Chapter Summaries

Bai Ye questioned Da Sha about his construction crew and learned that an unrecognizable middle-aged man had supplied the materials and arranged the project. Da Sha agreed to take Bai Ye and Zhong Fabai to Fierce Ghost Building that night, while the others decided to test themselves without the two leaders.

• Bai Ye threatened to lock Da Sha up, then asked whether outsiders had joined his construction crew.
• Da Sha recalled that a middle-aged man had introduced the project, supplied materials, and promised to pay him that night at Fierce Ghost Building.
• Bai Ye told Zhong Fabai that Da Sha was needed to find the man and said the others should stay out of the operation.
• Jin Maiji and Li Guoqiang agreed to compete again by facing supernatural threats with their weapons, despite Huang Yaozu's attempt to calm them.
• Bai Ye told Zhong Fabai that he expected the others to act on their own and trusted them to call for help if they ran into trouble.

Bai Ye and Zhong Fabai followed Da Sha to a building where they hoped to catch the person behind a dangerous money deal, but Da Sha slipped away to collect his payment. Inside, Yi Banshi’s team prepared to intercept a counterfeit-money ring as skeletal remains began emerging beneath the building and stirred a sealed ghost.

• Bai Ye persuaded Da Sha that he had no reason to fear arrest, while Zhong Fabai warned him that his meeting could be deadly.
• Da Sha drove Bai Ye and Zhong Fabai to the building, pretended to have a stomachache, and ran off to collect his money.
• Bai Ye and Zhong Fabai entered the building without stopping Da Sha, deciding they had already tried to dissuade him.
• Yi Banshi and Jun Ru prepared to contact their three undercover agents as they investigated a lead on the counterfeit-money ring.
• Da Sha took the elevator to the top floor, while skeletons crawled from the ground beneath the building and stirred the sealed ghost.

Bai Ye and Zhong Fabai entered a building where a newly activated Array Formation had released many Ghosts, while Bai Ye went upstairs to confront the person who had dealt with Da Sha. Zhong Fabai trapped and pursued the Ghosts, then agreed to let Yi Banshi and the other undercover police officers help capture the criminals; Da Sha reached the rooftop and demanded payment from the Black-robed Man.

• Bai Ye realized the Array Formation had released Ghosts that someone had captured and kept in the building, and he went upstairs while Zhong Fabai stayed to catch them.
• Zhong Fabai sealed the building with an Array Formation and captured or subdued the fleeing Ghosts.
• Zhong Fabai found Yi Banshi, Annie, Jun Ru, and other police officers upstairs, where they insisted on continuing their undercover operation to catch a counterfeit money ring.
• Zhong Fabai gave the police officers Talismans and let them follow him as he continued catching Ghosts.
• Da Sha reached the rooftop, found the Black-robed Man, and demanded his money.

Bai Ye stopped Da Sha from fleeing and discovered that a sorcerer was controlling the Jiangshi sent to kill him. Bai Ye tracked the sorcerer underground and confronted him, while the sorcerer’s senior sister remained elsewhere, dealing with Zhong Fabai.

• Da Sha turned around the silent figure and discovered it was a moving corpse, then fled from the Jiangshi and the Ghosts outside.
• Bai Ye caught Da Sha, revealed he was a Taoist priest, and explained that someone had sent the Jiangshi to silence him.
• Bai Ye used his connection to the Jiangshi to locate the hidden sorcerer underground, then left Da Sha behind and rushed to confront him.
• The sorcerer recognized Bai Ye as the young man who had destroyed the Jiangshi and prepared to summon more, unaware that Bai Ye had already found him.
• Bai Ye broke through the ceiling into the sorcerer’s chamber and explained that the sorcerer’s connection to the Jiangshi had helped him find the formation.

Bai Ye confronted a sorcerer whose sect had orchestrated several disasters and used the Jiangshi to attack him. After killing the sorcerer and his two disciples, Bai Ye realized the enemies had mistaken him for Zhong Fabai, putting Zhong Fabai in danger.

• Bai Ye questioned the sorcerer about his ties to the Nine Chrysanthemum Faction, and the sorcerer tried to recruit him before admitting his group was behind the earlier incidents.
• The sorcerer detonated the surrounding Jiangshi to engulf Bai Ye and his two acolytes in Corpse Poison and Corpse Qi, intending to turn the acolytes into resentful Evil Spirits.
• Bai Ye emerged unharmed and killed the sorcerer with lightning, then destroyed the sorcerer's soul after it warned that its sect would learn Bai Ye's information.
• Bai Ye found and eliminated the two acolytes after they became little Ghosts, then realized the sorcerer's sect believed Zhong Fabai had handled the incidents.
• Bai Ye worried that the sect would target Zhong Fabai and that the formation's limited sensing range might conceal more threats.

