Chapter Summaries

Han Dong could not pass the female corpse in Derry Town Central Hospital’s morgue, so he borrowed a room to study Dean Richard Powell’s resident file and plan his next move. The file revealed Richard’s Void powers, the nine statues that sustained his immortality, and the means by which he could be weakened and killed.

• Han Dong decided to return later to investigate the secret hidden deeper in the morgue.
• Han Dong asked the female corpse to lend him a morgue room so he could read Dean Richard Powell’s files and formulate a plan.
• Han Dong opened the resident registry and uncovered Dean Richard Powell’s hidden resident information.
• The file described Richard’s Void Mark, which transformed or corrupted marked objects and living beings, and his ability to reshape his body through his Superbody.
• The file revealed that Richard could not be killed while any of the nine guarded Void God statues remained, and that destroying them would weaken him.
• The file listed Richard’s Void God’s Sacrificial Dagger, Void Orb, and overall resident ranking of No. 5.

Han Dong received the Yellow Robe’s support and was urged to kill Dean Richard, though he first needed to destroy the nine shrines in Central Hospital. He concealed his real intention from the female corpse and set out to locate the shrines.

• The Yellow Sign burned on Han Dong’s hand, and he used it to let the Yellow Robe possess a corpse in the mortuary.
• The Yellow Robe offered to help Han Dong overcome Dean Richard’s Void Mark and granted him additional Luck Value, urging him to confront the dean if the right conditions were met.
• Han Dong concluded that he needed to locate and destroy the nine shrines dedicated to the Void God before fighting Dean Richard.
• The female corpse questioned Han Dong about using a mortuary corpse, and he explained himself before asking her to find the shrine locations.
• The female corpse agreed to locate the nine shrines and told Han Dong he could call on Miles in an emergency.
• Han Dong pulled the Hospital Map from the female corpse’s mouth and set out.

Han Dong helped Shirley Powell find and capture her monstrous pet Kuta, then returned with her to Central Hospital and faced Dean Richard. Shirley invited Han Dong to play with her after her father left through a Void Gate.

• Han Dong encountered Shirley Powell in the hospital and agreed to help her find her missing pet, Kuta.
• Han Dong followed Kuta’s fur outside the hospital, where he found the multi-headed monster feeding on a patient.
• Han Dong restrained Kuta and used Shirley’s leather cord to transform it into a British Shorthair cat.
• Shirley praised Han Dong, and his affinity with important event character Shirley Powell increased from Indifferent to Neutral.
• Dean Richard confronted Shirley for leaving the hospital, recognized Han Dong as one of Sam’s subordinates, and left through a Void Gate.
• Shirley asked Han Dong to play with her, and he agreed.

Han Dong accompanied Shirley to the hospital’s Fourth Floor, where he discovered a hidden shrine in Mr. Kuta’s breeding room and secretly empowered Chen Li to destroy it. Shirley then offered to show Han Dong the outskirts of Dean Richard’s Void Otherworld, giving him a chance to learn more about the place before facing the dean.

• Han Dong rode with Shirley to the Fourth Floor, where she locked Mr. Kuta among the cats and explained that Dean Richard was trying to develop Void Creations.
• Han Dong noticed ghostfire in the breeding room, and Shirley revealed that it came from a hidden shrine that needed sacrifices.
• Han Dong examined the bubble-shaped idol with Chen Li, then used his tentacle to empower her so she could destroy shrines later.
• Shirley brought two patients to sacrifice at the shrine while Han Dong pretended he had not investigated it.
• Han Dong asked Shirley about Dean Richard’s Void Otherworld, and she offered to take him to its outskirts while her father conducted experiments.

Han Dong entered the Void Otherworld with Shirley and considered killing Dean Richard to gain power, but a transformed Void Lifeform attacked him. He let his consciousness disperse after Gulazer shot through his chest, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Shirley brought Han Dong into the Void Otherworld and warned him to stay close because powerful Void Lifeforms lived there.
• Han Dong found himself unaffected by the void and considered killing Dean Richard to obtain high-quality Cellular Essence, while the Earl warned him about the strength of Void Power.
• A fully transformed Void Lifeform named Gulazer approached, and Shirley warned it that Han Dong was her friend.
• Gulazer ignored Shirley, declared Han Dong’s presence blasphemous, and shot a beam of void light through his chest.
• As his body began to erode, Han Dong chose to disperse his consciousness.

