Chapter Summaries

Lynn took Lin Ying to their great-grandfather’s grave to harvest graveyard grass for medicine, then began teaching her how to brew it. He demonstrated that his own phlegm could help reveal yin energy, leaving Lin Ying horrified at the proposed ingredient.

• Lynn convinced Lin Ying that taking grass from their great-grandfather’s grave was acceptable, then climbed onto the grave mound and cut down the grass.
• Lin Ying prayed for their great-grandfather’s forgiveness while catching the grass Lynn threw down.
• Lynn reassured Lin Ying that their great-grandfather would not mind and told her to burn spirit money for him later.
• Lynn explained the vessels and ingredients used in brewing medicine, then ground the graveyard grass in a jar.
• Lynn explained that bodily fluids from Hell Creatures could help detect yin energy and offered his phlegm, but Lin Ying objected.

Lynn taught Lin Ying to perceive yin energy and brewed an Evil Spirit Manifestation Potion using graveyard ingredients, including a sanitary pad from her bathroom. He then began crafting her a holy dagger from a Soul-Devouring Ghost’s spine, while Lin Ying watched and reflected on their resemblance.

• Lynn used his tongue to awaken Lin Ying’s ability to see yin energy, then explained the difference between ordinary yin energy and Hell’s black aura.
• Lynn gathered ingredients, including grass from Lin Ying’s grandfather’s grave, grave soil, and a used sanitary pad he had taken from her bathroom, and explained how women’s menstrual blood could be used in potions.
• Lynn brewed two low-quality Evil Spirit Manifestation Potions and explained their effects and how Lin Ying could learn to make them herself.
• Lynn handed Lin Ying the potions and began carving a holy dagger from the spine of a Soul-Devouring Ghost.
• Lin Ying watched Lynn work, felt drawn to his focused appearance, and wondered whether he might be the only person capable of surpassing her.

Lynn let Lin Ying test the dagger he had made from a Soul-Devouring Ghost, but she stabbed him with it and he retaliated by beating her. Afterward, Lin Ying asked whether Lynn could return to his own world, and he explained that he had not found a way back yet before teasing her as his little sister.

• Lynn activated Angel's Embrace on the dagger and handed it to Lin Ying to test.
• Lin Ying felt the dagger's Evil Spirit aura, then practiced swinging it and sensed its power.
• Lynn warned Lin Ying not to use the dagger on people, but she stabbed him in the chest to test it.
• Lynn knocked Lin Ying down and pummeled her until she apologized, then helped her up.
• Lin Ying asked if Lynn could return to his world, and Lynn said he had not found a way back.
• Lynn teased Lin Ying by rapping her on the head and told her to behave as they headed back.

Lin Ying woke to find Lynn transformed into a tentacle monster and learned he had installed a protective magic array for her family. Lynn then persuaded her to take him out, charming her parents while Lin Ying seethed at his act.

• Lin Ying lay awake thinking about Lynn and how his arrival would end her ordinary life.
• Lin Ying woke to Lynn crawling across the ceiling as a tentacle monster, screamed, and learned he had created a magic array to protect her parents.
• Lynn teased Lin Ying and urged her to get out of bed so they could explore supernatural powers.
• Lynn behaved like an obedient child in front of Lin Ying's parents, earning their affection as he left with Lin Ying.
• Lin Ying asked Lynn why he had wanted her to take him out, suspecting he only meant to bond with her.

Lynn took Lin Ying to an amusement park to hunt powerful Hell Ghostlings and used mimicry to turn her into a little girl so they could buy discounted children's tickets. Lin Ying attacked him and demanded he change her back, but Lynn did nothing.

• Lynn made Lin Ying use his saliva to open her spiritual sight, and she saw Hell's black mist covering the city.
• Lynn pointed out the amusement park, where they found thick black fumes gathering overhead.
• Lynn revealed that he had bought children's tickets and planned to disguise himself and Lin Ying as children to save money.
• Lynn used mimicry to transform Lin Ying into a little girl.
• Lin Ying grabbed Lynn, kneed him, and twisted his arm while demanding that he change her back.

