Chapter Summaries

Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian pushed themselves through their first day of training under ninefold gravity, each refusing to stop before the other. After their evening training, Xia Qingran returned with weapons she had prepared for them.

• Lin Qianqian left cafeteria breakfast for Zhou Fan and went to the Training Ground early to practice with three Paper-Style Clones.
• Lin Qianqian raised the Gravity Space to ninefold and trained despite the pressure, determined not to fall behind Zhou Fan.
• Zhou Fan joined her under ninefold gravity, and the two secretly competed until they had trained for an hour and a half.
• Lin Qianqian and Zhou Fan continued training in the ninefold Gravity Space for the rest of the day.
• Xia Qingran returned with a White Pearl for Xixi and a Long Halberd for Zhou Fan.

Xia Qingran gave Lin Qianqian a Sea Jade Pearl to improve her spiritual-energy control and Zhou Fan the Star Shatter Halberd, a fire-enhancing weapon that could grow to suit his Susanoo. Zhou Fan accepted the halberd despite learning it had used up his promised ten-million bonus, and Xia Qingran set their training to begin the next day.

• Xia Qingran explained that the Sea Jade Pearl would help Lin Qianqian cultivate and strengthen her control over spiritual energy.
• Xia Qingran showed Zhou Fan that the Star Shatter Halberd could grow to a hundred meters and said it was designed for his Susanoo as well as ordinary use.
• Xia Qingran warned Zhou Fan that prolonged use of the halberd could make him more aggressive, but Zhou Fan welcomed its battlelust and said he could master it.
• Xia Qingran gave Zhou Fan a basic Long Halberd skill book and revealed that the weapons had used his promised ten-million bonus, prompting him to ask for cash instead.
• Xia Qingran refused to exchange the halberd, and Zhou Fan accepted it before she scheduled physical and weapon training for both of them to start the next day.

Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian trained with their new equipment for three days, then Zhou Fan used the Azure Bathtub alone after Lin Qianqian refused to join him. The next day, Xia Qingran suspended their training and assigned them a mission for the Evening Bell.

• Lin Qianqian trained with the Sea Jade Pearl and refined her spiritual energy, while Zhou Fan mastered the Basic Halberd Technique and practiced with the Star Shatter Halberd.
• Zhou Fan endured the halberd's battle frenzy and muscle damage, relying on his willpower and Hashirama Cells to overcome its side effects.
• Zhou Fan asked Lin Qianqian to share the Azure Bathtub, but she refused, so he bathed alone.
• Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian trained in the Gravity Training Room for three days, exhausting their spiritual energy each day.
• Xia Qingran halted their training and told Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian she had a mission for them as members of the Evening Bell.

Xia Qingran assigned Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian a training mission to clear a Beginner Forbidden Zone, explaining the dangers and rules of humanity’s forbidden zones. The two entered a randomly selected zone through her spatial portal, with orders not to leave until they had cleared it.

• Lin Qianqian explained that forbidden zones were dangerous Mutant Beast strongholds classified by level, while Xia Qingran revealed that the Superpower General Bureau had listed 250 of them.
• Xia Qingran assigned Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian to clear a Beginner Forbidden Zone, insisting that the challenge would strengthen them despite their request for more teammates.
• The next morning, Xia Qingran used a Space Stone to open a portal to a random Beginner Forbidden Zone and told them they could not leave until they cleared one.
• Xia Qingran warned Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian that they might encounter other people inside and told them to stay together.
• Zhou Fan entered the portal first, and Lin Qianqian followed him into the forbidden zone.

Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian entered the Beginner Forbidden Zone, Illusory Forest, and battled waves of powerful mutant beasts. The Superpower General Bureau identified them as Xinghai University freshmen, while Luo Luodong recognized them and allowed them to continue.

• Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian entered the mist-shrouded Illusory Forest and were immediately attacked by groups of third-tier mutant beasts.
• Zhou Fan fought with the Star Shatter Halberd, combining it with Fire Release, while Lin Qianqian used her Paper-Style Guard and Explosive Tags to defeat the beasts.
• The Superpower General Bureau detected two unregistered Espers in Primary Forbidden Zone No. 91 and identified them as Xinghai University freshmen Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian.
• Captain Sand Scorpion questioned why two second-tier freshmen had entered a forbidden zone and called Xinghai University director Luo Luodong.
• Luo Luodong recognized Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian as Xia Qingran's students and told Sand Scorpion to let them continue.

Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian battled through the Illusory Forest, defeating nearly two hundred mutant beasts near the entrance. After collecting their crystal cores and resting, they continued deeper into the forbidden zone.

• Sand Scorpion ordered staff to keep monitoring Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian, despite their being first-years entering the dangerous Illusory Forest.
• Lin Qianqian used her paper techniques and Paper Transformation to defeat waves of mutant beasts.
• Zhou Fan fought with the Star Shatter Halberd and Fire Release, killing the mutant beasts around him.
• Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian counted their kills—ninety-nine for Zhou Fan and ninety-five for Lin Qianqian—and gathered the crystal cores with their clones.
• After resting, Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian continued farther into the Illusory Forest.

Sand Scorpion learned that Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian had killed 194 Mutant Beasts in the Illusory Forest as Bai Family members entered the zone. Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian encountered Genjutsu-using monsters, and Zhou Fan shattered their illusion with his Sharingan.

• Sand Scorpion confirmed that Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian had killed 194 Mutant Beasts in an hour and ordered staff to keep monitoring them.
• Bai Tianyue, Bai Yu, and Bai Shan entered the Illusory Forest and found recently killed Mutant Beasts whose Crystal Cores had been taken.
• Bai Shan determined that someone had killed the beasts and left shortly before the Bai Family arrived.
• Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian sensed something was wrong as they traveled deeper into the forest.
• Two human-faced monsters appeared and cast Genjutsu, twisting the world around Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian.
• Zhou Fan activated his Sharingan and shattered the Genjutsu.

Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian fought through the Illusory Forest’s Genjutsu Mutant Beasts using their different defenses. They encountered Bai Tianyue, who recognized Zhou Fan and challenged him over his friend Dongfang Yue’s defeat.

• Zhou Fan broke the Human-Faced Monster’s Genjutsu with his Sharingan and killed it with the Star Shatter Halberd, while Lin Qianqian’s Paper-Style Guard struck the other monster and freed her.
• As they continued through the forest, Zhou Fan dispelled Genjutsu with his Sharingan, while Lin Qianqian’s Paper-Style Guard killed the beasts that trapped her.
• Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian encountered three people who had knocked Mutant Beasts flying: Bai Tianyue, a young man, and a girl.
• Bai Tianyue recognized Zhou Fan from Xinghai University and said he would avenge Dongfang Yue, his close friend, by testing Zhou Fan’s skills.

Zhou Fan turned Bai Yu’s Genjutsu against her with his Sharingan and trapped her in an illusion of overwhelming pain. The clash ended with Bai Yu collapsing while Zhou Fan remained standing, leaving Bai Tianyue and Elder Bai Shan stunned.

• Bai Yu sent Bai Tianyue aside and challenged Zhou Fan, then trapped him in her Tree Binding Death Genjutsu.
• Zhou Fan used his Sharingan to reflect Bai Yu’s Genjutsu, leaving her bound in the illusion instead.
• Zhou Fan filled the Genjutsu space with clones that stabbed Bai Yu, making her experience intense pain.
• Bai Tianyue assumed Zhou Fan had lost, but Bai Yu dropped to her knees when the Genjutsu ended.
• Zhou Fan told Bai Yu her Genjutsu talent was good but futile against his Sharingan.

Zhou Fan defeated Bai Yu in a genjutsu contest, then turned Bai Shan’s powerful S-Rank illusion against him with his Mangekyō Sharingan. While Zhou Fan and Bai Shan fought, Lin Qianqian overcame Bai Tianyue’s genjutsu and overwhelmed him, and Bai Shan eventually escaped Zhou Fan’s illusion by stabbing his own hand.

• Bai Yu admitted that Zhou Fan’s genjutsu had crushed hers, and Zhou Fan mocked the Bai Family’s reputation for genjutsu.
• Bai Shan trapped Zhou Fan in his S-Rank Ten Thousand Snakes Inferno genjutsu, but Zhou Fan activated his Mangekyō Sharingan and seized control of the illusion.
• Lin Qianqian tried to interrupt Bai Shan, but Bai Tianyue blocked her and trapped her in his Nightmare Land genjutsu.
• Bai Tianyue approached the apparently immobilized Lin Qianqian, but her paper attacks cut him and forced him to retreat.
• Lin Qianqian used paper and Explosive Tags to knock Bai Tianyue down, then struck him with a massive Paper Dragon.
• Bai Shan stabbed his own hand to escape Zhou Fan’s genjutsu, and Zhou Fan praised his ruthlessness.

