Chapter Summaries

Liu San detected a brief supernatural disturbance in Dahai City, and Yang Jian discovered that Sister Hong had nearly wiped out the King Organization’s remaining kings. The captains prepared to handle the aftermath, unaware that a ghost ship had appeared offshore.

• Liu San reported that his paper figures had detected a dangerous disturbance, and Yang Jian used his Ghost Eye to investigate the strangely calm area.
• Yang Jian brought the captains to Sister Hong, who said she had killed five members of the King Organization after they attacked her.
• Yang Jian explained that vicious ghosts had been behind the war and warned that the conflict was not truly over.
• Sister Hong refused Yang Jian’s offer of an old copper coin and left, while reminding him that he owed her one hundred yuan in ghost money.
• Yang Jian noted that Zhang Xianguang had disappeared and told the captains to clean up Dahai City; meanwhile, a crooked ship appeared in the fog offshore.

After Sister Hong defeated the remaining kings, Headquarters confirmed that the King Organization had been crushed, though the victory came at a heavy cost. The supernatural circle began debating Sister Hong’s identity and the new world order, with Yang Jian and the captains poised to lead the era ahead.

• Cao Yanhua received confirmation that the King Organization’s kings had nearly all been wiped out and announced that Headquarters had won.
• Cao Yanhua mourned the fallen captains and looked ahead to rebuilding the twelve-captain roster.
• News of the defeat spread across the supernatural circle’s website, where Ghost Tamers debated how the King Organization had lost.
• Ghost Tamers learned that Sister Hong was actually Zhang Youhong, a powerful Ghost Tamer revived from the Republican Era.
• The supernatural circle speculated about Republican Era figures and concluded that Yang Jian and the captains would dominate the new era.

After returning to Dadong City, Wang Chaling’s worsening ghost resurrection forced him to prepare for the birth of the fourth generation of the Wang family. He sent pregnant A Zhen away from the city and set out to find a way to survive, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Wang Chaling returned to Dadong City and realized that the Corpse Raising Ghost’s power was restoring his body beyond his control.
• Wang Chaling summoned A Zhen and confronted her about being three months pregnant with a boy despite his warning not to have a child.
• Wang Chaling nearly strangled A Zhen, then released her and arranged for her to leave Dadong City until the child was born.
• Wang Chaling decided the child had to be protected because the fourth generation of the Wang family was a threat to others and the family’s ghosts could not be allowed to lose control.
• Wang Chaling left Ning'an Building to seek a way to delay his ghost resurrection and live until the child was born.

Yang Jian entered a residential building trapped in a Ghost Domain to deal with an escaped Ghost Lake entity. When he found the ghost, its face resembled his cousin, so he chose to contain it, but the building’s supernatural phenomena persisted, showing the true source remained.

• Yang Jian entered the darkened residential building and used ghost fire to search for the ghost on its upper floors.
• He followed a path the ghost fire could not cover into an apartment, where supernatural power had recreated an old-fashioned room.
• Yang Jian spread his ghostly shadow through the room, then used a golden oil lamp to reveal a waterlogged ghost hidden from sight.
• The revealed ghost had a face resembling Yang Jian’s cousin, so he decided to contain it rather than kill it.
• Yang Jian used the Wishing Ghost’s power to nail the ghost to the ground, but the room’s supernatural scene and the building’s Ghost Domain remained.

Yang Jian investigated why the fierce ghost kept reappearing and followed it to a woman it had targeted. He discovered that touching the building directly triggered the ghost, but the supernatural incident remained unresolved.

• Yang Jian pinned the first ghost with the red spear, but its corpse melted and another ghost emerged from the room.
• Yang Jian suspected a connection to the Caesar Hotel’s curse and entered the room to search for the supernatural source.
• The ghost left to attack a woman hiding in another home, transforming the house into an old, sealed-off room.
• The ghost entered the woman’s bedroom, and Yang Jian pinned it with the red spear before it could kill her.
• Yang Jian read the woman’s memories and learned the ghost had started moving when she got out of bed barefoot.
• Yang Jian concluded that direct contact with the building’s floor or walls triggered the ghost.

Yang Jian escaped a ghost-infested building with a rescued woman, then pulled the building out of the Ghost Domain and contained its source ghost in a rabbit pendant. He continued investigating supernatural incidents and wondered where Ye Zhen had gone.

