Chapter Summaries

Jiang Nuo destroyed a cloth steeped in yin energy and discovered that the wife in a photograph had grown more ominous. As the group explored the next corridor and room, Jiang Nuo dealt with the ghosts there while Tian Dong grew resentful, and a staged scene revealed a mother abusing her daughter for disliking her little brother.

• Jiang Nuo burned the cloth with a talisman, then asked Si Yan to examine the wife's photograph and confirmed that it had gained heavy yin energy.
• Lin Yu nudged Tian Dong into believing Jiang Nuo was taking his spotlight, and Tian Dong decided to prove himself.
• Jiang Nuo told the corridor's ritual paper effigy ghosts to move aside, flicked one away, and directed it to attack Tian Dong.
• The group entered a room where an NPC woman beat a girl for hating her little brother, and the girl fled after declaring she would never like him.

Jiang Nuo saved an actress from an unseen force with a talisman, then demanded twenty thousand for it, prompting Lin Yu to offer to pay. After the group solved a puzzle and moved on, Tian Dong grew resentful, and danger appeared again in the corridor.

• An unseen force lifted the actress and began choking her, so Jiang Nuo leaped in and drove it away with a talisman.
• Jiang Nuo demanded twenty thousand for the single-use talisman, and Lin Yu agreed to pay for the actress after Jiang Nuo put him on the spot.
• Tian Dong accused Jiang Nuo of swindling people, and Si Yan warned him before wiping Jiang Nuo's hands and applying hand cream.
• Chu Xiu and Yang Xiaoxiao solved the puzzle, entered the code 5340, and opened the lock.
• The group headed down a longer corridor as Tian Dong blamed Jiang Nuo for stealing the spotlight, and danger arose again.

Si Yan used Jiang Nuo’s one-of-a-kind Five Emperors coin bracelet to destroy a vicious ghost, and Jiang Nuo gave Yang Xiaoxiao two talismans. As the group investigated the ruined main house, Jiang Nuo suspected the production’s clues did not match the villa’s history and sent Si Yan to the doorway between the rooms.

• A vicious ghost charged Si Yan, but Jiang Nuo told him to turn his bracelet toward it, and its golden light burned the ghost to ashes.
• Si Yan revealed that Jiang Nuo had made the bracelet, while Jiang Nuo told Yang Xiaoxiao it was the only one and gave her two talismans instead.
• The group entered the main house, where Jiang Nuo sensed yin wood and a formation suppressing evil entities, despite clues about the children being abused.
• The group found the furniture and mechanisms smashed, while Director Chen Xianyu learned that the production team could not contact its NPCs.
• Jiang Nuo questioned whether the production’s story matched what had happened at the villa, then told Si Yan to stand in the doorway between the inner and outer rooms.

Jiang Nuo and Si Yan discovered a vengeful ghost connected to the family’s father and learned that the story of his cannibalistic cure was likely a lie. After Jiang Nuo agreed to uncover the truth, the ghost vanished, leaving the investigation unfinished.

• Jiang Nuo sent Si Yan to sense the room, and Si Yan detected two inexplicable chilly presences fighting there.
• Yang Xiaoxiao spotted a wooden box, and Lin Yu opened it to find the father’s medical record and letters describing a supposed cure that required his children’s hearts and brain matter.
• A vengeful ghost resembling the father emerged from the wall and seized Tian Dong, while Tian Dong begged it to kill Jiang Nuo.
• Jiang Nuo refused to help Tian Dong at first, then explained that yin energy had likely caused the father’s illness and that the cannibalism story was a rumor.
• The ghost released Tian Dong and asked Jiang Nuo to find the truth, and Jiang Nuo agreed.

Jiang Nuo attacked Tian Dong after Tian Dong's insults revived a painful memory, but Si Yan soothed him by letting him drink his blood. The crowd watched in shock as Jiang Nuo calmed down and Si Yan privately confessed his affection.

• Tian Dong accused Jiang Nuo of deliberately refusing to save him and brought up their old feud over stolen advertising jobs.
• Tian Dong's insults reminded Jiang Nuo of being blamed for Xiao Zuo's death, and Jiang Nuo's anger turned violent.
• Jiang Nuo slammed Tian Dong into a wall and threatened to cut out his tongue until Si Yan touched his arm and asked him to stop dirtying his hands.
• Jiang Nuo pulled Si Yan to the wall and drank his blood, while the watching crowd mistook the act for a kiss.
• Jiang Nuo soothed Si Yan, fed him candy, and asked whether he feared him; Si Yan said he did not and confessed that he liked him.

