Chapter Summaries

Sun Xin died after failing to satisfy the Cave Ghost’s demands, while Zhang Mao discovered the Corpse-Dragging Ghost was hauling a growing chain of corpses through the cave. He found Master Huijue dead and Daoist Priest Simu alive but badly wounded, then saw the ghost dragging twelve bodies.

• Sun Xin offered his final collateral to the Cave Ghost and vanished, leaving the unconscious Guo You behind.
• Zhang Mao hid as the Corpse-Dragging Ghost hauled a chain of nine corpses through the cave.
• Zhang Mao found Master Huijue dead, recovered Daoist Priest Simu’s Three Purities Bell, and continued searching for Jiang Li.
• Zhang Mao found Daoist Priest Simu alive, but Simu clamped his wounded stump over Zhang Mao’s mouth as the Corpse-Dragging Ghost approached.
• Zhang Mao counted twelve corpses being dragged behind the ghost.

Jiang Li saved Daoist Priest Simu by attaching a fierce ghost’s arm, then used the Ghost Crow Mask to track the cave’s strange activity. Outside the cave, a ghost seized He Tianxiong’s Person-Treading Ghost and dragged it into the darkness, leaving He Tianxiong shaken.

• Jiang Li found Daoist Priest Simu badly wounded and offered to save him by grafting on a fierce ghost’s arm.
• Jiang Li attached the arm to Daoist Priest Simu and used a shadowy hand to suppress its movement.
• Jiang Li left Zhang Mao with the injured priest, explaining that they were trapped in a Ghost Domain and that the cave ghost was searching for something of his.
• Jiang Li inspected the wooden box, put on the Ghost Crow Mask, and saw three figures appear in the cave.
• He Tianxiong’s Person-Treading Ghost entered the cave and was seized by a calloused black hand, which dragged it into the darkness.

He Tianxiong returned to the Nut Cave to find his Person-Treading Ghost, but a Ghost Crow disguised as Jiang Li nearly tore the ghost flesh from his chest before the real Jiang Li intervened. Jiang Li and He Tianxiong then entered the darkness together to draw out the cave’s ghosts, while a portion of the Ghost Crow attached itself to Jiang Li and produced another double.

• He Tianxiong entered the Nut Cave, where footsteps and a figure disguised as Jiang Li led him into a Ghost Crow’s attack.
• The real Jiang Li seized the attacker, which transformed into black feathers and a decomposed corpse, and told He Tianxiong to stay out of his way.
• He Tianxiong offered a ghost-attracting white candle and joined Jiang Li in searching for the ghosts, carrying Daoist Priest Simu’s Three Purities Bell.
• A portion of the Ghost Crow formed on Jiang Li’s arm, detached, and flew onto his shoulder as he considered the danger to Liu Qingqing.
• The Ghost Crow took Jiang Li’s form in the darkness, and Jiang Li told He Tianxiong to keep walking while he watched the double.

Jiang Li used a Ghost Crow double to scout ahead with He Tianxiong, while the Corpse-Dragging Ghost gathered the cave’s vicious ghosts into a deadly chain. Jiang Li reappeared to stop the Ghost Crow that had lured the Corpse-Dragging Ghost toward Liu Qingqing.

• Jiang Li sent his Ghost Crow double to follow He Tianxiong and protect him as they searched the cave.
• He Tianxiong found Chen Mo and Shen Sheng, and the Ghost Crow tore off and swallowed the supernatural ear Shen Sheng had taken from Master Huijue’s wooden fish.
• The Ghost Crow warned He Tianxiong to keep walking when a barefoot figure approached, and He Tianxiong stumbled onto Liu Qingqing’s high-heeled shoe in the darkness.
• Jiang Li recalled the Ghost Crow on his shoulder, revealing two Ghost Crows holding an unconscious Liu Qingqing and a long chain of awakened vicious ghosts behind them.
• The Corpse-Dragging Ghost chose to approach Liu Qingqing, but Jiang Li emerged and grabbed the Ghost Crow that had lured it there.

Jiang Li used the Ghost Crows’ cries to disrupt the Corpse-Dragging Ghost, then captured several scattered fierce ghosts in his wooden chest. He pursued the Ghost Crows as they carried off the upside-down corpse, but a Rotting Ghost attacked him, forcing him to use the Ghost Crow’s restart.

• Jiang Li threw the Ghost Crow at the Corpse-Dragging Ghost, which pinned it down, but the feather transformed into a crow’s head and triggered a coordinated shriek from all four Ghost Crows.
• The overlapping cries stopped the Corpse-Dragging Ghost and made its fierce ghost centipede break apart, allowing Jiang Li to stuff several scattered ghosts into his wooden chest.
• Jiang Li reclaimed another Ghost Crow piece and sensed that the Ghost Crow’s power was nearing an imbalance with the Person-Hiding Ghost; He Tianxiong asked him not to take the ghost inside the chest, and Jiang Li demanded 1.5 billion for it.
• Jiang Li spotted two Ghost Crows dragging away the upside-down corpse and pursued them, leaving the other scattered ghosts behind.
• One Ghost Crow revealed the Rotting Ghost inside it and attacked Jiang Li; his Ghost Hand restrained it, but he had to use the Ghost Crow’s restart to recover and wrap the fierce ghost back inside the crow.

