Chapter Summaries

Yang Jian and Li Yang prepared to leave the third floor of Caesar Hotel, hiding its golden door and leaving the dangerous ghosts behind. Wang Genquan joined them to test whether he could escape, but he died as soon as they reached the hotel’s outside area, confirming that the curse prevented him from surviving beyond it.

• Yang Jian and Li Yang searched the third floor, found the burning bone, and discovered that several corpses, including the tall rotten man, were missing.
• Yang Jian concealed the golden door, left the furnace and ghosts on the third floor, and had Li Yang pack the burning bone in a gold bag.
• As Yang Jian and Li Yang prepared to leave, Wang Genquan arrived and asked for a chance to see the outside world; Yang Jian agreed to take him.
• Yang Jian threw the coffin-nailed corpse back onto the third floor before closing the door, allowing the ghost to revive as the group departed.
• Outside Caesar Hotel, Wang Genquan rapidly aged and died, and Yang Jian concluded that the curse kept him from living in the present beyond the hotel.

Yang Jian concealed the Caesar Hotel’s golden door by rearranging the building, then visited Tong Qian after she woke in the hospital. Tong Qian’s consciousness had shifted onto her ghost face, and Yang Jian tested how its killing instinct could affect her.

• Yang Jian used his Ghost Domain to remodel the Caesar Hotel, hiding the fourth floor and the golden door between other floors.
• Li Yang told Yang Jian that Tong Qian had awakened, and they went to the hospital to see her.
• Yang Jian determined that Tong Qian had not been replaced by a ghost, but her consciousness had become fixed on her smiling ghost face.
• Tong Qian explained that she felt unfamiliar to herself and had lost emotions after the supernatural attack.
• Yang Jian discussed how a Ghost Tamer might become corrupted or retain control of themselves, then deliberately laughed to trigger Tong Qian’s ghost face.

Yang Jian warned Tong Qian that the Ghost Face’s instincts could erode her self-control, then returned to Dachang City with her and Li Yang after confirming the crisis at Caesar Hotel was contained. Back home, he found that Ghost Lake’s erosion had worsened and noticed a golden door near Wang Shanshan’s residence.

• Yang Jian explained that Tong Qian’s urge to turn toward him showed how the Ghost Face’s killing instinct could consume her, and Tong Qian vowed to restrain herself rather than abandon her duty as a Ghost Tamer.
• Tong Qian spotted the ghost following her when she turned her head, while Yang Jian and Li Yang checked the city and confirmed no other supernatural incidents remained.
• Yang Jian ordered the liaison officer to keep Caesar Hotel blocked off, then took Tong Qian and Li Yang back to Dachang City through his Ghost Domain.
• Yang Jian warned Tong Qian to monitor the ghost following her and maintain control, then accepted the bag of burning bones from Li Yang.
• Yang Jian stored the burning bones, put on a golden glove to contain his burning ghost hand, and realized Ghost Lake’s erosion had worsened.
• Yang Jian checked the lingering Ghost Cabinet curse and then looked toward Wang Shanshan’s residence, where a golden door stood.

Yang Jian returned home and considered the mysterious golden door at Wang Shanshan's residence, deciding not to investigate it yet. He Yuelian then arrived seeking his protection and help uncovering her origins, and Yang Jian sent her to Dahan City to find Sun Rui at Hell Apartment.

• Yang Jian recalled the golden door in the old building and decided he was not ready to open it.
• Yang Jian returned home to record his experiences, then prepared to visit Shangtong Building.
• He Yuelian arrived at Yang Jian's home and asked to stay close to him, offering to help investigate her mysterious identity.
• Yang Jian warned He Yuelian that she might be tied to a dangerous event approaching her twenty-fifth birthday.
• Yang Jian gave He Yuelian an address in Dahan City and instructed her to find Sun Rui and mention Zhang Xianguang.
• He Yuelian set out for Dahan City, and Yang Jian headed to Shangtong Building.

He Yuelian traveled to Dahan City to find Sun Rui, following Yang Jian’s instructions. After entering Hell Apartment, she told Sun Rui that Yang Jian had sent her to find Zhang Xianguang, a name Sun Rui had been investigating.

• He Yuelian called He Long, who said he could provide little information about Dahan City and identified Sun Rui as its missing person in charge.
• He Yuelian arrived in Dahan City and took a taxi to the unfinished building on Jianshe Road, despite rumors that the area was haunted and unsafe.
• A guard initially blocked He Yuelian from entering the building, then let her through after receiving an apparent instruction.
• He Yuelian crossed into Hell Apartment, where Sun Rui summoned her inside and questioned her about why Yang Jian had sent her.
• He Yuelian told Sun Rui she had been instructed to find Zhang Xianguang, prompting Sun Rui to recall his investigation into Zhang’s ties to the Ghost Post Office and Tian Xiaoyue.

