Chapter Summaries

Lin Fan taught Qianshan, Dao Tianji, Young Taoist Acolyte, and the others the Luo River Earth Book, warning that fortune-telling could affect a person's destiny. He assessed their aptitude and ordered Young Taoist Acolyte to study more, while Qianshan proved exceptionally quick to learn.

• Lin Fan explained the Luo River Canon and spent three hours teaching the group the Luo River Earth Book.
• Lin Fan warned Han Bing that fortune-telling was not something to attempt casually because a reading could influence someone's fate.
• Dao Tianji said he understood eighty percent of the feng shui material but only ten percent of the fortune-telling material, while Young Taoist Acolyte had understood twenty percent overall.
• Lin Fan criticized Young Taoist Acolyte's weak foundations and ordered him to study feng shui, fortune-telling, talismans, and magical artifacts for two hours each day.
• Qianshan thanked Lin Fan, who realized Qianshan had grasped over ninety percent of the Luo River Earth Book's material.

After Qianshan left to deliver invitations for the Daoist Assembly, Lin Fan reflected on his shortcomings and resolved to focus more on cultivation. He resumed livestreaming, told viewers they might see Qianshan at the Assembly, and began a video call with a randomly selected fan.

• Qianshan thanked Lin Fan for his guidance and planned to leave the next morning to deliver the Daoist Assembly invitations.
• Lin Fan sat on the roof, thought about his growing circle of friends and his limited abilities, and resolved to improve his cultivation.
• Qianshan left Taihe Street for another city, while Xiao Tuantuan insisted that her feelings for Lin Fan were love.
• Lin Fan started a livestream and told disappointed viewers that Qianshan had left Jiangzhou but might attend the Daoist Assembly.
• Lin Fan randomly selected a viewer for a video call, and a young woman in a white dress greeted him.

Lin Fan told Long Xuanxuan that Master Jiang had scammed her out of millions, but Long Xuanxuan and her friend Wan'er both defended the woman. Wan'er revealed that she had also paid Master Jiang and believed the offerings had helped her find a loving boyfriend, whom she planned to marry next month.

• Lin Fan asked Long Xuanxuan about the offerings she had been giving Master Jiang and learned she had paid ten thousand yuan a month to change her luck.
• Long Xuanxuan explained that Master Jiang had accurately described details of her past, so she believed the woman was a genuine fortune-teller.
• Lin Fan said Master Jiang was a scammer and revealed that Long Xuanxuan had mortgaged her property and paid her two million six hundred thousand yuan.
• Long Xuanxuan begged Lin Fan to say Master Jiang was not a scammer, but he stood by his conclusion and warned that she could lose the support of her family and friends.
• Wan'er entered the room, and Long Xuanxuan told her that Lin Fan had called Master Jiang a fake.
• Wan'er insisted Master Jiang was capable, saying her offerings had helped her find a loving boyfriend and that they were getting married next month.

Long Xuanxuan discovered that Wan'er had deliberately tried to stop her from asking Lin Fan for help, and their struggle broke her phone before Lin Fan could reveal Master Jiang’s identity. Lin Fan contacted the Nanzhou cops and decided to reconnect with Long Xuanxuan to expose the full truth, while Long Xuanxuan prepared to seek police help.

• Lin Fan warned Long Xuanxuan not to disconnect and offered to divine Master Jiang’s identity and location, but Wan'er urged her to go to the cops instead.
• Long Xuanxuan insisted she trusted Lin Fan, and Wan'er’s attempt to pull her away led to the phone falling and breaking.
• Long Xuanxuan grieved over losing her first chance to connect with Lin Fan, while Wan'er encouraged her to find the cops.
• Lin Fan explained that his intervention had changed events, contacted the Nanzhou cops, and said he would try to connect with Long Xuanxuan again.
• Long Xuanxuan calmed down and agreed to seek police help, then noticed Wan'er's phone was broken too.

Long Xuanxuan was taken to the police station with Wan'er and reconnected with Lin Fan, who revealed that Master Jiang was a false identity created by Wan'er. Long Xuanxuan refused to believe her longtime friend had deceived her, leaving the accusation unresolved.

• Police officers arrived at Long Xuanxuan and Wan'er's apartment and took them with them, despite Wan'er trying to leave for a date.
• In the car, Long Xuanxuan rejoined Lin Fan's livestream and asked him to explain the truth about Master Jiang.
• Lin Fan said Long Xuanxuan had never truly met Master Jiang, since their meetings happened behind a curtain in an incense-filled temple.
• Lin Fan revealed that Wan'er had been pretending to be Master Jiang and had used the false identity to take over two million from Long Xuanxuan.
• Long Xuanxuan said she could not believe Wan'er would scam her after ten years of friendship and argued that she would have lent her money if she had needed it.

