Chapter Summaries

Xiao Zhen caused a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami across the island nation before returning to the Gourmet World. There, he learned Xiao Yan and Yao Chen had stolen a nuclear weapon from a Beautiful Nation base, just as police came to their door.

• Xiao Zhen's volcanic disaster triggered an earthquake and a tsunami that devastated the island nation, and he left as its national fortune plummeted.
• Xiao Zhen returned to the Gourmet World and heard a broadcast reporting that a Beautiful Nation base in the island nation had been robbed of important weapons.
• Xiao Yan admitted that he and Yao Chen had entered the base and taken weapons, including a Mushroom Bomb, which Yao Chen wanted to study.
• Police officers knocked on the inn room door and asked Xiao Zhen's group to cooperate, while Yao Chen hid in the Black Ring.

Xiao Zhen confiscated the Mushroom Bombs from Xiao Yan, then accidentally entered Erina's room at night and was caught beside Hisako. The next day, he followed Erina and Hisako to Totsuki Culinary Academy, where a red-haired student challenged Erina.

• Xiao Zhen sent away the police officers, took Xiao Yan's Black Ring and Mushroom Bombs, and left Xiao Yan money as a reward.
• Xiao Zhen entered Erina's bedroom at night, mistook Hisako for Erina, and was caught by Erina when she returned.
• Xiao Zhen knocked Hisako unconscious and spent the night appeasing Erina, who made him promise to make amends.
• Hisako woke with a sore neck, and Erina told her she had slept in an awkward position.
• Xiao Zhen followed Erina and Hisako to Totsuki Culinary Academy and secretly sampled students' food.
• After Erina defeated an opponent, a red-haired youth challenged her to compete against him.

Xiao Zhen secretly stole most of Yukihira Soma’s fortune and injured him before returning to the Dou Qi Continent with Xiao Yan and Ash. After Xiao Yan’s unusual Hidden Dragon Fate caught Xiao Zhen’s attention, Xiao Yan told Die and Hanako about his trip while leaving out the world travel.

• After Erina and Yukihira Soma’s cooking contest ended in a draw, Xiao Zhen secretly kissed Erina and followed Yukihira Soma.
• Xiao Zhen knocked out Yukihira Soma in a restroom, stole two thousand fortune with the Sword of Destiny, and treated the wound before waking him.
• Yukihira Soma went to the infirmary, where the teacher said his left kidney was severely damaged.
• Xiao Zhen met Erina in their secret warehouse, then returned to the Dou Qi Continent with Xiao Yan and Ash.
• Xiao Zhen checked Ash’s fortune and saw that Xiao Yan had an unawakened Hidden Dragon Fate.
• Die questioned Xiao Yan about his trip, and Xiao Yan described the Gourmet World without revealing that he had traveled between worlds.

Xiao Zhen attended Old Master Nalan’s birthday banquet, where Yun Yun’s arrival heightened tensions between the Misty Cloud Sect and the imperial family. He pranked Yun Yun by making her wine spill on her clothes, and Nalan Su tried to calm her and send her to change.

• Xiao Zhen learned that the Hidden Dragon Fate awakened its possessor’s potential when they faced danger or severe stimulation, and considered provoking Xiao Yan to awaken it.
• At the Nalan Clan banquet, Yao Ye greeted Xiao Zhen, who gave her the Sixth-grade Advanced Healing Medicine he had refined for the imperial family.
• Yun Yun arrived with Misty Cloud Sect members and warmly reunited with the young Nalan Yanran, while Yao Ye looked displeased.
• Xiao Zhen noticed Yun Yun’s disdain and sent her a wine cup that he had secretly tampered with.
• The cup spilled wine onto Yun Yun’s chest, and Nalan Su urged her to calm down and change clothes while promising to arrange Xiao Zhen’s apology.

