Chapter Summaries

Kirk and the [Dragon King] Team claimed rewards after defeating the King Wendigo Snow Monster, then left the mountain to unwind at a bar. As the team celebrated, Kirk admitted that he missed his home, and Wang Han encouraged him to keep believing he could return.

• Kirk used the Golden Plot Key and drew the King of Wendigo's Man-Eating Bone-Slicing Saber, while the team also obtained Snow Monster's Camouflage and other items.
• The team gave Snow Monster's Camouflage to Sheptchenko, who happily put on the cloak.
• Kirk and the others left the Wendigo Snow Monsters' lair, descended the mountain, and drove toward a bar Dean recommended.
• Kirk told Wang Han that he missed home, and she reassured him before inviting him to dance.
• Dean led the group into the crowded bar, where the young people began partying.

Dean’s team hunted the two ghosts that had attacked him and discovered Bloody Mary’s connection to guilt and mirrors. They ambushed her in an antique shop, where Sam’s confession drew her out, and Kirk stabbed her with the Demon Hunter’s Hand as the fight continued.

• Dean returned injured and told the team that a woman had lured him into summoning Bloody Mary, who attacked him after judging him guilty.
• The team used Dean’s compass to find Bloody Mary in a bathroom mirror, but the ghost escaped their attack.
• Sally told the hunters that she felt responsible for her ex-boyfriend’s suicide, and Dean concluded that guilt let Bloody Mary target people.
• Dean’s compass led the team to an antique shop, where Sam volunteered as bait and summoned Bloody Mary by saying her name three times.
• Bloody Mary accused Sam of causing his girlfriend’s death, and Sam confessed that he had ignored his dreams warning him she would die.
• Sheptchenko shot Bloody Mary with a supernatural bullet, Wang Han trapped her with Soul Cage, and Kirk warned the others not to break the mirror before stabbing the ghost with the Demon Hunter’s Hand.

Bloody Mary shattered her mirror and escaped her bound-spirit state, overwhelming the demon hunters with mind-controlling attacks. With his teammates incapacitated and mirrors destroyed, Kirk tried to turn the witch’s own appearance and powers against her.

• Bloody Mary unleashed her Banshee’s Wail, knocking down the hunters, but a stone shattered her mirror and freed her from her restraints.
• Bloody Mary tore out Sheva’s heart in a vision that made him believe he was dead, then reflected Wang Han’s Soul Maze spell and trapped her in its maze.
• A stone smashed Little Fatty’s mirror before he could use it against Bloody Mary, and she trapped him in a vision of killing slave warriors before taking control of his mind.
• Bloody Mary stole Dean’s soul after a third stone destroyed his chance to use a mirror, leaving Kirk as the only conscious hunter.
• Kirk swallowed an immature shapeshifter pancreas and began transforming into Bloody Mary.

Kirk transformed into Bloody Mary and used her [Judgment] skill to destroy the witch, earning new hunter titles and rewards. The team regrouped, suspected the world’s plot logic was malfunctioning, and returned to the motel to rest while the danger remained unresolved.

• Kirk used the [Shapeshifter Pancreas] and his high Luck to imitate Bloody Mary’s [Judgment], [Verdict], and [Execution] skills.
• Bloody Mary was destroyed, and Kirk unlocked the [Ghost Hunter] title and discovered that his [Demon Hunter] title had reached Black Iron rank.
• Kirk collected Bloody Mary’s Three Large Crystals and a larger silver Plot Key as Wang Han, Little Fatty, Sheptchenko, Dean, and Sam recovered.
• The group found Sally outside the antique shop, and Sam and Dean reassured her that she was not responsible for their losses.
• Wang Han identified Azazel as the Yellow-eyed Demon, while Dean confirmed that Lysa was mortal and had no demonic energy.
• Kirk and Wang Han discussed the escalating world difficulty and the danger of trying to return to the Space, then the group went to a restaurant before returning to the motel.

Dean and the others tried to catch the Female Ghost at a bar, but Dean’s compass showed that the woman was not a monster. After their car ran out of gas, the group accepted shelter from local villagers and camped in a cornfield, where a looming sense of danger remained.

• Dean confronted a woman at the bar, but his compass showed no reaction, and the crowd beat him after he accused her of being a ghost.
• Sam suggested that a creature had possessed the woman, while Wang Han speculated that it could have controlled someone else at the antique shop.
• The group fled town in two cars, but Kirk’s Chevrolet ran out of gas, so they stopped among fields and met villagers on night patrol.
• The villagers invited the group to camp, provided tents and blankets, and promised to bring gasoline the next day.
• The group gathered around a bonfire, mistook a giant scarecrow for a threat, and then went to sleep in two tents, with Kirk sharing one with Wang Han.

