Chapter Summaries

Lin Fan caught the thief who stole a talisman from his shop and discovered the man was being haunted by a cursed Grudge Doll. After agreeing to help him, Lin Fan revealed that the figurine collector who hired the thief had arranged for the doll to be stolen from his own home.

• Han Bing forced open the thief's car and brought him before Lin Fan, who learned that the stolen talisman had been sold to the Ma Family's estate.
• Lin Fan confronted the thief about stealing a rare Grudge Doll, and the terrified man admitted he had been haunted by it.
• Lin Fan explained that the doll had been imbued with resentment and kept returning whenever its owner tried to discard, burn, or sell it.
• The thief revealed that an anonymous buyer had paid him to steal the doll, then blocked him after the theft.
• Lin Fan said he would help deal with the doll and revealed that its owner had hired the thief to steal it from his own home.

Lin Fan performed a Soul-Refining Rite to destroy the Grudge Doll and free Thief from its curse. The doll vanished, the voices tormenting the livestream viewers stopped, and Thief thanked Lin Fan.

• Lin Fan explained that the buyer who hired Thief to steal the Grudge Doll was the same person who had been tormented by it and wanted to pass the curse on.
• Lin Fan found the Grudge Doll in Thief's car, restrained it with spiritual chains, and decided to destroy it rather than let it harm anyone else.
• Lin Fan recited scriptures from the Soul-Deliverance Canon, causing the Grudge Doll's screams and resentment to affect Xiao Tuantuan, Han Bing, and the livestream viewers.
• After nearly an hour, Lin Fan's Soul-Refining Rite made the Grudge Doll disappear and left him exhausted.
• Thief felt the curse lift, approached Lin Fan, and bowed to thank him.

Lin Fan and the police pursued Ma Baiyun for ordering the theft of Lin Fan’s Talismans, while Ma Jin rejected pleas to protect him and cast him out of the Ma Family. The police arrested Ma Baiyun, and Lin Fan arrived with further evidence of his crimes and recovered his Talismans.

• Thief confessed to his past thefts, and Captain Uncle Cop urged Lin Fan’s group to go to the Ma Family’s estate and arrest Ma Baiyun.
• Ma Xian and Ma Baiyun’s relatives pleaded with Ma Jin to release Ma Baiyun, but Ma Jin threatened to expel anyone who sided with him.
• Pingzhou’s Captain Uncle Cop arrived, announced that the thief and Ma Baiyun’s butler had implicated Ma Baiyun, and had the police arrest him.
• Ma Xian condemned Ma Baiyun for offending Lin Fan and said he would ask Lin Fan to come to the estate.
• Lin Fan arrived, gave He Yingxiong leads about Ma Baiyun’s other crimes, recovered his Talismans, and entered the villa with Han Bing and the others.

Lin Fan gave the Ma Family talismans after Ma Jin expelled Ma Baiyun, then returned to Jiangzhou and resumed crafting jade artifacts on livestream. After two hours, he selected a viewer named Mumu Baby for a fortune-telling connection.

• Lin Fan told Ma Jin that Ma Baiyun’s illegal jade dealings would likely send him to prison, and Ma Jin reaffirmed that he would protect Lin Fan from retaliation.
• Lin Fan gave Ma Jin five Peace Talismans and five Evil-Warding Talismans, while Ma Xian offered to send him fine jade as a housewarming gift.
• After Lin Fan left, Ma Jin warned his younger brother not to seek revenge, and police announced online that they intended to prosecute Ma Baiyun.
• Back in Jiangzhou, Lin Fan carved Heaven-Palm Bottles while Xiao Tuantuan read comments and declined to rig the viewer selection again.
• After two hours, Lin Fan asked Xiao Tuantuan to choose a viewer, and she selected Mumu Baby for a livestream connection.

Lin Fan helped Chen Le save his pregnant wife, Lin Mumu, after a customer kicked her in the stomach, though their baby died. He promised the grieving couple that their child would return alive, while warning Chen Le that Lin Mumu might suffer severe distress when she woke.

• Lin Fan divined that Chen Le's wife was in danger and urged him to get her out of the clothing store and call for an ambulance, but Chen Le could not reach her.
• Lin Fan called the hospital, gave Han Bing a Spirit Pill to take to Lin Mumu, and told Chen Le to hurry there while explaining that a customer had kicked Lin Mumu in the stomach.
• Lin Fan realized Lin Mumu was deeply connected to him through a previous life and considered using a spell to restore memories of that life.
• Chen Le reached the hospital, where doctors saved Lin Mumu with the Spirit Pill, but told him their baby had died.
• Lin Fan warned Chen Le to comfort Lin Mumu when she woke and promised that their lost child would return alive.

