Chapter Summaries

After Lin Qianqian recovered from her fever, Zhou Fan nearly kissed her while she was asleep, but a knock at the door interrupted them. Zhao Qiu returned and told Zhou Fan that he and Gu Yu were now dating, then teased him for being single and got tackled in response.

• Zhou Fan woke in the evening, checked that Lin Qianqian's fever was gone, and watched her sleeping beside her bed.
• Zhou Fan leaned close to Lin Qianqian, who opened her eyes and then closed them again, but a knock interrupted them before he could kiss her.
• Lin Qianqian shoved Zhou Fan away and hid beneath the quilt, then blamed her lingering cold for her reaction.
• Zhao Qiu returned, told Zhou Fan that he and Gu Yu had become boyfriend and girlfriend, and teased him for being the only single one left.
• Zhou Fan retaliated by launching a flying kick and taking Zhao Qiu to the floor with his Death Scissor Legs.

Zhou Fan teased Zhao Qiu about getting together with Gu Yu, then learned that Gu Yu had confessed and planned their romantic date. After Zhao Qiu left, Zhou Fan cared for the still-ill Lin Qianqian, leaving their relationship undefined as she sent him away with a kick.

• Zhou Fan repeatedly KO'd Zhao Qiu for teasing him about being single, then asked how Zhao Qiu and Gu Yu got together.
• Zhao Qiu said Gu Yu confessed, and described their date in the Imperial Capital, including holding hands, kissing, watching the sunrise, and visiting an amusement park and aquarium.
• Zhou Fan told Zhao Qiu to treat Gu Yu well, while Zhao Qiu called Zhou Fan a blockhead for not getting together with Lin Qianqian.
• Zhou Fan told Lin Qianqian that Zhao Qiu and Gu Yu were together, and Lin Qianqian correctly guessed that Gu Yu had confessed first.
• Zhou Fan reminded Lin Qianqian to take care of herself while recovering, brought her cold medicine, and teased her about staying with her overnight before she kicked him out.

Zhou Fan learned that Jiaoxin and Duan Fei had found a strong puppet-type Esper and went with them to meet him. Deidara stepped forward to fight the Puppet Master in a one-on-one duel over a meteorite, leaving the battle about to begin.

• Zhao Qiu repeatedly asked Zhou Fan to take him to the Imperial Capital to visit Gu Yu.
• Jiaoxin told Zhou Fan that she and Duan Fei had encountered a puppet-type Esper near Tianfeng City and arranged a duel with him.
• Zhou Fan agreed to assess the man as a potential recruit for Dawn and chose Deidara to fight him first.
• Jiaoxin, Duan Fei, and Deidara met the Puppet Master in Tianfeng Mutant Beast Forest to honor their duel agreement over the meteorite.
• Deidara challenged the Puppet Master and declared that he would show him his explosive art.

Mo Xie and Deidara fought over their rival ideas of art, with Mo Xie’s puppets countering Deidara’s explosive clay. After they recognized each other as artists, they launched into a full-scale contest, each giving the other their all.

• Deidara introduced himself and attacked Mo Xie with explosive Clay Spiders, destroying Mo Xie’s first puppet.
• Mo Xie used Six Arms to pin Deidara’s next wave of Clay Spiders at a distance and shielded himself from an explosive Clay Bird.
• Deidara attacked with five Clay Birds, but Mo Xie’s five Earth Spirit Puppets blocked their explosions.
• Mo Xie summoned six more puppets and declared that eternal beauty was true art, while Deidara argued that fleeting beauty and explosions were art.
• Mo Xie praised Deidara as an artist, and the two agreed to make their fight a contest between artists.
• Deidara unleashed his Clay Dragon’s full firepower as Mo Xie summoned over a hundred puppets to attack.

Mo Xie fought Deidara to a draw, then refused to join Dawn unless its leader could defeat him. Zhou Fan challenged him to a single move, and their fight began when Mo Xie sent ten reconstructed puppets at him and Zhou Fan used Shinra Tensei.

• Mo Xie and Deidara traded attacks until Deidara's C3 No. 18 destroyed most of Mo Xie's puppets, and they agreed their duel was a draw.
• Deidara invited Mo Xie to join Dawn, but Mo Xie refused because the organization had not given him a reason to join.
• Mo Xie told Jiaoxin that Dawn's members were not strong enough to persuade him, and Zhou Fan appeared as the organization's leader.
• Zhou Fan offered Mo Xie a one-move challenge, promising to abandon the invitation if he failed to defeat him.
• Mo Xie rebuilt ten puppets from the wreckage and sent them at Zhou Fan, who raised his palm and used Shinra Tensei.

Zhou Fan defeated Mo Xie and recruited him into Dawn, then assigned him to work with Deidara. The group began planning to collect meteorite fragments so Mo Xie could strengthen his puppets.

• Zhou Fan destroyed Mo Xie's puppets and Amber with one attack, exposing Mo Xie's true body.
• Mo Xie admitted defeat and agreed to join Dawn, becoming its eighth member.
• Zhou Fan introduced Dawn's members, explained the organization's rules, and paired Mo Xie with Deidara.
• Mo Xie explained that he wanted meteorites to strengthen his puppets, and Zhou Fan offered to help research them after they gathered enough fragments.
• Jiaoxin reported that meteorite fragments were scattered across many locations, so Zhou Fan split the four members into two teams to collect them.

