susanoo and reach Zhou Fan, then tapped his forehead and won the fight.
• Zhou Fan conceded defeat, and Xia Qingran thought his strength might help her bring down the four great families someday.
• Lin Qianqian realized how large the gap between her and Zhou Fan was and vowed to catch up to him.
• Xia Qingran sent Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian back to Gravity Space for training, and they progressed from five times to seven times gravity.
• After enduring half an hour under seven times gravity, Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian both advanced to second tier, 5 stars.

After Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian advanced to Second Tier, five stars, Xia Qingran rewarded them and spoke with her mother about her plans for Evening Bell and the possible arrival of Dongfang Yue. Back at the villa, Lin Qianqian acted awkwardly around Zhou Fan, who noticed her discarded clothes in the bathroom before showering.

• Xia Qingran praised Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian for reaching Second Tier, five stars, and gave each a Divine Essence Fruit.
• Zhou Fan reminded Xia Qingran about her promised scholarship, spirit stones, and skill books, and she said she would pay him in installments.
• Xia Qingran told her mother that Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian exceeded her expectations, then learned Dongfang Yue might come looking for her with the Eastern Family's Pure Yang Flame.
• Xia Qingran said she would not beat Dongfang Yue to death if he bothered her.
• At the villa, Lin Qianqian hurried back to her room when Zhou Fan returned, and Zhou Fan later found her discarded clothes in the bathroom before showering.

Lin Qianqian and Zhou Fan absorbed their Divine Essence Fruits and pursued stronger cultivation, while Zhou Fan spent emotion points on Wood Release and won Amaterasu in a prize draw. The next morning, they trained under seven times gravity, where Lin Qianqian demonstrated her defensive Paper-Style Guard.

• Lin Qianqian absorbed her Divine Essence Fruit and advanced toward reaching third tier, 1 star.
• Zhou Fan absorbed his Divine Essence Fruit, checked his emotion points, and redeemed the Wood Dragon Technique for 10,000 points.
• Zhou Fan used another 10,000 emotion points to draw Amaterasu from the prize wheel, though he had hoped to win Kotoamatsukami.
• Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian arrived at the Gravity Training Room to adapt to seven times gravity by fighting second tier, 1 star spirit beasts.
• Lin Qianqian used Paper-Style Guard and Explosive Tags to defend herself and defeat charging beasts, while Zhou Fan fought with Taijutsu and wondered if her defense could withstand his techniques.

Dongfang Yue and Dongfang Xuan, two young men from the Eastern Family, arrived at Xinghai University, where Dongfang Xuan confronted Zhou Fan after asking for Xia Qingran. Xia Qingran intervened, took Zhou Fan away, and faced Dongfang Yue’s challenge to her organization.

• Dongfang Yue and Dongfang Xuan arrived at Xinghai University in a limited-edition Ferrari, drawing attention as members of the Eastern Family.
• Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian completed two hours of training under seven times normal gravity, and Xia Qingran told them they were nearing the nine-times maximum.
• Dongfang Xuan demanded that Zhou Fan tell him whether Xia Qingran was there, but Zhou Fan refused to answer his condescending question.
• Dongfang Xuan was about to attack Zhou Fan when Xia Qingran arrived and warned him against causing trouble on her campus.
• Dongfang Yue greeted Xia Qingran and said he had come to see her, but she told him to leave and took Zhou Fan by the hand.
• Dongfang Yue asked whether Zhou Fan belonged to Xia Qingran’s organization and mocked its chances against the Four Great Families.

Xia Qingran confronted Dongfang Yue and Dongfang Xuan, then directed Dongfang Xuan to fight Zhou Fan first. Zhou Fan accepted and prepared to livestream their duel at Xinghai University’s playground.

• Dongfang Yue proposed joining forces with Xia Qingran and insulted Zhou Fan, but Xia Qingran rejected him and defended Zhou Fan.
• Dongfang Yue challenged Xia Qingran after revealing he had mastered the Eastern Family’s pure yang flame, and she told him to have Dongfang Xuan fight Zhou Fan instead.
• Zhou Fan agreed to fight after learning the brothers were geniuses from the Eastern Family, hoping the clash would earn him emotion points.
• At the School Playground, Dongfang Xuan faced Zhou Fan as students gathered to watch and discussed their differences in rank and background.
• Zhou Fan asked Xia Qingran to hold his phone, then started setting up a livestream and told Dongfang Xuan to wait for more viewers before they fought.

Zhou Fan livestreamed his one-on-one fight with Dongfang Xuan, an S-Rank Beast Transformation Esper from the Eastern Family, and calmly countered his attacks. Dongfang Xuan transformed and launched a powerful punch, while Zhou Fan summoned an azure Susanoo fist to meet it.

