Chapter Summaries

Qin Xi surprised the Big Bosses by offering gifts and singled out the Most Beautiful White Fox, whose cultivation had stalled just short of Golden Immortal. The Most Beautiful White Fox eagerly accepted Qin Xi’s offer of something that might help him break through, while 17-Year-Old Girl Forever began questioning Qin Xi about the gift.

• Qin Xi told the Big Bosses he had come to give them gifts, prompting them to speculate about his reasons.
• Leona, Nine-to-Five Admiral, 17-Year-Old Girl Forever, and Wukong asked Qin Xi about the gifts and what he wanted from them.
• Qin Xi asked the Most Beautiful White Fox whether his cultivation had reached a bottleneck.
• The Most Beautiful White Fox said he was close to Golden Immortal but had been unable to break through for several years.
• Qin Xi invited the Most Beautiful White Fox to his place to receive something that might help him advance, and the Most Beautiful White Fox gratefully accepted.
• 17-Year-Old Girl Forever began asking Qin Xi why he was giving the Most Beautiful White Fox a gift.

Qin Xi’s friends mistook his offer for a request to give Most Beautiful White Fox gifts, and they hurried to find presents for him. After letting the misunderstanding play out, Qin Xi finally revealed several glowing, human-shaped fruits from his spatial ring.

• 17-Year-Old Girl Forever and Neeko suggested that they give Most Beautiful White Fox a gift.
• Wukong offered Most Beautiful White Fox a powerful imitation of his Golden Cudgel, while Neeko offered Ouyang Qing a mind-bewitching peony.
• Qin Xi revealed that he had not asked anyone to give gifts, but he did not stop them from doing so.
• 17-Year-Old Girl Forever accused Qin Xi of tricking them, while Nine-to-Five Admiral urged him to show what he had brought.
• Qin Xi produced several faintly glowing green fruits shaped like little human dolls.

Qin Xi showed the group several Ginseng Fruits and explained that they could increase lifespan and cultivation. He offered one to each person, especially recommending one to Most Beautiful White Fox, and Leona asked about the fruit’s extinction.

• Qin Xi presented the Ginseng Fruits and described their effects on lifespan and cultivation.
• 17-Year-Old Girl Forever and Wukong expressed their amazement at the rare fruits.
• Qin Xi offered one fruit to each person and said one might help Most Beautiful White Fox break through his bottleneck and reach Golden Immortal cultivation.
• Most Beautiful White Fox hesitated to accept the precious gift, but Qin Xi insisted, and Ouyang Qing accepted it.
• Leona asked whether the fruit really benefited cultivators and why it had been thought extinct.

Qin Xi explained that the rare fruits he gave everyone came from Qilin Foot island and could strengthen each person differently. As he tried to end the call, 17-Year-Old Girl Forever stopped him because she still wanted to thank him.

• Qin Xi told everyone the fruits’ effects depended on their individual strengths, luck, and cultivation.
• 17-Year-Old Girl Forever asked where Qin Xi had found the fruits, and he said they came from Qilin Foot island and that he had no more.
• 17-Year-Old Girl Forever asked whether the fruits could be saved for a future bottleneck, and Qin Xi explained he had shared them because he feared they would spoil.
• Wukong and Neeko teased Qin Xi about his sharp tongue, while acknowledging his generosity and sincere care for them.
• Qin Xi prepared to end the video call, but 17-Year-Old Girl Forever stopped him, saying she still had to thank him.

Qin Xi gave away the remaining Ginseng Fruits and prepared to check on Qin Dao in the mortal world. Before he could open the screen, a loud noise from a nearby room drew him away.

• Qin Xi told Ouyang Qing to collect a Ginseng Fruit and said it could help him break through his bottleneck.
• Ouyang Qing thanked Qin Xi and promised to come get the fruit quickly.
• Leona and 17-Year-Old Girl Forever discussed Qin Xi's generosity and looked forward to meeting everyone on their island.
• The group members chatted briefly before leaving to handle their own affairs.
• Qin Xi finished giving away the Ginseng Fruits and opened the mortal world screen to check on Qin Dao.
• A loud noise came from a nearby room, and Qin Xi headed outside to investigate.

