Chapter Summaries

Han Dong emerged from meditation and used Richard's void power to rescue Miles from the clerk's arms. Togu returned from Hell Monastery as the fight against the clerk resumed.

• The clerk's arms overwhelmed Miles, Jason, and Leatherface, while Freddy's dream attack failed to affect her.
• The clerk's arms trapped Miles and began tearing into his body as he tried to protect the room where Han Dong was meditating.
• Han Dong emerged with a Void Bloodhound on his shoulder, which devoured the arms attacking Miles and wounded the clerk.
• The clerk recognized Richard's power in Han Dong and questioned how he had obtained it.
• Togu returned from Hell Monastery and released lava that burned away the clerk's arms.

The mayor stopped Verna from attacking Han Dong's group and allowed Togu to remain Han Dong's servant while continuing to manage the monastery. Back in the Dean's Office, Han Dong received authority to investigate Pennywise, leaving him responsible for resolving the clown's threat under Town Hall's scrutiny.

• The mayor arrived, sent Verna away, and dismissed the four human demons after they left the monastery.
• The mayor offered Togu the choice to stay in Derry Town or follow Han Dong, and Togu chose to remain Han Dong's servant.
• The mayor ordered Togu to manage the monastery until Miss Harriss could replace him, then returned Han Dong to the Dean's Office.
• Han Dong submitted his report and asked the mayor to trust him to eliminate the danger posed by Pennywise.
• The mayor appointed Han Dong as a Town Hall investigator with permission to enter restricted zones and examine the clown's body parts, subject to oversight.
• Han Dong completed the monastery investigation with 95% progress and received the special investigator job.

After completing the monastery investigation, Han Dong received a special detective identity and tested his new Void Tentacle ability beneath the moonlight. Meanwhile, Huo Ziping’s team reached the alien spaceship beneath Crystal Lake and found the clown’s Left Leg guarded by a Xenomorph Queen.

• Han Dong was granted a unique detective identity, while Togu remained at the monastery until Han Dong completed the Destiny Event.
• Huo Ziping’s team fought through Xenomorphs aboard the spaceship beneath Crystal Lake and found a sealed biological chamber.
• Huo Ziping cut open the chamber and discovered the Xenomorph Queen, Facehugger eggs, and the clown’s Left Leg, which taunted him to kill it again.
• Han Dong told his teammates he was safe, then tested Void Transfer by teleporting around Derry Town with his tentacle.
• Han Dong met Miss Jian near Central Hospital, and she joined him on his walk to visit the Human-Demon Party.

Miss Jian warned Han Dong that Verna had seeded him with tiny red hands that could kill him while he slept, and he destroyed them with Death Aura. At the Underground Human-Demon Party, he found the human-demons blooming with arms and used Death Black Sand to help clear the seeds, while Miss Jian agreed to give him information about the Clerk after the party.

• Miss Jian explained that Verna killed residents by planting paralyzing arm seeds in their bodies, and warned Han Dong that he had been exposed.
• Han Dong used the G-Virus and Demon Eye to find tiny red hands spreading through his hair, then killed them with Death Aura and inspected his body.
• Miss Jian offered information about the Clerk in exchange for Han Dong spending time with her after the party, and he agreed.
• Han Dong and Miss Jian found the Underground Human-Demon Party covered in severed arms, and Miss Jian realized Verna had attacked its guests.
• Han Dong learned that the four human-demons had fought Verna and been seeded, then spread Death Black Sand through the venue to help remove the growing arms.

Han Dong returned to Central Hospital with Miss Jian and found Shirley safely managing the hospital alongside the trace of Dean Richard’s consciousness. In Miss Jian’s morgue office, he obtained the completed codex on clerk Verna Rivald and began cleaning Miss Jian as she requested.

• Han Dong thanked Miles, said goodbye to the Human-Demons, and asked Cas and his companion to turn in early while he handled other matters.
• At Central Hospital, Shirley welcomed Han Dong and explained that she and Dean Richard’s consciousness were managing the hospital together.
• Han Dong pushed Miss Jian to Morgue Room Thirteen, where she identified the drawer containing her materials on the clerk.
• Han Dong opened the drawer, and the auxiliary system completed the codex information on Clerk Verna Rivald.
• Miss Jian asked Han Dong to clean her inner layer within six hours, and he began washing the witchcraft inscriptions and grime from her body.

