Chapter Summaries

Plot and events

• Zhou Fan returns to Xinghai University with Zhao Qiu and Duan Fei, a former leader of the Jashin Cult whom he recruited on a recent mission.
• Duan Fei immediately tries to recruit a student into worshipping Jashin. Zhou Fan pulls him away and explains that he may keep his own faith but must stop recruiting others.
• Zhou Fan introduces Duan Fei to Xia Qingran, the organization’s actual leader. She jokes that Zhou Fan should take over leadership, but he recognizes the bait and refuses. Xia leaves him to handle the new recruit.
• Zhao Qiu offers to let Duan Fei stay in his dorm, partly so Duan Fei won’t interrupt Zhou Fan’s time with Lin Qianqian.
• Back at home, Zhou Fan notices Lin Qianqian is missing. She returns later, exhausted and disheveled, announcing that she has soloed a Beginner Forbidden Zone. Hoping for admiration, she is disappointed when Zhou Fan responds calmly and tells her to shower.

Character developments and interactions

• Duan Fei is enthusiastic and socially oblivious, still accustomed to recruiting people for Jashin despite no longer leading the cult. Zhou Fan tries to set boundaries, while Zhao Qiu takes him in.
• Zhou Fan remains popular at the university and continues to act as the practical handler of his eccentric new recruit. He also seems unconcerned by Lin Qianqian’s achievement, at least outwardly.
• Xia Qingran playfully tests Zhou Fan’s ambition by offering him leadership, then leaves the new-member arrangements to him.
• Zhao Qiu shows consideration for Zhou Fan’s relationship with Lin Qianqian, volunteering to house Duan Fei to protect their time together.
• Lin Qianqian has made a significant leap in ability by completing a Beginner Forbidden Zone alone, but her pride and desire for Zhou Fan’s praise set up a comic mismatch with his understated response.

Significant themes

• Comedy through contrasting personalities: Duan Fei’s bizarre zeal, Xia Qingran’s teasing, and Lin Qianqian’s unmet expectations contrast with Zhou Fan’s matter-of-fact manner.
• Belonging and boundaries: Duan Fei joins a new organization and must adapt his recruiting habits to its rules.
• Recognition and pride: Lin Qianqian’s accomplishment matters greatly to her, making Zhou Fan’s lack of visible excitement especially frustrating.

Plot points and events

• Lin Qianqian tells Zhou Fan she has soloed a Beginner Forbidden Zone, expecting recognition. Zhou Fan treats it as ordinary, since he has done it for a long time and assumes she should have been able to as well. Frustrated by his lack of understanding, she leaves; Zhou Fan remains puzzled.
• The next day, Xia Qingran asks Zhou Fan to train Zhao Qiu and Duan Fei, newly recruited members of the Evening Bell who still fall short of the group’s standards. She assigns him the task by invoking her authority as leader, then jokingly placates him with a lollipop.
• Zhou Fan takes the two recruits to the Gravity Training Ground, where gravity can be increased up to nine times normal. They confidently try twice-normal gravity and are immediately overwhelmed.
• Zhao Qiu uses his Gigantification ability to ease the pressure, but Zhou Fan forbids it because the exercise is meant to strengthen their basic fitness. Both recruits persist: Zhao Qiu trains through the strain, while Duan Fei finds the pain exhilarating.
• By the end of their first day, both can adapt to twice-normal gravity. They have potential, but still lag behind Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian, who advanced from three times gravity on day one to nine times by day four.

Character developments

• Zhou Fan remains oblivious to how his casual remarks affect Lin Qianqian. He also takes on the training assignment, despite complaining about being given extra work.
• Lin Qianqian has achieved a notable milestone, but her pride turns to anger when Zhou Fan dismisses it as unremarkable.
• Xia Qingran shows her practical side by lowering the Evening Bell’s entry standards when no freshmen meet her original benchmark, while still aiming to build the recruits’ strength.
• Zhao Qiu and Duan Fei demonstrate grit and adaptability. Zhao Qiu must train without relying on his power, while Duan Fei’s Immortal Body and unusual enjoyment of pain help him endure the regimen.

Themes and interactions

• Mismatched expectations and communication: Lin Qianqian seeks praise, but Zhou Fan’s blunt perspective leaves her feeling dismissed.
• Discipline over shortcuts: Zhou Fan prevents Zhao Qiu from using Gigantification, insisting that training should build underlying physical ability.
• Effort and potential: Though the recruits start behind the strongest members, the chapter suggests persistence and adaptation can help close the gap.
• The chapter’s interactions mix comedy and camaraderie: Xia Qingran lightly manipulates Zhou Fan into coaching, Zhou Fan acts as a strict trainer, and the recruits meet his challenge in very different ways.

Plot points and events

• On a starry night, Zhou Fan finds Xia Qingran on the rooftop, upset after losing ten consecutive games. He offers to help her win, but she would rather watch the stars with him.
• Xia Qingran reflects on her purpose in life: becoming the strongest and defeating the powerful elders of the Imperial Capital, especially members of her own family.
• When Zhou Fan admits he has no clear ambition, he declares that his goal is to knock down anyone who bullies Xia Qingran. She is deeply moved, though she points out that she can defend herself.
• Zhou Fan falls asleep beside her. The next morning, he wakes under Xia Qingran’s blanket, but she has already left.
• At the training ground, Zhao Qiu and Duan Fei arrive sore and exhausted after their previous day’s workout at twice normal gravity. Zhou Fan taunts them and announces he will train at triple gravity. Duan Fei rushes in, and Zhou Fan prods Zhao Qiu into following.

