Chapter Summaries

Zhang Yuanqing reported his Sheling Tunnel experience, including Lady of Three Paths Mountain's awakening, prompting Taiyi Sect to recognize the importance of the discovery. As he studied the Five Elements Alliance's profession records, he noticed that his Night Wanderer mark did not match the description.

• Zhang Yuanqing described clearing the Mountain God Temple while concealing details about his special items, then revealed that Lady of Three Paths Mountain had awakened.
• Li Dongze explained how Spirit Realm dungeons changed when items were removed or lost, and concluded that the awakened lady could transform the Mountain God Temple or create a new high-level dungeon.
• Elder Sun learned that Zhang Yuanqing had cleared Sheling Tunnel and faced angry calls over turning away a talented Night Wanderer; after reading Fu Qingyang's strategy report, he hurried to inform the Sect Master about the awakened ancient Day Wanderer.
• Zhang Yuanqing studied the Alliance's Spirit Realm and profession guides, learned that overseas Spirit Realm Walkers existed, and found that his black full-moon mark differed from the Night Wanderer's listed black crescent.

Zhang Yuanqing learned that the Temple of the Lady of Three Paths Mountain was based on a real historical site, while Yuan Ting attended a Taiyi Sect gathering where the sect revealed that the Demon Lord had died and ordered Night Wanderers to find the unknown successor. The successor was identified by a black full-moon profession mark and an unusual Role Card reward, traits Zhang Yuanqing possessed.

• Zhang Yuanqing searched the forum and discovered that the Temple of the Lady of Three Paths Mountain had a historical record, then asked Guan Ya whether its legendary figure could have been real.
• Guan Ya explained that Spirit Realm settings drew on real locations but existed as separate constructions, easing Zhang Yuanqing's fear that the Lady could pursue him in reality.
• Yuan Ting traveled to the Capital City for a confidential Taiyi Sect meeting and told fellow captains that a newcomer had cleared Sheling Tunnel after Fu Qingyang recruited him for the Five Elements Alliance.
• Crimson Sun Executioner announced that the Demon Lord had died, but his Role Card had not returned to the Spirit Realm, and ordered the Night Wanderers to search for his successor.
• Crimson Sun Executioner said the successor had a black full-moon profession mark and received a Role Card reward unavailable to ordinary Night Wanderers.

Zhang Yuanqing rode to class at Songhai University while the Five Elements Alliance investigated the murders of Zhao Yingjun and Liu Xiao'e. The team leaders suspected a powerful Spirit Realm Walker had targeted Zhao Yingjun for information, but their usual Night Wanderer was away in the capital, leaving them to rely on another Night Wanderer.

• Zhang Yuanqing reached Songhai University by bike and joked with Li Lesheng and another student about Xu Yingying before class began.
• Li Dongze and Guan Ya examined the hotel room where Zhao Yingjun and Liu Xiao'e had been killed and found evidence that Zhao Yingjun had been tortured.
• Li Dongze briefed the Kangyang District team leaders on the murders and the masked killer seen entering and leaving the hotel room.
• The team leaders considered whether an Evil Profession Spirit Realm Walker was responsible and discussed Zhao Yingjun's mistresses and what the killer might have learned from him.
• Big Muscle Tyrant proposed having Yuan Ting devour Zhao Yingjun's spirit, but Fu Qingyang explained that Yuan Ting was in the capital for a Taiyi Sect meeting.
• Li Dongze assured the team leaders that they had another Night Wanderer of their own.

Zhang Yuanqing was summoned to the Kangyang District Spirit Realm team to devour murdered colleague Zhao Yingjun’s spirit and recover his final memories. He identified the killer as a scarred man who had demanded the Holy Grail and the Roster, but the memory ended before revealing what happened to the woman.

• Li Dongze contacted Zhang Yuanqing and asked him to use his Night Wanderer ability to read Zhao Yingjun’s spirit.
• Guan Ya picked Zhang Yuanqing up at Songhai University and drove him to the public security bureau’s morgue.
• Zhang Yuanqing drew out Zhao Yingjun’s spirit and devoured it to access the dead man’s final memories.
• Zhang Yuanqing saw a scarred killer threaten Zhao Yingjun with a Willow Blade and demand the Holy Grail and the Roster.
• The killer stabbed Zhao Yingjun, then dragged a sobbing woman away as the memory ended.

