Chapter Summaries

Qin Xi taught the White Tiger Clan how to plant sweet potatoes after the Great Elder reminded him of his promise. The Second Elder doubted the simple method, but the Great Elder defended Qin Xi, and the Second Elder apologized while remaining unconvinced.

• The Great Elder and several elders visited Qin Xi and reminded him that he had promised to teach them how to plant sweet potatoes.
• Qin Xi apologized for forgetting and agreed to show the White Tiger Clan how to grow them.
• At an open space where the clansmen and sweet potatoes had gathered, Qin Xi explained how to cut off sprouted sections, bury them in soil, and water them.
• The Second Elder questioned whether the simple planting method could be correct because sweet potatoes contained dense merit power.
• The Great Elder defended Qin Xi, and the Second Elder apologized, though Qin Xi could still see that he was distrustful.

Qirui told Qin Xi that Bai Ling had met a familiar-looking Demon Race man who gave her something to improve her cultivation, leaving Qin Xi to wonder where the Masked Man was hiding. Meanwhile, the Masked Man was in the Demon Realm’s great hall beneath Luo Hou.

• Qirui told Qin Xi that Bai Ling had met a Demon Race man who gave her something to improve her cultivation.
• Qirui said the man was unmasked but looked familiar, and Qin Xi pondered who he could be.
• Yu Xue scolded Qirui for his careless remark that had led Qin Xi to give sweet potatoes to the White Tiger Clan and teach them how to grow them.
• Qin Xi asked Luo Hou to investigate the Masked Man, but Luo Hou said he had found no clues.
• The Masked Man sat beneath Luo Hou in the Demon Race’s great hall, with his subordinates standing beside Luo Hou.

Luohou discovered that the Masked Man had taken control of the Demon Realm's great hall and captured him. Threatened with harm to his clansmen, Luohou lied to Qin Xi that he had found no information about the Masked Man.

• Luohou learned that his subordinate had located a cave where the thief was hiding and ordered continued surveillance.
• The Masked Man and his followers stormed the Demon Race's great hall, overpowered Luohou, and demanded to know where Ao Xin and Di Qun were.
• Luohou recognized Ancestor Hongjun and Zhun Ti among the Masked Man's followers, but they did not respond to him as if they knew him.
• The Masked Man threatened Luohou's clansmen to stop him from contacting Qin Xi, so Luohou kept silent.
• After Qin Xi sent him a message, Luohou replied that he still had found no information about the Masked Man, and Ancestor Hongjun turned his head toward the Masked Man when he ignored a taunt.

The Masked Man left Luo Hou in Ancestor Hongjun and Zhun Ti’s care, then visited Ao Xin and Di Qun, whose fear of him deepened. Meanwhile, Qin Xi worried about Ao Xin and Di Qun and learned that Yu Xue had disappeared, prompting him and Qirui to seek the Great Elder’s help.

• The Masked Man ordered Ancestor Hongjun and Zhun Ti to watch over Luo Hou before returning to his cave.
• The Masked Man visited Ao Xin and Di Qun, but Ao Xin trembled in fear, and Di Qun told him to stay away.
• After the Masked Man left, Ao Xin cried to Di Qun and begged for Lord Valley Master to take them away.
• Qin Xi felt uneasy and worried that Ao Xin and Di Qun might be in danger.
• Qirui told Qin Xi that Yu Xue had been missing since the previous night, and Qin Xi asked what had happened.
• Qin Xi and Qirui went to the Great Elder to ask for help finding Yu Xue.

The Masked Man visited Ao Xin and Di Qun, but his presence terrified Ao Xin, leaving him uncertain about his feelings for them. Meanwhile, Qin Xi worried about his missing companions, and the chapter ended with him and Qirui seeking the Great Elder’s help to find Yu Xue.

• The Masked Man left Luo Hou in Ancestor Hongjun and Zhun Ti’s care, then returned to his cave to visit Ao Xin and Di Qun.
• Ao Xin trembled at the Masked Man’s approach, and Di Qun told him to stay away; he left while Ao Xin begged for the Valley Master to rescue them.
• Qin Xi felt uneasy about Ao Xin and Di Qun and wondered whether Luo Hou had found the Masked Man’s location.
• Qirui told Qin Xi that Yu Xue had been missing since the previous night, and Qin Xi joined him in searching for answers.
• Qin Xi and Qirui went to the Great Elder to ask for help finding Yu Xue.

Qin Xi searched for Yu Xue after she disappeared and concluded that Bai Ling was involved. He went to confront her, but she was not at home, so he returned to his residence and asked the Second Elder to notify him if she came back.