Character developments

• Xia Qingran reveals a vulnerable, reflective side beneath her fiery temper. Her ambition is shaped by unresolved conflict with her powerful family, and Zhou Fan’s promise touches her deeply.
• Zhou Fan shows his care for Xia Qingran through an impulsive, protective declaration, though he remains playful and without a settled personal ambition.
• Zhao Qiu and Duan Fei demonstrate determination despite the delayed pain of intense training. Zhou Fan motivates them through rivalry and teasing.

Character interactions

• Zhou and Xia share a quiet, intimate conversation under the stars, shifting between teasing and sincere emotional support.
• Xia responds warmly to Zhou’s pledge but reminds him that she can handle her own enemies; their banter reinforces their closeness.
• At training, Zhou uses mockery and competition to push Duan Fei and Zhao Qiu toward more demanding workouts.

Significant themes

• Purpose and ambition: Xia has a clear goal, while Zhou has not yet found one of his own.
• Affection and protection: Zhou’s offer to defend Xia reveals the depth of his attachment, even though she is already formidable.
• Persistence and growth: The training scene frames pain and friendly rivalry as tests of resolve.

Plot points and events

• Lin Qianqian trains alone in Canglan Forest, deliberately limiting herself to ordinary paper attacks so she can push her abilities further rather than simply clear the area.
• After testing a new technique, “Paper Style God,” she creates a towering paper angel and resolves to use it to defeat Zhou Fan’s Susanoo.
• Meanwhile, Zhou Fan’s group finishes a session of three-times-gravity training. Zhao Qiu and Duan Fei are exhausted, while Zhou Fan says they have several more stages to complete.
• Zhao Qiu is astonished to learn Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian completed nine-times-gravity training in just four days. Zhou Fan encourages the others by pointing out that their strength has already doubled.
• Duan Fei offers Zhao Qiu an immortal body through Jashin worship and by consuming Duan Fei’s blood or flesh. The offer is undermined when Duan Fei admits his earlier cult recruits gained only pain resistance, not immortality; Zhao Qiu quickly refuses.

Character developments

• Lin Qianqian has grown more skilled and precise with her paper-based powers. Frustrated by the system’s humiliating quests involving Zhou Fan, she is determined to prove she can grow stronger independently and surpass him.
• Zhou Fan remains an accomplished, demanding trainer, but also motivates his exhausted companions by stressing their progress.
• Zhao Qiu struggles with the training and jokes about the gap between himself and Duan Fei, yet recognizes that the exercises are making him stronger.
• Duan Fei remains fervently devoted to Jashin and sincerely—but mistakenly—believes his own flesh and blood might grant others immortality.

Significant themes

• Growth through discipline and limits: Both Lin’s self-imposed restrictions and the gravity program emphasize challenging oneself to improve.
• Rivalry and independence: Lin’s determination to outdo Zhou Fan is fueled by resentment toward the system and a desire to prove herself without its help.
• Strength earned through effort: Zhou Fan argues that demanding training produces tangible gains.
• Comic absurdity: Duan Fei’s unsettling offer contrasts with Zhao Qiu’s exhaustion and the others’ disbelief.

Character interactions

• Lin trains alone, measuring her progress against Zhou Fan and his Susanoo.
• Zhou Fan teases Zhao Qiu for complaining but also reassures him about the benefits of training.
• Zhao Qiu and Zhou Fan react with disbelief as Duan Fei pitches his Jashin-related “solution,” and Zhao Qiu firmly rejects the offer.

Plot points and events

• Xinghai University’s Execution Department receives a covert mission request from the Esper Bureau, which lacks personnel while the Southern District Superpower General Bureau is occupied with a Void Rift.
• Principal Xi Yan directs Execution Department head Luo Luodong to leave the next morning. The mission involves Espers from other countries, making it sensitive and dangerous; Luo is advised to bring two Fourth Tier Espers, but the available staff are already deployed.
• With no time to recall them, Xi authorizes Luo to recruit experienced students. Luo chooses first-years Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian, but excludes Xia Qingran because the mission’s international risks could prompt her family to pull her from the university.
• At the Training Ground, Luo summons Zhou and Lin without revealing the mission details. Zhou asks to bring Zhao Qiu and Duan Fei along so they can test their recent training. Luo initially considers them too weak, but agrees after Zhou and Xia vouch for them.
• Zhao Qiu and Duan Fei have both advanced to Third Tier, 1 Star. Luo recognizes Zhao as one of Teacher King’s students but knows little about Duan Fei, whom Zhou explains is an organizational member rather than a university first-year.

