Chapter Summaries

Qin Xi faced the Masked Man in a desperate battle after Yu Xue took Qirui to safety. The fight’s spiritual-power fluctuations suddenly vanished, and Qin Xi emerged from the gloom, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Qin Xi stopped Qirui from charging at the Masked Man, who mocked Qirui and provoked him.
• Yu Xue realized Qirui was missing, returned to Qin Xi, and took the furious kirin away.
• After everyone else had left, Qin Xi and the Masked Man began a fierce battle that changed the sky and filled Daoist Yangmei and the others with dread.
• The battle’s flames and spiritual-power fluctuations abruptly disappeared, leaving Zhenyuanzi and the others unsure who had won.
• Qin Xi walked out of the gloom as the others hesitated over whether to approach.

Qin Xi and the others returned to the Heavenly Dao Dojo after the war, but Luo Hou was gone. They mourned their friend over Momo’s fish soup, and Qin Xi decided to keep Luo Hou’s room for him.

• Qin Xi told everyone they had won and led them back to the Heavenly Dao Dojo, grieving that Luo Hou had not returned.
• Momo welcomed the group and realized Luo Hou was gone when she asked where he was.
• Momo invited everyone inside for fish soup, trying to comfort them despite her own sadness.
• The group passed Luo Hou’s room, and Qin Xi decided to keep it for him forever.
• Momo served her fish soup, and everyone praised her cooking.

After the others left the Heavenly Dao Field, Qin Xi faced the Masked Man he had spared, who had merged with him. Qin Xi accepted their shared existence and asked the other man for his name.

• Sweet Potato praised Momo's cooking, while Qirui teased him for liking everything she made.
• Nuwa, Fuxi, and Zhenyuanzi urged Qin Xi to visit the Human Race and explore the Primordial World.
• Qin Xi returned to his room, where Yu Xue and Qirui worried about his lonely state and Daoist Yang Mei encouraged them to trust him.
• Qin Xi spoke to the Masked Man in the mirror and revealed that he had spared him and that they had merged into one.
• Qin Xi admitted he feared the Masked Man might cause trouble again, but said he could subdue him again if necessary.
• Qin Xi asked the Masked Man for his name, and the man replied that they were one and had no distinction between them.

After the war, the Human Race began to recover while the Dragon Clan and Monster Clan withdrew from mortal affairs. At the Heavenly Dao Dojo, Qin Xi tried to calm Ao Xin, whose trauma from the Masked Man left her confused and violent, and resolved to find a way to cure her.

• The Human Race and other races recovered after the war, while the Dragon Clan and Monster Clan withdrew from the world.
• Di Qun told Qin Xi that Ao Xin had gone berserk again, and Qin Xi hurried to her room.
• Ao Xin mistook Qin Xi for the Valley Master and clung to him, then panicked and accused him of being the Masked Man.
• Qin Xi rendered Ao Xin unconscious and laid her on the bed.
• Qin Xi reassured Di Qun and said he would find a way to cure Ao Xin before she fell into demonhood.

Qin Xi checked on Yu Xue and Sweet Potato, who missed Qirui and Momo after they left the Heavenly Dao Dojo. He agreed that the dojo felt boring but worried that he could not leave while Ao Xin was in her current state.

• Qin Xi left Di Qun to look after Ao Xin and went to see how Yu Xue and Sweet Potato were doing.
• Yu Xue and Sweet Potato said they missed Qirui and Momo, who had left the dojo so Qirui could seek to rebuild the Kirin Clan and Momo could gain experience.
• Sweet Potato told Qin Xi that the dojo felt boring without Qirui and Momo, and said he missed Momo's fish soup.
• Qin Xi agreed that the dojo was boring but said he could not go out while Ao Xin was like this.

Qin Xi told Sweet Potato and Yu Xue that he would give them a surprise in a few days, hinting they would be able to leave the Heavenly Dao Dojo. Sweet Potato looked forward to going out, while Yu Xue was unsure whether she would join him.

• Qin Xi promised Sweet Potato and Yu Xue a surprise in a few days but did not reveal what it was.
• Sweet Potato asked Yu Xue what the surprise might be, but she did not know.
• Yu Xue urged Sweet Potato to focus on breaking through to Great Luo Golden Immortal before going out to temper himself.
• Sweet Potato assumed Yu Xue would accompany him, but Yu Xue said she might stay behind if Qin Xi did not leave.

Qin Xi discussed letting a replacement take his place and then asked the Chat Group for help with Ao Xin. The group members gathered, but the chapter ended before they offered a solution.

• Sweet Potato felt left out as the others went off to do their own things.
• Qin Xi told his mirror self to let someone replace them and travel the world.
• Qin Xi confronted his mirror self over what had happened to Ao Xin, and the mirror self suggested asking the Chat Group for treatment ideas.
• Di Qun opened the Chat Group and summoned its members, spending Qin Xi's Merit points to bring them over.
• Qin Xi asked the gathered members to help Ao Xin forget what had happened.

