Chapter Summaries

Vitas Chen challenged Thor’s ideas about justice and kindness, then demonstrated that he could lift Mjolnir through overwhelming strength despite having no claim to its power. Thor was left shaken as Vitas released the hammer and prepared to leave with Yidileisi.

• Yidileisi knocked Thor into a metal wall and nearly struck him with her blade before Vitas Chen stopped her.
• Vitas introduced himself to Thor and watched as Thor failed to lift Mjolnir, remembering that Odin had stripped him of his divine power.
• Vitas questioned Thor’s claim to justice, arguing that righteous judgment depended on perspective and that Thor’s inability to lift the hammer challenged his belief in his own virtue.
• Vitas gripped Mjolnir and lifted it with his strength, enduring its lightning and repulsive force before letting it crash back onto its base.
• Thor stood pale and trembling as the storm around Mjolnir subsided.

Chen Xiao and Yidileisi watched the events around Thor unfold while keeping their distance, and Thor learned of Odin’s death and gave up resisting Phil’s interest in Mjolnir. The chapter ended as the Warriors Three and Sif arrived in town looking for Thor, while Chen Xiao and Yidileisi observed from a clock tower.

• Chen Xiao left Mjolnir behind and returned to town with Yidileisi, while Thor declined to speak with Phil until Phil offered him a place to sleep.
• Chen Xiao took Yidileisi on a countryside barbecue outing as Thor awoke to find Loki, who told him Odin had died and that Loki now bore the crown.
• Thor told Phil he would no longer stop him from studying or dismantling Mjolnir, then left the base and met Jane.
• Chen Xiao told Yidileisi that he was staying to watch events unfold, and she shared the harsh story of her childhood and training.
• Chen Xiao brought Yidileisi to the town’s clock tower, where they watched the Warriors Three and Sif arrive through a burst of light.
• The four Asgardians went to Jane’s residence and called for Thor.

Thor learned that Odin was alive just as Loki sent the Destroyer to attack the town. Chen Xiao shielded the town’s defenders from the Destroyer’s beam and struck the armor with overwhelming force, leaving its fate unclear.

• Sif told Thor that Odin was not dead, and the Destroyer arrived in a dark Bifrost vortex and began attacking the town.
• Thor sent Jane and the townspeople to evacuate while Sif and the Warriors Three confronted the Destroyer.
• The Destroyer blasted the Warriors Three aside and struck Sif into a building, preparing to fire at her in the rubble.
• Chen Xiao fired red beams from the clock tower, damaging the Destroyer and drawing Loki’s attention from Asgard.
• Loki unleashed a stronger beam at Chen Xiao, who flew through it behind his Bio-Force Field and punched the Destroyer, raising a huge mushroom cloud.

Chen Xiao battered the Destroyer with overwhelming strength while Yidileisi defeated Thor’s companions in town. The Asgardians were left confronting how far their power fell short of Midgard’s strongest, as Phil reported the fight to Nick.

• Chen Xiao sent the Destroyer flying with successive punches and charged through its energy beam, fighting without using abilities beyond his Superman-like powers.
• Yidileisi challenged Thor and the Warriors Three, knocking Volstagg away with a single strike.
• Yidileisi overwhelmed Fandral and Hogun, then drove Sif back with a blow to her shield before leaving without killing anyone.
• Thor admitted that he and his companions had underestimated Midgard, while Sif silently examined the fist-shaped dent in her shield.
• Phil reported to Nick that Yidileisi had defeated the Warriors Three and that Sif had failed to withstand three moves; he could not see Chen Xiao’s battlefield clearly.

Chen Xiao overwhelmed Loki's Destroyer, countering its transformed assault before melting it with sustained Heat Rays. With the Destroyer disabled and Loki drained, Chen Xiao landed on its wreck and reached for its arm.

• Chen Xiao battered the Destroyer around the battlefield until Loki poured more than half his divine power into it and triggered its enhanced form.
• The transformed Destroyer attacked Chen Xiao with increased speed and strength, but Chen Xiao defeated its strikes and knocked it back repeatedly.
• Chen Xiao pinned the Destroyer with Heat Rays, realizing it depended on Loki's divine power to keep fighting.
• Thor and the others watched as Phil identified Chen Xiao as the mutant known by the codename Superman.
• Chen Xiao's continued assault exhausted Loki and melted the Destroyer into a disabled wreck, and Chen Xiao landed on it and grabbed its right arm.

