Chapter Summaries

At Stanford, Bai Haorui joked with his roommate Sam Winchester and remembered the supernatural folklore and Five Emperor Coins passed down by his grandfather. After hearing that strange events had left San Francisco Chinatown short of glutinous rice, Bai Haorui began to suspect the rumors might be real.

• Bai Haorui rushed to Property Law class, where Sam Winchester had saved him a seat and brought him iced cola.
• Bai Haorui and Sam teased each other about Sam's plans to meet Jessica before Professor Jamal began lecturing.
• Bai Haorui felt the pouch of Five Emperor Coins his grandfather had given him and recalled his family background and transmigration.
• Professor Jamal called on Bai Haorui, who answered a question about the reasonable price standard with Sam's help.
• Bai Haorui and Sam went to the campus supermarket, where Boss Wang said zongzi were acting up in Chinatown and glutinous rice was scarce.
• Bai Haorui bought glutinous rice and left the supermarket feeling uneasy about Boss Wang's warning.

Bai Haorui realized that Sam’s brother Dean was real and learned that their father, John, had gone missing while investigating a water-dwelling spirit. He persuaded Sam and Dean to let him join the search, and they prepared to leave for Black Forest Town.

• Bai Haorui recognized Dean Winchester when Dean arrived at the dorm in his black Impala, and Sam revealed that Dean was his brother.
• Dean told Sam that John had been missing for two weeks after investigating a water-dwelling spirit in Black Forest Town.
• Sam argued that he wanted to stay at Stanford with Jessica, while Dean urged him to resume their family’s hunting work.
• Bai Haorui offered his inherited methods and Five Emperor Coins, and Dean agreed to let him come along if he did not hold them back.
• Dean told Sam and Bai Haorui to pack and meet him downstairs in ten minutes before they left for Black Forest Town.

Bai Haorui packed his grandfather’s supernatural-hunting tools and found a notebook entry suggesting an anchor point near Seattle might be connected to his parents’ fatal crash. A system assigned him a mission to travel with Sam and Dean to Black Forest Town, and the group set out as Bai Haorui resolved to survive and uncover the truth.

• Sam packed clothes, a silver knife, a copy of the Uniform Commercial Code, and Jessica’s photo while Bai Haorui prepared his grandfather’s tools and notebook.
• Bai Haorui explained how aged glutinous rice, ink-line cord, and a peachwood sword could be used against evil entities.
• Bai Haorui found a notebook entry about a leaking anchor point near Seattle and suspected it was linked to his parents’ crash and deaths.
• A system bound itself to Bai Haorui, displayed his attributes, and gave him a quest to assist Sam and Dean on their trip to Black Forest Town.
• Bai Haorui and Sam left the dorm, joined Dean, and drove toward Black Forest Town in two vehicles.

Bai Haorui, Sam, and Dean investigated disappearances at Black Forest Lake, where Bai used his grandfather’s tools to destroy Lucy’s vengeful spirit. They discovered the same strange symbol linked the lake to the crash that killed Bai Haorui’s parents, leaving the group determined to find John and learn what it meant.

• Bai Haorui, Sam, and Dean reached Black Forest Town and learned from the restaurant owner that Lucy’s ghost haunted the lake after her husband drowned her.
• Bai Haorui tested aged glutinous rice at the lake, drawing Lucy’s spirit out of the water when salt had no effect.
• Bai Haorui and Sam trapped Lucy with cinnabar-soaked ink-line cord, and Bai destroyed her with his peachwood sword.
• Bai Haorui’s system rewarded him for his first exorcism and revealed an inverted pentagram symbol matching one at his parents’ car crash.
• Sam recognized the symbol as a demon’s mark, and Dean concluded that someone had deliberately created the lake haunting and urged them to find John.

Bai Haorui, Sam, and Dean investigated a mirror-bound spirit named Ella and freed her by revealing her husband’s confession and destroying the mirror. With a new skill and stronger teamwork with the brothers, they left for their next lead in Colorado Forest.

