Chapter Summaries

Lu Zheng and Shen Ying helped the Netherworld Bureaucracy defeat the ghosts attacking Peach Blossom Manor. Lu Zheng killed the White-Clothed Youth and claimed his ghost pearl and folding fan, while Shen Ying invited the survivors inside for tea.

• Lu Zheng used an Illusion Technique and Evil Expelling Talismans to wound the White-Clothed Youth, while Shen Ying went to aid the Patrol Envoys.
• Shen Ying battled the black-clothed old woman and helped the soldiers defeat the Ghost Soldiers as the Patrol Envoys trapped the Red-Clothed Female Ghost.
• The White-Clothed Youth tried to flee, then turned back to rescue the Red-Clothed Female Ghost, but Lu Zheng caught up with him and killed him with the Seven Stars Sword.
• Lu Zheng received twenty-nine strands of Light of Luck and took the White-Clothed Youth's ghost pearl and folding fan.
• Shen Ying took the folding fan to cleanse its Ghost Qi and invited Lu Zheng and the Patrol Envoys into the manor for tea.

After helping repel Nightfall King’s forces, Shen Ying reassured Lu Zheng that her cultivation was rapidly growing, while he worried about leaving her isolated in Peach Blossom Glade. At the Liu family home, Lu Zheng revealed that Shen Ying was the Peach Blossom Fairy, and Liu Qingyan accepted the news with admiration rather than jealousy.

• Duan Zhong and the other Patrol Envoys visited Lu Zheng and Shen Ying, then withdrew after a scout reported that Nightfall King had pulled back his troops.
• Lu Zheng worried that Shen Ying could not contact him from Peach Blossom Glade, but she said her strength was increasing quickly and Nightfall King could eventually be no match for her.
• Liu Qingyan suggested visiting Shen Ying during Ten-Day Rest, and Liu Qingquan mentioned the newly built Peach Blossom Shrine.
• Lu Zheng told the Liu family that Shen Ying was the Peach Blossom Fairy and explained how he had met her while pursuing the Scorpion Demon with Duan Changzai.
• Madam Liu praised Lu Zheng’s “Peach Blossoms” poem, and Liu Qingyan responded to his revelation with admiration and agreed to keep interacting with Shen Ying as before.

Liu Qingyan visited Shen Ying at Peach Blossom Glade, where the two women sparred through a game of chess while Lu Zheng tried to interpret their suggestive remarks. After visiting Peach Blossom Shrine, the group ended the day in a snowball fight.

• Liu Qingyan met Shen Ying at Peach Blossom Glade and played chess with her while they discussed Renxin Hall and exchanged veiled remarks that flustered Lu Zheng.
• Shen Ying introduced Liu Qingyan to the Ganoderma Horse, which Liu Qingyan admired before it escaped.
• Shen Ying led Lu Zheng and the Liu sisters through the snowy glade to Peach Blossom Shrine, where they saw her nearly identical statue and greeted the shrine’s visitors and attendants.
• Liu Qingquan proposed a snowball fight, and Shen Ying teamed up with her against Liu Qingyan and Lu Zheng.
• Lu Zheng and the others chased and pelted one another with snow, filling Peach Blossom Glade with laughter.

Lu Zheng finished inspecting his new apartment and discussed the New Year with Lin Wan, who declined to visit his family with him this year. After a suspected child abduction came to Lin Wan’s attention, she asked Lu Zheng to use an object belonging to the child to help locate them, and he hurried to the scene.

• Lu Zheng inspected and paid for his renovated five-bedroom flat, then began ordering household supplies.
• Lu Zheng agreed to return home for the New Year after his mother called, and he invited Lin Wan to go with him; she said they could discuss it next year.
• Over lunch, Lu Zheng and Lin Wan talked about her police work and her progress practicing the Mountain Carrying Eighteen Forms.
• Lin Wan was called back to the City Bureau, and later she contacted Lu Zheng about a child who had apparently been taken by a neighbor after a dispute with the family.
• Lu Zheng told Lin Wan to bring an unwashed item of clothing or a frequently handled toy and said he would reach North Jin'an Road by taxi.

