Chapter Summaries

Lin Fan activated the spiritual vein to form a large Spirit-Gathering Array, drawing Xiao Tuantuan and her livestream viewers’ attention as extraordinary phenomena appeared around the lake. He dove toward the lakebed with the Spirit-Gathering Stone but was caught in a strange whirlpool and fought against the unseen resistance.

• Lin Fan finished burying all forty-nine Heaven-Palm Bottles and explained that he still needed to activate the array’s foundation and place the Spirit-Gathering Stone at its center.
• Lin Fan used Walking on Snow Without a Trace to carry the heavy Spirit-Gathering Stone across the lake, astonishing Han Bing, Dao Tianji, and the Young Taoist Acolyte.
• Xiao Tuantuan stayed in the villa as instructed, but when the ground began to tremble, she went outside without ending her livestream.
• Xiao Tuantuan saw pillars of light rise from the mountain peaks and multicolored clouds gather over the lake, while Han Bing told her Lin Fan was at its center.
• Lin Fan activated the underground spiritual vein, then dove toward the lakebed with the Spirit-Gathering Stone as a whirlpool dragged him outward.
• Lin Fan used the Heaven-Peering Art and swallowed two pills to counter the resistance before charging onward.

Lin Fan completed the Superior Spirit-Gathering Array at the Linjiang Wildlife Reserve, then rested before beginning seclusion to break through to Foundation Establishment. He left Han Bing instructions to find another expert for Xiaoyao Village if he had not emerged within two weeks, and the chapter ended with him cultivating as Xiao Tuantuan was told not to disturb him.

• Lin Fan placed the Spirit-Gathering Stone on the lakebed, activating the array and drawing spiritual energy from the surrounding area.
• Xiao Tuantuan's livestream cut out, and Lin Fan walked across the lake to shore; he then went to sleep from exhaustion.
• After waking the next morning, Lin Fan found the reserve's spiritual energy had nearly liquefied and told Han Bing he would enter seclusion to break through.
• Lin Fan warned Han Bing that if he had not emerged after two weeks, the higher-ups should send another expert to Xiaoyao Village, where the strange illness was spreading.
• Lin Fan began consuming Foundation Establishment Pills and cultivating, drawing spiritual energy into his cabin as Han Bing told Xiao Tuantuan not to disturb him.

Lin Fan spent two days studying cultivation and gathering spiritual energy before breaking through from Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment. He stored the system’s rewards to stabilize his new realm, while Han Bing and Dao Tianji realized his breakthrough had nearly drained the spiritual energy within a hundred li.

• Han Bing ordered Xiao Tuantuan and Dao Tianji to guard the cabin in shifts so no one would disturb Lin Fan, and Xiao Tuantuan ended her livestream after viewers tried to stir up trouble.
• Lin Fan bought numerous cultivation codices from the System Mall and contemplated the differences between Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment while pushing against his realm barrier.
• After two days, Lin Fan shattered the barrier, swallowed his final Foundation Establishment Pill, and transformed his dantian’s spiritual power from gas into liquid.
• The system rewarded Lin Fan with a Foundation Establishment Quick-Training Codex, a Curse Sword, and other items, which he placed in System Storage so he could stabilize his realm first.
• Lin Fan’s breakthrough nearly depleted the spiritual energy within his Spirit-Gathering Array, but the array restored its concentration within fifteen minutes.
• Han Bing and Dao Tianji felt that the spiritual energy within a hundred li had almost been drained, and Dao Tianji concluded that Lin Fan had probably just broken through.

After breaking through to Foundation Establishment, Lin Fan prepared to enter Xiaoyao Village and confront the village doctor's spirit body. He reached the Hundred Thousand Mountains with his companions as the village chief revealed that illness and deaths were increasing and the villagers sent to seek the doctor's mercy had not returned.

