Recaps

Zhao Ke escaped the snake demons of Fragrant Mountain Nunnery after stealing their Red Luo Pearl and returned to his shop. He confirmed the experience was real and learned that the Red Luo Stone could absorb vital energy or be used to craft items with hallucinatory abilities.

• Zhao Ke stabbed the snake woman who had coiled around him and charged toward the Red Luo Pearl as the other snakes attacked.
• Zhao Ke wedged a Great Iron Pot into the old cultivator’s mouth, stole the Red Luo Pearl, and converted it into a stamp in his Post Album.
• Zhao Ke used Return to escape the snake demons, and the old cultivator collapsed after realizing the pearl was gone.
• Zhao Ke returned to his shop and examined his Post Album, confirming that the Red Luo Stone had become a precious material stamp.
• Zhao Ke read that the Red Luo Stone could boost strength by supplying vital energy or be used to craft hallucinatory items, then turned his attention to the unopened package.

After completing his probationary task, Zhao Ke collected rewards and learned more about the Post Album and Horror Space before preparing a feast at home and going to sleep in his coffin. As he slept, a strange figure opened a drawer and applied lipstick in front of a mirror.

• Zhao Ke opened the package, received 7 Post Points, and collected stamps depicting people from the Horror Space, including Xiong Er's special Breath of Nature stamp.
• Zhao Ke read the Postman's Code and the Post Album booklet, learning the restrictions on using his abilities and discovering the costly items available for exchange.
• Zhao Ke returned home, cooked the bear paws he had taken from Xiong Er, and ate until he was full.
• Zhao Ke went to sleep in the coffin in his attic, and a figure with scarred fingers opened a drawer and applied lipstick while facing a mirror.

Zhao Ke completed his internship mission, claimed stamps and Post Points, and learned more about the Post Album and horror spaces. After cooking Xiong Er’s bear paws and falling asleep in his coffin, he left a strange figure in the mirror moving in the dark.

• Zhao Ke opened his reward package and received stamps depicting the old woman, Wang Xiaochang, Xiong Er, and Zhou Shun, including Xiong Er’s Breath of Nature special stamp.
• Zhao Ke absorbed the stamps, bringing his total to sixteen Post Points, and read booklets explaining postman restrictions and horror spaces.
• Zhao Ke examined the Post Album’s exchange list but decided not to spend his Post Points.
• Zhao Ke prepared and ate Xiong Er’s bear paws, then went upstairs and fell asleep in his coffin.
• A gaunt figure with knife-scarred fingers opened a dressing-table drawer, looked into the mirror, and put on lipstick while Zhao Ke slept.

Zhao Ke welcomed Lei Ke, who had quit his job to help pay for Pei Pei’s treatment, and gave him money while preparing a bear-paw feast. After Lei Ke left, Zhao Ke fell asleep in a coffin, but another version of him emerged and put on lipstick.

• Lei Ke arrived at Zhao Ke’s cafeteria with a fake arrest prank, and Zhao Ke made him clean the muddy footprints off the floor.
• Lei Ke told Zhao Ke he had quit his job because of Pei Pei’s treatment costs, and Zhao Ke gave him a bank card containing about 1.6 million.
• Lei Ke asked whether Zhao Ke’s strange episodes had returned, and Zhao Ke said they had not.
• Zhao Ke and Lei Ke ate the bear-paw dish Zhao Ke prepared, then Lei Ke noticed the rosewood box and left after Zhao Ke called it a trash box.
• Zhao Ke went to sleep in the coffin, but a long-fingered version of him emerged, looked in the mirror, and applied lipstick.

Zhao Ke cooked a lavish bear-paw meal for Lei Ke, who had quit his job to find work that could help pay for Pei Pei’s treatment. After Lei Ke left, Zhao Ke fell asleep in a coffin, then mysteriously emerged and put on lipstick while watching his reflection.

• Lei Ke pretended to arrest Zhao Ke, then cleaned the floor after Zhao Ke threw a skimmer at him for leaving muddy footprints.
• Lei Ke told Zhao Ke he had quit his job, and Zhao Ke gave him a bank card with around 1.6 million and agreed his illness seemed not to have returned.
• Zhao Ke prepared fish sheep bear paw, and he and Lei Ke ate until they were full.
• Lei Ke left after noticing the wooden box, and Zhao Ke went upstairs and fell asleep in his coffin.
• A slender finger opened a drawer as Zhao Ke emerged from the coffin, checked the clock, and applied lipstick while smiling at his reflection.