• Yang Jian recognized that the ghost was bound to the entire building and led a woman he had rescued toward the exit, repeatedly destroying the ghost when it trapped them again.
• Yang Jian used ghost fire to guide himself and the woman out of the Ghost Domain into Dahai City, where she learned his name before he disappeared.
• Yang Jian opened the fifth layer of the Ghost Domain and brought the residential building back into an open area, then used ghost fire and the Ghost Lake to force its source ghost to manifest.
• Yang Jian threw a rabbit pendant at the source ghost, causing it to dissolve into the pendant, then picked up the resulting Supernatural Item with golden gloves and hung it from his red spear.
• Yang Jian headed toward another supernatural incident and wondered why Ye Zhen had disappeared during the battle against the kings.

Ye Zhen continued his revenge against the King Organization by destroying its overseas bases while Yang Jian and the other captains rested after fighting in Dahai City. Liu San spotted the Ghost Ship approaching Dahai City on the nautical chart, raising the threat of another attack.

• Ye Zhen used the puppet doll's guidance to locate and wipe out the King Organization's eighth base.
• Yang Jian told the exhausted captains to rest, while He Yin'er and He Yuelian said they could keep working.
• Liu San repaired the yellow paper sealing the old corpse inside his paper figures as they continued monitoring the nautical chart.
• Liu San saw the Ghost Ship reappear on the chart near Dahai City and feared it was heading toward the city.

Liu San warned Yang Jian that the Ghost Ship had appeared near Dahai City and could land again soon. Yang Jian chose to confront it while preserving the remaining Captains’ strength and prepared to seek Tong Qian’s help.

• Liu San sent a paper figure to tell Yang Jian that the Ghost Ship had appeared near Dahai City and might make landfall within half an hour.
• Yang Jian and Liu San discussed their depleted forces and rejected relying on Sister Hong, Zhang Xianguang, Ye Zhen, or He Yin'er to turn the situation around.
• Yang Jian planned for He Yuelian to seal off Dahai City, for him to face the Ghost Ship first, and for Tong Qian to take over if he failed.
• Yang Jian told Liu San to monitor the nautical chart and notify him when the Ghost Ship approached, then went to the warehouse where Li Yang and the others were resting.
• Li Yang asked Yang Jian what had happened, and Yang Jian looked toward Tong Qian.

Yang Jian prepared to confront the Ghost Ship, which might dock again in Dahai City before noon, and chose to act with Tong Qian while preserving Headquarters' remaining strength. He brought Tong Qian into the Ghost Painting's world, where He Yuelian agreed to follow his plan and contain the supernatural spread.

• Yang Jian warned Li Yang's team that the Ghost Ship might return and said Tong Qian would join his response plan.
• Wen Zhong offered to help, but Yang Jian barred the exhausted Ghost Tamers and remaining captains from the operation to protect Headquarters' strength.
• Tong Qian supported Yang Jian's decision, while Li Yang and Su Fan argued over the risks of sacrificing a few people versus the whole team.
• Yang Jian told Li Yang that he would risk his life to grow stronger and left the warehouse with Tong Qian.
• Yang Jian explained that He Yuelian would prevent the supernatural from spreading but would not fight the Ghost Ship directly.
• He Yuelian appeared, accepted Yang Jian's orders, and joined him and Tong Qian as they prepared to act.

Yang Jian finalized plans to confront the Ghost Ship, with Tong Qian held in reserve and Old Qin’s sealed statue as a last resort. As the Ghost Ship vanished from the nautical chart, rumors of its return spread online, along with a warning that ghosts had infiltrated the Ghost Tamer website.

• Yang Jian told Tong Qian to remain in reserve and use Ghost Makeup to borrow the power of two powerful Ghost Tamers if his confrontation with the Ghost Ship failed.
• Yang Jian agreed to have Old Qin’s statue transported to the site when the Ghost Ship appeared, despite the risk that opening it might release a fierce ghost.
• Liu San’s paper figure reported that the Ghost Ship had disappeared from the real world again and promised to alert Yang Jian as soon as it was located.
• News of the Ghost Ship’s expected return near Dahai City spread across the Ghost Tamer website, where users also discussed Ye Zhen’s attacks on King Organization members.
• The user “I Have a Plan” warned that ghosts had infiltrated the website and that one had targeted them.

Yang Jian discussed the limits of supernatural power and the search for someone who could end the era of supernatural resurgence, while using the Wishing Ghost to pin down a vicious ghost threatening Dahai City. The Ghost Ship then appeared at an unexpected location, and Yang Jian prepared to locate it before it could release the ghosts aboard.

