Chapter Summaries

Yang Jian confirmed that a ghost visible only in a mirror was following Zhang Wei and headed with Zhang Xiangui to investigate the construction site where it likely originated. Meanwhile, Zhao Kaiming pressured Wang Yue into joining a plan to kill Yang Jian, but a disaster-level Ghost Knocking Incident struck the bar and trapped them together.

• Zhang Xiangui saw the ghost in Yang Jian's mirror and identified a construction site as its likely origin after workers went missing there.
• Yang Jian agreed to help Zhang Wei and drove with Zhang Xiangui and Zhang Wei toward the construction site.
• Zhao Kaiming threatened Wang Yue and offered him gold and a commercial street to secure his cooperation against Yang Jian.
• Wang Yue reluctantly agreed to Zhao Kaiming's plan after punching him, and Zhao Kaiming warned him about Yang Jian's shadow and Ghost Eye.
• A tall figure appeared outside Rose Bar as darkness swallowed the street, and Zhao Kaiming recognized the approaching supernatural event as the disaster-level Ghost Knocking Incident.

Yang Jian visited Zhang Xiangui’s haunted Guangjiang Garden and negotiated to buy its sales office while discussing a partnership to acquire the other developers’ shares. They provisionally agreed that Yang Jian would help resolve the haunting and receive forty percent of the residential development, leaving the deal dependent on his proving his abilities.

• Yang Jian, Zhang Xiangui, and Zhang Wei inspected Guangjiang Garden, where construction and sales had stopped after a paranormal incident.
• Yang Jian offered fifty million for the sales office, then explained that rising paranormal incidents could make the development valuable if he lived there and protected it.
• Zhang Xiangui proposed partnering with Yang Jian to buy the other developers’ shares cheaply and resell the properties at higher prices.
• Yang Jian demanded forty percent of the entire residential area in exchange for helping acquire the shares and protecting the development.
• Zhang Xiangui agreed provisionally to the partnership after saying Yang Jian would need to demonstrate his abilities, and the two shook hands.

Zhang Xiangui brought Yang Jian to meet Presidents Qian and Qin, who dismissed his claims that the construction site was haunted. Yang Jian opened the Ghost Eye and began showing them the truth inside the sales office.

• Zhang Xiangui learned that Presidents Qian and Qin were waiting on the third floor and brought Yang Jian and Zhang Wei to meet them.
• Zhang Xiangui introduced Yang Jian as a professional who handled supernatural incidents, but President Qin and President Qian mocked him and rejected his warning about the construction site.
• Yang Jian calmly warned the two bosses that their lives mattered more than their time and said the site was haunted.
• Yang Jian opened the Ghost Eye on his forehead, covering the room in red light and freezing President Qian's mocking smile.

Yang Jian used his Ghost Domain to frighten President Qin and President Qian into negotiating the sale of their development cheaply. He left Zhang Xiangui preparing the contract while he kept the two presidents trapped in a staged haunting.

• Yang Jian revealed his Ghost Eye and made President Qin and President Qian see the sales office covered in blood, prompting them to flee in terror.
• Yang Jian explained to Zhang Xiangui that he had used his Ghost Domain to create the frightening illusion and demonstrated its power by moving a cup and producing a golden handgun.
• Yang Jian told Zhang Xiangui that he was likely to become Dachang City's next manager and said he had used the haunting to pressure the presidents into selling cheaply.
• Zhang Xiangui questioned the ethics of Yang Jian's plan, but Yang Jian said the presidents could not escape and would agree within half an hour.
• Zhang Xiangui went to prepare the contract while Yang Jian closed his eyes and continued controlling the Ghost Domain.

President Qin and President Qian fled the sales office but became trapped in an elevator that descended to a supernatural level, where a ghost approached them through the darkness. As they begged Zhang Xiangui to send Yang Jian, Zhang demanded they agree to sell him their developments before he would help.

• President Qin and President Qian left the sales office, then discovered their elevator was descending below the building's lowest floor.
• The elevator stopped at level -10 and opened onto darkness; the men could not make it return or get immediate help from the police.
• A bodyguard's phone revealed a pair of pale, tiptoeing feet approaching through the darkness, convincing everyone that a ghost was nearby.
• President Qin called Zhang Xiangui and begged him to send Yang Jian to rescue them.
• Zhang Xiangui offered to help only after President Qin and President Qian agreed to sell him their developments, prompting President Qin to accuse him of taking advantage of the crisis.