Zhao Ke bought supplies for his cafeteria and began suspecting that deaths in the horror space were being disguised as real-world accidents after he saw Li Hongbing reported dead. The chapter ended when an unknown hand grabbed Zhao Ke’s shoulder.

• Zhao Ke failed to store his coffin in the Post Album, then decided to buy ingredients for the four guests booked at his family's cafeteria.
• Zhao Ke threw Lei Ke’s file envelope into the rosewood box, then took the box to the kitchen stove before riding to the produce market.
• Zhao Ke bought all of an old man's wild mushrooms and other food, then secretly stored his purchases in the Post Album in a restroom.
• Zhao Ke saw a news report that Li Hongbing had died in a fall and recalled that Li Hongbing had been killed in the horror space.
• Zhao Ke suspected that deaths in the horror space were being covered up as accidents, then felt an unknown hand rest on his shoulder.

Zhao Ke bought supplies for his cafeteria and realized that Li Hongbing, whom he had seen die in the horror space, had also been reported dead in reality. As Zhao Ke began to suspect that deaths in the horror space were being disguised as accidents, an unseen hand landed on his shoulder.

• Zhao Ke tried to convert his coffin into the Post Album but was told it was too large for his authority level.
• Zhao Ke went to the market, bought wild mushrooms and other ingredients, and secretly stored his purchases in the Post Album.
• Zhao Ke saw a news report that renovation worker Li Hongbing had fallen to his death from the twenty-fourth floor.
• Zhao Ke connected Li Hongbing's real-world accident to his death in the horror space and suspected that other deaths were being concealed the same way.
• An unknown hand rested on Zhao Ke's shoulder.

Zhao Ke accidentally threw psychiatrist Wang Na when she surprised him, then left after she checked on his condition. Fan Jian stirred up a crowd against Zhao Ke before a mysterious assailant killed him in a cornfield and declared that he belonged in Tongue-Pulling Hell.

• Zhao Ke threw Wang Na over his shoulder when she slapped him from behind, then helped her up as the crowd accused him of molesting her.
• Wang Na woke and claimed she and Zhao Ke were a couple, dispersing the crowd and driving Fan Jian away.
• Wang Na asked Zhao Ke about his condition and urged him to come for a diagnosis, but he refused and gave her his restaurant address.
• Fan Jian stole vegetables and corn, then a stranger grabbed him, invoked Tongue-Pulling Hell, and cut out his tongue before riding away.

Zhao Ke accidentally threw psychiatrist Wang Na when she tapped his shoulder, then left after she checked on his condition. Fan Jian later stole corn and was attacked by a stranger who invoked Tongue-Pulling Hell.

• Zhao Ke threw Wang Na over his shoulder when she surprised him, and bystanders accused him of molesting her.
• Wang Na woke up, claimed she and Zhao Ke were boyfriend and girlfriend to disperse the crowd, and asked him to return for an examination.
• Zhao Ke refused treatment but gave Wang Na the address of his restaurant after she persistently asked for it.
• Fan Jian stole cucumbers and corn while boasting about stirring up the crowd against Zhao Ke.
• A stranger seized Fan Jian, declared that he deserved Tongue-Pulling Hell, and attacked him in the cornfield before riding away on a motorcycle.

Zhao Ke served four diners his elaborate Red Wine Intestines, then learned that Old Zhang had died in a hit-and-run and welcomed his son Zhang Lei as the new vegetable supplier. After comforting Zhang Lei with a bowl of noodles, Zhao Ke woke in his coffin and opened the Post Album's exchange list.

• Zhao Ke prepared Red Wine Intestines from bear intestine, and four diners praised the dish as worth its price.
• Zhao Ke learned from Zhang Lei that a truck had hit and killed Old Zhang during a storm, and that the driver had not been found.
• Zhao Ke accepted Zhang Lei as the new vegetable supplier and let him unload the vegetables.
• Zhao Ke made Zhang Lei a bowl of noodles, and Zhang Lei wept as he ate.
• The following afternoon, Zhao Ke woke in his coffin and opened the Post Album's exchange list, where blood-red words appeared.

