Chapter Summaries

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.

A humanlike ghost killed Che Zhenhe and spread death aboard the Shichuan, while Ghost Tamers on the Zhanying investigated the growing Yellow Sea darkness. Hu Jiu speculated that the ghost might eventually blend into a crowd, but another Ghost Tamer dismissed the idea because Fierce Ghosts had no intelligence.

• A ghostly girl grabbed Che Zhenhe, and he died after his attempts to fight back failed.
• Bai Yang searched the darkening sea from the Zhanying but found nothing unusual beyond the urn.
• Fu Youhua divided the Ghost Tamers into shifts as they investigated the spreading darkness and missing ships.
• Fu Youhua reported that more than forty people had died aboard the Shichuan and that watching footage of the ghost might increase the risk of attack.
• Fu Youhua proposed restricting electronic devices and isolating ordinary people, and Hu Jiu wondered whether the ghost could eventually blend into a crowd.
• A Ghost Tamer objected that Fierce Ghosts had no intelligence.

Ghost Tamers aboard the Zhanying debated whether the Shichuan’s ghost could imitate humans, spread through observation, or develop intelligence as the Shichuan fell into chaos. The chapter ended when the Shichuan sent an unopened image that might hold crucial information about the ghost.

• Yuan Hongfei dismissed Hu Jiu’s speculation, while Fu Youhua insisted they prepare for every possibility and Zhang Yuwei warned the incident would spread if the Shichuan fell.
• Hu Jiu suggested that a ghost imitating humans might develop intelligence, drawing questions from Fu Youhua and an angry objection from Yuan Hongfei.
• As deaths mounted aboard the Shichuan, its Ghost Tamers requested refuge aboard the Zhanying, but the Zhanying rejected them over the risk of carrying a supernatural curse.
• The Zhanying learned that the Shichuan’s death toll had exceeded two hundred and that seeing the ghost’s true face head-on might be a killing rule.
• A navy liaison told Fu Youhua that the Shichuan had sent an unopened image containing information it wanted the Zhanying’s Ghost Tamers to decipher.

After Yuan Hongfei viewed a picture of a girl that might reveal a Fierce Ghost’s appearance, the Zhanying’s Ghost Tamers feared the supernatural incident had spread to their ship. Yuan Hongfei went into isolation with a supernatural ring ready, but an abnormal death occurred elsewhere aboard the Zhanying before the ghost attacked him.

• Fu Youhua summoned Yuan Hongfei to inspect the picture, and Yuan Hongfei sensed that the girl depicted was a Fierce Ghost.
• Yuan Hongfei warned Fu Youhua that viewing the ghost directly or indirectly might trigger its killing rule and that the picture could have been sent deliberately to spread the incident.
• Hu Jiu suggested the ghost or a Ghost Slave might have sent the picture, while Yuan Hongfei argued that someone aboard the Shichuan was trying to divert the danger.
• Fu Youhua ordered Yuan Hongfei into isolation and arranged for Ghost Tamers to watch him from a distance; Yuan Hongfei agreed and asked the others to stay away.
• Yuan Hongfei activated a supernatural ring while waiting in the interrogation room, but Fu Youhua then received news of an abnormal death aboard the Zhanying.

After more people died in the Yellow Sea incident, Hu Jiu proposed using a Supernatural Item to attract Fierce Ghosts, and Fu Youhua approved the risky plan. The chapter ended as Hu Jiu opened a Red Envelope whose ominous aura alarmed the Ghost Tamers.

• Fu Youhua learned that the Liaison who had brought the picture was already dead and that people who saw his corpse were dying too, so he ordered the witnesses isolated.
• Hu Jiu and Bai Yang guarded one Isolation Room while deaths continued among people outside the isolation sites.
• After Zhang Yuwei reported the ongoing deaths and the danger of unrest, Hu Jiu revealed that he had a Supernatural Item capable of attracting Fierce Ghosts.
• Hu Jiu left the decision to Fu Youhua, who eventually approved actively summoning a ghost to help resolve the incident.
• Hu Jiu opened a Red Envelope in a large empty room, and its powerful ominous aura startled the gathered Ghost Tamers.

A ghost infiltrated the Zhanying Ghost Tamers by altering their perceptions, leaving them unable to identify the extra person among them. Hu Jiu and Bai Yang suspected that realizing the ghost’s identity triggered its killing pattern, and the team reported the threat to Fu Youhua while preparing to capture it.

• Hu Jiu’s talisman brought an eerie chill as the lights went out, and the Ghost Tamers heard a strange, sobbing wind.
• Bai Yang sensed an extra person in the room, and Fu Youhua confirmed that only twelve names appeared on the list despite thirteen people being present.
• Hu Jiu warned that Fierce Ghosts could alter people’s perceptions, while the Ghost Tamers realized they could not distinguish the infiltrator from one another.
• Bai Yang proposed that recognizing the ghost triggered its killing pattern, and Hu Jiu agreed that the ghost could detect changes in their perceptions.
• Zhang Yuwei relayed the incident and the ghost’s possible intelligence to Fu Youhua as the team focused on capturing it.