Chapter Summaries

Yang Jian investigated the second passenger’s gruesome death and concluded that a ghost was killing people aboard the plane. As he watched the passengers to draw out the ghost, an extra hand appeared on a woman’s shoulder.

• Yang Jian questioned Zhou Hao, who said a pair of ghostly hands had twisted the second victim’s neck.
• Yang Jian told Wang Dong to warn the passengers that the plane was haunted and to keep them seated while he watched for the ghost.
• Yang Jian kept his Ghost Domain closed so the ghost would appear, while frightened passengers demanded that the plane land.
• Yang Jian spotted a frozen female passenger as a corpse-spotted hand reached from behind and touched her shoulder.

Yang Jian identified the ghost attacking Su Qing and pulled the first victim’s hand from her mouth, but he refused to save her because she had insulted him earlier. As the ghost continued its attack, Su Qing was on the verge of becoming its third victim.

• The ghost attacked Su Qing, invading her body with cold, disembodied palms while nearby passengers failed to notice.
• Yang Jian used his Ghost Domain to appear beside Su Qing, astonishing the passengers and Wang Dong.
• Yang Jian pulled the first victim’s hand from Su Qing’s mouth and used his ghost shadow to loosen its grip.
• Su Qing begged Yang Jian to save her, but he reminded her that she had called him a pervert and chose not to help.
• More palms covered Su Qing’s face and controlled her arms as her neck began to twist.

Yang Jian stopped Su Qing from being killed by the hands covering her, but failed to find or eliminate the ghost’s source. He then checked the victims’ bodies and found their hands intact, leaving the ghost’s ability unexplained.

• After Wang Dong urged him to act, Yang Jian decided to save Su Qing to protect his reputation and seized control of her body with the ghost shadow.
• Yang Jian removed four eerie hands from Su Qing but found no real ghost, realizing the attempt had not resolved the source.
• Su Qing thanked Yang Jian and apologized for insulting him, and he warned her to stay out of his way.
• Yang Jian told Wang Dong to watch the passengers and inspected the two victims’ corpses in the lounge.
• Yang Jian found both corpses’ hands intact and speculated that the ghost might steal hands, but abandoned the theory and waited for another chance to act.

Yang Jian explained why he would focus on eliminating the ghost rather than rescuing every passenger, then revealed what Ghost Tamers were and the cost of their powers. As he waited for the ghost to appear again, Wan Delu approached him and called him Brother Leg.

• Yang Jian told Wang Dong that he would prioritize dealing with the ghost and warned the passengers to cooperate if they wanted to survive.
• Yang Jian made the cabin seats disappear with his Ghost Eye, then explained that Ghost Tamers were possessed by ghosts and usually had only a short time to live.
• Qin Meirou objected to Yang Jian revealing classified information, but he argued that the passengers deserved to know the truth about the supernatural threat.
• Yang Jian kept watch for the ghost while wondering whether removing its hands had weakened it or disrupted its attack pattern.
• Wan Delu asked whether Yang Jian's explanation was true and said he understood why people called him Brother Leg.

Yang Jian waited for the ghost to reappear while the passengers endured the threat of a crash. After discovering that the pilots had died and the plane was diving, he saw a bloodstained hand sabotaging the instruments, then heard Wang Dong fire as the ghost appeared again.

• Yang Jian urged the frightened passengers to stay calm and told Wang Dong he would act if nothing happened within ten minutes.
• The cabin lights went out and the plane lurched, revealing that the pilots had not been gathered with the others.
• Yang Jian reached the cockpit and found both pilots dead, the controls failing, and the plane diving toward a crash within five minutes.
• Yang Jian spotted a bloodstained hand among the wiring, which had shorted the plane’s circuits under the ghost’s influence.
• Wang Dong fired a gun in the cabin, and Yang Jian vanished from the cockpit to pursue the ghost.

Yang Jian used his Ghost Domain to confront the expanding hand ghost after it attacked a passenger aboard the plane. He found and restrained its source in the third layer, but the captured hand awakened a dangerous urge within him to replace one of his own hands.