Zhou Fan defeated Bai Shan’s Genjutsu, but Bai Shan escaped with the other Bai Family members. Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian continued through the Illusory Forest and reached its Beast King, only for more Human-Faced Demon Spiders to emerge after Zhou Fan struck it down.

• Bai Shan escaped with Bai Yu and the others by throwing a smoke bomb after Zhou Fan broke his Ten Thousand Snakes Purgatory Genjutsu.
• Lin Qianqian questioned Zhou Fan about his Genjutsu, then created six Paper-Style Clones and eagerly searched for mutant beasts.
• Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian fought their way through the Illusory Forest until they reached its Beast King, a Third Tier, Five Stars Human-Faced Demon Spider.
• Zhou Fan used Susanoo to enlarge the Star Shatter Halberd and pin the Human-Faced Demon Spider to the ground, splitting the earth with the blow.
• More Human-Faced Demon Spiders crawled out of underground caves after Zhou Fan struck down the Beast King.

Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian fought the Human-Faced Demon Spiders in the Forbidden Zone, and Zhou Fan arrived just in time to save Lin Qianqian from the last spider. With Lin Qianqian weakened by poisonous gas and unable to walk, Zhou Fan carried her toward the exit.

• Six Third Tier, Five Stars Human-Faced Demon Spiders emerged, and Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian each fought three of them.
• Lin Qianqian killed two spiders with Explosive Tags, but the last trapped her in sticky webs and poisoned her with poisonous mist.
• Zhou Fan killed the remaining spiders and rescued Lin Qianqian before the final one could strike.
• Lin Qianqian admitted she was still weak from inhaling poisonous gas and could not stand.
• Zhou Fan picked Lin Qianqian up in his arms so they could head back toward the exit.

Zhou Fan carried the poisoned Lin Qianqian out of the Illusory Forest, and the Superpower General Bureau learned that the two freshmen had cleared it. The Bai Family discovered that Zhou Fan had defeated Bai Yu, Bai Tianyue, and even Bai Shan, leaving Bai Xiao shocked by his strength.

• Zhou Fan carried Lin Qianqian out of the forbidden zone, and she argued with him about her weight and strength.
• Zhou Fan sprinted several kilometers while carrying Lin Qianqian, and they left the cleared Illusory Forest.
• The surveillance operator told Sand Scorpion that Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian had cleared Forbidden Zone No. 91.
• Bai Yu and Bai Tianyue told Bai Xiao that Zhou Fan had defeated them and that Bai Shan had also lost to him.
• Bai Shan explained that Zhou Fan had broken his Ten Thousand Snakes Purgatory, shocking Bai Xiao.

Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian cleared the Illusory Forest, where Zhou Fan defeated Bai Shan and the other Bai Family members in Genjutsu. Back at Xinghai University, Xia Qingran treated Lin Qianqian, praised the pair, and gave them a day off while Zhou Fan began absorbing Crystal Cores in hopes of breaking through.

• Bai Shan told Bai Xiao that Zhou Fan's Genjutsu surpassed his own, prompting Bai Xiao to order an investigation into Zhou Fan.
• Zhou Fan carried the poisoned Lin Qianqian out of the Forbidden Zone, and Xia Qingran treated her with an antidote.
• Xia Qingran learned that Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian had cleared the Illusory Forest and praised them for completing the Forbidden Zone.
• Zhou Fan told Xia Qingran that he had defeated Bai Yu, Bai Tianyue, and Bai Shan in a Genjutsu contest after they confronted him.
• Xia Qingran gave Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian the next day off, and Zhou Fan returned to his room to absorb Crystal Cores and try to reach Third Tier, 1 Star.

After reaching Third Tier, 1 Star, Zhou Fan spent Emotion Points on Tsukuyomi and the Uchiha Flame Formation from the limited-time shop. While he slept in, Lin Qianqian trained to catch up with him, and Xia Qingran offered to teach her a new technique.

