Chapter Summaries

Lin Luo used Hulatang infused with Nine Netherworld Netherfire to outmaneuver Snow Woman and force her to bargain. He demanded information about Madam Rose’s missing body parts or killer, and Snow Woman’s fearful reaction suggested she knew something.

• Snow Woman agreed to let Lin Luo cook, while Lin Luo demanded that she return Chef Ghost’s arm as well as let them leave if he won.
• Lin Luo cooked Hulatang and infused it with concentrated Nine Netherworld Netherfire, making it lethal for Snow Woman to drink and leaving her unable to reject it without breaking her rules.
• Snow Woman offered to return Chef Ghost’s arm and let everyone leave, but Lin Luo refused to accept that deal alone.
• Lin Luo demanded useful information about Madam Rose’s body parts or killer, and Snow Woman trembled and insisted she knew nothing.
• Lin Luo revealed that he had already dealt with a Ghost Creature possessing Madam Rose’s arm and threatened to send Snow Woman after it if she refused to cooperate.

Lin Luo forced the snow woman to lead him to the Sewing Ghost, who possessed a piece of Madam Rose’s corpse. The Sewing Ghost became hostile when Lin Luo demanded it, leaving them on the verge of a fight.

• A cursed dart attacked the snow woman, Maid Ghost, and Chef Ghost, but Lin Luo knocked it aside and demanded that the snow woman prove her usefulness.
• The snow woman revealed that the Sewing Ghost had a piece of Madam Rose’s corpse and led Lin Luo and his companions to his room.
• The Qipao Female Ghost slapped the snow woman after a quarrel, but Lin Luo stopped them from fighting and ordered the snow woman to knock.
• The Sewing Ghost opened the door and mistook the visitors for food before the snow woman introduced Lin Luo.
• Lin Luo demanded Madam Rose’s corpse fragment, and the Sewing Ghost angrily threatened him.

Lin Luo defeated Sewing Ghost and demanded Madam Rose’s body part, but the arm exploded in a sudden ambush. After stopping Chef Ghost and Maid Ghost from attacking Sewing Ghost, Lin Luo said he had found the mastermind behind the attack.

• Sewing Ghost revealed his grotesque body and attacked Lin Luo, who dodged him with Ghost Shadow Trace.
• Lin Luo burned Sewing Ghost with the Hell Torch and demanded Madam Rose’s body part in exchange for sparing his life.
• Sewing Ghost handed over Madam Rose’s right arm, but it exploded and engulfed Lin Luo in ghost power.
• Chef Ghost and Maid Ghost rushed at Sewing Ghost, but Lin Luo stopped them and judged that Sewing Ghost had not caused the explosion.
• Qipao Female Ghost suspected the ghost creature who had thrown a dart at Snow Woman, and Lin Luo said he had already found the mastermind.

Lin Luo exposed the Qipao Female Ghost as the culprit behind the attacks and confronted her after she revealed her split, monstrous form. She devoured Sewing Ghost and attacked Lin Luo, but he repelled her strikes with the Hellhound Pattern and hellfire.

• Lin Luo accused the Qipao Female Ghost after detecting her aura on the darts and in Sewing Ghost's explosion, and she tried to flee when the other Ghost Creatures stayed out of the dispute.
• Lin Luo trapped the Qipao Female Ghost in Hell Torch flames, and she revealed that she had devoured two enemies and struggled to control her full power.
• The Qipao Female Ghost transformed into a bizarre two-faced monster and devoured Sewing Ghost when he tried to escape.
• The Qipao Female Ghost attacked Lin Luo with a long tongue and a biting ghostly face, but he countered with the Hellhound Pattern and hellfire.

Lin Luo defeated and killed the Qipao Female Ghost, discovering that her grafted legs belonged to Madam Rose. After collecting the legs, he confronted the unseen mastermind behind Madam Rose’s murder, who answered with a threat.

• The Qipao Female Ghost merged her faces into a Yin-Yang Face and attacked Lin Luo, but his Nine Netherworld Netherfire burned her severely.
• Lin Luo withdrew the flames to question the Qipao Female Ghost, then stopped her escape with the Drunken Ghost and its Wine Gourd.
• Lin Luo recognized that the Qipao Female Ghost’s grafted legs belonged to Madam Rose and learned she had been imprisoned in the coffin by Madam Rose’s killer.
• Lin Luo killed the Qipao Female Ghost with the Nine Netherworld Netherfire and removed her grafted legs for the System Backpack.
• Lin Luo addressed the unseen mastermind, and a hoarse voice replied that powerful opponents like him had ended up in its belly.

