Recaps

Hu Jiu and the others fought Tianji, who copied their supernatural abilities and countered their attacks with even greater force. The fight paused after Hu Jiu caught and recognized a supernatural spoon he had made, leaving him wondering whether Tianji had detected its hidden backdoor.

• Hu Jiu, Li Yunheng, and Qiao Xinyuan attacked Tianji, but he dodged, neutralized their abilities, and copied Qiao Xinyuan's power to injure him.
• Tianji absorbed Hu Jiu's Ghost Fire and turned it against him, but Hu Jiu extinguished the flames before his teammates could intervene.
• Li Yunheng attacked Tianji with his Ghost Domain and supernatural toy knife, while Tianji copied the knife and sent a storm of copies at him.
• Qiao Xinyuan tried another attack, but Tianji copied his ability again and drove him back as Zhou Xiaomeng watched.
• Tianji asked whether the group had been sent by national Headquarters while Hu Jiu continued attacking him with shadows and a black-hole vortex.
• Tianji tossed out a supernatural spoon, and Hu Jiu caught it, recognized it as one he had made, and wondered whether Tianji had discovered its hidden backdoor.

Hu Jiu and the other Ghost Tamers fought Tianji, whose ability let him copy supernatural powers and use them in greater numbers. As Tianji unleashed a devastating attack, Zhou Xiaomeng’s crystal earring shattered.

• Li Yunheng discovered that Tianji could copy a supernatural item’s abilities after coming into contact with it, while copies made without contact were ordinary imitations.
• Tianji copied Li Yunheng’s supernatural toy knife and used the copied weapons to attack Hu Jiu and Zhou Xiaomeng, who survived through Hu Jiu’s evasion and Zhou Xiaomeng’s defensive earring.
• Tianji wondered why no one from the Chu Family had arrived and blamed Headquarters for the curses repeatedly striking him, while Hu Jiu kept the source of the curses concealed.
• Tianji suddenly cut Li Yunheng in half, but Li Yunheng reformed from two swarms of Corpse Insects and began considering retreat.
• Tianji unleashed violent shock waves around the four Ghost Tamers, and Zhou Xiaomeng’s crystal earring shattered under the strain.

Hu Jiu discovered a way to wound Tianji through the Magic Mirror’s copying ability, forcing Tianji to abandon his defensive strategy and attack the squad. As the fight continued, Tianji noticed the squad’s members were divided, leaving their next move uncertain.

• The Crystal Earring shattered, and Zhou Xiaomeng, Qiao Xinyuan, and Li Yunheng drank Longevity Potions as Tianji’s shockwaves accelerated their Fierce Ghosts’ revival.
• Hu Jiu wounded Tianji’s shoulder with an invisible Fierce Ghost, revealing that Tianji could be hurt and provoking him to launch a furious attack.
• Tianji realized his shockwaves could not escape the training ground and became determined to kill everyone present.
• Qiao Xinyuan transformed into a scarecrow and sent bone birds after Tianji, while Zhou Xiaomeng used her Debt-Collecting Ghost to freeze him.
• Hu Jiu stabbed Tianji twice more, and the wounds began to rot instead of healing; he explained that an invisible conceptual Fierce Ghost could not be copied.
• Tianji noticed that the squad had become divided and guessed that Li Yunheng was conflicted.

Hu Jiu and the others struggled to injure Tianji as he adapted to Hu Jiu’s attacks and used his Ghost Domain to evade them. Zhou Xiaomeng’s golden bullets and a brief movement-blocking curse wounded Tianji, but he expelled the bullets and remained dangerous.

• Li Yunheng grew resentful after Hu Jiu’s strength made him feel less important on the squad.
• Tianji adapted to Hu Jiu’s attacks, using his Ghost Domain to move faster and avoid being hit.
• Tianji struck Qiao Xinyuan with shock waves, nearly turning him into a scarecrow, but Qiao Xinyuan used a Longevity Potion to recover.
• Zhou Xiaomeng used a Hanging Rope to halt Tianji briefly, then shot him with golden bullets while Hu Jiu’s curse inflicted more injuries.
• A movement-prohibiting curse briefly prevented Tianji from teleporting, allowing Zhou Xiaomeng to shoot him in the face.
• Tianji continued moving despite his wounds, and Zhou Xiaomeng heard the golden bullets fall after he expelled them from his body.

