Recaps

Li Xingyu explained that the Netherworld’s gods powered its technology and contributed to human longevity, but the group shifted focus to clearing the Instance. After learning Wei Changping could create barriers, they prepared to kill the guards and destroy the Home of Evil Ghosts.

• Li Xingyu told the group that the Lord of the Netherworld imprisoned supernatural beings and drew on their power to supply the world’s technology and extend human lifespans.
• Xu Chao and Wei Changping redirected the conversation toward surviving and clearing the Instance, and Wei suggested destroying the Home of Evil Ghosts to release its prisoners.
• Tang Yun proposed killing all the guards to find a way to destroy the Home of Evil Ghosts, and Wei Changping revealed he was a level 30 Boundary System Ability User.
• Tang Yun said he had a way to deal with the warden, and the group set out to attack the first guard before another team could act.
• Li Xingyu stayed with the group despite caring more about studying the Netherworld than clearing the Instance.

Tang Yun’s team waited in residence No. 7 to ambush a guard, but when the guard failed to appear, they discovered the Instance Boss blocking the courtyard. Tang Yun prepared to confront him, claiming she had a way to defeat him and gain another helper.

• Tang Yun’s plan led the five into empty residence No. 7, where Wei Changping prepared to trap the guard in a barrier.
• The courtyard gate opened, but the guard never entered the house, and the five waited in silence.
• Tang Yun and the others decided to leave residence No. 7 and search for the guard themselves.
• Tang Yun opened the door, saw the warden standing in the courtyard, and told the others the Boss was blocking their way out.
• Tang Yun said she had a way to deal with the Boss and instructed Wei Changping to trap him in his barrier as she opened the door.

Tang Yun appeared to control the warden, the boss of the Home of Evil Ghosts, and her team believed the Instance would be easy to clear. But as they celebrated, the warden attacked He Ru without Tang Yun's command.

• Tang Yun and the others found the courtyard empty, then discovered the warden had appeared behind them.
• Wei Changping trapped the group inside a barrier while Tang Yun used her soul ability to control the warden.
• After several minutes, Tang Yun announced that she had succeeded, and the others praised her.
• Tang Yun ordered the warden to walk to the door, apparently proving her control over him.
• While the group focused on praising Tang Yun, the warden turned around and wrapped his chain around He Ru's neck.

The warden strangled He Ru after Tang Yun lost control of him, forcing the others to flee. Shen Hao then pulled He Ru’s soul from her body, beginning her transformation into an evil ghost in the Home of Evil Ghosts.

• The warden tightened his chain around He Ru’s neck, and Tang Yun failed to regain control of him.
• Li Xingyu suspected the warden had never been controlled and had been pretending to be weak.
• Wei Changping lowered his barrier, and he, Xu Chao, Tang Ru, and Li Xingyu fled, leaving He Ru behind.
• The warden strangled He Ru, and Shen Hao received 1,500 Fear Points for her death.
• Shen Hao pulled He Ru’s soul from her body, and her fear and pain began turning her into an evil ghost.

Tang Yun led Xu Chao, Wei Changping, and Li Xingyu to the warden’s residence to search for clues and possibly meet another team. Inside the warden’s upstairs office, they encountered a doll whose strange influence kept them from suspecting her.

• Tang Yun convinced Xu Chao, Wei Changping, and Li Xingyu to go to the warden’s residence instead of hiding or following the guide.
• The four reached residence number 151 and found the first floor empty.
• Tang Yun led the group upstairs to the warden’s study, where Li Xingyu headed for the bookshelf.
• A little girl doll emerged from behind the bookshelf, and the four felt affection for her and could not consider that she might be suspicious.

Tang Yun, Xu Chao, Li Xingyu, and Wei Changping became obsessed with a doll inside the Instance and nearly fought over who would claim her. Tang Yun realized the doll had manipulated them, but as the group tried to leave, the surroundings changed and a chill swept through them.

• The four played with the doll and then argued over which of them should take her out of the Instance.
• Tang Yun suggested asking the doll to choose, but the doll jumped out the window and ran to a nearby house, drawing the four after her.
• When they could not find the doll in the house, the four argued again until Tang Yun realized they had been tricked.
• The four discovered their Mental Attributes had plummeted and understood that the doll had been controlling their feelings.
• As they turned to leave, the scenery around them changed and a chill swept in from all sides.

Tang Yun, Wei Changping, Li Xingyu, and Xu Chao encountered He Ru as a vengeful ghost in the Home of Evil Ghosts. Xu Chao escaped her attack only to realize his teammates were dead and the barrier had trapped him with the warden.

