Chapter Summaries

Bai Haorui learned that A Xiu had been a trafficked and abused girl who died hoping to return home, while Dean and Sam investigated missing bodies and searched for Kate. The chapter ended with Sam surviving an attack by a creature that dragged him beneath a truck near an open sewer grate.

• Bai Haorui calmed Old Zhou and explained that A Xiu attacked victims through their souls, so he and Bobby sought her past and her obsession.
• Dean and Sam found evidence of fresh blood and remains in an air duct beneath Kate's bed, then told Adam that monsters were real and that John had been a hunter.
• A Chinatown fruit vendor sent Bai Haorui and Bobby to Tailor Li, who recounted A Xiu's abuse and gave Bai Haorui her mother's silver ring.
• Dean discovered signs of ghouls at the cemetery and learned from Lisa Barton that missing Joe had investigated earlier grave robberies with John's help.
• Sam taught Adam to handle a gun, but a creature attacked them at the motel and dragged Sam beneath a truck before Dean and Adam pulled him free.

Bai Haorui found A Xiu’s former home, learned that her resentment kept her ghost from being destroyed, and went to New York to seize Jake Wilson and bring him back to San Francisco. Meanwhile, Dean discovered the real Adam Milligan was dead and raced back to warn Sam, who had prepared to use the ghoul impersonating Adam as bait.

• A Xiu killed a young man in a convenience store, and Bai Haorui and Bobby searched her former home for clues.
• A Xiu attacked Bai Haorui and Bobby with illusions and threads of resentment, but they escaped the basement.
• Bai Haorui went to New York, captured Jake Wilson, and began driving him back to San Francisco.
• Dean found the real Adam Milligan’s body in a hidden room at the cemetery and realized the Adam with Sam was a ghoul.
• Dean escaped the tunnel and raced toward the Milligan home as Sam and the disguised ghoul finished sealing the house’s entrances.

Dean rescued Sam from the ghouls impersonating their dead brother Adam, while Bai Haorui helped A Xiu take revenge on Jake and delivered her soul. The chapter ended with Dean, Sam, and Bai Haorui holding a hunter’s funeral for the real Adam.

• Adam knocked Sam unconscious after revealing that he and Kate were ghouls seeking revenge on the Winchesters.
• Dean shot Kate and fought Adam long enough to rescue Sam.
• Bai Haorui prepared an altar and summoned A Xiu, who tore Jake apart in revenge for his abuse.
• Bai Haorui recited Daoist scriptures to deliver A Xiu’s soul, and she thanked him before vanishing.
• Dean burned the real Adam’s body on a hunter’s pyre while Sam and Bai Haorui mourned with him.

A Xiu’s hope of earning money for her family ended when A Fang sold her to Jake, who imprisoned and brutalized her in a Chinatown brothel. After killing A Fang and asking Tailor Li to make her red embroidered shoes, A Xiu returned to the basement and took her own life, believing she could go home.

• A Xiu left her village in Fujian for San Francisco after A Fang promised her a restaurant job, but A Fang sold her to Jake, who forced her into his underground brothel.
• A Xiu escaped twice, but Jake’s men returned her to the basement, where he beat her and eventually carved a scar across her face.
• After Jake caught her third escape attempt, A Xiu began secretly following A Fang and planned to confront her.
• On Lunar New Year’s Eve, A Xiu slipped out and killed A Fang, then went to Tailor Li and asked him to make red shoes embroidered with lotus flowers.
• A Xiu gave Tailor Li her mother’s ring to pass to her family and returned to the basement, where Xiao Mei gave her a candle.
• A Xiu dressed in her clean white shirt and red embroidered shoes, then hanged herself from the ceiling beam.

Dean received an urgent message from Castiel in a dream, but he and Bai Haorui found Jimmy Novak alone in an abandoned warehouse after sensing an angelic presence being destroyed. Jimmy remembered being trapped inside his body during Castiel’s possession and wanted to return to his family, while Sam and Dean argued over whether he should be kept with them as their only lead.