• Bai Haorui recalled the story of a cursed bronze mirror that Taoist Master Xuanqing destroyed after it drained the life force of villagers and children.
• Sam shared John’s notes about a woman in white who lured drivers to their deaths, and Dean led the group to an abandoned house.
• Bai Haorui found Ella inside a mirror and learned from Sam’s notes that her husband had pushed her from a moving car before a truck struck her.
• Bai Haorui trapped Ella with Five Emperor Coins while Sam read her husband’s confession, then Dean held the frame as Bai Haorui shattered the mirror with a peachwood sword.
• Bai Haorui unlocked Evil Identification, gained an attribute point, and received a Teamwork buff as Sam and Dean’s trust in him increased.
• Dean collected the confession as evidence, and the three set out for their next lead in Colorado Forest.

Bai Haorui, Dean, and Sam hunted a Wendigo in Colorado Forest, rescued Haley, and discovered an Anchor Point Symbol linked to the Yellow-Eyed Demon. They left the forest planning to follow John's next lead near Stanford, while Bai Haorui remained uneasy about the danger ahead.

• Sam researched the Wendigo, and Bai Haorui recalled his grandfather's account of a ghoul that Qingxu had destroyed with glutinous rice, cinnabar, and fire.
• At the Colorado campsite, a police officer reported that three hunters had vanished, and Bai Haorui found huge claw marks in the snow.
• The Wendigo attacked Dean, and the group fled toward a logging cabin after Tom rushed into the forest, lured by a voice he believed was Haley's.
• Bai Haorui, Dean, and Sam killed the Wendigo using cinnabar fire and Bai Haorui's peachwood sword, then found Haley alive in the cabin's basement.
• Bai Haorui discovered an Anchor Point Symbol in the basement, and Sam identified it from John's notes as a mark connected to weaknesses in the World Barrier.
• The system linked the symbol to the Yellow-Eyed Demon, and the group left the forest as Tom carried Haley toward town and Dean proposed heading near Stanford.

Bai Haorui, Sam, and Dean returned to Stanford, where Bai Haorui used a Soul-Subduing Mantra and a peachwood sword to save Jessica from the Yellow-Eyed Demon. After learning the demon’s target was Sam and that the anchor points were connected to special children, Bai Haorui joined Sam and Dean to investigate his parents’ car accident.

• Bai Haorui received a system mission warning that the Yellow-Eyed Demon was about to attack Jessica and rushed to Sam’s dorm with Dean and Sam.
• Bai Haorui trapped the possessed figure with Five Emperor Coins and the Soul-Subduing Mantra while Sam pulled Jessica down from the ceiling.
• Bai Haorui struck the figure with his peachwood sword, forcing the Yellow-Eyed Demon to flee as smoke.
• Bai Haorui completed the mission, unlocked Soul Subduing, and learned that the demon was targeting Sam and that anchor points were connected to special children.
• Bai Haorui told Sam and Dean that an Anchor Point Symbol had appeared at his parents’ crash site, and Dean agreed to investigate the accident in Seattle the next day.

Jessica left Sam after learning that his family hunted supernatural creatures and that the Yellow-Eyed Demon had targeted her because of him. Sam and Bai Haorui took leave from Stanford and joined Dean to investigate possible Shapeshifter murders in Minnesota.

• Jessica confronted Sam about hiding the supernatural danger from her, then left for her aunt's home to reconsider their relationship.
• Dean and Bai Haorui tried to comfort Sam, and they took him to a burger shop, where he realized he had never escaped his family's demon-hunting life.
• Sam and Bai Haorui obtained leaves of absence from Stanford.
• Dean said his father's trail had gone cold in Minnesota, where several face-swapping murders suggested a Shapeshifter was active.
• Sam, Bai Haorui, and Dean set off in the GMC toward Minnesota, and Sam kept Jessica's forgotten hair clip in his wallet.

Bai Haorui, Sam, and Dean tracked Bloody Mary to the abandoned church where her core mirror was hidden and destroyed it by confronting her with her guilt. After unlocking a new skill, they set out for Minnesota to investigate reports of a Shapeshifter.

