Chapter Summaries

Wang Xiaoming and the others approached the ghost coffin, only to discover the Ghost Messenger had changed its attack pattern and could strike through a medium. When Li Jun touched it, the ghost restarted and filled the darkness with countless coffins and advancing ghosts, leaving the team facing what seemed an unsolvable supernatural incident.

• Wang Xiaoming noticed the attacks had paused and warned the team that the Ghost Messenger’s behavior might have changed.
• A Ghost Tamer was dragged into the coffin, and Wang Xiaoming concluded the ghost had learned to break the distance restriction by using a medium.
• Li Jun and the others rushed toward the coffin after realizing the team was no longer safe.
• The ghost stepped out of the coffin, and Li Jun used his ghost fire to reach for it as the others tried to seize the coffin.
• The ghost restarted without vanishing, causing hundreds of ghost coffins and their occupants to appear around the team.
• The ghosts began stepping out of their coffins, and the group fell into despair.

Wang Xiaoming, Li Jun, Tong Qian, Feng Quan, and the others faced certain death as the Ghost Messenger’s Ghost Domain filled with ghosts emerging from their coffins. Yang Jian opened a red crack in the darkness, rescued them, and took the ghost coffin with him, leaving the Ghost Messenger’s revival incomplete.

• Wang Xiaoming realized the Ghost Messenger’s multiplying ghosts left them no hope and regretted rejecting Jiang Shangbai’s plan to use the Coffin Nail.
• Ghosts began stepping out of their coffins and closing in as Li Jun’s ghost fire faded and his hold on one ghost weakened.
• A red crack split the darkness, and pale hands marked with scarlet eyes seized Wang Xiaoming, Li Jun, Tong Qian, Feng Quan, and the others.
• Yang Jian told them not to resist and pulled them out of the Ghost Domain, taking the nearby ghost coffin as well.
• The ghosts stopped after losing their targets, and the Ghost Messenger remained in its coffin, one step short of completing its revival.

Yang Jian rescued Wang Xiaoming and the surviving Ghost Tamers from the Ghost Messenger’s Ghost Domain, though several people died and Li Jun was badly injured. Before the group left, Yang Jian reshaped the terrain with his Ghost Domain to conceal and contain the darkness temporarily.

• Zhong Shan and Jiang Shangbai watched the laboratory’s unmoving darkness and discussed Yang Jian’s ability and growing standing at Headquarters.
• Yang Jian used his Ghost Domain to bring Wang Xiaoming, Li Jun, Feng Quan, Tong Qian, and the other survivors out, while several members of the team remained missing.
• Wang Xiaoming recognized Yang Jian’s changed abilities, and Feng Quan and Tong Qian thanked him for saving them.
• Li Jun collapsed from overusing his ghost’s ability, and Wang Xiaoming said he would recover.
• Yang Jian formed a valley around the lingering darkness with his Ghost Domain, hiding it from ordinary people while warning that it could still emerge.

Yang Jian demonstrated that his five-layer Ghost Domain could make real objects disappear, winning his wager with Wang Xiaoming and Jiang Shangbai. Wang Xiaoming speculated that Yang Jian might someday reverse such changes, but Yang Jian denied being able to do so and walked ahead, leaving the others to consider his growing power.

• Yang Jian wagered with Wang Xiaoming that he could truly alter reality, while Jiang Shangbai bet ten million that he could not.
• After the group moved away from the Ghost Messenger's Ghost Domain, Yang Jian opened his red Ghost Domain beside a roadside tree.
• Yang Jian swept the area with his Ghost Domain, making the tree and nearby soil disappear and leaving a long trench.
• Wang Xiaoming admitted he had lost the wager and asked whether Yang Jian could reverse the disappearance to create the tree again.
• Yang Jian said he could not restart or create things from nothing, then walked ahead while Wang Xiaoming watched the trail and predicted Yang Jian would eventually manage it.

