Chapter Summaries

On his eighteenth birthday, Lin Fan awakened a system that granted him Skill Points every second and used it to master several Daoist arts and obtain a powerful Peachwood Sword. After deciding to ask Uncle Jiu to teach him more, he heard Chang Sheng call for help and rushed to the next room.

• Lin Fan discovered that his system could spend Skill Points to raise his Five Thunders Spell to Grand Perfection.
• Lin Fan opened the Beginner's Gift Pack and received a Hundred Treasures Pouch and a Peachwood Sword that amplified Daoist Magic by 100%.
• Lin Fan spent Skill Points to advance his Soul-Suppressing Talisman and Calming Heart Talisman to Grand Perfection.
• Lin Fan checked his Attribute Panel, then decided to ask Uncle Jiu to teach him more Daoist Magic.
• Chang Sheng shouted for help from the next room, and Lin Fan rushed over.

Wen Cai and Qiu Sheng were cornered by five zombies at the Longevity House until Lin Fan arrived and destroyed them with the Five Thunders Spell. Lin Fan earned 50 Merit Points, and the system unlocked the Merit Points function.

• Wen Cai lit incense in the Longevity House and was nearly attacked by a zombie that Qiu Sheng had been impersonating.
• Wen Cai spotted five real zombies charging through the torn curtain, and they trapped him and Qiu Sheng by the offering altar.
• Lin Fan rushed in and used the Five Thunders Spell to kill all five zombies.
• Lin Fan received 50 Merit Points, and the system announced that the Merit Points function had been unlocked.

Lin Fan used the Five Thunders Spell to kill five Black Zombies and save Wen Cai and Qiu Sheng. As Uncle Jiu and Daoist Priest Four-Eyes questioned how the zombies had been defeated, Lin Fan admitted he had done it and looked forward to using his new Merit Points function.

• Lin Fan learned that fifty Merit Points could optimize the Five Thunders Spell and realized he had earned exactly enough from killing five Black Zombies.
• Wen Cai and Qiu Sheng discovered that Lin Fan had defeated the zombies and thanked him for saving them.
• Uncle Jiu and Daoist Priest Four-Eyes rushed to the Longevity House after sensing the corpse aura stir.
• Daoist Priest Four-Eyes and Uncle Jiu doubted that Lin Fan could have killed all five Black Zombies, but Qiu Sheng told them he had.
• Lin Fan confirmed that he had defeated the zombies and turned his thoughts to upgrading his spell.

Lin Fan’s Five Thunders Spell proved to be at Grand Perfection after he struck down the Black Zombie, shocking Uncle Jiu and Daoist Priest Four-Eyes. Back in his room, Lin Fan used the Merit Value System to optimize the spell, and an ancient book appeared in his mind amid wind and thunder.

• Uncle Jiu and Daoist Priest Four-Eyes examined the Black Zombie and realized Lin Fan’s Five Thunders Spell had reached Grand Perfection.
• Daoist Priest Four-Eyes, Wen Cai, and Qiu Sheng reacted in disbelief as Uncle Jiu confirmed the spell’s level.
• Uncle Jiu told Lin Fan to go with him to Ren Family Town the next morning for Western tea, while Lin Fan suspected the story’s events were beginning.
• Lin Fan opened the Merit Value System and learned that optimizing his Grand Perfection Five Thunders Spell required 50 Merit Points.
• Lin Fan chose to optimize the Five Thunders Spell, and an ancient book appeared in his mind amid violent winds and thunder.

Lin Fan used 50 merit points to optimize the Five Thunders Spell into the Purple Heaven Divine Thunder, triggering a heavenly phenomenon as he broke through to the Houtian Seventh Heaven. Daoist Priest Four-Eyes and Uncle Jiu recognized the purple lightning and discovered Lin Fan’s rapid increase in cultivation.

