Chapter Summaries

Jiang Nuo and Si Yan watched Simazi battle a specially raised zombie while Zhang Lin explained his confusion about which Simazi had given him different instructions. When the men began turning into ghosts, Jiang Nuo used a curse to return them to human form, and Old Xu accused him.

• Simazi and A Wu tried to restrain the zombie with an ink line, but its corrosive drool destroyed their tools and it knocked Simazi aside.
• Simazi attacked with a blood-marked mirror and a peachwood sword, while Jiang Nuo and Si Yan discussed Wu Chou and remained calm.
• Zhang Lin told Jiang Nuo that two different people claiming to be Simazi had given him conflicting instructions about the mural and his disguise.
• The men began turning into ghosts, so Jiang Nuo activated the curse and forced them back into human form.
• Old Xu pointed at Jiang Nuo and accused him of causing what happened.

Jiang Nuo and Si Yan destroyed the zombie in the sealed burial chamber and found a token linked to the prince’s guardian fierce ghosts. As the group discovered an opening that might lead onward, Si Yan sensed something unclean inside and doubted it led to the fifth level.

• When the zombie seized Simazi, Jiang Nuo and Si Yan pulled it down, burned it, and sealed it with a black talisman.
• Jiang Nuo removed a black jade bead from the zombie’s mouth, replaced it with an iron ball, and blew the zombie apart.
• Si Yan found a token matching one of the ten guardian fierce ghosts shown in the murals, while Old Qi accused Jiang Nuo of killing Old Xu and the others.
• Si Yan warned Old Qi not to suspect Jiang Nuo again, and Zhang Lin noticed Simazi staring at him before Simazi turned away.
• A Wu found an opening in the wall, but Si Yan sensed something unclean inside and suggested it might not lead to the fifth level.

Jiang Nuo and the others uncovered clues that Simazi had lured the departing men into the tomb as sacrifices and that the Simazi they had known might not have existed as a separate person. The group stayed behind to investigate, while the truth about the body in the basement remained unknown.

• Simazi led the men eager to leave into the passage, while Da Zhu and Old Sun chose to stay with Jiang Nuo's group and Zhang Lin stayed because of his injured leg.
• Jiang Nuo said Simazi had deliberately lured the men into the tomb, and Da Zhu and Old Sun revealed that Simazi had changed and that people could barely remember his older brother.
• Jiang Nuo and Si Yan realized A Wu's uncle's intact body did not match the story that Simazi's brother had died in a horrific car crash.
• Jiang Nuo suggested the older brother might never have existed as a separate person, and Si Yan explained that one body had been shared by two souls taking turns.
• Jiang Nuo concluded that Simazi had brought the group to the tomb as sacrifices and continued searching for an exit.

Jiang Nuo and Si Yan discovered a hidden passage beneath the coffin and led the group through a dark tunnel coated in tree gum. Voices from the passage disoriented Da Zhu, who pushed Old Sun into the slime and then found his face blank.

• Jiang Nuo broke through the coffin floor and fell into a hidden hole, and Si Yan jumped after him before the others followed.
• Jiang Nuo and Si Yan explored the dark passage, where Jiang Nuo found milky-white slime coating the ground.
• Old Sun recognized the slime as tree gum, while Si Yan sensed faint vitality and little yin energy in the area.
• The group heard voices and apparent fighting beyond the tunnel wall, but Si Yan warned them to determine where the sounds were really coming from.
• Da Zhu became confused by the voices, shoved Old Sun to the ground, and then saw that Old Sun's face had gone blank.

Da Zhu fled through the passage after seeing Old Sun and the others as faceless horrors, then nearly reached a bridal sedan chair before Jiang Nuo’s group caught up with him. Jiang Nuo rescued Da Zhu from a guardian vengeful ghost, but the ghost vanished when Jiang Nuo attacked, leaving the group facing an enemy their weapons could not harm.