At Nalan Jie's birthday banquet, Xiao Zhen and Yun Yun traded barbs while presenting impressive gifts, and Nalan Yanran announced her early cultivation progress. The chapter ended with Yun Yun boasting that Yanran would surpass other families' children, prompting Xiao Yan to silently resent her insult.

• Nalan Su pulled Yun Yun away from Xiao Zhen and Yun Yun warned Nalan Yanran that Xiao Zhen and Xiao Yan were no good, while offering to support her if she wanted to break off her engagement.
• Mitel Tengshan gave Nalan Jie a Profound-tier, High-grade fist Dou Technique, and the royal family presented him with armor that could ignore attacks below the Dou Wang level.
• Yun Yun presented a jar of treasured medicinal wine, Xiao Yan returned the camera, and Xiao Zhen gifted Nalan Jie a Sixth-grade, High-grade pill that could aid his breakthrough to Dou Huang.
• Nalan Yanran told Nalan Jie that she had reached the second stage of Dou Qi under Yun Yun's guidance, and Yun Yun pledged to continue teaching her.
• Yun Yun claimed Nalan Yanran would become a renowned powerhouse and surpass children from certain families, while Xiao Yan silently took the remark as an insult aimed at him and Ash.

Xiao Zhen argued with Yun Yun over whether Xiao Yan was worthy of Nalan Yanran and boasted that his nephew could become a Dou Emperor. He challenged Yun Yun to a bet over which child would surpass the other, and she agreed to hear his terms.

• Xiao Yan showed Nalan Jie that he had reached the third stage of Dou Qi, prompting Xiao Lin to boast about his grandson.
• Yun Yun criticized Xiao Yan's character, and Xiao Yan insulted her by asking whether she had forgotten to brush her teeth.
• Xiao Zhen defended Xiao Yan and argued with Yun Yun about whether the boy was worthy of Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Zhen claimed Xiao Yan had the potential to become a Dou Emperor, and Yun Yun mocked the prediction.
• Xiao Zhen proposed a bet to compare Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran under their guidance, and Yun Yun asked him to explain the terms.

Xiao Zhen and Yun Yun wagered that Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran would settle their rivalry when they turned ten, while Xiao Zhen revealed he had become a Dou Emperor. After the banquet, Xiao Zhen arranged for Yao Chen to teach Xiao Yan, leaving the boy eager to begin cultivation.

• Yun Yun accepted Xiao Zhen's wager that their disciples would decide the outcome when they turned ten, with the loser agreeing to let the winner deal with them as they pleased.
• Xiao Zhen and Yun Yun released their Dou Emperor auras, astonishing the guests and making Yun Yun realize Xiao Zhen might be stronger than her.
• On the ride home, Xiao Yan asked Xiao Zhen about his feud with Yun Yun and when his cultivation training would begin.
• Xiao Zhen said he could help Xiao Yan win with a powerful weapon, then promised to ask Yao Chen to teach him.
• Yao Chen agreed to teach Xiao Yan for a while but refused to accept him as a disciple, and Xiao Yan eagerly bowed to him anyway.

Xiao Zhen entered the world of Date A Live, where he encountered Shido Itsuka and the first Spirit, Tohka. As Tohka fought the AST, Xiao Zhen knocked Shido unconscious and siphoned most of his Fortune, preparing to pursue the Spirit Conquest mission.

• Xiao Zhen strengthened the Shadow Organization by giving its Dou Wangs and Dou Lings Fifth-grade Medicinal Pills and providing Mitel Haoyu with medicinal pills for operating funds.
• Xiao Zhen arrived in Japan during a Spacequake and learned that Shido Itsuka was nearby as the city evacuated.
• Xiao Zhen watched a Spirit with black hair, purple armor, and a greatsword appear, while Shido Itsuka mistook her for someone who had come to kill him.
• Origami Tobiichi and other AST members attacked the Spirit, but she blocked their missiles with a purple barrier.
• Xiao Zhen ambushed Shido Itsuka during the battle, extracted most of his Fortune, and left him with 100 points as the Sword of Destiny rose to a high-grade Treasure Tool.