Jiang Nuo revived Tian Dong after nearly beating him to death, while online arguments erupted over whether Jiang Nuo was an idiot or a madman. He led the group deeper into the estate to uncover the real cause of the deaths, and they entered a dark building where Si Yan secretly received a little of Jiang Nuo’s spiritual energy.

• Jiang Nuo hauled Tian Dong up and restored his strength, leaving Tian Dong terrified of him.
• Chen Xianyu saw a trending topic comparing Jiang Nuo’s past and present, while fans argued online over his behavior and Tian Dong’s actions.
• Jiang Nuo said the deaths were caused by something different from the production team’s theory and advised the group not to keep following its clues.
• Jiang Nuo led the group toward a sealed building in the rear courtyard, where the doors opened into darkness.
• Si Yan leaned against Jiang Nuo and said he felt awful, so Jiang Nuo gave him candy infused with a small amount of spiritual energy.

Jiang Nuo discovered a hidden compartment beneath a memorial portrait made from human skin and drove the old man’s ghost out of Chu Xiu. The ghost possessed Tian Dong, and Jiang Nuo’s talisman struck it as the fight continued.

• Si Yan told Jiang Nuo that the candy was sweet, and Jiang Nuo checked his neck before turning to inspect the room.
• Jiang Nuo spotted a copper coin beneath the memorial portrait and asked Chu Xiu, Lin Yu, and Yang Xiaoxiao to pry up the tile.
• Jiang Nuo and Si Yan realized the portrait’s surface looked like human skin, while Chu Xiu uncovered a photograph in the hidden compartment.
• The old man’s ghost possessed Chu Xiu, but Jiang Nuo pressed a talisman to her brow and forced the ghost out of her body.
• Tian Dong read a clue about the old man’s death, and the ghost seized him; Jiang Nuo attacked with a red cord and a talisman that struck the ghost between the brows.

Jiang Nuo subdued the old man's ghost, which warned him to go west and kill something hidden inside the room. Meanwhile, Si Yan led the others to a child’s room, where drawings revealed that the child ghosts had killed the adults, contradicting the show's story.

• Jiang Nuo sent Si Yan and the others outside, then ordered his camera operator to leave as well.
• Si Yan confronted Lin Yu for provoking the ghost and then led the group down a corridor after sensing something nearby.
• Jiang Nuo used his mysterious left eye and a command to force the old man's ghost to kneel.
• The old ghost urged Jiang Nuo to find and kill something inside, then dissipated into the room and left behind the character “Li.”
• Si Yan and the others found a child’s room filled with grisly decorations and drawings showing child ghosts killing adults.
• Si Yan identified the drawings as evidence that the child ghosts were victims, while Director Chen Xianyu learned that the staff members he was tracking had disappeared again.

Jiang Nuo tore open the unstable Ghost Domain to reach Si Yan and the others, then killed the ghost servants who had injured Si Yan. As an armed crowd arrived at the birthday banquet, Jiang Nuo and the guests faced a new threat.

• Yang Xiaoxiao, Si Yan, Chu Xiu, and the others found themselves in a Ghost Domain, where servants tried to drive them away from a young master's birthday banquet.
• After Si Yan fought the servants and was cut on the shoulder, Jiang Nuo found the Ghost Domain and tore open a passage to reach him.
• Jiang Nuo embraced the injured Si Yan and offered to kill the servants; Si Yan agreed, and Jiang Nuo used a talisman to make the ghosts attack one another.
• Jiang Nuo told Lin Yu that everyone at the banquet except the guests was a ghost, and Lin Yu apologized for questioning his actions.
• A new crowd rushed through the main gate and aimed guns at Jiang Nuo and the others.

Jiang Nuo and the guests entered Master Li’s haunted birthday banquet, where Madam Li was forced to feed the life-claiming little ghost with her blood. The little ghost’s sister conjured a tempting meat feast, and Tian Dong began eating as Jiang Nuo asked whether the others wanted to join him.

• Jiang Nuo claimed Master Li had invited them to the banquet, and Master Li let the group enter the manor.
• The guests saw a ghostly courtyard filled with rigid, puppet-like banquet attendees, while Tian Dong felt his energy return.
• Madam Li brought the child to the banquet, where the guests urged her to feed him blood from his closest kin.
• The little ghost drank the blood mixed with milk, and his older sister appeared and conjured a feast of meat.
• Tian Dong eagerly ate the meat, and Chu Xiu nodded when Jiang Nuo asked if the others wanted some.

Jiang Nuo and the cast were trapped in the Li family manor’s Ghost Domain, where guests feasted on living soul meat and Tian Dong began acting strangely. When a little ghost attacked Si Yan in their locked room, Si Yan secretly fought her off before pretending to be weak as Jiang Nuo rushed to him.

