Chapter Summaries

Liu Congming used copper coins to bribe Skeleton Eerie during a dice game, saving Unlucky Eerie and winning the [Bridge of Helplessness's Pipe]. The chapter ended with Liu Congming learning the pipe would interact with a hidden event after midnight and seeing a chance to turn his fortunes around.

• Liu Congming wagered the [Sleeve Eerie Arrow] and lost it when Skeleton Eerie revealed a total of 44 points.
• When Unlucky Eerie became the stake for the next round, Liu Congming wagered 62 copper coins and guessed the revealed 12 points correctly.
• Skeleton Eerie dissipated after the game, and Liu Congming obtained the [Bridge of Helplessness's Pipe], a hidden prop tied to a post-midnight event.
• Liu Congming explained that he had bribed Skeleton Eerie with copper coins, using its desire for opium to exploit the game's rules.

Liu Congming escaped the House Guardian’s ambush in [Right Ear Room] with help from Ji Yan and the Eeries, but Nangong Feng prepared a powerful incense stick to pursue him. Ji Yan planned to take the smoking pipe to a place where it could reveal its true power.

• Wick Eerie warned Liu Congming that the House Guardian had arrived, and Ji Yan alerted him to a rat dropping in his Tool Bar.
• Liu Congming destroyed an intruding porcelain spoon, but a Hemp Rope and Copper Coin Jar emerged and attacked him; Ji Yan used Wick Eerie’s ghostfire to free him from Hanged Eerie.
• Liu Congming severed Hanged Eerie’s head but could not kill it, then used a lucky critical shot to blast Greedy Money Eerie away.
• Nangong Feng warned Liu Congming that [Liu's Haunted House] had been swallowed and offered him a way to die in [Discarded Dungeon].
• Ji Yan opened a hidden door by kicking apart a clay jar, and Liu Congming escaped [Right Ear Room] with the Eeries.
• Nangong Feng realized Liu Congming had found the hidden Easter egg and took out an incense stick he had meant to save for [Cao Family Haunted House].

Liu Congming split from Ji Yan to reach the haunted house entrance and exploit the midnight Flowing Easter Egg, while Ji Yan lured Greedy Money Eerie away with the copper coins. Sandalwood Incense Eerie killed Liu Congming just as he reached the threshold.

• Nangong Feng summoned Sandalwood Incense Eerie to hunt Liu Congming, while Qipao Eerie Woman drained Liu Congming’s body and demanded her sister’s luck back.
• Sandalwood Incense Eerie attacked Liu Congming, but Unlucky Eerie used Absolute Luck to make the strike miss at the cost of much of its remaining luck.
• Ji Yan offered to draw the pursuit away, and Liu Congming gave the copper coins to Wick Eerie before they fled in separate directions.
• Midnight brought the Flowing Easter Egg, and Nangong Feng ordered Sandalwood Incense Eerie to stop Liu Congming from reaching the haunted house entrance.
• Unlucky Eerie exhausted its strength, and Sandalwood Incense Eerie pierced Liu Congming’s brow and blew apart the back of his head as he reached the threshold.

After Liu Congming appeared to die, Nangong Feng refused a funeral procession’s entry into his haunted house, but it entered anyway carrying Liu Congming’s tobacco pipe. Nangong Feng accused Qipao Eerie Woman of secretly helping Liu Congming, then used [Imposed on others] on her and watched her abdomen rapidly swell.

• Liu Congming’s apparent death left his tobacco pipe outside the haunted house, while Sandalwood Incense Eerie consumed Nangong Feng’s sandalwood stick.
• Greedy Money Eerie returned empty-handed and told Nangong Feng that the wick eerie had escaped.
• Nangong Feng chose to refuse the funeral procession’s entry by placing fine sand water at the threshold of the Nangong Haunted House.
• The funeral procession entered anyway, knocked over the bowl, and carried Liu Congming’s tobacco pipe inside, leading Nangong Feng to realize Liu Congming was still alive.
• Nangong Feng used [Imposed on others] on Qipao Eerie Woman, accused her of coordinating with Liu Congming, and saw her abdomen begin to swell.

