Chapter Summaries

Hao Ren discovered that Raven 12345 had filled his Data Terminal with locked, useless programs, then joined Lily and Vivian for breakfast. A Chinese stranger sat with them and asked whether Hao Ren was looking for a place called Yuefu'erde.

• Hao Ren and Vivian examined the Data Terminal’s thousands of unwanted, undeletable encyclopedia volumes, and Hao Ren decided to rely on its search function.
• Hao Ren and Vivian went downstairs and found Lily eating her way through the breakfast buffet.
• Hao Ren, Lily, and Vivian ate together, with Lily praising the salad and fruit while Vivian piled her plate high.
• A Chinese man joined their table and asked Hao Ren whether he was looking for a place called Yuefu'erde.

Hao Ren and his companions searched for the long-forgotten Yuefu'erde and met a man who knew its modern location and shared rumors about its haunted castle. The man revealed that he was a Demon Hunter, leaving Hao Ren to wonder whether the haunting was connected to his new tenant.

• A strange man explained that he had overheard Lily asking about Yuefu'erde and asked why the group was looking for it.
• Vivian claimed that they were tourists seeking an obscure place, and the man said Yuefu'erde was now near the town of Brusar.
• The man told Hao Ren that he was traveling to Brusar for work, making Hao Ren suspicious of the convenient coincidence.
• The man described reports of noises beneath the abandoned castle, mysterious flames, and armored figures, and said locals believed the old noble and his knights had returned as spirits.
• Hao Ren wondered whether the haunting involved his new tenant, and the man revealed that he was a Demon Hunter who exorcised ghosts.

Hao Ren and Vivian met Nangong, a man who claimed to be a Demon Hunter investigating the haunting at Yuefu'erde Castle. Vivian agreed to travel with him to learn what he was up to, and she revealed that her right hand reacted to nearby Demon Hunters.

• Nangong claimed he was a Demon Hunter and had come to investigate the haunted Yuefu'erde Castle.
• Hao Ren and Vivian recognized that Nangong knew details about Demon Hunters that ordinary people would not know, though Vivian doubted his behavior fit the profession.
• Nangong invited the group to travel with him by train, and Vivian accepted his offer to meet at the restaurant at six-thirty the next morning.
• After Nangong left, Vivian explained that traveling with him would let them observe him and keep the initiative when they reached Yuefu'erde.
• Vivian said she could identify a Demon Hunter through his blood and admitted her right hand heated up near them, then Hao Ren pointed out that it had fallen into the soup.

Hao Ren, Vivian, and Lily discussed whether Mr. Nangong was connected to Demon Hunters, then watched television in their room. A news report about paranormal incidents at Yuefu'erde Castle caught Hao Ren’s attention.

• Vivian explained how Demon Hunters concealed their identities and concluded that Mr. Nangong was probably a fraud or an associate of real Demon Hunters.
• Hao Ren took the money away from Vivian after she repeatedly counted it for fun.
• Lily asked Hao Ren to request Data Terminals from Raven 12345 so they could understand foreign-language broadcasts.
• A television report showed the ruins of Yuefu'erde Castle and introduced Mr. Angus as the first person to discover its paranormal incidents.

Hao Ren and his companions learned that the reported hauntings around Yuefu'erde Castle might be connected to Raven 12345’s new arrival, while their mismatched sleep schedules turned their night at the inn into chaos. By morning, Vivian and Hao Ren were exhausted and baffled by what had happened while they slept.

• Hao Ren watched innkeeper Angus describe strange flames and paranormal events near Yuefu'erde Castle, then suspected the reports involved Raven 12345’s new arrival.
• Vivian worried that crowds of ghost hunters near the castle could draw attention to the newcomer.
• Lily announced that she was sleepy and went to bed during the day, while Hao Ren also slept and Vivian stayed awake.
• Hao Ren and Vivian ate downstairs that evening, left food beside sleeping Lily, and went back to their rooms.
• Lily woke during the night and paced beside Vivian’s bed, while Vivian exercised in the living room and Hao Ren slept through the night.
• In the morning, Vivian complained about Lily’s nighttime wandering, and Hao Ren realized the trio’s strange activities had made the inn feel like a haunted place.