• Castiel warned Dean that someone could monitor their conversations and left him a note directing him to an abandoned warehouse.
• Bai Haorui sensed a surge of angelic energy being torn apart, and Dean, Sam, and Bai Haorui found a battlefield at the warehouse and rescued Jimmy Novak.
• Jimmy told them that Castiel was gone and described being a helpless spectator while Castiel used his body, though he knew nothing about Castiel’s secret.
• Jimmy recalled that his possession had begun during dinner with his wife Amelia and daughter Claire, when their television emitted a piercing noise and he collapsed.
• Sam argued that Jimmy should be taken to Bobby’s for hypnosis because demons might target him, while Dean and Bai Haorui insisted he should be allowed to go home.
• Jimmy demanded to see his family, but Sam and Dean said he had to stay with them until they learned what had happened, leaving Jimmy asking whether he was a prisoner again.

Sam secretly drank a dark red liquid, and Jimmy escaped to return to his family while Bai Haorui and the others pursued him. After demons attacked Jimmy’s home and Bai Haorui killed them, Sam’s unstable power left the group worried, and Sam insisted Jimmy had to leave with them to protect his family.

• Bai Haorui saw Sam drink a strange liquid, then learned that Jimmy had escaped and joined Dean and Sam in pursuit.
• Anna warned Dean, Sam, and Bai Haorui that Cass had been dragged back to Heaven for punishment and that Hell would target Jimmy; she also cautioned Sam about his growing demonic aura.
• A year earlier, Jimmy’s devotion to Castiel had driven Amelia to fear for him, and Castiel took control of Jimmy before leaving his family.
• Bai Haorui, Dean, and Sam reached Jimmy’s home, where Jimmy reunited with Amelia and Claire and admitted that he had been wrong about God’s calling.
• Roger, possessed by a demon, threatened Claire, but Dean killed him; a second demon attacked Amelia, Sam faltered, and Bai Haorui destroyed it with a fiery punch.
• Amelia believed Jimmy after witnessing the attack, while Dean confronted Sam about his weakening power and Sam told Jimmy he had to come with them.

Jimmy was separated from Amelia and Claire, then sacrificed his freedom to let Castiel leave Claire and possess him again. After Sam drank a demon’s blood, Dean and Bobby locked him in Bobby’s panic room to force him through withdrawal.

• Jimmy sent Amelia and Claire away to keep them safe, but Amelia later called him to an abandoned factory and threatened his family.
• Bai Haorui fought through the demons at the factory and killed their leader, Balthazar, while Dean, Sam, and Jimmy entered through the back.
• The possessed Amelia revealed that Claire and Jimmy had been chosen by Heaven, and Claire’s holy light destroyed the demons threatening her.
• Jimmy begged Castiel to possess him instead of Claire, and Castiel returned to Jimmy’s body before rejecting Dean and leaving.
• Sam drank a demon’s blood, freed Amelia from possession, and frightened Dean and Bai Haorui with his bloodlust.
• Dean and Bobby locked Sam in Bobby’s panic room to help him overcome his addiction, while Bai Haorui watched Sam’s pleas fade into sobs.

Dean locked Sam in the anti-demon room to force him to quit drinking demon blood, while Bai Haorui gave him Clear Heart Talismans to ease withdrawal. As the seals broke and Bai Haorui left to investigate three disasters, Sam faced a hallucination of Alastair and then encountered his younger self, who accused him of ruining the normal life he had wanted.

• Dean refused to release Sam until he had quit drinking demon blood, and Sam reluctantly accepted Bai Haorui's Clear Heart Talismans.
• A withdrawal hallucination made Sam believe Alastair had chained him up to torture him, but the talisman burned Alastair and ended the vision.
• Bobby reported that three disasters linked to breaking seals had killed species in Key West, blinded a fishing fleet in Alaska, and led a teacher to kill sixty-six children in New York.
• Dean refused to risk Sam's life for the Apocalypse, and Bai Haorui left to investigate the three sites while Dean and Bobby stayed with Sam.
• Sam awoke to a vision of his fourteen-year-old self, who blamed him for abandoning their plans for a normal life and failing to protect Jessica.

