Recaps

Qin Dao wavered over Lin Yuan’s lucrative offer while Qin Xi resisted the Masked Man’s pressure and trusted Yu Xue and Sweet Potato to guide him. As Qin Dao remained undecided, Ouyang Qing warned Qin Xi that the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan was plotting an attack, and Qin Xi sent Di Qun and Ao Xin to watch for signs of an assault.

• Lin Yuan tempted Qin Dao with a high-paying job, and Qin Dao considered leaving Fuwei Escort Agency despite Yu Xue and Sweet Potato’s objections.
• Qin Xi showed the Chat Group Qin Dao’s wavering and refused to interfere, while the Masked Man claimed Qin Dao’s choice would soon give him control.
• Yu Xue rejected Lin Yuan’s offer and reminded Qin Dao of his ties to Wang Wei, leaving Qin Dao remorseful and uncertain about trading family and friends for wealth.
• The Masked Man ordered the Mediocre Death God and the Unreliable God of Ninja World to find allies for an attack on the Heavenly Dao Dojo, and the Mediocre Death God recruited Ouyang Ting of the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan.
• Ouyang Qing warned Qin Xi that Ouyang Ting and a man in black planned to attack the Heavenly Dao Dojo, and Qin Xi asked him to return to his clan and mediate.
• Qin Xi gathered his group, prepared to resist the foxes if they attacked, and warned Ouyang Qing that his clan would be protected only if it did not side with Ouyang Ting.
• Di Qun and Ao Xin reported that Ouyang Ting was gathering supporters and that strangers were seeking information, so Qin Xi ordered them to watch the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan.

Qin Xi helped Ouyang Qing defeat Ouyang Ting’s rebellion, then invited Ouyang Qing into the Chat Group while the Masked Man continued challenging him over Qin Dao. Qin Dao’s month at Linyuan Escort Agency turned toward wealth and an official post, leaving Qin Xi to watch as the escort party came under attack.

• Qin Xi revealed that he had anticipated the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan’s rebellion and let Di Qun and Ao Xin prepare an ambush while he watched for traitors inside the Heavenly Dao Dojo.
• Di Qun’s forces drove back Ouyang Ting’s foxes, and Ouyang Qing defeated Ouyang Ting and took control of the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan.
• Di Qun and Ao Xin identified and punished two or three dozen dojo traitors, while Qin Xi warned the Masked Man that he would keep thwarting him.
• Qin Xi welcomed Ouyang Qing into the Chat Group, where the members named him Most Beautiful White Fox and teased him about his nine-tailed form.
• Yu Xue agreed to work at Linyuan Escort Agency with Qin Dao and Sweet Potato for a month, hoping Qin Dao would see the agency’s true nature, but Lin Yuan assigned them difficult jobs.
• The Masked Man warned Qin Xi that destroying his remnant soul would cost Qin Xi half his cultivation, then pressed him to surrender control of his body as Qin Dao pursued money and status.
• Qin Dao accepted a dangerous escort job for a corrupt prefect despite Yu Xue’s objections, and the party traveled toward Ping City.
• Black-clad attackers struck the prefect and his daughter at night, and Qin Dao defended the daughter while seeking wealth and an official career.

Qin Xi learned that the Mediocre Death God and the Masked Man’s followers had attacked the Kirin Clan and were conspiring to make him surrender control of his body. He helped Qirui and Momo rebuild on a spiritually rich island, drove off one attack, and ended the arc approaching the Unreliable God’s followers as they dug underground houses.

• Qin Dao lost the Prefect’s daughter after Yu Xue, disguised as a wealthy young man, won her affection, then listened as Yu Xue advised him to reconsider his ambitions and his work for Linyuan Escort Agency.
• Qirui and Momo returned to Qin Xi and revealed that attackers had destroyed their settlement, killed many Kirin Clan members, and driven them from a suitable island.
• Qirui, Ao Xin, and Di Qun discovered the Mediocre Death God conspiring with black-clad men to build forces and pressure Qin Xi into surrendering his body to the Masked Man.
• Qin Xi ordered Di Qun, Ao Xin, and Qirui to develop the island in secret, protect it, and watch for the conspirators, while Di Qun brought craftsmen and Ao Xin stationed Dragon Clan guards.
• After attackers destroyed the island’s building materials, Qin Xi supplied replacement timber and caught the Mediocre Death God trying to burn it, then forced him and his men to retreat.
• Qin Xi told the Chat Group that the Masked Man had returned through his shattered divine sense, but chose to watch his actions while warning the traitors not to cause further trouble.
• Qin Xi cultivated beside a stream on the island and ordered Di Qun to deal with further attacks as the settlement’s buildings took shape.
• Qin Xi and Ao Xin spotted the Unreliable God’s followers digging underground houses and approached them unnoticed.

Qin Xi secured the Kirin Clan’s settlement, prepared homes by the stream for the Chat Group’s Big Bosses, and revealed Qin Dao’s work in the mortal world. He discovered Ginseng Fruit on the island and shared it with the Kirin Clan leaders, who began cultivating as he reopened the Chat Group.

• Qin Xi and Ao Xin killed the God of the Ninja World and his followers after they attacked, then disposed of their bodies in the graves they had dug.
• Qin Xi ordered the Kirin Clan to finish its settlement and planned protective facilities, while he continued cultivating and considered inviting powerful figures to the island.
• Qin Xi told the Chat Group about the stream’s unusually rich spiritual energy and offered to build small houses, agreeing to work from their blueprints within the island’s space limits.
• Qin Xi watched Qin Dao serve at Linyuan Escort Agency and learned that Qin Dao wanted a better life with Yu Xue and Sweet Potato, who agreed to keep working until they could afford a courtyard house.
• Qin Xi told the Chat Group he had killed the Unreliable God of Ninja World and planned to weaken the Masked Man by dealing with his subordinates.
• Qin Xi inspected a strange tree with Ao Xin and Di Qun, and Di Qun ate one of its Ginseng Fruits before withdrawing to cultivate near a breakthrough.
• Qin Xi collected the remaining Ginseng Fruits and gave one each to Qirui and Momo, who ate them and began secluded cultivation.
• With the others cultivating, Qin Xi opened the Chat Group again, and Nine-to-Five Admiral, Seventeen-Year-Old Girl Yongyuan, and Wukong wondered why he had called them.