Chapter Summaries

Luo Xia fought Wan Zhuo with his Annihilator 0-6 Mecha, but Wan Zhuo’s blood infected him and forced him to surrender control to its fully automatic mode. The Special Affairs Bureau intervened before the Mecha could finish Wan Zhuo, and both men were taken to the bureau, where Luo Xia realized that he might have changed the novel’s plot.

• Luo Xia used the Annihilator 0-6 Mecha to battle Wan Zhuo, whose released Child of Water ability let him control water and recover from injuries.
• Wan Zhuo used his blood to infect Luo Xia, and Luo Xia tore off Wan Zhuo’s arm and injured his leg before ordering the Mecha to eliminate him in fully automatic mode.
• The Special Affairs Bureau arrived, and Cheng Yu spoke to Luo Xia through the Mecha before it transformed into a watch; bureau personnel treated Luo Xia and said he would need medicine unless he formed a contract with a powerful Weird.
• Luo Xia learned that the bureau had identified two exceptionally gifted Ghost-Tamers in Sea City and suspected that he had changed the original plot, while Yan Rou cried over Wan Zhuo’s injuries.
• The bureau took Luo Xia and Wan Zhuo away, and Cheng Yu watched them leave before joking that Luo Xia would be sent to infiltrate the enemy’s upper ranks.

Luo Xia and Wan Zhuo joined the Sea City Special Affairs Bureau after their destructive battle, while Luo Xia learned that Wan Zhuo had been reborn and warned him that he knew more than he let on. Cheng Yu removed Luo Xia’s information meme contamination and gave him a concealed escape device, leaving him to begin his new duties under Cheng Yu’s protection.

• Jiang Weiwei offered Luo Xia and Wan Zhuo bureau membership in exchange for covering the billions of yuan in damage, and both accepted.
• Outside the bureau, Luo Xia revealed that he knew Wan Zhuo had returned through rebirth, provoking Wan Zhuo’s suspicion and desire to kill him.
• Cheng Yu used the Divination Coin to investigate whether the pair’s encounters were coincidental, but it kept spinning on its edge.
• Cheng Yu met Luo Xia at home and transferred Luo Xia’s information meme contamination onto himself.
• Cheng Yu explained why Luo Xia should join the bureau, then implanted a small crystal in his hand that could perform three spatial transfers.

Cheng Yu learned that Wan Zhuo’s recruitment into the Special Affairs Bureau preceded Sea City’s great incident in the original plot, and suspected Wan Zhuo’s rebirth had been arranged by the world will. After moving in with Luo Xia, Cheng Yu decided to investigate the Beach in Sea City.

• Wan Zhuo spent the morning with Jiang Weiwei, then left to practice his newly acquired ability.
• Cheng Yu warned Lü Youying that Wan Zhuo seemed involved with several women, gave her a signed Divorce Agreement, and revealed that he was a Ghost-Tamer.
• Cheng Yu used Spatial Transfer to join Luo Xia, who had bought a new home with his Special Affairs Bureau allowance.
• Luo Xia explained that Wan Zhuo’s joining the Special Affairs Bureau had preceded Sea City’s great incident in the original novel, and Cheng Yu’s divination suggested Wan Zhuo was the plot’s protagonist.
• Luo Xia used the Divination Coin to confirm that Yan Rou was bewitched by Wan Zhuo and that he was Sea City University’s most handsome man.
• Cheng Yu stopped Luo Xia’s coin tosses, and they set out to investigate the Beach in Sea City.

Cheng Yu discovered that a Weird siege was about to strike Sea City and sent Luo Xia to alert the Special Affairs Bureau while he prepared a new spell. As the bureau mobilized its Ghost-Tamers, Cheng Yu began casting his spell and Yog watched the events unfold as the opening act of a drama.

