Recaps

Jiang Chen confronted Zhang Chunyu on Building Four’s rooftop and humiliated her by showing the ghosts a recording of her being frightened by his story. As the ghosts attacked, he activated Demon Transformation and drew the Thunder Method and Wind Summoning.

• Zhang Chunyu confronted Jiang Chen and taunted him while the ghosts of Building Four surrounded him.
• Su Ling refused to help either side and moved aside to watch.
• Jiang Chen played a recording of Zhang Chunyu getting frightened in his taxi, humiliating her before the other ghosts.
• Zhang Chunyu ordered the ghosts to torture and kill Jiang Chen, but he rushed toward them eagerly.
• Jiang Chen invoked Demon Transformation as Two-star, Great Immortal Yang Li and randomly drew the Thunder Method and Wind Summoning.

Jiang Chen used his newly strengthened body and demonic wind to kill the cat-faced old woman, but Zhang Chunyu summoned three half-body blood garments and dozens of ghosts to overwhelm him. Surrounded on the rooftop as Zhang Chunyu neared her advancement, Jiang Chen appeared trapped with no way out.

• Jiang Chen discovered that his transformation had greatly increased his strength and granted him three varieties of the Thunder Method.
• Jiang Chen blasted the attacking ghosts with demonic wind, then seized and killed the cat-faced old woman.
• Zhang Chunyu called for the security guard, Old Mr. Li, and the figure in the well to help kill Jiang Chen, promising freedom if she advanced into a blood-clad ghost.
• The three half-body blood garments and dozens of ghosts arrived on the rooftop and surrounded Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen unleashed Divine Firmament Thunder against the ghosts on Building Four's rooftop, then used Purple Palace to destroy nearly all of them. Zhang Chunyu remained alive, still attempting to become a blood-clad ghost.

• Zhang Chunyu ordered Building One's ghosts to kill Jiang Chen and sacrifice his flesh and blood so she could break through early.
• Jiang Chen summoned Divine Firmament Thunder, killing two top-level vengeful ghosts and badly injuring the ghost infant.
• Jiang Chen blasted apart the ghosts' black hair and drove the rooftop crowd into a frantic retreat while they continued to generate Ghost Qi.
• The ghosts rushed Jiang Chen and grabbed hold of him, believing they could defeat him at close range.
• Jiang Chen unleashed Purple Palace, destroying the attacking ghosts, then stamped out the remnant souls of the three half-body blood garments.
• Jiang Chen looked toward Zhang Chunyu, the only one left alive, who was still trying to break through to a blood-clad ghost.

Jiang Chen destroyed Zhang Chunyu with Taiyi Golden Thunder, but her surviving shrine released a terrifying old man: the Fierce Soul Knocking Ghost. After surviving the old man’s death curse and a crushing blow, Jiang Chen realized this was likely only a projection and prepared to test his strength against it.

• Zhang Chunyu attacked Jiang Chen, using her death-vision power while he tried to frighten her with a prophecy of her demise.
• Jiang Chen recited a thunder incantation and struck Zhang Chunyu with Taiyi Golden Thunder, blasting her body apart while leaving her shrine intact.
• The shrine released the Knocking Ghost, who cursed Jiang Chen to die and made his heart stop until he invoked the Divine Firmament, Purple Palace, and Taiyi Thunder Methods.
• The Knocking Ghost struck Jiang Chen and sent him crashing into the ground, but Jiang Chen recovered and concluded that his opponent was probably a projection rather than the true Fierce Soul.
• Jiang Chen decided the projection would be a suitable opponent for testing his strength.

Jiang Chen faced the door-knocking old man while Su Qiao tried to save him, but he sent her away so he could fight without restraint. He unleashed Complete Demonization and prepared the third beat of the Kui Ox Drum with golden thunder as the old man answered with a deadly barrage of knocks.

