Chapter Summaries

Lin Luo agreed to steal Long Kui’s mutated Cat Demon in exchange for Mandragora’s help against the Alcoholic Ghost, then prepared for the task and headed to Long Kui’s home. He reached the Withered Sunflower House but was blocked by a hostile mutated sunflower before he could get inside.

• Mandragora demanded that Lin Luo steal Long Kui’s little wildcat before she would help him deal with the Alcoholic Ghost, and Lin Luo accepted.
• Poppy warned Lin Luo that the little wildcat was a mutated Cat Demon that had killed a ghost general, while Lin Luo prepared by learning the Paper-Binding Technique.
• Poppy arranged for Lin Luo to work as the little wildcat’s feeder at the Withered Sunflower House.
• Lin Luo arrived at the house, where a mutated sunflower demanded his organs as payment for passage and then blocked the way with other sunflowers.

Lin Luo forced the Withered Sunflowers to give him all three of their precious Sunflower Seeds, then reached Long Kui’s house and met the Puppet guarding it. The Puppet tried to deceive Lin Luo, who recognized the lie but pretended to believe him, leaving the Puppet eager to keep him alive for his own amusement.

• Lin Luo attacked the Withered Sunflowers’ strongest member after they threatened him, then refused to accept their apology as enough.
• The Withered Sunflowers offered Lin Luo one Sunflower Seed that could heal injuries and increase Ghost Power, but he demanded all three.
• The Withered Sunflowers surrendered their remaining two seeds, and Lin Luo continued to Long Kui’s house.
• The Puppet guarding the house threatened to eat Lin Luo, but changed his approach after learning that Poppy had assigned him as a keeper.
• The Puppet lied that Sunflower House was welcoming, and Lin Luo pretended to believe him, prompting the Puppet to decide to keep him alive for entertainment.

Lin Luo entered Sunflower House and learned that he had to feed the dangerous stray cat Xiao Ye Fangtooth Fish. He caught a bucketful of fish, while Long Kui watched him from upstairs and reprimanded the marionette.

• The marionette warned Lin Luo to keep his distance from Xiao Ye and told him to feed her Fangtooth Fish.
• A black stray cat ambushed the marionette, and Lin Luo stayed back as the marionette reattached its head and sent him to the pond.
• Lin Luo tried blasting the murky pond but caught no fish, so he made a fishing rod and used sunflower seeds as bait.
• Lin Luo caught more than a dozen Fangtooth Fish and subdued them with his ghost power.
• Long Kui watched Lin Luo from the second floor and told the marionette to remember its place, leaving it trembling in fear.

Long Kui punished the marionette for wanting to attack Lin Luo, then assigned it a task while Lin Luo tried to earn Kitten’s trust by feeding it Fangtooth Fish. When the marionette confronted him, it was stunned to see Kitten calmly beside Lin Luo.

• Long Kui crushed the marionette with Ghost Power when it suggested killing Lin Luo, insisting that Lin Luo had not broken the rules.
• Long Kui watched Lin Luo fish and recognized that he had sensed her gaze, then gave the marionette a task.
• Lin Luo used paper doubles to feed Kitten Fangtooth Fish until it grew docile and let him approach.
• Lin Luo prepared to seize Kitten but noticed the marionette approaching and hid his intentions.
• The marionette warned Lin Luo that previous keepers had died, then stared in shock as Kitten remained peacefully beside him.

Lin Luo used Fangtooth Fish and a Sunflower Seed to win Kitten’s affection, making Puppet increasingly jealous. After Kitten cut off Puppet’s head, Lin Luo confronted it and pointed out that Long Kui had abandoned it as a disposable pawn.

• Puppet threatened Lin Luo and ordered him to feed Kitten properly, while Lin Luo considered getting rid of Puppet.
• Lin Luo lured Kitten to the pond with Fangtooth Fish, and Puppet followed while coveting his Sunflower Seed.
• Lin Luo gave the Sunflower Seed to Kitten, deepening her affection for him and intensifying Puppet’s jealousy.
• Puppet insulted Lin Luo, so Kitten rushed at it and swiped its head off.
• Puppet threatened Lin Luo over the coming fifth day, but Lin Luo told it Long Kui had already discarded it as a disposable pawn.

Lin Luo killed Puppet and accepted Long Kui’s demand that he serve as her keeper, then took Little Wild to gather Sunflower Seeds while Long Kui was away. Long Kui’s trusted Hanged Ghost attacked him for defying her, but Little Wild intervened, and Lin Luo joined the fight.