Tianji killed Li Yunheng and forced Qiao Xinyuan and Zhou Xiaomeng to retreat after Li’s revived Fierce Ghost unleashed swarms of Corpse Insects. Hu Jiu stayed behind to face Tianji, who became intent on killing him and taking his ghost.

• Tianji beheaded Zhou Xiaomeng, but she survived by reattaching her head.
• Li Yunheng became distracted by Zhou Xiaomeng’s hidden strength, and Tianji killed him with a strike from behind.
• Li Yunheng’s Fierce Ghost revived, spreading Corpse Insects that Tianji copied and used alongside his shock-wave ability.
• Qiao Xinyuan and Zhou Xiaomeng retreated when their Ghost Domains could no longer withstand Tianji’s attacks.
• Hu Jiu remained unaffected as Tianji decided to kill him and seize the special ghost inside him.

Hu Jiu fought Tianji at the Chu Family’s ancestral grounds, using supernatural items and Ghost-Summoning Talismans to overwhelm him. Tianji struggled to contain the danger, unable to abandon the family members in the area, and finally focused all his strength on attacking Hu Jiu.

• Hu Jiu concealed himself with White Sash, then used the Eerie Flashlight and Longevity Candle to slow Tianji and drain his lifespan.
• Tianji copied the Longevity Candle’s ability with the Magic Mirror, but his copy failed to steal Hu Jiu’s lifespan while Hu Jiu’s candle continued draining his.
• Tianji used copied abilities, including the Ghost-Drawing Talisman and Mirage Ghost, to evade the candle and suppress Hu Jiu with yellow talismans.
• Hu Jiu scattered black Ghost-Summoning Talismans and threatened to summon dangerous ghosts, while claiming the Chu Family would be blamed for the destruction.
• Tianji contained the black talismans and the curses Hu Jiu unleashed, but stayed to protect the Chu Family’s descendants; he then stopped containing the talismans and focused on attacking Hu Jiu.

Qiao Xinyuan and Zhou Xiaomeng discovered that Hu Jiu was still fighting Tianji as a dangerous red light surrounded the training ground. Tianji beat Hu Jiu until his human form vanished and he transformed into a Bronze Tree, leaving the Chu Family grounds in chaos.

• Qiao Xinyuan touched the red light and found that it drained his strength, so he and Zhou Xiaomeng worried about Hu Jiu's fate.
• The red light vanished, and Qiao Xinyuan and Zhou Xiaomeng heard a heart-rending wail as a towering metallic tree erupted near the training ground.
• Tianji revealed that he had attacked Hu Jiu relentlessly, beating him until Hu Jiu lost control and transformed into a gigantic Bronze Tree.
• The Bronze Tree killed the Chu Family members who rushed toward the training ground, and their Fierce Ghosts revived across the grounds.
• Tianji offered to surrender and negotiate, but Hu Jiu ignored him and began wreaking havoc after discovering that Tianji could not copy the Bronze Tree's abilities.

A powerful Frozen-to-Death Ghost spread its Frost Ghost Domain across the Chu Family grounds, killing civilians and forcing Zhou Xiaomeng and Qiao Xinyuan to flee. Hu Jiu used the chaos to curse Tianji, who struggled against the cold as his condition worsened.

• Tianji ordered the Chu Family members to evacuate and recognized that Hu Jiu had become a Fierce Ghost.
• The Frozen-to-Death Ghost's Frost Ghost Domain swept across the grounds, freezing people and vegetation while Zhou Xiaomeng and Qiao Xinyuan fled from it.
• Hu Jiu kept luring ghosts and attacked Tianji with Ghost Fire and the Bronze Tree's curses as the frost ghost re-formed after being sucked into black holes.
• Tianji resisted the cold by turning his body silver, but the frost and Hu Jiu's curses steadily weakened him.
• Tianji realized his supernatural power was growing restless and feared that he might not survive the worsening stalemate.

