Recaps

Zhou Fan formed Dawn, helped stop She Wan’s experiments, and cleared all thirty floors of Xinghai University’s Tower of Trials. The arc ended with Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian assigned to investigate suspected vampire spies in Ashen City after eleven coastal guards were killed.

• Zhou Fan refused to fix the Emotion Point bug, spent points on new techniques, and won the Flying Thunder God Technique in a prize draw.
• Zhou Fan suppressed Xia Qingran’s out-of-control Ice Spirit Body, but she later returned to the Imperial Capital with Xia Chuan and disbanded Evening Bell.
• Xi Yan took Zhou Fan, Lin Qianqian, Zhao Qiu, and Duan Fei as students, and Zhou Fan established Dawn with Zhao Qiu and Duan Fei.
• Zhou Fan joined Black Wolf and Zhao Qiu in investigating She Wan’s laboratory, where She Wan unleashed mutant subjects empowered by Four-Tails’ energy.
• Zhou Fan defeated the mutants and returned with the team, while Lin Qianqian completed her system’s punishment task by sleeping beside Zhou Fan and earning rewards.
• Zhou Fan climbed the Tower of Trials, defeated the Nightmare Lord’s clone, and cleared all thirty floors with help from Shukaku and Matatabi.
• Fang Ping rewarded Zhou Fan with a Secret Realm treasure map, and Lin Qianqian left after seeing him surrounded by girls.
• Luo Luodong reported that eleven coastal guards had been killed, then assigned Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian to investigate suspected vampire spies in Ashen City.

Zhou Fan and his companions infiltrated Ashen City to uncover the Vampire spies and fought their way through the Thunderclap Society and Lord Raymond’s forces. Raymond survived Zhou Fan’s devastating attack and was captured by She Wan, while Zhou Fan’s group reported the spies’ defeat and stayed to explore the city.

• Luo Luodong warned Zhou Fan that Ashen City was hostile to legitimate Espers, and Zhou Fan set out with Zhao Qiu, Duan Fei, and Lin Qianqian.
• After arriving, Zhou Fan’s group found that the Thunderclap Society might be connected to the Vampire spies, and Zhou Fan infiltrated its base disguised as a woman.
• Chen Ting attacked Zhou Fan after the disguise failed, but Zhou Fan subdued him and learned that the Vampires were the society’s allies before Iris and her squad appeared.
• Zhao Qiu and Duan Fei fought Iris, and Duan Fei’s curse transferred his injuries to her until she died, while Lin Qianqian destroyed the other four Vampires.
• Raymond Russell confronted Zhou Fan and ordered his guards to capture Lin Qianqian, but she defeated them while Zhou Fan battled Raymond.
• Raymond trapped the group with Heavenly Net, but Zhou Fan teleported them outside Ashen City, then returned in a Susanoo-armored Wood Golem and struck Raymond into a chasm.
• Raymond resurrected and planned to report Zhou Fan, but She Wan paralyzed and swallowed him to study his Vampire abilities.
• Zhou Fan told Captain Qian that his battle had split Ashen City and directed him to the Vampire spies’ bodies, then stayed in the city with his companions for a meal and a look around.

After recruiting Jiaoxin, Zhou Fan established [Dawn] as a bounty-hunting organization and led its members through missions that made it famous in the Southern District. With Kamui unlocked, Zhou Fan headed toward a dangerous Chaos Secret Realm in the Yunmeng Mountains.

• Ding Hao and the Blood Hand Society confronted Zhou Fan's group in Ashen City, but Lin Qianqian and Zhou Fan defeated them before Jiaoxin killed Ding Hao and Bald Third for their bounties.
• Zhou Fan unlocked Eight Gates Release and Chidori, then sparred with Zhao Qiu and took his companions through a Treasure Map passage to claim several treasures.
• Jiaoxin tried to take the group's treasure, but Zhou Fan defeated him and made him join [Dawn] as its financial manager alongside Duan Fei.
• Zhou Fan established [Dawn]'s base, issued Red Cloud Black Robes and coded rings, and sent Jiaoxin and Duan Fei to hunt Li Hu while he and Zhao Qiu captured the Dusk Butcher.
• [Dawn] completed more than a dozen bounty missions, earned two and a half million last month, and gained a reputation that brought new commissions.
• After learning of a Fourth Tier Chaos Secret Realm and a Beast King nearing the Fifth Tier, Zhou Fan agreed to investigate and spent 100,000 emotion points to redeem Kamui.
• Lin Qianqian began the third stage of Xi Yan's special training as Zhou Fan put on his mask and used Kamui to vanish into Alternate Space on his way to the secret realm.

Zhou Fan led [Dawn] through the Chaos Secret Realm, defeated the Ruan family, and claimed Three-Tails as his Summoning Beast. He then entered the National Competition, where his overwhelming lead took him and Zhao Qiu into the Advanced Area to pursue its Beast King.

• Xiong Biao tried to claim the Chaos Secret Realm for the Blood Wolf Society, but Zhou Fan defeated him with Tsukuyomi and led [Dawn] into the realm.
• Zhou Fan’s group found Three-Tails at a mist-covered lake, but Ruan Qingqing tried to claim the Beast King for herself.
• Zhou Fan fought Ruan Qingqing and Ruan Hai, subdued Three-Tails with Sharingan Genjutsu, and bound it as his Summoning Beast.
• Xi Yan explained that the Void Rift could offer students a chance to grow stronger and announced the National Competition, but Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian declined guaranteed places.
• Xinghai University’s delegation traveled to the Imperial Capital, where Zhou Fan reunited with fellow competitors and the National Competition began.
• In the Myriad Phenomena Forbidden Zone, Zhou Fan gathered Beast Soul Marks and points at a remarkable pace, eventually leaving the beginner and intermediate areas behind.
• Zhou Fan entered the Advanced Area with Zhao Qiu, and they headed toward its Beast King despite encountering powerful Fourth Tier beasts.