Chapter Summaries

Bai Ye saved Taisuke Rui when she fell from the rooftop, and the two shared a kiss before she escaped. He recovered the jewel and returned it to Suzuki Jirokichi, while Rui later realized it was missing from her pocket.

• Mori Kogoro and the others burst in, but Kaito Kid’s explosives and smoke let him and Cat’s Eye escape to the rooftop.
• Kaito Kid gave up on the jewel and flew away, while Taisuke Rui and her sisters tried to flee using their flight gear.
• A gust of wind kept Rui from grabbing her gear, so Bai Ye jumped after her, caught her with a safety rope, and brought her into the building.
• Rui kissed Bai Ye and ran off without the jewel, but Bai Ye revealed he had taken it and later handed it to Suzuki Jirokichi.
• Taisuke Ai teased Rui about her feelings for Bai Ye, and Rui denied that anything could happen between them because of their age difference.
• Rui reached for the jewel while talking with her sisters and discovered it was missing.

After Taisuke Rui discovered Bai Ye had stolen the gem while she kissed him, she decided to learn more about him and approach him again. Vermouth also failed to understand how Bai Ye had replaced her gem with a rock, then unexpectedly offered him a ride after his interview.

• Taisuke Rui and her sisters learned from the news that Bai Ye had taken the gem, and Rui admitted she had kissed him after he rescued her.
• Taisuke Rui decided to investigate Bai Ye and get closer to him before the sisters tried to recover the gem.
• Gin mocked Vermouth after she returned with a rock instead of the gem, while she remained baffled by Bai Ye's trick.
• After Bai Ye finished an interview, a burgundy-haired girl wondered whether he had disrupted Kogoro Akechi's divination.
• Vermouth offered Bai Ye a ride on her motorcycle, and he accepted as Mori Kogoro watched jealously.
• Sonoko regretted missing the scene after Kaito Kid knocked her out and Ran later woke her.

Sonoko planned a mountain-villa trip so she could see Bai Ye again, while Bai Ye teased Vermouth about her failed jewel scheme and later dealt with Kasumigaoka Utaha and Eriri arguing over him. Sato Miwako considered asking Bai Ye to help with the Phantom Thieves case, but she struggled to set aside her pride.

• Ran encouraged Sonoko to invite Bai Ye herself, so Sonoko proposed a mountain-villa trip with Ran and Bai Ye, and Conan insisted on joining them.
• Bai Ye told Vermouth that someone had impersonated Suzuki Jirokichi to steal the jewel, then refused to explain how he had used a fake stone; Vermouth dropped him off in frustration.
• Bai Ye called Kasumigaoka Utaha, who scolded him for jumping to save Cat's Eye and said they should have a child, prompting an argument with Eriri that left Katou Megumi caught between them.
• Sato Miwako stared at Bai Ye's business card and told Miyamoto Yumi she wanted to ask him for help with the Phantom Thieves case, but hesitated because she had claimed she could handle it herself.

Sato Miwako overcame her reluctance and visited Bai Ye’s Odd Jobs Shop with Miyamoto Yumi to request help investigating the Phantom Thieves, but she fled after leaving her contact information and decided to communicate online. Bai Ye agreed to look into the case, then accepted Sonoko’s invitation to a villa vacation as he prepared for several coming complications.

• Miyamoto Yumi persuaded Sato Miwako to seek Bai Ye’s help with the Phantom Thieves case, and Sato agreed after they drank together.
• The next day, Sato disguised herself and went with Miyamoto Yumi to Bai Ye’s Odd Jobs Shop, where she requested information about the Phantom Thieves on behalf of a supposed friend.
• Bai Ye agreed to investigate the Phantom Thieves and their next operation, and Sato left her contact information before hurrying away.
• Miyamoto Yumi pointed out that Sato could have contacted Bai Ye online, and Sato decided to discuss the case with him that way while Taisuke Rui watched the shop from outside.
• Sonoko invited Bai Ye to a villa vacation with Ran and her sister’s friends, and Bai Ye agreed to go.

