Chapter Summaries

Yang Jian watched the human skin paper devour the old woman and feared the power it might gain from her ghosts. As his Ghost Eye began reviving and he prepared for death, the Headless Ghost Shadow merged with his shadow, and the human skin paper revealed a method for harnessing it.

• Yang Jian watched the human skin paper pull the old woman, who contained the Headless Ghost Shadow and corpse water, inside and swallow her completely.
• Yang Jian realized the human skin paper had gained more ghosts than their deal allowed, but he stayed in his Ghost Domain as his Ghost Eye began to revive.
• Yang Jian gave up hope of surviving, turned to enter the corpse bag, and considered leaving his money to his mother.
• The Headless Ghost Shadow flowed into Yang Jian's shadow, and the human skin paper announced that it would begin harnessing a second fierce ghost.
• Yang Jian returned to the human skin paper, which displayed a method for harnessing the Headless Ghost Shadow.

Yang Jian followed the human skin paper’s instructions and gave five Ghost Eyes to the Headless Ghost Shadow to tame it and delay his own revival. The shadow briefly tried to take his body, but the eyes restrained it, and it merged into his headless shadow.

• The human skin paper released the Headless Ghost Shadow and showed Yang Jian how to tame it.
• Yang Jian gave the Headless Ghost Shadow five Ghost Eyes, slowing the revival inside him and forming a temporary balance between the two ghosts.
• The human skin paper warned that the Headless Ghost Shadow could turn the tables if it obtained another body, then stopped suppressing it.
• The Headless Ghost Shadow attacked Yang Jian, but its five Ghost Eyes opened and pinned it to the ground.
• Yang Jian took control of the Headless Ghost Shadow, which merged into his own headless shadow.

Yang Jian kept the human-skin paper despite distrusting it, then brought Zhang Han out of hiding and led him to the funeral hall to confront the coffin. As they prepared to open it, a cough came from inside and the coffin opened on its own, revealing a pale hand.

• Yang Jian decided the human-skin paper might save his life and hid it in the box that had held the Headless Ghost.
• Yang Jian used his expanded Ghost Domain to retrieve Zhang Han from a suitcase and told him the immediate danger had temporarily eased.
• Yang Jian said the coffin in the funeral hall was the source of the village’s troubles and brought Zhang Han there to release the ghost inside.
• As Yang Jian and Zhang Han prepared to pry open the coffin, a weak cough sounded from within and the coffin opened by itself, exposing a deathly pale hand.

Yang Jian and Zhang Han discovered that the person emerging from the coffin was Feng Quan, the missing Ghost Tamer whose coughing had echoed through Huanggang Village. Feng Quan explained that he had tried to gather the scattered Ghost Tamers against the village ghost, but their failure to understand his warnings allowed the ghost to grow stronger and take over the village.

• The coffin opened by itself, and Yang Jian and Zhang Han prepared to restrain the figure inside.
• Yang Jian recognized the uniform on the coughing man and suspected he was Feng Quan, so he stopped Zhang Han from attacking.
• Feng Quan confirmed his identity and warned that Yang Jian and Zhang Han should not have come to rescue him.
• Feng Quan admitted that his coughing had been meant to gather the Ghost Tamers and help them resist the village ghost.
• Feng Quan said the ghost grew stronger after the Ghost Tamers were killed and took over the village, leaving them trapped.
• Yang Jian angrily demanded to know why Feng Quan had not given clearer warnings and asked about the old woman's coughing.

Yang Jian learned that Feng Quan had survived inside Huanggang Village and had been using the villagers to warn him about the ghost guarding the coffin. Feng Quan revealed that the village’s supernatural balance had broken and proposed that they join forces to contain the ghost, but the village began darkening again.

• Feng Quan explained that he had guided Yang Jian with warnings but had kept the coffin closed because the ghost guarding it could enter and grow far more powerful.
• Feng Quan revealed that the handsome man in the portrait was the ghost, which had watched Yang Jian open the coffin and waited for a chance to enter it.
• Feng Quan told Zhang Han that the villagers existed because of the ghost coffin and said he could influence them while lying inside it.
• Feng Quan explained that the ghost grew stronger as villagers died and that Yang Jian’s release of other ghosts had weakened it.
• Feng Quan pointed to the coffin as the likely reason Headquarters had sent the team to the village, and Zhang Han noticed the village was growing dark again.

Yang Jian, Feng Quan, and Zhang Han prepared to confront the ghost tied to the coffin as night fell in Huanggang Village. The man from the portrait approached the mourning hall but stopped at Yang Jian’s Ghost Domain.