• The system optimized Lin Fan’s Five Thunders Spell into the entry-level Purple Heaven Divine Thunder, and its power triggered violent purple lightning across the sky.
• Lin Fan absorbed the gathered spiritual energy and broke through from the Houtian Fifth Heaven to the Sixth and then Seventh Heaven.
• Lin Fan checked his attributes and learned that upgrading the Purple Heaven Divine Thunder would require 30,000 Skill Points.
• Wen Cai, Daoist Priest Four-Eyes, and Uncle Jiu went outside to investigate the unnatural thunder, and Four-Eyes explained that purple lightning was the legendary Purple Heaven Divine Thunder.
• Lin Fan joined them and denied causing the phenomenon, but Daoist Priest Four-Eyes sensed his cultivation and reacted in shock when he realized Lin Fan had reached the Houtian Seventh Heaven.

After Lin Fan’s sudden breakthroughs to the Houtian Seventh Heaven, Uncle Jiu and Daoist Priest Four-Eyes believed the Maoshan Patriarch had appeared in his dream. The next morning, Uncle Jiu took Lin Fan to meet Ren Fa about relocating his father’s grave, where Ren Fa also revealed troubling changes at Ren Manor.

• Uncle Jiu and Daoist Priest Four-Eyes discovered Lin Fan had advanced from the Houtian Fifth Heaven to the Seventh Heaven, and Lin Fan attributed it to an enigmatic dream.
• Uncle Jiu urged Lin Fan to cultivate diligently, then invited him to drink Western tea the next day.
• Uncle Jiu brought Lin Fan to meet Ren Fa and Ren Tingting at a coffee shop in Ren Family Town.
• Ren Fa insisted on exhuming and relocating his father’s grave, and Uncle Jiu agreed to choose a new burial site.
• Lin Fan helped Uncle Jiu prepare his coffee, and Ren Fa asked Uncle Jiu for help with strange, unexplained changes at Ren Manor.

Uncle Jiu and his disciples warded Ren Manor with talismans, but a Flower Demon eventually attacked Lin Fan and Ren Tingting. Lin Fan trapped the demon with a Soul-Suppressing Talisman, but it broke free and launched a counterattack.

• Uncle Jiu agreed to perform a ritual at Ren Manor and had Lin Fan summon Wen Cai and Qiu Sheng.
• Uncle Jiu and his disciples performed a ritual and covered Ren Manor with talismans, but the quiet night lulled everyone into thinking the danger had passed.
• Ren Tingting asked Lin Fan to escort her to her courtyard, where a chilling breeze and violent shaking door alerted him to the demon outside.
• A Flower Demon burst into the room and lunged at Lin Fan, who used a Soul-Suppressing Talisman to bind it.
• The Flower Demon broke the talisman and fired red sparks at Lin Fan.

Lin Fan killed the Flower Demon with the Five Thunders Spell and earned 50 Merit Points, then calmly shared tea with Ren Tingting. Uncle Jiu and his disciples rushed to her room after sensing demonic aura, only to learn that Lin Fan had already defeated a demon at the peak of the Houtian Ninth Level.

• Lin Fan dispelled the Flower Demon's poisonous pollen with a Calming Heart Talisman and killed her with purple lightning from the Five Thunders Spell, earning 50 Merit Points.
• Lin Fan reflected that he needed detection spells to guard against enemies who hid and attacked by surprise, then asked Ren Tingting for tea.
• Wen Cai and Qiu Sheng wondered why Lin Fan had not returned, while Uncle Jiu sensed demonic aura and rushed toward Ren Tingting's room with them.
• Uncle Jiu kicked open Ren Tingting's door and found her calmly brewing tea with Lin Fan; Ren Tingting explained that Lin Fan had dealt with the Flower Demon.
• Lin Fan told Uncle Jiu that he had used the Five Thunders Spell, and Uncle Jiu revealed that the Flower Demon had been at the peak of the Houtian Ninth Level, nearly Xiantian.

After Lin Fan killed the Flower Demon, he and Uncle Jiu discovered that it had bewitched Master Ren and tried to lead him to his hidden land deeds. Back in his room, Lin Fan strengthened Purple Heaven Divine Thunder and began optimizing the Soul-Calming Talisman.

