Chapter Summaries

Jin Shanshan learned that Xu Zhou had been connected to Bao Jiaxiu’s death and traveled with Black Sister and the others to confront her. The group reached a secluded construction site, where Jin Shanshan called Xu Zhou by name, but Xu Zhou seemed not to recognize her.

• Jin Shanshan learned from Bao Jiaxiu’s former contacts that her ex-boyfriend, Hao Zhiyi, had married a woman surnamed Xu, likely Xu Zhou, and she told Mo Xiaoling she had found her.
• The diviner used Xu Zhou’s identity and hometown to produce coordinates, and Black Sister located her residence in Zhangyang New Village, Liuhe City.
• Jin Shanshan insisted on witnessing Xu Zhou’s death, so Mo Xiaoling and Wu Qiren joined her, Black Sister, and Liu Liangwang on the trip to Qingzhou.
• Black Sister lured Xu Zhou out of her residential complex, and Liu Liangwang followed them to a quiet road beside a construction site.
• Jin Shanshan confronted the masked woman by shouting “Xu Zhou,” but Xu Zhou turned toward her and asked who she was.

Shanshan confronted Xu Zhou over Baoxiuxiu’s death and learned Xu Zhou claimed she had used a temple curse ritual without understanding its consequences. As the group stayed at a hotel, Shanshan vowed to make those responsible pay, and Mo Xiaoling promised to help her.

• Shanshan slapped Xu Zhou and accused her of cursing Baoxiuxiu to death, while Wu Qiren and Liu Liangwang tried to separate them.
• Black Sis said Xu Zhou’s ruined face was retribution, and Xu Zhou revealed that she had used a temple stall’s villain-beating ritual after discovering Hao Zhiyi had deceived her.
• Shanshan attacked Xu Zhou again after learning she had paid only twenty yuan to write down a name, then returned to the car with Wu Qiren and Mo Xiaoling.
• Black Sis decided to stay and search for the temple stall, while the others took Shanshan to a hotel to rest.
• Mo Xiaoling questioned Xu Zhou’s account and reminded Shanshan that the truth might be uncertain, but Shanshan vowed to take revenge and Mo Xiaoling agreed to help.

Shanshan decided to avenge Bao Jiaxiu by cursing Xu Zhou and Hao Zhiyi, despite Sister Hei warning her about the danger and future retribution. With Mo Xiaoling’s help, she began preparing the paper effigies, and the chapter ended as she was told to make the second one.

• Shanshan told Sister Hei she would not abandon her plan to avenge Bao Jiaxiu and Hao Zhiyi.
• Sister Hei explained a blood curse that required hatred and determination, warning Shanshan that wavering could destroy her soul and that retribution would follow.
• Wu Qiren, Liu Liangwang, and Sister Hei searched a temple for the stall while Shanshan and Mo Xiaoling waited in a teahouse.
• Mo Xiaoling gave Shanshan the materials and instructions for preparing two paper effigies.
• Shanshan covered the first effigy with cinnabar, snake blood, and locust-tree powder, then cut her arm and dripped her blood onto it until it vanished in red mist.
• Mo Xiaoling reminded Shanshan that she still had one more effigy to prepare.

Shanshan used the curse Black Sis taught her to attack Xu Zhou and Hao Zhiyi, while hiding her plans from Wu Qiren. As the pair began dying in Xu Zhou’s home, a child emerged from a bedroom and called for his parents.

• Shanshan completed the blood-paper ritual and kept her actions secret from Wu Qiren despite Mo Xiaoling urging her to be honest.
• Black Sis took Shanshan and Mo Xiaoling to Xu Zhou’s home, where she used a stolen key to let them inside.
• Shanshan recognized Xu Zhou and her cousin’s ex-boyfriend, Hao Zhiyi, and Black Sis explained that Shanshan’s hatred could control them.
• Shanshan’s hatred made Xu Zhou choke herself and Hao Zhiyi stab himself repeatedly until both collapsed, still continuing their actions.
• A bedroom door opened, and a sleepy child came out calling, “Mommy, Daddy...”

