Chapter Summaries

Qin Xi told the group that Qin Dao was not ill but was slowly weakening because of the black qi left by Masked Man. Ancestor Hongjun guessed what Qin Xi had realized, and Qin Xi confirmed it, leaving the others puzzled.

• Nine-to-Five Admiral inferred that Qin Xi had discovered something important.
• Qin Xi explained that Qin Dao's body was weakening from the black qi Masked Man had left behind.
• Most Beautiful White Fox concluded that Qin Dao would continue to grow weaker, and Qin Xi confirmed his reasoning.
• Qin Xi reminded the group that Qin Dao was one of his avatars and Masked Man was one of his dark sides.
• Ancestor Hongjun guessed what Qin Xi meant, and Qin Xi confirmed that he had guessed correctly.
• The group remained confused by Qin Xi and Ancestor Hongjun's cryptic exchange.

Qin Xi teased the Chat Group with a puzzle about why he had changed, while the others grew anxious for an explanation. Most Beautiful White Fox correctly guessed that Qin Xi’s change involved the group’s connections and Masked Man having no body of his own, leaving the other Big Bosses still confused.

• Wukong, Forever Seventeen-Year-Old Girl, and Daoist Yangmei urged Qin Xi and Ancestor Hongjun to stop hinting and explain the matter.
• Qin Xi noticed Most Beautiful White Fox open his eyes and asked whether he had figured out the answer.
• Most Beautiful White Fox guessed that the group members were entangled with one another and that Masked Man’s lack of a body explained Qin Xi’s change.
• Qin Xi praised Most Beautiful White Fox, while the Big Bosses became more surprised that he had solved the puzzle.
• Neeko remained unable to see the root of the problem.

Qin Xi told the group that the Masked Man might be causing Qin Dao’s growing weakness so he could take over Qin Dao’s body. The group realized the threat could lead to a major battle at the Heavenly Dao Dojo.

• Neeko urged Qin Xi to reveal what he knew, and the group listened closely.
• Qin Xi reminded the group of the connection between himself, the Masked Man, and Qin Dao.
• Qin Xi said the black aura around Qin Dao might be the Masked Man’s doing, and Nine-to-Five Admiral asked whether it explained Qin Dao’s weakness.
• Qin Xi warned that the Masked Man might eventually occupy Qin Dao’s body.
• The group was shocked at the possibility that the Masked Man could gain a body and trigger a great battle at the Heavenly Dao Dojo.

Qin Xi told Leona and the others that black qi had placed Qin Dao in danger, and he struggled to decide how to save him without killing him. He admitted that he did not know where Masked Man was or how powerful he had become.

• Leona asked Qin Xi whether his claim was speculation, and Wukong warned that Qin Dao was in real danger if it was true.
• Qin Xi said his priority was finding a way to remove the black qi around Qin Dao.
• Ao Xin asked what they should do next, while Di Qun and Daoist Yangmei offered to support Qin Xi.
• Qin Xi resolved that he had to destroy Masked Man despite their connection, but regretted his earlier hesitation.
• Qin Xi told the group he had no trace of Masked Man and did not know his location or forces.

Qin Xi told the group that he would handle the Masked Man and Qin Dao’s matters, while his friends offered comfort and help. As Qin Xi tried to end the conversation, the others resisted dismissing the group because they wanted to spend more time with him.

• Nine-to-Five Admiral encouraged Qin Xi to address the problems gradually, and Qin Xi promised to resolve the Masked Man and Qin Dao’s affairs.
• Forever Seventeen-Year-Old Girl offered to help Qin Xi, but he said he could handle the problems himself.
• Most Beautiful White Fox in History offered the support of his clansmen in Qin Xi’s town, and Qin Xi said he would ask them for help investigating if needed.
• Qin Xi explained that the Masked Man’s case was connected to Beibei’s, then tried to dismiss the group.
• The others refused to end the gathering because they wanted to keep spending time with Qin Xi.

