Recaps

Hao Ren and his companions waited near the ruined castle while he tested his newly enhanced eyesight. When strange lights and howls appeared in the ruins, the group realized that ghosts might truly be present.

• Hao Ren discovered he could see great distances at night and demonstrated the ability to Vivian and Lily.
• Hao Ren checked with the Data Terminal, which reported that the target had not appeared and then refused further attention.
• Nangong and the Indian monk prepared specialized equipment while the other ghost hunters partied around the campsite.
• Vivian recognized that Nangong’s silver arrows and the monk’s spices had supernatural properties, though she disliked the smell of the spices.
• Clouds covered the moon, and lights flickered among the castle ruins as unnatural howls came from within.

Hao Ren, Vivian, and Lily entered the castle ruins to find Hao Ren’s new tenant while avoiding the ghost hunters, Nangong, and an Indian monk. As the group searched near a small chapel, Nangong and the monk appeared to focus their attention beneath the castle.

• Hao Ren worried that the ghost hunters might kill his new tenant or be killed by the tenant, but Vivian stopped him and pointed out that Nangong and the Indian monk were not reacting to the disturbance.
• Vivian said the undead beneath the castle were quiet and suspected that the howling wind and other signs were not caused by real ghosts.
• Hao Ren, Vivian, and Lily avoided the gathered ghost hunters and entered the ruins through a breach on the far side of the wall.
• Hao Ren and Vivian identified a surviving stone building as a small chapel, while Lily traced the eerie sounds to its direction.
• Hao Ren could not sense his new tenant, and the Data Terminal said the target should be somewhere nearby.
• Nangong and the Indian monk looked through the ground toward the area beneath the castle as the ghost hunters performed around them.

Hao Ren, Vivian, and Lily investigated the strange noises coming from a castle chapel and discovered that a person had staged the haunting and escaped through a hidden underground passage. Hao Ren jumped into the passage to pursue him, then cried out in alarm.

• Hao Ren, Vivian, and Lily approached the chapel after Lily detected that someone had been there.
• Lily cleared the rubble from the entrance, and the strange noises stopped as soon as she moved the first stone.
• Hao Ren, Vivian, and Lily entered the empty chapel, where Lily smelled a living person and Vivian revealed a concealed passage beneath a stone slab.
• Vivian explained that the person pretending to be a ghost had escaped underground, and Hao Ren jumped into the passage despite the possibility of danger.

Hao Ren, Vivian, and Lily explored the vast Underground Palace beneath Yuefu'erde Castle, where they suspected someone was staging the haunting. They followed a human scent through the tunnels and found the innkeeper, Angus, waiting anxiously by a stone wall.

• Hao Ren jumped into the secret tunnel and discovered a huge underground passage system beneath the castle.
• Vivian explained that the Underground Palace was unusually extensive and likely took generations to build, making the castle's former lord suspicious.
• Lily followed a human scent as the three explored the tunnels, and Hao Ren used his Data Terminal to light their way.
• Lily sensed someone nearby, so Vivian hid the three of them in black mist to conceal their identities.
• Hao Ren, Vivian, and Lily rounded a corner and saw Angus pacing anxiously before a stone wall.

Hao Ren confronted Angus in the underground passages beneath Yuefu'erde Castle and learned that he had staged the haunting to save his failing inn. The original report of a vast fire near the castle remained unexplained, leaving open the possibility that something real had started the rumors.

• Hao Ren, Vivian, and the Data Terminal frightened Angus into answering their questions in the underground tunnel.
• Angus admitted that he had staged the castle hauntings to attract visitors and revive his struggling inn.
• Angus explained that he had used hidden lights, a speaker, and his knowledge of secret passages to fool investigators and ghost hunters.
• Angus insisted that he had genuinely seen a huge fire reaching into the sky near the castle before he began his hoax.
• Hao Ren learned that the firelight remained unexplained, while the later reports of hauntings had all been Angus's work.

