Recaps

He Zheng chose to divide the remaining incense ash among the group and ran back toward the Main Hall to find more, while the others struggled to save him from an unseen attack. Ye Lin led the group into the Taoist Quarters, where a crowd of blue-robed ghosts appeared at the far doorway.

• He Zheng sprinkled the remaining incense ash over everyone and raced toward the Main Hall, determined to bring back enough to save them all.
• The others found He Zheng frozen on the path, and Ye Lin suspected he had triggered a ghost attack without anyone noticing.
• A backward-crawling female ghost charged the group, so Ye Lin ordered everyone to drag He Zheng toward the Taoist Quarters.
• Huang Liang's modified bullet wounded the female ghost, and Li Tianyang rescued Huang Liang from another ghost with a talisman.
• Ye Lin entered the Taoist Quarters and found a headless corpse surrounded by sealing power, then spotted blue-robed ghosts hopping toward the opposite doorway.

Ye Lin and the others sealed themselves inside the Taoist Quarters, where ghosts battered the doors and the blood curses began to fade. Ye Lin concluded that the headless corpse had used a secret technique to escape, and searched for where its head had gone as the ghosts neared breaking in.

• Ye Lin and An Ke shut the Taoist Quarters’ doors just as Zhang Tie and the others rushed inside, trapping the ghosts outside.
• Li Tianyang and the others asked Ye Lin what to do, and he told An Ke to photograph clues while he examined the corpse.
• Ye Lin deduced that the corpse’s head had separated from its body and escaped through another route, since the neck wound was clean and the body showed no sign of being eaten.
• Li Tianyang asked about flying-head magic, and Ye Lin cited examples from Chinese myths and history while searching through books and letters.
• The ghosts cracked the doors and burned away the blood curses, forcing Ye Lin to search urgently for the missing head’s escape route.

Ye Lin discovered a secret passage beneath the Taoist Quarters and led the group into it as ghosts broke through the doors. While fleeing, he recalled a letter revealing that the Taoists had gathered to open the Ninefold Immortal Gate and summon the Ten Thousand Immortals.

• An Ke proposed tearing up the stone slabs to search for a passage, but Ye Lin realized that water pooling by the entrance suggested a hollow beneath the floor.
• Ye Lin blasted apart the stone slab beneath the doors, revealing a talisman-covered underground passage, and ordered the group inside.
• Li Tianyang hesitated over leaving the books and letters, so Ye Lin used his telekinesis to flip through them and memorize their contents as the ghosts broke in.
• The group fled deeper into the passage while talismans briefly held back the pursuing ghosts, and Ye Lin continued searching his memories for clues.
• At a bend in the passage, Ye Lin recalled a letter saying the Taoists had answered a summons to open the Ninefold Immortal Gate and summon the Ten Thousand Immortals.

Ye Lin, An Ke, and Li Tianyang debated whether the Taoists had summoned a real immortal or mistaken a ghost for one, while Ye Lin suspected the Ninefold Immortal Gate might be their extraction point. As Ye Lin considered He Zheng’s condition, a strange reddish light appeared at the end of the hidden passage.

• Ye Lin read the letter aloud, revealing that Taoists had opened the Immortal Gate and summoned an immortal during the Warlord Era.
• Li Tianyang theorized that a ghost had devoured the summoned immortal, while An Ke argued that the Taoists might have opened the wrong gate and summoned a ghost instead.
• Ye Lin noted that both theories left unanswered questions and considered the possibility that an immortal had killed people before the ghosts appeared.
• Ye Lin identified the Ninefold Immortal Gate as a possible extraction point and wondered what linked it to He Zheng’s condition.
• A faint reddish moonlight appeared at the end of the hidden passage.

Ye Lin and the others entered an empty room with a lone chair and planned to search the nearby side hall for a way to open the immortal gate. When Ye Lin opened the door, a terrifying ghost appeared behind them and hanged the group, leaving them on the brink of death.

• Ye Lin led the group out of the tunnel into an empty room, where they found a wooden chair and red moonlight coming through the windows.
• Li Tianyang proposed searching the Scripture Pavilion or the side hall for a way to open the immortal gate, and Ye Lin chose the nearby side hall.
• Ye Lin noticed the chair seemed out of place but could not determine what had happened to the Taoist who had escaped through the tunnel.
• When Ye Lin opened the door, he saw a three-meter-long ghost reflected in the pane, hanging behind them with its arms on his shoulders.
• Ye Lin warned everyone to run, but the ghost froze the group and hanged them beneath the roof beam.
• Ye Lin escaped the rope with Blood Shadow Impact, but the ghost dragged him back and hanged him again as a death announcement sounded.