Liu Congming escaped Qipao Eerie Woman by using [Good Pregnancy], then used the [White Event Funeral Announcement] Flowing Easter Egg to protect himself from Nangong Feng. The procession reached the Spirit Tablet Table and began the Funeral Feast stage, leaving Nangong Feng under pressure to serve the Funeral Announcer Eeries.

• Liu Congming emerged from Qipao Eerie Woman's body and shot her in the throat, but the Mourning Clothes Eeries killed her when she attacked him.
• The Funeral Announcer Eeries warned Nangong Feng not to interfere, and he chose to wait out their ten-minute stay rather than risk fighting them.
• Liu Congming activated [White Event Funeral Announcement], forcing Nangong Feng's haunted house into the Receiving the Coffin stage and preventing him from attacking during the procession.
• The Funeral Announcer Eeries carried their procession to the Main Room and knelt before the Spirit Tablet Table, setting down a dangerous Black Coffin.
• A player notification announced that the funeral welcome was complete and the Funeral Feast had begun, while the Eeries grew dissatisfied with Nangong Feng's inaction.

Nangong Feng learned that the Funeral Announcer Eeries demanded a feast and used Greedy Money Eerie’s paid advice to discover the Red and White Collision method. He headed to the back door to bring in the Wedding Celebration and force the funeral procession to retreat, leaving Liu Congming without its protection.

• Greedy Money Eerie explained that the twelve Funeral Announcer Eeries wanted sandalwood incense, while Liu Congming watched from within their procession.
• Greedy Money Eerie offered a solution for an advance payment of sixty-six copper coins, and Nangong Feng accepted after learning about Red and White Collision.
• Nangong Feng burned one stick of sandalwood incense, but the Funeral Announcer Eeries devoured it in seconds and demanded twelve sticks within nine minutes.
• Nangong Feng promised the Funeral Announcer Eeries a grand feast and left the Main Room to prepare his plan.
• Nangong Feng headed for the back door to use the Wedding Celebration’s Messenger Ghosts against the Funeral Announcer Eeries and strip Liu Congming of their protection.

Nangong Feng tried to use a festive procession to drive back the Funeral Announcer Eeries, but the supposed happy event turned out to be a Spirit Medium procession. He realized Greedy Money Eerie had been bought off by another player just as the Funeral Announcer Eeries demanded that he enter a black coffin.

• Nangong Feng paid Greedy Money Eerie his last ten copper coins and struck a gong to summon the procession at the back door.
• The Funeral Announcer Eeries threatened Nangong Feng as their Eerie Aura spread through the haunted house.
• A procession entered the haunted house, and the Game Panel identified it as the late-night Flowing Easter Egg, Spirit Medium.
• Nangong Feng realized Greedy Money Eerie had deceived him and suspected another player had bought it off with Oil Lamp Ghost’s copper coins.
• The Funeral Announcer Eerie demanded that Nangong Feng honor his promise and enter a black coffin, then reached for him.

Ji Yan’s scheme left Nangong Feng broke and badly injured, while Liu Congming received the rewards for completing the funeral event. Nangong Feng fled toward the main entrance, and Ji Yan suspected he was about to cause more trouble.

• Ji Yan bribed the Greedy Money Eerie with one more copper coin than Nangong Feng and learned that the remaining red silk could attract bride-escort Eeries if a red event entered the haunted house.
• The Greedy Money Eerie warned Ji Yan to destroy the red silk, and Ji Yan returned the remaining copper coins to Liu Congming without revealing the surprise.
• The Funeral Announcer Eeries departed, and Liu Congming received 200 copper coins, Mourning Clothes, Black Coffin Nails, and a Paper Figurine Child for completing the funeral event.
• Nangong Feng emerged after using his sandalwood incense to hold a funeral feast and sacrificing one hand, one eye, and one ear to escape the Eeries.
• Nangong Feng ran toward the main entrance, and Ji Yan wondered whether he intended to cause more trouble.