Bai Haorui destroyed a demon haunting a school and helped the murdered children pass on before traveling to Alaska to investigate Hell Mist. Meanwhile, Dean pledged himself to Heaven in hopes of sparing Sam from becoming its weapon, and Bai Haorui learned that the Alaska incident had left a fishing crew blind or insane.

• Sam's hallucination of Little Sam ended when his final Clear Heart Talisman broke, leaving him sobbing over his belief that he was a monster.
• Bai Haorui met Mike at a school where a demon possessed Mr. Smith and haunted the classroom of the sixty-six murdered children.
• Bai Haorui destroyed the demon, soothed the children's painful memories, and helped their spirits pass on before warning Mike that the seals were breaking faster.
• Dean summoned Castiel and pledged himself to serve God and the angels, hoping to spare Sam from increasing his Hell-blood dose.
• Bai Haorui reached the Port of Nome and learned from Old Ryan that Hell Mist had blinded the fishing crew and driven the other men mad.

Bai Haorui destroyed the Hell Mist and a sea monster, then purified the waters around Key West before racing back after sensing trouble with Sam. Sam escaped with Castiel’s help, and Bai Haorui set out to find him while Dean went to meet the angels.

• Bai Haorui burned away the Hell Mist, restored Old Ryan’s sight, and promised to treat his brothers.
• Sam’s withdrawal worsened as he hallucinated Dean’s accusations, and Castiel secretly released him from the demon-proof room.
• Bai Haorui killed the monster polluting Key West’s waters and performed a ritual to clear the sea of lingering resentment.
• Castiel let Sam leave, then watched as Anna was arrested for treason against Heaven.
• Sam escaped Bobby by taking his shotgun, punching him, and driving away to find Ruby.
• Bai Haorui returned to the scrapyard, warned Dean that the angels wanted the Apocalypse, and began divining Sam’s location as Dean went to meet them.

In 1972, Azazel slaughtered the nuns at St. Mary's Convent and spoke with Lucifer, who ordered him to find a child carrying the blood of Cain and Abel. In the present, Dean was taken by Zachariah, Sam chose to use Cindy’s soul to gain strength against Lilith, and Bai Haorui raced toward the convent before black fog blocked his road.

• Azazel possessed an old priest at St. Mary's Convent, murdered the nuns, and summoned Lucifer, who ordered him to find a child with the blood of Cain and Abel.
• Bobby confronted Dean about abandoning Sam, and Dean suddenly vanished into a pure-white room as Zachariah’s angelic presence appeared.
• Sam and Ruby captured Cindy, tortured her for Lilith’s whereabouts, and learned Lilith would break the final seal at St. Mary's Convent.
• Ruby stopped Sam from killing Cindy and urged him to use her pure soul for power; Sam dragged Cindy to the car and locked her in the trunk.
• Bai Haorui sensed Dean’s disappearance and Zachariah’s presence, failed to reach Dean or Sam by phone, and sped north toward the convent.
• Thick black fog rose across the highway, and Bai Haorui braked his pickup just short of it.

Bai Haorui fought off waves of Hellhounds and demons while Dean learned that Heaven planned to let Lucifer rise and use him as Michael’s vessel. Castiel turned against Zachariah and helped Dean escape, warning him that Sam would break the final seal by killing Lilith.

• Bai Haorui killed twelve Hellhounds and six demons, then prepared to face twenty-two more approaching enemies.
• Zachariah told Dean that Lilith had to break the final seal and refused to explain how Dean could stop her.
• Dean left Sam an apologetic voicemail and tried to call Bai Haorui, but neither answered.
• Zachariah revealed that Heaven intended Lucifer to rise so Michael could possess Dean and fight him, even at the cost of billions of lives.
• Castiel admitted he had known Dean was Michael’s vessel, but said he had lost faith in Heaven’s plan and would help Dean escape.
• Castiel warned Dean that Sam, not Lilith, would break the final seal when he killed her, and that Heaven had been guiding Sam toward that act.

