Chapter Summaries

Zhou Fan and Xia Qingran reached Ice Spirit Mountain, where the cold tested Zhou Fan but suited Xia Qingran’s ice spirit body. When an Ice Spirit Snow Ape attacked, Zhou Fan destroyed it with a strange power, leaving Xia Qingran astonished.

• Zhou Fan worried about Xia Qingran in the freezing wasteland, but she teased him for finally learning to care about girls.
• Zhou Fan and Xia Qingran passed through a frozen forest and arrived at Ice Spirit Mountain, where she explained the Qin Family’s history with ice spirit bodies.
• Zhou Fan sensed an approaching threat, and an Ice Spirit Snow Ape burst from the ground.
• Zhou Fan burned the ape with his fire techniques, then erased it with Dust Release.
• Xia Qingran asked Zhou Fan what superpower he had used.

Zhou Fan and Xia Qingran reached Ice Spirit Mountain’s inner core so Xia Qingran could strengthen her Ice Spirit Body and suppress the Xiaoyang Fruit’s medicinal power. After adapting to the intense cold with the Cold Ice Pearl, Zhou Fan was ready to stay by her side as she began resonating with the mountain’s cold ice spiritual energy.

• Xia Qingran led Zhou Fan to the underground core of Ice Spirit Mountain, where its cold ice spiritual energy gathered.
• Xia Qingran urged Zhou Fan to activate the Cold Ice Pearl so he could endure the extreme cold and absorb spiritual energy safely.
• Zhou Fan adapted to the cold ice spiritual energy in less than half an hour, drawing on the Cold Ice Pearl and his constitution.
• Xia Qingran began activating her Ice Spirit Body and resonating with the cold ice spiritual energy while Zhou Fan offered to help.

Xia Qingran struggled to suppress the Xiaoyang Fruit’s power while cultivating, and Zhou Fan used a sealing technique to help her overcome its backlash. After her clothes burned away, she borrowed his jacket, then confronted him for seeing her and bit him when he teased her.

• Xia Qingran absorbed cold ice spiritual energy for several hours as Zhou Fan cultivated nearby and watched over her.
• The Xiaoyang Fruit’s power flared up inside Xia Qingran, scorching her meridians and burning most of her clothes.
• Zhou Fan used the Fire-Sealing Method to suppress the escaping flames, allowing Xia Qingran to subdue the Xiaoyang Fruit’s power.
• Xia Qingran covered herself with Zhou Fan’s jacket and made him promise not to tell anyone that he had seen her exposed.
• Zhou Fan called Xia Qingran cute, so she lunged at him and bit him.

Zhou Fan and Xia Qingran shared a barbecue in the cave while discussing how she needed to balance the Xiaoyang Fruit’s power with her Ice Spirit Body to complete its evolution. After eating, Xia Qingran leaned into Zhou Fan’s arms as she grew sleepy.

• Zhou Fan prepared barbecue from food he had stored in his Kamui Dimension, and Xia Qingran asked him to grill her a chicken wing.
• Xia Qingran explained that she had to balance the Xiaoyang Fruit’s power and her Ice Spirit Body perfectly to finish her evolution and prevent future backlash.
• Xia Qingran and Zhou Fan grilled food for each other and ate together by the campfire.
• Xia Qingran offered Zhou Fan a strawberry lollipop and joked that she simply liked sweets, despite quoting someone who said sweet food made life’s bitterness easier to bear.
• Xia Qingran asked to lean on Zhou Fan because she was sleepy, and she nestled into his arms.

Zhou Fan and Xia Qingran slept curled up together in a cave, and Xia Qingran nearly kissed him after waking. They planned to spend the next few days suppressing the Xiaoyang Fruit while absorbing the cave’s cold ice spiritual energy.

• Zhou Fan held Xia Qingran in his arms as they settled down to sleep in the cave.
• Xia Qingran hugged Zhou Fan’s arm in her sleep, and Zhou Fan felt his heartbeat quicken as he drifted off.
• Xia Qingran woke beside Zhou Fan, moved his hand away from her chest, and leaned close to his face before he opened his eyes.
• Xia Qingran told Zhou Fan they would continue suppressing the Xiaoyang Fruit and use the next few days to absorb the cold ice spiritual energy.
• Zhou Fan suggested making breakfast before they got to work.

