Chapter Summaries

The Hair-Eating Ghost revealed itself through Wang Yao and attacked Lin Luo, who refused to flee despite its strength. After the Gatekeeping Old Ghost was badly injured and the other players left, Lin Luo dodged the Hair-Eating Ghost’s attacks, leaving the Gatekeeping Old Ghost puzzled by his resemblance to a thief from the previous night.

• The Hair-Eating Ghost took control of Wang Yao and attacked Lin Luo, while the Gatekeeping Old Ghost warned it that the Wedding-Dress Female Ghost valued him.
• The Hair-Eating Ghost overwhelmed the Gatekeeping Old Ghost and filled the Cafeteria with corrosive resentment, driving most players and Ghost Creatures away.
• Lin Luo told Little Green Snake and Chen Yuling to leave, then insisted that he could handle the Hair-Eating Ghost alone.
• Little Green Snake and Chen Yuling left, and the Hair-Eating Ghost attacked Lin Luo with Wang Yao’s hair.
• Lin Luo used Phantom Shadow Unfettered to evade the attacks, and the Gatekeeping Old Ghost noticed that his movements resembled those of the thief he had pursued the previous night.

Lin Luo fought the Hair-Eating Ghost after it unleashed its Ghost Domain in the Cafeteria. The Hair-Eating Ghost intensified its attacks, but Lin Luo revealed a blazing Ghost Domain of his own as the battle continued.

• The Hair-Eating Ghost activated its Ghost Domain and threatened Lin Luo, while the Gatekeeping Old Ghost warned that the Wedding-Dress Female Ghost would punish it.
• Lin Luo asked the Gatekeeping Old Ghost to protect Little Green Snake and Chen Yuling, then used Phantom Shadow Unfettered to evade the Hair-Eating Ghost’s attacks.
• Lin Luo rushed the Hair-Eating Ghost and struck it with his Taotie pattern wreathed in Nine Netherworld Netherfire, badly injuring it and nearly damaging Wang Yao’s body.
• The Hair-Eating Ghost failed to use Wang Yao to threaten Lin Luo and drove its Ghost Domain at full power, filling it with damp black hair tentacles.
• Lin Luo unleashed his own Ghost Domain, raising the temperature and illuminating the darkness, as the Hair-Eating Ghost sent a cascade of tentacles at him.

Lin Luo used his Nine Netherworld Netherfire to overpower the Hair-Eating Ghost, but the Wedding-Dress Female Ghost interrupted before Lin Luo could finish him. After she confirmed Lin Luo was Green Mountain Clinic’s Chief Physician, Lin Luo demanded 20,000 Ghost Coins from the Hair-Eating Ghost as compensation.

• The Hair-Eating Ghost attacked Lin Luo with wet-hair tentacles, and Lin Luo countered with a golden crow formed from Nine Netherworld Netherfire.
• Lin Luo’s flames burned away the tentacles and cracked the Hair-Eating Ghost’s Wet Hair Ghost Domain, leaving him weakened.
• The Hair-Eating Ghost threatened Lin Luo with the Clinic’s rules, but Lin Luo revealed that the owner had hired him as Chief Physician.
• The Wedding-Dress Female Ghost confirmed Lin Luo’s position and knocked the Hair-Eating Ghost down with a single blow.
• The Wedding-Dress Female Ghost warned the Hair-Eating Ghost that Lin Luo had the Blood Ghost’s favor, and the Hair-Eating Ghost apologized.
• Lin Luo refused to accept the apology and demanded 20,000 Ghost Coins in compensation.

Lin Luo forced the Hair-Eating Ghost to pay 20,000 Ghost Coins’ worth of compensation, then let it escape to avoid offending the Wedding-Dress Female Ghost. After Wang Yao woke, she blamed Lin Luo, but learned he had become Green Mountain Clinic’s chief physician and was powerless against him.