• Tong Qian and He Yuelian decided to leave a nearby supernatural incident to others, but Yang Jian used the Wishing Ghost’s power to throw a spear that would pin down the vicious ghost there.
• Yang Jian explained that supernatural power, a long lifespan, and a stable human consciousness were all needed to change the world, but attempts by previous generations had failed or produced dangerous outcomes.
• Yang Jian and Liu San discussed how an unchanging human consciousness might be necessary, though Yang Jian said such a person would be impossible.
• Liu San reported that the Ghost Ship had appeared farther from Dahai City than expected, and Yang Jian suspected it had been damaged by the supernatural bus.
• Yang Jian warned that the Ghost Ship might release its vicious ghosts wherever it appeared, then asked Liu San to locate it using the old nautical chart.

Yang Jian rescued survivors in Dahai City and went with He Yuelian, Tong Qian, and Liu San's paper figure to check the Ghost Ship's predicted location. When the ship failed to appear, Yang Jian suspected the nautical chart had become unreliable and rushed back to investigate whether the ship had landed elsewhere.

• A fierce ghost threatened fleeing survivors in Dahai City, but Yang Jian appeared, pinned it with a red spear, and took it away.
• Yang Jian brought He Yuelian, Tong Qian, and Liu San's paper figure to the open sea to observe the Ghost Ship's predicted arrival.
• The predicted time passed, but the Ghost Ship did not appear, and Liu San's paper figure and Tong Qian recognized something was wrong.
• Yang Jian warned that the nautical chart might be showing a false location and that the Ghost Ship could be anywhere.
• He Yuelian asked where the Ghost Ship might have appeared if the chart's time was right but its location was wrong, and Yang Jian immediately used his Ghost Domain to return.

Yang Jian and Headquarters searched for the Ghost Ship, but Yang Jian’s supernatural attempt to pinpoint it failed. Headquarters eventually located it in Dazhou City, where it appeared near the dangerous old residence, and Yang Jian rushed to confront it as ghosts began falling from the ship.

• Cao Yanhua ordered Headquarters to mobilize its agents and find the Ghost Ship’s location.
• Yang Jian used the Wishing Ghost to seek the ship’s location, but the wish failed and the supernatural erosion on his body receded.
• Yang Jian and his companions waited for news while Headquarters searched across the country.
• Headquarters reported that the Ghost Ship had appeared in Dazhou City, and Yang Jian took the others there using his Ghost Domain.
• Yang Jian saw the Ghost Ship near the old residence as vicious ghosts fell from it, then charged toward the ship.

Yang Jian began containing the Ghost Ship’s ghosts in Dazhou City while He Yuelian moved most residents into the Ghost Painting world. As Yang Jian approached the ship, it dropped ghosts that resisted Ghost Lake and gathered around him, revealing that its unseen controller had targeted him.

• Yang Jian flooded the area around the Ghost Ship with Ghost Lake to contain the ghosts that had escaped into Dazhou City.
• He Yuelian pulled most of the city’s residents into the Ghost Painting world, while Headquarters personnel blocked the exits and Tong Qian waited in reserve.
• Yang Jian arranged for Old Qin’s statue to be air-dropped if Tong Qian’s operation encountered trouble, then placed the Wang family’s pendulum clock on a rooftop under the protection of Ghost Lake corpses.
• Yang Jian approached the Ghost Ship and prepared to use the pendulum clock’s restart to extend his own ability to restart time.
• The Ghost Ship dropped a corpse, an old wooden box, and other objects near Yang Jian; several ghosts emerged, all resisting Ghost Lake and surrounding him.
• Yang Jian dismembered the first corpse with his hatchet, but it sank only after he cut it into four pieces as more ghosts continued to fall.

Ye Zhen returned to Dahai City after the battle against the Kings had ended, then learned that Yang Jian was heading to Dazhou City alone to stop the Ghost Ship. Provoked by Liu San, Ye Zhen set out to help Yang Jian, while Liu San wondered whether anyone could turn the tide of the supernatural resurgence.

• Ye Zhen returned to Dahai City hoping to fight the Kings, but his puppet doll told him that the battle was already over and the Kings were dead.
• Liu San’s paper figure told Ye Zhen that Zhang Xianguang and Sister Hong had each achieved far more than he had during the battle.
• Liu San told Ye Zhen that the Ghost Ship was beginning its second landing and that Yang Jian was going to stop it alone.
• Ye Zhen learned from the puppet doll that the Ghost Ship was in Dazhou City and left to help Yang Jian despite Liu San’s warning about the doll.
• Liu San’s paper figure watched Ye Zhen depart and wondered who could become the variable that might change the supernatural world’s future.

