Chapter Summaries

Yang Jian met Li Yao outside Ping An Hotel and learned that two ghosts from the Ghost Painting Incident were still missing while the Friends Circle was occupied with the fallout. After reviewing the Friends Circle’s member files, he decided to target its core members and went to find Zhang Jian, the bodyguard of Manager Fei.

• Li Yao gave Yang Jian files on Friends Circle members and explained that two ghosts from the Ghost Painting Incident had disappeared.
• Yang Jian decided to strike the Friends Circle’s core members first and planned to warn other Ghost Tamers to stay away.
• Li Yao identified Manager Fei and his bodyguard Zhang Jian as key targets, and Yang Jian agreed to go after Zhang Jian.
• Yang Jian and Li Yao drove to Zhang Jian’s privately owned bar, where Li Yao stayed outside and Yang Jian headed for the entrance.

Yang Jian entered a bar and confronted Zhang Jian, who had been using card games and money to humiliate and manipulate the people around him. Yang Jian trapped Zhang Jian in a red Ghost Domain and said he had come to bury him before he could cause trouble.

• Yang Jian searched the crowded bar for Zhang Jian and found him gambling with young men and women in a private room.
• Zhang Jian made the young men drink when they lost and tossed cash to the women who scrambled for it.
• Yang Jian forced his way into the room, identified Zhang Jian, and ignored the guards as Zhang Jian kicked them aside.
• Zhang Jian mocked the people around him as crazy and briefly choked a woman before rewarding her with a bag of money.
• Yang Jian dismissed Zhang Jian's behavior as a performance, then raised his Ghost Domain until the room and everyone in it vanished into red light.
• Zhang Jian realized Yang Jian had isolated him and asked whether Yang Jian had come to kill him; Yang Jian said he planned to bury him to prevent future trouble.

Yang Jian confronted Zhang Jian, a bodyguard for Manager Fei and member of the circle of friends, and killed him after learning he had backed the plan against Yang Jian. Zhang Jian's corpse revealed a ghost that invaded bodies, but Yang Jian outmaneuvered it with layered Ghost Domains and sent it away, leaving its eventual return uncertain.

• Zhang Jian tried to negotiate with Yang Jian, who revealed he had come to kill him because Zhang Jian knew about the circle of friends' plan and still protected Manager Fei.
• Yang Jian immobilized Zhang Jian with ghostly hands and snapped his neck, but Zhang Jian's body became an empty skin as his corpse-stench ghost invaded Yang Jian.
• Zhang Jian believed he had killed Yang Jian, but the invaded body collapsed into dirt when Yang Jian revealed it had been a decoy in the first layer of his Ghost Domain.
• Yang Jian exposed Zhang Jian's decomposed true form in the third layer and opened the fifth layer of his Ghost Domain to send Zhang Jian and his ghost away.
• Yang Jian concluded that Zhang Jian was dead, though the ghost might return to the real world elsewhere in the future.

Yang Jian killed Zhang Jian and used Li Yao to follow Manager Fei, while Moments' leaders discussed exploiting another Ghost Painting Incident to eliminate Yang Jian and strengthen their faction. Manager Fei returned to a hidden apartment and found Yang Jian waiting inside.

• Yang Jian killed Zhang Jian, took his phone and car keys, and arranged for Li Yao to impersonate him while following Manager Fei.
• Manager Fei and other Moments leaders discussed the Ghost Painting Incident, suspected outside interference, and considered killing Yang Jian if the incident returned.
• Manager Fei left Ping An Building in a randomly assigned car, followed a changing route, and sent Zhang Jian the route details.
• Li Yao followed Manager Fei, then drove away after he entered a residential building; Manager Fei secretly returned to a different apartment across the street.
• Manager Fei entered the apartment and found Yang Jian there, then collapsed in terror when he recognized him.

Yang Jian confronted Manager Fei in his home and revealed that he had made Fei’s wife and child forget him. After Fei gave up the location of his hidden information, Yang Jian sent him out to die and learned that Fei had only just realized Li Yao was under Yang Jian’s control.

• Manager Fei begged Yang Jian to spare Wanyue and Fei Xiaobao, but Yang Jian revealed that he had erased Fei from their memories.
• Yang Jian told Manager Fei that he would decide whether Fei’s death had value, and Fei gave him the address of his hidden information.
• Manager Fei asked to die somewhere distant, and Yang Jian pointed out a tall building across the street.
• Manager Fei deduced that Li Yao was Yang Jian’s agent, and Yang Jian confirmed he had controlled her on his first visit to Ping An Building.
• Yang Jian warned Manager Fei that ordinary people should not meddle in matters beyond them, and Manager Fei left in despair.