After helping contain the Ghost Messenger incident, Yang Jian left the training base and wandered through J City, reflecting on how his body and life had changed. He unexpectedly met Miao Xiaoshan, who had come to study in the city, and she insisted he go shopping with her.

• Yang Jian told Tong Qian and Feng Quan he was leaving to rest, then learned that Jiang Shangbai controlled three ghosts and was considered a top Ghost Tamer.
• Cao Yang pointed out that the Circle of Friends had previously dismissed Yang Jian and now regretted underestimating him, leaving Jiang Shangbai wary of how to deal with him.
• Yang Jian walked through J City and worried that his body was deteriorating and that he was becoming increasingly unlike an ordinary person.
• Yang Jian's phone went black after he turned it on, and he suspected his ghost hand had affected it.
• Yang Jian ran into Miao Xiaoshan, who had moved to J City to study, and she stopped him from leaving and asked him to go shopping with her.

Yang Jian went shopping with Miao Xiaoshan, but tried to keep his distance because he feared his dangerous life would affect her. After defending himself against her roommate Liu Zi’s condescension, he gave Miao Xiaoshan his work number and learned Zhang Wei had livestreamed from his house, exposing the ghost on the fifth floor.

• Yang Jian reluctantly accompanied Miao Xiaoshan shopping and considered leaving because he believed the living should not cross paths with the dead.
• Liu Zi looked down on Yang Jian and warned him not to interfere with Miao Xiaoshan’s studies, but Yang Jian challenged her judgment and claimed he could stay at the Ping An Hotel.
• Miao Xiaoshan showed Yang Jian the dress she had tried on, and he urged her to head back before something dangerous happened.
• Yang Jian gave Miao Xiaoshan his satellite phone’s work number, and she chose to have him take her back rather than leave with Liu Zi.
• Miao Xiaoshan told Yang Jian she watched Zhang Wei’s livestream and asked about the ghost on the fifth floor, prompting Yang Jian to decide he needed to move the ghosts and Ghost Mirror stored there.

Miao Xiaoshan walked back to school with Yang Jian, who told her how their former classmates had suffered after surviving the Seventh High School incident and urged her to keep her distance. Meanwhile, Li Yang realized Liu Zi had encountered the notorious Ghost Eye Yang Jian and warned her not to offend him.

• Miao Xiaoshan asked Yang Jian about their former classmates, and he told her Zhang Lei had died, Wang Shanshan was becoming like a living corpse, and Zhang Wei had also died once.
• Yang Jian said he felt the survivors were cursed and urged Miao Xiaoshan to avoid people like him, but she reminded him that he had saved them at Seventh High School.
• Miao Xiaoshan asked whether Yang Jian would stop keeping in touch, and he said they should contact each other less unless necessary.
• Liu Zi asked her boyfriend Li Yang to take her to Ping An Hotel, and he warned her that people allowed to stay there were dangerous and untouchable.
• After Liu Zi mentioned Yang Jian and his connection to Dachang City, Li Yang recognized him as the famed Ghost Eye and cautioned Liu Zi to stay polite and keep her distance.

Yang Jian learned that Zhang Hui had abruptly left the hotel and agreed to watch for signs of trouble, then received an order to attend a Headquarters meeting about the Ghost Messenger incident. He headed there, curious about the powerful Ghost Tamers and J City's Number One Ghost Wielder who would attend.

• Yang Jian saw Miao Xiaoshan off and urged her to study while keeping his distance to protect her from his dangerous life.
• Zhang Lei told Yang Jian that Zhang Hui had packed his belongings and left the hotel in a panic without notifying Headquarters.
• Yang Jian suggested Zhang Hui might simply be frightened after the Ghost Messenger incident, but agreed to keep an eye on him.
• Liu Xiaoyu summoned Yang Jian to a Headquarters meeting and warned him that senior figures, including J City's Number One Ghost Wielder, would attend.
• Yang Jian left Ping An Hotel in a special vehicle, eager to learn about the elite Ghost Tamers and assess his own strength.