Character developments and interactions

• Luo Luodong shows frustration at the Esper Bureau’s repeated reliance on his department, but accepts Xi Yan’s urgent request and ultimately allows Zhou’s two companions to join.
• Xi Yan balances the need for speed and caution, choosing capable students while keeping Xia Qingran out of a mission that may involve foreign operatives.
• Zhou Fan takes responsibility for his teammates, insisting Zhao Qiu and Duan Fei deserve a chance to demonstrate their progress.
• Xia Qingran supports her Evening Bell members and argues that real danger is necessary to prepare them for responsibility.
• Zhao Qiu and Duan Fei have grown stronger through training and are eager to participate, though their suitability remains uncertain.

Significant themes

• Secrecy and national security: The department uses physical letters because the mission cannot risk digital interception.
• Responsibility through hardship: Xia argues that Evening Bell members must face danger rather than remain sheltered.
• Trust and teamwork: Zhou and Xia’s confidence persuades Luo to take a chance on the two less-proven recruits.
• Institutional strain: The university fills gaps left by understaffed or occupied agencies, despite the risks and resentment this creates.

Summary

Plot points and events

• Zhou Fan, Zhao Qiu, Lin Qianqian, and Duan Fei join Director Luo Luodong and the Execution Department on a mission, flying south aboard two mutant birds. Luo splits the group for greater mobility and to avoid losing everyone in a single attack.
• Luo warns the recruits that they must be prepared to die on a mission. Zhao Qiu is alarmed and regrets joining, while Zhou Fan urges him to be braver.
• Their destination is Lanya Island, an unclaimed island about a hundred kilometers off the southern coast. A newly discovered ore there, star tear stone, can produce weapons far superior to known materials.
• The team must locate and retrieve the ore while facing the island’s dangerous mutant beasts and competing Espers from other countries. Because the Execution Department is understaffed, the party is small.
• As they cross the coastline and fly over the ocean, Luo tells everyone to stay alert. After an hour, the island comes into view.

Character development and interactions

• Luo Luodong shows hard-earned resolve, treating the possibility of death as an accepted part of the work. He trusts Zhou Fan’s abilities, believing Zhou’s strength—and the Beast King he subdued—will greatly improve the team’s chances.
• Zhou Fan remains confident and eager for a challenge, especially the prospect of fighting foreign Espers. He also teases Zhao Qiu for being frightened and has brought Zhao and Duan Fei along.
• Zhao Qiu is nervous about the mission and questions whether they have enough people, providing a contrast to Luo’s grim outlook and Zhou Fan’s enthusiasm.
• Luo considers Zhou Fan and himself the mission’s key assets. He acknowledges Lin Qianqian’s capability as well, while expecting less from Zhao Qiu and Duan Fei.

Significant themes

• Readiness and survival: Luo’s willingness to face death reflects the dangers and psychological demands of Execution Department missions.
• Risk management: Splitting the team reduces the chance of losing everyone at once, even though the mission remains highly dangerous.
• Competition and conflict: The pursuit of a valuable resource pits the team not only against monsters but also against Espers from other nations.
• Uneven confidence: The characters’ differing reactions—Luo’s stoicism, Zhou Fan’s eagerness, and Zhao Qiu’s fear—highlight distinct responses to danger.

Plot points and events

• Luo Luodong’s team reaches Lanya Island, an unclaimed, densely forested place where mutant beasts are likely abundant. The transport birds are sent to wait somewhere safe while the team scouts the landing area.
• A reconnaissance report places the star tear stone deposit at the island’s center, about ten kilometers away. To avoid alerting the beasts, the team travels on foot rather than flying directly there.
• The group advances cautiously, with Execution Department members leading and guarding the rear. When they encounter six or seven Demon Wolves, Lin Qianqian silently kills them using her paper scraps, avoiding a noisy fight that could attract more beasts.

Character developments and interactions

• Luo Luodong directs the team carefully, emphasizing stealth and caution. Impressed by Lin Qianqian’s technique, he suggests she consider joining the Execution Department.
• Lin Qianqian demonstrates precise control and a talent for silent assassination. She politely declines Luo’s offer, explaining that she is not interested for now.
• Zhou Fan is impressed by Lin’s skill and privately compares himself unfavorably, recognizing that his own instinct would be to attack directly.
• The Execution Department members show their experience by scouting, managing the formation, and admitting honestly that they may not be able to kill all the wolves silently.

Significant themes

• Caution and teamwork: In dangerous territory, avoiding attention can matter more than winning an easy fight.
• Specialized strengths: Lin’s controlled, quiet technique proves more useful here than brute force.
• Ambition and self-direction: Lin’s focus remains on surpassing Zhou Fan, not joining the Execution Department.

Key plot points and events

• Luo Luodong invites Lin Qianqian to join the Execution Department, praising her quiet, lethal ability. She does not accept or refuse.
• The team’s attempt to infiltrate the island becomes harder as they encounter more mutant beasts. A Demon Tiger detects Lin Qianqian’s paper technique, forcing the group to abandon stealth.
• The Execution Department members fight off a pack of beasts. Zhou Fan attacks with fire, Zhao Qiu uses gigantification, and Lin Qianqian’s tracking paper swallows destroy several enemies.
• Duan Fei survives a Demon Tiger biting through his neck, then kills it with a dagger. His immortality and rapid healing astonish Luo Luodong.
• With more beasts approaching, the team hurries toward the island’s interior.
• On Lanya Island’s southern coast, a group of Espers from Meixing Country arrives seeking the star tear stone. Their captain is Osborn, a fifth-tier, one-star vampire. Hearing fighting nearby, they suspect Xia Country’s team arrived first and head inland.