• Tang Yun and the others tried to flee room 48 but found a ghost blocking the doorway.
• The group recognized the ghost as He Ru, and she plunged them into darkness before attacking Xu Chao.
• He Ru strangled Xu Chao, but a barrier appeared and stopped her from killing him.
• Xu Chao thanked Wei Changping, then noticed the warden inside the barrier while his teammates stayed silent.
• Xu Chao realized the barrier had trapped him and that Tang Yun, Wei Changping, and Li Xingyu had been killed.

The warden tortured Xu Chao before killing him, earning Shen Hao 2,000 fear points. When Shen Hao tried to kill the three surviving players, a new Instance mechanic dispelled his Possession and teleported them away, leaving him eager to hunt them again.

• Xu Chao begged for mercy, but the warden strangled him and then let him breathe before blocking his escape.
• The warden severed Xu Chao’s leg with a chained axe and then decapitated him.
• Shen Hao gained 2,000 fear points from Xu Chao’s death and prepared to kill the three remaining players.
• Shen Hao’s Possession over the three players was suddenly dispelled, and they regained their senses.
• The three players vanished as the game system teleported them out of danger, and Shen Hao realized the Instance had introduced a new mechanic.

After the warden’s attack left Xu Chao dead, Tang Yun, Wei Changping, and Li Xingyu discovered that the Instance’s special bonuses had greatly strengthened them. They decided to keep trying to clear the Instance, and Wei Changping teleported them into a house so Tang Yun could control more evil ghosts.

• Tang Yun, Wei Changping, and Li Xingyu realized they had returned to the Instance’s starting point after losing consciousness and finding Xu Chao dead.
• Tang Yun and Wei Changping discovered their attributes had doubled and their abilities had gained powerful effects suited to fighting ghosts.
• Li Xingyu found that he could see the boss’s abilities and attributes, resist mental attacks, recover quickly from injuries, and summon soul-purifying lightning.
• Tang Yun proposed taking control of more evil ghosts, and Wei Changping agreed to help her.
• Wei Changping expanded his barrier and teleported Tang Yun and Li Xingyu into a nearby house.

Tang Yun, Li Xingyu, and Wei Changping used their enhanced abilities to overpower and control more than forty evil ghosts in the Home of Evil Ghosts. Confident in their growing force, they set out to find the warden and take revenge.

• Wei Changping teleported Tang Yun and Li Xingyu together and boasted about his enhanced abilities.
• Tang Yun stopped the ghost chef’s attack and took control of him, then subdued a faceless woman playing a zither.
• Wei Changping transported the group through more than thirty rooms, where Tang Yun controlled every evil ghost they encountered, including the strongest one.
• Tang Yun explained that her control would not last beyond the Instance and stopped after commanding more than forty evil ghosts.
• The three marched through the Home of Evil Ghosts with their ghost army and went to seek out the warden.

Tang Yun, Wei Changping, and Li Xingyu returned to the warden’s residence to search for clues, but found the office ransacked by the other team. When the warden arrived, they prepared to trap and kill him for revenge.

• Tang Yun led Wei Changping and Li Xingyu to search the warden’s office for clues to clearing the Instance.
• The three found the office wrecked and suspected the other team had searched it first.
• Tang Yun and Wei Changping worried the other team had gained the same buffs and might have killed the warden or found the solution.
• They heard the warden’s chain approaching and realized he was still alive.
• Wei Changping raised a barrier filled with holy light, and the warden appeared in the doorway.

Wei Changping, Tang Yun, and Li Xingyu confronted the warden, confident their boosted attributes would let them defeat him. The warden revealed a terrifying ability that trapped them in a crimson realm beneath a monstrous eye, and Li Xingyu realized they had already lost.

• Li Xingyu identified the warden’s Possession and Mental Perception skills, and the three lured him outside.
• Wei Changping bound the warden with holy light while Tang Yun’s evil spirits attacked him.
• The warden used Soulfire to set the evil spirits ablaze, revealing another ability.
• Wei Changping’s holy-light swords vanished as the surroundings transformed into a crimson realm beneath a huge, terrifying eye.
• Li Xingyu recognized the warden’s ability and realized the three had already lost.

The warden trapped Wei Changping, Li Xingyu, and Tang Yun inside his Demon Domain, where his power prevented them from using their abilities against him. Tang Yun was left alive after nearly being strangled, but the warden blocked her escape with an axe, while Wei Changping and Li Xingyu fled.

• Li Xingyu identified the warden’s power as Demon Domain and explained that it had no weaknesses and made him ruler over everything inside it.
• Tang Yun attacked the warden with Soul Heavy Blow, but the Demon Domain rebounded her mental power and the warden strangled her with his chain.
• Wei Changping tried to create a barrier, but the domain crushed it, so he and Li Xingyu ran in opposite directions.
• The warden released Tang Yun from the chain and did not pursue the fleeing men.
• Tang Yun recovered and tried to escape, but the warden blocked her path with a sharp axe.

