Chapter Summaries

Bai Haorui, Dean, and Sam survived an angel attack, then investigated Taylor’s death and April’s claim that she was possessed. At Truman High School, Sam revisited memories from his brief time there in 1997 while Bai Haorui sensed old resentment in a girls’ bathroom and Dean posed as a gym teacher.

• Bai Haorui helped Dean and Sam destroy twelve pursuing angels with the Angel Banishing Spell, then collapsed from his injuries.
• Taylor was bullied at school, lashed out at April, and was later drowned by April, who appeared possessed and left black liquid on Taylor’s hair.
• Sam questioned April in the hospital, and she said she had been conscious while unable to control her body, though she had smelled no sulfur and seen no black smoke.
• Dean and Sam went to Truman High School, where a flashback showed young Sam struggling with being the new student and standing up to Dirk for Barry.
• Sam recognized locker 247 from his past, while Bai Haorui sensed years-old resentment coming from the innermost girls’ bathroom stall.
• Bai Haorui headed to the gym to tell Dean and Sam what he had found, while Dean posed as a gym teacher named Jim Ross.

Dean, Sam, and Bai Haorui investigated a ghost possessing bullied students at Sam’s old school and discovered it was Barry Cook, Sam’s childhood friend who died by suicide. Sam blamed himself for leaving Barry behind, but Dean and Bai Haorui reassured him before a flashback showed young Dean waiting at the school while John packed up.

• Little Dean injured Dirk during dodgeball, and Bai Haorui told Dean and Sam that he sensed an angry ghost in the first-floor girls’ bathroom that targeted bullied students.
• Possessed by the ghost, Danny forced Trent’s hand into a food processor, and Sam spotted ectoplasm before the group identified the incident as a possession.
• Dean found that Barry Cook had died by suicide in the girls’ bathroom in 1998, and Sam recognized him as his old friend.
• Mr. Wyatt recalled Barry’s bullying and suicide, prompting Sam to blame himself for leaving Barry at school when the Winchester brothers departed.
• Bai Haorui described how he had fought back against his own bullies, and he and Dean persuaded Sam that Barry’s death was not his fault.
• Young Dean sat in the car watching the school as John packed up and asked where Sam was.

Sam, Dean, and Bai Haorui helped Barry confront his grief and release his anger, then reunited with Amanda before leaving town. The chapter ended with the Impala heading toward the sunset and a 1997 flashback to the brothers’ departure from school.

• Sam recalled leaving Barry behind and apologized to him in the girls’ bathroom, where Barry’s ghost trapped him and confronted him about his broken promise.
• Bai Haorui and Sam persuaded Barry to let go of his hatred, but Barry possessed Colby and attacked Dirk McGregor in the school parking lot.
• Sam and Dean stopped Barry from killing Dirk, and Barry accepted their reassurance before fading away; Bai Haorui secretly cursed Dirk with nightmares of Barry.
• Dean reunited with Amanda, who revealed she knew about his hunting life, and they exchanged goodbyes and her phone number.
• As the brothers and Bai Haorui drove away, Sam and Dean reflected on their past and affirmed that they were family.
• In a 1997 flashback, Little Sam waved goodbye to Barry while Little Dean left school with him, and Amanda watched Little Dean go.

Bai Haorui drove to Amarillo to help Bobby hunt the vampires of the Thorn Brothers Grand Circus, while Sam and Dean investigated a string of husbands who had murdered their wives. Cara Roberts revealed that all three husbands had abnormally high oxytocin levels, leaving Sam with a possible clue to the killings.

• Adam Benson confessed to killing his wife Vicki after a stripper named Jasmine promised they could be together if Vicki died.
• Bai Haorui headed to Texas after Bobby called about the vampires, stopping at Joe's Barbecue to bring Bobby food.
• Dean and Sam began investigating the murders in Bedford and learned Adam had been captivated by Jasmine before killing Vicki.
• Bai Haorui met Bobby near Amarillo, and they planned to scout the circus before attacking after its show.
• Sam questioned Cara Roberts, who told him the three husbands had oxytocin levels dozens of times above normal.