After a week of cultivation, Xia Qingran fused the Xiaoyang Fruit's power with her ice spirit body, with Zhou Fan standing guard. She regained her original form and revealed that her cultivation had reached Fifth Tier, 2-Star.

• Zhou Fan used his shadow clone to absorb cold ice spiritual energy while he watched over Xia Qingran.
• Over the following days, Zhou Fan and Xia Qingran cultivated, shared meals, and rested together at Ice Spirit Mountain.
• At the heart of Ice Spirit Mountain, Xia Qingran's ice spirit body and the Xiaoyang Fruit struggled for dominance, and Zhou Fan prepared to intervene if she was in danger.
• Xia Qingran's primal spiritual power suppressed both forces and brought them into harmony, allowing her to refine the Xiaoyang Fruit successfully.
• Xia Qingran returned to her original form and demonstrated her Fifth Tier, 2-Star cultivation.

On Ice Spirit Mountain, Xia Qingran reached fifth tier, 2-star after refining the Xiaoyang Fruit, while Zhou Fan cultivated with the Cold Ice Pearl. After spending the remaining days together, Zhou Fan broke through to fifth tier one star before the pearl’s effect ended.

• Xia Qingran told Zhou Fan that refining the Xiaoyang Fruit had raised her cultivation to fifth tier, 2-star, and learned that he had reached fourth tier, five stars.
• Xia Qingran explained that the Cold Ice Pearl’s effect lasted fourteen days and stayed beside Zhou Fan while he continued cultivating.
• While preparing dinner, Zhou Fan said Xia Qingran was less cute than when she had been a little girl, and she asked whether he preferred her current self or her younger self.
• Xia Qingran offered Zhou Fan a lollipop if he liked her as she was and threatened to zap him if he liked her as a little girl; Zhou Fan chose the lollipop.
• Zhou Fan cultivated for the remaining days, and on the final day he advanced from fourth tier, five stars to fifth tier one star.

Zhou Fan broke through to fifth tier while cultivating on Ice Spirit Mountain, and he and Xia Qingran fought their way past a swarm of mutant beasts as they left. Their escape was interrupted by a mysterious figure riding an Ice Pillar who claimed to have found the perfect ice spirit body.

• Zhou Fan reached fifth tier, one star, and Xia Qingran praised his rapid breakthrough.
• Zhou Fan and Xia Qingran left Ice Spirit Mountain after the Cold Ice Pearl lost its power.
• At the mountain's foot, dozens of mutant beasts charged at them, and Xia Qingran froze many of them with her Ice Type abilities.
• As Zhou Fan and Xia Qingran tried to leave, Ice Pillars rained down from the sky, and Zhou Fan shielded them with his Complete Body Susanoo.
• A person appeared atop the final Ice Pillar and said they had found the perfect ice spirit body.

Bingyuan, a descendant of the Ice God Race, revealed that he intended to sacrifice Xia Qingran’s perfect Ice Spirit Body to resurrect the Ice God. Zhou Fan and Xia Qingran fought him in the Ice Spirit Secret Grounds, and the chapter ended as Bingyuan’s powerful Ice God Finger descended on Zhou Fan’s Susanoo.

• Bingyuan introduced himself as a descendant of the Ice God Race and claimed to be the true master of the Ice Spirit Secret Grounds.
• Bingyuan attacked Zhou Fan and Xia Qingran with ice techniques, but Zhou Fan’s Susanoo and Xia Qingran’s ice powers resisted him.
• Xia Qingran and Bingyuan clashed in a fierce battle, with her perfect Ice Spirit Body allowing her to fight him evenly despite her lower cultivation.
• Zhou Fan struck Bingyuan with Dust Release, disintegrating his left arm and frightening him with the attack’s power.
• Bingyuan unleashed the Ice God Finger at Zhou Fan, who faced it with his Susanoo and raised the Yata Mirror.

Zhou Fan defeated Bingyuan by blocking his Ice God Finger attacks with the Yata Mirror and sealing his escaping soul with the Totsuka Blade. After Bingyuan warned that Xia Qingran was marked as a sacrifice for the Ice God's resurrection, Zhou Fan and Xia Qingran decided to keep away from the Ice Spirit Secret Grounds.

