Chapter Summaries

Bai Xiao recovered Bai Zhen’s memories and realized they were the same person, understanding how deeply he had wronged his childhood friend, Xiao Jun. Wang Daoyi helped change Bai Zhen’s fate and left him a spirit pill, while Lin Fan explained that Bai Xiao had originally been fated to die three months earlier.

• Bai Xiao recognized Bai Zhen’s memories in his paintings and realized his childhood friend, Xiao Jun, had cared for him for years.
• Lin Fan explained that Bai Xiao and Bai Zhen were one person, and that the mysterious person had guided him to understand life and make amends.
• Wang Daoyi sensed Bai Xiao’s call, left Linjiang Wildlife Reserve, and arrived behind him in the livestream.
• Wang Daoyi called him Bai Zhen, said he had passed, pulled a ball of light from between his brows, and gave him a pill before leaving.
• Lin Fan told Bai Xiao his fate had been changed, and Bai Xiao swallowed the spirit pill as Xiao Jun asked what was happening.

After Bai Xiao reconciled with Xiao Jun and accepted the value of his life, Lin Fan discussed despair and mental hardship with his viewers before fishing at the lake. He then connected with Little Fangirl, congratulated her on her engagement, and reassured her that her current relationship was fulfilling.

• Bai Xiao hugged Xiao Jun and told her she was the most important person in his life, and Xiao Jun embraced him in return.
• Lin Fan explained Bai Zhen's isolation and the hardships that had worsened his depression, then urged viewers to keep living and love themselves.
• Lin Fan told viewers that some psychological struggles came from real-life difficulties, then took a break to fish by the lake.
• Lin Fan caught several large fish and discussed how the lake's creatures might change as they were nourished by spiritual energy.
• Lin Fan connected with Little Fangirl, read her fortunate future, and congratulated her on her recent engagement and upcoming wedding.
• Little Fangirl wondered whether her current love was fulfilling, and Lin Fan assured her it was while warning her not to change how she treated her boyfriend.

Lin Fan explained that Little Fangirl’s father had become a spirit body, but he was not staying by her side. He was down below, and his conversations with people above had occurred through coincidences; spirit bodies usually contacted the living through Dream Conveyance.

• Little Fangirl described how people could hear her father when she pretended to call him, though she could not hear him herself.
• Lin Fan pointed out that Little Fangirl’s mother could not hear her father either, and Little Fangirl wondered whether family members were unable to hear him.
• Lin Fan confirmed that Little Fangirl’s father had become a spirit body but was not by her side.
• Lin Fan said Little Fangirl’s father was down below and that spirit bodies usually contacted people above through Dream Conveyance.

Lin Fan explained that Little Fangirl’s father could speak to each person only once, and agreed to help her meet him through Dream Conveyance. After Little Fangirl and her mother set off for Linjiang Wildlife Reserve, Lin Fan announced a future special session for viewers hoping to meet departed relatives and continued connecting with viewers.

• Lin Fan told Little Fangirl that her father could hear her but could speak to her only once, and that he had planned to use that chance at her wedding.
• Lin Fan agreed to help Little Fangirl meet her father through Dream Conveyance, and invited her to Linjiang Wildlife Reserve.
• Little Fangirl ended the call, picked up her mother, and headed to Linjiang Wildlife Reserve.
• Lin Fan announced a special session for viewers to meet relatives’ spirit bodies and asked Old Daoist to build houses to receive them.
• Lin Fan randomly invited Brother Xiang to connect on the livestream.

Lin Fan connected with photographer and influencer Brother Xiang, discovered that he had secretly recorded clients and blackmailed female influencers, and alerted the police. The police arrested Brother Xiang and began searching for further evidence as Lin Fan warned viewers to choose portrait photographers carefully.

• Brother Xiang connected with Lin Fan but quickly tried to end the call, claiming a client was waiting.
• Lin Fan divined Brother Xiang's crimes and told viewers that police were on their way to arrest him.
• Lin Fan revealed that Brother Xiang had hidden cameras in changing rooms and sold recordings of clients changing clothes.
• Nanzhou's Captain Uncle Cop appeared with Brother Xiang in handcuffs and confirmed that police had found recordings, sales evidence, and compromising photos used to threaten female influencers.
• Lin Fan asked the police to search Brother Xiang's phone, studio, and homes, then advised viewers to choose portrait photographers carefully.

Lin Fan warned volunteer teacher Wang Aixin that someone had drained the Xinglong Mountain Range’s dragon blood, threatening the five villages and their residents. He urged Wang Aixin to persuade the villagers to relocate and left him with the promise that his efforts would earn merit.