Hu Jiu battled Tianji in the training ground, but the old Ghost Tamer survived repeated deaths and vanished using a powerful ability. Hu Jiu escaped the vast Frost Ghost Domain and learned that Qiao Xinyuan was alive, while Tianji’s fate remained unknown.

• Hu Jiu used space lockdown and the Bronze Tree to trap and repeatedly attack Tianji, who died several times before activating an ability that made him undetectable.
• Hu Jiu attacked the surrounding area with the Bronze Tree, then changed back into human form and used his Ghost Domain to rise beyond the Frost Ghost Domain.
• Hu Jiu saw that the Frost Ghost Domain covered an immense area and was still expanding, while he worried about Tianji, the revived ghosts, and the mission’s casualties.
• Qiao Xinyuan called Hu Jiu, and Hu Jiu told him that Tianji had released the Frost Ghost and that he had retreated from the cold.
• Qiao Xinyuan feared Tianji was still alive and might retaliate against the surviving members of their squad.

Hu Jiu killed Tianji and contained the black vortex and Magic Mirror, then escaped the Frost Ghost Domain as its power intensified. He reunited with Zhou Xiaomeng and Qiao Xinyuan, and they hurried away to report the expanding danger to Headquarters.

• Hu Jiu found Tianji frozen to death, then contained the black vortex as it began devouring Tianji's body.
• The Frost Fierce Ghost's power surged after the black vortex was removed, freezing the edges of Hu Jiu's Mirage Ghost Domain.
• Hu Jiu contained the Magic Mirror and the dormant main body of the Corpse Insects, but found no other ghosts or Supernatural Items.
• Hu Jiu abandoned his plan to search the Chu Family's mansion and used his Ghost Domain to escape the Frost Ghost Domain.
• Hu Jiu reunited with Zhou Xiaomeng and Qiao Xinyuan, told them they needed to leave, and said Tianji probably would not survive without rescue.
• Qiao Xinyuan explained that they had abandoned the Ghost Vehicle, and the three continued away from the spreading Frost.

Hu Jiu reported Li Yunheng’s death and the frost Fierce Ghost’s possible S-class threat to Shen Jiliang, who promised an emergency response. The exhausted group escaped the expanding Ghost Domain with Yao Bo’s help, while Hu Jiu began preparing to tame another ghost.

• Hu Jiu called Headquarters and told Shen Jiliang that Li Yunheng was dead and Tianji had released a terrifying frost Fierce Ghost that might cause an S-class incident.
• Hu Jiu described the ghost’s vast, freezing Ghost Domain and warned that its lack of physical form would make it difficult to contain.
• Shen Jiliang ordered Hu Jiu and the others to head toward the nearest city while Headquarters convened an emergency meeting.
• Qiao Xinyuan arranged for his friend Yao Bo, a Ghost Tamer from Great Desert City, to pick them up as they moved away from the frost Ghost Domain.
• Yao Bo drove the injured, exhausted group to a hotel, where Qiao Xinyuan fell asleep and Zhou Xiaomeng tried to repair her neck.
• Hu Jiu used the time at the hotel to prepare to tame a new ghost.

Hu Jiu tamed the Magic Mirror, copied much of his collection, and spent the night in Great Desert City with Qiao Xinyuan and Yao Bo. Hours later, the frost ghost domain spread to the city, prompting Qiao Xinyuan and Zhou Xiaomeng to wake him.

• Hu Jiu merged with the Magic Mirror and discovered he could use it to copy Fierce Ghosts and Supernatural Items, though several powerful items and ghosts could not be copied.
• Hu Jiu copied most of his collection into the Magic Mirror but decided not to risk taming the black vortex.
• Hu Jiu received Headquarters' request for help with the frost ghost domain incident but chose not to commit to getting involved.
• Hu Jiu joined Qiao Xinyuan and Yao Bo for a meal, where Yao Bo worried that supernatural incidents could bring about the end of the world.
• Qiao Xinyuan and Zhou Xiaomeng woke Hu Jiu and showed him that frost had covered the street as the frost ghost domain spread toward Great Desert City.