Sun Rui sent He Yuelian into the Ghost Post Office inside an oil painting to find Zhang Xianguang and learn the mystery behind her appearance. She reached him, where he recognized her face, while a man resembling Yang Jian denied being Yang Jian.

• Sun Rui told He Yuelian that the real Zhang Xianguang was gone and offered to take her to another version of him.
• Sun Rui brought He Yuelian to an oil painting of the Ghost Post Office and warned her about the dangers inside.
• He Yuelian entered the painted world and met a corpse-like messenger who directed her to Zhang Xianguang.
• He Yuelian entered the painted Ghost Post Office, where the messengers stared at her and discussed her unusual appearance.
• He Yuelian recognized a man resembling Yang Jian, who said he was not Yang Jian, while Zhang Xianguang recognized her face.

Yang Jian heard reports at Shangtong Building and visited Dr. Chen, who had turned corpse oil into a golden oil lamp with supernatural abilities. Yang Jian took the lamp and considered whether its origins were connected to the Ghost Post Office.

• Zhang Liqin told Yang Jian that the Island Nation's Spirit Extermination Society wanted to meet him, Dr. Chen had made progress researching corpse oil, and Zhang Wei wanted to arrange a class reunion.
• Yang Jian agreed to meet the Spirit Extermination Society, let Zhang Wei choose the reunion time, and asked to be notified about a Headquarters meeting and the Black Umbrella incident.
• Yang Jian went to Dr. Chen's laboratory, where Dr. Chen showed him a lamp whose light could reveal hidden ghosts and might keep its holder from being noticed by them.
• Yang Jian took the golden oil lamp and told Dr. Chen to make a few more, offering him a twenty-million bonus.
• Yang Jian wondered whether his lamp's corpse oil was connected to Sun Rui's oil lamp and the Ghost Post Office, then considered retrieving the remaining corpse oil in Dachang City.

He Yuelian met the supernatural creation of Zhang Xianguang inside the world of Ghost Painting and learned that the real Zhang Xianguang planned to revive the woman depicted in it through He Yuelian. The group realized the plan concealed a deeper purpose, while He Yuelian feared she would die when it came to fruition.

• He Yuelian identified the man in the Zhongshan suit as Zhang Xianguang and told him Yang Jian had sent her to find him.
• Yang Xiao pointed out that Zhang Xianguang knew details about Ghost Painting he should not have known, prompting the group to press him for the truth.
• Zhang Xianguang explained that he was a supernatural creation left at the Ghost Post Office and revealed that the real Zhang Xianguang planned to revive the woman in Ghost Painting.
• Zhang Xianguang said He Yuelian was meant to become the vessel that inherited the woman's supernatural pieces and awakened her again.
• Yang Xiao suspected the resurrection plan concealed a larger arrangement tied to Ghost Painting and He Yuelian, but he could not determine its purpose.
• He Yuelian remembered Yang Jian's warning that the real Zhang Xianguang might appear when she reached the painted woman's age and feared she would die.

Yang Jian met with representatives of the Spirit Extermination Society, who brought Keiko to serve as a liaison and unknowingly carried a supernatural danger into Shangtong Building. When Ono’s head detached from his body, Yang Jian realized the curse of a rotting dead man’s head might have already triggered its killing pattern, and he confined everyone to investigate.

• Wang Xin asked Yang Jian to help with A-level supernatural incidents, but Yang Jian refused and allowed Keiko to stay as the Spirit Extermination Society’s liaison.
• Yang Jian noticed Ono’s brown leather shoes and sensed a supernatural presence, while Huang Ziya identified the shoes as made from human skin.
• Wang Xin’s subordinates restrained Ono, whose head detached from his body when they shook him.
• Yang Jian connected Ono’s condition to the rotting dead man’s head and suspected the Ghost Scissors’ curse had already triggered a ghost’s killing pattern.
• Yang Jian shut the office door, ordered everyone to remain inside, and picked up the Corpse Oil Lamp to search for hidden danger.

Yang Jian used a supernatural oil lamp to expose ghosts and hidden supernatural contamination among Wang Xin’s subordinates in Shangtong Building. After Huang Ziya eliminated the contaminated men, Yang Jian destroyed a ghost-made rotten head and ordered Ono’s human-skin shoes burned, while the threat targeting him remained unresolved.

• Yang Jian tested the oil lamp on Wang Xin, Keiko, and the subordinates, revealing head-shaped shadows and a black thread around Cheng Tian.
• Huang Ziya killed Cheng Tian and two more contaminated subordinates with her black hair, while another subordinate killed himself before she could act.
• Yang Jian warned Wang Xin that a ghost had likely infiltrated the Spirit Extermination Society and told him to investigate.
• The oil lamp revealed a rotten head that searched for Yang Jian but could not see him, and Yang Jian destroyed it with his ghost hand and furnace fire.
• Yang Jian identified Ono’s human-skin shoes as a possible flaw and ordered Ono’s corpse burned.

