Chapter Summaries

Lin Fan fought the thousand-year-old evil spirit after it broke free from his seal, relying on his magic arrays and the God-Striking Whip despite being outmatched in realm. The evil spirit struck him into a mountain, and Feng Wu confirmed that Lin Fan was still alive.

• Lin Fan sent Daoist Weifeng to safety and gave him a talisman, while livestream viewers and Han Bing's group feared the Golden Core Stage spirit would defeat him.
• Han Bing ordered her subordinates to evacuate and contact the higher-ups, while Dao Tianji prepared for Feng Wu to use a forbidden technique if Lin Fan fell into danger.
• Lin Fan used magic arrays and the God-Striking Whip against the spirit after it broke his seal, forcing it back into the Ancient Tomb and causing a minor injury.
• The spirit tried to seize the God-Striking Whip and suffered severe soul pain when it touched the artifact.
• The spirit teleported behind Lin Fan and punched him into a neighboring mountain, breaking its peak apart.
• Dao Tianji called out to Feng Wu, who sensed Lin Fan's aura and said he was still alive.

Lin Fan struggled against the thousand-year-old evil spirit, which turned its attention to Daoist Weifeng and threatened him because he was Feng Wuyou’s descendant. Lin Fan’s talisman summoned Feng Wuyou’s spirit body to possess Daoist Weifeng, and she began fighting the evil spirit despite his weak body.

• Lin Fan kept attacking the thousand-year-old evil spirit, but his strength and spiritual power were being worn down.
• The thousand-year-old evil spirit targeted Daoist Weifeng, intending to torment him and turn him into a puppet because of his connection to Feng Wuyou.
• Daoist Weifeng recited Feng Wuyou’s name while holding Lin Fan’s talisman, which burst into flame and summoned her spirit body.
• Feng Wuyou possessed Daoist Weifeng and exchanged a blow with the thousand-year-old evil spirit, but the impact sent him flying.
• The thousand-year-old evil spirit charged again, and Feng Wuyou retreated while controlling Daoist Weifeng’s body.

Lin Fan and Feng Wuyou weakened the Millennium Evil Spirit with a sealing spell and the God-Striking Whip, but it broke free and forced Feng Wuyou out of Daoist Weifeng. As Lin Fan prepared more jade ritual artifacts, Feng Wu told the others that he had not yet used his main arrays, leaving his plan and the battle unresolved.

• Feng Wuyou possessed Daoist Weifeng and helped Lin Fan weaken the Millennium Evil Spirit with a sealing spell while Lin Fan struck it with the God-Striking Whip.
• The Millennium Evil Spirit broke through the seal, struck Daoist Weifeng, and forced Feng Wuyou to leave his body.
• Lin Fan judged that the spirit's strength had fallen below that of a Golden Core Stage cultivator and brought out jade ritual artifacts from System Storage.
• Han Bing told Dao Tianji that help from the higher-ups would take at least three days, and the Young Taoist Acolyte suggested asking the Little Temple Immortal for aid.
• Feng Wu stopped Dao Tianji from seeking help, explaining that Lin Fan had kept his main magic arrays in reserve and had not yet used his full strength.

Lin Fan weakened the Millennium Evil Spirit with spherical self-destructing magical artifacts, but the creature survived and regained the upper hand. As Lin Fan was forced to retreat, Han Bing's group realized that defeating the Millennium Evil Spirit would be difficult.

• Lin Fan continued defending against the weakened Millennium Evil Spirit while using magic arrays to interfere with it.
• Lin Fan threw spherical magical artifacts that exploded around the Millennium Evil Spirit and injured it.
• The Millennium Evil Spirit emerged from the smoke wounded but still powerful, and Lin Fan resumed fighting with the God-Striking Whip.
• Dao Tianji, Feng Wu, and Han Bing's subordinates worried that Lin Fan could not defeat the Millennium Evil Spirit and complained that the higher-ups had not found a Golden Core Stage expert to help.
• The Millennium Evil Spirit attacked Lin Fan relentlessly, forcing him to retreat as he struggled to defend himself.

