Chapter Summaries

Zhou Fan and Zhao Qiu competed in their first arena matches, with Zhao Qiu defeating a fellow rookie before Zhou Fan faced the reigning rookie king, Brother Tiger. Zhou Fan knocked Brother Tiger out of the arena with a single punch.

• Zhao Qiu entered a second-tier match as Frog Emperor and defeated Eighth-Level Little Gale by knocking him out of the arena.
• Zhao Qiu returned to Zhou Fan and boasted about his victory while Zhou Fan waited for his third-tier match.
• Zhou Fan entered the arena as Wang Wenwang and was matched against Brother Tiger, the undefeated rookie king with five consecutive wins.
• Brother Tiger charged Zhou Fan with Tiger Fist, but Zhou Fan punched him out of the arena in one blow.

Zhou Fan defeated Brother Tiger with one punch, then used his victor’s privilege to enter a second match and beat Happy Is Superman. After securing two consecutive wins, Zhou Fan asked to keep fighting for a third match.

• Zhou Fan knocked Brother Tiger out with one punch and won the match.
• Zhou Fan asked to use his victor’s privilege to fight again, and the organizers found him another Third Tier, 1 Star opponent.
• Happy Is Superman attacked Zhou Fan with water techniques, but Zhou Fan countered with Fire Release techniques.
• Zhou Fan used the Body Flicker Technique to land a punch that sent Happy Is Superman out of the arena.
• After winning his second match, Zhou Fan said he wanted to keep fighting for a third.

Zhou Fan, competing as Wang Wenwang, won five consecutive Third Tier, 1 Star arena matches and challenged any Third Tier Esper to face him. The arena owner She Wan went to watch as Zhou Fan continued, defeating a Third Tier, 2 Star lightning Esper with a water technique.

• Zhou Fan asked to fight a third match, then defeated Loves Being a Good Young Man with his fire techniques.
• After winning a fourth and fifth match, Zhou Fan challenged any Third Tier Esper and drew a crowd of eager challengers.
• The referee warned Zhou Fan that continuing was dangerous, but Zhou Fan insisted, so the referee registered challengers and reported to She Wan.
• She Wan heard about Zhou Fan's winning streak and headed to the arena to see him.
• Zhou Fan defeated a Third Tier, 2 Star lightning Esper by engulfing him with Great Exploding Water Colliding Wave.

Zhou Fan won ten consecutive arena matches in one stretch, setting a new record and earning a large haul of Emotion Points. The arena owner, She Wan, then presented him with an additional reward.

• Zhou Fan defeated ten challengers in a row, but the system stopped giving him full Emotion Points because the same spectators had already reacted to his arena victories.
• Zhou Fan taunted the crowd after nobody else dared challenge him, earning their awe and adoration as the referee announced his record-breaking achievement.
• Zhao Qiu celebrated Zhou Fan's ten straight wins, and Zhou Fan revealed that he had accumulated seventy thousand Emotion Points.
• She Wan, the arena owner, praised Zhou Fan and presented him with a High-Grade Spirit Stone and an A-Rank Superpower book as his reward.

Zhou Fan won ten consecutive arena matches, earned an A-Rank Superpower book, and drew the attention of the arena boss, She Wan, who wanted to make him a vessel. Back at school, Zhou Fan learned the book’s Truth-Telling Technique while Lin Qianqian secretly vowed to surpass him.

• Zhou Fan accepted his reward after winning ten matches in a row, and She Wan watched him leave while considering him as a potential new vessel.
• Zhou Fan and Zhao Qiu left the arena, discussed their suspicion that She Wan was dangerous, and overheard gamblers lamenting their losses from betting against Zhou Fan.
• Zhou Fan and Zhao Qiu returned to school that evening, where Lin Qianqian quietly took satisfaction in having trained while Zhou Fan was out.
• Zhou Fan examined his A-Rank Superpower book, learned the Truth-Telling Technique with his Sharingan, and planned to test it later.

Zhou Fan absorbed a High-Grade Spirit Stone but remained at third tier, 1 star, while Xia Qingran learned that Ye Chen was preparing to return and might represent the Ye Family in the Void Rift. At the Training Ground, Xia Qingran began psychic power training by sending Zhou Fan and the others into a Nightmare Illusion Realm to face their inner demons.