Kirk realized that the villagers planned to sacrifice newlyweds to the Scarecrow Demon, and his team fought the demon through repeated resurrections. After subduing the villagers at dawn, Kirk demanded the promised gas before the team moved on.

• Kirk recognized the scarecrow, wheat field, and newlywed clues, then rescued Wang Han from the Scarecrow Demon's attack on their tent.
• Little Fatty, Sheptchenko, Dean, Sam, Kirk, and Wang Han fought the Scarecrow, burned it, and learned it had escaped into another dimension through a scarecrow portal.
• The Scarecrow returned at daybreak stronger than before, but Wang Han destroyed it with repeated Great Fireball Spells.
• Kirk's team confronted the villagers, disarmed them after they opened fire, and demanded the gas the farmer had promised.

Kirk's team escaped the farm with a rescued backpacker, but the Scarecrow Demon trapped them in endless wheat fields and began absorbing the villagers' sacrifices to regain its true strength. Dean banished its vengeful crows, and Kirk led the team into battle by hurling the Demon Hunter's Hand at it.

• Kirk exposed the old couple's plan to sacrifice a backpacker, and Little Fatty subdued the villagers so the team could free her and take gasoline.
• Kirk ordered the villains locked in the granary, but the Scarecrow Demon killed them after the team left.
• Wang Han realized the team was still surrounded by wheat fields, and they found the Scarecrow Demon with the villagers' heads, preparing to absorb its sacrifices.
• Dean explained that the Scarecrow's true body could be harmed while possessing the scarecrow, and the demon unleashed a flock of vengeful crows against the team.
• Wang Han and the others fought off the crows while the Scarecrow consumed the villagers' heads and grew stronger; Dean then banished the spirits back to Hell.
• Kirk rallied the hesitant team and hurled the Demon Hunter's Hand at the Scarecrow.

Kirk led the Dragon King team in a fierce battle against the powerful Scarecrow Demon, whose attacks proved far deadlier than expected. After the demon badly wounded Kirk and Little Fatty, Kirk returned to the fight and summoned all six Warrior's Souls to help the team.

• Kirk struck the Scarecrow Demon with [Demon Hunter's Hand] and followed up with powerful attacks that dealt nearly 400 damage.
• The Dragon King team rallied and attacked the demon with bullets, spells, and fire, but its scythe broke through Kirk's defense and dealt him 262 damage.
• The Scarecrow Demon struck Little Fatty for over 140 damage, and Dean explained that its attacks dealt double damage to humans.
• Kirk charged back into battle and used [Summon] to bring all six Warrior's Souls onto the battlefield, including the injured Katherine.

Kirk's team fought the Scarecrow Demon, but an empowered attack killed Dean and Sam traded his soul to Lucifer to keep Dean's soul from departing. The team ultimately destroyed the demon, and Kirk's Demon Hunter title advanced to Silver rank.

• The Scarecrow Demon transformed into three-eyed crows and recovered under the influence of a hidden Mastermind, then attacked Dean as he chanted a spell.
• The Scarecrow Demon fatally wounded Dean, triggering a System penalty and a warning that Sam's death could cause plot failure and erasure.
• Sam used his soul in a bargain with Lucifer Satan to keep Dean's soul in his body, then collapsed unconscious.
• Kirk, Little Fatty, Wang Han, and the others fought on despite severe injuries as the Scarecrow Demon nearly killed several of them.
• Wang Han blasted the wounded Scarecrow Demon into straw with her last Fireball Spell, and Kirk found its smoking top hat and the loot it left behind.
• Kirk's Demon Hunter title advanced from Black Iron to Silver rank, granting 30% additional undefended damage against tangible Evil Forces.

Kirk pursued Night Blade after she sabotaged his team and helped cause Dean’s death. He wounded her repeatedly and stopped her escape with a forced stun, but their ensuing close-range fight left both gravely injured and trading blows.

• Kirk chased the fleeing Night Demon and struck her with the Demon Hunter’s Hand and his returning sabers.
• Night Dagger identified herself as a leader of the demonesses serving Azazel, but Kirk pressed his attack while she tried to escape with her Void skill.
• Night Blade used Night Shadow to divert Kirk’s returning blades and slowed him with Void, but Kirk stunned her with Absolution of the Dawn Goddess.
• Kirk rushed Night Blade as the stun ended, resisted her Fear skill, and stabbed her with Glory of the God of War.
• Night Blade drove two Bone Blades into Kirk’s chest, and Kirk stabbed her chin with Mori’s Hand-Cutting Blade.

