Recaps

After Headquarters blamed Hu Jiu’s attack on the secret international organization Evernight, it warned him not to retaliate and offered compensation. Hu Jiu quietly ordered Playing Cards to investigate Evernight, leaving Headquarters’ response to his own plans uncertain.

• Shen Jiliang told Hu Jiu that Ghost Fire had been launched during the attack on him, and the Research Department staff withdrew from the scene.
• Xiao Mei said Headquarters suspected Evernight had controlled several arsenal staff members and warned Hu Jiu not to confront the organization or retaliate independently.
• Xiao Mei explained that Headquarters had learned of Evernight through its investigation of Big Dipper, Evernight’s enemy, and sent Hu Jiu the available intelligence.
• Hu Jiu read the information and ordered his intelligence organization, Playing Cards, to gather information on Evernight.
• Hu Jiu decided he could use Headquarters’ banner to make trouble for Evernight, whether or not Headquarters approved.

Hu Jiu investigated who had provided intelligence on Evernight and learned that Xiao Yu had firsthand knowledge of the organization through her identity as Emily. Xiao Yu revealed Evernight’s beliefs and its God Completion Plan, leaving Hu Jiu with new information about the group.

• Hu Jiu questioned Xiao Mei about who had sent the Evernight intelligence and learned it came from Minister Shen of the Research Department.
• Hu Jiu returned to his lair and considered Big Dipper’s relationship with Headquarters, deciding he would not let Headquarters exploit him.
• Xiao Yu told Hu Jiu that she had taken over Emily’s body, gained her memories, and learned Emily belonged to Evernight.
• Xiao Yu explained that Evernight believed she was a spy inside the Playing Cards, while she had been feeding it limited information and collecting benefits from both sides.
• Xiao Yu told Hu Jiu that Evernight worshipped Fierce Ghosts and pursued a God Completion Plan to help humans evolve by embracing them.

Hu Jiu learned that Evernight had sent Zhang Shucheng to Linjiang City and suspected Han Yang was connected to an earlier attack on him. He was called to a new supernatural incident in Linjiang City, where several victims had died with their heads turned backward.

• Xiao Yu told Hu Jiu that Han Yang led Evernight's domestic members and had recently sent Zhang Shucheng to Linjiang City on a mission.
• Hu Jiu rewarded Xiao Yu for her intelligence and instructed her to keep gathering information on Evernight.
• Hu Jiu ignored repeated calls and a friend request from someone in his estranged family, suspecting they might be trying to use him.
• At two thirty in the morning, Qian Ying summoned Hu Jiu to a supernatural incident at an old residential complex in Linjiang City.
• Qian Ying reported that several victims had died with their necks twisted backward, and Hu Jiu took charge of the investigation.

Hu Jiu contained a Fierce Ghost in an old apartment building, then recognized that Han Yang was provoking repeated supernatural incidents to exhaust him and target the Magic Mirror. Rather than keep reacting, Hu Jiu unleashed Black Cloud over Linjiang City, trapping everyone inside.

• Hu Jiu used Mirage's Ghost Domain to find a doll Fierce Ghost, tested its deadly rule, and sealed it in a Golden Container.
• Qian Ying thanked Hu Jiu, and the police withdrew after the incident was contained.
• Hu Jiu responded to two more supernatural incidents in quick succession and suspected someone was secretly causing them.
• Hu Jiu identified Han Yang as the likely culprit, aiming to exhaust him before attacking the Magic Mirror.
• Hu Jiu sent Black Cloud to the city center, where it spread across Linjiang City and prevented anyone from leaving.

A vast Black Cloud appeared over Linjiang City, sealing the city inside a Ghost Domain as Supernatural incidents surged. Hu Jiu investigated while Qian Ying coordinated the emergency response, and Headquarters deputy director Zhang Hongwen decided to leave Hu Jiu to handle the crisis alone.

