Recaps

Grandma Huang learned that Xiao He had seen the deceased Old Lady Bai wearing a burial shroud three days earlier, confirming Qi Gu’s warning that Bai was targeting the girl. A young man secretly recorded the Huangs and posted the footage online, sparking a wave of accusations that Qi Gu was a fraud.

• Huang He told Grandma Huang that she had seen Grandma Bai three days earlier, wearing clothes covered in longevity characters and greeting Grandma Huang.
• Grandma Huang and Grandpa Huang realized that Huang He had seen Old Lady Bai on the seventh night after her death and feared she meant to take the girl.
• A yellow-haired young man secretly recorded the Huangs discussing Qi Gu and uploaded the footage with a headline accusing him of scamming people.
• Viewers recognized Qi Gu in the video, and critics and debunking bloggers claimed his supernatural work was staged.
• I Am Long Aotian defended his secret recording as an effort to protect people, and commenters praised him while attacking a critic.

Qi Gu prepared a doll as bait and waited for Old Lady Bai to come for Huang He. He caught and bound the evil ghost, then Grandma Huang began beating her with a peach branch.

• Huang Hongyuan and Wang Li confirmed that Old Lady Bai had targeted their daughter, and Qi Gu told them to fetch Huang He's favorite doll and supplies.
• Qi Gu marked the doll with Huang He's birth date and time, set it out as bait, and ordered takeout while the family waited.
• After night fell, Qi Gu used Ox Tears to let the family see ghosts and concealed himself as Old Lady Bai entered through a window.
• Old Lady Bai mistook the doll for Huang He and grabbed it, but its mechanical voice startled her.
• Qi Gu appeared, drew a glowing talisman that bound Old Lady Bai, and Grandma Huang beat her with a peach branch.

Qi Gu sent Old Lady Bai to the Underworld to face punishment, then gave the Huang family incense ash water for Huang He. After I Am Long Aotian posted a video mocking the treatment, Huang He’s condition miraculously improved, her tests returned normal, and she was moved out of the ICU.

• Qi Gu summoned an underworld officer, who took Old Lady Bai away to stand trial for her crimes.
• Qi Gu gave the Huang family incense ash water for Huang He to drink the next day and was escorted to a hotel.
• I Am Long Aotian filmed the Huang family giving Huang He the water and uploaded an edited video that drew a surge of attention and advertising offers.
• Huang He’s condition improved, and doctors found her examination results normal except for a slight fever.
• The hospital transferred Huang He from the ICU to a general ward, while the Huang family thanked the medical staff and remembered Qi Gu’s payment.

Qi Gu hired Huang Hongyuan to manage Floating Mist Temple, and Huang learned that Vivian had arranged the temple’s renovation crew. After discovering that I Am Long Aotian had secretly filmed Huang’s family and accused Qi Gu of fraud, Huang used evidence of Huang He’s illness and recovery to publicly defend Qi Gu and demand an apology.

• Qi Gu accepted Huang Hongyuan’s offer to manage Floating Mist Temple, and they agreed to discuss his salary once the temple became profitable.
• Huang Hongyuan learned that Vivian had arranged the renovation crew and became more impressed by Qi Gu’s connections.
• Li Qianqian warned Huang Hongyuan about a trending video accusing Qi Gu of scamming his family, but Huang confirmed that Huang He was recovering.
• Huang Hongyuan saw the video, grew angry at I Am Long Aotian for secretly filming his family and slandering Qi Gu, and promised Qi Gu he would handle the matter.
• Huang Hongyuan posted hospital records showing Huang He’s critical condition and latest diagnosis, then demanded that I Am Long Aotian apologize and compensate the family or face legal action.

Qi Gu defended himself after the authorities confirmed that he had helped catch fugitive murderer Diao Huaqing and donated the bounty. Long Aotian faced public backlash, sponsor penalties, and a breakup, while Guan Aiai exposed his behavior and felt relieved to be free of him.

• Qi Gu replied to a commenter by recommending medicine for mouth ulcers and telling sick people to go to the hospital, prompting online debate about his abilities.
• Z Province Police thanked Qi Gu for providing Diao Huaqing's address and confirmed that he donated the fugitive's 800,000 bounty.
• I'm Long Aotian received demands for compensation from his sponsors and learned that his girlfriend, Guan Aiai, wanted to break up with him.
• Guan Aiai's best friend confronted I'm Long Aotian, and Guan Aiai told her to expose him after he accused her of using the breakup as an excuse.
• Guan Aiai posted an account of their relationship, drawing public sympathy and further condemnation of I'm Long Aotian.
• I'm Long Aotian was driven off the internet, faced compensation and rejection from his second uncle's family and neighbors, while Guan Aiai felt Floating Mist Temple had helped her end a bad relationship.