Lin Luo sent eight powerful paper doppelgangers to search the mansion while he rested, then a bloodied girl asked the group to find her missing face. The girl’s power surged to the threshold of the Ghost King tier, and Snow Woman called on the Chef Ghost and the Maid Ghost to help confront her.

• Lin Luo dodged cursed darts from an unseen attacker and refused to split up, instead creating eight Ghost King-tier paper doppelgangers to search the mansion.
• A girl carrying a koala plush toy approached Lin Luo and asked for help finding her peeled-off face.
• Snow Woman tried to handle the girl, but the girl revealed her mangled face and demanded that they find it or provide a replacement within ten seconds.
• The girl in red erupted with baleful energy and surged to the threshold of the Ghost King tier.
• Snow Woman asked the Chef Ghost and the Maid Ghost to join her against the girl, suspecting that the girl had appeared to target Lin Luo.

Snow Woman, Maid Ghost, and Chef Ghost fought the Little Red-Dressed Female Ghost, but her relentless attacks overwhelmed them before she turned on Lin Luo. Lin Luo blocked her scissors and struck off her head, but she regenerated and threatened him again.

• Snow Woman froze the Little Red-Dressed Female Ghost, who broke free and attacked her with blood-dripping scissors.
• Chef Ghost blocked the Little Red-Dressed Female Ghost’s strike, and Maid Ghost kicked her away before the three ghosts fought her together.
• The Little Red-Dressed Female Ghost injured Maid Ghost and wore down all three defenders with her relentless attacks.
• The Little Red-Dressed Female Ghost rushed Lin Luo and tried to cut off his head, but he blocked her scissors with the Hell Torch.
• Lin Luo smashed the Little Red-Dressed Female Ghost’s head, but she reassembled it and threatened to kill him.

Lin Luo discovered that the Koala Plush Toy was the true body controlling the little ghost girl in red, but it drained and killed her before she could reveal what she knew. After the Koala Plush Toy threatened Lin Luo, he struck it with a Hellhound Pattern, and it extinguished the flames while vowing revenge.

• Lin Luo noticed the little ghost girl in red protected the Koala Plush Toy and confirmed that fire on the toy also harmed her.
• Lin Luo threatened to destroy the Koala Plush Toy unless the little ghost girl in red gave him information about Madam Rose’s corpse or killer.
• Before the little ghost girl in red could answer, the Koala Plush Toy absorbed her blood and Ghost Power, then drained her into ashes.
• The Koala Plush Toy revealed that the little ghost girl in red had been its puppet and threatened to peel off Lin Luo’s face.
• Lin Luo hit the Koala Plush Toy with a Hellhound Pattern, and it extinguished the Hellfire and vowed to make him suffer.

Lin Luo burned the Koala Plush Toy with Nine Netherworld Netherfire, exposing its fusion with Madam Rose’s torso, until the Corpse-Eating Ghost King appeared as a Ghost Baby. Lin Luo destroyed the toy despite the Ghost Baby’s threats, and the chapter ended with the Ghost Baby preparing to attack as the Maid Ghost and Chef Ghost armed themselves to protect Lin Luo.

• Lin Luo burned the Koala Plush Toy with Netherfire, then fused it with Hellfire to create Nine Netherworld Netherfire.
• Lin Luo discovered that the Koala Plush Toy had fused with Madam Rose’s torso and continued burning it despite its claims that the flames could not kill it.
• The Corpse-Eating Ghost King appeared as a pitch-black Ghost Baby and scolded the Koala Plush Toy for failing to defeat Lin Luo.
• Lin Luo ignored the Ghost Baby’s demand to stop and burned the Koala Plush Toy to ashes.
• The Ghost Baby threatened Lin Luo, while the Maid Ghost and Chef Ghost took out their Ghost Artifacts to defend him.

Lin Luo fought Ghost Baby, using his speed to evade the Ghost King Tier monster while uncovering its fear of being absorbed by Corpse-Eating Ghost. After warning Ghost Baby that Corpse-Eating Ghost might soon escape, Lin Luo unleashed his full Ghost Power and attacked with the Hell Torch.

• Lin Luo hit Ghost Baby with Nine Netherworld Netherfire, but corpse oil smothered the flames.
• Lin Luo dodged Ghost Baby's cursed spit and identified its atrophied limbs as a weakness.
• Lin Luo deduced that Ghost Baby was secreted by Corpse-Eating Ghost and feared being absorbed if its parent body escaped.
• Lin Luo warned Ghost Baby that Corpse-Eating Ghost might have a contingency and would soon break free, provoking fear in Ghost Baby.
• Lin Luo raised his Ghost Power to its peak and swung the Hell Torch at Ghost Baby.

Lin Luo and Drunken Ghost overwhelmed Ghost Baby with Nine Netherworld Netherfire, forcing him to surrender Madam Rose’s head. Lin Luo collected the remains and received the Fire Control Technique, but spared Ghost Baby because he needed him for the main quest.

