Recaps

Zhang Mu learned that the four spirit bodies would leave once he fulfilled their wishes, and began with the lecherous old man, who wanted a rare S200 camera. After searching Jiangzhou’s secondhand markets without success, Zhang Mu returned home exhausted and asked Lin Fan whether he would ever find it; Lin Fan said he would stay connected because Zhang Mu’s situation was unusual.

• Zhang Mu described how the four spirit bodies possessed him and explained that their actions had left him feeling hopeless.
• Lin Fan advised Zhang Mu to ask the spirit bodies about their wishes, and Zhang Mu asked the old man first.
• The old man said he would leave once Zhang Mu found his lost S200 camera, a rare model that viewers said was difficult to obtain.
• Lin Fan refused to find the camera for Zhang Mu, telling him that he had to handle the task himself unless the spirit bodies meant him harm.
• Zhang Mu searched secondhand camera shops and markets throughout Jiangzhou for three hours but found no S200.
• Zhang Mu returned home exhausted and asked Lin Fan whether he would remain connected; Lin Fan said he would stay because Zhang Mu’s situation was unusual.

Lin Fan explained why he was letting Zhang Mu fulfill the four spirits’ wishes himself, then dreamed of the Mirror Spirit Body’s true body, who threatened him for destroying its avatar. The next morning, Lin Fan sent Zhang Mu to Jiangzhou Nursing Home to find the old man’s friend and the camera.

• Lin Fan told Dao Tianji that Zhang Mu should experience helping the spirits himself and that it might become a precious memory, while noting that persuading him to abandon suicide would be difficult.
• In a dream, the Mirror Spirit Body’s true body confronted Lin Fan and threatened to kill him for destroying its avatar; Lin Fan defended his actions because the avatar had killed six innocent girls.
• Lin Fan woke, realized the Mirror Spirit Body’s true body could be a Golden Core Stage being, and decided to prepare for its arrival.
• Zhang Mu joined Lin Fan’s livestream, accepted his call, and followed the old man’s spirit toward Jiangzhou Nursing Home to find A Du and the camera.

Zhang Mu was possessed by the old man, who reunited with his longtime friend A Du and recovered his camera. The old man then tried to help Zhang Mu approach nurse Meijia, but frightened her off before Zhang Mu regained control at home.

• The old man possessed Zhang Mu and recognized A Du, who asked if the old man had come to take him away.
• The old man reassured A Du, and they drank together while A Du returned the old man's camera.
• Lin Fan explained that the four Spirit Bodies would leave only after all their wishes were fulfilled, and that revealing more could affect Zhang Mu's fate.
• Zhang Mu fell for nurse Meijia, and the old man used his body to try to get acquainted with her, but she ran away.
• After A Du passed out, the old man took the camera and left the nursing home; at home, Zhang Mu regained control and protested the old man's failed attempt to flirt with Meijia.

Zhang Mu tried to fulfill the little boy’s wish for crunchy noodles and discovered he wanted a brand Zhang Mu could not remember, so Lin Fan guided him to order Little Raccoon noodles online. Zhang Mu then learned the middle-aged man wished to drive around Jiangzhou with his family, leaving the family’s participation as the main obstacle.

• Lin Fan told Zhang Mu that all four Spirit Bodies had to have their wishes fulfilled before they would leave.
• The little boy said he wanted crunchy noodles, but rejected the ten packs Zhang Mu bought because they were the wrong kind.
• The little boy could not remember which brand he wanted, so Lin Fan asked Zhang Mu to recall his own childhood favorite.
• Zhang Mu remembered Little Raccoon noodles and ordered them online, expecting delivery in two days.
• Zhang Mu asked the middle-aged man about his wish, and the man said he wanted to drive around Jiangzhou with his family.

Zhang Mu helped the uncle go for a long drive, then learned that the auntie's wish was to shop for groceries and cook for her family. After they bought ingredients together, a sedan struck Zhang Mu and left him unconscious.

• Zhang Mu rented a sedan for the uncle, who possessed him and drove around the city for five hours.
• A traffic cop stopped Zhang Mu, but Jiangzhou cops explained his situation and he was allowed to leave.
• Zhang Mu admitted that the drive had made him happy, then asked the auntie about her wish.
• The auntie said she wanted to go grocery shopping with someone and cook a feast for her family, so Zhang Mu went with her to the market.
• As Zhang Mu and the auntie headed home with groceries, a sedan hit Zhang Mu and he lost consciousness.