Qin Xi discussed the long-delayed group trip to Qilin Island and described its pleasant, springlike climate. The group agreed to go together after Qin Xi finished handling matters in the mortal world, though attendance would be voluntary.

• Wukong and Neeko asked Qin Xi to stay and talk longer, and he agreed.
• Qin Xi asked why the group had not gone to Qilin Island, and Neeko and Forever Seventeen-Year-Old Girl explained that their schedules had never lined up.
• Leona worried that Qilin Island would be too hot for her, but Qin Xi said it stayed like spring all year.
• Qin Xi proposed that they visit after he settled matters in the mortal world, and Nine-to-Five Admiral said whoever could go would join.
• Neeko said she would postpone other plans to go, while Forever Seventeen-Year-Old Girl said she wanted to see how her building plans had turned out.
• Qin Xi declared the plan settled.

Qin Xi ended the Chat Group after discussing Beibei’s situation and said he would contact the others if he learned anything. In the courtyard, Di Qun and Ao Xin admitted they felt out of place, while Daoist Yangmei prepared to confront Qin Xi about what he had kept from him.

• Qin Xi ended the long Chat Group session so he could discuss Beibei’s situation with Yu Xue.
• Nine-to-Five Admiral and Forever Seventeen-Year-Old Girl agreed to disband, and Qin Xi promised to share any news.
• Di Qun and Ao Xin said they felt they no longer fit in with the others, though they knew Qin Xi did not look down on them.
• Qin Xi, Di Qun, Ao Xin, and Daoist Yangmei came out of their rooms and sat together beneath the courtyard awning.

Qin Xi questioned Yu Xue and Sweet Potato about Qin Dao’s deteriorating condition after suspecting the Masked Man was involved. Yu Xue began searching her memory for changes around Qin Dao and how the Masked Man had approached him.

• Daoist Yangmei confronted Qin Xi for withholding his connection to the Masked Man and Qin Dao until the Chat Group discussion, then sulked when Qin Xi brushed off the complaint.
• Qin Xi sent Di Qun to fetch Yu Xue and Sweet Potato.
• Yu Xue and Sweet Potato arrived, and Qin Xi asked them to recount Qin Dao’s life in the human world and identify when his condition began to worsen.
• Qin Xi told Yu Xue he suspected the Masked Man had caused Qin Dao’s listlessness and asked her to recall changes around Qin Dao and how the Masked Man had approached him.
• Yu Xue was shocked and began thinking carefully, while Sweet Potato trembled slightly at the possibility that they had missed something serious.

Qin Xi questioned Yu Xue and Sweet Potato about when Qin Dao’s health began to decline. Yu Xue traced the change to an unexplained fainting spell about half a year earlier, and Qin Xi was left concerned that Qin Dao’s condition had been worsening since then.

• Yu Xue wondered whether Qin Dao’s changes had begun after he fainted, while Sweet Potato could not recall when they started.
• Yu Xue told Qin Xi that Qin Dao had suddenly fainted after dinner about half a year earlier and seemed weaker afterward.
• Qin Xi asked whether Qin Dao had been healthy before the incident, and Yu Xue confirmed that he had.
• Yu Xue said Qin Dao had seemed weak and low on energy since the fainting spell, but had shown no fever, cold, or other major symptoms.

Qin Xi suspected that the Masked Man, Qin Dao, and the disappearances of disciples from various sects were connected. He gathered Yu Xue, Daoist Yangmei, Di Qun, and Old Wang to explain his theory, but the chapter ended before he finished.

• Qin Xi wondered whether the Masked Man had found Qin Dao after leaving his place and whether both were connected to the missing disciples.
• Qin Xi asked Sweet Potato to invite Di Qun and Old Wang to the sitting room.
• Qin Xi asked Daoist Yangmei to recall when sect disciples began disappearing and when Qin Dao's body showed signs of trouble.
• Daoist Yangmei recalled that the disappearances came before Qin Xi noticed Qin Dao's poor condition.
• Qin Xi told the others that he had a possible explanation for the mysteries and began discussing the missing disciples.