Character developments

• Lin Qianqian demonstrates both stealth-assassination skill and adaptability, switching from silent attacks to explosive combat when discovered.
• Zhou Fan is eager to fight after being forced to hold back during the infiltration.
• Duan Fei reveals the full extent of his abilities: not only an immortal body but powerful self-healing. He treats serious injury with unnerving amusement.
• Luo Luodong recognizes Duan Fei’s extraordinary resilience and remains composed despite encountering an ability he has never seen.

Significant themes

• Stealth versus direct force: The team’s quiet approach works only until stronger, more perceptive beasts expose them; they then adapt and fight openly.
• Unusual power and survival: Duan Fei’s immortality and healing challenge ordinary assumptions about what injuries are fatal.
• Competition for a prize: The Meixing Country team’s arrival establishes an international contest over the star tear stone.

Character interactions

• Luo Luodong admires Lin Qianqian’s talents and leaves the invitation to join his department open.
• The team members coordinate their different abilities in battle, while Duan Fei’s reckless method of fighting shocks Luo Luodong.
• Osborn’s group discusses the likely presence of Xia Country’s Espers and moves toward the island’s center to confront the situation.

Key plot points and events

• Zhou Fan’s group reaches the island’s center to search for star tear stone. When ordinary-looking rocks yield nothing, Zhou uses his enhanced perception to locate a basketball-sized piece hidden in the ground.
• As Luo Luodong moves to retrieve it, the ground opens and a colossal mutant beast rises: the Dark Fiend Black Tortoise, with the star tear stone on its head.
• Luo identifies it as a supposedly extinct tortoise-type beast known for its immense size and formidable defenses. It is a Fifth Tier, One Star creature—the strongest the group has encountered.
• Luo orders everyone to keep back and fights it alone. His lightning barely affects its defenses, but his agility and signature Thunder Blade let him evade its attacks and cut several wounds into it.
• Just as Luo launches his powerful Lightning Extremity attack at the beast’s neck, the star tear stone shines and fires a white laser that engulfs him. The chapter ends at this cliffhanger.

Character developments and interactions

• Zhou Fan demonstrates the value of his Sage Mode training by sensing the hidden ore when conventional searching fails. He also notices something troubling during Luo’s apparent upper hand.
• Luo Luodong takes responsibility for confronting the much stronger beast, acknowledging that its massive body is an awkward opponent for his fighting style. He relies on speed, precision, and powerful lightning attacks.
• Zhao Qiu and Duan Fei react with amazement to the beast and to Luo’s strength, reflecting the gap between ordinary fighters and Fifth Tier experts.
• The group follows Luo’s direction and leaves the battle to him; Zhou’s unease contrasts with the others’ admiration.

Significant themes

• Power has limits: Even a skilled Fifth Tier fighter struggles against an opponent whose size and defenses blunt his attacks.
• Perception and resourcefulness: Zhou’s ability to sense energy succeeds where ordinary observation cannot.
• Danger behind apparent victory: The star tear stone’s sudden attack shows that the battle—and the threat surrounding the coveted resource—is far from over.

Chapter Summary: “Osborn”

• The Dark Fiend Black Tortoise attacks: Its star tear stone unleashes a powerful blast that catches Director Luo Luodong off guard. Luo survives by concentrating his energy in time, but the beast remains a serious threat.
• The team works together to defeat it: Zhou Fan steps in, activating Sage Mode and using Wood Release techniques—the Wood Dragon and Deep Forest Emergence—to bind the beast and drain its energy. Lin Qianqian then covers the star tear stone with Sealing Tags, weakening its next attack and helping keep it restrained. Luo exploits the opening, striking with Thunder Blade and cutting off the beast’s head while avoiding damage to the stone.
• A new danger arrives: As Luo approaches the head to retrieve the stone, an unseen attacker’s blood-red energy blade nearly cuts him in half. Seven armed figures appear, led by Osborn, a notorious fifth-tier vampire from Meixing Country.

Character developments and interactions

• Zhou Fan eagerly takes on a powerful opponent, demonstrating that his Wood Release can restrain even a fifth-tier beast. His contribution proves essential to Luo’s victory.
• Lin Qianqian supports the team at the critical moment, using her Sealing Tags to reduce the beast’s charged attack.
• Luo Luodong recognizes the limits of fighting the beast alone and credits Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian for their help. His relief is short-lived when he realizes the newcomers pose an even greater threat.
• Osborn and Luo have a long, hostile history: they have fought five times, most recently about a year ago. Osborn openly threatens to drain Luo and his companions of their blood. Zhao Qiu and Duan Fei cheer after the beast’s defeat, though they do not participate in the battle.

Significant themes

• Teamwork and complementary abilities: Zhou Fan’s restraints, Lin Qianqian’s sealing, and Luo’s finishing strike combine to overcome a foe none could easily defeat alone.
• Escalating danger: The victory over the beast immediately gives way to a confrontation with a human enemy who may be even more formidable.
• Power and restraint: The team must defeat the beast without damaging the valuable star tear stone, shaping their tactics throughout the fight.