• Wang Dong shot the bloody hand attacking a passenger, but more pale hands emerged from the passenger's body and left him dying.
• Yang Jian arrived and used two layers of Ghost Domain to isolate the ghost, but the Ghost Shadow could not reveal its source.
• Yang Jian opened the third layer of Ghost Domain and discovered a pale hand in the cabin.
• Yang Jian restrained the source hand, then felt the Headless Ghost Shadow's instinct urge him to replace one of his own hands with it.

Yang Jian restrained the supernatural hand aboard the failing plane and used his Ghost Domain to carry the aircraft safely to J City Airport. He arrived in J City intending to visit Wang Xiaoming’s laboratory, while local Ghost Tamers watched his arrival with a mix of suspicion and respect.

• Qin Meirou reported that Yang Jian had resolved the flight’s supernatural incident, and Cao Yanhua learned that five people had died and the plane was still descending.
• Yang Jian wrapped the supernatural hand in gold foil, placed it in a golden box, and reflected on Wang Xiaoming’s knowledge of ghosts.
• Yang Jian used his Ghost Domain to stop the falling plane and told Qin Meirou he would take it to J City Airport.
• Yang Jian carried the plane across the sky and landed it at J City Airport in barely more than half a minute.
• Special personnel and Ghost Tamers received Yang Jian, and some mocked his arrogance while others warned them not to underestimate him.

Yang Jian landed safely in J City after resolving the supernatural incident aboard the plane, then met Shen Liang and other Ghost Tamers at the airport. He agreed to wait while Headquarters investigated the incident’s source, hoping to learn where the ghost had appeared.

• Yang Jian left the plane after advising Wang Dong to consider moving to Dachang City and taking back his pistol.
• Shen Liang welcomed Yang Jian and promised to arrange a meeting with Wang Xiaoming after Yang Jian pressed him about a reward.
• Guo Fan confronted Yang Jian over the Caesar Hotel incident, and Yang Jian argued that Guo Fan’s distress signal had been a trap.
• Yang Jian refused Shen Liang’s invitation to dinner but agreed to stay for half an hour while investigators searched for the source of the plane incident.

After the plane’s passengers were rescued, Zhong Shan invited Yang Jian to join a group seeking influence in the Captain Plan, but Yang Jian refused to commit. A staff member then reported that Headquarters had found the source of the Ghost Pinching Person incident, and Yang Jian went to investigate.

• The rescuers brought the passengers, pilot, and corpses off the plane and kept everyone nearby while they investigated further.
• Zhong Shan told Yang Jian that Ghost Tamers were being used by authorities and proposed uniting a group to secure a captain position.
• Zhong Shan demonstrated his point with a golden bullet and pistol, then revealed that five people had already joined his group.
• Yang Jian refused Zhong Shan’s invitation but stayed cautious, saying nothing further while he gathered information.
• A staff member reported that Headquarters had found the source of the incident and asked Yang Jian to come see it.

Yang Jian and the others investigated the suitcase that had brought a ghost onto the plane and discovered a golden bottle concealed inside an antique ceramic vessel. The incident appeared to have been an accident, and the agents brought the suitcase’s owner, Wan Delu, to them for questioning.

• Chen Yi demanded answers about the ghost while Shen Liang and the others inspected the damaged suitcase.
• Guo Fan identified a black ceramic vessel as the likely source of the incident, and a staff member explained that it was a relatively modern soul bottle.
• Zhong Shan smashed the ceramic vessel and revealed a golden bottle hidden inside it.
• Yang Jian concluded that the ghost had likely escaped after the bottle’s lid fell off during the flight, and Guo Fan dismissed the empty bottle as having little research value.
• The agents found the suitcase’s owner and brought Wan Delu over, startling Yang Jian, who had spoken with him on the plane.

Yang Jian claimed responsibility for interrogating Wan Delu and secured the soul bottle after Chen Yi yielded. Just as the group thought the incident was over, a ghost inside the bottle attacked Guo Fan.

• Chen Yi seized Wan Delu for questioning, but Yang Jian demanded that he be left in his custody because he was handling the case.
• Yang Jian opened his Ghost Domain, and Chen Yi agreed to let him handle Wan Delu and the incident.
• Shen Liang confirmed that Yang Jian would take responsibility for Wan Delu, and Guo Fan tossed him the soul bottle.
• A pale arm emerged from the bottle, grabbed Guo Fan’s face, and began pulling him toward its opening.

