Recaps

Yin Yunze made talismans using Clear Creek Village’s Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, then gave Sun Qin some for protection. He delayed investigating the source of the malice so he could stockpile more talismans, and the chapter left him entering the shabby Fox Immortal Temple and frowning at its statue.

• Yin Yunze made twenty-five talismans before the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi in Clear Creek Village began to run low.
• Yin Yunze realized the village’s Spiritual Qi replenished itself daily and could be stored in talismans for later use.
• Yin Yunze gave Sun Qin two talismans of each type and explained how to use them.
• Yin Yunze told Sun Qin he would wait until he had fifty talismans of each kind before investigating, then invited her to visit the Fox Immortal Temple.
• Sun Qin changed into her shrine maiden robes and led Yin Yunze to the temple, where he entered and frowned at the fox immortal statue.

Yin Yunze rejected the crude fox immortal statue and chose a lakeside site in Clear Creek Village for a new temple, rewarding Sun Qin for securing the land. Back in the real world, he commissioned a design for his statue and realized the talismans containing Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi might work there too.

• Yin Yunze inspected the fox immortal statue, decided not to use it, and resolved to bring a temple and statue from the real world instead.
• Yin Yunze found a scenic lakeside location in Clear Creek Village and asked Sun Qin to secure the land from the Zhao Household First Branch.
• Yin Yunze promised Sun Qin two more of each kind of character for securing the land and warned her not to misuse his authority.
• Yin Yunze returned to the real world, commissioned an artist to design Green Hill Yi Yun as a white-haired, green-eyed nine-tailed fox immortal, and settled on a statue concept.
• Yin Yunze noticed the talismans containing Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi beside his bed and wondered whether they could be used in the real world.

Yin Yunze discovered that talismans worked in the real world when activated with the incantation, then tested their fire and healing effects at the cost of burning his hand. After returning to the other world, he found spiritual energy had recovered overnight, letting him make talismans twice a day, and went back to reality to arrange a statue and temple.

• Yin Yunze activated a fire talisman by calling, "Fox immortal, aid me," and watched its green flame burst across the lake.
• Yin Yunze tested another fire talisman by touching its flames, burned his hand, and healed it with a healing talisman.
• Yin Yunze saved his remaining talismans and returned home, excited by his newfound real-world powers.
• Yin Yunze possessed Zhao Wan after breakfast and found that Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi had recovered enough for him to make talismans twice daily.
• Yin Yunze told Sun Qin to write more characters on yellow paper, then returned to reality to find an artisan and construction crew for a statue and temple.

Yin Yunze learned that villagers from Upper Creek Village had stolen water from Clear Creek Village and that the villagers wanted his judgment. When Song Ran proposed offering the two captured men as blood sacrifices, Yin Yunze angrily refused.

• Yin Yunze returned to the fox immortal temple and found Sun Qin, Zhao Wan, Song Ran, and angry villagers gathered around two badly beaten men.
• Sun Qin asked Song Ran to explain why the men from Upper Creek Village had been captured.
• Song Ran recounted the villages’ history of water disputes and how Upper Creek Village had previously charged Clear Creek and Lower Creek Villages for water.
• The villagers revealed they had brought the men before Yin Yunze because someone suggested making them blood sacrifices.
• Yin Yunze rejected the proposal and declared that he did not eat human flesh.

Yin Yunze rebuked Clear Creek Village for trying to use him to kill two men from Upper Creek Village, then turned to plans for the temple and investigating the drought. He expanded his preparations in both worlds and sold his gold, becoming financially free.

• The villagers brought two men from Upper Creek Village as a supposed blood offering, hoping Yin Yunze would kill them, while Sun Qin intended him to spare them and win converts.
• Yin Yunze ordered the villagers never to bring him blood offerings again and warned them against using his name to harm others; he also scolded Sun Qin for bringing Wan'er.
• Sun Qin reported that she had secured the plot of land Yin Yunze had requested, and he told her to handle what came next.
• Yin Yunze considered expanding into Lower Creek Village but chose to focus first on Clear Creek Village, building a temple, and investigating the drought.
• Yin Yunze made and stored various character talismans, hired a contractor to build the temple, and sold his gold in batches across multiple cities using illusion talismans.

Yin Yunze spent most of his fortune establishing Little Fox Immortal Food Co., Ltd. to prepare for the drought, while learning that using his talismans for selfish gain could bring karmic consequences. With the factory running and funds dwindling, he returned to the other world and prepared to leave the village in Zhao Wan’s body.

