Recaps

Lin Luo confronted the brat ghost over his cruelty, while the long-tongued ghost regretted having spoiled him. After the brat ghost turned on his mother, he ambushed and killed her in front of Lin Luo.

• The brat ghost insulted the injured long-tongued ghost and begged Lin Luo to spare him.
• Lin Luo threatened to twist off the brat ghost's head, but the brat ghost offered his mother's head instead.
• The long-tongued ghost stood and prepared to punish the brat ghost, while Lin Luo said only one of them could live.
• The long-tongued ghost softened when the brat ghost apologized and approached her for a hug.
• The brat ghost stabbed the long-tongued ghost, split her body in two, and cut off her head as Lin Luo watched in fury.

Lin Luo killed Long-Tongued Ghost and confronted Brat Ghost, but Purple Stiff intervened to protect his son. As Purple Stiff attacked, Lin Luo relied on his defensive gear and prepared to counter with the Hell Torch.

• Brat Ghost killed Long-Tongued Ghost, and Lin Luo threatened to kill him in return.
• Lin Luo used Ghost Shadow Trace to stop Brat Ghost from escaping and swung the Hell Torch at him.
• Purple Stiff blocked the Hell Torch with his bare hand and promised to punish Lin Luo at Brat Ghost's request.
• Purple Stiff discovered Long-Tongued Ghost's severed head, but Brat Ghost falsely accused Lin Luo of killing her.
• Purple Stiff attacked Lin Luo at high speed, and Lin Luo took the strike before flames burst from the Hell Torch.

Lin Luo fought Purple Stiff, who used Corpse Transformation after being badly injured by Lin Luo’s Hellfire. Purple Stiff poisoned Lin Luo and appeared to gain the upper hand, but a blood-red skull tattoo flared and a wine gourd suddenly sent him flying.

• Lin Luo tricked Purple Stiff into dodging the Hellhound Pattern, then used Ghost Shadow Trace to strike the back of his head with a Hellhound.
• The brat ghost urged Purple Stiff to kill Lin Luo, and Purple Stiff blamed Lin Luo for his injury before activating Corpse Transformation.
• Purple Stiff attacked at tremendous speed and struck Lin Luo with corpse poison, weakening his Ghost Power.
• As Purple Stiff pressed his advantage, the skull tattoo on Lin Luo’s arm glowed red and a wine gourd sent Purple Stiff flying.

Lin Luo and Drunken Ghost cornered Purple Stiff and burned him nearly to death. Lin Luo forced Brat Ghost to choose between himself and his father, and Brat Ghost stabbed Purple Stiff with a dagger.

• Purple Stiff tried to flee with Brat Ghost, but Lin Luo and Drunken Ghost blocked their escape.
• Lin Luo and Drunken Ghost combined their flames and burned Purple Stiff to charcoal.
• Brat Ghost tried to escape, but Lin Luo stopped him and declared that only one of them would live.
• Brat Ghost pretended to regret failing his father, then stabbed the helpless Purple Stiff with a Long-Tongued Ghost-Cutting Dagger.

Lin Luo killed Brat Ghost after Purple Stiff sacrificed himself to destroy his son, then returned to Mandragora Manor. Maid Ghost tried to punish Lin Luo for coming back late, but backed down when he cited Poppy’s order, and he stopped her to propose a deal.

• Brat Ghost admitted that he had killed Long-Tongued Ghost and tried to behead Purple Stiff, who self-destructed and destroyed his own soul.
• Lin Luo crushed the badly injured Brat Ghost’s head after refusing to spare him.
• Lin Luo recalled Drunken Ghost and reached the house without further ghost attacks.
• Maid Ghost accused Lin Luo of breaking the rules by returning late, but he said Miss Yu had ordered him to come back later.
• Maid Ghost let Lin Luo off after he invoked Miss Yu’s order, and Lin Luo stopped her from leaving to propose a deal.

Lin Luo bargained with the Maid Ghost for Nectar by offering to restore her missing legs, then discovered through her memories that the old serving woman had caused her suffering. He promised to eliminate the old serving woman in exchange for the Maid Ghost’s Nectar and a promise to stop targeting him, and left to carry out the plan.

• Lin Luo offered to restore the Maid Ghost’s legs in exchange for Nectar, and she agreed to the trade.
• Lin Luo used the Crimson Demon Finger to examine the Maid Ghost’s memories and learned that the old serving woman had mutilated her when they were alive.
• Lin Luo concluded that the old serving woman had likely stolen the Maid Ghost’s missing legs, and the Maid Ghost erupted in anger.
• Lin Luo offered to eliminate the old serving woman in exchange for a favor and an end to the Maid Ghost’s hostility toward him.
• The Maid Ghost accepted Lin Luo’s conditions, and Lin Luo left as she hoped he would succeed.

