Recaps

On the rooftop at Langzhou University, Hu Jiu and He Ming discussed Chu Shan’s clean records, suspected dream-controlling ability, and the strange nightmares that preceded the campus disappearances. They planned to lure Chu Shan out by targeting Liu Qingxuan, while Hu Jiu resolved to track him once he saw his real body.

• He Ming shared Principal Liang’s information that Chu Shan had once been an ordinary student but had later begun spending long periods away from campus.
• Hu Jiu guessed Chu Shan was hiding in the Dream World, where his control of the dream realm made him difficult to find.
• He Ming and Hu Jiu noted that Chu Yan had vanished and might be waiting to ambush them, but decided to focus on Chu Shan first.
• He Ming suggested targeting campus belle Liu Qingxuan to draw Chu Shan out, and Hu Jiu agreed to adjust their plan.
• Hu Jiu and He Ming considered why Chu Shan had created the Nightmare Game, including whether he needed something from the students, then decided to ask him after catching him.

Hu Jiu altered the Nightmare Game by summoning a deadly fog that separated Liu Qingxuan and her group, forcing them into the teaching building. When Liu Qingxuan used a familiar yellow talisman to hide from the ghosts, Hu Jiu recognized it and suspected it was connected to the attacks on He Ming; the ghosts then found her hiding place.

• Hu Jiu filled the campus with fog, and Liu Qingxuan led the students toward the teaching building as people vanished along the way.
• The survivors reached the building, but grotesque ghosts broke through its windows and drove the students into hiding.
• Liu Qingxuan took out a yellow talisman and used it to make herself less noticeable in a corner.
• Hu Jiu recognized the talisman as resembling the supernatural paper used by an attacker who had targeted He Ming, and he suspected the attacks were connected to the Mirage Ghost inside him.
• The ghosts initially overlooked Liu Qingxuan, but then turned together toward her hiding place.

Chu Shan sent Liu Qingxuan out of the Nightmare Game, then faced supernatural forces invading his dream. He suspected a Headquarters investigator was behind the attack, but the assault continued as filthy water began destroying his talismans.

• Liu Qingxuan panicked among the ghosts until Chu Shan appeared and promised to send her back to the real world.
• Chu Shan used a talisman to return Liu Qingxuan to her dorm room, then discovered his talismans could not drive away the ghosts.
• Hu Jiu sent White Sash surging toward Chu Shan, but Chu Shan scattered it with talismans.
• Chu Shan suspected the hidden attacker was the Headquarters investigator and concealed himself among countless talisman papers.
• Filthy water poured through the classroom floor, lashed at Chu Shan’s talismans, and spread the smell of alcohol.

Hu Jiu and He Ming forced Chu Shan out of the Nightmare Game and into reality, freeing the trapped students. Chu Shan escaped the dream but ran into He Ming in his dorm room, where He Ming recognized him as the person who had ambushed him before and gave chase.

• Hu Jiu used Filthy Water and the Drunkard to trap Chu Shan in a shrinking bubble, while Chu Shan tried to escape and demanded to know the purpose of the Nightmare Game.
• Chu Shan used a purple talisman to break through the bubble and flee, but Nightmare's power withdrew and the dream collapsed.
• The students trapped in the Nightmare Game returned to reality, and Li Qisi loudly told her classmates that Fox Immortal had defeated it.
• Chu Shan escaped into reality and prepared to call for help, but He Ming confronted him in Chu Shan's dorm room.
• Chu Shan threw yellow talisman papers at He Ming and fled, prompting He Ming to recognize him as the person who had ambushed him at home and pursue him.

Hu Jiu and He Ming captured Chu Shan and questioned him about the Nightmare Game and his ties to Langzhou City’s leadership. Chu Shan explained that he had created the game to strengthen Nightmare and build a secret organization, but he suffered a painful reaction before revealing why Chu Yan served as his bodyguard.

