Vol. 1Volume 1

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Chapters 1–50 Read from Ch. 1

Arc 1Tongue, Bears, and Snakes

Zhao Ke was drawn from his restaurant into a horror mission, where he survived monsters and gained stamps before escaping back to reality. He returned to find the mysterious package still unopened on his table.

  • Zhao Ke found a strange eye-stamped package at his restaurant and opened the door to face a rotting corpse asking for its tongue.
  • Zhao Ke entered a wilderness mission, where a black bear killed Wang Ding and Zhao Ke helped Qi Liang escape after a woman betrayed their group.
  • Zhao Ke and Qi Liang found an old house, killed the bear-like old woman, and discovered that her stronger son Xiong Er was their target.
  • Xiong Er killed Chen Jing, but Zhao Ke lured him into a pit of sharpened bamboo spears and completed the main mission.
  • Zhao Ke killed Zhou Shun after learning about the hunters’ failed attempt to steal the old woman’s treasure, then gained the Bear Coat stamp.
  • Zhao Ke reached a town and served bear meat to a young man whose family had been the old woman and Xiong Er.
  • At Zhuangyuan Tower, Zhao Ke resisted a snake woman’s illusion, seized the Red Luo Pearl, and escaped the demons using Return.
  • Zhao Ke returned to his shop minutes after entering the horror space, examined the Red Luo Stone’s information, and turned to the unopened package.
Chapters 1–2525 summaries Read

Arc 2The Bai Family Ghost Wedding

Zhao Ke investigated his worsening loss of control while preparing for another horror space, where he arrived in the underworld as a paper effigy. He entered the Bai Family estate, took a kitchen job, and killed Cui Lan after she realized he was not her master.

  • Zhao Ke learned that Li Hongbing had died in a fall and suspected that deaths in the horror space were being covered up as accidents.
  • Zhao Ke struggled with his different personalities, lost time, and entered a new horror space when a black package pulled him into darkness.
  • Zhao Ke arrived in a lantern-lit underworld, watched a ghost wedding procession, and met Cui Lan, who mistook him for her master.
  • Zhao Ke learned that his mission was to stop the Bai Family ghost marriage, concealed his living aura with paper ash, and entered the Bai Family estate with Cui Lan.
  • Zhao Ke refused Dongzi’s invitation to investigate the wedding and followed the smell of Crispy Tofu to the kitchen, where he impressed the old chef with his food knowledge.
  • Zhao Ke cooked Volcanic Beef Ho Fun for the Ghost Chef King, earned a kitchen assistant position, and received a token and payment.
  • Zhao Ke discovered that Cui Lan could identify him as an impostor, stabbed and beheaded her, and converted her headless body into a stamp in his Post Album.
  • When the Bai Family steward asked where Cui Lan was, Zhao Ke denied knowing and showed him the kitchen token.
Chapters 26–5025 summaries Read