• Yin Yunze decided to start Little Fox Immortal Food Co., Ltd. instead of buying a house or car, aiming to prepare food for the coming drought.
• Yin Yunze arranged for a compressed-biscuit production line for his believers and stockpiled a thousand tons of inexpensive pig feed for other disaster victims.
• Yin Yunze discovered that the Power of Incense Offerings made him uneasy when he tried to use Illusion Character Talismans to exploit others, and he suspected such actions would bring Karmic Force.
• Yin Yunze spent most of his accumulated wealth setting up the company, then returned to the other world as the factory began consuming money.
• Yin Yunze possessed Zhao Wan’s body, gave Sun Qin a quarter of an hour to change Wan’er’s clothes, and said he needed to leave the village.

Yin Yunze possessed Zhao Wan and went with Sun Qin to find Song Ran, asking about Song Zhao’s grain shop in the county town. After learning it was still open, he ordered Song Ran to take him there, claiming he would treat the common people’s “illness of hunger.”

• Yin Yunze possessed Zhao Wan, fastened on a special belt, and asked Sun Qin to take him to Song Ran.
• At Song Ran’s home, Sun Qin reassured Song Ran’s frightened daughter-in-law and called Song Ran out to meet them.
• Yin Yunze revealed his Fox Fire and demanded to know how Song Zhao’s grain shop was doing.
• Song Ran explained that the shop was struggling after losing its grain, but remained open, and Yin Yunze told him to take him to his father.
• Yin Yunze described his purpose as treating the common people’s hunger, and Song Ran eagerly agreed to lead the way.

Yin Yunze left Clear Creek Village for Qingling County but followed the drought-causing malice to the Tomb of Prince Jing. He entered the royal tomb grounds and found scorched marks across the land and trees, along with a faint tingling sensation.

• Yin Yunze rode with Song Ran toward Qingling County and discovered that the malice was drawing him south toward a mountain.
• Song Ran identified the place as the Tomb of Prince Jing and explained its connection to Qingling County's name.
• Yin Yunze left Song Ran to continue to the county seat and gave him Little Fox Immortal compressed biscuits before heading to the tomb.
• Yin Yunze entered the unguarded tomb grounds with talismans ready and noticed scorched marks covering the ground and trees.
• Yin Yunze felt a faint tingling sensation inside the tomb grounds, like static electricity.

Yin Yunze investigated the source of the malice and discovered that the drought had begun when Prince Jing became a Drought Demon, not because of the thunderstorm. Using Earth Vein Power to scout the Tomb of Prince Jing without entering it, he found the remains of Prince Jing and a white-robed immortal, who appeared to have killed each other.

• Yin Yunze found lightning-scarred remains and inferred that the thunder from eight or nine months earlier had killed many evil beings and mutated creatures.
• Yin Yunze traced the malice to a tunnel leading into the Tomb of Prince Jing and identified its source as a Drought Demon.
• Yin Yunze deduced that Prince Jing's emergence had caused the drought and likely summoned the lightning, then decided not to enter the tomb himself.
• Yin Yunze used Earth Vein Power to extend his spiritual sense into the tomb and found Prince Jing and a white-robed immortal dead with weapons driven into each other.

Yin Yunze escaped the Tomb of Prince Jing after realizing Prince Jing and the white-robed cultivator might not be dead, and he picked up the cultivator’s lightning command flag while fleeing. He continued toward the county town with his new treasure, then encountered a familiar-looking old man accompanied by a large orange-red fox.

• Yin Yunze realized Prince Jing and the white-robed cultivator might still be alive, severed his connection to the earth veins, and fled the tomb.
• Yin Yunze grabbed a black command flag from the remains of an evil entity and escaped to the main road.
• Yin Yunze recognized the command flag as a Law Treasure connected to the cultivator’s lightning and sent it into the real world rather than risk returning for more.
• Yin Yunze continued toward the county town on foot and met an old man walking with what he first mistook for an orange-red dog.
• Yin Yunze realized the animal beside the old man was a large orange-red fox.

Yin Yunze encountered Wang Guisheng, who suspected the girl was a fox demon and sought revenge for Spirit Medium Wang. Wang Guisheng attacked him, and Yin Yunze prepared to defend himself with character slips as an unseen danger approached his neck.