• Qian Ying saw the Black Cloud spread over Linjiang City and learned from Hu Jiu that it had sealed the entire city inside a Ghost Domain.
• Hu Jiu told Qian Ying to mobilize the departments and protect the city's residents while he investigated the Black Cloud's source.
• Qian Ying suspended work on a smaller incident and arranged for the public to shelter at home.
• Hu Jiu reported the high-risk incident to Xiao Mei, naming it [Black Cloud] and suspecting the Eternal Night Organization was behind the day's events.
• Xiao Mei sent Hu Jiu's report to Zhang Hongwen, who ordered Hu Jiu to handle the incident without reinforcements.

Hu Jiu let Headquarters leave the Black Cloud crisis in his hands while secretly taking his time, then used Supernatural power to hunt Evernight member Zhang Shucheng. The chapter left Zhang Shucheng cornered by a grinning floating face after the demonic voice drove him to panic.

• Xiao Mei told Hu Jiu that Headquarters had left the Black Cloud incident entirely to him, and Hu Jiu warned that the situation might exceed his abilities.
• Hu Jiu reassured Qian Ying and told him to continue the original plan while reporting anything unusual directly to him.
• Hu Jiu decided not to hurry to resolve the Black Cloud, which he had created himself, and began searching Linjiang City for Zhang Shucheng.
• Hu Jiu's supernatural voice called Zhang Shucheng's name wherever he fled, while Zhang Shucheng tried unsuccessfully to escape the city and silence the voice.
• Zhang Shucheng rushed out of a convenience store and found a grinning face floating at the entrance, which told him, "Got you~"

Hu Jiu captured Zhang Shucheng and learned that Evernight had unleashed the Black Cloud Fierce Ghost to seize a ghost he possessed. At the edge of Linjiang City’s Ghost Domain, Hu Jiu confronted Han Yang as he tried to open a passage with a key formed from his index finger, and Han Yang fled through a supernatural gate.

• Zhang Shucheng attacked Hu Jiu but was overpowered, had his limbs broken, and was mentally compelled to reveal that Evernight’s leader had ordered him to release the Black Cloud Fierce Ghost in Linjiang City.
• Hu Jiu reported Evernight’s plot to Headquarters and left Zhang Shucheng to turn himself in.
• Hu Jiu sensed someone opening a passage through the Black Cloud Ghost Domain and arrived to find Han Yang using his transformed index finger as a key.
• Han Yang claimed he had come to help, but Hu Jiu accused him of ordering the day’s supernatural incidents and urged him to surrender.
• Han Yang fled and twisted his finger-key against the air, opening a hazy gate.

Hu Jiu pursued Han Yang through supernatural doorways after Han Yang fled to the Little Garden to recover. Their chase reached a crowded foreign city, where Hu Jiu unleashed a spreading clown outbreak and continued after Han Yang as the streets descended into chaos.

• Han Yang entered the Little Garden, recovered from his injuries in the fountain, and suspected an insider had exposed Evernight’s plans.
• Hu Jiu followed Han Yang into the garden, freezing it and weakening Han Yang until he escaped through another supernatural door.
• Han Yang emerged in a crowded foreign city, and Hu Jiu disguised himself while scattering Ghost-Attracting Talismans.
• A terrifying clown seized a passerby and transformed him, starting an outbreak that spread through the streets.
• Hu Jiu turned a frightened young couple into ice sculptures, praised himself for another good deed, and pursued Han Yang as he noticed the growing crowd of clowns.

Hu Jiu unleashed Fierce Ghosts and a Ghost Fire Bomb on an American city, devastating the population and overwhelming the US military. When an exorcist’s sandstorm failed to stop him, Hu Jiu declared that he was intervening against Evernight, leaving the dried-corpse exorcist stunned.

• Hu Jiu unleashed contagious clown ghosts and other Fierce Ghosts on the city, and they overwhelmed the US military despite its commander’s efforts.
• Hu Jiu killed the commander and watched the soldiers and civilians descend into panic as the ghosts spread.
• An exorcist arrived with a sandstorm that trapped and destroyed many ghosts, but Hu Jiu broke the sand formation with a Ghost Fire Bomb and ignited the city.
• The sandstorm’s user confronted Hu Jiu, who struck through the sand and forced the dried-corpse figure to emerge.
• Hu Jiu announced that he was pursuing Evernight and had intervened in America to eliminate its threat, leaving the exorcist stunned by the familiar justification.

