Chapter Summaries

Lin Fan entered the Eight Trigrams Formation with Dao Tianji and quickly identified how to break it, while strange weather and lightning struck around the formation. The village chief recalled that Master Qiulong had died there after being struck by lightning, leaving viewers worried about Lin Fan’s fate.

• Lin Fan entered the Eight Trigrams Formation, and Dao Tianji followed him despite warning him not to be rash.
• Lin Fan used his Qi-Observing Technique to determine the formation’s layout and explained the steps that would break it, while Dao Tianji struggled to find the Life Gate.
• Dark clouds, heavy rain, and lightning surrounded Eight Trigrams Village, though viewers elsewhere in Pingzhou reported clear weather.
• The village chief recalled that Master Qiulong had challenged the formation when he was young and died after lightning struck him.
• A livestream viewer named Coiled Dragon revealed that Master Qiulong had been his grandmaster.

Lin Fan used Peace Talismans to protect Dao Tianji from Heavenly Thunder in the Eight Trigrams Formation, then navigated them safely through its altered gates. They emerged alive, astonishing the villagers and livestream viewers.

• Coiled Dragon left a Daoist temple and headed toward Jiangzhou, eager to spar with Lin Fan.
• Lin Fan noticed Dao Tianji still showed signs of a bloody calamity and gave him ten Peace Talismans before guiding him through the formation.
• As they neared the Life Gate, the Life and Death Gates overlapped, and azure lightning struck toward Dao Tianji despite Lin Fan pushing him aside.
• Lin Fan used more Peace Talismans to shield them from the Heavenly Thunder, which consumed the talismans and improved Dao Tianji's fortune signs.
• Lin Fan identified the altered gate positions and carefully led Dao Tianji through the formation until they emerged safely, leaving the villagers and viewers amazed.

Lin Fan and Dao Tianji reached an auspicious burial site in Eight Trigrams Village and began preparing the Ma Family ancestor’s grave. As bloody water seeped from the coffin and their flags could barely suppress its baleful energy, Dao Tianji drew a talisman on the lid.

• Lin Fan told Xiao Tuantuan’s viewers that the lightning strikes had been an illusion, though they suspected his Peace Talismans had protected him and Dao Tianji.
• After breaking through the Eight Trigrams Formation, Lin Fan asked the village chief for land, and the chief offered them two plots; Lin Fan accepted one.
• Lin Fan and Dao Tianji carried the coffin to Dao Tianji’s chosen site, where Lin Fan praised the hill’s Feng Shui, and Master Yun admitted their skill surpassed his own.
• Lin Fan, Dao Tianji, Ma Jin, and the others began digging the grave, but bloody water started seeping through a crack in the coffin lid.
• Dao Tianji planted baleful-suppressing flags around the coffin, found they were barely helping, and drew a talisman on the lid.

Lin Fan used the Soul-Deliverance Canon to dispel the baleful qi around Ma Jin's ancestor and explained that the lifelike corpse everyone saw was an illusion. After the remains were reburied in a grave the old village chief had reserved, Lin Fan predicted that Ma Jin's sick children would recover and his company's stock would rise.

• Lin Fan recited the Soul-Deliverance Canon, weakening the baleful qi until only a skeleton remained in the coffin.
• Lin Fan explained that the lifelike old man had been an illusion caused by the baleful qi, and Xiao Tuantuan's livestream comments convinced Ma Jin and the others.
• Lin Fan warned that baleful qi still remained in the bones, so Ma Jin's group continued digging a grave to rebury the ancestor.
• The old village chief told the villagers that the grave had been reserved for his own burial and reminded them to show Lin Fan and Dao Tianji the village's ancient books after the burial.
• Dao Tianji lowered the coffin into the grave, and Lin Fan sensed spiritual energy converging there before predicting that Ma Jin's sick children would recover within three days and his company's stock would rise the next day.