Ye Lin realized the Hanged Ghost killed anyone who tried to leave the room and used the Sacrificial Dagger to destroy it. As the group fled, they discovered He Zheng’s soul had been left behind and was running away on its own.

• Huang Liang died, and the Hanged Ghost’s ropes continued choking Zhang Tie, An Ke, Li Tianyang, and Ye Lin despite their attempts to fight back.
• Ye Lin reasoned that the ghost’s killing condition was touching the door, then recognized that its repeated hanging reenacted its own suicide.
• Ye Lin used telekinesis to drive the Sacrificial Dagger into the Hanged Ghost, dispersing it, and urged the others to flee as a worse presence began to awaken.
• Zhang Tie noticed that He Zheng had become weightless and saw He Zheng’s soul standing apart from the body he was dragging.
• He Zheng’s soul ran away from the group while they watched in horror.

Ye Lin and the others hid in a Side Hall after escaping an awakened ghost, where Li Tianyang found yellow paper revealing that an immortal gate had been sealed. As a colossal ghost broke into the hall, Ye Lin led the group toward the Dining Room with the clue in hand.

• Ye Lin led the survivors into a Side Hall, where Zhang Tie grieved over He Zheng and Huang Liang while Li Tianyang urged him to focus on surviving.
• Ye Lin suspected the cloth-covered Deity Statue might conceal a clue, and Li Tianyang volunteered to uncover it.
• Li Tianyang found yellow paper describing an immortal who defied orders and an immortal gate sealed shut; its reverse bore seven red dots.
• A colossal ghost attacked the Side Hall, shattering the Deity Statue and forcing its way through the door.
• Ye Lin grabbed the yellow paper and smashed through the door to the Dining Room, urging the others to follow.

Ye Lin watched his companions die to the Head-Swapping Ghost and realized the Taoist Temple had repeatedly resurrected them, erasing their memories each time. As the ghost closed in, he tried to leave a warning on his body, then destroyed his own head to deny it a body to possess.

• Zhang Tie brought He Zheng into the Dining Room, where the Head-Swapping Ghost had taken over He Zheng's body, and the ghost twisted Zhang Tie's head around, killing him.
• The ghost teleported to Li Tianyang and killed him, then pursued Ye Lin and An Ke, killing An Ke as Ye Lin fled with Blood Shadow Impact.
• Ye Lin fought off ghostly hands and attacked the Head-Swapping Ghost, but the blade failed to kill it and the recoil left him unable to stand.
• Seeing familiar heads roll from a shattered urn and recalling the scars, rain, moon, and Dagger, Ye Lin realized they had died and been resurrected repeatedly with their memories erased.
• Ye Lin saw scars covering his left arm, carved his wrist with the Dagger, and smashed his own head with his sword before the ghost could replace it.

Ye Lin discovered unexplained scars on his hands and deduced that his memories had been erased after he suffered injuries. He concluded that he and the others had already died once and come back to life, leaving them to face the danger that killed them before.

• He Zheng lit three cigarettes for the Three Pure Ones and pocketed some Incense Ash.
• Ye Lin noticed old scars on his hands that he could not remember receiving, and the others found no similar injuries.
• An Ke suspected a ghost had attacked Ye Lin, but he tested the Sacrificial Dagger and found it could leave lasting scars.
• Ye Lin deduced that his wounds had healed into scars before his memories were erased, and that he had likely injured himself to leave a clue.
• Ye Lin reasoned that the others’ memories had also been erased and concluded that they had already died once and come back to life.

After the group revived at the statue, Ye Lin used his palm wound to deduce the dangers they faced on their previous attempt and concluded they had encountered a Hanged Ghost near the side hall. He then spotted a flaw in his reasoning and realized someone may have triggered the first ghost before they reached the Taoist Quarters.

• Ye Lin explained that the statue revived only those who had entered the Main Hall, and that revivals consumed its power; Li Tianyang regretted that Zhang Xiao Peng had died outside.
• The six survivors left through the right-hand door and found themselves beneath a blood moon, with their bodies weakened after revival.
• Ye Lin examined his palm wound and deduced that he had caught a returning Dagger telekinetically while fighting a powerful ghost that could restrict movement.
• Ye Lin inferred that the ghost was a Hanged Ghost and that they had reached it through a hidden passage leading from the Taoist Quarters toward the side hall.
• Ye Lin realized the first ghost could not have appeared in the Taoist Quarters, and suspected someone had triggered it ahead of time.