Lin Fan was trapped by the Millennium Evil Spirit in a divine soul illusion realm, where the spirit regained its full strength and overwhelmed him. Lin Fan fused with the God-Striking Whip and shattered the realm by attacking its nodes, leaving the battle poised to continue outside the illusion.

• The Millennium Evil Spirit cast the Soul Bewitching Method, trapping Lin Fan in a divine soul illusion realm beneath a red barrier.
• Feng Wu explained to Han Bing, Dao Tianji, and the others that entering the barrier would pull them into the illusion, so they could not help Lin Fan.
• The Millennium Evil Spirit attacked Lin Fan's divine soul and sent him crashing through a mountain, but Lin Fan realized the God-Striking Whip could target souls.
• Lin Fan fused with the God-Striking Whip and attacked the illusion realm's nodes instead of the Millennium Evil Spirit, despite the spirit's attempts to evade him.
• The illusion realm collapsed, and the red barrier disappeared.

Lin Fan escaped the Millennium Evil Spirit’s Dark Prison and unleashed the Nine Truths Demon-Subduing Array, leaving the spirit split apart and under a relentless attack. The fight appeared to turn in Lin Fan’s favor as the Millennium Evil Spirit screamed in pain.

• The Millennium Evil Spirit trapped Lin Fan in its Dark Prison, while Dao Tianji tried to rush to his aid and Feng Wu stopped him.
• Lin Fan used the Qi-Observing Technique to find the Dark Prison’s weak points and shattered the cage with the Evil-Warding Sword.
• Lin Fan activated the Nine Truths Demon-Subduing Array, summoning thirty-six golden broadswords over Five Spirits Mountain.
• Lin Fan merged the broadswords into one enormous blade that broke the Millennium Evil Spirit’s barrier and split its body and spirit.
• Lin Fan continued striking the Millennium Evil Spirit with golden broadswords as viewers watched its suffering through the livestream.

Lin Fan used the Nine Truths Demon-Subduing Array and a Daoist soul-delivering chant to weaken the Millennium Evil Spirit, but it burned half its life force to shoot him with a deadly arrow. Though injured, Lin Fan kept the array active as the Millennium Evil Spirit neared destruction.

• Lin Fan activated the Nine Truths Demon-Subduing Array and recited scripture from the Soul-Deliverance Canon, draining the Millennium Evil Spirit's power.
• The Millennium Evil Spirit burned half its life force and fired an arrow of light at Lin Fan, who failed to stop it and let it strike his abdomen.
• Lin Fan swallowed healing pills to counter the arrow's destructive force while Dao Tianji and the others watched, unable to help.
• Lin Fan continued controlling the array despite his injuries, and the Millennium Evil Spirit struggled against its attacks.
• Lin Fan told the Millennium Evil Spirit that its arrogance had given him the chance to destroy it.

Lin Fan killed the Millennium Evil Spirit and received extra system rewards, including five Dust-Reducing Pills. After returning to the others, he vowed to prepare for his own Golden Core breakthrough and help them cultivate as the world’s evil spirits grew stronger.

• The Millennium Evil Spirit begged Lin Fan to spare its life, but Lin Fan refused and continued controlling the Nine Truths Demon-Subduing Array as one Jade Stone Ritual Artifact shattered.
• Lin Fan’s array depleted the Millennium Evil Spirit’s remaining vitality, and after half an hour its aura vanished completely.
• The system awarded Lin Fan 150,000 Heavenly Secrets Points and five Dust-Reducing Pills for killing the Millennium Evil Spirit, including extra rewards for exceeding the mission requirements.
• Daoist Weifeng, Han Bing, and the others joined Lin Fan and confirmed that the Millennium Evil Spirit was gone.
• Lin Fan said he would tailor cultivation plans for his companions, provide their resources, and help them reach Foundation Establishment while he pursued Golden Core within half a month.
• Han Bing’s subordinates and relatives asked Lin Fan for a chance to cultivate under him, and he said anyone with talent would have an opportunity.

