Recaps

Jiang Chen, Yang Chan, and Chen Xue killed Zhang Hua after a dangerous fight, then hurried to the Girls' Dormitory when Liu Kai called for backup against top-tier vicious ghosts. Meanwhile, Qin Ze took Qin Hai and Qin Feiyang upstairs to pursue his own plan, as Liu Kai continued fighting the school's Director of Discipline, Ma Hong.

• Jiang Chen, Yang Chan, and Chen Xue attacked Zhang Hua together and killed him after a hard-fought battle.
• Jiang Chen gained enough Ghost Qi from the ghosts to push his total past three thousand, while Yang Chan mistook his concern for her safety as a romantic confession and Jiang Chen privately decided she was terrifyingly clever.
• Liu Kai called for backup from the Girls' Dormitory, and Jiang Chen, Yang Chan, and Chen Xue ran toward it.
• Qin Ze killed a Female Student Ghost and led Qin Hai and Qin Feiyang upstairs, saying they needed to find the student who pushed someone and identify the school's most terrifying ghost.
• Ma Hong and Liu Kai continued their fierce fight outside the Girls' Dormitory, and Jiang Chen and the two women arrived.

Jiang Chen headed into the girls' dormitory to help Liu Kai's trapped companions while Liu Kai continued fighting Ma Hong. Inside, Zhang Ce was lured into chasing a ghost by a bloodstained note, and he and Sister Sun found themselves trapped between ghosts on different floors.

• Liu Kai told Jiang Chen that Ma Hong had entered the dormitory and begged him to save Zhang Ce and the others, so Jiang Chen went upstairs.
• Yang Chan misread Jiang Chen's encouraging words as support for pursuing love, while Chen Xue misinterpreted Yang Chan's muttering and hurried after Jiang Chen.
• Zhang Ce chased a disheveled woman after she slipped him a bloodstained note, then became bewitched into preparing to attack a ghost in the restroom.
• Sister Sun found Zhang Ce and snapped him out of his bewitchment, and the two heard a ghost on the third floor blocking their escape downstairs.
• On the sixth floor, a middle-aged woman chased a female ghost through the corridor while clutching a bloodstained note.

Jiang Chen, Chen Xue, and Yang Chan investigated the Girls' Dormitory, where a ghostly Cursed Note appeared and bewitched Yang Chan into chasing its ghost. Jiang Chen entered the restroom after it alone, while Chen Xue and a shaken Yang Chan remained outside, unsure whether he could survive.

• Jiang Chen noticed the dormitory walls were damp and moldy, and asked Chen Xue to search school records for other incidents.
• The group climbed toward the top floor, but Yang Chan felt an unseen touch on the third floor and found a bloodstained Cursed Note in her hand.
• A ghostly woman appeared and lured Yang Chan down the corridor, leaving her bewitched and unaware that she had separated from Jiang Chen and Chen Xue.
• Jiang Chen realized the ghost had targeted Yang Chan and chased after her, recognizing the third floor as the origin of the Cursed Note story.
• Yang Chan followed the ghost to the restroom, but Jiang Chen rushed inside ahead of her and invited her to join him.
• Chen Xue reminded Yang Chan what had happened, and Yang Chan realized the ghost had manipulated her before worrying that Jiang Chen had entered alone.

Jiang Chen baited a female ghost in an abandoned restroom until she fled in terror, then ambushed her when she searched the stalls. He attacked with a Golden Light Talisman and Wind-Thunder Leg, leaving the female ghost stunned.

• Jiang Chen knocked open the restroom stalls while pretending to search for a toilet buddy, making the female ghost increasingly nervous.
• The female ghost crawled beneath the partition to scare Jiang Chen, but she panicked when she saw his face staring back at her.
• Jiang Chen told the female ghost not to be afraid and said he was not a good person, startling her and confusing Chen Xue and Yang Chan outside.
• The female ghost charged into the neighboring stall, found it empty, and began searching the restroom for Jiang Chen.
• The female ghost opened the last stall and found Jiang Chen waiting, whereupon he attacked her with a Golden Light Talisman and Wind-Thunder Leg.

Jiang Chen, Chen Xue, and Yang Chan defeated two female ghosts in the dormitory, but each death intensified the building’s resentment and the sound of dripping water. After Sister Sun joined them in killing the second ghost, the group decided to flee and abandon Zhang Ce as a more terrifying presence seemed close to appearing.