Lin Fan helped Ma Jin relocate the Ma Family ancestral grave to the auspicious site the old village chief had reserved, and Ma Jin promised support to Eight Trigrams Village in return. After the villagers asked Lin Fan to read their fortunes, he agreed and said he was not afraid of revealing heavenly secrets.

• Ma Jin offered Lin Fan and Dao Tianji company shares, but Lin Fan asked for jade instead and urged Ma Jin to build good relations with Eight Trigrams Village.
• Lin Fan revealed that the grave site had originally been reserved for the old village chief, and he told Ma Jin and Ma Xian that they owed the village chief a life-saving debt.
• Ma Jin and Ma Xian knelt to thank the old village chief, and Ma Jin promised the Ma Family would help villagers who faced trouble away from home.
• The old village chief asked Lin Fan to read the villagers' fortunes, and Lin Fan agreed despite Dao Tianji's concern about revealing heavenly secrets.

Lin Fan told Wang Dagou that his grandson Wang Yun’s hunting of a pregnant white fox had brought resentful qi upon Wang Yun’s wife and caused her miscarriages. The chapter ended after Wang Yun’s wife arrived and dismissed the warning about the little white fox she had eaten.

• The villagers gathered in the Ancestral Hall, where Wang Dagou asked Lin Fan when his family would have a grandson.
• Lin Fan revealed that Wang Dagou’s grandson and his wife had suffered three miscarriages, and blamed Wang Yun’s past wrongdoing.
• Wang Yun admitted that he had killed a white fox, but Lin Fan said he had killed a pregnant fox that begged for mercy and fed its unborn cub to his wife.
• Lin Fan explained that the dead fox’s resentful qi had gathered on Wang Yun’s wife and called for her to come to the Ancestral Hall.
• Wang Yun’s wife arrived and laughed off Lin Fan’s warning, saying she had only eaten a little white fox.

Lin Fan exposed how the white fox's resentment had affected Wang Yun's wife, removed it, and told Wang Yun to rescue and treat three white foxes within a year. After uncovering Wang Yun's past relationships, Lin Fan reassured Wang Dagou about his granddaughter-in-law's chances of having children and continued reading fortunes for the villagers.

• Lin Fan confronted Wang Yun's wife about secretly eating live chickens, and Wang Yun showed a video confirming it.
• Lin Fan saw a blood-colored white fox clinging to the woman's stomach and dispersed it, explaining that the white fox's resentment had left her unable to have children.
• Lin Fan told Wang Yun to rescue and treat three white foxes within a year to clear the resentment from his family, and Wang Yun agreed.
• Lin Fan revealed Wang Yun had had three girlfriends and still remembered his first love, prompting Wang Yun's wife to drag him out of the Ancestral Hall.
• Lin Fan reassured Wang Dagou that his granddaughter-in-law could have children and advised the family to do more good deeds.
• Lin Fan resumed fortune-telling for the villagers, answering questions about careers and health.

Lin Fan investigated Chen Sanwa’s role in the deaths of the Wu Family’s three girls and declared that Chen Sanwa was not the murderer, though he had failed to protect them. He revealed that someone had lured Chen Sanwa away before killing the girls, but could only divine the name Wu Gong, leaving the villagers to identify the lead.

• The villagers tried to drive Chen Sanwa from the Ancestral Hall because they believed he had killed the Wu Family’s three girls ten years earlier.
• Lin Fan summoned Chen Sanwa and asked about the accusations; Chen Sanwa insisted he was innocent and asked Lin Fan to find the real killer.
• Lin Fan said Chen Sanwa had failed to look after the girls, but someone had lured him away before sexually assaulting two girls and killing all three.
• The old village chief said the other villagers had alibis, and many villagers doubted Lin Fan’s account.
• Lin Fan used the Heaven-Peering Art and divined the name Wu Gong as his only lead.

Lin Fan accused Old Man Wu of murdering more than thirty little girls, including the three Wu Family girls, but the villagers rejected his claim and demanded evidence. Lin Fan said the evidence was on Old Man Wu’s deceased mother, leaving the villagers furious and Old Man Wu increasingly nervous.

