Chapter Summaries

Thirteen Ghost Tamers confronted an indigo ghost that could appear from another space, evade attacks, and escape its body by shedding its robe. The robe possessed Liu Ping and took control of his body, leaving the Ghost Tamers facing a Fierce Ghost that could use a human host’s ability.

• Bai Yang warned the Ghost Tamers not to attack the indigo figure before it fully entered reality, then called out as it teleported toward them.
• Zhang Yuwei tried to trap the ghost in a bubble, and Huang Jingxing threw a rusty utility knife, but the ghost broke free and injured one Ghost Tamer.
• The ghost appeared beside Yuan Hongfei, who hacked at it with a gold dagger, and Hu Jiu used the Hanging Rope to separate its head from its body.
• The blue robe slipped off the body and fled, so Hu Jiu and the others tried to stop it from leaving the room.
• The blue robe possessed Liu Ping, transformed his appearance, and began using the Fierce Ghost within him while Liu Ping struggled for control.

Zhao Tingting helped contain the ghost possessing Liu Ping, and Fu Youhua later allowed a delegation from the devastated Shichuan aboard the Zhanying. The delegation arrived to discuss the Shichuan’s Supernatural Items and its secret information about the Beauty Goddess as the darkness continued to spread across the Yellow Sea.

• Zhao Tingting stabbed Liu Ping and attacked the blue ghostly figure until Zhang Yuwei stopped her and contained it in the Golden Corpse Bag.
• Fu Youhua arrived, declared the immediate crisis over, and sent the Ghost Tamers back to monitoring the waters.
• Huang Jingxing and Hu Jiu heard Bai Yang say that he felt he had forgotten something as they left the room.
• The Ghost Tamers aboard the Zhanying disparaged the Shichuan survivors, but Fu Youhua agreed to receive them because they claimed to know secrets about the Beauty Goddess.
• Jin Guidong used a Ghost Domain to bring two teammates aboard the Zhanying and told Fu Youhua that the three of them were only a delegation.
• Fu Youhua asked about the Shichuan’s Supernatural Items, and Jin Guidong prepared to discuss them in good faith.

Fu Youhua learned about the Shichuan’s supernatural items and the Beauty Goddess from Jin Guidong, while Bai Yang sensed an unidentified danger aboard the Zhanying. The source of Bai Yang’s unease remained unclear as he struggled to sleep and warned the others.

• Jin Guidong described a puppet that could control people and a Buddhist Bell that calmed listeners and repelled Fierce Ghosts at a steep cost.
• Fu Youhua accused Jin Guidong of using the Buddhist Bell to drive a Fierce Ghost toward the Zhanying, and Jin Guidong insisted they had no other choice.
• Jin Guidong told Fu Youhua that the Beauty Goddess had gathered several related Fierce Ghosts in South Korea and taken control of the country’s elites and Ghost Tamers.
• Jin Guidong said that recalling the Beauty Goddess’s appearance could contaminate him, leaving Fu Youhua concerned about the threat.
• Zhao Tingting ate an extraordinary amount in the Zhanying’s mess hall, and Bai Yang felt a lingering sense of danger around her.
• Bai Yang left the mess hall, tried and failed to identify the source of his unease, and warned the other Ghost Tamers.

Hu Jiu searched the dreamscape for information about the ghost aboard the Shichuan but learned nothing useful, then watched the Zhanying take control of the damaged ship. As the search for the Source Ghost continued, Hu Jiu considered attracting ghosts himself.

• Hu Jiu explored several dreams before finding a ghost whose only concern was eating chicken drumsticks, and he left without gaining any information.
• Hu Jiu went onto the deck and chose not to warn anyone that a ghost had joined the group.
• Jin Guidong and Fu Youhua agreed to take over the Shichuan, and the Zhanying sent people over to help maintain order.
• Fu Youhua ordered the Shichuan's corpses cremated with Ghost Fire, while Zhang Yuwei and Bai Yang searched the sea without finding the source of the incident.
• Huang Jingxing complained to Hu Jiu that the Source Ghost had not appeared, and Hu Jiu considered drawing ghosts out himself.