Xiao Zhen rescued the Spirit Maiden from Origami Tobiichi and brought her to a safe civilian residence. The girl accepted his offer to stay with him and received the name Zixiang.

• Xiao Zhen watched Origami Tobiichi lose to the Spirit Maiden as her equipment ran out of energy and her teammates were defeated.
• Xiao Zhen comforted the lonely Spirit Maiden, offered to take her with him, and stopped Origami Tobiichi from attacking them.
• Xiao Zhen left Origami Tobiichi with a question about who had really killed her parents, then escaped with the Spirit Maiden.
• Murasame Reine watched the unconscious Shido Itsuka aboard the Ratatoskr and decided to investigate Xiao Zhen's origins.
• Xiao Zhen concealed a civilian residence from detection and asked the Spirit Maiden her name; she said she had none and asked him to name her.
• Xiao Zhen named the Spirit Maiden Zixiang, and she happily accepted the name.

Xiao Zhen took Zixiang out to explore the city, helped her conceal her identity, and settled with her in a house after their first day together. The next evening, he spotted a lonely figure in the park and left Zixiang at a restaurant while he went to investigate.

• Xiao Zhen helped Zixiang suppress her aura and reassured her about the damage from her Spacequake.
• Xiao Zhen took Zixiang to eat fish balls, and she eagerly ate eight bowls after learning to blow on them first.
• Xiao Zhen and Zixiang spent the day together, stayed at an inn, and then bought a two-story house near a park.
• After several days, Xiao Zhen left Zixiang at a familiar restaurant and entered the park to approach a small, lonely figure.

Xiao Zhen met Yoshino in the rain, brought her to meet Zixiang, and invited her to live with them. The next day, he helped Yoshino conceal her identity while Kotori Itsuka grew frustrated that no Spirits had appeared for Shido to seal.

• Xiao Zhen found Yoshino in a rainy park and persuaded her and Yoshinon to join him for a meal.
• At the restaurant, Xiao Zhen introduced Yoshino to Zixiang as another Spirit, and Yoshino accepted his offer to live with them.
• Xiao Zhen gave Yoshino a room at home and saw that his Spirit-gathering task had reached 2/5.
• The next day, Xiao Zhen taught Yoshino to control her power, changed her hair to black, and bought her a dress to disguise her.
• Kotori Itsuka complained that no Spirits had appeared and ordered Shido Itsuka to practice flirting with someone at school, while Shido worried that his luck had worsened.

Xiao Zhen took Zixiang and Yoshino to an amusement park, where Origami Tobiichi sensed something familiar about them and Shido Itsuka crossed paths with the group. After Xiao Zhen discovered Kurumi Tokisaki following him, he confronted her at an abandoned construction site and learned she was curious about his unusually long lifespan.

• Xiao Zhen spent the day at the amusement park with Zixiang and Yoshino, while Origami Tobiichi noticed them as she dated Shido Itsuka.
• Xiao Zhen monitored Shido Itsuka's recovering luck and kept the girls away from him, then left the amusement park with them after another hour.
• Xiao Zhen detected Kurumi Tokisaki following them, sent Zixiang and Yoshino home, and led Kurumi to an abandoned construction site.
• Kurumi introduced herself as a Spirit and asked Xiao Zhen why he seemed to have so much more time than an ordinary person.
• Xiao Zhen realized Kurumi was interested in lifespan and considered that his own could extend hundreds of thousands of years beyond normal.

Kurumi Tokisaki approached Xiao Zhen to steal his time and energy, then moved in next door and joined him, Zixiang, and Yoshino for dinner. After Xiao Zhen revealed that he knew her plan to travel through time and kill Takamiya Mio, Kurumi asked what information he could offer.