Yang Jian arrived at Headquarters for a high-level meeting and learned about its strict security and the dangers facing veteran Ghost Tamers. While waiting with Liu Xiaoyu, he reviewed records of major supernatural incidents, including an unresolved domestic Ghost Lake Incident that reminded him of Lin Shan’s water-related ghost.

• Yang Jian traveled through guarded mountain checkpoints to Headquarters, where his identity was verified and the internal network restored his access.
• Liu Xiaoyu greeted Yang Jian and warned him that some veteran Ghost Tamers had been so affected by ghosts that Captain Zhao could no longer tell whether they were human or ghost.
• Yang Jian waited with Liu Xiaoyu in a private lounge and learned that the meeting, convened by the Deputy Minister, would mainly discuss the aftermath of the Ghost Messenger Incident.
• Yang Jian examined the incident record book and saw cases including the unresolved Island Nation Ghost Well Incident and the resolved Starvation Ghost Incident in Dachang City.
• Yang Jian found the unknown-level Ghost Lake Incident and recalled Lin Shan, whose ghost had been connected to water.

Yang Jian discovered Gao Zhiqiang using his ghost ability to control Liu Xiaoyu and another colleague at Headquarters. He confronted Gao Zhiqiang, leaving their standoff unresolved.

• Yang Jian studied Headquarters' paranormal incident records while Liu Xiaoyu left the lounge to answer a colleague's request for help.
• Liu Xiaoyu found her colleague under Gao Zhiqiang's control, and Gao seized Liu's phone and forced her into the bedroom.
• Gao Zhiqiang used his ghost's ability to control Liu Xiaoyu and ordered both women to obey him.
• Yang Jian entered the bedroom through his Ghost Domain after hearing Liu Xiaoyu's name and found the women incapacitated.
• Gao warned Yang Jian not to interfere, while Yang considered whether killing Gao at Headquarters would bring consequences.

Yang Jian confronted Gao Zhiqiang for using his ghost ability to influence Yang Jian’s operator, Liu Xiaoyu, and decided Gao was too dangerous to leave alive. After the other Ghost Tamers declined to intervene, Gao recognized Yang Jian as Ghost Eye and fled through the rest area.

• Yang Jian kicked Gao Zhiqiang out of Lounge No. 12, but Gao rapidly recovered from his injuries.
• Yang Jian explained that Gao’s influence over Liu Xiaoyu had made him distrust his operator and that he had chosen to kill Gao rather than replace her.
• Nearby Ghost Tamers gathered to watch, and most refused to interfere; some supported Yang Jian while warning that Headquarters might soon arrive.
• Gao learned Yang Jian was Ghost Eye, panicked, and ran through the rest area as the other Ghost Tamers watched without helping.

After Gao Zhiqiang used his Ghost Deceiver ability to fool everyone into thinking he had fled, Yang Jian combined two Ghost Eyes to locate him. Yang Jian dismantled Gao Zhiqiang’s body with the Headless Ghost Shadow and left him alive, intending to test whether he could still use his ghost’s ability.

• Cao Yanhua learned that Yang Jian and Gao Zhiqiang had clashed in Lounge No. 12, sent Old Qin to intervene, and ordered preparations to convene the meeting early.
• Yang Jian watched what appeared to be Gao Zhiqiang fleeing, then realized his Ghost Eye could not see the fleeing figure and suspected it was fake.
• Gao Zhiqiang hid nearby, believing he had deceived everyone and planning to leave before the meeting began.
• Yang Jian stacked a second Ghost Eye, found the concealed Gao Zhiqiang, and confronted him.
• Yang Jian used the Headless Ghost Shadow to dismantle Gao Zhiqiang’s body, then challenged him to try using his ghost’s ability again.