Qi Gu returned to Floating Mist Temple and restored its statues while workers began renovating the grounds. Lin Hanzhi climbed the mountain to bring Qi Gu snacks, leaving Qi Gu to help him recover from the exhausting ascent.

• Qi Gu returned to Floating Mist Temple and remembered his master, the peach tree, and the sour fruit that had made him cry after his master's death.
• Qi Gu applied fertilizer to the peach tree as a crew from Lücheng arrived to renovate the temple.
• Qi Gu spent three days restoring the divine statues, then placed a small shrine of his master beneath the main hall's eaves.
• Lin Hanzhi climbed the mountain to deliver snacks to Qi Gu and arrived at the temple pale, sweating, and short of breath.
• Qi Gu helped Lin Hanzhi rest and brought in the suitcase full of snacks Lin Hanzhi had gathered for him.

Qi Gu enjoyed the renovated Floating Mist Temple while Huang Hongyuan organized its future businesses, then traveled to Province Y to film the delayed second episode of Explore the Supernatural. The livestream began on the way to a mountain location, where the production assistant asked what Qi Gu had packed in his suitcase.

• Lin Hanzhi left Floating Mist Mountain after his company summoned him to work overtime.
• Qi Gu admired the renovated Floating Mist Temple and built an ordering mini app for Huang Hongyuan, whose design he defended despite its garish colors.
• Lin Hanzhi told Qi Gu to let Huang Hongyuan change the app’s design, while Pubu Gesang mistook Lin’s message for a promise of a raise.
• Qi Gu traveled to Province Y on July 15 to join the production team for the second episode of Explore the Supernatural.
• The livestream began as Qi Gu rode toward a mountain near the airport, and the production assistant asked him to reveal what was in his suitcase.

Qi Gu arrived at the guesthouse for the second episode of the paranormal show and met the new guest, a young boy, while Sha Chuan returned despite his worsening condition. Qi Gu warned Sha Chuan to leave the show to protect his life, but Sha Chuan mistook the advice for a rejection of his apology.

• Qi Gu explained why he packed snacks in his suitcase, then arrived at the mountain guesthouse with the other guests waiting for him.
• Qi Gu discovered that Vivian had been replaced by the little boy he had met outside the Lotus Town Health Center, and he saw that Sha Chuan looked seriously unwell.
• Sha Chuan returned to the show because Wei Cai had pressured him to scheme against Qi Gu in exchange for a chance to join Shengshi Media.
• Sha Chuan apologized to Qi Gu and reached for his hand, but Qi Gu avoided the contact and urged him to withdraw from the show because his life was in danger.
• Sha Chuan insisted that his apology was sincere, while Qi Gu said his warning was sincere advice, prompting viewers to argue over the exchange.

Qi Gu and the other guests gathered for the paranormal show, but director Song An revealed they would be climbing Qingji Mountain at night instead of staying at a hotel. He recounted a forum mystery about five experienced hikers who vanished after reporting six shadows on the summit, leaving the group about to investigate the mountain.

• Song An and Mu Xingchen urged Sha Chuan to heed Qi Gu’s warning, but Sha Chuan insisted he was well enough to stay on the show.
• Mu Xingchen asked Qi Gu when Floating Mist Temple would reopen, and Qi Gu said its renovations would be finished in a week.
• The guests introduced themselves, including Pubu Gesang, whom Qi Gu recognized as being surrounded by golden radiance.
• Song An revealed that the guests would not stay at the hotel and instead directed them onto a bus.
• Song An explained that the show would film a nighttime climb up Qingji Mountain and described a forum post where five hikers reported reaching the summit but appeared in a photo with six shadows.
• The five hikers stopped posting after the extra shadow was noticed, and five days before the filming, police announced that their bodies had been found at the mountain’s foot.

Qi Gu and the production crew arrived at Qingji Mountain, where unsettling rumors and a livestream viewer’s frightening experience raised fears about the location. Qi Gu gave everyone blessed sachets for protection, and Lin Hanzhi ended up with a red one and a green one that Qi Gu had picked especially for him.

