Chapter Summaries

Lin Luo and Bai Qianqian encountered a strange family in Sunset Village while traveling toward the Demon Monkey Forest. After the eyeless child tried to take Bai Qianqian’s eyes, the farmer invited them into his home, where his wife prepared tea and Lin Luo suspected a trap.

• Lin Luo and Bai Qianqian reached a small village on the only route to the Demon Monkey Forest, where an eyeless child asked Bai Qianqian for her eyes.
• The eyeless child tried to gouge out Bai Qianqian’s eyes, but she struck his hands away, and Lin Luo intimidated him into stopping.
• The child’s mother threatened Bai Qianqian, but her farmer husband intervened, apologized, and invited Lin Luo and Bai Qianqian to his home.
• Lin Luo accepted the invitation despite Bai Qianqian’s warning, and they followed the family through the eerily empty village.
• The farmer’s wife brought the eyeless child into the kitchen to prepare tea, while Bai Qianqian grew thirsty and Lin Luo suspected a trick.

Lin Luo and Bai Qianqian discovered that the tea offered by Farmer’s wife could muddle the mind, and Lin Luo drove her off when she tried to force it on him. Farmer said Sunset Village’s exit would appear during a total solar eclipse in two days, leaving Lin Luo and Bai Qianqian trapped among the village’s evil ghosts until then.

• Lin Luo slapped Bai Qianqian’s hand away from the eerie tea, then blasted Farmer’s wife away when she tried to force it on him.
• Farmer told Lin Luo that Sunset Village’s exit would appear only during the total solar eclipse two days later and offered him and Bai Qianqian a place to stay.
• Lin Luo paid Farmer with Ghost Coins and insisted that he and Bai Qianqian share one room, thwarting the couple’s plan to target Bai Qianqian alone.
• After Farmer’s wife showed them to their room, Lin Luo locked the door and told Bai Qianqian that the village entrances had disappeared and they would have to survive for two days.

Lin Luo and Bai Qianqian endured the Farmer’s Family’s nighttime tricks in Sunset Village without breaking the rules. The next morning, Lin Luo foiled the Eyeless Child’s attempt to claim his eyes, leaving the Farmer forced to act like a reasonable man.

• Bai Qianqian nearly attacked after hearing a knife being sharpened and footsteps outside, but Lin Luo stopped her and explained that the Farmer’s Family was trying to make her break the rules.
• Lin Luo ignored the sharpening all night, and the next morning he revealed that he had blocked out the noise with Ghost Power, frustrating the Farmer and his wife.
• The Eyeless Child asked Bai Qianqian to pick up what looked like a marble, but Lin Luo recognized it as a bloody human eyeball and stomped it apart.
• The Eyeless Child attacked Lin Luo in anger, but Lin Luo blasted him away with Ghost Power.
• Lin Luo offered the Eyeless Child two marbles, then produced glass ones when the family assumed he meant his own eyes.
• Lin Luo punched the Eyeless Child for his rudeness, and the Farmer grudgingly agreed that the child needed to be taught manners.

Lin Luo and Bai Qianqian explored Sunset Village after Lin Luo enraged Farmer by forcing glass marbles into Eyeless Child’s eye sockets. At the village entrance, Lin Luo revealed overwhelming power against two attacking ghosts, and the Old Village Chief arrived to apologize.

• Lin Luo forced glass marbles into Eyeless Child’s eye sockets, provoking Farmer and Fierce Woman before leaving with Bai Qianqian.
• Farmer struck Fierce Woman and declared that he would offer Lin Luo and Bai Qianqian as living sacrifices when the Sacrifice began in three days.
• Lin Luo and Bai Qianqian found the village deserted until they reached a Demon Tree surrounded by disguised ghosts.
• Wretched Ghost attacked Bai Qianqian while Fatty lunged at Lin Luo, but Lin Luo’s Ghost Power blasted Fatty’s mouth apart and overwhelmed the surrounding ghosts.
• Old Village Chief arrived, identified himself as Sunset Village’s chief, and apologized for the two ghosts’ behavior.

Lin Luo intimidated the Village Chief Ghost by defeating the Fat Ghost and forcing the Wretched Ghost to apologize to Bai Qianqian. The Village Chief Ghost left without killing the Wretched Ghost, though his threatening look suggested the danger had not passed.

• Lin Luo punched the Fat Ghost through the chest, then blasted him away when he lunged back, leaving him shriveled and nearly powerless.
• As the surrounding ghosts eyed the weakened Fat Ghost, the Village Chief Ghost stomped his head apart and claimed he had cleaned house.
• Lin Luo pointed out that the Wretched Ghost had also been involved, and the terrified ghost begged Lin Luo for his life.
• Lin Luo directed the Wretched Ghost to apologize to Bai Qianqian, who watched as he crawled over and slapped himself.
• The Village Chief Ghost tried to kill the Wretched Ghost, but Lin Luo blocked his Ghost Power and asked him to spare the apologetic ghost.
• The Village Chief Ghost agreed for now and left after giving the Wretched Ghost a threatening look.

