Chapter Summaries

Li Yang's team tried to save Lin Long after a ghost attacked him, but repeated substitute death dolls could not stop the lingering curse and he died when the ghost returned. Tong Qian entered the room bearing the faces of Ghost Messenger, Ghost Painting, and the Door-Knocking Ghost, ready to confront the threat with captain-level power.

• A ghost smashed through Li Yang's sealed door and fatally injured Lin Long, so Zhang Lei used a substitute death doll to transfer some of the damage.
• Li Yang and Su Fan used more substitute death dolls, but Lin Long's condition continued to deteriorate as the curse remained on him.
• The ghost broke through again, and Li Yang used the Door-Knocking Ghost's power to force it back briefly.
• Zhang Lei reported that Lin Long had died the instant the door opened, and Su Fan warned that the team needed to uncover the ghost's killing pattern.
• Tong Qian entered the dark room with the faces of Wei Jing, the woman from the Ghost Painting, and Luo Wensong, combining three paranormal forces.

After Lin Long died fighting a Ghost Ship ghost, Li Yang's squad defeated it and prepared for the next attacks while the other captains faced mounting pressure. As the Ghost Ship released more ghosts, the King Organization planned to exploit the crisis and considered striking the captains together.

• Lin Long died during Li Yang's squad's fight with a ghost, prompting He Yin'er to urge Zhou Deng to support them, but he stayed to protect her.
• Li Yang reported that his squad had dealt with the ghost, and he and the survivors adjusted their tactics before continuing the operation.
• Wang Chaling contained ghosts with the souls of his grandparents and prepared for a possible attack from the King Organization.
• Yang Jian saw the Ghost Ship begin to vanish while releasing even more ghosts into Ghost Lake.
• The King Organization discussed using the Ghost Ship crisis to exhaust the captains and considered attacking them together.

As the Ghost Ship vanished after unloading its ghosts, the captains struggled to contain the growing threat while the King Organization prepared to attack. With the battle reaching its most dangerous stage, Sister Hong entered Dahai City and Zhang Xianguang watched the captains from the shadows.

• Wang Guoqiang briefed Cao Yanhua on Yang Jian’s Great Flood Plan, Zhang Xianguang’s alliance, and the mounting danger in Dahai City.
• Sister Hong vanished from a bus after it was stopped at the roadblock outside Dahai City.
• The Ghost Ship disappeared, leaving its ghosts to spread across Dahai City as Yang Jian and the other captains fought to contain them.
• Li Yang, He Yin'er, Wang Chaling, and He Yuelian prepared their forces and trump cards as more ghosts appeared.
• Zhang Xianguang watched the strained captains from the shadows, and the King Organization’s kings revealed themselves and prepared to strike.

As the Ghost Ship’s ghosts overwhelmed Dahai City, Yang Jian and the captains prepared for a possible strike by the King Organization. The organization launched its ambush, and He Yin’er was attacked by three kings just after her summoned soul vanished.

• Liu San warned the captains that his paper figures across Dahai City had been destroyed, suggesting the King Organization was moving against them.
• Yang Jian judged Wang Chaling, He Yin’er, and Liu San to be likely first targets, then contacted Ye Zhen and asked him to join the fight.
• The King Organization selected Wang Chaling, He Yin’er, and Lu Zhiwen for its first ambush, deciding not to target Liu San or directly attack Yang Jian.
• He Yin’er’s summoned Soul Walker imprisoned nearby ghosts before vanishing, and his final expression revealed that he had sensed danger approaching her.
• Three kings appeared behind He Yin’er, and one of them used darkness to begin eroding her body as Zhou Deng rushed to intervene.

He Yin'er and Zhou Deng were ambushed by the Clown, Captain, and Projectionist, who tried to kill them before they could respond. Zhou Deng endured their attacks long enough for He Yin'er to recover her soul-summoning ability and summon a deathly old man, leaving the battle poised to turn.

• The Clown, Captain, and Projectionist launched a surprise attack on He Yin'er, suppressing her summoning ability and pulling her body from reality.
• Zhou Deng used the Human Skin Coat to take on part of the attack against He Yin'er, though the coat began eroding him.
• The Clown attacked Zhou Deng and He Yin'er's consciousness, while the Projectionist tried to drag Zhou Deng into a black-and-white supernatural space.
• He Yin'er tried to summon a soul using Luo Qian's old cup, but Captain swallowed her arm and the cup into darkness.
• The cup rolled back to He Yin'er, and Zhou Deng used a burning red ghost candle to force the enemy supernatural forces to recede.
• He Yin'er touched the cup and summoned a terrifying, deathly old man.