Shen Hao tortured Tang Yun and Wei Changping to death in the Demon Domain, leaving Li Xingyu as the last survivor. Li Xingyu tried to kill himself to avoid Shen Hao, but his wound healed, and Shen Hao appeared before him.

• Shen Hao killed Tang Yun through prolonged torture, then cut off her head and continued hunting the two survivors.
• Wei Changping hid in a house until Tang Yun's head fell beside him, then Shen Hao caught and tortured him to death.
• Shen Hao gained 3,000 Fear Points for Wei Changping's death and turned his attention to the last survivor.
• Li Xingyu decided to slit his own throat rather than die at Shen Hao's hands, but his wound rapidly healed.
• Shen Hao appeared before Li Xingyu, who realized he had lost his chance to kill himself.

Shen Hao tortured and killed Li Xingyu, earning Fear Points before setting out to find another team. Meanwhile, Qiu Ming’s team approached its objective, confident they could clear the Instance despite having seen an unknown evil power.

• Li Xingyu failed to kill himself, and Shen Hao cut off his hands and tortured him until he was nearly broken before killing him.
• Shen Hao received 3,500 Fear Points, deactivated Demon Domain, and decided to prepare surprises for the other team.
• Wu Yong, Qiu Ming, Fang Jing, and Huo Jun discussed the giant eye that had appeared in the sky and concluded that the Instance remained manageable.
• Qiu Ming led the team toward their destination, noting that they already had the key quest item and were nearly ready to clear the Instance.

Qiu Ming and his companions opened the sealed passage to the core of the Home of Evil Ghosts, intending to destroy it and free the trapped ghosts. After following a strangely charming doll underground, they found several dead players hanging ahead.

• Qiu Ming used the wooden token from the warden's office to open the hidden passage beneath an ordinary house.
• Wu Yong explained that destroying the Home of Evil Ghosts' core would free the ghosts and clear the Instance.
• A doll girl appeared and charmed Fang Jing, Wu Yong, Qiu Ming, and Huo Jun into taking her with them.
• The four descended into the passage, where Qiu Ming planned to contract with the powerful being sealed below.
• The group smelled fresh blood and discovered several dead players hanging in the air ahead.

Qiu Ming and the others followed the doll through the underground facility and found the Home of Evil Ghosts’ energy core, believing they were close to completing their mission. The doll led them to something nearby that left Qiu Ming stunned.

• Qiu Ming urged the group to ignore the displayed corpses and continue toward their mission, while Wu Yong comforted Fang Jing.
• Qiu Ming noticed the supernatural aura had vanished, but the group followed the doll when it began leading them onward.
• Qiu Ming explained that the pipes carried energy extracted from supernatural beings to power the Netherworld.
• The group reached a massive oval crystal that Qiu Ming identified as the Home of Evil Ghosts’ core and warned Huo Jun not to destroy it yet.
• The doll moved ahead of the group, and Qiu Ming shone his torch toward what Wu Yong pointed out, then reacted in disbelief.

Qiu Ming discovered that the sealed evil ghost had been killed, leaving the group afraid that an even stronger being was lurking in the Instance. As they prepared to destroy the crystal and confront the Instance boss, a system notification announced that the Instance's difficulty had increased and granted them a special bonus.

• Qiu Ming found fragments of the evil ghost's soul and concluded that an unknown force had killed it.
• Huo Jun, Wu Yong, and Fang Jing realized that a powerful being might be hunting them in the Instance.
• Qiu Ming led the group away from the crystal and proposed destroying it to complete their mission.
• The group heard chains scraping and encountered the warden of the Home of Evil Ghosts, the Instance boss.
• The system announced that the Instance's difficulty had increased and awarded the group a special bonus.

The team discovered that the doll had been influencing their judgment and turned against it after receiving the Instance's bonuses. When Wu Yong's attack failed against the doll's shadow monster, the team's own shadows began to move.

• Wu Yong, Huo Jun, Qiu Ming, and Fang Jing checked their bonuses and found their attributes doubled, with some gaining new abilities.
• Qiu Ming and Huo Jun grew suspicious of the doll, realizing it might have been affecting their judgment since they first encountered it.
• The doll dropped its gentle act, and Fang Jing used her insight ability to reveal its attributes: 600 constitution and 300 Mental Attribute.
• The doll's shadow rose into a towering monster and absorbed Wu Yong's storm of spikes without harm.
• As the team prepared to attack the doll together, their shadows began to come alive.