• Cheng Yu and Luo Xia arrived at Sea City Beach, where Luo Xia spotted many Weird on the seabed and Cheng Yu sensed threads leading into a deep underwater fissure.
• An anemone-shaped Weird warned them that a siege was coming, but Cheng Yu caught and consumed it after learning that its warning was true.
• Cheng Yu told Luo Xia to notify the Special Affairs Bureau and stay with its field teams, then went to a secluded cave and successfully constructed a new spell.
• The Special Affairs Bureau ordered Jiang Weiwei and Wan Zhuo to join the S-rank incident at the Beach, and Wan Zhuo warned Lü Youying and Yan Rou to stay safe.
• Luo Xia watched the Weird begin moving toward Sea City as Cheng Yu began casting his spell in a bamboo grove, draining his vitality.
• Yog opened a book showing Cheng Yu, Luo Xia, and Wan Zhuo, and announced that the first act of the San Lorenzo Drama was beginning.

Luo Xia led nearby Ghost-Tamers in fighting the Weirds pouring ashore, while Cheng Yu secretly continued building a vast spell underground. As the battle spread, Old Chen mobilized Sea City’s forces and Wan Zhuo arrived at the beach, where he recognized Luo Xia as a greater threat than he had expected.

• Luo Xia rallied nearby Ghost-Tamers to hold back the Weirds, then used the Annihilator Mecha to protect them and destroy a creature that could assimilate other Weirds.
• Cheng Yu maintained his Concealment and Cognitive Disruption Spells while transparent green Sea Ghosts entered his cave and discussed letting the Ghost-Tamers fight the Weirds first.
• Old Chen mobilized all available forces, including the troops stationed in Sea City, and set off for the beach himself.
• Wan Zhuo and Jiang Weiwei reached the beach and saw Luo Xia fighting; Wan Zhuo judged his skill formidable and his threat to be even greater, while Jiang Weiwei moved to join the battle.

Luo Xia and Wan Zhuo helped hold back the Weirds until military reinforcements arrived, while Luo Xia explained his Mecha as the effect of a Weird item. In Cheng Yu’s cave, the Green Light Heroes set off to attack Sea City, and Yog anticipated the return of Tsathoggua.

• Jiang Weiwei killed Weirds with her dagger until Wan Zhuo intervened and she retreated.
• Luo Xia rejoined the battle to encourage the Ghost-Tamers, and military reinforcements arrived to destroy the Weirds with heavy weapons.
• A military officer thanked Luo Xia and Wan Zhuo, while Luo Xia explained that a Weird item had created his equipment.
• Cheng Yu watched the Green Light Heroes leave the cave to conquer Sea City and create more Weirds for their king.
• Yog said the drama near the toad phantom was about to begin and wondered what would happen if Tsathoggua returned.

Luo Xia and the Annihilator Mecha fought the Sea Ghost Fleet, but discovered that the ships and monsters regenerated from the green mist, which was driving toward Sea City. Old Chen sent Jiang Weiwei to retrieve Wind Whisper while Cheng Yu watched from his cave and prepared for his entrance.

• Luo Xia and Wan Zhuo spotted the S-Rank Sea Ghost Fleet emerging from the sea, and a missile strike failed to damage it.
• Old Chen arrived with the Ghost-Tamers, and Luo Xia handed control of the Mecha to the Annihilator before flying toward the fleet.
• The Annihilator destroyed ghosts and scattered the green mist, but the ships and mist continually reappeared, while a spectral Fish Monster proved difficult to stop.
• Luo Xia returned to Old Chen and explained that the green mist sustained the fleet and its monsters, so Old Chen sent Jiang Weiwei to retrieve Wind Whisper from the bureau's Storage Room.
• Cheng Yu observed the battle through the Far-Sight Mirror Technique and hoped Luo Xia would hold out until he could make his entrance.

Cheng Yu completed the Super Spell Array while the Sea City attack overwhelmed the Ghost-Tamers, and Jiang Weiwei’s Wind Whisper briefly stopped the ghost fleet. A powerful Sea Ghost destroyed the chimes, leaving the defenders facing renewed danger as Cheng Yu prepared to enter the battle.