Ao Xin broke through a long-standing bottleneck after eating a Ginseng Fruit and cultivating for several days, accidentally wrecking his room in his excitement. When Qin Xi heard a noise from Di Qun’s room and went to check, Di Qun was also suppressing her joy behind a locked door.

• Qin Xi found a room window blown out and told the shocked Kirin Clan members to return to rest.
• Qin Xi discovered Ao Xin disheveled in the ruined room and asked what had happened.
• Ao Xin told Qin Xi he had broken through his bottleneck after eating a fruit and cultivating for a few days.
• Ao Xin explained that he had accidentally broken the room’s door by using too much strength in his excitement.
• Qin Xi heard a noise from Di Qun’s room, went to check, and heard her suppressing her joy behind the locked door.

After Di Qun and Ao Xin both advanced after eating the ginseng fruit, they tested their improved strength in a sparring match. They continued fighting into the night, with no sign of stopping.

• Di Qun thanked Qin Xi for the ginseng fruit and told him she had made great progress.
• Ao Xin and Di Qun shared their breakthroughs and celebrated how much the fruit had changed them.
• Ao Xin suggested that they spar to test their new strength, and both agreed not to hold back.
• Qin Xi followed Ao Xin and Di Qun outside, where they began trading punches and kicks.
• Ao Xin and Di Qun fought for more than four hours, still showing no sign of stopping by midnight.

After Ao Xin and Di Qun ended their fight, Qin Xi sent them to rest and promised the Chat Group that they could watch Qin Dao in the mortal world together the next morning. He opened the group early after breakfast, where the Nine-to-Five Admiral joined while still eating.

• Qin Xi stopped Ao Xin and Di Qun's sparring, and the two agreed to compete again another day.
• Qin Xi told Ao Xin and Di Qun to share a room because Ao Xin's room was damaged, and they chatted about the fruit that had helped them break through.
• Ao Xin promised to repay Qin Xi's kindness with the strength of her clan.
• Qin Xi got up early, ate breakfast, and opened the Chat Group to watch Qin Dao in the mortal world with the Big Bosses.
• The Nine-to-Five Admiral said he had not finished eating, then agreed to chat while he ate.

Qin Xi told the group that Di Qun and Ao Xin had broken through after cultivating with Ginseng Fruit, prompting several others to seek some for themselves. He then started a video showing Qin Dao in the mortal world, while the group wondered what had kept the Masked Man quiet.

• Most Beautiful White Fox and Leona asked Qin Xi why he looked tired, and he explained that Di Qun and Ao Xin had broken through and fought after becoming excited.
• Forever Seventeen-Year-Old Girl asked how they had broken through, and Qin Xi said they had eaten Ginseng Fruit and cultivated in seclusion for three days.
• Leona expressed surprise at the fruit's effects, while Wukong and Forever Seventeen-Year-Old Girl said they would come or send someone to get some.
• Qin Xi said he had started the video early so the group could see what had happened to the mortal, and Wukong asked to watch Qin Dao again.
• Qin Xi wondered why the Masked Man had made no moves recently, then waved his hand and showed them Qin Dao in the mortal world.

Qin Xi watched Qin Dao, Yu Xue, and Hong Shu get along peacefully as Qin Dao endured mistreatment at the Linyuan Escort Agency to save money for their future. Qin Dao explained that he was doing it for the people who had treated him best, while Qin Xi remained wary that Masked Man might be planning a trap.

• Yu Xue served Qin Dao food, and the two discussed enduring another month so they could afford the courtyard house.
• Qin Dao told Yu Xue and Sweet Potato that he wanted to build a better life for them through his own work.
• Qin Xi noted Qin Dao's changed behavior, while Leona said he seemed to be developing in a good direction.
• Qin Xi suspected Masked Man might be waiting to set a bigger trap and continued watching their lives unfold.
• Qin Dao endured Lin Yuan's mistreatment at Linyuan Escort Agency because breaking their contract would cost Lin Yuan a penalty.
• Yu Xue and Hong Shu continued taking difficult escort jobs, which were tiring but manageable for them.

