Chapter Summaries

Lin Yu warned Ren Tingting that Grand Master Ren would become dangerous if he was not cremated, while Uncle Nine’s group discovered signs that the corpse was about to rise. As Uncle Nine prepared to deal with it, Lin Yu secretly looked forward to earning points from the coming fight.

• Lin Yu gave Ren Tingting a talisman after warning her about the danger posed by Grand Master Ren, then left with Uncle Nine while Wen Cai and Qiu Sheng stayed to burn incense at the graves.
• Dong Xiaoyu targeted Qiu Sheng, and he and Wen Cai fled back to the mortuary; Uncle Nine later saw that the incense had burned two sticks short and one long, signaling danger to the Ren family.
• Wen Cai and Qiu Sheng competed to persuade Uncle Nine to save Ren Tingting, and Lin Yu reminded Wen Cai that a corpse unchanged for twenty years was suspicious.
• Wen Cai and Qiu Sheng opened the coffin and exposed Grand Master Ren to moonlight, prompting Uncle Nine to order them to close it and fetch supplies for a ritual.
• Uncle Nine warned Lin Yu not to touch the coffin, but Lin Yu eagerly anticipated the points he might gain when Grand Master Ren rose.

Lin Yu helped prepare Grand Master Ren’s coffin, secretly weakening the zombie with glutinous rice while making sure it could still escape. After Wen Cai accidentally hit Uncle Nine during a prank with Qiu Sheng, Lin Yu agreed to help Wen Cai avoid his master’s anger.

• Uncle Nine instructed Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai to coat Grand Master Ren’s coffin with enchanted ink, while Lin Yu watched them work.
• Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai tried to trick Lin Yu with the ink line, but Lin Yu dodged and Wen Cai was struck instead.
• After the others left, Lin Yu opened the coffin, sprinkled glutinous rice on Grand Master Ren, and weakened the corpse further while leaving the corroded bottom unsealed.
• Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai roughhoused outside the funeral home, and Wen Cai accidentally hit Uncle Nine; Qiu Sheng fled on his bicycle.
• Lin Yu found Wen Cai alone, learned he had hit Uncle Nine, and told him to hide in his room while Lin Yu handled the situation.

Lin Yu gave Uncle Nine a healing talisman, while Dong Xiaoyu failed to ride home with Qiu Sheng. At the Ren residence, A Wei tried to pursue Tingting, but she preferred Lin Yu’s company and kept interrupting A Wei.

• Lin Yu gave Uncle Nine a newly created Healing Talisman, easing his headache and calming his anger.
• Dong Xiaoyu leaped onto Qiu Sheng’s bicycle, but a crooked tree knocked her off near an Earth God temple, and she vanished in fright.
• Grand Master Ren tried to escape his coffin but burned his hand on the inked carpenter’s line, and Uncle Nine investigated the noise before returning to bed.
• At the Ren residence, A Wei questioned Ren Fa about Tingting’s marriage, but Ren Fa avoided answering and went upstairs with Uncle Nine.
• A Wei shoved Lin Yu away from Tingting, and Wen Cai and Qiu Sheng secretly plucked out a strand of A Wei’s hair before leaving for the garden.
• Tingting invited Lin Yu to eat pastries and stopped A Wei from confessing his feelings by stuffing a pastry into his mouth.

Lin Yu and his senior brothers played a prank on A Wei, then Lin Yu fed glutinous rice to the corpse of Old Master Ren. After realizing the corpse might rise that night, Lin Yu gathered talismans and prepared for it.

• Wen Cai and Qiu Sheng used A Wei's hair and a talisman to make him slap himself, while Lin Yu eventually stopped them from humiliating him further.
• Lin Yu helped Wen Cai expel the talisman, and Uncle Nine scolded the three disciples before sending Wen Cai and Qiu Sheng to practice fist techniques.
• Lin Yu visited Grand Master Ren's coffin and scattered glutinous rice over the corpse, provoking its roars and further corroding the coffin.
• Lin Yu judged that Old Master Ren might emerge that night and returned to his room to prepare.
• Lin Yu checked his stash of Five Thunder Talismans and Fire Talismans, reviewed his points, and decided to save them rather than raise his realm.