Lin Luo forced his way through a corridor of deadly ghost mouths and reached the kitchen, where he subdued a shut-in ghost. He learned that the old maid was not in the kitchen, but the shut-in ghost did not know where she was, leaving Lin Luo poised to attack him.

• Lin Luo exposed the bloodied corridor's ghost mouths with his Ghost Power and burned them to ash with the Hell Torch.
• At the kitchen door, Lin Luo knocked down a shut-in ghost who threatened to take his organs over a fallen anime magazine.
• Lin Luo used Ghost Shadow Trace to get behind the shut-in ghost and kick him down when he attacked.
• Lin Luo learned that the old maid had not come to the kitchen that night and that the shut-in ghost did not know where she was.
• Lin Luo released terrifying Ghost Power and threatened to kill the shut-in ghost for failing to answer his questions.

Lin Luo followed Nerd Ghost to Poppy Garden, where he confronted Old Nanny and Old Man Ghost while demanding Maid Ghost’s legs. After defeating Old Man Ghost with Hellfire, Lin Luo refused Old Nanny’s offer to let him leave, and the two ghosts prepared to fight back together.

• Nerd Ghost led Lin Luo to Poppy Garden, where strange poppies grew among the shriveled corpses of dead players.
• Lin Luo attacked Nerd Ghost for concealing Old Man Ghost’s presence, leaving Nerd Ghost gravely wounded.
• Lin Luo dodged Old Nanny’s charge and struck her with the Hell Torch, drawing blood.
• Old Man Ghost tried to sneak up on Lin Luo, but Lin Luo engulfed him in Hellfire and burned him to charcoal.
• Old Nanny offered to let Lin Luo leave, but Lin Luo refused and said he would keep his promise to kill her.
• Old Man Ghost rose from the flames and joined Old Nanny in preparing to attack Lin Luo.

Lin Luo fought Old Man Ghost and Old Nanny in the Poppy Garden, overwhelming them with the Hell Torch and surviving Old Man Ghost’s desperate attack through powerful defensive Ghost Artifacts. After Old Man Ghost ignited his Ghost Blood and failed to hurt him, Lin Luo blocked Old Nanny’s attempt to escape.

• Lin Luo warned Old Man Ghost to leave, but Old Man Ghost attacked him with a Baton, only to be overpowered.
• Old Nanny joined the fight with a Soul-Burying Tier chainsaw, but Lin Luo’s Hellhound Pattern forced both ghosts back.
• Lin Luo and the two ghosts exchanged powerful attacks, shaking the Poppy Garden and driving weaker ghosts away.
• Old Man Ghost ignited his Ghost Blood to boost his strength, while Old Nanny urged him to kill Lin Luo.
• Old Man Ghost struck Lin Luo, but the Cursed Armor and Silver Ring absorbed the blow without serious injury.
• Old Nanny tried to withdraw, but Lin Luo used Ghost Shadow Trace to appear in front of her and block her path.

Lin Luo fought Old Man Ghost and Old Nanny after they used Ignite Ghost Blood, then defeated Old Nanny and searched her memories for Maid Ghost’s legs. He recovered the legs, while Old Man Ghost escaped.

• Old Man Ghost and Old Nanny attacked Lin Luo, but his Ghost Artifacts and Ghost Shadow Trace helped him withstand their assaults.
• Old Man Ghost urged Old Nanny to use Ignite Ghost Blood, and she transformed into a Long-Tongued Ghost and attacked Lin Luo with her tongue.
• Old Man Ghost gathered his Ghost Power as if preparing to sacrifice himself, then fled, leaving Old Nanny alone to face Lin Luo.
• Old Nanny offered Lin Luo rewards and threatened to hide Maid Ghost’s legs, but he refused her bargains and knocked her down.
• Lin Luo searched Old Nanny’s memories with Crimson Demon Finger and discovered Maid Ghost’s legs were attached to her body.
• Lin Luo used Old Nanny’s chainsaw to remove Maid Ghost’s two legs, while Old Nanny howled in pain.

Lin Luo killed Old Nanny but became trapped in Poppy Garden, where he fought the Flower Demon that had possessed Nerd Ghost. As Lin Luo’s Ghost Power dwindled, he summoned Drunken Ghost to finish the weakened demon.

