Chapter Summaries

Lin Luo faced Tianqin after the Burned-to-Death Ghost destroyed much of her medicinal garden, then offered to work for her as compensation. He passed her strength and medicinal-plant tests, leaving Tianqin to challenge him to identify a tree bearing black berries.

• Tianqin appeared in the ruined medicinal garden and knocked the Slit-Mouthed Woman down for trying to take responsibility for the damage.
• Tianqin confronted Lin Luo about the destruction, and Lin Luo offered to serve her as compensation.
• Lin Luo told Tianqin he was a Ghost General Tier Ghost Tamer and a doctor, so she tested his strength with a palm strike.
• Tianqin accepted Lin Luo's strength and led him deeper into the garden to identify medicinal plants.
• Lin Luo correctly identified the plants Tianqin showed him, and she pointed to a tree bearing black berries and asked if he recognized it.

Lin Luo toured Tianqin’s Medicine Garden, then identified the curse covering her body and promised he could cure it. After reading Tianqin’s memories, he learned that the Alcoholic Ghost had cursed her after she rejected his advances.

• Tianqin showed Lin Luo the Black Pearl Fruit Tree and warned him that a powerful Ghost Snake guarded it.
• Lin Luo asked Tianqin to spare the Slit-Mouthed Woman, but Tianqin teased him and led him to her bedroom instead.
• Tianqin revealed the mutated insect eggs covering her body and asked Lin Luo to identify her condition.
• Lin Luo recognized the Insect Egg Curse and promised Tianqin he could cure it.
• Lin Luo used his Crimson Demon Finger to read Tianqin’s memories and learned that the Alcoholic Ghost had cursed her after she rejected him.

Lin Luo used Hellfire to destroy the gu worms afflicting Tianqin and asked her for the Black Pearl Fruit Tree in return. After learning Lin Luo intended to use it to gain Long Kui’s help against the Alcoholic Ghost, Tianqin agreed to join him, and they returned to the Medicine Garden.

• Tianqin threatened Lin Luo as she grew impatient, but he reassured her and burned the Mutant Gu Worms out of her body with Hellfire.
• Lin Luo burned the emerging gu worms to ashes, curing Tianqin of the curse, and she agreed to repay him with a favor.
• Lin Luo asked Tianqin for the Black Pearl Fruit Tree and explained that Long Kui had sent him to get it so she would help him deal with the Alcoholic Ghost.
• Tianqin revealed her own hatred of the Alcoholic Ghost and agreed to help Lin Luo, while warning him that a Ghost Snake guarded the tree.
• Lin Luo and Tianqin returned to the Medicine Garden, where Tianqin released the Slit-Mouthed Woman and ordered her to guard the entrance.

Lin Luo killed the Ghost Snake guarding the Black Pearl Berry tree and took the tree to fulfill Long Kui’s task. With the fifth day approaching and the Alcoholic Ghost still threatening him, Lin Luo agreed to stay at Tianqin’s Zither Dwelling and asked whether he could bring his allies.

• Lin Luo attacked the Ghost Snake with the Hell Torch, avoided its venom and Poison Smoke, and burned it with Hellfire.
• The Ghost Snake tried to eat the Black Pearl Berries, but Lin Luo baited it into striking him and used the Hellhound Pattern to hit its fatal weak spot seven inches below its head, killing it.
• Tianqin praised Lin Luo’s Paper-Binding Technique and encouraged him to strengthen it by cultivating more Ghost Power.
• Lin Luo picked up the Black Pearl Berry tree for Long Kui, and Tianqin urged him to return to the Zither Dwelling after delivering it.
• Lin Luo agreed that the Zither Dwelling would be safer before the coming battle and asked Tianqin if he could bring his allies.

Lin Luo gathered powerful allies to oppose Alcoholic Ghost and secured Long Kui’s trust by explaining that Tianqin had willingly given him the Black Pearl Fruit Tree. The allies planned to assemble at Zither Dwelling before confronting Alcoholic Ghost.

• Lin Luo told Tianqin that Long Kui, Poppy, Mandragora, Chef Ghost, and Maid Ghost would help him, and Tianqin agreed to host them at Zither Dwelling.
• Lin Luo crossed the Mass Grave without provoking its Ghost Creatures, and Thunder Ghost warned that they wanted to stay out of each other’s way.
• Lin Luo brought the Black Pearl Fruit Tree to Long Kui, who was astonished that he had obtained the whole tree.
• Lin Luo explained that he had cured Tianqin’s Gu Insect Curse and received the tree as payment, while Tianqin had also agreed to oppose Alcoholic Ghost.
• Lin Luo asked Long Kui to gather at Zither Dwelling, and she agreed to go after absorbing the tree’s power.