Hu Jiu killed the dried corpse and then attacked Han Yang and the Eternal Night Organization’s meeting. He left Han Yang alive and began questioning him about what happened in the Capital.

• The dried corpse called his superior for support, but Hu Jiu froze him and took his spoils.
• Han Yang urged the Witch, Carlos, and Pumpkin Head to join forces against Hu Jiu, but they favored trying to recruit him.
• The Witch noticed Hu Jiu’s attack as Pumpkin Head collapsed dead, and Han Yang fled before a White Sash caught him.
• Hu Jiu refused the Witch’s offer to join Evernight, then appeared and found that Carlos had escaped by leaving behind a fake skin.
• Hu Jiu cursed Carlos’s true body, melted the Witch, and lowered Han Yang to ask him about the Capital.

Hu Jiu interrogated Han Yang about the Ghost Fire Bomb attack and learned that Han Yang had infiltrated Headquarters with possible help from an insider. Han Yang revealed that Evernight’s leader calls himself a god and is collecting Fierce Ghosts for a mysterious God Completion Plan, leaving Hu Jiu wondering if the leader intends to recreate the rumored Primordial.

• Hu Jiu confronted Han Yang about firing the Ghost Fire Bomb, and Han Yang admitted he had attacked Hu Jiu but initially lied about having help inside Headquarters.
• Hu Jiu bluffed Han Yang into confessing that he had infiltrated Headquarters, taken control of staff with clearance, and stolen the Ghost Fire Bomb, possibly aided by an insider who wanted Hu Jiu blamed on Evernight.
• Han Yang explained that he had originally targeted Tianji to obtain the Magic Mirror for Evernight’s leader, then targeted Hu Jiu after Hu Jiu killed Tianji.
• Han Yang warned Hu Jiu that mentioning Evernight’s leader could draw his attention, so Hu Jiu used a mind-reading talisman to question him instead.
• Han Yang said Evernight’s leader called himself a god, concealed his appearance, and was collecting varied Fierce Ghosts for a God Completion Plan.
• Hu Jiu recalled a theory that Fierce Ghosts were fragments of the Primordial and wondered whether Evernight’s leader was trying to reassemble the rumored god.

Hu Jiu killed Han Yang after making him go mad in a dream, then pursued Carlos to Japan and killed him too. He took Carlos’s appearance and prepared to continue his attack in the name of Evernight.

• Hu Jiu questioned Han Yang about the ranks and members of the Eternal Night Organization, and Han Yang revealed what he knew.
• Hu Jiu sent Han Yang into a terrifying dream, where Han Yang went mad and died after seeing countless moons.
• Hu Jiu placed Han Yang, the witch, and Pumpkin Head into Golden Corpse Bags, burned the supernatural conference room, and left as Ghost Tamers arrived to handle the city fire.
• Hu Jiu tracked Carlos to a small inn in Japan, sealed the surrounding space, and burned him to death.
• Hu Jiu took Carlos’s appearance and declared that he would cleanse the country in the name of Evernight.

After Hu Jiu disappeared in Linjiang City, Zhang Hongwen faced American accusations that a man resembling him had destroyed a city, and he ordered Headquarters to condemn America. Back in his office, the Prophet and Secret Peeker warned him that his scheme had brought trouble and that Hu Jiu might be responsible.

• Qian Ying failed to contact Hu Jiu for a full day and night, reported the disappearance to Headquarters, and requested support.
• America accused China's Headquarters of sending a Ghost Tamer who destroyed a city and killed more than 100,000 people, citing video and evidence that implicated Zhang Hongwen.
• Zhang Hongwen denied the accusation and ordered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to denounce America for attempting to frame Headquarters.
• Zhang Hongwen returned to his office and asked the Prophet and Secret Peeker for their assessment of the crisis.
• The Prophet said Zhang Hongwen had invited trouble by involving that person, while the Secret Peeker blamed Hu Jiu and reminded Zhang Hongwen that she had helped him gain his position.