• Lin Fan and Uncle Jiu detected demonic aura in Master Ren's room and found him bewitched beside a withered Prosperity Flower.
• Uncle Jiu broke the spell, and Lin Fan explained that the Flower Demon had made Master Ren search for something; Master Ren checked that his hidden land deeds were safe.
• Uncle Jiu and Lin Fan suspected someone had used the Flower Demon to target the Ren family's wealth, but found no clear lead.
• Lin Fan upgraded Purple Heaven Divine Thunder to Major Accomplishment, then spent thirty Merit Points to optimize Soul-Calming Talisman.
• The system's upgrade manifested patterns of a Soul Locking Evil Dispelling Talisman, sealing away the evil aura in Lin Fan's mind.

Lin Fan gained a powerful new talisman and broke through to the Houtian Ninth Level, shocking Uncle Jiu. The next morning, they began moving Old Master Ren’s coffin and discovered black qi and a foul stench when they opened it.

• Lin Fan’s Soul Suppression Talisman upgraded into a Soul-Locking Evil-Dispelling Talisman, and he advanced from the Houtian Seventh Level to the Ninth Level.
• Uncle Jiu sensed the energy gathering around Lin Fan and was astonished by his breakthrough; Lin Fan claimed a great master had instructed him in a dream.
• Uncle Jiu, Lin Fan, Master Ren, Wen Cai, and Qiu Sheng went to Old Master Ren’s burial ground, where Uncle Jiu learned the Ren family had acquired the feng shui site from its former owner under threat.
• Workers unearthed Old Master Ren’s upright-buried coffin, and Uncle Jiu ordered it opened.
• Black qi escaped from the coffin as its lid was lifted, while a foul stench spread across the burial ground.

After Master Ren’s corpse revealed signs of becoming a Purple Zombie, Uncle Jiu arranged to keep it at the funeral parlor while searching for a new burial site. Lin Fan learned the Eye-Opening Technique and used Skill Points to bring it to Grand Perfection.

• Uncle Jiu and Lin Fan discovered that Master Ren’s corpse was radiating black qi and nearing a breakthrough into a Purple Zombie, but Master Ren refused to cremate it.
• Uncle Jiu agreed to store Old Master Ren’s coffin at the funeral parlor and find another burial site, then sent Wen Cai and Qiu Sheng to burn incense at the graves.
• Qiu Sheng heard Dong Xiaoyu’s ghost thank him, and he and Wen Cai found that their incense had burned strangely before rushing to report to Uncle Jiu.
• Lin Fan warned Uncle Jiu that the Prosperity Flower at Ren Manor and its merchant seemed suspicious, then asked to learn an art that could reveal demons and evil spirits.
• Uncle Jiu taught Lin Fan the Eye-Opening Technique, which Lin Fan comprehended before upgrading it from Beginner to Grand Perfection with Skill Points.
• Lin Fan checked his optimization options and learned that optimizing the Calming Heart Talisman required 30 merit points and optimizing the Eye-Opening Technique required 70.

Lin Fan watched Wen Cai and Qiu Sheng prepare Old Master Ren’s coffin, then spent his accumulated Skill Points upgrading Purple Heaven Divine Thunder to Grand Perfection. He tested the perfected technique and summoned a purple bolt of lightning in his room.

• Lin Fan stopped his cultivation when Wen Cai and Qiu Sheng brought Uncle Jiu the ominously burned incense.
• Uncle Jiu examined Old Master Ren’s swollen, unrotted corpse and ordered Wen Cai and Qiu Sheng to seal the coffin with chicken-blood ink.
• Lin Fan made Wen Cai and Qiu Sheng mark every part of the coffin, including its bottom, before they left to rest.
• Lin Fan used his Skill Points to upgrade Purple Heaven Divine Thunder from Major Accomplishment to Grand Perfection.
• Lin Fan cast the technique at its weakest power and produced a purple bolt of lightning above his sword fingers.

Lin Fan discovered that Old Master Ren’s corpse had escaped after destroying the coffin’s protective ink lines, and he and Uncle Jiu rushed to Ren Manor to warn Master Ren. Lin Fan used his perfected Eye-Opening Technique to locate a second Prosperity Flower beside Master Ren’s bed, where the story left them facing its evil energy.