After an exorcism, Bai Ye met Wang Anguo, who came from the Mainland to discuss Hong Kong Island’s growing supernatural crisis. Bai Ye agreed to eliminate the ghosts and foreign sorcerers threatening the island and asked Wang Anguo to help identify body-hopping ghosts before they could cause a catastrophe.

• Bai Ye captured a resentful ghost and told an old woman he would try to wear down her grandson’s resentment so he could reincarnate.
• Bai Ye discussed the old woman’s approaching death with A-Yi, then returned with her to the Ghost Catching Company.
• Wang Anguo introduced himself as the Mainland Taoist Association’s coordinator and warned Bai Ye that the Nine Chrysanthemum Faction was preparing to act.
• Bai Ye said he planned to remove the ghosts and foreign sorcerers exploiting Hong Kong Island’s chaos, and Wang Anguo offered limited assistance.
• Bai Ye described ghosts that possessed people and moved between bodies, then asked Wang Anguo to use his Official Luck to investigate suspicious people they could approach safely.

Bai Ye and Wang Anguo agreed to investigate the influential figures cooperating with ghosts without exposing their plans, while Zhong Fabai suggested Bai Ye become Taoism's leader on Hong Kong Island and began training a ghost-hunting squad. After reviewing reports of dangerous ghosts, Bai Ye met a woman being haunted by a female ghost who planned to take her identity at midnight.

• Wang Anguo agreed to investigate the Police Station commissioner and other suspected collaborators, and promised not to act before consulting Bai Ye.
• Zhong Fabai showed Bai Ye documents proposing him as Taoism's leader on Hong Kong Island, but Bai Ye said he would think about it.
• Zhong Fabai left to train a ghost-hunting squad, and Bai Ye recommended that Li Guoqiang and Huang Yaozu join it.
• Bai Ye reviewed information about Chu Renmei, Curse Paradise, and other threats, then recognized that a woman at the cha chaan teng was being haunted by an evil spirit.
• The woman told Bai Ye that a female ghost would claim everything she owned at midnight if no one remembered her.

Amin sought Bai Ye’s help after Aqi threatened to replace her, and he explained that Aqi was weak enough to be killed. Bai Ye restrained Aqi and learned that the Weird Tale Association had turned her into a substitute ghost, leaving him interested in investigating the group.

• Bai Ye warned Amin that the Priest might lose his power away from the church and explained that she could kill Aqi instead of waiting to be replaced.
• Amin took Bai Ye to her home, where Aqi was living under Amin’s identity and assumed Amin had accepted defeat.
• Bai Ye bound Aqi with a golden rope, and Amin rejected Aqi’s pleas after learning she had been chosen as someone else’s substitute.
• Bai Ye asked Aqi about the Weird Tale Association, and she revealed that its members had turned her into a substitute ghost.

Bai Ye contained Aqi after learning that her promised return to life was only a temporary cycle of taking substitutes, then investigated the Weird Tale Association and discussed Chu Renmei with Wang Anguo. He agreed to handle the threat in Huangshan Village, where Chu Renmei had killed sixty-six people, while Wang Anguo hinted that he had more matters to ask of him.

• Bai Ye explained that Aqi could only keep living by taking new substitutes and offered to try to send her into reincarnation; Aqi entered his jar willingly.
• Aqi apologized to Amin, who confirmed that her family still remembered her and received Bai Ye's contact information and advice for recovering from her bad luck.
• Bai Ye asked Huang Yaozu to have Four Eyes gather information about the Weird Tale Association and its upcoming storytelling competition.
• Wang Anguo asked Bai Ye about Huangshan Village and Chu Renmei, and Bai Ye explained her murders and the danger of her water-borne haunting.
• Bai Ye agreed to deal with Chu Renmei, then objected when Wang Anguo said he had a few more matters to discuss.