After surviving a car accident, Zhang Mu grew closer to Nurse Meijia and gathered the courage to invite her to dinner. Once home, he fulfilled the little boy’s wish to eat crispy noodles and prepared to arrange a restaurant meal with Meijia.

• Lin Fan reassured the livestream viewers that Zhang Mu would be safe, and Zhang Mu recovered in the hospital, where he recognized Nurse Meijia.
• Zhang Mu spoke with Meijia during his hospital stay, grew more familiar with her, and invited her to dinner when he was discharged; she accepted.
• Lin Fan reflected that Zhang Mu had taken the first step and continued cultivating as he neared the Golden Core Stage.
• At home, Zhang Mu gave the little boy the crispy noodles he had wished for, and the boy ate them with him.
• The auntie suggested cooking dinner for Meijia at Zhang Mu’s home, but Zhang Mu chose to book a restaurant because he worried the four spirit bodies would cause trouble.

Lin Fan continued guiding Zhang Mu toward hope by helping him reconnect with Meijia and encouraging him not to give up on a possible future with her. After Zhang Mu shared a meal with the four Spirit Bodies, they promised to leave the next morning, leaving him reluctant to lose their company.

• Zhang Mu took Meijia to dinner, and the two chatted comfortably before he escorted her home after a movie.
• Lin Fan received a mission to change Zhang Mu's fate and give him hope, with the Wraith Advanced Codex as its reward.
• Zhang Mu doubted he could make Meijia happy because he lacked money and a future, but Lin Fan urged him to believe in himself and work hard.
• Zhang Mu returned home and ate with the four Spirit Bodies, feeling moved by the company they gave him.
• Zhang Mu asked the four Spirit Bodies to leave after their wishes were fulfilled, and they agreed to depart the next morning.

Lin Fan failed to break through to the Golden Core Realm and prepared for the upcoming Daoist Assembly, while Xiao Tuantuan and Qianshan departed. Zhang Mu woke to find the four Spirit Bodies gone, then followed the auntie Spirit Body’s note and brought red-braised pig’s trotters to Meijia at the hospital.

• Lin Fan found that his Spiritual Power had turned liquid but his repeated attempts to break through to the Golden Core Realm had failed.
• Qianshan confirmed Xiao Tuantuan had an invitation to the Daoist Assembly, and Xiao Tuantuan left to gather herbs for a viewer who wanted to conceive.
• Qianshan left Linjiang Wildlife Reserve to handle preparations for the Daoist Assembly.
• Zhang Mu woke to find all four Spirit Bodies gone and discovered food and a note they had left for him.
• Zhang Mu packed the red-braised pig’s trotters for Meijia and brought them to the hospital, where he met her as her shift ended.

Zhang Mu learned that Meijia’s dying father regretted failing her and asked him to pass along an apology, then realized the man had visited as a spirit after learning he had died. Zhang Mu went to Meijia’s home to offer his condolences, and his comfort nearly brought her to tears.

• Lin Fan told Zhang Mu that Meijia resented her father because he had accidentally caused her mother’s death.
• Meijia thanked Zhang Mu for the braised pork trotters, and he invited her to dinner, but she left angrily when he mentioned her father.
• Meijia’s father appeared at Zhang Mu’s door late at night and asked him to tell Meijia that he had wanted to be a proper father and hoped she would forgive him.
• Zhang Mu learned the next morning that Meijia’s father had died during the night and understood that the visitor had been a spirit.
• Zhang Mu went to Meijia’s home and offered his condolences, and Meijia nearly broke down as he put an arm around her shoulders.

Zhang Mu survived his suicide attempt after Lin Fan reminded him that Meijia needed him, and Meijia agreed to get to know him better. Later, Zhang Mu began remembering his life before age eight after Meijia asked about his cooking.

• Meijia angrily rejected Zhang Mu when he told her that her deceased father had sent him a message.
• Zhang Mu tried to die from car exhaust poisoning, but Lin Fan spoke to him through the livestream and reminded him that Meijia was alone.
• Zhang Mu went to Meijia's home and, with Lin Fan confirming his ability to see spirit bodies, confessed his feelings and asked her to get to know him.
• Meijia said she wanted to learn more about Zhang Mu before deciding whether to accept him.
• Meijia asked why Zhang Mu's red-braised pork trotters tasted sweet, and his answer about his mother triggered painful memories from before he was eight.

Zhang Mu learned that the four Spirit Bodies who had been protecting him were his deceased family, and he reunited with them after Meijia brought him home. Lin Fan explained that each Spirit Body’s wish came from memories of the family’s final trip, while Zhang Mu mourned the loss that had left him alone.