Hao Ren and Vivian uncovered the real mystery beneath the castle after dealing with Angus, whose fake haunting had concealed his use of the ruins. They found an ancient Rune of Leta barrier blocking the passage and learned it was meant to contain an evil power.

• Angus told Hao Ren that a stone wall had suddenly blocked the underground passage, and Vivian knocked him unconscious with magic.
• Hao Ren sent Lily to move Angus somewhere safe and keep watch over the ghost-hunting experts.
• Vivian examined the wall and found that it had slid into place as part of a deliberate mechanism.
• Lily returned and said the ghost-hunting experts had left and Angus was on his way back to town in a vehicle.
• Vivian identified the markings on the wall as the Rune of Leta, ancient symbols once used by Demon Hunters and the Church to suppress evil beings and objects.

Hao Ren, Vivian, and Lily were trapped in the Underground Palace when a seal beneath Yuefu'erde Castle activated, closing the passage behind them and stirring something in the surrounding chambers. The Data Terminal advised Hao Ren to break through the rune-covered door, revealing that it led toward the surface and was not a functioning seal.

• Vivian explained that Leta runes on the stone wall were suppressive incantations guarding a source of all evil beneath the castle.
• The Underground Palace shook, and a thick stone wall appeared behind Hao Ren, Vivian, and Lily, blocking their way out.
• Vivian failed to break the enchanted wall, while Lily's attempts to smash it also failed.
• Clattering armor sounded from behind the tunnel walls as something began trying to enter their passage.
• Hao Ren asked whether the rune-covered door could be opened, and the Data Terminal said it led to passages toward the surface and that breaking it would not unleash a sealed threat.

Hao Ren, Vivian, and Lily broke through a rune-sealed wall and escaped a collapsing passage into an underground tomb. They fought their way toward the exit, only to find more Undead Knights gathering around them.

• Hao Ren punched the rune-covered wall, causing its runes to detach and lose their power.
• Lily smashed through the weakened stone door, and the passage behind them collapsed as the three entered a large underground hall.
• The floor slabs shifted to reveal coffins, and countless armored Undead Knights rose from the tomb.
• Lily and Vivian fought off the knights while Hao Ren joined in, and the three fought their way out of the tomb chamber.
• They emerged from the chamber and heard the clashing of even more armor coming from every direction.

Hao Ren, Lily, and Vivian fought through the Underground Palace while fleeing hordes of Undead Knights, then discovered that the armored enemies could reassemble unless shattered completely. After Vivian collapsed the passage behind them, the hall fell quiet, leaving the trio wondering why no enemies remained ahead.

• Hao Ren, Lily, and Vivian fought their way through the passages as they searched for the route to the surface.
• Vivian destroyed the stone gate and part of the passage with a lightning attack, cutting off the pursuing knights.
• Sword Knights entered the hall, and Vivian explained that they were soul-imbued suits of armor that reassembled unless completely destroyed.
• Vivian froze the remaining knights into dust, freeing the souls trapped inside their armor.
• Hao Ren noticed that the hall had become silent and that no enemies could be heard ahead.

Hao Ren, Vivian, and Lily discovered that the Underground Palace’s undead knights guarded a Demon Stone rather than being prisoners themselves. They realized they were standing in an unguarded hall with a crystal matching Vivian’s description of the Demon Stone hanging from the ceiling.

• Lily found runes on the shattered armor, and Vivian translated them as instructions for guards protecting the Demon Stone and keeping intruders from the Demon Chamber.
• Vivian concluded that the undead knights were part of the palace’s defenses and that something else was being sealed inside.
• Vivian explained that a Demon Stone could serve as a teleportation locator and a means for a demon to influence the mortal world, and the group worried that it might still be active.
• Lily noticed that the hall had no guards because the undead could not enter the Demon Chamber.
• Hao Ren asked what a Demon Stone looked like, and Vivian described a dark, elongated crystal with reddish tips; Hao Ren realized one was hanging from the ceiling.