Chen Xiao destroyed the Asgardian Destroyer and Thor regained his divine power when Mjolnir returned to him. After thanking Chen Xiao and departing for Asgard, Thor left Chen Xiao to return home and resume his research, while a new scene at Xavier’s School introduced Clarice and Kari.

• Chen Xiao dismantled the Destroyer, completing his mission and earning three Origin points.
• Thor’s reflections stirred Mjolnir, which flew back to him and restored his power and armor.
• Thor thanked Chen Xiao for saving the town, promised to fight him another time, then returned to Asgard with Sif and the others.
• Chen Xiao returned to his estate, confirmed the nuclear materials had arrived, and prepared to continue developing the Stellar Suit.
• At Xavier’s School, Clarice declined Kari’s request to sit with her, and Kari teased Warren about his lack of dates.

Clarice left the school for Chen Xiao’s manor after he summoned her, while Professor X explained to the other teachers that Chen Xiao had become one of the pivotal figures in the coming human-mutant conflict. Clarice arrived safely, and Chen Xiao welcomed her home.

• Clarice asked Storm for permission to leave campus because Vitas needed her, then waited for Chen Xiao’s private plane and departed with Yidileisi after receiving a silver box from Scott.
• Professor X warned Clarice to avoid fighting and asked her to tell Vitas not to get involved in conflicts that did not concern him.
• After Clarice left, Professor X explained that Jean, Wanda, Vitas, Magneto, and he were being watched as the human-mutant conflict approached an unavoidable confrontation.
• An observer at Westchester Airport reported that Clarice had been picked up without an opportunity for contact, and was told to withdraw because Charles might have noticed him.
• Clarice’s car reached the manor, where Chen Xiao descended from the clouds and welcomed her home.

Clarice moved into Chen Xiao’s estate and helped with his research as he struggled to fund his expanding projects. The White Queen offered him a billion dollars and access to Hellfire Club resources in exchange for joining, but Chen Xiao refused.

• Chen Xiao welcomed Clarice to his estate, received Scott’s case of mutant gene samples, and began research on temporal and spatial X-Factors while upgrading the Stellar Suit.
• When the estate ran short of cash, Chen Xiao ordered the butler to pursue pharmaceutical patents and licensing deals and acquire a Mexican comics company with the rights to Dragon Ball.
• Clarice learned hacking, monitored Chen Xiao’s equipment, and installed surveillance around the estate.
• The White Queen visited Chen Xiao after attending a pharmaceutical patent auction and invited him to join the Hellfire Club, offering an initial billion dollars and access to its supply channels.
• Chen Xiao rejected the invitation several times, and the White Queen gave up trying to persuade him.

Chen Xiao studied Clarice and Yidileisi’s limits after they gained new abilities, then learned that Yidileisi and more than three hundred others had vanished in Qigela City. He sealed his underground laboratory and flew to the battlefield, where the Arela Group’s men reported that the Blood Wolf Group had been wiped out.

• The White Queen left after Chen Xiao rejected her recruitment offer, and he continued growing stronger through sunlight.
• Chen Xiao gave Clarice a psychic-perception and telekinesis X-Factor, awakening a wide sensory field and letting her open spatial portals within it.
• Chen Xiao found that Clarice and Yidileisi were near their genetic capacity limits, so he began researching ways to improve their tolerance.
• Lucia told Chen Xiao that Yidileisi and more than three hundred others had been out of contact for twenty-four hours amid chaos in Kumodo City.
• Chen Xiao ordered Clarice to seal the laboratory, then flew to Qigela City, where Arela Group forces occupied the ruined battlefield.
• A bearded man reported to the middle-aged boss that every member of the Blood Wolf Group had been killed.

Chen Xiao arrived in Qigela and destroyed the forces laid out to ambush him, then confronted the mutants who had lured him there. The chapter ended with the blond mutant claiming they had arranged the trap simply to meet him, while Chen Xiao doubted his story.

• Gu Mont’s allies discussed how they would capture the Bloody Hand Society’s president, and Amara said Ahmet and Kurd could handle him.
• Chen Xiao spotted the armed forces and mutant ambushers waiting in Qigela, including Yidileisi and a dark-skinned woman whose power stopped time.
• Encore controlled soldiers into firing three missiles at Chen Xiao as he approached, but he blasted through the attack.
• Chen Xiao swept across the district with Heat Vision, destroying its buildings, vehicles, and more than a thousand armed fighters.
• A time-stopping field protected the central building, and Chen Xiao called the hidden mutants out.
• Ahmet, Amara, and a blond mutant appeared; the blond man claimed they had lured Chen Xiao there to meet him, but Chen Xiao did not believe him.