• The door-knocking old man knocked on empty air, causing every door in the community to sound and knocking Su Qiao out of the sky.
• Jiang Chen gave Su Qiao a Spirit-Gathering Pill +3 and hurled her away, telling her to keep running and stay alive.
• Su Ling remembered how her family had died protecting her and resolved to avenge Jiang Chen, despite fearing what she would become if she died.
• Jiang Chen activated Complete Demonization, then used Divine Firmament to scorch the old man's arm and interrupt its knocking.
• Jiang Chen struck the Green-Skinned Little Drum a second time, then fed it golden thunder from Taiyi to trigger its third beat.
• The old man rapidly knocked on the nonexistent door as golden light blazed and an explosive impact filled the area.

Jiang Chen destroyed a divided soul of Chen Shan with a devastating thunderstrike and permanently inherited the Thunder Method. He took Su Ling home after the community was destroyed, while an unnoticed doctor ghost escaped the area.

• Jiang Chen annihilated a wisp of Chen Shan’s divided soul and received 50,000 Ghost Qi.
• Jiang Chen permanently inherited the Thunder Method after his Demon Transformation ended.
• Su Qiao rescued Su Ling from the road, and Jiang Chen invited Su Ling to stay at his home after the community was destroyed.
• Jiang Chen collected the shrine and three Ghost Artifacts before leaving with Su Ling in a taxi.
• A doctor ghost who had hidden in the garbage escaped more than an hour after Jiang Chen left.

After recovering from his battle with a Blood-Clad Ghost, Jiang Chen was summoned to join the Yellow Springs Squad’s dangerous operation in Jingjiang Resettlement Community. The Netherworld Messengers found the community eerily empty, and Jiang Chen agreed to come if Xu Lei promised him quadruple Points rewards.

• Jiang Chen slept until the following evening after exhausting himself with the Thunder Method and Kui Ox Drum.
• Xu Lei briefed the Yellow Springs Squad on the danger tied to a Violent-Death Ghost and the possibility that it was connected to Ghost King Earth Bodhisattva.
• Xu Xingfeng asked after Jiang Chen, but Xu Lei learned from Jiang Chen’s sister that he was still sleeping, so the squad began its operation without him.
• The Netherworld Messengers entered the community, found charred ground and no ghosts in the places they searched, and gathered in Apartment 202 to discuss the threat.
• Jiang Chen called Xu Lei to ask about mission rewards, and Xu Lei promised quadruple Points if he dared to come.

The Netherworld Messengers searched Buildings Three and Four but found no ghosts, then investigated Building Seven and mistook its grisly traces for evidence of a powerful killer. As they uncovered increasingly horrific scenes on the second floor, Jiang Chen realized the team’s reactions were generating ghost qi and stopped Su Ling from calling Xu Lei.

• Xu Lei hung up on Jiang Chen, while Qiu Hong warned Xu Xingfeng to keep her away from him.
• A one-armed Netherworld Messenger failed to detect any ghosts in the building, so Xu Xingfeng ordered the team to search Buildings Three and Four; both were empty of ghosts.
• The team found signs of a battle near Building Four and concluded that a violent-death ghost might have devoured the other ghosts.
• In Building Seven, the Netherworld Messengers found residents dead in horrifying scenes and suspected a terrifying ghost had killed them.
• Jiang Chen heard system notifications reporting the team’s surprise and told Su Ling to stop repeatedly calling Xu Lei.
• On the second floor, the team found bodies nailed to walls and a man dead beside numerous peepholes, then heard a shout from apartment 201.

The Netherworld Messengers investigated a residential building and pieced together a series of carefully staged murders, growing fearful of the mastermind. At Unit 301, they discovered a message pointing to Jiang Chen and Yang Chuan, while Xu Lei noticed she had missed more than a dozen calls.

• Jia Kuan identified signs that a cabinet ghost had been tortured and killed, and the group suspected someone had used the building’s residents to stage multiple murders.
• Xu Xingfeng inferred that a family of three on the third floor had been targeted in a planned sequence of killings, alarming the Netherworld Messengers.
• Qiu Hong urged the team not to retreat, but Xu Xingfeng decided they would investigate further before calling in a team leader.
• At Unit 301, the group found a message saying the soul summoner had gone to Building 4 or Building 1 and naming Jiang Chen’s address in Jade Garden Residential Complex.
• Xu Lei confirmed they were neither in a Ghost Domain nor an illusion, then found more than a dozen missed calls on her phone.