• Lin Luo demanded 20,000 Ghost Coins in compensation, and the Hair-Eating Ghost paid him 12,000 Ghost Coins and the Curse Comb.
• The Wedding-Dress Female Ghost offered to deal with the Hair-Eating Ghost if it troubled Lin Luo again, then vanished.
• The Hair-Eating Ghost abandoned Wang Yao as its vessel and escaped, while Lin Luo let it go to preserve his relationship with the Wedding-Dress Female Ghost.
• Wang Yao woke with no memory of being possessed and insulted Chen Yuling, but Little Green Snake told her Lin Luo had saved her.
• Wang Yao blamed Lin Luo for letting the Hair-Eating Ghost escape, and Lin Luo threatened her before Chen Yuling revealed he was Green Mountain Clinic’s chief physician.
• Wang Yao apologized, but Lin Luo ignored her and left, leaving her jealous of Chen Yuling and Little Green Snake.

Wang Yao tried to get food and Ghost Coins from Qian Gui, but their fight drew the Butcher Ghost’s attention. The Butcher Ghost fined them both, severed Qian Gui’s arm, and demanded 50 Ghost Coins from Wang Yao or her organs.

• Wang Yao asked Qian Gui for Ghost Coins and grabbed his food, so Qian Gui slapped and shoved her.
• Qian Gui mocked Wang Yao’s bald head, and she realized the Hair-Eating Ghost had eaten her hair.
• Wang Yao and Qian Gui brawled after he reminded her that she had dumped him at Green Mountain Clinic.
• The Butcher Ghost caught them fighting in the Cafeteria and demanded a 50-Ghost-Coin fine from each.
• Qian Gui claimed to be Lin Luo’s friend, but Wang Yao exposed the lie, and the Butcher Ghost chopped off Qian Gui’s arm.
• The Butcher Ghost demanded 50 Ghost Coins from Wang Yao and threatened to take her organs if she could not pay.

Wang Yao gave the Butcher Ghost Qian Gui’s Ghost Coins, then tried to reconcile with Chen Yuling, who offered her half her own coins. Lin Luo reached the Cerebral Hemorrhage Bathhouse, where the Blood Ghost crushed a Flaying Ghost that tried to stop him.

• Wang Yao gave the Butcher Ghost 100 Ghost Coins, then cursed Qian Gui and warned that she would kill him if the cafeteria rules allowed it.
• Wang Yao asked Chen Yuling to make up, but Chen Yuling refused to associate with her and offered her half her Ghost Coins.
• Wang Yao took the coins and walked away as Little Green Snake and the other players doubted Chen Yuling’s kindness.
• Lin Luo reached the Cerebral Hemorrhage Bathhouse, where a Flaying Ghost threatened him until he showed his Entry and Exit Pass.
• Lin Luo called for Uncle Ghost, and the Blood Ghost crushed the Flaying Ghost and let Lin Luo decide what to do with him.

Lin Luo used Paladin's Provocation to make Flaying Ghost insult Blood Ghost, then let the bathhouse Ghost Creatures devour the wounded ghost. He treated Blood Ghost's cerebral hemorrhage only enough to ease its pain, and Blood Ghost demanded to know when it would be cured completely.

• Blood Ghost crushed Flaying Ghost into pieces after Flaying Ghost provoked Lin Luo, leaving the wounded ghost begging for mercy.
• Lin Luo used Paladin's Provocation to make Flaying Ghost insult Blood Ghost, then claimed Flaying Ghost had spoken of his own accord.
• The bathhouse Ghost Creatures praised Lin Luo and devoured Flaying Ghost after Lin Luo offered him as a gift.
• Lin Luo approached Blood Ghost to retrieve the key to the Black Hole Secret Room and used his medical kit to control Blood Ghost's cerebral hemorrhage.
• Blood Ghost asked when his condition would be completely cured and threatened Lin Luo with killing intent if the answer displeased him.

Lin Luo accepted the Blood Ghost’s Blood Jade Token while secretly preparing for the ghost’s planned betrayal, then used the artifact to defend himself in the Cerebral Hemorrhage Bathhouse’s blood pool. After a powerful vampire killed the Drowned Ghost, Lin Luo recognized that the newcomer had likely reached Ghost King Tier.

• Lin Luo promised to cure the Blood Ghost by the next night, while concealing that he knew the ghost intended to kill him afterward.
• The Blood Ghost gave Lin Luo the Blood Jade Token and promised to make him his godson and give him the Green Mountain Clinic.
• Lin Luo secretly slipped Nine Netherworld Netherfire into the Blood Ghost while treating his head ailment, then left to soak in a blood pool.
• A Drowned Ghost attacked Lin Luo, so Lin Luo activated the Blood Jade Token and began dissolving the Drowned Ghost’s body.
• A powerful male vampire smashed the Drowned Ghost’s head, and Lin Luo recognized that the newcomer had likely crossed into Ghost King Tier.