Bai Ye gathered Xiao Ming, CISSY, and Famao to use the people who drank Chu Renmei’s water to draw her out near Huangshan Village. As they headed there, Bai Ye explained that Chu Renmei’s slaughter of the village had consumed her remaining humanity, leaving her driven only by killing.

• Wang Anguo offered to bring help from the mainland, and Bai Ye welcomed suitable personnel while taking responsibility for dealing with Chu Renmei.
• Bai Ye summoned Xiao Ming, CISSY, and Famao, explained that Chu Renmei’s water had marked its drinkers, and stopped CISSY from filming or publicizing the case.
• Bai Ye invited Famao to consider joining the Ghost-Catching Training Camp and asked Xiao Ming to act as bait by accompanying him to Chu Renmei’s body.
• Xiao Ming agreed to help, and Bai Ye brought CISSY and Famao along as they traveled toward Huangshan Village.
• Famao asked why Chu Renmei had continued killing after her original enemies were dead, and Bai Ye explained that slaughtering the village had erased her humanity and left her consumed by resentment.

Bai Ye confronted Chu Renmei at the lake, rejected her claim that her murders were justified, and destroyed her with Heavenly Thunder. After receiving a reward for resolving the storyline, he ordered Xiao Ming to retrieve Chu Renmei’s remains.

• Famao asked Bai Ye how people should deal with ghosts, and Bai Ye advised them to run or seek a Daoist’s help.
• Bai Ye led the group to the lake and revealed that Chu Renmei’s corpse lay at the bottom and that she was watching them.
• Chu Renmei argued that her victims deserved their fate, but Bai Ye condemned her killings and offered to send her to the Underworld or destroy her soul.
• Chu Renmei accused Bai Ye of being used by others and warned that her body could not be retrieved easily.
• Bai Ye struck Chu Renmei with Heavenly Thunder, received a lottery draw reward, and told Xiao Ming to retrieve her corpse.

After defeating Chu Renmei, Bai Ye recruited Famao and brought him, Li Guoqiang, and Huang Yaozu to Zhong Fabai’s Ghost Catching Training Camp. Zhong Fabai challenged Bai Ye to a contest between their teams, and the newcomers agreed to compete.

• Xiao Ming retrieved Chu Renmei’s corpse from the lake, and Bai Ye burned it with Samadhi True Fire.
• Bai Ye used a lottery chance to obtain the Eight Trigrams Mirror of Qiankun and invited Famao to join him.
• Famao accepted Bai Ye’s offer, while Xiao Ming declined to join because he lacked the courage.
• Bai Ye took Famao to Zhong Fabai’s Ghost Catching Training Camp and explained that he had brought reliable recruits.
• Zhong Fabai challenged Bai Ye to a teaching contest between their teams, and Bai Ye agreed that Famao, Li Guoqiang, and Huang Yaozu would compete against the ghost-catching squad.
• Li Guoqiang, Huang Yaozu, and Famao agreed to take part in the competition.

Bai Ye arranged a three-day contest against Zhong Fabai’s ghost-catching squad and took Li Guoqiang, Huang Yaozu, and Famao to a building haunted by two vengeful spirits. He intended to recruit Leon, whose unusual methods could help them fight ghosts, and arrived at the security room just as its occupants braced for danger.

• Bai Ye accepted Zhong Fabai’s challenge and agreed to train his team for three days before their match.
• Bai Ye told Li Guoqiang and Huang Yaozu that they needed experience facing ghosts with special abilities, then led the group to meet Leon.
• Bai Ye explained that two evil spirits had returned to the building on Soul Returning Night and said Leon would join their team.
• Rock Lee returned to the security room after seeing the Li Couple’s ghosts outside, while Leon prepared to defend everyone from whatever approached.
• Bai Ye opened the security-room door and found Leon and the others poised for a fight.

Bai Ye captured the Li Couple ghosts and recruited Leon for a ghost-catching team, promising to resolve Leon’s mental hospital problem. After training with Leon, Bai Ye discovered Leon’s belief-powered ghost-catching methods worked because of a psychic ability tied to his presence, then prepared to take the group to Ghost Catching Training Camp.

