[The Blood Moon Rises, and I Rewind to Ten Seconds Before the Mutation]
In my previous life, I upgraded my personal manor to a half-immortal estate, only to be betrayed by my beloved Lin Weiwei and my brother Zhao Lei. They took my foundation, crippled my cultivation, threw me out of the estate, and offered me up to be devoured by the evil spirits of countless races!
When I opened my eyes again, I was back in that shabby rented apartment. Outside the window, the blood moon had just risen.
[Global mutation begins. Personal manor bound.]
In this life, I know where to find a bronze chest containing a spirit-gathering formation blueprint. I know there's a silver chest in the underground garage, holding a formation disc that can trap and kill zombies. And I know that three days from now, the blood moon's tide of yin energy will engulf the entire residential complex in white-haired zombies and vengeful spirits!
While everyone else shivers in ruined shelters, my stone courtyard has already raised an Eight Trigrams warding formation.
When Lin Weiwei begs me to open the door, I watch her get swallowed by the tide of yin energy.
When Zhao Lei comes with his men to seize my things, my spirit-gathering estate has already unlocked its alchemy room. One lightning-and-fire formation to exterminate evil, and he is reduced to ashes!
I begin upgrading from a rented apartment:
Stone Courtyard → Spirit-Gathering Estate → Mystic-Rank Cave Abode (unlocks alchemy and inheritance) → Earth-Rank Blessed Land (contains a small world) → Heaven-Rank Grotto Heaven (a world unto itself) → Immortal Estate Sacred Realm (wields the laws) → Myriad Heavens Domain (I am the Heavenly Dao)!
Zombies, mother-child fiends, painted-skin demons, ancient tomb corpse kings, asura ghost generals... The evil spirits of countless races all turn to ash before the grand formation of my cave abode.
In this life, every enemy who wronged me will pay in blood.
In this life, my manor will be humanity's last sacred ground, an immortal divine court that suppresses all races across the myriad heavens!
Well written, this is the first time I've seen a combination of opening treasure chests and Chinese-style cultivation.