Chapter Summaries

Tang Xiaoling approached the hanging female Evil Spirit to help her, but the spirit panicked at the girl's powerful identity and rocketed away, leaving behind her treasure chest. David and Jeff took the Spirit Artifacts and planned to use Tang Xiaoling as bait for more Evil Spirits, while Tang Xiaoling worried that the fleeing spirit might fall.

• David tricked Tang Xiaoling into going to the hanging female Evil Spirit while he and Jeff waited to seize the treasure chest.
• The female Evil Spirit recognized Tang Xiaoling as the Fengdu Princess and sensed Lady Houtu's aura, then rocketed into the sky and knocked down the chest for her.
• David convinced Jeff that the Evil Spirit had left the chest as a gift, and the two agreed to split its contents.
• David and Jeff found two low-grade Spirit Artifacts and three other items in the chest, and Jeff celebrated their chances of clearing the Instance.
• Tang Xiaoling kept looking at the sky and worried that the female Evil Spirit might fall and die.

Jeff and David tried to lure Tang Xiaoling away so they could sacrifice her to the evil spirits, but she sensed their murderous intentions and refused to go with them. The two men resorted to force, advancing on her as David drew a dagger.

• Jeff and David divided the treasure chest’s contents, and David snapped at Tang Xiaoling when she tried to warn him about the bellyband.
• When Tang Xiaoling said she was looking for a present her father had hidden, Jeff and David mocked her and then claimed they knew where it was.
• Jeff and David deceived Tang Xiaoling by offering to lead her to the present, while viewers argued over their intentions in the livestream.
• Tang Xiaoling sensed from the men’s emotions that they were lying and wanted to kill her, so she called them bad people and backed away.
• David drew a dagger and advanced with Jeff, preparing to overpower Tang Xiaoling and use her as a sacrifice.

Tang Xiaoling summoned a hell vortex that dragged Jeff and David away when they threatened her, then collected their Spirit Artifacts and continued searching for gifts. Unbeknownst to her, a tiny ghost child inside her backpack began eating the artifacts.

• Tang Xiaoling shouted that anyone who bullied her would go to hell, and a vortex appeared behind Jeff and David.
• Skeletal hands pulled Jeff and David into the vortex despite their pleas, and the vortex disappeared.
• Tang Xiaoling recovered from her fright while viewers argued over the incident and foreign viewers protested her actions.
• Tang Xiaoling picked up the Spirit Artifacts Jeff and David had dropped, put them in her Little Backpack, and left the courtyard.
• A palm-sized ghost child appeared inside the backpack and began chewing through the Spirit Artifacts beside a piece of Kunai.

Tang Xiaoling explored the ruined village and encountered Ajjar, a trial clearer who disguised his greed as concern while pursuing her. She escaped just beyond his reach, and Ajjar realized she was likely a trial clearer too.

• Tang Xiaoling wandered through the decaying village, heard a scream, and found a courtyard lined with vermilion coffins.
• Ajjar and his group spotted Tang Xiaoling, and he approached her after recognizing her clothes as a valuable spirit artifact.
• Tang Xiaoling sensed Ajjar's malicious intent, called him a bad guy, and ran from him.
• Ajjar chased Tang Xiaoling while his ordinary companions fell behind, and he realized he could not close the five-meter gap.
• Ajjar concluded that Tang Xiaoling was a trial clearer like him.

Tang Xiaoling fled from Ajjar and entered a dangerous villa after recognizing the black cat symbol she had drawn for her father. Ajjar gathered his followers and tried to persuade them to enter after her, but when they refused, he decided to force them inside.

• Tang Xiaoling spotted the black cat symbol at the villa, recognized it as her drawing for her father, and ran inside in search of his presents.
• Ajjar stopped outside the villa, remembering that its entrance was guarded by a Ghost General, and hesitated to pursue Tang Xiaoling.
• Ajjar's followers caught up, and he lied that he had chased Tang Xiaoling because he wanted to protect her.
• When one follower warned that the villa was dangerous, Ajjar rebuked him and made him pray to Vishnu.
• Ajjar asked his followers to enter the villa with him, but they backed away, so he resolved to force them inside.