Lu Zheng used the aura on an Ultraman doll to find the kidnapped child and lead Lin Wan to the suspect’s apartment. After the police rescued the child and arrested the suspect, Lin Wan visited Lu Zheng late that night.

• Lu Zheng used the Qi Observation Art on the child’s Ultraman doll and traced its aura to De'an Residential Complex.
• Lu Zheng and Lin Wan found the child alive in an apartment, and Lin Wan arranged a plan to identify and arrest the suspect.
• Lin Wan and the police entered the complex and arrested the disheveled middle-aged suspect while Lin Wan carried the child to safety.
• Lu Zheng waited for Lin Wan after work, but she warned him that she might have to work overtime.
• At eleven thirty, Lin Wan messaged Lu Zheng and rang his doorbell, arriving in her police uniform.

Lu Zheng discussed a recent attempted murder with Lin Wan, then learned about Great Jing’s festivals and prepared for New Year in both worlds. He left the chapter with modern snacks and gifts bought for the ancient world.

• Lin Wan told Lu Zheng that a man had tried to kill a child after the child’s father kicked his dog, and that the suspect faced more than ten years in prison.
• Lu Zheng and Lin Wan shared breakfast before she left for work, and Lu Zheng returned to ancient times to practice martial arts.
• Uncle Li gave Lu Zheng Sweet Delights Shop’s income and asked about New Year preparations; Lu Zheng told him to buy decorations, sweets, and firecrackers.
• Lu Zheng visited Le Ping Teahouse and listened to a storyteller explain Great Jing’s festivals and their legends.
• Lu Zheng decided to buy New Year treats for Liu Qingquan and other children, then shopped for snacks, liquor, and candies in the modern world.

Lu Zheng returned to his hometown for the New Year, endured his mother's matchmaking plans, and met his college roommates after returning to Sea City. He then traveled to Tonglin County in the other world, where he and Liu Qingyan shopped for New Year supplies as the Spring Festival approached.

• Lu Zheng brought Lingzhi Wine home, but Gu Ling dragged him to dinner with her best friend's daughter despite his objections to blind dates.
• Lu Zheng avoided exchanging contact information with the woman, then faced more matchmaking plans and relatives' predictions that he would find a girlfriend.
• After the holiday, Lu Zheng returned to Sea City and reunited with Tong Muxuan and his other college roommates for a meal.
• Lu Zheng entered the other world and went shopping through snowy Tonglin County with Liu Qingyan.
• Lu Zheng bought golden pheasants, chestnuts, and cured meat, then returned home with the New Year supplies as the Spring Festival neared.

Lu Zheng celebrated New Year's Eve with Liu Qingyan and her family, bringing gifts and teaching them mahjong. The lively gathering ended with Liu Qingyan thanking him privately for helping her fend off trouble from other medical halls.

• Lu Zheng accepted Old Man Liu's invitation to celebrate the New Year with the Liu family and invited Hu Zhou and Mother Hu to join them.
• Lu Zheng arrived on New Year's Eve with sweets, drinks, scarves, hairpins, and other gifts for the Liu family.
• Lu Zheng introduced mahjong, taught the Liu family to play, and watched them continue through the day as Hu Zhou and Mother Hu joined in.
• Liu Qingyan led Lu Zheng to the study, where they played Go and she thanked him for helping her fend off trouble from other medical halls.

Lu Zheng and the Liu family celebrated the New Year with a lavish dinner, games, and greetings before he visited Shen Ying with gifts. Shen Ying gave him an Incense Luck-infused Magical Artifact fan, and the two ended the chapter together beside her bed.