• Zhang Mu remembered his childhood and realized the Spirit Bodies were his grandfather, mother, and older brother among his family.
• Lin Fan revealed that the four Spirit Bodies had returned when Zhang Mu tried to take his own life and had stayed hidden to protect him.
• Meijia drove to Zhang Mu’s home and arrived before he did, then told him Lin Fan had explained the truth.
• Zhang Mu called for the Spirit Bodies, and they appeared; his mother possessed him so they could touch and comfort one another.
• Lin Fan explained that the family had died while going on a trip, and described the wishes each Spirit Body had carried.

Zhang Mu’s family urged him to keep living after he said he wanted to join them, and Lin Fan offered to take a photograph of them together. Zhang Mu, Meijia, and the four spirit bodies went to Lin Fan’s shop, where Lin Fan let the spirits through his protective array.

• Zhang Mu’s family reminisced about him and wished they could leave him a photograph, but Lin Fan explained that their camera could not capture spirit bodies.
• Zhang Mu said he wanted to die and join his family, but the four spirit bodies urged him to keep living; he agreed after seeing Meijia’s distress.
• Lin Fan offered to take a photograph for them at his shop that night or the next morning, and Zhang Mu invited Meijia to join them.
• Lin Fan returned to his shop on Taihe Street and met the Old Daoist, who had been keeping it clean.
• Zhang Mu and Meijia arrived with the four spirit bodies, and Lin Fan temporarily deactivated his magic array so they could enter.

Lin Fan helped Zhang Mu’s four family spirit bodies fulfill their wish for photographs, then advised Zhang Mu to pursue cultivation because his changed constitution would continue attracting spirits. Zhang Mu chose to join Han Bing’s team so he could stay near Meijia, and Lin Fan received the Wraith Advanced Codex as his mission reward.

• Lin Fan photographed Zhang Mu with the four spirit bodies, and they enjoyed the pictures despite knowing they could remain with him for only two or three more days.
• Lin Fan told Zhang Mu that his changed constitution meant he would keep encountering spirit bodies and recommended that he learn to defend himself.
• Lin Fan explained that Zhang Mu could train with Qianshan, which would require at least five years away, or join Han Bing’s team with more freedom to stay near Meijia.
• Zhang Mu asked to join Han Bing’s team, and she gave him her business card after Lin Fan explained that Zhang Mu could become a capable team member.
• Zhang Mu left to spend his remaining time with the four spirit bodies, and Lin Fan received the Wraith Advanced Codex and examined its spells for handling and subduing wraiths.

Lin Fan finished studying the Wraith Advanced Codex, then prepared to help Xiao Ying remove her tattoo and safely have children. After arriving at Huzi's village for the night, Lin Fan chose to cultivate and told Dao Tianji that many beings were stronger than him.

• Lin Fan spent three hours studying the Wraith Advanced Codex and gained a general understanding of its spells.
• Lin Fan reassured Xiao Ying, confirmed Xiao Tuantuan had prepared a method to help her conceive a girl, and gave her two Peace Buttons and two Peace Locks for the children.
• Lin Fan, Huzi, Xiao Ying, and the others traveled to Huzi's village so the yin-yang practitioner could remove Xiao Ying's tattoo.
• Huzi's father welcomed Lin Fan and his group into the family home, where they settled in for the night.
• Lin Fan declined Dao Tianji's offer to share the bed and continued cultivating, explaining that he felt driven to reach the Golden Core Realm quickly.

Lin Fan brought Huzi and Xiao Ying to Mr. Rong, a village Yin-Yang Master, and asked him to remove Xiao Ying’s tattoo using a magical jade carving. Mr. Rong was astonished that Lin Fan would give such a valuable artifact to a viewer, then began the removal process after Lin Fan promised to make him a tattoo knife.

• Lin Fan took Huzi and the others to meet Mr. Rong and recognized his untapped talent.
• Mr. Rong warned that removing Xiao Ying’s tattoo could cause serious problems, but Huzi said Lin Fan had a way to save her and her unborn child.
• Lin Fan presented the Child-Giving Bodhisattva Jade Carving as a replacement for Xiao Ying’s tattoo.
• Mr. Rong was shocked to learn Lin Fan was giving the valuable artifact to Huzi simply because he was a viewer, then asked Lin Fan for a similar artifact.
• Lin Fan agreed to make Mr. Rong a tattoo knife, and Mr. Rong prepared herbs and talismans before tapping Xiao Ying’s back with spiritual power.