Su Xiaoxiao welcomed Xiao Yan into the chat group, where he learned that his life was recorded in a novel and received advice from Zhang Sanfeng. Xiao Yan then confronted Yao Lao about absorbing his Dou Qi and told him he could see the future, but Yao Lao suspected he was mentally ill.

• Su Xiaoxiao invited Xiao Yan to the chat group, and Lin Yu and the other members welcomed him.
• Xiao Yan accused Su Xiaoxiao of being a swindler, then apologized after the group members explained that she had been honest with them.
• Su Xiaoxiao sent Xiao Yan a script of his world and explained the group's functions, while Zhang Sanfeng comforted him about being a fictional character.
• Huang Rong criticized Xiao Yan after seeing a scene from his past, and Su Xiaoxiao stopped the group from arguing about it.
• Xiao Yan confronted Yao Lao over absorbing his Dou Qi and demanded the Flame Mantra.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Lao that he could see the future and described what would happen to them, but Yao Lao privately concluded Xiao Yan was mentally ill.

Lin Yu helped Uncle Nine respond when Ren Weiyong escaped his coffin and attacked the Ren family. Ren Tingting survived his assault thanks to Lin Yu’s Protection Talisman, and Uncle Nine faced Ren Weiyong in the Ren Mansion’s main hall.

• Lin Yu struck Ren Weiyong with an Evil-Dispelling Talisman, forcing him to flee, and gave Uncle Nine Five Thunder Talismans before they pursued him.
• Uncle Nine reached the Ren Mansion and warned Ren Fa to wake Ren Tingting, but Ren Weiyong had already broken into her room.
• Ren Tingting’s Protection Talisman repelled Ren Weiyong, and she escaped to Ren Fa and Uncle Nine.
• Uncle Nine kicked Ren Weiyong from the second floor and jumped down to fight him in the main hall.
• Uncle Nine told Ren Fa and the servants to stay upstairs and avoid letting Ren Weiyong scratch them or suck their blood.

Lin Yu, Uncle Nine, and Wen Cai fought Ren Weiyong after he attacked the Ren Mansion, and Lin Yu ultimately helped destroy him with talismans. The next morning, Ren Fa and Ren Tingting visited Uncle Nine with gifts, while Lin Yu left disappointed that the jiangshi had no corpse core.

• Lin Yu arrived at the Ren Mansion and helped Uncle Nine and Wen Cai stop Ren Weiyong from escaping.
• Lin Yu weakened Ren Weiyong with a lightning talisman, then burned him with an ordinary fire talisman at Uncle Nine's insistence.
• Ren Tingting explained how a feng shui master had harmed the Ren family, and Uncle Nine advised Ren Fa to bury his father's ashes at an auspicious site.
• Lin Yu searched Ren Weiyong's ashes for a corpse core but found none, and Uncle Nine explained that only some mutated jiangshi formed them.
• Ren Fa and Ren Tingting brought a large pile of gifts to the funeral home the next morning.

Ren Fa offered to make Lin Yu his godson, but Uncle Nine refused to protect Lin Yu’s future, and Lin Yu agreed with him. Back in his room, Lin Yu discovered that the chat group had unlocked new owner-only features, while Yao Lao continued preparing for the enemies Xiao Yan had warned him about.