The Frost Ghost Domain suddenly expanded across several cities, prompting Headquarters to classify the threat as the S-class Frozen-to-Death Ghost and order civilian evacuations. Hu Jiu joined the evacuation effort, then was asked to investigate the ghost domain, but warned Shen Jiliang that the ghost was more terrifying than Headquarters could imagine.

• Yao Bo reported that the Frost Ghost Domain had spread hundreds of kilometers, swallowing nearby cities and part of Great Desert City.
• Yao Bo said Headquarters had sent Ghost Tamers to act and ordered local efforts to evacuate civilians, with Yunli City in the worst condition.
• Qiao Xinyuan urged Hu Jiu and Zhou Xiaomeng to help organize the evacuation, and they went with him.
• Shen Jiliang's meeting classified the incident as S-class and provisionally named the threat the Frozen-to-Death Ghost.
• Shen Jiliang asked Hu Jiu to enter the Frost Ghost Domain and gather intelligence, while Hu Jiu warned him that the ghost was far more terrifying than he imagined.

Hu Jiu investigated the Frost Ghost Domain and discovered that the Snow Woman’s power could draw out and steal some of the Frozen-to-Death Ghost’s supernatural power. As evacuation efforts continued, Headquarters’ Ghost Tamers debated who would enter the domain to scout it.

• Hu Jiu reached the Frost Ghost Domain and used the Snow Woman’s power to make contact, but withdrew when the escalating cold threatened him.
• Hu Jiu sent a snowman into the domain and used it to investigate, learning that it could move through the snow and steal only a tiny amount of the ghost’s power at a time.
• Zhou Xiaomeng questioned how smoothly Great Desert City’s residents were evacuating, and Yao Bo explained that frequent supernatural emergencies had made them more willing to follow official instructions.
• A Ghost Tamer captain asked Qi Wendong to enter the Frost Ghost Domain, but Qi Wendong refused, so the captain prepared to go in himself.

The captain tested a blood-powered rag doll in the Frost Ghost Domain and lost it to the freezing cold. A Ghost Fire Bomb briefly cleared the frost but was quickly overwhelmed, leaving the team without a way to confront the Frozen-to-Death Ghost.

• The captain sent a rag doll into the Frost Ghost Domain, where it froze solid before it could return.
• The captain warned the group that the domain’s cold gradually slowed and solidified supernatural power.
• The captain launched a low-yield Ghost Fire Bomb into the domain, but the frost quickly smothered its flames.
• The group discussed waiting for Headquarters’ backup or evacuating locals, while Qi Wendong doubted that the invisible Frozen-to-Death Ghost would be easy to contain.

Hu Jiu drained the Frozen-to-Death Ghost’s power, forced it into partial physical form, and captured it, causing the Frost Ghost Domain to contract. After Headquarters’ Ghost Tamers approached and Zhao Liu asked what had happened, a sudden frost attack struck the lip-pierced young man.

• Hu Jiu used a snowman to steal the Frozen-to-Death Ghost’s supernatural power, making the Frost Ghost Domain tremble without expanding.
• Hu Jiu drew the ghost into a child-sized physical form and trapped it in the Golden Corpse Bag, causing the Frost Ghost Domain to shrink.
• Hu Jiu repeated the process, further draining and containing the Frozen-to-Death Ghost as the frost receded.
• Zhao Liu and a group of Ghost Tamers approached Hu Jiu, and Zhao Liu asked him what had caused the Frost Ghost Domain to shrink.
• The lip-pierced young man accused Hu Jiu of being suspicious, then a blast of frost attacked him and began freezing his body.

Hu Jiu contained the Frozen-to-Death Ghost while Zhao Liu and the other Ghost Tamers watched from a distance. The Ghost Domain receded as Hu Jiu repeatedly turned the ghost into a snowman and sealed it in Golden Corpse Bags.

• The lip-studded youth froze to death, and Zhao Liu suspected Hu Jiu had killed him, but Hu Jiu denied responsibility and warned the others not to interfere.
• A Ghost Tamer told Zhao Liu that Hu Jiu had connections at Headquarters, and Zhao Liu held back from confronting him.
• Yao Bo, Zhou Xiaomeng, and Qiao Xinyuan arrived and learned that Hu Jiu was containing the Frozen-to-Death Ghost, so they moved away at his warning.
• Hu Jiu made the Frozen-to-Death Ghost take the shape of a snowman and repeatedly stuffed it into Golden Corpse Bags as the others watched.
• Zhao Liu felt relieved that he had avoided provoking Hu Jiu, who could blame any deaths on the Frozen-to-Death Ghost.

