Chapter Summaries

Yin Yunze overheard Spirit Medium Wang reveal that she had masterminded Zhao Wan’s kidnapping to extort Sun Qin and exploit the fox immortal’s limits. As Zhao Cheng agreed to help with her plan for half the gold, Wang Laizi noticed that Yin Yunze had been motionless and wondered if she was dead.

• Zhao Cheng demanded his promised payment, and Spirit Medium Wang told him the villagers’ rain-prayer money was likely still with Sun Qin.
• Spirit Medium Wang proposed extorting Sun Qin for the gold and taking her away, claiming the fox immortal could not leave Clear Creek Village.
• Zhao Cheng questioned her claim, then demanded half the proceeds in exchange for delivering a letter.
• Spirit Medium Wang accepted, and Zhao Cheng agreed to ensure Sun Qin read the letter and left before he joined them.
• Wang Laizi pointed at Yin Yunze and asked whether Little Nannan was dead because she had not moved.

Yin Yunze exposed Spirit Medium Wang’s plan to deceive Zhao Cheng, then frightened Zhao Cheng by claiming to be the fox immortal. Spirit Medium Wang and Wang Laizi fled but were driven back by a ghost, leaving Zhao Cheng too terrified to resist.

• Yin Yunze accused Spirit Medium Wang of planning to steal the gold and leave Zhao Cheng unpaid, but Zhao Cheng admitted he could not read the letter.
• Spirit Medium Wang recognized something terrifying in Yin Yunze and fled with Wang Laizi, abandoning Zhao Cheng.
• Yin Yunze claimed to be the fox immortal, and Zhao Cheng set Zhao Wan down and begged for his life.
• Yin Yunze berated Zhao Cheng for kidnapping Zhao Wan while neglecting to bathe, and Zhao Cheng blamed the village’s water shortage and his work damming the waterways.
• Spirit Medium Wang and Wang Laizi ran back toward them, apparently forced back by a ghost, and Zhao Cheng dared not move.

Yin Yunze revealed that he had trapped Spirit Medium Wang and Wang Laizi in an illusion, then faced Spirit Medium Wang’s attempt to attack him with incense ash and a ghost. He destroyed the little girl ghost with Expel Evil and Dispel Filth, leaving Spirit Medium Wang unconscious and the others begging for mercy as he offered them a choice of how to die.

• Yin Yunze dispelled his illusion and confronted Spirit Medium Wang and Wang Laizi after they ran back to him.
• Spirit Medium Wang threw incense ash at Yin Yunze, but it had no effect, and Zhao Cheng explained that villagers used it to ward off evil spirits.
• Spirit Medium Wang used the Blood Essence Mystic Art to summon a little girl ghost, but the ghost clung to Yin Yunze’s leg without daring to attack.
• Yin Yunze cast Expel Evil and Dispel Filth, making the little girl ghost vanish and causing Spirit Medium Wang to collapse unconscious.
• Wang Laizi and Zhao Cheng begged Yin Yunze to spare them, and he asked whether they wanted to die by their own hands or be burned to death.

Yin Yunze spared Zhao Wan’s kidnappers at her request, then secretly killed them when they broke his condition. After returning Zhao Wan safely to Clear Creek Village, he learned that he had become its guardian deity, the Land God.

• Yin Yunze asked Zhao Wan whether he should kill Wang Laizi and Zhao Cheng, and she urged him to give them a chance to reflect.
• Yin Yunze drew an illusory circle and warned the three men to remain inside until sunset, while secretly setting Fox Fire to kill anyone who left early.
• Wang Laizi and Zhao Cheng broke their word and triggered the Fox Fire, and Yin Yunze concealed their deaths from Zhao Wan.
• Yin Yunze accompanied Zhao Wan safely back to Clear Creek Village and felt a surge of comfort as he crossed into the village.
• Yin Yunze received the information from his major version update and learned that he was Clear Creek Village’s guardian deity and Land God.

Yin Yunze gained access to Clear Creek Village’s earth veins and the preliminary authority of a Land God after using Spirit Descent on Zhao Wan to anchor himself to the world. He learned how his new powers worked and favored transferring soil fertility to improve the villagers’ harvests.

• The villagers’ gratitude and belief in Yin Yunze elevated him into Clear Creek Village’s local guardian deity, though he initially lacked an anchor that let him use his divine authority.
• Yin Yunze used Spirit Descent on Zhao Wan, gaining an anchor and returning to Clear Creek Village, where he connected with its earth veins.
• Yin Yunze discovered that his Land God authority let him sense events across the village, move over water and walls, use Earth Escape, and manipulate terrain by spending Earth Vein Power.
• Yin Yunze learned that Earth Vein Power recovered slowly and that using too much weakened his authority, making large feats such as splitting mountains costly.
• Yin Yunze saw transferring unused soil fertility into fields as the most practical use of Earth Vein Power for improving crops and grain yields.