Zhang Hongwen tried to contain the escalating conflict with Hu Jiu, but evidence linked Hu Jiu to the Ghost Fire that destroyed an American city, while a terrorist attack in Japan and America’s response pushed China toward a crisis. Hu Jiu returned to Linjiang City and kept struggling against the Black Cloud as his alibi, with a marked date on the calendar catching his attention.

• Zhang Hongwen ordered the Prophet and the Secret Peeker to arrange a false-flag attack abroad, while the Secret Peeker insisted their plans against Hu Jiu could not stop.
• Zhang Hongwen learned that no Ghost Fire Bombs were missing, then realized Hu Jiu might have taken three bombs that vanished during the Yellow Sea incident.
• A terrorist claiming to belong to the Eternal Night Organization attacked Japan, and China’s Headquarters denied responsibility for the attack on America while condemning America’s accusations.
• America assembled Ghost Tamers, China strengthened its security, and both countries prepared for further conflict.
• Hu Jiu returned to Linjiang City, reviewed the abilities of Han Yang’s supernatural key, and kept the Black Cloud from spreading while ignoring his Satellite Phone.
• Hu Jiu glanced at the calendar and noticed a date circled in red.

Hu Jiu agreed not to press Headquarters over the attack by the Eternal Night Organization while Fu Youhua urged him to prioritize the larger crisis. Captain Wu’s team failed to enter Linjiang City and retreated, only to learn that the Black Cloud had dissipated and the local person in charge had resolved the incident.

• Fu Youhua told Hu Jiu that the Ghost Tamer who attacked him was dead and that the Eternal Night Organization had paid compensation, then urged him not to escalate the conflict.
• Hu Jiu agreed to consider the bigger picture, and Fu Youhua told him that support had been sent to deal with the Black Cloud in Linjiang City.
• Captain Wu led his team toward Linjiang City while dismissing Hu Jiu’s strength and boasting that he could handle the incident.
• Captain Wu repeatedly tried to force his way through the Ghost Domain boundary, but each attempt sent him flying.
• Captain Wu declared the incident too dangerous and ordered Headquarters to seal off Linjiang City before retreating with his team.
• The Black Cloud dissipated less than two minutes after Captain Wu left, and his operator told him that the local person in charge had already resolved the incident.

After the black clouds were contained, Hu Jiu waited for the Ghost Finger to appear but found it missing, then discovered the supernatural resources allocated to him had never arrived. An investigation revealed that Li Zhaoqiang had attacked his fellow courier and fled with the resources, while Lu Mou suspected a conspiracy.

• Hu Jiu told Qian Ying that he had fought the Source Ghost inside the black clouds, then left the city’s follow-up work to her.
• Hu Jiu dealt with Zhang Shucheng’s lingering supernatural incident, took his equipment, and handed him over to Headquarters.
• Hu Jiu waited at the place where he had found the Ghost Finger in his previous life, but it did not appear.
• Hu Jiu learned from Xiao Mei that his allocated resources had supposedly been sent, then reported that no Headquarters representatives had reached Linjiang City.
• Zhang Hongwen and Lu Mou ordered investigations into the missing delivery, and Lu Mou learned that Li Zhaoqiang had attacked Wang Xun and fled with the resources.

Lu Mou investigated Li Zhaoqiang’s disappearance and the loss of resources meant for Hu Jiu, while surveillance footage revealed that Li had apparently defected with help from a Ghost Tamer. The footage went to Zhang Hongwen, who ordered the investigation to continue and the resources to be recovered.

• Lu Mou’s search team recovered Li Zhaoqiang’s wireless Satellite Phone from a toy boat drifting down a river, and Lu Mou reported the disappearance and missing resources to Zhang Hongwen.
• Lu Mou reviewed Li Zhaoqiang’s file but found nothing to explain why he might defect.
• The intelligence department found footage showing Li meeting an indistinct figure, taking a robe, and becoming obscured by a supernatural effect while still carrying the supplies for Hu Jiu.
• Lu Mou concluded that Li had likely defected with a Ghost Tamer and worried he would be held responsible for the lost strategic-level resources.
• Zhang Hongwen received the footage and ordered the investigation to continue and the resources to be recovered.