Lin Fan exposed Wan'er as the fake Master Jiang who had defrauded Long Xuanxuan of 2.6 million, and Long Xuanxuan refused to forgive her. Lin Fan warned that forgiving Wan'er would lead to another scheme that could ruin Long Xuanxuan’s life.

• Long Xuanxuan called Master Jiang’s number, and the phone rang from Wan'er's pocket, confirming Lin Fan’s accusation.
• After fainting and waking, Long Xuanxuan asked Wan'er why she had deceived her, and Wan'er admitted she was jealous and wanted money to improve her standing with her boyfriend.
• Wan'er asked Long Xuanxuan to forgive her so she could avoid prison, but Long Xuanxuan refused and demanded repayment of the 2.6 million.
• Long Xuanxuan rejected Wan'er's pleas as the female cop restrained her, and Lin Fan praised Long Xuanxuan for holding firm.
• Lin Fan revealed that if Long Xuanxuan forgave Wan'er, Wan'er would later scheme against her again and leave her penniless.

Lin Fan remembered that Qianshan was in danger and discovered an unseen force was altering memories and obstructing attempts to help him. As nearby viewers tried to reach Qianshan in Lian Village, mishaps prevented most of them from going, while Weiyang pressed on despite a likely broken leg.

• Lin Fan realized he and Qianshan had forgotten their promise to face Qianshan’s coming difficulty together, then found Qianshan’s phone had no signal.
• Lin Fan concluded that an unseen force had altered everyone’s memories and used the Heaven-Peering Art to locate Qianshan on Paifang Street in Lian Village.
• Long Xuanxuan agreed to address her depleted luck later, and Lin Fan sent her his phone number so they could add each other as friends.
• Viewers near Lian Village volunteered to find Qianshan, but Lin Fan’s divination revealed many uncertain outcomes.
• Several viewers reported sudden obstacles, including a broken factory gate and a family emergency, while Weiyang said he would go despite falling and injuring his leg.
• Lin Fan divined that Weiyang had probably broken his right leg and told him not to risk serious injury.

Lin Fan warned Qianshan that an unseen force had made him forget their plan, then told him to wait in Lian Village until Lin Fan arrived. After Qianshan treated Weiyang’s injured leg, Lin Fan and his group reached her home, where the story left them together as Lin Fan assessed the treatment.

• Lin Fan promised Weiyang a talisman and magical artifact if she reached Qianshan, and she found him after falling into a hidden pit.
• Weiyang explained that Lin Fan had asked viewers to stop Qianshan; Qianshan discovered his phone had no signal, and Lin Fan warned them that an unseen force had made them forget their plans.
• Qianshan agreed to remain in Lian Village, carried Weiyang home, and treated her injured leg with acupuncture.
• Lin Fan gathered Xiao Tuantuan, Han Bing, and the others and drove to Weiyang’s home in Lian Village.
• Lin Fan arrived while Qianshan was massaging Weiyang’s thigh and said her leg would recover within three days.

Lin Fan read Lian Weiyang’s fortune and warned that a man would assault her in a month, leaving her withdrawn. After confirming his prediction, Weiyang asked Lin Fan to help prevent it, and he asked whether she had noticed anything strange lately.

• Xiao Tuantuan asked Lin Fan to explain Qianshan’s planned trip, but Lin Fan chose to tell Weiyang’s fortune first.
• Lin Fan predicted that Weiyang would suffer a major upheaval in a month and become quiet and withdrawn; Qianshan identified that the upheaval involved a man.
• Lin Fan revealed that Weiyang was a twenty-three-year-old comic artist who had always been prone to crying, confirming his accuracy to her and the viewers.
• The viewers recognized Weiyang as the creator of the popular comic "Don't Open the Door," and Weiyang thanked them for their support.
• Weiyang asked Lin Fan to save her from the predicted attacker, and Lin Fan asked if she had noticed anything unusual recently.

Lin Fan uncovered the man secretly living on the fourth floor of Weiyang's house, who had been stealing her belongings and molesting her while she slept. He subdued the armed intruder and had Qianshan tie him up as Weiyang reeled from the discovery.

• Weiyang described her missing clothes and food, strange lights, and the feeling that someone pinned her down while she slept.
• Lin Fan said the culprit was worse than a thief and led Weiyang and the others to the unfinished fourth floor.
• Weiyang found her clothes and furniture upstairs, and a disheveled man emerged from hiding with a large knife.
• Lin Fan disarmed the man and threw him in front of Qianshan, then revealed that he had been lying beside and groping Weiyang at night.
• Weiyang stood frozen in shock after learning the man had secretly lived in her home and molested her.

Lin Fan helped Weiyang capture a thief who had secretly lived in her home, then foresaw that the man would return for revenge after prison. He offered Weiyang talismans and a magical artifact, but she worried the thief would keep targeting her after each release.

