Chapter Summaries

Zhang Quan reported that the Reapers took the children’s souls to a vast underground town behind a powerful bronze door, and Jiang Nuo’s group planned to investigate it alongside the church. At dinner, the little girl explained Tuesday’s rules and revealed that the full moon would spare the lucky family from the night’s danger.

• Zhang Quan used the ugly doll to tell Jiang Nuo’s group that the Reapers had taken the children’s souls underground, where cages held souls and a bronze door blocked his way.
• Si Yan and Zhang Quan marked their routes on the map, and Jiang Nuo sent a paper figure to scout while the group planned to split up and investigate the garden underground and the church.
• Sano Kurotsuki and Mikazuki Hexi returned injured, but Mikazuki Shunsuke was missing, and Sano threatened Jiang Nuo before the little girl stopped them from fighting.
• The little girl served a bloody meal and announced that Tuesday allowed unrestricted robbery and murder, except that the lucky family would be spared.
• The little girl said the moon would be very full that night, and Jiang Nuo connected it to the rule that fierce ghosts chose homes on moonless nights and attacked anyone still awake.

Jiang Nuo pretended to be drunk to provoke Yue Qian and reveal their history, then explained that Yue Qian had ties to the world where Jiang Nuo lost his eyes. After Jiang Nuo and Si Yan went to sleep, a huge moon appeared and something knocked at their door.

• Si Yan realized Jiang Nuo had drunk a strong liquor and carried him away from the dining room.
• Jiang Nuo confronted Yue Qian, revealing that he had killed Yue Qian’s older and younger brothers, while Yue Qian reacted furiously.
• Sano Kurotsuki and Mikazuki Hexi restrained Yue Qian, and Sano Kurotsuki reminded him of the gentleman’s plan.
• Back in their room, Jiang Nuo admitted he had pretended to be drunk and said he exposed Yue Qian to keep him awake because someone unable to sleep would be tonight’s lucky one.
• Jiang Nuo and Si Yan went to sleep together, but Jiang Nuo noticed an enormous moon and heard something knock on their door.

A black-mist creature attacked the inn, but Jiang Nuo, Si Yan, Qi Lin, and Qi Cang survived its visit. After the creature nearly killed Yue Qian, Jiang Nuo confronted him in the corridor and began cutting him down.

• The black mist failed to detect Jiang Nuo and Si Yan, then fled from Qi Cang's phantom when it tried to attack Qi Lin.
• Qi Lin asked Qi Cang whether they could find his body, and Qi Cang promised they would.
• The black mist attacked Yue Qian, who fought back with a bone knife and suspended nails but was badly injured.
• Sano Kurotsuki heard Yue Qian's struggle but decided not to help him.
• Jiang Nuo met Yue Qian in the corridor and taunted him with the blade of Yue Qian's dead brother.
• Yue Qian attacked Jiang Nuo, who toyed with him and inflicted more bloody cuts.

Jiang Nuo killed Yue Qian and returned to Si Yan, who comforted him through the night. The next day, after the girl warned that those who died would be reborn, Jiang Nuo tested the masks and agreed to explore with the remaining Wa Country contestants.

• Jiang Nuo severed Yue Qian’s hands, slit his throat, and threw him over the railing, where he died after hitting the lobby floor.
• The little girl watched Yue Qian’s body, discarded a doll, and worried that she would need to speed up the sacrifices.
• Jiang Nuo returned to Si Yan, admitted he had killed Yue Qian, and fell asleep peacefully in his arms.
• The next morning, Su Yi noticed that the residents treated Yue Qian’s corpse as ordinary, while Sano Kurotsuki and Mikazuki Hexi joined the others for breakfast.
• The little girl warned everyone to keep their masks on, permitted violence, and declared that those who died today would be reborn tomorrow.
• Jiang Nuo repeatedly removed his mask to test the others’ reactions, then agreed to explore with Mikazuki Hexi and Sano Kurotsuki.

Jiang Nuo, Si Yan, and Sano Kurotsuki investigated the church, where they uncovered signs of Satanic worship and found the Guide, Su Shan. Su Shan led them into a cramped passage beneath the church as they began searching for the hidden door and the wronged souls.

• Sano Kurotsuki told Jiang Nuo and Si Yan that Satan's symbols marked the town and that the church hosted sacrificial rituals.
• Jiang Nuo baited Sano Kurotsuki into revealing that Satan's emissaries targeted people who entered the church.
• Jiang Nuo, Si Yan, and Sano Kurotsuki entered the church, washed their hands in its strange-smelling holy water, and observed its black-eyed elderly choir and grieving residents.
• Jiang Nuo recognized a woman among the churchgoers as someone listed among the dead, then led Si Yan toward the back of the nave.
• Jiang Nuo found Su Shan, the purple-eyed Guide, behind the fourth pillar, and Su Shan pulled the three men into a cramped hole beneath the church.