• Kurumi Tokisaki approached Xiao Zhen as a clone and invited him to become one with her, but he refused.
• The next day, Kurumi moved into the house next door and met Zixiang and Yoshino, who welcomed her into their home.
• At dinner, Xiao Zhen revealed that Kurumi was a Spirit and explained that she had once been human; Kurumi confirmed that most Spirits had lost their memories of being human.
• Kurumi flirted with Xiao Zhen and grabbed his hand, prompting a jealous Zixiang to pull them apart with help from Yoshino's puppet, Yoshinon.
• Xiao Zhen told Kurumi he knew she planned to steal time and energy, travel through time, and kill Takamiya Mio, then warned that the First Spirit would be difficult to defeat.
• Kurumi dropped her smile and asked Xiao Zhen to share information that might interest her.

Xiao Zhen tried to dissuade Kurumi from pursuing her plan to kill Takamiya Mio, but she attacked him and Zixiang to take his time. Kurumi escaped after a fierce battle, leaving Xiao Zhen, Zixiang, and Yoshino to flee as the Anti-Spirit Team arrived.

• Xiao Zhen explained the Grandmother Paradox and warned Kurumi that Takamiya Mio was too powerful to kill, but Kurumi insisted she had to change the past and revive the people she had killed.
• Kurumi revealed that she had come to find Shido Itsuka and steal his time, then used energy hands to seize Xiao Zhen, Zixiang, and Yoshino.
• Xiao Zhen burned away the energy hands, while Zixiang summoned her Astral Dress and Nahemah and Kurumi donned her own Astral Dress.
• Kurumi spread her City of Devouring Time barrier, knocked people unconscious, and triggered Spacequake alarms to threaten Xiao Zhen, but he refused to be intimidated.
• Xiao Zhen and Zixiang fought Kurumi while Yoshino cheered them on; after the battle moved outside and destroyed Xiao Zhen's house, Kurumi escaped as the Anti-Spirit Team approached.
• Xiao Zhen led Zixiang and Yoshino away from the battlefield, while Origami Tobiichi arrived at the ruins and wondered where the Spirits had gone.

After moving into a new apartment, Xiao Zhen took Zixiang and Yoshino to a girls-only concert featuring Miku Izayoi. The two Spirit Maidens entered while Xiao Zhen used his invisibility skill to sneak around the venue, leaving them to wait for him.

• Xiao Zhen moved into a rented apartment with Zixiang and Yoshino after Kurumi damaged their former home during a fight.
• Two Rindouji Girls' Academy students gave Zixiang and Yoshino tickets to a concert that barred men, and Xiao Zhen recognized the singer on the tickets as the Spirit Maiden Miku Izayoi.
• Xiao Zhen decided to attend by using his invisibility skill, while Zixiang and Yoshino entered with their tickets.
• At the concert entrance, security exposed and removed a masked man who tried to sneak in, confirming Miku Izayoi's strict ban on men.
• Xiao Zhen went invisible and left Zixiang and Yoshino to find seats, telling them through soul transmission that he would meet them later.

Xiao Zhen watched Miku Izayoi control her concert audience and followed her home, but he set aside his attempt to win her over and planned to pursue other Spirits and take more destiny from Shido Itsuka. Meanwhile, Gu Yuan discussed the Ancient Emperor’s Cave Dwelling and hinted at a plan to obtain the Xiao Clan’s Ancient Jade by other means.

• Miku Izayoi used her Spiritual Power to control the concert audience while Xiao Zhen checked that Zixiang and Yoshino remained unaffected.
• After the concert, Miku Izayoi chose a girl from the audience and took her home, while Xiao Zhen followed and gathered information before leaving.
• Zixiang and Yoshino searched for Xiao Zhen after he told them to go home, then returned without finding him.
• Xiao Zhen decided to put Miku Izayoi aside for now and planned to borrow more destiny from Shido Itsuka while searching for other Spirits.
• In the Ancient Realm, Gu Yuan discussed the Soul Clan and his hopes of reaching Dou Di through the Ancient Emperor’s Cave Dwelling.
• Gu Yuan told the Three Immortals that he had a plan to obtain the Xiao Clan’s Ancient Jade without forcibly taking it.