• Lin Luo ignored Old Nanny’s plea for mercy, killed her, and found himself trapped in a powerful Ghost Wall at Poppy Garden’s entrance.
• Nerd Ghost revealed that the Flower Demon had possessed him, and Lin Luo destroyed his body with Hellfire, forcing the demon out as a poppy.
• The Flower Demon attacked with the garden’s poppies and lingering fragrance, trying to drain Lin Luo’s Ghost Power and possess him as a vessel.
• Lin Luo endured the Flower Demon’s assault, then revealed that he was a Ghost Tamer and summoned Drunken Ghost from his wrist tattoo.
• Drunken Ghost agreed to help Lin Luo eliminate the nearly exhausted Flower Demon.

Lin Luo and the Drunken Ghost cornered the Flower Demon after it burned its essence to escape, and the Drunken Ghost crushed it with his Wine Gourd. As the Flower Demon faced death, it recognized something familiar about the Drunken Ghost and asked whether he was connected to the Alcoholic Ghost.

• The Flower Demon tried to flee, but the Drunken Ghost blocked it and burned much of its body with liquor flames.
• The Flower Demon burned its essence to boost its strength, then attempted to escape instead of fighting the Drunken Ghost.
• Lin Luo struck the Flower Demon with the Hell Torch, allowing the Drunken Ghost to catch up and block its escape.
• The Flower Demon attacked Lin Luo, but the Drunken Ghost stopped it by hurling his expanding Wine Gourd into it.
• The badly weakened Flower Demon asked the Drunken Ghost about his relationship with the Alcoholic Ghost, and the Drunken Ghost refused to answer.

After defeating Flower Demon, Lin Luo encountered Shadow Ghost, Alcoholic Ghost’s spy, and revealed enough power to force Shadow Ghost out of his body. Shadow Ghost then attacked Lin Luo with a powerful Shadow Ball.

• Drunken Ghost sucked Flower Demon into his wine gourd, and Lin Luo recalled Drunken Ghost before leaving Poppy Garden.
• Lin Luo noticed Shadow Ghost hiding in his shadow and stomped it into revealing itself.
• Shadow Ghost admitted Alcoholic Ghost had sent it to monitor Lin Luo and attacked after Lin Luo hinted he had defeated One-Eyed Ghost.
• Lin Luo struck Shadow Ghost with the Hell Torch, but Shadow Ghost liquefied and tried to control Lin Luo’s body.
• Lin Luo unleashed his ghost power and forced Shadow Ghost out, prompting it to boast that it would make Lin Luo its puppet within a minute.
• Shadow Ghost gathered its ghost power and hurled a Shadow Ball at Lin Luo.

Lin Luo fought Shadow Ghost, whose Immortal Body let him survive attacks that would have killed another ghost. After wearing Shadow Ghost down, Lin Luo claimed he had discovered how to overcome the ability, but the fight had not yet ended.

• Shadow Ghost bombarded Lin Luo with Shadow Balls, but Lin Luo endured the attacks and blasted him away with Hellfire.
• Shadow Ghost tried to flee, but Lin Luo blocked his escape and struck his head apart with the Hell Torch.
• Shadow Ghost revealed that his headless body could keep fighting, then regenerated after Lin Luo's Hellfire melted him into heat-resistant black liquid.
• Lin Luo and Shadow Ghost continued fighting as both expended Ghost Power, while Shadow Ghost warned Lin Luo about other ghosts waiting in the shadows.
• Lin Luo told Shadow Ghost that he had discovered his weakness and that making him unable to continue existing would nullify his Immortal Body.

Lin Luo destroyed Shadow Ghost by exploiting the streetlights that sustained him, then returned to Mandragora Manor with Old Nanny’s head and Maid Ghost’s legs. After securing the Rain Dew in exchange for reattaching her legs, Lin Luo followed Maid Ghost toward a secluded room, where they encountered an immensely obese ghost.

• Lin Luo smashed the streetlights that Shadow Ghost depended on, triggering the rules’ backlash and reducing Shadow Ghost’s power.
• Lin Luo killed Shadow Ghost with the Hell Torch and worried that Alcoholic Ghost would come after him next.
• Lin Luo returned to the house and gave Maid Ghost Old Nanny’s head and her two missing legs.
• Lin Luo demanded Maid Ghost hand over the Rain Dew before he reattached her legs, and she eventually gave him the level 3 Spirit Medicine.
• Maid Ghost led Lin Luo toward a secluded room for the surgery, but they encountered an immensely obese ghost on the way.