• Bai Ye revealed that the Li Couple were trapped in plastic wrap, and Leon confirmed the ghosts had been captured.
• Bai Ye invited Leon to join his ghost-catching team and offered to handle the mental hospital issue; Leon accepted, while Bai Ye rejected Ah Qun.
• Bai Ye taught Leon, Li Guoqiang, Famao, and Huang Yaozu about ghosts over three days before the planned competition with Zhong Fabai.
• Bai Ye explained that Leon’s belief-powered methods depended on Leon’s unusual psychic ability and worked for others only when they were nearby.
• Bai Ye prepared to contact Zhong Fabai and take the group to Ghost Catching Training Camp, but Wang Anguo called him again for help.

Bai Ye agreed to help Dragon Grandma deal with the Female Ghost that Jojo had brought back from the Underworld during an Ask the Rice ritual. He warned that Jojo was especially vulnerable to possession and arranged to keep her with him after the fight.

• Wang Anguo asked Bai Ye to help Dragon Grandma stop an Evil Spirit that had returned from Hell, and Bai Ye agreed to bring people to handle it.
• Bai Ye met Dragon Grandma and Jojo, learned Jojo had brought the Female Ghost and her son back from the Underworld, and warned that the ghost might possess Jojo because of her heavy yin energy.
• Dragon Grandma explained Jojo's vulnerability, and Bai Ye agreed to keep Jojo with him for a few days after they dealt with the ghosts.
• Famao asked why ghosts looked so terrifying, and Bai Ye explained that they retained their appearance from death or used it to frighten people.
• Bai Ye enclosed the building in a net of lightning and told the others to try catching the Female Ghost and her son.

Bai Ye exposed the Female Ghost’s false revenge story and helped Leon capture her, while Jojo joined the group. The team prepared to go with Jojo to Dragon Grandma’s place, where Bai Ye had a contest with his master.

• Dragon Grandma gave up her spiritual power and told Jojo to follow Bai Ye, entrusting her disciple to him.
• Bai Ye revealed that the Female Ghost’s lover had burned her alive and that she had blamed her husband, while Jojo condemned her for seeking revenge on an innocent man.
• Leon captured the Female Ghost with plastic wrap and chocolate, and Bai Ye agreed to teach him how to cultivate spiritual power so he could sense Ghosts himself.
• Bai Ye invited Jojo to join the group on their way to his master’s place, and she agreed because Dragon Grandma had told her to follow him.
• Huang Yaozu, Li Guoqiang, Famao, and Leon joked about their love lives, and Bai Ye told them to stop acting in a way that might scare Jojo.

Bai Ye and Zhong Fabai brought their teams to a military camp to investigate the disappearance of more than thirty soldiers and the recent zombie attacks. Bai Ye revealed that the missing soldiers had become zombies hidden underground, and the camp evacuated its personnel before the group prepared to act.

• Jojo agreed to join Bai Ye's group, leaving him with five people for the competition against Zhong Fabai.
• Zhong Fabai told Bai Ye about the missing soldiers and zombie attacks, and the two decided to investigate the military camp.
• Bai Ye explained that guns, talismans, and glutinous rice could deal with the walking corpses, while warning his team to avoid being bitten.
• At the camp, Inspector Huang and an officer discussed the missing soldiers and awaited the Taoist priests' help.
• Bai Ye sensed that the missing soldiers had become zombies hiding in the underground drains and told the officer the situation remained under control.
• The officer evacuated the soldiers, Inspector Huang departed, and Bai Ye and Zhong Fabai prepared to confront the zombies.

Bai Ye and Zhong Fabai sent two teams to hunt the Jiangshi, using enchanted bullets and a plan to lure the creatures out of the sewers. Bai Ye suspected that foreign sorcerers, possibly agents connected to Issey Miyake, were behind the unusual Jiangshi, leaving the hunt underway and the threat unresolved.