Han Dong increased his intimacy with Inspector Jian Doyle by bathing her and stayed in the dissection room to study the Clerk’s file. He learned that Verna Rivald was a data-born devil whose powers and history made her the second-ranked resident of Derry Town.

• Han Dong finished cleaning Miss Jian’s body, and his intimacy with Inspector Jian Doyle increased.
• Miss Jian asked Han Dong to stay with her while he read the Clerk’s records, and he agreed.
• Han Dong opened Verna Rivald’s file and learned she had originated as data in the STEM Mainframe before becoming a devil.
• Han Dong learned Verna could impose recursive data corruption through touch and extend her arms without limit.
• Han Dong discovered Verna could copy creatures from the STEM Mainframe into reality and ranked No. 2 among residents.

After learning that Secretary Vera had begun as a string program and considering the mayor’s motives, Han Dong focused on finding the clown’s body parts. Cas and Diana uncovered a complaint linking unsettling laughter to Herbert West’s clinic, and Han Dong went with them to investigate.

• Han Dong read the secretary’s files and concluded that the mayor was testing him against the clown while favoring neither his team nor Huo Ziping’s squad.
• Han Dong said goodbye to Miss Jian, who asked him to contact her if he had to fight the secretary, then returned to the neighborhood committee.
• Cas told Han Dong that Diana had found Herbert West’s complaint about laughter coming from the walls of his underground clinic.
• Han Dong, Cas, and Diana went to Herbert West’s address on Smortal Street to investigate the clue.
• Herbert West answered the door at his Resurrection Shop and offered them one of his corpse-resurrection packages.

Han Dong and his companions investigated Professor West’s basement after he reported laughter coming through a sealed wall. They found the laughter came from a passage into unmapped territory, and Professor West self-destructed when he heard the clown’s laughter clearly.

• Professor West welcomed Han Dong’s neighborhood committee team and led them toward his locked basement, offering them a virus-resisting potion.
• Han Dong identified the Mad Laughter Virus in Professor West and had little Diana cut him apart, but a virus-free duplicate soon emerged from the attic.
• Han Dong learned Professor West ranked 99th in Derry Town and considered recruiting him to work in his manor.
• Professor West showed Han Dong’s group the wall where the laughter sounded and explained that the map marked nothing beyond it.
• Cas reshaped the stone wall into a passage, and Professor West self-destructed after the clown’s laughter rang out from within.

Han Dong verified the hidden room containing the clown’s body parts, then disguised himself as Professor West to wait for a visitor. Meanwhile, Huo Ziping’s team secured the clown’s Left Leg and planned how to confront the Holy City Squad over the remaining body part.

• Han Dong stopped Cas and Diana from searching further after they confirmed the secret room, gave them tasks, and sent them back with Professor West to the neighborhood committee.
• Han Dong disguised himself as Professor West using the professor’s corpse and waited inside the house.
• Huo Ziping’s team killed the Alien Queen, sealed the clown’s Left Leg with iron needles, and Yu Wu stored it in his Auditory Mansion.
• The system announced that collecting six clown body parts would trigger an Inner Chapter ending, and Huo Ziping concluded that the Holy City Squad likely had the missing part.
• Ma Taotao proposed using her relationship with the clerk to target the Holy City Squad, while Huo Ziping prepared to fight them if the clerk’s pursuit failed.

Han Dong entered Professor West’s hidden laboratory and discovered that the professor recognized him as an Unclean One. After they discussed life science research for four hours, Han Dong invited West to leave Derry Town with him, and West agreed in principle if the mayor permitted it.

• Han Dong used his tentacles and Void Transfer to enter Professor West’s sealed laboratory in the attic.
• Professor West revealed that he had recognized Han Dong and explained his research into rebirth through replicated bodies.
• Han Dong asked Professor West to monitor Smortal Street for young people connected to Town Hall.
• Han Dong shared his research with West, and the two debated ways to improve his experiments for four hours.
• Han Dong invited West to join him in another world, and West said he would go if the mayor allowed it, though he had conditions.

Han Dong recruited Professor West to help kill the clown and disguised himself as West with a brain-stimulating injection. Meanwhile, the Dragon City Squad reached West’s home to investigate laughter coming from the sealed maze beneath Smortal Street, and Han Dong led them toward it.