The puppet overwhelmed Fang Jing, Wu Yong, Huo Jun, and Qiu Ming after their Instance boost, killing Huo Jun and leaving the others desperate to escape. Qiu Ming abandoned them to reassemble the dead evil ghost and make a contract with it, while Wu Yong was captured by the warden and Fang Jing watched in fear.

• The puppet’s shadow trapped Fang Jing, Wu Yong, Qiu Ming, and Huo Jun until Huo Jun used his lightning-wreathed beast phantom to break free and strike back.
• The puppet swallowed Huo Jun and spat out his dead body, leaving Fang Jing, Wu Yong, and Qiu Ming stunned by its strength.
• Qiu Ming told Wu Yong and Fang Jing to hold the puppet off, then teleported away and left them behind.
• Wu Yong fled toward the Instance boss, but the warden caught him with a chain and cut off one of his arms with an axe.
• Qiu Ming reached the evil ghost’s sealed location and began gathering its soul fragments so he could restore it and make a contract.

Wu Yong and Fang Jing were tortured to death by the warden and Xiaobai, while Shen Hao gained Fear Points from their deaths. Shen Hao then turned his attention to the final remaining prey, planning to give them hope before taking it away.

• The warden suppressed Wu Yong's mental power, tortured him with repeated axe wounds, and finally beheaded him.
• Fang Jing fled to the doll, hoping for a quick death, but Xiaobai immobilized her and sawed her into pieces.
• Shen Hao gained 6,000 Fear Points from Wu Yong, Huo Jun, and Fang Jing.
• Xiaobai showed Shen Hao her results, and he prepared to make the last remaining prey experience hope before taking it away.

Qiu Ming discovered that the evil ghost he had contracted was a powerful ancient general, but a scarlet force protected the crystal he needed to destroy. He fed the ghost the Home of Evil Ghosts’ inhabitants, making it vastly stronger, then returned to confront the Instance boss and puppet with confidence.

• Qiu Ming learned that his contracted general ghost had once wounded the Lord of the Netherworld, but the ghost could not damage the crystal because scarlet power shielded it.
• After hearing Wu Yong and Fang Jing scream, Qiu Ming decided to leave them behind and sought to strengthen the ghost by feeding it other evil ghosts.
• Qiu Ming released the general ghost among the evil ghosts roaming the streets, and it devoured them as they fled.
• The general ghost grew more than tenfold stronger, then returned to Qiu Ming’s body when he called it back.
• Qiu Ming returned to the Instance boss and puppet, convinced that his strengthened ghost could defeat them.

Qiu Ming ordered the ancient evil ghost he had contracted with to kill the Netherworld House warden, but the ghost feared the warden and could not defeat him. The warden bound the ghost and left Qiu Ming in despair, without allowing him an easy death.

• Qiu Ming summoned the transformed evil ghost and ordered it to kill the warden.
• The evil ghost resisted Qiu Ming’s command, and Qiu Ming realized it was afraid of the warden.
• Qiu Ming forced the evil ghost to attack, but the warden stopped its sword and shattered it.
• The warden bound the evil ghost with his iron chain and threw it down before Qiu Ming.
• Qiu Ming collapsed in despair, while the warden refused to let him die easily.

Shen Hao tortured Qiu Ming, absorbed the evil ghost into Xiaobai, and destroyed the Home of Evil Ghosts’ core to complete his missions. As the Instance began collapsing, a strange mist encroached on the Demon Domain and shook it.

• The warden tortured Qiu Ming until he died in agony, earning Shen Hao 2,500 Fear Points.
• Shen Hao used the Demon Blade to restrain the evil ghost, then had Xiaobai absorb it into her puppet’s core.
• Xiaobai’s Mental Attribute rose to 900, and she gained the ability to become intangible and shift between tangible and intangible forms.
• Shen Hao shattered the Home of Evil Ghosts’ crystal core within the Demon Domain, completing the mission to destroy the Home of Evil Ghosts.
• A strange mist spread into the Demon Domain and made it tremble.

Shen Hao drew the Mist into his Demon Domain, where it became scarlet fog under his control, then left the Instance with improved attributes, many Fear Points, and a new Demon ability. Back home, he found that news of the Demon's horrific actions had begun to spread among players, causing panic.

• Shen Hao let the Mist fill his Demon Domain and learned that it corroded and absorbed whatever it consumed.
• Shen Hao kept the Mist in his domain and concluded that powerful Netherworld beings made him unready to explore further without more Demon organs.
• Shen Hao left the Instance and returned home after spending the night inside.
• Shen Hao checked his panel and found his Mental Attribute had risen to 850, with 150,000 Fear Points remaining.
• Shen Hao awakened Demon Curse, an ability that could kill a target from any distance if they triggered its conditions.
• Shen Hao browsed the Horror Game forum and saw players discussing the newly cruel and evil Instance bosses with fear.