Key plot points and events

• Luo Luodong’s group is surrounded by Osborn and six powerful Meixing Country fighters. The enemy outnumbers them less, but has a major strength advantage, and Luo is weakened from fighting the Dark Fiend Black Tortoise.
• Luo orders Zhou Fan and the others to retreat while the four Execution Department members cover them. Osborn intends to kill them and taunts Luo about his exhaustion.
• Luo reveals his normally hidden left eye: the Thunder Prison Demon Eye, a dōjutsu that lets him perceive attacks and amplify his lightning into faster, more powerful violet lightning. Its use severely strains his body.
• Luo engages Osborn in a fierce clash of lightning and blood blades while the others face Osborn’s subordinates.
• When Mekalen threatens the group, Zhou Fan attacks her first, knocking her into a rock. She charges him in fury, but he dodges and uses the Summoning Technique. Two enormous summoned figures appear, and their three tails send her flying.

Character developments and interactions

• Luo Luodong chooses to risk using his concealed eye and hold off Osborn, prioritizing the group’s escape despite his depleted strength.
• The four Execution Department members stand firm as shields, accepting the danger because protecting students is their duty.
• Osborn is ruthless and confident, targeting Luo’s exhaustion and threatening his companions to provoke him.
• Zhou Fan remains bold and irreverent despite the odds. His insult provokes Mekalen, and he turns her aggression against her with a counterattack and a summon.
• Mekalen initially boasts, then becomes enraged after Zhou Fan catches her off guard.

Significant themes

• Sacrifice and responsibility: Luo and the Execution Department members put themselves at risk to protect others.
• Courage against overwhelming odds: The group refuses to surrender despite the enemy’s superior strength.
• Power and its cost: Luo’s eye grants formidable abilities but places a heavy physical burden on him.
• Composure versus recklessness: Osborn and Mekalen rely on intimidation, while Zhou Fan disrupts their confidence through audacity and quick action.

Plot points and events

• Zhou Fan summons his fully matured One-Tail, Shukaku, and Two-Tails, Matatabi. Both are fourth-tier, five-star beasts, transforming the battle against Mekalen’s stronger force.
• Mekalen orders two allies to keep the tailed beasts occupied while she targets Zhou Fan, reasoning that defeating their master will make them disappear. Her remaining fighters engage Zhou Fan’s companions and the Execution Department members.
• Mekalen and Zhou Fan clash. Zhou’s halberd techniques initially force her to defend, but her blood-red claw attacks drive him back and nearly pierce his heart.
• Susanoo intervenes just in time. Zhou then combines compressed Susanoo armor with Peerless State and Sage Mode, greatly increasing his speed, defense, and power.
• Newly energized by the challenge, Zhou charges Mekalen with Amaterasu-coated attacks. She counters with a barrage of blood blades, and their clash continues.

Character developments

• Zhou Fan reveals greater control over his abilities, shaping Susanoo into agile armor rather than a full construct. He embraces Peerless State’s battle frenzy while retaining a clear mind, and welcomes the challenge of fighting a powerful fourth-tier opponent.
• Shukaku has grown from a tiny summon into his full, confident form, matching Matatabi’s strength.
• Mekalen remains tactically composed, recognizing that killing Zhou Fan is the key to reversing the battlefield. She is also angered and embarrassed by Zhou’s ability to pressure her despite his lower tier.

Significant themes

• Power can overturn expectations: Zhou Fan’s summons erase Mekalen’s numerical advantage.
• Strategy and interdependence: The outcome hinges on both the wider team battle and the bond between Zhou Fan and his summons.
• Control amid aggression: Zhou channels his intense fighting spirit into a focused, deliberate combat style.
• Escalation and adaptation: Each fighter responds to the other’s strengths, from Mekalen’s targeted strategy to Zhou’s layered abilities.

Character interactions

• Shukaku returns exuberantly and offers to beat Zhou Fan’s enemies; Zhou identifies Mekalen’s group as the targets.
• Mekalen coordinates her allies to split the battlefield and isolate Zhou.
• Zhou and Mekalen trade attacks, with her claws and blood blades testing his defenses and his halberd, Susanoo armor, and black flames forcing her to respond.

Plot points

• During the larger battle, Zhao Qiu and Duan Fei are pursued by Robert, a powerful Fourth Tier vampire serving Osborn.
• Robert’s Blood Blades repeatedly carve into Duan Fei, but Duan Fei heals even after being struck through the heart. Robert recognizes his unusual resilience and decides his blood could make him stronger.
• Zhao Qiu and Duan Fei attack together, but Robert dodges their blows and blasts them aside with an exploding blood sphere.
• Robert binds Duan Fei and drinks his blood. Zhao Qiu interrupts by striking Robert hard enough to send both him and Duan Fei flying.
• Robert grabs Zhao Qiu and prepares to drain him, but Duan Fei rises again. He reveals that he bit Robert and tasted his blood, then performs a ritual invoking Lord Jashin.
• Robert wounds Duan Fei with a Blood Blade, but the same wound suddenly appears on Robert, suggesting Duan Fei’s ritual can reflect injuries.