• Zhou Fan absorbed his Crystal Cores, advanced to Third Tier, 1 Star, and saw his Emotion Points reach 62,348.
• Zhou Fan bought Tsukuyomi and the Uchiha Flame Formation for 20,000 Emotion Points, then decided to save the rest.
• Lin Qianqian also reached Third Tier, 1 Star and trained early, hoping to surpass Zhou Fan before their next comparison in half a month.
• Xia Qingran asked Lin Qianqian why she was so determined to grow stronger and guessed that she wanted to defeat Zhou Fan.
• Xia Qingran showed Lin Qianqian a Superpower book titled Sexy Jutsu.

Xia Qingran offered Lin Qianqian Sexy Jutsu, but Lin refused and learned the Object-Sealing Seal instead. While practicing, Lin discovered she could seal spiritual energy inside her paper sheets, greatly increasing their power, and began considering whether she could capture enemy attacks the same way.

• Xia Qingran explained Sexy Jutsu and urged Lin Qianqian to learn it, but Lin refused.
• Xia Qingran gave Lin Qianqian the Object-Sealing Seal, which could store living or nonliving things inside inanimate containers.
• Lin learned the sealing jutsu in an hour and successfully sealed stones and bugs inside her paper sheets.
• Lin sealed spiritual energy inside her paper sheets and found they could hold two or three times more energy than when infused directly.
• Lin wondered whether she could seal an enemy's superpower attacks inside her paper sheets.

Lin Qianqian mastered sealing the Paper-Style Clone’s attacks and considered how Sealing Jutsu might help her defeat Zhou Fan. Meanwhile, Zhou Fan met Zhao Qiu for lunch, where Zhao Qiu shared his strange reinterpretations of old sayings.

• Lin Qianqian created a Paper-Style Clone and practiced sealing its flying paper attacks until she could do so reliably.
• Lin Qianqian considered sealing Zhou Fan’s ordinary superpowers, Wood Release, and Susanoo, but decided she needed more uses for her Sealing Tags.
• Zhou Fan woke late on his day off and messaged Zhao Qiu to meet him for lunch.
• Zhao Qiu complained that the cafeteria worker shook the best pieces of braised pork off his serving spoon.
• Zhao Qiu shared humorous reinterpretations of old sayings, and Zhou Fan told him to read less of that material.

Zhou Fan returned to the villa after spending the day with Zhao Qiu and found Lin Qianqian hiding her training from him. Lin Qianqian reviewed her new Sealing Jutsu and considered the Sexy Jutsu book, then a romance drama reminded her of Zhou Fan carrying her down a mountain, though she insisted she only wanted to defeat him.

• Zhao Qiu shared a list of forum guides with Zhou Fan, including one about winning over women.
• Zhou Fan returned to the villa and chatted briefly with Lin Qianqian, who concealed that she had trained all day.
• Lin Qianqian reviewed her progress with a new Sealing Jutsu and resolved to train more so she could beat Zhou Fan in their next comparison.
• Lin Qianqian read the Sexy Jutsu book Xia Qingran had given her, imagined using it on Zhou Fan, then shut it away.
• While watching a campus romance drama, Lin Qianqian recalled Zhou Fan carrying her down a mountain and insisted that she wanted only to defeat him.

Lin Qianqian developed Strength Tags that boosted her physical power and planned to use them to defeat Zhou Fan. Meanwhile, Zhou Fan visited an underground arena with Zhao Qiu and considered fighting there to earn emotion points.

• Lin Qianqian used spiritual energy papers to amplify her strike, then named them Strength Tags and planned to combine them with her Sealing Tags in her next match against Zhou Fan.
• Zhou Fan and Zhao Qiu went to an underground arena in Xinghai City to watch Esper matches.
• Two-Punch Superman defeated Grass-Flyer with a vicious finishing move, drawing loud cheers from the crowd.
• After watching several more matches, Zhou Fan thought that entering the arena himself could earn him a lot of emotion points.

Zhou Fan and Zhao Qiu registered for masked ring matches to test themselves and earn Emotion Points. After choosing masks and stage names, they decided to compete that day.

• Zhao Qiu persuaded Zhou Fan to sign up for the ring matches, where fighters wagered entry fees and the organizers took a commission.
• Zhao Qiu registered as an eighteen-year-old with Gigantification and tested at level-second tier, 4 stars.
• Zhou Fan registered as an eighteen-year-old fire-type Esper and tested at third tier, 1 star, surprising the staff member.
• Zhao Qiu chose a toad mask and the stage name Frog Emperor, while Zhou Fan made a white three-tomoe mask and registered as Wang Wenwang.
• Zhao Qiu chose to compete that day, and Zhou Fan prepared to join him.