Recaps

Qi Gu freed Huai Shui Village from the Banyan Tree’s corruption, then helped expose Wei Cai’s lies as his bond with Lin Hanzhi deepened. The arc ended with Qi Gu learning that his teacher and her family were in danger from a ghost posing as her deceased husband.

• Qi Gu restored Fang Yuanwang’s soul, and Wan Wei discovered that Zhuang Youzhi had lost his soul and exposed his affair with Li Fu before divorcing him.
• Qi Gu led the production team to Huai Shui Village, where the weasel revealed that Water Sacrifices were turning villagers into puppets of a Banyan Tree.
• Mu Xingchen and Weasel learned from the Old Village Chief that Qiao Banxian and Bai Yu had used Azure Bone and formations to corrupt the Banyan Tree and create Water Corpses.
• Qi Gu formed a Life-Protection Formation and extracted the Azure Bone while the others defended its focal points, allowing the Banyan Tree to regain its awareness and protect the village.
• Qi Gu and his companions helped the villagers recover, and Weasel and Fang Heng helped establish a profitable chicken business as Fang Yuanwang woke and reunited with Fang Heng.
• Wei Cai accused Qi Gu and the Investigating the Strange team of benefiting from connections, but Qi Gu posted hotel footage that disproved Wei Cai’s claims and official announcements helped bring Wei Cai’s career down.
• Qi Gu and Lin Hanzhi grew closer during their time in the village and as they handled Wei Cai’s attacks, while Lin Hanzhi recalled how Yue Yuan’s letter had changed his view of Qi Gu.
• Qi Gu learned that his teacher and her family had fallen ill after their protective talismans turned to ash, and his teacher realized a ghost posing as her dead husband wanted to eat them.

Qi Gu and Lin Hanzhi grew closer as Lin Hanzhi revisited Yue Yuan’s legacy and uncovered more of his own past. The pair then joined a livestream investigation at General Mo Zhou’s mansion, where missing visitors and reports from a supposedly sealed passage raised the alarm.

• Niu An asked Qi Gu for help when a hungry ghost impersonated her late husband, and Qi Gu exposed it and learned that the Cunning Ghost had freed evil ghosts from the Underworld prison.
• Qi Gu and Lin Hanzhi shared a night together, while Lin Hanzhi admitted to Jing Ping that he had feelings for Qi Gu and resolved to stay by his side if Qi Gu made the first move.
• Lin Hanzhi hunted a Skinning Ghost, then visited Yue Yuan’s grave and remembered how Yue Yuan had supported him after the Lin family massacre and helped him endure grief and guilt.
• Lin Hanzhi found the information Yue Yuan had hidden in his urn, and Qi Gu cared for him over a late-night call after he returned soaked from the rain.
• Qi Gu accepted Sang Ma’s assignment at General Mo Zhou’s mansion, and Jiang Haojie joined the livestream team while planning to use Qi Gu for clues.
• Qi Gu and Lin Hanzhi traveled to Beijing, where Lin Hanzhi hosted the crew at his courtyard residence and Qi Gu secretly placed a talisman on Jiang Haojie.
• Jiang Haojie took home a black cat that Qi Gu’s rune had drawn to the group, and the Cat Ghost recognized Qi Gu while Jiang Haojie found himself ignored at dinner.
• At the mansion, Qi Gu explained the threshold custom as Song An described Mo Zhou’s death, then Sang Ma reported mismatched visitor records and viewers reported injuries in a passage staff claimed had been closed for ten years.

Qi Gu and his companions rescued the tourists and uncovered Zeng Qinghuan’s history with Mo Zhou, then confronted the fused ghosts who had trapped her for centuries. The evil spell was broken, and Qi Gu took the Glazed Bone from the weakened ghosts.

• Jiang Haojie was exposed for animal abuse and Foundation fraud, arrested, and later imprisoned while the Cat Ghost haunted him with the suffering he had inflicted.
• Qi Gu’s group rescued tourists from the General’s Mansion and learned that Zeng Qinghuan had lived as Mo Zhou after he died, only to be poisoned and sealed with the Regent Prince and Empress Dowager.
• Zeng Qinghuan told Qi Gu that the two ghosts had escaped to search for Mo Zhou’s reincarnation, and Qi Gu arranged for a half-ghost to carry word that he knew Mo Zhou’s whereabouts.
• Zeng Qinghuan pointed out that Qi Gu and Lin Hanzhi seemed in love, prompting Qi Gu to recognize his feelings as he cared for Lin Hanzhi’s injured arm.
• The fused Empress Dowager and Regent Prince approached the artificial hill, and their history revealed that they had merged themselves in an attempt to kill Mo Zhou.
• Zeng Qinghuan, Miao Yue, and Pubu Gesang fought the fused ghosts while Lin Hanzhi restrained them with Bone Blades and Qi Gu prepared a dispelling ritual.
• Qi Gu cast a Reverse-Written Talisman that broke the evil spell, and he took the Glazed Bone from the weakened ghosts.

Qi Gu and Lin Hanzhi grew closer while investigating a lifespan-stealing ritual that led them to a cursed version of Evil and its dead cast and crew. Their investigation pointed to an Evil God, and they returned to Floating Mist Temple while considering a trip to Min Di.

• Qi Gu completed a strange Glazed Bone skull fragment and arranged for Zeng Qinghuan to reunite with Mo Zhou and serve alongside him in the Underworld.
• Qi Gu recognized his romantic feelings for Lin Hanzhi and planned a confession, but postponed it when he returned to Floating Mist Temple.
• Qi Gu exposed Huang Guoliang’s theft of Huang Andao’s lifespan, restored Huang Andao’s vitality, and recovered the videotape that had taught Huang Guoliang the ritual.
• Qi Gu and Lin Hanzhi camped at Star-Moon Lake, described ideal partners who matched each other, and shared a kiss that they pretended was accidental.
• Qi Gu recognized Lin Youxin in the videotape, witnessed his posthumous livestream, and summoned his spirit to learn about a second version of Evil.
• Qi Gu and Lin Hanzhi met Evil’s remaining leads and director, and Qi Gu revealed that all four were already dead.
• Qi Gu uncovered the cast’s involvement with dark rituals and concluded that a ghost backed by an Evil God had lured them to their deaths.
• Qi Gu delayed the corpses’ transformation for family farewells, returned to Floating Mist Temple with Lin Hanzhi, and brought him to offer incense to his Shifu.