After Lin Mumu lost her baby when a customer attacked her over a refused refund, Lin Fan reassured her and warned that her guilt could lead to severe psychological distress. Chen Le shared surveillance footage that revealed the customer had assaulted Lin Mumu and fled, while the police had already caught her.

• Lin Mumu grieved the loss of her baby and blamed herself for refusing the customer's refund request.
• Lin Fan explained that the customer had tried to return clothing she had worn and warned Lin Mumu that her guilt could lead to hallucinations and a prolonged decline.
• Lin Fan asked Chen Le to retrieve the shop's surveillance footage after viewers questioned whether Lin Mumu had provoked the customer.
• Chen Le uploaded footage showing Lin Mumu politely refusing to refund stained, odorous clothing that contained chewed gum.
• The footage showed the customer shove, slap, and kick Lin Mumu in the belly before fleeing when she saw the bleeding.
• Viewers condemned the customer, and the Jiangzhou police confirmed they had caught her.

Lin Fan told Lin Mumu and Chen Le that their lost child could return if Lin Mumu became pregnant again within a month. The livestream viewers doubted his claim, but his explanation left the couple stunned and hopeful.

• Lin Fan reassured viewers that Lin Mumu had done nothing wrong and said he regretted not being able to help her sooner.
• Lin Mumu grieved for her lost child, and Lin Fan told her the child could return in a month if she and Chen Le made the effort.
• Lin Fan clarified that he did not mean summoning the child's spirit body, but bringing back a living, breathing child.
• After viewers and Dao Tianji questioned his claim, Lin Fan explained that the child's conscious spirit had bonded with Lin Mumu and would return if she became pregnant again within a month.

Lin Fan explained how Lin Mumu and Chen Le could identify their lost child if they conceived again, then bought them a costly Conceiving Spirit Pill. Lin Mumu refused to accept it without knowing why Lin Fan was repaying her, so he set off for the hospital, where she continued to grieve.

• Lin Fan explained that the child’s reactions to familiar music and fairy tales could confirm whether Lin Mumu had conceived the same child again.
• Lin Fan bought a Conceiving Spirit Pill for thirty thousand Heavenly Secrets Points and said it would let Lin Mumu conceive within a month.
• Lin Mumu questioned why Lin Fan would give her such a valuable pill, and he offered to explain in person at the hospital.
• Lin Mumu insisted she would not accept the pill until she knew the reason, so Lin Fan left for the hospital with Xiao Tuantuan and the other women following.
• At Jiangzhou Hospital, Lin Mumu could not recall ever helping Lin Fan and wondered whether good people were rewarded as Chen Le comforted her.

Lin Fan restored Lin Mumu’s memories of her past life, revealing their deep connection and leaving Chen Le furious as Lin Mumu embraced him. Lin Fan said he had no past-life memories himself, but had learned of their connection by reading her fate.

• Lin Fan brought Lin Mumu and the others to the hospital and thanked Han Bing for delivering the spirit pills that saved her.
• Lin Fan cast a spell to restore Lin Mumu’s past-life memories, while Chen Le tried to stop him and Han Bing and Dao Tianji restrained him.
• Lin Fan used six rounds of spirit pills to sustain the spell until Lin Mumu woke and recognized him as Xiao Fan.
• Lin Mumu embraced Lin Fan, overwhelmed to see him again, and Lin Fan explained how he had discovered their past-life connection.
• Chen Le accused Lin Fan of trying to steal his wife and demanded that Lin Mumu let him go.

Lin Fan reunited with Lin Mumu, his mother from a previous life, and recovered memories of their past. After Lin Mumu’s memories faded, Lin Fan left her with a Conceiving Spirit Pill, and she decided to visit him once she recovered.

• Lin Fan explained that he and Lin Mumu had been mother and son in a previous life, and Chen Le apologized for suspecting him of bad intentions.
• Lin Fan regained memories of his previous life and told Lin Mumu how he had left home after arguing with her, then returned too late and spent years consumed by guilt.
• Lin Fan and Lin Mumu spent an hour talking as mother and son before Lin Mumu’s memories of their previous life disappeared again.
• Lin Fan gave Lin Mumu a Conceiving Spirit Pill and left the hospital, while Chen Le showed her the livestream recording and she decided to thank Lin Fan in person.
• Dao Tianji asked Lin Fan why he did not intend to hide his past-life relationship with Lin Mumu.

Lin Fan explained that he was ending his connection with Lin Mumu because staying close to her would change his personality and put her fate in danger. After resting, he resumed making Heaven-Palm Bottles and then read the fortune of Ji Ling, a volunteer teacher in Xizhou, whose fate troubled him.