Han Dong recovered from his staged injury and prepared to exploit Miles’s assault on Derry Town Central Hospital to infiltrate Dean Richard’s office. Shirley carried Han Dong to the Fifth Floor, believing she was hiding him from the attacker.

• Han Dong woke after surgery, and Shirley’s concern raised their relationship to Friendly before she left him to rest.
• Jian told Han Dong that the hospital shrines had been identified, but Richard had moved one to the Void Otherworld; they planned to place documents in Richard’s desk during his absence.
• Han Dong learned that Miles had begun attacking the hospital, while Richard chose to let the killer satisfy his urge rather than interrupt his experiment in the Black Pyramid.
• Shirley warned Han Dong that a mad Hidden Resident was coming and offered to take him to Richard’s office for safety.
• Han Dong agreed to let Shirley seal his senses, and she carried him to the Fifth Floor.

Han Dong escaped Dean Richard’s office with Shirley alive and recruited Miles before returning to the Void Otherworld. There, Miles helped him defeat Gulaze, prompting Dean Richard Powell to appear in person.

• Han Dong broke free, knocked Shirley unconscious, and hid the confidential document in Dean Richard’s files before carrying her back to her ward.
• Han Dong met Miles on the Third Floor and used a demon’s whisper to persuade him to follow into the Void Otherworld.
• Han Dong blocked Gulaze’s void rays with Nicole’s Deep Sea Secret Art: Waves.
• Miles arrived and executed Gulaze with the guillotine, forcing Dean Richard Powell to interrupt his experiment and appear.

Jian Doyle discovered the Red Balloon had slipped out of The Depths, but chose not to alert Town Hall because Nicholas was confronting Dean Richard. In the Void Otherworld, Han Dong used Richard’s massive attack to sandify the ground and break into the Black Pyramid, activating his next main mission.

• Jian Doyle questioned why Nicholas had chosen to challenge Richard, then encountered the escaped Red Balloon and sealed the door to The Depths.
• Jian Doyle found Han Dong’s note in a corpse and decided to withhold her report to Town Hall until the fight was over.
• Dean Richard unleashed a void tide across the otherworld, and Han Dong signaled Miles to retreat as the wave engulfed them.
• Dean Richard withdrew the tide and found only black sand, while Han Dong had used the attack to burrow underground and break into the Black Pyramid.
• Han Dong’s relationship with Richard changed from hostile to hatred, and Main Mission Five, The Black Pyramid in the Void, activated.

Han Dong changed his plan to investigate Dean Richard Powell’s conspiracy and entered the Black Pyramid with Miles and Togu while Nicole searched for its final shrine. He accepted an invitation to meet Dean Richard in The Void Between, then neutralized the Void Corridor before crossing it.

• Han Dong summoned Nicole and told her to find and destroy the pyramid’s final shrine while he and his bodyguards confronted Dean Richard.
• Han Dong, Miles, and Togu explored the pyramid, drawing no response from its Void Lifeforms or traps.
• A starlit head offered to guide Han Dong to The Void Between for a meeting with Dean Richard, and Han Dong accepted.
• Han Dong studied the pyramid’s layout and followed the guide to the inner layer’s stone door.
• Han Dong neutralized the Void Corridor’s energy, frightening the starlit head with his power.

Han Dong met Dean Richard inside the pyramid, where Richard offered him a role in a rebellion against Derry Town’s Mayor. Han Dong stalled rather than accept, but Richard suspected his true intentions and confronted him about searching for the shrine.

• Han Dong protected himself and his bodyguards from the Star-Colors and met Dean Richard on the pyramid’s platform.
• Richard revealed his plan to use the Colors to drive Derry Town mad, overthrow the Mayor, and make Han Dong his clerk.
• The Destiny System offered Han Dong an abnormal-difficulty mission to join Richard’s revolution and kill the Mayor, with the town as its reward.
• Han Dong pretended to consider the offer and asked for the Mayor’s files while waiting for the Demon Eye to analyze the Colors and for Nicole to locate the shrine.
• Richard refused to share the files until Han Dong committed and accused him of sending a subordinate to search the hospital and pyramid for his shrine.

Han Dong discovered that Dean Richard’s shrines housed his True Clones, while Chen Li was attacked after approaching one. As Dean Richard threatened Nicole and tried to brand Han Dong’s companions, Han Dong entered the Star-Color and reached for Nicole.