Ajjar lured the hesitant group into the villa by promising a share of its Spirit Artifacts, secretly planning to use them as bait for the evil spirits. Inside, Tang Xiaoling rummaged through treasure chests while five evil spirits hid and watched over her; Ajjar and the others arrived to find her unharmed and the room strangely quiet.

• Ajjar threatened the group with the Red-Clothed Evil Spirit’s return, but only one person initially agreed to enter the villa with him.
• Ajjar mentioned the Spirit Artifacts inside, prompting the remaining people to follow him, while he planned to let the five evil spirits attack them and take the treasure chests.
• Tang Xiaoling searched the treasure chests for her father’s present as five evil spirits hid on the ceiling, afraid to frighten or offend her.
• When Ajjar and the group entered the living room, they stared in shock at Tang Xiaoling rummaging through the chests without harm.

Ajjar and the others looted the treasure chests despite Tang Xiaoling’s warning that her father’s gift was inside. The chapter ended with Ajjar threatening Tang Xiaoling, revealing his predatory nature and making the other treasure hunters fear they might lose their loot.

• Tang Xiaoling searched the treasure chests for her father’s gift, but Ajjar and the others rushed in and seized the spirit artifacts.
• Ajjar grabbed three middle-grade spirit artifacts and boasted that he no longer needed to fear even a Ghost Monarch.
• Tang Xiaoling warned the group not to take her father’s gift, and the Ghost General suspected it might be with the sleeping Lady Corpse Consort upstairs.
• After the group emptied the chests, Ajjar questioned Tang Xiaoling about the missing evil spirits and leered at her.
• Ajjar claimed the treasures belonged to whoever took them first and threatened Tang Xiaoling, prompting the others to realize he had been pretending to be kind.

Ajjar lured Tang Xiaoling upstairs by promising to give her the gift she sought, then stopped the other treasure hunters from leaving. When they resisted, he used his middle-grade spirit artifact to attack them, and the fight began.

• Ajjar offered Tang Xiaoling the treasure chest's contents if she went upstairs with him, while viewers argued online about his intentions.
• Tang Xiaoling agreed to go upstairs after Ajjar claimed her father's gift might be among the items he had taken.
• Ajjar stopped the people in the room from leaving, even after several offered to return their spirit artifacts.
• The treasure hunters decided to fight Ajjar, but he slashed one of them from several meters away with his middle-grade spirit artifact.
• The injured man collapsed, and the others drew their spirit artifacts as Ajjar continued attacking.

Ajjar slaughtered the people in the dilapidated house and tried to capture Tang Xiaoling, but her Sky-Blue Mystic Rainbow Skirt struck him with a soul-devouring force. After using a Jade Soul Pill to recover, Ajjar headed upstairs to pursue her, unaware that the pill had aged him dramatically.

• Ajjar killed everyone in the living room with his dagger and then searched for Tang Xiaoling.
• Tang Xiaoling fled toward the stairs, and her dress blasted Ajjar away, shattering his Protective Spirit Artifact and severely injuring him.
• Tang Xiaoling escaped to the second floor while Ajjar collapsed and realized his soul was being devoured by the dress’s Soul-Devouring Pearl.
• Ajjar swallowed his Jade Soul Pill, stopped his decline, and recovered enough strength to stand again.
• Ajjar headed upstairs with murderous intent, not noticing that his hair had turned white and age spots had appeared on his face.

Ajjar tried to escape the five evil spirits on the stairs, but the Ghost General captured him. Ajjar used a Witch Bone to try to control the Ghost General, only to learn that the zombie had no soul to control.

• The Ghost General and four evil spirits cornered Ajjar on the stairs and accused him of stealing from the treasure chest.
• Ajjar threw down his low-grade spirit artifacts, kept his two middle-grade artifacts, and attacked with his dagger to make an escape.
• The Ghost General stopped Ajjar in midair and mocked him as a potential plaything.
• Ajjar released purple mist from his Witch Bone, which seemed to free him from the Ghost General's grasp.
• The Ghost General seized the Witch Bone and revealed that, as a zombie who had lost his soul, he could not be controlled by it.

The Ghost General revealed that he had once killed the Witch Bone’s previous owner, then tortured Ajjar and peeled off his skin. Ajjar died as the Ghost General added his skin to a cabinet full of human skins.

