Chapter Summaries

Yang Jian remained conscious in his dead, headless body and tried to find a way to regain control before the ghosts inside him revived. As his corpse began moving, Headquarters cut off the footage and decided to conceal his death and abandon its conflict with the Circle of Friends.

• Yang Jian realized he could neither move nor sense his surroundings, and reasoned that his Ghost Eye might offer a way to escape his living-corpse state.
• Yang Jian's headless corpse began twitching and twisting as the ghosts inside it showed signs of awakening, threatening everyone trapped in his four-layer Ghost Domain.
• Shen Liang spotted the corpse moving on the communications-room screen, but Team Leader Wu cut the connection on the Minister's orders and said Headquarters would seal the evidence and conceal Yang Jian's death.
• Cao Yanhua accepted the decision to seal the communications room, while Liu Xiaoyu watched in confusion as it was closed.
• Wang Xiaoming asked Cao Yanhua whether Yang Jian's corpse could be recovered and told him to report if Yang Jian appeared.

Yang Jian regained consciousness in the upper half of his split head and discovered that the Headless Ghost Shadow had taken control of his corpse. As the ghost began moving toward a crowd and searching for a head, Yang Jian spread his Ghost Domain toward Ping An Hotel to find help before it was too late.

• A young couple saw Yang Jian's headless corpse stand up and hurried away from it.
• Yang Jian found a Ghost Eye in the back of his split head, restoring his vision and awareness.
• Yang Jian realized the Headless Ghost Shadow controlled his corpse and would seek a new head, threatening everyone trapped in the fourth layer of the Ghost Domain.
• The Headless Ghost Shadow began walking toward the crowd and quickly regained its balance.
• Unable to put his head back himself, Yang Jian spread the fourth layer of the Ghost Domain toward Ping An Hotel to find help.

Yang Jian’s fourth-level Ghost Domain expanded toward Ping An Hotel as his headless corpse moved to seize a living head. Unable to stop it alone, Yang Jian chose Huang Ziya to enter the Ghost Domain and help him reattach his head, and the chapter ended as the red light engulfed the hotel.

• Li Jun recognized that a Ghost Domain was spreading and ordered his personnel to prepare to evacuate.
• Yang Jian watched his headless corpse move toward a crowd and decided he needed someone from Ping An Hotel to help him.
• Yang Jian considered Zhang Lei, Wang Jiang, and Huang Ziya, then chose Huang Ziya because she was stable and less likely to attract his corpse.
• Zhang Lei sensed danger as darkness swallowed the streetlights near Ping An Hotel, while Huang Ziya remained unaware of the approaching Ghost Domain.
• Huang Ziya noticed her room go dark and the surroundings turn red, recognized Yang Jian’s Ghost Domain, and tensed.

Huang Ziya responded to Yang Jian’s message that his head had been severed and hurried to help him recover his body. She found his head and followed the bloody footprints toward his missing corpse.

• Huang Ziya noticed Yang Jian’s Ghost Domain and saw his message on the television asking for help.
• Yang Jian told Huang Ziya that his head had left his body and gave her the location of his head and a ghost candle.
• Huang Ziya stepped through the hotel door into the street, found Yang Jian’s split head, and learned that his corpse was reviving.
• Huang Ziya fitted Yang Jian’s head together, carried it in her hand, and followed his bloody footprints toward the crowded area.

Huang Ziya searched for Yang Jian’s headless corpse as it began attacking people inside the fourth-level Ghost Domain. After the corpse manipulated the Ghost Domain and escaped her first attempt to recover Yang Jian’s head, she prepared to use another attack to locate it, while Headquarters and Friends Circle negotiated over Yang Jian’s presumed death.

• Huang Ziya followed the fading bloody footprints and, after Yang Jian advised her to use a ghost candle, used its growing flame to locate his corpse in a shop.
• The headless corpse grabbed a middle-aged man, but Yang Jian’s special gloves blocked its ability to remove the man’s head.
• Huang Ziya entered the shop to reunite Yang Jian’s head with his body, but the corpse and attack had vanished because it had manipulated the Ghost Domain.
• Yang Jian explained that the corpse would reappear when it attacked another person, and Huang Ziya left to find another victim and wait for her next chance.
• Jiang Shangbai told Friends Circle that Headquarters demanded assets, experimental projects, participation in the Ghost Painting operation, and responsibility for Yang Jian’s revival; Fang Shiming advised them to agree for now.
• Friends Circle and Headquarters assumed Yang Jian was dead and did not consider that he might survive and return.

Ghost Tamers across the city received news that Yang Jian was suspected dead, while his headless corpse continued killing people inside his Ghost Domain. As Huang Ziya was dragged into her own ghost’s hair during an attempt to restore Yang Jian, his corpse finally moved and seized her wrist, showing that his consciousness had returned.