Zhang Xiangui pressured President Qin and President Qian to sell their developments while Yang Jian dealt with the elevator haunting. When Liu Xiaoyu summoned Yang Jian to support Dachang City’s Ghost Knocking incident, he refused, leaving Zhao Jianguo to arrange other support.

• Zhang Xiangui offered to buy President Qin and President Qian’s developments together for one billion, and President Qin considered the deal as the haunting drew near.
• A bodyguard was dragged into the darkness, prompting President Qian to agree to sell his development if it meant escaping alive.
• Liu Xiaoyu told Yang Jian that the Ghost Knocking incident had trapped Zhao Kaiming and requested his help at Rose Bar.
• Yang Jian refused the mission, warned that entering the Door-Knocking Ghost’s Ghost Domain meant death, and reminded Liu Xiaoyu of his previous work for Dachang City.
• Zhao Jianguo took over the call, accepted Yang Jian’s warning, reprimanded Liu Xiaoyu for her approach, and ordered a helicopter to provide support within an hour.

Yang Jian used the danger in the haunted development to force President Qian and President Qin to sign contracts selling their properties to Zhang Xiangui for ten billion. He led them out through the darkness of his Ghost Domain, and they emerged at the entrance to Guangjiang Residential Area.

• Zhang Xiangui told Yang Jian that President Qian and President Qin had agreed to sell their developments for ten billion, and Yang Jian took the contracts to get their signatures.
• Yang Jian found President Qian and President Qin trapped in an elevator on the tenth basement level and demanded that they sign the contracts before he rescued them.
• President Qin offered Yang Jian increasingly large bribes, but Yang Jian refused and warned that he would leave them to die if they did not sign.
• President Qian and President Qin signed the contracts, and Yang Jian led them through the darkness.
• Yang Jian brought the two presidents out of the Ghost Domain, and they found themselves at the entrance to Guangjiang Residential Area.

Yang Jian secured the residential complex for Zhang Xiangui and promised to investigate the ghost haunting Zhang Wei. On his way back to the city, he spotted a helicopter and suspected Zhao Jianguo had sent reinforcements to face the Door-Knocking Ghost.

• President Qin and President Qian thanked Yang Jian for saving them and gave him a bank card and their contact information.
• Yang Jian handed Zhang Xiangui the transfer contract, arranged to receive profits and properties, and asked to be paid in gold.
• Yang Jian told Zhang Xiangui that Zhang Wei and the others would be safe for the night if they avoided mirrors and reflective objects, then planned to investigate the residential complex the next day.
• Yang Jian arranged to move into the sales office and promised Zhang Xiangui he would resolve Zhang Wei's problem before leaving for the city.
• Yang Jian saw a helicopter circling Dachang City and suspected Zhao Jianguo had brought in Ghost Tamers as reinforcements, but he avoided the area.

Yang Jian agreed to enter the Ghost Knocking incident’s Ghost Domain to rescue people after Jiang Yan became trapped inside, but he demanded and received the authority of Dachang City Manager as a condition. Armed with a Ghost Candle, he drove through the blockade toward the darkness, where survivors might still remain.

• Zhao Jianguo told Yang Jian that the Ghost Knocking incident had trapped hundreds of civilians and claimed the lives of two Ghost Tamers, then asked him to rescue whoever he could.
• Jiang Yan called Yang Jian after becoming lost in the darkened city near Victory Road and asked him to save her.
• Yang Jian agreed to enter the Ghost Domain only to rescue people and demanded the authority of Dachang City Manager in return.
• Zhao Jianguo obtained approval from above and informed Yang Jian that his condition had been accepted.
• Yang Jian took a Ghost Candle and other supplies, passed through the roadblock, and drove into the darkness of the Ghost Domain.

Yang Jian entered the expanding Ghost Domain in Dachang City and searched for Jiang Yan, while she and a saleswoman were attacked by a ghost in their car. The Ghost Eye then reacted to a scream from a hotpot restaurant, leaving Yang Jian to face another possible ghost encounter.