Ye Lin explained that his wrist injury contained clues to several ghosts and warned that an unknown fourth ghost may already have been triggered. As the group tried to identify what they had done in the Main Hall, Ye Lin realized the ghosts might all be one entity.

• Ye Lin told the group that his wrist injury pointed to Ghost Hand, Hanged Ghost, and a ghost that could possess bodies, while an unknown fourth ghost might appear near the Taoist Quarters.
• Huang Liang questioned whether the clues really proved Ghost Hand and a fourth ghost existed, but An Ke explained that Ye Lin could have used a neck wound to signal Hanged Ghost and that the right-side pursuer pointed to another ghost.
• Huang Liang apologized for doubting Ye Lin, and Ye Lin asked everyone to recall their actions in the Main Hall and report anything that might have triggered the unknown ghost.
• Ye Lin reflected on how the clues overlapped and realized that the ghosts might all be one entity.

Ye Lin discovered that his body bore many more scars than he had realized, revealing that the group had died in multiple previous rounds despite their attempts to escape. As the others checked themselves and found no scars, Ye Lin concluded that their enemy was not merely a ghost but a dismembered immortal.

• Ye Lin questioned whether He Zheng’s stolen Incense Ash had triggered the ghost, while Li Tianyang suggested they check their bodies for clues left by previous rounds.
• An Ke agreed to let the others check her, and Ye Lin revealed scars on his arm and chest that he had not known about.
• The six returned to the Main Hall and checked themselves; only Ye Lin had scars, which suggested they had died at least four times.
• He Zheng offered to let Ye Lin stay behind while the others died for another round, but Ye Lin realized the threat was far more terrifying than they had believed.
• Ye Lin concluded that the enemy was an immortal who had been dismembered.

Ye Lin finished deciphering most of the clues and led the group toward the Taoist Quarters, believing they could find a way out. He explained that the different wounds reflected choices altered by the butterfly effect, then quietly watched the others’ shadows with killing intent.

• He Zheng questioned why Ye Lin’s scars were subtle and why he had left wounds instead of carved words, and An Ke theorized that the marks faded and that Ye Lin had faced certain death without time to write.
• Li Tianyang suggested drawings could convey more information than words, and Ye Lin interrupted to say they might be unable to write at all.
• Ye Lin said the wounds on his chest formed a map, though he still needed to confirm the marks on his arm, and led everyone toward the Taoist Quarters.
• When Li Tianyang questioned why they were going right instead of searching the Side Halls, Ye Lin argued that the right route was safer and more efficient.
• Ye Lin said the butterfly effect had led them to choose different paths and see different skies, then walked ahead while secretly watching the others’ shadows with killing intent.

Ye Lin led the group into the Taoist Quarters, where they found a headless corpse and a letter mentioning the Ninefold Immortal Gate. The letter made Ye Lin realize that his memories did not match the others’, leaving him to fear that he was not Ye Lin.

• Ye Lin used the pooled water and lowered ground to infer that a hollow space lay beneath the Taoist Quarters.
• The group entered, found a headless corpse, and closed the doors after Ye Lin judged it posed no immediate danger.
• Ye Lin suspected the corpse was connected to the Incense Ash and considered whether He Zheng had been possessed or had his head swapped.
• The group searched the room and found a letter that mentioned the Ninefold Immortal Gate and summoning all immortals once more.
• Ye Lin realized he remembered immortals and the Immortal Gate despite his erased memories, and feared that he was not Ye Lin.

Ye Lin reasoned that repeated deaths might cause the group to merge with ghosts, but concealed his doubts and led everyone to investigate the Scripture Pavilion for clues. The six split up inside, unaware that an eerie pattern of footprints had appeared outside.

• Ye Lin considered whether he was dead or had merged with a ghost, then told the others that the Immortals might have become ghosts.
• Ye Lin showed the group a scar on his arm, and An Ke suggested it resembled bamboo, pointing them toward the Scripture Pavilion.
• The six checked the area and cautiously made their way to the Scripture Pavilion beneath the Blood Moon.
• Inside, Ye Lin directed An Ke to use a flashlight and search for books with little dust; the group spotted cloud-patterned footprints leading to both upper floors.
• Ye Lin split the group between the second and third floors, while a precise array of footprints silently appeared outside as An Ke's flashlight swept past.

Li Tianyang and He Zheng discovered the Heaven-Opening Road Ritual, which appeared to explain how to open the Immortal Gate, but Blue-Robed Ghosts invaded the Scripture Pavilion. Ye Lin, An Ke, and Huang Liang were trapped by a ghost that mimicked their movements, while more ghosts crowded behind Zhang Tie.