Jiang Chen confirmed that he had cleared Jingjiang Resettlement Community and used Xu Lei’s promised reward as leverage while considering how to negotiate for additional benefits. After reviewing his gains, he drew a Four-Star Monster Transformation Card to prepare for a future encounter with Young Kui.

• Xu Lei and the Netherworld Messengers realized Jiang Chen had cleared the community, searched the buildings, found no ghosts or Ghost Artifacts, and withdrew under a confidentiality order.
• Jiang Chen told Xu Xingfeng that he had infiltrated the community as a mole and killed the ghosts after his cover was blown, then reminded him of Xu Lei’s promised fourfold reward.
• Xu Xingfeng and Xu Lei argued over who would pay the enormous reward, while Qiu Hong and Old Zhao joked that Xu Lei should be sent to Jiang Chen.
• Jiang Chen counted more than 190,000 ghost qi, four Vengeful Ghost-level Ghost Artifacts, and roughly 50,000 base Underworld Points from the cleared community.
• Jiang Chen decided to use the reward dispute as leverage to negotiate an allowance, then asked the system to draw a Four-Star Monster Transformation Card so he could face Young Kui again.

Jiang Chen spent 100,000 Ghost Qi to draw a four-star Azure-Haired Lion Monster card, then brought Su Ling to the Jiangbei Netherworld Branch Office to collect payment for his work. He left Xu Xingfeng and the others stunned by revealing that he had also killed a Fierce Soul's Incarnation.

• Jiang Chen drew the Azure-Haired Lion Monster card and glimpsed the terrifying Green Lion in the Lion Camel Kingdom.
• Jiang Chen learned that the four-star card let him manifest the monster's Life-Bound Weapon by spending Demonic Power, and resolved to hide his strength from his enemies.
• Jiang Chen brought Su Ling to the Jiangbei Netherworld Branch Office, where Xu Xingfeng warned him not to trust ghosts.
• Xu Xingfeng calculated Jiang Chen's payment at 56,000 Underworld Points, then multiplied it by four to compensate him fairly.
• Jiang Chen revealed that he had also killed a Fierce Soul's Incarnation, leaving Xu Xingfeng and the others shocked and worried about the added cost.

Jiang Chen negotiated with Xu Xingfeng for Netherworld information clearance and hinted that the old man who knocks was involved in a threat to Jiangbei. After pretending he could not remember the crucial details, Jiang Chen left Xu Xingfeng wondering whether he had misjudged him.

• Jiang Chen accepted triple Underworld Points instead of quadruple points and asked Xu Xingfeng for level-two information clearance as compensation.
• Xu Xingfeng and the other Netherworld Messengers tried to bargain Jiang Chen down to level-four clearance, but Jiang Chen refused to budge.
• Jiang Chen revealed that the Fierce Soul's Incarnation seemed connected to the old man who knocks, prompting Xu Xingfeng to investigate the threat to Jiangbei.
• Jiang Chen described the night vaguely, then claimed he had forgotten what happened and what the old man had said.
• Xu Xingfeng suspected the Fierce Soul might have erased Jiang Chen's memory, and Jiang Chen praised him as a good judge of character.

Jiang Chen negotiated with the Netherworld Messengers for information about the old man who knocked on doors, while Xu Lei suspected he was a hidden monstrous talent. Team Leader Yang Chuan arrived, and Jiang Chen revived an embarrassing old joke, provoking his resentment.

• Jiang Chen insisted on level-two clearance to obtain intelligence about the old man, so Xu Xingfeng went to fetch a team leader.
• Xu Lei recalled Jiang Chen’s earlier encounters and suspected he had been hiding Grandmaster-level strength, perhaps to avoid attention from the Dark Alliance and Ghost Kings.
• Jiang Chen mocked Qiu Hong’s claim that he had been able to see supernatural things since childhood.
• Yang Chuan appeared in the room, and Jiang Chen greeted him by repeating the room number from their earlier encounter.
• Jiang Chen used a loudspeaker to repeat the joke, so Yang Chuan sealed the room with a black veil and told him not to make loud noises at work.