Kirk defeated Night Blade and persuaded the leader of the Night Demon Tribe to become his slave and join the Soulstone as his Warrior’s Soul. The contract drew the attention of Hell’s forces, and Kirk began using his new servant to recover his Health Points.

• Night Blade’s Bone Blades nearly killed Kirk, but his Vampiric Skills let him outlast her and defeat her.
• Kirk summoned Katherine, Pearl, Caroline, and Anna, leaving the wounded Night Blade with no chance to escape or fight back.
• Night Blade chose to surrender rather than die, and Kirk used Valkyrie Brunhilde’s Soulstone to make her his slave.
• The System Prompt confirmed Night Blade’s contract and warned that defeating her might trigger an early invasion by powerful demons.
• Kirk decided to recover his Health Points by touching Night Blade, and Pearl stepped in to explain the task to her.

Kirk forced the captured Night Blade to serve him, while Pearl, Anna, Caroline, and Katherine willingly attended him and helped break down her resistance. Night Blade eventually submitted and was left unconscious, joining Kirk’s team as a powerful potential fighter.

• Kirk carried Night Blade away and made Pearl, Anna, Caroline, and Katherine serve him while she watched.
• Katherine gave herself to Kirk, and the other vampires urged Night Blade to accept her place among their master’s servants.
• Kirk punished Night Blade for twice endangering his team, and the vampires helped him overpower her.
• Night Blade’s resistance gave way to pleasure, and she begged Kirk to spare her before he continued until she climaxed and passed out.
• Kirk considered Night Blade a valuable potential fighter and anticipated their future nights together.

Kirk returned after defeating the Demon and capturing Night Blade, then led the group in searching for a way to revive Dean and avoid their mission penalty. Their search stalled until a report of sudden deaths suggested the Reaper was nearby, but a storm forced them to wait until morning.

• Kirk reunited with Wang Han, Little Fatty, and the others, and explained that he had made their enemy Night Blade his slave instead of killing her.
• Kirk reasoned that Dean might still be resurrected, so the four Contractors agreed to seek the Priest whose witch wife could summon Death in exchange for a sacrifice.
• Wang Han used John's journal to identify a likely town, but the group found no Priest there, and Sam woke with no memory of him.
• A newspaper report about a fourth unexplained sudden death led Wang Han to suspect the Reaper, and Kirk decided they should investigate that night.
• A torrential storm closed the roads, forcing the group to stay at a motel until morning, while Kirk spent the night with his female companions.

Kirk and the Dragon King team sought the Priest who could supposedly bring Dean back to life, but Kirk discovered that the Priest's wife was the real source of his miracles. The Old Witch agreed to save Dean if Kirk retrieved a staff from her old friend, and Kirk secured her promise to heal Dean first.

• Kirk and the Dragon King team reached a town where the Priest was known for miraculous resurrections and brought Dean's corpse to his church.
• Sam demanded that the Priest revive Dean, and Wang Han persuaded him to perform the ritual while noticing the Priest's wife watching them.
• Kirk followed the Old Witch into the basement and confronted her about using the Reaper to secretly decide who lived and died.
• The Old Witch refused to save Dean and threatened Kirk, but he summoned Night Blade and negotiated for a chance to help her.
• The Old Witch asked Kirk to retrieve a staff from her old friend in exchange for saving Dean, and she agreed to heal Dean before he went to get it.

Kirk and his team revived Dean by sacrificing two bank robbers, but the witch’s curse gave them only a week to retrieve her staff from a demon in Wisconsin. As they set out, Dean remembered encountering the demon when he was a child.

• The witch agreed to revive Dean on the condition that Kirk leave town, bring her a soul within a week, and retrieve her staff from a demon in Wisconsin.
• Kirk sent Wang Han to find criminals, and Little Fatty and Sheva kidnapped two bank robbers to serve as the sacrifice.
• The Reaper accepted the robbers’ souls and returned Dean’s soul, while warning the witch to bring pure virgins next time.
• Dean awoke during the Priest’s ceremony, and the System Prompt warned that he would die permanently if the team did not remove his curse within a week.
• The witch told the group that the demon had appeared in Wisconsin in 1893 and that they needed to recover her staff, so Sam rushed Dean toward the car.
• Dean told Sam that fifteen years earlier he had seen a black-robed figure draining Sam’s vitality, and that their father had driven it away.

Dean and the demon hunters traced Old Demon’s attacks on children to handprints left on bedroom windowsills, then ambushed it while it preyed on a little girl. Old Demon escaped, and Night Blade revealed that a Dream Demon had strengthened it and that two former companions were nearby.