• Lin Luo burned through Ghost Baby’s curse with Nine Netherworld Netherfire and restored his injured arm with Ghost Power.
• Lin Luo summoned Drunken Ghost, who struck Ghost Baby from behind with the Wine Gourd, and they attacked together with Nine Netherworld Netherfire.
• Ghost Baby defended himself with a corpse-oil barrier and offered to stop fighting when the barrier began to weaken.
• Lin Luo demanded Madam Rose’s head, and Ghost Baby pulled it from his mouth and handed it over.
• Lin Luo collected Madam Rose’s head and received the Fire Control Technique from the Horror Game.
• Lin Luo promised not to attack Ghost Baby and withdrew his flames because Ghost Baby was needed for the main quest.

Lin Luo left the Ghost Baby alive and dismissed the Snow Woman, who was then devoured by the Ghost Baby after trying to escape its grasp. At White Rose Cemetery’s exit, Lin Luo encountered a Flaying Ghost and prepared to question it.

• Lin Luo left the Ghost Baby behind and told the Snow Woman she could go, so she fled the cemetery.
• The Snow Woman encountered the injured Ghost Baby, which trapped her with Corpse Oil and devoured her despite her threats to invoke Lin Luo’s protection.
• Lin Luo sensed the Snow Woman’s Ghost Power disappear and continued toward the cemetery exit without regret.
• After eating the Snow Woman, the Ghost Baby recovered and vowed to get hold of something that would make it stronger than Lin Luo and the Corpse-Eating Ghost.
• Lin Luo found the cemetery exit strewn with blood and encountered a Flaying Ghost, which attacked before sensing Lin Luo’s overwhelming Ghost Power and trying to flee.

Lin Luo forced the Flaying Ghost to guide him to the Drunken Immortal Tower, where the Alcoholic Ghost was hiding after placing a bounty on him. At the tower, the Flaying Ghost stood up to the Blue-Faced Ghost, who threatened to torture him.

• Lin Luo learned that the Alcoholic Ghost had put out a wanted notice for him and asked where the Alcoholic Ghost and Mandragora Manor’s Four Great Beauties were.
• Lin Luo caught the Flaying Ghost considering reporting his location and threatened to kill him unless he led him to the Alcoholic Ghost.
• The Flaying Ghost guided Lin Luo, the Chef Ghost, and another accompanying Ghost Creature toward the Drunken Immortal Tower, while Lin Luo explained that a servant of the Alcoholic Ghost was needed to enter safely.
• At the Drunken Immortal Tower, the Blue-Faced Ghost insulted and threatened the Flaying Ghost, but the Flaying Ghost warned him that he was no longer someone to provoke.

Lin Luo stopped the Blue-Faced Ghost from attacking the Flaying Ghost, then used his Ghost Power to immobilize him while the Flaying Ghost tortured him. When the White-Haired Jiangshi arrived to intervene, the Flaying Ghost defied him, provoking a threat of execution.

• Lin Luo halted the Blue-Faced Ghost and overwhelmed him with Ghost Power, leaving him unable to move.
• Lin Luo told the ghosts to settle their private grudge, and the Flaying Ghost seized the chance to attack the Blue-Faced Ghost.
• The Flaying Ghost took the Blue-Faced Ghost's spiked club and used it to stab and torture him despite his pleas for mercy.
• The White-Haired Jiangshi arrived and threatened the Flaying Ghost for causing trouble in the Drunken Immortal Tower.
• The Flaying Ghost insulted the White-Haired Jiangshi, who vowed to subject him to a cruel execution.

Lin Luo protected the Flaying Ghost at the Drunken Immortal Tower and fought the White-Haired Jiangshi, who summoned a ghost tide. Lin Luo destroyed the tide with Nine Netherworld Netherfire and moved to kill the Jiangshi, but a powerful Ghost King-tier attack struck before he could finish him.

• Lin Luo stopped the White-Haired Jiangshi from attacking the Flaying Ghost and identified him as a friend.
• The White-Haired Jiangshi attacked Lin Luo, who burned him with hellfire and taunted him until he called the Hundred Ghosts of the Drunken Immortal Tower to attack.
• Lin Luo aligned his aura with the Drunken Ghost's and unleashed Nine Netherworld Netherfire, destroying the ghost tide.
• Lin Luo approached the White-Haired Jiangshi to kill him, but an immense surge of Ghost King-tier power struck him, and an unseen opponent vowed to make him pay for their last encounter.

Lin Luo confronted Alcoholic Ghost, who claimed Mandragora and the other beauties were dead after he lured them into a trap with Corpse-Eating Ghost. Alcoholic Ghost revealed his Ghost Tide had been destroyed, then reached the Ghost King Tier and prepared to fight Lin Luo and Drunken Ghost.