• He Zheng found a concealed booklet titled “Heaven-Opening Road Ritual,” and Li Tianyang recognized it as the Immortal Gate ritual and found its instructions.
• A ghost’s face appeared through a crack in the pavilion wall, and Li Tianyang saw Blue-Robed Ghosts bounding toward the third floor.
• Li Tianyang unleashed Ritual Thunder, grabbed He Zheng, and rushed downstairs while Zhang Tie flipped to the second floor to warn Ye Lin.
• Ye Lin warned Zhang Tie not to approach because a ghost was copying their movements and would see them if they ran.
• Zhang Tie saw Li Tianyang and He Zheng fleeing as a dense mass of ghosts filled the third floor behind them.

With a ghost trapping Ye Lin, An Ke, and Huang Liang on the second floor, Ye Lin searched for a way to use the mysterious book above it to escape. As ghosts broke into the pavilion, He Zheng and the others chose to fight for time while Huang Liang armed Zhang Tie.

• An Ke and Huang Liang urged Ye Lin to flee, but Ye Lin stayed still and considered how the ghost copied their movements.
• Ye Lin suspected the dark-gold book above the ghost held the key to surviving, but he had no time to test his ideas.
• Li Tianyang learned from Zhang Tie that Ye Lin and the others were trapped, while Blue-Robed Ghosts forced their way into the pavilion.
• He Zheng charged a Blue-Robed Ghost with his axes, discovered he could knock it back, and kept attacking to delay it.
• Huang Liang threw his gun loaded with modified Spirit-Piercing Bullets to Zhang Tie and rushed upstairs.

Li Tianyang chose to stay and risk his life rescuing Zhang Tie and He Zheng as the blue-robed ghosts overwhelmed the Scripture Pavilion. On the second floor, Ye Lin searched for a movement method that would lead the ghost away from a crucial book, while the others struggled to hold the line for a few more seconds.

• Zhang Tie shot a blue-robed ghost with a Spirit-Piercing Bullet, then used Bear Transformation and his Titan Gauntlets to fight off the ghosts breaking into the attic.
• A blue-robed ghost seized Zhang Tie and dragged him toward the wall, while other ghosts caught He Zheng and began crushing and pulling him through a gap.
• Li Tianyang considered fleeing but remembered Ye Lin's help and the meaning of co-op mode, then used his ritual sword and lightning arts to free Zhang Tie and He Zheng.
• He Zheng joined the defense, and Ye Lin called for at least ten seconds while explaining that the ghost turned in the direction it had been moving when it hit a wall.
• Ye Lin tried to work out a movement method that would lead the ghost away from the book, as Li Tianyang heard the roof tearing and trusted Ye Lin to find a way.

Huang Liang’s attempt to make the ghost retrieve and throw the Black-and-Gold Book revealed that the room was a trap, leaving An Ke and Ye Lin pinned beside the ghost as the Blue-Robed Ghosts overwhelmed the others. Li Tianyang realized the clues Ye Lin had left pointed to Bamboo and charged back toward the stairs, believing he had figured out how to escape.

• Ye Lin explained that Psychokinesis could not move the Black-and-Gold Book and that their relay plan would take too long.
• Huang Liang entered the room and made the ghost knock over the bookcase, pick up the book, and imitate throwing it.
• Huang Liang saw an eye in the ghost’s palm, then the ghost switched places with him and began draining his life force inside the room.
• An Ke and Ye Lin were trapped beside the ghost, while the Blue-Robed Ghosts forced Li Tianyang, He Zheng, and Zhang Tie to retreat from the third floor.
• Zhang Tie used his last bullet to cover Li Tianyang and He Zheng’s escape, but the ghosts caught him; Li Tianyang then inferred that Bamboo was the key and rushed back toward the stairs.

Li Tianyang sacrificed his last eye to identify and light a candle that repelled the ghosts in the Scripture Pavilion. The group survived the attack and obtained a sealed black-and-gold book, while Ye Lin asked Li Tianyang what the system notification had said.

• Li Tianyang broke free from He Zheng and rushed to the altar, realizing a candle might repel the ghosts.
• Li Tianyang tore out his remaining eye, invoked the Dharma Eye, and identified the candle of life among the altar candles.
• Li Tianyang lit the candle with his blood essence, driving back the blue-robed ghosts and carrying the flame upstairs.
• He Zheng took the candle to Ye Lin, and its light made the ghost on the second floor vanish.
• Ye Lin examined the black-and-gold book they had obtained and explained that it needed to be taken to system space and healed before it could be opened.
• Ye Lin asked Li Tianyang to reveal the system notification he had received about the candle.