• Lin Fan told Dao Tianji and the livestream viewers that he wanted to remain himself and avoid endangering Lin Mumu, so he would sever their connection.
• Lin Fan went to sleep while Xiao Tuantuan continued streaming.
• After waking, Lin Fan carved three Heaven-Palm Bottles and said he needed to complete all forty-nine before he could do certain things.
• Lin Fan asked Xiao Tuantuan to connect him with a random viewer, and she called Ji Ling, a young volunteer teacher in Xizhou.
• Lin Fan read Ji Ling's fate and realized that her situation was more serious than he had expected.

Lin Fan warned teacher Ji Ling and Han Bing that a calamity was unfolding in Xiaoyao Village, where nearly a thousand residents were at risk. He said the outsiders could escape by leaving, but the villagers could not, and admitted that the powerful spirit behind the disaster was beyond his current strength.

• Lin Fan urged Ji Ling to leave Xiaoyao Village, then warned her that she would die there if she stayed.
• Ji Ling showed the remote village on her livestream and refused to abandon its children or her teaching post.
• Han Bing learned that a squad leader had gone to investigate the village, where other officers had disappeared, and rushed to organize help.
• Lin Fan told Han Bing that the squad leader’s phone had broken and asked Ji Ling to find him at the village chief’s house and tell him to leave.
• Lin Fan explained that the villagers had caused the calamity and would remain in danger even if they fled, while Ji Ling and the squad leader could be safe by leaving.
• Lin Fan revealed that the spirit behind the disaster was too powerful for him to hurt with his current strength.

Ji Ling found Wanxing at the village chief’s house, where Han Bing ordered him to leave Xiaoyao Village because Lin Fan foresaw danger that night. Lin Fan revealed that the village had suffered multiple strange illnesses and eerie incidents, and Wanxing set out to escape with Ji Ling before learning that taking the children might prevent them from leaving the village boundaries in time.

• Ji Ling found Wanxing and connected him with Han Bing and Lin Fan through her phone.
• Han Bing ordered Wanxing and Ji Ling to leave Xiaoyao Village immediately, warning that Wanxing would be targeted if he stayed.
• Lin Fan described the village’s strange illnesses and supernatural incidents, alarming Wanxing and the village chief.
• Han Bing told Wanxing that Lin Fan was not strong enough to resolve the village’s problem, so Wanxing began leaving with Ji Ling.
• Ji Ling asked Lin Fan about the village children, and Lin Fan warned that taking them would likely keep them inside the village boundaries past midnight.
• Wanxing considered trying to evacuate as many children as possible despite the danger.

Lin Fan explained that Xiaoyao Village’s villagers could not leave, but the children were unlikely to become ill for a month, giving him time to find a solution. He revealed that the village’s troubles stemmed from its doctor, whom the village chief had driven to her death.

• Lin Fan ruled out using a helicopter to evacuate the children and said their problems would likely not begin for a month.
• Ji Ling and Wanxing considered leaving the children in the villagers’ care, but Lin Fan warned that no villager could cross the village boundaries and told Ji Ling to leave with Wanxing.
• The village chief admitted that villagers who tried to leave had gone missing or fallen ill, and Lin Fan predicted that more than a hundred would contract the strange illness while around thirty would disappear.
• The village chief asked what had caused the crisis, and Lin Fan accused him of driving a woman to her death.
• Lin Fan identified the woman as Xiaoyao Village’s highly capable witch doctor, whom the village had claimed was missing.

Lin Fan revealed that the Xiaoyao Village doctor had been a wrongly accused Medical Cultivator who saved the villagers, not someone who drained their lifespans. The village chief remained doubtful, and Lin Fan explained that the doctor’s ability to survive three months without food was due to bigu.

• The village chief claimed the doctor drained patients’ remaining lifespans and had lived for centuries because successive Village Doctors looked alike.
• Lin Fan explained that the doctors had passed down a legacy that changed their successors’ appearances, and that the current Village Doctor had been a young Cultivator.
• Lin Fan said the doctor had saved every villager, but the villagers had failed to defend her when she was accused and tortured.
• The village chief argued that surviving three months in a cave without food proved the doctor was a monster.
• Lin Fan said bigu allowed a person to go without food and water, and offered to demonstrate by fasting for a week.

Lin Fan explained that cultivators could survive without food by conserving energy, then negotiated with the authorities over how to handle the danger in Xiaoyao Village. He promised to seek a solution and protect the villagers as much as possible, while the authorities agreed to count the effort toward one of his outstanding predictions.