• Ren Fa asked Uncle Nine to let him take Lin Yu as his godson, but Uncle Nine tactfully refused and sent Ren Fa away with his gifts.
• Uncle Nine explained that Ren Fa’s family ties could entangle Lin Yu’s fortunes and karmic virtue, and Lin Yu said he had no intention of accepting.
• Lin Yu gave Qiu Sheng a protective talisman with a Clear Spirit Spell and told him to wear it every day.
• Uncle Nine sent Qiu Sheng and Wen Cai to cultivate, while Lin Yu returned to his room to read and check the chat group.
• The chat group revealed teleportation talismans and new features visible only to Omniscient and Omnipotent, who muted Huang Rong after she called him a privilege dog.
• Yao Lao accepted Xiao Yan’s claim that he had returned from the future and secretly prepared for the enemies Xiao Yan had described.

After the chat group introduced its tier system and new teleportation rules, Lin Yu learned that a female ghost had targeted Qiu Sheng and joined Uncle Nine in searching for him. Lin Yu used his Heavenly Eye to locate Qiu Sheng, and he and Uncle Nine hurried toward him.

• Su Xiaoxiao explained the chat group's tier rankings, teleportation rules, and prohibition on harming other members, while Xiao Yan asked how tiers related to combat strength.
• Lin Yu checked the new Teleportation Talisman but decided he could not afford one, then continued studying while preparing for Dong Xiaoyu's possible arrival.
• Qiu Sheng secretly rode away despite Master forbidding him to return home that month, and Lin Yu warned Uncle Nine that a female ghost had targeted him.
• Lin Yu and Uncle Nine followed Qiu Sheng's route and realized he had become trapped inside a ghost wall.
• Lin Yu opened his Heavenly Eye, found the thread connecting him to Qiu Sheng, and guided Uncle Nine in pursuit.

Qiu Sheng fell under Dong Xiaoyu’s ghostly trap, while Lin Yu’s protection talisman failed to stop him from pursuing her. Uncle Nine intervened just as Dong Xiaoyu revealed her power and escaped his attack in a cloud of smoke.

• Dong Xiaoyu lured Qiu Sheng onto a road where he rode in circles until a talisman helped him escape.
• Dong Xiaoyu controlled a night watchman and staged an assault, prompting Qiu Sheng to knock him unconscious and escort her home.
• Uncle Nine and Lin Yu followed Qiu Sheng, and Lin Yu explained that his Heavenly Eye had detected ghost Qi around his senior brother.
• Dong Xiaoyu’s attack on Qiu Sheng was repelled by Lin Yu’s Protection Talisman, but Qiu Sheng tore it off and threw it away at her urging.
• Uncle Nine charged in with an enchanted copper-coin sword and scolded Qiu Sheng, while Dong Xiaoyu dodged the weapon and vanished behind thick smoke.

Qiu Sheng was bewitched by Dong Xiaoyu and attacked Uncle Nine, but Lin Yu helped expose her and Uncle Nine subdued her. Back at the mortuary, Qiu Sheng apologized and pleaded for Dong Xiaoyu, while Uncle Nine planned to send her to reincarnation.

• Dong Xiaoyu bewitched Qiu Sheng, who mistook Uncle Nine for A Wei and fought him while she tried to escape.
• Lin Yu struck Dong Xiaoyu with an Evil-Dispelling Talisman, and Uncle Nine broke Qiu Sheng’s bewitchment before he and Lin Yu subdued her.
• Uncle Nine trapped Dong Xiaoyu in a gourd after the ghostly illusion shattered and revealed the ruined buildings beneath it.
• Qiu Sheng apologized to Uncle Nine at the mortuary and asked what would happen to Dong Xiaoyu.
• Uncle Nine said he would send Dong Xiaoyu to be reincarnated, while she called Qiu Sheng’s name from inside the gourd.

After Uncle Nine captured Dong Xiaoyu and sent her away until the seventh-month ghost festival, Four Eyes arrived and learned what had happened. The next day, Four Eyes discovered Lin Yu’s extraordinary talent and lamented that Lin Yu was not his disciple.