Li Tianyang learned that the candle was called Non-Toxic and could repel evil entities, while the book revealed that lighting the Seven Candles would open the Immortal Gate. As the group prepared to search for the remaining candles, An Ke suspected Ye Lin had deliberately let Li Tianyang lose his eyes.

• Li Tianyang summoned the system in his mind and read out that the Non-Toxic candle could purify evil entities and expel demons and ghosts.
• Li Tianyang showed the group the book, and they read that lighting the Seven Candles would guide a True Immortal down and open the Immortal Gate.
• He Zheng urged the group to hurry and find the remaining candles before their candle burned out.
• An Ke questioned why the Black-and-Gold Book upstairs had not remained with Ye Lin after he came back to life.
• Huang Liang suggested that the setting's contents changed over time and that the ghost's sudden appearance had left Ye Lin no time to think.
• An Ke suspected Ye Lin had stood by while Li Tianyang gouged out his own eyes.

Ye Lin led the group back through the tunnel toward the Taoist Quarters, keeping everyone together around the candle and carrying the injured Li Tianyang. They reached the passage near the Hanged Ghost, where Ye Lin prepared his Sacrificial Dagger and warned the others to be careful.

• He Zheng worried that changing ghosts might make their old clues useless, but Ye Lin said the changes would be limited and ordered everyone to keep searching.
• Ye Lin had Zhang Tie carry the wounded Li Tianyang and arranged for him to stay in the middle with the candle.
• Ye Lin led the group through the tunnel to the Taoist Quarters, warning them to protect the candle and watch for the Hanged Ghost.
• Li Tianyang explained that using his vital blood strengthened him but cost him years of life and weakened his senses, then began connecting his seven uses of vital blood to the seven souls.
• Ye Lin stopped near the Hanged Ghost’s red light and deployed the Sacrificial Dagger, wary that the creature might have changed since he killed it.

The group searched a marked side hall for a candle and clues to the Immortal Gate, but found only a fragment of Yellow Paper. As heads began battering the door, the system announced that the examination would end in ten minutes, leaving the group with little time to open the gate.

• Ye Lin led the group out of the storage room with their eyes closed and holding hands, and they emerged safely despite the unseen Hanged Ghost.
• The group spotted a house-sized floating eyeball and hurried into a nearby side hall.
• Ye Lin found torn Yellow Paper bearing instructions to invite the Deity into the Statue and lock the Immortal Gate, but the group found no candle or other clues.
• An Ke suggested that the group investigate why the immortal had defied the divine edict, while He Zheng knelt before the Deity Statue.
• The group realized the pounding sounds came from heads ramming the door, and the system announced that the examination would end in ten minutes.

With time running short, Li Tianyang realized that the Blood Curses suppressed an immortal’s dismembered corpse hidden inside the hall’s pillars. The group exposed a hand in one pillar, causing the pressure in the hall to intensify as the Blood Curse burned faster.

• He Zheng and the others realized that time had passed during each rebirth and panicked about finding a way to open the Immortal Gate.
• Li Tianyang stopped the group from leaving, arguing that they might overlook a clue in the Main Hall.
• Ye Lin suggested that the various ghosts might be parts of a dismembered corpse, but he could not explain how it related to the Immortal Gate.
• Li Tianyang connected the seven souls, halls, and candles, then concluded that the immortal’s corpse was sealed inside the pillars and the Blood Curse was suppressing it.
• Li Tianyang and the others hacked at the pillars, revealing a hand inside a red pillar in the Southwest Corner as the supernatural pressure surged and the Blood Curse burned furiously.

Li Tianyang’s group burned the severed hands on a pillar, opening a path through the ghosts and confirming their method for opening the Immortal Gate. A powerful female ghost attacked the candle, forcing Ye Lin and An Ke to hold it off while the others raced toward the remaining side halls.

• Li Tianyang concluded that burning the corpse parts would open the Immortal Gate, and He Zheng set fire to the pillar bearing the hands.
• The flames drove back the ghosts, and Li Tianyang argued that the immortal was already dead and the group should continue to the other side halls.
• He Zheng kicked open the next doors, but an enormous female ghost with many hands appeared on the roof and tried to blow out the candle.
• Ye Lin and An Ke attacked the female ghost while Ye Lin held it back, and he ordered the others to move ahead.
• An Ke covered the retreat as Li Tianyang used the Golden Light Mantra to protect the candle, and the five remaining companions sprinted toward the other side halls.