Yang Jian exposed a dangerous ghost hidden in Ono’s corpse and human-skin shoes, but it escaped after threatening to come for him. He warned Wang Xin that the Spirit Extermination Society faced a serious threat and ordered its people to leave Dachang City until they found the mole.

• Huang Ziya noticed the human-skin shoes on Ono’s headless corpse might conceal danger, and Yang Jian set the corpse alight with furnace fire.
• The burning corpse revealed an intelligent ghost wearing human-skin shoes, and Huang Ziya’s attacks could not reach it without a medium.
• Yang Jian identified the shoes as the medium the ghost used to make contact, and the ghost escaped through a wall after leaving a threatening message.
• Yang Jian warned Wang Xin that the ghost was likely connected to the missing rotten dead head and that the Spirit Extermination Society was in danger.
• Yang Jian ordered Wang Xin and the others to leave Dachang City until they rooted out the mole, warning that he would kill anyone who disobeyed.

Yang Jian kept Keiko in Dachang City as Shangtong Building’s translator and enjoyed several quiet days before Liu Xiaoyu reported that Gao Ming had been murdered and Headquarters was struggling to convene the captains. Learning that Wang Xiaoming was dying, Yang Jian agreed to visit Headquarters and find out what was happening.

• Yang Jian left Keiko in Dachang City and assigned Zhang Liqin to arrange her stay and work as the company’s translator.
• Yang Jian told Jiang Yan to warn Liu Xiaoyu to bar people from the island nation from entering Dachang City because a vicious ghost had infiltrated the Spirit Extermination Society.
• After several peaceful days, Liu Xiaoyu told Yang Jian that someone had killed Gao Ming and taken the ghost he controlled.
• Liu Xiaoyu said more than half the captains had refused Headquarters’ meeting invitation, leaving only Wei Jing and Li Jun willing to attend.
• Liu Xiaoyu revealed that Wang Xiaoming had late-stage cancer and was bedridden, prompting Yang Jian to agree to visit Headquarters.

Yang Jian agreed to attend the captain meeting at Headquarters and prepared for the trip, while Cao Yanhua hoped his cooperation could influence the other captains. Wang Xiaoming refused supernatural treatment and expected to die soon, but planned to meet Yang Jian before his strength failed.

• Yang Jian agreed to attend the captain meeting and decided to leave for Headquarters that afternoon after making preparations in Dachang City.
• Cao Yanhua learned of Yang Jian's agreement and hoped his arrival would change the other captains' attitudes.
• Cao Yanhua visited Wang Xiaoming, who said he would likely die within a month and refused to become a Ghost Tamer or accept supernatural treatment.
• Wang Xiaoming recognized that Yang Jian had agreed to attend and told Cao Yanhua to meet with him instead, since Wang could no longer see the future.
• Wang Xiaoming fell asleep after reflecting that the human-skin paper had correctly predicted his death from cancer.
• Yang Jian returned to his safe house and inspected contained fierce ghosts while preparing for possible dangers at Headquarters.

Yang Jian departed for Headquarters to attend the captain’s meeting, while Wang Chaling was repeatedly challenged to chess by Ye Zhen. After hearing that Yang Jian had set off, Wang Chaling considered what the move meant for the other captains, but Ye Zhen returned to challenge him again.

• Yang Jian checked Dachang City for lingering anomalies, then boarded a private plane to attend the captain’s meeting at Headquarters.
• Ye Zhen repeatedly challenged Wang Chaling to chess, threatening to fight whenever Wang Chaling tried to refuse, and lost another game before leaving through the window.
• Wang Chaling reflected on why Ye Zhen kept targeting him and worried that he could not risk fighting him while hiding a stolen Starving Ghost in his safe house.
• Wang Chaling learned that Yang Jian had departed for Headquarters and wondered whether the other captains would follow his lead.
• Ye Zhen returned just as Wang Chaling finished setting up the chessboard, leaving Wang Chaling frustrated by another challenge.

Yang Jian arrived at Headquarters and learned that Cao Yanhua wanted him to gather the captains who had refused to attend the upcoming meeting. After Yang Jian rejected the request, Wang Xiaoming offered to speak privately about the human skin paper, and Yang Jian followed him out of the meeting room.

• Yang Jian arrived in Dajing City, where Qin Meirou escorted him to Headquarters and told him Zhang Lei had taken over Gao Ming's position.
• Yang Jian entered the meeting room and found Wang Xiaoming gravely ill, with Cao Yanhua, Li Jun, and A Hong also present.
• Cao Yanhua asked Yang Jian to persuade the absent captains to attend the meeting, but Yang Jian refused, saying the task would put him at risk.
• Wang Xiaoming offered to discuss something privately with Yang Jian, mentioning the human skin paper, and Yang Jian agreed to follow him.