Lin Luo and Bai Qianqian followed the sleazy ghost away from the Demon Tree, where he revealed that the village planned to sacrifice the players during a ceremony in three days. Lin Luo agreed to let the ghost join them, though he suspected the ghost’s betrayal might be part of a conspiracy.

• Lin Luo frightened the ghosts gathered by the Demon Tree into leaving, and the sleazy ghost stayed behind because the village chief ghost threatened him.
• Lin Luo offered to protect the sleazy ghost in exchange for useful information, and the ghost led Lin Luo and Bai Qianqian to a dilapidated hut.
• The sleazy ghost revealed that the Demon Tree absorbed players and their souls, and that the village planned to sacrifice them during a ceremony in three days.
• The sleazy ghost explained that the Divine Tree would strengthen the village ghosts during the ceremony, and said he wanted to join Lin Luo against them.
• Lin Luo suspected the village chief ghost had allowed the sleazy ghost to escape for a reason, but agreed to let him join them.

Lin Luo returned to Farmer’s house with Bai Qianqian and Wretched Ghost, where he overpowered Shrewish Ghost and forced Farmer to apologize for her. Farmer concealed his anger and continued treating Lin Luo courteously, while two new players watched and hoped to gain his protection.

• Wretched Ghost followed Lin Luo and Bai Qianqian back to Farmer’s house, where Eyeless Child nervously welcomed them inside.
• Shrewish Ghost tried to intimidate Lin Luo by transforming the house, but Lin Luo’s stronger ghost power shattered her illusion and injured her.
• Farmer arrived with a man and a woman, slapped Shrewish Ghost, and apologized to Lin Luo for her behavior.
• Lin Luo warned Farmer against beating his wife, and Farmer and Shrewish Ghost forced themselves to apologize to him.
• Farmer offered to prepare a feast as an apology while the two players looked to Lin Luo for protection.

Farmer invited Lin Luo and the other players to a deadly feast, killing one player who refused and using the meal to ensnare the guests. Lin Luo resisted the stew’s mind-clouding fragrance, but Farmer and his family remained a threat as the chapter ended.

• Lin Luo accepted Farmer’s invitation, while the yellow-haired player refused and Farmer killed him with a surge of ghost power.
• Farmer had Shrewish Ghost remove the corpse, and Lin Luo warned the terrified crew-cut player that he would have to fend for himself.
• Farmer and Fierce Woman brought out the feast, and Wretched Ghost provoked Fierce Woman before Farmer forced him to stop.
• Fierce Woman revealed a pot of rotten meat crawling with maggots, and its fragrance drove the crew-cut player to eat until Lin Luo struck him back to his senses.

Lin Luo traded the buzz-cut man’s Ghost Artifact map for his life, then foiled Farmer’s attempt to exploit the feast rules. Farmer revealed the frightening power of a Burned-to-Death Ghost, and Wretched Ghost tried to appease him with an offer.

• Fierce Woman Ghost tried to take the buzz-cut man away, but Lin Luo agreed to save him in exchange for his Ghost Artifact map of Barren Mountain.
• Farmer offered Lin Luo filthy rotten meat to provoke him, but Lin Luo pointed out that it had not been washed clean and thwarted the trap.
• Farmer slapped Fierce Woman Ghost, while Wretched Ghost mocked him for beating his wife and the two traded insults.
• Wretched Ghost offered to become Fierce Woman Ghost’s new husband, provoking Farmer to reveal his bloody flesh and unleash terrifying ghost power.
• Wretched Ghost asked Lin Luo for help, but Lin Luo refused, so Wretched Ghost offered Farmer something good instead.

Wretched Ghost gave Farmer a high-tier hand bone to secure a temporary stay, while Lin Luo grew suspicious of his motives. Lin Luo refused to promise the crew-cut man further protection, and after Bai Qianqian drove him from the room, Wretched Ghost stopped Fierce Woman from attacking him and struck him for misreading his intentions.

• Wretched Ghost gave Farmer a pitch-black high-tier ghost artifact hand bone in exchange for staying at his house, and Farmer accepted despite Fierce Woman's displeasure.
• Lin Luo suspected Wretched Ghost had another motive and returned to his room with Bai Qianqian and the crew-cut man.
• Lin Luo told the crew-cut man that the map only secured one rescue, then refused to protect him or return it.
• The crew-cut man insulted Bai Qianqian, who revealed her strength by slapping him out of the room.
• Fierce Woman targeted the crew-cut man, but Wretched Ghost claimed him for himself and struck him after he mistook the remark for a sexual advance.