Zhang Yuanqing recovered the killer’s appearance and learned that Ou Xiangrong had interrogated Zhao Yingjun about the Holy Grail and the Roster. The authorities identified Ou Xiangrong and began organizing a manhunt, while Li Dongze suspected he would remain in Songhai.

• Zhang Yuanqing described the killer as a burly man with a scar on his left cheek and recalled that the killer had assaulted Zhao Yingjun’s mistress before killing her.
• Zhang Yuanqing told Li Dongze and Guan Ya that Ou Xiangrong had demanded to know where the Holy Grail and the Roster were, though Zhao Yingjun’s memories offered no explanation of the items.
• Guan Ya took Zhang Yuanqing to the technical department, where staff produced a facial composite and matched it to Ou Xiangrong, a former inmate from Wu City who had disappeared after his release.
• Guan Ya sent Zhang Yuanqing back to campus and warned him to stay out of the manhunt, while Li Dongze shared Ou Xiangrong’s information with the local Spirit Walker teams.
• Li Dongze ordered the teams to coordinate with the police and prepare to search for Ou Xiangrong, then told his colleagues that he believed Ou Xiangrong would not leave Songhai.

Zhang Yuanqing went to a hospital hoping to gain experience, while the Kangyang District team fought the dangerous Bewitching Demon Ou Xiangrong and failed to capture him. After seeing a wanted notice for Ou Xiangrong, Zhang Yuanqing decided he could use the Red Dancing Shoes to track him.

• At dinner, Jiang Yu'er told Grandmother about rumors of a ghost at her hospital, and Zhang Yuanqing dismissed the story as nonsense.
• Zhang Yuanqing left home for a nearby hospital to devour spirits and gain experience, but found no relevant information about the dangers of the practice on the Spirit Realm Walker forum.
• The Kangyang District team ambushed Ou Xiangrong, but despite wounding him, they could not stop him from escaping.
• Zhang Yuanqing saw the newly posted wanted notice for Ou Xiangrong and realized he could use the Red Dancing Shoes to track him by following blood or tissue left at the fight.

Zhang Yuanqing went to Songhai Pulmonary Hospital to absorb spirits and gain experience, but each spirit’s memories and emotions affected him in unexpected ways. After a fourth spirit’s memories nearly overwhelmed him, he woke in the emergency department and fled to wash his face.

• Zhang Yuanqing chose to keep the Red Dancing Shoes secret and went to the hospital to improve his strength by absorbing spirits.
• Zhang Yuanqing absorbed an old man’s spirit, learned of his regret over smoking, and gained 0.5% experience.
• Zhang Yuanqing absorbed an overworked father’s spirit and was overwhelmed by the man’s grief and confusion about his life.
• Zhang Yuanqing absorbed a woman’s spirit, experienced her affair and death, and noticed her memories had influenced his thoughts and desires.
• Zhang Yuanqing absorbed a young man’s spirit and cut off the memory after discovering the man’s friend was his lover; he awoke in fear and rushed to the restroom.

After Fu Qingyang ordered a citywide hunt for the corrupted Bewitching Demon Ou Xiangrong, Zhang Yuanqing spotted him at the university with Xu Yingying. The chapter left Zhang recognizing that Xu Yingying appeared to be held under duress.

• Zhang Yuanqing reflected on the spiritual contamination and gains he had received from devouring spirits.
• Fu Qingyang reprimanded the search team for failing to capture Ou Xiangrong and ordered them to find him within three days, while revealing he would join the hunt.
• Li Dongze explained that Fu Qingyang’s threat to send the team back to training camp was also a promise to take responsibility for the failure.
• Guan Ya rejected the prospect of an arranged marriage and considered transferring teams, but said she wanted to keep watching a new team member.
• Zhang Yuanqing agreed to attend a weekend mixer with Li Lesheng and heard classmates discuss public order officers questioning Xu Yingying.
• Zhang Yuanqing spotted Ou Xiangrong at the university with Xu Yingying and realized the man seemed to be holding her against her will.

Zhang Yuanqing followed Ou Xiangrong into Songhai University’s underground garage and attacked to stop him from killing Xu Yingying. After being badly outmatched, Zhang Yuanqing brought out the Red Dancing Shoes, which challenged Ou Xiangrong to dance.