• Zhou Fan absorbed a High-Grade Spirit Stone, slightly improving his cultivation without reaching third tier, 2 stars.
• Xia Qingran lost a game, then reassured her mother, Qin Lin, that she trusted Zhou Fan despite concerns about his background.
• Qin Lin told Xia Qingran that Ye Chen was preparing to return and that the Xia Family might send her to the Void Rift in three months.
• Xia Qingran told Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian that they would train their psychic power instead of clearing a Forbidden Zone.
• Xia Qingran explained that the Nightmare Illusion Realm would expose each trainee's weaknesses and fears, and instructed them to defeat their inner demons.

Lin Qianqian and Zhou Fan entered the Nightmare Illusion Realm to confront their inner demons, but while Lin Qianqian faced an illusion of Zhou Fan, Zhou Fan met the Nightmare Lord’s lingering consciousness and learned he had no inner demon. Xia Qingran explained the Nightmare Lord’s history, and Zhou Fan was left wondering about the mysterious Void Rift.

• Lin Qianqian entered the Nightmare Illusion Realm and faced an illusion of Zhou Fan, whose taunts enraged her.
• Lin Qianqian attacked the Zhou Fan illusion with her Mutually Multiplying Paper Bomb Technique.
• Zhou Fan entered the realm, but it showed him no inner demon, and Hei Meng identified himself as the Nightmare Lord before sending Zhou Fan back out.
• Xia Qingran explained that Hei Meng had once been a powerful Genjutsu expert who disappeared after becoming trapped in his inner demons.
• Zhou Fan told Xia Qingran that Hei Meng had mentioned the Void Rift, but Xia Qingran said she did not know what it was.

Zhou Fan emerged from the Nightmare Illusion without encountering any inner demons, leaving Xia Qingran to devise new training for him. He became Evening Bell’s deputy leader and started a game with Xia Qingran while Lin Qianqian remained inside the illusion.

• Zhou Fan told Xia Qingran that he had encountered only the Nightmare Lord and no inner demons in the illusion.
• Xia Qingran said Lin Qianqian was still facing her inner demons and asked Zhou Fan whether he had ever experienced setbacks.
• Xia Qingran told Zhou Fan to train on his own while she thought up new activities, and Zhou Fan asked about recruiting members for Evening Bell.
• Xia Qingran made Zhou Fan deputy leader in charge of recruiting, subject to her approval of any recruits.
• Xia Qingran and Zhou Fan queued for a game together, with Xia Qingran choosing the jungle role while Lin Qianqian remained in the illusion.

Lin Qianqian spent the day losing to her inner demon in the Nightmare Illusion Realm while Zhou Fan played games with Xia Qingran, and she realized the gap between herself and Zhou Fan was widening. The system then assigned her a courage challenge: have Zhou Fan personally put stockings on her.

• Lin Qianqian emerged from the Nightmare Illusion Realm after losing to her inner demon ten times, then learned Zhou Fan had already completed the training.
• Lin Qianqian returned to the Nightmare Illusion Realm and spent the day fighting her inner demon while Zhou Fan and Xia Qingran played games.
• Lin Qianqian went home exhausted and used the Azure Bathtub, but kept thinking about Zhou Fan and the growing gap between them.
• The system triggered the courage challenge and assigned Lin Qianqian to have Zhou Fan personally put White Stockings/Black Stockings on her once.

Lin Qianqian received the side quest “The Great Courage Challenge,” whose four embarrassing tasks involved Zhou Fan. Tempted by the rewards, she decided to try tasks 2 and 4 first while insisting she might not actually follow through.

• The system gave Lin Qianqian four tasks: have Zhou Fan put on her stockings, make and feed him a loving breakfast, bathe with him, and give him a direct-contact massage while he wore no clothes.
• Lin Qianqian objected to the tasks and asked whether she could refuse the side quest; the system confirmed she could choose whether to complete it.
• The system explained that completing one, two, three, or four tasks would grant increasingly valuable treasure chests, each containing three different rewards.
• Lin Qianqian decided to leave the quest active and pursue tasks 2 and 4 first, hoping to earn rewards that could help close her strength gap with Zhou Fan.
• After the system teased her about changing her mind, Lin Qianqian blamed Zhou Fan and vowed to surpass and humiliate him.

Lin Qianqian cooked Zhou Fan a disastrous breakfast to complete a system mission, disguising it as homework from an online cooking course. She finished the mission, but three more remained: giving Zhou Fan a massage, bathing with him, and having him put on her stockings.

