Recaps

Qin Xi tried to protect the sects from the Masked Man while searching for his hidden forces and interrogating Mediocre Death God. After learning about the Masked Man’s footholds in the Human Realm, Qin Xi left to plan a broader search, refusing to risk the Fox Clan.

• Qin Xi warned the Chat Group that the Masked Man could grow stronger by draining his followers, and the group began guarding their disciples and alerting allied sects.
• Qin Xi and Ouyang Qing took Mediocre Death God to a concealed dungeon, where Qin Xi learned that disciples had gone missing across the Primordial World despite the group’s searches.
• Qin Xi and his companions interrogated Mediocre Death God, using torture when he refused to cooperate, until he agreed to reveal the Masked Man’s former footholds.
• Mediocre Death God said the Masked Man had many Human Realm bases, commanded human agents and Primordial World followers, and offered cultivation methods to people who served him.
• Mediocre Death God revealed that the Masked Man’s largest Human Realm force was in North Goose City, where more than half the city had become believers, and that he used hidden caves and civilian basements as bases.
• Qin Xi promised to spare Mediocre Death God if he revealed everything, then ordered Daoist Yangmei to cripple his cultivation and let him go.
• Qin Xi returned to the alley with Ouyang Qing and Di Qun and considered where the Masked Man might hide, while Daoist Yangmei urged every force to search.
• Ouyang Qing offered to send the Fox Clan to search, but Qin Xi declined to keep them safe from the Masked Man.

After learning that the Masked Man had killed disciples and built a widespread network, Qin Xi gathered allies and forces to hunt him in North Goose City. The group entered the city in disguise and began searching, with Qin Xi spotting a possible subordinate near a government office.

• Qin Xi learned from the Big Bosses that disciples were disappearing and dying, and suspected the Masked Man was using their energy to recover.
• Qin Xi shared what Mediocre Death God had revealed about the Masked Man’s former influence, underground palaces, and Black-Clad Men, while Ancestor Hongjun vowed to search for him.
• Qin Xi concluded that the injured Masked Man was likely hiding in North Goose City, where he was revered, and prepared to confront him despite the risk of serious injury.
• Ancestor Hongjun arrived, agreed with Qin Xi’s suspicion, and joined the plan to leave for North Goose City the next day.
• Qin Xi gathered support from Ancestor Hongjun’s disciples, the Fox Clan, Dragon Warriors, and Di Qun’s Monster Clan, while Yu Xue and Sweet Potato stayed behind to protect Qin Dao.
• Qin Xi led the group to North Goose City, where they changed their appearances and entered in disguise to search in pairs.
• Qin Xi spotted a black-clad man at a government office and suspected he served the Masked Man, then continued searching nearby residences.
• Di Qun and Hong Lian decided to search the city’s wealthy districts, while Ao Xin complained that they lacked a clear plan.

Qin Xi and his allies discovered that the Masked Man had taken control of North Goose City and confronted him in his underground lair. The fight left the Masked Man’s mirror under attack, while Qin Xi suffered pain whenever the Masked Man was injured.

• Di Qun and Ao Xin noticed a heavily guarded courtyard, while Qin Xi and his companions investigated the wealthy district and the suspicious government office.
• Qin Xi split the group into teams to infiltrate the government office after dark, where he found a secret chamber and confronted the recovered Masked Man.
• The Masked Man attacked Qin Xi and drew energy from North Goose City’s people, forcing Qin Xi to move their fight away from the city and protect its residents.
• The Masked Man sent his Black-Clad Men after Qin Xi’s allies, and Ancestor Hongjun, Daoist Yangmei, Di Qun, Ao Xin, Ouyang Qing, and Hong Lian fought them.
• Qin Xi battled the Masked Man in his illusory body and wounded him, discovering that the Masked Man’s injuries also caused pain in his own body.
• Ancestor Hongjun and Daoist Yangmei joined Qin Xi, but the Masked Man withdrew into his mirror and summoned black skulls with his Destruction methods.
• Ancestor Hongjun revealed the God-Slaying Spear as Qin Xi and Daoist Yangmei attacked the Masked Man’s mirror, while Di Qun and Ouyang Qing fought the Black-Clad Men.
• Ao Xin and Ouyang Qing transformed and killed the Black-Clad Men, while Qin Xi struck the Masked Man’s mirror again despite the pain it caused him.

Qin Xi and his allies destroyed the Masked Man’s mirror and ended his assault on North Goose City, but the backlash left Qin Xi gravely weak. After recovering at Yu Xue and Sweet Potato’s courtyard, Qin Xi resolved to kill the captured Masked Man and accepted Leona’s Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus to aid his recovery.

• Qin Xi and Ancestor Hongjun shattered the Masked Man’s mirror, while Qin Xi and Daoist Yangmei destroyed the black skull trapping Daoist Yangmei.
• Ancestor Hongjun, Daoist Yangmei, and their allies pursued the Masked Man through North Goose City, where Qin Xi’s attack accidentally caused a deadly explosion.
• Ancestor Hongjun struck the Masked Man’s mirror and made it disintegrate, while Qin Xi collapsed from the backlash and the Black-Clad Men faded away.
• Ancestor Hongjun took the unconscious Qin Xi to Yu Xue and Sweet Potato’s courtyard, where Yu Xue prepared a room and Ancestor Hongjun said Qin Xi would recover.
• Qin Xi woke and learned Daoist Yangmei had captured the Masked Man, then opened the video Chat Group to seek help with his injuries.
• Forever Seventeen-Year-Old Girl, Wukong, Leona, and others offered treasures and medicine, while Qin Xi rejected keeping the Masked Man alive and insisted he must die.
• Qin Xi said he planned to return to the Heavenly Dao Dojo after resting, and accepted Leona’s Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus when she offered it for his recovery.