• Yin Yunze passed an old man leading a chained fox and noticed the fox seemed afraid of him.
• The fox told Wang Guisheng that Yin Yunze carried a strange presence, and Wang Guisheng sent it toward Clear Creek Village with a Soul-Capturing Pearl to capture the fox demon he believed possessed the girl.
• Wang Guisheng caught up with Yin Yunze, asked about Wang Guihua, and revealed that she had been his sister.
• Yin Yunze recognized Wang Guihua as Spirit Medium Wang and suspected Song Ran might have told Wang Guisheng about him.
• Wang Guisheng called Yin Yunze a demon, and Yin Yunze drew four types of character slips as a chill gathered at the back of his neck.

Yin Yunze fought Wang Guisheng, who countered his illusions and Fox Fire with prepared techniques and a Flame-Extinguishing Whip. Yin Yunze overwhelmed him with a barrage of fire talismans and caught him off guard, leaving Wang Guisheng exposed to the rest of the attack.

• Wang Guisheng launched a sneak attack, but Yin Yunze used a talisman to dispel the ghostly threat and concealed himself with an illusion.
• Wang Guisheng saw through Yin Yunze’s illusion with his Dharma Eye of Illusion Breaking and extinguished Yin Yunze’s Fox Fire with dark streaks from his sleeve.
• Yin Yunze sent a wall of eight Fox Fire fireballs at Wang Guisheng, who split them with his Flame-Extinguishing Whip and claimed it could withstand any amount of Fox Fire.
• Yin Yunze hurled dozens of fire talismans at Wang Guisheng, forcing him to block the fireballs until his whip arm weakened and he began considering retreat.
• Yin Yunze made a fireball explode in front of Wang Guisheng, burning his face, then shouted for the remaining fireballs to explode.

Yin Yunze fought Wang Guisheng, countering his red ghost and underground attack with Expel Evil and Dispel Filth talismans before burning him apart. Afterward, Yin Yunze wondered whether his skills made him stronger than he had thought.

• Yin Yunze used Fox Fire to engulf Wang Guisheng, who stood up in the flames and summoned a red ghost to attack him.
• Yin Yunze destroyed the red ghost with two Expel Evil and Dispel Filth talismans, then used three more to drive black Qi from Wang Guisheng and bring him down.
• Yin Yunze sensed an attack beneath his feet, leaped away, and dispelled the ghostly arms that reached out of the earth.
• Yin Yunze burned Wang Guisheng's remains apart and concluded that he was most likely dead.
• Yin Yunze reconsidered his view of his own abilities and wondered whether he was actually quite strong.

After defeating Wang Guisheng, Yin Yunze looted his remains and reached Qingling County, where he found starving people selling themselves at the city gate. Moved by a little girl’s plea for food, Yin Yunze secretly gave her several objects, though the famine remained beyond his ability to solve at once.

• Yin Yunze considered how weak he was outside Clear Creek Village, then looted Wang Guisheng’s remains and took his Snake Bone Whip and silver.
• Yin Yunze hid the Snake Bone Whip and approached Qingling County’s city gate.
• Yin Yunze saw more than a hundred starving adults and children selling themselves, and Zhao Wan asked him to help them.
• Yin Yunze recognized that saving those at the gate would not end the famine and that the planting season had already passed.
• A starving little girl begged Yin Yunze for food, and Yin Yunze slipped several objects into her clothes.

Yin Yunze entered Qingling County after secretly giving food to a starving girl, then found Song Ran at the Song Grain Store and confronted him for revealing Yin Yunze’s presence to Wang Guisheng. Song Ran explained that the disclosure had been accidental and that Wang Guisheng had pieced together Yin Yunze’s connection to Spirit Medium Wang’s death, leading to the ambush.

• Yin Yunze secretly gave food to a little girl outside the city gate and hurried into Qingling County.
• Yin Yunze passed the barricade, saw the starving people kept outside, and sensed his believers to locate Song Ran and Song Zhao.
• Yin Yunze found Song Ran waiting at the Song Grain Store and accused him of bringing Wang Guisheng to harm him.
• Song Ran explained that Song Zhao had accidentally revealed Spirit Medium Wang’s death to Wang Guisheng, who had repeatedly pressed him for the truth.
• Song Ran said he had accidentally mentioned Yin Yunze while Wang Guisheng was present, prompting Wang Guisheng to infer that Yin Yunze had killed his sister and attempt an ambush.