Yang Jian fought the Ghost Ship’s growing horde of fierce ghosts alone, using Restart, the Ghost Scissors, his firewood axe, and the Ghost Lake to survive and dismember them. His allies watched as the tide began to turn, but the entity controlling the Ghost Ship remained an unknown threat.

• Tong Qian wanted to support Yang Jian, but He Yuelian and Liu San’s paper figure insisted they follow his plan and wait; Liu San reported that Ye Zhen was on his way from Dahai City.
• Yang Jian recognized that several fierce ghosts had targeted him and began attacking, but a paranormal force obscured his Ghost Eye and tried to make him lose consciousness.
• The vicious dog in Yang Jian’s mind roused him, allowing him to dismember a nearby ghost with the firewood axe before the Ghost Lake swallowed it.
• An old garment restrained and began merging with Yang Jian, so he used Restart to escape, then cut the ghosts’ killing-rule threads with the Ghost Scissors.
• Yang Jian dismembered more fierce ghosts while Tong Qian, He Yuelian, and Liu San watched the number around him fall, though ghosts continued to drop from the Ghost Ship.

Yang Jian fought the Ghost Ship’s growing horde using the Ghost Lake, supernatural weapons, and restarting, but the source ghost appeared in Captain’s form. When Yang Jian’s spear failed to harm Captain, the ghost began approaching him.

• Yang Jian used the Ghost Lake’s power and his supernatural weapons to fight the ghosts falling from the ship, prioritizing those that targeted him.
• A figure resembling Captain fell into the Ghost Lake, climbed out, and stood on its surface.
• Yang Jian recognized the figure as a newly appeared Captain and used the Wishing Ghost to send his red spear at it, then restarted to survive the wish’s cost.
• He Yuelian, Liu San’s paper figure, and Tong Qian noticed Captain and considered whether it was the Ghost Ship’s source ghost.
• Captain effortlessly caught Yang Jian’s spear, resisted its supernatural attacks, and advanced toward him across the lake.

Yang Jian faced the terrifying captain, who had taken his red spear and coffin nail, and tried to stay alive while his allies considered intervening. He used ghost fire to conceal himself and stall the captain, whose strength proved even greater than he had feared.

• The captain advanced on Yang Jian with the red spear, while Liu San, He Yuelian, and Tong Qian debated whether to attack or wait for Ye Zhen.
• Tong Qian decided to act and began applying A Hong's Ghost Makeup as Yang Jian's contingency plan.
• Yang Jian spread ghost fire to hide himself and block supernatural perception, then slipped from the captain's sight.
• The captain spotted a figure in the fire and cut a ghost in two, showing Yang Jian that it could immobilize ghosts through its own supernatural strength.
• Yang Jian hid again and lured the captain toward other ghosts to keep stalling it, while the Wishing Ghost remained restrained in its grasp.

Yang Jian used a copper coin to lure Captain into Ghost Lake and stole the coffin nail from its spear, then tried to pin the ghost down. Captain anticipated his attack, and the chapter ended with it grabbing Yang Jian by the throat.

• Yang Jian approached Captain through his Ghost Fire Ghost Domain as he searched for a chance to act.
• Yang Jian used Sister Hong's copper coin to lure Captain toward Ghost Lake, where a thousand water ghosts swarmed it.
• Yang Jian hid among the water ghosts and removed the coffin nail from Captain's red spear.
• Yang Jian rushed Captain with the coffin nail and successfully pierced its body.
• Captain remained mobile, blasted away the water ghosts, and clamped its hand around Yang Jian's throat.

Yang Jian escaped Captain’s restraint by abandoning his body and fleeing as his ghost shadow, while Tong Qian completed Ghost Makeup to borrow the power of Meng Xiaodong and Zhang Dong. The attempt to use Zhang Dong’s power badly damaged Tong Qian’s ghost face, leaving the group’s backup plan unusable for now.

• Captain caught Yang Jian by the throat, suppressed his supernatural power, and carried his body toward the Ghost Ship as the Ghost Lake began to recede.
• Yang Jian sent his ghost shadow away into the lake, leaving his body behind; once clear of Captain, the shadow recovered and the Ghost Lake began to return.
• Liu San worried that Yang Jian’s operation had failed, while He Yuelian explained that Yang Jian had escaped through his ghost shadow.
• Tong Qian finished Ghost Makeup with the faces of Meng Xiaodong and Zhang Dong and set out to help Yang Jian.
• Zhang Dong’s supernatural power began melting Tong Qian’s ghost face, so Liu San smeared away the makeup to stop the damage.
• Tong Qian survived, but Zhang Dong’s face lost its features and Meng Xiaodong’s face fell dormant, leaving her unable to use either face’s power for now.