Bai Ye and Zhong Fabai captured a female sorcerer after Bai Ye killed her Junior Brother and disrupted the Array Formations. After questioning her about the other sorcerers who had come to the area, Bai Ye killed her, leaving them to continue dealing with the wider threat.

• The female sorcerer’s Array Formations faltered when her Junior Brother died, allowing Zhong Fabai to wound her with Talismans as she tried to flee.
• Bai Ye arrived upstairs, confirmed that he had killed her Junior Brother, and bound the female sorcerer with lightning when Zhong Fabai urged him not to kill her.
• The female sorcerer tried to seduce Bai Ye and offered to submit, but Zhong Fabai questioned her about her faction and how many sorcerers had arrived.
• The female sorcerer said many sorcerers were operating independently and offered to become an informant if they let her go.
• Bai Ye rejected the offer and used lightning to kill the female sorcerer and destroy her soul.

Bai Ye killed a female sorceress, defended the decision to Zhong Fabai, and the group cleared the Ghosts from the building. Their enemies in Japan began planning how to target Bai Ye and Zhong Fabai, while a late-night call from Jin Maiji left Zhong Fabai fearing Bai Ye’s prediction had come true.

• Bai Ye killed the female sorceress, explaining that she could exploit Zhong Fabai’s weaknesses and lure them into a dangerous array.
• Bai Ye and Zhong Fabai sent Yi Banshi and the others away, while Annie talked about wanting to date Bai Ye.
• In Japan, the sorcerers identified Bai Ye as Zhong Fabai’s disciple and discussed curses, assassins, and attacking Zhong Fabai’s allies first.
• Zhong Fabai scolded the mage for mishandling captured Ghosts, then let him take the Ghosts away to send them on.
• Jin Maiji called Zhong Fabai, who answered with dread as Bai Ye listened and smiled.

After Meng Chao and Mudskipper King disappeared inside Curse Paradise, Li Guoqiang and the others chose to risk their lives searching for them rather than wait safely for Bai Ye and Zhong Fabai. Bai Ye and Zhong Fabai watched from outside as the group prepared to search together, while the Joker remained the chief threat.

• Zhong Fabai heard that the Ghost Catching Training Camp was trapped by the Joker at Curse Paradise, so he and Bai Ye hurried there while declining the mage's offer to help.
• Annie asked the mage where Bai Ye and the others had gone, but he admitted he did not know them.
• Li Guoqiang presented the group with the choice to wait for help or search for Meng Chao and Mudskipper King, and Jin Maiji, Huang Yaozu, Leon, and the others chose to go.
• Bai Ye stopped Zhong Fabai from intervening immediately so they could see how the group handled the rescue themselves.
• Li Guoqiang rejected Sao Ba Xing's suggestion to split up, and Leon brought out ox tears before the group planned to search the haunted house together.

Li Guoqiang and the others fought through a haunted house while searching for Mudskipper King and Meng Chao, then escaped and found a forest filled with hanging Jokers. They rescued Mudskipper King but still had to find Meng Chao, and the group hesitated at the dangerous willow branches ahead.

• Bai Ye and Zhong Fabai discussed how chocolate and plastic wrap were ineffective against stronger ghosts, while Li Guoqiang’s group conserved bullets inside the haunted house.
• Li Guoqiang and the others defeated the mummies and Ghost Hands, then heard Mudskipper King calling for help from inside a coffin.
• Huang Yaozu shot the mummy restraining Mudskipper King, and the group learned that Meng Chao was still missing deeper inside.
• Li Guoqiang convinced Mudskipper King to help search for Meng Chao, and the group moved through the haunted house together.
• The group left the haunted house and saw countless Jokers hanging in the forest; Famao warned that willow branches could hang them, and he explained that ordinary fire would not stop ghosts.

Famao realized Bai Ye’s talisman bullets could restrain the yin-charged willow trees, and the group fired at them, only to discover the trees bled and had been angered rather than defeated. Bai Ye arrived as the willows became more dangerous, leaving Famao asking whether the talismans had failed to suppress them.

• Mudskipper King failed to burn the willow branches, and Famao explained that Bai Ye’s talisman bullets could restrain yin and evil things.
• Bai Ye and Zhong Fabai discussed Meng Chao’s safety and decided the trainees could not handle the willow grove alone.
• The group fired talisman bullets into the willow trees, which bled blackish-red blood.
• Bai Ye arrived and told the group they had angered the willows instead of destroying them.
• Famao asked Bai Ye whether the talismans had failed to suppress the willow trees.

Bai Ye saved Meng Chao from the mass grave and burned the hostile willow trees, then taught the group how to distinguish dangerous ghosts from those that should not be killed. The chapter ended with Jojo sensing that one middle-aged ghost was different from the others.