• Chu Shan mistook He Ming for the Ghost Tamer from his dream, but He Ming and Hu Jiu dragged him back into his dormitory and restrained him.
• Hu Jiu questioned Chu Shan, who admitted creating the Nightmare Game to harvest fear and strengthen the Fierce Ghost codenamed Nightmare.
• Chu Shan revealed that he later hoped to use the game to cultivate a secret organization that could communicate and exchange information through dreams.
• Hu Jiu asked about Chu Yan and Langzhou City, and Chu Shan blurted out that Chu Yan was his bodyguard.
• When He Ming and Hu Jiu demanded to know who Chu Shan was, Chu Shan spat out flesh and blood and appeared to endure severe pain.

Hu Jiu used a pen to force Chu Shan to reveal that he belonged to the Chu Family, whose faction had been taking over remote cities and testing a plan to seize Langzhou City. Chu Shan also explained that the Mirage Ghost had been selected for him by the Chu elders, leaving He Ming under threat from the Chu Family if he refused to join them or surrender it.

• After Chu Shan bit off his tongue, Hu Jiu stabbed him between the brows with a pen and compelled him to answer questions.
• Chu Shan revealed that he was a direct descendant of the Chu Family, a faction associated with the divided Big Dipper Organization, and that his attendant Chu Yan had been tasked with protecting him.
• Chu Shan said the Chu Family had taken control of several remote cities and had launched its takeover of Langzhou City as a test of replacing a major city's inhabitants with Chu Family members.
• He Ming learned that Chu Shan had ambushed him in Xihe City to reclaim the Mirage Ghost, which the Chu elders had chosen for Chu Shan and released as a trial.
• Chu Shan offered to welcome He Ming into the Chu Family but warned that they would eventually reclaim the Mirage Ghost; He Ming rejected the idea of joining and anticipated further attacks.

Hu Jiu and He Ming questioned Chu Shan about the Ghost-Drawing Talisman, Nightmare, and Big Dipper, uncovering the Chu Family’s power and the organization’s troubled leadership. Chu Shan also explained Chu Yan’s Briber ability, leaving He Ming stunned by how dangerous it could be.

• He Ming rejected changing his surname to escape the Chu Family and resolved to become stronger.
• Chu Shan explained that he had tamed the Ghost-Drawing Talisman after the Mirage Ghost disappeared, and described its power to suppress corporeal Fierce Ghosts and create many kinds of talismans.
• Chu Shan revealed that Nightmare had haunted people at Langzhou University before he tamed it and made the Nightmare Game.
• Chu Shan said Big Dipper had once protected society from supernatural phenomena, but its supreme leader had vanished and its Seven Stars were divided into factions.
• Chu Shan explained that Chu Yan’s Briber ability could bind people through even accidental, trivial gifts, and He Ming was shocked by its potential.

Hu Jiu killed Chu Shan and took his corpse to claim the Ghost-Drawing Talisman and Nightmare, while He Ming reported the Langzhou University incident to Headquarters but concealed Hu Jiu’s abilities. They told Principal Liang the crisis was over and warned him about possible trouble from people connected to Chu Shan.

• Liu Qingxuan led curious students to Chu Shan’s empty dorm room, where she worried he might be in danger in the Nightmare Game.
• Hu Jiu killed Chu Shan after taking what he wanted from him, then stored his corpse in the Golden Corpse Bag.
• Hu Jiu told He Ming to report the situation to Headquarters, and He Ming shared most details while withholding information about Hu Jiu and Chu Shan’s connections.
• Hu Jiu and He Ming told Principal Liang that the supernatural incident at Langzhou University had been resolved and showed him Chu Shan’s corpse.
• Hu Jiu warned Principal Liang that people connected to Chu Shan might approach the university, advised him to prioritize his safety, and handed him a mirror.

Hu Jiu and He Ming left the university after Hu Jiu gave Principal Liang a supernatural mirror, and Principal Liang worked to contain the campus crisis. As the students searched for Chu Shan or waited for Fox Immortal, the girls discovered Chu Shan had been pursuing several of them at once.