• Lin Fan connected with Wang Aixin, a volunteer teacher working in the remote Xinglong Mountain Range.
• Wang Aixin showed viewers the isolated mountains and explained that local children and elderly residents lived there while many young people worked elsewhere.
• Lin Fan identified the mountains as an extraordinary dragon vein and said someone had occupied its lair and drained its dragon blood.
• Lin Fan warned that the mountain range would lose water and vitality, endangering the residents of its five villages.
• Wang Aixin doubted he could persuade the villagers to relocate, and Lin Fan encouraged him to try because each person he persuaded would earn him merit.

Lin Fan told Han Bing that the damaged Xinglong Mountain Range would become a wasteland and that its villagers needed to relocate. After the system assigned him a mission to repair the dragon vein and save them, Lin Fan decided to go with Han Bing and forcibly evacuate the villagers.

• Han Bing told Lin Fan that the higher-ups had asked about relocating the villagers, and Lin Fan explained the mountain range's dragon vein was damaged and its environment would deteriorate.
• Han Bing planned to travel to the Xinglong Mountain Range and work with Wang Aixin to persuade the villagers to move, while Lin Fan warned her that a small earthquake-like disturbance would occur at dusk.
• The system gave Lin Fan a mission to repair the dragon vein and save the villagers, offering 200,000 Heavenly Secrets Points and the Eternal Universe Scripture Codex.
• Lin Fan considered the dangers of repairing the dragon vein, then told Han Bing he would accompany her and proposed forcibly evacuating the villagers.
• Han Bing worried that a forced evacuation would lead to injuries, but Lin Fan assured her no one would resist and returned to the villa to gather supplies.

Lin Fan headed to the Xinglong Mountain Range to investigate its failing Dragon Vein and save the villagers, while arranging for Han Bing to stream his actions. He discovered a powerful cultivator guarding the Dragon Acupoint, and the man recognized Lin Fan’s arrival as an investigation by the higher-ups.

• Lin Fan prepared to evacuate the villagers, while livestream viewers debated whether he should use force and Zhou Xingxing offered thirty million to install temporary base stations.
• Lin Fan asked Han Bing to have a subordinate hold his phone and told her that Foundation Establishment and Golden Core cultivators were involved in the mountain range’s destruction.
• Han Bing warned Lin Fan that a Golden Core cultivator could overpower him, but Lin Fan said they might avoid a fight and planned to use the time after restoring the Dragon Vein to pursue a breakthrough.
• Lin Fan and Han Bing reached the mountain range, where Lin Fan used the Qi-Observing Technique and saw its vitality draining as a powerful expert guarded the Dragon Acupoint.
• A middle-aged man in a cave sensed Lin Fan entering the mountains and told the young people with him that someone had noticed their destruction of the mountain range and sent a powerful investigator.

Lin Fan and Han Bing gathered villagers from five villages in Xinglong Mountain Range to evacuate them before the dragon vein was destroyed. Wang Aixin reported that the village chief had dismissed his warning, leaving the evacuation unresolved.

• Lin Fan sensed the dragon vein being rapidly devoured and told Han Bing that they should evacuate the villagers before confronting the cultivator responsible.
• Han Bing's subordinates arrived and reported that most villagers had refused to leave, so they gathered them in a clearing by offering supplies.
• Lin Fan ordered his group to carry the remaining elderly villagers to the clearing, where everyone from the five villages assembled.
• Wang Aixin told Lin Fan that the village chief had dismissed his warning as alarmist.

Lin Fan tried to persuade the Xinglong Mountain Range villagers to relocate by warning that an earthquake and worsening environmental changes would make the area uninhabitable. After an earthquake confirmed his prediction, the village chiefs asked how he knew the mountains would become a desert.

• Lin Fan stopped the supply distribution, warned the villagers that the mountains would become a desert, and trapped them inside the clearing with a barrier.
• Lin Fan set up an illusion array while the villagers grew increasingly anxious and Wang Aixin questioned whether they would agree to relocate.
• After an hour and a half, an earthquake shook the area for less than a minute, frightening the villagers.
• Lin Fan pointed out that the villagers' rice seedlings were withering and urged them to leave the mountain range.
• The five village chiefs approached Lin Fan and asked how he knew the Xinglong Mountain Range would turn into a desert.

Lin Fan persuaded most of the Xinglong Mountain Range villagers to evacuate while he prepared to repair the damaged dragon vein, but many elderly villagers refused to leave. When they rejected his final warning, Lin Fan activated an Illusion Array and trapped them in an illusion.