• Song An explained that the production team had chosen Qingji Mountain at the investor’s insistence, and viewers discussed the mountain’s suspicious deaths and online rumors.
• A viewer traced the first hiker’s address to Qingji Mountain and received a threatening reply, then asked Qi Gu for help.
• Qi Gu reassured the viewer and warned him against tracing people’s IP addresses, since the person he found might not be human.
• The crew reached the mountain and grew nervous, but Qi Gu said filming could proceed if everyone wore a blessed sachet.
• Qi Gu handed out sachets and gave Lin Hanzhi both a red and a green one, suggesting he hang them from his clothing zipper.

The crew began hiking up Qingji Mountain with emergency equipment, while Qi Gu warned them about the mountain’s heavy yin energy. At a stream, Sha Chuan spotted a valuable jadeite bangle and planned to secretly retrieve it.

• Lin Hanzhi carried some of Qi Gu’s snacks in exchange for his protection, and Song An handed everyone emergency mountaineering gear.
• Qi Gu warned that the shaded mountain forest had heavy yin energy, unsettling the group as they continued their hike.
• Sha Chuan tried to reassure everyone that Qi Gu would protect them, but Qi Gu cautioned that nothing was absolute and noticed Sha Chuan’s yin energy growing denser.
• After walking for about an hour, the group found a clear stream and stopped on a flat patch to rest and eat.
• Sha Chuan spotted an imperial-green jadeite bangle in the stream and planned to take it secretly while the others rested.

Qi Gu warned the crew to stay away from the stream, but Sha Chuan went in after a jade bracelet and was dragged underwater by a ghostly hand. Qi Gu’s sachet destroyed the hand and saved Sha Chuan, though Sha Chuan believed he had survived by his own strength and the sachet drifted away downstream.

• Qi Gu spotted black threads in the stream and warned everyone to keep away from it.
• While the others ate, Sha Chuan secretly went to the stream searching for a jade bracelet.
• Sha Chuan grabbed the bracelet, which became a ghostly hand that forced him underwater.
• Sha Chuan’s sachet shone with golden light, destroyed the ghostly hand, and floated downstream.
• A staff member helped Sha Chuan after he crawled onto the bank, and Sha Chuan said there had been something in the water.

Sha Chuan resumed filming after nearly drowning and used his grief over his deceased girlfriend to win sympathy, while Qi Gu’s blunt judgment sparked angry comments. As the group climbed Qingji Mountain after dark, Qi Gu ignored the hate and ate snacks, and the child participant led the way while Qi Gu lagged behind.

• Sha Chuan checked the livestream comments, then acted heartbroken as viewers sympathized with him and discussed his girlfriend’s death.
• After changing clothes and continuing the shoot, Sha Chuan told Song An that he had entered the stream because he thought he saw someone important to him.
• Qi Gu told Sha Chuan that his face suggested he was unfaithful, prompting viewers to criticize Qi Gu and defend Sha Chuan.
• Qi Gu ignored the abusive comments and ate spicy strips Lin Hanzhi gave him until Song An called the group to continue hiking.
• The group climbed Qingji Mountain in the dark and cold, with the child participant out in front and Qi Gu at the back.

Qi Gu and Lin Hanzhi struggled to keep up with the group climbing Qingji Mountain, but they rescued Mu Xingchen when an unseen force dragged him toward the steep steps. Lin Hanzhi steadied Mu Xingchen as the darkness behind him lingered.

• Qi Gu and Lin Hanzhi fell behind the other guests as they climbed Qingji Mountain.
• Mu Xingchen pulled Qi Gu, Lin Hanzhi, and the cameraman up the steep steps, then reached out as if to help someone unseen and was yanked toward the drop.
• A branch stopped Mu Xingchen's fall, and the sachet on his backpack glowed, but another force began dragging him backward.
• Qi Gu and Lin Hanzhi grabbed Mu Xingchen and struck the darkness with spiritual light, making the force disappear.
• Lin Hanzhi held Mu Xingchen upright and stared at the dense darkness behind him.

After Mu Xingchen nearly fell on the haunted mountain, the crew continued climbing while staying close to Qi Gu and his protective sachets. Qi Gu treated Lin Hanzhi’s leg, and the group moved on with the growing sense that something might be developing between them.

• Lin Hanzhi caught Mu Xingchen when an unseen force pulled him toward the steps, and Mu Xingchen said Master’s sachet had helped protect him.
• Qi Gu wondered whether the five hikers who had reached the summit were really human, frightening the group as a mountain gale swept through.
• The crew chose to keep climbing and clustered near Qi Gu, while he noticed Lin Hanzhi was limping.
• Lin Hanzhi asked Qi Gu to apply medicine to his scratched leg, and Qi Gu cleaned and bandaged the wound.
• Pubu Gesang pulled Mu Xingchen away so the two would leave Qi Gu and Lin Hanzhi alone.

