Chapter Summaries

Lin Fan exposed Lian Yun’s possessive motive for imprisoning her husband, and police prepared to prosecute her. He warned that she would continue harassing her husband after her release unless he cut ties with everyone from his past, leaving the man alarmed and asking who Lin Fan was.

• The husband told his sister that Lian Yun had soundproofed the bedroom and kept him chained and cuffed for months.
• Lin Fan accused Lian Yun of imprisoning her husband because she considered him her private property, and Lian Yun admitted she feared other people would seduce him.
• The police collected the restraints and other evidence and said they would take Lian Yun in and prosecute her.
• The husband said Lian Yun had stayed with him despite his mistreatment and later demanded to be with him every hour of the day.
• Lian Yun vowed to possess her husband after her release, and Lin Fan predicted she would keep harassing him unless he cut off contact with everyone from his past.
• The husband asked his sister who Lin Fan was and whether the prediction was true.

Lin Fan advised Sincere Sister and the livestream viewers to stop Shang You from crawling ten kilometers for a promised donation and help her pay for her sick child’s treatment. The chapter left Shang You still crawling as Lin Fan urged the viewers to donate directly.

• Lin Fan ended his call with the captive man after explaining how he might escape Lian Yun, then waited to call another viewer.
• Lin Fan connected with Sincere Sister and recognized that she was livestreaming Shang You and her sick child crawling toward Jiangzhou Gymnasium.
• Sincere Sister explained that a man called Good Person had promised Shang You 100,000 yuan if she crawled ten kilometers, and she condemned him to her viewers.
• Viewers learned that Shang You’s child, Shang Gui, needed an operation and that Shang You’s knees were bleeding as she crawled.
• Lin Fan told Sincere Sister to stop Shang You and asked the wealthy viewers to donate money directly to help her and her child.

Lin Fan watched as Sincere Sister tried to expose Shanxin, while viewers raised donations for Shang You and her son, Shang Gui. The chapter ended with Shanxin admitting he had never meant to pay and the livestream crowd turning against him.

• Viewers offered to donate toward Shang Gui’s treatment, but Shang You doubted Sincere Sister’s claim that enough money had been raised after being deceived by supposed donors before.
• Lin Fan said Shang You and Shang Gui had good luck, but explained that Shang Gui needed surgery soon and Xiao Tuantuan was not yet experienced enough to treat him.
• Sincere Sister accused Shanxin of exploiting Shang You and confronted him on camera.
• Shanxin admitted he had deliberately set the difficult condition because he never intended to give Shang You the promised money.
• Viewers discovered Shanxin’s real name was Zheng Shan and that he worked in marketing, then called for his employer to fire him.

Shanxin’s demand that Shang You crawl ten kilometers for a hundred thousand yuan sparked online outrage, costing him his job and prompting viewers to target his family. Lin Fan then defended Shanxin, surprising the viewers, who began questioning whether he was biased because Shanxin admired him.

• Shanxin refused to apologize for demanding that Shang You crawl for the money, while viewers donated to her and complained to his company.
• Shanxin’s company fired him, and some viewers exposed his family information and harassed his relatives despite others urging restraint.
• Lin Fan stepped in and said Shanxin was a good person whose actions could bring Shang You attention, leaving the viewers stunned.
• Lin Fan revealed that Shanxin had studied his rise to fame, and Shanxin praised him as his idol.
• Viewers speculated that Lin Fan was defending Shanxin to keep a loyal fan, and some questioned Lin Fan’s character.

Lin Fan exposed Sincere Sister for exploiting Shang You’s suffering to gain traffic, then revealed her history of stirring up public opinion. Sincere Sister tried to shift blame onto Lin Fan for defending Shanxin, who explained that Lin Fan’s personal interest came from Shanxin’s help to Shang You and stepped in to stop her.

• Sincere Sister defended Lin Fan while hinting that his support for Shanxin was self-serving, and Lin Fan admitted he had a personal interest.
• Sincere Sister accused Lin Fan of defending a bad person, so Lin Fan revealed that she had pretended her connection was failing to let Shang You keep crawling for views.
• Lin Fan detailed Sincere Sister’s history of exploiting trending stories and deleting videos when the truth changed, prompting viewers to criticize her.
• Sincere Sister’s fans defended her and attacked Lin Fan, so she accused him of being hypocritical for supporting Shanxin.
• Shanxin explained that Lin Fan’s interest came from Shanxin’s help to Shang You, then stopped Shang You and helped her up as viewers continued to criticize him.

Lin Fan revealed that Shanxin had staged Shang You’s public ordeal to attract donations for her son, Xiao Gui, and Shang You confirmed Shanxin had helped her for free. Sincere Sister’s account was banned after Lin Fan predicted it, and Shanxin received a PK invitation from Lin Fan.