Jiang Nuo and Si Yan followed Su Shan underground and discovered a hidden realm where little sprites sheltered rescued souls. As the owner led them toward the town’s greatest treasure, Si Yan saw a huge divine tree hung with human heads, and Su Shan declared that he was the god destined to save the town.

• Su Shan led Jiang Nuo, Si Yan, and Sano Kurotsuki through a secret passage to an underground replica of the town, where little sprites sheltered souls.
• Jiang Nuo forced the owner to tell the truth, and the owner revealed that the souls had been rescued and that he had come to atone.
• Si Yan used a talisman to compel the owner to guide them toward the underground treasure that could deal with the devil.
• As they descended, Si Yan sensed the suppressed Dragon Vein and then saw a huge tree hung with human heads, though Jiang Nuo could not see it.
• The owner and Su Shan recognized the tree as the divine tree, and Su Shan called Si Yan the god who could save the town.

Jiang Nuo and Si Yan learned that the town’s hotel stood over buried bones and that Nightwalkers were the demon’s tamed guardians, then encountered a frightening vision of the contestants’ possible future. Si Yan sensed the Dragon Vein nearby, while Sano Kurotsuki accidentally revealed he knew it was part of their mission.

• Su Shan claimed the divine tree fed on the blood of evil humans, while Jiang Nuo forced the hotel owner to reveal that the town’s former cemetery had covered the square, church, and garden.
• The owner said the cemetery’s bones and coffins had been buried beneath the hotel and identified the Nightwalkers as the demon’s tamed guardians.
• Sano Kurotsuki asked the demon’s name, causing the owner to cough up blood and pass out before he could answer.
• Su Shan showed the group an illusion of eight injured contestants suspended over coffins, but Jiang Nuo dispelled it and doubted that it came from the demon.
• Si Yan sensed the Dragon Vein nearby, and Jiang Nuo and Si Yan confronted Sano Kurotsuki after he revealed that he knew about a Dragon Vein mission.

Sano Kurotsuki stole the dragon vein detector and caused Si Yan and Jiang Nuo to fall into a lower level of the passage. Jiang Nuo fought through the shadows and rescued Si Yan, but found no heartbeat, breath, or soul in his body.

• Sano Kurotsuki stole the detector, bombed the passage, and fled toward the dragon vein as Si Yan fell.
• Jiang Nuo jumped after Si Yan, while Zhang Quan followed them and Number One ordered the armed forces to prepare in case they were harmed or the dragon vein was damaged.
• Jiang Nuo landed in a lower level, found Si Yan missing, and fought the red-eyed shadows with his demon blade.
• Jiang Nuo tore through a membrane wall and saw Si Yan hanging from vines above black sludge and sharp teeth.
• Jiang Nuo broke through the membrane, cut Si Yan free, and discovered that Si Yan had no heartbeat, breath, or soul.

After Si Yan died, Jiang Nuo sensed his soul aboveground and carved through the ghosts underground to reach the church. While Sano Kurotsuki failed to enter the Dragon Vein’s domain, Jiang Nuo’s Half-Corpse Soul defeated him and carried him back toward the church.

• Jiang Nuo sensed that Si Yan’s soul was above the vines, stored Si Yan’s body with 0732’s help, and set out toward the church.
• Jiang Nuo killed or frightened off the malicious ghosts blocking his path and returned through the hidden door to the church.
• Sano Kurotsuki found the Dragon Vein beneath the garden but could not get near it because its power repelled him.
• Jiang Nuo’s Half-Corpse Soul defeated Sano Kurotsuki’s consciousness entity and captured the injured Sano Kurotsuki.
• The Half-Corpse Soul carried Sano Kurotsuki toward the church to bring him back to Jiang Nuo.

Jiang Nuo fought the demon god in the church bell tower to force it to reveal where Si Yan’s soul was hidden. After defeating it, he found Si Yan’s soul protected in a burial chamber and retrieved it.

• Jiang Nuo confronted Satan’s emissary, who led him to the bell tower after Jiang Nuo attacked him for refusing to answer.
• Jiang Nuo met the bound Mikazuki Shunsuke, then refused the emissary’s demand to help resurrect the demon god and chose to take Si Yan back himself.
• The emissary summoned the demon god and endless monsters, but Jiang Nuo destroyed the monsters and battered the demon god with curses, magic, and a cannon.
• Jiang Nuo forced the demon god to lift the bell tower’s seal, revealing a burial chamber where Si Yan’s soul rested behind the demon statues.
• Jiang Nuo retrieved Si Yan’s soul, which was protected by purple qi, and told him he had found him.