Dean learned that Sam planned to kill Lilith and unknowingly break the final seal, so he and Bobby raced toward St. Mary's Convent to stop him and find Bai Haorui. Bai Haorui defeated Lilith’s demons at a gas station, but fifteen angels arrived as Dean and Bobby sped toward Maryland.

• Castiel sent Dean to Bobby and explained that Sam had to be stopped and Bai Haorui could break the script.
• Sam ignored missed calls from Dean and Bai Haorui, accepted Ruby’s encouragement, and set out for St. Mary’s Convent with Cindy in the trunk.
• Bai Haorui killed forty demons sent by Lilith, then sensed fifteen angels approaching the gas station.
• Dean told Bobby that Heaven intended to bring about the Apocalypse and have Michael possess him, and the two drove toward St. Mary’s Convent.
• Bobby called Bai Haorui repeatedly but could not reach him as Dean raced to reach Sam before midnight.

Sam and Ruby reached St. Mary's Convent with Cindy unconscious in the trunk, where Sam prepared to face Lilith, believing her death would stop the Apocalypse. Meanwhile, Bai Haorui defeated a squad of Heaven’s warriors but, already wounded and exhausted, was ambushed by elite demons and left struggling against the bone demon.

• Ruby reassured Sam that killing Lilith would stop the Apocalypse, then dragged the unconscious Cindy into St. Mary's Convent as fuel for the plan.
• Sam followed Ruby into the convent and confronted Lilith, who awaited them at the altar.
• Bai Haorui defeated fourteen warriors of Heaven and their elite angel at an abandoned factory, but suffered a deep chest wound and used much of his strength.
• Thirty-two elite demons and two high-ranking demons attacked Bai Haorui near a roadside supermarket, and he burned the front ranks with a wall of Samadhi True Fire.
• Bai Haorui killed the scaled demon with his peachwood sword, but the bone demon struck him with its whip, leaving him injured and slowing.

Bai Haorui fought through successive attacks by demons and Heaven’s warriors as he raced toward St. Mary's Convent, arriving just after Sam killed Lilith and broke the final seal. Lucifer emerged from Hell and vanished after confronting Bai Haorui, leaving the apocalypse underway.

• Bai Haorui defeated a bone demon and the remaining demons, then killed seven warriors of Heaven, their silver-winged angel leader, and the last three warriors in a parking lot battle.
• Bai Haorui drove north, defeated thirty-seven elite demons and two powerful demons at an abandoned farm, then used the Lotus Seal True Fire to destroy eleven warriors of Heaven and a golden-winged angel.
• At St. Mary's Convent, Lilith revealed that she was the final seal and that Ruby had manipulated Sam into killing her to release Lucifer.
• Sam killed Lilith, broke the final seal, and then killed Ruby after she admitted to betraying him.
• Lucifer emerged from the fissure as Dean and Bobby arrived, followed by the badly wounded Bai Haorui.
• Lucifer recognized Bai Haorui as a threat, promised a future fight, and disappeared into black smoke as the apocalypse began.

After Lucifer escaped, Dean, Sam, and the badly wounded Bai Haorui escaped the collapsing convent and regrouped with Chuck and Bobby. As they searched for Michael’s Sword, Dean decoded Chuck’s clue and found a lead: Castle Storage at 42 Rover Hill.

• Lucifer’s escape triggered the convent’s collapse, and a burst of white light teleported Bai Haorui, Dean, and Sam onto an airplane; a pillar of light then erupted from the convent as the plane shook.
• After landing in Baltimore, Dean drove Bai Haorui and Sam to Chuck’s house, where Bai Haorui realized Sam’s demon blood had disappeared and Zachariah arrived with two angels.
• Dean banished Zachariah and the angels with an Angel Banishing Sigil, and Bai Haorui reinforced Sam’s protective charms while encouraging him not to blame himself.
• Becky delivered Chuck’s vision that Michael’s Sword was in a castle on a hill made of forty-two dogs, and Bobby joined the group’s search.
• Dean found a business card for Castle Storage at 42 Rover Hill and recognized it as the location described by Chuck’s clue.

