Chapter Summaries

Lin Luo was hunted by the powerful Wedding-Dress Female Ghost while his ghost power was sealed, but he used Emotion Stitching to turn her hostility into intense admiration. The Black-Hearted Ghost watched from hiding as the Wedding-Dress Female Ghost sensed its presence.

• The Wedding-Dress Female Ghost revealed that she intended to devour Lin Luo, who fled and led her to the Pig Demon's office.
• The Pig Demon refused to protect Lin Luo, but the Wedding-Dress Female Ghost killed it when it tried to escape.
• Lin Luo used his thumb's Emotion Stitching on the Wedding-Dress Female Ghost, replacing her hostility with overwhelming admiration.
• The Wedding-Dress Female Ghost worried about Lin Luo and detected the Black-Hearted Ghost hiding nearby.

The Wedding-Dress Female Ghost confronted the Black-Hearted Ghost to protect Lin Luo, but their clash blasted Lin Luo into a dark corridor where the Corridor Ghost trapped him. Lin Luo escaped the ghost wall and struck the Corridor Ghost with his bloodied knife, which began dissolving the ghost’s power.

• The Wedding-Dress Female Ghost threatened the Black-Hearted Ghost and fought him to stop him from killing Lin Luo.
• The clash sent Lin Luo into a pitch-black corridor, where the Corridor Ghost trapped him in a looping passage.
• Lin Luo resisted the Corridor Ghost’s attempts to frighten him and weakened the ghost wall by walking in right-angle turns.
• The Corridor Ghost grabbed Lin Luo, burned himself on the flames over Lin Luo’s shoulders, and broke the ghost wall.
• Lin Luo escaped, then stabbed the pursuing Corridor Ghost with his bloodied knife, making the ghost howl as his ghost power dissolved.

Lin Luo killed the Corridor Ghost and the Handle Ghost, empowering his knife into a ghost artifact. Meanwhile, the Black-Hearted Ghost plotted to use a marriage between Lin Luo and the Wedding-Dress Female Ghost against them, while Lin Luo entered the haunted staff restroom.

• Lin Luo stabbed the Corridor Ghost to death, and his knife absorbed its ghost power and became a ghost artifact.
• The Black-Hearted Ghost agreed to arrange Lin Luo’s marriage to the Wedding-Dress Female Ghost, hoping the marriage rules would weaken them and give him an opening.
• Lin Luo found the staff restroom blocking his route and killed the Handle Ghost when it tried to bite him.
• Lin Luo’s knife absorbed the Handle Ghost’s power, and he entered the restroom, where flickering lights and eerie laughter greeted him.

Lin Luo fought and destroyed the Wall Ghost and the Faucet Ghost in the staff restroom, strengthening his knife into an intermediate ghost artifact. After hearing eerie crying and laughter from the last stall, he headed toward it, believing he had to eliminate every ghost to escape the Ghost Wall.

• Lin Luo stabbed the Wall Ghost hidden in the restroom wall and ignored its threats and pleas until his knife absorbed all its ghost power.
• Lin Luo rested, then attacked the Faucet Ghost and forced it to release clean water so he could wash off the ghost blood.
• Lin Luo shattered the Faucet Ghost with his upgraded knife after it tried to escape by pretending to sleep.
• Lin Luo heard strange crying and laughter from the last stall, pulled his knife from the faucet, and walked toward the sound.

With his Ghost Power sealed, Lin Luo fought the Toilet Ghost in a restroom using the Surgical Knife, which absorbed the ghost’s blood and grew stronger. The Toilet Ghost overwhelmed him with corrosive blood, but Lin Luo seized the moment when his enemy relaxed and stabbed him in the head.