• Yang Jian drove into the darkened Ghost Domain and used his Ghost Eye to see through the darkness.
• Jiang Yan kept driving with the saleswoman, believing only Yang Jian could save them, until a ghost opened the passenger door and reached inside.
• Yang Jian found the Rose Bar, saw a corpse hanging upstairs, and drove on to search for Jiang Yan instead of investigating the site.
• The corpse at the bar opened its eyes after Yang Jian left, and the cigar in its mouth briefly glowed.
• Yang Jian heard a scream near a hotpot restaurant, and his Ghost Eye turned toward the building.

Tong Qian tried to protect dozens of survivors from the Door-Knocking Ghost inside a place that was no longer a hotpot restaurant. As her ghost face strained toward revival and the ghost resumed killing, a young man appeared with a lit scarlet candle.

• Tong Qian warned the survivors to stay quiet after a woman screamed, then heard the Door-Knocking Ghost climbing the stairs.
• The Door-Knocking Ghost reached the restaurant and knocked on the glass door, while the exits and windows vanished and the room began to change.
• Tong Qian used the ghost face on the back of her head to stop the knocking, but its laughter threatened to push her toward a ghostly revival.
• After Tong Qian covered the ghost face and the knocking resumed, more survivors died, and she urged the others to escape while she held the ghost back.
• A young man with a gash on his forehead appeared holding a lit scarlet candle and warned Tong Qian that her actions could create another ghost.

Yang Jian used a Ghost Candle to force back the Door-Knocking Ghost and give Tong Qian a brief chance to lead survivors toward the exit. Yang Jian and Tong Qian escaped with some survivors, while the others died and the Ghost Domain remained.

• Tong Qian recognized Yang Jian, who explained that he had appeared after seeing her risk her life to save the survivors.
• Yang Jian approached the Door-Knocking Ghost with the Ghost Candle, forcing it to stop knocking and retreat.
• Yang Jian gave Tong Qian one minute to guide survivors through the exit and warned her that the Ghost Domain could distort what they saw.
• Tong Qian struggled to move the terrified survivors, then left with several of them when Yang Jian began to depart.
• The survivors left behind died as the candlelight receded, and the old man walked away while the Ghost Domain persisted.

Yang Jian and Tong Qian argued over whether he should have risked more to save survivors, then set aside their dispute when they encountered a possible Ghost Slave. Yang Jian continued through the Ghost Domain to find Jiang Yan, who was trapped on an endless highway.

• Tong Qian accused Yang Jian of holding back, and he defended his decision to prioritize his own survival and bargain for benefits.
• Tong Qian thanked Yang Jian for saving her but urged him to rescue more people, while he told her to stay out of Dachang City.
• The group spotted a motionless figure beneath a streetlight, but Yang Jian chose to avoid it rather than waste power fighting a possible Ghost Slave.
• Yang Jian called Jiang Yan and learned that she was driving endlessly along a highway inside the Ghost Domain, so he said he would try to find her.
• Yang Jian concluded that the Ghost Domain had expanded and that using his own Ghost Domain could force him out again.

Yang Jian left Tong Qian and the survivors to search for Jiang Yan, threatening Tong Qian when she tried to stop him. As he rode through the Ghost Domain, he found the same stiff figure beneath another streetlight, and his ghost candle reacted violently as he approached.

• Yang Jian refused Tong Qian's request to help the survivors and threatened to shoot her when she blocked his bicycle.
• After Yang Jian rode away, Tong Qian faced the survivors' criticism and worried about his dangerous nature.
• Yang Jian judged Tong Qian too idealistic to be a reliable teammate and considered searching for Jiang Yan before giving up and leaving.
• Yang Jian spotted the stiff figure beneath another lit streetlight and rode toward it with a ghost candle burning.
• The ghost candle flared and burned rapidly, so Yang Jian stopped and backed away.

Yang Jian searched the Ghost Domain for Jiang Yan while discovering that the ghost beneath a streetlamp was far more dangerous than he had assumed and remained in reality. He found Jiang Yan’s car and a transformed Qian Wanhao beside it, then tried to rouse her from her hallucination.

