Chapter Summaries

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.

Shen Haiyun initially dismissed Lin Fan’s explanation of the spirit haunting her as a prank, but believed him after he revealed private details from her life. She apologized to Lin Fan, Mi Cai, and Shen Yun, then asked how she could survive the spirit’s harassment.

• Mi Cai and Shen Yun brought Shen Haiyun to Lin Fan’s livestream, but Shen Haiyun doubted their story and suspected a prank.
• Lin Fan described the opera costumes Shen Haiyun had touched and said the spirit of Wang Baiyou had attached itself to her.
• Lin Fan recounted private events from Shen Haiyun’s childhood and adulthood, convincing her that he was a real fortune-teller.
• Shen Haiyun apologized to Lin Fan and her friends, and they reconciled.
• Lin Fan warned that Shen Haiyun would become Wang Baiyou’s wife within days and might not survive, so she asked what she should do.

Lin Fan traveled to Jiangzhou to help Mi Cai, Shen Yun, and Shen Haiyun deal with a dangerous spirit attached to an opera costume. He refined the spirit and burned the costume, then left the village with the women while Young Taoist Acolyte suspected more spirits remained nearby.

• Lin Fan offered three ways to deal with the spirit and agreed to go to the opera stage himself.
• Mi Cai, Shen Yun, and Shen Haiyun waited behind the stage until Lin Fan arrived and warned Shen Haiyun to take supernatural taboos seriously.
• Lin Fan confronted the Costume Spirit Body, performed a soul-refining rite, and watched it vanish as the costume burned to ashes.
• Lin Fan knocked down angry opera troupe members, explained what had happened, and left with the three women.
• Young Taoist Acolyte sensed other spirit bodies might still be nearby, and Mi Cai asked Lin Fan for talismans.

Lin Fan confronted a powerful opera-costume spirit body near the stage after sending Mi Cai and the other two women home. He battered the spirit body until it fled, then cornered it and refused its plea for mercy.

• Lin Fan gave Mi Cai and the other two women Evil-Warding Talismans and sent them back to their apartment.
• Young Taoist Acolyte noticed lingering yin energy, and Lin Fan explained that another spirit body had awakened near the stage.
• Lin Fan confronted the broadsword-wielding opera-costume spirit body, which boasted that it had killed cultivators at foundation establishment peak.
• The spirit body eyed Young Taoist Acolyte, so Lin Fan attacked it with the God-Striking Whip.
• The spirit body fled through the air, but Lin Fan pursued and repeatedly struck it until it was nearly dispersed.
• The spirit body knelt and begged for mercy, but Lin Fan condemned it for harming people and nearly wiping out a village.

Lin Fan defeated the broadsword opera spirit, destroyed the inauspicious costumes, and returned to his livestream, where he read the fate of a new viewer, Zhou Qiqi. The chapter ended with Lin Fan warning that Zhou Qiqi would be injured that day and receive a large compensation payment after suing the other party.

• Lin Fan used the Heaven-Peering Art to destroy the broadsword opera spirit in his sea of consciousness and absorbed its power, advancing his cultivation.
• Lin Fan burned the yin-tainted opera costumes before returning to his shop and livestreaming again.
• Lin Fan connected with Zhou Qiqi and revealed details about her childhood, family, and rebellious past through divination.
• Zhou Qiqi asked when she would live long and become rich, and Lin Fan predicted that she would be injured that day and gain wealth through compensation.

Lin Fan warned Zhou Qiqi that her mother and Wang Dongxi planned to assault her, and she stayed home while nearby police watched for evidence. As Wang Dongxi and her mother prepared food and offered Zhou wine, Zhou Qiqi began to fear Lin Fan was right.

• Lin Fan told Zhou Qiqi that Wang Dongxi had targeted her and that her mother intended to help him harm her.
• Zhou Qiqi chose to stay, and Lin Fan predicted the couple would return with groceries and a maid outfit before trying to incapacitate her with wine.
• Wang Dongxi and Zhou Qiqi's mother arrived with groceries, claiming they had received a bonus and were celebrating.
• Zhou Qiqi hid her phone to record the living and dining rooms while Lin Fan reassured her that police were nearby.
• After cooking, Wang Dongxi and Zhou Qiqi's mother sat beside her, and Wang Dongxi offered her red wine with visibly trembling hands.

