When zhengyiren tells him that the time is not on his side, he promises that he will restore his body and finish the war. He tells xi cheng that he is a human too and that he needs to find some grays to eat. xi says that his powers can save the world and that this war will end. He asks why he didn't join the battle over there, and xi replies that he can't interfere in the battle between the black dwarf and the crimson loop directly. He says that if he joins the war, they'll win, and if he doesn't, they will intervene as well.