Zhao Ke served four diners his Red Wine Intestine, then learned that his regular vegetable supplier, Old Zhang, had died in a truck hit-and-run. He welcomed Old Zhang’s son Zhang Lei as the new deliveryman and comforted him with a bowl of noodles; afterward, Zhao Ke saw that his next package would arrive that night.

• Zhao Ke prepared and served Red Wine Intestine to four impressed diners, who praised the meal and learned it was made with bear intestines.
• After the diners left, Zhao Ke heard a delivery tricycle and expected Old Zhang, whose vegetable deliveries had stopped during the rain.
• Zhang Lei told Zhao Ke that Old Zhang had died in a storm-related truck hit-and-run and handed him his father’s bloodstained delivery note.
• Zhao Ke accepted Zhang Lei’s offer to deliver vegetables and invited him to bring the baskets inside.
• Zhao Ke cooked Zhang Lei a bowl of noodles, and Zhang Lei ate while crying over his father’s death.
• The next afternoon, Zhao Ke opened the Post Album and read that the next package would arrive that night.

Zhao Ke confirmed that Qi Liang had also received a Post Album, rejected Wang Na’s request to examine him, and experienced another episode in which his personalities argued over a stamp. After he stored his groceries, a new black package appeared and dragged him into the next terrifying space.

• Zhao Ke called Qi Liang, who told him about his Post Album, stamps, and Post Points, then Zhao Ke hung up and destroyed the SIM card.
• Wang Na visited and invited Zhao Ke for an examination, but he refused and threw away her business card after she left.
• While shaving, Zhao Ke spoke in several different voices, argued with his personalities about obtaining a stamp, and smashed the bathroom mirror.
• Zhao Ke realized he had lost time and could not remember buying groceries, then decided to seek Wang Na’s help after returning from the terrifying space.
• Zhao Ke stored the groceries in the Post Album, whereupon a black package appeared and pulled him into darkness.

Zhao Ke prepared for another trip into the terrifying space, confirmed Qi Liang had also received a Post Album, and struggled with his fractured personalities. As the new package arrived, it pulled him into the darkness.

• Zhao Ke called Qi Liang, learned that Qi Liang had received a Post Album and stamps, then crushed the SIM card after ending the call.
• Zhao Ke refused Wang Na’s invitation to undergo an examination and threw away her business card.
• While looking in the mirror, Zhao Ke’s different personalities argued over Wang Na and whether to acquire a little sister, and one of them smashed the glass.
• Zhao Ke realized he had lost time and decided he still needed to be examined, then stored his groceries in the Post Album.
• A black package bearing a stamp appeared, and its rotting hand pulled Zhao Ke into darkness.

Zhao Ke entered the horror space alone and found himself stranded in a freezing river among empty black boats. After discovering paper figures aboard one boat, he used one as firewood to warm himself, then heard bells and spotted two figures floating toward him.

• Zhao Ke surfaced in a river lined with old buildings and red lanterns, then climbed onto an empty black boat.
• Zhao Ke found a male and female paper figure inside the boat’s canopy and used steaming tea from his Post Album to warm himself.
• Zhao Ke draped his wet clothes over the female paper figure and chopped up the male figure to burn as firewood.
• Zhao Ke reflected on his worsening episodes of lost control and hoped the violent personality had not taken over his body.
• Zhao Ke heard bells approaching, extinguished the fire, and saw two figures floating in midair.

Zhao Ke entered the horror space alone and found himself in an icy river among empty black boats. After discovering paper figures in his boat and using one as firewood to warm himself, he spotted two figures approaching through the air.

• Zhao Ke surfaced in the river, climbed onto a black boat, and found himself alone in a lantern-lit water town.
• Zhao Ke discovered a male and female paper figure beneath the boat's canopy.
• Zhao Ke used the female paper figure to hang his wet clothes and chopped up the male figure to fuel a fire.
• Zhao Ke worried about what had happened while others controlled his body and resolved to find and complete the horror-space mission.
• Zhao Ke heard bells, put out the fire, and saw two childlike figures floating toward him.

Zhao Ke hid in a boat as a ghostly funeral procession crossed the river and killed two postmen who drew its attention. After the procession passed, a woman appeared behind Zhao Ke and offered him a purple handkerchief.