• Lin Fan stabilized his cultivation at the peak of early Foundation Establishment and left seclusion.
• Lin Fan invited Xiao Tuantuan to accompany him to Xiaoyao Village, and Han Bing arranged their rapid trip to Xizhou.
• Lin Fan and his companions picked up Wanxing, started Xiao Tuantuan's livestream, and set off on foot into the mist-shrouded mountains.
• Lin Fan warned the group to stay within sight of him because the village doctor's spirit body had grown terrifyingly powerful.
• At Xiaoyao Village's Ancestral Hall, the villagers reported more than a hundred people ill and over twenty dead in one week.
• The village chief said the people he had sent to the cave two days earlier had not returned and admitted he regretted driving the village doctor to her death.

Lin Fan reached Xiaoyao Village, where the Village Doctor's spirit body marked him and the villagers gathered at the Ancestral Hall to seek help. He agreed to treat the afflicted temporarily, but said the village would have to accept lasting consequences and asked its chief to put a handprint on a written pledge.

• Lin Fan and his companions emerged from the fog and entered Xiaoyao Village, where he sensed the Village Doctor's spirit body watching them.
• Lin Fan discovered a blood-red mark on his palm and realized the spirit body planned to come for him that night.
• Wanxing led the group to the Ancestral Hall, where they found the afflicted villagers suffering from a horrific illness.
• Lin Fan told the village chief he could temporarily treat the villagers but had to address the curse's source for a full recovery.
• Lin Fan warned that Xiaoyao Village would suffer frequent minor illnesses afterward, then wrote that everyone was willing to pay the price and asked the village chief to leave his handprint.

Lin Fan absorbed the curse from the afflicted villagers but refused to heal their rotting flesh, insisting they accept punishment for driving the Village Doctor to her death. He went to rest at the village chief’s lodgings, expecting the Village Doctor’s Spirit Body to come for him that night.

• Lin Fan gathered the village chiefs’ handprints as a guarantee, then used the Heaven-Peering Art to absorb the curse from the villagers in the Ancestral Hall.
• Lin Fan refused to use a Spirit Pill to heal the villagers’ injuries, and the village chief rebuked them when they demanded complete treatment.
• Lin Fan told the villagers their suffering was atonement and continued absorbing the curse until the black spots disappeared.
• Xiao Tuantuan defended Lin Fan against hostile Livestream Room comments, while Lin Fan said the villagers could recover with medicine and rest.
• Lin Fan asked the village chief for lodging and planned to rest before meeting the Village Doctor’s Spirit Body, which he expected to arrive that night.
• Lin Fan and his companions reached their lodgings and saw villagers gathering outside.

Lin Fan waited for the Village Doctor's spirit body to arrive in Xiaoyao Village and confronted her when she came to kill him. After demonstrating that he could absorb her cursed power, he persuaded her to sit and talk, hoping to lift her curse and preserve her medical legacy.

• Lin Fan sent the villagers home and waited with Han Bing and the others for the Village Doctor's spirit body, which he expected to arrive around midnight.
• The Village Doctor's spirit body entered the courtyard and vowed to kill Lin Fan for helping Xiaoyao Village.
• Lin Fan warned her that she was not strong enough to kill him and showed his power with a strike from the Evil-Slaying Sword.
• Lin Fan's System gave him a mission to change the Village Doctor's fate, remove her curse, and give her a chance at reincarnation in exchange for medical cultivator codices.
• The Village Doctor's spirit body attacked with cursed power, but Lin Fan absorbed it and invited her to sit down and talk.
• The Village Doctor's spirit body sat opposite Lin Fan, fearful and uneasy, while he assured her that he did not want to kill her.

Lin Fan tried to persuade the Village Doctor Spirit Body to lift her curse by offering an apology, a shrine, and passage to the underworld, but she refused and attempted to flee. He bound her and explained that he wanted to spare her from vanishing completely, while still holding the villagers accountable.