• Headquarters announced that Yang Jian was suspected dead, and Zhang Lei, Chen Yi, Guo Fan, Zhong Shan, Li Jun, and Cao Yang reacted to the news.
• Inside Yang Jian’s Ghost Domain, Huang Ziya found that his headless corpse was killing trapped people increasingly quickly, so she waited for it to attack her.
• When the corpse grabbed Huang Ziya, she restrained it with her hair and placed Yang Jian’s head back on his neck, but only half of his head rejoined.
• Yang Jian tried to shift the Ghost Domain to restore his body while Huang Ziya’s ghostly hair began consuming her.
• As Huang Ziya was almost pulled completely into the hair, Yang Jian’s corpse moved and caught her wrist.

Yang Jian suppressed Huang Ziya’s ghost resurgence and regained control of his body, though the music box’s curse left him in a strange, unstable state. After confirming he was himself, he admitted he did not know what had caused his head to fall off.

• Huang Ziya began being swallowed by her resurgent ghost, but Yang Jian grabbed her wrist and suppressed the black hair.
• Huang Ziya saw that half of Yang Jian’s head was missing and feared that a ghost, rather than Yang Jian, had returned to his body.
• Yang Jian struggled against the ghosts inside his body as the music box’s curse preserved his consciousness and helped him regain control.
• After half an hour, Yang Jian moved and used a Ghost Eye to restore his vision.
• Yang Jian confirmed his identity to Huang Ziya, who asked what had happened to him.
• Yang Jian said he did not know what had attacked him or caused his head to fall off and split apart.

Yang Jian concluded that a Ghost Tamer had attacked him and decided to investigate before considering a dangerous countermeasure. He carried the failing Huang Ziya back to Ping An Hotel, intending to restore his body with Gao Zhiqiang's Ghost Deceiver.

• Yang Jian reasoned that the two precise attacks on him were likely carried out by a Ghost Tamer rather than a ghost, and resolved to uncover the truth and retaliate if necessary.
• Yang Jian considered taking the strange hatchet from the ghost at Caesar Hotel but decided to investigate first.
• Yang Jian planned to use Gao Zhiqiang's Ghost Deceiver, which he had stored in a golden box in his room, to recover his body.
• Huang Ziya called to Yang Jian as she struggled to crawl, and he recognized that her ghost's revival was advancing.
• Yang Jian picked up Huang Ziya, told her that neither of them would die for now, and carried her into Ping An Hotel.

Yang Jian used Gao Zhiqiang's ghost to restore himself and Huang Ziya, then fashioned a crystal pendant into a temporary object that could suppress her ghostly revival. Huang Ziya left with the pendant and a renewed hope of surviving.

• Yang Jian returned to his room with Huang Ziya and suppressed the ghostly revival threatening her.
• Yang Jian opened the box containing Gao Zhiqiang's ghost and used its power to restore the un-eroded parts of his body and Huang Ziya's body.
• Yang Jian distorted the ghost with his Ghost Domain and placed it inside a crystal pendant, creating an object Huang Ziya could use to halt her revival temporarily.
• Huang Ziya held the pendant and confirmed that it stopped her ghostly revival, though the black dot inside grew as the ghost began to recover.
• Yang Jian lent Huang Ziya the pendant and a ghost candle, then sent her away; Huang Ziya returned to her room feeling hopeful.

After Yang Jian discovered that Headquarters had declared him suspected dead and sealed off the area, he expanded his Ghost Domain across much of the city to investigate while remaining hidden. Ghost Tamers and Headquarters personnel mistook the vast red domain for Yang Jian's ghost reviving, while Liu Xiaoyu remained unaware as she grieved.

• Yang Jian returned to the place where he had died, found Headquarters' notice on his satellite phone, and discovered that his signal and phone functions had been cut off.
• Seeing that the area was sealed and believing Headquarters treated him as dead, Yang Jian decided to investigate while hiding his survival.
• Yang Jian picked up the cursed music box and opened all nine Ghost Eyes, expanding his Ghost Domain across more than half the city.
• Li Jun, Zhang Lei, Cao Yang, Guo Fan, and Zhong Shan sensed the red Ghost Domain and feared Yang Jian's ghost had revived.
• At Headquarters, Jiang Shangbai recognized the enormous Ghost Domain as Yang Jian's and warned that the ghost could attack them at any time, while Liu Xiaoyu continued grieving without noticing it.

Yang Jian expanded his Ghost Domain across nearly half the city, separating ordinary people from Ghost Tamers and taking control of the area. At Headquarters, Cao Yanhua realized the Ghost Domain had isolated even its staff and handed emergency decisions to Wang Xiaoming.