Lin Luo provoked the Vampire into a fight to create a commotion and draw the Blood Ghost away from the innermost blood pool, where the secret key was hidden. He used the blood jade token to badly injure the Vampire, though the fight continued.

• Lin Luo demanded thirty thousand Ghost Coins from the Vampire for dirtying the bathwater, and a ghost recognized the blood jade token as Uncle Ghost’s.
• Lin Luo claimed Uncle Ghost was his godfather, so the Vampire suppressed his killing intent but tried to leave without paying.
• Lin Luo refused to let the Vampire go, taunted him with Paladin’s Taunt, and secretly sent a Paper Worm toward the innermost bathhouse.
• The Vampire lost control and attacked Lin Luo, who dodged with Ghost Shadow Trace as the Vampire transformed and gained fleshy wings.
• The Vampire nearly caught Lin Luo, but Lin Luo activated the blood jade token and struck him with a surge of blood-red light.
• The injured Vampire blamed the token for his defeat, and Lin Luo activated it at full power again.

Lin Luo fought Vampire in the Cerebral Hemorrhage Bathhouse, using the Blood Jade Token and his Golden Crow Ghost Domain until Blood Ghost intervened. Blood Ghost sided with Lin Luo and offered him the choice of how to punish Vampire.

• Lin Luo used the Blood Jade Token to summon a Scarlet Evil Spirit, which Vampire blocked with his Blood-Soaked Halberd.
• Vampire unleashed his Blood Filth Ghost Domain, and Lin Luo countered with his Golden Crow Ghost Domain, wrecking the bathhouse and sending frightened ghosts fleeing.
• Vampire prepared to use Ignite Ghost Blood, but Blood Ghost appeared and demanded to know why he had attacked Lin Luo.
• Blood Ghost declared himself Lin Luo's godfather and rejected Vampire's protests, choosing to back Lin Luo.
• Blood Ghost offered Lin Luo the choice of how to punish Vampire, who hurriedly tried to appease him.

Lin Luo pressured the Vampire into handing over the Blood-Soaked Halberd, then left Green Mountain Clinic with Uncle Ghost to look for Ghost Artifacts. As Uncle Ghost led him through the haze toward a Supernatural Bus stop, Lin Luo noticed something was wrong and suggested visiting a pharmacy for herbs to ease Uncle Ghost’s head ailment.

• The Vampire offered thirty thousand Ghost Coins to appease Lin Luo, but Lin Luo demanded the Blood-Soaked Halberd, and Uncle Ghost ordered the Vampire to lend it to him.
• Lin Luo asked Uncle Ghost to take him out of Green Mountain Clinic, planning to use the trip to steal the Black Hole Secret Room’s key while giving the Vampire a plausible motive.
• Uncle Ghost introduced Lin Luo as his godson to the Gatekeeping Old Ghost, who responded with heightened reverence.
• Uncle Ghost warned Lin Luo not to look back at the ghostly sounds in the haze and led him toward a Supernatural Bus stop with a Ghost Artifact shop nearby.
• Lin Luo noticed Uncle Ghost’s figure and aura fading, called out to him, and suggested they visit a pharmacy for herbs to treat his head ailment.

Lin Luo exposed the creature impersonating Uncle Ghost as a Mirror Ghost and fought it in its ghost domain. After destroying the domain, Lin Luo left the Mirror Ghost shattered and helpless, then revealed that he did not plan to kill it.

• Lin Luo pretended to prioritize Uncle Ghost’s treatment, then struck the impostor with the Blood Jade Token and exposed it as a Mirror Ghost.
• The Mirror Ghost attacked with its soul-sucking gaze, but Lin Luo closed his eyes and struck its ghost eyes.
• The enraged Mirror Ghost transformed and trapped Lin Luo inside its mirrored ghost domain.
• Lin Luo unleashed Nine Netherworld Netherfire and the Golden Crow Ghost Domain, burning through the mirrors and destroying the Mirror Ghost’s domain.
• The Mirror Ghost’s body shattered after the domain fell, and Lin Luo told it he had not planned to kill it.