• Lin Fan offered to let the villagers suffer minor illnesses in exchange for the Village Doctor Spirit Body lifting her curse, but she insisted that only their deaths could satisfy her revenge.
• Lin Fan used the Soul-Deliverance Canon to calm the Village Doctor Spirit Body and offered apologies, a shrine, annual offerings, and a chance to enter the underworld and leave her medical legacy.
• The Village Doctor Spirit Body asked Lin Fan to kill the villagers, and he refused, warning that he would destroy her if she would not stop the curse.
• The Village Doctor Spirit Body turned into red light and tried to escape, but Lin Fan bound her and forced her back into her spirit form.
• The Village Doctor Spirit Body sobbed that Lin Fan was protecting the villagers, and he said he wanted to prevent her from disappearing while ensuring the villagers faced punishment.

Lin Fan explained that the villagers who caused the Village Doctor’s death would suffer severe karmic consequences, then urged her to preserve her ancestral medical legacy. He refused to become her disciple and named Xiao Tuantuan as a potential successor, who immediately doubted she could do it.

• Xiao Tuantuan asked whether the villagers who bullied the Village Doctor would live well, and Lin Fan said their fates would resemble Wang Ling’s.
• The Village Doctor said she would rather disappear than accept the villagers living happily, so Lin Fan revealed that the village chief’s family and other ringleaders would face illness, heartbreak, shortened lives, and years of suffering.
• Lin Fan reminded the Village Doctor that her ancestral teachings required her to pass on her medical cultivation legacy, but she doubted she could find a worthy successor.
• After Xiao Tuantuan relayed the viewers’ suggestion that Lin Fan inherit the legacy, he refused to become a medical cultivator and presented Xiao Tuantuan as his candidate.
• Xiao Tuantuan protested that she had no abilities and was not fit to become a medical cultivator.

Lin Fan chose Xiao Tuantuan to inherit the village doctor spirit body's medical cultivation legacy, betting she could reach the introductory stage within a week. The spirit body accepted the bet and agreed not to harm the villagers during that time, while Xiao Tuantuan received the legacy and was left to begin her training.

• The village doctor spirit body doubted Xiao Tuantuan's age and proposed that Young Taoist Acolyte inherit her legacy instead.
• Lin Fan refused to let Young Taoist Acolyte become a medical cultivator, explaining that the path would limit his talent, and the boy agreed to decline the legacy.
• Lin Fan insisted Xiao Tuantuan was the best candidate and bet that she would reach the introductory stage within a week; if she failed, he would stop interfering with the spirit body's plans for the villagers.
• The village doctor spirit body accepted the bet, and Lin Fan required her to spare the villagers and withdraw her curse power while he brought famous doctors to examine them.
• The village doctor spirit body passed her core legacy to Xiao Tuantuan, who could read the knowledge but did not understand it, then left the courtyard as the dark clouds cleared.

Lin Fan brought Xiao Tuantuan to the village doctor’s ruined clinic and began training her to become a medical cultivator, insisting that she could reach the introductory level within a week. As Xiao Tuantuan struggled with the challenge, she privately resolved that becoming stronger might help her stay by Lin Fan’s side.

• Lin Fan and his companions found the clinic vandalized, and Dao Tianji inferred that the village doctor had been driven to desperation by the villagers’ ingratitude.
• Lin Fan assigned Xiao Tuantuan thirty thick books on medical cultivation fundamentals and gave her three days to read them, despite objections from Dao Tianji and the others.
• Lin Fan bought three Super Memory Pills and a Spirit Comprehension Pill to help Xiao Tuantuan learn, while livestream viewers criticized his wager and approach.
• The group cleaned the clinic, and Lin Fan told Xiao Tuantuan to rest before beginning her studies at sunrise.
• Unable to sleep, Xiao Tuantuan wondered why Lin Fan believed in her and decided she wanted to become stronger so she could remain by his side.

Lin Fan faced the villagers of Xiaoyao Village after they accused him of using them as stakes in a bet, but the village chief rebuked them and apologized. Lin Fan allowed the villagers to leave for a week, warned that they would contract the strange illness beyond the village boundaries, and promised to protect the innocent children if he lost; Xiao Tuantuan continued studying the village doctor's Codex.