Lin Luo gathered Mandragora as an ally against Alcoholic Ghost and learned that Alcoholic Ghost was in Listening Rain Bamboo Grove. He and Mandragora entered Poppy’s tearoom, where Alcoholic Ghost sat across from Poppy.

• Lin Luo visited Mandragora and invited her to help defeat Alcoholic Ghost, telling her that Tianqin had agreed to join them after he removed her Gu Insect Curse.
• Mandragora hinted that Alcoholic Ghost was in Listening Rain Bamboo Grove, and Lin Luo agreed to go there with her.
• Mandragora promised to protect Lin Luo, and the two traveled through Listening Rain Bamboo Grove as the ghost creatures retreated from them.
• Lin Luo sensed Alcoholic Ghost’s formidable ghost power and entered Poppy’s tearoom with Mandragora.
• Lin Luo saw Poppy brewing tea opposite a ghost creature who resembled Drunken Ghost.

Alcoholic Ghost tried to attack Lin Luo in Listening Rain Bamboo Grove, but Poppy and Mandragora intervened to protect him. Their fight escalated as Alcoholic Ghost resisted their Ghost Artifacts and swallowed Poppy’s spring water.

• Alcoholic Ghost ignored Lin Luo at first, then attacked him, claiming he had broken the rules of Listening Rain Bamboo Grove.
• Poppy struck Alcoholic Ghost down with bamboo empowered by Ghost Power and declared Lin Luo her benefactor.
• Mandragora attacked Alcoholic Ghost with her Purple Vine and warned him that Lin Luo was the talent she valued most.
• Alcoholic Ghost insisted Lin Luo must be punished and dodged Mandragora’s next strike before rushing toward him.
• Poppy trapped Alcoholic Ghost in spring water from her Jade Water Flask, but he drank it all with his Wine Gourd.

Alcoholic Ghost revealed his ambition to seize the Manor and fought Mandragora, Poppy, and Lin Luo. After detecting Drunken Ghost inside Lin Luo, Alcoholic Ghost became intent on devouring him, while Lin Luo claimed Drunken Ghost was already dead.

• Alcoholic Ghost attacked Lin Luo, but Mandragora struck him with her vines and declared that he was only a servant of the Manor.
• Alcoholic Ghost openly challenged Mandragora's right to inherit the Manor, and her poisoned vines left him apparently incapacitated.
• Lin Luo warned Mandragora that Alcoholic Ghost was not defeated, and Alcoholic Ghost rose and threatened Lin Luo.
• Alcoholic Ghost unleashed wind blades against Mandragora and Poppy, but Lin Luo attacked him from behind with the Hell Torch and wounded him.
• Alcoholic Ghost sensed Drunken Ghost inside Lin Luo and revealed his desire to devour him, so Lin Luo lied that Drunken Ghost was already dead.

Lin Luo used a fabricated story about Slaughter Drunkard Ghost to frighten Alcoholic Ghost into fleeing the Listening Rain Bamboo Grove. Afterward, Lin Luo, Mandragora, and Poppy left the manor grounds, while Mandragora vowed to defeat Alcoholic Ghost if they met again.

• Alcoholic Ghost demanded to know how Drunken Ghost died, and Lin Luo claimed Slaughter Drunkard Ghost had devoured him at Yellow Springs Hospital.
• Lin Luo warned Alcoholic Ghost that the clash had alerted the manor’s Ghost Creatures and that Slaughter Drunkard Ghost might arrive soon.
• Mandragora and Poppy backed Lin Luo’s bluff, prompting Alcoholic Ghost to attack them with wind blades and flee.
• Lin Luo hurried Mandragora and Poppy out of the Listening Rain Bamboo Grove before Alcoholic Ghost could return.
• Mandragora vowed to defeat Alcoholic Ghost next time, and Lin Luo comforted her and recognized her loyalty.

Lin Luo set out to gather Maid Ghost and Chef Ghost as reinforcements against Alcoholic Ghost, then confronted hungry ghosts in the Cafeteria. After crippling a starving ghost, he faced Sewing Ghost, who attacked him.

• Mandragora happily agreed to let Lin Luo style her hair after they dealt with Alcoholic Ghost, while Poppy warned that Alcoholic Ghost might retaliate.
• Lin Luo decided to bring Maid Ghost and Chef Ghost to Zither Dwelling, and Mandragora and Poppy accompanied him to the Cafeteria.
• A starving ghost lunged at Lin Luo, but Lin Luo blasted him away and crushed both of his ghost hands when he threatened him.
• Sewing Ghost challenged Lin Luo, and Lin Luo called him an insignificant, weak ghost.
• Enraged, Sewing Ghost swung his enormous ghost hand at Lin Luo.