• Zhang Yuanqing found that Li Dongze and Guan Ya were unreachable, so he called Wang Tai and learned that Ou Xiangrong was wounded but still dangerous.
• Zhang Yuanqing followed Ou Xiangrong and Xu Yingying into the underground garage using Night Roaming after Ou Xiangrong began choking Xu Yingying and demanded information about the Holy Grail and the Roster.
• Ou Xiangrong sensed Zhang Yuanqing’s attack, threw Xu Yingying aside, and struck Zhang Yuanqing with a knee before Zhang Yuanqing escaped into Night Roaming again.
• Ou Xiangrong threatened to find and kill Zhang Yuanqing’s family, while Zhang Yuanqing hid and planned to use the Red Dancing Shoes against him.
• Zhang Yuanqing summoned the Red Dancing Shoes, and Ou Xiangrong saw a prompt asking him to march in place to dance.

Zhang Yuanqing and the Red Dancing Shoes defeated Ou Xiangrong in the underground parking garage, and Zhang Yuanqing collected the killer’s weapon and learned the shoes demanded a dance each time he used them. He finished dancing before Li Dongze, Guan Ya, and a group of armed Spirit Realm Walkers arrived.

• Ou Xiangrong tried to suppress the Red Dancing Shoes with his blood but was unable to harm them, while Zhang Yuanqing waited for a chance to ambush him.
• Zhang Yuanqing struck Ou Xiangrong with the Demon Subduing Pestle, and they shattered the Bronze Waist Token that had shielded him.
• Ou Xiangrong used Bewitch on Zhang Yuanqing, but the Red Dancing Shoes forced Zhang Yuanqing into a split to evade the Willow Blade, and the pestle’s purification broke the spell.
• Zhang Yuanqing stabbed Ou Xiangrong in the chest, then returned from Night Roaming to deflect the Willow Blade aimed at Xu Yingying as the Red Dancing Shoes killed Ou Xiangrong.
• Zhang Yuanqing received Moral Value and Reputation, searched Ou Xiangrong’s body, and claimed the Bloodthirsty Blade without adding it to his Inventory.
• Zhang Yuanqing danced when the Red Dancing Shoes warned they would hunt him if he refused, then saw Li Dongze and Guan Ya arrive with armed Spirit Realm Walkers.

Zhang Yuanqing revealed that he had killed Ou Xiangrong, astonishing the team leaders who arrived at the underground parking garage. As the officials took the corpse for Spirit Inquiry and the team leaders left, Guan Ya drove Zhang Yuanqing away to delete the surveillance footage and warned him to protect his rule-based item and watch for rivals trying to recruit him.

• Li Dongze, Guan Ya, and the other Spirit Realm Walkers arrived and found Zhang Yuanqing alive beside Xu Yingying, who was unconscious.
• Zhang Yuanqing told the team leaders that he had killed Ou Xiangrong, and Tang Guoqiang retrieved Ou Xiangrong's corpse from behind a car.
• White Dragon confirmed the corpse's identity, while Li Dongze praised Zhang Yuanqing and redirected questions about the kill.
• Tang Guoqiang warned that Ou Xiangrong's contaminated spirit could be dangerous, but Li Dongze decided Zhang Yuanqing should help with Spirit Inquiry.
• Green Vine offered to treat Zhang Yuanqing, and the team leaders exchanged contact information before Li Dongze took them away with Ou Xiangrong's body.
• Guan Ya drove Zhang Yuanqing to delete the surveillance footage and advised him to conceal his rule-based item, while Li Dongze called Centurion Fu to report Ou Xiangrong's death.

After Yuanshi Tianzun killed Ou Xiangrong, he devoured the Bewitching Demon's spirit and discovered memories linking the Fallen Holy Grail and the Roster to the Spirit Energy Society. Li Dongze recognized the revelation as a major incident and alerted the squad leaders.

• Li Dongze told Fu Qingyang that Yuanshi Tianzun had killed Ou Xiangrong, earning praise and a promise of merit for the squad.
• Li Dongze explained the mental contamination caused by devouring spirits, and Yuanshi Tianzun used the Demon Subduing Pestle to purify himself while absorbing Ou Xiangrong's memories.
• Yuanshi Tianzun saw that Judge of Ghostly Eyes had given Ou Xiangrong wine from the Holy Grail, then learned that Black Impermanence had escaped with the Fallen Holy Grail and the Roster.
• Yuanshi Tianzun experienced Ou Xiangrong's painful memories of being bullied and realized how they had shaped the man's violence.
• Li Dongze explained the origins of Evil Profession users and the protection reputation could offer against attacks from allied Spirit Realm Walkers.
• Yuanshi Tianzun reported the revelations from Ou Xiangrong's memories, and Li Dongze ran out of the morgue shouting that they had a major incident.