Shanshan avenged her cousin by killing Xu Zhou and Hao Zhiyi with magic, but Xu Zhou also killed her child when Shanshan’s hatred resurfaced. Back at the hotel, Shanshan defended her choice to Wu Qiren, while the narrator grew suspicious that Black Sister and Mo Xiaoling had ulterior plans for her.

• The child woke and ran to Xu Zhou, prompting Mo Xiaoling to remind Shanshan of how she had reacted to her cousin Bao Jiaxiu’s death.
• Shanshan’s hatred surged again, and Xu Zhou strangled the child; Black Sister absorbed the yin energy released from Xu Zhou and the child.
• Mo Xiaoling told Shanshan she had avenged her cousin, then helped her return to the hotel with Black Sister.
• Wu Qiren confronted the women about taking Shanshan to get revenge, but Shanshan said the decision had been hers.
• Liu Liangwang privately questioned Black Sister and Mo Xiaoling, who said they feared Shanshan would use a cleaver and believed revenge would help her move on.
• The narrator suspected Black Sister and Mo Xiaoling were hiding their real intentions, but the women went to bed without revealing anything.

Jin Shanshan collapsed emotionally after using a curse to kill Xu Zhou and Hao Zhiyi, and Black Sis said the curse's consequences would come later. The group then chose Guangyuan Mountain Resort as their next target after Jin Shanshan found an account of ghost sightings there.

• Wu Qiren woke and found Jin Shanshan unresponsive, then summoned Black Sis, Mo Xiaoling, and Liu Liangwang for help.
• Black Sis used a spell to unblock Jin Shanshan's soul and warned that the curse's consequences would still come, though not immediately.
• Jin Shanshan apologized to Wu Qiren as she cried, while Liu Liangwang worried over her and Black Sis reassured him.
• Time sped up through Jin Shanshan and Wu Qiren's repeated breakups, reconciliations, and arguments, leaving lasting damage to their relationship.
• Mo Xiaoling named Guangyuan Mountain Resort as the group's next target, and Jin Shanshan read an account describing ghost sightings and strange encounters there.

Shanshan read a post recounting strange animal behavior and deaths at Guangyuan Mountain Resort, including a warning from a parrot and the later disappearance of the man in Villa No. 4. After Mo Xiaoling connected the resort to Guangyuan Highway, the group wondered whether the ghost there was dangerous and asked the diviner to predict what might happen.

• Shanshan read that a guest in Villa No. 5 had died from a sudden, severe allergic reaction after other guests suffered milder allergies.
• The post described how the pets of the resident in Villa No. 4 became agitated around certain villas, and a parrot warned Shanshan's brother that everyone would die.
• Shanshan read that her family left the resort, and the man in Villa No. 4 later went missing there before his remains were found on a highway with the same name as the resort.
• Mo Xiaoling connected Guangyuan Mountain Resort with Guangyuan Highway, and Liu Liangwang asked whether the ghost was dangerous.
• Mo Xiaoling suggested they would be safe at the resort if they had been safe on the highway, then asked the diviner to predict what would happen.

Jin Shanshan and the others prepared to travel to Guangyuan Mountain Resort after a tarot reading unsettled her and the fortune-teller, Lan Jiayan. The narrator discovered that every card Lan Jiayan drew turned into the Chariot reversed, and the chapter ended with the group traveling toward the resort.

• The fortune-teller dealt tarot cards, and Jin Shanshan drew the Chariot reversed while Lan Jiayan drew the Knight of Wands upright and promised to protect her.
• Jin Shanshan booked flights and a hotel for the group, and the narrator followed Lan Jiayan to his room.
• Lan Jiayan repeatedly drew cards and found that every card in his deck appeared as the Chariot reversed.
• Jin Shanshan returned to collect Lan Jiayan's ID and say goodbye before leaving with Mo Xiaoling.
• The narrator saw the group board a plane, arrive, and drive a rental car along the highway toward Guangyuan Mountain Resort.