• Cheng Yu finished building a Super Spell Array beneath Sea City that could let him consume the Weirds involved in the incident.
• Jiang Weiwei retrieved the Grade A Weird item Wind Whisper from the Special Affairs Bureau and carried it toward the battle.
• The ghost fleet and green mist advanced into Sea City, while Old Chen, Wan Zhuo, Luo Xia, and other Ghost-Tamers fought to protect civilians.
• Luo Xia destroyed a massive ghost ship, but another formed inside the city and the Sea Ghosts continued advancing through the green mist.
• Jiang Weiwei broke Wind Whisper’s vacuum cover, stopping nearby Sea Ghosts and ghost ships, but a coral-jellyfish Weird seized the chimes and a Sea Ghost severed Old Chen’s arm.
• The Sea Ghost destroyed Wind Whisper and his forces resumed moving, while Cheng Yu completed the Super Spell Array and began recovering.

Cheng Yu appeared over Sea City and used his power to destroy the Sea Ghosts and their ships, end the green fog, and heal the wounded. After leaving, he discovered a clue linking a sapling to the Weird Tales Enthusiasts' Club and resolved to oppose anyone blocking his search for authority fragments.

• Old Chen and the Ghost-Tamers struggled as the Sea Ghosts and ghost ships overwhelmed Sea City, while most residents were evacuated.
• Cheng Yu appeared in the sky and used white light to dissolve the green fog, ghost ships, and Sea Ghosts, ending the incident.
• Cheng Yu healed the injured with Healing Rain, identified himself as a passing Kamen Rider, and blocked an unknown entity from probing him.
• Old Chen speculated that Cheng Yu was an R-Rank Ghost-Tamer, while Xiao Ge Ruan suspected he might be another Weird King's vessel.
• Cheng Yu investigated a sapling in a grove, saw the Weird Tales Enthusiasts' Club in a vision, and declared the club his enemy if it obstructed his search for authority fragments.
• Cheng Yu received the Hero in Sea City's Hearts achievement and exchanged it for currency.

Cheng Yu broke through to Bronze in both body and soul, then heard how Luo Xia and the Ghost-Tamers were rewarded after the Sea City incident. He placed a formation mark on Luo Xia to redirect future meme contamination to himself, while Yog watched and judged Cheng Yu immature but entertaining.

• Cheng Yu repeatedly failed to advance his soul before finally reaching Bronze, gaining a limited god's-eye perception and a health bar of 110,000.
• Luo Xia told Cheng Yu that Old Chen had ended the incident and headquarters had awarded Luo Xia a Platinum Medal and Wan Zhuo S-Rank Access.
• Wan Zhuo gave his S-Rank Access to Jiang Weiwei, winning the Ghost-Tamers' approval while Luo Xia remained unaware of the contrast with his own reward.
• Cheng Yu carved a formation mark into Luo Xia's shoulder blade so that future meme contamination would transfer to Cheng Yu.
• Yog opened his book and remarked that Cheng Yu overthought things but was more entertaining for it.

Cheng Yu investigated the Weird Tales Enthusiasts' Club and learned that Mountain City had unusually few Weird incidents, then watched streamer Adventure-Loving Xiao Tao announce an exploration of an abandoned Nursing Home. Xiao Tao hired a Ghost-Tamer to join her that night, while Yog hinted that the outing would begin a new, altered sequence of events.

• Wan Zhuo spent the day with Yan Rou, while Luo Xia and Cheng Yu watched through the Far-Sight Mirror Technique.
• Cheng Yu investigated the Weird Tales Enthusiasts' Club website and noticed Adventure-Loving Xiao Tao's livestream about Mountain City.
• Luo Xia recalled that Mountain City had very few Weird incidents and that Kong Qixiao might have come from there.
• Xiao Tao announced a livestream exploration of an abandoned Nursing Home at ten that night, describing the deaths and apparitions associated with its courtyard.
• Xiao Tao offered a Ghost-Tamer five hundred thousand to accompany her to the Nursing Home, and he agreed to meet her there at ten.
• Yog said he had added a scene that was absent from the original course of events and anticipated the coming prelude.

Xiao Tao and Yin Hao entered the abandoned nursing home and discovered that supernatural elderly residents were still inside, forcing them to join a chess game and a dance. As they faced the strange residents, Grete watched the livestream and revealed that he had secretly guided them toward the sealed room.