Jiang Li recovered the Ghost Crow and the hanging corpse, then considered using a Ghost Crow to help him control the Corpse-Dragging Ghost and balance the supernatural forces in his body. The chapter ended with He Tianxiong asking Jiang Li to retrieve his Person-Treading Ghost and offering a reward.

• Jiang Li used the round shadow to take the hanging corpse from the Ghost Crow while the Corpse-Dragging Ghost returned in a weakened state.
• Jiang Li recovered the scattered Ghost Crow, then learned from Daoist Priest Simu that Liu Qingqing had caught the ghost disguised as Jiang Li.
• Jiang Li took the disguised ghost from Liu Qingqing and considered using a Ghost Crow to make contact with and control the Corpse-Dragging Ghost.
• He Tianxiong watched the Corpse-Dragging Ghost drag away his Person-Treading Ghost, and Jiang Li approached him wearing the Ghost Crow Mask.
• He Tianxiong asked Jiang Li to retrieve his ghost and offered money or supernatural items in return.

Jiang Li forced He Tianxiong to become his informant by having him swallow a Ghost Crow, then used his Ghost Crows to restrain the Corpse-Dragging Ghost. He prepared to cover the ghost’s head with his final Ghost Crow to finish taming it.

• Jiang Li rejected He Tianxiong’s offer of information about Ghost Tamer Headquarters and demanded intelligence on Fang Shiming and Jiang Shangbai instead.
• He Tianxiong explained that Fang Shiming’s ghost flesh controlled his life, and Jiang Li persuaded him to swallow a Ghost Crow that could consume it if necessary.
• Jiang Li approached the Corpse-Dragging Ghost and tested whether an unsummoned Ghost Crow could affect it.
• The first Ghost Crow spread its feathers over the Corpse-Dragging Ghost, and Jiang Li sent two more to cover its body and make it release He Tianxiong’s Person-Treading Ghost.
• Jiang Li directed his last Ghost Crow to cover the Corpse-Dragging Ghost’s head and attempt to devour it completely.

Jiang Li subdued the Corpse-Dragging Ghost by bringing the Hanging Corpse back into its presence, then began merging with the ghost as their supernatural forces clashed. After Chen Mo shot at him, the darkness engulfed Chen Mo and Shen Sheng, and their bodies joined the transformation.

• Jiang Li's Ghost Crow feathers failed to cover the Corpse-Dragging Ghost's face, and the ghost seized his Ghost Hand before walking deeper into the cave.
• Jiang Li placed the Hanging Corpse on the ground, causing the Corpse-Dragging Ghost to stop, turn back, and finally submit to the Ghost Crow.
• Jiang Li touched the feather-covered Corpse-Dragging Ghost and began merging with it as corpse spots, Ghost Crow feathers, and blood marked his body.
• Guo You told Liu Qingqing that Sun Xin had disappeared, and Liu Qingqing showed him a paper slip she had found in the cave.
• Chen Mo and Shen Sheng approached Jiang Li with He Tianxiong's golden handgun, and Chen Mo shot at him as the Ghost Crow cried out.
• A black hand seized Chen Mo, the darkness engulfed Chen Mo and Shen Sheng, and their bodies began transforming alongside Jiang Li's.

After emerging from Nut Cave with two supernatural crows, Jiang Li returned to Cloud Summit Club to honor his agreement with Liu Qingqing and learned she faced revival by Zhang Youhong. He obtained an unsigned Ghost Post Office envelope and prepared to enter, while the crows transformed into two figures resembling him.

• Seven days after the others left, Jiang Li emerged from Nut Cave in the rain with black and white crows shielding him from the water.
• Jiang Li reunited with Zhang Mao at Cloud Summit Club, called Liu Qingqing, and warned Zhang Mao not to open the Ghost Post Office envelope he had found.
• Jiang Li met Liu Qingqing in the woods and explained that Zhang Youhong planned to revive through the supernatural items she had left behind in Liu Qingqing's possession.
• Liu Qingqing vowed to stop using Zhang Youhong's items, gave Jiang Li an unsigned envelope, and agreed to look after Zhang Mao.
• After Liu Qingqing departed, Jiang Li watched as the two crows transformed into human figures resembling him.

Jiang Li sent his two incarnations to take on separate roles while he returned to Dachang City and arranged to meet He Tianxiong. At his villa, he encountered Zhang Wei, who had been hiding inside.

• Jiang Li named Black Crow's incarnation Li Jiang and left him behind to act as Jiang Li, while White Crow's incarnation Bai Li took the Ghost Hand and set out for the Ghost Post Office.
• Jiang Li told Li Jiang to wait for Wang Xiaoming and the others to make mistakes before retaliating, and Bai Li left for the Ghost Post Office.
• Jiang Li called Wang Shan, agreed to attend Fang Shiming's party, and ordered him to summon He Tianxiong to Dachang City the next day.
• Jiang Li and Li Jiang used the Ghost Domain to travel to the Guanjiang Residential Complex, where Li Jiang confirmed Jiang Shangbai's grandmother and Yao Xiaoting were living in a villa.
• Jiang Li questioned Wang Shan about housing them, accepted his explanation, and went to his own villa.
• Zhang Wei jumped out inside the villa with two golden pistols and challenged Jiang Li to identify himself.