Now that everything has been settled, most martial gods are simply training or going to the mortal realm to kill yao, monsters, and eradicate vengeful spirits. And despite there no longer being a heavenly emperor, they all continue to follow the previous heavenly rules, including that gods aren't to show their face publicly in the mortal realm, yet Mu Qing finds himself bored in the upper courts and goes down to mortal realm, to deal with troublesome ghosts, to stick to the rules, he brings out the old fu yao disguise.

He sits in a teahouse in a small town after dealing with a particularly annoying ghost, some lovesick and angry wife of a dead cultivator.