After becoming Clear Creek Village's Land God, Yin Yunze gained control over the local ley lines and spiritual qi, but he needed an anchor point to secure that authority without relying on Spirit Descent. He sensed that a demon had caused the prolonged drought and prepared to investigate, first intending to speak with Sun Qin.

• Yin Yunze realized that Clear Creek Village's spiritual qi could fuel his skills, while the ley lines gave him a home-ground advantage.
• Yin Yunze discovered he lacked a temple or gilded statue to serve as an anchor, so he could access his Land God's authority only by possessing Zhao Wan or another suitable believer.
• Yin Yunze concluded that building his own temple and statue would establish his divine identity, though he did not need to rush while Spirit Descent remained a temporary solution.
• Yin Yunze sensed a pervasive malice beyond Clear Creek Village and discovered that its source had caused the drought afflicting the area.
• Yin Yunze decided to investigate the source of the demon-made drought and planned to speak with Sun Qin before leaving in Zhao Wan's body.

Yin Yunze used Zhao Wan’s body to reach Sun Qin’s home and explained that he needed to investigate the drought’s cause. Sun Qin offered to become his vessel instead, but her Spirit Descent produced no visible change.

• Yin Yunze traveled underground with Zhao Wan to Sun Qin’s house and entered without knocking.
• Sun Qin realized that the person in Zhao Wan’s body was not her daughter, so Yin Yunze revealed himself as Green Hill Yi Yun and explained what had happened.
• Yin Yunze told Sun Qin that he suspected the drought was tied to an anomaly and needed to investigate beyond Clear Creek Village.
• Sun Qin insisted on taking Zhao Wan’s place as Yin Yunze’s vessel and recited the Spirit Descent incantation.
• Sun Qin showed no spiritual light or thread after calling for the fox immortal to descend into her body.

Yin Yunze discovered that Sun Qin could not host Spirit Descent because he lacked a proper anchor, while Zhao Wan’s unusual nature and the completed sacrificial transaction had enabled the earlier descent. He realized that the sacrifices had altered Zhao Wan into an object belonging to him, and he was left troubled by the injustice of that change.

• Yin Yunze asked Sun Qin to attempt Spirit Descent again, but the ritual still failed.
• Yin Yunze used the Power of Incense Offerings to determine that he lacked the anchor needed to use Spirit Descent normally.
• Yin Yunze recalled that Fox Seventh Aunt had singled out Zhao Wan for her affinity with immortals and concluded that Zhao Wan was unusual.
• Yin Yunze realized that accepting Zhao Wan as a sacrifice and later fulfilling the villagers’ prayer for rain had completed the stalled ritual.
• Yin Yunze concluded that the double sacrifice had altered Zhao Wan into an object belonging to him, allowing her to bear his full power during Spirit Descent.
• Yin Yunze felt that it was unreasonable for Zhao Wan to be altered despite having done nothing wrong.

Yin Yunze reflected on Zhao Wan’s transformation and the cruel, irrational nature of the world, resolving to treat her as an equal despite being unable to restore her humanity. He reassured Sun Qin that he would protect Zhao Wan and promised not to descend into her without consent unless necessary, though Zhao Wan eagerly offered her consent and Sun Qin had little power to refuse him.

• Yin Yunze reconsidered Zhao Wan’s transformation and concluded that he could not reverse it, so he would have to treat her as an independent, equal person.
• Yin Yunze realized Zhao Wan’s case had revealed how to gain divinity and avoid remaining trapped in his malformed state.
• Yin Yunze told Sun Qin that a restriction prevented him from using Spirit Descent on anyone else after choosing Wan'er, and promised not to let Zhao Wan come to harm.
• Sun Qin accepted Yin Yunze’s explanation and asked him to care for Zhao Wan.
• Yin Yunze promised not to descend into Zhao Wan without her consent unless necessary, but Zhao Wan eagerly said she would always agree.
• Yin Yunze silently recognized that Sun Qin had little ability to refuse him and relied on his own restraint to respect Zhao Wan.

After returning to the real world, Yin Yunze bought supplies to make talismans and returned to possess Zhao Wan, who had become his anchor. He successfully sealed one of his divine skills into a talisman and had Sun Qin prepare more, leaving him with a new way to use his powers.

• Yin Yunze considered how to protect Zhao Wan while investigating the malice, then bought yellow paper and cinnabar after spotting a paper effigy shop.
• Yin Yunze returned to Sun Qin's home through his connection to Zhao Wan, who sensed his presence and readily agreed to let him possess her.
• Yin Yunze used his Land God's divinity to seal an illusion technique into a yellow-paper talisman.
• Yin Yunze tested his idea and found he could sense and activate the talisman, then adjusted it so a mortal could use it.
• Yin Yunze asked Sun Qin to write ten talismans each for illusion, healing, fire, and expulsion.

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.