• Yang Jian realized the ghost beneath the streetlamp was outside the Ghost Domain and retreated when his ghost candle burned dangerously fast.
• Zhao Kaiming tried to kill himself, but the gun repeatedly jammed; after learning his father had died, he chose to keep living and fight the ghosts.
• Yang Jian searched the Ghost Domain by bicycle and spotted Jiang Yan’s car with its headlights on.
• Yang Jian found Qian Wanhao, now a rotting Ghost Slave, and used the ghost candle’s light to keep him away.
• Yang Jian saw Jiang Yan frozen in a driving posture inside the car and told her over the phone to open the door.

Yang Jian rescued Jiang Yan and the car sales representative from the Ghost Domain, then returned to collect Tong Qian and the survivors she had gathered. The survivors assembled by his car as he prepared to lead them out.

• Jiang Yan opened the car door after Yang Jian called, and he rescued her and the car sales representative with his ghost candle.
• Yang Jian took the wheel and drove away as a rotting corpse approached the car, then headed to find Tong Qian.
• Yang Jian found that Tong Qian and the survivors were missing, so he gave anyone nearby three minutes to come to his car.
• Tong Qian emerged with the survivors, thanked Yang Jian, and gathered everyone before his deadline expired.

Yang Jian prepared to leave the Ghost Domain with Tong Qian and the survivors, but he spotted a ghost hidden in an older woman’s stolen goods. Wang Yue appeared, revealed himself as another survivor of the supernatural incident, and asked Yang Jian to take him out.

• Yang Jian told Tong Qian that saving her gave him something to report to Zhao Jianguo, and he explained why he refused to take responsibility for more people.
• An older woman rushed toward Yang Jian carrying a backpack, and he warned that it contained a ghost and ordered her to drop it.
• A hemp rope suddenly lifted the older woman and strangled her beneath a streetlamp.
• Wang Yue walked out of a nearby shop, introduced himself to Yang Jian, and asked him for a ride out of the Ghost Domain.

Yang Jian confronted Wang Yue over Yan Li’s family’s deaths and Zhao Kaiming’s plan, then chose to kill him rather than accept his offer of cooperation. After Yang Jian shot Wang Yue, Wang Yue revealed his Ghost Rope power, and Yang Jian suddenly felt a rope tighten around his own neck.

• Yang Jian accused Wang Yue of killing Yan Li’s family and helping Zhao Kaiming plot against him.
• Wang Yue offered to help Yang Jian defeat Wang Xiaoqiang and the Xiaoqiang Club if Yang Jian freed him.
• Yang Jian refused to forgive Wang Yue and persuaded Tong Qian to help kill him.
• Wang Yue tried to flee, but Yang Jian shot him and knocked him to the ground.
• Wang Yue revealed the hemp rope around his neck and threatened Yang Jian, who suddenly felt an icy chill around his own neck.

Yang Jian and Tong Qian killed Wang Yue before the Ghost Rope could claim them, but the rope’s haunting spread across the street and began hanging the survivors. The chapter left the group surrounded by countless descending nooses.

• Wang Yue used the Ghost Rope to strangle Yang Jian, but the Ghost Eyes and Headless Ghost Shadow resisted its power.
• Wang Yue let the Ghost Rope’s power consume him in an attempt to take Yang Jian down with him.
• Yang Jian asked Tong Qian to kill Wang Yue, and her ghost face’s laugh caused Wang Yue to die with a fixed smile.
• The Ghost Rope fell from Yang Jian’s neck and vanished as Wang Yue’s corpse hung from a streetlamp.
• Grass ropes descended across the street, ensnaring and hanging several survivors as countless nooses appeared overhead.

After Wang Yue died, his revived ghost produced countless lethal ropes across the Ghost Domain. Yang Jian contained the ghost rope just as the Door-Knocking Ghost’s darkness approached, then prepared to leave with the survivors.

• After Wang Yue died, Yang Jian recognized that the ghost inside him had revived and was creating the hanging ropes.
• Yang Jian used the ghost candle to protect the survivors and took Tong Qian’s gold handbag to contain the ghost rope.
• Yang Jian sent his ghost shadow to remove the rope from Wang Yue’s corpse, but Wang Yue’s corpse grabbed the shadow and resisted.
• As the Door-Knocking Ghost’s darkness spread, Yang Jian dismantled Wang Yue’s corpse and pulled the ghost rope free.
• The ghost rope tried to hang Yang Jian’s headless ghost shadow, but failed, and Yang Jian sealed the rope inside the gold handbag.