• Qianshan pinned the thief down, and Weiyang struck him while Lin Fan condemned him for secretly living in her home.
• The Uncle Cops arrested the thief and said his theft and unlawful entry could bring at least three years in prison.
• The thief admitted he had secretly repaired Weiyang's refrigerator and bought her kitchen utensils, angering her further.
• Lin Fan warned Weiyang that the thief would return in three years and harm her, then offered her protective options.
• Lin Fan chose a Peach Blossom Talisman and a jade magical artifact for Weiyang, who worried the thief would seek revenge again after another release.

Lin Fan and Qianshan set out for Phoenix Village to handle the Daoist Assembly’s assignment, while Han Bing learned that her deputy Sunflower was already there. The group headed toward Nanzhou, leaving Weiyang behind and approaching the village’s unexplained problems.

• Lin Fan told Weiyang that Thief would return in three years but that someone would help her, then promised to mail her finished items later.
• Han Bing explained that she had cultivated beneath Phoenix Village’s Wutong Tree five years earlier and warned that powerful beings lived there.
• Qianshan revealed that the Daoist Assembly had sent him to Phoenix Village partly to deliver invitations to local masters.
• Lin Fan and Qianshan departed with Han Bing’s group for Nanzhou, and Weiyang waved goodbye to them.
• Han Bing learned from her superiors that her deputy, codenamed Sunflower, was in Phoenix Village with two rookies.

Lin Fan and the others traveled to Phoenix Village to deal with Qianshan's urgent matter, while Long Xuanxuan learned that Lin Fan was coming to Nanzhou and set out to meet him. After arriving, Lin Fan sensed the Wutong Tree's powerful spiritual energy and entered the village cautiously.

• Han Bing worried about seeing Deputy Captain Sunflower again, and Dao Tianji told her Phoenix Village's old chief had been born in the century before last and possessed strength comparable to Xiao Fan's.
• Xiao Tuantuan restarted her livestream and revealed that the group was heading to Phoenix Village in Nanzhou, prompting Long Xuanxuan to message Lin Fan.
• Lin Fan told Long Xuanxuan that Qianshan's matter took priority, and Long Xuanxuan excitedly told the viewers she planned to meet him.
• After a five-hour drive, Lin Fan and the others arrived at Phoenix Village and saw its enormous Wutong Tree, which Lin Fan found surrounded by dense spiritual energy.
• Qianshan led Lin Fan into Phoenix Village, and Lin Fan kept his Qi-Observing Technique active as he watched the people around him.

Qianshan brought Lin Fan and his companions to Phoenix Village to investigate why the old village chief could not be buried, while Lin Fan discovered that the village concealed cultivators beyond his calculations. Dao Tianji’s return revealed an old conflict with the villagers, and Lin Fan noticed unusual black and white qi around the coffin.

• Lin Fan sensed many cultivators in Phoenix Village and found that he could not calculate anything about those above the Third Level of Qi Refining.
• Qianshan led Lin Fan and the others to the ancestral hall, where Elder Huang said the old village chief's body remained lifelike and had grown long white hair despite being in the coffin.
• Elder Huang tried to keep Lin Fan's group out of the ancestral hall until Qianshan said they were needed to help with the old village chief.
• Elder Huang recognized Dao Tianji, who revealed that he had sworn not to return while the old village chief lived and confronted the villagers over their past hostility.
• Qianshan defused the confrontation, and Elder Huang let the group enter the ancestral hall.
• Lin Fan saw black and white qi around the coffin and found that it lacked the sinister quality of baleful qi.

Lin Fan investigated why the Phoenix Village chief’s body and coffin could not be moved, and divined the events surrounding the chief’s death despite the villagers’ disbelief. After Lin Fan revealed what had happened, the villagers dismissed his knowledge as information Qianshan had given him.

• Qianshan opened the coffin and showed Lin Fan the village chief’s strangely youthful-looking body.
• The villagers mocked Lin Fan after learning he was Dao Tianji’s martial nephew, until Elder Huang quieted them.
• Lin Fan began divining the chief’s fate, drew down a powerful force of Heaven and Earth, and used the Heaven-Peering Art to overcome it.
• Lin Fan said the chief had died half a month earlier and described how the villagers had been unable to move his coffin or body.
• Elder Huang accused Qianshan of telling Lin Fan what had happened, but Qianshan denied it, and Lin Fan stopped him from arguing.

Lin Fan proved his fortune-telling ability to Phoenix Village by revealing how the old village chief died and demonstrating the heavenly thunder power still inside his body. Elder Huang and the villagers accepted Lin Fan’s claims, while Elder Huang insulted Dao Tianji in front of him.

