Chapter Summaries

Zhou Fan cleared floor 24 of the Tower of Trials and reached floor 25, where he encountered a clone of the Nightmare Lord guarding the floor. The Nightmare Lord challenged Zhou Fan to defeat him to proceed.

• Students gathered to watch Zhou Fan reach floor 24 in 25 minutes, and Lin Qianqian, Zhao Qiu, and Duan Fei arrived to see his progress.
• Zhou Fan defeated seven fourth-tier, five-star Demon Tigers on floor 24 by trapping them with Wood Release and weakening them with poisonous pollen.
• Zhou Fan cleared floor 24 and entered floor 25, becoming the second person in Xinghai University's history to reach it.
• Zhou Fan recognized the floor 25 guardian as the Nightmare Lord from the Nightmare Illusion Realm.
• The Nightmare Lord explained that he was a clone guarding floor 25 and told Zhou Fan to defeat him to pass.

Zhou Fan defeated the Nightmare Lord in a genjutsu duel, clearing the Tower of Trials’ twenty-fifth floor and setting a new record. He then entered the twenty-sixth floor and summoned Shukaku and Matatabi to fight two mutant beasts.

• The Nightmare Lord trapped Zhou Fan in his Nightmare Eye genjutsu, but Zhou Fan used his Sharingan to reflect it back at him.
• The Nightmare Lord countered with another genjutsu, and Zhou Fan awakened his eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and overwhelmed him.
• The Nightmare Lord admitted defeat, revealed he was a clone who could not locate his missing original body, and sent Zhou Fan to the next floor.
• Spectators and teachers at Xinghai University celebrated as Zhou Fan cleared the twenty-fifth floor and advanced to the twenty-sixth.
• Zhou Fan summoned Shukaku and Matatabi to help him battle the two fifth-tier mutant beasts on the twenty-sixth floor.

Zhou Fan defeated the massive horde on Floor 30 and became the first person in Xinghai University's history to clear all 30 floors of the Tower of Trials. He emerged exhausted to a cheering crowd, while Xi Yan and Luo Luodong discussed the Tower and Lord Hei Meng's legacy.

• Zhou Fan reached Floor 30 and faced more than a hundred mutant beasts gathered from the previous floors.
• Zhou Fan used Sage Mode, 30 wood clones, and Susanoo to battle the horde alongside his two tailed beasts.
• Spectators watched Zhou Fan enter Floor 30, while Xi Yan and Luo Luodong discussed his chances and the teachers' failures on Floor 25.
• Xi Yan explained that Lord Hei Meng had left a genjutsu clone to train students, and Luo Luodong recalled how Hei Meng had once helped him overcome his inner demons.
• Zhou Fan defeated every beast on Floor 30 and left the Tower of Trials exhausted.
• The Tower announced Zhou Fan had cleared all 30 floors, and Zhao Qiu and the crowd cheered him.

Zhou Fan cleared the Tower of Trials and received a Secret Realm treasure map, then drew attention from several girls. Lin Qianqian grew jealous of his popularity but denied it, while Zhou Fan failed to understand why she was upset.

• Zhou Fan cleared all thirty floors of the Tower of Trials, setting a university record and earning over seven thousand emotion points.
• Fang Ping congratulated Zhou Fan and gave him a Secret Realm treasure map that required fourth tier, one star to activate.
• Several girls approached Zhou Fan, and he added them on WeChat while Zhao Qiu and Duan Fei watched.
• Lin Qianqian felt uncomfortable seeing Zhou Fan surrounded by girls and recalled their intimate encounters, then left after he told her about clearing the tower.
• Zhao Qiu told Zhou Fan that Lin Qianqian was jealous, but Zhou Fan refused to believe it.

After vampire Espers from Meixing Country infiltrated the country, Luo Luodong warned Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian that they might be targets. He assigned them a mission in Ashen City to investigate signs of vampire spies.

• Zhou Fan returned to the villa and found Xi Yan, Luo Luodong, and Lin Qianqian waiting there.
• Luo Luodong reported that eleven coastal guards had been killed and drained of blood, likely by vampires from Meixing Country.
• Luo Luodong explained that the vampires might be seeking revenge for Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian killing Osborn, though their target was not confirmed.
• Xi Yan described how foreign Espers infiltrated the country for espionage, assassination, and efforts to stir internal conflict.
• Luo Luodong assigned Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian a mission in Ashen City, where the Esper Bureau had found signs of vampire spies.