• Lin Fan, Han Bing, and Dao Tianji told the village chief that cultivators could go without food, and Wanxing added that he could do so as well.
• Wanxing took Ji Ling out of Xiaoyao Village after Lin Fan promised to find a way to save the children, while the village chief pleaded for help protecting more than a hundred villagers.
• Lin Fan told the village chief to keep villagers inside, offered talismans to reduce casualties, and urged him to persuade them to admit their wrongdoing.
• Han Bing explained that her superiors would seek a secluded master if Lin Fan could not resolve the crisis within two weeks, but summoning one would take about a week.
• Lin Fan asked the authorities to count resolving the Xiaoyao Village crisis toward one of his seven remaining predictions, and they agreed on the condition that he minimize casualties.

Lin Fan explained that Xiaoyao Village's doctor had become a powerful curse spirit body and drew Peace Talismans to slow the villagers' illnesses while he prepared to advance his cultivation. As Lin Fan rested, Wanxing carried Ji Ling through the mist toward the edge of Xiaoyao Village's territory.

• Lin Fan told Han Bing that the village doctor's cultivation and death curse had made her a curse spirit body that he could not yet defeat.
• Lin Fan drew two hundred Peace Talismans and instructed Han Bing to have Xiaoyao Village's chief distribute them across two hundred locations.
• Lin Fan decided to focus on refining Heaven-Palm Bottles so he could establish the Superior Large Spirit-Gathering Array and reach Foundation Establishment.
• Lin Fan took a Spirit-Calming Pill and fell asleep from exhaustion while Xiao Tuantuan and the others watched.
• Wanxing grew wary of the mist as he and Ji Ling traveled through Xiaoyao Village's territory, then carried her when she began to slow him down.

Wanxing and Ji Ling escaped Xiaoyao Village’s territory and followed Lin Fan’s instructions to shelter in Small Town while he worked to prepare for the village’s crisis. Lin Fan pushed himself to make Heaven-Palm Bottles, reaching forty-six of the required forty-nine before Xiao Tuantuan urged him to rest.

• Wanxing and Ji Ling left Xiaoyao Village’s territory, then headed to Small Town on Lin Fan’s advice and checked into a hotel.
• Lin Fan resumed carving jade into Heaven-Palm Bottles after a brief rest, while Han Bing brought him more jade and checked on construction at Linjiang Wildlife Reserve.
• Han Bing saw that the houses at Linjiang Wildlife Reserve were nearly finished, and Lin Fan planned to arrange a helicopter to survey the area for a spiritual vein.
• The village chief reconsidered the villagers’ suspicions about the Village Doctor, warned them to stay off the mountain for two weeks, and prepared them for what was coming.
• Lin Fan continued refining Heaven-Palm Bottles through another day and night, reaching forty-six, and Xiao Tuantuan urged him to rest.

Lin Fan finished carving all forty-nine Heaven-Palm Bottles and traveled to Linjiang Wildlife Reserve, where his residence had also been completed. He prepared to establish a Spirit-Gathering Array in secret and went to meet the project managers before they left the reserve.

• Lin Fan finished carving the final three Heaven-Palm Bottles and arranged for Han Bing to call a helicopter to Linjiang Wildlife Reserve.
• The Old Daoist told Lin Fan that his residence was finished, and Lin Fan carried the Spirit-Gathering Stone onto the helicopter.
• Lin Fan arrived at the reserve, explained that he had directed the residence's overall layout himself, and praised the patrol officers for protecting the area.
• Lin Fan asked Xiao Tuantuan to stop livestreaming him because he planned to fly and conceal the Spirit-Gathering Array's foundations and array eyes.
• Han Bing reminded Lin Fan that the project managers were waiting, so he went to meet them and planned to have the helicopter take them out of the reserve.

Lin Fan praised the project managers for completing the wildlife reserve to his satisfaction, then flew on his magical sword to survey the mountains and plan a high-grade Spirit-Gathering Array. After the rangers witnessed him flying, Han Bing asked them to keep it secret; Lin Fan then began placing Heaven-Palm Bottles at the array’s planned locations.

• Lin Fan told the project managers he was satisfied with their work, arranged a helicopter for them, and sent them away with Han Bing.
• Lin Fan flew on the Pure Yang Magical Sword to inspect the mountain ranges and determine where to place the Spirit-Gathering Stone and forty-nine jade bottles.
• The rangers saw Lin Fan descend from the sky, and Han Bing asked them not to reveal what they had witnessed.
• Lin Fan began setting up the Spirit-Gathering Array by burying a Heaven-Palm Bottle at an Array Eye, explaining to Dao Tianji that the array had not yet taken shape.
• Lin Fan and the others crossed several mountains as he buried more Heaven-Palm Bottles along the spiritual veins.