• Han Dong realized that every shrine contained one of Dean Richard’s True Clones and that destroying them would reduce the number of clones.
• A shrine in the hospital spawned a Chief Priest who wounded Chen Li and sent the reanimated cats after her; trapped and near death, she heard wheels scraping in the corridor.
• Dean Richard gave Han Dong thirty seconds to join him, then cast Nicole into the Abominable Colors as a threat.
• Han Dong finished analyzing the Star-Color, flew into it, and called to Nicole while Togu and Miles moved to suppress Dean Richard.
• Nicole reached toward Han Dong’s voice and felt a familiar warm touch at her fingertips.

Miles and Togu fought Dean Richard and his True Clone while Han Dong entered the Star-Color. Richard’s void ritual nearly transformed Miles, but Han Dong’s Abyssal Transformation distracted and killed Richard, leaving the battle’s outcome changed by the ambush.

• Togu restrained Dean Richard’s True Clone as Miles attacked Richard, but Richard’s void defenses redirected Miles’s slashes onto the priests.
• Richard stabbed Miles with the Void God's Sacrificial Dagger and used a gravity field and the priests’ ritual to accelerate his transformation.
• Miles resisted the invasion long enough to slash Richard, but Richard restrained him and believed his transformation would soon be complete.
• Han Dong ordered the bodyguards to act, and Togu bound Richard while Miles unleashed demonic power and severed Richard’s legs.
• Han Dong’s crimson, many-eyed canine form emerged from the Star-Color, swallowed Richard, and destroyed his body before he could use Damage Transfer.

Han Dong fought Dean Richard inside the Black Pyramid, using his Abyssal Transformation and Yellow Sign to resist the dean’s Void powers. After Han Dong challenged Dean Richard’s faith in the Void, the dean abandoned Damage Transfer and absorbed the Star-Color, causing the pyramid to tremble.

• Han Dong rescued Nicole from the Star-Color while destroying Dean Richard’s main body, but the dean transferred his consciousness into his True Clone and attacked Togu with a Void Ray.
• Han Dong sent the injured Togu to the prison for treatment, and Dean Richard stopped Miles’s Void conversion by reclaiming the ritual dagger and sealing him beneath the pyramid.
• Han Dong assumed his G-Virus enamel form and continued his Abyssal Transformation, then Dean Richard placed a Void Mark on his neck.
• The Yellow Sign on Han Dong’s hand overwrote the Void Mark, and Han Dong taunted Dean Richard about the limits of his understanding.
• Dean Richard abandoned Damage Transfer, pierced the white-robed priests with Void Tentacles, and drew the Star-Color into himself as the Black Pyramid shook.

Dean Richard absorbed the Star-Color and transformed into a powerful, godlike being, then pursued Han Dong through the Void Otherworld. Han Dong fought back and secretly prepared a spell with the Crow Staff as Richard advanced on him.

• Han Dong fled the pyramid after asking the sealed Miles for help, and he escaped Richard's Void Ray by countering it with a death ray.
• Dean Richard absorbed the Star-Color, formed a multicolored stellar core in his chest, and gained new powers that let him pass through and devour the pyramid walls.
• Richard caught Han Dong in the wasteland and attacked with void claws, but Han Dong used the Earl-controlled bloodhound to hold them off and punched Richard in the face.
• Richard regenerated, armed himself with a Star-Color-infused void spear and a ritual dagger, and planned to pierce and transform Han Dong.
• Han Dong stood his ground while secretly gathering strange magic at the tip of a Crow Staff behind his back.

Han Dong used his strongest death magic to destroy Dean Richard’s body, but the Star-Color restored him. As Richard struggled to contain it and boasted of his ability to return, Han Dong revealed Michael Myers behind him.

• Han Dong charged a spell while the Earl warned that Dean Richard’s Star-Color granted him adaptability and energy devouring.
• Dean Richard pierced Han Dong with a Void spear and prepared to strike him with the Priest Dagger.
• Han Dong used the Crow Caller Staff to unleash Death Tentacles, impaling and crushing Dean Richard before the deathly energy erased his remains.
• Dean Richard reformed from the Star-Color with the number five on his calf, though the attack left him convulsing and struggling to contain it.
• Dean Richard claimed he could return through the hospital’s shrines and Void Lifeforms, and Han Dong pointed to the violet-black Michael Myers standing behind him.

Han Dong and Miles killed Dean Richard in the Void Otherworld, while Han Dong revealed that Female Corpse Jian had destroyed Richard’s hospital clones. Before he died, Richard asked Han Dong to let his daughter Shirley continue living.