• Lin Luo used the Surgical Knife to absorb the Toilet Ghost’s foul-smelling blood as the restroom filled with corrosive blood and bloody handprints.
• The Toilet Ghost revealed that the Surgical Knife was a Demonic Blade and blamed Black-Hearted Ghost for letting Lin Luo obtain it.
• As the knife absorbed more attacks, it advanced to a high-tier ghost artifact, and Lin Luo wounded the Toilet Ghost during an ambush.
• The Toilet Ghost released a greater flood of blood that splashed onto Lin Luo, who appeared weakened by its corrosive effect.
• When the Toilet Ghost let his guard down, Lin Luo gripped the Surgical Knife with both hands and plunged it into the ghost’s head.

Lin Luo used a defensive Ghost Artifact and a surprise attack to badly injure the Toilet Ghost, then uncovered the ghost’s history and weaknesses by searching his memories. Lin Luo revealed that the Toilet Ghost had another fatal weakness and insisted he would finish the fight, leaving the Toilet Ghost blocking the restroom door in alarm.

• Lin Luo stabbed the Toilet Ghost’s skull with the Surgical Knife, but the ghost’s blood restored his head and showed that he was still alive.
• The Toilet Ghost attacked with endless blood-colored hands, while Lin Luo struggled to defend himself without Ghost Power.
• Lin Luo touched the Toilet Ghost and searched his memories, learning that he had been killed and his corpse hidden in a wall, restricting his attacks to the restroom.
• Lin Luo told the Toilet Ghost that leaving the restroom would put him out of reach, then revealed that the ghost had another fatal weakness.
• The Toilet Ghost blocked the doorway, but Lin Luo said he had no intention of escaping and that the ghost should be the one running.

Lin Luo discovered and destroyed the Toilet Ghost’s corpse fragments, killing him and transforming his surgical knife by absorbing the ghost’s blood. With the ghost wall shattered, Lin Luo headed toward the Medical Room and encountered several Lonely Ghosts.

• Lin Luo identified the Toilet Ghost’s hidden corpse fragments in a clean wall and refused the ghost’s offer to let him live.
• The Toilet Ghost unleashed his ghost power, but Lin Luo threw his surgical knife into the wall and damaged the corpse fragments.
• Lin Luo stabbed the wall again, causing the Toilet Ghost to melt into bloody water, then absorbed the blood and empowered his surgical knife.
• The Black-Hearted Ghost sensed the Toilet Ghost’s death and decided he had to eliminate Lin Luo.
• Lin Luo followed the corridor toward the Medical Room and met several hungry Lonely Ghosts, who lunged at him.

Lin Luo returned to the Clinic after using the mutated Surgical Knife to destroy the Lonely Ghosts, then faced the Black-Hearted Ghost’s scheme to force him into marriage with the Wedding-Dress Female Ghost. Lin Luo agreed to spend the next day with her and give his answer the day after, buying time while the Black-Hearted Ghost tried to rush him toward a decision.

• Lin Luo used the mutated Surgical Knife to slice the Lonely Ghosts apart and absorb their power, while recognizing that the weapon’s baleful aura threatened his reason.
• Lin Luo returned to the Medical Room and found the Black-Hearted Ghost and the Wedding-Dress Female Ghost waiting for him.
• The Black-Hearted Ghost proposed that Lin Luo marry the Wedding-Dress Female Ghost and revealed that he could hear Lin Luo’s thoughts.
• Lin Luo said he needed time to consider, then proposed dating first; the Wedding-Dress Female Ghost accepted the idea.
• The Black-Hearted Ghost pressed for a quick answer, and Lin Luo agreed to spend the next day with the Wedding-Dress Female Ghost and decide the day after.

Lin Luo survived the Black-Hearted Ghost’s attempt to use Lonely Ghosts to attack him and discovered that the Black-Hearted Ghost was weakening from the rules’ backlash. The next morning, Lin Luo began treating a powerful Fat Ghost who threatened to eat him.