• Hu Jiu gave Principal Liang a mirror infused with supernatural power and warned him it had limited uses.
• Principal Liang offered Hu Jiu a list of people connected to Chu Shan and Chu Yan, but Hu Jiu rejected the offer and left with He Ming.
• After receiving a call about Chu Shan's distress signal, Principal Liang denied knowing what had happened and blamed any danger on Headquarters' investigators.
• Principal Liang hid the mirror and ordered school administrators to investigate the campus, calm students, and suppress public discussion.
• Principal Liang learned that Li Qisi's roommates had left campus and brought Liu Qingxuan together with Chu Shan's other girlfriends.
• Liu Qingxuan and the other girls compared their stories and realized Chu Shan had pursued several of them in similar ways.

He Ming and Hu Jiu survived an ambush with gold powder and began a cleanup in Langzhou City. After Chu Shan’s death and the disappearance of his corpse and two powerful ghosts were confirmed, officials and the Chu Family prepared to act against them.

• He Ming warned Hu Jiu that an incoming shell contained gold powder designed to immobilize Ghost Tamers, but Hu Jiu pulled him clear of the blast.
• Hu Jiu spotted the attackers in a sedan and a watcher on a rooftop, then buried the attackers and dragged the watcher away with a shadow.
• He Ming and Hu Jiu headed to the city government building to continue cleaning up Langzhou City.
• A conference of officials confirmed Chu Shan was dead and his corpse and the Ghost-Drawing Talisman and Nightmare were missing; they planned to keep Hu Jiu and He Ming in Langzhou City to face the Chu Family’s wrath.
• A white-haired Chu Family elder learned that Chu Shan’s corpse was missing and insisted the family must recover his two ghosts.

Hu Jiu returned to the municipal government building and spoke with Minister Fu Youhua, who praised his mission in Langzhou but challenged him over the deaths of local officials and their families. Headquarters and Hu Jiu agreed to maintain a workable relationship while warning him to avoid harming innocents when the Chu Family came after him.

• Hu Jiu returned to the municipal government building with He Ming and asked whether anyone could contact Chu Yan, but no one could.
• Hu Jiu bounced back an unknown curse, then answered a call from Fu Youhua, who praised his work and questioned the deaths of local officials and their families.
• Fu Youhua offered to update Hu Jiu's file and codename, but Hu Jiu declined and agreed to investigate the supernatural outbreak in the Capital.
• Hu Jiu recognized that Headquarters suspected his wrongdoing and reasoned that he had revealed his strength to discourage them from turning against him.
• Fu Youhua warned Hu Jiu that the Chu Family might retaliate and told him not to let innocent people get caught in the conflict.
• Hu Jiu promised to control himself while insisting that the Chu Family had to be eliminated, and Fu Youhua began to understand his true personality.

Headquarters decided to tolerate Hu Jiu and investigate the Big Dipper Organization and the Chu Family, while Hu Jiu made plans to install Gu Dao in Langzhou City and reclaimed the bronze tree branch. The chapter ended with Hu Jiu rushing to rescue He Ming from two Ghost Tamers sent by the Chu Family to retrieve Chu Shan's body.

• Fu Youhua told Headquarters that [Obituary] and [Secret Peeker] had both been gravely injured after targeting Hu Jiu, and he decided they should tolerate Hu Jiu for now.
• Fu Youhua and Shen Jiliang discussed investigating the Chu Family, exploiting Big Dipper's internal factions, and seeking information from the Prophet.
• Hu Jiu visited Gu Dao at the Crocodile Bar and considered placing him in charge of Langzhou City after dealing with Chu Yan.
• Hu Jiu took back the bronze tree branch from Lin Lipeng and kept him alive as a possible future pawn.
• He Ming called Hu Jiu for help after two Ghost Tamers attacked him at the Langzhou City government building to retrieve Chu Shan's body.
• Hu Jiu jumped through space and arrived beside He Ming.

He Ming fought two Ghost Tamers sent by the Chu Family to reclaim the Fierce Ghost in Chu Shan, but Hu Jiu arrived and overwhelmed one of them. The fight took a dangerous turn when He Ming discovered that a ghost domain had trapped them in a supernatural blizzard.