• Lin Fan divined Old Man Wu’s past and revealed that he had killed more than thirty little girls, including the three Wu Family girls.
• Old Man Wu denied the accusation, while villagers and the livestream viewers defended him as an honest man and questioned Lin Fan’s judgment.
• Lin Fan told the villagers that Old Man Wu had targeted children in the city and asked whether he had gone to Jiangzhou last October.
• Lin Fan said Old Man Wu’s elderly mother could not verify his alibi because she had died long ago, and Dao Tianji asked whether Lin Fan was certain of the accusation.
• Lin Fan claimed he had evidence and explained that Old Man Wu’s mother held it, prompting the villagers to demand that he leave and leaving Old Man Wu nervous.

Lin Fan said the evidence proving Old Man Wu had murdered more than thirty children was hidden in his mother's grave, but the villagers rejected his accusation and tried to drive him out. After knocking the villagers down with spiritual energy, Lin Fan vowed to stake his life on the grave containing evidence and went to dig it up, while Old Man Wu pleaded with the village chief to stop him.

• Lin Fan explained that Old Man Wu had moved evidence from a cellar into his mother's grave, and villagers recalled that Old Man Wu had insisted on preparing the grave alone.
• Old Man Wu pretended to grieve and accused Lin Fan of framing him, while the villagers defended him and surrounded Lin Fan.
• Lin Fan used spiritual energy to knock the surrounding villagers to the ground and then vowed to stop fortune-telling and kneel at the grave for life if no evidence was found.
• Lin Fan told the villagers that Old Man Wu had killed more than thirty people, including children, and said he would find the grave without Old Man Wu's help.
• Lin Fan left the Ancestral Hall and told Ma Jin and the others to bring tools, while Old Man Wu begged the village chief to prevent the grave from being dug up.
• The old village chief said Lin Fan deserved a chance because he was willing to stake his life on the claim.

Lin Fan exposed Old Man Wu’s attempt to flee and led the villagers to his mother’s grave to search for evidence. At the grave, he pointed out freshly disturbed soil, leaving the villagers poised to uncover what Old Man Wu had hidden.

• Old Man Wu tried to stop Lin Fan from digging up his mother’s grave, but Lin Fan called the police and the Village Chief agreed to let the search proceed.
• Old Man Wu slipped away toward the village entrance, where the Young Taoist Acolyte blocked him and broke his leg when he attacked.
• Lin Fan revealed that he and the Village Chief had staged the trip up the mountain to test whether Old Man Wu would flee.
• Old Man Wu claimed he had only gone to fetch a hunting rifle, but the villagers stopped defending him and allowed Lin Fan to dig up the grave.
• Lin Fan led the guarded Old Man Wu and the villagers to the grave, where he pointed out that its soil was fresh and had recently been disturbed.

Lin Fan exposed Old Man Wu as the murderer by uncovering the Wu Family girls’ belongings hidden beneath his mother’s coffin, while Old Man Wu fled over a cliff. Chen Sanwa was cleared of the murders, though Lin Fan said his past suffering had also served as atonement for leaving the girls alone.

• Lin Fan insisted the villagers dig up the grave, and Old Man Wu tried to stop them by claiming he was being framed.
• When the villagers lifted the coffin, Old Man Wu knocked down the young Taoist boy and jumped off a cliff to escape; Lin Fan directed the police to stake out Hongren Bridge.
• The villagers opened the wooden box beneath the coffin and found the three girls’ butterfly hair clips and other toys, confirming Old Man Wu’s guilt and clearing Chen Sanwa.
• The villagers apologized to Chen Sanwa for ostracizing him, and he thanked Lin Fan for revealing the truth.
• Lin Fan told Chen Sanwa that leaving the girls alone had made him partly responsible, and that his years of suffering counted as atonement.

Lin Fan exposed Old Man Wu as a serial killer and helped the police secure evidence, then refused the villagers’ offer to build him a living shrine until his cultivation was strong enough. After returning to the Ma Family estate, he reassured Dao Tianji that they were family.