Poppy and Mandragora arrived at the Restaurant and protected Lin Luo from Sewing Ghost. Lin Luo decided to cook Starving Ghost, and Chef Ghost offered to help him use a large pot.

• Poppy and Mandragora entered the Restaurant, and Poppy told Sewing Ghost that Lin Luo was their friend.
• Sewing Ghost groveled before Lin Luo and begged to be spared, while Starving Ghost insulted him.
• Lin Luo ordered Sewing Ghost to help cook Starving Ghost, and Poppy and Mandragora made no objection.
• Lin Luo unleashed his Ghost Power, frightening Sewing Ghost and Starving Ghost into submission.
• Lin Luo pointed out Chef Ghost's large pot, and Chef Ghost offered to help him cook with it.

Lin Luo forced Sewing Ghost to make Starving Ghost fight him, then had Chef Ghost boil the loser in the dining hall. He spared Sewing Ghost and left with Poppy, Mandragora, and Chef Ghost to visit Maid Ghost’s bedroom, where her voice answered from inside.

• Lin Luo told Starving Ghost and Sewing Ghost that only the one who boiled the other would survive.
• Sewing Ghost defeated Starving Ghost and threw him into Chef Ghost’s pot, where Chef Ghost began simmering him.
• Lin Luo frightened Sewing Ghost by commenting on his plentiful flesh, but Sewing Ghost fainted before Lin Luo could act.
• Lin Luo spared Sewing Ghost and left the dining hall with Poppy, Mandragora, and Chef Ghost.
• The Ghost Creatures nicknamed Lin Luo Boiling Ghost Demon after he left.
• Lin Luo knocked on Maid Ghost’s bedroom door, and Maid Ghost answered from inside.

Lin Luo gathered allies to weaken the Alcoholic Ghost’s forces before their planned attack, then went to confront the ghost possessing Luo Tong. He found Luo Yujuan waiting outside the room and said he had come specifically to deal with Luo Tong.

• The Maid Ghost agreed to help fight the Alcoholic Ghost and revealed her power had risen close to the peak of the ghost general tier.
• Lin Luo gave his allies a dossier of ghosts allied with the Alcoholic Ghost, sending the Maid Ghost and Chef Ghost after weaker targets and Poppy after a powerful ghost general.
• Poppy asked Mandragora to protect Lin Luo while he went to deal with the ghost possessing Luo Tong, and Mandragora teased him about Poppy’s interest in him.
• Lin Luo reached the room where Luo Tong and Luo Yujuan were staying and found Luo Yujuan’s ghost power and alluring appearance had changed.
• Luo Yujuan claimed Luo Tong had tried to assault her and asked Lin Luo to teach him a lesson, but Lin Luo said he had come to take care of Luo Tong.

Lin Luo confronted Luo Tong, who had been corrupted into a powerful half-human, half-ghost monster and blamed Lin Luo for his condition. Lin Luo's hellfire began melting Luo Tong's seemingly indestructible scales, leaving Luo Tong panicking as the battle continued.

• Lin Luo kicked open Luo Tong's room and found him surrounded by resentment and red-eyed rats.
• Luo Tong attacked Lin Luo, but Lin Luo struck him down with the Hell Torch, revealing his mutations and purplish-blue blood.
• Luo Tong released poisonous miasma and tried to absorb more resentment, but Lin Luo incinerated the miasma and smashed his head apart.
• Luo Tong's corpse regenerated with a scaled reptilian head and claws, and he claimed that his scales made him impossible to kill.
• Lin Luo summoned the Hellhound Pattern, sent Luo Tong flying, and burned him until his scales began to melt.

Lin Luo exposed Ghost Mask possessing Luo Yujuan and fought against its attempt to ambush him. Ghost Mask revealed that Luo Tong was its puppet and forced him to attack Lin Luo, while Luo Tong begged to be spared.

• Luo Yujuan tried to ambush Lin Luo with a poisoned Soul-Burying Grade Ghost Artifact, but Lin Luo dodged and identified her as possessed.
• Ghost Mask revealed itself through Luo Yujuan and tried to use her as a hostage, but Lin Luo attacked without holding back.
• Ghost Mask ordered Luo Tong to fight Lin Luo, then revealed that Luo Tong was its puppet and had no control over his body.
• Lin Luo warned that Luo Tong would soon lose his consciousness and said he would kill him rather than let him become a puppet.
• Luo Tong cursed Luo Yujuan, learned that Ghost Mask had already eroded her consciousness, and begged Ghost Mask to choose Lin Luo as its puppet instead.