Jiang Ziyang invaded Nangong Haunted House and devoured Nangong Feng, then turned his attention to Liu Congming and Ji Yan. As they fled toward the fog outside with the Yellow Springs Mourning Clothes, a bridal procession from the Happy Event Welcoming the Bride Flowing Easter Egg blocked the back door.

• Jiang Ziyang shrank Jiang's Haunted House into his palm, invaded Nangong Haunted House, and devoured Nangong Feng.
• Jiang Ziyang confronted Liu Congming and Ji Yan, revealing his S Rank Term Talent, Shrink Ground Into Inch, and began annexing Nangong Haunted House.
• Ji Yan analyzed Jiang Ziyang's ability and urged Liu Congming to escape into the fog with him and their companions.
• Liu Congming put on the complete Yellow Springs Mourning Clothes and rushed with Ji Yan toward the back door.
• Ji Yan and Liu Congming found a dark-red eerie procession blocking the back door, identifying it as the Happy Event Welcoming the Bride Flowing Easter Egg.

Ji Yan realized the Greedy Money Eerie had been working with Jiang Ziyang and was a White Chess Player who had concealed their identity from his ability. When Liu Congming was trapped by the Groom Welcoming Eerie procession, Ji Yan used the Timid Ghoul’s Curse Backlash to open an escape route, and the White Chess Player began plotting to kill Liu Congming and the House Guardian.

• Ji Yan recognized that Jiang Ziyang had arranged a pincer attack and that the Greedy Money Eerie had destroyed all the red silk needed to pass the Groom Welcoming Eerie procession safely.
• The Greedy Money Eerie revealed themself as a White Chess Player, and Ji Yan realized they had blocked his [Omniscient Understanding] and learned about the ability from an ally.
• As Jiang Ziyang swallowed Nangong Feng’s territory, Liu Congming rushed toward the back entrance and provoked the Groom Welcoming Eerie procession into attacking him.
• Ji Yan threw the Timid Ghoul onto the bridal sedan chair, triggering the ghoul’s Curse Backlash and scarlet tentacles, which forced the procession to withdraw long enough for Ji Yan and Liu Congming to escape.
• Jiang Ziyang and the White Chess Player watched Ji Yan and Liu Congming flee into the fog, and the White Chess Player decided to kill Liu Congming and the House Guardian to eliminate Ji Yan.

Liu Congming escaped Jiang Ziyang but became trapped in the dangerous fog of an unknown Dungeon area, where he encountered the White Night Night Watch Flowing Easter Egg. With Ji Yan’s help, he avoided an attack and chose Xiao Family Haunted House as the next house to invade.

• Liu Congming’s Game Panel warned that the fog would weaken him, disorient him, and attract Flowing Easter Eggs if he stayed too long.
• Liu Congming and Ji Yan encountered the Night Watchman Ghoul, which confronted Liu Congming about his connection to Liu’s Manor.
• Ji Yan prompted Liu Congming to claim he had joined White Event Funeral Announcement after Liu’s Haunted House was destroyed, and the Night Watchman Ghoul backed away from the Black Coffin Nail.
• The Night Watchman Ghoul warned Liu Congming to enter a house before more dangerous eeries found him, then disappeared into the fog.
• Liu Congming checked the haunted house rankings and considered which house to invade, while Ji Yan used Omniscient Understanding to choose Xiao Family Haunted House.

Ji Yan persuaded Liu Congming to infiltrate [Xiao Family Haunted House], despite warnings that its player, Xiao Bing, had unlocked every Eerie and was feared by other players. Ji Yan claimed Xiao Bing was his old friend using an alias, and Liu Congming entered through the unguarded back door, believing the claim.

• Liu Congming warned Ji Yan that [Xiao Family Haunted House] was dangerous, but Ji Yan ordered him to infiltrate it.
• The Greedy Money Eerie urged Jiang Ziyang to target [Xiao Family Haunted House] for its two thousand copper coins, while Jiang Ziyang hesitated over Xiao Bing's strength.
• Xiao Bing woke at [Xiao Family Haunted House] as Liu Congming arrived and noticed the Tier 8 Eeries guarding its front gate.
• Ji Yan directed Liu Congming to use the back entrance and claimed Xiao Bing was his old friend, Ji Yan, using an alias.
• Liu Congming accepted the explanation and entered through the back door, while the Burning Death Eerie and Blood Shadow Wedding Dress discussed Ji Yan's mischief.

