Vol. 1Ghosts and the Village

Yang Jian survived supernatural incidents at school and Furen Mall while learning that his own ghost was reviving. He entered Huanggang Village seeking a way to delay it, survived as the village’s ghosts overwhelmed the area, and began a dangerous transaction with the human skin paper.

  • An old man’s Ghost Domain trapped Yang Jian and his classmates at Seventh High School, where Yang gained a Ghost Eye and escaped with survivors.
  • Yang warned the authorities about the ghosts, learned his own ghost might revive within three months, and found a dead man sitting beside him at home.
  • Yang Jian drove the Ghost Infant from Wang Shanshan’s apartment and protected her with his mark.
  • At Furen Mall, he discovered that multiple ghosts were present and that Liu Qiang had been possessed before his head fell off.
  • Yang Jian and Yan Li captured the mall ghost, but Yang kept the golden box and later confronted people seeking it.
  • As his revival worsened, he sent the sound of Ghost Knocking to the contacts on Hao Shaowen’s phone.
  • Yang Jian entered Huanggang Village with the Headless Ghost sealed in a golden box, where multiple ghosts hunted the Ghost Tamers.
  • After the village fell into darkness, he hid, returned, and began a dangerous transaction with the human skin paper.
Chapters 1–101 Read from Ch. 1

Arc 1The Ghost Knocking Incident

Yang Jian survived the Ghost Domain by awakening a Ghost Eye and using its power to escape with six classmates. After learning he was a Ghost Tamer and becoming involved with the authorities, he faced the threat of his own ghost reviving and discovered a dead man sitting beside him at home.

  • Yang Jian saw the old man in black invade Seventh High School, where it killed students and trapped survivors inside its Ghost Domain.
  • After Fang Jing and other classmates abandoned him, Yang Jian was dragged into a restroom, encountered a second Ghost Domain, and gained a Ghost Eye that let him see through the darkness.
  • Yang Jian found Zhou Zheng, learned that a Ghost Infant was consuming him, and watched it kill him before guiding classmates through the school.
  • Yang Jian rescued Wang Shanshan from the Ghost Infant and persuaded Fang Jing to hand over the Human-Skin Parchment, though he later used the knocking audio to draw the old man to Fang Jing.
  • When the old man and other ghosts closed in, Yang Jian swallowed one of his eyes and opened a sixth, using his Ghost Domain to escape with six other survivors.
  • Yang Jian warned the survivors about the knocking curse, reported Zhou Zheng’s death and the old man to Zhao Jianguo, and was assigned Liu Xiaoyu as his operator.
  • The Human-Skin Parchment warned Yang Jian that the ghost inside him was reviving and that he might not survive three months, so he searched the special website for information about ghosts and their weaknesses.
  • After Liu Xiaoyu warned Yang Jian to leave his home, he saw a dead man sitting beside him.
Chapters 1–2525 summaries Read

Arc 2The Haunted Mall

Yang Jian rescued Wang Shanshan’s family from the Ghost Infant and left her protected by his mark. He then took a security job at Furen Mall, where he uncovered a crowd of ghosts and learned that Liu Qiang was already dead as the apparitions began closing in.

  • Yang Jian escaped the faceless ghost at home, discovered how his exposed eyes fueled his Ghost Domain, and returned to find the ghost and red newspaper gone.
  • Wang Shanshan’s family called Yang Jian for help when the Ghost Infant appeared in their apartment, and he rushed there using his Ghost Domain.
  • Yang Jian drove the Ghost Infant from the apartment, led Wang Bin, Wang Haiyan, and Wang Shanshan to safety, and used his Ghost Eye mark to protect Wang Shanshan.
  • Yang Jian took a security job at Furen Mall, where the mannequin moved on its own and the escalators activated after his patrol.
  • Master Luo failed to investigate the mall, a headless corpse appeared, and Yan Li arrived claiming he could handle the supernatural incident.
  • Yang Jian hid in a restroom with Jiang Yan and photographed a ghost in a security uniform, then suspected the figure was Liu Qiang.
  • Yang Jian and Liu Qiang reviewed surveillance footage showing Wei Xiaohong switching heads with other people, and Yang Jian realized the mall held multiple ghosts.
  • Yang Jian proved Liu Qiang had been possessed, and Liu Qiang discovered the rotting wound on his neck before his head fell off as pale figures appeared throughout the mall.
Chapters 26–5025 summaries Read

Arc 3The Mall Ghost and the Golden Box

Yang Jian captured the mall ghost with Yan Li and kept the sealed gold box, then faced a gang seeking it and learned a dangerous method for delaying ghost revival. As his own revival symptoms worsened, he used Hao Shaowen’s phone to send the sound of Ghost Knocking to the people in its contacts.

  • Yang Jian led the mall survivors past the head-swapped ghosts by telling them to lie still, then charged several survivors for protecting them and returned with Yan Li to capture the ghost.
  • Yang Jian and Yan Li found the ghost among the moving corpses in a clothing store, and Yan Li sealed it in a gold box after Yang captured it with his Ghost Domain.
  • Yang Jian tricked Yan Li into thinking the box was a human head, kept the real box, and left the mall with Jiang Yan.
  • Yang Jian witnessed a vast gray Ghost Domain pass over the city and saw a green candle beneath pierced hands before it disappeared.
  • Yan Li warned Yang Jian that people were trying to seize the box, and Yang Jian helped Captain Liu arrest Wu Feng’s group after negotiating with them.
  • Yang Jian confronted Hao Shaowen’s gang, learned that a club member had hired them and that a second ghost could sometimes delay revival, then made the gang vanish when his countdown ended.
  • Yang Jian developed a seventh eye on his chest, told Yan Li his revival might come within a month, and planned to sell a fake ghost to learn how to control multiple ghosts.
  • Yang Jian had Xiao Zheng extract Hao Shaowen’s contacts and sent them the sound of Ghost Knocking, alerting a company president, a bald man, and a wealthy young man.
Chapters 51–7525 summaries Read

Arc 4The Huanggang Village Incident

Yang Jian entered Huanggang Village to secure a method for delaying ghost revival, but discovered that multiple ghosts were hunting the Ghost Tamers. After the village’s balance collapsed, he survived in hiding and began a dangerous transaction with the human skin paper.

  • Yang Jian killed Ye Jun at Xiaoqiang Club, rejected the club’s demands, and negotiated with Sun Lihong to exchange the golden box for help controlling another ghost.
  • Yang Jian prepared for the Huanggang Village mission, refused Zhao Kaiming’s demand that he become an assistant, and entered the village with the Headless Ghost sealed in a golden box.
  • A ghost attacked Yang Jian in his room, and the Ghost Tamers later discovered that He Sheng and Ouyang Tian had been killed while alone.
  • Yang Jian and the surviving Ghost Tamers investigated the mourning hall, but their attempt to leave failed as the ghost followed them back toward the village.
  • Yang Jian learned that Huanggang Village had become a ghost village and that at least two ghosts were active, then helped contain the coughing old woman in a body bag.
  • The village’s darkness intensified after the old woman was contained, and Yang Jian released the Headless Ghost Shadow while Zhang Yiming and Zhang Han fled.
  • Yang Jian hid in a body bag as the village was consumed by darkness, then accused Zhao Jianguo of concealing the danger and waited for the ghosts to pass.
  • Yang Jian returned to the village, abandoned his plan to take Zhang Han’s ghost, and watched the human skin paper devour the old woman after corpse water revealed Ye Jun’s ability.
Chapters 76–10125 summaries Read
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