• Dean told the group that he had left his childhood town after Old Demon killed children, and the hunters headed to the Wisconsin town where he had lived.
• At the hospital, Doctor Haidek reported that six children were gravely ill, and Dean found similar handprints on the windowsills of their homes.
• The hunters searched the town and discovered that Old Demon had marked the only healthy child at the playground, so they prepared an ambush that night.
• Old Demon entered the girl’s bedroom through her window, but Dean and the others attacked; Wang Han struck it with lightning, and it escaped before the girl’s parents arrived.
• Night Blade sensed Hell’s presence nearby and explained that a Dream Demon had reinforced Old Demon, while Mei Wa and Dream Demon, her former companions, were also close.

Wang Han and the others lured the Dream Demon into a trap by giving dozens of sleeping residents nightmares, then incapacitated her with a mental attack. Night Blade attacked the captured Dream Demon, whose identity and stunning appearance were revealed, while the fight remained unresolved.

• Night Blade explained that the Dream Demon had possessed the life-draining demon, making it nearly impossible to kill, and suggested luring her with people’s nightmares.
• Wang Han used illusion magic to send residents in a densely populated area into nightmares while the others cut communications and kept watch.
• The Dream Demon arrived as black smoke and fed on the nightmares, growing sluggish as she moved between homes.
• Night Blade sprang the trap, and Wang Han’s mental attack knocked the fleeing Dream Demon out of the air.
• The Dream Demon emerged from the smoke and accused Night Blade of setting her up, while Night Blade attacked her with her daggers.
• The Dream Demon’s robe tore open, revealing her identity and appearance as Kirk watched the confrontation.

Night Blade and Kirk’s team drove Dream Demon to the brink, but she joined with Old Demon and trapped the demon hunters in nightmares. Kirk and Night Blade remained together in his smoke-shrouded city as they searched for the dream flaw that could break the spell.

• Night Blade fought Dream Demon, and Kirk used the Demon Hunter’s Hand to interrupt her attempts to escape through other planes and psychic dispersal.
• Kirk, Wang Han, Little Fatty, Dean, Sam, and Night Blade pursued and wounded Dream Demon, while none of her expected demon allies came to help.
• Old Demon arrived, but Sheva used his final supernatural bullet to stop Dream Demon from possessing him immediately.
• Old Demon and Dream Demon evaded the team’s attacks, completed the possession, and used [Nightmare] to pull the demon hunters into separate dreams.
• Night Blade explained that three hunters breaking through their nightmares would end the mass dream, and Kirk saw that his own dream depicted a city covered in smoke.

Kirk resisted Dream Demon's nightmare of returning home, recognized a false memory that exposed her disguise, and attacked her. Dream Demon fled, but the linked group dream remained active, leaving Kirk and Night Blade expecting their teammates to break free.

• Dream Demon lured Kirk into a ruined version of his childhood home, where he reunited with his elderly mother and learned that his father had died.
• Kirk entered the apartment despite Night Blade's warnings, but caught his mother reaching for his neck with bone spikes.
• Kirk exposed the disguised Dream Demon by recalling that his father had never beaten him, then stabbed and wounded her with the [Demon Hunter's Hand].
• Kirk explained that Dream Demon mistook an imagined childhood dream for a real memory, likely because his resistance to Abnormal Status effects limited what she could read.
• Night Blade said the group dream would persist until enough people escaped, and Kirk predicted that their team would surprise Dream Demon.
• Thunder and fiery clouds filled the western sky as torrential rain swept across the dream world.

Kirk’s team broke Dream Demon’s illusion and escaped, then planned to exploit Old Demon’s feeding weakness and lure him with visiting schoolchildren. Dream Demon tried to warn Doctor Haidek away from the bait, but he drugged and trapped her, revealing he intended to absorb her powers and challenge the Yellow-eyed Demon and the Hell King.

• Kirk’s team shattered Dream Demon’s illusion and escaped, while Sheva showed Little Fatty that his dream girl had actually been a sow.
• Kirk’s team cornered Dream Demon and Old Demon, but Dream Demon escaped with Old Demon after Dean used a Binding Charm to pin him down.
• Kirk and the brothers found records linking Doctor Haidek to children’s deaths for more than a century, and Kirk arranged for visiting schoolchildren to serve as bait.
• Doctor Haidek watched the children from the hospital as Dream Demon warned him that the children were bait and tried to leave.
• Doctor Haidek revealed that he had drugged Dream Demon and planned to absorb her abilities so he could prey on children undetected and seize the Hell King’s throne.