Yang Jian appeared to defeat Gao Zhiqiang with his ghost shadow and Ghost Domain, but Gao revealed that he had let his ghost replace him and become a ghost with his identity. The chapter ended as the transformed Gao challenged Yang Jian to continue fighting.

• Yang Jian used his ghost shadow to dismember Gao Zhiqiang and held him alive beneath his foot, while the onlookers assessed the danger of Yang Jian's second ghost.
• Gao Zhiqiang realized his ghost had been suppressed and, after Yang Jian threatened to kill him, tried to fight back.
• Yang Jian used his Ghost Domain to bury Gao Zhiqiang's head underground, making the onlookers think the fight was over.
• Gao Zhiqiang's voice spoke from beside Yang Jian, explaining that he had deceived himself into believing he was a ghost and let the ghost take his place.
• Yang Jian warned that the ghost's instincts might eventually consume Gao Zhiqiang's mind, but Gao said he would keep deceiving himself and challenged Yang Jian to fight.

Yang Jian resisted Gao Zhiqiang’s power to erase him, then used his ghost hand and Headless Ghost Shadow to suppress Gao Zhiqiang’s ghost. As Wang Xiaoming, Li Jun, Cao Yanhua, and others arrived, Yang Jian had nearly absorbed Gao Zhiqiang.

• Gao Zhiqiang tried to make Yang Jian disappear, causing Yang Jian’s body and consciousness to grow blurry.
• Yang Jian’s Headless Ghost Shadow prevented him from vanishing completely, and he realized Gao Zhiqiang’s ability had given him insight into restarting.
• Yang Jian used his ghost hand to seize Gao Zhiqiang, whose ghostly body became immobilized.
• Yang Jian began absorbing Gao Zhiqiang into the Headless Ghost Shadow to suppress his ghost and reclaim his body.
• Wang Xiaoming, Li Jun, Cao Yanhua, and several Ghost Tamers arrived as Yang Jian subdued Gao Zhiqiang.

Yang Jian took control of the ghost inside Gao Zhiqiang, restoring his vanishing body and using the ghost’s power to make it healthy and stronger. He discovered the ghost could alter reality, leaving him with a lasting transformation and a new understanding of its abilities.

• Cao Yanhua ordered Yang Jian stopped, but Wang Xiaoming explained that Gao Zhiqiang was already dead and Yang Jian needed to control his ghost.
• Cao Yang and others told Cao Yanhua that Gao Zhiqiang had tried to molest Liu Xiaoyu and Zhang Lele, and an inspection of Rest Room Twelve confirmed their account.
• Yang Jian’s ghost shadow covered Gao Zhiqiang’s ghost and restored Yang Jian’s body.
• Yang Jian used the ghost’s ability to make his deteriorating body healthy, solid, and stronger, while the changes remained after he restrained the ghost.
• Yang Jian realized that Gao Zhiqiang’s ghost could truly alter reality and could benefit Ghost Tamers.

Yang Jian discovered that Gao Zhiqiang's ghost could restore his body but could not be safely controlled alongside the ghosts already inside him. After Cao Yanhua refused to let him take it, Yang Jian secretly stored it at Headquarters and said he would claim it through the proper procedures.

• Yang Jian realized Gao Zhiqiang's ghost merged with a person's consciousness and destabilized the balance among the ghosts in his body.
• Yang Jian told Wang Xiaoming that he had gained an idea about ghostly resets but still could not perform one.
• Cao Yanhua ordered Gao Zhiqiang's ghost placed in a Gold Box and refused to let Yang Jian take it away without approval.
• Yang Jian applied to control the ghost, and Cao Yanhua agreed to prioritize the request while keeping the ghost under Headquarters' custody.
• Yang Jian put Gao Zhiqiang's ghost in the Gold Box and used his Ghost Domain to hide it deep underground beneath Headquarters.

Yang Jian suspected that the mysterious old man at Headquarters had survived from the Republican Era and might be a Ghost Tamer from that time. He resolved to find a chance to speak with him and learn what he knew about the past.