• Madam Liu prepared New Year's Eve dinner while the family played games, and Liu Qingquan and Liu Qingyan tried Lu Zheng's chocolate.
• The Liu family shared a meal, resumed mahjong and games, and welcomed the New Year together.
• Lu Zheng and Liu Qingyan postponed their trip to Peach Blossom Glade, and Liu Qingyan gave him a spring robe and kissed his cheek.
• Lu Zheng brought Shen Ying a custom peach blossom hairpin, and she happily put it on.
• Shen Ying gave Lu Zheng a jade-ribbed folding fan refined with Incense Luck, which could enhance his spells when fueled by true qi.
• Shen Ying led Lu Zheng beside the bed.

Lu Zheng received a century-old Peach Wood Sword from Shen Ying, then Nightfall King arrived to reclaim the Netherworld Heart and demand Shen Ying become his consort. Lu Zheng and Shen Ying fought off his ambush, but Nightfall King’s attack revealed a hidden trick in the Netherworld Heart.

• Shen Ying gave Lu Zheng a Peach Wood Sword made from the Old Peach Tree, which was especially powerful against ghosts.
• Nightfall King appeared in the rear courtyard, offered to make Shen Ying his consort, and attacked Lu Zheng after Lu Zheng challenged him.
• Lu Zheng realized Nightfall King was waiting for him to leave so he could target Shen Ying, and warned her not to let the Netherworld Heart near the Old Peach Tree’s core.
• Nightfall King dove at them, but Lu Zheng blocked his attack with the Peach Wood Sword while Shen Ying suffered a backlash from the Netherworld Heart.
• Shen Ying told Lu Zheng that Nightfall King had hidden a trick in the Netherworld Heart and that his warning had saved her from a dangerous ambush.

Lu Zheng and Shen Ying fought Nightfall King, and Lu Zheng used the Body Immobilization Spell to turn the battle in their favor. Nightfall King tried to seize the Netherworld Heart and escape, but Xin Zhanting appeared and helped trap him.

• Lu Zheng broke Nightfall King's illusion and joined Shen Ying in fighting him, realizing Nightfall King was weaker than expected.
• Nightfall King nearly stabbed Lu Zheng, but Lu Zheng immobilized him with the Body Immobilization Spell, letting Shen Ying's Peach Blossom Evil strike him.
• Nightfall King tried to withdraw with the Netherworld Heart, but Shen Ying activated the Peach Blossom Array and Lu Zheng guarded the heart.
• Nightfall King began summoning power from his true body, then abruptly tried to flee when Xin Zhanting's attack came from outside the manor.
• Shen Ying and Xin Zhanting's tiger-shaped blade light blocked Nightfall King, and Xin Zhanting appeared on the manor wall.

Lu Zheng helped Xin Zhanting defeat the Nightfall King's soul-splitting incarnation, then volunteered to join the campaign against Nightfall Mountain. He crossed into the Netherworld with Xin Zhanting's army, which arrived within sight of Nightfall Mountain.

• Shen Ying's Peach Blossom Evil trapped the Nightfall King while Xin Zhanting attacked him, and Lu Zheng secretly used the Body Immobilization Spell to immobilize him.
• Xin Zhanting struck the immobilized Nightfall King, scattering his incarnation, and Lu Zheng gained twenty-three strands of Light of Luck.
• Xin Zhanting set out to attack Nightfall Mountain, and Lu Zheng volunteered to accompany him into the Netherworld.
• Lu Zheng gathered talismans and weapons, brought two bottles of liquor to the City God Temple, and joined Xin Zhanting's thousand Netherworld Soldiers.
• Xin Zhanting led the army through the Yin-Yang Road, and Lu Zheng emerged in the Netherworld with Nightfall Mountain in the distance.

The Tonglin County Netherworld Bureaucracy defeated the Nightfall King and captured Nightfall Mountain with help from Lu Zheng. On New Year’s Day, Lu Zheng and Liu Qingyan visited Shen Ying at Peach Blossom Glade, where they introduced her and Xiao Cui to mahjong.