Lin Fan restricted access to the Linjiang Wildlife Reserve until the Daoist Assembly ended, then concealed severe injuries from the Millennium Evil Spirit’s attack while he returned to Jiangzhou for treatment. After a day of recovery, he reached the absolute pinnacle of the Extreme Realm, leaving the Golden Core Stage as his only path to further cultivation.

• Lin Fan told the cultivators they could enter the Linjiang Wildlife Reserve after the Daoist Assembly, and told Daoist Weifeng that the Wind Sect’s feud with the Millennium Evil Spirit had ended.
• Lin Fan refused to take Daoist Weifeng’s daughter as a disciple, explaining that Weifeng would receive the Wind Sect’s complete legacy once he reached Foundation Establishment.
• After the livestream ended, Lin Fan coughed up blood and explained that the Millennium Evil Spirit’s arrow had badly damaged his body and soul.
• Lin Fan returned to his Jiangzhou shop, where Xiao Tuantuan treated him while he took healing pills.
• The next day, Lin Fan recovered and reached the absolute pinnacle of the Extreme Realm, while Xiao Tuantuan used restorative pills after treating him.

Lin Fan equipped Han Bing and the others with cultivation manuals, pills, and Enlightenment Cushions at Linjiang Wildlife Reserve, then considered what he needed to improve his odds of reaching the Golden Core Stage. He began a livestream missing-person special to earn Heavenly Secrets Points and helped a mother locate her long-missing son.

• Lin Fan told Dao Tianji he wanted to take his time getting to know Xiao Tuantuan, then left her asleep and went with Han Bing and the others to Linjiang Wildlife Reserve.
• Lin Fan gave Han Bing and the others cultivation manuals, Foundation Establishment Pills, and Enlightenment Cushions, and urged them to cultivate quickly as the world changed.
• Lin Fan calculated that he needed more Heavenly Secrets Points and more resources to improve his chances of achieving Core Formation.
• Lin Fan started a livestream missing-person special and accepted a mother's call about her son, missing for over twenty years.
• Lin Fan told the mother that her son was in Pingzhou, sent her his location, and said he was living well without knowing he had been abducted.

Lin Fan finished a people-finding session, discussed hiring a cook so Xiao Tuantuan could spend more time cultivating, and began taking regular livestream calls. He told eating livestreamer Super Foodie Little Darling that viewers suspected she was being held hostage after she followed a coded plea for help during a broadcast, leaving the truth unresolved.

• Lin Fan spent the morning locating people for viewers, refusing requests that seemed malicious and contacting the police when necessary.
• Xiao Tuantuan served Lin Fan lunch, and he suggested hiring a cook so she and the other cultivators would have more time to cultivate.
• Lin Fan resumed livestream calls and connected with Super Foodie Little Darling, whose recent videos showed her eating bugs and other unpleasant foods.
• Lin Fan recalled that Little Darling had removed her glasses and blinked after viewers asked her to signal if she was being held hostage, before someone took her phone and ended the broadcast.
• Little Darling denied anything was wrong, while viewers debated whether the alleged hostage situation was real or staged.

Lin Fan revealed that Eat All Under Heaven was being held hostage and had repeatedly tried to warn Little Darling, who had mistaken the threats for jokes. The Uncle Cops went to rescue Eat All Under Heaven, and Little Darling was left reassured that she was safe.