• The Black-Hearted Ghost and the Wedding-Dress Female Ghost left Lin Luo alone in the Medical Room, where Lin Luo used the mutated Surgical Knife to repel a ghost sent to ambush him.
• The Lonely Ghosts outside retreated, while the Black-Hearted Ghost grew resentful and stayed awake awaiting the next stage of his plan.
• The Black-Hearted Ghost assigned the Wedding-Dress Female Ghost to assist Lin Luo with three patients, and Lin Luo noticed the ghost’s worsening condition.
• A massive Fat Ghost entered the Medical Room, expressed a desire to eat Lin Luo, and provoked the Wedding-Dress Female Ghost.
• Lin Luo stopped the Wedding-Dress Female Ghost from attacking, saying that the Fat Ghost was a patient he had to serve.

Lin Luo treated the Big Fat Ghost, who had come to the Clinic intending to eat a human and find an excuse to attack him. After making the ghost pay for a broken chair, Lin Luo discovered a chicken bone lodged in his throat and cut it out, leaving the Big Fat Ghost bleeding and furious.

• The Wedding-Dress Female Ghost restrained her killing intent when Lin Luo intervened, while the Big Fat Ghost threatened Lin Luo over his service.
• The Big Fat Ghost crushed the chair Lin Luo offered him, and Lin Luo demanded 5,000 ghost coins under the Clinic owner's rule.
• The Big Fat Ghost paid the fee, and Lin Luo's remarks made him blame the Black-Hearted Ghost for setting him up.
• Lin Luo used Crimson Demon Finger to learn that a chicken bone lodged in the Big Fat Ghost's throat had reduced his appetite.
• Lin Luo promised to restore the Big Fat Ghost's appetite, then slashed his throat with the mutated Surgical Knife and removed the chicken bone.
• The Big Fat Ghost accused Lin Luo of a sneak attack, and Lin Luo calmly claimed he had cured him.

Lin Luo treated Big Fat Ghost and used the ghost’s restored appetite to make him spare the doctor, while Black-Hearted Ghost grew suspicious of Lin Luo’s influence. After the two ghosts clashed over the treatment fee, Lin Luo received a new patient whose hidden power made him even more dangerous than Big Fat Ghost.

• Lin Luo stitched Big Fat Ghost’s wound and cured his loss of appetite, persuading him to spare the doctor so he could keep benefiting from his medical skills.
• Black-Hearted Ghost entered the consulting room and questioned Big Fat Ghost, who praised Lin Luo’s treatment.
• Lin Luo handed Black-Hearted Ghost five thousand ghost coins, and Black-Hearted Ghost accepted them before paying Lin Luo only ten ghost coins.
• Big Fat Ghost accused Black-Hearted Ghost of charging too much for treatment, then left angrily after Black-Hearted Ghost refused to return the money.
• A decrepit old ghost arrived as Lin Luo’s next patient and asked whether he was the doctor, while concealing power beyond that of a red-clothed vicious ghost.

Late Twilight Old Ghost brought his mutilated adopted son to Baal Clinic and demanded Lin Luo restore his body. Lin Luo used the clinic’s organs to rebuild the player’s body and charged Late Twilight Old Ghost two hundred ghost coins, leaving the old ghost furious but unable to find fault with the treatment.

• Late Twilight Old Ghost showed Lin Luo his adopted son, who had been reduced to a living head, and demanded that he restore the missing limbs.
• Lin Luo used the Crimson Demon Finger to examine the head’s memories and learned Late Twilight Old Ghost had tortured him and kept him alive with ghost power.
• Lin Luo grafted on a tongue, allowing the head to plead for death and accuse Late Twilight Old Ghost of torturing him.
• Lin Luo assembled a new body for the head using organs from the medical cabinet.
• Lin Luo charged Late Twilight Old Ghost two hundred ghost coins for the surgery and blamed the price on Black-Hearted Ghost’s rules, angering the old ghost.

Lin Luo treated Late Twilight Old Ghost, who refused to pay, and Black-Hearted Ghost fought him before he escaped the clinic. A powerful elderly woman then arrived as the third patient, and Lin Luo began examining her memories to understand her obsession with beauty.