• Miles activated the Demon Engine and slashed Dean Richard as Han Dong restrained him and endured the star core’s devouring power.
• Han Dong faced Richard’s horrifying vision with his Demonic Eye, disrupted the Star-Color, and helped Miles complete the attack that triggered the Execution imprint.
• Han Dong delayed the guillotine and told Richard that Female Corpse Jian had destroyed every clone in the hospital.
• Richard lost his confidence and, before the execution, asked Han Dong to let Shirley live.
• Dean Richard died thinking of his daughter and the illness that had led him to study death and enter the Void.

After Dean Richard’s death, the mayor sent the clerk to Central Hospital to investigate while Han Dong and Miles searched for a way out of the Void Otherworld. Han Dong collected Richard’s essence and color, and Miles stood to gain recognition and a place among the Ten Demons for killing the dean.

• At Town Hall, the mayor learned that Richard had died and ordered the clerk to investigate the death and gather evidence at Central Hospital.
• The mayor told the clerk that the hospital had to be jointly managed during the special period until the clown died completely.
• Han Dong recovered from his grievous injuries, absorbed Richard’s corpse with a syringe, and collected the color Richard had exhaled for his daughter.
• Han Dong and Miles searched for an exit from the Void Otherworld while Han Dong wondered why it remained after Richard’s death.
• Han Dong discussed Miles’s overtime pay with him, noting that Miles might be rewarded and considered for the Ten Demons after killing Richard.

After killing Dean Richard, Han Dong was nearly taken into custody by the Clerk, but Scarecrow Sam protected him by presenting proof that he was a registered resident of Derry Town. Han Dong left for Sam’s farm while the investigation continued, having injected Star-Color into the unconscious girl to help reveal the truth.

• Han Dong and Miles prepared to leave the hospital, and the female corpse urged them to escape to Sam’s farm before Town Hall investigated Richard’s death.
• The Clerk arrived and detained Inspector Jian Doyle and Miles, then identified Han Dong as the outsider who had helped capture Pennywise three years earlier.
• The Clerk ordered Han Dong imprisoned as a suspect in Richard’s death, but Scarecrow Sam intervened with Han Dong’s predated resident household register.
• The Clerk allowed Han Dong, Miles, and Jian Doyle to remain at their registered addresses while she investigated, and Sam joined the investigation.
• Sam gave Han Dong the household register and a key to the farm, and Han Dong injected Star-Color into the unconscious girl before leaving the hospital.

Huo Ziping and Yu Wu set out to capture Mary Shaw while the Dragon City Squad investigated Derry Town’s missing residents, but their journey was interrupted by signs of the Holy City Squad’s unexpected ties to the town’s rulers. Han Dong rested under Director Sam’s protection as he was taken back toward the farm, ready to evolve the Faceless Head.

• Huo Ziping assigned Gongsun Hao and Ma Taotao to investigate missing residents while he and Yu Wu chose Mary Shaw as their fugitive target.
• Yu Wu found that Pennywise had been captured by the clerk and imprisoned in The Depths of Derry Town, with the rest of his records crossed out.
• A powerful Void-energy blast erupted from the hospital, and the clerk’s many-armed true body crawled from Town Hall toward it.
• Huo Ziping and Yu Wu saw the Mechanical Scarecrow overtake their car with Han Dong lying in the truck bed, but Yu Wu recognized Han Dong’s snoring and stopped Huo Ziping from intervening.
• A spotless handcart carrying a corpse drifted past Huo Ziping and Yu Wu, then vanished from the road.
• Han Dong rested in Sam’s truck after learning that his teammates had been sent back to the farm, and he prepared to evolve the Faceless Head.

After Han Dong recovered, he told Cas and Diana that Dean Richard was dead and prepared to investigate the clown after resting. At the church, Inspector Jian warned him that the mayor would connect him to the dean’s death and said she had private information about his body.

• Cas told Han Dong that Diana had helped find the ore and that Sam had brought him back to the farm.
• Han Dong showed Cas the household registration page and revealed that he had killed Dean Richard, fulfilling the basic requirements.
• Han Dong told Diana to rest and prepare for using Abyssal Transformation during the investigation of the clown.
• Han Dong went to the church to undergo a Brain Upgrade, but encountered Jian there.
• Jian told Han Dong the mayor would take notice of him because of Dean Richard’s death and invited him to a private conversation about his body.