Yang Jian killed Manager Fei and chose He Tianxiong as his next target after weighing the dangers posed by other Ghost Tamers. Meanwhile, an eerie oil painting appeared in a man's home, where blood began to seep from its frame.

• Yang Jian left Wanyue's home, and Manager Fei fell to his death in the residential compound shortly afterward.
• Yang Jian rejected the idea of altering Manager Fei's memories and told Li Yao he wanted to choose another target.
• Li Yao proposed Jiang Shangbai, He Tianxiong, and Fang Shiming, warning Yang Jian that Fang Shiming could stand against Ye Zhen.
• Yang Jian chose He Tianxiong and directed Li Yao to take him to the address Manager Fei had provided.
• A man found an unfamiliar oil painting in his living room, and blood seeped from its frame as a mutilated woman appeared within the image.

Yang Jian searched Manager Fei’s apartment for information on the Friends Circle and found a substitute doll and evidence that Fang Shiming possessed the Ghost Scissors. While he was upstairs, Li Yao discovered what appeared to be the Ghost Painting’s corpse in the residential complex, and it began to rise.

• Yang Jian entered Manager Fei’s apartment and took a substitute doll from a glass case.
• Yang Jian read He Tianxiong’s and Fang Shiming’s files, learning that Fang Shiming was suspected of possessing the Ghost Scissors and a Ghost Domain.
• Li Yao waited outside until residents and security guards gathered around an oil painting with a headless corpse protruding from it.
• Li Yao recognized the scene as a possible Ghost Painting incident and tried to retreat.
• The corpse suddenly began to stand, and Li Yao screamed for Yang Jian.

A Ghost Painting appeared in a residential complex, and Yang Jian confirmed the threat while Headquarters sent a team to contain it. He learned that several similar paintings had already surfaced, suggesting the incident was spreading and that its true source remained undiscovered.

• Li Yao fled from the headless corpse and its oil painting, then found Yang Jian on the eleventh floor.
• Yang Jian identified the painting as the Ghost Painting after hearing Li Yao’s description and said its killing pattern was unknown.
• Yang Jian and Li Yao went downstairs as Headquarters’ team arrived and cordoned off the scene.
• Chen Yi told Yang Jian that at least three or four similar oil paintings had appeared and been collected.
• Yang Jian declined to join the response and suspected the paintings were signs of a larger threat whose true source was still hidden.

Yang Jian drove to He Tianxiong’s villa to confront him, while Headquarters learned that Yang Jian would remain in the city for only five more days. After Yang Jian forced He Tianxiong out of hiding, the chapter ended with He Tianxiong realizing that Yang Jian had come to kill him.

• Yang Jian told Liu Xiaoyu he would stay in the city for five more days and would help if the Ghost Painting Incident erupted during that time.
• Shen Liang accepted Yang Jian’s offer and began checking how many Ghost Tamers Headquarters could call upon.
• Yang Jian and Li Yao arrived at He Tianxiong’s villa, where Yang Jian avoided using his Ghost Domain because other powerful Ghost Tamers might be nearby.
• He Tianxiong heard his dog stop barking and someone enter, then hid behind a concealed door.
• Yang Jian entered the gold-plated villa, blocked from seeing through its walls, and threatened to bring the house down until He Tianxiong appeared.
• Yang Jian stopped shaking the house and told He Tianxiong that coming out had saved him the trouble of demolishing it; He Tianxiong realized Yang Jian meant to kill him.

Yang Jian confronted He Tianxiong, whose shoulder-mounted ghost could kill anyone who looked up at it, and gave him five minutes to prove he could survive. He Tianxiong fled through his villa using its defenses, but Yang Jian found him and prepared to unleash his Ghost Eyes.

• Yang Jian recognized the ghost standing on He Tianxiong’s shoulders and avoided looking up, preventing it from attacking him.
• He Tianxiong offered to make peace and give Yang Jian his villa, but Yang Jian demanded that he survive five minutes to prove his sincerity.
• He Tianxiong fled when Yang Jian started the five-minute test, and Yang Jian pursued him through the villa using his Ghost Domain.
• He Tianxiong hid behind gold-shielded doors and tried to reach a safe room while Yang Jian searched for him.
• Yang Jian located He Tianxiong and activated the Ghost Eyes in his body, making He Tianxiong turn around in terror.