The Ghost Tamers aboard the Zhanying discovered a vast flotilla of candle-lit urns approaching and debated how to respond without releasing the Fierce Ghosts inside. When Zhang Yuwei brought one urn aboard, it cracked and shattered, and Yuan Hongfei contained whatever emerged in a sack.

• Bai Yang spotted countless blue-green lights approaching the Zhanying, and the crew realized they were urns like the one that had crippled the Shichuan.
• Fu Youhua rejected Yuan Hongfei’s proposal to retreat and ordered the crew to gather intelligence while preparing to face the supernatural threat.
• A Ghost Tamer warned that attacking the urns might release their Fierce Ghosts, so Fu Youhua agreed not to act rashly.
• Zhang Yuwei approached the nearest urn, touched it, and carried it back to the Zhanying without incident.
• The urn’s candle went out and the urn cracked, so Zhang Yuwei wrapped it in a bubble and Yuan Hongfei swiftly enclosed the shattered urn and whatever emerged in a sack.

The Ghost Tamers tried to contain the approaching urns before their candles went out and released the Fierce Ghosts inside. After one ghost escaped, Zhang Yuwei and the others quickly subdued it, while the urns continued toward the Zhanying.

• Yuan Hongfei proposed putting the urns into golden containers, and Bai Yang identified the candle flames as the things suppressing the ghosts.
• Fu Youhua approved Yuan Hongfei’s plan, and the Ghost Tamers began containing the urns as their candles flickered and the sounds inside grew louder.
• Zhang Yuwei packed urns into Golden Corpse Bags, while Hu Jiu used black holes to draw in urns approaching from the sea.
• The Ghost Tamers discussed the candle flames and called them Ghost Blows Out the Light as the number of approaching urns seemed to diminish.
• A candle on a large urn went out before Zhang Yuwei could contain it, and a shriveled Fierce Ghost emerged from the shattered urn.
• Zhang Yuwei trapped the newly revived ghost with bubbles, and the Ghost Tamers attacked together until it fell silent.

The Ghost Tamers contained an ordinary Fierce Ghost, but a patterned urn released an intangible Fierce Ghost that killed ordinary people by matching their heartbeats. Huang Jingxing stepped forward, claiming he could handle intangible ghosts.

• Bai Yang retrieved fragments of a shattered urn while the Ghost Tamers continued containing the drifting urns.
• The Ghost Tamers warned that their golden containers were running low, and Zhang Yuwei said Fu Youhua had sent reinforcements.
• Yuan Hongfei touched a patterned urn, whose candle went out before it opened and released an invisible ghost.
• The intangible Fierce Ghost’s heartbeat caused Ghost Tamers and ordinary people to collapse, and Jin Guidong used his bell to revive the affected Ghost Tamers.
• Zhang Yuwei identified the ghost’s killing rule as matching its heartbeat, and Huang Jingxing revealed his motionless, corpse-like body and offered to deal with it.

Huang Jingxing subdued a Fierce Ghost but claimed he was too injured to continue, leaving the remaining Ghost Tamers to guard the urns. Hu Jiu discovered that several urns were empty until their candles went out, and the chapter ended with an unseen threat appearing behind Jiang Lian.

• Huang Jingxing transferred the ghostly heartbeat into his Shroud, then said he was too weak to help further; Yuan Hongfei and Zhang Yuwei also withdrew from fighting.
• Shi Hu asked Jin Guidong to use the Buddhist Bell with ordinary people as cannon fodder, but Jin Guidong warned that forced ringers could deliberately ring it too late and then left with the bell.
• Hu Jiu tested urns and found ten empty inside; after he extinguished a candle, one urn grew violent, so he contained it in a golden container.
• Bai Yang found a patterned urn with an extinguished candle and a partly open lid; he and Shi Hu discovered it was empty.
• Fu Youhua warned the Ghost Tamers that something was behind Jiang Lian, who turned and attacked with the mouth in his palm, but the unseen presence vanished before Fu Youhua could locate it on the cameras.