Lin Luo let Uncle Ghost believe he had defeated Mirror Ghost and offered the fallen ghost as a gift, but Mirror Ghost detonated himself and wounded Uncle Ghost. After passing Uncle Ghost’s suspicions, Lin Luo reached the Supernatural Bus Stop with him and boarded a battered bus, where the driver stopped Lin Luo as he tried to pay.

• Lin Luo summoned Uncle Ghost after destroying Mirror Ghost’s ghost domain and pretended the encounter had been a test arranged by his godfather.
• Lin Luo offered Mirror Ghost to Uncle Ghost, but Mirror Ghost detonated himself as Uncle Ghost moved to devour him, blasting Uncle Ghost with ghost power.
• Uncle Ghost questioned Lin Luo about the detonation, and Lin Luo blamed his inexperience with Mirror Ghost’s mirror shards; Uncle Ghost then pretended to be weakened and tested Lin Luo’s concern.
• Uncle Ghost and Lin Luo reached the Supernatural Bus Stop, where Uncle Ghost gave Lin Luo corpse oil to disguise himself as a ghost creature.
• Lin Luo followed Uncle Ghost onto the battered bus and took out ghost coins to pay, but the ghost driver stopped him.

Lin Luo used the Drunken Ghost’s Ghost Power and Uncle Ghost’s protection to defuse the ghost driver’s intimidation, then tried to provoke Uncle Ghost into attacking him. When the bus stopped, players Ting Feng and Liu Xu boarded, and the ghost driver began looking for another chance to harm passengers.

• The ghost driver challenged Lin Luo over his Ghost Coins, but Lin Luo released the Drunken Ghost’s Ghost Power and Uncle Ghost forced the driver to back down.
• Lin Luo thanked Uncle Ghost while secretly plotting against him, then suggested they bury the ghost driver and tempted Uncle Ghost with the prospect of drinking his blood.
• Two players, Ting Feng and Liu Xu, boarded the bus, and Ting Feng paid the fare before leading Liu Xu farther inside.
• The ghost driver abandoned his failed attempt to intimidate Ting Feng and Liu Xu, while Ting Feng reassured Liu Xu and Lin Luo suspected she was not as fragile as she appeared.

Lin Luo confronted Ting Feng and Liu Xu after Liu Xu exposed him as a player, then watched as Ting Feng fell for her manipulation and was injured by a seat on the Supernatural Bus. The bus suddenly accelerated, leaving the wounded Ting Feng struggling to stay upright as Liu Xu realized the Instance was more dangerous than expected.

• Liu Xu drew the Driver Ghost’s attention to Lin Luo by revealing he was a player, but Lin Luo intimidated the couple with his Ghost King aura and warned them not to provoke him.
• Liu Xu recognized Lin Luo as a player through her Ghost Artifact and tried to charm him, while Lin Luo ignored her advances.
• Ting Feng cleaned a seat for Liu Xu and sat down first, despite Lin Luo’s warning that the bus was dangerous.
• A mouth of fangs beneath the seat bit off a chunk of Ting Feng’s flesh, and the Driver Ghost threatened to punish him if he made another sound.
• Liu Xu bandaged Ting Feng’s wound, and the Driver Ghost accelerated the bus so violently that the injured Ting Feng had to cling to a handrail.

Lin Luo and the others reached Cemetery Station, where the Cat-Faced Old Woman targeted him and Uncle Ghost after the bus Driver offered her free rides in exchange for attacking them. Uncle Ghost revealed overwhelming power when the old woman attacked him, leaving Lin Luo alarmed and aware that his time with Uncle Ghost was running out.

• The Supernatural Bus arrived at Cemetery Station, and the Cat-Faced Old Woman boarded, terrifying Ting Feng and Liu Xu with her appearance and Ghost Power.
• The Cat-Faced Old Woman threatened to harvest organs from Ting Feng and Liu Xu, while the ghost Driver offered her free rides if she attacked Lin Luo and Uncle Ghost.
• Lin Luo pretended he could not handle the old woman and asked Uncle Ghost for help, but Uncle Ghost told him to fight and promised to intervene if needed.
• The Cat-Faced Old Woman attacked Lin Luo, then became enraged when he mocked her appearance and provoked Uncle Ghost by calling him ugly.
• The Cat-Faced Old Woman raked her poisoned claws at Uncle Ghost, who unleashed blood energy so powerful that it turned the bus scarlet and silenced everyone.