• Bai Haorui explained that Bloody Mary could only be permanently stopped by destroying her core mirror and resolving her resentment.
• Sam found records identifying the abandoned church in Milford as the site of Bloody Mary's 1910 witch burning and the location of her bronze mirror.
• Bai Haorui, Sam, and Dean found Bloody Mary's core mirror in the church basement, and Bai Haorui used cinnabar to expose her presence.
• Sam confronted Bloody Mary about becoming a killer, giving Bai Haorui the chance to shatter the mirror and eliminate her.
• Bai Haorui unlocked the Breaking Illusion skill, raised his agility, and left with Sam and Dean for Minnesota to investigate a Shapeshifter.

Bai Haorui, Sam, and Dean investigated a series of murders and disappearances in Black Pine Town linked to a Shapeshifter. They killed the creature and suspected the Yellow-Eyed Demon was using it to control the town, leaving them intent on finding the demon and its anchor point.

• On the drive to Black Pine Town, Sam found reports of disappearances and black slime resembling a Shapeshifter’s remains, while Bai Haorui shared details about his grandfather’s monster-hunting notebook.
• Dean and Bai Haorui stopped at a bar in Cedar Town, where Dean fought a drunk man before Sam arrived with news that they needed to reach Black Pine Town.
• In a restaurant, Bai Haorui described his grandfather’s account of a Painted Skin Ghost, and Deputy Wilson reported that the new sheriff had disappeared near an abandoned factory.
• At the factory, Bai Haorui used his trembling ink line to identify the real Dean among two identical copies, then bound the Shapeshifter while Sam freed Dean.
• Dean killed the Shapeshifter with a willow nail, and the system unlocked a Teamwork buff and reported that Dean trusted Bai Haorui as a comrade-in-arms.
• Sam and Dean suspected the Shapeshifter had been controlled by the Yellow-Eyed Demon, and Bai Haorui urged them to find the demon and its anchor point.

Dean, Sam, and Bai Haorui traveled from Ohio toward Harvest Town, Iowa, stopping to sample regional food and visit local sights while trading jokes and teasing Dean. They reached a town near the Iowa border, where Sam read up on Harvest Town as they ate Maid-Rite sandwiches.

• Dean drove the Impala from Black Pine Town toward Harvest Town, and the three stopped in Cincinnati for Skyline Chili, where Bai Haorui won a bet over Dean's pickup line.
• They visited Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where Dean tried a race car and returned shaken after being afraid to accelerate.
• The group ate pork tenderloin sandwiches, then argued over ketchup on Chicago hot dogs until the vendor gave them free Cozy Dogs.
• At Madison County's covered bridges, Dean tried to help a young woman take a photo, and Bai Haorui turned the resulting picture into a joke at Dean and Sam's expense.
• Near the Iowa border, the three ate Maid-Rite sandwiches while Sam looked up information about Harvest Town.

Dean, Sam, and Bai Haorui investigated the disappearances in Harvest Town and used a Five Grains Formation to calm the nature spirit trapped in a scarecrow. The townspeople apologized, the spirit agreed to protect the fields without further sacrifices, and Bai Haorui unlocked the Spirit Communication skill.

• Dean and Sam explained that couples had vanished after Harvest Festival and that townspeople had been sacrificing them to a scarecrow inhabited by a nature spirit.
• Bai Haorui recalled his grandfather’s account of using five grains and a Spirit-Calming Spell to restore an enraged nature spirit’s goodwill.
• Bai Haorui laid a Five Grains Formation around the scarecrow while Dean guarded him and Sam went to tell the townspeople to stop the sacrifices.
• Bai Haorui recited the Spirit-Calming Spell, dispersing the scarecrow’s black aura and calming the spirit.
• The mayor and townspeople apologized and promised not to force sacrifices on the spirit, which agreed to keep guarding the fields.
• Bai Haorui unlocked the Spirit Communication skill, and Dean acknowledged that his method had worked.

Bai Haorui, Sam, and Dean investigated disappearances near the Bender Family Farm and discovered that the Benders were human cannibals who had captured several victims. After rescuing the survivors and exposing the family, Bai Haorui gained a skill for recognizing traps, and the group prepared to continue their journey more cautiously.