Li Dongze revealed that Ou Xiangrong and Zhao Yingjun had served Judge of Ghostly Eyes, whose death left Black Impermanence hiding in Songhai with the Fallen Holy Grail and a roster of enslaved Spirit Realm Walkers. After the squad leaders prepared for the fallout, Yuan Ting told Fu Qingyang that the Demon Lord was dead and asked to question Zhang Yuanqing, who finished his report on Ou Xiangrong and looked forward to attending meetings.

• Li Dongze told the squad leaders that the Fallen Holy Grail belonged to Judge of Ghostly Eyes and could enslave Spirit Realm Walkers.
• Li Dongze explained that Judge of Ghostly Eyes had died, while Black Impermanence hid in Songhai with the Holy Grail and a roster of the fallen.
• Fu Qingyang canceled leave, ordered the squad leaders to stay ready, and praised Zhang Yuanqing for killing Ou Xiangrong.
• Yuan Ting told Fu Qingyang that the Demon Lord was dead and asked permission to question Zhang Yuanqing as a possible successor.
• Zhang Yuanqing wrote his report by emphasizing Ou Xiangrong's impaired state, planned to use the Bloodthirsty Blade, and eagerly agreed to attend future meetings after Guan Ya mentioned Bunny Girls.

Yuan Ting reported Judge of Ghostly Eyes's death and Black Impermanence's disappearance, while a masked subordinate received orders to help the Five Elements Alliance search for Black Impermanence. Zhang Yuanqing recovered and joined his family for dinner, where the evening ended with a baby clinging to Jiang Yu'er's leg.

• Yuan Ting told Jian Ji that Judge of Ghostly Eyes had died and Black Impermanence had gone into hiding with the Holy Grail and the Roster.
• A masked subordinate used a blood ritual to report that the Five Elements Alliance was searching for Black Impermanence, and the voice ordered him to assist secretly.
• Zhang Yuanqing woke after recovering from his exertion and joined his family for dinner.
• Zhang Yuanqing's uncle joked about his cousin bringing a boyfriend home, prompting Grandmother to threaten him.
• Chen Yuanjun told the family about a criminal entering Zhang Yuanqing's school, and Jiang Yu'er arrived home with a baby clinging to her leg.

Zhang Yuanqing discovered that an Infant Spirit had followed Aunt-in-law home and learned that it was a valuable Spirit Servant with the ability to affect people’s senses. He named it Little Doubi and tested its ability on his uncle, ending the family dinner in laughter and confusion.

• Zhang Yuanqing spotted an Infant Spirit clinging to Aunt-in-law and saw it wake, crawl toward the food, and wail when it could not grab any.
• Zhang Yuanqing fed the Infant Spirit Lunar Power and learned from the Five Elements Alliance forum that it was likely a refined Spirit Servant with a special ability.
• Zhang Yuanqing realized the Infant Spirit had caused Aunt-in-law to lose her sense of smell and taste, and suspected that its former master was connected to her hospital.
• Zhang Yuanqing decided to tell his Squad Leader about the Spirit Servant and named it Little Doubi.
• Zhang Yuanqing placed Little Doubi on his uncle to test its ability, and his uncle unexpectedly started making baby sounds while Little Doubi joked about jianbing guozi.

Zhang Yuanqing tamed Little Doubi and learned that its Exchange ability could trade physical functions between people, while he could also redirect negative effects to it. At work, he met Yuan Ting, a Taiyi Sect captain who wanted to speak with him privately, but the chapter ended before their interview began.

• Zhang Yuanqing used Lunar Power to make Little Doubi his Spirit Servant and discovered its Exchange ability and his power to transfer harmful effects to it.
• Zhang Yuanqing tried to teach Little Doubi about brushing its teeth, but the Infant Spirit did not understand him.
• Li Dongze called Zhang Yuanqing to work because Yuan Ting, a Level 3 Night Wanderer from the Taiyi Sect, wanted to question him.
• Zhang Yuanqing met Yuan Ting, exchanged pleasantries with him, and agreed to speak privately in the conference room.
• After Guan Ya joked about his horoscope, Zhang Yuanqing went to the conference room and knocked on the door.