Zhou Deng sacrificed himself to protect He Yin'er until she summoned Graveyard Master Luo Qian, who defeated the Projectionist and restored He Yin'er. The chapter left He Yin'er grieving Zhou Deng’s death, while Luo Qian buried his Human Skin Coat and said he could not reverse the past to save him.

• Zhou Deng held off the three Kings until He Yin'er successfully summoned Graveyard Master Luo Qian.
• The Captain abandoned the attack and fled, while Luo Qian restored He Yin'er and agreed to fight after learning the foreigners threatened the city.
• Luo Qian trapped the Projectionist in his Ghost Domain and buried him alive.
• Luo Qian told He Yin'er that Zhou Deng had died after exhausting himself to protect her, then buried the Human Skin Coat.
• He Yin'er pleaded with Luo Qian to restart and save Zhou Deng, but he said he could not reverse the past.

Yang Jian left the manor owner to his vicious dog and reached He Yin'er after Luo Qian had helped her defeat the Kings, but Zhou Deng had died protecting her. When Yang Jian tried to restart time, Captain returned and interfered, and the chapter ended as Yang Jian’s wish to strike Captain began to manifest through the Wishing Ghost.

• The manor owner tried to hold Yang Jian back, so Yang Jian summoned his vicious dog to stall him and left for He Yin'er's area.
• Yang Jian found He Yin'er with Graveyard Master Luo Qian and learned that two Kings had been killed, one had escaped, and Zhou Deng had died protecting her.
• Luo Qian warned that his time was up and that restarting Zhou Deng could also revive the vicious ghost within him, then began to disappear.
• Captain returned and disrupted Yang Jian's attempt to use the eighth layer of Ghost Domain to restart the area, so Yang Jian confronted him.
• Yang Jian used the Wishing Ghost to wish that he would strike Captain, suffered severe supernatural erosion, and restarted himself with the seventh layer of Ghost Domain.
• After Yang Jian's body recovered, the wish began to come true as a terrifying, blurry figure appeared before him.

Wang Chaling was isolated inside a supernatural apartment building and confronted by three Kings from the King Organization. He merged with his grandfather’s dead soul and advanced toward the Landlord as the Kings prepared to attack.

• Wang Chaling unknowingly crossed into a supernatural space containing an old apartment building, cut off from Dahai City.
• The Missionary, the Landlord, and the Twins emerged and revealed they had isolated Wang Chaling to wear him down and kill him.
• Wang Chaling realized the Landlord could trap the Wang Family’s dead souls in his building and decided to take on all three Kings.
• Wang Chaling merged with his grandfather’s dead soul, accepting the risk of losing his sanity.
• The Missionary attacked, the Landlord retreated into the apartment building, and the Twins appeared behind Wang Chaling as two identical girls.

Lu Zhiwen was ambushed by the Gentleman, the Butcher, and the Grave Digger, who nearly killed him with their supernatural attacks. He Yuelian arrived to help, but the kings launched a final assault as the chapter ended with Lu Zhiwen still in danger.

• The Gentleman distracted Lu Zhiwen while the Butcher struck him with a kitchen knife, but the attack hit a wooden puppet instead.
• Lu Zhiwen fled through an alley, bleeding and in pain, then was seized by the Grave Digger’s pit and trapped by the Gentleman and the Butcher.
• The Butcher’s knife destroyed Lu Zhiwen’s substitute doll, but He Yuelian appeared and drew the black cloth away from him.
• The Butcher released four ghosts and attacked Lu Zhiwen again as the Grave Digger opened a pit beneath him and sent a corpse-like figure to drag him down.

The King Organization attacked several captains, leaving Zhou Deng and Wang Chaling missing while other captains struggled to provide support. Zhang Xianguang appeared to confront the pianist, destroyed the cursed piano, and moved on after killing the first King.

• Liu San, Li Lepeng, and Lin Bei reported that the Kings had attacked He Yin'er, Wang Chaling, and Lu Zhiwen, while He Yuelian and Yang Jian went to support the threatened captains.
• Lin Bei reported that more than fifteen Kings might be involved, and Li Yang said outside support was available.
• The pianist targeted Lin Bei with a cursed melody, but Zhang Xianguang interrupted the performance and challenged him.
• Zhang Xianguang used the strange firelight to reveal himself and cut down the pianist, who began to revive beside the piano.
• Zhang Xianguang destroyed the cursed piano, called the pianist the first one, and disappeared into the darkness.

