Xiao sat there in utter focus, his mind cooling down and blasting open, several thoughts and feelings kept passing through his mind, and things he suppressed broke free as they began their rampage within Xiao's mind.
One shouldn't at all underestimate the change Xiao is going through; in fact, these changes should have taken place gradually. He was no longer on Ingrid, and the other sides of him he had suppressed would definitely start to come back after All-fate took a step back in fear. Once he started to travel through the world of cultivation, gradually during his adventures, Xiao would have found what he had lost.
But when would that begin? When Xiao loses someone? When his actions backfire? When his plans fail? or when he finally figures things out?
