Chapter Summaries

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.

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.