• He Ming answered a call for help and reached the municipal government building, where he fought a Ghost Tamer while Chu Leng watched.
• He Ming wounded the first Ghost Tamer with a gold dagger, then severed Chu Leng's rapidly regenerating tongue when Chu Leng attacked him.
• Hu Jiu appeared and unleashed White Sashes, Filthy Water, liquor, and Ghost Hands, slamming the wounded Ghost Tamer into a wall.
• Hu Jiu warned He Ming that more than two enemies were involved and pointed outside, where He Ming saw snow falling through a blizzard and realized they were inside a ghost domain.

Hu Jiu and He Ming killed Chu Leng, exposed Snow Woman and Chu Yan, and learned that Chu Yan was a Chu Family bodyguard trying to recruit them. The chapter ended with Chu Yan demanding to know how they had uncovered his identity.

• Hu Jiu killed Chu Leng and contained the revived Ghost Licker.
• He Ming realized the supernatural cold was affecting the room, and Snow Woman appeared outside the window.
• Snow Woman escaped Hu Jiu's first restraints when Chu Yan sent banknotes into the room, but Hu Jiu restrained her again.
• Hu Jiu found and injured Chu Yan, who had been hiding in the office.
• Chu Yan offered to let Hu Jiu and He Ming join the Chu Family in exchange for the two ghosts Chu Shan controlled.
• He Ming exposed Chu Yan as Chu Shan's personal bodyguard, and Chu Yan demanded to know how they had learned the secret.

Hu Jiu and He Ming defeated Chu Yan and the Snow Woman, but a terrifying force from the Chu Family destroyed the municipal government building and pursued them. Hu Jiu redirected the threat toward a crowded part of Langzhou City, where a scream followed, leaving He Ming alarmed by what Hu Jiu had done.

• He Ming claimed Headquarters had uncovered Chu Shan's secrets, while Chu Yan attacked with scattered money and called on the Snow Woman to trap them in her ghost domain.
• Hu Jiu erased the Snow Woman, breaking the Winter Ghost Domain, then found the invisible Chu Yan and killed him.
• A supernatural attack destroyed the municipal government building, forcing Hu Jiu to flee with He Ming as the Chu Family's assault continued.
• Hu Jiu sent two hairs toward the most densely populated part of Langzhou City, causing the supernatural force to stop pursuing them.
• A scream and a crowd's commotion reached Hu Jiu and He Ming, and Hu Jiu smiled as He Ming tensed again.

After reporting the Chu Family’s attack to Headquarters, Hu Jiu gained an invitation to a high-level meeting and prepared for the follow-up by taming Nightmare and the Ghost-Drawing Talisman. He successfully tamed Nightmare, then began merging the Ghost-Drawing Talisman with his own power despite their mutual rejection.

• Hu Jiu reported that Chu Yan and three other Ghost Tamers had ambushed him, and accused the Chu Family of attacking Langzhou City’s civilians in retaliation.
• He Ming asked Hu Jiu for advice about taming a second ghost, then left for Headquarters in the Capital after Hu Jiu suggested consulting its researchers.
• After Headquarters sent someone to take over in Langzhou City, Hu Jiu accepted an invitation to the Capital and decided to tame Nightmare and the Ghost-Drawing Talisman before traveling.
• Hu Jiu tamed Nightmare, greatly expanding its range and allowing it to create multiple layers of dreams.
• Hu Jiu used his supernatural power to make his left arm resemble an ordinary person’s, then reached for the Ghost-Drawing Talisman as their powers began to erode and merge.

In the Capital, Hu Jiu met with Headquarters representatives and learned about its plan to create a Law Enforcement Group of powerful Ghost Tamers. He agreed to share information about his ghosts in exchange for intelligence on Tianji, but concealed his true abilities by claiming his most important ghost was the Lucky One.