Kurd copied Chen Xiao’s abilities and joined Ahmet and Amara in attacking him, hoping to steal his power and genes. Chen Xiao remained unharmed, revealed that Kurd had copied only a fraction of his strength, and hurled him into a cliff; Ahmet then called for Kurd and Encore.

• Kurd copied Chen Xiao’s abilities, while Ahmet and Amara prepared to attack him and sought his genetic material.
• Ahmet launched a compressed-air shock wave, Amara sent pillars of magma at Chen Xiao, and Kurd charged him with copied golden energy.
• The three attacks struck Chen Xiao, but he remained unharmed and caught Kurd’s fist with one hand.
• Chen Xiao told Kurd that he had copied only a fraction of his power, then hurled him into a distant cliff, destroying it and the villa above.
• Ahmet called out for Kurd and Encore.

Chen Xiao overwhelmed Amara and repeatedly battered Ahmet, whose strength and size grew as he absorbed Cosmic Energy, while their fight devastated Qigela and endangered its civilians. When Kurd unleashed a vastly greater golden aura at the coast, Chen Xiao left Ahmet in a crater and raced toward him.

• Chen Xiao struck Ahmet into a deep crater, then killed Amara by smashing through her magma attack at extreme speed.
• Ahmet emerged enlarged and regenerated, but Chen Xiao broke his arm and kicked him into Qigela, where their battle destroyed buildings and injured civilians.
• Chen Xiao assessed Ahmet’s energy-dependent growth, regeneration, and other abilities as he continued overpowering him.
• Kurd’s aura surged to a new level at the coast, and Chen Xiao drove Ahmet into a crater before flying toward Kurd.

Zhou Rui declined the Zhou family’s offer to change classes but revealed that Zhou Yun had an ice bloodline, then tested at an astonishing 17.6 bloodline concentration himself. After dinner, he called Zhou Yun to discuss the Zhou family’s interest in her, leaving the conversation about to turn serious.

• Zhou Rui refused Zhou Heng’s offer to change classes but said Zhou Yun might consider one of the Zhou family’s hidden ice classes, pending her consent.
• Zhou Heng tested Zhou Rui’s blood and found an ice bloodline concentration of 17.6, nearly matching the Zhou family ancestor’s 18 points.
• Zhou Rui left the Zhou family gathering, and Zhou Heng accepted that they would have to wait for his answer about Zhou Yun.
• Zhou Rui video-called Zhou Yun, who praised his match performance and teased him about finding a sister-in-law.
• Zhou Rui told Zhou Yun that people from the Zhou family had come to see him and began to explain their interest.

Zhou Yun chose to join the Zhou Family’s ice purifier path after graduating middle school, and Zhou Rui agreed to escort her to Tianlan Province. As the individual tournament’s fourth round began, the contestants anticipated improved rewards, while an injured Xia Lan teased Jiang Churan about Zhou Rui’s rough fighting style.

• Zhou Rui explained the Zhou Family’s three hidden classes, and Zhou Yun chose the ice purifier path, planning to leave for training after middle school graduation.
• Zhou Rui informed Zhou Heng that Zhou Yun would carry on the Zhou Family’s legacy, and Zhou Heng arranged to return with Zhou Yang the next morning.
• Zhou Lin and Zhou Dong'er decided to stay until the tournament ended, while Zhou Heng praised the strength of this year’s competitors.
• Zhou Rui told Suhang University’s team that the level-three war readiness status would make the fifth-round rewards better than last year’s.
• At the stadium, other university members warmly greeted Zhou Rui, and the teams gathered for the individual competition’s fourth round.
• Xia Lan, still recovering from her injuries, thanked Jiang Churan for fruit and joked that Zhou Rui had not treated her gently.

The fourth round of the individual competition began with the Xia Yan Professional Alliance announcing increasingly valuable rewards, including a legendary-tier custom weapon for the champion. After Song Xialan and Wei He won their matches, Zhou Rui faced Modu University's Feng Qiang, whose strength-focused build promised a direct test of power; the chapter ended as Zhou Rui charged and activated his buffs.

• The host announced S- rank potions for fifth-round contestants, S rank resources for sixth-round contestants, epic-tier weapons for seventh-round contestants, and a custom legendary-tier weapon for the champion.
• Song Xialan defeated an injured Xia Lan, then Wei He defeated Jiang Churan despite her succubus charm.
• Zhou Rui reassured Jiang Churan and used Slow Healing to restore her stamina and mental energy.
• The host introduced Feng Qiang and Zhou Rui as the third match's contestants, drawing loud cheers from the crowd.
• Feng Qiang explained that he had invested all his attributes in strength and challenged Zhou Rui to prove who was stronger.
• At the start signal, Zhou Rui charged across the arena and activated a series of buffs.