Zhou Fan and his companions prepared to infiltrate Ashen City and track down Vampire spies. They set off with Zhao Qiu and Duan Fei, warned to hide their identities and trust no one there.

• Luo Luodong explained Ashen City's history as a lawless refuge beyond the Esper Bureau's jurisdiction and warned Zhou Fan that legitimate Espers faced hostility there.
• Luo Luodong told Zhou Fan to find the school's intelligence agents in Ashen City and avoid revealing his identity, while Xi Yan offered his name as protection and Luo Luodong recalled it had failed before.
• Xi Yan approved Zhou Fan's request to bring Zhao Qiu and Duan Fei along and let them share the mission reward.
• Zhou Fan invited Zhao Qiu and Duan Fei, who eagerly agreed to go to Ashen City for a fight and to seek followers for Lord Jashin.
• Luo Luodong warned the group not to trust anyone in Ashen City, and Zhou Fan and his companions boarded a flying spirit beast and set off.

Zhou Fan and his companions arrived in Ashen City to investigate a Vampire spy, preparing Flying Thunder God Kunai as escape and rescue tools along the way. They entered the lawless city and saw locals kill a man in the street without drawing any concern from the crowd.

• Zhou Fan flew with Zhao Qiu, Duan Fei, and Lin Qianqian to Ashen City and handed each of them a Flying Thunder God Kunai.
• Zhou Fan hid another marked Kunai outside the city before the group entered through its open gates.
• Zhou Fan's companions saw Ashen City's grim streets and drew suspicious stares from locals who recognized them as newcomers.
• Zhao Qiu and Duan Fei argued over Duan Fei's admiration for the city's atmosphere, and Zhou Fan told them to stop.
• Several people attacked and killed a man in the street, while nearby residents watched and discussed the murder without alarm.

Zhou Fan and his companions arrived in Ashen City and were confronted by Baldy Three, who tried to extort them and seize Lin Qianqian. Lin Qianqian blasted Baldy Three’s crotch, and he called for his men to kill them.

• Zhou Fan’s group headed to meet their intelligence contacts after arriving in Ashen City.
• Baldy Three and his men demanded protection money, but Zhou Fan offered only one yuan.
• Baldy Three demanded that Lin Qianqian keep him company, and she insulted him before he tried to grab her.
• Lin Qianqian used an explosive paper talisman to blast Baldy Three’s lower body.
• Baldy Three declared that his junk was gone and ordered his men to kill Zhou Fan’s group.

Zhou Fan and his companions defeated Bald Third’s crew, then contacted an intelligence source in Ashen City and learned that the Vampire spies might be connected to the Thunderclap Society. The group split up to investigate, with Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian each insisting on going alone, and set out to gather information without provoking a fight.

• Lin Qianqian used Paper Blizzard to defeat Bald Third’s men, who fled with him after releasing smoke bombs.
• Zhou Fan and his companions reached an equipment shop and used Luo Luodong’s contact code to exchange messages with the owner.
• The owner gave Zhou Fan an intelligence sheet saying the Vampire spies might be connected to the Thunderclap Society.
• Zhou Fan proposed splitting up to search for the Thunderclap Society, but Lin Qianqian insisted she could work alone.
• Zhou Fan assigned Zhao Qiu and Duan Fei to search together while he and Lin Qianqian went separately, and told everyone to avoid fighting unless necessary.

Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian gathered intelligence on the Thunderclap Society in Ashen City, learning that it was led by Chen Ting and had recently targeted an Abandoned Factory in the North District. Lin Qianqian headed there to investigate, while a watcher revealed that the society planned to ambush the Xinghai University teams.

• After Zhou Fan's teams split up, a watcher reported their movements to Lord Raymond, who ordered the watcher back as a feast was about to begin.
• Zhou Fan used Sharingan Genjutsu to question people alone on the street, learning that the Thunderclap Society was a new, small organization in Ashen City.
• Zhou Fan paid five thousand yuan at the All-Knowing shop to become a member and learned that Chen Ting led the Thunderclap Society and had been active near the North District's Abandoned Factory.
• Lin Qianqian used paper butterflies to overhear that the Thunderclap Society was hiring people to clear Mutant Beasts from the Abandoned Factory.
• Lin Qianqian headed toward the North District after hearing the information.