• Lin Fan told the five village chiefs that the destroyed dragon vein threatened the Xinglong Mountain Range and asked the villagers to evacuate to Small Town for a month.
• Han Bing arranged for her subordinates, other police officers, and soldiers to escort the villagers who agreed to leave, while two or three hundred elderly villagers stayed behind.
• Lin Fan refused to let the remaining villagers leave the clearing, and Han Bing told him that their relatives were pleading with him through the livestream to bring them out.
• Lin Fan gave the remaining villagers one last chance to leave with an escort, but they continued to refuse.
• Lin Fan formed hand seals and activated the Illusion Array, causing the villagers to fall into an illusion.

Lin Fan evacuated all the villagers from the Xinglong Mountain Range before confronting Fire Fox Daoist, who was draining the mountain’s dragon vein on his master’s orders. Fire Fox Daoist refused to stop, and the chapter ended with their conflict poised to escalate.

• Lin Fan used his array to put the villagers to sleep, arranged for helicopters to evacuate them, and confirmed that every village was empty.
• After the evacuation, Lin Fan had the cops and soldiers withdraw while remaining guards blocked anyone from entering the mountain range.
• Lin Fan reached the dragon’s lair with Han Bing and confronted Fire Fox Daoist, arguing that draining the entire dragon vein went too far.
• Coiled Dragon recognized Fire Fox Daoist and warned the livestream viewers that the Daoist was powerful and had a Golden Core master behind him.
• Fire Fox Daoist admitted that his master had placed something in the dragon’s lair and ordered it to absorb the entire dragon vein’s power.

Lin Fan confronted Fire Fox Daoist, who was draining a dragon vein to mature a spirit herb for his powerful master, Venerable Lianhua. Despite Han Bing warning him about the danger, Lin Fan refused to back down and planned to seize the herb and use the opportunity to reach the Golden Core Stage.

• Han Bing learned that Fire Fox Daoist was a Foundation Establishment cultivator backed by Venerable Lianhua, a Middle Golden Core Stage cultivator, and urged Lin Fan to withdraw.
• Fire Fox Daoist insisted his master could take the dragon vein’s power and threatened Lin Fan when he demanded an apology for forcing the villagers from their homes.
• Lin Fan revealed that a spirit herb in the Dragon Acupoint was absorbing the dragon vein’s power so Venerable Lianhua could use it to reach the Late Golden Core Stage.
• Han Bing and her subordinates warned Lin Fan against provoking a Golden Core Stage cultivator, but Lin Fan said he would take a gamble and seize what was inside the Dragon Acupoint.

Lin Fan confronted Fire Fox Daoist over the spirit herb absorbing the Dragon Vein, then fought him after Fire Fox refused to move it. Their strengths were closely matched, and the chapter left them battling in the air away from the Dragon Acupoint.

• Lin Fan offered to let Fire Fox Daoist take the spirit herb if he would allow the Dragon Vein to be restored, but Fire Fox refused to interrupt the herb’s growth.
• The higher-ups urged Han Bing to resolve the dispute, while Coiled Dragon said he could not reach his sect’s powerful elders or get to Yunzhou in time to help.
• Fire Fox Daoist learned that Lin Fan did not work for the higher-ups and challenged him when Lin tried to enter the cave.
• Lin Fan told Han Bing and the others to stay near the Dragon Acupoint, then moved the fight away from it with Fire Fox Daoist.
• Lin Fan and Fire Fox Daoist exchanged attacks in midair, with Lin Fan wielding the God-Striking Whip as their battle continued.

Lin Fan and Fire Fox Daoist fought to a standstill while a spirit herb drained the dragon vein Lin Fan needed to repair. Lin Fan devised a way to pressure Fire Fox Daoist by trading injuries, and Fire Fox Daoist was forced to retreat as their battle continued.

• Lin Fan and Fire Fox Daoist exchanged powerful attacks, while observers struggled to follow their movements.
• Lin Fan realized the fight was consuming time as the spirit herb absorbed the dragon vein’s essence, but he could not find a clear way to defeat Fire Fox Daoist.
• After half an hour, both fighters paused on separate hilltops, then resumed their duel with spells, including Lin Fan’s water dragon against Fire Fox Daoist’s flames.
• Lin Fan decided to trade injuries to exhaust Fire Fox Daoist, advancing with the Pure Yang Magical Sword and God-Striking Whip instead of dodging.
• Fire Fox Daoist abandoned an attack and retreated, recognizing that blocking Lin Fan would leave him vulnerable, while Lin Fan swallowed spirit pills and pressed him to stop dodging.

Lin Fan used his abundant pills to outlast Fire Fox Daoist in a battle of attrition, eventually overwhelming him with a soul-striking attack. Fire Fox Daoist’s disciples summoned his middle Golden Core stage master, but Lin Fan refused to flee and prepared to face him.