• Lin Fan told Chen Sanwa he understood his remorse, while viewers recognized items from victims among the evidence in Old Man Wu’s chest.
• Xiao Tuantuan reported that police had caught Old Man Wu at Hongren Bridge, and Lin Fan warned everyone not to disturb the evidence before officers took it away.
• Lin Fan explained that Old Man Wu had killed the three Wu Family girls to satisfy his murderous urges and had stayed undiscovered partly because of the village’s favorable feng shui.
• The village chief proposed a golden statue and living shrine for Lin Fan, but Lin Fan said it could harm him before he reached Foundation Establishment.
• After sharing a meal, Lin Fan left Eight Trigrams Village with Ma Jin and the others and returned to the Ma Family estate.
• Dao Tianji thanked Lin Fan for his help, and Lin Fan told him that, with his master gone, Dao Tianji was the person closest to him.

Lin Fan agreed to travel with Dao Tianji to Ruzhou to inspect Pang Bing’s tomb, while Dao Tianji urged him to consider attending the upcoming Daoist Assembly. The next morning, Ma Jin’s fortunes improved after the grave relocation, and he invited Lin Fan to visit the jade market.

• Lin Fan told Dao Tianji about his plan to visit Pang Bing’s tomb in Ruzhou and search for the Seven Rare Treasures, and Dao Tianji agreed to go with him.
• Dao Tianji told Lin Fan about the once-a-decade Daoist Assembly and advised him to attend if invited, but Lin Fan said his master had warned him away from it.
• The next morning, Ma Xian reported that Ma Jin’s company and relatives were recovering after the grave relocation, and Ma Jin learned that a building had been bought in Lin Fan’s name.
• Ma Jin invited Lin Fan to the jade market and asked Ma Xian and Ma Li to take him, while Lin Fan looked forward to finding good jade for magical artifacts.
• Xiao Tuantuan came downstairs still sleepy as the group prepared for the day.

Lin Fan visited Pingzhou's jade market with Xiao Tuantuan and used his Qi-Observing Technique to select rough stones rich in spiritual energy. He discovered a Spirit-Gathering Stone and, after agreeing to buy it for sixty million, told its seller, Pockmarked Wang, that he had only three months left to live.

• Lin Fan took Xiao Tuantuan to Pingzhou's jade market and chose twenty-three rough stones without inspecting them by conventional methods.
• Ma Xian worried that Lin Fan was being tricked into overpaying, while Lin Fan explained that he judged the stones differently.
• Lin Fan found a massive rough stone that contained a Spirit-Gathering Stone, which could be used to set up a high-grade Spirit-Gathering Array.
• Pockmarked Wang demanded sixty million for the stone, and Lin Fan agreed to buy it.
• Lin Fan told Pockmarked Wang that he had three months left to live, leaving the seller and nearby onlookers shocked.

Lin Fan bought Pockmarked Wang’s Spirit-Gathering Stone and revealed that selling it had ended Wang’s sixteen years of good luck, leaving him with three months to live. Lin Fan changed Wang’s fate so he could survive, but warned that he would endure sixteen years of bad luck, and then continued shopping with Ma Xian.

• Lin Fan offered Pockmarked Wang sixty million for a rough stone and had Ma Xian pay for it.
• Ma Xian identified Lin Fan as Master Lin, and the onlookers warned Pockmarked Wang that Lin Fan’s fortune-telling was accurate.
• Pockmarked Wang begged Lin Fan to save him, and Lin Fan explained that selling the stone had used up his good luck.
• Lin Fan warned Pockmarked Wang that removing his facial pockmarks could kill him because his exhausted doctor might make a mistake, and Wang canceled the appointment.
• Lin Fan said Wang would survive but face sixteen years of bad luck, refused to take back the sixty million, and left with Ma Xian to keep looking around.