Character developments and interactions

• Duan Fei is shown to be extraordinarily difficult to kill and fiercely devoted to Lord Jashin. Though badly injured and drained, he keeps taunting Robert and ultimately turns the vampire’s own attack against him.
• Zhao Qiu repeatedly risks himself to protect Duan Fei, using his strength to interrupt Robert’s feeding and keep the fight going.
• Robert begins confident and dismissive, but Duan Fei’s healing and ritual unsettle him. His interest in Duan Fei’s blood turns into a dangerous fixation.
• Zhao Qiu and Duan Fei coordinate attacks, while Robert exploits their weaker combat strength and focuses on separating and draining them.

Significant themes

• Faith and vengeance: Duan Fei frames the theft of his blood as blasphemy against Lord Jashin and seeks divine punishment.
• Endurance and reversal: Duan Fei’s apparent helplessness masks a power that can turn the damage inflicted on him back upon Robert.
• Loyalty and sacrifice: Zhao Qiu repeatedly intervenes for Duan Fei despite the danger.
• Predator and prey: Robert initially treats the pair as easy victims, but his arrogance gives Duan Fei the chance to reverse the fight.

Key plot points and events

• Duan Fei reveals that his ability makes injuries he inflicts on himself appear on Robert as well. He stabs his thigh, then lets Robert’s own “Chain Kill” strike pierce him, confirming the link.
• Realizing that a wound to Duan Fei’s heart could kill them both, Robert tries to stop him. Duan Fei fatally stabs himself, and Robert collapses with him.
• On another battlefield, Lin Qianqian faces Martha, a powerful Fourth Tier vampire and one of Osborn’s subordinates. Lin attacks with razor-like sheets of paper, some of which are Explosive Tags that force Martha to retreat.
• Martha uses her speed-enhancing bloodline to rush Lin and pierce her—but Lin’s body turns into paper. Lin then covers Martha in paper and begins using the Mutually Multiplying Paper Bomb Technique.

Character developments

• Duan Fei embraces pain as a source of pleasure and uses his ability with chilling resolve, ultimately sacrificing himself to take Robert down.
• Robert shifts from bafflement and contempt to fear when he understands that Duan Fei’s self-inflicted wounds are fatal to him too.
• Lin Qianqian remains calm and controlled under pressure, revealing that her paper-based power is far more versatile and dangerous than Martha assumed.
• Martha’s confidence in her superior rank gives way to alarm as Lin’s attacks and transformations catch her off guard.

Significant themes

• Pain and vengeance: Duan Fei turns the suffering Robert inflicted on him into a weapon and a form of satisfaction.
• Hidden power and misjudgment: Both Robert and Martha underestimate abilities they do not understand.
• Resolve and sacrifice: Duan Fei accepts his own death to defeat Robert, while Lin faces a stronger opponent without showing fear.

Character interactions

• Duan Fei taunts Robert as he forces him to experience the same pain, while Robert’s attempts to retaliate only confirm the ability’s effect.
• Martha belittles Lin’s apparent weakness and attacks aggressively; Lin answers with silence, layered defenses, explosive paper, and a decoy body that turns the fight around.

Plot and events

• Lin Qianqian kills Mary by detonating hundreds of Explosive Tags with the Mutually Multiplying Paper Bomb Technique. She is unimpressed, finding the fight easy compared with battles against Zhou Fan.
• Zhou Fan continues fighting Mekalen, a powerful fourth-tier, four-star vampire. Though his Susanoo is badly damaged and he is wounded, his rapid healing keeps him in the fight.
• Zhou Fan points out that Mekalen’s team is losing. Mary and Robert are dead; Mark and Charles are caught in Tailed Beast Bomb explosions, with their fates unknown. The surviving vampire is occupied fighting four members of the Execution Department.
• Distracted by the losses, Mekalen is caught by Zhou Fan’s Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and trapped in Tsukuyomi.
• In another battle, Luo Luodong uses his energy-draining Thunder Prison Demon Eye against Oscar (also called Osborn in the narration). Oscar initially plans to outlast him, but learns his subordinates are falling. He attacks with increasingly powerful Blood Annihilation strikes, eventually breaking Luo’s lightning defense and hitting him.

Character developments and interactions

• Lin Qianqian displays overwhelming explosive power and confidence, though she measures opponents against Zhou Fan’s much tougher battles.
• Zhou Fan remains self-deprecating about his strength despite holding his own against a stronger opponent. His taunts expose Mekalen’s battlefield losses and give him an opening to use Tsukuyomi.
• Mekalen’s confidence collapses as she realizes her team’s apparent strength has not translated into victory. She is vulnerable when grief and disbelief distract her.
• Luo Luodong fights resolutely despite depleted energy. Oscar is coldly pragmatic, viewing his fallen subordinates as expendable and pressing his attack rather than mourning them.
• The chapter also highlights teamwork across simultaneous battles: Lin Qianqian, Duan Fei, the Tailed Beasts, and the Execution Department help turn the broader fight against Mekalen’s side.

Significant themes

• Appearances versus reality: The stronger team’s numerical and rank advantage fails to guarantee victory.
• Perseverance and resilience: Zhou Fan’s healing and Luo Luodong’s determination keep them fighting under severe pressure.
• Sacrifice and loyalty: Luo Luodong frames his allies’ strength as carrying Xia Country’s will, contrasting with Oscar’s willingness to sacrifice his own people.
• Confidence and vulnerability: Mekalen’s distraction by unexpected losses shifts the duel in Zhou Fan’s favor.

