Chapter Summaries

Bai Haorui secretly refined the divine sparks of defeated gods while pretending to struggle, as Dean, Sam, and Castiel investigated disappearances and strange activity at the hotel. The chapter left Bai Haorui fighting a much stronger elephant-headed god, while the brothers faced evidence that someone was taking their blood.

• Bai Haorui defeated the green-robed god, secretly refined his divine spark, and prepared to face a cat-headed Egyptian guardian god.
• Dean noticed Kali at the hotel buffet, while he and Sam worried about Bai Haorui’s disappearance.
• Dean and Sam found a honeymoon couple’s room empty, and Castiel reported blood in the kitchen and people locked in a freezer.
• Mercury claimed the couple had checked out, so Dean, Sam, and Castiel split up to investigate the hotel.
• Sam was attacked and discovered that someone had taken his blood, while Dean saw an elephant in a guest room and encountered a furious man in a bath towel.
• Bai Haorui won six matches and healed his meridians by refining divine sparks, then faced an elephant-headed god who attacked with a vajra and trunk.

Bai Haorui defeated the elephant-headed god, absorbed its divinity, and advanced to the late stage of refining qi into gang while waiting for a chance to escape the gods’ separate space. Meanwhile, the gods prepared a blood curse and captured Dean, Sam, and Castiel, bringing them before the gathered deities as Baldur began the meeting.

• Bai Haorui used the Five Elements Trapping Formation to bind the elephant-headed god and pierced its divinity core with his peachwood sword.
• Bai Haorui absorbed the god’s divinity and advanced to the late stage of refining qi into gang, then pretended to recover while studying the spatial barrier.
• Baldur and Kali prepared to use Dean and Sam’s blood for a curse, while Mercury reported that ordinary travelers had been locked in the cold room for sacrifice.
• Dean, Sam, and Castiel found human remains in the kitchen soup and went to free the captives, but gods seized and dragged them to the banquet hall.
• Baldur welcomed the captured Winchesters and Castiel before the assembled gods and began the meeting.

At a gathering of old gods, Gabriel arrived and tried to keep the Winchesters out of the gods’ fight while helping them escape. Dean and Sam set out to rescue the hostages and Bai Haorui, but Kali turned Gabriel’s attempt to steal their blood into a spell that bound him to her.

• Baldur proposed rules and asked the gathered gods how to use Dean and Sam as leverage, while Odin and Ganesha argued and Kali insisted they must fight the archangels.
• Gabriel appeared, sent Dean, Sam, and Castiel to a guest room, and warned them that Kali’s blood spell prevented them from leaving.
• Dean forced Gabriel to agree to help rescue the hostages and Bai Haorui before escaping, and then the Winchesters and Castiel headed toward the kitchen and basement.
• Gabriel went to Kali’s suite and urged her to abandon Earth, but she refused and they argued about their past and the coming battle.
• Gabriel tried to steal the Winchesters’ blood during a kiss, but Kali cut his palm and used his angel blood to bind him to her.

Dean, Sam, and Castiel were captured by old gods while trying to reach the cold room, where a growing blood curse suggested something had happened to Gabriel. Trapped in another dimension, Bai Haorui defeated Bjorn and began his next fight against Manibhadra.

• Dean knocked out the food god with a cast-iron frying pan, but Sam found the cold-room door sealed by stronger blood markings and suspected Gabriel was in trouble.
• Old gods seized Dean and Sam, while Moloch and Arawn drained Castiel's holy power and captured him; all three were dragged toward the banquet hall.
• In the other dimension, Bai Haorui faced Bjorn, burned the war spirit with Three Altars Pure Yang True Fire, bound him with Five Emperor Coins, and destroyed him.
• Bai Haorui caught Bjorn's godhood and secretly drew it into his dantian to refine it as the next match began.
• Manibhadra appeared and cast an illusion that transformed the arena into a sea of blood filled with reaching dead souls.