• The Ghost General showed Ajjar the skeleton of the Witch Bone’s former owner and mocked Ajjar when he could not bring himself to die by suicide.
• The Ghost General dragged Ajjar downstairs and cut around his body with a Boning Knife while Ajjar hoped to survive until the instance ended.
• The Ghost General tore off Ajjar’s skin in one piece and placed it in a cabinet containing dozens of other skins.
• The Ghost General left Ajjar to the four Ghost Fiends, and Ajjar fell silent shortly afterward.

Tang Xiaoling hid beneath a stone coffin in the villa's master bedroom, awakening the Corpse Consort inside. The King-Level Evil Spirit emerged and discovered the frightened girl, whom she recognized as a princess, leaving the livestream viewers anxiously watching what she would do.

• Dragon Country's netizens celebrated Ajjar's death while India's leadership blamed Tang Xiaoling and India's viewers traded insults with Dragon Country's netizens.
• Tang Xiaoling searched the empty second floor for a hiding place, then bowed to the covered stone coffin and hid beneath it as she heard footsteps.
• The Corpse Consort sensed Lady Houtu's aura, woke from her deep sleep, and opened the stone coffin to greet her visitor.
• The Corpse Consort detected Tang Xiaoling beneath the coffin and recognized her as the princess, then stood frozen with guilt after frightening her.
• The livestream identified the Corpse Consort as a King-Level Evil Spirit, and viewers from several countries argued over whether Tang Xiaoling would survive.

The Corpse Consort found Tang Xiaoling beneath the stone coffin and bowed to her, recognizing her as the princess and then as her young mistress. After discovering the six paths of reincarnation in Tang Xiaoling’s eyes, she realized the girl would inherit the underworld, while Tang Xiaoling asked whether Fei’er knew her auntie Houtu.

• The Corpse Consort remembered the map from the Ghost Emperor, approached the stone coffin, and paid respects to Tang Xiaoling as the princess.
• Tang Xiaoling emerged from beneath the coffin, praised the Corpse Consort’s beauty, and stopped her from bowing her head against the ground.
• The Corpse Consort recognized Houtu’s Sky-Blue Mystic Rainbow Garment and saw the six paths of reincarnation in Tang Xiaoling’s eyes.
• The Corpse Consort realized Tang Xiaoling would become the future ruler of the underworld and addressed her as her young mistress.
• The Corpse Consort asked Tang Xiaoling to call her Fei'er, and Tang Xiaoling asked if she knew her auntie Houtu.

The Corpse Consort introduced herself to Tang Xiaoling and tried to arrange food for her, then gave her the hand-drawn map Tang Long had left. Tang Xiaoling recognized it as a treasure map and planned to search its marked spots, while the Corpse Consort decided to take her to the village chief’s house for a meal.

• The Corpse Consort explained that Lady Houtu had awakened her and that she had served her ever since.
• Tang Xiaoling asked whether the Corpse Consort could cook, and the Corpse Consort promised to make her meat despite having no cooking experience.
• The Corpse Consort gave Tang Xiaoling the map Tang Long had entrusted to her, nearly revealing his identity in the process.
• Tang Xiaoling identified the drawing as a treasure map and counted four crosses as possible hiding places for her present.
• The Corpse Consort praised Tang Long’s crude drawing and decided to take Tang Xiaoling to the village chief’s house to get food.

The Corpse Consort took hungry Tang Xiaoling through the Corpse Village to find food, where Zhao Changsheng and his family discovered she possessed the six paths of reincarnation. Tang Xiaoling kindly called Zhao Changsheng and Chu Meijiao her grandparents, but they and the Corpse Consort warned her that such an honor could put them in danger.

• The Corpse Consort took Tang Xiaoling downstairs to find food, and five Evil Spirits respectfully bid them farewell.
• At a residence lined with coffins, Tang Xiaoling said they frightened her, so the Corpse Consort ordered their occupants to destroy them.
• Zhao Changsheng and his family emerged from the shattered coffins, and Zhao Changsheng recognized the six paths of reincarnation in Tang Xiaoling's eyes.
• Zhao Changsheng, Chu Meijiao, and their family begged Tang Xiaoling for forgiveness, but she told them she did not blame them.
• Tang Xiaoling called Zhao Changsheng and Chu Meijiao Grandpa and Grandma, so the Corpse Consort and Zhao Changsheng urged her to use their names instead.