• Hu Jiu suddenly appeared at a hotel meeting with two Headquarters representatives, who explained the coming selection of Law Enforcers.
• The woman warned Hu Jiu that the Chu Family would likely seek revenge and offered information about Tianji’s Fierce Ghost in exchange for Hu Jiu joining any future operation against him.
• Hu Jiu agreed to Headquarters’ terms and described his White Sash, Hanging Rope, and Ghost Hand.
• Hu Jiu claimed that his fourth and most important ghost, the Lucky One, brought him good luck, concealing his real ability from Headquarters.

Hu Jiu exchanged information with Headquarters about Tianji, learning that Tianji might be over a hundred years old and controlled a Fierce Ghost called the Magic Mirror. After leaving the meeting, Hu Jiu wandered through the Capital, secretly leaving Ghost-Drawing Talisman patterns and considering the talisman's powerful ghost-summoning ability.

• Hu Jiu claimed that his luck came with the risk of misfortune for people around him, and the woman recorded his statements while her companion's ability detected no lies.
• The woman told Hu Jiu that Headquarters believed Tianji might be over a hundred years old and had identified one of his Fierce Ghosts by the codename Magic Mirror.
• Hu Jiu criticized Headquarters for offering so little intelligence, then vanished from the private room after the woman said there was nothing more to share.
• Hu Jiu left the hotel, dropped his feigned emotions, and walked through the Capital while leaving bizarre Ghost-Drawing Talisman patterns behind.
• Hu Jiu reflected that he feared using the Clone Talisman but valued the Ghost-Summoning Talisman, which could draw nearby ghosts or bring unknown Fierce Ghosts into reality.
• Hu Jiu's Ghost-Drawing Talismans were black, an enhanced version of the talismans Chu Shan had been able to create.

Hu Jiu learned that the Law Enforcer Plan had become a battleground for powerful factions and that some candidates might test or target him. He arrived at Headquarters for a meeting and waited in a personalized lounge, where he surprised his assigned aide, Xiao Su, by acting calmly and casually.

• The Spirit Cat told Hu Jiu that most Law Enforcer candidate slots had been allocated and warned that powerful Ghost Tamers might recruit, provoke, or kill him.
• Hu Jiu spent several quiet days at the hotel while a young Ghost Tamer in the Research Department found a sheet of Human Skin Paper.
• Xiao Mei summoned Hu Jiu to a Headquarters meeting and warned him not to cause trouble among the powerful attendees.
• Hu Jiu passed multiple security checkpoints to reach Headquarters, where Xiao Su escorted him to a private lounge.
• Hu Jiu and Xiao Su chatted about entertainment, and Xiao Su found him far more composed and ordinary than she had expected.

Hu Jiu reviewed records of major supernatural incidents before attending the Law Enforcer Plan meeting. There, Fu Youhua revealed that South Korea had fallen under the control of Beauty Goddess, whose enthralled devotees were spreading supernatural contamination across neighboring regions.

• Hu Jiu looked through Xiao Su’s album of supernatural incidents but found no information about time-related events.
• Hu Jiu entered the meeting room and took his seat among the assembled Ghost Tamers.
• Fu Youhua opened the meeting by announcing that South Korea had fallen completely to the supernatural.
• Fu Youhua explained that Beauty Goddess had taken control of South Korea through indiscriminate enthrallment, and that the contamination was spreading into neighboring areas and parts of Hu Jiu’s country.
• Fu Youhua said Headquarters had no way to identify those enthralled by Beauty Goddess, while Hu Jiu wondered whether this Beauty Goddess was connected to one from his previous life.

At Headquarters, Fu Youhua presented the preliminary Law Enforcer candidates and announced that each would need to resolve a high-risk supernatural incident to qualify. After Hu Jiu returned to his hotel, Zhou Xiaomeng invited him to join Li Yunheng’s team, but Hu Jiu refused, and she warned him that he was in danger.