• Feng Quan explained that the village, the coffin, and the ghost were connected, and said they had to contain the ghost to survive.
• Yang Jian suspected the coffin was the true objective of the mission and questioned why the ghost had not gained power from the Headless Ghost Shadow.
• Feng Quan climbed out of the coffin, shut its lid, and told Yang Jian and Zhang Han to stay together and prepare gold containment tools.
• As night fell, footsteps circled the mourning hall, and Yang Jian spread his Ghost Domain over the house.
• A pale, handsome man matching the portrait appeared at the entrance and stopped before Yang Jian’s Ghost Domain.

Yang Jian, Zhang Han, and Feng Quan joined forces to stop the ghost after it resisted Yang Jian's Ghost Domain and entered the mourning hall. They attacked together, but the ghost halted before the outcome was clear.

• Yang Jian spread his Ghost Domain toward the ghost, but it could not cover the ghost and lost control when the ghost stepped inside.
• Zhang Han, Feng Quan, and Yang Jian agreed to fight the ghost together as it advanced toward the coffin.
• Zhang Han summoned the half-emerged bloodied corpse from his tattoo, which grabbed the ghost and blocked its path.
• Feng Quan charged the ghost while Yang Jian's Headless Ghost Shadow rose behind it to attack.
• The ghost suddenly stopped as the three attacked.

Yang Jian, Zhang Han, and Feng Quan confronted the man in the portrait, whose power suppressed the abilities of three ghosts. As Feng Quan fought him through a spreading mist, Yang Jian climbed into the ghost coffin to protect himself.

• Zhang Han's bloody ghost was forcibly dragged from his tattoo, while Yang Jian's Ghost Shadow failed to remove the portrait man's head and was suppressed.
• Feng Quan enveloped himself in gray mist and used its eerie coughing to make the portrait man's body decay.
• Feng Quan explained that the man could nullify the abilities of three ghosts and had grown stronger by taking ghosts; Yang Jian suspected Feng Quan had concealed the truth and that Ye Jun's death was suspicious.
• Yang Jian retreated to the coffin and refused to help Feng Quan, warning that his death could upset the balance and cause the ghosts to revive.
• As Feng Quan's mist filled the mourning hall and obscured the portrait man, Yang Jian pushed open the coffin lid and climbed inside.

Yang Jian escaped into the ghost coffin, where his body disappeared and he realized he could perceive the village as a bodiless consciousness. After Feng Quan contained the portrait ghost, Yang Jian emerged and warned that the ghost was still present, having only destroyed one of its forms.

• Yang Jian climbed into the ghost coffin and shut its lid as the fog engulfed the mourning hall.
• Inside the coffin, Yang Jian's body vanished, leaving his consciousness intact and able to observe the village through the fog.
• Feng Quan fought the decaying portrait ghost, then gathered its remains and sealed them in a golden suitcase.
• With the ghost contained, Zhang Han's corpse returned to his body and Yang Jian's headless ghost shadow disappeared, but Yang Jian's Ghost Domain spread across the village.
• Yang Jian emerged from the coffin and told Feng Quan the ghost was a consciousness without a physical form, and that the remains in the suitcase were only one of its forms.
• Footsteps sounded in the darkness, and Feng Quan dropped the suitcase as he realized the ghost was still there.

Yang Jian explained that Huanggang Village itself was a conceptual ghost, making Feng Quan’s plan to become a true ghost impossible and leaving them trapped in a repeating fight. He removed Feng Quan’s head and declared that the only way out was to make the village ghost return to the ghost coffin.

• Yang Jian told Feng Quan that the ghost coffin had been made to nurture the Huanggang Village ghost, and that the villagers and the village itself were part of that ghost.
• Yang Jian explained that the ghost could not be contained or defeated permanently, and that repeated confrontations would eventually kill them as it grew stronger.
• Feng Quan insisted he could still return to the coffin and preserve their balance, but Yang Jian’s headless ghostly figure seized and removed Feng Quan’s head.
• Yang Jian told Feng Quan that the village incident would end only if the ghost returned to the coffin, and said he would give the coffin away afterward.

Yang Jian’s plan worked when Liu Genrong’s ghost returned to the ghost coffin and sealed itself inside, ending the Huanggang Village incident. He prepared to take Feng Quan and Zhang Han away, though his offer to sell them left Zhang Han terrified.