Qin Xi watched Qin Dao endure humiliation and hard labor at the Linyuan Escort Agency while trying to save money for Yu Xue and Sweet Potato. After Yu Xue and Sweet Potato learned what had happened, Yu Xue confronted Lin Yuan, and the dispute remained unresolved.

• Qin Dao continued serving customers at the Linyuan Escort Agency until Lin Yuan sent him to work in the back kitchen.
• The rear-courtyard workers gave Qin Dao dirty, exhausting tasks and treated him rudely, but he endured it.
• Qin Xi, Forever Seventeen-Year-Old Girl, and Neeko watched Qin Dao's hardship and recognized how much steadier he had become.
• After returning from a three-day escort job, Yu Xue and Sweet Potato learned how Qin Dao had been treated.
• Yu Xue confronted Lin Yuan, who defended transferring Qin Dao because the back kitchen needed workers and Qin Dao lacked the strength to join escort runs.

Sweet Potato, Yu Xue, and Qin Dao left the Linyuan Escort Agency after Sweet Potato and Yu Xue stood up for Qin Dao. They bought a courtyard house together, but Yu Xue rejected Qin Dao’s promise to give them a good life.

• Sweet Potato announced that he and the others were quitting the Linyuan Escort Agency, and Yu Xue urged Qin Dao to leave with them.
• Qin Dao let Yu Xue and Hong Shu lead him out, while the agency chief cursed at them and paid their wages in full.
• Yu Xue and the others used their savings to buy the courtyard house Qin Dao had wanted.
• Yu Xue and Sweet Potato reflected on finally having a home of their own, and Yu Xue thanked Qin Dao for making it possible.
• Qin Dao promised Yu Xue and Sweet Potato that he would give them a good life, but Yu Xue said she did not want him to try to do that.

Qin Dao promised Yu Xue and Sweet Potato that he would become a good person and stop worrying them, then welcomed Wang Wei as family. Qin Xi and the group were moved by Qin Dao’s change and felt hopeful about the high-stakes bet with the Masked Man.

• Qin Dao promised Yu Xue and Sweet Potato he would become a good person and become close with Wang Wei’s family.
• Wang Wei visited Qin Dao’s new home and congratulated the family on getting a place of their own.
• Qin Dao called Wang Wei “Uncle” and promised to be filial to him, but Wang Wei asked him to use his name instead.
• Qin Xi asked the group what they thought, and Nine-to-Five Admiral and Most Beautiful White Fox praised Qin Dao’s change.
• Leona said Qin Dao’s improvement made him worth betting everything on in Qin Xi’s wager with the Masked Man.

Qin Xi decided to return to the Heavenly Dao Dojo and negotiate with the Masked Man after learning that Qin Dao had become a good person. He left the Kirin Clan’s island after asking Ao Xin and Di Qun to help Qirui watch over things, and told them the situation in the human world had completely changed.

• Qin Xi agreed that his wager with the Masked Man might end, but Nine-to-Five Admiral warned that completely changing the Masked Man could affect Qin Xi himself.
• Qin Xi thanked the Chat Group members and said he would speak with the Masked Man about what had happened in the human world.
• Wukong offered to avenge Qin Xi if he could not reach an agreement with the Masked Man.
• Qin Xi left the Chat Group and realized he needed to return to the Heavenly Dao Dojo, where the Masked Man’s mirror was.
• Qin Xi told Ao Xin and Di Qun he was returning to the Heavenly Dao Dojo for two days and asked them to help Qirui watch over the island.
• Ao Xin asked whether something had happened, and Qin Xi told them the situation in the human world had completely changed.

Qin Xi returned to the Heavenly Dao Dojo to confront the Masked Man after the mortal-world matters had ended. He found the Masked Man's power of Destruction growing stronger, and the two faced each other through the mirror.