Hao Ren, Vivian, and Lily traveled from London to the remote town of Brusar with Nangong as their guide. They arrived at dusk, where Nangong sensed the presence of a powerful being nearby.

• Hao Ren, Vivian, and the exhausted Lily met Nangong for breakfast before leaving their hotel.
• Vivian made Lily carry their luggage, but Hao Ren took the bag from her when he saw her struggling in her sleep.
• Nangong guided Hao Ren, Vivian, and Lily through London and onto a train bound for Brusar.
• The group spent the day traveling, with Lily alternating between sleeping and fidgeting.
• Hao Ren and the others arrived at the desolate Brusar station near dusk, and Nangong said he could smell a “big one.”

Hao Ren, Vivian, Lily, and Nangong reached Brusar Town while investigating the mysterious client connected to Yuefu'erde Castle. They checked into Angus's Cabin, the inn whose owner had appeared on television, and the owner welcomed them as foreign guests.

• Nangong claimed he could sense the scent of the undead, but Hao Ren and Vivian suspected he was showing off.
• The group took a taxi into Brusar Town, where Vivian sensed that few outsiders had arrived to investigate the haunted castle.
• Hao Ren and Vivian discussed whether to approach Yuefu'erde Castle at night and how to avoid drawing attention or getting caught up in danger.
• Nangong led the group to Angus's Cabin, where the owner greeted them and bragged to his attendant about having more foreign guests.

Hao Ren and Nangong heard Angus’s account of Yuefu'erde Castle’s history and its reported haunting, while crowds gathered near the ruins. Vivian told Hao Ren she had investigated the castle and found something interesting, leaving him waiting to hear what she discovered.

• Nangong introduced himself to Angus as a Chinese Demon Hunter and asked him about Yuefu'erde Castle.
• Angus recounted the castle’s history, including the family’s downfall, the underground passages, and the legend of the unburied soldiers becoming vengeful spirits.
• Angus claimed he had seen a knight’s ghost and mysterious firelight near the castle.
• Vivian told Hao Ren that Lily was sleepwalking and chewing on a table leg, then asked him to talk in his room.
• Hao Ren warned Vivian that crowds camping near the castle would make it difficult to investigate, and Vivian said she had found something interesting there.

Vivian discovered that several centuries-old undead were suppressed beneath the castle, while reports of hauntings remained unexplained. After Nangong and two other paranormal investigators set out for the castle, Vivian decided to go there with Hao Ren and Lily, leaving them poised to travel by flight and foot.

• Vivian told Hao Ren that her bats had detected many ancient undead beneath the castle, apparently held down by an intact suppressive environment.
• Vivian spotted Nangong leaving the inn with a monk and a Batman-costumed man, and the three pooled money to ride with Angus.
• Vivian decided they should reach the castle that night before the investigators found their new tenant.
• Vivian woke Lily, who sleepily agreed to follow them after dreaming that Hao Ren had made her pork ribs.
• Vivian concealed the three as they left the inn, then spread her bat wings and offered to carry Hao Ren while Lily ran below.

Hao Ren, Vivian, and Lily reached the ruins of Yuefu'erde Castle, where paranormal enthusiasts and Angus’s group had gathered. As they surveyed the site, Hao Ren discovered that his enhanced vision had begun to unlock.

• Vivian flew Hao Ren toward Yuefu'erde Castle while Lily followed them in her Werewolf form, asleep and tracking them by scent.
• Lily crashed headfirst into a boulder after landing, shattered it, and woke up; Hao Ren led her and Vivian away when the noise attracted attention.
• Hao Ren, Vivian, and Lily viewed the castle ruins from a nearby hill and spotted a small camp of paranormal enthusiasts.
• Vivian pointed out Angus’s approaching vehicle, with Nangong riding in the back seat.
• Hao Ren realized he could see distant trees and rocks clearly in the dark and suspected Raven 12345’s physical enhancements were beginning to unlock.

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.