• Zhou Fan found Lin Qianqian cooking breakfast and tried to leave, but she insisted he stay.
• Lin Qianqian followed an online recipe, overcooking the noodles and burning a misshapen heart-shaped egg.
• Lin Qianqian claimed her cooking course had assigned her to make someone breakfast with love and ask for feedback.
• Zhou Fan tasted the egg and noodles, criticized them, and hurried away.
• Lin Qianqian completed the breakfast mission and thought about the three remaining system tasks.

Lin Qianqian received powerful mission rewards and resolved to use them to defeat Zhou Fan, while Zhou Fan joined Luo Luodong and Xia Qingran on a dangerous Enforcement Division mission. The group headed for the Withered Bone Mountains to eliminate a mutant beast rampage threatening nearby cities.

• Lin Qianqian received Thousand-Paper Transformation and a Spirit Spring Gem, then planned to use the gem to produce a huge number of Explosive Tags against Zhou Fan.
• Luo Luodong arrived at the Training Ground and asked Zhou Fan, Lin Qianqian, and Xia Qingran to join an Enforcement Division mission.
• Zhou Fan volunteered to go, and Xia Qingran told Lin Qianqian to stay behind and train.
• Luo Luodong took Zhou Fan and Xia Qingran to the Enforcement Division, where three masked members joined them aboard a Seven-Colored Divine Sparrow.
• Luo Luodong explained that they were headed to the Withered Bone Mountains to eliminate rampaging mutant beasts, including a fourth-tier, five-star Beast King.

Zhou Fan and the Xinghai University Operations Department arrived to support the Esper Bureau after a Chaos Secret Realm produced a powerful Beast King and several Fourth Tier Mutant Beasts. Luo Luodong divided the teams, and Zhou Fan and Xia Qingran encountered a sudden attack while searching for their assigned beast.

• Zhou Fan learned that Luo Luodong, Xia Qingran, and the masked Operations Department members were stronger than he was and heard why the members wore masks.
• The team reached the temporary camp, where Chen Xing reported a Fourth Tier, Five Stars Beast King and several Fourth Tier Mutant Beasts in the mountains.
• Luo Luodong assigned himself the Beast King and split the remaining targets among his team, including one for Zhou Fan and Xia Qingran.
• Zhou Fan and Xia Qingran followed Esper Bureau guides through battle-scarred woods toward their target.
• More than a dozen small fireballs shot toward Zhou Fan and the others from ahead.

Zhou Fan fought a horde of Mutant Beasts alone and wiped them out, but the Star Shatter Halberd’s frenzy nearly drove him to attack the Esper Bureau agents. He stopped himself just before Xia Qingran froze most of his body.

• Xia Qingran ordered Zhou Fan to fight the Mutant Beasts alone while she watched, and he charged into the horde with the Star Shatter Halberd.
• Zhou Fan easily killed a third-tier, 3-star Fire Wolf and battled the surrounding Mutant Beasts with the halberd.
• As the weapon’s frenzy took hold, Zhou Fan activated his Sharingan and unleashed Peerless Under Heaven, slaughtering every Mutant Beast.
• Xia Qingran noticed Zhou Fan’s battle frenzy had not subsided, and he turned on the Esper Bureau agents and charged them.
• Zhou Fan stopped himself and told Xia Qingran he was all right, but she encased most of his body in ice.

Zhou Fan struggled to control the Star Shatter Halberd’s battle frenzy, while Xia Qingran led the group toward a fourth-tier Mutant Beast. Elsewhere, Luo Luodong investigated signs of a recent battle and grew concerned there might be more than one Beast King; Zhou Fan’s group then found a towering, blue-flamed Cat Demon with two tails.

• Xia Qingran froze Zhou Fan to calm the frenzy caused by the Star Shatter Halberd and warned him to limit how long he used it until he could master the state.
• When the squad found no fourth-tier Mutant Beasts, Xia Qingran sensed one nearby and led the group southeast.
• Luo Luodong split the Esper Bureau personnel into search teams and examined signs of a recent battle between two fire-attribute Mutant Beasts.
• Luo Luodong questioned whether there was only one Beast King and ordered his team to keep searching.
• Xia Qingran’s group found a ten-meter-tall Cat Demon covered in blue flames and black runes, with two enormous tails.

Zhou Fan confronted Two-Tails, a fourth-tier, five-star Beast King, and used his Susanoo, Amaterasu, Wood Release, and Sharingan genjutsu to bring her down. As the Esper Bureau personnel watched, Xia Qingran sensed something was wrong, though she could not identify the source.