• Qin Xi told Ao Xin and Di Qun that he would return to settle matters with the Masked Man.
• Ao Xin stayed behind at Kirin Bamboo while Qin Xi and Di Qun traveled back to the Heavenly Dao Dojo.
• Qin Xi sent Ao Xin to handle the dojo's internal affairs and went to his sleeping quarters.
• Qin Xi saw stronger black energy surrounding the mirror and the Masked Man's face appear, colder and more destructive than before.

Qin Xi confronted the Masked Man about their wager over control of Qin Xi’s body, but the Masked Man refused to end it and claimed he could still act without a body. Qin Xi vowed to thwart his schemes, while the Masked Man insisted he would grow powerful enough to control everyone.

• Qin Xi proposed ending their wager because Qin Dao had begun becoming kind, but the Masked Man said Qin Dao could still change.
• Qin Xi demanded to know what would settle the wager and declared he would never surrender control of his body.
• The Masked Man claimed he could retain his strength and control people even while confined to the mirror.
• Qin Xi warned that he knew about the Masked Man’s actions on Qilin Island and said he had killed the Unreliable God of Ninja World.
• The Masked Man laughed and vowed to become stronger and control everyone, even without Qin Xi, the Heavenly Dao Dojo, or Qin Xi’s body.

Qin Xi refused to let the Masked Man and the Mediocre Death God carry out their plans, then turned his attention to a mysterious crisis at Ancestor Hongjun’s sect. The chapter ended with Qin Xi learning that disciples there had been injured or disappeared for unknown reasons.

• Qin Xi told the Masked Man he would stop his plans and pressed the mirror down on the table.
• Qin Xi left the room and found Ao Xin reviewing reports at the Heavenly Dao Dojo.
• Ao Xin told Qin Xi that something serious had happened at Ancestor Hongjun’s sect.
• A disciple reported that sect members had recently been injured or gone missing without explanation.
• Qin Xi asked what had happened, but the disciple said they had no further details.

Qin Xi rushed to Ancestor Hongjun’s sect after hearing that disciples had gone missing and found Hongjun angrily questioning his elders. He entered without warning, and Hongjun was surprised to see him.

• Qin Xi told Ao Xin to handle the remaining matters at their Dao Field while he went to investigate at Ancestor Hongjun’s sect.
• Qin Xi reached the sect by noon and slipped inside without alerting anyone.
• Qin Xi heard Ancestor Hongjun berating his elders for failing to keep their disciples from going missing.
• Qin Xi entered Hongjun’s room, where the elders stood nervously before him.
• Ancestor Hongjun was startled by Qin Xi’s arrival and asked why he had come.

Qin Xi visited Ancestor Hongjun after hearing that disciples were disappearing from his sect. He urged Hongjun to investigate the cause and left him to discuss the matter privately.

• Qin Xi arrived and told Ancestor Hongjun he had come to see whether the sect needed help.
• Ancestor Hongjun ordered the elders to protect their disciples and prevent further disappearances.
• Qin Xi advised Ancestor Hongjun to find the root cause instead of getting angry, and Hongjun sent the elders to make arrangements.
• The Third Elder identified Qin Xi to the Great Elder, who then went to make his own arrangements.
• Qin Xi reproached Ancestor Hongjun for not telling him about the missing disciples, and Hongjun said he had not wanted to burden him.
• Qin Xi warned that the disappearances could damage the sect's reputation and make it harder to recruit disciples.

Qin Xi discussed the disappearances and injuries among Ancestor Hongjun’s disciples, while Hongjun admitted that someone seemed to be erasing every trace. They had no leads and could only keep the remaining disciples inside the sect and wait for the culprit to slip up.

• Ancestor Hongjun said his disciples had vanished despite his orders to stay near the sect, and that he had found no clues.
• Qin Xi learned that several dozen of Hongjun’s disciples had either gone missing or been severely injured.
• Qin Xi advised Hongjun to keep the disciples within the sect and wait for whoever was behind the disappearances to reveal a flaw.
• Hongjun told Qin Xi that he had already ordered the disciples to stay put.
• After discussing the matter, Qin Xi and Hongjun reminisced about their past friendship and battles.