• Han Dong and Professor West agreed to cooperate, with West set to bring his Resurrection Equipment to Derry Town Central Hospital when the clown’s body was gathered.
• West warned Han Dong that Yu Wu might detect his disguise, so Han Dong injected himself with West’s Brain-Stimulating Needle and refined his plan.
• The chapter noted that the Holy City Squad had found the clown’s torso and Right Arm, while the Dragon City Squad had found both legs.
• Yu Wu, Ma Taotao, and the other Dragon City Squad members went to Professor West’s home to investigate the laughter reported from the sealed underground maze.
• Disguised as West, Han Dong claimed the laughter had troubled his business for months and led the squad inside.

Han Dong disguised himself as Professor West and set plans in motion at Central Hospital while the Dragon City Squad searched the West Residence. The chapter ended with Han Dong attacking Gongsun Hao, who suffered deep corruption but remained standing.

• Cas and Diana followed Han Dong’s instructions, with Cas summoned to gather the human-demons and Diana taking Professor West to Central Hospital with a sealed letter.
• Shirley Powell led Professor West into the Black Pyramid, where he agreed to oversee the site as an experimental space.
• Huo Ziping and the Dragon City Squad entered the underground maze beneath the West Residence to search for the clown’s body, while Gongsun Hao guarded the basement entrance.
• Han Dong, disguised as Professor West, offered Gongsun Hao coffee that transformed into Black Crows and obscured his vision.
• Han Dong’s tentacle pierced Gongsun Hao’s defenses, but Gongsun Hao struck back and left Han Dong’s temporary G-arm badly damaged.

Han Dong defeated Gongsun Hao without killing him, then disguised himself as Gongsun Hao to keep the Dragon City Squad unaware of his presence. When Huo Ziping's group returned with the clown's left arm, Han Dong realized Yu Wu was the likeliest person to be carrying their special storage method.

• Gongsun Hao transformed and attacked Han Dong, but stopped when Han Dong's enormous tentacle bloodhound threatened to swallow him.
• Han Dong knocked Gongsun Hao into a deep coma and decided against stealing his memories, fearing the squinting sensor might detect the attempt.
• Han Dong moved Gongsun Hao upstairs for Professor West to watch over, then disguised himself as Gongsun Hao and waited for the squad.
• Four hours later, Huo Ziping, Ma Taotao, and Yu Wu returned with the clown's left arm, which they had stored without carrying a visible container.
• Han Dong concluded that the squad's special storage method was most likely on Yu Wu.

Han Dong revealed himself to the Dragon City Team and proposed a fair duel with Huo Ziping to decide who would claim the right to deal with Pennywise. The mayor approved the duel for midnight and required each side to bring one Hidden Resident, leaving both teams to prepare for the fight.

• Han Dong warned Huo Ziping's team that a female corpse outside would trap them in an illusion, then proposed that the captains duel for their teams' Pennywise body parts.
• Han Dong revealed that he had taken Gongsun Hao's place and said Gongsun Hao was safe; Huo Ziping accepted the challenge.
• Han Dong proposed that the mayor oversee the duel, and the mayor ruled that the winner would gain the right to investigate and deal with Pennywise while the loser surrendered its body parts.
• The mayor scheduled the duel for midnight in Derry Town's central square and required each team to invite one Hidden Resident to fight alongside its captain.
• Huo Ziping told Yu Wu he would fight with everything he had, believing Han Dong had acted with chivalry.

Han Dong explained to Miss Jian that he had feigned a change of plans to pressure his opponents and win over Huo Ziping, whose help was crucial to his plans involving Pennywise. He asked Miss Jian for information on Derry Town’s Ten Demons and reviewed the profiles of several ranked Hidden Residents.

• Han Dong told Miss Jian that his apparent decision to settle the contest fairly had been a deception designed to win Huo Ziping’s cooperation.
• Han Dong explained that Pennywise might never have had avatars and that he needed to gather all of Pennywise’s parts to understand the creature completely.
• Han Dong asked Miss Jian to fight alongside him, and she agreed while warning that she might not be able to suppress the clerk.
• Han Dong asked Miss Jian for her records on Derry Town’s Ten Demons, and she confirmed that she had complete information.
• Han Dong reviewed the profiles of Hell Monk, The Crooked Man, Demon Spirit, Pennywise, and Mayor Slender Man.

Han Dong arranged a resurrection experiment in the Black Pyramid, using the souls and sacrifices of Derry Town’s residents to rebuild a deceased person’s body and consciousness. The person remained in a State of Death as Professor West began the final activation.