Jiang Lian and the others tracked a small, elusive ghost that repeatedly appeared beside him but never attacked. Jiang Lian photographed it, and the group began considering how to classify and name the apparently low-threat ghost.

• Jiang Lian asked Fu Youhua to describe the ghost, then narrowly avoided its apparent attempt to bite his shoulder.
• Fu Youhua suggested the ghost could conceal itself from human perception, while Jiang Lian and the others struggled to spot or hit it.
• Fu Youhua proposed that the ghost might be D-class after it repeatedly startled Jiang Lian without attacking.
• Jiang Lian worked out that the ghost fled when observed, then used his phone camera to photograph it on his back.
• Jiang Lian showed the group the blurry-faced ghost in the photograph, and Bai Yang asked what codename they should give it.

As the Ghost Tamers defending the Zhanying grew exhausted, Fierce Ghosts entered the crew quarters and caused mass casualties, prompting Headquarters’ reinforcements to arrive. Hu Jiu then removed the sea vortices swallowing Ash Urns, and as Li Yunheng suppressed the resulting swarm, Bai Yang sensed something was wrong.

• Jiang Lian struggled to catch Tagalong while the Ghost Tamers grew increasingly worn down by the ghosts emerging from the Ash Urns.
• Shi Hu warned that they could not keep fighting without help, but the injured Ghost Tamers and Fu Youhua’s promised reinforcements still had not acted.
• Fierce Ghosts entered the Zhanying’s crew quarters, causing unnatural deaths and panic; Fu Youhua blamed the defenders, and Hu Jiu dismissed his complaints about luck.
• Headquarters’ reinforcements arrived in Ghost Domains and quickly dealt with the ghosts aboard the ship, but Hu Jiu then removed the vortices that had been swallowing the Ash Urns.
• Li Yunheng, codenamed [Chai], sent a swarm of insects to make the incoming Ash Urns vanish, while Bai Yang suddenly trembled and warned that something was wrong.

A giant urn released corrosive, blood-contaminating Ghost Blood that threatened the Zhanying and everyone aboard, while the Ghost Tamers struggled to stop it. With Fu Youhua demanding a solution, Hu Jiu proposed using a Ghost Fire Bomb, forcing the group to weigh whether the weapon’s uncontrolled flames were worth the risk.

• Bai Yang warned the others that a huge urn was approaching as its candles went out and red mist poured over the sea.
• The urn’s supernatural aura dimmed the Zhanying’s lights and destroyed Li Yunheng’s Corpse Insects as more urns drifted closer.
• Bai Yang reported that blood pouring from the urn was contaminating the sea, and the strange blood began affecting the blood inside people aboard the ship.
• Fu Youhua named the threat Ghost Blood and urged the Ghost Tamers to stop its spread, but their abilities could only slow it down.
• Fu Youhua asked Hu Jiu for a solution, and Hu Jiu suggested a Ghost Fire Bomb despite Fu Youhua’s warning that it could engulf the Zhanying.

Fu Youhua approved Hu Jiu’s plan to use Ghost Fire Bombs against the spreading Ghost Blood, but the bombs vanished without detonating. The blood then surrounded the Zhanying and began penetrating the ship, while a Ghost Tamer who tried to flee was dragged beneath it.

• As the Ghost Blood corroded the Ash Urns and swallowed escaping ghosts, Hu Jiu urged Fu Youhua to deploy Ghost Fire Bombs.
• Fu Youhua ordered the team to launch three bombs toward the center of the Ghost Blood despite Zhang Yuwei’s concerns.
• Bai Yang saw a strange hole swallow the warheads as they touched the sea, and the bombs failed to detonate.
• Fu Youhua blamed Hu Jiu, who insisted the plan would work if the bombs detonated.
• Bai Yang warned that the Ghost Blood had reached and surrounded the Zhanying, and blood began seeping through its deck.
• A Ghost Tamer fled using his Ghost Domain, but the Ghost Blood dragged him into the sea, prompting Bai Yang to warn the others not to escape the same way.