• Lin Fan told Sincere Sister to ask Shang You whether she had known about Shanxin’s plan, and Sincere Sister approached Shang You as they chatted amicably.
• Shang You saw the online abuse aimed at Shanxin and expressed distress that he had sacrificed his reputation to help her.
• Lin Fan explained that Shanxin had planned the walk to attract attention and donations for Shang You and Shang Gui, and Shang You confirmed they had made no contract and Shanxin had helped for free.
• Sincere Sister apologized to Shanxin and Lin Fan, but Lin Fan said her account was about to be lost, and the platform banned her account.
• Shanxin warned Sincere Sister that her past conduct would soon be exposed, while Sincere Sister failed to reach customer service.
• Lin Fan said Sincere Sister would not recover her account, and viewers turned against her as Shanxin noticed Lin Fan’s PK invitation.

Lin Fan helped Shanxin and Shang You make amends, secure donations, and arrange medical care before connecting with Doll Girl, who was trapped in Jiangzhou Department Store. Su Yu revealed that mannequins had been talking to her and resembled people she had encountered, leaving Lin Fan to face a new eerie situation.

• Lin Fan explained that Shanxin's dismissal was staged, and viewers went to Shanxin's home to apologize and repair the damage.
• Lin Fan arranged for Ragdoll Cat to deliver donations to Shang You and urged Shanxin to take Shang Gui and Shang You to the hospital.
• Lin Fan prepared Xiao Tuantuan to rehearse making the prescription while waiting for the remaining medicinal ingredients.
• Lin Fan connected with Doll Girl, whose real name was Su Yu, and learned she had been trapped in Jiangzhou Department Store since waking there after passing out.
• Su Yu told Lin Fan that mannequins had been talking to her and that two resembled the shop owner and a security guard.

Su Yu was trapped on a dark, empty version of Jiangzhou Department Store’s third floor, separated from the police despite sharing the same layout. Lin Fan revealed she could not leave for at least a year and said he would not rescue her because the third floor was where she belonged.

• Su Yu insisted that mannequins had spoken and moved, while viewers suspected she was hallucinating and pointed out that Jiangzhou Department Store had no ninth floor.
• The elevator moved to the third floor and opened empty, even though He Yingxiong and the police were searching the apparently identical, brightly lit floor nearby.
• Lin Fan connected the police livestream to Su Yu’s feed, and viewers saw that Su Yu and He Yingxiong occupied matching locations but could not see each other.
• Lin Fan told Su Yu she could not leave the department store for at least a year, and she realized she had not felt hungry or thirsty despite not eating since the previous day.
• Su Yu explained that her phone could only access Lin Fan’s livestream, while calls and messaging apps failed, and viewers noticed that sunlight did not reach her side.
• Lin Fan said he could save Su Yu but chose not to because the department store’s third floor was where she belonged.

Su Yu recounted how she entered a nonexistent ninth floor in a department store, bought a necklace, and woke up trapped on a strange third floor. Lin Fan explained that the real store manager had merely left her asleep, then directed Su Yu toward two mannequins that looked like the ninth-floor attendants, leaving her horrified and still trapped.

• Su Yu described following an elevator attendant to the ninth floor, where Susan sold her a necklace and called her by name.
• After returning to the real third floor, Su Yu found scratches on the necklace, argued with the store manager about a refund, and passed out.
• Lin Fan explained that Su Yu had fallen asleep in the real store and that an employee forgot to wake her, while the store manager denied knowing about any ninth floor.
• Lin Fan told Su Yu that she was not an ordinary person, and Han Bing agreed that revealing unusual phenomena to the public might be worthwhile.
• At Lin Fan's direction, Su Yu examined the mannequins and recognized two of them as the elevator attendant and Susan, then collapsed in terror.

Lin Fan revealed that Su Yu and the mannequins in the department store were part of a rotation in which mannequins took turns living as people. Susan left the store to experience life, while the chapter ended with the Department Store Manager threatening to replace the mannequins and being kicked by a young man.

• Lin Fan told the viewers that the mannequins on Su Yu's floor could talk and prompted Susan to reveal herself.
• Susan transformed from a mannequin into a human and explained that she and Su Yu took turns spending a month outside the department store.
• Su Yu remembered that she had arrived a day late for Susan's turn, apologized to the viewers, and returned to mannequin form.
• Susan left the department store after Lin Fan warned her to change her appearance, and He Yingxiong met her at the elevator.
• The Department Store Manager called the mannequins evil and threatened to replace them, but a young man kicked him in the backside.

Lin Fan explained the mannequin spirits’ origins and rules, then Xiao Tuantuan began brewing medicine from herbs gathered by the villagers to save Hu Sanjin. The chapter left the medicine brewing while the Village Doctor Spirit Body accepted that he had lost his bets and would have to teach Xiao Tuantuan.