Bai Haorui and Bobby infiltrated Marcus’s vampire-run circus, rescued captive performers, and fought their way toward Marcus’s underground lair. Meanwhile, Dean and Sam investigated a siren who had driven men to murder, and the chapter ended with Bai Haorui and Bobby facing Marcus.

• Dean and Sam learned that Wiley and Snyder had been lured into affairs with women who vanished, and they suspected a siren was behind the murders.
• Bai Haorui sensed twelve vampires at the circus, while Bobby identified Marcus and Jessie and Bai Haorui noticed a trance-bound trapeze performer with signs of abuse.
• Dean and Sam failed to find the women at the Honey Wagon, then learned from Bobby that a siren’s spell might be a toxin and that a bewitched victim’s blood could help kill her.
• Bai Haorui and Bobby rescued three captive girls and fought through the circus vampires, then descended toward Marcus’s lair as Dean and Sam went to retrieve blood samples from Dr. Cara.
• Bai Haorui and Bobby confronted Marcus and his remaining vampires underground, where Bobby vowed to avenge Tom and the others.

Bai Haorui and Bobby killed Marcus and raced to Bedford, where they rescued Sam and Dean from the siren Nick Monroe. Afterward, the brothers made peace, though their buried resentments remained unresolved.

• Bai Haorui killed Marcus with his peachwood sword, and Bobby helped him finish off the fleeing vampires.
• Sam and Dean found that Cara's blood samples had disappeared, while Nick Monroe claimed authority over their investigation and took Dean to the strip club.
• Nick controlled Dean and Sam, making Dean cut Sam and provoking the brothers into fighting over their longstanding grievances.
• Bai Haorui and Bobby burst in before Dean could strike Sam with an axe, freed the brothers, and killed Nick with a bloodied bronze dagger.
• Dean and Sam recovered, apologized for the things they had said under the siren's influence, and agreed that they were okay.

Sam, Dean, and Bai Haorui investigated why nobody in Grebul Town had died for ten and a half days and discovered that a demon had likely taken the town’s reaper. Their attempt to summon the last person who died was interrupted by Alastair, who escaped after clashing with Bai Haorui and testing Sam’s strange resilience.

• Sam, Dean, and Bai Haorui traveled to Grebul Town after Bobby reported that its residents had stopped dying, and Jim Jenkins survived being shot through the heart.
• Bai Haorui sensed no reaper in town but detected demonic energy near the funeral home, while Sam and Dean concluded that the souls remained in their bodies because no reaper was collecting them.
• Sam, Dean, and Bai Haorui went to Cole Griffith’s grave to summon his soul, but the cemetery caretaker revealed himself as Alastair.
• Alastair attacked Dean, but Bai Haorui blocked the attack and fought him with his peachwood sword and purple-gold True Gang.
• Alastair struck Sam with demonic energy, but Sam remained unharmed, and Alastair fled into the night after Bai Haorui charged him.

Bai Haorui helped Dean and Sam prepare to enter the Spirit World to find the missing reaper and stop Alastair from breaking a seal. After Pamela sent them out of their bodies, they found Cole Griffith and Tessa, but black smoke abducted Tessa, leaving Dean and Sam to learn ghost abilities from Cole.

• Bai Haorui warned that Alastair had not fought at full strength, while Sam and Dean learned that demons planned to kill a reaper beneath the solstice moon to break a seal.
• Dean, Sam, and Bai Haorui went to Pamela for help; Bai Haorui protected their bodies while Pamela sent Dean and Sam into the Spirit World.
• Dean and Sam met Cole Griffith, who told them black smoke had driven off the reaper who came for him.
• Dean recognized Tessa as the reaper who had once come for him, and she agreed to delay reaping Cole while they dealt with the demons.
• Cole revealed that he had seen the black smoke at his funeral, but the smoke burst into the house and abducted Tessa.
• Dean and Sam practiced moving objects with Cole's guidance, trying to learn ghost abilities in time to fight the black smoke.