On the way to Guangyuan Mountain, Shanshan and the others picked up Brother Bao, Blackie's experienced mountain guide, after Shanshan's memories revealed the supplies he had requested. A tire burst near Sanghua Township, and the group went looking for help in a village where they struggled to understand the locals.

• The narrator noticed the date was May 7, 2021, the year Shanshan had gone missing, and wondered who the sixth traveler had been.
• Blackie changed the route to Sanghua Township, where the group met Brother Bao, who agreed to guide them through the abandoned resort's wilderness.
• Shanshan's memories showed that Blackie had contacted Brother Bao earlier and had Shanshan buy the survival supplies he requested.
• A tire burst less than twenty minutes after the group followed Brother Bao, and they discovered their SUV had no spare.
• Brother Bao and Blackie stayed with the vehicles while Shanshan, Liu Liangwang, Mo Xiaoling, and the fortune-teller went into the village to find a tire shop.
• The four returned to the township government office unable to understand the local's directions or heavily accented speech.

After locals in Sanghua Township stole Jin Shanshan and Mo Xiaoling’s phones and mocked the group, the fortune-teller led everyone away. As they continued toward Guangyuan Mountain, the narrator grew increasingly suspicious of Brother Leopard, Black Sister, Mo Xiaoling, and the route they had taken.

• A local stole Jin Shanshan’s phone, and the group discovered that the convenience store’s goods were decades old and township officials and residents would not communicate with them in Mandarin.
• A boy stole Mo Xiaoling’s phone while the surrounding locals laughed, so the fortune-teller urged everyone to leave Sanghua Township.
• Liu Liangwang told Brother Leopard and Black Sister what had happened, and they agreed to report the thefts and take their belongings in Brother Leopard’s car.
• The fortune-teller contacted the police and rental company while Jin Shanshan and Mo Xiaoling secured their accounts and canceled their SIM cards.
• Brother Leopard stopped before the provincial highway, and the narrator retraced their route and began suspecting that the group’s detour and the others’ behavior were deliberate.

After her phone was stolen in Sanghua Township, Jin Shanshan received threatening messages and doctored images of her cousin Bao Jiaxiu. Enraged, she ignored Mo Xiaoling and Hei-jie's attempts to stop her and returned to Sanghua Township in an unlicensed car.

• Leopard drove the group to Gangbo, where Jin Shanshan and Mo Xiaoling bought replacement phones and went to the bank to deal with their accounts.
• Jin Shanshan received messages mocking her and showing doctored images of Bao Jiaxiu, including a fake nude photo and a threat to post it online unless she paid three thousand by eight that evening.
• Jin Shanshan decided to return to Sanghua Township, but Mo Xiaoling and Hei-jie tried to stop her.
• Jin Shanshan called the blackmailer, learned about unlicensed cars at the bus station, and set off for Sanghua Township alone.
• Jin Shanshan found an unlicensed car, and the narrator watched uneasily as it carried her back to Sanghua Township.

Jin Shanshan returned to Sanghua Township to recover her phone, but the townspeople captured and imprisoned her. Black Sis and Mo Xiaoling arrived, and Mo Xiaoling revealed the deadly cost of her power before ordering Jin Shanshan’s death.

• Jin Shanshan entered Sanghua Township, where the townspeople tripped her, seized her, and locked her in a dark room.
• The narrator waited outside as the townspeople dispersed, then heard a car arrive about two hours later.
• Black Sis and Mo Xiaoling entered the township government building and had Jin Shanshan brought out.
• Mo Xiaoling explained that she had to show others the death scenes she saw or suffer the victims’ pain, and described how her family died after seeing those scenes.
• Mo Xiaoling told Jin Shanshan it was time for her to die, and Black Sis moved to act.