• Lin Luo crushed Puppet’s head despite Puppet’s plea for mercy.
• Long Kui confronted Lin Luo and made him her keeper, responsible for Little Wild and available whenever she called.
• After Long Kui left to meet Poppy, Lin Luo took Little Wild out to gather Sunflower Seeds.
• Long Kui’s Hanged Ghost accused Lin Luo of disobeying her and attacked him with White Silk.
• Little Wild blocked the Hanged Ghost’s strike, and Lin Luo used Ghost Shadow Trace to charge at her.

Lin Luo and Kitten overwhelmed the Hanged Ghost, who tried to kill Lin Luo with the Falling Red Hairpin after pretending to surrender. Before Lin Luo finished her off, the Hanged Ghost revealed her connection to Zi Qin and warned that Zi Qin would seek revenge.

• Lin Luo unleashed the Hell Torch while Kitten attacked, badly wounding the Hanged Ghost and smashing half her head.
• The Hanged Ghost tried to bargain with Lin Luo, then stabbed him with the Falling Red Hairpin when he reached to accept it.
• Lin Luo survived the attack using the defenses of the Cursed Armor and Silver Ring, pulled out the hairpin, and blocked the Hanged Ghost's escape with Ghost Shadow Trace.
• Kitten struck the weakened Hanged Ghost from behind, and she revealed that Zi Qin had given her the hairpin and that she worked with Zi Qin while serving Long Kui.
• Lin Luo unleashed the Hellhound Pattern at full power, leaving the Hanged Ghost's spectral body completely dimmed as she warned that Zi Qin would come after him.

After destroying the kimono Hanged Ghost and fleeing with Kitten, Lin Luo discovered Mandragora was absent from their meeting place and headed for Heart-Enchantment Garden. Long Kui learned what Lin Luo had done and placed a bounty on him, and two ghosts confronted him before he could enter the garden.

• Lin Luo carried Kitten out of Long Kui's territory, distracting it with a Sunflower Seed as he rushed toward Listening Rain Bamboo Grove.
• Long Kui used a Bronze Mirror to witness Lin Luo killing the kimono Hanged Ghost and realized the ghost had been Zi Qin's mole; Poppy denied sending Lin Luo to provoke her.
• Lin Luo found Mandragora absent from Listening Rain Bamboo Grove and hurried to Heart-Enchantment Garden instead.
• A Blood-Eating Ghost confronted Lin Luo, claiming a bounty for capturing the supposed traitor to Long Kui, but Lin Luo persuaded it that attacking him might bring a backlash.
• A Hanged Ghost arrived and accused Lin Luo of killing its elder sister, confirming that he had broken the rules and prompting the Blood-Eating Ghost to turn against him.

Lin Luo fought the Blood-Eating Ghost and the Hanged Ghost, whose sister he had killed in self-defense. After the Blood-Eating Ghost tried to retreat, Lin Luo blocked his escape and countered his attack with the Hell Torch.

• The Blood-Eating Ghost charged Lin Luo, who struck him with the Hell Torch and dodged his blood-draining attacks.
• The Hanged Ghost tried to hit Lin Luo with her tongue but struck the Blood-Eating Ghost instead, prompting the two ghosts to argue.
• Lin Luo unleashed the Hellhound Pattern, and the Blood-Eating Ghost and Hanged Ghost combined their attacks to stop it.
• Lin Luo confronted the Hanged Ghost about her sister’s death and revealed his immense ghost power, frightening the Blood-Eating Ghost into seeking a way out.
• The Blood-Eating Ghost tried to leave, but Lin Luo blocked his escape and evaporated the blood he spat at him with the Hell Torch.

Lin Luo defeated the Blood-Eating Ghost and the Hanged Ghost, but the Blood-Eating Ghost revealed he had survived and consumed the Hanged Ghost to grow stronger. Lin Luo faced the empowered ghost while exhausted, yet remained confident he would kill him.

• Lin Luo used the Hell Torch to overpower and apparently kill the Blood-Eating Ghost while the Hanged Ghost attacked him.
• Lin Luo struck the Hanged Ghost with the Hellhound Pattern, leaving her too injured to escape or fight back.
• Lin Luo sensed the Blood-Eating Ghost's presence and realized the headless corpse had been playing dead.
• The Blood-Eating Ghost attacked the helpless Hanged Ghost and devoured her blood essence despite her curses.
• The Blood-Eating Ghost grew a second face resembling the Hanged Ghost's and threatened to drain Lin Luo's blood.
• Lin Luo calmly told the Blood-Eating Ghost that he would die there.