Lynn disguised himself and Lin Ying as children to enter an amusement park and investigate an Evil Spirit draining visitors inside a Haunted House. As they went in to lure it out, a Daoist master and his apprentice arrived and used a Bagua Mirror to reveal the monster's form.

• Lynn transformed Lin Ying into a little girl and dragged her into the Amusement Park, insisting the disguise would help attract Evil Spirits.
• Lynn showed Lin Ying the black aura over the Haunted House and explained that its Evil Spirits were draining visitors' vitality over time.
• Lynn took the frightened Lin Ying toward the Haunted House queue to teach her more practical tricks.
• A Daoist apprentice brought his master to the Haunted House, where several Evil Spirits had gathered.
• The master used a Bagua Mirror to reveal a blurry childlike face inside, then increased its power to reveal the monster more clearly.

Lynn and Lin Ying entered a Haunted House, where Lynn treated its frightening effects as a lesson in identifying ghosts and pushed Lin Ying to face her fear. After Lynn abandoned her, the supposedly dead groom climbed out of the coffin and scolded them for harassing Haunted House staff.

• A mysterious Taoist-looking eye siphoned black aura from Lynn until he poked it and made it burst.
• Lynn led Lin Ying farther into the Haunted House and told her to lift a coffin lid.
• A bloodied groom sprang from the coffin, frightening Lin Ying and lowering her Sanity Value twice.
• Lynn explained that the gore was sweet-tasting makeup and used a flashlight to show that the groom was human.
• Lynn told Lin Ying to stay and observe, then ran off, leaving her alone with the groom.
• The groom climbed out, demanded to know whether the children had tickets, and scolded them for messing with the staff.

Lynn took Lin Ying through another Haunted House section and let her face a real monster, mocking her fear while explaining how to bluff spirits. He then handed her a knife and told her to cut her face open.

• Lynn teased Lin Ying for getting scolded by the staff after he had left, then sent her to open an iron box in the next Haunted House section.
• Lin Ying opened the box expecting a fake prop, but the bloody head inside came alive and licked her face.
• The head swallowed Lin Ying until she pierced it with a dagger, causing it to dissolve into gray smoke absorbed by the weapon.
• Lynn mocked Lin Ying and explained that she should bluff ghosts by acting more terrifying than they were.
• Lynn handed Lin Ying a knife and told her to cut her face open.

Lynn taught Lin Ying how to survive in Hell by acting fearless, frightening her with a self-inflicted wound and warning that prolonged strain could damage her sanity. Meanwhile, the Haunted House’s skeletal Evil Spirit learned that two groups of uninvited guests had arrived and watched them on surveillance screens.

• Lynn carved a clownlike smile into his face to frighten Lin Ying and demonstrate how to make enemies fear her.
• Lynn explained that surviving chaotic threats required keeping her mind steady, and warned Lin Ying that the strain could leave her mentally twisted.
• Lin Ying accepted Lynn’s lesson, and he led her toward the next place.
• Deep inside the Haunted House, an ethereal skeleton ordered his monsters to drain visitors’ vitality and attract more humans.
• A skinless crawler reported two groups of uninvited guests, and the skeleton checked the surveillance feeds showing an older-and-younger pair and two children.

Lynn and Lin Ying encountered the Skeleton Ghost General and his Crawlers inside the Haunted House, where Lynn claimed to be a famous denizen of Hell and pretended to sell Lin Ying. A Crawler recognized Lynn just as he offered her for two hundred skeleton coins.

• The Skeleton Ghost General sent some of his underlings to attack two Exorcists and led the others to meet the Hell-born intruders.
• Lynn warned Lin Ying that they had been noticed and taught her to stay calm, then pointed out the Crawlers hiding across the ceiling.
• The Crawlers dropped on Lynn and Lin Ying as the Skeleton Ghost General appeared and asked whether Lynn was a Hell creature seeking to serve or challenge him.
• Lynn introduced himself as a famous Hell denizen and claimed he had come to sell his little sister, offering Lin Ying for two hundred skeleton coins.
• A Crawler recognized Lynn after seeing him adjust his Monocle.

Lynn and Lin Ying encountered a group of Crawlers led by a Skeleton Ghost General, who recognized Lynn from a bounty notice and called him a lolicon. Lynn demanded to know who had spread the rumor, then transformed into a monstrous mass of tentacles and urged Lin Ying to help catch and kill the fleeing spirits.