Hao Ren, Vivian, and Lily watched the Demon Stone break free of its failing restraints, shatter the chamber’s seal, and empower the undead guards. As the hall collapsed and a hole opened to the surface, Nangong descended on a rope.

• Hao Ren recognized the black crystal as the Demon Stone, and the Data Terminal refused to send reinforcements.
• The shaking hall caused the chains and claws holding the Demon Stone to break, and the crystal fell to the ground and glowed red.
• The Demon Stone’s red halo shattered the chamber’s Runes of Leta, allowing hordes of strengthened undead suits of armor to enter.
• A falling stone slab clipped Lily’s tail as part of the ceiling collapsed and exposed a hole leading to the surface.
• Vivian scattered the dust, then a rope dropped through the opening and Nangong slid down into the hall.

Hao Ren, Vivian, and Lily encountered Nangong in the Underground Palace as hundreds of undead armors closed in. Nangong’s Demon Hunter equipment proved ineffective, and Hao Ren tried to knock him unconscious just as a voice in his mind criticized his use of an object.

• Nangong blasted through the Underground Palace ceiling and descended into the hall, where he found Hao Ren, Vivian, and Lily surrounded by undead armors.
• Nangong attacked the armors with exorcising powder, silver arrows, and a Rune of Leta, but his attacks only briefly stunned them.
• Nangong assembled a large crossbow, then discovered he had no bolts for it.
• Vivian prepared to fight, but Hao Ren stopped her and crept behind Nangong with a hard object.
• Hao Ren struck Nangong on the back of the head as a voice in his mind said he was using something incorrectly.

Hao Ren, Vivian, and Lily fought through the undead guards in the Underground Palace and escaped to the surface with the unconscious Nangong and the monk. The Demon Stone was brought up too, though Lily’s huge jump left her bouncing helplessly above the hole.

• Hao Ren knocked out Nangong and the Indian monk with the Data Terminal, then a brick.
• Vivian and Lily fought the reassembling undead armor while Hao Ren decided they had to leave the underground hall.
• Vivian carried the unconscious Nangong and monk to the surface, then flew Hao Ren out of the hole.
• Vivian ordered Lily to carry the Demon Stone up, and Lily jumped out of the hole clutching it.
• Lily bounced above the hole and called for help landing, so Vivian flew up and kicked her.

Hao Ren, Vivian, and Lily tried to contain the awakened Demon Stone while undead guards emerged from the Underground Palace. Vivian’s ritual went awry, and a demon spoke to them from above.

• Hao Ren learned that the Demon Stone had marked everyone near its red glow, so fleeing would not keep them safe from its master.
• Vivian decided to use her blood to block the stone’s aura while Lily guarded against the approaching undead.
• Lily flattened the first undead knight with a huge granite slab and howled at the moon.
• The Demon Stone erupted with red light during Vivian’s ritual, and a demon spoke from above in a language Hao Ren could not understand.

A demonic force erupted from the Demon Stone and opened a fiery gate above the castle, while Vivian summoned a blood moon to suppress its power. A towering demon descended, then used a metal plate to ask Hao Ren if he was his landlord.

• The Demon Stone released a shock wave that scattered Vivian’s blood mist and caused the sky to fill with burning clouds.
• Lily fought off the frenzied undead guards as Vivian prepared to unleash her full power against the approaching demon.
• A strange silver moon turned blood-red, and its light confused the undead and appeared to suppress the demon’s power.
• A five-meter-tall demon emerged from the gate and landed in the castle ruins.
• The demon spoke incomprehensibly to Hao Ren, then used a metal plate to ask, “Yu're my landlor'?”

After the blood moon vanished, the demon disabled the demonic power that had animated the Underground Palace’s undead armor and revealed itself as Hao Ren’s new tenant. Hao Ren pieced together how his arrival had triggered the castle’s defenses, though he was still exasperated by the Data Terminal’s idea of a meeting notification.