Zhou Qiqi exposed Wang Dongxi and her mother's plan to drug and assault her, and police arrested them after Lin Fan helped uncover Wang Dongxi's wider crimes. Lin Fan urged Zhou Qiqi to return to school, but she said she had no money and would have to work, while livestream viewers offered to fund her education.

• Zhou Qiqi drank the drugged wine and pretended to lose her strength as Wang Dongxi revealed his intentions and her mother supported him.
• Police broke into the house, restrained Wang Dongxi and Zhou Qiqi's mother, and treated Zhou Qiqi with an injection.
• Zhou Qiqi confronted her mother, who blamed her for calling the police, while Captain Uncle Cop thanked Lin Fan for evidence about Wang Dongxi's criminal network.
• Lin Fan urged Zhou Qiqi to return to school, explaining that her future would be better if she continued her education.
• Zhou Qiqi said she could not afford to study and would have to work, and livestream viewers offered to support her education.

Lin Fan ended Zhou Qiqi’s call after she agreed to study seriously, then began a call with a wealthy woman who offered to pay for his time. The woman tried to pay ten billion, but her transaction failed, leaving her shocked.

• Zhou Qiqi told Lin Fan she wanted to study, and he directed her to join Ragdoll Cat’s group before ending their call.
• Lin Fan checked his Heavenly Secrets Points and hoped to reach the Golden Core Stage before the Daoist Assembly.
• Lin Fan called The Richest Woman Under Heaven, who asked to buy a day of his time and offered to pay ten billion for a two-hour call.
• Lin Fan told Han Bing to raise the woman’s account permissions so she could top up ten billion, while warning that she only had one day.
• The woman entered a ten-billion top-up and tried to pay with a black card, but the payment failed and left her stunned.

Lin Fan exposed the limits of a black card that let a woman enjoy extravagant purchases for a day, then summoned the man in black who had given it to her. After the man reclaimed the card, Lin Fan warned the woman about the consequences of her cosmetic surgery and turned back to his viewers.

• Lin Fan explained that the woman had once been a luxury-store saleswoman and had received the black card from a mysterious man after her own spending left her unable to pay.
• The woman used the card to live extravagantly, but her purchases vanished each morning, and she tried to deposit money into the platform and send gifts to Lin Fan.
• After she deposited a billion and sent over a hundred million in gifts, the man in black appeared, took back the card, and spoke with Lin Fan about the upcoming Daoist Assembly.
• Lin Fan asked the man in black not to take the woman's soul or body, and the man advised Lin Fan that he would need strength to make his voice heard at the Daoist Assembly.
• The woman blamed Lin Fan for losing the card, and Lin Fan explained that her cosmetic surgery could cause the man in black to take her altered face or body.
• Lin Fan ended the call after telling her that the man in black would reclaim her current villa and its new contents, then resumed the livestream.

Lin Fan repeatedly tried to connect with action star Liu Yanyu, who refused because she was ashamed of her appearance while gravely ill. After connecting with Liu Yanyu’s manager, Niu Xiaohua, Lin Fan examined Liu and began recounting how Niu had built her career.

• Lin Fan selected Liu Yanyu twice for a livestream connection, but she refused to appear and asked him to contact her privately.
• Liu Yanyu’s manager, Niu Xiaohua, told her that doctors estimated she had at most three months to live, prompting Liu to fear for her life.
• Lin Fan connected with Niu Xiaohua, recognized her as Liu Yanyu’s manager, and heard her plead for him to help Liu.
• Lin Fan asked Niu Xiaohua to show Liu Yanyu, and Liu protested when the camera revealed her pale, weakened face.
• Lin Fan described how Niu Xiaohua had guided Liu through modeling and singing competitions and helped her rise to fame, then criticized Liu’s poor attitude toward her manager.

Lin Fan agreed to help Liu Yanyu after Niu Xiaohua pleaded with him, and he identified the symptoms that had left Liu unable to eat or drink. The chapter left Liu Yanyu’s condition unresolved as Lin Fan began explaining what was wrong with her.

• Liu Yanyu remained distrustful and refused to describe her symptoms, so Xiao Tuantuan could not diagnose her.
• Lin Fan identified soul insects as the cause of Liu Yanyu’s condition, and Xiao Tuantuan recognized the term.
• Lin Fan said he would stop helping Liu Yanyu, but Niu Xiaohua pleaded with him to save her friend.
• Lin Fan agreed to help and described Liu Yanyu’s dizziness, loss of appetite, unpleasant taste, and inability to keep food or water down.