The Ghost Blood overwhelmed the Zhanying, causing people aboard to bleed as the ship’s defenses faltered. Fu Youhua followed Hu Jiu’s advice and launched a Ghost Fire Bomb, which ignited a vast clash of Ghost Fire and Ghost Blood, leaving the crew struggling to survive between the two forces.

• Bai Yang warned that the sea of blood might be the Ghost Blood’s ghost domain, while the Ghost Tamers failed to identify a weakness.
• As the Ghost Blood seeped into the Zhanying and caused people to bleed, Zhang Yuwei used a bubble to protect Fu Youhua.
• Fu Youhua asked Hu Jiu whether a Ghost Fire Bomb could resolve their predicament, then ordered one launched.
• The Ghost Fire Bomb detonated and vaporized a vast expanse of Ghost Blood, spreading Ghost Fire across the sea.
• The Ghost Fire and Ghost Blood clashed violently, shaking the Zhanying, and the people aboard struggled to stay clear of both forces.

The Ghost Fire consumed the Ghost Blood over the Yellow Sea, and Headquarters’ reinforcements extinguished the resulting supernatural incident. After returning to Headquarters, Hu Jiu was summoned for questioning, where he rejected Zhang Hongwen’s interrogation and waited for Shen Jiliang instead.

• Ghost Fire evaporated the Ghost Blood and trapped people aboard the Zhanying and Shichuan as it spread across the sea.
• Fu Youhua protected people while the Buddhist Bell slowed the ships’ burning, and Headquarters sent Demon Wind and Filthy Water to extinguish the Ghost Fire.
• Headquarters searched the Yellow Sea for the missing Ghost Blood and the Fierce Ghost behind the darkness but found nothing.
• Headquarters questioned Ghost Tamers about the Ghost Fire weapon, while Fu Youhua neither confirmed nor denied its power.
• Xiao Su brought Hu Jiu to an office, where Zhang Hongwen demanded answers and threatened him.
• Hu Jiu told Zhang Hongwen to find someone else, and Shen Jiliang returned to handle the meeting.

Hu Jiu told Shen Jiliang that candle-bearing urns drew in Fierce Ghosts only after their flames went out, and asked to examine Headquarters' sealed incident records. Meanwhile, South Korea's Beauty Goddess sent Miss Ye to meet secretly with America's supernatural agency, where the two sides clashed over his rule.

• Hu Jiu explained how the candle flames and urns worked, and Shen Jiliang noted that most collected urns had been empty.
• Hu Jiu warned that the urns might be man-made Supernatural Items and asked Headquarters to investigate and let him review sealed incident files.
• Shen Jiliang granted Hu Jiu access to the records after considering the effects of his recent actions.
• America secretly received Miss Ye, Beauty Goddess's diplomatic representative, for the first formal meeting between the two sides.
• Miss Ye defended Beauty Goddess's rule by citing improved living conditions, while the American diplomat condemned its limits on freedom.

Miss Ye killed an American diplomat after denouncing the United States’ arrogance, then escaped as guards opened fire. The American government concealed the killing and turned to secret footage of South Korea to rally support for proposals concerning Exorcists.

• Miss Ye rejected the American diplomat’s accusations and argued that South Korea protected illegal entrants who converted to the Beauty Goddess.
• Miss Ye accused America of involvement in the Yellow Sea supernatural incident and warned that powerful individuals could overwhelm nations.
• Miss Ye overturned the table, snapped the diplomat’s neck, and vanished when guards rushed into the conference room.
• The American government covered up the diplomat’s death and sought to hold the protecting Exorcist responsible, but he quit and fled.
• At the Pentagon, a representative of the America Supernatural Agency showed secretly filmed footage of South Korea to stir politicians and win approval for upcoming proposals concerning Exorcists.

Hu Jiu returned to Linjiang City, searched for supernatural incidents connected to time, and learned that a man had entered the Haunted House hoping to contact his dead mother. After rescuing the man, Hu Jiu heard why he had come and regarded him coldly.