• Little Darling admitted that her bizarre mukbang videos were scripted for traffic and money.
• Lin Fan warned Little Darling that her planned mountain outing could put her in danger and revealed that Eat All Under Heaven was being coerced.
• Lin Fan explained that Eat All Under Heaven had repeatedly sent Little Darling warnings and pleas for help, but Little Darling had not recognized them.
• Little Darling learned that Eat All Under Heaven was waiting in a house at the foot of the mountain, and Lin Fan said the Uncle Cops had already gone to handle the situation.
• Little Darling asked whether Eat All Under Heaven would be safe, and Lin Fan reassured her before a comment from Nanzhou Uncle Cop appeared in the livestream.

Lin Fan helped Little Darling avoid being coerced into making dangerous videos, then told her she would lose her savings and be abandoned by those around her. After she accepted the warning and began changing her fate, Lin Fan called Weilin and revealed that he had driven away the person he loved on his birthday.

• Lin Fan warned Little Darling that authorities would crack down on eating streamers who made dangerous videos, prompting her to stop and remove her old content.
• Little Darling asked Lin Fan to reveal her future, and he predicted she would lose all her money through investing and discover that her companions had abandoned her.
• Little Darling accepted her fate and resolved to face future setbacks, while Lin Fan saw that her choices had already begun to change her destiny.
• After a ten-minute break, Lin Fan called Weilin, a twenty-four-year-old designer, and identified him as someone who had driven away the person he loved after receiving a birthday cake.

Lin Fan revealed that Weilin had loved a woman for fifteen years but had stayed silent because he believed she was dating his best friend. He began correcting Weilin’s misunderstanding, explaining that neither Awang nor the woman had said they were a couple.

• Lin Fan told Weilin that he had secretly loved the same woman for fifteen years and had never confessed.
• Weilin explained that he wanted her to be happy and feared confessing would damage his friendship with his best friend.
• Lin Fan revealed that Weilin had recently seen the woman resting her hand against his and that his best friend seemed interested in another girl.
• Weilin asked Lin Fan to stop before the woman’s identity was exposed and she faced online harassment.
• Lin Fan said that Awang had brought the woman to stay with Weilin half a month earlier, but neither Awang nor the woman had called themselves a couple.

Lin Fan revealed that Weilin had misunderstood Awang and the woman he loved, and that she had planned to confess to him at his birthday party. After Weilin accidentally turned her away, Lin Fan told him where she had gone, and Weilin rushed to the seaside to find her.

• Lin Fan explained that Awang and Weilin's longtime crush had never dated, and that the apparent intimacy Weilin saw was caused by misunderstandings and a power outage.
• Lin Fan revealed that Weilin had refused to let her attend his birthday party because he believed Awang was dating her and wanted to spare her from seeing Awang's girlfriend.
• Weilin called Awang and learned that Awang had arranged for him and the woman to meet because she liked Weilin and planned to confess at the party.
• Lin Fan told Weilin that she had gone to the seaside and planned to leave the city, so Weilin rushed to the South Coast.
• Weilin found her on the beach, and she asked why he had come when he was supposed to be holding his birthday party.

Lin Fan helped Weilin confess his love to the woman he had loved for fifteen years, then connected with Confused Xiao Bai, whose fate he could not divine. Xiao Bai revealed that he needed help, and Lin Fan began forcing through the power blocking his divination.

• Weilin confessed his long-hidden love to the woman of his dreams, and she accepted him.
• Lin Fan ended the call after helping Weilin understand his feelings, while Weilin resolved to cherish their relationship.
• Lin Fan connected with Confused Xiao Bai and found that a powerful force prevented him from divining the young man's fate.
• Lin Fan saw that Xiao Bai should have died three months earlier, though a flame of life remained between his brows, and sensed yin energy mixed with righteous energy behind him.
• Xiao Bai asked Lin Fan for help and explained that a force stopped him from telling anyone what had happened.
• Lin Fan used the Heaven-Peering Art to absorb the power of heaven and earth that blocked his divination.