Dean and Sam stopped Alastair from killing another reaper, while Bai Haorui protected Pamela and their bodies from more than thirty demons. After the group reunited, Pamela warned Sam that the darkness inside him was devouring him, and Dean told Bai Haorui that Heaven had factions targeting him.

• Cole showed Dean how to use telekinesis, and Dean and Sam entered the funeral home in the spirit world to confront Alastair.
• Alastair killed one reaper, but Dean and Sam freed Tessa by bringing down a chandelier onto the iron ring trapping her.
• Bai Haorui defeated the high-ranking demons who attacked Pamela and the brothers' bodies, while Dean and Sam saved Tessa and thwarted Alastair's plan.
• Castiel told Dean that the reapers had returned and admitted Heaven was divided; Dean confronted him over the angels who had tried to kill Bai Haorui.
• Dean encouraged Cole to leave with Tessa, and Tessa warned Dean that the angels' promised second chance came at a price.
• After Dean and Sam returned to their bodies, Pamela warned Sam that the darkness inside him was consuming him, and Dean cautioned Bai Haorui about Heaven's factions as they drove away.

After Uriel abducted Dean to interrogate Alastair, Dean refused to torture him, while Castiel struggled with his orders. Sam asked Ruby to help find Dean, and Bai Haorui pursued the angels.

• Castiel closed the eyes of a dead angel and vanished, leaving police to find her body surrounded by scorched wing marks.
• On the road, Dean argued with Sam about Pamela’s death before Bai Haorui reassured him that he would protect their friends.
• At the motel, Uriel demanded Dean interrogate Alastair, and Bai Haorui fought Uriel until Castiel intervened and Uriel escaped with Dean.
• Bai Haorui pursued Uriel, while Sam called Ruby for help finding Dean.
• In an abandoned warehouse, Dean refused to torture Alastair and asked Castiel to speak with him alone.
• Ruby arrived to meet Sam, and Sam told her that Dean could not interrogate Alastair.

Sam killed Alastair after Dean learned that his first act of torture in Hell had broken the First Seal, while Bai Haorui saved Dean from dying. The next morning, Uriel told Castiel that their superiors had ordered them to stop hunting the demon responsible for killing angels.

• Sam drank Ruby's demon blood and vowed to question Alastair in Dean's place, while Dean entered the warehouse to interrogate Alastair.
• Anna urged Castiel to stop Dean's torture, but Castiel refused and sent her away.
• Alastair revealed that Dean had broken the First Seal by torturing a soul in Hell, then escaped after water ruined the Devil's Trap and knocked Dean unconscious.
• Sam arrived and killed Alastair with his powers, while Bai Haorui rushed in and used True Gang to stabilize Dean after Castiel could not heal him.
• Sam concluded that demons were not killing angels, and Bai Haorui suspected that something was wrong within Heaven.
• The next morning, Uriel told Castiel that their superiors wanted them to stop hunting the demon responsible for the angels' deaths.

Bai Haorui exposed Uriel as the angel behind the murders and the plot to free Alastair, then helped Castiel defeat him and absorb his power. After Castiel resolved to seek the truth about God, Dean woke and struggled with guilt over breaking the first seal, but Bai Haorui and Sam stood by him as family.

• Bai Haorui told Castiel that Uriel had killed the angels, sabotaged the Devil’s Trap, and freed Alastair, prompting Castiel to question his orders.
• Castiel confronted Uriel in the warehouse, where Uriel admitted his crimes and revealed he wanted to awaken Lucifer and bring about the Apocalypse.
• Bai Haorui intervened when Uriel overpowered Castiel, defeated Uriel, and absorbed his angelic energy with True Fire Soul Devouring.
• Castiel accepted his Angel Blade from Bai Haorui and resolved to find out whether God was still present and what was truly happening.
• Dean woke in the hospital and learned that Uriel had joined Lucifer and that Dean had broken the first seal.
• Bai Haorui comforted Dean as he blamed himself for the Apocalypse, and Sam and Bai Haorui joined him in a show of support.