Lin Luo summoned the Drunken Ghost, who captured the Blood-Eating Ghost to brew Blood Wine, then entered Heart-Enchantment Garden to meet Miss Mandragora. He reached her residence, where the Gambling Ghost and a blind old woman demanded he pass their test before seeing her.

• Lin Luo summoned the Drunken Ghost, who revealed that the Blood-Eating Ghost could be brewed into Blood Wine.
• The Drunken Ghost defeated the Blood-Eating Ghost and sealed him inside his Wine Gourd to steep the wine.
• The Drunken Ghost asked Lin Luo to wake him on the fifth day, and Lin Luo recalled him into the Ghost Tamer Tattoo.
• Lin Luo crossed the poisonous Mandragora Flowers in Heart-Enchantment Garden and reached Miss Mandragora's secluded residence.
• The Gambling Ghost and a blind old woman guarding the entrance told Lin Luo that he had to pass their test to see Miss Mandragora.

Lin Luo faced the Blind Old Woman, who demanded that he find beautiful eyes to restore her sight. After she attacked him and suffered the Horror Game’s backlash, Mandragora intervened just as Lin Luo prepared to kill her, and Lin Luo spared her at Mandragora’s request.

• The Blind Old Woman demanded that Lin Luo obtain a beautiful pair of eyes for her, and he suggested Mandragora’s eyes to provoke her.
• The Blind Old Woman attacked Lin Luo with her cane, but he dodged her strikes and the Horror Game’s rules made her suffer backlash.
• Lin Luo evaded the Blind Old Woman until her Ghost Power ran low, while the Gambling Ghost refused to help her.
• Lin Luo prepared to finish off the Blind Old Woman with the Hell Torch, but Mandragora asked him to spare her.
• Lin Luo stopped his attack and forgave the Blind Old Woman for Mandragora’s sake.

Lin Luo escaped Long Kui’s wrath after Kitten vouched for him, and Long Kui took him back to the Withered Sunflower House to assign him a task. Mandragora, impressed by his tactics, considered working with him to eliminate the Alcoholic Ghost.

• Mandragora agreed to spare Kitten and join Lin Luo against the Alcoholic Ghost if he escaped Long Kui’s pursuit.
• Long Kui arrived at Heart-Enchantment Garden and accused Lin Luo of betraying her, but Kitten returned to her side and explained that Lin Luo had tried to protect it.
• Lin Luo admitted his fault and accepted Long Kui’s offer to keep serving her in exchange for carrying out a task.
• Mandragora realized Lin Luo had used Kitten’s loyalty to sway Long Kui and considered teaming up with him against the Alcoholic Ghost.
• Long Kui took Lin Luo back to the Withered Sunflower House and told him to carry out her next task properly.

Long Kui ordered Lin Luo to steal the Black Pearl Berry from Tianqin’s Zither Dwelling, and Lin Luo persuaded her to protect him from the Alcoholic Ghost. Unable to find the remote residence, he captured a Headless Ghost to ask for directions.

• Long Kui told Lin Luo to steal the Black Pearl Berry from Tianqin and reminded him that he had stolen Kitten from her.
• Lin Luo explained that Mandragora had made him steal Kitten to help him escape the Alcoholic Ghost, then persuaded Long Kui to help protect him.
• Long Kui agreed to deal with the Alcoholic Ghost and warned Lin Luo to complete his task before returning with Kitten to her room.
• Lin Luo set off for Tianqin’s Zither Dwelling, but got lost while crossing the vast Mandragora Manor.
• A Headless Ghost tried to eat Lin Luo, but Lin Luo struck it with the Hell Torch and stopped it from escaping.
• Lin Luo told the frightened Headless Ghost that he needed its help.

Lin Luo forced the Headless Ghost to guide him through the Mass Grave toward Zither Dwelling and cleared the Haze with the Hell Torch. When a Flaying Ghost attacked, Lin Luo stepped in to protect the Headless Ghost, and the Flaying Ghost prepared to fight him.

• Lin Luo threatened the Headless Ghost into agreeing to lead him to Zither Dwelling.
• Lin Luo and the Headless Ghost entered the Mass Grave, where thick Haze obscured their path.
• Lin Luo used the Hell Torch and the Hellhound Pattern to burn away the Haze and reveal the burial ground.
• A Flaying Ghost emerged from a tombstone and threatened to attack the Headless Ghost.
• Lin Luo used Ghost Shadow Trace to block the Flaying Ghost and warned him not to hurt the Headless Ghost.
• The Flaying Ghost became enraged and declared that he would kill Lin Luo.