• Zhou Fan and Xia Qingran's squad discovered that the enormous blue cat demon was Two-Tails, a Beast King far stronger than their intel had suggested.
• Xia Qingran sent Zhou Fan to hold Two-Tails off while the squad leader called for backup, and Two-Tails attacked him with fireballs and her claws.
• Zhou Fan activated his third-stage Susanoo and fought Two-Tails, but her intense firepower began melting its armor.
• Zhou Fan used Amaterasu to burn away Two-Tails' fireballs, then summoned a Wood Dragon to restrain and drain her power.
• Zhou Fan repaired his Susanoo, struck Two-Tails, and used Sharingan genjutsu to make her stop struggling and collapse.
• Xia Qingran watched Zhou Fan's victory over Two-Tails but felt an unease she could not explain.

After Zhou Fan subdued Two-Tails, a squad led by the powerful esper Number Four ambushed him and Xia Qingran to seize the Beast King. Xia Qingran fought Number Four while Zhou Fan entered Sage Mode to face the other attackers, and Number Four activated Lava Mode as their duel escalated.

• Zhou Fan refused to hand Two-Tails over to the Esper Bureau because he wanted to tame her as a summoning beast.
• Number Four and seven or eight companions ambushed Zhou Fan, Xia Qingran, and the Esper Bureau personnel, then claimed Two-Tails as their target.
• Xia Qingran kicked Number Four and froze his fourth-tier, one-star companions with Absolute Zero.
• Zhou Fan activated Sage Mode to recover his strength and confront the attackers surrounding him.
• Xia Qingran froze Number Four with her ice techniques, but he melted the ice and activated Lava Mode.

Zhou Fan and Xia Qingran defeated their Esper opponents, but Number Four broke free from Xia Qingran’s ice and transformed into a four-tailed monster. The chapter ended with Zhou Fan recognizing him as the Four-Tails.

• Xia Qingran froze Number Four with Absolute Zero while Zhou Fan fought seven or eight Fourth Tier, One Star Espers.
• Zhou Fan combined Amaterasu with Wood Release to trap the Espers in a burning forest and kill them all.
• After the battle, Zhou Fan suffered temporary pain and blurred vision from overusing his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Xia Qingran prepared to finish off the frozen Number Four, but he shattered the ice and transformed as four tails grew behind him.
• Zhou Fan identified Number Four’s monstrous transformation as the Four-Tails.

Xia Qingran fought Number Four, who fully transformed into Four-Tails, while Zhou Fan pursued the escaping Two-Tails with help from his summoned beast, Shukaku. After Shukaku replenished Zhou Fan’s spiritual energy, he joined the fight against Two-Tails.

• Zhou Fan recognized Number Four as a Jinchūriki carrying Four-Tails, and Xia Qingran battled him with ice techniques.
• Number Four destroyed Xia Qingran’s ice mirrors, broke free of her freezing attack, and transformed into a giant Four-Tails.
• Xia Qingran used Absolute Zero to freeze most of Four-Tails, while Two-Tails escaped the Wood Dragon that had restrained it.
• Zhou Fan chased Two-Tails and summoned Shukaku, who shared his energy with Zhou Fan.
• Shukaku charged Two-Tails, and the two Tailed Beasts began fighting.

Zhou Fan subdued Two-Tails, Matatabi, as his second summoning beast after fighting her alongside Shukaku. Elsewhere, Xia Qingran and Zhou Fan survived Four-Tails' Tailed Beast Bomb, but Four-Tails prepared another attack before Luo Luodong and others arrived.

• Zhou Fan and Shukaku teamed up against Two-Tails, trading attacks with her and canceling out her Tailed Beast Bomb with their own.
• Zhou Fan restrained Two-Tails with Wood Release and Tsukuyomi, then spent 15,000 Emotion Points to establish a summoning contract with Matatabi.
• Xia Qingran fought Four-Tails alone and froze it repeatedly, but Four-Tails began forming a Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Zhou Fan and Shukaku arrived; Shukaku's Tailed Beast Bomb weakened Four-Tails' attack while Xia Qingran reinforced Zhou Fan's Susanoo with ice armor.
• Four-Tails' Tailed Beast Bomb damaged Susanoo and blew Shukaku away, then Four-Tails prepared another bomb before Luo Luodong and others arrived and struck it with Thunder Blade.