• Qin Xi asked Great Elder Bai Rufeng for help finding Yu Xue, who had disappeared the previous night, and Bai Rufeng agreed to have his subordinates search.
• Qin Xi could not sense Yu Xue's aura and suspected someone had hidden it with a Xiantian Spiritual Treasure.
• Qin Xi suddenly realized who might be responsible and hurried to the Second Elder's territory with Qirui.
• Qin Xi asked the Second Elder where Bai Ling was, but the Second Elder's subordinate reported that she was not in her room.
• Qin Xi asked the Second Elder to notify him when Bai Ling returned, then left with Qirui as the Second Elder wondered what had happened between Bai Ling and Qin Xi.

Qin Xi deduced that Bai Ling had kidnapped Yu Xue out of resentment over losing the competition and sent Qirui to watch the Second Elder’s territory. Bai Ling revealed that she had also captured Yu Xue to steal her spiritual treasure, leaving Yu Xue tied up in the White Tiger Clan’s back mountain.

• Qin Xi told Qirui that Bai Ling likely kidnapped Yu Xue because Yu Xue had beaten her in the competition.
• Qin Xi sent Qirui to hide near the Second Elder’s territory and watch for Bai Ling.
• Yu Xue tried to stall Bai Ling while tied up, hoping Qin Xi would find her.
• Bai Ling said Yu Xue had taken the White Tiger Clan secret manual from her by winning the competition.
• Bai Ling demanded the spiritual treasure that had reflected her magic back at her and admitted she had kidnapped Yu Xue after finding her returning to her room.

Yu Xue tricked Bai Ling into believing her spiritual treasure was at the Valley Master's place, while Bai Ling's master warned her not to provoke Qin Xi. Qin Xi summoned Bai Ling, who went to meet him and searched his room for the treasure.

• Bai Ling confronted Yu Xue about the spiritual treasure, and Yu Xue claimed she had returned it to the Valley Master.
• Bai Ling left to search for the treasure but was summoned by the White Tiger Clan's Second Elder, who warned her never to provoke Qin Xi.
• Bai Ling assured her master she had not offended Qin Xi, then learned Qin Xi had asked to see her.
• Qirui told Qin Xi that Bai Ling had returned to her master's place, and Qin Xi waited for her to come.
• Bai Ling arrived at Qin Xi's room and asked why he had summoned her while scanning the room for the spiritual treasure.

Qin Xi suspected Bai Ling had captured Yu Xue, but she denied it and returned to her room while Qirui followed her. As the White Tiger Clan Great Elder confronted the Second Elder over his suspicions, the Second Elder summoned Bai Ling and demanded to know whether she had taken Yu Xue.

• Qin Xi questioned Bai Ling about Yu Xue, and Bai Ling denied seeing her while giving herself away with her defensive response.
• Qin Xi sent Qirui to follow Bai Ling, who went straight back to her room and stayed there until night.
• Bai Rufeng confronted the White Tiger Clan Second Elder and suspected Bai Ling had captured Yu Xue, but the Second Elder defended her and sent him away.
• The Second Elder summoned Bai Ling to his residence and asked whether she had captured Yu Xue.

Qin Xi followed Bai Ling to the cave where she had imprisoned Yu Xue and arrived just in time to stop her from killing the rabbit. He rescued Yu Xue as the White Tiger Clan’s Great Elder and Second Elder reached the cave entrance.

• Bai Ling swore to the White Tiger Clan Second Elder that she had done nothing wrong, then left with hostility in her eyes.
• Qirui spotted Bai Ling sneaking toward a cave in the White Tiger Clan’s rear mountain and reported to Qin Xi that he had found Yu Xue.
• Qin Xi told Qirui to bring the White Tiger Clan’s Great Elder and Second Elder to watch a play, then hurried to the cave himself.
• Bai Ling kicked the bound Yu Xue and accused her of lying about a spiritual treasure before preparing to kill her.
• Qin Xi blocked Bai Ling’s attack, freed Yu Xue, and confronted Bai Ling as the elders arrived at the cave entrance.

Bai Ling’s secret practice of the Demon Realm’s arts was exposed, and she transformed into a frenzied, vastly stronger fighter. After Qin Xi prepared to kill her, the White Tiger Clan Second Elder and Great Elder Bai Rufeng knelt and begged him to spare her, and Qin Xi let her go.