• Lin Fan inspected his Attribute Panel after mastering Purple Heaven Divine Thunder and decided to keep improving his abilities.
• An explosion destroyed the ink lines on Old Master Ren’s coffin, and Lin Fan and Uncle Jiu found the corpse missing and Wen Cai terrified.
• Uncle Jiu explained that a zombie would target its relatives first, so Lin Fan, Uncle Jiu, and Wen Cai hurried to Ren Manor.
• Uncle Jiu sensed evil energy in Master Ren’s room, while Lin Fan used the Eye-Opening Technique to search it.
• Lin Fan found another glowing Prosperity Flower on the small table beside Master Ren’s bed.

After a demon flower reappeared at Ren Manor, Lin Fan realized the spellcaster had lured them away while abducting Old Master Ren and targeting Qiu Sheng. Qiu Sheng was safe, so Uncle Jiu and his disciples stayed at Ren Manor to guard it, and the chapter ended as Lin Fan and Uncle Jiu prepared to buy supplies and spotted a familiar figure outside.

• Uncle Jiu burned the demon flower and cleansed its evil aura while Lin Fan questioned how it had appeared.
• Lin Fan deduced that the spellcaster had drawn them to Ren Manor and that Qiu Sheng might be in danger, so he rushed there with Uncle Jiu and Wen Cai.
• The three found Qiu Sheng absent from the rouge shop, where his aunt said he had not returned, and they concluded he had missed the enemy.
• Uncle Jiu, Lin Fan, and Wen Cai returned to Ren Manor and agreed to stay there overnight to guard Master Ren.
• The next morning, Uncle Jiu gave Wen Cai talismans to arrange protections and left with Lin Fan to buy more supplies.
• A familiar figure appeared outside the Ren family gate as Lin Fan and Uncle Jiu were about to leave.

Qiu Sheng returned to Ren Manor drained after spending the night with Dong Xiaoyu, and Lin Fan and Uncle Jiu followed him to her courtyard. When Uncle Jiu attacked the Ghost, she escaped his first strikes and launched a deadly assault on the disciples.

• Uncle Jiu sensed that Qiu Sheng had lost most of his yang energy, and Lin Fan recognized that he had encountered Dong Xiaoyu.
• After preparing Ren Manor, Qiu Sheng hurried to Dong Xiaoyu's red courtyard, while Uncle Jiu, Lin Fan, and Wen Cai secretly followed him.
• Dong Xiaoyu was repelled when she embraced Qiu Sheng, but he wiped away the warding talisman on his chest and tended to her.
• Uncle Jiu saw that Dong Xiaoyu's face was rotting, then prepared his tools and entered the room with Lin Fan and Wen Cai.
• Lin Fan kicked open the door, and Uncle Jiu attacked Dong Xiaoyu, but she bound his neck with her hair and dragged him down.
• Lin Fan picked up the copper coin sword and moved to help Uncle Jiu, while Dong Xiaoyu detached her head and sent it flying at Wen Cai.

Lin Fan used powerful talismans to destroy Dong Xiaoyu after she bewitched Qiu Sheng and broke free of Uncle Jiu’s restraints. The group left the ruined room, with Uncle Jiu rebuking Qiu Sheng for failing to recognize the Female Ghost’s deception.

• Lin Fan stopped Dong Xiaoyu from attacking Wen Cai with a golden Soul-Suppressing Talisman, and Uncle Jiu tried to restrain her.
• Dong Xiaoyu bewitched Qiu Sheng, who attacked Uncle Jiu and tore away the talisman binding her.
• Lin Fan calmed Qiu Sheng, then used hidden talismans to destroy Dong Xiaoyu and earned 50 Merit Points.
• Wen Cai and Qiu Sheng realized Dong Xiaoyu was gone, while Uncle Jiu examined Lin Fan’s unusual talisman technique.
• Uncle Jiu scolded Qiu Sheng for being deceived and led Lin Fan, Wen Cai, and Qiu Sheng out of the ruined room.