• Old Sun’s face melted away, and he accused Da Zhu of causing it before lunging at him.
• Da Zhu ran from Old Sun and found Jiang Nuo and the others apparently faceless, then fled into the darkness.
• Da Zhu reached a bridal sedan chair and froze in terror until Old Sun and Jiang Nuo’s group found him.
• Jiang Nuo warned everyone about the air, but Da Zhu ran toward what he mistook for a light and nearly touched a fierce ghost in white.
• Jiang Nuo struck Da Zhu with a flying needle and pulled him away with a red cord, then knocked him unconscious and handed him to Old Sun.
• The fierce ghost vanished when Jiang Nuo attacked, while Song Zheng and Zhang Lin prepared their gun and watched the walls.

Si Yan and Jiang Nuo regrouped with Shi Cheng, who had followed a trail of people mysteriously revived after dying to the tomb palace. The group learned that all five had recently acquired antiques, but questions about their identities remained unanswered.

• Jiang Nuo chased the ghost that stole his toy sword while Si Yan treated the others’ injuries and waited for him.
• Shi Cheng emerged from the passage, gave the group flowers to counteract the poisonous slime, and excitedly greeted Si Yan as his young master.
• Shi Cheng recognized Jiang Nuo as his idol, and Jiang Nuo asked Si Yan to wipe the slime off his face.
• Shi Cheng explained that he had tracked five people who died in strange accidents, came back to life the next day, and had all recently bought antiques.
• Si Yan questioned whether the revived people were controlled corpses, and Jiang Nuo asked whether they had siblings.
• Si Yan asked why Shi Cheng was alone despite fieldwork requiring at least three people.

Shi Cheng led the group toward the underground depths to rescue his missing teammates, but a newly replaced trap suggested Simazi was nearby and moving quickly. As the group continued onward, Jiang Nuo teased Si Yan over Shi Cheng’s physique, prompting Si Yan to act jealous and carry Jiang Nuo forward after a kiss.

• Shi Cheng told Jiang Nuo and the others that his three teammates had vanished and that he could no longer detect signs of life; Jiang Nuo concluded they were likely still alive because Simazi needed them for his objectives.
• Shi Cheng led the group toward the depths despite the danger of stronger yin energy, and Da Zhu chose to continue with them.
• A newly replaced trap fired corrosive liquid as the group entered another burial chamber, and Jiang Nuo suspected Simazi had set it and was moving quickly.
• Jiang Nuo praised Shi Cheng’s physique and felt Si Yan’s abs, teasing Si Yan by comparing them; Si Yan became jealous and threatened Shi Cheng with extra performance assessment rounds.
• Jiang Nuo reassured and kissed Si Yan, who picked him up, whispered to him, and continued onward holding his hand.

Jiang Nuo forced a vicious ghost general to guide the group through the tomb palace to its deepest level, where the Ghost Plague was cured. They opened the dragon gate and found a vast abyss filled with coffins and enormous black dragons, leaving the group facing the sacrifice Si Yan had anticipated.

• Jiang Nuo blasted open the burial chamber door and smashed the coffin, then subdued the vicious ghost general and forced it to help them.
• The general led Jiang Nuo, Si Yan, and the others along a shortcut, allowing them to reach the deepest level before Simazi.
• At the bottom, Da Zhu, Old Sun, and Zhang Lin discovered that their festering wounds had vanished, and Si Yan concluded that the Ghost Plague had been cured.
• The general begged at the sunken-wood gate, which opened after a dragon-like roar.
• Jiang Nuo and the others saw an abyss containing over a hundred sunken-wood coffins entwined with nine enormous black dragons.

Si Yan and Jiang Nuo led the group into a ghost city illusion created by the resentment of the countless souls buried in the tomb palace. The emperor’s black dragon palanquin arrived, and the wandering ghosts bowed as Jiang Nuo entered his demonic form.

