Not exactly.
A recent update lets He Gang potentially screw you over completely. Disfiguring you, disfiguring your RO, costing you money, costing you all your qi, not to mention causing a devil breakout which will leave you more vulnerable to future breakouts…it’s quite an ordeal.
I mean, how many people are going to ignore him though? The path you fight him gives you a net loss no matter how you go about it. Only way to “win” is to not play, I think it more than counts as a loss.