• Lin Fan explained that spirits inhabited the department store mannequins, could move freely on the eerie third floor, and each received a turn to become human for a month every year.
• Lin Fan warned that destroying a mannequin would release its spirit and provoke retaliation, while He Yingxiong learned that the human-form mannequins would not threaten society.
• The village chief returned with the medicinal herbs gathered by the villagers, and Lin Fan told Hu Sanjin the medicine could save him.
• Xiao Tuantuan began brewing the medicine, using spiritual energy to heat the herbs as a medical cultivator.
• The Village Doctor Spirit Body regretted betting against Xiao Tuantuan, and Lin Fan reminded him that he had to teach her his skills and stop killing people.

Xiao Tuantuan brewed medicine that cured Hu Sanjin and changed his fate, earning the Village Doctor Spirit Body’s approval as her disciple. After Hu Sanjin set out to repay the villagers, Qianshan arrived to meet the spirit body, who recognized him as Murong Xue’s disciple.

• Xiao Tuantuan finished brewing the medicine, and the Village Doctor Spirit Body praised her spiritual control while agreeing to train her.
• Hu Sanjin drank the medicine, recovered his health, and learned from Lin Fan that his fate had changed and he could live to ninety-nine.
• Lin Fan told Hu Sanjin to repay the villagers, and Hu Sanjin called his accountant before going for a walk up the mountain.
• Han Bing asked whether they would return to Jiangzhou, and Lin Fan said they would wait for Qianshan.
• Qianshan arrived, greeted Lin Fan, and used a talisman to see the Village Doctor Spirit Body.
• The Village Doctor Spirit Body recognized Qianshan as Murong Xue’s disciple and said she wished she could meet Murong Xue, but could not leave Xiaoyao Village.

Lin Fan gave Xiao Tuantuan two advanced medical-cultivation codices, and she began studying a path that could take her to foundation establishment peak. He then resumed his livestream and connected with Wan Feng, whose trouble involved his older brother.

• Lin Fan gave Xiao Tuantuan the Complete Collection of Basic Medical Cultivator Codices and the Medical Cultivator Advancement Codex, and told her to study them herself.
• Xiao Tuantuan struggled with the codices, while the Village Doctor Spirit Body recognized their exceptional value and urged her to appreciate Lin Fan's gift.
• Xiao Tuantuan declared that she would stay by Lin Fan's side, and the Village Doctor Spirit Body realized she loved him.
• Lin Fan returned to his livestream and, after a ten-minute break, connected with a viewer named Wan Feng.
• Lin Fan identified Wan Feng's age and factory job, then revealed that his current worry concerned his older brother.

Lin Fan explained that Wan Feng’s autistic brother stole cups to make him happy, while Wan Feng remained frustrated by his brother’s dependence and resented their father’s unequal treatment. When Wan Feng argued with his Second Uncle over attending his father’s death anniversary, Lin Fan revealed that Wan Feng’s brother had traded his intelligence for Wan Feng’s life.

• Wan Feng told Lin Fan that his brother’s autism, repeated cup-stealing, and refusal to stay in care facilities had made it difficult for him to build a life of his own.
• Lin Fan explained that Wan Feng’s brother stole cups because Wan Feng had once praised the music made with drinking glasses and said the cups made him happy.
• Wan Feng said he still wanted his brother to live in a care facility, and his Second Uncle arrived to take him and his brother home for their father’s death anniversary.
• Wan Feng refused to pay respects, recalling that his father had beaten him for stealing a lollipop but had treated his brother’s theft differently.
• Second Uncle slapped Wan Feng and accused him of not understanding their father, while Wan Feng complained that their father had favored his brother.
• Lin Fan revealed that Wan Feng’s brother had traded his intelligence for Wan Feng’s life when Wan Feng was eight.

Lin Fan revealed that Wan Feng’s father had chosen to save him after a car accident, leaving his brother with permanent brain damage, and Wan Feng resolved to care for his brother and visit his father’s grave. After Wan Feng left, Lin Fan explained that his father’s spirit was still waiting near the grave, then prepared to connect with another viewer as Murong Xue discussed the Village Doctor’s curse with her.

• Lin Fan explained that Wan Feng’s father had sent him into surgery first, while his brother missed the best chance for treatment and suffered lasting brain damage and autism.
• Wan Feng’s second uncle confirmed the story, and Lin Fan added that Wan Feng’s brother had begged the rescuers to save him.
• Wan Feng vowed to support his brother for life and returned to his hometown with him and his second uncle to visit his father’s grave.
• Lin Fan told Wan Feng that his father’s spirit had been waiting near the grave, then explained to Han Bing that the spirit blamed himself for their unresolved conflict.
• Lin Fan planned to connect with another viewer while Murong Xue expressed regret that the Village Doctor had felt forced to cast a curse, and the Village Doctor said Lin Fan had helped her prepare to go below.