Yang Jian rescued Guo Fan from the ghostly hand emerging from the golden bottle by using the Headless Ghost Shadow to suppress it. After the restriction on Guo Fan was lifted, his face recovered through a strange connection to a spirit tablet in his stomach, leaving Yang Jian unsure whether Guo Fan or the figure in the portrait was the ghost.

• The ghostly hand from the golden bottle attacked Guo Fan and suppressed the ghosts inside him, leaving him unable to resist.
• Chen Yi tried to pull the bottle away, but its golden material blocked his ability, so Shen Liang asked Yang Jian for help.
• Yang Jian sent the Headless Ghost Shadow into Guo Fan and drove the hand back into the bottle, then Chen Yi removed the bottle from Guo Fan's face.
• Yang Jian warned Shen Liang that he would not handle any ghosts that revived, then lifted his restriction on Guo Fan while leaving a Ghost Eye behind to watch him.
• Guo Fan's face rapidly recovered as the portrait on the spirit tablet in his stomach became clearer, and the figure in it looked at Yang Jian's Ghost Eye and smiled.

Yang Jian suspected Guo Fan might be a ghost and took possession of the sealed bottle after Guo Fan survived the hand’s attempt to seize the ghost inside him. Yang Jian left with Wan Delu to investigate the incident and obtain information about the antiques.

• Guo Fan recovered and said the hand had nearly pulled the ghost out of his body before Yang Jian drove it back.
• Yang Jian took the bottle from Chen Yi, sealed it, and wrapped it in gold foil.
• Chen Yi left, while Yang Jian told Shen Liang he would investigate the incident and hand over the bottle afterward.
• Yang Jian invited Wan Delu to leave with him, and the others allowed Wan Delu to go.
• Yang Jian warned Wan Delu that he would face consequences for causing the incident and told him to share the antiques information somewhere quiet.
• Wan Delu agreed to cooperate and followed Yang Jian, hoping to stay under his protection.

Yang Jian arrived in J City and discovered that Headquarters had prepared a sealed, gold-plated vehicle as a precaution against Ghost Tamers losing control. He confronted his operator Liu Xiaoyu about the security measures and her surveillance of his personal life, then dismissed her attempt to share something more personal.

• Yang Jian left the airport with Wan Delu and found Liu Xiaoyu waiting in a specially designed car that smelled of sandalwood.
• Yang Jian attacked Liu Xiaoyu and damaged the car's roof, revealing gold steel plates, then demanded an explanation for its containment features.
• Liu Xiaoyu explained that Headquarters prepared the vehicle as a precaution for Ghost Tamers visiting J City and sent her to ease Yang Jian's suspicions.
• Yang Jian accused Liu Xiaoyu of hacking his home computer, and she admitted Headquarters had investigated his files and private life.
• Liu Xiaoyu thanked Yang Jian for resolving the Dachang City incident, which had led Headquarters to move her to a separate communications room and helped her survive.
• Liu Xiaoyu began to reveal what she had planned after the incident, but Yang Jian stopped her, saying that someone who might die at any time did not need to know so much.

Yang Jian arrived in J City and learned that Headquarters had scheduled seven days of mandatory Ghost Tamer training before his commendation and research institute visit. He checked into the Ping An Hotel, still wary of what might happen there.

• Yang Jian used his Ghost Domain to move Liu Xiaoyu out of the car, explaining that he avoided mistakes because they could kill him.
• Liu Xiaoyu outlined Yang Jian's itinerary and said the seven-day training was mandatory, while Yang Jian objected to its length.
• Liu Xiaoyu urged Yang Jian to follow Headquarters' arrangements and said she believed he was a good person with the potential to become a captain.
• Yang Jian and Wan Delu arrived at the hotel, where Liu Xiaoyu gave Yang Jian her private number and returned to Headquarters.
• Yang Jian followed a hotel attendant to his room and wondered whether the Ping An Hotel would really be peaceful.