• Zhong Fabai worried that the inexperienced trainees could be hurt, while Bai Ye reassured him that the enchanted bullets should help them fight the Jiangshi.
• The trainees set off without knowing where the Jiangshi were, and Bai Ye told them the creatures were in the sewers.
• Bai Ye chose Meng Chao and Mudskipper King as bait because of their bad luck, and Li Guoqiang and Huang Yaozu volunteered to go with them.
• Bai Ye gave the group blood to lure the Jiangshi out and warned them not to go too deep into the sewers.
• Bai Ye told Zhong Fabai that he sensed an unusual aura and suspected foreign sorcerers, possibly agents connected to Issey Miyake, were involved.

Bai Ye and Zhong Fabai suspected the Jiangshi outbreak was connected to escaped ghosts from the Fierce Ghost Club and uncovered a scheme to collect blood from the soldiers. Meng Chao, Mudskipper King, Li Guoqiang, and Huang Yaozu encountered the Jiangshi underground, and the chapter ended with Li Guoqiang’s talisman-etched bullet disabling one of two intelligent female Jiangshi.

• Bai Ye told Zhong Fabai that the unusual Jiangshi might be connected to ghosts that escaped the Fierce Ghost Club and explained that the Array Formation was meant to sacrifice the soldiers by collecting their blood.
• Bai Ye said the collected blood could be used to create a powerful Jiangshi or attract nearby fierce ghosts, while Zhong Fabai lamented that hidden sorcerers were difficult to find.
• Meng Chao and Mudskipper King cowered behind Li Guoqiang and Huang Yaozu underground until Bai Ye’s ever-burning lamp brightened, prompting Huang Yaozu to lead them back toward the exit.
• The four men fled the Jiangshi and emerged aboveground as two intelligent female Jiangshi and several soldier Jiangshi pursued them.
• Bai Ye identified bite marks on the female Jiangshi and suspected a connection to Issey Miyake, while Li Guoqiang fired a talisman-etched bullet that made one female Jiangshi lose control of her body.

Bai Ye and Zhong Fabai uncovered a hidden blood-and-coffin chamber beneath the military camp and found evidence of a plan to sacrifice its soldiers. After destroying the chamber, Bai Ye questioned the officer about recent construction crews to trace those behind the scheme.

• Bai Ye ordered the remaining walking corpses killed after Jin Maiji’s unit had shot the two female zombies.
• Bai Ye and Zhong Fabai activated the buried formation and discovered blood, coffins, and markings showing that the military camp’s soldiers were intended as sacrifices.
• Bai Ye deduced that a recent construction crew could lead them to the people behind the formation, and Zhong Fabai agreed to destroy the blood and chamber.
• Bai Ye burned the chamber with Samadhi True Fire, alerting the formation’s creators that their Array Formations had been discovered.
• Bai Ye told the officer to burn the dead Jiangshi and asked whether the camp had recently hired renovation or construction crews.

Bai Ye and Zhong Fabai traced the sewer tampering at the military base to a construction crew connected to Da Sha, while powerful ghosts debated whether to keep Bai Ye at a distance. Sakura agents arrived on Hong Kong Island and planned to use an abandoned amusement park to test Zhong Fabai; meanwhile, Da Sha was questioned by an unfamiliar man at the police station.

• The sergeant told Bai Ye and Zhong Fabai that a construction crew had inspected the troubled sewers, and gave them the crew's details.
• Bai Ye traced the crew to Da Sha and realized the events at Fierce Ghost Academy, Fierce Ghost Building, and Fierce Ghost Station were connected.
• Ghosts possessing officials decided not to attack Bai Ye unless he moved against them, and agreed to send intelligence through the Miscellaneous Affairs Department while preparing to flee later.
• Sakura agents arrived on Hong Kong Island and decided to open an abandoned amusement park to observe Zhong Fabai dealing with the ghosts inside.
• Police brought Da Sha to the station, where an unfamiliar man questioned him about his construction crew's sewer contract at the military base.