Hu Jiu learned that the resources Headquarters had sent him were missing, refused to help search for them, and arranged to visit Fu Youhua. Meanwhile, the group that stole the supplies celebrated their haul and resolved to lie low, while Sister Gao remained troubled by her brother Gao Qiuhai’s death.

• Xiao Mei told Hu Jiu that one courier had died and Li Zhaoqiang was missing with the resources, and Headquarters could not replace them soon.
• Hu Jiu refused Headquarters’ request that he search for the missing resources and held Headquarters responsible for recovering them.
• Xiao Mei confirmed that Hu Jiu’s visit to Fu Youhua had been approved for the next morning.
• Sister Gao and her group divided the stolen resources, including twelve Longevity Potions, and discussed the risks of angering Hu Jiu and Headquarters.
• The group decided to keep a low profile and enjoy their stolen supplies, while Sister Gao’s smile turned cold as she thought of Gao Qiuhai.
• Headquarters convened a meeting.

At Headquarters, Zhang Hongwen blamed Lu Mou for the stolen supernatural resources and proposed making Hu Jiu recover his own missing reward instead of compensating him. The chapter ended with Zhang assigning Lu Mou to persuade Hu Jiu, while Lu Mou worried about what would happen if Hu Jiu refused.

• Zhang Hongwen announced that Lu Mou would be sidelined over the Resources Department’s missing supernatural resources, and others accused Lu Mou of arranging the theft.
• Lu Mou defended himself, but Headquarters agreed that he bore responsibility and discussed detaining him during the investigation.
• Zhang Hongwen proposed withholding Hu Jiu’s resources and asking him to retrieve the stolen batch himself, with Headquarters only making up any shortfall.
• Zhang Hongwen said the proposal would test Hu Jiu’s bottom line and asked Lu Mou to deliver it to him.
• Lu Mou asked what would happen if Hu Jiu refused.

Headquarters forced Lu Mou to tell Hu Jiu to recover the resources that had gone missing on their way to him, but Hu Jiu rejected the demand and Lu Mou was taken away for questioning. Zhang Hongwen then consulted the Secret Peeker, who proposed using Lu Mou as an expendable piece, prompting Zhang Hongwen to challenge her.

• Zhang Hongwen pressured Lu Mou to call Hu Jiu and present the missing resources as a mission for him to handle.
• Hu Jiu rejected Headquarters' demand, questioned whether senior officials had approved it, and ended the call after Lu Mou threatened him.
• Zhang Hongwen ordered armed personnel to take Lu Mou away, claiming he had failed to persuade Hu Jiu.
• Zhang Hongwen argued that Ghost Tamers had to obey Headquarters, while those present left unchallenged the possibility that Hu Jiu had caused a past incident in the Capital.
• Zhang Hongwen met with the Secret Peeker, who said Lu Mou had outlived his usefulness and should be used for whatever value remained.
• Zhang Hongwen challenged the Secret Peeker, asking whether she saw Headquarters' senior officials as mere pieces in Ghost Tamers' games.

The Secret Peeker forced Zhang Hongwen to follow her plan and then killed Lu Mou, while Hu Jiu visited the hospitalized Fu Youhua and offered him a healing bracelet. The Secret Peeker accepted the risk of consequences as she embraced her new willingness to act without restraint.

• The Secret Peeker mocked Zhang Hongwen for complaining about being used as a pawn and ordered him to stick to their plan.
• Hu Jiu visited Fu Youhua in a special hospital and found Huang Jingxing assisting with his treatment.
• Hu Jiu offered Fu Youhua a healing bracelet and complained that Zhang Hongwen had mishandled Headquarters and withheld his reward.
• The Secret Peeker strangled Lu Mou and disguised his death while the Prophet warned her that her actions could bring serious consequences.
• The Secret Peeker dismissed the Prophet’s warning and reflected on how Headquarters had failed to seek justice after her injuries.

