Chapter Summaries

Lin Li infiltrated Chishi Prison to find his doppelganger, but discovered him dead in Cell 076 beside a mysterious woman in green who appeared to use magic. The woman vanished after filling the cell with peach-pink mist, leaving Lin Li with more questions as the prison mistook him for a ghost.

• Lin Li used his invisibility necklace and phasing ability to enter Chishi Prison, then searched a computer for Doppelganger Lin Li’s cell.
• Lin Li found strange peach-pink mist pouring from Cell 076 and saw Shanshan standing over his doppelganger’s body.
• Lin Li’s Speed Force dispersed the mist and revealed a woman in green, while his doppelganger lay dead at her feet.
• The woman filled the cell with mist and disappeared when Lin Li drew it out through the window with a tornado.
• Prisoners saw the dead doppelganger and Lin Li, called him a ghost, and Lin Li phased through the wall and escaped.

Lin Li returned to the Royal Court Hotel after investigating Chishi Prison and learned that the woman in green was the Ghost Fox Killer, a notorious superhero. He began planning to summon Doppelganger Lin Li’s soul to find the Book of Magic, while the Ghost Fox Killer’s status as a wanted criminal raised new questions about her.

• Lin Li searched for the woman in green around Chishi Prison, found no trace of her, and left without taking Doppelganger Lin Li’s corpse.
• Lin Li returned to the taxi and found Chen Luo had tied up the sleeping Constantine; they drove back to the Royal Court Hotel, where Lin Li arranged to keep hiring Chen Luo.
• Lin Li freed Constantine from the ropes, left him with the hotel security guards, and returned to his suite to prepare for the next investigation.
• Lin Li asked Shanshan 2.0 to search for the woman in green and considered having Constantine summon Doppelganger Lin Li’s soul to learn where the Book of Magic was.
• Shanshan 2.0 identified the woman in green as the Ghost Fox Killer, a superhero who hunted notorious criminals and was now a first-level wanted criminal with a one-million reward on her head.

Lin Li fabricated an identity so he could retrieve Doppelganger Lin Li’s body and continue investigating why he killed Doppelganger Shanshan. The next morning, Lin Li and Constantine set out for the Jiangxia City Public Security Bureau with Chen Luo driving, while Chen Luo mistakenly suspected Constantine was plotting to escape.

• Lin Li created false records making himself Doppelganger Lin Li’s older brother so he could retrieve the body, then listed people connected to Doppelganger Shanshan and Doppelganger Lin Li to question.
• Lin Li decided to keep investigating the killing and became interested in studying the Book of Magic before going to bed.
• Constantine awkwardly tried to befriend a woman at the Royal Court Hotel with a condom, and Lin Li criticized him when he arrived.
• Lin Li and Constantine left the hotel and got into Chen Luo’s taxi, where Constantine smiled at the driver without knowing Chen Luo had knocked him out and tied him up the previous night.
• Chen Luo misread Constantine’s smile as a scheme to escape and drove Lin Li and Constantine to the Jiangxia City Public Security Bureau.

Lin Li investigated his dead doppelganger’s belongings and searched for the Book of Magic while posing as the dead man’s older brother. After questioning Song Si, Constantine hypnotized her, and she began to recall what had happened in April.

• Zhao Dingguo questioned Lin Li about his return and accepted his explanation after Lin Li reacted with apparent shock to news of his brother’s death.
• Lin Li completed procedures to claim the doppelganger’s belongings and body, and bought a burial plot while Constantine questioned why they were avoiding a magical soul-summoning approach.
• Lin Li explained that Constantine’s soul-summoning spell might fail and that they should pursue physical evidence and other leads as well.
• Lin Li and Constantine questioned the doppelganger’s friends and coworkers, then visited Song Si, Yang Shanshan’s former business partner.
• Song Si acted nervous and said she had already told the police, so Constantine hypnotized her with a pocket watch, prompting her to begin recalling April.

Lin Li and Constantine learned from Song Si that the Book of Magic had led Doppelganger Lin Li to kill Yang Shanshan and was being used to build a supernatural realm powered by souls. Constantine planned to summon Doppelganger Lin Li’s soul and destroy the Book of Magic before its realm was complete.