Hu Jiu contained the Frozen-to-Death Ghost, ending its Frost Ghost Domain, and went to the Chu Family mansion to claim its remaining resources. At Headquarters, Shen Jiliang and the other officials struggled to believe the S-class incident had been resolved and began verifying the containment while considering how to reward Hu Jiu.

• Hu Jiu contained the Frozen-to-Death Ghost, causing the Frost Ghost Domain to recede, and Yao Bo thanked him for saving Great Desert City.
• Hu Jiu told Qiao Xinyuan and the others to handle cleanup while he searched for supernatural remnants, then took the Ghost Vehicle and headed toward the Chu Family mansion.
• Zhao Liu reported that the Frozen-to-Death Ghost had been dealt with, leaving Headquarters operators astonished by the sudden disappearance of the Frost Ghost Domain.
• Shen Jiliang reviewed satellite footage and told the emergency meeting that the Frozen-to-Death Ghost incident had been resolved, though officials questioned whether the danger had truly passed.
• Shen Jiliang considered what Hu Jiu might want as a reward, then ordered further checks on the containment and assigned the cleanup to other departments.

Hu Jiu searched the ruined Chu Family grounds for its supernatural vault and found Han Yang near the underground golden safe house. Han Yang tried to trade two Supernatural Items for Tianji’s copying mirror, but Hu Jiu refused and drove him away before leaving with his spoils.

• Hu Jiu searched the Chu Family territory, collected revived Fierce Ghosts, and overturned the grounds until he found the golden safe house underground.
• Hu Jiu attacked the pale stranger, who evaded his blows and introduced himself as Han Yang.
• Han Yang asked Hu Jiu to trade Tianji’s copying mirror for two powerful Supernatural Items, but Hu Jiu rejected the offer.
• Hu Jiu’s attack made Han Yang cry out in pain and disappear; far away, Han Yang spat blood.
• Hu Jiu made sure Han Yang was gone, remembered his name, gathered his spoils, and left.

Hu Jiu returned to Linjiang City after the Frozen-to-Death Ghost incident and resumed managing his growing counterfeit Supernatural Item business. Xiao Mei invited him to the Capital for recognition and to discuss his mission rewards, and he agreed.

• Hu Jiu returned to Great Desert City, where Yao Bo and the others told him a helicopter was available to take him to the Capital; he vanished and went directly to Linjiang City instead.
• Hu Jiu remodeled his mansion with layered supernatural spaces using the Magic Mirror and learned how Yin Wenxian had expanded Playing Cards' counterfeit Supernatural Item business overseas.
• Hu Jiu considered how Playing Cards' harmless counterfeit items helped lower-level Ghost Tamers, while Gu Dao sought approval to oversee Langzhou City and Xiao Yu investigated the unusual [Old News Broadcast] incident.
• Xiao Mei called Hu Jiu and asked him to attend a meeting in the Capital for recognition and to discuss his mission rewards; Hu Jiu agreed.

At Headquarters, Shen Jiliang discussed Hu Jiu’s mission, reward, and place among the Law Enforcers, while trying to persuade him to work with a team. Hu Jiu accepted that he would be a Law Enforcer but refused to attend the ceremonies and remained unconvinced about recruiting teammates.

• Hu Jiu appeared silently at Headquarters, startling Shen Jiliang, who warned him not to make such an entrance again.
• Shen Jiliang said Headquarters might reduce Hu Jiu’s reward because he had reported Tianji’s fate as unknown and the Frozen-to-Death Ghost incident had followed his failure to deal with Tianji properly.
• Hu Jiu asked who had proposed cutting the reward, and Shen Jiliang named the newly appointed deputy minister, Zhang Hongwen.
• Shen Jiliang told Hu Jiu that he was on the Law Enforcer list and urged him to attend the candidate-confirmation meeting and commendation ceremony, but Hu Jiu refused.
• Shen Jiliang warned that supernatural incidents were accelerating and urged Hu Jiu to build a team; Hu Jiu said he would consider it but privately dismissed the idea.