Plot points

• Luo Luodong defeats Osborn’s assault only long enough to hold him off. Exhausted from using Thunder Prison Demon Eye, he is badly wounded and nearly killed.
• Zhou Fan, Lin Qianqian, and their allies arrive in time to save him. Their attacks—including a Wood Dragon and two Tailed Beast Bombs—blow apart most of Osborn’s body, but he regenerates.
• Luo explains that Osborn has awakened Blood Source Rebirth, a fifth-tier vampire ability that lets him recover from fatal injuries by consuming his blood. Osborn can use it twice in a short period; having already revived once, he has one use remaining.
• Osborn resumes the attack. Zhou Fan confronts him directly with Susanoo armor and the Star Shatter Halberd but is quickly outmatched.
• Lin Qianqian intervenes with paper techniques and tricks Osborn into striking a paper double rigged with over a thousand Explosive Tags. The blast costs Osborn an arm but does not kill him.
• Zhou Fan and the others keep attacking: Yasaka Magatama knocks Osborn back, followed by Shukaku’s wind attack and Matatabi’s Tailed Beast Bomb. The battle remains unresolved.

Character developments and interactions

• Luo Luodong accepts that he cannot defeat Osborn alone and succeeds in buying time. He praises Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian for exceeding his expectations and saving him.
• Zhou Fan remains focused on understanding Osborn’s limits and fights him despite being only third tier. Though clearly overpowered, he holds Osborn’s attention while his allies support him.
• Lin Qianqian shows tactical ingenuity, using paper barriers, distractions, and a disguised bomb attack to damage Osborn.
• Osborn is revealed as a formidable fifth-tier vampire with exceptional resilience, but his regeneration has a strict limit. He becomes increasingly enraged as the group repeatedly disrupts his attacks.
• Duan Fei dismisses Osborn’s limited regeneration, having hoped to meet an opponent with truly endless survival.

Significant themes

• Teamwork over individual strength: The group’s coordinated attacks rescue Luo and injure an enemy far stronger than any one of them.
• Resourcefulness against overwhelming power: Clever tactics and precise timing let the heroes challenge Osborn despite the gap in strength.
• Limits beneath apparent immortality: Osborn can recover from lethal injuries, but each revival consumes blood and is finite.
• Endurance and sacrifice: Luo accepts serious injury to protect the mission, while Zhou Fan and his allies continue fighting despite the danger.

Key plot points and events

• Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian’s coordinated attacks kill Osborn again, forcing him to use another charge of Blood Source Rebirth. Zhou Fan realizes Osborn’s spiritual energy has fallen sharply, suggesting he has run out of revivals.
• Osborn responds with Blood Annihilation: Unity, draining the blood from his dead subordinates to restore and increase his power. Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian attack together, but Osborn blocks them with a blood-red barrier.
• Osborn overwhelms their attacks and targets Lin Qianqian. She uses Paper Transformation to evade him, but his Blood Cage suppresses the ability by steadily eroding her power. Her explosive counterattack briefly checks Osborn but also injures her.
• Zhou Fan intervenes with Susanoo, shielding Lin Qianqian. Osborn’s Blood Blade breaks through its armor, prompting Zhou Fan to unleash the Perfect Susanoo.
• Osborn forms his Vampire True Form, but Zhou Fan’s Susanoo dwarfs it. Shukaku and Matatabi lend Zhou Fan their remaining energy, further amplifying the giant warrior. The chapter ends as Susanoo draws its sword, with Zhou declaring it can “shatter all creation.”

Character developments and interactions

• Lin Qianqian proves how much her training has sharpened her composure, reactions, and teamwork. She acts decisively under pressure, though Osborn’s barrier exposes the limits of her defensive power.
• Zhou Fan recognizes and praises Lin’s contribution, then risks himself to protect her. Facing Osborn brings out his excitement and determination to fight at full strength.
• Osborn shifts from overconfidence to grim resolve after Zhou and Lin cost him a rebirth. He becomes more ruthless, even desecrating his subordinates’ corpses to gain power.
• Shukaku and Matatabi support Zhou Fan by contributing their energy at the climactic moment. Luo Luodong and the others watch in shock as Zhou’s power escalates.

Significant themes

• Teamwork and earned skill: Lin’s training and coordination with Zhou are central to their early success.
• Escalation and sacrifice: Both sides draw on extraordinary resources—Osborn consumes his followers, while the Tailed Beasts give Zhou their remaining energy.
• Protection and resolve: Zhou’s intervention to save Lin marks the transition to his full-power confrontation with Osborn.

Plot points and events

• Zhou Fan, wielding his complete Susanoo and drawing on the power of Shukaku and Matatabi, delivers a devastating slash against Osborn’s vampire true form.
• The blow breaks through Osborn’s blood shields, splits the vampire in two, and cuts a vast fissure through the sky, island, and sea. Lanya Island separates into two halves.
• Osborn is killed, dissolving into a pool of blood. Zhou Fan admits he used more force than intended.
• The group retrieves the Star Tear Stone, still intact on the Dark Fiend Black Tortoise’s head, and withdraws.
• An hour later, news reports describe the event as a possible magnitude-nine earthquake and broadcast distant footage of the mysterious battle. The footage goes viral, prompting widespread amazement and speculation.