• Yang Jian restrained the Headless Ghost Shadow after it placed Feng Quan’s head on its neck, then moved Feng Quan and Zhang Han out of the ghost’s path.
• Liu Genrong entered the mourning hall, climbed into the empty ghost coffin, and pulled the lid shut from inside.
• Yang Jian watched the coffin for nearly an hour and concluded that the ghost would not come out again unless someone opened it.
• Feng Quan accused Yang Jian of destroying a chance to save the world, while Yang Jian said he had saved Feng Quan’s life and decided to sell him instead.
• Yang Jian put Feng Quan’s body into a body bag and threatened to put the awakened Zhang Han into his suitcase and sell him too.

Yang Jian and Zhang Han escaped Huanggang Village after Yang Jian contained the village ghost in a coffin, and the village vanished until the ghost emerged again. They drove toward a checkpoint where company officials, including Wu Yue, learned Yang Jian had survived and prepared to meet him.

• Yang Jian explained that Huanggang Village had temporarily vanished because its ghost was inside the coffin, and Zhang Han warned that the village would return if the ghost escaped.
• Yang Jian loaded Feng Quan's body and the ghost coffin into the cars, and Zhang Han helped him despite suspecting Yang Jian wanted to sell him too.
• Yang Jian and Zhang Han drove out of Huanggang Village with the coffin, while observers at the roadblock reported the village's disappearance and their arrival.
• Wu Yue dismissed concerns about the company's concealed information and said Yang Jian was unlikely to survive the mission.
• An observer reported that Yang Jian and Zhang Han had emerged alive, and Wu Yue led the others out to meet them.

After escaping Huanggang Village, Yang Jian and Zhang Han met Wu Yue, who represented the company behind their deal. Wu Yue promised a ghost-control method within a week but concealed the company’s information about the incident, leaving Yang Jian suspicious and Zhang Han urging him not to attack.

• Zhang Han drove away from Huanggang Village in worsening condition and feared the ghost on his back would revive within ten days.
• Yang Jian told Zhang Han that the roadblock ahead was likely set up by Sun Lihong’s company to meet them and settle their deal.
• Wu Yue welcomed Yang Jian and Zhang Han, congratulated them on completing the mission, and promised to provide a method to control ghost revival after the company assessed Yang Jian’s information.
• Wu Yue said the company’s method had about a fifteen percent success rate and refused to disclose its confidential process.
• Yang Jian questioned Wu Yue about the Huanggang Village files and threatened him, but Wu Yue denied knowing anything and warned that an attack would void their deal.
• Zhang Han urged Yang Jian not to act impulsively and risk losing what they had survived to obtain.

Yang Jian demanded an explanation from Wu Yue about the falsified supernatural incident files, but Wu Yue tried to placate him with money and arguments about the benefits of concealing information. Yang Jian refused to listen and shot Wu Yue, leaving the company and those behind the files to face his warning.

• Wu Yue offered Yang Jian one hundred and fifty million for the imprisoned fierce ghost and urged him to cooperate.
• Zhang Han tried to persuade Yang Jian to postpone investigating the files until after the Ghost Tamers extended their lives.
• Yang Jian demanded accountability for the incomplete files that had nearly gotten him killed.
• Wu Yue admitted the files had been concealed for greater benefits and argued that the survivors would receive what they wanted.
• Yang Jian pressed a pistol to Wu Yue's head and said he would make an example of anyone who gave him false files.
• Wu Yue tried to explain, but Yang Jian said he would not listen and shot him.

Yang Jian confronted Wang Xiaoming over the deleted paranormal-incident files and demanded proof that Wang acted for the public good. The chapter ended with Wang facing a test: shoot Wu Yue himself or lose Yang Jian’s trust and cooperation.

• Yang Jian shot at Wu Yue, but Captain Li used a Ghost Domain to save him, and Wang Xiaoming arrived to take responsibility for the deleted files.
• Wang Xiaoming introduced Zhao Jianguo and Li Jun, then admitted that he had ordered the files concealed to secure the ghost coffin and advance research into paranormal incidents.
• Wang Xiaoming defended sacrificing Ghost Tamers as necessary for the greater good, prompting Yang Jian to threaten him and challenge Li Jun’s ability to protect him.
• Zhao Jianguo urged Yang Jian to trust Wang Xiaoming’s record, including his research papers published under the name Bruce Pi.
• Yang Jian demanded that Wang shoot Wu Yue to prove he valued Ghost Tamers’ lives above an ordinary manager’s; otherwise, Yang would refuse to join Headquarters.