Bai Haorui defeated Manibhadra and Wepwawet, refined their divine cores, and broke out of the weakened separate space as Lucifer approached. In the banquet hall, Kali exposed Gabriel as an archangel, then stabbed him while Dean and Sam watched.

• Bai Haorui dispelled Manibhadra's illusion, defeated him with his peachwood sword and Five Emperor Coins, and took his divine core despite a severe waist wound.
• Bai Haorui burned through Wepwawet's underworld ice and destroyed him with a strike of pure yang true fire, claiming his divine core.
• Bai Haorui refined the three divine cores, reached the peak of Refining Qi into Gang, and used three sword strikes to shatter the separate space as Lucifer neared the hotel.
• Dean, Sam, and Castiel were brought into the banquet hall, where Kali revealed that Loki was actually the archangel Gabriel.
• Kali accused the Western gods of threatening the world and stabbed Gabriel in the chest as Dean and Sam watched.

Dean persuaded Kali to free the human captives and tried to convince Gabriel to stand against Lucifer, while Bai Haorui shattered the gods’ alternate space and arrived as Lucifer entered the hotel. Gabriel joined the fight, and Bai Haorui and Gabriel began attacking Lucifer together.

• Dean offered to help Kali summon Lucifer in exchange for releasing the captives, and Kali agreed to the deal.
• Gabriel revealed that Kali had stabbed him with a fake sword, then told Dean that Bai Haorui had killed over a dozen gods but could not escape the alternate space.
• Dean challenged Gabriel to face his family and help fight Lucifer, but Gabriel initially refused.
• Bai Haorui broke out of the alternate space, reached the banquet hall, and found Lucifer killing Baldur with a single attack.
• Gabriel gave Dean a DVD, stood against Lucifer, and urged Dean and Sam to get Kali to safety.
• Bai Haorui attacked Lucifer with pure yang fire, and Gabriel moved to exploit an opening beneath Lucifer’s ribs.

Bai Haorui and Gabriel fought Lucifer together, using their coordinated attacks to wound and restrain him, but Lucifer eventually overwhelmed them both. Just as Lucifer approached the injured Bai Haorui, Bai Haorui rose from the rubble with his True Gang flowing more smoothly.

• Gabriel and Bai Haorui opened with a coordinated assault, then worked together to exploit Lucifer's defenses and force him back.
• Lucifer unleashed a shock wave that injured both attackers, but Bai Haorui used his Five Emperor Coins to delay Lucifer and save Gabriel from a fatal strike.
• Lucifer created a corrosive black sword and drove the wounded pair into a desperate defense.
• Bai Haorui trapped Lucifer in a talisman net, allowing Gabriel to strike at his heart, but Lucifer broke free and dislocated Gabriel's wrist.
• Bai Haorui blocked Lucifer's attack on Gabriel and burned Lucifer's wound with Pure Yang True Fire before being kicked into a broken wall.
• Lucifer restrained Gabriel and approached Bai Haorui, who rose from the rubble after the impact had dispersed the remaining divine power within him.

Bai Haorui and Gabriel wounded Lucifer with their combined attacks, but Lucifer escaped before his borrowed body disintegrated. Gabriel then revealed that the Four Horsemen’s rings could return Lucifer to Hell, and Dean, Sam, Bai Haorui, and Kali set out to find the remaining two while Pestilence appeared in a remote town.

• Bai Haorui and Gabriel unleashed their strongest attacks together, badly damaging Lucifer’s borrowed body, and Lucifer fled before they could finish him.
• Gabriel exhausted his holy power, went to sleep beneath the earth, and told Dean to protect a DVD containing a way to deal with Lucifer.
• Kali left the ruined hotel with Dean, Sam, and Bai Haorui, grieving the deaths and dispersal of the gods who had joined her alliance.
• Dean played Gabriel’s DVD, which explained that the rings of War, Famine, Pestilence, and Death could open Lucifer’s cage in Hell.
• Dean, Sam, and Bai Haorui agreed to seek Pestilence and Death, while Kali rode with them in silence.
• Pestilence entered a general store, sneezed on its owner, and drove away in a fly-infested green car.