Lin Fan revealed that Little Cutie was Xue Xiaoke, a young woman murdered the previous night who had become a spirit body without realizing she was dead. As her father returned home after police found her body, he unexpectedly saw her spirit sitting in her room.

• Lin Fan connected with Little Cutie and sensed that the unseen caller was a spirit body.
• Lin Fan identified the caller as Xue Xiaoke and explained that she had died after her graduation party, though her desire to survive kept her from realizing it.
• Xue Xiaoke remembered going to a grove with her boyfriend but could not recall how she had been killed.
• Lin Fan told Xue Xiaoke that the police had found her body and that her father was coming home.
• Xue Xiaoke's father entered her room, saw her sitting on the bed, and called her name.

Lin Fan helped Xue Xiaoke reconnect with her father, Xue Sanque, and uncovered that Xiao Jin’s father had murdered her. After the police arrested him, Xue Xiaoke said goodbye to her father and prepared to go below.

• Xue Sanque saw Xue Xiaoke’s spirit and confirmed through Lin Fan’s livestream that she was with him in the car.
• Xue Xiaoke said she could not remember the end of the night she died, and Xue Sanque suspected her boyfriend, Xiao Jin.
• Lin Fan revealed that Xiao Jin’s father had killed Xue Xiaoke after learning she had broken up with Xiao Jin.
• Lin Fan told the Pingzhou police where to find evidence, and they recovered it and arrested Xiao Jin’s father.
• At the crime scene, Xue Xiaoke told Xue Sanque she hoped to be his daughter again in another life, and Lin Fan said it was time for her to go below.

After Lin Fan helped the police uncover Xiao Jin’s father’s earlier murder, Han Bing received an urgent call about a strange curse called Thousand-Layer People. Lin Fan decided to accompany her to Bingzhou, leaving Qianshan to protect Xiao Tuantuan and the Village Doctor Spirit Body, and the chapter ended with all flights from Xizhou Airport suspended.

• Lin Fan told the Pingzhou police that Xiao Jin’s father had killed his first girlfriend thirty years earlier and urged them to question him about other crimes.
• Lin Fan ended the livestream and said he planned to return to Jiangzhou the next day, but Han Bing soon received an urgent request from the higher-ups.
• Lin Fan divined that Han Bing’s case involved the Thousand-Layer People curse and agreed to travel with her to Bingzhou.
• Lin Fan left Qianshan behind to protect Xiao Tuantuan, who stayed in Xiaoyao Village to study with the Village Doctor Spirit Body.
• Lin Fan, Han Bing, Dao Tianji, and another companion flew toward the airport on the enlarged Pure Yang Magical Sword.
• Passengers at Xizhou Airport were told that all flights had been suspended because of an unexpected situation.

Lin Fan and Han Bing reached a villa near Bingzhou where two Thousand-Layer People had been sealed inside, and Lin Fan began investigating the danger. He entered with Young Taoist Acolyte livestreaming, while Han Bing prepared her team for the likely rescue of a trapped subordinate.

• Lin Fan disguised their arrival at the airport with a dazzling firework, then flew with Han Bing and the others to Bingzhou.
• Han Bing explained that her subordinate had entered the villa and had not returned, and soldiers let her group through the cordon.
• Lin Fan brought Young Taoist Acolyte into the villa and told him to livestream while they investigated the Thousand-Layer People.
• Han Bing questioned the livestream, but Lin Fan proceeded inside and warned her to ready medical personnel for her trapped team member.
• Lin Fan's group entered the brightly lit villa as viewers asked Young Taoist Acolyte what they had come to do.

Lin Fan found Su Jiaojiao, a cursed Thousand-Layer Person covered in layers of shed skin, and sealed the curse with talismans. He learned that the Su Family’s curse had also transformed Su Jiaojiao’s older sister, and he faced a mission to change the family’s fate.

• Lin Fan entered a villa room and found Su Jiaojiao lying amid layers of human skin, her body altered into a childlike form.
• Su Jiaojiao spoke in voices from different ages and released cursed power, but Lin Fan resisted it and sealed it with magical seals.
• Lin Fan received a mission to eliminate the Su Family’s curse and change the fates of Su Jiaojiao and her family.
• Lin Fan drew thirty Evil-Suppressing Talismans and used them to contain Su Jiaojiao’s cursed power so Han Bing could approach.
• Lin Fan explained that the Su Family’s curse had turned Su Jiaojiao and her older sister into Thousand-Layer People, a kind of spirit body that could survive without a brain.