Yin Yunze questioned Song Zhao about the county magistrate and learned that the magistrate’s son had suddenly fallen seriously ill. He ordered Song Zhao to bring Constable Peng Shulan to dinner that night, then returned to reality to prepare.

• Yin Yunze forgave Song Ran for the accidental disclosure and entered the Song Grain Shop, where constables were watching the grain sales.
• Yin Yunze asked Song Zhao what he knew about the county magistrate, and Song Zhao reported that the magistrate’s son had recently fallen gravely ill.
• Yin Yunze told Song Zhao to arrange a dinner with Peng Shulan that night and threatened punishment if the constable failed to come.
• Yin Yunze left Zhao Wan at the shop with instructions to stay put and use the characters if anyone bullied her, then returned to reality to make preparations.

Yin Yunze returned to the Fox Immortal Temple, joined Zhao Wan at the Song Grain Shop, and hosted Song Zhao, Song Ran, and Peng Shulan with a meal he conjured from drawings. The chapter ended with the guests discovering that the imagined dishes had become real.

• Yin Yunze found Zhao Wan waiting at the Fox Immortal Temple because she was away from Clear Creek Village.
• Yin Yunze sensed Peng Shulan nearby and left the inner room to greet him at the Song Grain Shop.
• Yin Yunze led Song Zhao, Song Ran, and Peng Shulan to an empty dining table and asked what they wanted to eat.
• Yin Yunze placed drawings of dishes, wine, and juice on the table, leaving the three guests confused and hungry.
• Yin Yunze turned their paper utensils into real ones, then revealed a table full of steaming food.

Yin Yunze hosted Peng Shulan, Song Zhao, and Song Ran with lavish modern dishes and baijiu, winning their trust through food and a playful drinking trick. After the men became drunk and relaxed, Yin Yunze asked Peng Shulan to answer some questions.

• Yin Yunze served the three men a feast, and Peng Shulan cautiously tried the food before praising it.
• Song Zhao and Song Ran tasted the dishes and marveled at their flavor, while Yin Yunze fed Zhao Wan until she was full.
• Yin Yunze tricked the men into gulping strong baijiu, prompting Song Zhao and Song Ran to spit it out and cough.
• Peng Shulan and the others learned to sip the baijiu and continued eating and drinking until they were drunk.
• Yin Yunze asked the half-drunk Peng Shulan how he had liked the food and wine, then requested answers to a few questions.

Yin Yunze hypnotized the drunken Peng Shulan and learned about county magistrate Xu Hanxian, his family, and his view of the fox immortal. He left the sleeping men behind and began planning how to approach Xu Hanxian.

• Yin Yunze used Illusion Character Talismans to put Song Zhao and Song Ran to sleep, then hypnotized Peng Shulan while he was drunk.
• Peng Shulan told Yin Yunze that Xu Hanxian was a rigid but decent official whose eight-year-old daughter had recently fallen ill, prompting Xu to move into the county yamen.
• Yin Yunze learned that Xu Hanxian favored sons and that his daughter was teased as a young master, making the magistrate potentially difficult to befriend.
• Peng Shulan revealed that Xu Hanxian thought Yin Yunze was an ordinary fox immortal who had happened upon grain, and believed he had run out after supplying rice.
• Yin Yunze dispelled the hypnosis, sent Peng Shulan to sleep, covered the three men with spare clothes, and returned to the real world to plan his approach to Xu Hanxian.

After waking from Lord Yi Yun’s banquet, Peng Shulan drank Zhao Wan’s honey lemon tea and escorted Yin Yunze to Shuntong Money House. Yin Yunze revealed a chest containing a thousand taels of silver and asked to exchange it for gold, while Peng Shulan pressured the money house to handle the transaction.

• Peng Shulan woke with a hangover and drank several cups of honey lemon tea that Zhao Wan had prepared.
• Yin Yunze caught Peng Shulan teasing Zhao Wan, then asked him to find a trustworthy money house that exchanged silver for gold.
• Peng Shulan took Yin Yunze to Shuntong Money House, where Yin Yunze transformed into a young man and produced a chest of silver bars.
• Yin Yunze asked the clerk to exchange the thousand taels of silver for gold and explained to Peng Shulan that he expected to profit from the exchange.
• Peng Shulan urged the clerk to summon the shopkeeper and complete the exchange for Young Master Qingqiu.