• Si Yan ordered Shi Cheng to cut the chains binding the coffins, and the main burial chamber doors opened under a powerful wave of baleful energy.
• The group endured the chamber’s dense Corpse Qi and yin energy, with Jiang Nuo giving them talismans to help them keep going.
• Jiang Nuo and Si Yan entered an illusory imperial city where the ghosts repeated their final actions, and Shi Cheng explained that they were likely residents sacrificed by the emperor.
• Black mist spread through the streets, forcing the wandering souls and the group to prostrate themselves as the black dragon palanquin arrived.
• The ghosts announced the emperor’s arrival, and Jiang Nuo wondered why a prince’s tomb contained an emperor while Si Yan held his hand, equally bewildered.

The Ghost Prince claimed that Si Yan was the reincarnation of his imperial brother and invited him into the palanquin to reveal his plans. As the Ghost Prince began to send them into the Ghost King Illusory Realm to restore Si Yan’s memories, Jiang Nuo held Si Yan tightly.

• The Ghost Prince revealed his resemblance to Si Yan and called him his reincarnated Imperial Brother, while Jiang Nuo realized Si Yan had been an emperor.
• The Ghost Prince invited Si Yan inside the palanquin, and Si Yan entered with Jiang Nuo despite Shi Cheng’s warning about a trap.
• Outside, Da Zhu attacked Simazi, who admitted that his family had served the prince for generations and said his older brother had lured them there.
• Si Yan secretly told Shi Cheng to set traps, and Shi Cheng led Song Zheng and the others toward the main entrance.
• The Ghost Prince told Si Yan he needed him for a plan to restore their nation, then began sending Si Yan and Jiang Nuo into the Ghost King Illusory Realm to restore Si Yan’s memories.

Jiang Nuo and Si Yan explored the Ghost Prince’s illusion, which revealed the tragic history of an emperor and his younger twin brother. They learned how the prince’s resentment brought down the dynasty and led to the creation of the tomb palace, leaving the ancient curse and planned resurrection as the secrets behind their present case.

• Jiang Nuo persuaded the jealous Si Yan to explore the palace illusion and look for clues about his past life.
• They watched the emperor and the frail prince, then inferred that the prince had grown up outside the palace and was both feared and disrespected there.
• The illusion showed that the late empress secretly saved her younger twin son after the late emperor ordered him killed, and that the grown emperor later took him back into the palace.
• The prince’s years of abuse fueled his hatred, and he used occult practitioners to alter his fortune before leading an attack that ended with the dynasty’s collapse.
• After becoming king, the prince built a tomb palace and cursed the occult practitioners’ family, demanding future blood-related twins be sacrificed to help him resurrect and reclaim his realm.

Jiang Nuo and Si Yan defeated the Ghost Prince, whose attempt to force Si Yan to recover his past-life memories had turned into a battle among the ghosts and coffins. After the Underworld officers took the Ghost Prince away, Jiang Nuo and the others captured Simazi, just as his brother and the rest arrived.

• The Ghost Prince demanded that Si Yan merge with the memory soul stone, but Si Yan refused to identify himself with his past life.
• The Ghost Prince attacked Jiang Nuo, and Jiang Nuo and Si Yan fought together as ghosts poured into the shattered Black Dragon Palanquin.
• Si Yan subdued the Ghost Prince with Spiritual Power and bound him with underworld officer chains, then the Underworld officers arrived to take him and his guardian ghosts away.
• After the ghost city vanished, Shi Cheng caught Simazi trying to escape, and Simazi admitted that his sorcerer family had been cursed by the Ghost Prince.
• Jiang Nuo immobilized Simazi before he could warn his brother, and Song Zheng and Zhang Lin reported that the others were coming down.

Jiang Nuo and Si Yan helped the police expose Da Simazi’s family and end the underground palace’s curse. After returning home, Jiang Nuo slept, then learned Si Yan would return to the association the next day before a phone call interrupted their evening.