Lin Luo and Bai Qianqian faced the ghosts’ schemes as Farmer and Wretched Ghost plotted to kill Lin Luo. Lin Luo exposed their plan and warned Farmer that Wretched Ghost intended to betray him, then revealed that the black hand bones had been tampered with.

• Wretched Ghost made the buzz-cut man his human slave after beating him nearly to death.
• Bai Qianqian worried that Farmer and Wretched Ghost might join forces, but Lin Luo said he could turn them against each other.
• Farmer agreed to Wretched Ghost’s plan to use the buzz-cut man as bait and ambush Lin Luo with the black hand bones.
• The buzz-cut man provoked Lin Luo, but Lin Luo invoked his tenant rights and forced Farmer to punish the man.
• Lin Luo detected Farmer’s planned ambush and warned him that Wretched Ghost would betray him after the backlash.
• Lin Luo revealed that the black hand bones had been tampered with to work against Wretched Ghost.

Lin Luo exposed Wretched Ghost’s deception, turning Farmer against him and triggering a fierce battle between the two ghosts. As Farmer’s ghost fire overwhelmed Wretched Ghost’s poisonous blood, Lin Luo suspected Farmer was not truly fighting to protect his family.

• Lin Luo revealed that Wretched Ghost had concealed the black hand bone’s corrosive power, and Farmer realized he had been tricked.
• Farmer attacked Wretched Ghost with his hoe, forcing Wretched Ghost to reveal his true form as a powerful Flaying Ghost.
• Wretched Ghost wounded Farmer with his poisonous blood, but Farmer burned it away with intensified ghost fire.
• Lin Luo taunted Farmer about his wife and son, while Bai Qianqian hoped the ghosts would kill each other.
• Lin Luo noticed Farmer’s behavior did not fit his knowledge of the selfish Burned-to-Death Ghost and suspected something was wrong.

Lin Luo dodged Flat-Headed Man’s poisoned dagger, then watched him burn to ashes when Farmer’s ghostfire consumed him. Lin Luo joined Farmer against Wretched Ghost, leaving the badly wounded ghost struggling to survive.

• Flat-Headed Man attacked Lin Luo from behind with a poisoned dagger, but Lin Luo dodged using Ghost Shadow Trace.
• Ghostfire erupted from Flat-Headed Man, and Farmer’s ghostfire burned him to ashes while the nearby ghosts watched.
• Lin Luo offered to help Farmer defeat Wretched Ghost, prompting Farmer to attack Wretched Ghost with ghostfire and his farming hoe.
• Lin Luo slashed Wretched Ghost with his bloodstained Kitchen Knife, and Wretched Ghost retaliated with a sickle but missed.
• Farmer and Lin Luo kept attacking Wretched Ghost until his body was covered in wounds and he feared he would die.

Lin Luo and Farmer fought the gravely wounded Wretched Ghost after his black hand bone exploded and injured Farmer. Wretched Ghost fled, leaving Lin Luo facing Farmer and the Fierce Woman ghost, whose hostility toward him grew.

• Wretched Ghost triggered the black hand bone on Farmer, causing a powerful explosion that left Farmer badly injured.
• Wretched Ghost urged Farmer to join forces against Lin Luo, but Lin Luo persuaded Farmer to let him handle Wretched Ghost.
• Lin Luo struck Wretched Ghost with the Blood Rope, but Wretched Ghost fled before they could stop him.
• Farmer threatened Lin Luo, then backed down when Lin Luo pointed out that Farmer was too injured to win.
• The Fierce Woman ghost urged Farmer to attack Lin Luo, but Farmer silenced her, and Lin Luo suggested that Farmer kill her and find a new wife.

After weakening the Farmer, Lin Luo left to investigate the living sacrifice and destroy the village’s Demon Tree before it could empower the ghosts. He killed the Blue-Faced, Fanged Evil Ghost and forced the Hanged Ghost to offer information, but the Demon Tree awakened and confronted him.

• The Farmer pretended to reconcile with the Shrewish Ghost, and Lin Luo left with Bai Qianqian after deciding to act while the Farmer and Wretched Ghost were injured.
• Bai Qianqian guided Lin Luo through the village to the Demon Tree, which he suspected would awaken during the living sacrifice and strengthen the ghosts.
• The Blue-Faced, Fanged Evil Ghost blocked their way, but Lin Luo feigned innocence and then killed him with the Blood Rope.
• Lin Luo threatened the Hanged Ghost until she agreed to share what she knew about the village.
• The Demon Tree attacked the Hanged Ghost with a vine, which Lin Luo severed with the bloodstained Kitchen Knife.
• The Demon Tree revealed a ghostly face and challenged Lin Luo, who defiantly refused to back down.