• A Crawler recognized Lynn from his bounty notice and warned the others that he had killed the Flesh Dominator's Projection.
• The Skeleton Ghost General called Lynn a twisted lolicon, prompting Lynn to demand the source of the rumor.
• The skeleton said it had heard the rumor from a moving Big Tongue in the City of Sin.
• Lynn questioned the Crawlers about eating children, then transformed into a tentacled monster and terrified them into fleeing.
• Lynn told Lin Ying to catch and kill the Crawlers to protect children, while she suspected he also wanted to silence them.

An old exorcist and his disciple entered the Haunted House, only to flee when a terrifying mass of blood-red tentacles chased them. Afterward, Lin Ying carried the ingredients Lynn had collected from the Crawlers, reflecting on the destruction he caused and how poorly suited he was to ordinary human life.

• The old man and his disciple advanced through the Haunted House, killing a Crawler and preparing to fight a swarm of ghosts.
• The Crawlers ran past the pair in terror as a surge of blood-red tentacles rushed down the corridor behind them.
• The old man grabbed his disciple and fled, overtaking the Crawlers despite claiming his legs were bad.
• Lin Ying carried bags of ingredients from the slain Crawlers while walking home with Lynn.
• Lynn explained that the Crawlers had provided useful potion ingredients and said his loss of control over flesh had caused the amusement park damage.
• Lin Ying remained frustrated with Lynn and wondered whether his current existence could fit into an ordinary human life.

Lynn followed Lin Ying on her way to school and insisted on meeting her friends, while Lin Ying tried to keep him out of her life. He vanished when her friend Xuan Xuan arrived, but secretly hid inside Lin Ying’s schoolbag and went to school with her.

• At breakfast, Mother Lin praised Lynn for sleeping well, and Lynn noticed something wriggling like a bug in Lin Ying’s leftover food.
• Lynn caught up with Lin Ying on the street and said he wanted to visit his old friends.
• Lin Ying asked Lynn to respect her boundaries and stay out of her relationships, but Lynn threatened to follow her to school unless she stayed home too.
• Xuan Xuan arrived and urged Lin Ying to hurry to the school bus, and Lynn disappeared before Lin Ying could confront him.
• Lin Ying picked up her unusually heavy schoolbag and left with Xuan Xuan as Lynn’s tentacle zipped the bag shut from inside.

Lin Ying returned to school hoping to resume her normal life, but Lynn followed her and hid in her schoolbag as a tentacled monster, frightening her in class. After she confronted him, his teasing provoked her into attacking him.

• Lin Ying returned to No. 1 Middle School and felt relieved that Lynn had not followed her, though she also felt a trace of disappointment.
• Lin Ying reached into her schoolbag and found Lynn disguised as a tentacled monster, causing her to scream and lose sanity.
• Lin Ying realized Lynn had followed her and hidden in her bag, then tried to conceal him from the teacher and her classmates.
• Lin Ying confronted Lynn in a corner of the teaching building and accused him of hiding under her skirt and risking a panic.
• Lynn teased Lin Ying, and she grabbed his arm, locked his joint, and kneed him.

Lynn revealed that the global Great Purification offensive against the insect plague was underway and had arranged for his county to be cleared early. As aircraft carrying an anti-Parasite Beast potion arrived, he hinted that Lin Ying’s body might be connected to the monsters.

• Lin Ying restrained Lynn and demanded to know why he had followed her, but he detached his arm and told her the Night Doctors were about to act.
• Lin Ying read reports announcing the worldwide Great Purification operation and learned that thousands of Night Doctors were working with global defense forces.
• Lynn reattached his arm and explained that he had asked the forces to clear their county ahead of schedule.
• Lynn suggested that Lin Ying’s presence might attract the insects and asked whether she had noticed anything unusual inside her body.
• Lin Ying and Lynn watched Squadron 91 arrive with five Night Doctors and seven K50 Bombers carrying an anti-Parasite Beast potion.

Lynn revealed that parasites had infected Lin Ying and removed a juvenile mother organism and its larvae from her head before they could transform. Lin Ying survived, but learned that the parasites had already spread to her remote hometown and feared for her parents.