Lin Qianqian baked cookies for Zhou Fan and spoke with Li Mengyao about whether her feelings for him had changed. She denied being in love, but began to wonder about her feelings before Zhou Fan praised her cookies.

• Lin Qianqian baked cookies while video chatting with Li Mengyao, who asked whether she had fallen for Zhou Fan.
• Lin Qianqian considered her feelings for Zhou Fan but decided they were mutual respect rather than love.
• Zhou Fan returned home as Lin Qianqian finished baking and offered him some cookies.
• Zhou Fan recalled that Lin Qianqian's earlier cookies had been awful, then tried the new ones and praised them.
• Lin Qianqian's anger faded, and Zhou Fan's praise made her happy.

Zhou Fan told Lin Qianqian why he had founded Dawn, then teased her about her cooking as they fought over a cookie. After he caught her from a fall, they found themselves pressed close on the sofa, and Zhou Fan began leaning in to kiss her.

• Zhou Fan told Lin Qianqian he had recruited a skilled Puppet Master for Dawn and said the organization would become useful later, including for arranging internships and jobs.
• Zhou Fan praised Lin Qianqian’s cookies, then teased her about how bad her cooking used to be, making her try to snatch the cookie from him.
• Lin Qianqian tripped over a table and knocked the plate of cookies to the floor as she reached for Zhou Fan.
• Zhou Fan caught Lin Qianqian around the waist, and they landed together on the sofa with her beneath him.
• Lin Qianqian and Zhou Fan’s hearts raced as they recalled intimate moments they had shared, and Zhou Fan slowly leaned toward her to kiss her.

Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian nearly kissed, prompting both of them to realize they might have developed romantic feelings for each other. Lin Qianqian still insisted that defeating Zhou Fan came first, but her system triggered romance quests designed to bring them closer.

• Zhou Fan leaned in to kiss Lin Qianqian, but she pushed him away at the last moment and hurried back to her room.
• Zhou Fan reflected on their shared experiences and realized he had developed special feelings for Lin Qianqian.
• Lin Qianqian recalled how Zhou Fan had saved and cared for her, then questioned whether she had fallen for him.
• Lin Qianqian insisted that Zhou Fan remained her greatest rival and that defeating him was still her goal.
• Lin Qianqian's system detected her increased affection for Zhou Fan and announced romance quests involving dates and intimate activities.

Lin Qianqian learned that completing the system’s dating missions would strengthen her and weaken Zhou Fan, so she planned to invite him shopping and complete several missions. Before they could leave, Xi Yan arrived and summoned Zhou Fan to the Superpower General Bureau to meet the Director of the Esper Bureau from Meixing Country.

• Lin Qianqian questioned the system about its intimate dating missions and learned that each completion could boost her while weakening Zhou Fan, up to a 50% reduction.
• Lin Qianqian decided to complete missions by taking Zhou Fan shopping, eating out, riding a Ferris wheel, and watching a movie, using hand-holding as an excuse to fulfill their requirements.
• The next morning, Zhou Fan made breakfast, and Lin Qianqian awkwardly invited him to go shopping with her.
• Xi Yan arrived at the door and asked Zhou Fan to come to the Superpower General Bureau because the Director of the Esper Bureau from Meixing Country had arrived.

Zhou Fan accompanied Xi Yan to meet Huang Xia, the director of Xia Country’s Superpower General Bureau, after Huang summoned him. Huang tested Zhou Fan with his seventh-tier aura, then discovered that Zhou Fan had already reached the fifth tier, 2-star, leaving both Huang and Xi Yan astonished.

• Xi Yan explained that Huang Xia, not Lin Ya, was the director of the Superpower General Bureau and had asked to meet Zhou Fan.
• Zhou Fan and Xi Yan traveled to the Bureau’s headquarters in the Heavenly Pivot Tower and went to its top floor.
• Huang Xia greeted Xi Yan and Zhou Fan, and Zhou Fan calmly withstood the pressure of Huang’s seventh-tier aura.
• Huang Xia apologized for testing Zhou Fan and praised his achievements and composure.
• Huang Xia saw that Zhou Fan had reached the fifth tier, 2-star, shocking both him and Xi Yan.

Zhou Fan met Old Huang, who rewarded him with access to the Superpower Book Repository and invited him to observe Meixing Country’s delegation. At the Superpower General Bureau, Old Huang welcomed Kailain, Meixing Country’s Seventh Tier director, and their formal talks began.

• Old Huang praised Zhou Fan for killing Charles and said he had invited him simply to meet Xia Country’s outstanding young talent.
• Old Huang offered Zhou Fan a chance to choose a Superpower Book from the Superpower Book Repository, and Xi Yan explained the repository’s importance.
• Old Huang invited Zhou Fan to join the meeting with Meixing Country’s director, and Zhou Fan agreed.
• Kailain arrived at the Superpower General Bureau on Dusk Blood Crows with three powerful escorts, and Old Huang greeted him.
• Old Huang led Kailain and the others into the reception hall, where they exchanged pleasantries before beginning formal talks.