• Vivian’s fall ended the blood moon, and the demon extinguished the flames and demonic power that had stirred the undead armor, causing the guards to collapse.
• The demon tried speaking to Hao Ren in Chinese, setting sparks on his hair, so Hao Ren used the Data Terminal to obtain demon-language translation.
• Hao Ren learned that the demon was his new tenant, had arrived at Yuefu'erde Castle half a month earlier, and had borrowed the ancient Demon Stone as a doorbell.
• The demon explained that it had been sleeping in an alternate dimension and awakened only after the stone sensed Hao Ren nearby.
• Hao Ren deduced that his arrival had triggered the Underground Palace’s defenses and Angus’s obstruction.
• The Data Terminal told Hao Ren that the meeting sensation had been a loud boom in his head, leaving him annoyed that it had given no warning.

Hao Ren met Izax, a demon from another universe who had been assigned as a new tenant, and learned that he was seeking a quiet place to live. As dawn approached, Izax shrank to a manageable size, leaving Hao Ren to take him back.

• Izax introduced himself to Hao Ren and explained that he wanted somewhere to live quietly.
• Hao Ren brought Vivian and Lily over to meet Izax, and Lily recoiled from his fiery smile.
• Izax explained that he came from another universe and had been assigned to a containment site in Hao Ren’s universe.
• Hao Ren realized dawn was approaching and worried about how to transport the enormous demon.
• Izax shrank into a rugged giant nearly two meters tall, surprising Hao Ren by revealing he could transform.

Hao Ren learned that Izax had caused the town’s first mysterious fire when he arrived on Earth, then watched the demon erase the ruined castle and Underground Palace with a meteorite. The group fled the impact site as the castle became a crater, and Nangong woke up just as they prepared to leave.

• Hao Ren asked Izax about the fire seen near the castle, and Izax admitted he had caused it by landing in the wrong place after arriving on an immigrant ship.
• Vivian pointed out the destruction at the castle ruins, and Izax told the others to move away before he dealt with it.
• Hao Ren and the others relocated, and Vivian brought the unconscious Nangong and Indian monk from their camp.
• Izax pulled a meteorite from the Kuiper Belt and struck the castle, Underground Palace, and surrounding high ground, leaving a burning crater.
• Izax teleported beside Hao Ren and explained that the meteorite had a manganese core, while Hao Ren decided they should leave and let British astronomical experts explain the impact.
• Nangong woke up near Hao Ren and asked what had happened.

After Yuefu'erde Castle was destroyed by a meteorite, Hao Ren covered up what had happened and returned to London with the others. The group rested at an inn, where Hao Ren connected to a call with Raven 12345.

• Hao Ren convinced the newly awakened Nangong that a meteorite had destroyed the castle and that the group had escaped when the Underground Palace collapsed.
• Nangong guessed that something deeper in the Underground Palace had controlled the undead, while the arriving townspeople gathered around the crater and speculated about the impact.
• Hao Ren, Vivian, and Lily returned to Brusar, and Nangong traveled with the still-unconscious Indian monk.
• Hao Ren, Vivian, Lily, and Izax checked on Angus, who was recovering in bed and had not told anyone what happened.
• The group returned to London, found an ordinary inn, and Hao Ren connected to a call with Raven 12345.

After completing the mission in Britain, Hao Ren brought Izax back to China and introduced him to the house where he would live. Izax settled in as a new tenant, while Hao Ren anticipated the surprises he would face in the unusual household.

• Hao Ren reported the mission to Raven 12345, who praised his performance and promised him military merit.
• Raven 12345 quickly produced Izax’s missing entry and exit paperwork and urged the group to return home.
• Hao Ren returned to China with Izax and wondered whether Nangong might eventually investigate what had happened.
• Hao Ren showed Izax their house, where Izax said he hoped to live quietly and peacefully.
• Izax watched Vivian clean the house and learned that she did the chores in exchange for rent, leaving him with more to get used to.

Hao Ren arranged for Izax to take Vivian’s sunny upstairs room while Vivian moved into the basement. As they sorted Hao Ren’s childhood belongings, Vivian noticed something unusual about a diamond-shaped piece of iron.