After Lu Mou was murdered, Zhang Hongwen tried to use the evidence against Hu Jiu to have him detained, but Hu Jiu’s hospital alibi disrupted the plan. Zhang Hongwen realized the visit had been concealed from him and began looking for a way to escape the growing crisis, when something even more unexpected happened.

• Headquarters discovered that Lu Mou had been strangled, and the surveillance equipment had malfunctioned around the time of his death.
• Zhang Hongwen pointed suspicion at Hu Jiu, citing his last conversation with Lu Mou and footage of someone resembling him, and sought to have him detained for investigation.
• Hu Jiu said he had spent the day visiting Minister Fu Youhua at the hospital, where the minister and medical staff could confirm his alibi.
• Xiao Mei explained that Hu Jiu’s visit had been arranged directly through Minister Fu Youhua and the hospital, leaving Zhang Hongwen unaware of it.
• Zhang Hongwen reconsidered the timing of Hu Jiu’s visit and Lu Mou’s murder, then tried to plan how to account for Lu Mou’s death and resolve the crisis.
• Something even more unexpected happened as Zhang Hongwen was searching for a way to break the deadlock.

Hu Jiu spoke with Fu Youhua about the murder of Lu Mou before Fu Youhua suffered a severe heart attack and was saved by Hu Jiu’s supernatural bracelet. After learning that more senior Headquarters members had been killed, Fu Youhua ordered Hu Jiu to return with him to Headquarters, where the situation was in chaos.

• Hu Jiu discussed Lu Mou’s murder with Fu Youhua and suggested the killing might have been politically motivated.
• Hu Jiu left Fu Youhua’s hospital room and learned from Huang Jingxing that American exorcists had arrived in the Capital and clashed with Ghost Tamers.
• Fu Youhua suffered a heart attack, and medical staff used Hu Jiu’s supernatural bracelet to save him.
• Fu Youhua questioned Hu Jiu about whether he had left the hospital, while Huang Jingxing defended him.
• Fu Youhua revealed that senior Headquarters members had been murdered one after another and told Hu Jiu to come with him to Headquarters.

Headquarters’ senior officials were killed one by one in seemingly accidental deaths, leaving Zhang Hongwen as the sole survivor. Meanwhile, the Secret Peeker fled with two bound captives, and the young woman driving wondered whether her plans could still work without the Prophet.

• After American exorcists clashed with local Ghost Tamers, Zhang Hongwen and Headquarters’ officials planned to send two enforcers to negotiate and prepare for force if needed.
• A senior official fell down the stairs and died, and further officials soon died in a series of apparent accidents.
• The surviving officials fled toward the golden safe room, but all except Zhang Hongwen died before reaching it.
• Zhang Hongwen hid in the safe room and tried unsuccessfully to call the Secret Peeker.
• The Secret Peeker drove away with two bound captives as the young woman driving realized Headquarters’ senior officials had been wiped out and lamented the Prophet’s disappearance.

Fu Youhua took control of Headquarters and learned from Zhang Hongwen that Secret Peeker and others had been behind the recent killings and schemes. While Hu Jiu rushed to rescue his kidnapped family, Robert attacked a group of Ghost Tamers and demanded to know how their leader had obtained a Ruby Brooch from the Eternal Night Organization; someone shouted for him to stop.

• Fu Youhua returned to Headquarters, assumed its leadership, and questioned Zhang Hongwen about the deaths and power struggle.
• Zhang Hongwen confessed that he had joined forces with Secret Peeker to manipulate events, kill people, and frame others, while Fu Youhua realized Hu Jiu was unavailable because his family had been kidnapped.
• Fu Youhua sent two Law Enforcers to confront Robert, who was causing trouble near the hotel used by Headquarters to receive visiting Ghost Tamers.
• Robert suppressed a group of Ghost Tamers and demanded that their leader explain where she had gotten the Ruby Brooch.
• The woman remained silent as Robert accused her of possessing an item from the Eternal Night Organization and raised his foot to strike her again.
• An angry voice shouted for Robert to stop.