• Da Simazi arrived with his brothers, and Jiang Nuo had Song Zheng explain how Da Simazi’s family had used them as offerings.
• Da Simazi’s brothers attacked him after learning the truth, while A Wu admitted he wanted to become a normal person and Si Yan said he would face legal punishment.
• Da Simazi revealed that the guarded corpses were townspeople used as high-grade offerings, and the group left the underground palace for the police and Dao Xuan Association to handle the case.
• Jiang Nuo gave the brothers talismans, and Song Zheng told Zhang Lin he might be reinstated as a police officer.
• Jiang Nuo and Si Yan returned home, bathed, and slept; the following evening, Si Yan said he had to return to the association, and Jiang Nuo asked whether he remembered his past life.
• Jiang Nuo signaled Si Yan to answer a phone call and greeted Brother Cui.

Jiang Nuo discovered that Lin Youqi was using his supernatural-idol image to attract publicity, while fan arguments pushed Lin Youqi onto the trending searches. Jiang Nuo calmed his fans with a giveaway and went on a date with Si Yan, as Cui Ming’s team monitored the escalating backlash.

• Jiang Nuo and Si Yan learned that Lin Youqi’s fans were promoting him through Jiang Nuo’s supernatural-idol topic, sparking arguments among their fans.
• Si Yan offered to defend Jiang Nuo, but Jiang Nuo asked him to stay with him and arranged a fan giveaway of spiritual-power talismans, bracelets, and merchandise.
• Jiang Nuo replied to a fan that Si Yan’s Five Emperors Coins bracelet was a one-of-a-kind gift, then reposted the giveaway and went on a date with Si Yan.
• Lin Youqi’s fan support club posted a provocative giveaway of lucky wallpapers and profile pictures, angering Glutinous Rice Fans and bystanders and sending Lin Youqi onto the trending searches.
• Cui Ming explained that Lin Youqi’s team might portray him as an innocent newcomer and Jiang Nuo as a bully, and told the marketing team to monitor public opinion and suppress the trending searches if necessary.

Si Yan learned that the final Dragon Vein restoration would be especially difficult, while Yang Hong warned him that Si Yong had left a suspicious blood jade thumb ring in his private lounge. Meanwhile, Jiang Nuo began filming, but the production was thrown into turmoil when investors brought in a replacement lead.

• Si Mingde told Si Yan that the team had located the last damaged Dragon Vein and warned him and Jiang Nuo to prepare for a difficult restoration.
• Yang Hong reported that Si Yong had been asking about Si Yan's health and had secretly left a blood jade thumb ring in Si Yan's lounge; Si Yan suspected Si Yong wanted to kill him.
• Si Yan agreed to attend two upcoming engagements and approved Zhou Ling joining the final Dragon Vein restoration.
• Jiang Nuo returned to filming and performed well as a refined young celestial master, though he complained about the early starts.
• A staff member told Director Liu that the investors had brought in a new lead and had kept the original actor away to make room for him, enraging Director Liu.

Jiang Nuo learned that Lin Youqi had become the new male lead and confronted him after Cui Ming explained how Lin had used Jiang Nuo for publicity. Jiang Nuo warned Lin to bear with his bad temper, and the chapter ended as Lin discovered their first scene had been changed into a fight between them.

• Jiang Nuo overheard Cai Can and Yu Shen questioning the sudden casting of Lin Youqi as the male lead.
• Cui Ming told Jiang Nuo that Lin had used him for publicity and arrived acting falsely apologetic.
• Jiang Nuo went to meet Lin Youqi, who blamed the fan feud on Jiang Nuo’s fans and mocked his occult reputation.
• Jiang Nuo warned Lin to bear with his bad temper, then glanced at the spirit chain on Lin’s right hand.
• Cai Can criticized Lin, and when filming began, Lin learned that his first scene was a fight with Jiang Nuo.