• Late Twilight Old Ghost tried to leave without paying, but Lin Luo called Black-Hearted Ghost to confront him over the treatment fee.
• Black-Hearted Ghost demanded payment for the prosthesis, and Late Twilight Old Ghost attacked him with his walking stick.
• Black-Hearted Ghost overwhelmed Late Twilight Old Ghost with boosted Ghost Power and Black Flame, but Late Twilight Old Ghost shed his skin and escaped the clinic.
• Black-Hearted Ghost warned Lin Luo not to charge or use expensive medicine on the next patient, then left in anger.
• A powerful old woman arrived and threatened Lin Luo if he failed to cure her; Lin Luo used Crimson Demon Finger to learn about her lifelong fixation on beauty.

Lin Luo won the old woman’s favor by successfully giving her a new face, then used her support to force the Black-Hearted Ghost to pay him two days’ wages. The Black-Hearted Ghost arranged for Lin Luo to marry the Wedding-Dress Female Ghost the next day, believing the marriage would let him attack Lin Luo freely.

• Lin Luo failed to remove the old woman’s wrinkles, so he anesthetized her and replaced her face with a facial prosthesis, pleasing her.
• The Wedding-Dress Female Ghost told the old woman that the Black-Hearted Ghost mistreated Lin Luo, prompting the old woman to threaten the clinic owner.
• The Black-Hearted Ghost appeared and paid Lin Luo 200 Ghost Coins after Lin Luo pointed out he had worked for two days.
• The Black-Hearted Ghost proposed a wedding between Lin Luo and the Wedding-Dress Female Ghost for the next day, and Lin Luo accepted in exchange for a generous wedding gift.
• The Wedding-Dress Female Ghost blushed at Lin Luo’s agreement, while the old woman praised his suitability as a husband.

Lin Luo and the Wedding-Dress Female Ghost completed their ghost marriage, breaking the Baal Clinic’s rules and freeing the Black-Hearted Ghost to attack them. Lin Luo used his transformed Surgical Knife to escape with the Wedding-Dress Female Ghost, but the Black-Hearted Ghost survived its detonation and the clinic collapsed into ruins.

• The Black-Hearted Ghost rushed the wedding, but Lin Luo insisted the venue needed more preparation until the Wedding-Dress Female Ghost agreed to keep the ceremony simple.
• After the ghost marriage contract was signed, the clinic’s rules broke, empowering the Black-Hearted Ghost and allowing him to attack the newlyweds.
• The Wedding-Dress Female Ghost tried to hold off the Black-Hearted Ghost, but Lin Luo blocked his strike with the transformed Surgical Knife.
• Lin Luo bluffed that he had made preparations, then fled with the Wedding-Dress Female Ghost when the Black-Hearted Ghost hesitated.
• Lin Luo detonated the Surgical Knife to cover their escape, and he sensed his sealed ghost power beginning to revive.
• The Black-Hearted Ghost dispersed the blast’s ghost power, and the collision reduced the Baal Clinic to ruins.

Lin Luo’s allies fought Black-Hearted Ghost after his attack left him badly wounded but still dangerously powerful. As Lin Luo sat with his eyes closed, Black-Hearted Ghost offered Late Twilight Old Ghost 2,000 ghost coins to kill him, and the old ghost considered accepting.

• Black-Hearted Ghost emerged wounded from the Surgical Knife’s detonation, but his ghost power remained formidable, and he threatened Lin Luo.
• The old woman and Big Fat Ghost refused Black-Hearted Ghost’s offer of a thousand ghost coins and attacked him, beginning a fierce fight.
• The old woman and Big Fat Ghost struggled against Black-Hearted Ghost’s Black Flame and strength as Lin Luo asked Wedding-Dress Female Ghost to watch their surroundings and sat down to rest.
• Late Twilight Old Ghost appeared and tried to strike Black-Hearted Ghost from behind, but Black-Hearted Ghost drove him back with Black Flame.
• Black-Hearted Ghost offered Late Twilight Old Ghost 2,000 ghost coins to kill Lin Luo, and Late Twilight Old Ghost considered the deal.