• Xiao Tuantuan resolved to study hard and reach the beginner level as a medical cultivator, then struggled with the village doctor's thick Codex.
• Villagers confronted Lin Fan over his livestream, while others defended him for trying to help them.
• The village chief silenced the accusers, apologized to Lin Fan, and ordered the villagers not to slander or attack him.
• Lin Fan allowed villagers to enter and leave Xiaoyao Village for a week, but warned that anyone who crossed its boundaries would contract the strange illness.
• The village chief asked about sending the children away, and Lin Fan promised to take them to safety if he lost.
• Young Taoist Acolyte set the livestream phone on a stand after Lin Fan told him he no longer needed to hold it.

Xiao Tuantuan used Lin Fan’s Super-Memory Pill to rapidly memorize medical cultivation texts, though Han Bing doubted she could reach the beginner level in time. Lin Fan remained confident in his plan, while villagers who left Xiaoyao Village developed black spots that doctors in Xizhou could not explain.

• Xiao Tuantuan struggled to study until Lin Fan gave her a Super-Memory Pill, which let her memorize pages at a glance.
• Han Bing criticized Xiao Tuantuan’s apparent lack of effort and doubted she could enter medical cultivation within a week.
• Lin Fan said Xiao Tuantuan was suited to medical cultivation and reminded Han Bing that his fortune-telling had guided his confidence.
• The village chief told Lin Fan that 132 villagers left Xiaoyao Village, developed black spots, and received no diagnosis at a major Xizhou hospital.
• Lin Fan said the doctors’ failure to find the curse-related illness was normal.

Lin Fan helped Xiao Tuantuan study medical cultivation with the Super-Memory Pill, and she made striking progress while consuming huge amounts of food. The village doctor spirit body visited to check on her future disciple, then questioned whether Xiao Tuantuan could learn anything by reading so quickly.

• Lin Fan let the villagers seek treatment elsewhere and quietly planned to surprise them by helping Xiao Tuantuan become a medical cultivator.
• Xiao Tuantuan studied the Medical Cultivator Codices for ten hours, using her photographic memory but frequently losing focus.
• After studying all day, Xiao Tuantuan ate most of the food prepared for ten people, then returned to reading.
• The village doctor spirit body visited the clinic and said she could not guide Xiao Tuantuan until she memorized and understood the basic codices.
• The village doctor spirit body watched Xiao Tuantuan read at a glance and asked Lin Fan whether she could remember anything at that speed.

Lin Fan arranged for the Village Doctor Spirit Body to test Xiao Tuantuan’s medical knowledge in two days, then supplied her with Super-Memory Pills when their effects wore off. He decided to resume viewer calls to earn Heavenly Secrets Points and began a livestream, inviting a viewer to connect.

• Lin Fan promised the Village Doctor Spirit Body a request if Xiao Tuantuan could not answer questions about thirty medical cultivation codices in two days, and the spirit body returned to her cave.
• Lin Fan decided to take viewer calls again to earn Heavenly Secrets Points for more Enlightenment Spirit Pills, then cultivated by absorbing the village’s curse power.
• Xiao Tuantuan discovered her photographic memory had vanished, so Lin Fan gave her two Super-Memory Pills and reassured her that he would help her begin medical cultivation within a week.
• Xiao Tuantuan swallowed a pill and resumed memorizing the codices as Lin Fan started a livestream and announced he would choose a viewer for a call.
• After ten minutes, Lin Fan tapped the screen and sent a call invitation to a viewer.

Reporter Bai Xiaobai connected with Lin Fan during a break before an interview, but her cameraman threatened her for delaying their debut livestream. Lin Fan exposed the cameraman’s past misconduct, and Bai Xiaobai refused to disconnect, leaving the cameraman under pressure as Lin Fan pointed out that he seemed panicked.

• Bai Xiaobai joined Lin Fan’s livestream and asked whether she could reconnect after her interview assignment.
• The cameraman ordered Bai Xiaobai to disconnect and threatened to have her transferred when she proposed connecting their debut livestream to Lin Fan’s.
• Lin Fan revealed that the cameraman had previously tried to pressure an intern reporter into sexual favors.
• Bai Xiaobai refused to give in to the cameraman’s threat and said she would speak to the station director.
• Zhou Xingxing decided to arrange for someone to look after Bai Xiaobai, while Lin Fan remarked that the cameraman seemed panicked.