Lin Luo fought the Man-Faced Tree at Sunset Village’s entrance, using the Blood Rope to injure it before escaping with Bai Qianqian and the Hanged Ghost. He then asked the Hanged Ghost to reveal everything he knew, knowing the tree could move freely on the day of the living sacrifice.

• The Man-Faced Tree attacked Lin Luo and the Hanged Ghost, and Bai Qianqian cut off the Hanged Ghost’s pierced arm to stop the poison from spreading.
• Lin Luo recognized that the Man-Faced Tree was rooted in place and told Bai Qianqian to take the Hanged Ghost away, but the tree summoned two Man-Faced Fruits to block their escape.
• Lin Luo used the Blood Rope to strike the Man-Faced Tree and discovered that it aggravated the tree’s old injuries.
• Lin Luo and Bai Qianqian destroyed the Man-Faced Fruits, collected their fragments, and escaped with the Hanged Ghost beyond the village entrance.
• Lin Luo warned that the Man-Faced Tree would be more dangerous on the day of the living sacrifice and asked the Hanged Ghost to share what he knew.

Lin Luo learned that the Man-Faced Tree feared the Hell Torch, which required three high-tier Ghost Artifacts, and followed the Hanged Ghost to Village Chief Murphy's home. After the Hanged Ghost attacked a Drowned Ghost, Murphy intervened, but Lin Luo stopped him from killing the Hanged Ghost, leaving Murphy to offer the ghost a chance to atone.

• The Hanged Ghost told Lin Luo that the Man-Faced Tree controlled the village exits and could be burned with the Hell Torch, assembled from Murphy's Head, Baal's Ghost Eyes, and the Dark Horn.
• The Hanged Ghost said Village Chief Murphy had stolen his wife and made him serve as the Man-Faced Tree's guard, then led Lin Luo and Bai Qianqian to Murphy's home.
• A Drowned Ghost tried to attack Lin Luo, and the Hanged Ghost struck him with the White Silk Ghost Artifact, accusing him of destroying his family.
• Village Chief Murphy appeared and tried to punish the Hanged Ghost, but Lin Luo blocked Murphy's cane and persuaded him to spare the ghost for now.

Lin Luo entered Village Chief Murphy’s haunted residence and agreed to examine Murphy’s bedridden son, a sleeping ghost. The chapter ended with Lin Luo facing the enormous, bluish-purple patient on a sandalwood bed.

• Village Chief Murphy humiliated the Hanged Ghost by ordering him to serve his own wife, and Lin Luo stopped him from retaliating.
• Lin Luo persuaded Murphy to let him enter the residence, where he sensed its powerful resentment and dispelled some of it with his Ghost Power.
• Murphy offered Lin Luo tea, but Lin Luo revealed he had come as a doctor and agreed to treat Murphy’s son.
• The Hanged Ghost warned Bai Qianqian that Murphy’s son was an incurable sleeping ghost, but Bai trusted Lin Luo’s medical skill.
• Lin Luo followed Murphy into a side room and saw his enormously fat, bluish-purple son lying unconscious on a sandalwood bed.

Lin Luo forced the sleeping drugs from Sleep Ghost, awakening him and exposing Village Chief Murphy’s attempt to keep his son subdued. Sleep Ghost turned on his father, and their battle threatened to tear apart the blood-soaked side room.

• Lin Luo used Crimson Demon Finger to inspect Sleep Ghost’s memories and learned of his crimes and Village Chief Murphy’s decision to drug him into a deathlike sleep.
• Lin Luo punched Sleep Ghost and forced sleeping drugs from his body, prompting Village Chief Murphy to attack him.
• Lin Luo used Sleep Ghost as a shield, causing Village Chief Murphy to strike his son and get sprayed with blood and drugs.
• Sleep Ghost awakened, accused Village Chief Murphy of poisoning him, and attacked him while Hanged Ghost prepared to fight.
• Village Chief Murphy and Sleep Ghost clashed with powerful Ghost Power, damaging the room as Sleep Ghost declared his father could not defeat him.

Village Chief Murphy and Sleep Ghost fought inside the Haunted House while Hanged Ghost tried to reunite with his wife, Xiaomei. After Xiaomei betrayed him and Lin Luo wounded her, Hanged Ghost prepared to take her with him to hell.

• Village Chief Murphy and Sleep Ghost revealed their true forms and clashed, shaking the Haunted House.
• Hanged Ghost rushed toward Xiaomei despite Lin Luo's warning, but she stabbed him with a Soul-Reaping Nail.
• Xiaomei admitted she hated Hanged Ghost and blamed him for ruining her life in the Haunted House.
• Xiaomei attacked Lin Luo with Soul-Reaping Nails, but he struck her with the Blood Rope and exposed her strangled-ghost form.
• Hanged Ghost confronted Xiaomei with a strip of white silk as she pleaded for Village Chief Murphy to protect her.