Liu Congming infiltrated [Xiao Family Haunted House] and confronted Xiao Bing, trusting Wick Eerie’s claim that Xiao Bing was Ji Yan in disguise. The terrifying haunted house proved to be an illusion, and Xiao Bing dropped his act to beg Liu Congming to keep his secret.

• Liu Congming entered [Xiao Family Haunted House], where Xiao Bing’s eerie beings surrounded him but waited for permission to attack.
• Liu Congming accused Xiao Bing of disguising his identity, while Xiao Bing challenged him to prove he was not an idiot.
• Liu Congming kept approaching despite his fear because he believed his trust was necessary to trigger a Lucky Event.
• Xiao Bing suddenly knelt and begged Liu Congming not to reveal his act, offering him the courtyard house in exchange for silence.
• The eerie beings and Spirit Tablet Ghosts vanished, revealing that Xiao Bing’s terrifying display had been a bluff.

Liu Congming uncovered Xiao Bing’s illusion and learned that his SS-rank [Mirror Flower Water Moon] had let him impersonate a powerful player while guarding his Courtyard House. The two agreed to join forces, while Ji Yan turned his attention to preparing against the White Chess Player.

• Xiao Bing admitted that his apparent power came from [Mirror Flower Water Moon], which let him create convincing copies of Eeries, eerie items, and their surroundings.
• Xiao Bing explained that he had spent three days building layered illusions around his Courtyard House to deter other players and survive the Dungeon.
• Xiao Bing revealed that only the innermost of his three illusion layers had been broken, and asked Liu Congming how he had seen through them.
• Liu Congming kept the method secret and proposed that he and Xiao Bing rely on each other until the Dungeon ended.
• Ji Yan concluded that the White Chess Player would not protect Xiao Bing’s secret and began planning his own countermeasures.

J, posing as Greedy Money Eerie, revealed the hidden main quest to the other players, who learned that finding 2,000 copper coins would summon Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. After the night battle ended, Xiao Bing and Liu Congming prepared to survive the next night, while Ji Yan asked Timid Ghoul to use his connections.

• Greedy Money Eerie told Shangguan Tao that Xiao Bing was waiting for the other players to eliminate one another before claiming the 2,000 copper coins in his estate.
• Greedy Money Eerie gave Cao Yi the hidden main quest information: finding 2,000 copper coins would summon Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, and the summoner would receive the final rewards.
• J spread the main quest information among the players, then waited to see who would impress him.
• The night battle ended at dawn on the fourth day, and Xiao Bing and Liu Congming divided the rooms between their territories while preparing for the next night.
• Liu Congming let Oil Lamp Ghost explore but watched where it went after it left.
• Ji Yan questioned Timid Ghoul about its nightmare and asked to borrow some of its connections.

Ji Yan entered the Main Room’s restricted area with Timid Ghoul and found a Tier 9 Burning Death Eerie sealed in a charred teapot. He offered it Thunderstruck Wood in exchange for protecting the Liu-surnamed House Guardian, and it accepted by attacking the Tier 7 Burning Death Eerie.

• Ji Yan persuaded Timid Ghoul to lead him into the Main Room’s restricted area, where Timid Ghoul began sweeping while Ji Yan continued deeper inside.
• Ji Yan drew out Thunderstruck Wood to intimidate the hostile ghosts, then carried it into a dark room.
• Ji Yan discovered a Tier 9 Burning Death Eerie sealed inside a charred teapot and asked it to protect the Liu-surnamed House Guardian after nightfall.
• Ji Yan offered the Tier 9 Burning Death Eerie Thunderstruck Wood and revealed that it could temporarily break its seal.
• The Tier 7 Burning Death Eerie erupted from Thunderstruck Wood in anger, but the Tier 9 Eerie attacked it, declaring that it had accepted Ji Yan’s deal.