Lin Luo fought Ghost Mask, which possessed Luo Tong and Luo Yujuan in an attempt to weaken him. After both victims died, Lin Luo prepared to unleash his full power and destroy Ghost Mask before it could target Liu Yanyan and Wen Hui.

• Ghost Mask detonated the resentment inside Luo Tong, but Lin Luo narrowly dodged the blast, and Luo Tong asked him to destroy the ghost before dying.
• Ghost Mask possessed Luo Yujuan, but Lin Luo's Hellfire burned both her and the ghost, forcing Ghost Mask out of her body.
• Luo Yujuan thanked Lin Luo for freeing her and died after Ghost Mask had drained her vitality.
• Ghost Mask threatened to possess Liu Yanyan and Wen Hui, while Lin Luo resolved to kill it before the fifth day arrived.
• Lin Luo unleashed his full Ghost Power and prepared to use his ultimate trump card against Ghost Mask.

Lin Luo used six Ghost General Tier paper doppelgangers to trap and kill Ghost Mask after revealing he planned to attack Alcoholic Ghost. Ghost Mask was left dying after Lin Luo detonated the doppelgangers, while Mandragora watched from the shadows.

• Lin Luo created six Ghost General Tier paper doppelgangers and blocked Ghost Mask from escaping.
• Lin Luo told Ghost Mask he would kill him before going after Alcoholic Ghost the next day.
• Ghost Mask attacked the paper doppelgangers with corrosive blood, but Lin Luo repaired them with Ghost Power.
• Lin Luo detonated one paper doppelganger, severely injuring Ghost Mask, then detonated the rest.
• Mandragora watched as Ghost Mask lay near death and lamented that he had died at the hands of a mere bug.

Lin Luo spared Ghost Mask but implanted Detonating Paper in him, using him as bait to trap Alcoholic Ghost. Ghost Mask secretly went to the Drunken Immortal Tower, where Alcoholic Ghost was raging and killing anyone who approached.

• Ghost Mask begged Lin Luo for mercy and offered to become his ghost slave, but Lin Luo refused to trust him.
• Lin Luo used Ghost Shadow Trace and the Paper-Binding Technique to implant Detonating Paper in Ghost Mask, then ordered him to leave and obey.
• Mandragora warned Lin Luo that Ghost Mask would seek revenge and that Alcoholic Ghost might remove the Detonating Paper, but Lin Luo said he was using Ghost Mask to maximize his gains and bait Alcoholic Ghost.
• Ghost Mask secretly headed to the Drunken Immortal Tower to find Alcoholic Ghost, who was furiously tearing apart ghosts that tried to comfort him.

Lin Luo’s trap severely injured Alcoholic Ghost and killed Ghost Mask, prompting Alcoholic Ghost to mobilize his forces to hunt Lin Luo. Alcoholic Ghost also revealed that he intended to seize Mandragora Manor because Madam Rose was dead and no one there could restrain him.

• Alcoholic Ghost learned that Lin Luo had injured Ghost Mask and promised to remove the Detonating Paper planted inside him.
• Alcoholic Ghost’s Ghost Power triggered the Detonating Paper, causing a blast that killed Ghost Mask and injured Alcoholic Ghost.
• Alcoholic Ghost ordered White-Haired Jiangshi to mobilize his forces and search for Lin Luo.
• Alcoholic Ghost told White-Haired Jiangshi that Madam Rose had died and that he planned to take over Mandragora Manor.
• White-Haired Jiangshi obeyed Alcoholic Ghost’s order and mobilized the Hundred Ghosts, alarming the Ghost Creatures in the manor.

Lin Luo and Mandragora’s allies faced the Alcoholic Ghost after he attacked the Zither Dwelling, while the Horror Game announced a deadly hunt and a quest to investigate Madam Rose’s murder. The Alcoholic Ghost was wounded by Mandragora’s sudden sunflower attack, but the fight was still underway.

• The Alcoholic Ghost discovered that Mandragora’s forces had slaughtered many of his Ghost Creature allies, then found the Heart-Enchantment Garden empty and rampaged through the Drunken Immortal Tower.
• The Horror Game announced the fifth-day Cat-and-Mouse Game and a side quest to find Madam Rose’s dismembered body and identify her killer.
• The Alcoholic Ghost tracked Lin Luo and his companions to the Zither Dwelling and attacked them, but Lin Luo confronted him without fear.
• Tianqin tried to stop the Alcoholic Ghost with her zither music, but he shattered her zither and overpowered her.
• Poppy and Mandragora ambushed the Alcoholic Ghost, but he dodged their attack before Mandragora’s eerie sunflowers pierced him and drew blood.