• Zhou Fan started a livestream at Xinghai University and introduced Dongfang Xuan as his opponent.
• Dongfang Xuan charged Zhou Fan with leopard speed and eagle claws, but Zhou Fan evaded him with the Substitution Technique.
• Dongfang Xuan attacked with bear strength, and Zhou Fan drove him back with Water Release: Water Shockwave.
• Dongfang Yue watched as Dongfang Xuan activated Beast Transformation, combining his mutant beasts' abilities.
• Dongfang Xuan unleashed Three Beast Fist, and Zhou Fan activated his Mangekyō Sharingan and formed an azure Susanoo skeleton with a massive fist.

Zhou Fan defeated Dongfang Xuan with Susanoo and a barrage of punches, then fought Dongfang Yue after he intervened. Zhou Fan countered Dongfang Yue’s pure yang flame with water and fire techniques, and the chapter ended as he used Amaterasu against the flames.

• Zhou Fan blocked Dongfang Xuan’s Three Beast Fist with Susanoo, then overwhelmed him with punches until Dongfang Xuan surrendered.
• Dongfang Yue interrupted the match and burned Zhou Fan’s arms with pure yang flame, but Zhou Fan healed almost instantly.
• Dongfang Yue attacked Zhou Fan with Pure Yang: Flying Fire, and Zhou Fan first blocked it with Water Formation Wall, then extinguished it with Great Exploding Water Colliding Wave.
• After Xia Qingran warned Zhou Fan about pure yang flame, Zhou Fan attacked Dongfang Yue with Majestic Destroyer Flame, but Dongfang Yue’s golden flames swallowed it.
• Zhou Fan activated his Mangekyō Sharingan and used Amaterasu against Dongfang Yue’s pure yang flame.

Zhou Fan’s Amaterasu overwhelmed Dongfang Yue’s Pure Yang Flame, and Dongfang Yue escalated the fight by summoning his Yang Flame Avatar. Zhou Fan answered with a much larger third-form Susanoo, leaving the two facing off.

• Zhou Fan’s Amaterasu devoured Dongfang Yue’s Pure Yang Flame despite Dongfang Yue’s attempts to suppress it.
• Dongfang Yue and Dongfang Xuan were shocked when Zhou Fan defeated the supposedly strongest fire type with another flame.
• Dongfang Yue resolved to injure Zhou Fan and summoned his nearly ten-meter-tall Yang Flame Avatar.
• Zhou Fan formed his over-twenty-meter-tall third-form Susanoo, dwarfing Dongfang Yue’s avatar.
• Zhou Fan remarked that his Susanoo was bigger, and Dongfang Yue vowed to crush him with the Yang Flame Avatar.

Zhou Fan overpowered Dongfang Yue’s Yang Flame Avatar with Susanoo and Wood Release, but Luo Luodong stopped their fight before it could continue. Dongfang Yue left furious, while Xia Qingran warned him not to retaliate against Zhou Fan behind the scenes.

• Dongfang Yue sent his Yang Flame Avatar to attack Zhou Fan’s Susanoo, but its sword strikes could not break through the Tengu Armor.
• Zhou Fan summoned a Wood Dragon that restrained the Yang Flame Avatar and absorbed its spiritual energy, causing the dragon to grow as the avatar shrank.
• Zhou Fan slashed the Yang Flame Avatar in half, and Dongfang Yue prepared to attack him in a rage.
• Luo Luodong intervened, suppressed Dongfang Yue with his fifth-tier strength, and ordered the sparring to end.
• Xia Qingran shielded Zhou Fan and warned Dongfang Yue against causing trouble behind the scenes; Dongfang Yue left with the badly beaten Dongfang Xuan.

Zhou Fan defeated Dongfang Xuan and fought Dongfang Yue until Director Luo stopped their battle, earning a large haul of emotion points and drawing the Eastern Family’s anger. The next morning, Zhou Fan received resentment from the brothers and unlocked the Radiating Charm achievement, gaining more points and an Earth Release Ninjutsu Gift Pack.

• Luo Luodong ended the fight, Xia Qingran promised to pay for the playground repairs, and Zhou Fan received his phone back with the livestream showing over fifteen thousand peak viewers.
• Xia Qingran checked that Zhou Fan was unharmed, praised his performance, and promised him a reward the next day.
• Dongfang Bai watched the videos of Zhou Fan defeating Dongfang Xuan and outmatching Dongfang Yue, then scolded the brothers and ordered them to train at home for a month.
• Dongfang Yue blamed the interruption for his defeat and vowed not to let Zhou Fan get away with it.
• Zhou Fan saw resentment pouring into his system the next morning and found that he had accumulated thirty thousand emotion points.
• The system announced that Zhou Fan had unlocked the Radiating Charm achievement and awarded him twenty thousand emotion points and an Earth Release Ninjutsu Gift Pack.