Lin Fan removed the threat to Xiao Ying’s unborn baby, secured a jade carving in her home, and gave Xiao Ying and Huzi further protection and medicine for a second child. He asked Mr. Rong to help watch over them, while Mr. Rong realized Lin Fan had noticed his temptation to take their magical artifacts.

• Lin Fan placed the Child-Giving Bodhisattva Jade Carving on Xiao Ying’s thighs, and her tattoo vanished as the baby’s danger passed.
• Lin Fan told Xiao Ying and Huzi to make sincere offerings to the jade carving and set it on a protected platform he fashioned and enchanted.
• Lin Fan encouraged Huzi and Xiao Ying to care for each other, do good deeds, and build a life together.
• Xiao Tuantuan gave Xiao Ying medicine to use when she wanted to conceive a second child, and Mr. Rong questioned whether it could overcome her fate.
• Xiao Ying showed Mr. Rong the Peace Buttons and Peace Locks Lin Fan had given them, and Lin Fan promised to make Mr. Rong an artifact if he helped protect the couple.

Lin Fan protected Huzi and Xiao Ying’s magical artifacts, left Han Bing to help Zhang Mu, and told Xiao Tuantuan to gain practical medical experience before the Daoist Assembly. After a night of cultivation, he began livestreaming again and learned that the selected viewer, Yang Chengxiao, had made a bet.

• Lin Fan warned his viewers not to steal Huzi and Xiao Ying’s magical artifacts, and Mr. Rong promised to protect them.
• Lin Fan asked Han Bing to help Zhang Mu when he came looking for her, and sent Xiao Tuantuan to treat people near Linjiang Wildlife Reserve for practice.
• Lin Fan returned to the reserve, cultivated through the night, and felt that he was progressing toward the extreme realm of Foundation Establishment Peak.
• Lin Fan began connecting with viewers and selected Yang Chengxiao, whom he identified as a thirty-two-year-old man with a wife and son.
• Lin Fan asked Yang Chengxiao why he had agreed to make a bet, leaving the viewers wondering what he had wagered.

Lin Fan revealed the details of Yang Chengxiao’s bet with Xu Yue and warned him that he planned to have his vocal cords removed to guarantee victory. Yang Chengxiao decided to demand a contract from Xu Yue, leaving the livestream excited about the ten million he hoped to win.

• Yang Chengxiao explained that he had accepted the bet because he needed money to support his family.
• Lin Fan recounted how Xu Yue had mocked Yang Chengxiao at a gathering and challenged him to stay in one place for a year without speaking in exchange for ten million.
• Lin Fan revealed that Yang Chengxiao was considering having his vocal cords removed so he could not break the silence.
• Yang Chengxiao insisted he was confident he could endure the year and believed Xu Yue would pay if he won.
• After viewers suggested getting the agreement in writing, Yang Chengxiao decided to meet Xu Yue and sign a contract.

Lin Fan convinced Yang Chengxiao that Xu Yue could not pay him for a year-long bet and helped him abandon the plan to have his vocal cords removed. After Yang Chengxiao disconnected, Lin Fan earned Heavenly Secrets Points and connected with He Yingxiong, asking why he was watching the livestream instead of working.

• Lin Fan told Yang Chengxiao that Xu Yue's troubled company and gambling losses meant he could not pay the promised ten million.
• Lin Fan warned Yang Chengxiao that his family would struggle during a year in prison, and Yang Chengxiao explained that he planned to borrow money and have his vocal cords removed.
• Boss Xiu and Zhou Xingxing investigated Xu Yue's finances, confirmed Lin Fan's claims, and shared their findings in the livestream.
• Yang Chengxiao accepted that the promised fortune was only a dream, thanked Lin Fan, and disconnected after Lin Fan warned him against seeking sudden wealth again.
• Lin Fan earned one thousand Heavenly Secrets Points, waited ten minutes, and connected with Jiangzhou Uncle Cop's account, recognizing He Yingxiong and asking why he was watching instead of working.

Lin Fan and his companions investigated a reanimated corpse on the outskirts of Jiangzhou, where he cured a bitten old man and tracked the dangerous creature into a cave. He confronted the qi-refinement-peak evil spirit, whose powerful body withstood his sword strikes.

• He Yingxiong contacted Lin Fan, who divined that a corpse had reanimated and sent him to alert Han Bing.
• Lin Fan gathered Dao Tianji, the Young Taoist Acolyte, and the others and traveled to the sealed hill outside Jiangzhou.
• Lin Fan removed the corpse poison from a bitten old man, who recovered, then entered the hills to find the evil spirit.
• Lin Fan led his companions into a cave and warned them that the creature could grow stronger by drinking blood and that its claws carried corpse poison.
• The reanimated evil spirit attacked Lin Fan, who punched it into a wall and then repeatedly struck it with the Evil-Warding Sword, but its body endured the blows.