• Uncle Nine put Dong Xiaoyu in his ghost room and said he would send her to reincarnate when the gates of the underworld opened on the fifteenth of the seventh month.
• Four Eyes arrived with his corpse customers, heard how Qiu Sheng had become involved with Dong Xiaoyu, and laughed until Uncle Nine threatened to kick him out.
• The next day, Uncle Nine thanked Four Eyes for teaching Lin Yu a technique, then told him Lin Yu had invited the Perfected Lord of Pure Source and Wondrous Way.
• Lin Yu listed his abilities, including drawing talismans and nearing the Daoist Realm, leaving Four Eyes dismayed that Lin Yu was not his disciple.
• Uncle Nine asked about Four Eyes's disciple Jia Le and then teased him about Wen Cai and Qiu Sheng.

Lin Yu traveled with Four Eyes as his martial uncle drove a line of walking corpses, after Uncle Nine sent him away to escape Ren Fa’s repeated matchmaking attempts. Their journey ended with Four Eyes injuring himself when he leaned backward beneath a tree and struck a stump.

• Ren Fa repeatedly visited Uncle Nine with gifts and tried to arrange a match between Lin Yu and Ren Tingting, so Uncle Nine sent Lin Yu away with Four Eyes.
• Wen Cai asked Uncle Nine to let him take Lin Yu’s place, but Qiu Sheng explained that Uncle Nine was telling him to stop daydreaming.
• Four Eyes boasted about driving corpses and slipped while showing off, knocking the corpses down as Lin Yu landed safely and helped them up.
• Lin Yu gave a tired walking corpse spiritual power, which made it stand upright again.
• Four Eyes leaned backward to lead the corpses beneath a fallen tree, ignored Lin Yu’s warning to look ahead, and struck his crotch on a stump.

Lin Yu and Four Eyes dealt with a fox spirit that tried to steal one of their corpses, then continued to Four Eyes’ cultivation ground. They arrived at dawn, where Lin Yu judged the site to be excellent feng shui, leaving Four Eyes annoyed by his familiar praise.

• Four Eyes lured the fox spirit into attacking, then repelled her with his Five Emperor Coins.
• Lin Yu used his Heavenly Eye to kill the fleeing fox spirit and recovered a demon core from her corpse.
• Four Eyes and Lin Yu rounded up the scattered corpses and resumed their journey.
• Four Eyes reassured Lin Yu that his cultivation ground was protected by their grandmaster and that the fox spirit likely had no clan.
• At dawn, they reached Four Eyes’ mountain basin, and Lin Yu praised its feng shui, echoing what his master had said before.

Lin Yu watched Four Eyes try out his new commands on the hopping corpses, which led to Four Eyes being beaten when he said “ouch.” After Lin Yu stopped the corpses and gave Four Eyes a healing talisman, Four Eyes asked him for more.

• Four Eyes found Jia Le asleep and set the hopping corpses up to punish him for neglecting his duty.
• Four Eyes commanded the corpses to strike whenever they heard “ouch” and tested the command by smashing a porcelain basin.
• Four Eyes tried to beat Jia Le, but the corpses instead attacked Four Eyes when he said “ouch.”
• Lin Yu used a talisman to stop the corpses, and Jia Le hurried away with one of them to avoid Four Eyes’s anger.
• Lin Yu placed a healing talisman on Four Eyes’s forehead, and Four Eyes asked him for more to treat his aches.

Lin Yu visited Four Eyes and helped him recover after a difficult night, then met the neighboring master and Qingqing. The master noticed Lin Yu's magical power, while Four Eyes proudly praised his talent and resumed bickering with the master.

• Four Eyes rested under Lin Yu's Healing Talismans while Jia Le arranged the corpses, and Four Eyes reflected on his hopes for his disciple.
• Four Eyes led Lin Yu and Jia Le to worship their ancestral master, then explained his unusual incense ritual as a way to aid the God-Invoking Technique.
• Jia Le told Four Eyes that the neighboring master had returned, and Four Eyes complained that the master had not come to visit him.
• The master arrived with Qingqing, and Lin Yu introduced himself while Jia Le greeted Qingqing warmly.
• The master sensed Lin Yu's magical power, and Four Eyes boasted about Lin Yu's talent as the master teased him.