• Constantine hypnotized Song Si, who recalled Yang Shanshan bringing a silver briefcase to the cake shop on April 3 and later arguing with Lin Li over who would become the sacrifice.
• Song Si said Lin Li took the briefcase after insisting he had to be the sacrifice, and Constantine explained that the Book of Magic had possessed Doppelganger Lin Li and fed on his emotions after he killed Shanshan.
• Constantine explained that the Book of Magic could use an extreme soul and harvested souls to create a realm like Heaven or Hell, and that war could provide souls in great numbers.
• Constantine released Song Si from the hypnosis, and he and Lin Li left her home and ate lunch at a hotpot and barbecue restaurant.
• Lin Li asked about Ghost Fox Killer, and Constantine speculated that the Book of Magic had controlled her because it favored powerful humans.
• Constantine told Lin Li that the Book of Magic’s realm would take three to five months to complete and said he would summon Doppelganger Lin Li’s soul, locate the Book, and destroy it once his assistant brought the magical items from Britain.

Lin Li and Constantine investigated the magic circle Doppelganger Lin Li had drawn after killing Shanshan, and Lin Li used Shanshan 2.0 to scan its lingering energy. Shanshan’s parents revealed little, but they pointed the investigators toward a mysterious Miss Qing in Building A.

• A friend told Lin Li and Constantine that Doppelganger Lin Li had drawn a sacrificial magic circle at home, and Constantine explained that Shanshan’s soul had merged with the Book of Magic.
• Lin Li released Shanshan 2.0 to search the apartment while Constantine revealed the blood-red magic circles on the wall.
• Shanshan 2.0 detected dark emotional energy in the magic circle, and Lin Li said he could use technology to reconstruct it.
• Constantine erased the magic circle, and he and Lin Li entered Huafu Residential Area disguised as Interpol investigators.
• Shanshan’s parents said she had brought a silver briefcase home on April 3 and that her behavior had changed afterward.
• Shanshan’s mother suggested they ask Miss Qing on the second floor of Building A, so Lin Li and Constantine headed there.

Lin Li and Constantine tracked the Ghost Fox Killer to a uniquely decorated apartment in Building A. After recognizing her, Lin Li smashed through her door and pinned her against the wall, declaring that he had found her.

• Lin Li and Constantine went to the second floor of Building A and found a single apartment behind a carved wooden door covered in foxes.
• The Ghost Fox Killer opened the door, and Shanshan 2.0 identified her as a ninety-five percent match for the killer.
• Lin Li noticed Constantine was entranced by the Ghost Fox Killer’s voice and distracted her with a question.
• Lin Li blasted apart the door, grabbed the Ghost Fox Killer by the throat, and slammed her against the wall.
• Lin Li confronted the pinned Ghost Fox Killer and said he had found her.

Lin Li captured Ghost Fox Killer, whose poisonous skin harmed Constantine but left Lin Li unharmed. Ghost Fox Killer questioned why Lin Li could touch her safely, while he suspected his lack of a soul might explain it and planned to ask Constantine about the magic involved.

• Lin Li smashed through a door, seized Ghost Fox Killer, and pinned her against a wall.
• Ghost Fox Killer realized that Lin Li’s touch had not killed him, despite her skin being deadly to humans.
• Constantine mistook Lin Li’s capture for an attack on a beautiful woman, then learned she was Ghost Fox Killer and tried to touch her.
• Constantine’s fingers touched Ghost Fox Killer’s skin, causing him intense soul-deep pain as he collapsed and screamed.
• Ghost Fox Killer explained that her skin had harmed Constantine and asked why Lin Li was unharmed.
• Lin Li wondered whether he had no soul and decided to ask Constantine about the magic after his pain subsided.

Lin Li interrogated Ghost Fox Killer about the Book of Magic while Constantine recovered from touching her. After Constantine revealed Lin Li’s origins, Ghost Fox Killer disclosed that the book was in the city police department’s evidence storage room.

• Constantine recovered from the pain of touching Ghost Fox Killer, and Lin Li questioned her about the Book of Magic.
• Ghost Fox Killer asked who Lin Li was and why he looked like Lin Li, but Lin Li threatened to extract her memories.
• Constantine suggested stripping Ghost Fox Killer during interrogation, and Lin Li rejected the idea as degrading.
• Ghost Fox Killer admired Lin Li’s concern for her dignity and offered to reveal the book’s location if he answered her questions.
• Constantine told Ghost Fox Killer that Lin Li came from another dimensional plane and planned to use the Book of Magic to create another paradise.
• Lin Li confirmed Constantine’s account, and Ghost Fox Killer said the Book of Magic was in a silver combination briefcase in the city police department’s evidence storage room.

Lin Li left Ghost Fox Killer with Constantine and went to the police station to retrieve the Book of Magic, but the evidence briefcase from Doppelganger Lin Li's murder case was empty. Back at Ghost Fox Killer's hideout, she woke inside Constantine's exorcism circle as a jade-green Rui Shi appeared behind him.