At Miku Izayoi’s concert, Xiao Zhen saw her use Spiritual Power to control the audience, then followed her home but left without confronting her. The story shifted to the Dou Qi Continent, where Gu Yuan discussed the Ancient Emperor’s Cave Dwelling and began explaining his plan to obtain the Xiao Clan’s Ancient Jade.

• Miku Izayoi used her voice to manipulate the concert audience, while Xiao Zhen checked that Zixiang and Yoshino were unaffected.
• After the concert, Zixiang and Yoshino searched for Xiao Zhen, then went home when they could not find him.
• Xiao Zhen followed Miku Izayoi to her home, gathered information, and left without confronting her.
• Xiao Zhen decided to seek other Spirits and considered taking more destiny from Shido Itsuka.
• In the Ancient Realm, Gu Yuan discussed the Dou Di breakthrough and the Soul Clan’s threat with the Three Immortals.
• Gu Yuan said he had a plan to obtain the Xiao Clan’s Ancient Jade without violating his agreement with Xiao Xuan.

Xiao Zhen waited on the island for the Yamai Sisters while keeping Zixiang and Yoshino hidden, but Takamiya Mio and DEM surveillance complicated his plans. After encountering Kurumi’s clone, he witnessed Kaguya and Yuzuru fighting and headed toward them.

• Xiao Zhen had Zixiang and Yoshino hide after sensing Shido Itsuka and his companions arrive on the island.
• Xiao Zhen watched Murasame Reine comfort Shido Itsuka and realized she was Takamiya Mio in disguise.
• Xiao Zhen spotted an enormous surveillance object above the island and went back toward his hotel to warn the girls.
• Xiao Zhen found Kurumi’s clone beside several corpses, and she explained that her main body had split off clones to gather energy.
• Kaguya and Yuzuru fought in the air above the sea, and Xiao Zhen walked toward the center of their hurricane.

Xiao Zhen encountered the Yamai sisters, Kaguya and Yuzuru, and brought them back after they turned their contest into a competition for his affection. Meanwhile, Murasame Reine left Shido Itsuka to investigate an unexpected problem, and Phantom abandoned her surveillance of Kurumi.

• Xiao Zhen arrived at the beach and watched Kaguya and Yuzuru battle before interrupting their argument to ask where they had learned theater.
• Kaguya proposed that she and Yuzuru compete over Xiao Zhen, and the sisters returned with him to the hotel in school uniforms after concealing their auras.
• Murasame Reine left Shido Itsuka's room and told her other self to pause surveillance of Kurumi because something had come up on the Commander's side.
• Kurumi's original body confronted a group of delinquent thugs and began a massacre while Phantom watched from the shadows.
• Murasame Reine's other self learned that Kurumi had no immediate signs of trouble and left to investigate the unexpected problem.
• Kaguya and Yuzuru pinned Xiao Zhen down and argued over which sister he should choose as Zixiang grew jealous and Yoshino held her back.

Xiao Zhen tried to ease the tension between Kaguya and Yuzuru, who feared one would eventually disappear when they became Yamai again. Their rivalry continued, so he challenged them to a fight in Mecha Beast World, wagering that they would have to listen to him if he won.

• Kaguya and Yuzuru explained that they had split from the original Wind Spirit, Yamai, and competed to decide which of them would become Yamai.
• Xiao Zhen asked whether they truly wanted the other to disappear, then urged them to stop worrying about the future and accept each other as independent individuals.
• Kaguya declared Yuzuru her little sister, but they immediately resumed competing over who would be the older sister.
• Xiao Zhen proposed fighting both Kaguya and Yuzuru, wagering that they would listen to him if he won.
• Xiao Zhen opened a passage to Mecha Beast World, where Kaguya and Yuzuru summoned their Astral Dresses and Xiao Zhen prepared to fight.