Qi Gu explained that his calmness came from a lifetime of terrible luck, and Lin Hanzhi comforted him. Meanwhile, Sha Chuan continued deceiving his girlfriends, unaware that the three women had discovered his scheme and compared notes.

• Viewers asked how Qi Gu stayed calm, and he listed the misfortunes he had endured.
• Qi Gu remembered being orphaned and explained why he had taken Green Ghost home; Lin Hanzhi wished him better luck.
• Sha Chuan privately reassured Lili and Xiao Mo that each was the most important woman in his life.
• Lili connected Qi Gu’s warning to suspicious details about Sha Chuan and arranged to meet two of his other financial backers.
• The three women compared their relationships with Sha Chuan and realized he had scheduled their calls, passed gifts between them, and recycled their sweet messages.

Sha Chuan pretended to mourn a dead girlfriend to attract viewers and planned to use his image to advance his career, while his three girlfriends secretly plotted to expose him. At Moon-Worship Pavilion, Qi Gu revealed the deadly rule hidden from the Wine-Cup Game and warned the group not to trust unfamiliar horror-game instructions.

• Sha Chuan acted heartbroken on livestream, hoping to attract attention and sign with Wei Cai before eventually leaving his three girlfriends.
• Lili, Xiao Mo, and Xinxin agreed to play along with Sha Chuan’s scheme, livestream his downfall, and prevent his comeback.
• The group reached Moon-Worship Pavilion, where Song An explained the Wine-Cup Game and Lin Hanzhi asked to stay close to Qi Gu.
• Qi Gu pointed out that players must not step in the wine, which had been offered as food to a ghost, and warned that the post’s author had likely been a ghost setting a trap.

Qi Gu summoned and captured the wine ghost at the Moon-Worship Pavilion after tricking it into biting enchanted stones that shattered its rotten teeth. Afterward, he made Mu Xingchen his disciple by accepting his milk and immediately assigned him the job of washing the Purple-Gold Gourd.

• Song An suggested they summon the wine ghost, and Qi Gu prepared enchanted stones to stand in for living people.
• Qi Gu recited the summoning incantation and poured erguotou at the four corners of the Moon-Worship Pavilion.
• The wine ghost appeared, drank the liquor, and swallowed Qi Gu's enchanted stones, which made its rotten teeth fall out.
• The wine ghost lunged at Qi Gu, who captured it in his Purple-Gold Gourd.
• Qi Gu decided to take Mu Xingchen as his disciple, accepted his Want Want milk, and gave him responsibility for washing the gourd.

After Qi Gu captured the drunkard ghost in his gourd, Lin Hanzhi discovered that Qi Gu had used medicine stored in it and reacted badly to its supposed contamination. His unexpectedly mild response baffled Pubu Gesang, while the incident and the cast’s antics sent several searches trending online.

• Qi Gu put the drunkard ghost’s enormous head into his gourd, prompting Pubu Gesang to consider how useful the artifact could be to the Bureau.
• Lin Hanzhi asked whether Qi Gu had taken the medicine for his wound from the gourd, and Qi Gu admitted it had held other ghosts before.
• Lin Hanzhi scrubbed the medicine off his ankle until his skin reddened, then told Qi Gu there had better not be a next time; Qi Gu promised he had washed the gourd.
• Pubu Gesang wondered why Lin Hanzhi kept treating Qi Gu so leniently, while Mu Xingchen questioned the eight-year-old boy’s serious talk about his career prospects.
• The ghost game and the exchange about Lin Hanzhi’s mysophobia became trending topics, confusing people who had missed the events.
• Random Bystander A replied to the trending searches as if grading homework, then panicked when his replies and likes drew a flood of attention.

Lili, Xiao Mo, and Xinxin exposed Sha Chuan for cheating on all three of them and exploiting his deceased ex-girlfriend, Xu Xue. Xu Xue’s roommate Jiang Huaguo joined the livestream and revealed that Sha Chuan had falsely claimed to attend Q University using Xu Xue’s stolen student ID.

• Lili, Xiao Mo, and Xinxin started a promoted livestream to expose Sha Chuan’s cheating.
• Lili presented chat records, a timeline, and gifts showing Sha Chuan had dated all three women at once and shared their messages and gifts between them.
• Viewers turned against Sha Chuan and discussed his deceased ex-girlfriend, Xu Xue, who had died after failing a postgraduate entrance exam.
• Xu Xue’s roommate Jiang Huaguo joined the stream and said Sha Chuan had attended a second-tier university, not Q University.
• Jiang Huaguo revealed that Sha Chuan had used Xu Xue’s stolen Q University student ID in his photos.