Qin Xi sought advice on how to restore Ao Xin’s memories, and Nine-to-Five Admiral reminded him that he could use the Law of Fantasy to make her forget. Qin Xi went to Ao Xin’s room to try it, leaving the story with him beside her as she slept.

• Sun Wukong suggested finding Meng Po, and the little daoist explained the legend behind Meng Po Soup.
• Neeko said Qin Xi should ask his other self for a solution, but Qin Xi explained that the other Qin Xi had sent him to consult everyone.
• Nine-to-Five Admiral reminded Qin Xi that he could use the Law of Fantasy to make Ao Xin forget.
• Qin Xi ended the group video and argued with his other self about whose fault the problem was.
• Qin Xi went to Ao Xin’s room, told Di Qun to rest, and stayed beside Ao Xin as she slept.

Qin Xi used the Law of Fantasy to remove Ao Xin’s memories of her capture and torment, leaving her with memories from before the great battle. Ao Xin woke believing she had forgotten things because of an injury, and Qin Xi took her to see Yu Xue and the others.

• After Di Qun left, Masked Man touched the sleeping Ao Xin’s face and felt remorse for how his torment had changed her.
• Qin Xi recited the Law of Fantasy to Ao Xin, making her memories stop fading at the moment before she was captured.
• Ao Xin woke in the Heavenly Dao Dojo and asked Qin Xi why she was there.
• Qin Xi told Ao Xin she had forgotten things after being accidentally injured, and she believed his explanation.
• Ao Xin asked to see Yu Xue and the others, so Qin Xi took her to them.
• Yu Xue was surprised to see Ao Xin out of her room and noticed that her mental state seemed much better.

Qin Xi told Yu Xue that he had erased Ao Xin’s painful memories, leaving her memories to end before the Masked Man took her away. Ao Xin happily played with Sweet Potato, and Di Qun joined them, noticing that Ao Xin seemed changed.

• Qin Xi warned Yu Xue not to mention Ao Xin’s erased memories, and Yu Xue understood why Ao Xin seemed different.
• Ao Xin picked up Sweet Potato and squeezed his face while Qin Xi and Yu Xue laughed; Qin Xi promised him roasted sweet potatoes and fish soup.
• Ao Xin asked the bear’s name, and Sweet Potato told her he was called Sweet Potato.
• Di Qun searched for Ao Xin, found her with the others, and noticed that she seemed to have forgotten many things.
• Qin Xi nodded to Di Qun, who understood something and stroked Ao Xin’s hair.

Qin Xi prepared to enter seclusion to nurture a cocoon formed from a fusion of his and the Masked Man’s primordial spirits. The Masked Man proposed betting on what kind of person the being inside would become.

• Di Qun reunited with Ao Xin, explained that she was crying because she was happy, and agreed to stay with the Valley Master.
• Qin Xi announced he would enter seclusion and told everyone to go to Yu Xue if anything came up.
• Qin Xi ignored his mirror image’s doubts and sat on the Prayer Mat as the Heavenly Dao Dojo subtly changed.
• Qin Xi placed a silkworm-like cocoon in a greenhouse he had prepared.
• The Masked Man proposed betting on the cocoon’s future nature, since it contained half of each of their primordial spirits, and Qin Xi asked what they would wager.

Qin Xi and Masked Man watched as the silkworm cocoon transformed into a child, whom they planned to send into the Primordial World to experience mortal hardships. Qin Xi gave him Golden Immortal cultivation and disguised him as a young adult, setting their wager in motion while keeping him unaware of his origins.

• Yu Xue, Di Qun, and Ao Xin wondered what Qin Xi had been doing in seclusion when they heard a baby crying from his room.
• Qin Xi and Masked Man saw that the cocoon had formed an infant whose appearance resembled Qin Xi.
• Qin Xi decided to give the child Golden Immortal cultivation so he would be powerful but still have room to grow through hardship.
• Masked Man declared that the child’s journey into the Primordial World would begin their wager, and Qin Xi agreed.
• Qin Xi used the Law of Fantasy to make the child look like someone in his twenties and kept him asleep so he would not learn his origins.

Qin Xi introduced the man he had hatched from a wisp of his primordial spirit and tasked Sweet Potato with taking him out of the Heavenly Dao Dojo. He named the man Qin Dao, and Sweet Potato planned to leave with him within two days.

• Qin Xi opened the door and found Di Qun and the others eavesdropping outside.
• Qin Xi showed them the unfamiliar man he had hatched from a wisp of his primordial spirit.
• Qin Xi told Sweet Potato to take the man out of the Heavenly Dao Dojo and keep his origins secret until he woke.
• Qin Xi named the man Qin Dao, while the Masked Man criticized the name.
• Sweet Potato agreed to look after Qin Dao and said he planned to leave within two days.

Qin Xi discussed whether Yu Xue should leave the Heavenly Dao Dojo with Sweet Potato, then watched his companions welcome Qin Dao, his primordial-spirit creation, as their younger brother. The group tried to equip Qin Dao with magical treasures before his journey, but Qin Xi refused so Qin Dao could temper himself.