Black Sister and Mo Xiaoling forced Jin Shanshan to endure the pain of deaths she had witnessed before having Xu Zhou and Hao Zhiyi kill her. Jin Shanshan became a powerful evil spirit, devoured the ghosts Black Sister set against her, and ultimately entered Black Sister’s body.

• Black Sister released Xu Zhou and Hao Zhiyi, while Mo Xiaoling used her ability to make Jin Shanshan experience the pain of the deaths she had witnessed and warned her that Wu Qiren would suffer if she died.
• After Jin Shanshan endured the visions, Xu Zhou and Hao Zhiyi strangled her to death, unleashing a powerful wave of yin energy.
• Jin Shanshan’s ghost devoured Xu Zhou and Hao Zhiyi, then attacked Black Sister and Mo Xiaoling before Black Sister sent a bald, muscular ghost to fight her.
• Jin Shanshan tore out and ate the bald ghost’s heart, regenerated her arm, and consumed the ghost until nothing remained.
• Black Sister called to Jin Shanshan, who turned into a red flash and flew into Black Sister’s body.

Black Sis and Mo Xiaoling left the village with Jin Shanshan’s corpse after the villagers insisted they take it, while the narrator suspected the villagers were involved in human trafficking. On the road, Black Sis learned the former village chief had defied her prediction that his eighth son would die, and she refused to return until the family had left.

• Black Sis negotiated with the shop owner, who revealed the villagers’ concern that outsiders might report them and insisted she take Jin Shanshan’s body.
• Black Sis agreed to leave with the corpse after the woman holding a child stood her ground, and the villagers loaded the body into a body bag and placed it in the car.
• Black Sis and Mo Xiaoling drove away, and Mo Xiaoling told her that Liu Liangwang’s group had not found anyone either.
• The shop owner called Black Sis and explained that the former village chief had arranged for his eighth son to be born through artificial insemination and had sent him to be raised in the village.
• Black Sis said the child would not survive despite a ritual meant to defy fate, then told the shop owner she would not return until the family had left.

The narrator watched Black Sis and Mo Xiaoling conceal Jin Shanshan’s death while the others gave up searching for her. Black Sis and Mo Xiaoling headed to the abandoned farm outside People's Celebration City with Jin Shanshan’s body, where the narrator sensed something ominous.

• Black Sis and Mo Xiaoling discussed where to dispose of Jin Shanshan’s body and chose the abandoned farm near People's Celebration City.
• Mo Xiaoling persuaded Liu Liangwang and the others to stop searching, while Black Sis offered to contact someone who could summon Jin Shanshan’s soul.
• Black Sis contacted Bai 82, who said he was in People's Celebration City, and she and Mo Xiaoling set out to find him.
• Leopard Bro asked Black Sis whether she had killed Jin Shanshan, received no answer, and drove away.
• Black Sis and Mo Xiaoling took Jin Shanshan’s body to the abandoned farm, where the narrator sensed something ominous.

Blackie and Mo Xiaoling discovered a deadly presence at the abandoned farm while trying to dispose of Jin Shanshan’s corpse, and Jin Shanshan’s ghost attacked them. After the women escaped, Jin Shanshan returned to the bungalow, found her broken bracelet, and vanished, ending the narrator’s dream.

• Blackie and Mo Xiaoling carried Jin Shanshan’s body into the grass and found the bungalow on the abandoned farm.
• Blackie released Jin Shanshan’s ghost into the bungalow, but Mo Xiaoling sensed a death scene and warned Blackie to flee.
• Jin Shanshan’s corpse tore out of the body bag, ran into Mo Xiaoling, and slashed her eye.
• Blackie sent another ghost to fight Jin Shanshan, then fled with Mo Xiaoling as Jin Shanshan swallowed the ghost.
• Jin Shanshan returned to the bungalow, found her broken bracelet, and disappeared, waking the narrator from the dream.