Jiang Chen negotiated level-two Netherworld access as additional payment for information about the Knocking Old Man, and Yang Chuan agreed to submit his application. Jiang Chen then revealed Su Qiao, the ghost hidden in Su Ling’s shadow, whose intact humanity astonished everyone and led Yang Chuan to identify her as a Spirit Body who died.

• Jiang Chen demanded level-two Netherworld access as extra payment and refused Yang Chuan’s offer of two hundred thousand Underworld Points.
• Yang Chuan recalled Jiang Chen’s encounter with Young Ba and agreed to submit his application for level-two access within a day in exchange for a full account of that night.
• Jiang Chen handed Yang Chuan the Shrine but withheld his information until his access was approved.
• Yang Chuan examined Su Ling’s shadow and warned Jiang Chen about the Half-Body Blood Garment hiding inside it.
• Su Ling called out Su Qiao, who emerged as a powerful ghost but reacted to Jiang Chen with recognizable human anger and restraint.
• Yang Chuan recognized Su Qiao as a Spirit Body who died.

Yang Chuan explained that Su Qiao might be a rare spirit physique who could become a Yama’s successor, and he called the Netherworld director to assess her. Jiang Chen secured a large payment for his lost chicken soup, and the director arrived overnight, recognizing Su Qiao’s potential.

• Yang Chuan told the group that spirit physiques were exceptionally talented and that a spirit physique who retained her soul after death could become a Yama’s successor.
• Jiang Chen contacted Lin Youwei, who said she would inform her master and explained that the Shangqing Sect leader needed an heir.
• Yang Chuan asked Jiang Chen to wait for the director, and Jiang Chen negotiated ten thousand Underworld Points as compensation for his chicken soup.
• The director transferred Jiang Chen enough points to bring his balance to three hundred thousand, and Jiang Chen waited with the others.
• The director arrived unnoticed by most of the group, praised Yang Chuan’s vigilance, examined Su Qiao, and called her a fine prospect.

Sun Zhengwen invited Su Qiao to become his teacher’s disciple, but she returned to herself as Su Ling before deciding. Dao Xuan arrived and also tried to recruit her, leaving the two elders in a tense dispute over who would take her as a disciple.

• Sun Zhengwen offered Su Qiao a chance to become a Yama’s disciple, and she grew excited at the prospect of becoming stronger than Jiang Chen.
• Su Qiao began to accept, but the possession faded and Su Ling returned, asking to discuss the offer with Jiang Chen before deciding.
• Dao Xuan appeared at the Jiangbei Branch Bureau, and Sun Zhengwen rebuked his old acquaintance for arriving uninvited.
• Dao Xuan noticed Su Ling’s exceptional Spirit Body and declared that she could inherit his martial aunt’s legacy.
• Sun Zhengwen claimed Su Ling had already agreed to become his teacher’s disciple, but Jiang Chen corrected him and said she had not decided.
• Sun Zhengwen and Dao Xuan argued over recruiting Su Ling as their auras pressed down on everyone in the room.

Jiang Chen chose the Dao Alliance for Su Ling rather than risk her life as a Netherworld Messenger, but learned her shadow-bound younger sister might need to follow both cultivation paths to survive. The proposed solution recalled the sole person said to have mastered both paths, who had stormed the Forbidden Zone alone.

• Sun Zhengwen described the Netherworld's power and urged Jiang Chen to let Su Ling join it.
• Jiang Chen chose the Dao Alliance, explaining that Su Ling was too young to face the dangers of becoming a Netherworld Messenger.
• Sun Zhengwen accepted Jiang Chen's decision, and Dao Xuan invited Su Ling to meet her master at the Fengdu Forbidden Zone and then join the Shangqing Sect.
• Dao Xuan warned that rising blood qi could destroy the soul of the younger sister hidden in Su Ling's shadow, and Xu Lei suggested that both sisters follow the Netherworld and Unusual Person paths.
• Sun Zhengwen and Dao Xuan said the dual path had failed for nearly everyone, then revealed that a previous Yama King had mastered it and stormed the Forbidden Zone alone.