• Alcoholic Ghost told Lin Luo that Mandragora and the others had been trapped with Corpse-Eating Ghost and were already dead.
• Lin Luo summoned Drunken Ghost, and Alcoholic Ghost ordered White-Haired Jiangshi to unleash the Ghost Tide.
• White-Haired Jiangshi revealed that Lin Luo had already killed the Ghost Tide, enraging Alcoholic Ghost.
• Lin Luo pierced White-Haired Jiangshi's head with the Hell Torch and burned him to charcoal, undermining Alcoholic Ghost's authority.
• Alcoholic Ghost revealed his Ghost King Tier power, and Lin Luo reassured Drunken Ghost that they could still defeat him.

Lin Luo and the Drunken Ghost fought the Alcoholic Ghost, whose Ghost King power and resentment let him counter Lin Luo’s Paper-Binding Technique. The Alcoholic Ghost trapped them in his completed Ghost Domain and focused on killing Lin Luo, but Lin Luo’s hidden trump card shocked him.

• The Alcoholic Ghost attacked Lin Luo, but Lin Luo revealed himself and created eight Paper Doppelgangers with the Paper-Binding Technique.
• The Alcoholic Ghost’s resentment eroded the Paper Doppelgangers, so Lin Luo and the Drunken Ghost combined their Nine Netherworld Netherfire to counter his cursed tornado.
• The Drunken Ghost confronted the Alcoholic Ghost, who unleashed his complete Ghost Domain and targeted Lin Luo with wind blades and a tornado.
• Lin Luo burned away the wind blades with Nine Netherworld Netherfire while the Alcoholic Ghost kept the Drunken Ghost occupied.
• Lin Luo played his trump card, leaving the Alcoholic Ghost shocked.

Lin Luo used Nine Netherworld Netherfire and the Fire Control Technique to destroy Alcoholic Ghost’s Ghost Domain, allowing Drunken Ghost to absorb him. After Drunken Ghost devoured Alcoholic Ghost, Lin Luo advanced to the Ghost King Tier.

• Lin Luo shaped Nine Netherworld Netherfire into a taotie that burned through Alcoholic Ghost’s Ghost Domain and its cursed resentment.
• Drunken Ghost used Alcoholic Ghost’s weakened state to turn the fight around and provoke him into losing control.
• Alcoholic Ghost tried to detonate his ghost power, but Drunken Ghost absorbed it into the Wine Gourd.
• Drunken Ghost devoured Alcoholic Ghost and grew stronger.
• Lin Luo advanced to the Ghost King Tier.

After absorbing Alcoholic Ghost, Lin Luo used Ghost Baby to find the secret chamber holding Corpse-Eating Ghost beneath the Drunken Immortal Tower. He broke into the chamber and began fighting the more powerful ghost, while Ghost Baby watched from hiding.

• Lin Luo forced Ghost Baby out of hiding with Nine Netherworld Netherfire and made him agree to reveal the dungeon’s location.
• Ghost Baby led Lin Luo to the secret chamber at the bottom of the Drunken Immortal Tower, secretly hoping Lin Luo and Corpse-Eating Ghost would kill each other.
• Lin Luo smashed open the chamber door with the Hell Torch and heard Corpse-Eating Ghost mistake him for a gift from Alcoholic Ghost.
• Corpse-Eating Ghost tried to drag Lin Luo inside with a ghost hand, but Lin Luo burned it with Nine Netherworld Netherfire.
• Corpse-Eating Ghost sent more ghost hands after Lin Luo, who burned them away and said he would enter the chamber.

Lin Luo entered Corpse-Eating Ghost’s chamber to rescue Mandragora Manor’s Four Great Beauties and defeat the powerful Ghost King. After being wounded, he summoned Drunken Ghost and renewed his attack, leaving both combatants fighting desperately.

• Lin Luo entered the secret chamber and revealed his Ghost King Tier power with Nine Netherworld Netherfire.
• Lin Luo discovered the Four Great Beauties trapped in cocoons and learned Alcoholic Ghost had helped Corpse-Eating Ghost capture them.
• Corpse-Eating Ghost attacked Lin Luo with Cursed Power, overpowering him and leaving him badly wounded.
• Lin Luo summoned Drunken Ghost, merged their Ghost Power, and attacked Corpse-Eating Ghost with the Hell Torch.
• Corpse-Eating Ghost tore flesh from Lin Luo and infected his wound with Cursed Power, but Lin Luo charged back at him with Nine Netherworld Netherfire.
• Ghost Baby watched from the shadows and hoped their deadly clash would leave him the winner.