Yang Jian tried to kill He Tianxiong with the fifth-layer Ghost Domain, but a substitute-death cloth doll saved him. Yang Jian’s Ghost Eye neared revival, while He Tianxiong took shelter behind a reinforced door with only two minutes left in their agreement.

• Yang Jian engulfed He Tianxiong in the fifth-layer Ghost Domain, but a substitute-death cloth doll took the fatal attack in his place.
• He Tianxiong fled into a room as Yang Jian’s Ghost Eye began to revive, forcing Yang Jian to end the unstable Ghost Domain.
• Yang Jian concluded that he could not safely use the Ghost Eye again soon and would need his Ghost Shadow or Ghost Hand to kill He Tianxiong.
• He Tianxiong hid in the room and hoped Yang Jian would honor their five-minute agreement, while the ghost’s withered feet remained perched on his shoulders.
• Yang Jian battered the reinforced door, and He Tianxiong prepared to fight, exposing his decayed body and the ghostly flesh replacing him.

Yang Jian nearly killed He Tianxiong with his ghost shadow, but stopped when Miao Xiaoshan called to report a missing dormmate and a suspicious oil painting. He rushed to investigate, leaving He Tianxiong alive and shaken.

• Yang Jian's ghost shadow invaded He Tianxiong's safe room and began taking control of his body.
• He Tianxiong pleaded for his life while Yang Jian waited for the promised five minutes to pass.
• Miao Xiaoshan called Yang Jian about her missing dormmate, who had brought an oil painting back from an art gallery.
• Yang Jian told Miao Xiaoshan to stay away from the painting and wait somewhere open, then hurried away.
• Yang Jian's ghost shadow withdrew, and He Tianxiong realized the call had saved his life.

After Miao Xiaoshan called Yang Jian about Zhang Xia’s disappearance and the suspicious oil painting, he arrived at the dormitory and took her away. Liu Zi finally believed the danger might be real and fled too, while the other roommates remained behind.

• Miao Xiaoshan urged her roommates to leave after Yang Jian warned her that the oil painting was linked to a supernatural incident, but they refused to believe her.
• Yang Jian kicked open the dormitory door and told Miao Xiaoshan to leave with him, warning the others that they could stay if they wanted to die.
• Yang Jian led Miao Xiaoshan out while she kept her eyes closed, refusing to risk looking at the painting.
• Liu Zi realized Yang Jian could not have reached the dormitory so quickly by ordinary means and hurried after him.
• Liu Zi found the corridor empty, became convinced the haunting might be real, and ran away.

Yang Jian warned Miao Xiaoshan that the ghost painting was deadly and called Liu Xiaoyu to arrange an evacuation of the women's dormitory. Back in the dorm, Sun Yujia discovered the painting had moved beside Wang Yue's pillow, confirming that something was wrong.

• Yang Jian explained that the ghost painting's killing pattern was unknown and warned Miao Xiaoshan not to risk her life trying to save everyone.
• Miao Xiaoshan pleaded with Yang Jian to evacuate her roommates, and he asked Liu Xiaoyu to have the school clear the dormitory building.
• Yang Jian told Miao Xiaoshan that he feared dying but could not escape his fate as a Ghost Tamer.
• Sun Yujia and Wang Yue discussed Yang Jian's strange arrival and began to fear the dormitory was haunted.
• Sun Yujia realized the oil painting had vanished from Zhang Xia's bed and found it beside Wang Yue's pillow.

The haunted oil painting appeared beside Wang Yue’s bed and pulled her into its frame as Sun Yujia watched helplessly. Liu Zi searched for Miao Xiaoshan and Yang Jian, then called Miao Xiaoshan for help.

• Sun Yujia and Wang Yue found the oil painting beside Wang Yue’s bed, though neither of them had moved it.
• Sun Yujia and Wang Yue decided to leave the dormitory, but Wang Yue went back for her bag.
• Sun Yujia saw pale hands emerge from the painting and tried to warn Wang Yue, but fear left her unable to speak.
• The painting grabbed Wang Yue and swallowed most of her body; her legs eventually stopped moving beneath it.
• Liu Zi failed to find Miao Xiaoshan and Yang Jian near the sports field and called Miao Xiaoshan for help.

Li Yao confronted Yang Jian over letting He Tianxiong escape, while Yang Jian stayed with Miao Xiaoshan to make sure the ghost painting had not targeted her. As the school alarms rang and a convoy arrived, Yang Jian prepared to act on the ghost painting incident.