• Jiang Chen, Chen Xue, and Yang Chan killed the female ghost in the restroom, but the resentment grew stronger and a bloodstained note revealed the words “is a ghost.”
• Jiang Chen, Chen Xue, and Yang Chan searched Room 414 and found only lingering resentment, then heard Sister Sun fleeing a female ghost up the stairs.
• Jiang Chen rushed out and challenged the female ghost to an eyeball removal surgery, then attacked her with Chen Xue, Yang Chan, and Sister Sun.
• The four killed the female ghost, and the dripping water began sounding in the corridor as resentment spread through the building.
• Sister Sun urged the group to escape and abandon Zhang Ce because they could not save him before the more terrifying ghost appeared.

Jiang Chen and the others faced the drowned ghost from Dormitory Room 303, who proved far stronger than they expected and badly injured the group. As the ghost attacked, Jiang Chen used his strange jokes to provoke her before beginning his Demon Transformation.

• Zhang Ce escaped a female ghost in Room 510, and Jiang Chen and the others killed her before fleeing downstairs.
• The group discovered that the stairwell's falling water could freeze and numb anyone it touched, while the drowned ghost approached from the first floor.
• Chen Xue identified the drowned ghost as the fourth roommate from Dormitory Room 303, who had drowned during summer vacation.
• The drowned ghost crushed Chen Xue's Golden Light Talisman and overpowered Yang Chan, Sister Sun, and Zhang Ce.
• Yang Chan realized the drowned ghost was a half-step vengeful ghost, leaving the injured group with almost no hope of survival.
• Jiang Chen asked the drowned ghost provocative questions that earned him Ghost Qi, then began Demon Transformation as she reached for his heart.

Jiang Chen used the Demon Rain Technique to overpower the drowned ghost, who unleashed her deadly resentment water when she began to lose. After Chen Xue’s Fire Dragon Talisman failed, Jiang Chen froze the falling droplets and turned them black, leaving the fight’s outcome unresolved.

• Jiang Chen transformed with the Demon Rain Technique and battered the drowned ghost while resisting her drowning bewitchment by claiming he was a fish.
• The drowned ghost attacked Jiang Chen with resentment, but he tore off her arm and struck her repeatedly until she used her trump card.
• The drowned ghost shattered the floor’s glass and sent her deadly water droplets raining down on everyone in the corridor.
• Chen Xue tried to stop the droplets with her Fire Dragon Talisman, but the female ghost extinguished the flames and knocked her aside.
• Jiang Chen shouted “Water Kan,” freezing the droplets in midair and turning them black with sinister energy.

Jiang Chen killed the female ghost with her own Resentment Water and spent 1,000 Ghost Qi to begin upgrading his system. He and the others found Liu Kai alive but gravely wounded after he drove Ma Hong away, while Liu Kai warned them that Ma Hong might still be lurking nearby.

• Jiang Chen used the Demon Rain Technique to turn the female ghost's Resentment Water against her, destroying her and gaining over 1,000 Ghost Qi.
• The system offered Jiang Chen an upgrade that would unlock enhancement, and he spent 1,000 Ghost Qi to start the eight-hour process.
• The others recoiled from Jiang Chen's brutal methods, and Yang Chan and Chen Xue recalled other times he had treated ghosts ruthlessly.
• Sister Sun remembered Liu Kai was downstairs, so Jiang Chen and the others hurried down to find him alive beside Ma Hong's severed arm.
• Liu Kai warned them to stay back, explaining that he had spent years of his lifespan and exhausted himself to wound Ma Hong, who might still be hiding nearby.

Jiang Chen provoked Ma Hong by repeatedly violating Sunward Middle School’s rules, drawing the Director of Discipline out of hiding. He then struck Ma Hong with the Demon Rain Technique and declared himself the next Director of Discipline.

• Liu Kai warned Sister Sun and Zhang Ce that he had lost his ability to fight and urged them to flee because Ma Hong was still nearby.
• Jiang Chen deliberately broke the school rules by spitting, entering the Girls’ Dormitory, stealing clothes, and inviting Chen Xue and Yang Chan on dates.
• Ma Hong charged out and announced that Jiang Chen would be punished with death for his violations.
• Jiang Chen pointed out Ma Hong’s own dress-code violations and claimed the position of next Director of Discipline.
• Jiang Chen pierced Ma Hong’s palm with a drop of demon rain, then unleashed more than a hundred drops at him.

Jiang Chen killed Ma Hong and led the group toward the school exit, while deciding not to rescue Qin Ze’s party. On the way, he discovered a ghost teacher conducting a terrifying lesson in an abandoned classroom, and she noticed him outside the window.