Lin Fan destroyed a Corpse-Transformed Evil Spirit and warned Han Bing that more evil spirits would appear as the world changed. During a livestream connection, he recognized that a young woman’s case involved Detective Ke Bei, who was investigating her claim that a spirit body had violated her.

• Lin Fan used jade-green flames from the Evil-Warding Sword to burn the Corpse-Transformed Evil Spirit to ash.
• Lin Fan told Han Bing that evil spirits would likely become more common, and she warned her superiors to prepare.
• Lin Fan connected with a long-haired young woman who said something had happened to her and only he could help.
• Lin Fan called out Detective Ke Bei for taking the young woman’s case without believing her account of a spirit body violating her.
• Ke Bei explained that footprints and wounds on the young woman made him doubt that a spirit body was responsible.

Lin Fan revealed that Xue'er had been assaulted by her neighbor, while Er Niu’s spirit had watched and later killed the perpetrator. He warned that Er Niu was also weakening Xue'er with yin energy because he wanted to be with her after she died.

• Lin Fan confirmed that a human had assaulted Xue'er and said the perpetrator had died after leaving her home.
• Lin Fan revealed that a spirit body had been watching Xue'er and warned that Ke Bei and his assistant would have been in danger that night.
• Police found Xue'er's missing ring on her neighbor, confirming he had assaulted her before he died.
• Lin Fan identified the spirit as Er Niu, Xue'er's childhood friend, who had killed her neighbor after watching the assault.
• Lin Fan told Xue'er that Er Niu was eroding her health with yin energy so he could eventually be with her in death.

Lin Fan performed a Soul-Refining Rite to send Er Niu's spirit body away and comforted Xue'er after revealing the truth about her declining health. He then connected with wealthy viewer Boss Dong, whose nightmares had led him to transfer Lin Fan a hundred thousand yuan, and began explaining the source of his troubles.

• Lin Fan told Xue'er to enter her room so he could perform a Soul-Refining Rite on Er Niu's spirit body.
• Xue'er confronted Er Niu, and Lin Fan's rite sent his spirit body away after three minutes.
• Lin Fan reassured Xue'er that her assault was not her fault, then ended the call and decided to continue taking livestream calls.
• Lin Fan connected with the frightened Boss Dong, whose real name was Dong Le, and identified the hundred thousand yuan transfer he had made.
• Lin Fan explained that Boss Dong had repeatedly dreamed of a woman beside him who demanded a hundred thousand yuan.

Lin Fan helped Boss Dong uncover the corpse of a woman hidden beneath his kitchen counter after her spirit repeatedly asked him for help. The Uncle Cops took the body away, and Lin Fan revealed that Boss Dong’s friend, the previous homeowner, had killed her.

• Lin Fan explained that the spirit had been asking Boss Dong to transfer money and seek her help, then summoned the Uncle Cops to smash open the kitchen counter.
• Boss Dong agreed to let the Uncle Cops break the counter after Lin Fan warned that he might die if they did not.
• The Uncle Cops uncovered a corpse beneath the counter, and Boss Dong recognized the woman from his nightmares.
• Lin Fan received a message thanking him and said the spirit had passed on without needing a Soul-Refining Rite.
• Lin Fan cleared Boss Dong of involvement and revealed that the killer was his friend, the house’s previous homeowner.

Lin Fan helped Boss Dong expose his friend as the murderer who hid a woman’s body, then worried that spirit-body encounters were becoming widespread. His next livestream connected him with Mi Cai and Shen Yun, who asked him to save their friend Shen Haiyun after she behaved strangely the night before.

• Lin Fan explained that Boss Dong’s friend had abused and killed a woman, concealed her body beneath a stove, and sold Boss Dong the house; police had already arrested him.
• Lin Fan advised Boss Dong to leave the house and be more cautious, then warned Captain Uncle Cop to report strange incidents promptly.
• Lin Fan told Han Bing he feared many people were encountering spirit bodies and asked her to check reports from across the country.
• Lin Fan connected with Mi Cai and Shen Yun, learned they had been close friends since high school, and heard their plea for help with Shen Haiyun.
• Mi Cai said Shen Haiyun had sung opera in her room late at night and then worn an opera costume to sing in the living room.