Yang Jian settled into a presidential suite at the Heping Hotel and warned Wan Delu that the hotel’s guests and staff were likely unusual. After answering a strange knock, Yang Jian met Ghost Eater Zhang Lei, who wanted to discuss his ghost-eating ability and the Starvation Ghost.

• Yang Jian secured the human skin paper and weapons, then told Wan Delu that the hotel seemed to house dangerous Ghost Tamers.
• Someone knocked repeatedly despite no one appearing through the peephole, so Yang Jian opened the door cautiously.
• Zhang Lei introduced himself and said he had come to meet Yang Jian after hearing he checked into the hotel.
• Yang Jian recognized Zhang Lei as Ghost Eater Zhang Lei and agreed to speak with him the next day.
• After Zhang Lei left, Yang Jian suspected he wanted help with ghost revival and decided to question Wan Delu for the information he needed.

Yang Jian investigated the origins of Wan Delu’s soul bottle and learned that it came from antiques unearthed during the demolition of an ancestral house. He left Wan Delu to track down similar sealed bottles while reflecting on the dangers posed by the ghosts and the fate of the Ghost Tamers who had contained them.

• Yang Jian used his Ghost Eye to find and remove hidden surveillance devices from the suite before Wan Delu explained the bottle’s history.
• Wan Delu said he had bought the soul bottle from an antique dealer after it and other antiques were dug up during the demolition of an ancestral house in a nearby village.
• Yang Jian told Wan Delu to have his friend buy every similar sealed antique on the street, identify the village, and smash any matching bottles without opening them.
• Yang Jian concluded that the soul bottle’s maker had contained a ghost in gold, while the owner of the Republican-era mansion had used the Ghost Mirror to restrain ghosts with ghosts.
• Wan Delu arranged the search and agreed to stay in J City, while Yang Jian promised to protect him once the antiques were found.

Yang Jian tried to rest at the Ping An Hotel, but a Ghost Tamer's breakdown and gunfire drew Headquarters' attention. He refused to intervene for free, then learned the situation was affecting the hotel as Zhang Lei asked him to provide backup.

• Yang Jian stayed awake in his hotel room, wary of his revived ghosts and the threat they posed to his life.
• A gunshot and alarms woke Yang Jian, and Qin Meirou told him a mentally unstable Ghost Tamer had shot a hotel employee.
• Yang Jian refused to handle the incident without ten ghost candles and criticized Headquarters for relying on him as free labor.
• After more shots rang out, Zhang Lei visited Yang Jian and said he had been assigned to deal with the Ghost Tamer, whose revival was affecting the surroundings.
• Zhang Lei asked Yang Jian to watch his back, while Yang Jian considered changing rooms.

Lin Shan’s ghost revival began turning the hotel into a supernatural incident after he lost control and attacked its staff. Yang Jian and Zhang Lei headed to his floor to intervene, leaving the confrontation about to begin.

• Lin Shan’s classmate described his history of abusing his ghost’s abilities and warned the gathered Ghost Tamers that his condition might be worsening.
• Blood began dripping from the restaurant ceiling as Lin Shan’s ghostly influence spread, prompting the Ghost Tamers to flee.
• Lin Shan, driven mad by his impending death, attacked hotel staff and started vomiting foul water as the ghost inside him forced its way out.
• Yang Jian accepted Shen Liang’s offer of three white ghost candles to handle the crisis, and Zhang Lei accompanied him toward Lin Shan’s floor.

Yang Jian and Zhang Lei investigated the waterlogged corridor outside Lin Shan’s room, where strange conditions suggested a supernatural incident. Zhang Lei was swallowed by the shallow water, and Yang Jian told Shen Liang that Lin Shan had undergone an evil ghost revival and demanded greater payment.

• Yang Jian warned Zhang Lei to prioritize survival and assess the situation before entering Lin Shan’s room.
• Yang Jian and Zhang Lei found the corridor growing darker and wetter as they approached Lin Shan’s half-open door.
• They heard a man muttering inside the room, and Zhang Lei rushed through the knee-deep water despite Yang Jian’s warning.
• Something seized Zhang Lei’s foot, and he vanished beneath the shallow water.
• Yang Jian called Shen Liang, reported Zhang Lei’s disappearance, and demanded more payment because the incident had become supernatural.