Jiang Nuo deliberately rattled Lin Youqi during a fight scene, then beat him when Lin Youqi revealed his spiritual-power ability. After Lin Youqi’s sugar daddy Qian Qiang arrived, he ordered Lin Youqi to apologize to Jiang Nuo.

• Jiang Nuo startled Lin Youqi with a sword, and Lin Youqi accused him of doing it on purpose.
• Lin Youqi used his ability to draw in spiritual power, but Jiang Nuo overwhelmed him and left him unable to get up.
• Lin Youqi’s manager threatened Director Liu that Qian Qiang would intervene, while Jiang Nuo asked Cui Ming whether he had caused trouble.
• Jiang Nuo told Si Yan what had happened, and Si Yan replied that Qian Qiang would handle it properly.
• Qian Qiang arrived, scolded Lin Youqi, and made him reluctantly apologize to Jiang Nuo.

Qian Qiang took Lin Youqi away from the production after Si Yan intervened, then brought him to a chilly new house to investigate a foul old-person smell. Lin Youqi found a filthy bag hidden behind a cabinet, while Qian Qiang encountered a shriveled old man in burial clothes on the stairs.

• Qian Qiang restored Old Shen as the drama’s male lead and took Lin Youqi away, while Jiang Nuo realized Si Yan had intervened on his behalf.
• Si Yan warned two Dao Xuan Association members not to frighten ordinary people while killing ghosts, and threatened to double their punishment if they did.
• Qian Qiang told Lin Youqi that the Dao Xuan Association belonged to the Si family and that Si Yan was its president’s grandson.
• Qian Qiang brought Lin Youqi to his new villa, where they felt a chill and smelled a foul odor strongest in a room beside the second-floor study.
• Lin Youqi pulled a wet, filthy black bag from behind a cabinet and told Qian Qiang to take it downstairs while he cleared the room’s yin energy.
• Qian Qiang heard footsteps following him downstairs, turned around, and saw a shriveled old man in black burial clothes behind him.

After a bridal sedan appeared on the road, taxi driver Zhang Da drove into a river and died, leaving passenger Xiaohua shaken. Jiang Nuo and Si Yan investigated the case at the association and learned that Xiaohua feared the ghost might target her next.

• Zhang Da and Xiaohua moved a bridal sedan blocking the road, after which a red groom's boutonniere appeared on Zhang Da's chest and he drove into the river.
• Si Yan brought Jiang Nuo to the association, where Qi Lin reported that Zhang Da had died in a suspected supernatural incident involving a bridal sedan.
• Song Zheng showed Jiang Nuo and Si Yan Zhang Da's body and forensic report, which indicated that Zhang Da had died before entering the water.
• Jiang Nuo concluded that Zhang Da had been burdened by bad luck and yin energy and was killed after encountering an intensely yin object and a fierce ghost.
• Xiaohua arrived at the association and, fearing that touching the bridal sedan had put her in danger, asked if she would be next.

Si Yan and Jiang Nuo investigated Zhang Da’s death alongside Yi Ran’s, whose apparent suicide happened a day before his girlfriend saw it occur. The cases shared signs of yin energy and dreams about a mysterious phone number, and the chapter ended with Jiang Nuo suspecting a vengeful ghost.

• Zhou Ling went to check the woods for a bridal sedan chair or a new grave while Qi Lin reported a similar death in the east city.
• Xu Qiao brought in Yi Ran’s body and explained that forensic evidence placed his death nearly twenty-four hours before Su Min’s account and the security footage showed him alive.
• Jiang Nuo found unfamiliar written patterns on Yi Ran’s neck and ruled out ghost possession.
• Su Min recalled that Yi Ran had dreamed of receiving a phone number, and the footage showed a call obscured by distortion while the number was missing from his phone.
• Si Yan ordered both cases investigated together, and Jiang Nuo abruptly exclaimed that the deaths involved a vengeful ghost.