• Bingyuan's two Ice God Finger attacks struck the Yata Mirror, which absorbed and nullified them.
• Zhou Fan's Susanoo pierced Bingyuan with the Totsuka Blade before he could attack again.
• Bingyuan tried to escape by separating his soul, but the Totsuka Blade sealed him inside its sake gourd.
• Bingyuan warned Zhou Fan that the Ice God Race intended to use Xia Qingran's perfect Ice Spirit Body as a sacrifice for the Ice God's resurrection.
• Xia Qingran agreed to have her uncle seal the space and tell the Qin Family to stay out, and Zhou Fan led her away.

Zhou Fan and Xia Qingran emerged from the Ice Spirit Secret Grounds, and Xia Qingran told the Qin Family that the Ice God Race had attacked them and was targeting her perfect Ice Spirit Body. The Qin Family decided to seal the entrance, while Zhou Fan left to return home.

• Xia Qingran reunited with Qin Nuannuan, Qin Lin, and Qin Bai after successfully refining the Xiaoyang Fruit.
• Xia Qingran explained that she and Zhou Fan had encountered an Ice God Race member inside the Secret Grounds and defeated him.
• Zhou Fan revealed that the Ice God Race came from the Star Realm and had targeted Xia Qingran because her Ice Spirit Body had become perfect.
• Qin Lin and Qin Bai reacted with alarm when they learned the Ice God Race intended to capture Xia Qingran.
• Zhou Fan advised sealing the entrance to the Ice Spirit Secret Grounds, and Qin Bai agreed to have it sealed.
• Zhou Fan said goodbye to Xia Qingran and left to return home.

After returning to Xinghai University, Zhou Fan caught up with his companions and revealed that he had advanced to fifth tier, one star. A meteor shower then struck Blue Star, leaving Xinghai University under attack and the fate of the wider world uncertain.

• Zhou Fan used his space-time techniques to return to Xinghai University and visited the [Dawn] hideout.
• Zhou Fan learned that Duan Fei had mastered the first seven gates of the Eight Gates Technique and encouraged Zhao Qiu in his training.
• Zhou Fan returned to the villa, where Lin Qianqian heard that he had advanced two stars to fifth tier, one star.
• Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian went outside after an explosion and saw meteorites raining down across the sky.
• The Execution Department raised a barrier over Xinghai University, which shuddered when a huge meteorite struck it, while meteorites devastated areas across Blue Star.

A meteor shower struck Xinghai City, and Xinghai University’s forces joined Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian in protecting the city and its civilians. After the last meteorite fell, Lin Qianqian and Zhou Fan recognized energy like that of the Void Rift, leaving them to wonder how the disaster was connected to it.

• Luo Luodong and the Execution Department defended Xinghai University as meteorites battered its barrier, while Xi Yan sent teams and qualified teachers and students to protect Xinghai City.
• Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian joined the operation and destroyed two meteorites that threatened civilians in the city center.
• Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian flew into the sky, destroying meteorites with their techniques and helping the defenders protect the city.
• After Lin Qianqian destroyed the final meteorite, she and Zhou Fan sensed energy like that of the Void Rift and questioned how the meteor shower could be connected to it.

Zhou Fan, Lin Qianqian, and Xi Yan helped defend Xinghai City as the meteor shower escalated into a nationwide and global disaster. After the Superpower General Bureau reported heavy casualties and widespread damage, Zhou Fan feared the meteor shower would trigger an unprecedented upheaval.

• Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian destroyed dozens of meteors while Luo Luodong led the Execution Department in protecting Xinghai City's residents.
• Xi Yan shattered a Super Meteorite headed for Xinghai City, then more Super Meteorites flew toward distant locations and caused devastation.
• Xinghai University kept its defensive barrier active and sheltered residents while the Execution Department maintained guard through the night.
• The Superpower General Bureau reported that more than three hundred meteors had struck Xia Country, killing 4,312 people and damaging 193 cities.
• The news reported meteor showers and heavy losses in countries around the world, and Zhou Fan felt that an unprecedented upheaval might follow.

After the meteor shower devastated parts of the Southern District, Zhou Fan, Lin Qianqian, and Zhao Qiu collected meteorite fragments near Xinghai City and discovered they carried energy resembling that from a space rift. They stored the meteorite and set off to collect more.

• Xinghai University joined rescue efforts while the Superpower General Bureau took responsibility for investigating the meteor shower's cause.
• Zhou Fan, Lin Qianqian, and Zhao Qiu arrived at a crater outside Xinghai City to collect a meteorite.
• Lin Qianqian said the meteorite carried an aura similar to the spiritual energy they had sensed in a space rift.
• Zhao Qiu asked whether the meteorite's spiritual energy could be used for cultivation, and Zhou Fan explained that it was too violent for Espers below the sixth tier to absorb.
• The three stored the meteorite in a Space Bracelet and headed to another collection site.