Lin Luo angered the Fat Ghost while accompanying the Maid Ghost, then performed surgery to transplant her legs. The operation restored her legs and greatly increased her ghost power, leaving her stronger than an ordinary ghost general.

• The Fat Ghost tried to attack Lin Luo for holding the Maid Ghost's hand, but she stepped in to protect him.
• Lin Luo insulted the Fat Ghost, who threatened to kill him before backing down and leaving.
• The Maid Ghost warned Lin Luo that the Fat Ghost was the butler's son and that the butler was extremely powerful.
• The Maid Ghost took Lin Luo to her room, where he successfully sewed her legs back onto her body.
• The Maid Ghost's ghost power surged after the surgery, making her far stronger than an ordinary ghost general.

After Lin Luo stayed in the Maid Ghost’s room to evade the Fat Ghost’s ambush, the Fat Ghost invited him to a dangerous banquet, and Lin Luo accepted. At work, the Maid Ghost defended Lin Luo from Luo Tong and asked him what task he wanted.

• The Maid Ghost offered to deal with the Fat Ghost, but Lin Luo warned that attacking him would count as employee infighting and get her executed.
• The Maid Ghost urged Lin Luo to stay in her room overnight, and the Fat Ghost’s four hired Ghost General Tier fiends waited in vain for him to leave.
• The next day, the Fat Ghost confronted Lin Luo with four thug ghosts and invited him to a banquet, which Lin Luo agreed to attend despite the Maid Ghost’s concern.
• Luo Tong complained that Lin Luo had arrived late, so the Maid Ghost tore off Luo Tong’s left arm and warned him not to do it again.
• The Maid Ghost asked Lin Luo what work he wanted to do, leaving the other players astonished by her changed attitude toward him.

The Maid Ghost assigned Lin Luo and Luo Yujuan to clean, while Luo Tong was left to face the dangerous Driver job. At the restrooms, a Cleaner Ghost bullied Luo Yujuan and threatened Lin Luo, but backed down after he revealed his overwhelming Ghost Power.

• The Maid Ghost assigned Lin Luo and Luo Yujuan to cleaning duty, Liu Yanyan and Wen Hui to gardening, and Luo Tong to driving for Poppy.
• Luo Tong begged Lin Luo and then Luo Yujuan to switch jobs with him, but both refused and walked away.
• Luo Yujuan followed Lin Luo and tried to gain his favor as they headed to clean the public restrooms.
• A Cleaner Ghost called Sister Chen slapped Luo Yujuan and reached to touch Lin Luo.
• Lin Luo released powerful Ghost Power that intimidated Sister Chen, then warned her not to repeat her threat.

Lin Luo was assigned to clean the dangerous Men’s Restroom, where he uncovered and fought the Black-Haired Ghost. The ghost trapped him with corrosive black oil, but Lin Luo’s Hellfire surged back as the battle continued.

• The Cleaner Ghost assigned Lin Luo to the Men’s Restroom and Luo Yujuan to the Women's Toilet, hoping Lin Luo would be killed by the danger there.
• Lin Luo used Ghost Power to reveal the restroom’s filth and found a mass of black hair hiding in a stall.
• The Black-Haired Ghost attacked Lin Luo, but he burned its strands with Hellfire and fought it with the Hell Torch.
• The Black-Haired Ghost released corrosive black oil, bound Lin Luo’s limbs, and launched another assault.
• Lin Luo’s Hellfire formed the Hellhound Pattern and burned the attacking hair to ash, but the Black-Haired Ghost kept up its relentless attack.

Lin Luo fought the black-haired ghost by targeting its mask, then resumed cleaning after the ghost escaped. Meanwhile, Luo Yujuan investigated a strange presence in a restroom stall and was horrified when her Companion Ghost turned toward her.

• Lin Luo used the Hell Torch to crack the black-haired ghost’s mask and weaken it, then split the mask in two with a Hellhound Pattern.
• The black-haired ghost survived by rejoining the halves of its mask and escaped after sending black-oil-soaked hair at Lin Luo.
• Lin Luo stopped pursuing the ghost and returned to cleaning, while Luo Yujuan assumed he had been killed and hurried to finish her work.
• Luo Yujuan sensed a chilling presence in the innermost stall and sent her Drowned Ghost to investigate.
• When the Drowned Ghost failed to return, Luo Yujuan opened the stall and found it standing with its back to her.
• The Drowned Ghost suddenly turned its head, leaving Luo Yujuan pale with fright.