Bai Haorui traveled to Nevada to join Dean and Sam, who discovered that Pestilence was behind a rapidly spreading swine flu outbreak. As the brothers searched for Pestilence’s route, Crowley appeared with an idea.

• Bai Haorui examined the aftermath of War’s attack, then sent Bobby home to research the Four Horsemen while he headed for Nevada.
• Dean and Sam investigated a Nevada hospital and found that the flu spread unnaturally fast, while Sam sensed sinister energy around the patients.
• Dean and Sam linked the outbreak to a statue crying at a nearby church and concluded that Pestilence had arrived.
• Bobby warned the brothers to watch for signs such as crying statues and foul well water as they traced the outbreak’s eastward spread.
• Crowley appeared in the Impala, startled Dean and Sam, and offered an idea for finding Pestilence.

Dean and Sam accepted Crowley’s offer to help them find Pestilence, while Brady prepared a nationwide vaccine rollout for the Horseman and revealed his past connection to Sam and Bai Haorui. Bai Haorui discovered Crowley’s surveillance and traps at the abandoned cottage and silently disabled them before Dean and Sam arrived.

• Crowley told Dean and Sam that Brady could lead them to Pestilence, and Dean agreed to consider Crowley’s plan to capture him.
• Sam recognized Brady’s name as that of his former college roommate and grew uneasy about meeting him.
• At Niveus Pharmaceuticals, Brady killed Mitchell and reported to Pestilence that the vaccine rollout would begin nationwide in three days.
• Brady examined an old photograph of himself, Sam, and Bai Haorui, recalling that he had orchestrated Sam’s path into the Yellow-Eyed Demon’s trap.
• Bai Haorui detected and destroyed Crowley’s listening runes, tracking formation, and summoning formation at the abandoned cottage before Dean and Sam arrived.

Bai Haorui exposed Crowley’s surveillance and helped plan to capture Brady, while Sam feared Brady might be his old college roommate and considered sacrificing himself to stop Lucifer. Dean and Crowley went to Niveus Pharmaceutical Company, where Dean’s attempt to lure Brady into a deal failed and Brady attacked him.

• Bai Haorui told Dean and Sam that Crowley had planted listening devices, trackers, and a summoning array, then confronted Crowley when he arrived.
• Crowley explained that Brady worked for Niveus Pharmaceutical Company and proposed luring him out to capture him alive and learn Pestilence’s whereabouts.
• Sam realized Brady might be his former college roommate, and Crowley insisted Sam stay behind while he and Dean went to the company.
• Sam asked Bai Haorui whether he could let Lucifer possess him and then jump into Hell’s cage; Bai Haorui warned him against it and promised they would find another way.
• Dean and Crowley reached Niveus Pharmaceutical Company, where Crowley killed two guards and sent Dean up to Brady’s office alone.
• Brady rejected Dean’s offer to trade for the Horsemen’s rings, declared he wanted revenge, and beat Dean, who then ran for the door.

Dean and Crowley captured Brady, who was revealed as the demon who had deceived Sam and helped lead him to Jessie. Sam nearly killed Brady, but Dean and Bai Haorui restrained him so they could question Brady about Pestilence.

• Crowley knocked Brady unconscious with a Devil’s Trap sack, and Dean took him back to the hideout despite Crowley’s warnings about Sam.
• Brady revealed that he had been a demon since Sam’s sophomore year and had introduced Sam to Jessie, leaving Sam stunned and furious.
• Sam lunged at Brady with Ruby’s knife, but Dean held him back because they needed Brady to locate Pestilence.
• Bai Haorui pierced Brady’s kneecap with a strand of true gang and warned him to stop speaking.
• Dean took Sam into the hallway and reminded him that they needed Brady’s information before he could seek revenge.
• Bai Haorui warned Crowley that he would be next once Brady was no longer useful, and Crowley backed down.

