Evil Spirit

Biodata

Background

Evil spirits inhabit the Evil Spirit World, another dimension whose manifestations take the form of Evil Spirit Instances. These instances began appearing on Blue Star twenty years before Tang Xiaoling’s selection. Human participants are chosen at unpredictable times and cannot refuse entry 1 38.

Research by the National Spirit Instance Institute established that powerful spirits occupy their own territories like feudal lords. Evil Spirit Amusement Park is one such territory, governed by Ghost King Zhong under Netherworld Fengdu 3 38.

Disputed Origins

• Eerie Knowledge Explainer’s account: Spirits were once humans whose resentment persisted after death; they eventually reincarnate when that resentment dissipates. He also claimed that spirits cultivate suitable humans into replacements 8.
• Reliability: His university diploma was forged, and his explanations of Tang Xiaoling’s treatment were exposed as misleading. His claims about her being deliberately raised into a ghost are not established facts 8 37.

Cultivation and Hierarchy

The stated cultivation hierarchy contains six ranks, listed from lowest to highest 8.

Advancement

• Cultivation through feeding: Repeatedly consuming the flesh of virgins is described as increasing a spirit’s cultivation even without training 21.
• Netherworld service: Becoming a Netherworld Soldier is reputed to improve cultivation. Favor from the Ghost Emperor can open the way to higher positions and greater power 11.
• Documented example: Ghost King Zhong was formerly a Vengeful Ghost before receiving the Ghost Emperor’s favor and attaining his later position 11.
• Uncompleted ambition: Old Lady Zhao leaves for the Netherworld hoping to become a Ghost Monarch; her success is not shown in the supplied chapters 12.

Appearance

• Zhou: Deathly pale and blood-covered, with half his head missing and his exposed brain visibly pulsing 4.
• Old Lady Zhao: A decomposed elderly figure whose true form develops sunken skin, a mouthful of fangs, and thick black fumes 6 13.
• Ring-toss stallholder: Eerie green eyes, fangs, razor-sharp claws, and a scarlet tongue 17 20 21.
• Ghost Wedding House bride: An ashen, cracked face, hanging scarlet tongue, long curved red fingernails, and hair longer than her approximately 1.7-meter height 34.
• Rakshasa Lady Ten: Appears as a beautiful, elegantly poised woman in luxurious clothing rather than an overtly mutilated ghost 31.

Behavior

Many instance spirits regard humans as food and enjoy frightening them. Zhou takes pleasure in the players’ terror, while the ring-toss stallholder uses misleading pricing to create an opportunity to demand flesh and blood as payment 2 4 17.

Their conduct is not uniformly hostile. Old Lady Zhao becomes genuinely protective of Tang Xiaoling, and other spirits accommodate the child out of fear of Sky Dog or deference to the Ghost Emperor’s household. Ghost King Zhong’s public greeting ultimately confirms her position as the princess 13 17 37.

Abilities & Skills

Physical Attacks and Feeding

• Spirits can devour both adults and children when instance rules permit 2.
• The stallholder tears apart a thick mascot costume and bites a chunk of flesh from Wu Qian’s arm 20 21.
• Spirits possess highly sensitive senses of smell. The narrative describes them as preferring virgins’ flesh and finding flesh with mixed scents repulsive 21.
• Human diseases do not infect evil spirits, although associated odors can disgust them 21.

Supernatural Manifestations

• Conjuration: Zhou produces department cards with a hand gesture; the stallholder similarly produces rings, weapons, and a hot pot 5 19 22.
• Ghostly aura: Old Lady Zhao and the stallholder release black vapor and oppressive killing intent 13 20.
• Soul entrapment: Each Soul-Locking Mirror houses a Vengeful Ghost capable of trapping a human’s soul and drawing their body into the mirror 26.
• Illusory pursuit: The Ghost Wedding House bride pursues Lin Feng through changing wedding scenes and hiding places 34.
• High-level powers: Powerful spirits are reported to fly, burrow underground, move mountains, and fill seas; these abilities are not attributed to every rank 38.

Instance Rules and Exceptions

• Ordinary spirits cannot harm a compliant player merely because they want to. Zhou would die on the spot if he attacked Tang Xiaoling without a rule violation 5.
• The stallholder initially cannot stop Wu Qian from leaving when she refuses to play. Its opportunity to attack comes after she uses the rings and refuses payment 19 20.
• Lord-Level exception: Lady Ten’s information panel explicitly warns that she can ignore the rules and kill either humans or evil spirits 31.
• Ghost Monarchs are also described as standing above instance rules 37.

Spirit Servant Contracts

• Contracts allow spirits to become human servants. Worldwide, no more than ten people possess contracted ghost servants, most at Little Ghost rank 45.
• Lady Ten binds her child’s remnant soul to Tang Xiaoling through a Spirit Servant Contract. The bond makes him her permanent servant and prevents betrayal 40.

Notable Evil Spirits

• Zhou — Little Ghost-level gatekeeper who distributes job cards, accepts Li Zhuang’s exchange with Tang Xiaoling, and offers the child to Old Lady Zhao 5 6 8.
• Old Lady Zhao — Vengeful Ghost who becomes Tang Xiaoling’s adopted grandmother, protects her from Wu Fan, and departs for the Netherworld 12 13.
• Ring-toss stallholder — Predatory attraction operator who submits to Sky Dog, saves Tang Xiaoling from a fall, and later mutilates Wu Qian 17 19 22.
• Ghost Wedding House bride — Bridal spirit who witnesses Lin Feng frightening Tang Xiaoling and later pursues him inside the attraction 27 29 34.
• Rakshasa Lady Ten — Lord-Level spirit and Ghost King Zhong’s wife; escorts Tang Xiaoling and arranges a feast for her 29 31 42.
• Ghost King Zhong — Ghost Monarch and amusement park ruler whose bow to Tang Xiaoling reveals the reason for the spirits’ deference 37 38.

Role in the Amusement Park Instance

• Player assignments: Spirits administer employment roles and punish failures to follow workplace rules 5 27.
• Attraction hazards: The Carousel repeatedly shreds and restores children, while the Soul-Locking Mirrors trap souls. These dangers are halted or transformed for Tang Xiaoling’s visit 10 26.
• Subordination to Sky Dog: His furious roar forces hundreds of Vengeful Ghost-level or stronger spirits to prostrate themselves; some have their souls shattered by fear 28.
• Princess revelation: Zhong publicly greets Tang Xiaoling as the princess, overturning viewers’ belief that the spirits were merely preparing to eat her 37.
• Punishment of Li Zhuang: Under Zhong’s orders, spirits force him to clean the park and whip him whenever he slows down 41.