The Black-Haired Ghost possessed Luo Yujuan to use her as a vessel for revenge against Lin Luo. After finishing his cleaning shift, Lin Luo faced a group of thug ghosts in the Men’s Restroom and easily injured their attacker.

• The Black-Haired Ghost trapped Luo Yujuan in the restroom and forced the sinister mask onto her, taking control of her body.
• Lin Luo finished cleaning the Men’s Restroom and waited for his shift to end.
• Several thug ghosts dirtied the restroom and threatened Lin Luo, with the Tattooed-Arm Ghost lunging at him.
• Lin Luo’s defenses injured the Tattooed-Arm Ghost, and a single kick left him gravely wounded.
• The other thug ghosts eyed the injured Tattooed-Arm Ghost greedily as he pleaded with the Green-Haired Ghost to avenge him.

Lin Luo subdued the thug ghosts and forced them to clean the men’s restroom. After someone threw swill inside, Green-Hair Ghost rushed out to confront the culprit while Lin Luo ordered Skinny-Monkey Ghost to keep cleaning.

• Green-Hair Ghost killed the badly wounded Tattooed-Arm Ghost and ate his corpse while Skinny-Monkey Ghost waited for a share.
• Lin Luo swiftly knocked Skinny-Monkey Ghost down, then dodged Green-Hair Ghost’s dagger and struck him with the Hell Torch.
• Lin Luo spared Green-Hair Ghost and ordered him and Skinny-Monkey Ghost to clean the restroom within ten minutes.
• The two ghosts cleaned the restroom until it looked brand-new, and Lin Luo judged their work barely acceptable.
• Someone threw a bucket of swill into the restroom, so Green-Hair Ghost charged outside while Lin Luo ordered Skinny-Monkey Ghost to clean up.

Lin Luo subdued the Starving Ghost and learned that Luo Tong had hired him to cause trouble in the Men’s Restroom. After destroying the Starving Ghost, Lin Luo returned with the Green-Haired Ghost and found the Skinny-Monkey Ghost had finished cleaning.

• Lin Luo found the Green-Haired Ghost fighting the Starving Ghost and stopped the Green-Haired Ghost from striking him.
• The Starving Ghost tried to deceive Lin Luo, then grabbed his collar and threatened the Green-Haired Ghost.
• Lin Luo immobilized the Starving Ghost with his ghost power, forcing him to confess that Luo Tong had hired him.
• Lin Luo destroyed the Starving Ghost and told the Green-Haired Ghost to come with him for a task.
• Lin Luo returned to the Men’s Restroom and praised the Skinny-Monkey Ghost for cleaning it well.

Lin Luo sent Green-Haired Ghost and Skinny-Monkey Ghost to gather basic information about powerful beings at Mandragora Manor, tempting them with Monkey Wine. Cleaner Ghost then brought White-Haired Jiangshi to confront Lin Luo over his work, and the chapter ended with White-Haired Jiangshi declaring that the rules no longer protected Lin Luo and threatening to kill him.

• Lin Luo ordered Green-Haired Ghost and Skinny-Monkey Ghost to investigate beings above Ghost General Tier at Mandragora Manor and offered them Monkey Wine for basic information.
• Cleaner Ghost entered the Men’s Restroom with White-Haired Jiangshi and tried to find fault with Lin Luo’s cleaning.
• Lin Luo challenged Cleaner Ghost for entering the Men’s Restroom and attacked her with the Hell Torch when she could not justify it.
• White-Haired Jiangshi blocked Lin Luo’s attack and accused him of assaulting his superior.
• White-Haired Jiangshi claimed the Horror Game’s rules would not punish him for killing Lin Luo and threatened to slaughter him.

Lin Luo fought off the White-Haired Jiangshi and forced the Cleaning Ghost to pay for provoking him. He spared her after she revealed that the Ghost Butler was looking to take on an apprentice.

• The White-Haired Jiangshi attacked Lin Luo, but Lin Luo endured the blow and burned him with the Hell Torch.
• Lin Luo overwhelmed the White-Haired Jiangshi with Hellfire until the badly scorched manager agreed to stop fighting.
• The Cleaning Ghost urged the White-Haired Jiangshi to kill Lin Luo, so he slapped her and walked away.
• Lin Luo stopped the fleeing Cleaning Ghost and demanded compensation for her actions.
• The Cleaning Ghost offered her Ghost Coins and promised to stay out of Lin Luo's way, then revealed that the Ghost Butler was seeking an apprentice.