Sun Zhengwen and Dao Xuan assessed Su Ling’s potential to follow both the Netherworld Messenger and Unusual Person paths, and Jiang Chen entrusted her to them while she pursued a way to save Qiao Qiao. Back home, Jiang Chen chose a task for Sister Hong and learned that the Young Ba was growing stronger as chaos spread across the Nine Provinces.

• Sun Zhengwen said Su Ling might be able to follow the path of both a Netherworld Messenger and an Unusual Person, while Dao Xuan said their sect master and a Yama would need to examine her.
• Su Ling said she would not give up on Qiao Qiao, and Jiang Chen agreed to let her join the Netherworld if she could not follow both paths.
• Sun Zhengwen prepared to take Su Ling away that night, and Jiang Chen gave her a phone and charger and asked her to call when she arrived.
• Jiang Chen checked his Ghost Qi, planned to train Sister Hong, and selected the C-Plus Rank solo task called “Friend.”
• Jiang Chen read reports that the Young Ba had killed people in several cities and grown to the strength of a top-tier Blood-Clad Ghost.
• Jiang Chen worried about the Young Ba’s danger and sensed that the Nine Provinces were descending into greater chaos.

Jiang Chen checked on Su Ling, learned that she was safe at the Living Person Forbidden Zone, and browsed dangerous B-Rank missions while reflecting on the world's worsening ghost crisis. An Underworld App livestream appeared, showing the Netherworld's attack on the Dark Alliance, and Jiang Chen recognized the title as the King of Reincarnation's show.

• Jiang Chen told Sister Hong to accept an Underworld App mission and study its details before their combat that night.
• Jiang Chen called Su Ling, who described the military fortress outside the Living Person Forbidden Zone and said the Dao Alliance seniors had approved her training as both a Netherworld Messenger and an Unusual Person.
• Jiang Chen visited the university, found Zhao Erhu, Lin Youwei, and Yang Chan absent, then returned home to browse B-Rank missions involving Blood-Clad Ghosts.
• Jiang Chen considered several dangerous missions and grew excited about the Ghost Qi he could gain from a Blood-Clad Ghost.
• Jiang Chen opened an Underworld App livestream titled "Bloodshed in the Dark Alliance, the King of Reincarnation's Show" and realized the Netherworld was broadcasting its attack on the Dark Alliance.

The King of Reincarnation livestreamed his attack on the Dark Alliance’s secret refuge, revealing overwhelming power as he halted a vast underwater waterfall. As he brought down his sword, another King confronted him with a giant black palm.

• The King of Reincarnation joked with his disciple during a livestream as they approached the Dark Alliance’s hideout beneath an underwater waterfall.
• The King of Reincarnation raised a hand and stopped the enormous waterfall, exposing buildings hidden below it.
• Evil cultivators and intelligent ghosts emerged, recognized the King of Reincarnation, and called for the Owl King as some fled.
• The King of Reincarnation summoned a sword and raised it, filling the area with intense sword intent.
• A giant black palm rose from beneath the sea as another King challenged him, and the King of Reincarnation brought his sword down, declaring, “Gentlemen, hear the dragon roar!”

The King of Reincarnation defeated the Dark Alliance forces, killed the Owl King's body, and declared that the Nine Provinces would repay attacks tenfold. Inspired by the livestream, Jiang Chen decided to take on three B-Rank incidents after Qishan Village and reassured Sister Hong about joining him, though she remained hesitant.