Wang Xiaoming tried to persuade Yang Jian to become Headquarters’ Enforcement Captain, offering him control of its supernatural resources and promising to reveal the human-skin paper’s secret. Yang Jian remained wary and refused for the moment, while Wang Xiaoming insisted the position was necessary as rival organizations gained strength.

• Yang Jian returned to Wang Xiaoming’s hospital room, where Wang dismissed the staff and removed his IV before speaking privately with him.
• Wang Xiaoming urged Yang Jian to gather the Captains for a meeting and explained that Headquarters planned to appoint an Enforcement Captain to restrain them.
• Wang Xiaoming offered Yang Jian access to Headquarters’ Supernatural Items, detained ghosts, and lower-ranking Ghost Tamers if he accepted the position.
• Yang Jian questioned whether he could survive the risks, while Wang Xiaoming argued that the role would let him gain influence and help shape the coming crisis.
• Wang Xiaoming warned that the Spirit Extermination Society and the King Organization had already organized their Ghost Tamers, and said Headquarters needed someone to unite its own Captains.

Yang Jian considered Wang Xiaoming’s offer to become an Enforcement Captain in exchange for helping the captains’ meeting proceed, while Headquarters also asked him to investigate Gao Ming’s death. Yang Jian agreed to help Li Jun investigate and left the conference hall with him and A Hong.

• Yang Jian questioned whether Wang Xiaoming’s promises could be trusted, and Wang Xiaoming argued that Headquarters could not control Yang Jian or prevent him from taking its resources.
• Yang Jian said he would decide on Wang Xiaoming’s offer by six that evening, and Wang Xiaoming brought him back to the conference hall.
• Wang Xiaoming explained that Gao Ming had died near Ping An Building and proposed that someone seeking the ghost painting might have killed him accidentally.
• Li Jun and A Hong asked Yang Jian to help investigate Gao Ming’s death, and Yang Jian agreed.
• Li Jun used his ghost-fire Ghost Domain to take himself, Yang Jian, and A Hong from the conference hall.

Yang Jian investigated Gao Ming’s death and used his supernatural abilities to trace the killer’s likely position near Ping An Building. As he withdrew the ghost shadow, one figure in the medium-images walked toward him.

• Yang Jian considered whether to accept the Enforcement Captain position and use Headquarters’ resources to address his curse and obtain supernatural items.
• At Gao Ming’s crime scene, Yang Jian inferred that Gao Ming had noticed a supernatural figure near Ping An Building before the killer instantly killed him.
• Yang Jian used his Ghost Domain to identify a likely area where the killer had stood, then spread his ghost shadow across the surroundings.
• Yang Jian triggered the hatchet’s medium and saw countless images of people, but initially decided the killer would be too difficult to identify among them.
• As Yang Jian withdrew his ghost shadow, one medium-image moved through the others and walked toward him.

Yang Jian confronted an unseen Ghost Tamer through a supernatural medium, but the stranger's bloodstained broadsword wounded him despite their distance. Yang Jian used his seventh-level Ghost Domain to restart himself, and the stranger retreated before Yang Jian could identify him.

• Yang Jian realized the approaching figure had followed the hatchet's medium and charged it before it could fully reveal itself.
• The stranger blocked Yang Jian's hatchet with a rusty broadsword, and their weapons clashed without either gaining an advantage.
• The stranger's next strike inflicted a supernatural cut around Yang Jian's neck, and Yang Jian restarted himself to recover.
• Li Jun tried to help, but Yang Jian explained that the attacker existed through the medium and could not be reached by ordinary supernatural attacks.
• The stranger retreated into the mediums, and Yang Jian said the figure seemed familiar but he had not seen its face.

Yang Jian and his allies exposed a powerful murderer but concluded they were not ready to confront him, suspecting he feared Old Qin. Yang Jian left the city and checked on Zhao Xiaoya, telling Liu Siyue to take her to Dachang City for safety.

• Yang Jian warned Li Jun and A Hong that the murderer was an experienced, exceptionally powerful Ghost Tamer and that confronting him could get them killed.
• Yang Jian reasoned that the murderer feared Old Qin and might have killed Gao Ming to test Headquarters’ response.
• Yang Jian urged Li Jun to stop investigating recklessly because losing him could leave the ghost painting uncontrolled; Li Jun and A Hong agreed to return to Headquarters and handle Gao Ming’s body.
• Yang Jian traveled to a nearby county town and visited Liu Siyue, who was caring for Zhao Xiaoya.
• Yang Jian told Liu Siyue that Zhao Xiaoya’s ghost was trapped and instructed her to take Zhao Xiaoya to Dachang City; Liu Siyue agreed to leave that night.