Yang Jian forced Professor Wang to prove his resolve by choosing between Wu Yue and recruiting Yang Jian into Headquarters, then agreed to join after passing an assessment. He sold the ghost coffin for 550 million, and Professor Wang left with it before Yang Jian could negotiate a price for Feng Quan.

• Professor Wang shot at Wu Yue, who fled and was wounded, before Yang Jian stopped him and said he would join Headquarters after passing an assessment.
• Yang Jian warned Professor Wang that he expected access to altered files if they were changed again, and Professor Wang said classified matters would be shared with him if he made enough contributions.
• Yang Jian offered the ghost coffin for 500 million, and Professor Wang immediately ordered the payment.
• Yang Jian added 50 million for the costs of retrieving the coffin, and Professor Wang agreed to pay that as well.
• Li Jun took the ghost coffin to the laboratory after Yang Jian warned him that a ghost was inside it.
• Professor Wang departed with the coffin, leaving Sun Lihong to handle the remaining transaction with Yang Jian.

Yang Jian negotiated with Sun Lihong over the sale of ghosts and Feng Quan, while Wang Xiaoming and Zhao Jianguo prepared to take the ghost coffin to the research institute. Wang Xiaoming agreed to meet Yang Jian’s demand for everything and brought out a golden box as a possible bargaining item.

• Yang Jian opened the body bag during negotiations, revealing Feng Quan’s head and frightening Sun Lihong when it suddenly opened its eyes.
• Wang Xiaoming watched security personnel transfer the ghost coffin and dismissed Zhao Jianguo’s warning about the danger of opening it.
• Sun Lihong told Wang Xiaoming and Zhao Jianguo that Feng Quan was alive and in Yang Jian’s possession.
• Wang Xiaoming insisted that Feng Quan had to be bought and agreed to give Yang Jian everything when told of his price.
• Wang Xiaoming sent Sun Lihong to fetch a rectangular golden box from his car, then carried it toward Yang Jian.

Yang Jian traded Feng Quan to Wang Xiaoming for a Ghost Candle, a rare tool that could protect people from fierce ghosts while it burned. He postponed joining Headquarters until he could confirm a method for delaying ghost resurgence and prepared to remain active in Dachang City.

• Wang Xiaoming offered Yang Jian a Ghost Candle in exchange for Feng Quan and explained that its light protected people from being killed by fierce ghosts.
• Yang Jian accepted the trade, and Wang Xiaoming's team took Feng Quan away while Yang Jian kept the candle.
• Yang Jian lamented that the team had also left with his twenty-million-yuan bag, and Zhao Jianguo cautioned him against trading away colleagues.
• Yang Jian delayed joining Headquarters until he could verify Wang Xiaoming's method for delaying ghost resurgence, and said he wanted to stay in Dachang City.
• Zhao Jianguo confirmed that the Furen Mall and Huanggang Village incidents would count as Yang Jian's merits toward a future rank increase.

Yang Jian returned to the city after escaping Huanggang Village and discussed ghost taming and the ghost candle with Zhang Han. He stopped to eat while the dangerous Headless Ghost Shadow followed him, and he called Jiang Yan to pick him up.

• Yang Jian told Zhang Han he would wait for Wang Xiaoming's ghost-taming method to improve, while Zhang Han planned to undergo testing and try taming a second ghost.
• Yang Jian warned Zhang Han to keep quiet about the ghost candle, and Zhang Han thanked him for helping him survive Huanggang Village.
• Yang Jian called Jiang Yan and asked her to pick him up, then got out of Zhang Han's car to find food.
• Yang Jian entered a fried chicken shop with the headless shadow still trailing him and asked a woman in line if he could cut ahead because he had not eaten for days.

Jiang Yan dressed up to meet Yang Jian, but Qian Feng repeatedly pursued her and followed her through traffic. She escaped after claiming she was pregnant with Yang Jian’s child, while Qian Feng continued insisting he would accept the child.

• After Yang Jian called, Jiang Yan dressed up and prepared to drive to meet him.
• Qian Feng appeared at Jiang Yan’s door with a rose and said he had rented the apartment across from hers.
• Jiang Yan rejected Qian Feng and drove away in Yang Jian’s Benz, but Qian Feng followed her and shouted his confession at a traffic light.
• Jiang Yan claimed she was pregnant with her boyfriend’s child, and Qian Feng said he would raise the baby and pay child support.
• A taxi driver rammed Qian Feng’s car, giving Jiang Yan the chance to speed away when the light turned green.