Zhou Rui defeated Feng Qiang with overwhelming strength and holy attacks, securing his place in the fifth round of the singles tournament. By the end of the day, all eight fifth-round contestants had been determined, including three from Suhang University.

• Zhou Rui overpowered Feng Qiang in a strength clash, then pinned him with the Spear of Victory and defeated him with Rising Slash and Hammer of Repentance.
• Shuri conceded the match to spare Feng Qiang further pain, and the host declared Zhou Rui the winner.
• The fourth round concluded with Zhou Rui and Song Xialan from Suhang University, Wei He and Mu You from Modu University, and Li Yuan and Wang Xuan from Qingjing University advancing.
• Jiang Churan from Suhang University and Lu Qiang from Hancheng University won the final two places through the losers' bracket.
• The first day of competition ended with eight contestants confirmed for the fifth round, including three from Suhang University.

Zhou Rui dominated the fifth and sixth rounds of the individual competition, defeating Mu You and Jiang Churan to reach the final. After returning to the rest area, he learned the final would be held the next day as Wei He was introduced for his semifinal match.

• Wu Mang assigned the substitutes to compete in the team matches, and Zhou Rui led them to two victories over ordinary universities.
• Zhou Rui trained before the individual competition resumed, then defeated Mu You with Punishment of Light in the fifth round.
• Zhou Rui, Jiang Churan, Wei He, and Wang Xuan advanced to the sixth round after Wang Xuan rebuilt his combat machines and won his match.
• Zhou Rui defeated Jiang Churan in about five minutes, earning a place in the grand final.
• Zhou Rui used Holy Light to help Jiang Churan recover, then returned with her to the rest area as Wu Mang congratulated him.
• The host announced Wei He from Modu University for his semifinal match.

Wei He defeated Wang Xuan to join Zhou Rui in the National University Freshman Exchange Tournament singles final, sparking nationwide debate over the two finalists. On the morning of the final, the stadium filled with spectators as highlights introduced Zhou Rui and Wei He, leaving the crowd fired up for their showdown.

• Wei He broke through Wang Xuan’s gold-tier Adjudicator and defeated him, advancing to the final against Zhou Rui.
• The tournament host announced that Zhou Rui of Suhang University and Wei He of Modu University would compete for the singles championship the next morning.
• News coverage and online supporters debated the finalists’ contrasting backgrounds and strengths, while universities arranged group viewings.
• On November 9, Zhou Rui arrived with Suhang University’s delegation at Qingjing University, where more than two hundred thousand spectators gathered for the final.
• The stadium’s holographic screens replayed Zhou Rui and Wei He’s tournament highlights as the crowd erupted in anticipation of their match.

Zhou Rui and Wei He began their individual championship match, each activating powerful combat skills and trading blows. As Wei He charged through Zhou Rui’s attacks, Zhou Rui summoned Punishment of Light, leaving the fight poised for a lightning strike.

• Zhou Rui and Wei He entered the arena and charged at each other after activating their respective buffs and combat skills.
• Zhou Rui’s Hammer of Repentance missed as Wei He dodged and countered with Thunder Slash, which Zhou Rui blocked with his battleaxe.
• Wei He retreated into Zhou Rui’s Holy Light Cross, then activated Battle Maniac to resist its damage and pressed for a direct fight.
• Zhou Rui chose to meet Wei He head-on, and his Spear of Victory struck Wei’s aura but barely damaged him.
• Zhou Rui activated Punishment of Light, forming golden lightning above the arena, and called for lightning as Wei He charged in.

Zhou Rui used his exceptional lightning affinity to strike Wei He repeatedly with Punishment of Light, overcoming Wei He's damage reduction and claiming the individual championship. The chapter ended with Zhou Rui celebrated by Suhang University and his supporters while Modu University's team mourned Wei He's loss.

• Zhou Rui repeatedly summoned golden lightning that stopped Wei He's advance despite Wei He's Battle Maniac damage reduction.
• The assembled guild leaders and commanders recognized Zhou Rui's extraordinary lightning affinity and predicted that he would win.
• After enduring seven or eight strikes, Wei He was knocked unconscious, and the host declared Zhou Rui the winner.
• Zhou Rui's family, friends, and Suhang University supporters celebrated his championship, while Modu University's team reacted with disappointment.