• Constantine suspected Ghost Fox Killer was protected by the Book of Magic, and Lin Li said they would follow their plan.
• Constantine cleared space in Ghost Fox Killer's hideout with a giant hand made of smoke, then knocked her unconscious and began preparing an exorcism circle.
• An older woman arrived and mistook Lin Li and Constantine for intruders, so Constantine hypnotized her while Lin Li bound Ghost Fox Killer and dislocated her limbs.
• Lin Li avoided surveillance cameras on his way to the city police department and entered the evidence storage room after cutting its camera feed.
• Lin Li found the silver combination briefcase from Doppelganger Lin Li's murder case, but it was empty.
• Ghost Fox Killer woke in the center of the magic circle as Constantine smiled at her and a jade-green Rui Shi appeared behind him.

Constantine used a burning cigarette butt to destroy Ghost Fox Killer’s Rui Shi, then activated a spirit-exorcising magic circle to bind her. As she summoned phantom heads from the walls and ordered them to kill him, the confrontation continued.

• Constantine tricked Rui Shi into swallowing his cigarette butt, whose fireball destroyed the construct from within.
• Constantine told Ghost Fox Killer that someone had heard her lie and checked the secret box.
• Ghost Fox Killer repaired her dislocated limbs and struggled free while Constantine began chanting over the magic circle.
• Constantine’s golden ropes bound Ghost Fox Killer and immobilized her.
• Ghost Fox Killer summoned phantom human heads from the walls and ordered them to kill Constantine.

Constantine trapped the ghosts in a condom, but Ghost Fox Killer’s magic formation tore Lin Li’s soul from its hiding place and unleashed a devastating attack. Constantine fled with Lin Li’s soul sealed in a Purple Clay Teapot, while Ghost Fox Killer collapsed and ordered the Nether Hoof Stomp to crush him.

• Constantine used his blood and a concealment spell to lure the ghosts into a condom and seal them inside.
• Ghost Fox Killer’s hair rose as the formation pulled Lin Li’s soul from the strand where she had been preserving it.
• Ghost Fox Killer summoned the Nether Hoof Stomp, and Constantine seized Lin Li’s soul in a Purple Clay Teapot before escaping through the doorway.
• The Nether Hoof Stomp’s wave pulverized the room and destroyed the formation, leaving Ghost Fox Killer vomiting blood and collapsed on her knees.
• Constantine struggled to his feet with the teapot as Ghost Fox Killer again ordered the Nether Hoof Stomp to crush him.

After Constantine explained that Ghost Fox Killer had been protecting Doppelganger Lin Li’s soul, Lin Li decided they had to clear up the misunderstanding instead of fleeing. The two prepared to stabilize the soul and use a ghost tracking Constantine to contact Ghost Fox Killer.

• Lin Li found Constantine at the Royal Court Hotel and heard how Ghost Fox Killer had attacked him while protecting Doppelganger Lin Li’s soul.
• Lin Li stopped Constantine from leaving, arguing that they needed to resolve the misunderstanding and prevent Ghost Fox Killer from joining forces with the Book of Magic.
• Constantine agreed to use dark magical alchemy to preserve the soul, and Lin Li promised to bring him its body.
• Constantine spotted one of Ghost Fox Killer’s tracking ghosts and gave Lin Li holy water eye drops so he could see it.
• Lin Li applied the eye drops and saw a thin figure in a Zhongshan suit watching Constantine by the window.

Ghost Fox Killer recovered while monitoring Constantine, then confronted Annie and demanded that she create a space where Lin Li could survive using three evil ghosts instead of his soul. As Lin Li tried to send her a message through a ghost, he said his soul had stabilized and promised to return it the next day.

• Ghost Fox Killer used a mirror to watch Constantine pack and flee, then entered a healing pod while more ghosts tracked him.
• After recovering, Ghost Fox Killer summoned Annie from the Book of Magic and slapped her when she mocked Lin Li's suffering.
• Ghost Fox Killer offered Annie three evil ghosts to fuel a space for Lin Li and threatened to destroy her if she refused.
• Ghost Fox Killer locked the Book of Magic away and saw Lin Li speaking through the mirror to a Zhongshan-suited ghost.
• Lin Li asked the ghost to tell Ghost Fox Killer that they had misunderstood each other and that Lin Li's soul was stable and would be returned tomorrow.

At STAR Labs, Barry and Cisco left for Star City to ask Green Arrow for help after Lin Li’s communications went down. Meanwhile, Lin Li went alone to meet Ghost Fox Killer, only to learn that Annie could soon become a threat to everyone in the city.