Tang Xiaoling visited Zhao Changsheng’s lavish home and was entertained while his family prepared a meal. Outside, John discovered the scattered spirit artifacts from the destroyed coffins, but Inoue Yuta and Samura Chūsei arrived, setting up a tense confrontation over the loot.

• The Corpse Consort told Zhao Changsheng to prepare meat for Tang Xiaoling, and he welcomed the group into his home.
• Zhao Changsheng and his wife went to cook while the Corpse Consort ordered Zhao Ping'an, Gu Mei, and Zhao Tiezhu to entertain Tang Xiaoling with a song.
• John entered the ruined courtyard, found a middle-grade spirit artifact, and discovered spirit artifacts scattered across the ground.
• Inoue Yuta and Samura Chūsei entered the courtyard and prepared to seize the loot, while John gripped the hairpin and readied himself.

John, William, Zhongzheng, and Yuta divided the old mansion’s treasures while the Zhao family prepared a feast for Tang Xiaoling. As Tang Xiaoling ate, the Corpse Consort decided to ask Lady Houtu for permission to teach her etiquette.

• John refused Zhongzheng’s proposal to divide the mansion into three sections and assigned Zhongzheng and Yuta a poor share.
• William arrived and revealed that he was John’s partner and had also cleared a trial, making the sides equal in number.
• Yuta proposed splitting the mansion in half, and John, William, Zhongzheng, and Yuta agreed to collect treasures from opposite sides.
• Zhao Changsheng and his wife served an eighteen-dish feast, and Tang Xiaoling stopped listening to the Zhao family sing to eat.
• The Corpse Consort helped Tang Xiaoling eat and decided to ask Lady Houtu to let her teach Tang Xiaoling etiquette.

Tang Xiaoling invited the four intruders to share her meal, but John mistook the food for human flesh and believed eating it was the price of escaping alive. The chapter ended with him approaching the table while everyone watched in confusion.

• Tang Xiaoling asked where Zhao Ping'an had gone, and Zhao Ping'an returned to kneel and beg for forgiveness before she explained she only wanted to learn to sing.
• Tang Xiaoling noticed four people outside the hall, and Zhongzheng and his companions dropped their Spirit Artifacts and pleaded for mercy after the Corpse Consort frightened him.
• Tang Xiaoling invited the four intruders to eat the food she could not finish, but they kept begging for their lives.
• John guessed the meal was made of human flesh and thought eating it would let the intruders escape, so he stood and walked toward the table.

John and three other contestants overcame their hesitation and ate the human-flesh feast while the Evil Spirits watched in fury. After they finished, Tang Xiaoling remarked on how much they had eaten, leaving their fate unresolved.

• John reached the table, saw that every dish was made of meat, and hesitated over eating the human flesh.
• The three kneeling contestants mistook the feast for a punishment and hurried to the table, prompting John to join them.
• John, Yuta, Zhongzheng, and William discovered the food was delicious and ate until they were full, while the Corpse Consort and the Zhao family suppressed their anger.
• Foreign livestream viewers mocked Dragon Country netizens who warned that the contestants were in danger.
• After ten minutes, John and William felt guilty about eating human flesh, while Yuta and Zhongzheng considered changing their diets.
• Tang Xiaoling looked at the empty plates and remarked that the four contestants could really eat.

Tang Xiaoling caught four visitors coveting the Zhao family’s Spirit Artifacts, and the family turned on them. Zhao Changsheng killed Yuta, while the other three were torn apart, leaving Tang Xiaoling safe in the manor.

• The four visitors finished eating and prepared to leave, but they eyed the Zhao family’s Spirit Artifacts as they went.
• Tang Xiaoling accused them of coveting the village chief’s belongings, and Yuta denied it while taunting the little girl.
• The Corpse Consort and the other Zhao family members sensed the visitors’ malice toward Tang Xiaoling and pursued them outside.
• Zhao Changsheng intercepted the four, and Yuta invoked the supposed rule that they should be allowed to leave after eating.
• Zhao Changsheng killed Yuta, and the Zhao family tore the remaining three visitors apart.