• Qin Xi told Yu Xue she could decide later whether to leave with Sweet Potato, and she remained uncertain.
• Ao Xin praised Qin Dao's looks, and Di Qun asked whether he counted as their younger brother; Qin Xi agreed.
• Ao Xin promised to protect Qin Dao, and the others gave him magical artifacts as parting gifts.
• Qin Xi ordered them to take the treasures back, saying Qin Dao should face challenges with the strength appropriate to his Golden Immortal cultivation.

Sweet Potato prepared to leave the Heavenly Dao Dojo with Qin Dao, while Di Qun and Ao Xin reluctantly took back the greeting gifts Qin Xi forbade them to give. Yu Xue changed her mind and joined the journey after suppressing her cultivation to a Taiyi Golden Immortal.

• Qin Xi warned Di Qun and Ao Xin not to visit Qin Dao privately, and they secretly considered sending gifts through Yu Xue or Sweet Potato.
• Sweet Potato spent two days preparing to leave the Heavenly Dao Dojo with Qin Dao.
• Di Qun and Ao Xin warned Sweet Potato to protect Qin Dao, and Sweet Potato complained that they had been threatening him for days.
• Sweet Potato was about to leave without Yu Xue when she arrived and announced that she would travel with them.
• Yu Xue explained that she had suppressed her cultivation to a Taiyi Golden Immortal so she could temper herself alongside Qin Dao.

Sweet Potato and Yu Xue prepared to leave for the human world with Qin Dao to train and guide his future life. After everyone warned them to be careful, Yu Xue stored the sleeping Qin Dao in her space for the journey.

• Sweet Potato and Yu Xue decided to accompany Qin Dao into the outside world for training.
• Qin Xi told them to arrange a suitable background for Qin Dao and guide him so he would not become like the dark masked man.
• Di Qun and Ao Xin reminded Sweet Potato and Yu Xue to stay in contact and make their own decisions in the human world.
• Qin Xi urged them to set out, and Yu Xue placed the sleeping Qin Dao in her space for the journey.

Yu Xue and Sweet Potato left the Heavenly Dao Dojo with Qin Dao, while Qin Xi and the Masked Man made a wager over what kind of person Qin Dao would become. Qin Xi accepted the stakes, but the chapter ended before he finished stating his response.

• Yu Xue and Sweet Potato said farewell and left the Heavenly Dao Dojo, with Qin Dao going to the mortal world with them.
• Di Qun and Ao Xin lamented that the Dojo would be quieter and that they would mostly be left to cultivate.
• Qin Xi hoped his decision would help Qin Dao find a goal and choose kindness rather than become his evil side.
• Qin Xi asked the Masked Man what they should wager, and the Masked Man proposed that Qin Xi would surrender control of his body if Qin Dao became dark, while he would stop opposing Qin Xi if Qin Dao became kind.
• Qin Xi considered the wager and began to answer, saying that they had created Qin Dao together.

Qin Xi agreed with the Masked Man to let Qin Dao’s future actions decide whether Qin Xi would remain in the world. Meanwhile, Yu Xue and Sweet Potato arrived in the mortal world and began looking for a suitable identity and home for Qin Dao, but they had no money.

• Qin Xi told the Masked Man that he would accept Qin Dao becoming a kind or evil person and would withdraw from the world if Qin Dao turned evil.
• The Masked Man agreed to let time decide and disappeared into the mirror.
• Yu Xue and Sweet Potato arrived in a bustling mortal-world market and marveled at the crowds and stalls.
• Yu Xue suggested they look around before deciding what background to give Qin Dao, and Sweet Potato agreed.
• Yu Xue and Sweet Potato noticed that they had no money and began worrying about how to afford food.

Yu Xue and Sweet Potato, hungry and penniless in the mortal world, sought work at an escort agency. After judging the trainees there as weak, they entered and were confronted by a young girl asking who they were.

• Yu Xue and Sweet Potato realized they had no money and needed to earn some to live in the mortal world.
• Yu Xue and Sweet Potato spotted an escort agency and decided to ask whether it had work for them.
• Yu Xue and Sweet Potato watched the agency’s trainees spar and remarked that their skills were ordinary.
• Yu Xue and Sweet Potato pushed open the door, and a girl in a red silk robe asked why they had come to her home.

Yu Xue and Sweet Potato asked to work at an escort agency because they had nowhere to stay. The agency's master realized they were far stronger than him, but they only asked for food, shelter, and enough money to buy necessities.

• Sweet Potato and Yu Xue asked the master's daughter whether the escort agency was hiring.
• The master's daughter went to ask her father, who came out and recognized that Yu Xue and Sweet Potato were stronger than he was.
• Yu Xue and Sweet Potato introduced themselves and explained that they needed work and a place to settle down.
• The agency master worried he could not afford to employ them, but Sweet Potato said they only needed food, shelter, and money for necessities.
• The agency master was surprised by how modest their request was.