Hu Jiu accepted an assignment to investigate a strange supermarket incident as Headquarters officials debated whether to investigate him over suspicions about his rapid growth and his role in resolving the Frozen-to-Death Ghost incident. Shen Jiliang opposed Zhang Hongwen’s proposal and resolved not to let Headquarters use those methods against Hu Jiu.

• Shen Jiliang told Hu Jiu about the Supermarket You Can't Get Out Of incident, and Hu Jiu agreed to investigate it.
• Hu Jiu received the incident’s details as he left Headquarters.
• Zhang Hongwen questioned whether Hu Jiu had really resolved the Frozen-to-Death Ghost incident and called for a thorough investigation into his background.
• Shen Jiliang argued that investigating Hu Jiu on suspicion alone could damage Headquarters’ reputation and discourage its Ghost Tamers.
• Zhang Hongwen insisted that national security justified the investigation and claimed Headquarters could compensate Hu Jiu if he proved innocent.
• Shen Jiliang concluded that Zhang Hongwen’s methods might work on weaker Ghost Tamers but vowed not to let Headquarters use them against Hu Jiu.

Hu Jiu investigated the supermarket where everyone who entered became trapped, using a snowman to explore its distorted, seemingly endless interior. The snowman found a surviving woman, who described the trapped shoppers, a breakdown of order, and zombie-like creatures.

• Hu Jiu sent a snowman into the supermarket, but its connection to him was cut off, so he sent another snowman carrying part of his senses and a Talisman.
• The snowman discovered that the supermarket’s aisles stretched endlessly and that the exit could not be reached because the interior space was distorted.
• Hu Jiu made the snowman create a sudden snowfall, which stopped when a woman’s voice called out from the distance.
• The snowman approached the woman, introduced itself as Little Snow, and persuaded her to explain what had happened inside.
• The woman told Little Snow that trapped shoppers had lost hope, some had harmed others, and zombies had appeared; she had been separated from her companions after one scratched her.

Hu Jiu discovered that a supermarket survivor’s claimed half-year stay conflicted with only seven days having passed outside, just as a Ghost Fire Bomb struck him in the Capital. He contained the spreading flames while Headquarters investigated the attack, but Research Department teams found their usual methods could not stop the fire from burning downward.

• Hu Jiu’s snowmen found a middle-aged survivor in the supermarket who said he had entered on November 17 and lived there for almost half a year, though Hu Jiu said the anomalies had begun only seven days earlier.
• Hu Jiu considered the time discrepancy and its possible connection to the nearly half a year since his rebirth, but a Ghost Fire Bomb exploded at his feet and interrupted his thoughts.
• Hu Jiu sealed off the supermarket and received a call from Shen Jiliang, who promised to investigate the attack and asked him to contain the Ghost Fire.
• Hu Jiu claimed he was too badly injured to help while the flames intensified, then stopped them from spreading beyond a fixed area.
• Research Department Ghost Tamers arrived with Filthy Water and Demon Wind, but the water was suppressed and the wind made the flames fiercer as the fire burned deep into the ground.

Headquarters investigated the Ghost Fire Bomb attack on Hu Jiu and discovered that the weapon had been launched from its own base. The person responsible for the weapons depot was found controlled and arrested, leaving Shen Jiliang under scrutiny for the Research Department’s security failure.

• Shen Jiliang traced the Ghost Fire Bomb’s launch to a Headquarters base and called an emergency meeting while staff checked the bomb records.
• At the meeting, Zhang Hongwen urged Headquarters to suppress news of the attack and argued that higher-ups had little reason to order it.
• A Research Department member reported that someone had controlled the person in charge of the Ghost Fire Bombs, who had launched the weapon and was now in custody.
• Zhang Hongwen blamed Shen Jiliang for the depot’s security lapse and ordered the arrest of everyone involved and a comprehensive screening of the Research Department.
• Shen Jiliang stayed silent but suspected the reporting member’s decision to bypass him, while the other higher-ups looked grave.