Lin Luo confronted Late Twilight Old Ghost, who had accepted Black-Hearted Ghost’s offer to attack him. After his sealed ghost power was restored, Lin Luo revealed his overwhelming strength and cornered Late Twilight Old Ghost, leaving him terrified and regretting his attack.

• Late Twilight Old Ghost ignored Wedding-Dress Female Ghost and struck at Lin Luo, but Lin Luo caught his cane and hurled him away.
• Late Twilight Old Ghost revealed his powerful true form and admitted he had tortured a human to death, enraging Lin Luo.
• Lin Luo’s ghost power erupted after Baal Clinic’s rules stopped restraining him, and Late Twilight Old Ghost realized Black-Hearted Ghost had deceived him.
• Late Twilight Old Ghost tried to flee, but Lin Luo used Ghost Shadow Trace to appear in his way and reminded him he would regret provoking him.

Lin Luo killed Late Twilight Old Ghost after surviving his ambush, then confronted Black-Hearted Ghost after revealing that he had understood Baal's Ghost Eyes trap and restored his Ghost Power. The two began a deadly fight inside the ring of Black Flame, with Lin Luo shielding himself using the Blood Rope.

• Late Twilight Old Ghost pretended to surrender, detonated his cane at Lin Luo, then tried to flee when the attack failed.
• Lin Luo used the Blood Rope to cut Late Twilight Old Ghost in half and stomped him apart despite his pleas for mercy.
• Lin Luo explained that Baal's Ghost Eyes had taken him to another Instance and sealed his Ghost Power, but that breaking the rules had freed him from the effect.
• Black-Hearted Ghost attacked Lin Luo with Black Flame while using his ability to eavesdrop on thoughts to evade the Blood Rope.
• Black-Hearted Ghost filled the area with Black Flame to trap Lin Luo, who declared that the place would be his grave and formed a red circle with the Blood Rope to hold the flames back.

Lin Luo exposed the Black-Hearted Ghost as a remnant soul of Drought Kui and exploited its weakness to water during their battle near Baal Clinic. With the Wedding-Dress Female Ghost and two others ready to help, Lin Luo surprised the Black-Hearted Ghost with Murphy's Head, leaving it badly hurt.

• The Black-Hearted Ghost revealed its Drought Kui form, and Lin Luo identified it as a remnant soul living inside Baal's Ghost Eyes.
• Lin Luo dodged the Black-Hearted Ghost's chilling wind and ruptured underground pipes with his Blood Rope, soaking it and weakening its power.
• The Wedding-Dress Female Ghost enlisted the old woman and the Big Fat Ghost to prepare to help Lin Luo after learning the Black-Hearted Ghost feared water.
• Lin Luo used his Blood Rope to shield the Wedding-Dress Female Ghost from the Black-Hearted Ghost's attack, then continued fighting it.
• Lin Luo revealed Murphy's Head and struck the Black-Hearted Ghost with its blood arrow, making it vomit blood and lose its confident smile.

Lin Luo defeated the Black-Hearted Ghost with the combined power of the Blood Rope and Murphy’s head, despite the ghost’s desperate attacks and attempts to recruit him. After the Black-Hearted Ghost died, a vortex pulled Lin Luo away, and he woke beside Bai Qianqian.

• Lin Luo used the Blood Rope and Murphy’s head to form a Crescent Moon Scimitar that badly wounded the Black-Hearted Ghost.
• The Wedding-Dress Female Ghost, the old woman, and the Big Fat Ghost attacked the Black-Hearted Ghost with water, but he severely weakened the Big Fat Ghost and blasted the other two away.
• The Black-Hearted Ghost tried to bargain with Lin Luo and then attacked him, but Lin Luo formed the Crescent Moon Scimitar again and sliced him to pieces.
• After the Black-Hearted Ghost died, a vortex swept Lin Luo away as the Wedding-Dress Female Ghost’s voice faded.
• Lin Luo woke beside Bai Qianqian and asked how long he had been asleep.