Lin Fan exposed the cameraman’s plans to abduct and assault Bai Xiaobai, and police arrested him after finding evidence on his phone. The Northern Continent station director learned of his brother-in-law’s crimes just as a subordinate brought him a recording of Bai Xiaobai’s livestream.

• Lin Fan revealed that the cameraman had drugged Bai Xiaobai last month, and she ordered the driver to return to the station.
• The cameraman threatened to sue Lin Fan and have the driver fired, but Lin Fan exposed his plan to abduct Bai Xiaobai and said the evidence was on his phone.
• The driver seized the cameraman’s phone, and police arrived and arrested him after finding evidence of his crimes and plans.
• Lin Fan explained that he had notified the Northern Continent police and described the cameraman’s history of assaulting and exploiting women.
• The station director received word of his brother-in-law’s arrest, and a subordinate rushed in with a recording of Bai Xiaobai’s livestream.

Bai Xiaobai considered resigning after the cameraman’s misconduct came to light, but Lin Fan confirmed the station director had not known about it. The director promised to investigate, promote Bai Xiaobai, and protect her, so she agreed to stay and host the premiere of People's Livelihood Hotline.

• The station director watched Lin Fan’s livestream recording and learned what his brother-in-law had done, then called Bai Xiaobai to apologize.
• Lin Fan told Bai Xiaobai that the station director had been unaware of the cameraman’s actions, and Bai Xiaobai answered the call.
• Bai Xiaobai said she wanted to resign because she feared the director’s family would make her work life difficult.
• The station director urged Bai Xiaobai to stay, promised an investigation and promotion, and said a new cameraman would take over.
• Lin Fan confirmed the director was sincere but warned that his wife might pressure him; he added that Zhou Xingxing had ensured no one would bully Bai Xiaobai.
• Bai Xiaobai thanked the director and agreed to stay for the time being.

Bai Xiaobai launched a livestream for the People's Livelihood Hotline to help Yao Yun ask her son, Zhu Mingyu, to pay forty thousand yuan toward his seriously ill father's treatment. Lin Fan divined the situation and received a mission to help Bai Xiaobai complete the program, but he held back his findings as they arrived at Zhu Mingyu's home.

• Lin Fan defended the Northern Continent station director, and viewers stopped blaming him for the cameraman's conduct.
• A replacement cameraman joined Bai Xiaobai, and she began the People's Livelihood Hotline's first livestream with Lin Fan connected.
• Yao Yun doubted Lin Fan's abilities and said she wanted help recovering money from her son.
• Bai Xiaobai explained that Yao Yun wanted Zhu Mingyu to contribute forty thousand yuan for his father's medical treatment, while Yao Yun accused him of neglecting his parents.
• Lin Fan divined the matter and received a mission to help Bai Xiaobai complete the program, but he let her continue without revealing what he knew.
• Bai Xiaobai and Yao Yun went to Zhu Mingyu's village, where Yao Yun shouted at his gate and demanded that he come out.

Yao Yun demanded that Zhu Mingyu pay forty thousand yuan for his father’s hospital bills, and viewers condemned him after learning he had received demolition compensation. With Lin Fan promising to verify the truth, Zhu Mingyu began explaining that his parents had not raised him, provoking an argument with Yao Yun.

• Yao Yun confronted Zhu Mingyu outside his home, demanding money for his father’s medical bills while villagers and a reporter watched.
• Lin Fan revealed that Zhu Mingyu had received a hundred thousand yuan in demolition compensation, and the viewers criticized him for refusing to help his father.
• Zhu Mingyu recognized Lin Fan as his idol, and Lin Fan encouraged him to explain himself and promised to check his claims.
• Zhu Mingyu told reporter Bai Xiaobai that he would tell the truth, then challenged her claim that he owed his parents for raising him.
• Yao Yun shouted that she and her husband had raised Zhu Mingyu and slapped him, while he insisted they had not raised him and refused to strike back.