Yang Jian realized that Captain was a fierce ghost tied to the Ghost Ship and fought to restrain him. The chapter ended with Yang Jian pinning Captain with a coffin nail, though he knew the ghost’s true source remained aboard the Ghost Ship.

• Yang Jian used the Wishing Ghost to reveal Captain’s terrifying ghostly medium and recognized that a real ghost had infiltrated the King Organization.
• Captain’s medium attacked Yang Jian with Ghost Ship-like suppression, but Yang Jian summoned the Ghost Lake’s corpses to block it and escape.
• Captain surrounded himself with lingering souls to conceal his position and attack Yang Jian, while Yang Jian entered their midst as bait.
• Yang Jian dropped a ghost coin, prompting Captain to reach for it, and his ghost shadow struck with the red spear.
• Yang Jian used the opening to nail Captain’s calf with a coffin nail, making the lingering souls and ghostly medium disappear.

Yang Jian failed to restart time and save Zhou Deng after Luo Qian’s graveyard blocked his Ghost Domain, then left to support the other captains. Meanwhile, Wang Chaling killed the Landlord at great cost and launched another desperate attack on the Preacher as Twin revived.

• Yang Jian pinned down and dismembered the Ghost Ship’s captain, then used his eighth-level Ghost Domain to try to return to the moment Zhou Deng died.
• Luo Qian’s graveyard stopped Yang Jian’s restart, and Yang Jian eventually accepted that he could not save Zhou Deng and left to aid the other captains.
• Wang Chaling fought three kings in the eerie apartment building and killed the Landlord, though he suffered severe injuries and lost his grandfather.
• The Preacher threatened Wang Chaling, while Twin revived nearby as the sole remaining girl.
• Wang Chaling charged the Preacher, and his grandmother transformed into a fierce ghost and attacked alongside him.

Yang Jian found the hidden supernatural space where Wang Chaling was being tortured and intervened against the preacher and the twin girls. After Yang Jian wounded the preacher, the preacher transferred his injuries into an illustration by sealing away part of himself, revealing the dangerous cost of his power.

• Yang Jian used the red spear and his Ghost Domain to locate and enter the hidden building where Wang Chaling had disappeared.
• Yang Jian found a mangled corpse and heard Wang Chaling screaming on the third floor.
• Yang Jian discovered the preacher sawing Wang Chaling apart while two twin girls restrained him, then confronted them.
• The preacher threatened Wang Chaling, but Yang Jian attacked and split the preacher's body with a hatchet.
• The preacher used his old book to transfer his injuries into an illustration, and Yang Jian realized the power consumed part of the preacher until he became a ghost.

Yang Jian killed and detained the missionary after decapitating the seemingly unkillable twin girls, then agreed to help Wang Chaling rescue his grandparents. The two left the room as a vicious ghost approached in the corridor.

• The missionary silenced Wang Chaling with his old book, but Yang Jian attacked him with ghost fire and charged in.
• The twin girls tried to block Yang Jian, but his supernatural attack severed their heads and wounded the missionary as well.
• The missionary released the forces sealed in his book and tried to fight back, but Yang Jian used his sixth-layer Ghost Domain and a coffin nail to detain him.
• The twin girls recovered, and Wang Chaling warned Yang Jian that they could not be killed and that they needed to leave the building.
• Wang Chaling asked Yang Jian to rescue his grandparents, and Yang Jian agreed on the condition that Wang Chaling kill another king afterward.
• Yang Jian took Wang Chaling out of the room, where they saw a vicious ghost approaching in the corridor.

He Yuelian failed to save Lu Zhiwen after the Butcher, the Gentleman, and the Grave Digger attacked him together, then forced the Butcher and the Gentleman to retreat. In a Dahai City alley, Zhang Xianguang ambushed them, killed the Butcher, and turned his attention to the Gentleman.

• The Butcher and the Gentleman watched Lu Zhiwen fall into the Grave Digger's pit, while He Yuelian attacked them with the ghost painting's power.
• The Grave Digger's pits helped the Butcher and the Gentleman escape He Yuelian, though her ghost-summoning power stripped away some of their supernatural abilities.
• The Gentleman and the Butcher regrouped in Dahai City and discussed continuing their attack on the captains.
• Zhang Xianguang emerged from the darkness as four blurry figures carrying old broadswords and killed the Butcher with a sudden assault.
• The Gentleman realized Zhang Xianguang had targeted him next as the heavy footsteps and scraping blade closed in.