• Zhao Ke watched two flower attendants scatter joss paper as a faceless funeral procession carried a black sedan chair across the river.
• A boat jolted, prompting two postmen to flee; the flower attendants sent black mist after them, and one postman shot through it with special bullets.
• The flower attendants extinguished the red lanterns and relit them white, while the boy killed the gunman and the other postman drowned and became part of the black mist.
• The funeral procession resumed and passed over Zhao Ke's boat after the two postmen died.
• Zhao Ke reached for a purple handkerchief held out behind him and saw a woman had appeared there.

Zhao Ke hid in a boat as a ghostly funeral procession crossed the lake and killed two postmen who disturbed it. After the procession passed, a woman appeared behind Zhao Ke and offered him a purple handkerchief.

• Zhao Ke watched two flower children scatter funeral money as faceless bearers carried a black sedan chair across the lake.
• A boat rocked, alerting the procession, and two postmen fled; one ran across the boats while the other dived underwater.
• The flower children sent black mist after the postmen, but the running man shot through it with a pistol.
• The lanterns went out and relit white, and the boy flower child appeared behind the running postman and killed him by tearing out his heart.
• The other postman struggled underwater and vanished as black mist with a new face surfaced; the procession resumed after both postmen died.
• Zhao Ke breathed a sigh of relief, then noticed a woman behind him holding out a purple handkerchief.

Zhao Ke entered the underworld disguised as Wang Gouzi, a steward among the spirit mediums sent as dowry for a ghost marriage at the Bai Family estate. After learning he must stop the marriage and find a way back to the human world, he arrived at the estate and was assigned quarters, where Cui Lan approached him seductively.

• Cui Lan mistook Zhao Ke for her master, and he learned they were paper effigies who had crossed the Yellow Springs River into the underworld.
• Zhao Ke discovered a mission prompt ordering him to stop the Bai Family ghost marriage and leave the underworld, and he secretly collected paper ash to conceal his yang energy.
• Zhao Ke saw other postmen arrive as the ghost-wedding sedan chair entered the Bai Family estate, then learned from Cui Lan that their burned bodies meant they could not simply return to the human world.
• Zhao Ke and Cui Lan followed the Bai Family steward through a side entrance, and he ordered the spirit mediums to serve the household branches rather than their former masters.
• Cui Lan assigned Zhao Ke a room, shut the door, and began undressing as she approached him.

Zhao Ke entered the underworld as a paper-effigy steward and learned that he had to stop a wedding at the Bai Family residence and find a way back to the living world. After arriving at the Bai Family, he settled in with Cui Lan while the other postmen kept their distance.

• Zhao Ke pretended to be Wang Gouzi, and Cui Lan explained that they were spirit mediums accompanying a dowry into the underworld.
• Zhao Ke found a mission prompt ordering him to stop the wedding at the Bai Family and warning that paper ashes could conceal his living yang energy.
• Zhao Ke saw other postmen arrive as the sedan chair entered the Bai Family, then learned from Cui Lan that their burned true bodies meant they could not simply return to the living world.
• Zhao Ke swallowed paper ash and followed Cui Lan ashore, where their boat sank and the Bai Family steward assigned them to serve the household instead of Wang Gouzi.
• The Bai Family steward warned Zhao Ke and the other spirit mediums not to wander, while the postmen chose not to join together.
• Cui Lan led Zhao Ke to their room and began unbuttoning her clothes.

Zhao Ke avoided joining Dongzi’s group and explored the Bai Family estate, where his cooking expertise impressed a temperamental chef. The chapter ended when Zhao Ke tasted the chef’s Rock Sugar Sweet and Sour Pork and discovered that it was cold.

• Cui Lan told Zhao Ke that their ghost marriage would be completed after seven days, and Zhao Ke considered how to disrupt it.
• Dongzi invited Zhao Ke to investigate the wedding celebration with his group, but Zhao Ke refused and waited for a safer opportunity.
• Zhao Ke followed the aroma of Crispy Tofu to the Bai Family kitchen and told the old chef that sesame seeds ruined the dish’s flavor.
• The old chef remade the tofu with minced garlic, agreed Zhao Ke was right, and invited him to taste his Rock Sugar Sweet and Sour Pork.
• Zhao Ke bit into the sweet and sour pork and realized it was cold.

Zhao Ke avoided joining Dongzi and the other couriers, then followed the smell of food to the Bai Family kitchen, where he corrected an old chef’s Crispy Tofu. After tasting the chef’s Rock Sugar Sweet and Sour Pork, Zhao Ke realized the dish was cold.

