In 1917, Qi Xieyuan followed fellow Zhili clique figure Li Chun to Jiangsu province.

[3] He almost went to war again in November 1923, when Xu Guoliang, the Zhili-aligned police commissioner of Shanghai, was assassinated by Lu's associates, but was urged not to by Wu Peifu in Beijing.

[7] The Fengtian clique had sent General Zhang Zongchang South, leading to Sun and Qi proclaiming the Jiangsu–Zhejiang Allied Army to resist him.

In 1925, Qi Xieyuan returned to Hubei and was appointed by Wu Peifu as the deputy commander of the Anti-Thief Allied Army (taozei lianjun).

In 1930, Yan Xishan and Feng Yuxiang challenged Chiang Kai-shek for leadership of the Republic of China in the Central Plains War, and was appointed as protector of Jiangbei.

In February 1943, Qi was appointed as the deputy speaker at the advisory meeting of the North China Administrative Committee.

In August 1945, after the surrender of Japan in World War II, Qi Xieyuan was arrested by the National Government for the crime of treason.