• Jiang Nuo explained that the guests were eating living soul meat and said he could not save Tian Dong, though Tian Dong would be fine for now.
• The cast learned the guests were relatives of the Li family and were forced to stay in the room with the hidden compartment as night fell over the manor.
• Jiang Nuo said they had to wait until midnight, then called out the little ghost hiding in the room’s corner.
• The little ghost lunged at Si Yan, but his bracelet’s light sent her flying, and Jiang Nuo warned her not to misbehave.
• As mist filled the room, Si Yan secretly used spiritual power to knock the little ghost down, then pretended to be weak when the mist cleared.
• Jiang Nuo hurried to Si Yan and took his hand.

Jiang Nuo protected the group from the ghosts haunting the manor and exposed Master Li’s role in trapping the ghost siblings for yin feng shui. He confronted Master Li as the ghosts attacked one another, with the siblings’ fate still unresolved.

• The little ghost girl attacked Si Yan, but Jiang Nuo’s talisman burned her and drove her out through a window.
• Jiang Nuo led the guests out of the room, and they wandered through the courtyard until they encountered the red-clad ghost woman, who was the nanny from that afternoon.
• The red-clad ghost woman charged at Jiang Nuo, and his talisman struck her with spectral fire and lightning, reducing her to ashes.
• When the manor’s relatives emerged as ghosts, Jiang Nuo made a safe circle for the others and used a spell to turn the ghosts against each other.
• Jiang Nuo caught the little ghost girl and confronted Master Li, accusing him of digging up the siblings’ graves and trapping them in the manor for yin feng shui.

The ghosts turned on Master Li after the truth behind their deaths came out, while Tian Dong tried to break Jiang Nuo’s safety circle under the child evil ghost’s influence. Jiang Nuo destroyed the two little ghosts, but his attempt to help the ghost couple instead strengthened them, leaving Master Li losing ghostly energy.

• The ghost couple confronted Master Li after learning he had caused their family’s deaths, and their battle destabilized the Ghost Domain.
• The child evil ghost urged Tian Dong to break Jiang Nuo’s red-cord safety circle, but Si Yan stopped him and fought off the ghost.
• Jiang Nuo subdued the little girl ghost, then used a thunder talisman to make both little ghosts disappear.
• Jiang Nuo threw the red cord and a talisman over the ghost couple, but the cord increased their power, and Master Li began losing ghostly energy.

Jiang Nuo and Si Yan escaped the collapsing Ghost Domain without jumping into the filthy well, while the other guests were forced to dive through it. Afterward, Jiang Nuo received points for eliminating the evil ghost and triggering a key figure in the world.

• The ghost couple transformed into Husband-and-Wife Fiends after draining Master Li of his yin energy, then pointed the guests toward the well as the Ghost Domain began collapsing.
• Yang Xiaoxiao, Chu Xiu, Tian Dong, Lin Yu, and their cameramen jumped into the well to escape.
• Si Yan refused to jump because the well was dirty, and Jiang Nuo agreed to stay behind with him.
• Jiang Nuo tore open the Ghost Domain's barrier with his bare hands and led Si Yan out, causing the Husband-and-Wife Fiends to vanish.
• Jiang Nuo received 300 points, then told Lin Yu he had not rescued everyone because he was not strong enough to carry that many people.

After Tian Dong emerged from the Ghost Domain with a fatal transformation, Jiang Nuo used a talisman to keep him alive until an ambulance arrived. Tian Dong later died, prompting public outrage and attacks on Jiang Nuo, while a verified Daoist association defended him and asked about his lineage; Jiang Nuo slept through the uproar on the ride home.

• Jiang Nuo examined Tian Dong's spreading black wound, placed a talisman on him, and told the others to get an ambulance.
• Si Yan left for work, while Jiang Nuo's performance on the livestream boosted his popularity and fans celebrated his ghost-fighting skills.
• Tian Dong's studio announced his death, and angry fans blamed the show and accused Jiang Nuo of deliberately letting him die.
• Xuan Xuan Is Also Xuan explained that Tian Dong had become a wandering corpse and that Jiang Nuo's talisman had helped keep him alive.
• The Hua Country Daoist Mysticism Association verified the explanation, defended Jiang Nuo, and asked which lineage he had studied under.
• Jiang Nuo sensed Tian Dong's talisman had been removed, then fell asleep in the car as Cui Ming drove him home.

Jiang Nuo spent all his points on two items, then learned from Cui Ming that Weird and Strange Adventure had been suspended and was urged to start a paranormal livestream. That night, memories of losing his left eye and becoming the trials’ madman overwhelmed him, and he confronted the bone necklace that had triggered the nightmare.