• Bai Ye warned the group that their Talisman Bullets had angered the willow trees and burned the grove with Samadhi True Fire.
• Bai Ye led the group to the mass grave, where they dug Meng Chao out while carrying a Talisman to protect themselves.
• Bai Ye explained that the ghosts beneath the grave were waiting for reincarnation and cautioned Li Guoqiang against killing them all.
• Bai Ye used Taoist arts to draw the hidden ghosts aboveground and taught the group that Malicious Qi could not be identified by color.
• Jojo pointed out a middle-aged ghost she sensed was different, and Bai Ye praised her talent.

Bai Ye helped the ghosts in the mass grave move on, then told Zhong Fabai he intended to travel to Sakura Country and confront the people behind the trouble. Zhong Fabai worried about the danger, but Bai Ye believed his ability would let him return whenever he wanted.

• Bai Ye identified the Malicious Qi among the ghosts, and Li Guoqiang shot the Evil Spirits while Bai Ye offered the remaining ghosts a choice between reincarnation and staying behind.
• The ghosts chose to leave, and Bai Ye collected them into jars to send them on their way later.
• Bai Ye explained that the Joker had been the Soul-Trapping Array's core and that they had dealt with him upon arrival, then dismissed the uninjured trainees for Zhong Fabai to discipline later.
• Bai Ye asked Zhong Fabai whether he had heard of a camera that could capture souls, but decided to search for it himself when Zhong Fabai did not recognize it.
• Bai Ye told Zhong Fabai that they should stop responding passively and go to Sakura Country to confront their enemies.
• Zhong Fabai warned that Bai Ye would face serious danger there, but Bai Ye said he could return anytime using his ability.

Bai Ye and Zhong Fabai visited Uncle Feng, who revealed he was going to Nantai to help police catch Sorcerers and asked them to protect his two daughters while he was away. Bai Ye agreed, gave Uncle Feng access to Talismans and Talisman Bullets, and warned him to burn the Sorcerers’ bodies; his own planned trip to Japan was put on hold.

• Bai Ye reassured Zhong Fabai that he would travel to Japan secretly and prepare for possible counters to his abilities.
• Bai Ye and Zhong Fabai arrived late at the Ghost Catching Company, where Uncle Feng told them the police in Nantai had asked him to catch two criminals who knew Daoist techniques.
• Uncle Feng asked Bai Ye for protective Talismans and Talisman Bullets before his trip, and Bai Ye agreed to provide them.
• Uncle Feng revealed that he had two daughters and asked Bai Ye and Zhong Fabai to look after them while he was away; Bai Ye agreed and postponed his own trip to Japan.
• Bai Ye warned Uncle Feng to burn the Sorcerers’ bodies to prevent them from creating Yin Yang Corpses, and Uncle Feng agreed.

Bai Ye warned Uncle Feng to resolve the corpse matter in Nantai without provoking the local authorities, then endured Uncle Feng’s attempts to introduce him to his daughters. After agreeing to take the initiative against their enemies in Sakura, Bai Ye left Uncle Feng to handle Hong Kong and vented in the Chat Group about being matched with women despite cultivating the Heartless Path.

• Bai Ye warned Uncle Feng not to force the corpse matter if the Nantai authorities refused to let him act, and Uncle Feng promised to heed the advice.
• Uncle Feng introduced Lin Xiaoting and Lin Zhi to Bai Ye, hoping one of his daughters would become Bai Ye’s partner.
• Lin Xiaoting invited Bai Ye to a bar, but Bai Ye declined, and Lin Zhi suggested they share a late-night meal instead.
• Bai Ye told Uncle Feng he planned to go to Sakura and confront the people causing trouble, while Uncle Feng offered to join him and accepted Bai Ye’s refusal.
• Bai Ye complained in the Chat Group that people kept trying to set him up with women even though he cultivated the Heartless Path.

The Byakuyas discussed the looming threats facing the Shinobi World and the work of unifying their respective worlds before Hokage Byakuya left to handle his duties. In the Akame ga Kill World, Esdeath challenged Bai Ye again, and he accidentally encouraged her to keep pushing him.

• The Byakuyas discussed Akame ga Kill Byakuya’s impending conquest of the Demon Slayer World and Hokage Byakuya’s unresolved threats from Madara Uchiha, Kaguya Otsutsuki, and other Otsutsuki.
• Hokage Byakuya and Akame ga Kill Byakuya left the Chat Group to handle their responsibilities.
• Esdeath confronted Bai Ye about his hostility after repeatedly challenging him to fight.
• Bai Ye complained about Esdeath’s frequent challenges, but when she asked if he could no longer keep going, he insisted that he was still fine.
• Esdeath realized Bai Ye cared about proving himself and decided to keep challenging him instead of letting him rest.

Bai Ye persuaded Esdeath to pause their challenges and develop new ice-based abilities by imitating his techniques. He then told her that Kagaya Ubuyashiki was coming to discuss the Ghosts and that the meeting might decide whether their world faced a final war, leaving Esdeath intrigued by the Ghosts’ immortality.