Zhao Qiu and Duan Fei found the Thunderclap Society’s abandoned factory, where Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian tried to enter by joining its Purge Squad. After the squad filled up and Lin Qianqian rejected a secretary offer, Zhou Fan transformed into a beautiful woman and prepared to try a different way in.

• Duan Fei distracted himself by trying to recruit people to worship Jashin until Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian reported that the Thunderclap Society operated from an abandoned factory.
• Zhao Qiu and Duan Fei searched the North District, found the factory, and sent its location to Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian.
• The group learned that the Thunderclap Society was recruiting Third Tier, 1 Star fighters for a Purge Squad, but all the positions were filled before they could apply.
• Ma Lin offered Lin Qianqian a female secretary job for the Thunderclap Society’s president, but she refused and walked away.
• After Zhou Fan proposed a honey trap, he used the Transformation Technique to turn himself into a beautiful young woman, stunning Zhao Qiu and Duan Fei.

Zhou Fan used his Transformation Technique to disguise himself as a beautiful woman and infiltrated the Thunderclap Society’s base in the Abandoned Factory. As its president, Chen Ting lunged at him, while Lin Qianqian also found a way inside to support the mission.

• Zhou Fan transformed himself into a woman and went alone to infiltrate the Thunderclap Society, while Zhao Qiu and Duan Fei waited outside.
• Ma Lin, captivated by Zhou Fan’s appearance, led him into the Thunderclap Society’s base after Zhou Fan pretended to apply for a secretary position.
• Lin Qianqian turned herself into sheets of paper and slipped into the Abandoned Factory to back up Zhou Fan.
• Zhou Fan memorized the base’s layout and the members’ positions as Ma Lin escorted him to Chen Ting’s office.
• Chen Ting revealed that the secretary job was a pretext for pursuing women and lunged at Zhou Fan.

Zhou Fan infiltrated the Thunderclap Society by posing as a woman and tricked its president, Chen Ting, into revealing that the group had powerful allies. After his Transformation Technique expired, Zhou Fan fought Chen Ting and used the Uchiha Gunbai to absorb his lightning attack and reflect it back at him.

• Zhou Fan pretended to be a vulnerable woman to coax Chen Ting into boasting about the Thunderclap Society and its allies.
• Chen Ting carried Zhou Fan to his office bed, but Zhou Fan's Transformation Technique expired and revealed that he was a man.
• Chen Ting became enraged, revealed his fourth-tier, five-star strength, and demanded to know who had sent Zhou Fan.
• Zhou Fan asked who the Thunderclap Society's allies were, suspecting they were Vampires, but Chen Ting attacked instead.
• Zhou Fan blocked Chen Ting's Thunderstorm Fist with the Uchiha Gunbai, which absorbed the lightning, and used Uchiha Reflection.

Zhou Fan used the Uchiha Gunbai to reflect Chen Ting’s attacks and reveal his strength to the Thunderclap Society president. When Ma Lin and the other members attacked, Zhou Fan reflected their techniques back at them.

• Zhou Fan reflected Chen Ting’s probing punch with the Gunbai and sent him through a door.
• Chen Ting activated Lightning Armor and attacked with Lightning Flash, but Zhou Fan dodged and deflected his punch into the floor.
• Chen Ting launched a Lightning Ball Technique, and Zhou Fan absorbed it with the Gunbai before returning it as Wind Release, smashing Chen Ting into a wall.
• Ma Lin arrived with Thunderclap Society members, learned Zhou Fan was the man he had brought in disguised as a woman, and led the group in attacking him.
• Zhou Fan used Uchiha Reflection repeatedly to send the members’ techniques back at them.

Zhou Fan defeated the Thunderclap Society and used Genjutsu to question its president, Chen Ting, about the Vampire spies. Before Chen Ting could reveal how to contact them, the Vampires appeared and attacked.

• Zhou Fan reflected the Thunderclap Society members’ attacks, but Chen Ting overwhelmed him with a lightning-powered assault and Thunderclap Bomb.
• Zhou Fan used Susanoo to withstand Chen Ting’s attacks, trapped him, and subdued him with Genjutsu.
• Zhou Fan learned that the Vampires were the Thunderclap Society’s allies, but Chen Ting said he did not know where they were.
• As Chen Ting began explaining how to contact the Vampires, a blood arrow killed him and his body transformed into arrows that struck Susanoo.
• Zhou Fan blocked the blood arrows as a group of Vampires appeared before him.