Jiang Nuo revived Si Yan and destroyed a demon god, while the pair learned that the town’s church and statues were part of a plan to resurrect seventy-two demon gods. They reinforced a seal around the statues and left the church, where the Half-Corpse Soul arrived with a half-dead man and asked Jiang Nuo whether to kill him.

• Jiang Nuo returned Si Yan’s soul to his body, and Si Yan woke as the stone statues in the burial chamber began to shake.
• Si Yan told Jiang Nuo he had seen an enormous phantom, while Mikazuki Shunsuke explained that each statue represented a demon god and that emissaries served as their vessels.
• Si Yan identified the vanished demon god as possibly Andromalius and said there were seventy-two demon gods in total.
• Si Yan and Jiang Nuo connected the town’s rules to the days of creation, then reinforced a seal over the statues with spiritual energy and treasures.
• Jiang Nuo and Si Yan kissed as they left the church, while Mikazuki Shunsuke regretted joining the competition.
• The Half-Corpse Soul arrived dragging a half-dead man and asked Jiang Nuo whether they should kill him.

Jiang Nuo forced Mikazuki Shunsuke to kill Sano Kurotsuki, then learned that Qi Cang had disappeared after being dragged into the underground river with Dantalion. Jiang Nuo helped Qi Lin recover from demonic influence, but Qi Lin remained devastated after losing his soul connection with Qi Cang.

• Jiang Nuo threatened Mikazuki Shunsuke until he killed Sano Kurotsuki, then cut up the corpse to prevent it from becoming a consciousness entity.
• Su Yi told Jiang Nuo and Si Yan that Qi Cang had vanished into the underground river while protecting Qi Lin from Dantalion.
• At the inn, Jiang Nuo found Qi Lin sitting blankly on a swing and used golden light to dispel the demonic qi afflicting him.
• Jiang Nuo asked Qi Lin to explain what happened, and Qi Lin recalled that a monster lured him toward the river and suppressed Qi Cang when he entered it.
• Qi Lin told them that Qi Cang had grabbed the monster and fallen into the river, after which Qi Lin lost their soul connection.

The group reached the underground river, where its miasma suppressed Jiang Nuo’s demonic power, and confronted the disguised owner, who was actually Dantalion. As Jiang Nuo, Si Yan, and Mikazuki Shunsuke fought it, the riverbank began to quake.

• The little girl gave Qi Lin a doll with eyes like Qi Cang’s and secretly told Jiang Nuo, “I have no father.”
• The weeder warned the group that it would rain and gave Qi Lin a strange piece of clothing that Si Yan thought resembled skin.
• The six followed the route to the underground river, where Jiang Nuo sensed the Dragon Vein and found his demonic power suppressed.
• Jiang Nuo confronted the owner and exposed him as Dantalion, who admitted that entering the underground river meant death.
• Jiang Nuo, Si Yan, and Mikazuki Shunsuke fought Dantalion while Su Yi watched over Qi Lin, and the riverbank began to quake.

Qi Lin jumped into the underground river after Dantalion said Qi Cang could only be found in death, and Jiang Nuo later disappeared into the river after hearing the Dragon Vein’s summons. Si Yan and the others were left on the riverbank, with Si Yan holding onto hope that Jiang Nuo was still alive.

• Qi Lin beat Dantalion for answers about Qi Cang, then jumped into the underground river after the demon said Qi Cang could only be found in death.
• Jiang Nuo sensed that the Dragon Vein and demonic creature were beneath the river, but a strange barrier separated him from Si Yan and the others.
• Jiang Nuo walked into the river despite Si Yan’s calls, and Si Yan failed to catch him.
• Si Mingde and Number One assured the panicked association members that Jiang Nuo would be fine, while Cui Ming urged them to explain whether Jiang Nuo would survive.
• Mikazuki Shunsuke and Su Yi stopped Si Yan from jumping after Jiang Nuo, telling him that he was the only one who could find him.

Si Yan and the others searched for Jiang Nuo and the monster beneath the town, but found only a displaced Dragon Vein and no way to reach the underground river’s depths. Tang Mu said the dead would be reborn the next day, while townspeople killed themselves in the streets, and Si Yan returned to the inn to wait for the ritual.