Yin Yunze exchanged pure silver for gold, then sold two glass beads for more than 170 taels of gold. He offered Peng Shulan an egg-sized bead and asked him to work for him.

• Peng Shulan and Yin Yunze exchanged their silver for gold at Shopkeeper Li’s money house, with Yin Yunze using an Illusion Character Talisman to influence Shopkeeper Li.
• Yin Yunze sold Shopkeeper Li a plum-sized glass bead for fifteen taels of gold.
• Yin Yunze and Peng Shulan went to a pawnshop, where Yin Yunze sold another glass bead for twenty taels of gold.
• Yin Yunze stopped selling beads, then showed Peng Shulan an egg-sized glass bead and asked him to work for him.

Yin Yunze rewarded Peng Shulan with glass beads and secured his help in reaching County Magistrate Xu Hanxian. After arranging a banquet in the real world, Yin Yunze sent Peng Shulan to invite the magistrate to discuss selling two million jin of grain at a low price.

• Peng Shulan accepted two glass beads from Yin Yunze and pledged to serve him, then agreed to help invite the county magistrate to a banquet.
• Yin Yunze entered the county yamen with Peng Shulan and noticed that its painted door gods briefly examined him.
• Peng Shulan learned that County Magistrate Xu Hanxian was looking for him, but Yin Yunze told him to wait while he prepared an empty room.
• Yin Yunze returned to the real world, arranged food and wine for the banquet, and then resumed his appearance in the county yamen.
• Yin Yunze transformed into an ancient young master and ordered Peng Shulan to invite Xu Hanxian to discuss selling two million jin of grain for five copper coins per jin.

Peng Shulan told Magistrate Xu Hanxian that Yin Yunze could supply Qingling County with two million jin of grain at five copper coins per jin, and brought him to meet the supposed merchant. Xu Hanxian arrived at Yin Yunze’s feast but mistook him for a girl and demanded to know where the grain merchant was.

• Peng Shulan diverted Xu Hanxian’s anger by announcing that Qingling County could be saved with grain from a merchant.
• Peng Shulan revealed that the merchant could provide two million jin of grain for five copper coins per jin, and Xu Hanxian eagerly agreed to meet him.
• Peng Shulan led Xu Hanxian to Yin Yunze, who had prepared a lavish feast and invited them to sit.
• Xu Hanxian mistook Yin Yunze for a little girl and demanded that Peng Shulan identify the grain merchant.

Yin Yunze revealed his identity as the Clear Creek Fox Immortal to Xu Hanxian and demonstrated that he could provide two million jin of grain for five copper coins. Xu Hanxian agreed to stay and eat, but the meal ended in a tense silence as he stopped Peng Shulan from discussing the deal.

• Xu Hanxian saw through Yin Yunze’s illusion, and Yin Yunze revealed Zhao Wan’s youthful appearance while explaining that his body was only a temporary vessel.
• Xu Hanxian tried to leave, but Yin Yunze conjured bags of pig feed, prompting Xu Hanxian to recognize him as the Clear Creek Fox Immortal.
• Xu Hanxian sampled the pig feed and accepted that it could fill people’s stomachs, then sat down to eat with Yin Yunze and Peng Shulan.
• Yin Yunze invited Peng Shulan to join the meal, and the three ate in silence while waiting for someone else to begin discussing the grain.
• Peng Shulan tried to start the conversation, but Xu Hanxian stopped him by insisting that no one talk while eating.

Yin Yunze tried to sell Qingling County two million jin of relief grain at a discount in exchange for public credit, but Xu Hanxian refused to protect the imperial court’s dignity. Yin Yunze then revealed that Prince Jing’s transformed corpse had caused the drought, and Xu Hanxian offered to pay more for the grain instead.

• Yin Yunze offered Xu Hanxian wine to smooth over their dispute and resumed negotiating the relief grain.
• Yin Yunze offered to lower the grain price if Xu Hanxian told the people that Green Hill Yi Yun had provided it, but Xu Hanxian refused.
• Yin Yunze argued that naming him as the donor would benefit the people, then mocked Xu Hanxian for prioritizing the imperial court’s dignity.
• Yin Yunze told Peng Shulan and Xu Hanxian that tomb robbers had released Prince Jing’s corpse, which had transformed into a Drought Demon and caused the drought.
• Xu Hanxian dismissed Yin Yunze’s account as a trick and offered to buy the grain for seven wen per jin instead.