• Lin Fan and Fire Fox Daoist traded injuries, with Lin Fan secretly converting the blue flames in his wound into spiritual power.
• Fire Fox Daoist healed himself with a medicinal herb and attacked again, while Lin Fan repeatedly replenished his health and spiritual power with pills.
• After an hour of fighting, Fire Fox Daoist ran out of his stored remedies as Lin Fan continued to replenish himself.
• Lin Fan struck Fire Fox Daoist’s soul with the God-Striking Whip, leaving him unable to defend himself.
• Fire Fox Daoist’s disciples sent a talisman bird to summon his master, and Lin Fan said he would stay to face the middle Golden Core stage cultivator.

Lin Fan drove Fire Fox Daoist away from the Dragon Acupoint and discovered a Nine-Spirit Blood Lotus inside. The system offered the Myriad Medicine Codex as a reward for changing the lotus’s state.

• Fire Fox Daoist consumed his disciples’ Spirit Pills and spirit herbs, recovered some strength, and focused on defending the Dragon Acupoint.
• Lin Fan realized he could bypass Fire Fox Daoist, struck him with the God-Striking Whip, and sent his disciples flying when they tried to block the entrance.
• Lin Fan struck Fire Fox Daoist with the Pure Yang Magical Sword, leaving him too injured to stop Lin Fan from entering the Dragon Acupoint.
• Lin Fan found an immature Nine-Spirit Blood Lotus and considered whether to take it or leave it to repair the dragon vein.
• The system announced a mission to change the Nine-Spirit Blood Lotus’s state, with the Myriad Medicine Codex as its reward.

Lin Fan transformed the Nine-Spirit Blood Lotus and emerged from the Dragon Acupoint to face Venerable Lianhua, who wanted revenge for the stolen spirit herb. He told her she would not kill him, while Fire Fox Daoist and his disciples urged her to attack.

• Lin Fan learned that he could change the immature Nine-Spirit Blood Lotus by infusing it with the power of an ice-and-snow dragon vein and storing it in System Storage.
• Venerable Lianhua arrived at Xinglong Mountain Range, healed Fire Fox Daoist, and discovered that Lin Fan had taken the Nine-Spirit Blood Lotus.
• Fire Fox Daoist's disciples accused Lin Fan of injuring them and tried to provoke Venerable Lianhua, who silently watched the Dragon Acupoint.
• Lin Fan sensed Venerable Lianhua waiting outside, abandoned his plan to return and cultivate, and walked out to meet her.
• Venerable Lianhua questioned Lin Fan's calmness, and Lin Fan said he knew she wanted to kill him but believed she would not do so.
• Fire Fox Daoist and his disciples angrily urged Venerable Lianhua to teach Lin Fan a lesson.

Lin Fan used the Nine-Spirit Blood Lotus and his storage space to stop Venerable Lianhua from killing him, then offered to help her break through if she restored the dragon vein. Venerable Lianhua agreed to hear him out, but remained uncertain whether he could produce a Nine-Spirit Snow Lotus.

• Han Bing pleaded with Venerable Lianhua to spare Lin Fan, but Venerable Lianhua grabbed Han Bing by the throat and threatened to kill her.
• Lin Fan revealed the Nine-Spirit Blood Lotus, then hid it in System Storage and explained that Venerable Lianhua could not obtain it if she killed him.
• Venerable Lianhua threatened to torture Lin Fan, but he challenged her and pointed out that she had little time left to break through.
• Lin Fan served Venerable Lianhua Enlightenment Tea and offered to give her a Nine-Spirit Snow Lotus within a year if she restored the dragon vein.
• Venerable Lianhua questioned whether Lin Fan could produce a mature Nine-Spirit Snow Lotus, and Lin Fan told her he had his own way.

Lin Fan negotiated with Venerable Lianhua to deliver her a mature Nine-Spirit Snow Lotus within a month, while securing her help restoring the damaged Dragon Vein. He prepared to teach her the Dragon-Nourishing Art and direct her to place magical artifacts at key nodes.

• Lin Fan negotiated Venerable Lianhua down from a year to a one-month deadline for the Nine-Spirit Snow Lotus.
• Fire Fox Daoist reminded Lin Fan that the Daoist Assembly was approaching, and Lin Fan and Venerable Lianhua agreed she could collect the lotus at the venue if it was not ready beforehand.
• Venerable Lianhua agreed to the terms and left, but Lin Fan reminded her that she had also promised to help repair the Dragon Vein.
• Venerable Lianhua said she did not know how to repair a Dragon Vein, so Lin Fan offered to teach her the Dragon-Nourishing Art and show her where to bury magical artifacts.