• The King of Reincarnation cut through the sea King's attack and killed several fleeing Dark Alliance members with his sword intent.
• The King of Reincarnation tracked down and beheaded the Owl King, whose body self-destructed as his remnant soul escaped.
• The King of Reincarnation announced that the Nine Provinces had slain six Great Grandmasters, one King, and thousands of Dark Alliance members.
• Netherworld Branch Offices posted videos of captured Dark Alliance members being publicly executed, prompting an uproar across the world.
• After watching the livestream, Jiang Chen decided to take on three B-Rank incidents after Qishan Village.
• Jiang Chen reassured Sister Hong that she would be past the beginner stage after three days, but she remained worried about taking missions so soon.

Jiang Chen and Sister Hong investigated an abandoned urban village, where they encountered a little girl playing hopscotch with invisible friends. Jiang Chen turned the game against the girl on a rooftop and caught her breaking the rules, leaving her punishment unanswered.

• Jiang Chen and Sister Hong explored the eerily quiet urban village after confirming it was linked to a Paranormal Incident involving a little boy.
• They found Zhang Xiaoyu playing hopscotch alone, and she claimed her invisible friends were playing too.
• Jiang Chen asked to join the game, persuaded the girl to move it to a rooftop, and told Sister Hong that exorcism meant entering and redeeming ghosts' inner worlds.
• Jiang Chen drew a hopscotch course pointing toward the roof's edge and took the first turn while Sister Hong watched.
• When the girl tried to push Jiang Chen, he grabbed her hand and declared that she had stepped on the line and was out, then asked what punishment awaited her.

Jiang Chen killed Zhang Xiaoyu, then ambushed the child ghosts who came to avenge her and left two Vicious Ghosts for Sister Hong to fight. After Sister Hong accidentally knocked one into Jiang Chen, he offered to rub the boy’s head.

• Jiang Chen killed Zhang Xiaoyu and told Sister Hong that he had helped her fulfill her final wish.
• Jiang Chen and Sister Hong hid on an awning as seven or eight child ghosts arrived and discovered Zhang Xiaoyu’s corpse.
• The child ghosts realized Jiang Chen and Sister Hong were hiding nearby, accused Jiang Chen of killing their friend, and attacked.
• Jiang Chen used Purple Palace to kill most of the child ghosts, then left two Vicious Ghosts for Sister Hong’s combat practice.
• Sister Hong’s kick knocked the boy ghost into Jiang Chen, who smiled and offered to rub his head.

Jiang Chen and Sister Hong killed two ghosts, and Jiang Chen deduced that Sister Hong’s Kui Xing Points at the Dipper could let her permanently take luck from enemies who died under its effect. They entered a lit home in the abandoned village and met Zhang Xiaohao, who claimed the woman who let them in was not entirely his mother.

• Sister Hong used a Spirit-Gathering Pill +1 to regain her strength, but the little girl ghost fled until Jiang Chen leaped down and crushed her.
• Jiang Chen observed that Sister Hong’s aura had grown stronger and concluded that her ability could permanently steal an enemy’s luck if they died while it was active.
• Sister Hong sensed Jiang Chen’s terrifying presence when he spoke about having a demon in one’s heart, then followed him to apartment 301.
• Jiang Chen and Sister Hong entered the home after the woman let them stay, and Jiang Chen noticed her movements were strangely uncoordinated.
• In the dark bedroom, Zhang Xiaohao told Jiang Chen and Sister Hong that the woman was not entirely his mother.

Jiang Chen and Sister Hong heard conflicting accounts from a boy and his uncle about the boy’s dead parents and strange return, leaving them uncertain who in the household was truly dangerous. The woman then called Sister Hong into the kitchen to help sort vegetables.

• The boy told Sister Hong and Jiang Chen that his father had killed his mother, that both parents later seemed to return as strangers, and that he wanted their help escaping.
• Jiang Chen warned Sister Hong not to trust a ghost’s account and explained that the boy’s story might conceal more than it revealed.
• The uncle told Jiang Chen and Sister Hong that the boy had died by suicide, yet later appeared alive, and that the boy’s ghostly friends prevented him and his wife from leaving.
• Sister Hong wondered whether both the boy and uncle were trying to lure them away, but Jiang Chen left the possibility open.
• The woman of the house called Sister Hong to help sort vegetables, and Jiang Chen agreed on her behalf as they headed to the kitchen.