• Xiao Tao began livestreaming from the nursing home, and she and Yin Hao entered after the rusted gate fell open.
• Xiao Tao and Yin Hao explored the rooms, then found a door sealed by the Special Affairs Bureau and heard elderly people playing chess and preparing to dance inside.
• Yin Hao tried to retreat with Xiao Tao, but the sealed door burst open and revealed eerie elderly men and women beneath the Great Banyan Tree.
• Cheng Yu told Luo Xia that Wan Zhuo's rebirth was connected to the world will and warned him not to attract its attention.
• An old man invited Yin Hao to play chess while the leader of the elderly women asked Xiao Tao to dance, and both agreed.
• Grete watched Xiao Tao's livestream and revealed that he had sent her information about the old seals.

Yog released Grete from his lingering attachment to the Abyss and sent him out to have fun. In Mountain City, Yin Hao lost a chess wager against a ghost and sacrificed his ears, while Cheng Yu refused to rescue the livestreamers and left Luo Xia to stop watching.

• Yog asked Grete whether he wanted to return to the Abyss, then removed his lingering attachment and told him to go have fun without causing trouble.
• Miss Puppet said Grete was too chaotic to merit Yog's expectations, and Yog told her he found her changes interesting.
• The old ghost beneath the banyan tree forced Yin Hao to wager body parts in chess, and Yin Hao chose his facial features for a game of Western chess.
• After Yin Hao lost, the old ghost ate his ears, and Yin Hao wagered his facial features again for a game of Yingzhou Shogi.
• A ghostly old woman ripped off Xiao Tao's hair and struck her when she tried to quit streaming, while Cheng Yu watched the broadcast with Luo Xia.
• Cheng Yu refused Luo Xia's unspoken appeal to save the streamers, explained that they were paying the price for competing for fame and money, and Luo Xia stopped watching.

Cheng Yu watched Yin Hao and Xiao Tao struggle against the ghosts at a Mountain City nursing home, then learned that a mysterious rescuer was a Child of the Invisible. Suspecting a powerful being was behind the incident, Cheng Yu went to the nursing home to investigate while Luo Xia monitored Wan Zhuo.

• Yin Hao lost his nose to the old ghost after losing a shogi game, while Cheng Yu’s Divination Coin exploded when he tried to divine whether someone was directing the livestream.
• Yin Hao used an explosive cloud of cigarette smoke to escape, but the old ghost stopped him at the entrance and nearly strangled him.
• A living black cloak attacked the ghosts, rescued Xiao Tao, and helped Yin Hao flee the nursing home; its masked wearer then shut the ghosts inside the Great Banyan Tree courtyard and escaped as black ooze.
• The system identified the cloak’s wearer as a Child of the Invisible, a servitor of Tsathoggua, leaving Cheng Yu uncertain about which great being was behind the incident.
• Cheng Yu gave Luo Xia a mirror to watch Wan Zhuo, then used Spatial Movement to reach the nursing home and search the courtyard for clues.

Cheng Yu entered the courtyard and used flattery and a chess wager to win a wish from Wu Zhaolang, the Chess Saint. He freed Wu Zhaolang from the chessboard’s restrictions, then shattered the board and helped the trapped Weirds pass on before leaving the courtyard.

• Cheng Yu traced a footprint to a phantom vision of Tsathoggua, then entered the courtyard where elderly Weirds were playing chess.
• Cheng Yu lost eight games to Wu Zhaolang, refusing a handicap and persuading the old man to stake a wish on their ninth game.
• Cheng Yu won the final game after Wu Zhaolang secretly opened a path to the black general, then used his wish to free Wu Zhaolang from the chessboard’s restrictions.
• The chessboard trapped Cheng Yu as the red general, but Cheng Yu activated Specter-Devouring Pattern, shattered the board, and released the elderly Weirds.
• Cheng Yu helped Wu Zhaolang pass on, then left the courtyard beneath the withered Great Banyan Tree.

Cheng Yu encountered Grete, an Epic-Rank Demon Sovereign disguised as a black dog, while searching for the Ghost-Tamer Yin Hao. Grete could not remember where Yog was, so he agreed to accompany and protect Cheng Yu as Yog began preparing to act.