Lin Luo defeated the cat-faced old woman by detonating Uncle Ghost’s Blood-Soaked Halberd, destroying the Supernatural Bus in the process. After the old woman’s self-detonation killed Ting Feng, Liu Xu survived by using him as a shield and tried to attach herself to Lin Luo.

• Uncle Ghost forced the cat-faced old woman to fight Lin Luo, who wounded her with the Blood-Soaked Halberd and provoked her into reckless attacks.
• The cat-faced old woman summoned her Ghost Domain, but Lin Luo detonated the Blood-Soaked Halberd, destroying the Supernatural Bus and leaving her gravely injured.
• Uncle Ghost berated Lin Luo for destroying the valuable Ghost Artifact, but Lin Luo claimed he had acted out of fear of the old woman’s Ghost Domain.
• The cat-faced old woman tried to take Lin Luo down with her by self-detonating, but Lin Luo dodged with Ghost Shadow Trace.
• Liu Xu used Ting Feng as a shield against the blast, and he turned to ashes while she survived.
• Liu Xu approached Lin Luo and offered to become his obedient female slave.

Lin Luo killed Liu Xu and helped Uncle Ghost eliminate the Driver Ghost after the Supernatural Bus was destroyed. Uncle Ghost warned Lin Luo against further reckless destruction, while Lin Luo secretly prepared for the day Uncle Ghost would turn on him.

• Lin Luo killed Liu Xu with Nine Netherworld Netherfire and left her corpse for Uncle Ghost to drink from.
• The Driver Ghost threatened to report the destruction of the Supernatural Bus, so Lin Luo attacked him with the Hell Torch.
• Uncle Ghost revealed his hidden strength, intercepted the fleeing Driver Ghost, and drained him dry.
• Lin Luo praised Uncle Ghost's power as they prepared to leave, while Uncle Ghost warned him not to cause trouble without permission.
• Lin Luo agreed not to act recklessly unless his life was in danger, and Uncle Ghost responded with a sinister look.

Uncle Ghost took Lin Luo to the Netherworld Coffin shop and offered him a cheap coffin-type Ghost Artifact while demanding that Lin Luo cure his headaches. When Uncle Ghost threatened receptionist Li Jingpeng, a powerful puppet intervened, leaving the two ghosts in a tense standoff.

• Uncle Ghost suppressed his anger at Lin Luo and took him to the Netherworld Coffin shop to choose a Ghost Artifact.
• Lin Luo pretended to accept Uncle Ghost’s offer and promised to prepare medicine for his headaches that night, while recognizing that Uncle Ghost still intended to retaliate against him.
• Li Jingpeng watched Lin Luo receive far better treatment than the other surviving players and tried to flatter Uncle Ghost.
• Uncle Ghost threatened to cut out Li Jingpeng’s tongue, then moved to drink his blood when Li Jingpeng could not answer.
• A powerful puppet stepped between Uncle Ghost and Li Jingpeng, insisting that the receptionist’s mistake did not warrant death.

Lin Luo provoked the Horror Puppet into fighting Uncle Ghost while he searched the Nether Coffin Shop for Ghost Artifacts. After Li Jingpeng attacked him with a clay pot and fled, Lin Luo pursued him into a storeroom, suspecting he still had another trick.

• Lin Luo provoked the Horror Puppet, who attacked Uncle Ghost and started a fierce clash inside the Nether Coffin Shop.
• While the ghosts fought, Lin Luo searched the shop for Ghost Artifacts, and Li Jingpeng reported him to the Horror Puppet.
• Lin Luo threatened Li Jingpeng with the Hell Torch, but Li Jingpeng crushed a clay pot and sent corrosive Ink Mist at him.
• Lin Luo burned away the Ink Mist with the Nine Netherworld Netherfire, and Li Jingpeng fled at great speed.
• Lin Luo pursued Li Jingpeng while concealing his full strength, then cornered him in a small storeroom and sensed he had another trick.