• Jiang Chen used the Demon Rain Technique and a punch to kill Ma Hong, earning more Ghost Qi.
• Sister Sun treated Liu Kai, and the group decided to leave Sunward Middle School and report the mission’s true danger to the Netherworld.
• When they saw Qin Ze and his companions fighting female ghosts, Jiang Chen pretended to chase another ghost so the group could later claim they had tried to help.
• Jiang Chen spotted a ghost teacher instructing dead students in a dark classroom, including two adults who appeared to have wandered into the school.
• The teacher noticed Jiang Chen peering through the window and walked toward the classroom door.

Jiang Chen killed Yang Qin after she threatened him, then entered the classroom to teach the ghost students. When they challenged him for breaking the Class Rules by coming without a lesson plan, he intimidated them into sitting down.

• Jiang Chen convinced Yang Qin that he was the new PE teacher, but refused her request to skip class and be sick again.
• Yang Qin threatened to tell the students Jiang Chen was dead and drew a bloodied knife, so Jiang Chen called out Yang Chan and the others.
• Jiang Chen and the group overwhelmed Yang Qin and killed her, earning him over four hundred Ghost Qi.
• Jiang Chen told the others to wait for his signal, then entered the classroom and announced that he would teach PE.
• A student accused Jiang Chen of violating the Class Rules by arriving without a lesson plan, and the class stood up to punish him.
• Jiang Chen shouted that PE teachers did not need lesson plans and rebuked the students until they sat down.

Jiang Chen enforced Sunward Middle School’s class rules with brutal violence, killing several students who challenged or angered him. The class fell into terrified silence as he threatened to kill the upside-down ghost’s deskmate next.

• A girl in the front row reminded Jiang Chen that Zhang Yang had broken class rules, so Jiang Chen sentenced Zhang Yang to three stabs with his Switchblade.
• Jiang Chen pinned Zhang Yang and stabbed through his skull, killing him with one strike.
• Jiang Chen accused the camera ghost of insulting him and bringing an electronic device to class, then ripped out and crushed its heart.
• Jiang Chen condemned the upside-down ghost for sitting improperly and talking back, then tore its body in half when it attacked him.
• Jiang Chen declared that the upside-down ghost’s deskmate would die next, leaving the deskmate stunned.

Jiang Chen and the others ambushed and defeated the vicious ghosts in the classroom, while Qin Ze’s group nearly killed the last ghost on the school roof. Before she died, the ghost revealed the taboo name Bai Ling, warning that saying it would summon the girl.

• The classroom ghosts tried to organize an attack on Jiang Chen, but he distracted them and brought Yang Chan, Liu Kai, and the others in through the windows.
• Jiang Chen and his companions defeated the seven vicious ghosts, and Jiang Chen’s Ghost Qi rose to 6,320.
• Qin Ze’s group fought the last school-uniform ghost on the roof while Qin Ze conserved his strength.
• Qin Hai and Feiyang struck the ghost, and Qin Ze used a Green-Skinned Little Drum and Cannon Fist to fatally wound her.
• Qin Ze demanded the name of the girl the ghost had pushed off the building, and the ghost finally said Bai Ling.

Qin Ze, Qin Hai, and Qin Feiyang fought Bai Ling, whose strength rose as she devoured other ghosts. When she became a Vengeful Ghost, Qin Ze used Qin Feiyang as a distraction and fled, leaving Qin Hai to face the danger.

• Bai Ling appeared below the rooftop, devouring a severed arm while attacking the uniformed girl, and Qin Ze’s group realized she was stronger than expected.
• Qin Hai swallowed a Blood Yang Pill and attacked Bai Ling alongside Qin Ze and Qin Feiyang, but she dodged their strikes and recovered by consuming flesh.
• Bai Ling’s aura surged as she recalled being bullied by her classmates, and she broke through into a Vengeful Ghost.
• Qin Ze, Qin Hai, and Qin Feiyang tried to escape, but Bai Ling caught Qin Feiyang; Qin Ze immobilized them both with the Demon-Sound Drum.
• Qin Ze let Bai Ling pierce Qin Feiyang’s heart, then thanked Qin Hai for teaching him that a sheep only had to outrun its companions and fled.

Qin Ze killed Qin Hai and fled from Bai Ling, then tried to use Jiang Chen and the others as bait while escaping the school. Jiang Chen remained transfixed by Bai Ling as his ghost qi rapidly increased, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Qin Ze dismissed Qin Hai's pleas, revealed his cruel nature, and used the Demon-Sound Drum to kill him before fleeing Bai Ling.
• Jiang Chen and the others heard a scream and hurried toward the school gates, where Qin Ze arrived and claimed they could defeat a half-step vengeful ghost together.
• Bai Ling appeared, and the group recognized her as a vengeful ghost and tried to run.
• Qin Ze froze the group with the Demon-Sound Drum and ran past them, intending to use them to delay Bai Ling.
• Jiang Chen stared at Bai Ling as ghost qi notifications appeared, and his ravenous gaze made her pause.