• Cui Lan told Zhao Ke that the wedding would take place after the first seven days, and she tried to seduce him before someone knocked at the door.
• Dongzi invited Zhao Ke to investigate the wedding celebration with him and three others, but Zhao Ke refused and decided to wait.
• Zhao Ke wandered outside the room and followed the aroma of Crispy Tofu to the Bai Family kitchen.
• Zhao Ke told the old chef that sesame seeds overpowered the tofu and suggested minced garlic instead; the chef tried it and admitted Zhao Ke was right.
• The old chef served Zhao Ke his Rock Sugar Sweet and Sour Pork, and Zhao Ke discovered that it was cold.

Zhao Ke discovered that everything in the underworld felt cold to him because he was alive, then impressed Ghost Chef King with his cooking and accepted a kitchen assistant job. He left with a kitchen token and a useless stipend, while Ghost Chef King replenished the oil Zhao Ke had used.

• Zhao Ke tasted Ghost Chef King's sweet-and-sour pork and tea as icy, realizing the underworld's food and objects felt cold because he was alive.
• Zhao Ke cooked Volcanic Beef Ho Fun, using his knife skills and liquor flame to impress Ghost Chef King and the other cooks.
• Ghost Chef King hired Zhao Ke as his kitchen assistant, and Zhao Ke accepted after insisting on receiving his stipend daily.
• Zhao Ke received ghost money, gold ingots, and a kitchen token, then left to settle his affairs before returning the next day.
• After a cook complained about the oil Zhao Ke used, Ghost Chef King poured yellowish-green oil from a crack in his skull into the basin.

Zhao Ke discovered that the underworld made everything feel cold to him, then impressed the Ghost Chef King with his cooking and accepted a kitchen assistant job. He left with a kitchen token and a useless stipend, while the Ghost Chef King revealed an unsettling way to replenish the kitchen’s oil.

• Zhao Ke realized that food, tea, and even flames felt icy because he was alive in the underworld.
• Zhao Ke cooked Volcanic Beef Ho Fun, earning praise from the Ghost Chef King and the other chefs.
• The Ghost Chef King offered Zhao Ke a kitchen assistant position, and Zhao Ke negotiated to receive his stipend daily.
• Zhao Ke accepted the job, collected hell banknotes, gold ingots, and a kitchen token, and said he would return the next day.
• After Zhao Ke left, the Ghost Chef King poured greenish-yellow oil from a crack in his forehead into the kitchen’s oil basin.

Zhao Ke discovered that Cui Lan was a spirit medium rather than his master and attacked her, trapping her head in an iron basin and converting her body into a headless paper-figure stamp. After the Bai Family steward began assigning work and demanded to know where Cui Lan was, Zhao Ke showed him the token given by the old man.

• Zhao Ke returned from the back kitchen, concealed his aura with paper ash, and asked Cui Lan how to distinguish spirit mediums from others.
• Cui Lan noticed Zhao Ke had no master's name on his arm, and Zhao Ke admitted he was not her master before stabbing her.
• Cui Lan survived Zhao Ke's attacks and tried to flee, but he severed her head and discovered that placing it in an iron basin stopped her body from moving.
• Zhao Ke converted Cui Lan's headless body into the Post Album, gaining a stamp depicting a headless paper figure.
• The steward assigned work to the postmen, then asked Zhao Ke where Cui Lan had gone and scolded him for visiting the back kitchen.
• Zhao Ke showed the steward the token the old man had given him.

Zhao Ke discovered that Cui Lan was a spirit medium and killed her before she could expose him, then used her headless body to obtain a stamp. He concealed what happened from the Bai Family steward, who confronted him about entering the back kitchen, and Zhao Ke showed him the old man’s token.

• Zhao Ke realized Cui Lan could identify him as an impostor when she found that his arm lacked the mark of her master.
• Zhao Ke stabbed and beheaded Cui Lan, then discovered that containing her head in an iron basin stopped her body from moving.
• Zhao Ke converted Cui Lan’s headless body into the Post Album and obtained a stamp depicting a headless paper effigy.
• The Bai Family steward assigned work to the gathered couriers and demanded to know where Cui Lan had gone.
• Zhao Ke claimed he did not know where Cui Lan was and showed the steward the token the old man had given him.