Character developments and interactions

• Zhou Fan demonstrates overwhelming power, but also recognizes that his victory depended on the two Tailed Beasts’ strength; alone, he would not have been able to defeat the fifth-tier Osborn.
• Osborn fights without fear, unleashing his full power, but is ultimately overwhelmed by Zhou Fan’s attack.
• Zhao Qiu and Duan Fei are stunned by Zhou Fan’s strength; Zhao Qiu loudly celebrates him, while Duan Fei realizes even his own immortal body might not survive the slash.
• Lin Qianqian is comparatively calm because she has already experienced Zhou Fan’s complete Susanoo firsthand. Luo Luodong is also less shocked than the others, having seen many spectacular events.
• The group cooperates in recovering the Star Tear Stone and leaving the dangerous island.

Significant themes

• Overwhelming power and its consequences: Zhou Fan’s victory is decisive, but his excessive force physically reshapes the battlefield.
• Strength through cooperation: Zhou Fan’s borrowed power from Shukaku and Matatabi makes the victory possible.
• Public awe and uncertainty: The distant footage turns a hidden supernatural conflict into a global sensation, while viewers struggle to understand what they witnessed.

Key plot points and events

• A battle on Lanya Island splits it in two, triggering earthquakes and tsunamis. The Land of Cherry Blossoms reports hundreds dead and thousands missing, while countries across the region broadcast the disaster.
• Meixing Country’s Esper Bureau learns that its vampire Seventh Squad, led by Osborn, disappeared during a mission to retrieve the valuable star tear stone. Officials conclude the squad was killed in a clash with Xia Country’s Espers and angrily call for retaliation.
• Zhou Fan and his team return safely to Xinghai University with the star tear stone. In his report to Principal Xi Yan, Luo Luodong confirms they fought Meixing Country’s squad and that Zhou Fan split the island with a sword strike, aided by two fourth-tier, five-star summoned beasts.
• Xi Yan orders everyone informed to keep Zhou Fan’s role secret, fearing that foreign powers will target the unusually powerful freshman.
• At a meeting with the Southern and other regional Esper Bureau directors, Xi Yan initially says Luo Luodong led the mission, then reveals that a freshman—not Luo—split the island.

Character developments and interactions

• Zhou Fan is established as a formidable young talent whose power has produced a catastrophic, internationally visible result.
• Luo Luodong reports the mission candidly and follows Xi Yan’s secrecy order without hesitation.
• Xi Yan shifts from relief at his team’s safe return to alarm over Zhou Fan’s strength, then takes responsibility for protecting him.
• Meixing Country’s officials respond to the loss of their squad with fury and blame Xia Country, escalating the political stakes.
• The regional bureau directors question Xi Yan about the destruction; his revelation about Zhou Fan surprises them.

Significant themes

• Power and its consequences: Zhou Fan’s strength saves his team but causes disaster on a vast scale.
• Secrecy and protection: Extraordinary ability can make someone a target, so Xi Yan suppresses information to safeguard Zhou Fan.
• International rivalry: The clash over a valuable resource feeds existing tensions between Xia Country and Meixing Country.
• Disaster and uncertainty: The destruction’s human cost is emphasized even as governments seek to assign blame.

Key plot points and events

• After the battle on Lanya Island, Xi Yan tells four bureau chiefs that a freshman split the island in two. Shocked, they decide to report the feat to Old Huang.
• Back at Xinghai University, Xia Qingran anxiously checks that Zhou Fan and his companions are safe. Zhao Qiu reveals that Zhou Fan caused the island’s destruction, and Zhou Fan confirms it.
• Director Luo delivers the principal’s order: the group must keep the Lanya Island mission—and especially Zhou Fan’s role in splitting the island—secret.
• Xia Qingran explains the Dragon Vein Plan, which conceals promising young talents to protect them from foreign enemies who might target them before they mature. Zhou Fan understands and agrees not to tell anyone.
• Xia Qingran rewards Zhou Fan with one of her strawberry lollipops. After everyone returns to rest, Zhou Fan’s system begins registering a stream of “Shock” notifications.

Character developments and interactions

• Zhou Fan remains casually self-assured, calling the island-splitting an accident and joking that foreign countries might want to become his disciples. He accepts the need for secrecy once Xia Qingran explains the danger.
• Xia Qingran shows deep concern for Zhou Fan, admires his achievement, and explains the political reasoning behind keeping it secret. Her lollipop reward also hints at growing affection.
• Zhao Qiu is proud of Zhou Fan and wants to boast about his feat, but struggles to accept that it must remain confidential.
• Luo Luodong acts as the messenger for the principal’s security orders, while Xi Yan treats the incident as serious enough to report to senior leadership.

Significant themes

• Power and vulnerability: Zhou Fan’s extraordinary strength makes him valuable, but his youth also makes him a potential target.
• Secrecy as protection: The Dragon Vein Plan prioritizes national security over public recognition.
• Personal achievement versus collective safety: Zhao Qiu’s desire to celebrate clashes with the need to protect Zhou Fan and Xia Country’s interests.