Bai Haorui, Dean, and Sam awoke in a parallel world with their memories sealed, though their souls still drew them together. As supernatural resentment began driving employees at their office to self-harm, Bai Haorui watched for the ghost and the awakening remnant of his parallel self.

• Bai Haorui recognized the origin resonance with his parallel self and woke in an unfamiliar apartment, retaining his memories and powers.
• Dean and Sam awoke with fragments of their old lives, then encountered Bai Haorui at their workplace and felt an inexplicable familiarity with each other.
• Bai Haorui sensed intense resentment in Room 1444 and discreetly nudged at the seal on Dean's memories while observing the two men.
• Sam dreamed of demons, drew one at work, and questioned Dean about ghosts and vampires, but Dean dismissed him despite feeling drawn to him.
• An earthbound spirit drove Paul to attempt suicide in a microwave, and Bai Haorui cut the power before Dean and Sam arrived.
• The next morning, Ian showed the same obsession with work as Paul had, and Bai Haorui asked Sam if he also thought something was wrong.

Bai Haorui, Dean, and Sam investigated a string of supernatural suicides and discovered that P.T. Sandover’s ghost was attacking workers in the company building. After Sam survived a fatal elevator accident, the three confronted Sandover in the company history exhibit and fought him.

• Bai Haorui stopped Ian from stabbing himself and struck the ghost haunting the restroom, convincing Dean that the suicides were not ordinary.
• Dean, Sam, and Bai Haorui traced the attacks to P.T. Sandover, whose ghost haunted room 1444 and targeted workers during economic downturns.
• The three found Sandover’s work gloves in the company exhibit, while Sam escaped a crashing elevator that killed the security guard.
• Sandover appeared and attacked them, and Bai Haorui blocked his assault while Dean and Sam struck him with iron racks.

Dean, Sam, and Bai Haorui defeated Sandover's ghost, and Bai Haorui absorbed the same-origin essence that strengthened his soul and mastery of cultivation. Zachariah restored Dean and Sam's memories and challenged Dean to accept his hunter destiny; the three left together, while Bai Haorui resolved to shape his own fate.

• Dean and Sam burned Sandover's gloves, destroying his ghost and releasing the same-origin essence that Bai Haorui absorbed.
• Sam urged Dean and Bai Haorui to leave their office jobs and hunt supernatural creatures, then quit; Bai Haorui quit with him.
• Dean turned down a promotion, and Zachariah restored Dean and Sam's memories, revealing that he had placed them in the office life to prove Dean was a hunter by nature.
• Bai Haorui told Zachariah that Dean would not face his destiny alone, and Zachariah disappeared after explaining his test.
• Dean, Sam, and Bai Haorui returned to the hospital, drove off in the Impala, and set out together.
• Bai Haorui tested his newly precise control of true gang and true fire, then vowed that he would not become God's pawn and would control his own destiny.

Chuck Shurley tried to probe Bai Haorui’s memories but Nezha’s Samadhi True Fire protected him, so Chuck changed the world’s rules to turn any attempt by Bai to expose him into nonsense. After learning that his life was recorded in books, Dean, Sam, and Bai sought out the author and reached his publisher, where an editor was stunned by their knowledge of the series.

• Chuck froze time and tried to uncover Bai Haorui’s memories, but Nezha’s Samadhi True Fire repelled his power.
• Chuck altered the universe so Bai’s words about him would become ridiculous nonsense, then left Bai unable to remember his visit.
• Dean, Sam, and Bai visited Wonderland Comics, where the clerk revealed their lives appeared in the Supernatural book series.
• Bai realized Chuck was God and tried to warn Dean and Sam, but his words came out as nonsense; he resolved to find a way around Chuck’s rule.
• Dean and Sam decided to find Carver Edlund and went with Bai to Graystone Publishing.
• Dean, Sam, and Bai recited detailed events from the books to the editor, who was astonished by their knowledge.