Lin Luo killed the Flaying Ghost and was confronted by the Thunder Ghost and more than a hundred Ghost Creatures in the Mass Grave. As the Hundred Ghosts charged, Lin Luo unleashed his full Ghost Power to face them.

• The Flaying Ghost attacked Lin Luo, but Lin Luo's defenses injured him with recoil.
• Lin Luo struck the Flaying Ghost with the Hell Torch and burned him to ashes after rejecting his plea for mercy.
• Eerie winds gathered, and over a hundred Lonely Ghosts emerged from the Mass Grave to surround Lin Luo.
• The Thunder Ghost accused the Headless Ghost of disgracing the ghosts and attacked him, but Lin Luo blocked the axe with the Hell Torch.
• The Thunder Ghost ordered the Hundred Ghosts to attack Lin Luo and claim his flesh.
• Lin Luo stopped holding back and drove his Ghost Power to its limit as the ghosts charged.

Lin Luo overwhelmed Thunder Ghost and the hundred ghosts of the Mass Grave with his Paper-Binding Technique, then forced them to pay 20,000 Ghost Coins to end the fight. After collecting their money and valuables, Lin Luo left the Mass Grave ghosts bankrupt and turned toward his next destination, the Zither Dwelling.

• Lin Luo used the Paper-Binding Technique to summon over a hundred powerful Paper Doppelgangers that surrounded Thunder Ghost and his forces.
• The Paper Doppelgangers healed after being torn apart, wore down the Mass Grave ghosts, and drove Thunder Ghost to admit defeat and ask for a truce.
• Lin Luo refused to stop without compensation, and Headless Ghost urged Thunder Ghost to pay him.
• Lin Luo demanded 20,000 Ghost Coins and accepted Thunder Ghost's Bloodstained Axe for 700 Ghost Coins as part of the payment.
• The Mass Grave ghosts sold their valuables to cover the debt, and Lin Luo declared their grudge settled.

Lin Luo reached Zither Dwelling and faced a Slit-Mouthed Woman who planned to kill him. He claimed he could heal her mouth, and she led him to a secluded room for treatment.

• Lin Luo traveled from the Mass Grave to Zither Dwelling with the Headless Ghost, who left after the Slit-Mouthed Woman drove him away.
• The Slit-Mouthed Woman threatened Lin Luo and tested him by asking whether she was pretty.
• Lin Luo answered that she was pretty but had a flaw, enraging the Slit-Mouthed Woman.
• Lin Luo said he was a doctor who could fix her mouth, and the Slit-Mouthed Woman stopped attacking him.
• The Slit-Mouthed Woman led Lin Luo to a clean, secluded room so he could treat her.

Lin Luo healed Slit-Mouthed Woman and persuaded her to help him confront Burned-to-Death Ghost in the herb garden, where the two ghosts faced off. The chapter ended as Burned-to-Death Ghost attacked Lin Luo with eerie flames.

• Lin Luo examined Slit-Mouthed Woman's memories and discovered that her roommate had embedded sharp Ghost Artifact threads in her wounds.
• Lin Luo burned away the threads with Hellfire and used Ghost Power to restore Slit-Mouthed Woman's mouth.
• Slit-Mouthed Woman thanked Lin Luo, and he asked her to help him reach the herb garden by claiming Burned-to-Death Ghost had killed his little sister.
• Slit-Mouthed Woman agreed to help Lin Luo take revenge, and they went together to the herb garden at Zither Dwelling.
• Burned-to-Death Ghost raged at seeing Slit-Mouthed Woman healed, then spat eerie flames at Lin Luo.

Lin Luo and the Slit-Mouthed Woman fought the Burned-to-Death Ghost in the Medicine Garden. After Lin Luo overwhelmed the ghost with the Hell Torch, the Burned-to-Death Ghost detonated its Ghost Power, and Lin Luo rescued the Slit-Mouthed Woman as the blast devastated the garden.

• The Burned-to-Death Ghost attacked Lin Luo, and the Slit-Mouthed Woman tried to protect him with her Blood-Rusted Scissors.
• The Burned-to-Death Ghost restrained the Slit-Mouthed Woman with poisoned threads and charged at Lin Luo.
• Lin Luo struck the Burned-to-Death Ghost with the Hell Torch and engulfed it in Hellfire, weakening it enough for the Slit-Mouthed Woman to break free.
• The Slit-Mouthed Woman vowed to make the Burned-to-Death Ghost pay, but the ghost detonated its Ghost Power.
• Lin Luo used Ghost Shadow Trace to rescue the Slit-Mouthed Woman, while the blast left the Medicine Garden in shambles.