• Bai Rufeng, the Second Elder, and the other masters confronted Bai Ling, who denied responsibility as the elders condemned her.
• Bai Ling blamed Qin Xi and Yu Xue, then erupted in Karmic Debt and struck the Second Elder down when he tried to approach her.
• Qin Xi accused Bai Ling of secretly practicing the Demon Realm’s secret arts, and she admitted she cared only about becoming stronger.
• Qin Xi gathered spiritual energy to kill Bai Ling, but the Second Elder stepped between them and offered his own life in exchange for hers.
• Bai Ling rejected the Second Elder’s plea, while the Second Elder and Bai Rufeng knelt before Qin Xi and begged him to spare her.
• Qin Xi waved his hand and let Bai Ling go.

Bai Hao revealed that Bai Ling was the Second Elder’s biological daughter, a civet cat whose Spirit Stone let her appear as a white tiger. After Bai Ling became violent again, Qin Xi trapped her in a Demon-Expelling Array to draw out her demonic influence and Karmic Debt.

• Bai Hao told Bai Ling that the Second Elder had raised her as his daughter and devoted his resources to protecting her.
• Bai Hao revealed that Bai Ling’s true form was a civet cat and that the Spirit Stone, made from one of the Second Elder’s ribs, let her maintain a white tiger form.
• Qin Xi livestreamed the revelation, and Bai Ling grew violent again as she rejected what she had heard.
• Qin Xi sent everyone out of the cave and promised the Second Elder he would return Bai Ling unharmed.
• Qin Xi activated the Demon-Expelling Array, trapping Bai Ling as it weakened her and drew out her Karmic Debt.

Qin Xi used the Demon-Expelling Array to draw the Karmic Debt from Bai Ling and learned that Ancestor Hongjun had given her the secret art. After Bai Ling recovered enough to leave the cave, Qin Xi handed her to Bai Hao and returned to the White Tiger Clan with the Second Elder.

• Qin Xi told Bai Ling he was saving her because Yu Xue had asked him to spare her, but said he expected the White Tiger Clan to repay him.
• Qin Xi asked Bai Ling who had given her the secret art, and Bai Ling said Ancestor Hongjun had given it to her.
• As the Demon-Expelling Array extracted Bai Ling's Karmic Debt, Bai Ling grew weak and fainted, and Qin Xi carried her out of the cave.
• Qin Xi told the Second Elder that Bai Ling would recover, gave him a restorative pill, and stopped him from kneeling to apologize.
• Qin Xi and the Second Elder returned to the White Tiger Clan, where Bai Hao took Bai Ling to her room.

Bai Hao stayed by the weakened Bai Ling while the White Tiger Clan's Second Elder reconciled with Great Elder Bai Rufeng and helped settle old misunderstandings among the elders. The clan later hosted Qin Xi, Yu Xue, and Qirui, where Bai Ling danced and Qin Xi noticed Bai Hao's feelings for her.

• Bai Hao remained in Bai Ling's room, and the Second Elder left to visit Great Elder Bai Rufeng.
• The Second Elder admitted his mistakes to Bai Rufeng, and the two resolved their longstanding resentment.
• Bai Rufeng and the Second Elder visited the other elders and cleared up their accumulated misunderstandings.
• A White Tiger Clan disciple invited Qin Xi to the main hall, where Bai Rufeng and the other elders welcomed him, Yu Xue, and Qirui to a feast.
• Bai Ling danced for the gathering, and Qin Xi noticed Bai Hao watching her closely.
• Bai Ling offered Qin Xi a toast, and Qin Xi teased her about Bai Hao glaring at him.

After learning that the Phoenix Clan had been exterminated, Qin Xi went to its ruined city with Qirui and Yu Xue but arrived too late to help anyone. Back at the Heavenly Dao Dojo, he summoned Ancestor Hongjun to ask about the Demon Realm secret art.

• Qin Xi noticed Bai Ling and Bai Hao were in love, and the White Tiger Clan elders stopped opposing their relationship.
• A White Tiger Clan disciple reported that the Phoenix Clan had been completely exterminated, so Qin Xi left with Qirui and Yu Xue to investigate.
• Qin Xi, Qirui, and Yu Xue found corpses in the Phoenix Clan's city and its main city reduced to ruins.
• Qin Xi returned to the Heavenly Dao Dojo with Qirui and Yu Xue and decided to continue searching for the masked man.
• Qin Xi remembered that Ancestor Hongjun had given Bai Ling the Demon Realm secret art and summoned him to the dojo.
• Ancestor Hongjun arrived and asked Qin Xi why he had called him, but Qin Xi questioned whether he knew the reason.