Bai Haorui learned that Chuck Shurley was God, but an absolute rule twisted every attempt to reveal the truth into absurd nonsense. After discovering Chuck could not read his thoughts about his identity, Bai Haorui resolved to resist the script, while Chuck revealed that Lilith would come for Sam that night.

• Bai Haorui recognized Chuck Shurley as God, but every attempt to tell Dean and Sam the truth became ridiculous falsehoods.
• Dean and Sam confronted Chuck, who admitted he had been writing about them and knew their private details.
• Bai Haorui found his thoughts about Chuck's identity missing from the manuscript and realized Nezha's true fire shielded them from Chuck.
• Dean, Sam, and Bai Haorui read Chuck's manuscript at a laundromat, where Dean demonstrated how accurately it predicted their actions.
• Chuck told Dean and Sam that Lilith was coming for Sam that night, then read a passage describing her seducing him.

Dean, Sam, and Bai Haorui tried to evade Chuck’s script, but the roadblock and the events at the motel kept them on its path. Dean brought Chuck to the motel, hoping the prophet’s archangel protector would stop Lilith, while Sam faced Lilith alone in his room.

• Chuck explained that his visions compelled him to write, and Dean took his latest manuscript as the group drove away.
• Dean and Sam argued over whether to flee Lilith or fight her, then a washed-out bridge forced them to stay in town.
• Dean tried ordering tofu to defy the manuscript, but the waitress gave him a bacon cheeseburger by mistake.
• At the Matador Motel, Dean prepared protections for Sam and ordered him to stay while he and Bai Haorui went to find Chuck; Sam refused to hide.
• Castiel told Dean that an archangel protected Chuck, so Dean and Bai Haorui forced the frightened prophet to come with them to Sam’s room.
• Lilith appeared behind Sam in Room 307 and approached him as he held a dagger and a holy-water gun.

Lilith tried to bargain with Sam, then attacked him when he refused, but Bai Haorui fought her off and wounded her before she escaped. After Dean, Sam, and Bai Haorui drove away, Zachariah confronted Chuck and forced him to keep writing the future.

• Lilith destroyed Sam's Devil's Trap and offered to stop the Apocalypse in exchange for Sam, Dean, and Bai Haorui's deaths, but Sam pretended to accept and tried to stab her.
• Dean, Bai Haorui, and Chuck burst in as an archangel's light filled the room, and Bai Haorui defended Sam from Lilith's attack.
• Bai Haorui burned and wounded Lilith, pinned her with True Gang chains, and struck her with a True Fire Gang Qi Bullet as she escaped through the window.
• Dean helped Sam up, and the group left in the damaged Impala while Bai Haorui recovered and Sam stayed silent about Lilith's offer.
• Zachariah confronted Chuck at home and warned him not to interfere with the future, but Chuck threatened to kill himself rather than keep writing.
• Zachariah said he would bring Chuck back if necessary, and Chuck returned to his computer and began writing about Bai Haorui.

Bai Haorui traveled to San Francisco to investigate a supernatural force killing people in Chinatown and driving veteran hunter Old Zhou insane. Meanwhile, Dean and Sam met Adam Milligan, who claimed to be John Winchester’s son, and Dean demanded proof before leaving with Sam.

• Bai Haorui left Dean and Sam to answer Bobby’s call about Old Zhou, who had been hospitalized after investigating a Chinatown death.
• Dean answered John Winchester’s old phone and learned that Adam Milligan claimed to be John’s son and needed help finding his missing mother.
• Dean and Sam met Adam at a restaurant, where Adam described his time with John and the 1967 Impala; Dean challenged him and Adam offered to prove his identity.
• Bai Haorui arrived in Chinatown, sensed a deadly black mist, and learned from Bobby that five young men had died there in terror over three months.
• Bai Haorui reviewed the death records with Bobby and Officer Tom, then went with Bobby to visit Old Zhou at the psychiatric hospital.