• Cao Yanhua learned that Yang Jian's Ghost Domain had swallowed nearly half the city and that the circle of friends was preparing to flee.
• Cao Yanhua ordered Old Qin to confront the circle of friends and threatened to kill anyone who tried to leave.
• Li Jun called Cao Yanhua from inside the Headquarters office, though Cao Yanhua and Shen Liang could not see him, and explained that the Ghost Domain had separated them.
• Cao Yanhua told Shen Liang to put all arrangements in Wang Xiaoming's hands and to use the Starvation Ghost's coffin nail if Wang Xiaoming required it.
• Yang Jian explained that he had divided the city into three Ghost Domain layers, protecting ordinary people while confining Ghost Tamers to a dangerous red world.
• Yang Jian entered the third layer, where he could appear anywhere in the city and pass through anything except a gold-built safe house.

Yang Jian returned to Headquarters after being presumed dead and learned from Liu Xiaoyu that the Circle of Friends had murdered him, while Cao Yanhua had concealed the truth to prevent further conflict. He knocked Liu Xiaoyu unconscious and went offline, intending to settle matters himself.

• Yang Jian searched the city with his Ghost Domain, then appeared in Liu Xiaoyu's dormitory at Headquarters.
• Liu Xiaoyu recognized Yang Jian, whom she had believed dead, and told him that the Circle of Friends had killed him.
• Yang Jian learned that Cao Yanhua had covered up the murder and temporarily compromised with the Circle of Friends to protect the other captains.
• Yang Jian said he understood Cao Yanhua's decision but rejected Headquarters' failure to follow its own rules and seek justice.
• Yang Jian announced that Ghost Eye Yang Jian was going offline, then knocked Liu Xiaoyu unconscious.

Yang Jian took the corpse-wrapping cloth from Headquarters and encountered Old Qin, who hinted that he had killed Yang Jian’s father. He then went to Ping An Building, where the Circle of Friends debated fleeing before his Ghost Domain suddenly covered their conference room.

• Yang Jian broke into Headquarters’ underground storage and took the corpse-wrapping cloth as protection against the Music Box Curse and the consequences of his ghosts’ revival.
• Old Qin blocked Yang Jian’s Ghost Domain, then said he had once run over and killed a man surnamed Yang, leading Yang Jian to suspect he had killed his father.
• Old Qin left without attacking, and Yang Jian departed Headquarters while remaining wary of his intentions.
• Yang Jian arrived at Ping An Building and identified Fang Shiming as the Circle of Friends’ leader, noting his Ghost Scissors and possible Ghost Domain.
• Circle of Friends members urged Fang Shiming to retreat, while Jiang Shangbai said he could not run after becoming a captain.
• Red light suddenly covered the conference room, and the people inside sensed a deadly supernatural attack.

Yang Jian’s Ghost Eye attacked the Circle of Friends, erasing most of its members and three floors of Ping An Building. Fang Shiming, Jiang Shangbai, and Wu Yun survived, but they could not determine why the attack had targeted them.

• The red light from Yang Jian’s Ghost Eye erased Circle of Friends members and three floors of Ping An Building.
• Jiang Shangbai survived behind the Ghost Shroud, Fang Shiming remained unaffected, and Wu Yun’s curse shielded him from the attack.
• A shriveled head left behind by Liu Dong began to move and rot, suggesting the fierce ghost inside it was reviving.
• The red light faded after failing to affect the survivors, leaving only Fang Shiming, Jiang Shangbai, Wu Yun, and the moving head.
• Jiang Shangbai identified the red light as Yang Jian’s Ghost Eye, while Fang Shiming and Wu Yun questioned why it had attacked them.

Yang Jian assessed the Friends Circle’s survivors after his first attack and prepared to strike again, while Fang Shiming, Jiang Shangbai, and Wu Yun tried to retreat to safety. Yang Jian’s second attack began before they could leave, and Fang Shiming discovered that the Ghosts inside him had been suppressed.

• Yang Jian realized Jiang Shangbai had survived the first attack because he wore the Starving Ghost’s shroud, and identified Fang Shiming as the survivor he needed to watch.
• Yang Jian rejected trying the sixth layer of his Ghost Domain and chose to keep attacking with his fifth layer and Ghost Hand.
• Fang Shiming decided the survivors should go to the safe house, and Jiang Shangbai told Wu Yun to carry Liu Dong’s dangerous head.
• Jiang Shangbai said Yang Jian’s Ghost Domain had suppressed his own, so the three prepared to take the stairs.
• Dead hands seized Wu Yun, Jiang Shangbai, and Fang Shiming as Yang Jian launched his second attack, and Fang Shiming felt the Ghosts inside his body being suppressed.

A second supernatural attack struck the Ping An Building conference room, and Liu Dong's severed head protected Wu Yun from the ghostly hands. Fang Shiming was killed by the attack, leaving Jiang Shangbai shocked and the suspicion that Yang Jian was still alive.