The narrator told Wu Ling about the red-glowing woman in the dream, and Wu Ling identified her as a member of the Five Colors Sect, a family that raised ghosts through cruelty and murder. Wu Ling promised to investigate the fortune-teller, then interpreted the cards he drew for Jin Shanshan as signs of travel, leaving the narrator unsure whether his offer to help had meant anything.

• The narrator told Wu Ling about the dream, and Wu Ling said the woman with the red glow belonged to the Five Colors Sect.
• Wu Ling explained how the sect's founding family had raised ghosts by tormenting people and had continued the practice through generations.
• The narrator asked whether the supernatural world would deal with the sect's crimes against Sister Hei and Mo Xiaoling, and Wu Ling assured him that people would act.
• Wu Ling said she would ask around about the fortune-teller and have Nangong investigate him.
• The narrator described the fortune-teller's tarot cards, and Wu Ling interpreted the four Wands cards as representing travel.
• The narrator wondered whether the fortune-teller's promise to help Jin Shanshan had been empty.

After learning that Black Sister and Mo Xiaoling had died, the narrator dreamed through Mo Xiaoling’s final escape from the abandoned farm. The dream revealed that the women had encountered a group of zombies and ended as a new surge of yin energy appeared.

• The narrator told Shouzi and Guo Yujie about Jin Shanshan’s fate and hoped paranormal investigators would deal with Black Sister and Mo Xiaoling.
• Wu Ling told the narrator that Black Sister, whose real name was Tang Ying, and Mo Xiaoling had both died more than a year earlier, possibly after facing backlash and zombies at the abandoned farm.
• The narrator went to sleep and found himself experiencing Mo Xiaoling’s memories and sensations as she and Black Sister fled through darkness.
• Black Sister recognized that the zombies were being made through corpse-refining, while Mo Xiaoling’s eyes bled and left her unable to see.
• Black Sister dragged Mo Xiaoling onward, then vomited blood and admitted that her last means of fighting was gone.
• A fresh surge of yin energy appeared as Black Sister and Mo Xiaoling remained trapped among the zombies.

Blind Mo Xiaoling followed Black Sis through a strange place where they could not find a way out, while secretly killing members of her group to redistribute the deadly side effects of her death scenes. The chapter ended as Black Sis stopped again and began using her ghost, leaving Mo Xiaoling unsure what she was doing.

• Black Sis led Mo Xiaoling through the grass after a monster roared, then warned that something was wrong with the place and they might not escape.
• Mo Xiaoling calculated that her death would pass accumulated death-scene side effects from one person to another until everyone affected died.
• Mo Xiaoling began targeting members of her group, and each target died after mistaking their own delusions for a ghost.
• Black Sis told Mo Xiaoling that her phone had no signal and continued leading her through the darkness.
• Mo Xiaoling killed more than ten people while they wandered, and the narrator could not locate her to attack.
• Black Sis stopped again and made the ghost's yin energy fluctuate as Mo Xiaoling demanded to know what she was doing.

Mo Xiaoling and Blackie escaped the abandoned farm after Blackie defeated the ghost, but Mo Xiaoling was blind and Blackie was gravely weakened. As they waited for help, Blackie's question about why Mo Xiaoling chose the farm stirred a memory of a fortune-teller.

• Blackie collapsed after the ghost disappeared, and Mo Xiaoling found blood on her face before helping her stand.
• Blackie guided Mo Xiaoling out of the farm and to their car, where Mo Xiaoling slowly reversed onto the road while blind.
• Blackie called someone in Minqing for help and told Mo Xiaoling that ordinary hospitals could not fix her eyes or Blackie's body.
• Blackie asked why Mo Xiaoling had chosen the abandoned farm to dump the body, and Mo Xiaoling remembered visiting a fortune-teller.