Chapter Summaries

Wen Ning, Lu Ming, and Feng Dema learned how Lin Feng’s daughter Lin Jin died after a classmate spread false rumors about her, while the classmate’s influential family escaped consequences. After the family insulted them outside the police station, Wen Ning vowed to act if the law would not.

• Wen Ning, Lu Ming, and Feng Dema told the police how they had stopped Lin Feng from putting an unconscious girl into his van.
• The officer explained that Lin Jin had died by suicide after her classmate spread a false online post accusing her of being a kept woman, and that the family’s connections had helped the classmate avoid consequences.
• Wen Ning, Lu Ming, and Feng Dema saw the girl leave the station with her parents, who mocked Lin Feng and planned to seek a harsher charge against him.
• As the three walked away, Feng Dema asked whether Lin Jin had died for nothing, and Wen Ning vowed to take action if the law would not.

After Lin Feng died by suicide in police custody, Wen Ning explained that his resentment likely kept him from entering the Underworld. That night, Xie Bi'an arrived with two battered Ghost Messengers to report that Lin Feng had escaped and ask Wen Ning for help.

• Wen Ning learned from a news article that Lin Feng had died after striking his head against a wall at the police station.
• Zhou Ming returned to town after hearing about Lin Jin and asked Wen Ning whether the people responsible could be made to pay, but Wen Ning insisted they could not act outside the law.
• Wen Ning told Lu Ming that Lin Feng's resentment probably prevented him from following the Ghost Messengers into the Underworld.
• Xie Bi'an arrived at Wen Ning's shop with two injured Ghost Messengers and said Lin Feng had beaten them and escaped.
• Xie Bi'an asked Wen Ning for help because pursuing Lin Feng again risked more Ghost Messenger casualties.

Wen Ning accompanied Xie Bi'an to find Lin Feng, who had returned home and remained consumed by grief and resentment over his daughter. Xie Bi'an agreed to give Lin Feng three days to take revenge before the Underworld pursued him again.

• Wen Ning agreed to accompany Xie Bi'an, leaving Lu Ming and Feng Dema waiting at the shop.
• Xie Bi'an told Wen Ning that Lin Feng had returned home because he could not leave his mentally unstable wife behind.
• Lin Feng attacked Wen Ning, and Wen Ning struck him with lightning and knocked him into a wall.
• Xie Bi'an dismissed the Ghost Messengers and told Lin Feng that the Underworld knew what had happened to his daughter.
• Lin Feng asked for three days to make those responsible pay in blood, and Wen Ning and Xie Bi'an agreed.

Lin Feng rejected Xie Bi'an’s offer to wait for the Underworld’s judgment and chose revenge, while Wen Ning explained that mortal time made delayed justice meaningless. The next morning, the family responsible for Lin Jin’s death begged Wen Ning for help, but he told them they had three days to repay their debt to Lin Feng themselves.

• Lin Feng left to take revenge, choosing it over a good next incarnation, and Xie Bi'an and Wen Ning discussed how delayed justice differed for mortals and underworld officials.
• Xie Bi'an returned to the Underworld, while Wen Ning told Lu Ming and Feng Dema that Lin Feng had been given three days for revenge.
• The family arrived at Wen Ning’s shop after finding the words “A life for a life” written in blood in their home.
• The mother admitted that Zhao Qi had spread rumors about Lin Jin and that her father had used his influence to bury the matter.
• Wen Ning told them that Lin Feng had come for them and that their debts were recorded in the Book of Karma.
• Zhao Qi offered to confess to the police, but Wen Ning said that confession could not undo the deaths or guarantee Lin Feng would spare them.

Wen Ning refused to save Zhao Qi and her parents, but agreed to help Lin Feng get past a Maoshan Taoist by giving him protection from Thunder Arts. At Zhao Qi's home, Shi Dajian learned the truth about Lin Jin's death and demanded that the family apologize and make amends within three days.

• Wen Ning sent Zhao Qi and her parents away, warning them not to threaten him, and Feng Dema escorted them out.
• Lin Feng returned injured after Shi Dajian's Lightning Thunderclap Fist drove him back, and begged Wen Ning for help.
• Wen Ning gave Lin Feng a strand of the Five Thunder Righteous Method, making him immune to Thunder Arts while warning him not to harm innocents.
• Shi Dajian placed House-Guarding Talismans around Zhao Qi's home and asked her family why Lin Feng's ghost was haunting them.
• Zhao Qi's father admitted that Zhao Qi had spread exaggerated claims about Lin Jin, who later killed herself, and that Lin Feng had also died in custody.
• Shi Dajian agreed to protect the family only if they told the truth and apologized at Lin Jin's grave within three days.

Lin Feng returned to Zhao Qi’s home and killed her mother despite Shi Dajian’s lightning attacks. After visiting his mentally fragile wife, Lin Feng vanished into the night, while Wen Ning learned that his aid had entangled him in Lin Feng’s karmic debts.

• Lin Feng resisted Shi Dajian’s Lightning Thunderclap Fist, killed Zhao Qi’s mother, and promised Zhao Qi and her father that two more deaths would follow.
• Shi Dajian failed to stop Lin Feng and wondered who had empowered him.
• Lin Feng watched his wife from the darkness without speaking to her, then left after listening to her murmur about Lin Jin.
• Xie Bi'an told Wen Ning that Lin Feng had killed Zhao Qi’s mother and incurred another karmic debt.
• Wen Ning confirmed he had given Lin Feng the Five Thunder Righteous Method, accepted that he was entangled in Lin Feng’s karma, and agreed that Xie Bi'an would return in three days.

Shi Dajian and the Maoshan Taoists tried to stop Lin Feng from killing Zhao Qi’s father, but Lin Feng overpowered them and warned that he would return for the last victim the next day. Afterward, the Taoists resolved to find Lin Feng’s backer and negotiate.

• The Four-Eyed Taoist theorized that someone had stabilized Lin Feng’s ghostly body with a Thunder Art, countering Shi Dajian’s attacks.
• Shi Dajian and the other Taoists gathered at Zhao Qi’s home to guard against Lin Feng, who arrived that night and brushed off their attacks and formation.
• Lin Feng killed Zhao Qi’s father and told Shi Dajian that the last victim would be next.
• Lin Ba questioned whether Lin Feng would stop after killing two people, and Lin Feng said no one else’s life mattered compared with his daughter’s.
• Shi Dajian agreed they had to try to stop Lin Feng, while the Four-Eyed Taoist proposed finding his backer and talking to them.

Maoshan disciples came to Lu Ming’s agency to find Wen Ning and demand that he remove the Thunder Arts spell protecting Lin Feng. Wen Ning refused, saying Lin Feng’s revenge would be over in three days, and acknowledged Lin Ba’s warning about karma without explaining why he still helped.

• Shi Dajian and Lin Ba arrived at Lu Ming’s agency and asked whether he had seen Lin Feng.
• Lu Ming called Wen Ning out, and Wen Ning admitted he had placed the Thunder Arts spell on Lin Feng.
• Lin Ba and Shi Dajian confronted Wen Ning about helping Lin Feng, who had killed two people.
• Wen Ning asked whether the Maoshan disciples knew the Zhao Family had caused Lin Feng’s daughter’s death and still accepted the family’s request to stop him.
• Lin Ba warned that helping Lin Feng would entangle Wen Ning in karma, and Wen Ning agreed but remained unwilling to remove the spell.