Bai Tang

Biodata

Background and History

Bai Tang was originally born into a family that favored sons over daughters. After transmigrating, she became Baiheng’s biological younger sister and grew close to Baiheng and the other members of the High-Cloud Quintet. At age three, she became Jingliu’s sword disciple 31 49.

In her first life with them, a machine caused the deaths of the Quintet and Bai Tang. She destroyed the machine responsible, but the world subsequently restarted. Bai Tang retained her memories through later cycles, while her body grew younger after each restart 31 49.

In one cycle, she landed on the Yaoqing without her Path energy, was imprisoned alongside Moze by the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus, and was rescued by Feixiao. She later became a Yaoqing general. In another life, she cared for the young Kakavasha and came to regard Robin and Sunday as siblings 43 44 45 49.

Bai Tang also recounted a life in which Jing Yuan adopted her and Yanqing. After Jing Yuan’s death and Fu Xuan’s succession, Bai Tang eventually became a general herself. Following another death and resurrection, she and Yanqing became Galaxy Rangers 32 45.

After repeated world restarts, Bai Tang returned to her original world and spent five years planning her return to the world of Honkai: Star Rail 49.

Appearance

Bai Tang is a slender Foxian with a frail appearance and conspicuous injuries 6.

• Hair and tail: Waist-length silver hair and a fluffy silver tail, both fading to pale purple at the tips; she also has silver ears 6.
• Eyes: Pale red eyes with blood-red hyacinths; when she releases the energy suppressing her other Paths, they can turn crystal purple with sky-blue hyacinths 2 12.
• Wounds: Faint golden patterns flow across her exposed injuries. One hand is withered and tainted, and her unusual wounds cannot be healed normally 4 6 24.
• Dragon form: Her Vidyadhara form resembles a grown-up Bailu 33.

Personality

When the Express crew first meets Bai Tang, she is withdrawn, expressionless and struggles to speak fluently. She explains that she used to smile and talk often, and works to regain both habits 3 4 8.

Bai Tang is fiercely loyal to people she considers family or companions. She protects Dan Heng from Blade despite Blade’s resemblance to Yingxing, and insists that Dan Heng is his own person rather than a substitute for Dan Feng 17 28. She is also mischievous and willing to feign ignorance or use force when conversations do not go her way 23 33 36.

She tends to conceal painful experiences and recounts her own deaths briefly, preferring to emphasize that she avenged her loved ones and intends to bring them back 31.

Abilities and Skills

Paths and Wish

Bai Tang carries the energies of numerous Paths, including The Hunt, Abundance, Preservation, Destruction and Elation. A rare energy suppresses the others and keeps her alive; Herta later identifies it as the Path of Wish 2 14 45.

• She can draw on the energies within her, but says only the suppressing energy can be used freely and recklessly in large quantities 14.
• She uses Destruction to remove grime and Nihility to prevent others from remembering her presence 4 5.
• She combines Hunt, Destruction and Preservation to launch Boothill safely off a bug-infested planet 13.
• She uses Abundance to control the Ambrosial Arbor during the fight with Phantylia 29.
• She uses Wish to steady and repair the damaged Astral Express. She explains that a prayer lets Dreamchasers draw heavily on Wish, but only someone possessing the Path can use it 49.

Healing and Medicine

Bai Tang is a doctor trained in both traditional Chinese and Western medicine, and holds a medical license. She also studied Jiaoqiu’s books and can prepare medicinal meals 3 6 43.

• Her healing hyacinths mend wounds, dispel fatigue and replenish energy 7.
• She heals gravely wounded soldiers across a Belobog combat zone. Dan Heng identifies the healing as coming from her unknown suppressing Path rather than Abundance 14.
• She heals Mara-Struck Cloud Knights and suppresses Blade’s Mara-Struck condition 22 27.
• Her poison is potent enough to immobilize Blade 17.

Swordsmanship

Bai Tang studied under Jingliu from childhood and fights with weapons forged by Yingxing. She can wield two swords at once and use ice blades and Ice Crescents 22 25 26 31.

• She fights Jingliu and later gains her sword technique through a check-in 25.
• Jing Yuan asks her to give Yanqing swordsmanship instruction; she holds back during their practice to avoid breaking his weapon 27 39.
• Her customized High-Cloud Quintet finishing move combines a spectral Gundam, a cannon, a sword strike, an arrow and a water dragon 29.