• Fu Youhua introduced the preliminary Law Enforcer candidates and explained that Headquarters had ranked them by their ghost-controlling abilities and records resolving supernatural incidents.
• Fu Youhua announced that each candidate had to resolve at least one incident from the unresolved high-risk list to become an official Law Enforcer.
• Hu Jiu left Headquarters and returned to his hotel after noticing a Ghost Tamer staying behind to speak privately with the higher-ups.
• Zhou Xiaomeng approached Hu Jiu and invited him to join Li Yunheng’s permanent team, but Hu Jiu refused.
• Zhou Xiaomeng challenged Hu Jiu’s refusal and began warning him that he was in a dangerous position.

Zhou Xiaomeng failed to recruit Hu Jiu after warning him about the dangers of working alone, while he secretly planned to exploit the supernatural item she wore. Back at their base, Li Yunheng discussed using Law Enforcer candidates to build support for his leadership bid, and a team member arrived with a new recruit.

• Zhou Xiaomeng tried to recruit Hu Jiu, but he rejected her claims that he was weak and would be safer with her team.
• Hu Jiu watched Zhou Xiaomeng leave and recalled that her crystal earring contained a hidden back door he had made.
• Hu Jiu called Qian Ying about Linjiang City and summoned Xiao Yu and Yin Wenxian back from vacation to resume their trading work.
• Zhou Xiaomeng told Li Yunheng that Hu Jiu had refused to join, and Li Yunheng explained he wanted temporary support from Law Enforcer candidates to strengthen his chance of leading the department.
• A team member returned to the base with an unfamiliar person and announced that the newcomer was joining the team.

Headquarters urgently summoned Hu Jiu and other Ghost Tamers to confront a rapidly spreading supernatural incident in the Yellow Sea. After the advance force reached the darkened waters, Hu Jiu reunited with Huang Jingxing, who proposed they work together.

• Hu Jiu left the Law Enforcer candidates and returned to Linjiang City, but Headquarters soon issued him an emergency summons.
• Fu Youhua told the assembled Ghost Tamers that a terrifying supernatural incident in the Yellow Sea was spreading toward the country, then assigned Hu Jiu to the advance force.
• Aboard the Zhanying, the team heard a distress signal from the Shichuan, carrying refugees from South Korea, but prioritized stopping the supernatural spread.
• As the Zhanying neared the affected waters, the sky went dark and the sea grew unnaturally still, prompting Fu Youhua to hold an emergency meeting.
• Hu Jiu met Huang Jingxing on deck, and Huang Jingxing introduced himself and suggested they work together.

Hu Jiu and the Ghost Tamers aboard the Zhanying saw a green-lit urn with a candle approaching across the silent sea. Zhang Yuwei tried to contain it, but it changed course toward the Shichuan, leaving the Ghost Tamers to watch what happened next.

• Hu Jiu agreed to form a temporary team with Huang Jingxing as seabirds gathered on the Zhanying and the sea fell silent.
• Bai Yang spotted a flickering blue-green light approaching, which Hu Jiu recognized as a candle attached to an urn.
• Fu Youhua ordered ordinary personnel below deck, and the Ghost Tamers prepared as the urn's supernatural scraping sound grew louder.
• Bai Yang urged the Ghost Tamers not to provoke the urn and suggested containing it in a golden container.
• Zhang Yuwei floated toward the urn inside a pink bubble, but it suddenly changed course toward the Shichuan, and she returned without capturing it.

After a ghostly shadow escaped the Ash Urn, the Shichuan’s passengers waited tensely for signs of danger while its Ghost Tamers planned to sacrifice lower-ranking people if needed. Che Zhenhe approached a crying girl and realized too late that she was imitating him and had seized his arm.

• Bai Yang reported that the Ash Urn’s candle had gone out, its lid had opened, and a fast-moving shadow had escaped.
• The Zhanying and Shichuan stayed on alert, but no strange incidents occurred for several minutes.
• The Shichuan’s Ghost Tamers resumed patrols and focused on protecting their families and chaebol members while neglecting lower-ranking passengers.
• Che Zhenhe considered using someone from the ship’s lower ranks to ring the Buddhist Bell if danger returned.
• Che Zhenhe approached a crying girl, who grabbed his arm and repeated his question in a strange voice.
• The girl raised her head, and Che Zhenhe froze in fear.