Crowley failed to persuade Brady to cooperate, while Sam resisted killing him despite Brady taunting him about Jessie. Crowley made Brady a fugitive among demons, but a huge pack of Hellhounds attacked the safe house, forcing the group to prepare for a fight.

• Crowley questioned Brady about Lucifer, but Brady refused to talk and dismissed Crowley's warnings.
• Sam confronted Brady with Ruby's knife, but walked away without killing him because they still needed information about Pestilence.
• Crowley arranged for a demon to believe Brady had betrayed Lucifer, making Brady a fugitive alongside Crowley.
• A pack of more than a hundred Hellhounds emerged from the woods, and Bai Haorui realized they were targeting him.
• Crowley warned that the Hellhounds had trapped them, and Dean and Sam ran to gather salt and holy water as the windows shattered.

Bai Haorui protected Dean, Sam, Crowley, and Brady from a pack of hellhounds, then fought the monsters alone so the others could escape. He drove off the remaining hellhounds but was wounded, and he headed after the others as Dean sped away in the Impala.

• Bai Haorui used a protective shield against the invisible hellhounds and ordered Dean, Sam, Crowley, and Brady to escape through the back door.
• Bai Haorui drew the hellhounds away from the house and fought the pack with his peachwood sword and true fire.
• Bai Haorui wounded one leader hellhound and burned another, but the monsters injured his back and exhausted much of his true gang.
• Bai Haorui unleashed Ten Thousand Starlights, terrifying the remaining hellhounds into fleeing into the forest.
• Bai Haorui sealed his wounds and followed the others while Dean drove the Impala down the road with Sam and Brady.

After Bai Haorui and the others escaped the hellhounds, Sam chose not to kill Brady, who was then killed by two pursuing hellhounds. The group learned that Horseman Pestilence planned to distribute Croatoan-infected vaccines from Niveus Pharmaceuticals in Chicago, and began considering how to attack the guarded headquarters.

• Bai Haorui rejoined Sam, Dean, and Crowley, while Brady revealed that Horseman Pestilence was at Niveus Pharmaceuticals in Chicago and would launch a nationwide vaccine program in three days.
• Sam refused to kill Brady, saying that killing him would not change the past and that Lucifer's forces would soon get him.
• Two hellhounds killed Brady at the alley's exit, and Bai Haorui urged Sam to leave after the group witnessed his death.
• Crowley confirmed that Pestilence's vaccines contained a modified Croatoan virus that could infect half the United States within seven days.
• Dean, Sam, and Bai Haorui discussed Niveus Pharmaceuticals' security and possible entry routes, while Dean warned that Pestilence and even slight exposure to the virus were extremely dangerous.

Bai Haorui and the Winchesters planned to steal Pestilence’s ring while Sam privately resolved to sacrifice himself by jumping into Lucifer’s cage. After Bobby reported that Adam and Castiel were in danger, Sam told Dean he would jump into the cage if they managed to corner Lucifer, and Dean erupted in anger.

• Crowley offered to help the group find Pestilence’s ring in Chicago, and Bai Haorui warned him not to scheme for the rings.
• Sam admitted to Bai Haorui that he was still considering letting Lucifer possess him so he could seize control and enter the cage, but Bai Haorui insisted he would not let Sam die.
• Dean told Sam and Bai Haorui that Bobby had urgent news about the Horseman of Death, and they returned inside to hear it.
• Dr. Green infected Mrs. Celeste with several diseases and watched her die, then refused to withdraw when a demon nurse warned that the Winchesters and Bai Haorui were approaching.
• At Bobby’s house, Dean and Sam discussed Adam and Castiel’s capture, and Sam told Dean he would jump into Lucifer’s cage once they brought Lucifer to its edge.
• Dean angrily confronted Sam and demanded to know if he had lost his mind.