Zhou Fan, Lin Qianqian, and Zhao Qiu discovered that meteorite energy could strengthen mutant beasts, though it left them mindless and unusually tough. After the meteorite cleanup ended, the danger remained because remote meteorites could empower beasts in the wilderness.

• Zhou Fan, Lin Qianqian, and Zhao Qiu found a ten-meter meteorite in a forest and encountered mutant beasts approaching it.
• The mutant beasts absorbed the meteorite's energy, grew stronger, and attacked the group.
• Zhao Qiu defeated the beasts after a prolonged fight, while Zhou Fan identified meteorite energy throughout their bodies as the cause of their strength and lack of pain.
• Zhou Fan and his companions cut up the meteorite, stored it in their Space Bracelets, and took it away.
• After the cleanup finished two days later, others also discovered that meteorites could strengthen mutant beasts, raising concern about uncleared meteorites in remote areas.

After the global meteorite disaster, Xi Yan assigned Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian to retrieve a super meteorite that landed on the border between South City and Yue Country. They agreed to work with the Southern District Esper Bureau and were set to leave the next day.

• Xi Yan told the university teachers that meteorites around the world contained energy that strengthened mutant beasts, and he organized operations to collect them.
• Xi Yan kept Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian behind after the meeting and explained that a super meteorite had landed near the Southern District’s border with Yue Country.
• Luo Luodong said the university’s current operatives could not match Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian, making them the best candidates for the mission.
• Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian accepted the mission and prepared to leave for the Southern District Esper Bureau the next day.

Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian traveled to the Southern District Esper Bureau to join the operation concerning a Super Meteorite, while Lin Qianqian revealed her goal of defeating someone. They arrived at the bureau, where the mission was about to begin.

• Luo Luodong and Xi Yan briefed Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian on the Southern District operation and warned them to avoid conflict with Espers from Yue Country.
• Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian flew toward the Southern District Esper Bureau on the Seven-Colored Divine Sparrow, discussing whether the Super Meteorite might be connected to the Star Realm.
• Zhou Fan lent Lin Qianqian his jacket when she felt cold, then asked about her dreams and goals.
• Lin Qianqian said she wanted to become the strongest Esper and defeat someone, but kept secret that she meant the Zhou Fan from the system simulation.
• The Seven-Colored Divine Sparrow reached the Southern District Esper Bureau, and Lin Qianqian returned Zhou Fan's jacket as they descended.

Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian joined the Southern District Esper Bureau team preparing to recover the fallen Super Meteorite, but Operative Chang Yu challenged their worth. Lin Qianqian fought him to prove herself, and the chapter ended as her Paper Shards attacked after blocking his punch.

• Shen Lie explained that mutant beasts and Yue Country Espers threatened the Super Meteorite recovery mission.
• Shen Lie introduced Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian to the ten-person squad, where Chang Yu called them dead weight.
• Lin Qianqian challenged Chang Yu, offering to leave if she lost and demanding he stay quiet if she won.
• Chang Yu revealed he was a fifth-tier, one-star Taijutsu Type, while Lin Qianqian said she was fourth-tier, five stars.
• Chang Yu charged Lin Qianqian, but her Paper Shards blocked his fist and then attacked him.
• Chang Yu retreated and countered with Wind Fist.

Lin Qianqian decisively defeated Chang Yu, earning the team’s respect before Shen Lie led everyone on a mission to retrieve a Super Meteorite at the border. They reached the crater on foot after the meteorite’s energy field forced their Flying Mutant Beasts down, and found mutant beasts surrounding the meteorite as Shen Lie ordered the team to attack.

• Lin Qianqian overwhelmed Chang Yu with her paper shards and forced him to admit defeat.
• Shen Lie warned the team not to underestimate others and briefed them on retrieving the Super Meteorite while guarding against mutant beasts and Yue Country Espers.
• Shen Lie led the team toward the border on Flying Mutant Beasts, but the meteorite’s energy field made the beasts crash before they reached it.
• The team continued on foot and found a crater with a Super Meteorite over a hundred meters wide, surrounded by mutant beasts absorbing its energy.
• Shen Lie split the team into groups and ordered them to attack from the left, right, and front.