Jiang Huaguo recounted how Sha Chuan misused Xu Xue’s student ID, manipulated her spending, and remained attentive enough to keep her from breaking up with him. As viewers turned on Sha Chuan and Xu Xue’s mother called during the show, he decided to answer, while Qi Gu saw more in the black threads around him.

• Jiang Huaguo explained that Sha Chuan used Xu Xue’s student ID to suggest he was a university student, then deceived Xu Xue when she confronted him.
• Jiang Huaguo described Sha Chuan’s attentiveness and recalled Xu Xue becoming unusually careful with money before her suicide.
• Viewers condemned Sha Chuan after hearing Jiang Huaguo’s account, and he saw comments accusing him of cheating and manipulating Xu Xue.
• Sha Chuan noticed Xu Xue’s mother calling, hesitated to answer, then decided to take the call rather than appear guilty to viewers.
• As Sha Chuan prepared to answer, Qi Gu perceived more in the hazy black threads surrounding him.

Jiang Huaguo told Auntie Xu and the livestream why she had not visited Xu Xue’s grave and recalled how Xu Xue had become her best friend. As Sha Chuan tried to discredit her, Qi Gu spotted a human-life debt connected to him.

• Sha Chuan denied the online accusations and suggested Jiang Huaguo was exploiting Xu Xue’s death for publicity.
• Jiang Huaguo explained that she avoided cemeteries because her mother died by suicide at her father’s grave after his burial.
• Jiang Huaguo recalled how Xu Xue and her university roommates had supported her, including Xu Xue giving her a down jacket and calling her her best friend.
• Jiang Huaguo vowed to swear at Xu Xue’s grave that her account of Xu Xue and Sha Chuan came from genuine understanding.
• Qi Gu saw black threads connecting Sha Chuan to a human-life debt, leaving Auntie Xu and the viewers shocked.

Qi Gu offered to summon Xu Xue from the Underworld so she could explain the injustice surrounding her death, and asked who would let her possess them. After Sha Chuan initially refused, he agreed, hoping to preserve his devoted-boyfriend image.

• Xu Xue's parents offered Qi Gu their money and property in exchange for the truth about their daughter's death.
• Qi Gu said Xu Xue remained in the Underworld and proposed summoning her to speak for herself.
• Qi Gu asked Xu Xue's parents for her birth details and sought a volunteer to let her possess them.
• Jiang Huaguo and Xu Xue's parents immediately volunteered, while Sha Chuan claimed his poor health made possession too dangerous.
• Sha Chuan reconsidered and agreed to be possessed, presenting himself as willing to sacrifice for Xu Xue.

Qi Gu summoned Xu Xue into Sha Chuan’s body so she could tell her parents how she had been assaulted and driven to suicide. After Qi Gu exposed signs that Sha Chuan had helped set her up, he produced an underworld iron pill that could force Sha Chuan to tell the truth.

• Qi Gu drew Xu Xue’s fate chart and summoned her soul into Sha Chuan’s body.
• Xu Xue reunited with her parents and explained that her company boss had sexually assaulted her after Sha Chuan brought her to a karaoke celebration.
• Xu Xue recounted how Sha Chuan persuaded her not to report the assault, and her parents blamed themselves for not being someone she could confide in.
• Qi Gu questioned Xu Xue about the night of the assault and reasoned that Sha Chuan had returned only after the attack was over, suggesting he had helped arrange it.
• Qi Gu said an underworld iron pill could force Sha Chuan to speak truthfully and produced one from his Purple-Gold Gourd.

Qi Gu gave Xu Xue the Judge of the Underworld's Iron Pellet, allowing her to force Sha Chuan to confess that he had manipulated her and arranged for his boss to abuse her. Xu Xue's father called the police, while netizens exposed the boss and his wife left him with their children.

• Qi Gu tossed the Iron Pellet to Xu Xue, who swallowed it and let Sha Chuan control her body again.
• The Iron Pellet forced Sha Chuan to reveal that he and his boss had plotted to exploit Xu Xue and that he had deliberately manipulated her.
• Xu Xue's parents learned Sha Chuan had caused their daughter's death, and her father called the police.
• Netizens identified Sha Chuan's agency boss and informed his wife about his involvement.
• The boss's wife slapped him, presented her prepared divorce agreement, and left with their children.