• Hu Jiu found two newly revived ghosts in his villa, contained them, and told Qian Ying he had returned to Linjiang City.
• Hu Jiu reviewed Shen Jiliang’s compilation for incidents related to time and ordered Playing Cards to gather information on unusual supernatural events.
• America’s official supernatural agency condemned Beauty Goddess for conquering South Korea and accused him of causing the Yellow Sea incident.
• After half a month of searching the files without finding relevant information, Hu Jiu received Qian Ying’s call about someone missing in the Haunted House.
• Hu Jiu entered the Haunted House through a door he drew on the wall and found a weak but living man asleep on a sofa.
• The man told Hu Jiu he had entered the Haunted House hoping a ghost could pass a message to his dead mother, and Hu Jiu looked at him coldly.

Hu Jiu joined a Headquarters operation to eliminate Tianji, the leader of the Chu Family, and traveled to Yunli City with Li Yunheng and Zhou Xiaomeng. Shen Jiliang told them to meet Qiao Xinyuan, who had already gone ahead to investigate Tianji and the Chu Family.

• Shen Jiliang told Hu Jiu that Headquarters was sending a team to confront Tianji and the Chu Family, and Hu Jiu agreed to take part.
• Shen Jiliang ordered Hu Jiu and the other Ghost Tamers to kill Tianji if possible, wear him down if necessary, and retreat if they faced a threat they could not handle.
• Hu Jiu told Qian Ying he was leaving on another business trip and asked him to contact him if a supernatural incident broke out in Linjiang City.
• Hu Jiu met Li Yunheng and Zhou Xiaomeng at Headquarters, where they discussed supernatural weapons and Headquarters' search for the Source Ghost behind the Yellow Sea incident.
• Shen Jiliang sent Hu Jiu, Li Yunheng, and Zhou Xiaomeng to Yunli City and explained that Qiao Xinyuan was already there investigating Tianji and the Chu Family.

Hu Jiu, Zhou Xiaomeng, and Li Yunheng met Qiao Xinyuan in Yunli City and learned about the Chu Family’s defenses before setting out to confront Tianji. As they drove toward the Chu Family’s territory, they discussed Tianji’s Magic Mirror and how supernatural items might counter its copying ability.

• Zhou Xiaomeng, Li Yunheng, and Hu Jiu flew to Yunli City and met Qiao Xinyuan and the Headquarters team at the airport.
• Qiao Xinyuan warned them that the Chu Family’s territory was guarded by Ghost Slaves and dangerous traps, and that traveling required following a safe route.
• Hu Jiu urged the team to leave immediately so they could use the enemy’s lack of awareness to launch a surprise attack.
• Qiao Xinyuan drove the team toward Tianji in a supernatural black sedan and explained that Headquarters had other teams distracting the enemy.
• Li Yunheng and Hu Jiu discussed Tianji’s Magic Mirror, and Hu Jiu considered whether supernatural items could counter its copying ability.

Qiao Xinyuan, Zhou Xiaomeng, and Li Yunheng infiltrated the Chu Family grounds to find Tianji, using Li Yunheng’s insects and Qiao Xinyuan’s ability to locate him. After Headquarters sent details identifying Tianji by a black vortex on his face, Li Yunheng transported the group near him for a surprise attack, but Tianji looked up at them.

• Qiao Xinyuan led Zhou Xiaomeng, Li Yunheng, and Hu Jiu through a concealed route to the Chu Family grounds, where Ghost Slaves guarded the perimeter.
• Li Yunheng sent his flying insects into the grounds to scout the mansion, while Qiao Xinyuan used Immortal Guides the Way to narrow down Tianji’s location.
• Li Yunheng warned that fighting through the brainwashed Chu Family residents would exhaust the group before they reached Tianji.
• Headquarters sent the team intelligence describing Tianji as having a black vortex where his left eye should be.
• Li Yunheng spotted Tianji destroying a supernatural item in the mansion’s training ground and used his Ghost Domain to bring the group near him.
• Tianji looked up at the four intruders, the vortex in his face warping the space around him.