• Roll arrived at Hao Ren’s house and met Izax, who recalled that his former pet had been a giant Demon Hound he called a cat.
• Lily welcomed Roll and introduced her as second-in-command, while Izax asked Hao Ren to show him a room where he could sleep.
• Vivian offered her room to Izax and asked to move into the basement because she preferred to avoid sunlight.
• Hao Ren and Vivian cleaned the basement and completed the room swap, then sorted through Hao Ren’s old belongings.
• Vivian’s expression changed when Hao Ren found a diamond-shaped piece of iron covered in crooked symbols.

Hao Ren showed Vivian an old iron piece whose markings she vaguely recognized from at least eighteen hundred years ago, then finished preparing the basement for the new tenants. At the Earth Branch Office, he asked Raven 12345 for a way to protect himself on future missions, but she warned that power would require hard training and asked whether he still wanted a Cultivation Manual.

• Vivian examined the iron piece Hao Ren had kept since childhood and said its markings seemed familiar from at least eighteen hundred years ago.
• Hao Ren and Vivian finished clearing the basement, which Vivian happily accepted as her room.
• Hao Ren judged that Izax was adjusting peacefully to life with the household and traveled to the Earth Branch Office to see Raven 12345.
• Raven 12345 requested a detailed report, and Hao Ren recounted the Britain mission, including the undead beneath Yuefu'erde Castle and the Demon Hunter Nangong.
• Hao Ren asked for combat power or a way to protect himself, and Raven 12345 explained that learning magic required extensive study and training before asking whether he still wanted a Cultivation Manual.

Raven 12345 told Hao Ren that cultivation manuals would not make him powerful overnight, gave him a mental reinforcement device, and assigned him to train in the Dream Plane. After an Arcane Servant summoned her away, Hao Ren stayed behind and approached the holographic display on her desk.

• Raven 12345 explained that Hao Ren needed to train his mind to control his enhanced body and abilities, then gave him a pill that reinforced his mental world.
• Raven 12345 described training in the Dream Plane as a way for Hao Ren to learn survival and adaptation, and Hao Ren reluctantly agreed.
• An Arcane Servant arrived, and Raven 12345 left the room after saying she had something else to give Hao Ren.
• Hao Ren wandered around the room, noticed the holographic image above Raven 12345's Data Terminal, and approached it to take a look.

Hao Ren received a spaceship ignition key from Raven 12345 and learned that his immunity to certain magic might be connected to the Dream Plane. Raven 12345 agreed to install language packs for his tenants, leaving Hao Ren to face another session in the Adjustment Pod.

• Hao Ren peeked at Raven 12345's Data Terminal and saw her pinned post asking how to act like a God.
• Raven 12345 gave Hao Ren a spaceship ignition key and trainee pilot training card, though the spaceship had not been approved.
• Hao Ren told Raven 12345 about his immunity to Vampire Blood Magic and the Runes of Leta, and she suspected it was related to the Dream Plane.
• Raven 12345 told Hao Ren to investigate the Dream Plane himself rather than explaining more.
• Raven 12345 offered to install language packs for Hao Ren and his tenants in the Adjustment Pod, and Hao Ren realized he would have to lie in it again.

Hao Ren returned home with ribs and told Izax that Raven 12345 had arranged a procedure to give him built-in translation. During dinner, Lily suddenly lost control of her strength, and her glowing eyes and trembling hands left the household facing an unexplained anomaly.

• Hao Ren arrived home with ribs for dinner and found Izax studying a Chinese dictionary.
• Hao Ren told Izax that Raven 12345 had arranged a minor operation to give him, Vivian, and Lily built-in translation.
• Vivian served dinner, and Izax obediently washed his hands after she gestured toward the washroom.
• Lily crushed a plate and then a bowl while reaching for food, insisting she had not meant to and could not control her strength.
• Hao Ren noticed Lily's golden eyes glowing brightly and her hands trembling.