• Lynn told Lin Ying that demon ghosts and parasites had reached the area, and Lin Ying panicked about her parents.
• Lynn stopped Lin Ying and she vomited, exposing parasite larvae in her vomit and revealing that she was infected.
• Lynn shot the juvenile mother organism growing behind Lin Ying's head, then pulled the remaining larvae from her ear.
• Lynn showed Lin Ying the melted parasites he had removed and explained that they would have transformed if they had remained in her brain.
• Lin Ying trembled and vomited again in Lynn's arms.

Lynn rescued Lin Ying from the Parasite Beast infection and took her home, teasing her as she wondered whether he had followed her out of concern. Their journey was interrupted when Lynn learned that Lady Blood Cloak's whereabouts had been found.

• Lynn showed Lin Ying her plane ticket to Shu Capital and scolded her for sneaking out while infected with Parasite Beasts.
• After Lin Ying vomited out the parasites, Lynn carried her away from the school to wash her off and said he would stop the Flesh Dominator from descending.
• Lynn pushed Lin Ying home on a bicycle and teased her with stories about girls from his other world, making her angry.
• Lin Ying wondered whether Lynn had followed her because he was worried about her, and Lynn reassured her that her mother was safe thanks to a flesh double.
• Lynn received a call from his Mechanical Body confirming that Lady Blood Cloak's whereabouts had been found, and he set off to meet it.

Lynn brought Lin Ying to Qi Town to investigate Lady Blood Cloak’s former home, where the Night Doctors had found traces of her recent presence. They discovered an unusual mass of resentment and ghostly apparitions in the town, and Lynn began investigating its cause.

• Lynn told Lin Ying that Lady Blood Cloak had been his first big sister in Hell and that he had come to Blue Star to bring her back.
• Lynn transported Lin Ying to the countryside, where two Night Doctors reported that their search had led them to Lady Blood Cloak’s former home in Qi Town.
• Lynn and Lin Ying entered the undeveloped town, and Lynn scanned it with his mechanical body.
• Lynn applied a potion to Lin Ying’s eyes, revealing dense resentment and faint ghostly figures throughout the town.
• Lynn noted that Qi Town’s resentment rivaled Wandering Soul Alley despite the lack of formed evil spirits, and questioned what had caused it.

Lynn and the Night Doctors investigated a sinister town linked to Lady Blood Cloak, finding mutilated spirits and tracing the town’s aura to what Lynn believed had been her home. They stood before the sealed courtyard as Lynn concluded that Lady Blood Cloak had lived there.

• The Night Doctors explained that the town’s mountain-ringed terrain had been altered into a place suited for cultivating Evil Spirits, and Lynn and one doctor joked about their past work as proctologists.
• Lynn connected the town and its terrain to the conspiracy against Lady Blood Cloak and led Lin Ying and the Night Doctors inside.
• Lynn teased Lin Ying before pointing out the many motionless spirits gathered on the window railings, warning her not to disturb them.
• Lynn observed that the spirits had been mutilated after death, while a Night Doctor suggested something had plundered their spirit bodies.
• Lynn led the group to a sealed, decaying courtyard and identified it as the source of the aura, concluding it had once been Lady Blood Cloak’s home.

Lynn encountered an old woman burning Ghost Money outside Lady Blood Cloak’s former home, then used Remnants of the Past to reveal Lady Blood Cloak entering the house days earlier. The vision showed her searching for her daughter, while a Night Doctor warned that her lingering resentment might exceed the level of a Lord.

• An old woman arrived with an empty coffin and burned Ghost Money by the talisman-covered gate, and Lynn triggered the Granddaughter's Skeleton quest.
• Lynn pestered the old woman until she shot him, and Lin Ying helped remove the bullet from his ear.
• Lynn pushed open the gate and spotted bloody footprints, while Lin Ying noticed eyes watching from a second-floor window.
• Lynn used Remnants of the Past to reveal Lady Blood Cloak entering the house and calling for her daughter.
• A Night Doctor told Lynn that Lady Blood Cloak’s lingering resentment seemed to exceed the level of a Lord.