• Bai Ye told Esdeath that their battles had stopped helping her improve and urged her to develop new abilities based on his techniques.
• Esdeath agreed to suspend her challenges while she worked on new abilities, but Bai Ye asked her to stay because Kagaya Ubuyashiki was coming.
• Bai Ye explained that the meeting could lead to a final war or a peaceful resolution, and Esdeath was disappointed at the possibility of no battle.
• Bai Ye explained that Kagaya’s country was fighting immortal Ghosts, feared sunlight, and sought help against Muzan.
• Esdeath became interested in the Ghosts after learning they could live forever, though their weakness to sunlight disappointed her.

Bai Ye and Esdeath discussed whether immortality was worth becoming a ghost before meeting Kagaya Ubuyashiki to negotiate his country's submission. Bai Ye offered to preserve the country's name and eliminate Muzan, leaving Kagaya to decide whether to accept the terms.

• Bai Ye warned Esdeath that ghosts could not endure sunlight, and she said she had no desire for immortality without worthy opponents.
• Esdeath challenged Bai Ye about whether he wanted to do whatever he pleased, but he avoided giving her a direct answer and headed to meet the guests.
• Kagaya Ubuyashiki waited nervously for Bai Ye, knowing his country had lost its allies and had little ability to resist the Empire.
• Bai Ye greeted Kagaya Ubuyashiki calmly and let him choose whether to discuss the terms directly; Kagaya chose to be direct.
• Bai Ye offered to preserve Kagaya Ubuyashiki's country's name while ending its independence, uniting it with his nation, and eliminating Muzan so the ghosts and Kagaya's curse would disappear.

Bai Ye negotiated with Kagaya Ubuyashiki, who offered to surrender if his country remained unchanged and Bai Ye helped defeat Muzan. Kagaya Ubuyashiki explained Muzan’s search for the Blue Spider Lily, leaving the flower’s location and Muzan’s whereabouts uncertain.

• Kagaya Ubuyashiki asked what Bai Ye would do if he agreed, and Bai Ye told him to propose the terms himself.
• Kagaya Ubuyashiki asked that his country be treated like the Empire, and Bai Ye agreed while warning that both sides must keep their promises.
• Bai Ye asked about the Ghosts, and Kagaya Ubuyashiki explained that Muzan had created them and remained an ongoing threat.
• Kagaya Ubuyashiki proposed that his country remain as it was and that Bai Ye help eliminate Muzan in exchange for surrender.
• Esdeath asked why Muzan had stayed in the country, and Kagaya Ubuyashiki said he seemed to be searching for the Blue Spider Lily.

Bai Ye agreed to Kagaya Ubuyashiki’s terms for dealing with Muzan and left the Demon Slayer Corps free to choose their own path. After Kagaya departed, Bai Ye rejected his advisers’ calls for a military takeover, explaining that peaceful cooperation would spare lives and make governing easier; he then ordered preparations to move out to fight Muzan.

• Kagaya Ubuyashiki said he did not know whether Muzan had traveled to other countries, and Bai Ye explained that killing Muzan would destroy all demons.
• Bai Ye invited Kagaya Ubuyashiki to raise further conditions, then agreed that the Demon Slayer Corps could remain where they were or join his Empire.
• After Kagaya Ubuyashiki left, Enqi questioned Bai Ye’s decision not to seize the country or take its people, and Bai Ye said he wanted to avoid war with a ruler beloved by his citizens.
• Nadjeshda supported Bai Ye’s peaceful approach, warning that an invasion would cause deaths and turn the Demon Slayer Corps against them.
• Bai Ye ended the debate and ordered everyone to prepare to move out; Esdeath eagerly awaited the chance to lead the troops against Muzan.

Bai Ye prepared for the final battle against Muzan and the demons, deciding to go with only a small group while keeping the eager generals at the border. After Kagaya Ubuyashiki returned to organize the Demon Slayer Corps, Bai Ye ordered Nadjeshda to count everyone who wanted to participate, leaving the scale of the expedition unsettled.

• Esdeath volunteered to lead troops, but Bai Ye clarified that he would bring no army and planned to go himself with a few people.
• Esdeath joined Bai Ye, while the generals competed to accompany him; Bai Ye told them to wait with their troops at the border and let Kagaya Ubuyashiki know they were nearly ready.
• Kagaya Ubuyashiki and his wife concluded that Bai Ye was not testing them, then met with him to bid farewell and returned to prepare their people.
• Bai Ye explained to Esdeath that he wanted everyone to feel involved and that bringing too many soldiers would cause panic.
• Bai Ye told Nadjeshda to count all willing participants, including civil officials, military officers, Night Raid, and the Jaegers.