• Xin Zhanting led the Netherworld Bureaucracy’s forces in an assault on Nightfall Mountain while he fought the Nightfall King.
• Lu Zheng immobilized the Nightfall King repeatedly, allowing Xin Zhanting to sever his head, and Lu Zheng destroyed the escaping black smoke with Evil Expelling Talismans.
• Lu Zheng and Liu Qingyan celebrated the New Year with the neighborhood children, then hired a carriage and picked up Liu Qingquan for a visit to Peach Blossom Glade.
• Shen Ying welcomed Lu Zheng, Liu Qingyan, and Liu Qingquan, having learned that they and Xin Zhanting had slain the Nightfall King.
• Lu Zheng brought in a table and taught Shen Ying, Xiao Cui, Liu Qingyan, and Liu Qingquan how to play mahjong.

Lu Zheng spent New Year's Day playing mahjong with Liu Qingyan, Shen Ying, and Liu Qingquan, then visited Daoist Priest Mingzhang at White Cloud Temple and discussed cultivation and the imperial examinations. As Lu Zheng prepared to leave, he helped the injured Yuan Jing return to the temple, where Yuan Jing recovered with Lingzhi Wine.

• Lu Zheng and the others played mahjong at Peach Blossom Glade, and Liu Qingquan won several dozen coins before Lu Zheng and Liu Qingyan headed home.
• Liu Qingyan said she planned to return to Renxin Hall the next day, while Lu Zheng planned to visit White Cloud Temple and invited her to see Shaotong Mountain sometime.
• Lu Zheng brought Stalactite Spring and Lingzhi Wine to Daoist Priest Mingzhang, discussed defeating the Nightfall King, and declined to pursue the scholar examination or an official career.
• As Lu Zheng left White Cloud Temple, Yuan Ning helped the blood-drained Yuan Jing inside after he had slain a powerful ghost with a blood curse technique.
• Daoist Priest Mingzhang gave Yuan Jing some of Lu Zheng's Lingzhi Wine to help him recover, and Lu Zheng returned to Tonglin County using the Swift Travel Art.

Lu Zheng joined Yuan Jing on a trip to investigate renewed haunting reports at the Zhang residence, where he easily dispelled a minor ghost. As they left Pingtan County, they encountered two suspicious Demon Creatures posing as scholars, and Yuan Jing questioned them about why they had entered the city.

• Huang Xiumin told Lu Zheng and Lin Wan that Liu Yifan and his family had died, and the couple joked about whether Lu Zheng had caused it.
• Yuan Jing brought Steward Zhang to Lu Zheng and asked him to help investigate another haunting at the Zhang residence in Pingtan County.
• Lu Zheng and Yuan Jing traveled to Pingtan County, where Lu Zheng dispelled a small ghost drawn to the Yin Qi in the Zhang family's abandoned old residence.
• Yuan Jing cleansed the remaining Yin Qi, and the Zhang family paid the pair one hundred strings of cash before they set out for home.
• Yuan Jing stopped two suspicious scholars entering the city, and their conflicting answers revealed that they were Demon Creatures.

Lu Zheng and Yuan Jing questioned two demon Scholars who had come to Pingtan County seeking a virtuous woman for a Southern Border Witch. The short Scholar accused Old Madam Yi of organizing the scheme, and Yuan Jing agreed they should report it to the Demon Suppression Division in Yizhou.

• Lu Zheng and Yuan Jing brought the two frightened demon Scholars to a porridge stall and questioned why they had entered the city.
• The Scholars revealed they were seeking a woman who accumulated virtue and performed good deeds, not the women Lu Zheng had assumed they meant.
• After Lu Zheng pressed them about the Southern Border, the tall Scholar let slip that they planned to go there, and the short Scholar accused Old Madam Yi.
• The short Scholar explained that Old Madam Yi had asked nearby demons to find a charitable woman for a Southern Border Witch in exchange for territory.
• Lu Zheng described the Southern Border’s tangled powers, and Yuan Jing agreed to report the scheme to the Demon Suppression Division in Yizhou.

Lu Zheng and Lin Wan spent the weekend at Disney, where their amusement park visit turned into a public cheating scandal. Lin Wan recognized the cheating man as wanted fugitive Lin Jingnan and arrested him, while Lu Zheng watched proudly.