Lin Fan bought jade in Pingzhou, accepted the Ma Family’s shares for relocating their graves, and traveled to Ruzhou. During a livestream fortune-telling call, he told Chen Jiji that the woman he loved was not actually his girlfriend, leaving Chen Jiji protesting that he had supported her through university and believed they would be together after she graduated.

• Lin Fan told Ma Xian that the sixty-million-yuan rough stone was worth buying and said he would explain its value during a livestream.
• Lin Fan returned to the Ma Family’s home, accepted the shares for relocating the graves, and prepared to travel to Ruzhou with Dao Tianji and the others.
• During the car ride, Lin Fan borrowed Xiao Tuantuan’s livestream phone and randomly selected Mecha King, whose real name was Chen Jiji.
• Lin Fan divined that Chen Jiji wanted to know when the woman he loved would return, and learned that they had kept in touch through letters.
• Lin Fan told Chen Jiji that the woman was not his girlfriend because they had never made their relationship official.
• Chen Jiji insisted that he had supported her through university and believed her letters and lack of rejection meant they would be together after she graduated.

Lin Fan exposed that Xiaoxue had accepted Chen Jiji’s support through university while keeping their relationship ambiguous, and Chen learned she had a boyfriend and had repaid the money. The livestream viewers argued over whether Xiaoxue had wronged him, and Lin insisted that she had never rejected Chen Jiji.

• Lin Fan told Chen Jiji that Xiaoxue had a boyfriend and had treated him as a backup, despite their childhood friendship and intimate messages.
• Lin Fan explained that Chen had supported Xiaoxue through university because her parents favored her brother and refused to pay for her education.
• Lin Fan revealed that Xiaoxue had begun sending her family more than forty thousand yuan three months earlier, matching the amount Chen had given her.
• Chen confronted Xiaoxue’s father, learned she had a boyfriend, and received a paper bag containing the money she owed him.
• Chen broke down over realizing their relationship had been one-sided, while Xiaoxue’s father said she had regarded Chen as a good person.
• Livestream viewers argued about Xiaoxue’s choices, and Lin countered that repaying the money did not erase her failure to reject Chen’s feelings.

Lin Fan told Chen Jiji that Xiaoxue had wronged him and revealed the difficult future awaiting her after she left him. Chen Jiji asked whether they would reunite, while Lin Fan explained that knowing a fate could change it but would not necessarily avert hardship.

• Lin Fan urged Chen Jiji not to harm himself and explained that Xiaoxue had knowingly accepted his support while giving him hope of a future together.
• Lin Fan predicted that Xiaoxue would be abandoned by two boyfriends, suffer domestic abuse, and raise two children alone before returning to Chen Jiji after three years.
• Xiaoxue's father questioned Lin Fan's prediction, and Lin Fan said revealing her fate had already changed it slightly, though it might leave her worse off.
• Lin Fan explained that changing fate was difficult and that avoiding one danger could lead to another.
• Chen Jiji asked whether he and Xiaoxue would reunite and whether he would raise her children, while Xiaoxue's father admitted he hoped they would marry.

Lin Fan helped Chen Jiji change his fate by revealing that Xiaoxue would leave him and later return with two children, prompting him to reject her. As Lin Fan traveled toward Ruzhou, he decided to connect with another streamer, hoping to attract viewers like he had when he exposed the Pingyang Internet Addiction Center.

• Lin Fan told Chen Jiji that Xiaoxue would leave him for wealthy men and return five years later with two children.
• Chen Jiji chose to stop loving Xiaoxue and asked her father to tell her she could never repay what she owed him.
• Lin Fan said Chen Jiji would meet the most important person in his life after rejecting Xiaoxue, but refused to change Xiaoxue's fate.
• Lin Fan answered viewers who accused him of lacking compassion by saying he had no way to change Xiaoxue's fate.
• While traveling toward Ruzhou, Lin Fan tried to divine the Seven Rare Treasures in Pang Bing's tomb but found their details obscured.
• Lin Fan agreed to connect with another streamer after viewers recalled the popularity of his livestream with Huang Guoguo.