The captains and the King Organization continued fighting across Dahai City as Headquarters assessed the mounting casualties. After containing a fierce ghost, Lin Bei was ambushed by a King wielding a coffin nail and appeared to be killed.

• Wang Guoqiang told Cao Yanhua that Zhou Deng had died protecting He Yin'er, while the whereabouts of Wang Chaling and Lu Zhiwen remained unknown.
• Cao Yanhua learned that Ye Zhen had killed the King codenamed Assassin, but Headquarters had not yet received reports of the many further Kings killed by the captains.
• Lin Bei contained a fierce ghost from Ghost Lake and left the mirror world to seek Liu San for information.
• A hidden King shattered Lin Bei's mirror world and pinned him with a coffin nail, suppressing his supernatural power.
• The King raised an iron hammer over the immobilized Lin Bei and brought it down.

After rescuing Wang Chaling’s family, Yang Jian sought updates on the first battle against the King Organization. He learned that several captains had died, but Zhang Xianguang had killed at least two enemy Kings, and ordered the surviving captains to assemble for a reassessment.

• Yang Jian brought Wang Chaling and his four deceased relatives back from the supernatural space, and Wang Chaling withdrew to recover.
• Yang Jian found Liu San’s paper figures scattered and powerless, then contacted a surviving figure to learn what had happened.
• Liu San reported that the Coffin Bearer had retreated after fighting him, while Lu Zhiwen had been killed by three Kings and Lin Bei had been assassinated with a coffin nail.
• Liu San reported that Zhou Deng, Lu Zhiwen, and Lin Bei had been lost, but Zhang Xianguang had secretly killed at least two Kings from the King Organization.
• Yang Jian told Liu San to summon the surviving captains and prioritize gathering their forces over handling remaining supernatural incidents.

Yang Jian gathered the surviving captains after the King Organization’s first attack and ordered them to strike back before the enemy or the Ghost Ship could recover. Meanwhile, the remaining kings debated their losses and rejected an immediate second attack, leaving both sides preparing for another clash in Dahai City.

• Yang Jian told the gathered captains that Zhou Deng, Lu Zhiwen, and Lin Bei had been killed, while Wang Chaling had withdrawn severely injured, and Liu San reported that eight kings had died.
• Yang Jian warned that the real Captain remained aboard the Ghost Ship and that the Spirit Extermination Society might still enter the conflict.
• Yang Jian rallied the captains to attack the King Organization’s survivors, while He Yin'er realized she could summon the souls of dead captains using their belongings.
• Yang Jian ordered Liu San to locate the enemy kings, then led the team out to deal with nearby supernatural incidents and prepare their counterattack.
• The Manor Owner, Painter, and Gravedigger discussed the King Organization’s heavy losses, and the Manor Owner refused to launch the planned second attack because their numbers had fallen too far.

The Manor Lord and the remaining Kings debated whether to retreat or wait for the Ghost Ship and attack again. Sister Hong arrived with an expanding squad of supernatural puppets, forcing the Kings to flee before she ordered the squad to attack.

• The Manor Lord and the remaining Kings considered retreating from Dahai City and leaving someone behind to watch for the Ghost Ship.
• Sister Hong appeared and asked the Kings for directions, but they recognized her as a Ghost Tamer and prepared to attack.
• Four supernatural figures emerged behind Sister Hong, and then her forces multiplied until sixteen puppets stood with her.
• The Manor Lord and the other Kings tried to escape, but Sister Hong ordered her puppets to attack them.

Sister Hong’s Republican Era puppets overwhelmed the kings, sealing off their escape routes and killing them one by one. As the war in the supernatural circle drew to a close, Sister Hong walked alone through the silent city.

• The Gravedigger tried to escape through a bottomless pit, but three puppets sealed it and left him unable to resist as he vanished.
• Another king codenamed Gravedigger summoned a Black Coffin, but a puppet killed him before it reached the ground and lifted it back up.
• The Manor Owner concluded that the puppets could not remain active for long and tried to flee, but Luo Qian and Meng Xiaodong’s powers blocked his path.
• The Manor Owner was decapitated, buried beneath Grave Soil, and turned into a new grave.
• Sister Hong walked alone through the silent city, humming an old-fashioned tune as the war ended.