Jiang Chen transformed into Deer Power Immortal and overwhelmed Bai Ling, the Vengeful Ghost, with his immense strength and divine abilities. He then hurled her toward Qin Ze, who had fled the school, leaving Qin Ze face-to-face with the battered but bloodthirsty ghost.

• Jiang Chen caught up to Qin Ze, but turned back toward Bai Ling when Qin Ze pointed out that the Vengeful Ghost was nearing their companions.
• Jiang Chen transformed into Deer Power Immortal and gained the Demon-Dominating Body and Little Palm Thunder divine abilities.
• Jiang Chen slammed Bai Ling into the ground, scorching her with his blood and vitality and neutralizing her venomous attack.
• Jiang Chen picked up Bai Ling and threw her toward Qin Ze, saying she could use him to vent her suffering.
• Qin Ze reached the school gates and celebrated his escape before Bai Ling crashed into the ground in front of him and fixed him with a bloodthirsty stare.

Jiang Chen cornered Bai Ling while Qin Ze, exhausted and trapped between the ghost and his hostile companions, tried to bargain for his life. Bai Ling seized Qin Ze as a hostage, but Jiang Chen kept striking her and demanded that she release him.

• Qin Ze used the Green-Skinned Little Drum to repel Bai Ling briefly, but exhausted his true qi as she fled toward the woods.
• Jiang Chen blocked Bai Ling's escape and pretended to rescue Qin Ze while slowly forcing her back toward him.
• Bai Ling used her laughter to appear behind Qin Ze and grabbed his neck, threatening to choose between her life and his companion's.
• Jiang Chen slapped Bai Ling and demanded that she release Qin Ze, while Bai Ling cut Qin Ze's neck and threatened his arm.
• Jiang Chen struck Bai Ling twice more, damaging her face, and warned that she would die horribly if she did not let Qin Ze go.

Jiang Chen killed Qin Ze and repeatedly overpowered Bai Ling, then discovered he could only gain Ghost Qi from her until her emotions went numb. He continued tormenting the weakened ghost while the others waited outside, increasingly worried by his brutality.

• Bai Ling crushed Qin Ze's neck after Jiang Chen kept slapping her, and Jiang Chen pinned her down and smashed her head.
• Bai Ling regenerated a head and grew stronger, but Jiang Chen knocked her silent and carried her into the teaching building.
• Jiang Chen stabbed Bai Ling to the wall and tested how much Ghost Qi he could gain from her, eventually reaching her emotional limit.
• Jiang Chen tore off Bai Ling's arm and tormented her, while the others outside wondered whether he had lost himself.

Xu Lei arrived at Ghost School and learned that Jiang Chen had killed the Vengeful Ghost, then watched him break the Back-Clinging Ghost that had latched onto him. She began routine questioning of the survivors about the deaths of their teammates.

• Xu Lei landed at Ghost School and asked Liu Kai where the Vengeful Ghost was, while Netherworld Messengers descended from the helicopter to treat the wounded.
• Jiang Chen emerged with Bai Ling's remains and told Xu Lei that the Vengeful Ghost was dead; she recognized him and ordered her team to examine the scene and retrieve the bodies.
• A Netherworld Messenger's Back-Clinging Ghost latched onto Jiang Chen, who snapped its fingers and slammed it into the ground, badly injuring it.
• Jiang Chen joked that he had broken the Netherworld Messenger's wife, and Xu Lei ordered her subordinates to stop fooling around and carry out their orders.
• Xu Lei took out a pale finger bone threaded with red string and began routine questioning of the group about the three Unusual Persons who had died.

Xu Lei questioned the survivors about Qin Ze’s death and cleared them after confirming their answers were truthful. Once the Netherworld departed, Jiang Chen asked the others for their materials as repayment and asked Chen Xue to give him a ride home.

• Liu Kai explained that Qin Ze had likely used his teammates as bait, and Xu Lei confirmed his account with a finger bone that detected lies.
• Xu Lei questioned the group, learned Jiang Chen had tried to save Qin Ze, and warned him not to let his kindness harm him.
• After reviewing the evidence, Xu Lei cleared the survivors and left with the Netherworld Messengers, while Liu Kai declined medical treatment.
• Liu Kai, Yang Chan, and Chen Xue offered to repay Jiang Chen for saving them, so he asked them to hand over their materials.
• Jiang Chen asked Chen Xue to stay behind, then clarified that he needed a ride home, leaving her and the others stunned.