• Lu Zheng returned to Tonglin County, visited the Liu family, and spent the night with Shen Ying at Peach Blossom Glade.
• Lu Zheng and Lin Wan visited Disney, rode TRON Lightcycle Power Run, and joined the long queue for Soaring Over the Horizon.
• A man’s two girlfriends confronted him after accidentally meeting in the queue, and Lu Zheng caught a bottle thrown during the commotion.
• Lin Wan recognized the man as Lin Jingnan and revealed she was a police officer, prompting him to flee.
• Lin Jingnan punched at Lin Wan, but she caught him, used a joint lock to pin him down, and arrested him as the crowd cheered.

Lin Wan caught fraud suspect Lin Jingnan at Disney, and the arrest made her a trending topic. After the police took him and the women involved to the City Bureau, Lu Zheng received the proceeds from his ginseng auction and returned home, where he found a flood of messages in the Murder Mystery group chat.

• Lin Wan told Lu Zheng and the two women that Lin Jingnan was a fraud suspect and brought them along to make statements.
• Lin Wan called Huang Xiumin, who gathered officers to meet them at Disney's main gate.
• Huang Xiumin showed Lin Wan and Lu Zheng a viral video of the arrest, which had put Lin Wan among Sea City's trending topics.
• Lin Wan and Huang Xiumin explained to Woman One that Lin Jingnan had likely planned to use her four apartments to obtain money for a scam.
• The police took Lin Jingnan and the women to the City Bureau, while Lu Zheng left and received more than sixty-four million yuan from his ginseng auction.
• After traveling home and making a round trip to ancient times, Lu Zheng saw that the Murder Mystery group chat had filled with messages.

Lu Zheng learned that the Demon Suppression Division had destroyed a nest of rat demons, but the Southern Border Witch remained at large in Yizhou. While avoiding trouble and settling into life in Tonglin County, he helped Liu Qingyan establish a sensible fee for treating patients, strengthening her confidence and reputation.

• Luo Yun told the group that she had been scammed out of three million, and Lin Wan and Huang Xiumin helped catch the fraudster and recover 2.4 million.
• Lin Wan told Lu Zheng that Dong Jun had helped the police locate Luo Liang, who fled after recognizing Lin Jingnan and Lin Wan in a viral video.
• Yuan Jing told Lu Zheng that the Demon Suppression Division had wiped out nearly twenty rat demons in Pingtan County, but their Southern Border Witch associate remained missing.
• Yuan Jing urged Lu Zheng to report any signs of the Southern Border Witch to the county government and White Cloud Temple, while Lu Zheng resolved to avoid searching for him.
• Lu Zheng settled into a routine of training and helping at Renxin Hall, staying away from places where he might encounter the witch.
• Lu Zheng persuaded Liu Qingyan to charge modest fees for minor treatments, and her reputation grew as she learned to handle patients with greater confidence.

Hu Zhou cultivated Martial Path Blood Qi, and Lu Zheng began teaching him the Tiger Roar Saber while warning him to hide his new strength if he wanted a peaceful life in Tonglin County. As the Lantern Festival approached, Lu Zheng planned to celebrate with Liu Qingyan, and the chapter ended with the festival arriving.

• Hu Zhou excitedly told Lu Zheng and Liu Qingyan that he had cultivated Martial Path Blood Qi, and Lu Zheng agreed to teach him the Tiger Roar Saber.
• Lu Zheng brought apples and pork knuckle meat to the Liu residence, where Hu Zhou promised his mother he would stay in Tonglin County and help at the clinic.
• Lu Zheng warned Hu Zhou to conceal his Martial Path Blood Qi so he would not attract dangerous attention, then promised to pay his betrothal gift if Hu Zhou ever married.
• Lu Zheng invited Liu Qingyan to visit the Lantern Festival temple fair and view the lanterns with him, and she happily agreed.
• Lu Zheng taught Hu Zhou saber techniques, then later comforted Luo Yun with friends in the modern world before returning to Great Jing.
• A few days passed, and the Lantern Festival arrived.