Check-in Panel

Bai Tang can check in with people to unlock character profiles, rewards, skills and bonds 11 25.

• Checking in with Aventurine unlocks his profile, rewards, skills and bonds 10 11.
• Her panel records both adult and young versions of Jing Yuan 25.
• An illusory Luofu can protect allies and serve as a controlled battlefield, but requires Older Jing Yuan to be in her team 30.
• She seeks to summon and restore people connected to her panel, although the summon option remains locked when she checks it 34.

Technical and Craft Skills

• Forging: Bai Tang learned forging because of her admiration for Yingxing and later studied under Huaiyan. She and Blade forged a sword for Yanqing 6 32 39.
• Programming and Aether Editing: She studied programming and helps Silver Wolf evade the Genius Society. She also repairs Asta’s damaged files for a fee 6 8 10.
• Mental resistance: A Heliobus entering her memories is attacked by versions of Bai Tang, expelled and assimilated by her memories 40 41.

Equipment and Items

Relationships

• Baiheng — Her elder sister in her first transmigrated life. Bai Tang intends to bring her back 31 34.
• Jingliu — Her sword master. Bai Tang later fights her, and Jingliu recognizes her as a worthy disciple 25 31.
• Yingxing / Blade — Yingxing forged Bai Tang’s weapons. She distinguishes the present Blade from the Yingxing she knew, but later obtains forging lessons from him 17 31 36.
• Dan Feng / Dan Heng — Dan Feng taught her in an earlier life. She treats Dan Heng as a separate person and protects him as an Express companion 17 28 31.
• Jing Yuan — A childhood playmate and fellow disciple; in another life, a version of him adopted her. She is protective of the present general 28 30 32.
• Yanqing — Jing Yuan’s disciple and Bai Tang’s martial nephew. She teaches him swordsmanship and gives him a sword forged with Blade’s help 28 39 40.
• Himeko — Invites Bai Tang aboard the Express and comforts her when she breaks down after returning from Belobog 3 14.
• March 7th and Stelle — Her Express companions. Bai Tang brings them gifts and fights alongside them on the Luofu 15 29.
• Aventurine / Kakavasha — She cared for a young Kakavasha in an earlier life. In the present, they exchange information and negotiate cooperation concerning Penacony 36 37 44 45.
• Silver Wolf — An associate who requests her technical help and sends her a script concerning the Luofu 6 10 19.
• Feixiao and Jiaoqiu — Figures from Bai Tang’s Yaoqing life. Feixiao rescued her, while Jiaoqiu taught her medicine 43 49.

Story Role

Joining the Astral Express

March 7th spots the wounded Bai Tang drifting in space, and Dan Heng retrieves her. Bai Tang declines contact with the Xianzhou and accepts Himeko’s invitation to join the Express 2 3.

At Herta Space Station, she heals the crew during the Doomsday Beast battle, warns Himeko of the threat and repairs files for Asta. She later encourages Stelle as she considers joining the Express 6 7 8.

Belobog and the Luofu

After Aha takes her away, Bai Tang helps Silver Wolf at company headquarters and meets Aventurine. She returns to assist the Express crew against Cocolia and heals Belobog’s soldiers 9 10 13 14.

On the Luofu, she leaves the train to confront a Lord Ravager, fights Jingliu and warns her companions that Phantylia has replaced Tingyun. In the final battle, she overwhelms Phantylia and helps sever her connection to the Ambrosial Arbor, leaving Jing Yuan the decisive strike so he can earn merit 21 25 29.

Reunions and Plans

Bai Tang tells her friends about her life with the High-Cloud Quintet and her intention to resurrect them. She investigates the Vidyadhara, places her name on their register and continues looking for a way to unlock her panel’s summon option 31 33 34.

She later bargains with Aventurine over Penacony information, a Dream Passport and expenses, giving him protective hyacinths. When the Express is struck during a Propagation incident, she uses Wish to repair it 37 49.

Notable Quotes

“I’m not yours! I’m... myself!” 9

“Dan Heng is my, companion now. Of course I’m going to stand up for him.” 17

“Of course. I’m a Nameless, after all.” 21

“You’re Dan Heng, not Dan Feng. Don’t worry, I won’t mistake you for him.” 28