Zhou Fan confronted five vampire spies led by Iris, who sought revenge for Osborn’s death, and vanished to bring in reinforcements. He found Zhao Qiu and Duan Fei playing cards outside the factory and prepared to take them inside, while Lin Qianqian had already entered to investigate.

• Iris and four other vampires surrounded Zhou Fan and accused him of helping kill Osborn on Lanya Island.
• Iris identified herself as captain of Meixing Country’s Sixth Squad and threatened to drain Zhou Fan’s blood.
• Zhou Fan disappeared using his technique, leaving the vampires searching for him.
• Zhou Fan teleported to Zhao Qiu and Duan Fei, who had been playing cards outside the factory while waiting for support.
• Zhao Qiu told Zhou Fan that Lin Qianqian had gone inside to investigate using her paper-slip ability.
• Zhou Fan put a hand on each of Zhao Qiu and Duan Fei and prepared to teleport them into the factory.

Zhou Fan returned to confront Iris with Zhao Qiu and Duan Fei, whom Iris recognized as the people who had killed Osborn. The fight left Iris badly injured after Zhao Qiu unleashed three Life Shackles and struck her, while Duan Fei regenerated after being beheaded.

• Iris realized Zhou Fan had fled, but he reappeared using a Flying Thunder God Mark and brought Zhao Qiu and Duan Fei with him.
• Iris mocked Zhao Qiu and Duan Fei, recognized their scents from Lanya Island, and accused them of killing Osborn.
• Zhao Qiu joked that vampires would make excellent police dogs, provoking Iris to attack him.
• Duan Fei shielded Zhao Qiu from Iris's strike and gripped her hand as she pierced his heart.
• Zhao Qiu released three Life Shackles, raised his cultivation to fourth tier, one star, and struck Iris with a giantified fist.
• Iris was badly injured, but Duan Fei regenerated after Iris severed his head, then asked what she had just said.

Duan Fei and Zhao Qiu accepted Zhou Fan’s challenge to fight Iris, while Zhou Fan faced Iris’s four remaining vampire companions. The battles began, leaving all three fights unresolved.

• Duan Fei recovered after Iris severed his head, drawing her interest in his apparent ability to survive fatal injuries.
• Zhou Fan sent Duan Fei and Zhao Qiu to test their training against Iris, and both agreed to fight her.
• Iris ordered her four companions to attack Zhou Fan while she fought Duan Fei and Zhao Qiu.
• The four vampires coordinated attacks on Zhou Fan, who dodged them and used his Gunbai to reflect the archer’s blood arrows into a Wind Release blast that knocked back the dual-blade vampire.

Zhao Qiu and Duan Fei fought Iris, but her strength overwhelmed them and she drained Duan Fei’s blood. Just as Iris prepared to kill Zhao Qiu, she suddenly spat out black blood, giving him an opening to attack.

• Zhou Fan praised the four Vampires’ coordination and invited them to keep attacking, while effortlessly countering their assault.
• Zhao Qiu and Duan Fei launched a two-sided attack on Iris, but she repelled Zhao Qiu and cut Duan Fei with her Scarlet Web; Duan Fei’s wounds rapidly healed.
• Iris trapped Zhao Qiu with a Blood Dragon and bit Duan Fei, while Duan Fei bit her back; Zhao Qiu unlocked his fourth shackle and broke free, but Iris threw Duan Fei at him.
• Iris savored Duan Fei’s blood and advanced on Zhao Qiu; after dodging his attacks, she prepared to fire blood bullets.
• Iris suddenly spat out pitch-black blood, and Zhao Qiu seized the opening to unleash Tiger Heaven Crash.

Zhao Qiu and Duan Fei fought Iris, whose attempt to drain Duan Fei’s blood left her vulnerable to a cursed attack. After Iris discovered that Duan Fei transferred his injuries to her, he prepared to hurt himself again, leaving her facing the consequences.

• Zhao Qiu struck Iris with Tiger Heaven Crash while Duan Fei’s blood disrupted her spiritual energy, badly injuring her.
• Iris used Blood Source Rebirth to restore her body, but her cultivation fell to fourth tier, five stars.
• Duan Fei revealed that Iris had also drunk his blood, while Zhao Qiu moved away from the blood ritual.
• Iris attacked Duan Fei with Blood Claw and Blood Kill, and each injury he suffered appeared on her as well.
• Iris realized Duan Fei’s injuries were being transferred to her, but Duan Fei declared his power and aimed a dagger at his own heart.