• Li Yao drove into the villa complex, where He Tianxiong attacked her, threatened her, and then fled after leaving Yang Jian the house and its gifts.
• Li Yao called Yang Jian to criticize his decision, but he said He Tianxiong posed little threat and faulted her for failing to gather information on Fang Shiming.
• Yang Jian told Miao Xiaoshan that he had delayed his plans to protect her, and they joked about her earlier offer to be his girlfriend.
• Liu Zi arrived at the basketball gym and told Yang Jian and Miao Xiaoshan that Wang Yue and Sun Yujia had stayed in the dormitory with the ghost painting.
• Yang Jian explained that he had brought Miao Xiaoshan to the empty gym to check whether the ghost painting had targeted her.
• The school's fire alarms rang, and Yang Jian saw a convoy arrive; he said he was going to start work.

Yang Jian brought a special response team to the school after the ghost painting appeared and arranged protection for Miao Xiaoshan while sending Liu Zi for observation. At the dormitory, he waited for Sun Yujia to fall from a window, caught her, and entered the building with Wang Quan to investigate the danger inside.

• Yang Jian ordered Miao Xiaoshan to stay in the basketball gym and told Liu Zi to leave, then Wang Quan’s team arrived and took Liu Zi for observation.
• Yang Jian gave Miao Xiaoshan a red ghost candle and lighter, then warned Wang Quan that the school art gallery might contain the ghost painting’s source.
• Yang Jian and Wang Quan reached the dormitory and ordered the remaining students evacuated, but Sun Yujia climbed out of a window in terror.
• Yang Jian waited until Sun Yujia fell from the fourth floor, caught her with one hand, and entered the dormitory with Wang Quan and two others.

Yang Jian and Wang Quan entered the dormitory building to search for students and investigate Ghost Painting’s influence. They found the fourth floor trapped in a Ghost Domain, and Yang Jian led the team onward despite the danger.

• Yang Jian found the first three floors clear of Ghost Painting’s influence, while Wang Quan sent personnel to inspect them for students.
• At the stairs to the fourth floor, Yang Jian’s Ghost Eye became suppressed, and Wang Quan ordered everyone to stay away from the affected floor.
• Yang Jian decided to investigate the fourth floor, and Wang Quan prepared his personnel with gold-plated equipment.
• On the fourth floor, the stairwell behind the team appeared endless, but Yang Jian used a gold bullet to confirm that reality had not been completely altered.
• Yang Jian led Wang Quan and the others onward, while a pale-handed figure waited in the darkness near phones abandoned on the stairs.

Yang Jian and Wang Quan searched for the ghost painting, but its Ghost Domain had already distorted the dormitory building and led them to the wrong room. Yang Jian realized the fourth and fifth floors had overlapped, leaving the group unsure where the painting was hidden.

• Yang Jian refused to search the fourth-floor dormitories for survivors and continued toward the fifth floor with Wang Quan and two accompanying personnel.
• Yang Jian noticed that the fourth floor seemed ordinary despite Sun Yujia having jumped from a window there, then led the group upstairs without finding the extra red door hidden on that floor.
• Yang Jian went to the dormitory he remembered as Miao Xiaoshan's, but found an unfamiliar room and realized the ghost painting had altered the building's layout.
• Yang Jian removed the dormitory number plate and saw it change from 503 to 603, revealing that the group was on the sixth floor.
• Yang Jian concluded that the real fourth floor and the fifth floor inside the Ghost Domain had overlapped, making it impossible to tell which floor they had entered.

Yang Jian and Wang Quan returned to the real fourth floor and searched for the point connecting it to the hidden fifth floor. While they searched, a blurry woman in red emerged from the stairwell and headed down the corridor, unnoticed by them but spotted by observers below.

• Yang Jian used his headless ghost shadow to make stairs down after the original staircase vanished, then led Wang Quan and the staff back to the fourth floor.
• Yang Jian explained that they needed to find the Ghost Domain's point of connection to reality, and he and Wang Quan split up to search the dorm rooms.
• Yang Jian searched rooms while Wang Quan and the two staff members cautiously checked the opposite side of the corridor.
• A blurry woman in red with painted-looking feet emerged from the dark stairwell and reached the corridor fork without Yang Jian or Wang Quan noticing her.
• Observers downstairs spotted the figure and called for someone to notify Captain Wang and Mr. Yang, but the woman walked away and disappeared behind a wall.