Recaps

Xu Yi and Zhong Xueran survived the Old Town ghosts at a terrible cost, while Qin Manjiang and the others uncovered the ritual tying Shen Hong’s corpse to the Red Wedding Dress. The ritual was disrupted, but the dress became uncontrollable as Qin Manjiang was gravely injured and Fan Cheng remained in Liu Junyan’s hands.

• Xu Yi wore the Nuo Opera Mask to carry Zhong Xueran through the ghosts, and after the mask rooted into his face, he kept walking even after he died.
• Yan Xiao rescued Zhong Xueran and took Xu Yi’s body away, while Qin Manjiang and Nie Yunzhen investigated the ritual and Yu Qinghuan’s transformation.
• Jiang Du took control of Qin Manjiang’s body, cut the cursed skin from Yu Qinghuan’s face, and identified Mr. Yan as the person behind the life-prolonging ritual.
• Mr. Yan revealed that the Red Wedding Dress absorbed life force and controlled the ghosts, then offered Yu Qinghuan as a sacrifice.
• Nie Yunzhen and Zhong Xueran found Shen Hong’s body inside the Old Locust Tree and severed the tendrils connecting her to the wedding dress.
• The ritual’s disruption turned the wedding dress against Mr. Yan, and Qin Manjiang broke Jiang Du’s control to carry Yu Qinghuan out as the dress consumed Mr. Yan.
• Li Xijiu drove the injured Qin Manjiang toward Yan Xiao, while Yu Qinghuan headed back to Huai'an Residential Complex to face the freed wedding dress.
• Fan Cheng regained movement in Liu Junyan’s basement but, unable to escape his fatal wounds, clutched Qin Manjiang’s doll as Liu Junyan dragged him away.

After the Sacrifice Ritual ended, Qin Manjiang left Fu City with Flower and became entangled in Moon City's lethal Eye Realm. As he investigated a string of murders, the Eye Realm summoned him back to Fu City under the identity Professor and sent him into Sick Village.

• Fan Cheng’s doll killed Liu Junyan, while Shen Hong withered after Nie Yunzhen and Zhong Xueran pulled her from the Old Locust Tree.
• Yu Qinghuan died before reaching the tree, and Zhong Xueran concluded that placing Liu Junyan’s corpse in Shen Hong’s hollow could reverse the ritual.
• Jiang Du used Qin Manjiang’s doll to remove the wedding dress’s ability to foresee the future, and the surviving Players received the Game-cleared message as the Wedding Dress vanished.
• Qin Manjiang struggled with his hunger, left the clinic, and was taken toward Moon City by Flower and Kong, who said they wanted to end the Ghost Story Game.
• Qin Manjiang left Fu City with Flower after telling Yan Xiao he planned to go to Moon City, while Yan Xiao vowed to save both people and ghosts and overturn the arena.
• In Moon City, Qin Manjiang accidentally shattered Chen Qiu into ice fragments, then questioned Fang Xiu about the Eye Realm’s Hunting Mode and learned that players with merged Permanent Items were hunting the others.
• Qin Manjiang and Fang Xiu found Yan Yaoling dead and frozen in her apartment, and Qin Manjiang suspected the killer could transform into ice.
• The Eye Realm summoned Qin Manjiang into Sick Village as Professor, and he joined Du Bi'an, Xu Tingfang, Yu Ruoli, and Luo Chengyou as the players were scattered across the miasma-covered village.

The players explored Sick Village’s dangerous locations and uncovered how its sickness, Frog Eggs, and missing elderly resident were connected. After the fog separated them, Qin Manjiang cleared the Public Toilet while Shen Hai and Xu Tingfang encountered Luo Chengyou’s bloodied body near Nine-Bend Alley.

• Xu Tingfang and Yu Ruoli entered the Library and Medical Station, while Shen Hai examined the Supermarket rules and Qin Manjiang entered the Nursing Home.
• Du Bi'an rushed into the Public Toilet, where he followed conflicting rules and was killed by black particles.
• Luo Chengyou entered Nine-Bend Alley, chose its narrowing middle path, and was crushed after discovering why it needed no disinfection.
• Xu Tingfang read Sick Village Records and learned that an infected village had been trapped by the fog after a missing elderly resident and a monstrous transformation.
• Shen Hai warned Xu Tingfang that the Library figure might not be human, then found Frog Eggs on her and chose to help her escape.
• Qin Manjiang and Shen Hai learned that the Nursing Home’s old man had bought liquor from the Supermarket, then found Yu Ruoli collapsed and carried her toward Xu Tingfang.
• As darkness returned, Shen Hai took Xu Tingfang from the Library, but the fog separated them from Qin Manjiang and Yu Ruoli at the Public Toilet.
• Qin Manjiang identified the Public Toilet’s false rules, escaped after finding Du Bi'an dead, and carried Yu Ruoli deeper into the fog as Shen Hai and Xu Tingfang found Luo Chengyou’s bloodied body.

Shen Hai and Qin Manjiang uncovered the Nursing Home’s secret and stopped its Director, while Qin Manjiang saved Yu Ruoli from becoming a mermaid. In Moon City, a banquet became a deadly hunt, Qin Manyi reappeared, and Lian Yan revealed his ties to the Paleontology Research Association.

• Shen Hai entered Nine-Bend Alley and recovered Xu Tingfang’s corpse after she was crushed by its closing walls.
• Qin Manjiang and Shen Hai investigated the Nursing Home’s Mermaid Flesh, while the Old Director captured Yu Ruoli and forced her to eat it.
• Qin Manjiang and Shen Hai traced the curse to the Old Director and killed him, but the Game continued as Yu Ruoli transformed into a mermaid.
• Qin Manjiang used the Doll to erase Yu Ruoli’s longevity ability and save her, while Shen Hai escaped and cleared Sick Village.
• Qin Manjiang went to a Yuelai Hotel banquet, where Lian Yan warned him that Moon City’s Players were being forced into a deadly hunting game.
• Lian Yan explained that the Paleontology Research Association had altered Moon City’s [Eye Realm], and Qin Manjiang recognized his sister Qin Manyi amid the attack on the hotel.
• Qin Manjiang rescued Qin Manyi and took her to the basement, where Lian Yan killed a mutated waitress whose Permanent Item had disappeared.
• Lian Yan told Qin Manjiang to wait before going upstairs and gave him a business card, leaving Qin Manjiang to wonder whether Lian Yan was one of Moon City’s Ten Seats.