Zhang Yuanqing learned that the Taiyi Sect was searching for the Demon Lord’s successor and realized his own Role Card matched the successor’s traits. He concealed the truth from Yuan Ting, passed the screening, and prepared to report to Li Dongze without revealing his Spirit Servant.

• Yuan Ting told Zhang Yuanqing that the Demon Lord was a notorious fallen Night Wanderer and described the two traits that identified his successor: a full-moon mark and an exclusive Role Card reward.
• Zhang Yuanqing realized that his Role Card had both traits, but used the Infant Spirit to resist Yuan Ting’s command flag and claimed his mark was a crescent and that he had no exclusive reward.
• Yuan Ting accepted Zhang Yuanqing’s answers, warned that the Taiyi Sect might conduct more checks, and asked him to report anyone who matched the successor’s traits.
• Yuan Ting exchanged contact details with Zhang Yuanqing, explained that he would soon enter another Spirit Realm dungeon, and confirmed that Solar Power was a later Night Wanderer skill.
• Zhang Yuanqing went to Li Dongze’s office to report on his aunt’s hospital situation while planning to conceal Little Doubi and his Spirit Servant.

Zhang Yuanqing asked Li Dongze to investigate Lei Yibing and reported the Infant Spirit case, then joined Guan Ya at Pingtai Hospital to search for the person who had been refining spirits. He used Little Doubi as bait, but it crawled toward his aunt while Guan Ya was speaking with her.

• Zhang Yuanqing asked Li Dongze to investigate Lei Yibing’s case and college connections, and Li Dongze agreed to contact colleagues in Jiangnan Province.
• Zhang Yuanqing reported the Infant Spirit haunting while concealing Little Doubi’s existence, and Li Dongze assigned Guan Ya to accompany him on the investigation.
• Guan Ya outlined a plan to investigate Pingtai Hospital’s haunting reports and pregnancy records while Zhang Yuanqing searched for spirits.
• Guan Ya began questioning a doctor in the obstetrics and gynecology department while Zhang Yuanqing summoned Little Doubi in a stairwell to lure the culprit out.
• Zhang Yuanqing discovered that the doctor speaking with Guan Ya was his aunt, then watched Little Doubi crawl toward her.

Zhang Yuanqing and Guan Ya investigated the hospital hauntings and discovered that the Infant Spirit was the deceased nephew of Wang Qian, a Musician affiliated with Stop-Killing Palace. After agreeing to verify Wang Qian’s account, Zhang Yuanqing secretly kept the spirit with him, then received a call from Li Dongze asking him to stay for another assignment.

• Zhang Yuanqing followed the Infant Spirit to Wang Qian’s consultation room and identified him as the suspected source of the hospital hauntings.
• Guan Ya and Zhang Yuanqing confronted Wang Qian, whose song briefly overwhelmed Zhang Yuanqing before Guan Ya knocked him down and announced his arrest.
• Wang Qian explained that the Infant Spirit was his sister’s baby, who died after an emergency C-section and became a spirit through an item he had borrowed from Stop-Killing Palace.
• Guan Ya checked Wang Qian’s identity and said the Five Elements Alliance would verify his story; she and Zhang Yuanqing then left, and Zhang Yuanqing secretly returned the Infant Spirit to his body.
• At the office, Zhang Yuanqing filed a deliberately padded report and decided to keep the Infant Spirit rather than let him disappear.
• Li Dongze called Zhang Yuanqing near quitting time and told him to stay because he needed his help with something.

Zhang Yuanqing performed Spirit Inquiry on a dead Voodoo Master and uncovered the Spirit Energy Society’s plan to find Black Impermanence. The memory ended as the dead man’s Deacon began revealing the identities of Black Impermanence’s hidden subordinates.

• Li Dongze asked Zhang Yuanqing to perform Spirit Inquiry on a Level 3 Voodoo Master because Taiyi Sect’s Night Wanderer refused to take the risk.
• Zhang Yuanqing met Li Yuanfang and the Fenghui District Second Team, then assured them he could handle the dangerous spirit.
• Li Dongze explained the Voodoo Master’s abilities and the circumstances of his death before Zhang Yuanqing summoned and devoured the spirit.
• Zhang Yuanqing’s memories of the dead man revealed that he had been a violent criminal who became a Voodoo Master named Outlaw.
• Outlaw’s memories showed a silver-masked Deacon ordering him to search for Black Impermanence, who had hidden with the Holy Grail and the Roster.
• The Deacon began naming Black Impermanence’s hidden subordinates and was about to reveal their real-world identities.