Lin Yu stayed with Four Eyes, Jia Le, the master, and Qingqing, while the two old rivals traded insults and pranks before breakfast. After the meal, Lin Yu asked for a place to sleep and a study, hoping to pass the next few days quietly and possibly prevent Chin Hok’s death.

• The master introduced Qingqing to Four Eyes, Lin Yu, and Jia Le, while Qingqing and Jia Le acted awkwardly around each other.
• Jia Le and Lin Yu led Qingqing away as Four Eyes and the master resumed their rivalry, wrestling over the tea table until they exhausted themselves.
• Four Eyes used a Healing Talisman on his sore backside, then behaved politely through breakfast because Lin Yu was watching.
• Four Eyes scolded Jia Le after the meal, and Lin Yu discussed sleeping arrangements before agreeing to use the guest room.
• Lin Yu asked to read in a study and thought he might be able to save Chin Hok; Four Eyes led him to a room and opened the door.

Lin Yu learned the Heaven and Earth Spirit Imbuing Technique and used it to enchant a bagua mirror, which incinerated one of Four Eyes' corpse customers. Lin Yu and Jia Le fled to their master's house to hide from Four Eyes' anger.

• Lin Yu found and fully comprehended the Heaven and Earth Spirit Imbuing Technique in Four Eyes' dusty study.
• Lin Yu drew on the sun's power to enchant a bagua mirror, but saw no apparent change.
• Lin Yu tested the mirror on a corpse, and it erupted in golden light, reducing the corpse to ash.
• Jia Le helped Lin Yu sweep up the ash, but Four Eyes discovered it and angrily shouted about his customer.
• Jia Le and Lin Yu escaped to the master's house, where Jia Le explained what had happened and the master told them to apologize once Four Eyes had calmed down.

Lin Yu and Jia Le returned to Four Eyes to apologize after Lin Yu's spell destroyed one of his customers. Four Eyes forgave them, explained why Lin Yu's spirit-imbued Bagua mirror showed no outward glow, and Lin Yu advanced toward the Dharma Master realm by cultivating at Four Eyes' home.

• Four Eyes threatened Jia Le and Lin Yu with a club, but the Grandmaster and Qingqing stopped him from entering the house.
• Jia Le and Lin Yu brought Four Eyes dinner and apologized, and Four Eyes calmly asked to see Lin Yu's spell.
• Four Eyes learned Lin Yu had been practicing the Heaven and Earth Spirit Imbuing Technique and advised him to practice spells with an elder present.
• Lin Yu asked why his Bagua mirror did not glow, and Four Eyes explained that a perfectly imbued Dharma treasure concealed its brilliance until it encountered evil.
• Lin Yu cultivated in the richer spiritual Qi at Four Eyes' home, reached saturation, and sensed that he was close to condensing his Yin Spirit for the Dharma Master realm.

Lin Yu cultivated without risking a premature breakthrough, while Four Eyes’ feud with the master led to a prank that backfired and caused trouble for Jia Le. The next morning, Lin Yu quickly learned Jia Le’s fist technique, prompting Four Eyes to scold his disciple.

• Lin Yu finished cultivating late at night and went to sleep, while the master began reciting the Heart Sutra before dawn and kept Four Eyes awake.
• Four Eyes offered the master gold bars for his house, but when the master refused to move, Four Eyes tricked him into putting his handprint on a clay doll and took it away to prepare a prank.
• After Four Eyes’ prank backfired and left him drinking oil, he forbade Lin Yu and Jia Le from visiting the master, frustrating Jia Le about seeing Qingqing.
• Four Eyes staggered around and made Jia Le help him find the toilet, then watched Jia Le and Lin Yu practice the next morning.
• Lin Yu learned Jia Le’s fist technique after watching it once, so Four Eyes scolded Jia Le for lagging behind until Lin Yu defended him.