• Cao Yanhua ended the dispute over Yang Jian's actions and announced that the meeting would begin in ten minutes.
• Yang Jian noticed that the Ghost Eye avoided the old man in the gray overcoat and asked Cao Yang about him.
• Cao Yang said Wei Jing had once mentioned that the old man was approaching his hundredth birthday.
• Yang Jian connected the old man's age to Republican Era ghosts and Ghost Tamers, including those he had encountered in Dachang City.
• Yang Jian decided he needed to speak with the old man soon, while Cao Yang left for the meeting.

Yang Jian attended an important Headquarters conference after killing Gao Zhiqiang, where he clashed with Jiang Shangbai over Friends Circle. The meeting remained delayed as the key officials had yet to arrive.

• Liu Xiaoyu told Yang Jian how helpless and frightened she had felt under Gao Zhiqiang’s influence, and Yang Jian explained why the experience helped her understand what Ghost Tamers faced.
• Liu Xiaoyu led Yang Jian to the air-raid base where Headquarters was holding a meeting about the Ghost Messenger incident and the Captain Plan.
• Yang Jian reunited with Feng Quan and met Li Lepeng, whose appearance people could not remember; Li Lepeng asked about Yang Jian’s method of controlling ghosts.
• Jiang Shangbai challenged Yang Jian over Gao Zhiqiang’s death and warned him about Friends Circle, but Yang Jian threatened the group and implied he had more than one coffin nail.
• Jiang Shangbai stayed silent rather than openly defend Friends Circle, while the attendees waited for Cao Yanhua, Wang Xiaoming, and the elderly man to arrive and begin the meeting.

Yang Jian attended a Headquarters meeting where Cao Yanhua and Wang Xiaoming explained the Ghost Messenger’s growing threat and its deadly abilities. Jiang Shangbai proposed using the Starving Ghost to stop it, but Yang Jian objected and challenged the plan.

• Yang Jian observed the other Ghost Tamers as Cao Yanhua and Wang Xiaoming discussed whether to revoke his Captain Plan qualification and recommend Li Jun instead.
• Cao Yanhua opened the meeting and presented the Ghost Messenger incident, including its killing pattern, Ghost Domain, suppression of other ghosts, and ability to restart indefinitely.
• Wang Xiaoming estimated that Ghost Messenger possessed at least sixteen ghosts, prompting the attendees to voice fear and doubt that it could be contained.
• Cao Yanhua pressed the attendees to propose a solution, and Jiang Shangbai recommended removing the Coffin Nail from the Starving Ghost and leading a team against Ghost Messenger.
• Yang Jian stood up against Jiang Shangbai’s proposal and asked who would deal with the Starving Ghost afterward.

Yang Jian opposed Jiang Shangbai’s plan to retrieve the coffin nail from the Starvation Ghost and nearly came to blows with the Friends Circle members supporting it. Old Qin halted the standoff, and the meeting resumed with Li Lepeng proposing that the Ghost Messenger was itself a Ghost Domain that had to be contained from outside.

• Yang Jian rejected Jiang Shangbai’s plan and threatened to resign if Headquarters pursued it, while Jiang Shangbai argued that retrieving the coffin nail was worth the risk.
• Yang Jian challenged Jiang Shangbai and threw a chair at a Friends Circle Ghost Tamer, prompting Feng Quan, Li Jun, Cao Yang, and Zhong Shan to support Yang Jian’s position.
• Old Qin ordered the eight standing Ghost Tamers to sit with a single sentence, then told them to end the dispute and continue the meeting.
• Cao Yanhua set Jiang Shangbai’s proposal aside unless no other options remained and asked the attendees to suggest ways to contain the Ghost Messenger.
• Li Lepeng said the Ghost Messenger was a Ghost Domain rather than a conventional ghost and argued that it had to be contained from outside; the others then struggled to remember who he was.