Ji Yan and Blood Shadow Wedding Dress lured out and killed a Level 9 Burning Death Eerie, letting Brother Electric consume its heart and begin advancing. While searching the [Main Room] for more treasures, Ji Yan discovered a notebook and a hidden message revealing a curse tied to two thousand copper coins.

• Ji Yan had Blood Shadow Wedding Dress tear out the Level 9 Burning Death Eerie's heart and gave it to Brother Electric, who swallowed it and returned to the [Thunderstruck Wood] to digest it.
• Ji Yan said Big Smarty would handle the consequences of hunting the manor's eerie beings, then led Blood Shadow Wedding Dress deeper into the [Main Room] to search for treasures.
• Ji Yan found the [Grudge Eerie Item's Notebook], an [Epic] damaged item whose written wishes could become reality at the cost of Eerie Power and damage to its pages.
• Ji Yan discovered a skeleton adorned with [Legendary] and [Collector's Grade] eerie items, but sensed a trap and used [Omniscient Understanding] to read its hidden message.
• The message said that two thousand copper coins had to be returned to their original place to lift a curse, and Ji Yan recognized it as a hidden Main Quest.

Ji Yan uncovered why the White Chess Player had hidden the Main Quest and went to Xiao Family Haunted House to investigate the missing cursed coins and strengthen Xiao Bing. The chapter ended with Xiao Bing claiming he had seen through Ji Yan from the start.

• Ji Yan deduced that the White Chess Player had concealed the Main Quest to keep the 2,000 copper coins from falling into a Black Chess Player's hands.
• When the House Master Eerie awakened, Ji Yan fled with the Spirit of the Pen and Timid Ghoul, leaving a fake Lucky Event to lure Liu Congming into the Main Room.
• The House Master Eerie learned that the Burning Death Eerie had been killed and blamed Liu's Haunted House, while Liu Congming headed toward the fake event.
• Ji Yan used Timid Ghoul's privilege to enter Xiao Family Haunted House and planned to investigate the hidden Main Quest and improve Xiao Bing's Mirror Flower Water Moon.
• Xiao Bing told Ji Yan that he had recognized Ji Yan's deception from the beginning and had merely chosen not to expose him.

Ji Yan uncovered a trap surrounding the hidden stash of Curse copper coins and realized the White Chess Player was holding the power to end the Dungeon. He stole the Nightmare Brick, knocked Xiao Bing unconscious, and prepared to operate on him.

• Xiao Bing rehearsed how to intimidate players, while Ji Yan left for the West Wing Room.
• Ji Yan found the Curse copper coins locked behind layers of Order and deduced that opening the chest would frame him for theft.
• Ji Yan suspected the White Chess Player was delaying victory to target him, leaving him searching for a way to turn the Dungeon around.
• Ji Yan gave Timid Ghoul the Nightmare Brick, which Timid Ghoul used to stun Xiao Bing.
• Ji Yan claimed the stolen brick would be charged to Young Master Liu and brought out an Other Shore Scalpel to perform a painless operation on Xiao Bing.

Ji Yan prepared for nightfall after implanting a memory that helped Xiao Bing uncover [Mirror Flower Water Moon]. As players began their nightly attacks, Ji Yan planned to use Liu Congming’s [Summon God Sandalwood Incense] to turn the tables on the White Chess Player.

• Ji Yan used the [Other Shore Scalpel] and the Spirit of the Pen’s ability to implant a memory in Xiao Bing, then went to check on Liu Congming.
• Liu Congming escaped the unknown area of the [Main Room], suspected the Oil Lamp Ghost might be Ji Yan, and obtained the one-use [Summon God Sandalwood Incense].
• The [Roaming God Forbidden Ruin] warned Ji Yan that Liu Congming had locked onto his identity, raising his exposure probability to 30%.
• Ji Yan planned to have Liu Congming use the incense and trap the summoned Spirit Guardian Eerie, protecting Liu and preparing to face the White Chess Player.
• Night fell, lifting the attack-and-defense restrictions, and players from other surnames began targeting the [Xiao Family Haunted House].