• Jiang Nuo exchanged all his accumulated points for two things and touched the necklace around his neck.
• Cui Ming told Jiang Nuo that Tian Dong was confirmed dead, the people behind Weird and Strange Adventure were being questioned, and the show would be suspended pending changes.
• Cui Ming urged Jiang Nuo to start a ghost-hunting livestream and asked when he would find true love; Jiang Nuo teased that love was close at hand.
• Jiang Nuo chatted with Si Yan until he fell asleep, and Si Yan also drifted off while listening to his breathing.
• Jiang Nuo dreamed of losing his left eye to a ghost, becoming the madman of the trials, and receiving a monster’s eye from the system.
• Jiang Nuo woke in pain, removed the bone necklace, and told it that it would never tame him.

Jiang Nuo went to the police station to confirm the identity of the body he had found and learned that the dead student was Jiang Tong, whose mysterious disappearance and death had left his family searching for answers. He accepted a side quest to investigate, and Old Madam Jiang invited him and two other mystics to solve the case for a five-million reward.

• Xu Tian mistook Jiang Nuo's trip to the police station for trouble over Tian Dong's death, but she recognized him and took his picture after he allowed it.
• At the police station, Jiang Nuo learned that the body he found belonged to Jiang Tong, missing for six months, and that the housekeeper was the prime suspect.
• Jiang Zhong asked Jiang Nuo to help investigate Jiang Tong's strange death, triggering a side quest worth 200 points upon completion.
• Jiang Zhong's uncle arrived with Daoist Priest Hu and Wang Ping, and Daoist Priest Hu disparaged Jiang Nuo while Wang Ping greeted him respectfully.
• Old Madam Jiang invited Jiang Nuo, Daoist Priest Hu, and Wang Ping to her home at dusk and offered five million to whoever solved the supernatural incidents and uncovered Jiang Tong's death.

Si Yan picked Jiang Nuo up from the police station, and they exchanged gifts over lunch. Jiang Nuo gave Si Yan a jade necklace to stabilize his spiritual power, while Si Yan gave Jiang Nuo advertising offers and a supporting-role script.

• Si Yan picked Jiang Nuo up from the police station and admitted he had come because he was worried and wanted to see him.
• Jiang Nuo fell asleep in the car, then held Si Yan's hand after they arrived at the restaurant.
• Jiang Nuo gave Si Yan a jade necklace and explained that it could stabilize his spiritual power and stop him from fainting.
• Si Yan accepted Jiang Nuo's explanation, let him put on the necklace, and felt its power soothe him.
• Si Yan gave Jiang Nuo two advertising shoots and a supporting-role script, and Jiang Nuo reassured him that he liked the presents.

After online rumors claimed Jiang Nuo had been taken away by police, the Hua Country Daoist Mysticism Association offered to livestream an investigation at the Jiang Family villa, and Jiang Nuo agreed. Si Yan accompanied him, and the chapter ended as they arrived to find the association’s bee-shaped cameras ready to record.

• Jiang Nuo saw the rumors about his supposed arrest and agreed to the Hua Country Daoist Mysticism Association’s livestreamed investigation at the Jiang Family home.
• Si Yan offered to go with Jiang Nuo, and Jiang Nuo accepted.
• Si Yan took Jiang Nuo home, then left for an advertisement shoot and planned to pick him up that evening.
• Jiang Nuo and Si Yan arrived at the Jiang Family villa, where Daoist Priest Hu, Wang Ping, the Jiang Family, Xu Tian, and the nanny were waiting.
• Wang Ping showed Jiang Nuo the association’s biomimetic cameras, which appeared as several bees circling the group.

Jiang Nuo found a curse doll hidden inside a Buddha statue in the Jiang Family villa, and the family revealed that strange incidents began after Jiang Tong went missing. The group gathered to hear more as another doll secretly turned its gaze toward them.

• Jiang Nuo smashed an ordinary Buddha statue and uncovered a curse doll marked with Jiang Tong’s birth details and pierced by a thick needle.
• Jiang Nuo identified the doll as a curse that had caused Jiang Tong’s unexplained pain, and Old Madam Jiang broke down in grief.
• Daoist Priest Hu found a second doll dressed like Jiang Tong’s pajamas among the branches of a money tree, then dismissed it as a prank.
• The group went to the reception room, where the doll silently turned toward them and smiled after Jiang Nuo glanced back.
• Jiang Zhong explained that the strange incidents began after Tongtong went missing, starting with his grandmother hearing crying at night.