Qin Xi connected the Masked Man’s stolen soul energy to his plan to use Qin Dao’s body for resurrection, but the group had no clear way to stop him or remove the black energy. They resolved to keep searching as Qin Dao’s condition continued to worsen.

• Qin Xi suggested that the Masked Man had absorbed people’s soul energy and planned to resurrect himself through Qin Dao.
• Qin Dao asked whether Qin Xi believed the theory, and Qin Xi said he was eight or nine times certain.
• Di Qun asked whether they should restrain Qin Dao, remove the black energy, or find the Masked Man, but Qin Xi admitted he had no solution.
• Qin Dao encouraged Qin Xi to find the cause, while Qin Xi stressed that Qin Dao’s declining condition made every moment important.
• The group fell silent as they considered how to destroy the Masked Man or remove the black energy.

Qin Xi reopened the video Chat Group to ask for help solving a problem after linking Qin Dao’s decline to the Masked Man’s disappearances. He began to tell the group his suspicion about the two, but the chapter ended before he finished.

• Qin Xi and the others spent over an hour searching for a solution without finding any clues.
• Qin Xi decided to reopen the video Chat Group and ask its members for help.
• Qin Xi noticed Most Beautiful White Fox was absent, and the group guessed he had family matters to attend to.
• Qin Xi told the group he had discovered a key clue but did not know how to solve the problem.
• Qin Xi explained that Qin Dao’s body had begun declining half a year earlier and connected the timing to the Masked Man’s abductions, beginning to voice a suspicion about them.

Qin Xi connected the missing sect disciples to the Masked Man’s attempt to restore his true body by using Qin Dao. The group sought a way to save Qin Dao, but they had no clue where to find the Masked Man.

• Leona concluded that the Masked Man had absorbed the missing disciples’ energy and souls, then tried to use Qin Dao to restore his true body.
• Qin Xi nodded gravely and agreed that the missing disciples and Qin Dao might have been used to strengthen the Masked Man.
• Qin Xi told the group that Qin Dao’s body was growing weaker and that they needed to remove the black aura around him.
• Forever Seventeen-Year-Old Girl asked whether killing or dealing with the Masked Man would improve Qin Dao’s condition.
• Qin Xi admitted that he had no clue where the Masked Man was, and the group fell silent.

Qin Xi asked the Chat Group to help find the Masked Man, and its members agreed to watch for the strange black energy. The Most Beautiful White Fox then arrived with news of a bizarre incident targeting the Fox Clan, which he suspected was connected to Qin Xi.

• The Nine-to-Five Admiral, Neeko, and Leona agreed to have their people watch for strange activity linked to the Masked Man.
• Qin Xi thanked the Chat Group for helping him.
• The Most Beautiful White Fox joined late and apologized to Qin Xi.
• The Most Beautiful White Fox reported that an elder had brought news of a bizarre incident targeting the Fox Clan and suggested it might be connected to Qin Xi.

The Most Beautiful White Fox told Qin Xi that several Fox Clan members had gone missing after discovering a secret in a dark place in the Jiangbei Region. Qin Xi suspected the Masked Man was responsible and decided he would investigate, while Yu Xue offered to protect Beibei in his absence.

• The Most Beautiful White Fox revealed that black qi had carried off several Fox Clan members in the Jiangbei Region.
• Qin Xi asked whether the Fox Clan members had been targeted because they investigated the Masked Man for him, and he felt guilty.
• The Most Beautiful White Fox said the dark place had heavy yin energy and promised to keep investigating before drawing conclusions.
• Qin Xi said he would visit the area, though he was already convinced the Masked Man was involved and worried about leaving Beibei.
• Di Qun offered to stay with Beibei and Yu Xue, but Yu Xue volunteered to care for Beibei so Qin Xi could handle the matter in the Jiangbei Region.