Jiang Chen used the materials he collected to inscribe the eighteen-layer combined talisman formation for Palm Thunder, draining most of his demonic power. Chen Xue witnessed the feat and begged to see it again, but Jiang Chen teased her for no longer being defiant.

• Liu Kai and the others gave Jiang Chen their ghost-repelling materials before leaving with Yang Chan, while Chen Xue stayed behind.
• Jiang Chen began inscribing talisman formations on his palm, and Chen Xue dismissed his work as meaningless scribbling.
• Jiang Chen completed eighteen interconnected formations, using nearly all the demonic power in his body.
• Jiang Chen joined the formations with gold powder, drawing spiritual essence from the surrounding area and completing Palm Thunder.
• Chen Xue tried to memorize the formations but recalled less than five percent, then pleaded with Jiang Chen to show her again.
• Jiang Chen told Chen Xue he preferred her when she had been defiant.

Jiang Chen let Chen Xue study the formation on his palm in exchange for her jade sword, but his Demon Transformation ended before she could examine it for long. As Chen Xue drove him home, a mysterious pianist killed a barbecue vendor and followed their car.

• Jiang Chen showed Chen Xue the eighteen formation layers on his palm after she gave him her jade sword.
• Chen Xue studied the formation for several minutes, gaining insight into formations and cultivation before Jiang Chen's Demon Transformation ended.
• Jiang Chen restored his demonic power with Spirit-Gathering Pills and promised Chen Xue she could study the formation again in a few days.
• Chen Xue drove Jiang Chen toward the Jade Garden Residential Complex and passed a barbecue stall where a trench-coated man mimed playing piano.
• After the car passed, the trench-coated man stopped playing, and the barbecue vendor collapsed dead; the man then followed the direction of Jiang Chen's car.

Jiang Chen reviewed the gains from his mission and resolved to become stronger after learning that a C-Class squad had been slaughtered by a Blood-Clad Ghost. Meanwhile, a Puppeteer entered Jade Garden Residential Complex after controlling a security guard, and the Netherworld branch bureau mobilized to hunt him.

• Jiang Chen counted his Ghost Qi, equipment, and Underworld Points, then worried that his current strength would not protect him from a Blood-Clad Ghost.
• A Puppeteer manipulated security guard Old Li into opening the gate to Jade Garden Residential Complex, after which Old Li collapsed and bled on the ground.
• Qiu Hong learned that the Puppeteer had killed thirty-seven people, including seven patrol members, and ordered the Think Tank and Yi Squad to help locate him.
• The Third Group prepared to pursue the Puppeteer, whom its staff feared as a violent Dark Alliance killer.

Liang Si, a powerful Puppeteer from the Dark Alliance, broke into Jiang Chen’s apartment to kill him but fled after Jiang Chen’s talismans and Demon-Sound Drum exposed the trap. Jiang Chen reported the attack to the Netherworld and hoped they would catch Liang Si before he could target him again.

• Liang Si followed the scent of Jiang Chen’s Blood Talisman to the Jade Garden Residential Complex and silently picked the lock on apartment 1201.
• Liang Si entered Jiang Chen’s bedroom and tried to stab him, but the Thunder Talisman burned against his chest and the Demon-Sound Drum briefly affected him.
• Liang Si crashed through the window and escaped from the twelfth floor after Jiang Chen revealed that he had been awake and waiting.
• Jiang Chen called the Netherworld, identified Liang Si as a powerful Dark Alliance member who could control corpses, and urged the operator to send help quickly.
• After the Netherworld dispatched a team to hunt Liang Si, Jiang Chen regretted not claiming the man might be a B-Rank expert and considered joining the search later.

Qiu Hong and Third Yi rushed toward the scene of the Puppeteer's killings, while Jiang Chen slept through their response. The next morning, Jiang Chen tested the system's new enhancement function, turning a Spirit-Gathering Pill into a Spirit-Nurturing Pill and enhancing his remaining pills for battle.

• Qiu Hong changed course and drove Third Yi toward the deaths of patrol members killed by the Puppeteer.
• Jiang Chen woke to the system's new enhancement function, which used Ghost Qi to strengthen items and could transform them.
• Jiang Chen enhanced and swallowed a Spirit-Gathering Pill +1, discovering that it restored at least three times as much Demonic Power as a normal pill.
• Jiang Chen repeatedly enhanced another pill until it transformed into a Spirit-Nurturing Pill, which greatly increased his Demonic Power recovery even by its fragrance.
• Jiang Chen considered how the Spirit-Nurturing Pill could support powerful abilities, then enhanced his two remaining Spirit-Gathering Pills to +3.