• Cheng Yu used the Infinite Technique to look through a crowd and discovered a black dog mating with several expensive pets.
• Cheng Yu learned that the black dog was Grete, one of the nine Demon Sovereigns, and followed him into an alley.
• Grete apologized for cursing at Cheng Yu and explained that he could not remember Yog's location because Yog had made him forget.
• Grete said Yog had sent him out to have fun and agreed to accompany Cheng Yu while he searched for Yin Hao.
• Inside the bookshop, Yog watched the night sky and said the preparations were nearly complete and it was time to begin.

Cheng Yu tracked down Yin Hao, learned about the Mountain City Special Affairs Bureau’s deployment, and divined that it was connected to the bandage-masked man. He headed for the bureau while Wu Juyan prepared a sacrifice at the Eastern District hospital.

• Grete brought Cheng Yu directly to Yin Hao’s home, where Cheng Yu waited for Yin Hao to return.
• Wu Juyan assigned the Mountain City Ghost-Tamers patrol routes and took responsibility for the dangerous Eastern District, while Yin Hao stayed silent about the Nursing Home.
• After a long patrol, Yin Hao returned home at dawn, and Cheng Yu grabbed him and searched his memories.
• Cheng Yu learned about the bureau’s deployment and used divination to confirm that his suspicion about its connection to the bandage-masked man was likely accurate.
• Cheng Yu used Cognitive Disruption Spell to head for the Special Affairs Bureau, while Wu Juyan arrived at the Eastern District hospital as the sacrifice drew near.

Cheng Yu investigated the Mountain City Special Affairs Bureau and uncovered records about the Old Hospital District, while Yog wandered through the city and Wu Juyan entered the sealed district. Cheng Yu’s divination coin exploded when he asked whether Wu Juyan had a hidden agenda, leaving Cheng Yu convinced a powerful figure was involved.

• Cheng Yu searched the Mountain City Special Affairs Bureau but failed to find Wu Juyan, then began reading the bureau’s archives while Grete went out to flirt with women.
• Yog left the bookshop and wandered around Mountain City, lingering at several locations as the phantom of a furry toad faded away.
• Wu Juyan entered the Old Hospital District through the door secured by the S-Class Weird Item Door Handle and encountered a human wearing a hospital gown, whom his black water absorbed after the person seized him.
• Wu Juyan continued deeper into the Old Hospital District with his black-water companion, welcoming the prospect of facing the many Weird inside.
• Cheng Yu read the Old Hospital District file and used a gold coin to ask whether Wu Juyan had the hidden motive he suspected; the coin exploded and damaged the archive.
• Cheng Yu escaped to a rooftop using Spatial Transfer and decided to watch events unfold while staying out of trouble.

Wu Juyan approached the Old Hospital District with a horde of Weirds, intending to summon a great being using a carefully chosen sacrifice. Meanwhile, Cheng Yu explained Yog’s power and history to Grete before waiting in a bar, where Yog also arrived and prepared to see what Tsathoggua and Wu Juyan would do.

• Wu Juyan reached the mist-covered Old Hospital District with many Weirds following him and headed for the hospital rooftop to find a sacrificial offering.
• Cheng Yu met Grete outside the Special Affairs Bureau, explained Yog’s identity and the power rankings, and revealed that the Abyssal Will ranked as Mythic.
• Cheng Yu took Grete to a bar in the city center, expecting a major incident to unfold there.
• Yog entered the bar, introduced himself to a group as a former president of Miskatonic University, and won over the women with his conversation.
• Yog waited at the bar and silently urged Tsathoggua and Wu Juyan not to disappoint him.

At a bar, Grete encountered Yog and learned that Yog wanted his presence kept secret, while Wu Juyan completed the Child of the Invisible’s transformation and prepared to summon the Toad God. Wu Juyan fell into a strange, dreamlike sleep as he began his invocation.

• Cheng Yu drank orange juice at the bar, enjoyed being called handsome, and turned down a woman who approached him.
• Grete found Yog surrounded by women, greeted him as his subordinate, and promised to keep Yog’s presence secret.
• Wu Juyan watched the Child of the Invisible battle and devour the Infant Weird, completing its transformation across the Old Hospital District.
• Wu Juyan used the Glass Medicine Bottle to make himself swallow a powerful sleeping pill, then began chanting to summon the Toad God.