Qin Xi arranged to investigate the dark region of Jiangxi, where he suspected Masked Man was causing trouble, while keeping Qin Dao safe and unaware of the danger. He left Yu Xue and Sweet Potato in charge of protecting Qin Dao as he prepared to depart with his companions.

• Sweet Potato promised Qin Xi that he and Yu Xue would protect Qin Dao and serve as Qin Xi's vanguard.
• Qin Xi decided to travel with Di Qun, Ao Xin, and Daoist Yangmei to the dark region of Jiangxi to investigate Masked Man.
• Qin Xi asked Yu Xue and Sweet Potato to keep Qin Dao in the dark and guard his safety.
• World's Most Beautiful White Fox said she would also go to the dark region of Jiangxi, and Qin Xi agreed to meet her there.
• Yu Xue and Sweet Potato pledged to carry out Qin Xi's orders and protect Qin Dao while he was away.

Qin Xi prepared to leave for the Dark Place with Di Qun, Ao Xin, and Daoist Yangmei to look for news of the Masked Man. After saying goodbye to Qin Dao and Yu Xue, the group set out, while Daoist Yangmei complained about the trip.

• Qin Xi encouraged Sweet Potato and told Di Qun and the others to pack for an early departure.
• The next morning, Qin Xi said goodbye to Qin Dao and asked Yu Xue and the others to show respect.
• Qin Xi left with Di Qun, Ao Xin, and Daoist Yangmei, who grumbled about leaving the mortal world.
• Qin Xi told Daoist Yangmei he could stay behind if he could not stop nagging, and Daoist Yangmei bristled at his words.

Qin Xi and his companions traveled north to the Dark Place in Jiangxi, hoping to resolve the Masked Man matter and protect Qin Dao. They reached Seven Black Town and prepared to rest before continuing toward the Dark Tree forest.

• Qin Xi urged Daoist Yangmei to focus on resolving the Masked Man matter so Qin Dao could escape danger.
• Qin Xi and the others traveled north, rested overnight in a ruined temple, and resumed their journey the next morning.
• After three days, Qin Xi's group arrived in the gloomy Dark Place in Jiangxi.
• Di Qun reported that Seven Black Town lay ahead and that the Dark Tree forest was about a day's travel farther on.
• Qin Xi asked about an inn, learned from Di Qun that one was nearby, and walked into town.

Qin Xi and the others found lodging at a worn but busy inn in an unfamiliar place. The innkeeper warned them that people had been disappearing for the past half year and that everyone had to stay in their rooms after dark, leaving Qin Xi to wonder whether the Masked Man was behind it.

• Di Qun arranged four rooms for Qin Xi and the others at the inn.
• Qin Xi settled into her room, then joined Ao Xin and Di Qun downstairs to eat.
• The innkeeper explained that night fell quickly in the area and advised the group to eat and rest soon.
• The innkeeper warned that everyone stayed in their rooms after dark because people had been mysteriously disappearing for half a year.
• Qin Xi wondered whether the Masked Man was in the area and connected to the disappearances.

Qin Xi learned that people had been disappearing for about a year and suspected the Masked Man was behind it. After discussing plans to investigate the area, the group went to rest, though Daoist Yangmei lingered over tea before leaving.

• The inn owner told Qin Xi that people had only been disappearing within the past year, strengthening Qin Xi's suspicion of the Masked Man.
• Qin Xi and his companions ate a meal after traveling for three days without rest.
• Qin Xi told the group that the Masked Man was likely nearby and asked them to investigate the area the next day.
• Di Qun and Ao Xin agreed to go out daily to gather information about anything strange.
• Qin Xi urged Daoist Yangmei to rest and take care of his health, and Daoist Yangmei reassured him before leaving.