Recaps

Qin Xi secured Mediocre Death God in the Dragon Clan’s hidden village, then gathered companions to search the Magical Beast Mountain Range for Masked Man. The group began its journey and paused at a quiet Jiangnan village, where Qin Xi reconnected with the Chat Group.

• Qin Xi moved the injured Mediocre Death God from Qilin Island to the Dragon Clan’s hidden village, where the Great Elder imprisoned him again.
• Qin Xi told the Video Chat Group he planned to search the Magical Beast Mountain Range for Masked Man, and Daoist Yangmei insisted on joining him.
• Qin Xi summoned Ao Xin and arranged for her to return, while the Great Elder warned him that the mountain range was dangerous.
• Ao Xin returned exhausted, and Qin Xi, Daoist Yangmei, Di Qun, and their companions prepared to depart after she rested.
• Qin Xi and his companions left the Dragon Clan’s forest and traveled south for three days before reaching a village in Jiangnan.
• Di Qun arranged for the group to stay overnight at an old man’s bamboo house, where the old man cooked them dinner.
• Qin Xi reopened the system Chat Group and showed Neeko, Forever Seventeen-Year-Old Girl, and Wukong the peaceful courtyard.

Qin Xi traveled with Ao Xin, Di Qun, and Daoist Yangmei into the Magical Beast Mountain Range to search for the Masked Man, but their first days of searching turned up no clues. The group encountered a massive tiger, and Ao Xin and Di Qun stepped forward to fight it.

• Qin Xi added Ao Xin and Di Qun to the Chat Group, where the group named Di Qun Monster Venerable and Ao Xin Dragon Ancient Emperor.
• Qin Xi said goodbye to the old man at the farmhouse and led Ao Xin, Di Qun, and Daoist Yangmei toward the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Qin Xi and his companions entered the range at daybreak and searched its forests and caves, but found no sign of the Masked Man.
• The group spent the night in a cave, taking turns on watch, then continued deeper into the mountains after Qin Xi patrolled the area.
• Qin Xi hunted a wild boar, and Di Qun and Ao Xin cleaned and roasted it for the group before they resumed their search.
• As the forest grew dark, a tiger-like beast roared nearby, followed the group, and appeared before them.
• Ao Xin and Di Qun confronted the massive tiger, but Ao Xin's first sword strikes failed to stop it, and she suggested catching it.

Qin Xi and his companions searched the Magical Beast Mountain Range for the Masked Man, but found no trace and eventually decided to look elsewhere. Reports that Qin Dao’s health was worsening led Qin Xi to plan a visit to the mortal realm before deciding whether to bring him and the others back to the Heavenly Dao Dojo.

• Qin Xi and his companions killed a tiger, preserved its hide and magical core, and entered the center of the Magical Beast Mountain Range after resting overnight.
• Qin Xi checked on Qin Dao through the Chat Group and saw him looking pale and weak, so he asked the Most Beautiful White Fox to arrange protection for him in the mortal realm.
• Qin Xi and his companions encountered a Two-Headed Yellow Tiger, and Di Qun wounded it before Qin Xi let it retreat rather than be killed.
• Qin Xi and his companions found a small wooden house in the trees and sheltered there through a night of bitter, strange winds.
• Qin Xi found no clues about the Masked Man after several days of searching and told the Chat Group that the search had turned up nothing suspicious.
• The Most Beautiful White Fox reported that Qin Dao’s health was worsening, and Qin Xi agreed to visit him in the mortal realm.
• Qin Xi considered whether Qin Dao, Sweet Potato, Di Qun, and Yu Xue should return to the Heavenly Dao Dojo, but said he would decide after seeing Qin Dao.

Qin Xi traveled through the Magical Beast Mountain Range to the human world, where he reunited with Yu Xue and Sweet Potato and found Qin Dao growing weak. After tracing the black qi around Qin Dao to the Masked Man and his own connection to Qin Dao, Qin Xi gathered the group to discuss what he had discovered.

• Qin Xi left the Magical Beast Mountain Range with Daoist Yangmei, Ao Xin, and Di Qun, carrying a living ginseng creature they had found along the way.
• Qin Xi reached the town where Qin Dao lived and reunited with Yu Xue and Sweet Potato at the Fortune Inn.
• Qin Xi agreed to stay with Yu Xue and Sweet Potato, and Yu Xue introduced him to Qin Dao as her distant cousin.
• Qin Xi examined Qin Dao and discovered that the black qi left by the Masked Man was making him weaker.
• Qin Xi realized that he, Qin Dao, and the Masked Man were connected because Qin Dao was one of his avatars and the Masked Man was his dark side.
• Qin Xi shared a meal with Yu Xue, Sweet Potato, Qin Dao, and his companions, then signaled the others to return to their rooms.
• Qin Xi opened the video Chat Group and told its members that the black qi around Qin Dao seemed connected to both the Masked Man and himself.