• Sam found that the disappearances near the logging road echoed an unsolved case from 1987, while Bai Haorui confirmed his coins detected no yin energy.
• Sheriff Hank reported that another teenager had gone missing and showed the group a piece of metal from the Bender farm fence.
• Bai Haorui, Sam, and Hank followed traps to the farm's underground storeroom, where they found Dean and two captives held in cages.
• Sam and Bai Haorui fought the Benders as Old Bender triggered a spike trap, and Dean broke free and forced Jessie to reveal where the other victims were buried.
• Bai Haorui and the others rescued the surviving captives, found the remaining victims in a dry well, and left the Benders in police custody.
• Bai Haorui received the Trap Recognition skill and spent his free attribute point on agility.

Dean, Sam, and Bai Haorui traveled toward Wisconsin while investigating a series of missing children, stopping in Red Wing for pie and a sunset along the Mississippi. They resumed their journey after Bai gave Dean a Safety Talisman, with the new disappearances still unresolved.

• Dean drove the Impala toward Wisconsin as Sam researched the missing children and Bai Haorui complained about his sore back and Dean's cigarette.
• The three stopped at Maggie's Pie Shop, where Sam discovered that a fourth child had disappeared and witnesses had seen a woman in a black cloak.
• After eating, Dean drove the group along the Great River Road, and Sam suggested they stop at Great River Bluffs State Park to watch the sunset.
• At the viewing platform, Dean thanked Bai Haorui for helping him at the Bender Family Farm, then bickered with him before Sam urged them to leave.
• Bai Haorui gave Dean a Safety Talisman, and the three continued south toward Wisconsin in the Impala.

Bai Haorui, Dean, and Sam investigated an insect plague at a construction site built over a Native American burial ground. Bai destroyed the Insect King’s source and earned a new skill before the trio left, while a strange symbol remained on the stele.

• Bai Haorui explained that the damaged earth vein had released yin energy and recalled a historical insect plague caused by a broken tomb stele.
• Dean, Sam, and Bai reached the site, where developer Tom refused to stop construction until Joe identified the buried stele as the heart of the sacred ground.
• Dean halted the workers while Bai and Sam uncovered an entrance; Bai descended into the burial chamber and found an Insect King emerging from a coffin.
• Bai fought the Insect King as Sam protected the workers with a salt circle and Dean used fire to hold back the swarm.
• Bai found and destroyed a black stone beneath the stele, dispersing the Insect King and the insect plague; Tom agreed to stop construction and restore the site.
• Bai received the passive skill Earth Vein Perception, noticed an inverted pentagram symbol on the stele, and left with Dean and Sam.

Bai Haorui, Dean, and Sam entered the abandoned Matsui Asylum to destroy the vengeful spirit haunting it and rescue missing teenagers. After Bai Haorui defeated the spirit, he discovered that Leo could see the glow of his Five Emperor Coins, revealing another ability linked to the Demon Mark.

• Sam recounted Matsui's brutal experiments and how Daoist Qingxuan destroyed the asylum's vengeful spirit, while Bai Haorui explained how they planned to fight it.
• Dean nearly attacked an illusion of John, but Bai Haorui's Heart-Clearing Mantra broke the hallucination.
• The group found Jason and two unconscious companions in the doctor's office, and Bai Haorui used a talisman to steady Jason's mind.
• Matsui's spirit emerged from a medical bag and attacked them, but Sam's UV lamp and Dean's salt bought Bai Haorui time to summon lightning and destroy it.
• Leo revealed that he could see the glow of Bai Haorui's coins, and a system notification identified him as a Spirit Seer with a Demon Mark-derived ability.
• Bai Haorui and the others took the teenagers to a police station, and he recorded Leo's ability and the Demon Mark in his grandfather's notes.

Dean, Sam, and Bai Haorui returned to the Winchester family’s old house, where they destroyed the demon feeding on fear and helped Mary’s spirit move on. They found an Anchor Point Symbol linked to the Yellow-Eyed Demon, then drove away to find John.