Dean opposed Sam’s plan to sacrifice himself to stop the Apocalypse, while Castiel revealed that he had become fully human. At Pleasant Valley Nursing Home, Dean and Sam confronted Horseman Pestilence, but Bai Haorui arrived to shield them and begin purifying the plague-filled office.

• Sam insisted that he had to end the Apocalypse, and Dean refused to let him sacrifice himself.
• Castiel told Dean that he had lost his angelic powers and was now completely human, then warned him about Horseman Pestilence’s poison.
• Bai Haorui surveyed Pleasant Valley Nursing Home and gave Dean and Sam Pestilence-Warding Talismans before they entered.
• Dean knocked out the guard, and he and Sam found Dr. Green on the surveillance feeds and followed him toward his office.
• Dr. Green’s plague overwhelmed Dean and Sam, and he taunted them as they collapsed inside his office.
• Bai Haorui burst through the window, shielded himself from the plague, and placed Evil-Breaking Talismans to purify the room.

Bai Haorui, Castiel, Dean, and Sam defeated Dr. Green and recovered the Pestilence ring, but learned that a nationwide swine flu vaccine might be part of Pestilence’s plan. Back at Bobby’s home, the group learned that Death would appear in Chicago and discovered Crowley had helped Bobby by taking his soul as collateral.

• Bai Haorui fought Dr. Green with True Gang and fire while Castiel arrived and cut the Pestilence ring from Dr. Green’s hand.
• Castiel killed the nurse demon, and Bai Haorui struck Dr. Green with Samadhi True Fire, but Dr. Green vanished after warning that they were too late.
• Dean picked up the Pestilence ring, and Castiel and Sam suspected that Niveus Pharmaceuticals’ upcoming swine flu vaccine was dangerous.
• Bobby told Dean, Sam, Castiel, and Bai Haorui that a catastrophic storm would strike Chicago and that Death would be there.
• Crowley appeared and revealed that he had helped Bobby find Death in exchange for Bobby’s soul.
• Dean demanded that Crowley return Bobby’s soul, and Crowley showed a photo of himself kissing Bobby, provoking Bobby’s anger.

Sam considered jumping into Lucifer’s cage, while Castiel warned him about the risks and Bai Haorui promised to stand by him. After Crowley revealed that Niveus Pharmaceuticals planned to distribute Croatoan Virus in its vaccines, the group split up to destroy the shipment and retrieve Death’s ring.

• Bai Haorui confronted Crowley over Bobby’s soul, but Crowley refused to return it until he could escape safely.
• Sam told Castiel he planned to accept Lucifer and jump into the cage, and Castiel warned that Sam would need to drink vast amounts of demon blood.
• Bai Haorui promised to enter the cage with Sam if necessary, while Sam admitted to Dean that he doubted his ability to face Lucifer.
• Crowley revealed that Brady’s company, Niveus Pharmaceuticals, planned to distribute Croatoan Virus in its swine flu vaccines nationwide.
• Bai Haorui assigned Sam, Bobby, Castiel, and himself to destroy the vaccines, while Dean and Crowley headed to Chicago to get Death’s ring.

Sam, Bobby, Castiel, and Bai Haorui infiltrated the Niveus Pharmaceuticals warehouse to rescue civilians and destroy a stockpile of viral preparations. When demons discovered them, Sam and Bai Haorui went to free the trapped workers while the others fought and planted explosives.

• Bai Haorui used his Divine Sense to locate eight demons, three captive night-shift workers, and the viral preparations, then led the group into the warehouse through a ventilation duct.
• A demon spotted the group, and Sam, Bobby, and Castiel fought the pursuing demons as they retreated through the warehouse.
• Sam heard a captive woman calling for help and refused to leave the civilians behind, so Bai Haorui joined him at the break room.
• Bai Haorui cut down the two demons guarding the break-room door and drove his sword into one of them.