• Cisco failed to reach Lin Li, so Barry, Cisco, and Kendra headed to Star City to seek Green Arrow’s help.
• Lin Li and Constantine stabilized Doppelganger Lin Li’s soul inside a Purple Clay Teapot, and Ghost Fox Killer agreed to meet them the next day.
• Constantine disappeared before the meeting, so Lin Li carried the teapot alone to Ghost Fox Killer’s trap.
• Ghost Fox Killer accepted the teapot and explained that her plan to restrain Annie had failed, leaving Annie free to refine three evil ghosts and potentially kill everyone in the city.
• Constantine emerged from under a cloth disguised as a rock and shocked Lin Li and Ghost Fox Killer.

Lin Li, Constantine, and Ghost Fox Killer prepared a plan to destroy Annie by turning Lin Li into a spirit-like being and making him irresistible to the undead spirit. Lin Li entered the Book of Magic, leaving Ghost Fox Killer behind as Annie vanished with him.

• Lin Li, Constantine, and Ghost Fox Killer agreed on a plan to make Annie devour Lin Li and destroy herself.
• Constantine used the Spirit Transfer Array to turn Lin Li into an illusory spirit body, while Shanshan 2.0 explained that Constantine's abilities were needed to create the transformation.
• Ghost Fox Killer stabilized Lin Li in a treatment pod and used Psionic Technology to refine his body and emotions.
• Ghost Fox Killer opened the case and released Annie from the Book of Magic.
• Annie placed a spatial mark on Lin Li, and he transformed into mist and was drawn into the Book of Magic as Annie vanished.

Lin Li defeated Annie inside the Book of Magic by reclaiming control of the space she had built around his soul. After studying Constantine’s magic and Ghost Fox Killer’s Psionic Technology, Lin Li was pulled through a wormhole by Barry’s Speed Force.

• Lin Li entered Annie’s inner space and learned that she planned to use his soul as its foundation so she could become a god.
• Annie swallowed Lin Li and expanded the space, creating a sun, moon, forest, and lake as she began to absorb his soul.
• Lin Li used his will to erase Annie’s control of the space, causing her to explode into soul sparks.
• Lin Li recreated the landscape and emerged from the Book of Magic, then kept it as the entrance to his space while Constantine copied its spells.
• Lin Li studied Ghost Fox Killer’s Psionic Technology and Constantine’s magic, then Barry’s Speed Force pulled him into a wormhole.

Barry returned to the day before his failed fight with Vandal Savage and brought Lin Li with him, giving the group hope of resisting the immortal enemy. Savage demanded that they deliver Kendra and Carter to Jurgens Industries within twenty-four hours or he would destroy their city, and Lin Li stepped forward to confront him.

• Barry arrived in the past and recalled how Savage had destroyed Central City and killed everyone in the previous timeline.
• Lin Li appeared with Barry, then greeted Oliver and Malcolm and joined their attempt to negotiate with Savage.
• Savage used his presence and magic to suppress Barry, Oliver, and Malcolm, but Lin Li broke the effect and challenged him.
• Savage demanded immortality through Kendra and Carter, threatened the group and their city, and gave them twenty-four hours to bring the pair to Jurgens Industries.
• Lin Li stepped forward, cracked the ground beneath his foot, and told Savage he had scared his friends.

Lin Li, Barry, and Oliver launched a coordinated attack on Vandal Savage, but his magical shield withstood their blows and he struck back with enchanted knives. As Barry rushed to protect Oliver and Malcolm, Lin Li developed a new move against magic and unleashed a transparent crescent that halted the warehouse and filled Vandal Savage with fear.

• Lin Li stepped in to defend Barry, and Barry and Oliver declared they would protect the city from Vandal Savage.
• Lin Li struck Vandal Savage with a powerful attack, then Oliver fired an explosive arrow and Barry hurled lightning at him.
• Vandal Savage expanded his magical shield to repel both attacks, then sent enchanted knives at Oliver and Malcolm.
• Barry rushed to catch the knives, while Lin Li used his understanding of magic to create a transparent crescent that stalled everyone and threatened Vandal Savage.

Lin Li attacked Vandal Savage with a powerful Speed Force strike, but Savage escaped into a mud-and-stone duplicate. Lin Li crushed the substitute, found blood seeping from the ground, and stomped the spot, leaving Barry unsure whether Savage was dead.

• Barry's missed throwing knife struck Malcolm and reignited the battle.
• Lin Li launched a Tearing Crescent at Vandal Savage, who escaped by switching places with a mud-and-stone substitute.
• Lin Li used Freefall Strike to crush the substitute and fracture the ground around the warehouse.
• Blood seeped from a patch of ground, and Lin Li stomped it with a burst of kinetic force.
• Barry looked into the cracked pit and asked whether Vandal Savage was dead.