• Jenny contacted John Winchester after strange fires and a white lady appeared in her house, and Dean, Sam, and Bai Haorui arrived to investigate.
• Sam saw an illusion of Mary burning, while Mary’s spirit extinguished the curtains and Missouri used Bai Haorui’s Spirit Communication talisman to reveal that the demon’s vessel was in a basement chest.
• Bai Haorui, Dean, and Sam fought the grudge demon in the basement, with Mary protecting her sons as they bound and burned its doll vessel.
• Dean and Sam said goodbye to Mary, and Bai Haorui delivered her spirit so she could move on.
• Sam found an Anchor Point Symbol on the doll’s remains, and Bai Haorui recognized its connection to the Yellow-Eyed Demon and his original parents’ deaths.
• Dean, Sam, and Bai Haorui left the old house and set out to find John.

Dean was critically injured by a shadow demon and sought healing from Pastor Jim, whose power depended on sacrificing healthy people to Death. After Dean and his friends broke the deal, Dean recovered, and the group set out again determined to confront the Yellow-Eyed Demon.

• Dean was electrocuted while hunting a shadow demon, and doctors said his heart damage left him less than a month to live.
• Sam and Bai Haorui took Dean to Pastor Jim, where Bai detected death energy and Sam discovered that each healing was followed by a healthy person's death.
• After Lily died in exchange for Dean's recovery, Dean chose to expose Pastor Jim's deal rather than accept more stolen life energy.
• Dean, Sam, and Bai Haorui confronted Death, burned the contract, and broke Pastor Jim's blood seal, ending the deal.
• Dean collapsed as the stolen life energy returned, but doctors later found his heart rapidly recovering; Lily's mother gave him Lily's photograph and urged him to live well.
• As Dean, Sam, and Bai Haorui drove on, Sam revealed the Yellow-Eyed Demon's plan involving marked babies, and Dean vowed to kill him.

Dean, Sam, and Bai Haorui traveled through small towns, enjoying roadside food and a lakeside bonfire while joking and pranking one another. They continued their journey the next morning, still bickering as the Impala carried them toward the next town.

• Dean, Sam, and Bai Haorui stopped at Susie's Kitchen near the Oklahoma-Kansas state line, where Dean flirted with Susie and she invited them to a lakeside bonfire.
• At the campground, Sam recorded local legends while Bai Haorui checked for yin energy, then played “Rice Fragrance” for the gathered locals.
• Dean and Bai Haorui pranked each other during the night, and Bai Haorui secretly swapped Dean’s beer for white vinegar.
• The three traveled through Kansas and Missouri, stopping for food and helping an old farmer repair his tractor while Sam organized his notes.
• At a roadside barbecue stand, Bai Haorui replaced Dean’s hot sauce with chili oil, and the two continued their playful rivalry at a motel.
• After discovering each other’s overnight pranks, Dean, Sam, and Bai Haorui resumed their drive toward the next town.

Sam, Dean, and Bai Haorui investigated the murders of Black drivers on Route 666 and discovered that the vengeful spirit was racist Carl Miller, whose crimes had been concealed decades earlier. They destroyed Carl’s remains, diary, and ghost truck, while Sheriff Marcus admitted his part in hiding the truth, and the three hunters drove on to their next case.

• Bai Haorui received a mission to eliminate the Route 666 vengeful spirit as Sam and Dean investigated the latest victim, Terry, whose widow said an unlicensed black truck had followed him.
• Bai Haorui identified the spirit’s hatred of Black people, and Sam found a 1977 file showing Carl Miller had killed James and his family in a truck crash before the sheriff covered up the evidence.
• Joe told Dean and Bai Haorui that Carl had disappeared after his crime, and Bai Haorui traced the ghost’s lair to an abandoned warehouse beside the highway.
• Sheriff Marcus revealed that his father had hidden Carl’s body and truck, while Carl’s grandson Todd brought a diary filled with racist threats that had become part of the curse.
• Dean lured the ghost truck into Bai Haorui’s Expelling Evil Formation as Sam burned Carl’s remains and diary; Bai Haorui weakened the spirit, and Dean finished it with holy water.
• Marcus called the state police to confess, Bai Haorui received his mission reward, and Sam, Dean, and Bai Haorui left Route 666 together.