Recaps

Qin Xi’s suspicions about the Masked Man were confirmed when he rescued the Mediocre Death God and admitted to killing disciples for their blood essence. After the escapees fled, Qin Xi organized a search and discovered signs that Qin Dao in the mortal world might also be affected.

• Qin Xi discussed the Masked Man’s growing black aura with the Chat Group while Ouyang Qing and Hong Ling investigated deaths concentrated in the south.
• Qin Xi, Di Qun, and Ao Xin retrieved the Mediocre Death God from Ao Xin’s hidden underground prison and set out for the Void Sect.
• The Masked Man drugged Qin Xi, Di Qun, and Ao Xin at a ruined temple, freed the Mediocre Death God, and admitted he had drained southern disciples’ blood essence to strengthen himself.
• Qin Xi fought the Masked Man and the Mediocre Death God, but the Masked Man escaped into the darkness with his injured accomplice.
• Qin Xi returned to the Void Sect without the Mediocre Death God and told Ancestor Hongjun and the Chat Group that the Masked Man could now travel through mirrors.
• Qin Xi ordered the sects and clans to search for the fugitives, sent Ao Xin and Di Qun to investigate, and asked Daoist Yangmei to pursue the rumored cultivation method.
• Qin Xi watched Qin Dao in the mortal world and noticed black smoke around him when he was alone, along with signs of unusual exhaustion.
• Ancestor Hongjun reported that the Mediocre Death God had escaped again after two elders and many disciples died, and Qin Xi proposed discussing Qin Dao’s condition with the Big Bosses.

Qin Xi rallied his friends to investigate the black aura around Qin Dao and search for the Masked Man and Mediocre Death God. On Qilin Island, they captured Mediocre Death God, but the Masked Man remained missing and the Fox Clan continued searching for Mirror.

• Qin Xi showed the Chat Group footage of Qin Dao growing weak and surrounded by black aura, and he feared the Masked Man was involved.
• Qin Xi asked his allies and the surrounding clans to search for the Masked Man and Mediocre Death God, then gathered Daoist Yang Mei and Di Qun to investigate Qilin Island.
• Qin Xi and Momo searched an old underground cave, where Qin Xi heard a cough and summoned the others to help investigate.
• Qin Xi, Daoist Yang Mei, Di Qun, and Qirui broke through a hidden wall, but Mediocre Death God escaped before they could catch him.
• Qin Xi heard another cough near the creek and sensed a hollow space underground, so he and his companions struck the ground and uncovered Mediocre Death God’s hideout.
• Daoist Yang Mei spotted Mediocre Death God, and Qin Xi’s group subdued and captured him, and Mediocre Death God said the Masked Man had vanished long ago.
• Qirui led Qin Xi and the others to a hidden dungeon beneath his room, where Di Qun locked Mediocre Death God in a cell for later questioning.
• Qin Xi released the Fox Clan from searching for Mediocre Death God, but Ouyang Qing chose to keep searching for Mirror because of the black aura around him.

Qin Xi and his allies tortured the Mediocre Death God until he revealed how the Masked Man had captured disciples and drained their spiritual energy. They learned the Masked Man had outgrown the Empty Mirror, leaving Qin Xi to seek new clues and prepare the Chat Group to find him.

• Qin Xi invited Di Qun and Xiao Lu to join the Chat Group and agreed to invite Qirui later.
• Qin Xi questioned the Mediocre Death God in the Kirin Clan dungeon, but the prisoner refused to betray the Masked Man.
• Qin Xi arranged shifts to guard the dungeon while the newcomers helped search for the Masked Man, and he continued watching Qin Dao’s declining health in the mortal world.
• Qirui and Di Qun used the Kirin Scale, the Spirit Power Bead, and a Monster Clan illusion to break the Mediocre Death God’s resistance.
• The Mediocre Death God confessed that the Masked Man had ordered him to capture disciples and spread them across sects to conceal his strength.
• The Mediocre Death God revealed that the Masked Man drained victims with light from his mirror and had grown strong enough to escape the Empty Mirror’s control.
• Qin Xi ordered Di Qun and Qirui to keep the prisoner alive, then told the Chat Group about the Masked Man’s power-draining method.
• The Chat Group members agreed to search for the Masked Man, and Qin Xi asked the Most Beautiful White Fox to consult her Fox Clan about the cultivation method.

Qin Xi and his allies monitored Qin Dao’s worsening condition, strengthened their defenses, and checked the Heavenly Dao Dojo for clues. After questioning the Mediocre Death God, Qin Xi learned of several possible locations connected to the Masked Man but had no exact leads, leaving the group to search them and secure their prisoner.

• Qin Xi warned the group that the Masked Man might be influencing Qin Dao, and everyone agreed to watch their disciples and protect those around them.
• Qin Xi showed the group footage of Qin Dao’s black qi, exhaustion, weight loss, and recurring nightmares, but they could not determine the Masked Man’s purpose.
• Qin Xi arranged for the Monster Clan to help Qirui guard Qilin Island, then traveled with Daoist Yangmei to inspect the Heavenly Dao Dojo.
• Qin Xi found no clues in the Masked Man’s former room, inspected the dojo’s divisions, and entrusted its affairs to Ao Xin before returning to Qilin Island.
• Qin Xi learned that the Mediocre Death God had recovered but remained silent, then went with Ao Xin and Qirui to question him in the dungeon.
• Ao Xin wounded the Mediocre Death God with a dagger that kept the wound bleeding, and he revealed that the Masked Man had used several hiding places and had subordinates.
• The Mediocre Death God named scattered locations, and Qin Xi had Qirui and Di Qun record them, but the clues pointed only to three broad regions.
• Qin Xi ordered the group to search the locations and keep the Mediocre Death God imprisoned, while worrying that the dungeon had too few guards.