• Si Yan sensed that Jiang Nuo was alive, then led the group to hunt the monster and fought through soulless Nightwalkers driven by lingering obsession.
• The group found a mark where the Dragon Vein had once been, and Si Yan removed the Dragon Tail Dagger embedded in the wall.
• After reaching the underground river’s boundary without finding the monster, the group went to the library to question Tang Mu.
• Tang Mu told Si Yan that Jiang Nuo did not need saving and would be seen tomorrow, then said the town’s dead would be reborn after the day’s ritual.
• Su Yi saw townspeople killing one another and themselves, found no souls in the corpses, and followed Si Yan back to the inn.

Si Yan learned that the town’s resurrection ritual produced fake people, but Jiang Nuo left him a message directing him to the bottom of the river. As the owner ordered the contestants seized, Si Yan ran to find Jiang Nuo.

• Administrator Tang Mu sent Su Yi a recording telling her to kill the owner during the ritual.
• Si Yan discovered that three demons had replaced the statue in the fountain and suspected they were controlled illusions.
• The owner used a dried heart and the townspeople’s blood to open a coffin, from which apparent versions of the dead emerged.
• Si Yan realized the person posing as Jiang Nuo was an impostor, who revealed Jiang Nuo’s message: “Come find me at the river bottom.”
• The resurrected townspeople were exposed as fakes, the owner ordered the contestants seized, and Si Yan ran toward the river to find Jiang Nuo.

Si Yan fought through the church and town to reach the underground river, where he reunited with Jiang Nuo alive. As Su Yi joined him in the river, Mikazuki Hexi revealed that the mannequins were still following her and turned them on Mikazuki Shunsuke.

• Si Yan killed two demons outside the church, exhausting himself as he hurried toward the underground river.
• Su Yi killed the boss and followed Si Yan into the river, while Mikazuki Hexi stopped Mikazuki Shunsuke and sent the mannequins after him.
• Si Yan lost consciousness in the river and woke to find Jiang Nuo beside him.
• Jiang Nuo explained that Si Yan was injured and his Spiritual Power was in chaos, then held and kissed him.
• The viewers watching the broadcast finally learned that Jiang Nuo was safe.

Jiang Nuo and Si Yan reunited in the town, where the little girl revealed that a sorcerer had promised immortality by creating a ghost town inside the underground river. She left Jiang Nuo questioning her claim that he and the others had all been ghosts there.

• Si Yan recovered beside Jiang Nuo and asked why they had returned to the town; Jiang Nuo said the Dragon Vein had called him into the river and he had awakened there.
• Qi Lin told the group that Qi Cang had found his body, though merging with it would take time.
• Mikazuki Shunsuke arrived with one arm missing and asked the others to find a way out.
• The little girl explained that a sorcerer had changed the town, buried the dead beneath the inn, and made its residents follow rules issued by a sprite from a blood-red book.
• The little girl said the sorcerer's promised immortality was a lie and that the underground river carried the dead into a ghostly copy of the town.
• Jiang Nuo challenged the little girl's claim that everyone in that town had been ghosts.

Jiang Nuo distrusted Mikazuki Shunsuke and Su Yi, then left the inn with Si Yan to investigate. Qi Cang awakened and reunited with Qi Lin, revealing that a huge phantom lay beyond the river’s vortexes.

• The little girl claimed she and several others kept order in the town, but Jiang Nuo, Su Yi, and Qi Lin doubted her and asked her to bring them food.
• Jiang Nuo confronted Si Yan about seeming to trust Mikazuki Shunsuke, and Si Yan admitted that Mikazuki Shunsuke and Su Yi both seemed suspicious.
• Jiang Nuo and Si Yan left through a window, and Su Yi found the room empty before the demonic qi from Qi Cang’s room drove her back.
• Qi Cang awakened and embraced Qi Lin, who explained that he had found Qi Cang’s body beneath the town’s garden.
• Qi Cang told Qi Lin that he had sensed his body sealed deep in the river, beyond whirlpools that opened onto a vast phantom.

Jiang Nuo investigated the town’s strange shared memories while Qi Cang fought a demon possessing Su Yi. The demon escaped, and Qi Cang began losing control as he craved blood, but he rejected Qi Lin’s offer to save him.

• Qi Cang sensed demonic qi outside the room, drove the possessed Su Yi away from the door, and fought her after she appeared behind him.
• Qi Lin escaped and found Jiang Nuo, who had questioned the townspeople and learned that everyone remembered the little girl as the same age.
• Jiang Nuo returned to the inn with Qi Lin and Si Yan, where they found that Su Yi had disappeared and Qi Cang was bleeding from his seven orifices.
• Jiang Nuo tried to get Qi Cang blood, but Qi Cang refused even when it was brought to his lips.
• Qi Lin offered his neck, but Qi Cang shoved him away and told him to leave rather than trade his life for Qi Cang’s.