• Jiang Shangbai, Wu Yun, and Fang Shiming tried to retreat to the underground safe room as bluish-black ghostly hands invaded their bodies.
• Wu Yun raised Liu Dong's severed head, and its gaze made the hands withdraw from him, though his face began to rot.
• The ghostly hands overwhelmed Fang Shiming, suppressing the ghosts within him and tearing his body apart.
• Fang Shiming concluded that Yang Jian might still be alive and directing the attacks before his neck broke and he died.
• Jiang Shangbai saw Fang Shiming's corpse and struggled to believe that the president had been killed.

Yang Jian killed Wu Yun and seized the rotten head while Jiang Shangbai faced the approaching Headless Ghost Shadow. Before that attack could unfold, another Fang Shiming emerged from a sealed safe room and invaded Yang Jian’s Ghost Domain, preparing to kill him.

• Yang Jian noticed that Fang Shiming’s corpse had not triggered a ghost revival, then moved to attack Wu Yun while Jiang Shangbai realized Yang Jian was likely alive and targeting them.
• Yang Jian’s Ghost Hand snapped Wu Yun’s neck and suppressed the curse on his body, while Jiang Shangbai recognized the hand’s power to suppress ghosts.
• Yang Jian took the rotten head and Wu Yun’s corpse, leaving Jiang Shangbai alone as the Headless Ghost Shadow appeared to attack him.
• A second Fang Shiming emerged from a sealed safe room, learned that the version of himself in a photograph had died, and entered Yang Jian’s Ghost Domain through a cold wind.

Jiang Shangbai fought Yang Jian’s Headless Ghost Shadow at Ping An Building while Headquarters sent other Ghost Tamers to respond. Yang Jian watched from another layer of his Ghost Domain, learned that Jiang Shangbai’s hidden Ghost Trampling could suppress the shadow, and prepared to reveal a more dangerous ability.

• Zhong Shan inferred that Yang Jian might be alive and headed to Ping An Building with Guo Fan, while Cao Yang, Li Jun, and other Ghost Tamers also responded to the support request.
• Wang Xiaoming admitted that he had delayed sending support so the Friends Circle would bear the ghost’s first attack, and he said Yang Jian was alive because he had used the music box.
• Wei Jing appeared at Headquarters carrying a hemp rope and confirmed that Yang Jian was not dead.
• Jiang Shangbai used Ghost Trampling to step on the Headless Ghost Shadow, forcing it to release him and briefly suppressing it.
• Yang Jian watched from the third layer of his Ghost Domain and recognized that Ghost Trampling could disrupt his shadow, then wondered whether Jiang Shangbai could suppress its next form.

Yang Jian confronted Jiang Shangbai at Ping An Building and killed him after overcoming the defenses of his ghosts and the Ghost Shroud. He reclaimed the Ghost Shroud and left the rest of Jiang Shangbai’s ghosts behind.

• Jiang Shangbai pinned Yang Jian’s headless shadow and tried to negotiate, believing he could withstand Yang Jian’s attacks.
• Yang Jian revealed himself and rejected Jiang Shangbai’s offer, explaining that he intended to kill him for taking part in the attempt against him.
• Yang Jian spread his ghost shadow across the top floor, where black arms seized Jiang Shangbai and began dragging him into the darkness.
• Yang Jian grabbed Jiang Shangbai by the throat and pressed him into the shadow, suppressing his ghosts until the darkness devoured him.
• Yang Jian realized the Ghost Shroud had needed all three ghost slots to lose its effect and decided to reclaim it while leaving Jiang Shangbai’s other ghosts behind.

Li Jun and the other Ghost Tamers gathered outside Ping An Building after receiving its distress signal, where they found Jiang Shangbai’s corpse. On the top floor, Yang Jian confronted the real Fang Shiming, who attacked him with a ghost that crushed its target under an invisible burden; Yang Jian responded by opening the sixth level of his Ghost Domain.

• Li Jun, Guo Fan, Zhong Shan, and the other Ghost Tamers assembled outside Ping An Building and agreed that the captains would lead the operation.
• A mangled corpse fell from the building, and Li Jun identified it as Jiang Shangbai; he then chose Guo Fan, Chen Yi, and Su Fan to help retrieve it before its ghosts revived.
• Yang Jian revealed that he had thrown Jiang Shangbai’s corpse down and searched Fang Shiming’s body for the missing Ghost Scissors.
• The real Fang Shiming appeared on the top floor and confirmed that his other self had managed the company while he waited to overcome his ghost revival problem.
• Fang Shiming produced the Ghost Scissors and used a ghost that targeted the tallest person nearby, crushing Yang Jian and suppressing his Ghost Shadow.
• Yang Jian opened the sixth level of his Ghost Domain while pinned beneath the ghost’s weight.