Qin Xi questioned Ancestor Hongjun after Bai Ling and Qirui identified him as the person who passed on the Demon Realm’s secret arts. Ancestor Hongjun recalled finding a mysterious talisman beside his pillow, and Qin Xi sent him to retrieve it, while Yu Xue collected the heavenly treasures he had offered.

• Ancestor Hongjun mistakenly thought Qin Xi had summoned him for heavenly treasures and placed many of them in the dojo.
• Qin Xi confronted Ancestor Hongjun about allegedly giving Demon Realm secret arts to a White Tiger Clan disciple, and called Qirui to confirm the accusation.
• Qirui identified Ancestor Hongjun as the person he had seen meeting Bai Ling, though Qin Xi sensed no demonic energy on him.
• Ancestor Hongjun recalled that his hair had fallen out and that an unfamiliar talisman had appeared beside his pillow.
• Qin Xi ordered Ancestor Hongjun to retrieve the talisman, then told Yu Xue to put away the heavenly treasures.

Qin Xi received and examined a strange talisman, learning from the Chat Group that it could duplicate people. He suspected the Masked Man had used it to create a copy of Ancestor Hongjun and feared that other primordial figures might also be on the Masked Man’s side.

• Yu Xue told Qin Xi that Ancestor Hongjun had brought high-grade natural treasures, and Qin Xi joked that visitors had grown accustomed to giving him gifts.
• Ancestor Hongjun returned with the talisman and handed it to Qin Xi, who dismissed him soon afterward.
• Qin Xi studied the talisman, then opened a Chat Group livestream and asked everyone to identify it.
• Plain Reaper identified the talisman as a Duplication Talisman that could duplicate a person, and Qin Xi ended the livestream after learning this.
• Qin Xi suspected the Masked Man had used the talisman to duplicate Ancestor Hongjun and feared the Masked Man might have other primordial figures at his side.

Yu Xue told Momo that the Phoenix Clan had been wiped out and its secret realm destroyed, leaving them unable to avenge the Kirin Clan as hoped. Qirui and Yu Xue argued over her telling Momo, and Momo fetched Qin Xi to intervene.

• Momo asked Yu Xue whether they had found the Phoenix Clan, and Yu Xue revealed that the clan and its secret realm had been destroyed.
• Yu Xue comforted Momo, who said she still believed the Valley Master would find a solution.
• Qirui reproached Yu Xue for telling Momo the news, and the two argued after Yu Xue accidentally shoved Momo, who nearly fell.
• Momo tried to stop the argument, then went to Qin Xi for help when Qirui and Yu Xue ignored her.
• Qin Xi understood why they were arguing, put away the Duplication Talisman, and followed Momo to them.

Qirui and Yu Xue concealed their argument from Qin Xi and reassured Momo that they had only been bantering. Later, Qin Xi asked Qirui to cultivate the White Tiger Clan Secret Technique in the Heavenly Dao Field so he could grow strong enough to face the dangers ahead.

• Qirui blamed Yu Xue for telling Momo the secret, and Yu Xue insisted she was not responsible for looking after Momo.
• Qin Xi arrived with Momo, and Qirui and Yu Xue claimed they had only been playing around.
• After Qin Xi left, Qirui and Yu Xue reassured Momo, who said their argument had frightened her.
• Yu Xue asked Momo about her cultivation, and Momo said it had improved and her foundation had grown more solid in the Heavenly Dao Field.
• Qin Xi summoned Qirui and Yu Xue, then told Qirui to cultivate the White Tiger Clan Secret Technique because it might help him reach the Quasi-Sage realm.
• Qin Xi planned to strengthen Qirui and Yu Xue because they could be caught in the fallout if he faced the Masked Man.

Qin Xi urged Yu Xue and Qirui to cultivate so they would be better prepared to face the Masked Man, then visited Nuwa and Fuxi to discuss the threat. He concluded that the Masked Man was targeting every race except the Human Race and left without learning of any suspicious talismans or events affecting them.

• Qin Xi told Qirui to improve his cultivation and advised Yu Xue to focus on breaking through to Quasi-Sage, and both began secluded cultivation.
• Qin Xi visited Nuwa and Fuxi, learned the Human Race had faced no disturbances, and concluded that the Masked Man targeted races other than humans.
• Qin Xi told Nuwa and Fuxi that the Phoenix Clan had already been wiped out and said he suspected Luo Hou might have joined the Masked Man or been taken hostage.
• Qin Xi showed Nuwa and Fuxi a Duplication Talisman, but they said they had never encountered one or noticed anything else suspicious.