• Han Dong chose Director Sam, Moonlight-Miles, and Miss Jian to assist him, while deciding Miss Jian should help Professor West rather than fight the Scribe.
• Han Dong led the group into the Black Pyramid, where Professor West had set up his resurrection equipment and the hospital staff had gathered for the sacrifice.
• Miles released the souls of his victims, and Director Sam used his scythe to extract a specific soul without contaminating it with baleful energy.
• Shirley Powell began the sacrifice, and the pyramid’s formation shaped a body around the extracted soul.
• Shirley infused the body’s star core with her blood and multicolored energy, forming a complete consciousness.
• Professor West began adjusting the resurrection experiment to activate the deceased person, who remained in a State of Death.

The Dragon City Squad prepared for its duel with Han Dong’s Holy City Squad, while Huo Ziping learned that Nicholas was a Pure One capable of deep Abyssal Transformation. The mayor began supervising the duel in Derry Town’s central square and asked Han Dong to name his Hidden Residents, leaving the Holy City Squad’s lineup unrevealed.

• Ma Taotao freed Gongsun Hao from his Deep Coma, and he warned Huo Ziping about Nicholas’s terrifying power.
• Huo Ziping concluded that Nicholas was a Pure One and resolved to fight at full strength, while Yu Wu remained suspicious of Han Dong’s motives.
• The Ten Demons and both squads gathered in the central square before midnight, with Han Dong pushing a sealed Corpse Bag on a cart.
• The mayor established a No-light Zone and required both sides to declare their Hidden Residents, and the secretary volunteered to fight alongside Huo Ziping.
• The mayor asked Han Dong who would accompany him, but the chapter ended before he answered.

Han Dong arranged Dean Richard’s resurrection, and the newly revived Richard joined him as his supporting combatant in the duel against Huo Ziping. Richard sent the clerk into the Void Otherworld, leaving Han Dong and Huo Ziping to face off, and Huo Ziping opened the fight with a slash that severed Han Dong’s right arm.

• Han Dong asked Huo Ziping for a five-minute delay while the corpse in the Corpse Bag recovered, and Huo Ziping agreed.
• Miss Jian injected the Corpse Bag’s occupant with a green stabilizer, triggering Dean Richard’s resurrection in a cosmic form infused with Star-Color.
• Dean Richard thanked Han Dong, agreed to support him in the duel, and crushed his Void Orb to cover the plaza in the Void Otherworld.
• The mayor allowed Dean Richard to participate as Han Dong’s supporting combatant, and the duel officially began.
• The clerk attacked Han Dong and Dean Richard with countless arms, but Dean Richard used Void Transfer to take her into the Void Otherworld.
• Huo Ziping opened his eyes and struck without drawing his sword, severing Han Dong’s right arm.

Han Dong faced Huo Ziping in a duel and discovered that Huo Ziping could unleash an invisible mental slash without drawing his sword. Han Dong transformed into his Crow Caller form and avoided Huo Ziping’s Dragon Flash, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Huo Ziping’s invisible slash severed Han Dong’s right arm, which Han Dong regenerated while trying to determine how the attack worked.
• Huo Ziping began the duel with his Dragon Pattern Sword, Candle Yongzi: Wandering Dragon’s Cry, and Han Dong summoned Zaldum: Crow Caller.
• Han Dong entered his Crow Caller form and conjured a giant black-sand arm that grabbed at Huo Ziping.
• Huo Ziping severed the black-sand arm and used Dragon Flash to decapitate Han Dong, but Han Dong’s neck was in a Sumeru State and took no actual damage.

Huo Ziping and Han Dong fought a fierce duel in Derry Town Park, each using powerful abilities that inflicted severe injuries on the other. The fight paused with both combatants badly hurt, leaving the spectators shocked.

• Huo Ziping used Dragon Flame to destroy Han Dong's Black Crows and attacked him with a series of sword techniques.
• Han Dong evaded Huo Ziping's strikes by using a hound to make short-range spatial transfers, then blocked an attack with a Sand Wall.
• Huo Ziping disrupted Han Dong's sand defense and struck him with a Dragon Flame Palm, while Han Dong's Hundred-Eyed Blood Hound bit Huo Ziping's shoulder.
• Huo Ziping cut down the blood hound with his Heart Sword, but both fighters suffered serious injuries and the battle temporarily stopped.
• Ma Taotao realized she might have died if she had faced Han Dong in a real squad battle.