Meg and the demons attacked Dean, Bobby, and Bai Haorui while they searched for Michael's Sword, and Bobby stabbed himself to break free of possession. Dean and Sam reached John's storage room, where Zachariah revealed that Dean was Michael's Sword, but Castiel returned and drove the angels away; the chapter ended with Dean telling Sam he could no longer trust him while Bai Haorui urged them to face the crisis together.

• Meg and a male demon attacked Dean and Bai Haorui, but Bobby resisted possession and stabbed himself, expelling the demon.
• Sam helped Dean and Bai Haorui defeat the male demon, while Meg escaped; Dean and Sam then left Bai Haorui to stay with Bobby at the hospital and went to John's storage room.
• Zachariah revealed that Dean was Michael's only human vessel and threatened Sam, Bobby, and Bai Haorui unless Dean agreed to be possessed by Michael.
• Castiel returned, killed the two angels with Zachariah, healed Sam, and carved Enochian Sigils into Dean and Sam to conceal them from angels and demons.
• Dean and Sam learned that Bobby had survived surgery, and Dean told Sam he could no longer trust him because Sam had chosen a demon over his brother.
• Bai Haorui told Dean and Sam he trusted them both and urged them to face their problems together, while Dean got into the Impala without replying.

Bobby remained paralyzed while Bai Haorui slowly repaired his spinal nerves, and Castiel arrived after being exiled from Heaven and stripped of much of his power. Castiel took Dean’s amulet to search for God, but Rufus’s desperate call from River Pass left the group facing an immediate emergency.

• Bai Haorui continued using true gang to repair Bobby’s damaged nerves while Dean showed Sam X-rays of the concealment sigils carved into their ribs.
• Castiel revealed that Heaven had cast him out and that he could no longer heal Bobby’s severe spinal injury.
• Castiel said killing Lucifer was beyond their power and insisted that finding God was their only chance to stop the Apocalypse.
• Castiel borrowed Dean’s amulet, which he believed could grow hot in God’s presence, and left to search for him.
• Rufus called Bobby from River Pass in Colorado, reported that demons had taken over the town, and pleaded for help before the call cut off.

Dean and Sam reached demon-overrun River Pass, found Ellen sheltering ten civilians in a church basement, and learned that Rufus and Joe were missing. As they prepared to find supplies and rescue the missing hunters, Sam and Dean argued over whether Sam could be trusted near demons.

• Bai Haorui stayed behind to stabilize Bobby’s nerves while Dean and Sam left for River Pass.
• Dean and Sam found the bridge into River Pass destroyed and entered the isolated town on foot, discovering signs of a massacre.
• Ellen met Dean and Sam at the church, tested Dean for possession with holy water, and led them to the basement shelter.
• Ellen told Dean and Sam that Rufus and Joe were missing and that ten people had died during an earlier escape attempt.
• Dean proposed gathering guns and salt from the Quick-Mart, while Sam insisted on going alone and accused Dean of treating him like a potential demon.

Sam struggled with his craving for demon blood while helping Ellen search for Joe, but Roger manipulated Joe and Rufus into capturing and torturing him. Dean stayed behind to protect the civilians and began investigating the town’s polluted river and a meteor that fell the night the attacks began.

• Dean let Sam go to the Quick-Mart, where Sam killed two demon-possessed boys and fought the urge to drink their blood before Dean arrived.
• Sam argued with Dean about whether he could be trusted, then left with Ellen to search for Joe; they found Joe possessed, and Rufus knocked Sam unconscious.
• Roger used a silver ring to make Sam appear possessed to Joe and Rufus, who tied him up and attacked him despite his protests.
• Ellen escaped to the church basement and told Dean that Joe and Rufus had taken Sam, but Dean stayed to protect the civilians before planning a rescue.
• Dean learned that the river had turned foul before the town’s attacks began and that a meteor had fallen the same night, then searched a Bible for clues.