Lin Fan optimized the Eye-Opening Technique into the Heaven-Piercing Eyes and broke through to the First Heaven of the Xiantian Realm. Uncle Jiu celebrated his breakthrough, and Lin Fan immediately asked for more Daoist techniques.

• Qiu Sheng accepted Uncle Jiu's punishment to practice all night and handle the arrangements at Ren Manor the next day.
• Lin Fan upgraded the Soul Locking Evil Dispelling Talisman to Major Accomplishment, then spent 70 Merit Points optimizing the Eye-Opening Technique.
• The Eye-Opening Technique merged with the Calming Heart Talisman to become the Heaven-Piercing Eyes, greatly enhancing Lin Fan's perception and ability to dispel negative effects.
• Lin Fan refined surging yin and yang energy and broke through to the First Heaven of the Xiantian Realm.
• Uncle Jiu rushed to Lin Fan's room after sensing his energy and congratulated him on the breakthrough.
• Lin Fan asked Uncle Jiu for more Daoist techniques, and Uncle Jiu headed to a drawer as Lin Fan said he had prepared the materials.

Uncle Jiu taught Lin Fan the Blazing Fire Spell, and Lin Fan quickly copied the talisman before using the system to master the spell. Later, Wen Cai was taken away by A Wei, prompting Uncle Jiu to leave Ren Manor while Lin Fan stayed behind to finish preparing its defenses.

• Uncle Jiu demonstrated the Blazing Fire Spell, and Lin Fan accurately drew a Blazing Fire Talisman after watching him.
• Lin Fan spent Skill Points to raise the Blazing Fire Spell to Grand Perfection, learned that optimizing it required 400 Merit Points, and decided to save Merit Points while upgrading the Soul Locking Evil Dispelling Talisman first.
• Lin Fan, Qiu Sheng, and Uncle Jiu continued placing protective talismans around Ren Manor as evening approached.
• An elderly servant reported that A Wei had taken Wen Cai and was torturing him for a confession, so Uncle Jiu hurried out to help while Lin Fan stayed behind.
• Ren Tingting invited Lin Fan for tea, but Qiu Sheng interrupted and flirted with her; Master Ren then worried aloud about his missing father.

Old Master Ren attacked Ren Manor as a powerful Purple Zombie, and Lin Fan protected Qiu Sheng and the others with fire and soul-binding talismans. Just as Lin Fan prepared a final Lightning Arts attack, thick smoke engulfed the area outside the hall.

• Old Master Ren appeared at Ren Manor, and the terrified family fled as Qiu Sheng charged him to impress Ren Tingting.
• Old Master Ren grabbed Qiu Sheng by the neck, but Lin Fan struck him with a Blazing Fire Talisman and forced him to release Qiu Sheng.
• Qiu Sheng recognized Old Master Ren as a Purple Zombie, while Lin Fan revealed his Pre-Natal First Level cultivation and told Qiu Sheng to step back.
• Lin Fan used the Soul Locking Evil Dispelling Talisman to bind and blast Old Master Ren outside the hall, preventing him from entering.
• Lin Fan prepared to finish Old Master Ren with the Lightning Arts, but thick smoke suddenly covered the area outside the main hall.

Lin Fan dispersed the Soul-Scattering Smoke and exposed the old servant as the feng shui master who had chosen Old Master Ren’s grave. As the old man and Old Master Ren attacked, Lin Fan rose into the air and summoned purple lightning.

• The old man’s Xiantian Fifth Heaven aura clashed with Lin Fan’s, while Soul-Scattering Smoke flooded Ren Manor and trapped everyone.
• Lin Fan activated a talisman and used Heaven-Piercing Eyes to disperse the smoke, revealing the old servant at the manor entrance.
• Lin Fan accused the old servant of choosing Old Master Ren’s grave and identified him as a feng shui master.
• The old servant attacked Lin Fan with talismans and green lights, but Lin Fan countered with his Peachwood Sword and lightning.
• The old servant used the Soul-Capturing Bell to raise Old Master Ren, and the two attacked Lin Fan together.
• Lin Fan leaped into the air and channeled energy into his sword as purple lightning tore across the sky above Ren Manor.