Lin Fan discovered that Bai Xiao had possessed Bai Zhen's body and needed to uncover the truth behind Bai Zhen's death to return to life. He confronted Wang Daoyi, who had given Bai Xiao the task to gain enlightenment and reach the Golden Core Stage, and revealed that Bai Xiao would fail unless Lin Fan's arrival changed the outcome.

• Lin Fan told Bai Xiao that he had awakened in a hospital with no memories, possessed Bai Zhen's body, and had nine days left to discover the cause of Bai Zhen's death.
• Bai Xiao explained that Bai Zhen's suicide note blamed neglect, but Wang Daoyi had rejected that explanation as wrong.
• A vortex opened above Linjiang Wildlife Reserve, and the Nine Truths Demon-Subduing Array attacked the black-robed Wang Daoyi when he appeared.
• Lin Fan met Wang Daoyi privately and learned that Wang Daoyi used souls' realizations to pursue the Golden Core Stage.
• Lin Fan showed Wang Daoyi a vision in which Bai Xiao still failed to understand the truth after nine days, then said Lin Fan's appearance was already part of Bai Xiao's fate.

Lin Fan guided Bai Xiao to reconsider why Bai Zhen had taken his own life, pointing out that Bai Xiao had overlooked important relationships and details. The chapter left Bai Xiao wondering what had happened on Bai Zhen’s final day, when the school held an art exhibition.

• Lin Fan brought Wang Daoyi to watch the livestream and explained that he planned to help Bai Xiao awaken by uncovering the truth.
• Bai Xiao described Bai Zhen’s darkening paintings, family conflict, school ostracism, and rejection as reasons he believed Bai Zhen had taken his own life.
• Lin Fan told Bai Xiao that his account was incomplete and reminded him that Bai Zhen’s childhood friend had regularly visited him.
• Bai Xiao realized he had overlooked the childhood friend and questioned whether he had misunderstood Bai Zhen’s despair.
• Lin Fan explained that Bai Zhen had been close to the Campus Beauty Goddess, then began describing the art exhibition held on Bai Zhen’s last day.

Lin Fan corrected Bai Xiao’s account of Bai Zhen’s past, revealing that Bai Zhen’s older brother had loved him and hidden painful reminders to protect him. He then disclosed that Bai Zhen’s mother’s affair was another reason Bai Zhen took his life, leaving Bai Xiao with more of the truth to uncover.

• Lin Fan explained that Campus Beauty Goddess’s mockery had contributed to Bai Zhen’s despair, but Bai Xiao’s account still contained other mistakes.
• Lin Fan revealed that Bai Zhen’s older brother had treasured him and kept his belongings while trying to shield him from his painful past.
• Bai Xiao realized he had misread his older brother’s actions because he had not tried to understand him through a sincere conversation.
• Bai Xiao asked whether he could still return to life, and Lin Fan said he would not reveal the final answer outright.
• Lin Fan confirmed that Bai Zhen’s father had opposed his painting, then revealed that Bai Zhen had discovered his mother’s affair and that his father already knew about it.

Bai Xiao struggled with emotions from Bai Zhen’s memories and considered giving up his soul so Bai Zhen could live, while Lin Fan urged him to examine whom Bai Zhen had let down and whom he truly liked. Bai Xiao brought a painting to his childhood friend at the school anniversary venue, where he noticed the murals closely resembled his work and she greeted him happily.

• Bai Xiao felt Bai Zhen’s grief and anger, admitted he was beginning to merge with Bai Zhen, and said he would surrender his soul to let Bai Zhen live.
• Lin Fan challenged Bai Xiao to consider whom Bai Zhen had let down and pointed him toward the photo album.
• Bai Xiao revisited the album and wondered whether Bai Zhen had truly loved his childhood friend rather than Campus Beauty Goddess.
• Lin Fan told Bai Xiao to deliver the painting to his childhood friend at the school anniversary celebration and think further afterward.
• Bai Xiao reached the Great Lecture Hall, noticed its murals resembled his painting, and was greeted excitedly by his childhood friend.