• Lin Fan revealed that the old village chief had climbed into the wutong tree’s crown to summon heavenly thunder and force a breakthrough, then died from his injuries before resolving an unfinished matter.
• When villagers mocked Lin Fan, he recounted private details about Elder Huang, prompting Elder Huang to confirm the old village chief’s secret climb and its consequences.
• Lin Fan explained that heavenly thunder power inside the corpse kept it from decaying, and invited Elder Huang to touch it to verify his claim.
• Elder Huang touched the corpse and was blasted away, leaving his fingers charred and confirming that heavenly thunder power remained inside.
• Lin Fan explained that the old village chief’s spiritual power had initially shielded the corpse, and Elder Huang apologized for doubting him.
• Elder Huang praised Lin Fan as different from Dao Tianji and called Dao Tianji faithless, making Dao Tianji’s expression darken.

Lin Fan explained away Phoenix Village’s talk of cultivation as martial arts while keeping his true abilities secret from the livestream viewers. He revealed to Elder Huang that the Village Chief’s spirit remained in the Ancestral Hall and arranged to speak with it after most villagers left.

• Lin Fan told Elder Huang that his martial uncle had fallen in love with a woman in Phoenix Village, but others had prevented them from being together.
• Lin Fan told Xiao Tuantuan’s livestream viewers that Phoenix Village’s cultivators were simply martial artists, and he privately cautioned Elder Huang about speaking in front of the camera.
• Lin Fan realized that the Village Chief had restricted villagers’ use of electronic devices so they would focus on cultivation.
• Lin Fan used the Qi-Observing Technique to tell Elder Huang that the Village Chief’s spirit remained in the Ancestral Hall, then revealed his powerful cultivation.
• Lin Fan asked to speak with the Village Chief, and Elder Huang sent most villagers away while keeping the clan elders behind.

Lin Fan discovered that the Village Chief’s spirit body remained in the Ancestral Hall because he had three unfinished wishes, and began a Soul-Refining Rite to send him away. The Village Chief’s daughter remained skeptical as Lin Fan started the rite, leaving the spirit body floating under its power.

• Elder Huang told the Clan Elders that Lin Fan could see the Village Chief’s spirit body, and they cleared the Ancestral Hall of villagers.
• The Village Chief’s daughter arrived and challenged the Clan Elders for breaking the village’s vigil rules; Lin Fan recognized her as the Village Chief’s over-a-hundred-year-old daughter.
• Lin Fan told the woman that her father’s spirit body was standing in front of her, but she dismissed his claim.
• Lin Fan revealed that the Village Chief wanted his daughter to become kinder, his hidden cultivation texts to be found, and to apologize to his granddaughter.
• The Village Chief confirmed Lin Fan’s account and said he would leave once those three wishes were fulfilled.
• Lin Fan began reciting the Soul-Deliverance Canon to perform a Soul-Refining Rite, causing the Village Chief’s spirit body to float.

Lin Fan stopped Feng Jiutian from demanding that he complete the Village Chief’s unfinished business and defended Xiao Tuantuan when Feng tried to seize her livestreaming phone. Dao Tianji revealed a past connection to Feng Jiutian’s family, and Lin Fan struck her before overpowering her as she attacked him.

• Lin Fan refused to help Feng Jiutian with her father’s unfinished business, and the livestream viewers urged him to bury the Village Chief normally instead.
• Feng Jiutian tried to snatch Xiao Tuantuan’s phone, so Lin Fan drew the Pure Yang Magical Sword and warned her not to bully his people.
• Elder Huang scolded Feng Jiutian for her arrogant behavior, and Dao Tianji revealed that Lin Fan was his martial nephew.
• Feng Jiutian accused Dao Tianji of hurting her daughter in the past, and Dao Tianji ordered Lin Fan to slap her.
• Lin Fan slapped Feng Jiutian, then cut her arms with sword energy when she charged at him and suppressed her with his aura.

Lin Fan exposed how Feng Jiutian and the clan elders had separated Dao Tianji from Feng Jiutian’s daughter and caused her mental breakdown. Dao Tianji stopped Lin Fan from pressing the matter, and Lin Fan agreed to let it rest for now as they looked for somewhere to stay.

• Feng Jiutian accused Dao Tianji of harming her daughter, prompting the livestream viewers to criticize Lin Fan for slapping her.
• Lin Fan explained that Dao Tianji and Feng Jiutian’s daughter had fallen in love, but Feng Jiutian and the clan elders had prevented them from leaving Phoenix Village together.
• Lin Fan revealed that Feng Jiutian’s group had forged breakup letters, driving the couple apart and leaving Feng Jiutian’s daughter heartbroken and mentally ill.
• Elder Huang warned that seeing Dao Tianji again could worsen the daughter’s condition, while Lin Fan cautioned Feng Jiutian against mistreating his martial uncle.
• Feng Jiutian refused to let Dao Tianji meet her daughter, but Dao Tianji asked Lin Fan to let the matter go, and Lin Fan agreed before suggesting they find a place to rest.